Part Two: Dark Jedi
In the waiting room, Luke felt a chill and disturbance in the force. He knew it had to do with Evilyn. Luke remained seated watching the others. Leia and Han were talking with the twins about something they found with baby Anakin wiggling to get free of his mother. C3PO and Chewbacca seemed to be locked in a debate about something or other, R2D2 beeping in every once in a while. Then there was Makken, who seemed troubled about something. Luke had no doubt that is was about his daughter. He got up and walked over to him. "She'll be all right."
Makken looked up at him with hopeful eyes, "Do you think? I mean, if she's gone to the dark side..."
Luke nodded, "Then we will have lost her for a time. Her grandfather, my father was on the dark side. But I brought him back. As long as there is that hint of light, no one is truely lost. Not even Emporer Kede."
Makken shrugged, still not convinced, "I hope so."
Luke sat down next to him, "So do I. It would break my heart to see her like that." Makken nodded his agreement. "You and I both know her. She may have her dark moments but that inoccent little girl always seems to shine through." Luke thought he saw a small smile trace acrossed the young man's lips. "Besides, I'm still looking forward to that wedding in a couple years for you two." Luke smiled when Makken blushed bright red.
Luke looked down to see little Jaina tugging at his robes. "Yes?"
"Uncle Luke, where's Evi?" her eyes were so gentle and sincere.
"She's visiting a friend she knows." Luke smiled down at her.
"Will she be back?" Jaina sat down on the floor in front of him. The others stopped their conversations to look at him expectantly.
"Of course she will. I have faith that she will." Luke made a point of looking Makken in the eye at he said this. "We all know her."
* * *
Emporer Kede placed an arm around Evilyn as they walked through the hall way to the new Death Star's control room. Her face was expressionless as she walked. Her icy blue dress seemed oddly to bright of a color for this place of destruction. Kede smiled down at her. "I have your first mission."
Evilyn turned to look at him, "And it is?" She was still lost in a trance.
"I want you to get rid of a villiage. Every one of them, including women and children. They know to much about this spacestation. They helped create it and I'm not going to let them fall to Rebel hands. I want them illiminated." Kede spoke without turning to look at her.
"Where is this... Village?" Evilyn's voice held a tone of ice.
"Tatooine." Kede told her.
"I will do it Master," Evilyn told him. He smiled as she walked towards the hanger in which her ship was held.
"The Empire will live again and this time no one will stop it." Kede laughed evilly.
* * *
Outside a small desert villiage on Tatooine, former senator Zen-til of Niebe sat, playing her flute for some of the children to here. The four children clapped and cheered at the happy parts and frowned and cried at the sad. This song was a new one for them. Zen-til had written it in honor of Niebe's dead queen, Chikara. They'd been close friends long ago. She closed her eyes as she began the part of the song written for the young jedi, Evilyn, whom she'd met once when Chikara had come to her for help. The little girl had seemed to have such a high spirit that Zen-til had felt it necessary to write her in. The four children swayed to the rythem of the sweet music. Zen-til didn't notice when the children stopped, but she opened her eyes to see a dark shadow of a person covering them. Looking up she saw that this mysterious person was dressed in a black cloak that covered it's face. A lightsaber was ignited from this persons hand. And with a single swipe, the person killed the four children without a second thought. Zen-til tried desperately to get up, gathering her skirts. The mysterious person swong the lightsaber until it was inches from her neck. "Please, don't. What do you want?"
"What? I must had mistaken you for a former senator of Niebe, I could have sworn that this senator was you." The mysterious figure mocked.
Zen-til frowned at the somehow familiar female voice, "What are you talking about?"
"You will die now Senator Zen-til of Niebe."
Zen-til's eyes widened. No one knew that she'd been a senator. The people in the villiage thought she was just a lonely, middle aged woman who played music. "How'd you know?" The figure threw back the cloak's hood. Zen-til gasped. "Evilyn?"
"That will be the last word you speak." Evilyn's face remained expressionless as she swong and sliced off the head of the blonde, former senator of Niebe. As the sun set, Evilyn walked quietly from home to home, killing the 50 people in the small village on Tatooine.
* * *
In the throne room of Emporer Kede, Kede himself sat smiling to himself. He felt the quiet anger and hatred Evilyn held as she killed the village. That anger and hatred was caused by himself and Daja. "Good work, my dead apprentice. You have contributed much."
