AN: Sorry about how long it took to get this chapter posted, it just really didn't want to be written.

AN2: Shadow of the Force won the poll to be the focus in the next story. Now I'm making a new rule that the same story can't be picked twice in a row. I'll still do Shadow of the Force as the next one, but it won't be the option on the next poll.

Shadow of the Force

Chapter 10

-Harry-

Feeling their lift come to a stop he began walking forward, exiting into the main hangar where the forgotten squadron was mobilizing, soldiers rushing about to prepare weapons and ships. "I want everyone armed and ready for this," he ordered the group behind him as they approached the weapons lockers "if you're coming then you're going to be ready to fight and, if need be, kill."

"Kill?" Luke gulped out, the farm boy not sure if he could accept the idea of taking another's life.

"This is war kid," Galen grunted, grabbing a blaster side arm to take "if you plan to be at the forefront you're going to have to take someone's life eventually. Best decide now if you want to stick with us in the thick of combat or do something else with your life."

"The Jedi way is to be a peace keep-" Obi Wan began to lecture before being cut off with a silencing spell.

"Old man, not now." He said seriously as the elderly Jedi panicked at suddenly being unable to talk "You can give me more opportunities to destroy your beliefs later. Right now, we don't need lies, hypocrisy, or anything else that isn't related to the mission. Understand?" when Obi Wan gave a reluctant nod the spell was lifted.

"Alright, Old man, you're coming with me, Galen, and Luke if he chooses to. We'll leave the droids here for now in case it's a trap or a major threat, so the Empire doesn't get their hands on them. Grab a weapon and be ready to move out." Taking a step towards one of the Rogue Shadows he glanced back "And if I have to hear some bullshit from you about how Jedi don't use blasters then I'll let you spend the rest of the journey locked in a supply closet where you can't bother me with any more stupid statements, am I clear?"

"Crystal." Was the surly response as the old man and Luke both grabbed blasters from the cage and followed Galen onto the ship.

"Juno," Harry spoke up as he and Galen took the pilots seats and began take off preparations "you hear me?"

"Loud and clear captain," Galen's wife spoke up through the intercom "I have the forgotten Squadron mobilized and ready for a rescue if needed. You get thirty minutes if things go silent, after that we're coming to get you and we'll bring hell with us." Nodding he let Juno and Galen use the private channel to say any 'personal' things they wanted to before the mission as he went to Luke and Obi-Wan who were getting familiar with their new blasters.

"This is a serious mission you two," he said seriously "our lives could be lost if things go wrong. If I give an order then you're both to obey without question, hesitation could cost us everything. Ready?" the two nodded, and in each Harry, saw something different. In Luke he saw the makings of a man who could become a great Hero and soldier. In Obi-Wan Harry saw an old soldier, ready for one last battle to end the fight that should have been nothing more than a memory.

"Ready for light speed captain!" Galen's voice came from the front as he joined his first mate at the controls.

"Punch it." He ordered, the world blurring around them as the Rogue Shadow shot off like a shooting star. "We should arrive at Alderan is fifteen minutes!" he called back to the others "Be ready to move if we have threats present." There were no words spoken as the ship continued on, the atmosphere tense as the only sounds were the mechanical noises of the ship, a passive feed to the Citadel continuously kept up.

"Alright, we're exiting light speed in three…two…one!" he pulled back on the lever as the ship slowed down, "Shit!" Harry exclaimed, yanking on the controls to avoid crashing headlong into an asteroid, rubble and stone everywhere around them in what should have been the space around Alderan.

"Where's the planet?!" Galen exclaimed as they dodged stones, Luke and Obi-Wan rushing up to see the massive asteroid field that shouldn't have been there.

"We just dodged it." He said grimly as they escaped the dense field, seeing empty space where once had been one of the most peaceful planets in the galaxy "The Planet's been destroyed." A light on the control panel flashed red as the ship shook, their shields taking a blow from an imperial T-Fighter that shot away.

