Angel's Eyes
Part two:
Sith's revenge
Disclaimer: I do not own any thing of "Star Wars" nor anything associated with it. Sorry for the short chapter.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Where we left off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
" As much as I hate to break up your sappy happy love time, we have issues up here in the cockpit that demand your attention," Leia's voice drifted over the ship.
Anakin and Padmé let go of each other.
" What do you suppose is going on?" Padmé said to Anakin as they walked towards the cockpit.
" I don't know. Although, I did feel a small tremor in the Force," he whispered the last part.
Leia turned to see her parents come into the cockpit. Anakin and Padmé gaped at the sight outside of the ship.
" This is the problem," Obi-Wan said.
Their ship was being pulled back to Coruscant by an unknown tractor beam.
" How could there be a tractor beam strong enough to pull this ship back down the planet?" Padmé said.
" That isn't an ordinary tractor beam," Obi-Wan gravely replied. " It's powered by a Sith."
" A Sith!? Why would they want to see us?" Anakin skeptically quipped.
" They can't possibly stand up to three Jedi. One of them has already been killed," Padmé reasoned.
" Odds don't matter to a Sith. Perhaps they want their revenge," Obi-Wan suggested.
Leia stared out the window as they drew closer to the planet, towards a landing platform. " The question is, to whom is their revenge directed towards?"
Padmé looked worriedly at Leia. " This is one of the Chancellor's landing platforms," she said as they ship landed. " Why are we landing here, if a Sith wants us?"
Obi-Wan stood up. " A tremor in the Force!" he yelled as the ship went black.
Anakin reached for Padmé's hand. Leia felt a sudden icy chill wind it's way over her body as her eyelids drooped and she fainted.
" Foolish Jedi!" a venomous voice echoed throughout the ship.
Anakin stepped in front of Padmé and ignited his lightsaber as well as Obi-Wan. " Come out from where you're hiding and face us, Sith!" he spat.
" You are a foolish one, Skywalker," the man's voice dripped with evil. " It's not you I'm after," and he cackled as Anakin felt a sudden wave of dizziness as he deactivated his lightsaber. The room spun in circles and he felt deathly tired. All that came after that was darkness.
************************ Where Leia is ***********************************
Ugh. I feel like I've been run over by a herd of banthas, Leia groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. " Huh?" She looked around in surprise to her surroundings. In the name of Force, she was in a gigantic room with slick black walls and shiny silver devices glittered in the distance. Over in the far corner was a small door, which she presumed to be a bedroom of some sorts. She heard a soft whir and swiveled around to see an old looking device- one of those old elevators, she concluded.
Sidious looked at Leia as soon as the door opened. She was sitting where he had left her on the floor.
" Chancellor," Leia sarcastically bowed her head towards Sidious.
Sidious' eyes contracted and he shot Leia with lightning. He smiled wickedly at her scream. " Never call me anything but Master and never make fun of me."
Leia gasped for air. This wasn't going to be a walk on Alderann that was for sure.
" I'll never call you master," Leia viciously said and narrowed her eyes.
" But you will, you will," Sidious grinned as Leia felt herself slip out of consciousness.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The ship ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Obi-Wan moaned as he got up. I was tired, but I didn't expect I'd fall asleep by the Sith, he grunted as he felt for the Sith's presence. None. He sighed. Obi-Wan glanced curiously around the cockpit. Anakin was sprawled on the floor next to Padmé, but Leia was nowhere in sight. We're in hyperspace, he suddenly realized. He checked the navicomputer and saw that they were heading for Naboo.
Padmé painstakingly opened her eyes. What happened? All I remember is the Chancellor's platform and that evil voice, she shivered.
Anakin groaned. I must have hit my head hard, he thought as he rubbed the back of his skull.
" Where's Leia?" Anakin asked as got up and then helped his love up too.
" I don't know," Obi-Wan answered.
Padmé's eyes widened in shock. " Do you think that Sith took her?"
" I bet he did!" Anakin growled. " He had reason to hate her, and then there was that red glow around her down on Coruscant…"
Obi-Wan furrowed his brows. How come I get a bad feeling about that red glow…
" What if she's dead?" Padmé cried as Anakin put his arm around her.
" I don't know if she's dead," Obi-Wan said.
" Maybe," Padmé rationalized. " That the Sith wanted to use her for something."
" Either way, we're going to have to find her, and quick. Who knows what that Sith will do to her." Anakin said as he looked at the stars passing by at brilliant speeds.