* * *
Evilyn walked among the ruins of the Tatooine village. Houses smuldered from her lightsaber, setting an eery glow in the evening light. She stopped at a rather large home and walked inside. Around lay the dead family, who'd been eating dinner at the time she'd killed them. Evilyn felt a large tug at her heart. She closed her eyes and took a deep breathe. "They deserved it." She consoled herself.
"Who deserved it?"
Evilyn whirled around to face the sound. It was a stormtrooper captin or that was what he looked like. "They did. All of them. I don't see the point in telling you this captin."
The captin walked a few steps into the home. "All rebels deserve it, Miss Evilyn."
"So they do. What is it that you're here for?" She asked growing impatient.
"The emporer sent me to pick you up or escort you to the new location of the Death Star." The captin stated.
"Very well then, let's go." Evilyn walked behind the stormtrooper as he lead her out. She ventured a look back and a painful grimace before she boarded her ship and took off.
* * *
Evilyn sighed with boredom as she saw the Millenium Falcon come into view. She didn't want to have to deal with them at the moment. Over the comm she heard the familiar voice of Makken. "Ship, this is the Millenium Falcon. Stat your business."
"I don't have to stat my business here. I am with the imperial fleet." Evilyn told the pilot with a sigh.
"Evi?" The man over the comm seemed to reconize her voice.
She narrowed her eyes, forgetting he couldn't see her, "Who is this? General Solo?"
"No. It's Makken. Evilyn am I glad to see you. What are you talking about? Imperial Fleet?" Makken's confused voice echoed in her control room.
Evilyn decided to ignore him. Instead she contacted the Death Star, "This is StarBlast looking to speak to the emporer."
"Yes Evilyn go ahead."
"I've encountered the Millenium Falcon. Requesting permission to fire."
"Go ahead dear child."
Evilyn smiled and started the weapons systems. Without hesitation she open fired on the Millenium Falcon.
"Woah! Evilyn what's going on?" Makken asked her in response to her fire.
"Get your sorry ship out of here before I destroy it." Evilyn told him and again pressed the button to fire. She truely didn't want to harm him or the Falcon. The Millenium Falcon twisted and turned to escape her fire. As it came back around, the ship targeted Evilyn's engines and in a quick blast, destroyed them. The StarBlast went spiralling back down to Tatooine. "Emporer, Master."
"Yes."
"I've been hit. Requesting permission to kill all who witness my crash." Evilyn's voice remained calm and serene.
"Do it and find a way to get back here." The emporer seemed angry.
In a flash of light, the StarBlast crashed into an empty desert field on Tatooine. Evilyn climbed out of the smoking hunk of metal that was her ship. "Great, now I'll have to fix this." She stalked towards the nearby settlement, angry with herself.
* * *
Alexandressa Yane walked into her favorite pub on Tatooine. She looked around hoping to see if any new visitors had arrived. She was disappointed to find that only the regulars were here. A few waved to her as she stalked over to the bar.
The bartender turned and smiled at her, "What can I get ye lass?"
"The usual. Ya know Derk, I think we know each other well enough to call each other by our names." Alex smiled.
The bartender returned with her drink and in a hushed tone told her, "Don't want a bounty on ye heads do ye? Besides, remured has it that a starship crashed out a little ways from here."
Alex smiled, "Good. Maybe business won't be so slow. Who do ya think it was?"
"Probably an Imperial supporter. Do ye really want to get mixed up with them again, lass?" The bartender turned away looking casual.
"Point taken Derk, point taken." Alex sighed bored as her usual. She often reminded herself of Captin Han Solo. The well known smuggler had disappeared from the business some 19 years ago. Alex had gladly taken his place. Her icy blue eyes scanned the pub and turned back to her drink.
* * *
Evilyn casually entered a well known pub on Tatooine. She'd figured that maybe someone would be kind enough to give her a lift. Scanning she saw a young woman about her age sitting at the bar. Evilyn walked up to her and sat down beside her. "Got a ship?" She asked casually.
The woman turned to look at her, "Of course. The SunFlare. Hyperspace capabilities. Out runs any imperial star cruiser."
"I'm not looking to out run the imperials. I want to get to them." Evilyn turned to face the black haired, blue eyed beauty.
"Imperials you say. I can get you to them, not right now but in a few days. The Sunflare needs some repairs," The woman told her facing Evilyn. 'I don't like the feel of this. She has the force in her. And strong too.'
"I'll give you 20,000 for the trip when it is complete. And be mindful of your thoughts, I can easily sense them." Evilyn got up and was about to leave.
"Hanger bay 85. Oh, be careful of the Elect. They're gangsters who think they are all that." Alex told Evilyn.