"At least we know the culprits now," Galen snarled, warming up the weapons systems "hang on!" they shot after the small T-fighter, firing blasts at the two-man shuttle ship. "Juno," Galen tried contacting his wife only for static to come back, "Juno! Do you copy?"

"Is something blocking the transmission?" Luke asked confused.

"We need to leave, now!" Obi-Wan said, looking about for whatever could be blocking their communication signals.

"Can't!" Harry grunted, struggling to turn the ship against whatever force held it "They have us in a tractor beam!" giving up on that he rushed to another panel and began putting in commands "Ejecting escape pods, trajectories random," he muttered to himself as he typed away frantically at the computer "deleting all files regarding the movements of the citadel and her crew, all access codes, and initiating the Blackbriar protocol."

"The what?" Luke asked confused as Galen gave a savage grin.

"A series of false files and codes that replace the real ones should they be deleted. As the icing on the cake it unleashes a series of massive digital viruses into the ships system so that when the empire scans the ships systems they'll upload dozens if not hundreds of adapting viruses into their network. They'll manage to delete them all eventually, but it'll slow them down for a bit."

"So, we're going to a base on that moon?" Luke asked, looking over his and Gamlen's shoulders to state out the window.

"Moon?" Harry asked confused "What moon? Alderan never had…a…moon." He turned and saw the massive structure that he recognized. "That's an Imperial battle station," he cursed' I recognize the shape, it's the one they tried using Grievous' mind to operate. Everyone move!" he ushered them out of the cockpit as they got closer and closer to the massive battle station, it's hangar doors opening as the tractor beam pulled them in "Hide in here!" he shoved them into a small room and used a notice me not spell on the door before using the terminal in the room to access the security cameras.

The second the ship landed inside the station soldiers were prying at the door to the ship, forcing it open as Stormtroopers flooded inside, blasters aimed and ready to fire at anything that moved. Luke and Obi-Wan were openly confused at the stormtroopers walking past their room without commenting or searching it likely assumed it was a force mind trick as they remained silent. "No sign of any life forms." One Imperial officer said into a communicator "The ship's log does state however that all escape pods were jettisoned before capture. I'll have a team in here to search the ship for any signs of the droids and to check the system for any other information Lord Vader." He saw Obi-Wan stiffen at the name and mentally sighed, of course there had to be a Sith Lord on board the damned station.

"We need to get out of here," he whispered in case their voices carried out past the door "the lost squadron will be here in around forty minutes, but we won't be able to leave with that tractor beam up and running."

"I can deactivate it." Obi-Wan whispered back "Can you take out the guards in the control tower?" Nodding he used the terminal to see where the Stormtroopers were on the vessel. Sneaking out he returned with four unconscious imperial soldiers as the group stripped them of their armor and donned the new disguises, leaving the stunned soldiers locked in the hidden room as they exited the ship and the hangar. Watching Obi-Wan go one way they went another and to the control tower.

-Darth Vader-

"Lord Vader." Turning the Sith Lord saw one of Palpatine's precious officers standing there waiting to report "We've searched the ship top to bottom and found no signs of droids, it's possible they managed to flee in the escape pods. Some of our officers have failed to report back when called so it's possible some members of the ship managed to hide from our scanners and are now on the station. Your orders?"

"Do we have all the files from the ships mainframe?" he asked the officer, curious as to what his old apprentice was up to, the Rogue Shadow being recognizable even after all these years. Upon the Officer's stiff nod, he continued "Then destroy that ship, I don't want them escaping." When the Officer turned to leave he called out "And officer, tell your men to be cautious. If our intruders are who I'm thinking of then they are powerful in the force."

The man, one who lived in the time of the Jedi, paled at that and nodded, rushing off to give the orders. "My old master and my old apprentice," Vader chuckled darkly "the Force is indeed smiling upon me this day."