******************** Sith Fortress ***************************************
What am I doing here? Leia thought. She was running through the forest when suddenly, gigantic unrecognizable beasts with hideous fangs leaped at her. Got to defend myself, she thought as she activated her ligthsaber and sliced down all five of the creatures.
Leia curiously looked at her lightsaber. When did I get a red saber?? Then she gasped as the irregularly shaped beasts took the forms of Padmé, Anakin, Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Luke.
" Oh no! What have I done?" Leia screamed.
" They attacked you, they don't care about you," a voice soothed. " I am the only one you can trust. I am your master," Sidious stepped out of the shadows.
" No," Leia said.
Leia jumped up out of her bed. Sidious was close by. " You wicked, vile creature!" she yelled and leapt at him.
Sidious growled with impatience as he shot a lightning bolt at Leia again. " You cannot defeat me with Jedi powers," he sneered. " Your friends will betray you. You can't trust them."
" You're lying! Your darkness won't seduce me!" Leia said as Sidious shocked her again, rendering her unconscious.
Darth Sidious sighed as he got up and injected Leia with another dose of his formula for evil. Soon, she will belong to him. Soon.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Naboo: 24 hours later ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Padmé bit her lip as Obi-Wan talked to Master Yoda.
" You all right?" Anakin gently asked.
" Yeah, I am, but I'm worried about Leia."
" So am I. The Sith have really been picking on her lately."
" You're telling me! Who knows what devious scheme the Sith have in mind," Padmé trailed off as Obi-Wan came over to them.
" Master Yoda says that the council has just recently discovered a possible Sith fortress. Leia *could* be there. He said that there is great danger in going after her."
" Why?" Anakin simply asked.
" Nothing good ever happens when two Jedi and a senator storm a Sith fortress," Obi-Wan solemnly answered Anakin's question.
" We don't have any time to spare!" Padmé said and ran towards the docking bay.
Obi-Wan and Anakin stared at Padmé's retreating form.
" Why do you suppose she is so exuberant to charge into a Sith fortress?" Obi-Wan raised his eyebrows. " Do she not realize the danger?"
" She fully comprehends the danger," Anakin said. " The reason she goes with such force is courage. There's something special between them that we do not fully discern, and whatever that bond is, it is sure powerful." Anakin quietly said.
**************************** Sith fortress again ****************************
" Your friends, they did not come to rescue you. They have forgotten you, abandoned you- I have not."
" They have just been delayed," Leia bitterly said.
Darth Sidious narrowed his eyes. This one has a tremendous temper, and quite stubborn. " Give in to your anger; they left you! Feel the anger, be it, and it will give you all the power you can ever want!"
" No, no, no," tears ran down Leia's cheeks.
Darth Sidious looked at Leia, grinning as he saw he her sob. " Now, then, my apprentice, what is fear?"
" My enemy! Love is I! Love is who I am!" Leia cried.
" NO! HATE is your life! Hate is your existence!" Sidious yelled and shot lightning at Leia again.
" No! Love and friendship will always be stronger!"
" Friendship- ha! Another person that uses you for their advantage! Love- Always ends up stabbing you in the back with its pain!"
" That's not true!" Leia shook her head.
" Of course it is! *I* am the only one you can trust. I am your master."
" Never!"
Sidious growled as he sent several more electric bolts through Leia. He sneered at her as she passed out. He took a syringe and injected it into her. Soon, my virus will have taken full control of her body and she will get rid of Skywalker and get the senator for me, Sidious thought. After Skywalker is gone, I can start my Empire.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Nubian cruiser, yet again ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Anakin sat down next to Padmé. He gulped. Oh, Force, please help me! Anakin looked to Padmé and took her hand.
" You know, Padmé, that going into that Sith fortress is really like a suicide mission," he averted his eyes.
" Yes, Anakin," Padmé tried to discern Anakin's intentions, but she couldn't look into his eyes.
" Things might happen and you know I love more than anything, and what I'm trying to say is," Anakin looked straight into Padmé's eyes. " Will you marry me?"
Needless to say, Padmé was a little shocked. Her eyes widened. Marriage? I love Ani, but, marriage? Although, something tells me to say…
" Absolutely," Padmé fiercely nodded her head.
" Really? Oh, wizards!" Anakin turned into a gleeful child once more and picked Padmé up and twirled her around.
Just outside the door, Obi-Wan smirked and shook his head. Anakin always liked things to move at a fast pace. Master Yoda's vision came true.