"The Elect huh? Where do they live?" Evilyn stopped and smiled.
"Over the nearby hills. Dangerous place." Alex turned back to her drink.
Evilyn was thoughtful. She strod out of the pub and walked across the desert sand. She soon got to the nearby hills her employee had told her about. "Let's see if they are what she says theya are." Evilyn didn't think about a sneak attack. She'd attack them when they knew. A few below sounded an alarm. Evilyn ran to them and sliced them in half in mid alarm. She procedded to kill the men, letting the woman and children run in panic. A child tripped a few feet away from her, and she walked up to him. "Guess the weak will be slaughtered then." She raised her lighsaber and swong down at the child. She was surprised when another lightsaber blocked her path. This one was green. She followed the handle to the figures arm and to the figures face. Evilyn stumbled back at the figures face. "Makken?"
"Evilyn, what do you think you're doing?" Makken seemed upset.
"What are you doing? Get away from me." Evilyn shouted. The child crawled out from under her to escape.
"Evi..."
"Don't call me that. I'm not a child." She spat.
"Fine, Evilyn, what are you doing?" Makken repeated in a calmer tone.
"These people terrorise the settlement. I've giving them what they deserve." Evilyn didn't know why she was explaining herself to him or why she was doing what she was doing.
"This is not how you solve the problem, not with death and violence."
"Now you sound like my father!" She shouted.
"Your father loves you and is worried about you. So am I. You can't fix everything." Makken stood up deigniting his lightsaber.
Evilyn stood too, "I should be able to. Then I could've saved Chikara or, or maybe I couldn've saved my mother." Silent tears flooded her bright green eyes.
"Evi, you can't change the past. Chikara was on the other side of the galaxy and you were only a toddler when your mother died." Makken suddenly felt really sorry for Evilyn.
"But I want to." Evilyn cried.
"You can't. You can only respond. Come here," Makken wrapped Evilyn in a hug as she sobbed.
"Alright we can cry all night, but do you still want to go to the Imperial ships?" The female smuggler was standing behind them.
Evilyn wiped the tears from her face, "Actually yes. Maybe we can stop Emporer Kede." Makken smiled at her.
"Good. I'm Alexandressa Yane. Alex for short." She extended her hand.
"I'm Evilyn Skywalker." Evilyn shook Alex's hand.
"Makken Kenobi. I believe we've met before." Alex nodded to Makken as he introduced himself.
"Then at dawn we set out," Alex turned and left.
"Did you mean that before? About loving me and being worried for me?" Evilyn searched his eyes.
"Of course, Evi. I love you more than words can say," Makken smiled.
"Good," Evilyn walked past him to follow Alex. Makken shook his head and laughed.
* * *
Evilyn sat alone in a seat in Alexandressa's ship. She sat in deep thought about what she'd done. How could anyone forgive her after they found out? They'd never aprove. She figured it'd only been a few days with the dark side, but it felt like years had gone by. Her body ached and yerned for sleep which Evilyn would not give it. Evilyn didn't want to sleep. Sleep meant seeing those faces and hearing those screams which haunted her mind. Those dreams, she relized, had haunted her years before now. She placed her head in her hands. "I never want to go home."
"Why?"
Evilyn looked up at the face of Alex. "I've done to much for them to forgive me."
Alex sat down beside her and was silent for a moment. Finally she spoke, "If they truely love you, then they will forgive you. That man you were with seemed to forgive you."
"Makken?" Evilyn shook her head, "He's just being nice. You don't understand the Jedi ways. I've done to much evil to be forgiven."
"Listen to me Evilyn," Alex's tone was stern, "I'm a jedi, believe or not. I saw what you did and I am forgiving you. You were under the influence of the dark, you can't control that."
"Yes I can. I can resist," Evilyn looked away from her. Alex was a jedi, the people she'd betrayed for revenge. She was only a padawan, what did she know.
"You lost someone, it is understandable to be angry and it was unfornuate that the Emporer was there to mislead you. The important thing was that you turned back. You relized your wrong and changed. That is what is truely important." Alex smiled at her.
"If you think so," Evilyn still couldn't bring herself to look at the young jedi woman.
"I know so. Look at me Evilyn. I've done many wrongs, yet I am still forgiven, because jedi can forgive." Alex stood up, "Now I have to get ready to sneak our way onto that Imperial ship."
"Wait!" Evilyn stood up. "Surender the ship." She suddenly had an idea, something that she could make up her wrongs for.
