Chapter 24- Discovery and Moving Around
Vader sat in stunned shock at the terminal. Twins? Padme had given him twins? The information had confirmed that Lena and the untrained boy had destroyed the Death Star, which gave Vader a sense of pride, but to find out that the boy's name was Luke Skywalker and that his daughter was starting to go by the name Skywalker was enough to send his system into a shock. Vader knew that Padme had lived long enough to give birth to Lena, but to hear that she had lived to give him a son would have caused him to smile if it didn't hurt his face so much. It proved also that he and Padme had been both right. Padme was certain it was a boy while Vader had been staunch in saying it was a girl.
From the spies that had infiltrated the rebel base Vader now saw a picture of his offspring. He removed his helmet just so he could see what both of his offspring looked like with his own eyes. Luke had sandy-blond hair and Anakin Skywalker's blue eyes and Lena still looked like Padme with Anakin's blue eyes. Both younglings had inherited their mother's height and build. By this age Vader doubted they would grow any more, but the Force was evident in the both of them. The eyes was what revealed the Force in them; eyes that seemed to notice everything, much like Anakin and all Force sensitives in the galaxy. Vader put his helmet back on, the red infrared eyesight masking all other colors; the blond hair of his boy and the brown hair of his girl. Even the blue eyes were masked. If Vader could have cried, he would have. For the millionth time he cursed Obi-Wan for doing this to him, for putting him into this suit.
Vader wondered what lies Obi-Wan and Talon had fed his son and daughter about him. Vader felt his rage rise as he looked at Lena next to Talon Orran, a look of love all over her face as she hugged Talon in another picture. To think that Vader's little girl could love a Jedi who had stolen her from him!
Lena watched with Talon and Leia as the rebels dismantled the base at Yavin. Talon, Dodonna, and Mon Mothma had all said that since the Empire knew that this was where they were, they would come back for another battle. Of course, it was Talon who had said it, but no one would dispute a Jedi like Lena's father who used the Force often and the Force would show him what would happen. The only hitch was that they would have to figure out the next base. The Force couldn't give them enough insight to see where to go next.
"Papa, where are going?" Cora asked from her place next to Talon, holding tightly to his hand.
"Only the Force knows, my dear," Talon said, smiling down at Cora.
"It has to be where they wouldn't know to look," Leia offered.
"There's a whole list of those. We're thinking of Naboo, Chandrila, Crait, or the Hoth System," Talon said.
"Naboo? Isn't that where my mother was from?" Lena asked.
"Yes. That was where Padme Amidala Naberrie Skywalker lived, but the lake country on that planet should be sufficient for a rebel base," Talon said.
"That may not be a good idea if the Emperor goes there. He also comes from Naboo," Lena said.
"She's right, Uncle. We may need to pick a new spot. What about D'Qar?" Leia asked.
"There is also Kamino. The planet had been abandoned since the end of the Clone Wars and the Empire killed the cloners. We can use the old clone plant or we can put a base under the water, if it's possible," Lena said.
"She may have a point, Your Highness. The Empire won't think to look at Kamino," Dodonna said from a computer station.
"That is true. The Emperor only liked the clones until they outlived their usefulness to him and killed the Jedi. All right. Call everyone to the throne room. I'll tell them about Kamino," Talon said with a heavy sigh as they made their way to the throne room.