************************** Sith fortress ***********************************
" Now, then, my warrior, what is fear?" Sidious asked of his apprentice who was cloaked in black.
" Fear is my ally," the figure said.
" What is friendship?"
" A pitiful excuse that the light side has to power them," the figure said in a female voice.
" What is anger?"
" Anger is my life, my passion, and my strength," the girl flashed her white teeth in an evil grin.
" What is *love?" Sidious cringed at the thought of that word.
" Love is my sworn enemy," Sidious' apprentice looked at him, her yellow eyes ablaze.
" Well, done, my apprentice. Now, you will go and destroy Skywalker and bring the Senator to me. After that, I can start my clone factories and my Empire shall begin," Sidious explained.
" Will I be able to beat all the Jedi?"
" Yes, I have foreseen it, Leia."
[ Author's note: Oh, dear…]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Landing platform right outside of the fortress ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
" Be on your guard," Obi-Wan cautioned as the trio ascended to the top of the building.
Padmé fervently rubbed her arms, trying to warm up. Ever since she saw this place, goosebumps appeared all over her arms and she could not get the picture of the Sith apprentice she saw a few days ago out of her mind, nor the icy cold feeling that chilled her bones.
The door opened to the floor and the threesome jumped out, ready to battle.
" Hahahahahahaha," a cackling laugh echoed throughout the humongous throne room.
Padmé stared in shock at the Sith master seated upon a throne. " Palpatine!"
" Yes, Senator, it is the Chancellor as well as the Sith Master," he grinned maliciously.
" What have you done to Leia?" Anakin demanded.
" See for yourself," was Sidious' curt reply.
A figure stepped out of the shadows, draped in a flowing black robe. Apprentice to Darth Sidious' the humanoid lifted their head to reveal…
" Leia!" Padmé yelled.
Leia narrowed her eyes, no longer the intense brown as her mothers, but now a fiery reddish- yellow.
" Come on, Leia! What are you standing there for? Come here," Anakin said.
" No, Jedi," Leia spat out at Anakin. " I only obey my Master."
Anakin looked at her in disbelief and tears formed in Padmé's eyes. She can't be evil, she can't…
" Leia," Obi-Wan stepped forward.
Leia's arm shot out from under her robes and sent a powerful blast of the Force into Obi-Wan, rendering him unconscious.
" Obi-Wan!" Anakin cried and turned angrily to Leia. " How could you do that to your friend?' he demanded.
Leia's eyes softened a small bit at the word friend.
" Get him, my apprentice!" Sidious' commanded. " I must get the Senator!"
Leia shook her head and the darkness returned to her eyes. " Yes Master," she said as she ignited her still green lightsaber.
Anakin also activated his lightsaber and stepped towards Leia.
" I don't want to fight you, but it seems that I have to knock some sense into you!"
Leia grinned evilly. " As you wish, Jedi."
Anakin twirled his saber and ran towards Leia and swung at her head. Or, where her head was. Leia had anticipated his move and ducked, sending her leg jamming into his stomach.
" Ooof!" Anakin grunted and looked up in enough time to see the Sidious shock him with a bolt of lightning. He heard Padmé's scream as his eyelids slowly closed.
Leia stared hard at Anakin as she heard Padmé scream. She rapidly blinked several times before looking towards the senator.
" Anakin!" Padmé screamed and started to move towards him but Palpatine used the dark side of the Force to send her hurtling across the room.
" Take care of the good Senator while I get this young Knight into a cell while my guards deal with Kenobi."
" Yes, Master," Leia bowed as her "master" retreated with Anakin's body floating after him.
Leia looked over at Padmé and she felt a small pang in her chest for which she had no explanation. She walked over and stood above Amidala.
" How could you do this, Leia? Why did you hurt your friends?" Padmé asked.
" I have no friends!" Leia yelled. " Only my master!"
" What did he do to my friend?"
Leia shot her a sidelong glance and caught a sheen of tears. Padmé noticed that Leia got a confused look on her face and she wiped away her tears.
" Come on, Leia! Come back to Light side of the Force!" Padmé pleaded.
" Why?" Leia snapped. " So everyone can betray and abandon me?"
" Because we love you."
Leia's eyes went wide. Love. That word again. Whenever I hear that word, I feel some kind of a warm breeze. Why do I feel that way? " Nobody loves me," she quietly said.
" That's not true," Padmé whispered. " I love you."