"What?" Alex looked at her in shock. She didn't believe what this padawan was saying.
"Surrender. We will board as prisoners, well at least you and Makken. I will somehow trick the Emporer into letting you free. By that time you will have the Death Star's read outs and we will return with them to the Alliance." Evilyn spoke fast, suddenly excited.
"I don't know if I like this." Alex shook her head reluctantly.
"It will work, I promise. Tell Makken." Evilyn instructed. Alex left to inform Makken and Evilyn turned to sit down thinking fast about what she'd say.
"Are you crazy!" Makken burst into the room.
"I'm not crazy, the plan will work." Evilyn looked up at him. She couldn't help but smile at him. His handsome figure, beautiful eyes, and loving personalty.
"What are you smiling at?" Makken calmed down and looked at her suspiciously.
"Nothing," Evilyn faked inoccence.
"What? Tell me." Makken insisted.
Evilyn got up and walked over to him. She stood on her tip-toes to reach his eye level. "You."
"Oh? And why's that?" Makken smiled playfully.
Evilyn walked past him, making him turn to follow her as she ran a finger along the smooth metal of the control panel. "I was just thinking about how nice it is to be alone with you for once, without an interuption." She said coyly, not facing him.
Makken wrapped his arms around her slender waist leaning so his face was on her shoulder, "But won't I interrupt your train of thought?" He slowly kissed her neck.
"What train of thought?" She smiled turning around in his arms to face him. "My only thought is of you." Evilyn kissed him.
"Good," He kissed her back passionately. "Wouldn't want you to lose your thoughts."
"That would be a pity," Evilyn said between kisses. "That would be a pity."
* * *
Emporer Kede strode onto the main hanger bay of the new Death Star. The unfamiliar ship's boarding ramp came down. From the shadows he could just make out three figures, two were female. Stormtroopers walked them up to the Emporer. One female threw back her cloak. "Evilyn dear child, what have we here?"
Evilyn smiled, "Just two rebels. I was on my way to execute them, but decided a little visit to the Death Star was involved." Evilyn's mind raced as to what was next in the plan, all the while keeping her mind distant from the Sith Emporer.
"Our cells will hold them until you are ready to leave." The emporer nodded. He'd let her deal with her prisoners in her own time.
"Good. The village you wished to be destroyed is no longer there along with another gangster village nearby. I'm really quite tired. Would you mind if I rested?" Evilyn forced herself to sound pleased, though her heart was breaking. She walked smoothly past him and towards the door.
"Evilyn," The emporer called her back.
"Yes?" She turned unwilling to come closer.
"Wasn't this man the man Daja reported to me as you having a little love affair with?" Kede smiled wickedly grabbing Makken's neck with the force.
"Love affair? I'd hardly call it that," She forced herself to say the words. This was unplanned and she hoped Makken understood what she was doing. "It was... just a trick to get him to come with me. You... can't expect a jedi to willing go to the sith without some inticing do you?" Evilyn winced as she fumbled with words.
"No I don't suppose so. Then this fling is over?" Kede eyed her suspisiously.
Evilyn made eye contact with Makken for a second. Then looked away, she couldn't stand seeing the distressed look in his face, "Yes, it is over. It never even begun. You are lucky master, that your padawan is such a good actress." She mentalling kicked herself for being such an actress.
"Believe me I am. Take them away," Kede motioned to the troopers releasing Makken.
"Now may I rest or will you be needing my services?" Evilyn was desperate to leave.
"No, you may rest dear child." Kede smiled.
Evilyn nodded her thanks and turned leaving the hanger bay.
* * *
Evilyn approached the guards standing by her friends' cell. She'd changed from her icy blue gown to a beautiful deep red one. This one was longer and bunched in the back, creating a train. The top was elegant and simple. The v of her corset like top was edged in a brighter red with the shoulder straps forming another v at her cheast. She wore black gloves that extended almost to her shoulders. Her pale brown hair was curled and kinked and styled in the lastest fashion. "Guards I'd like to see my prisoners."
"But Miss Evilyn, the ball in your honor is about to begin." One guard protested.
"Then we better hurry no?" Evilyn arched her perfect eyebrows. The guards moved aside and let her in, locking it after she was in. Makken lay on one of the hard matresses acrossed from her facing the wall. "Makken?" The only response was a shoulder shrug. "I'm really sorry about earlier, but I had to do it."
Finally he rolled to meet her, "Did you have to do it so well?"
"I... I'm sorry." Evilyn looked down.
