Oct 2002
Disclaimer: I don't own any this, all the characters (Except for Tasha) are property of Lucasfilm etc etc.
Hide Your Love Away
Chapter 10
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine was in the process of reviewing the senate proposals when the bell on his chambers rang. "Yes?"
A holo of his guard appeared on his desk, "Mistress Jade to see you, Chancellor."
He straightened. He hadn't expected her to return this soon. "Send her in."
The holo bowed and disappeared. Well well well, Jade had succeeded in tempting the noblest of noble Jedi. Or had she? He frowned, carefully wiping it from his face as the doors opened to admit the blonde woman. She was dressed in a black flight suit, her blaster clipped to her left thigh. She looked about the room, her eyes narrowed, and then dropped to one knee before touching the bottom step of the raised dais.
"My Lord."
He looked at her critically. "Your report."
"I was successful."
"In seducing the Jedi or in conceiving his child?"
She swallowed hard, not looking up. "Both, my Master."
A rare smile split Palpatine's face, his eyes gleaming with the taste of victory. This small battle had been won, thanks to his planning and Jade's charms. "You have done well, my apprentice. Look at me."
She raised her head, meeting his cold, hard gaze, her own eyes blazing with the degrading knowledge of the child growing within her. The child of the man who's condemned her to hell.
"You have much hate in you, Jade. Do you hate Jedi Kenobi so much you would contemplate your own death rather than bear his child?"
She opened her mouth to protest but snapped it shut. He was reading her thoughts, reading her most private desires. "No, my Master. I would only think it, but I would never disappoint you by attempting it."
He nodded once. "Young Skywalker and his wife are now on Couruscant. What have you learned of their journey?"
"They have children, twins."
"Indeed."
"It's true. Obi- Jedi Kenobi told me he was there to assist with their births."
Palpatine's face turned thoughtful as he turned from his apprentice. "Join me at the window, Jade."
She rose to her feet, her steps silent on the carpet. She moved with the stealth of a practiced assassin, a skill she'd quickly acquired under his tutelage. Quickly, she joined him at the window, stopping slightly behind him. She would not presume to stand next to a Sith Lord when she had much still to learn.
Palpatine didn't look at her as he looked out over the cityscape. "Tell me of the Skywalker twins."
"Leia and Luke. They're fraternal. From the look of it they've been hidden so that you, nor I, can find them. Jedi Kenobi spoke of their Force signature being masked due to unpractised usage. Some kind of protection until they understand their powers."
Palpatine didn't move as he absorbed her words. Twins. Skywalker's twins who were Force sensitive. "One male, one female. If we can find the twins, Skywalker's turn will be guaranteed. Your child will be raised with his and brought up with the knowledge they will eventually mate, and reproduce, with a Skywalker heir."
She jerked in surprise, unsure if she'd heard him correctly. "Master?"
"You understand. Find the twins and bring them to me."
"I have tried to backtrack the ship's trajectory, Master, but Skywalker and his wife are smart. They've wiped the computer's memory completely, I could gain nothing from it."
Palpatine turned his head to look at her, his features hard. "If you can't find them through mechanics, find them through seduction. You still have the Fertility six; use it on Skywalker or Kenobi. A man under the influence of that drug will tell his mate anything."
She swallowed hard, "But..."
"Dare you defy me?"
She paled at his softly spoken words and the implied threat. Kneeling before him, she bowed her head, "I will do as you say, my Master, I will not fail you."
She flinched as his gnarled hand came to rest on the top of her head. "Your child will be the heir to my Empire Jade. Remember that."
She nodded, unable to speak and stood when he finally turned away. She left his office without a backwards glance, her hands clenched into tight fists at her sides. Again she was told to barter her body to gain tactical information and supplies. She nurtured the rage, cultivating it, and used the Force to block the ripple of her emotions. If she had to lie with Kenobi again to accomplish her goal she would. As she'd told her Master; she wouldn't fail. She never did.