Leia was perplexed. Why would someone like her love me? Padmé looked Leia straight in the eyes and saw a quick flash of her warm brown orbs for a split second. Then she felt awfully dizzy and fainted.
So wrapped up in her thoughts, Leia almost let Padmé drop to the floor.
" Don't listen to her, my apprentice," Sidious commanded. " She is only trying to confuse you to let her get away. Now, bring her to my quarters and keep an eye on Skywalker."
" Yes, Master," Leia replied and carried Padmé gently to his quarters. Sidious frowned for he saw her yellow eyes mixed with a touch of fire brown.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Our poor Obi-Wan! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Obi-Wan felt his body move up and down like the waves of an ocean. Where am I? The last thing I remember is the mixed emotions in Leia, and a virus…he snapped his eyes open. A couple Imperial guards on a rough path were carrying him. Obi-Wan struggled to get up, but he was trapped in binds.
The soldiers were laughing when a purple blade jutted through one of the men's stomachs, thus, causing him to drop Obi-Wan like a sack of bricks.
" OW!" Obi-Wan cried as he hit the floor. He looked up to see Master Windu and Yoda push the guards over the edge of a cliff.
" You made quick work," Obi-Wan noted.
" Move fast we must, for now danger there is. Stop the Sith we must, before his plan goes into action," Yoda said as he helped get the bindings off of Obi-Wan.
" What is this plan?" Obi-Wan asked as he rubbed his sore wrists.
" Adi Gallia told us that a Bothan spy figured out that the Sith is Palpatine and that he is attempting to take over the galaxy by making clones," Windu explained.
" Clones!? " Obi-Wan cried in disbelief.
" Hurry we must," Yoda said. " One factory there is, and destroy it we must, the fate of the galaxy is in our hands, yes. First we must rescue Senator Amidala and Knight Skywalker before Leia harms them, yes."
" Masters, I believe there is some kind of virus controlling Leia. Is there an antidote?"
" I'm afraid not, Obi-Wan. There is nothing that can save her now." Windu solemnly said.
Obi-Wan sighed and all three of them hurried over to the Sith fortress.
********************** Anakin's cell **************************************
Anakin groaned as he got up. Did an ion cannon hit me? He thought and shook his head. Leia fought with me, and Palpatine, lightning…
" You're finally awake."
Anakin looked to where the voice came from, Leia.
" How could you do this!? We're your friends, and where's Padmé"
" Demanding, aren't you?" Leia smirked. " The Senator is with my Master."
" Are you out of your mind!? What in the name of Force were you thinking? Palpatine wants her to start his Empire or whatever he calls it. How could you abandon your friend like that?" he said.
" Don't you remember?" he whispered.
Leia diverted her eyes. What are these feelings I have? Why am I feeling this way?
Anakin sighed and suddenly looked at Leia again. " What's that around your neck?"
" Something around my neck?" Leia, repeated, perplexed. She felt around on her neck and discovered a warm chain.
Leia took out an oval shaped necklace. She studied it closely. There was silver flower patterns along the edges. In the middle was a greenish planet with a crescent moon around it. On the back there was a button and Leia pushed it. A soft melody played.
Leia stared at the device in shock. Memories- my mother, singing that tune, Padmé, Anakin, Luke, my family. I love them. My friends, my family. I LOVE them!
Anakin smiled broadly as Leia's yellow eyes dissipated into her warm brown eyes.
" Anakin! Oh, I'm so sorry I hurt you! Aaack! Padmé in a room alone with Palaptine! I've got to help her!" Leia quickly apologized and dashed off to aid her mom.
" Don't worry about me," Anakin sarcastically called out. " I suppose I can get out by using the Force." Anakin did use the Force and called the key card to his hand. It slipped into the lock and he was free. He raced of in the direction Leia headed.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Palaptine and Padmé (eew!) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Padmé groaned inwardly as she struggled to open her eyes. Why am I lying in a bed and, oh Force, is that Palpatine?
" You're awake, my dear," Palpatine said.
" I'm awake but I can assure you that I am *not* your dear!" she spat.
" I need your gift. My empire cannot be completed without your force-sensitive children. Now, I can give you all the power in the galaxy. Rule with me!"
Padmé stared at him in compete disgust. " I will never be yours! I love Anakin!"
" There's no escaping your destiny!" Palpatine growled.
" And her destiny doesn't lie with you!" a voice said and Leia kicked down the door.
" Why are you here? Why aren't you with Skywalker?" Palpatine demanded.
" Because I'm here to rescue my friend!" Leia puffed with pride at her last word.
" Leia!" Padmé smiled gratefully.
" How could you resist my virus? It's impossible!" Palpatine roared.
" That's my little secret," Leia said and activated her lightsaber.
" If that's the way you want to play it, fine," Palpatine said as he activated his red lightsaber. " You had the chance for power and you passed it by. Prepare to die."
Leia's response was to leap in the air and swing at Palpatine's left side. He dodged and moved out of the room.
" Where's he going?' Padmé asked as Leia started to exit the room.
" To start the clones!" Leia yelled as she tore down the right hallway.
Poodoo! Where did Leia go? Anakin thought as he dashed into an open room.
Padmé stared at Anakin for a few seconds, then flung herself in his arms.
" I thought I'd lost you!" Padmé cried as Anakin gently stroked her hair.
" I thought I'd lost you, too, but Leia came through," Anakin whispered as tears escaped his eyes.
" We have to go after her! She said something about clones!" Padmé said and ran out the door, dragging Anakin with her.
" You can't run forever, Sith!" Leia yelled through the vast chamber she was in.
Sidious ignored how close the Jedi's voice seemed. He had to initiate the clone factory...
Padmé and Anakin were suddenly at the bottom of an immense chamber. Seemingly out of nowhere, Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Mace Windu appeared.
" Masters! What are you doing here?" Anakin asked, but his attention was soon diverted to the action upon the catwalks.
Leia was running towards Palpatine full blast. He suddenly turned around and sent a wave of dark energy in her direction. Her lightsaber deactivated, Leia fell, just holding onto the edge of the catwalk. Sidious paid her no more heed and proceeded to his datapad. In the meantime, Leia had pulled herself up and flung her lightsaber towards Palpatine.
" How could I have not foreseen this?" Sidious cried as the emerald saber went through his back and flew towards Leia.
Down below, Anakin and the others cheered, when a huge explosion burst through the fortress.
" What was that?" Windu said.
" Palpatine set off some kind of explosion! The base is about to blow up! Take this datapad," Leia yelled down and threw the datapad to Padmé.
" What about you?" Padmé called.
" I'll be fine. Now go!"
Anakin grabbed Padmé's hand as they and the rest of the Jedi made a mad dash towards the exit. All around them, statues were falling and books were aflame. They leapt out of the door and hurried into Yoda's ship as a huge explosion ripped through fortress.
" Take off!" Mace yelled to Anakin.
Anakin started up the engines and gunned the thrust just as the fortress burst into flames.
" Set the coordinates for the clone factory," Obi-Wan said as Padmé handed his the datapad.
" The base is on one of the moons of Endor. It's not far, fifteen minutes, tops," Padmé said.
" Entering hyperspace," Anakin announced. The three friends then went to see Master Yoda and Windu.
" Brave, she was," Yoda spoke.
" Is," Padmé said.
Yoda's ears perked up. " Survived the blast, did she?"
" Leia's been up against Padmé's suitors; she can handle this!" Anakin smiled.
" It's a good thing that virus was destroyed," Obi-Wan said.
" Yes, it is," Mace agreed. " The question is, how much did Palpatine accomplish with his clone factory?"
All five looked at each other grimly.
" Whatever answer that is, we *have* to destroy that factory," Anakin determinedly said.
Everyone nodded. A beep went off.
" We're entering Endor's moon, let's get ready to destroy a factory!" Anakin said.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A few minutes later ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
" There it is," Obi-Wan said and pointed to a large, rectangular shaped building.
" Okay, we'll be in firing range in two minutes," Anakin said, but was cut short as he spotted a proton torpedo shooting for the main power source.
The torpedo hit the target dead center and set of a series of explosions that looked like a dazzling fireworks show.
" Look, an X-wing!" Padmé said, pointing to a figure coming full throttle towards them.
" YAHOO!!" Leia screamed over the comm link.
Everyone on the Jedi ship smiled as their friend returned to them, good once again.
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Next up: Angel's Eyes Part three: The Wedding
What's in store for our heroes/ heroines? Only gimer sticks, missing rings, first dates, exhausted wedding planners, Mandalorian clones, ticked off Senators, inept Jedi, the dress from Roon, and, to top it all off: A starved Wandrella!
Aren't they in for loads of fun?
Till next chapter!
~Angel Padmé~