Disclaimer: I don't own any this, all the characters (Except for Tasha) are property of Lucasfilm etc etc.
Hide Your Love Away
Chapter 10
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine was in the process of reviewing the senate proposals when the bell on his chambers rang. "Yes?"
A holo of his guard appeared on his desk, "Mistress Jade to see you, Chancellor."
He straightened. He hadn't expected her to return this soon. "Send her in."
The holo bowed and disappeared. Well well well, Jade had succeeded in tempting the noblest of noble Jedi. Or had she? He frowned, carefully wiping it from his face as the doors opened to admit the blonde woman. She was dressed in a black flight suit, her blaster clipped to her left thigh. She looked about the room, her eyes narrowed, and then dropped to one knee before touching the bottom step of the raised dais.
"My Lord."
He looked at her critically. "Your report."
"I was successful."
"In seducing the Jedi or in conceiving his child?"
She swallowed hard, not looking up. "Both, my Master."
A rare smile split Palpatine's face, his eyes gleaming with the taste of victory. This small battle had been won, thanks to his planning and Jade's charms. "You have done well, my apprentice. Look at me."
She raised her head, meeting his cold, hard gaze, her own eyes blazing with the degrading knowledge of the child growing within her. The child of the man who's condemned her to hell.
"You have much hate in you, Jade. Do you hate Jedi Kenobi so much you would contemplate your own death rather than bear his child?"
She opened her mouth to protest but snapped it shut. He was reading her thoughts, reading her most private desires. "No, my Master. I would only think it, but I would never disappoint you by attempting it."
He nodded once. "Young Skywalker and his wife are now on Couruscant. What have you learned of their journey?"
"They have children, twins."
"Indeed."
"It's true. Obi- Jedi Kenobi told me he was there to assist with their births."
Palpatine's face turned thoughtful as he turned from his apprentice. "Join me at the window, Jade."
She rose to her feet, her steps silent on the carpet. She moved with the stealth of a practiced assassin, a skill she'd quickly acquired under his tutelage. Quickly, she joined him at the window, stopping slightly behind him. She would not presume to stand next to a Sith Lord when she had much still to learn.
Palpatine didn't look at her as he looked out over the cityscape. "Tell me of the Skywalker twins."
"Leia and Luke. They're fraternal. From the look of it they've been hidden so that you, nor I, can find them. Jedi Kenobi spoke of their Force signature being masked due to unpractised usage. Some kind of protection until they understand their powers."
Palpatine didn't move as he absorbed her words. Twins. Skywalker's twins who were Force sensitive. "One male, one female. If we can find the twins, Skywalker's turn will be guaranteed. Your child will be raised with his and brought up with the knowledge they will eventually mate, and reproduce, with a Skywalker heir."
She jerked in surprise, unsure if she'd heard him correctly. "Master?"
"You understand. Find the twins and bring them to me."
"I have tried to backtrack the ship's trajectory, Master, but Skywalker and his wife are smart. They've wiped the computer's memory completely, I could gain nothing from it."
Palpatine turned his head to look at her, his features hard. "If you can't find them through mechanics, find them through seduction. You still have the Fertility six; use it on Skywalker or Kenobi. A man under the influence of that drug will tell his mate anything."
She swallowed hard, "But..."
"Dare you defy me?"
She paled at his softly spoken words and the implied threat. Kneeling before him, she bowed her head, "I will do as you say, my Master, I will not fail you."
She flinched as his gnarled hand came to rest on the top of her head. "Your child will be the heir to my Empire Jade. Remember that."
She nodded, unable to speak and stood when he finally turned away. She left his office without a backwards glance, her hands clenched into tight fists at her sides. Again she was told to barter her body to gain tactical information and supplies. She nurtured the rage, cultivating it, and used the Force to block the ripple of her emotions. If she had to lie with Kenobi again to accomplish her goal she would. As she'd told her Master; she wouldn't fail. She never did.