"Evilyn I don't like this plan, not at all. It's too sneaky, a straight out fight would work better than this. You have to use so much of the dark side to convince Kede that it might overcome you." His blue eyes stared into her kiwi green ones.
"It won't I promise. It will be over in a couple hours after this stupid ball. I'll reqest the Death Star's charts to look over them on my trip and we'll be home free." Evilyn knelt on the dirty floor.
"Promise me one thing."
"Anything," Evilyn smiled.
"Be careful. Don't be your usual self. It will get you killed." Makken smiled a little too.
"I'll try." Evilyn stood up and turned to look at Alex. "Are you ready?"
Alex smiled back lifting a lock pick to show Evilyn, "All set. Le'ts hope this works. May the force be with you."
"You too." Evilyn turned and signaled to the guards to leave.
* * *
Evilyn stood in the doorway of the grand confrence room that was serving as a ball room. She closed her eyes and bit her lip. This was bringing back very bad and recent memories. She took several deep breathes to calm her nerves and compose herself. Everyone turned to look at her. Evilyn raised her chin high and approached the Emporer at the podeum, walking through the maze of sith and imperial supporters.
Emporer Kede smiled and extended his hand to Evilyn, "Everyone, this is our new hope. The new hope we've been looking for to bring the Empire back into power." Applause errupted from the audience. "Now let the festivities finally begin."
Evilyn instantly turned to the Emporer, "Master, I have a request."
"Anything," His gaze was focused on the crowd.
"I request the new Death Star's read outs. I wasn't alive when the original was built and if I'm to be apart of this I feel I should be familiar with the station." Evilyn secretly hoped things would work out.
Kede smiled, "Now that's a true leader and commander. Always being prepared. They will transfered to the ship you came in as we speak." Kede set a stormtrooper to do just that. Evilyn nodded thanks and quickly left.
* * *
Alex twisted her lock pick in the cells lock, while Makken was crowtched by the door with a small blaster. They knew the blaster had only enough for two shots, for two guards. "Got it," she whispered and gently slid the door open. Alex and Makken pushed their way out. Makken fired two shots, only one hit its mark. They ran down the halls, ever aware that the alert sirens were going off like crazy.
* * *
Kede bent over as a stormtrooper arrived and whispered news into his ear. "What?" He shouted so loud everyone stopped and looked. "Get them before they escape with the plans."
Evilyn began to run through the crowd feeling the Emporer's angry gaze on her back. As she ran out into the hall, she was met by Makken and Alex. "Well, now we just have to make it up as we go." They started running down the halls. Baster fire exploded next to them and behind them. Evilyn tripped on her long gown and fell. Alex stopped and tried to help her. Suddenly a blaster bolt hit Alex in the shoulder and she collapsed. "Oh, please, c'mon." Evilyn stuggled to her feet, Makken joined her to help carry Alex. The trio habbled down the hall. Makken grabbed the SunFlare's remote and pressed the button to the ramp. As Makken helped Alex up the ramp, Evilyn ran ahead to the cockpit and started the still warm engines. Makken ran up to help her. Seconds later they were off and flying into hyperspace.
* * *
Emporer Kede stormed trough the halls. How could he have been stupid enough to trust a child with the Death Star's plans.
"Sir, Sir." General Briari called running up to him. "The SunFlare only has 50% of the read out. We can still surprise them."
Kede smiled, "Good, good. Get working on installing new weapon systems. We will win this. The Empire will not lose."
* * *
Makken and Evilyn slowly made their way down the ramp on the SunFlare, Alex strattled between the two. Evilyn's Aunt Leia took Alex from the two and led her to the medical bays. Han hugged Evilyn so tight, Evilyn thought she was going to die. Slowly she approached her father. "Dad, I'm really sorry. I..."
"don't worry, I know. I'm still your father and I still love you." Luke embraced his daughter in relief and happiness. He was just glad to see her alive and well.
"We have a surprise for you all," Evilyn announced after Leia returned, "Makken?"
"Ok, it's not complete, only 50% there but it'll make a difference." Makken told them.
"well, what is it, kid?" Han was anxious.
"We have 50% of the read outs to the new Death Star the Empire is creating," Evilyn finished.
Leia laughed in surprise and happiness, "You're kidding right?"
"No Aunt Leia, I'm not. But it is only 50%." Evilyn sighed saddly.
Leia grabbed Evilyn and Makken at the same time and hugged them.
"50% is a whole lot of information for that ship," Luke laughed too.
In the waiting room, Luke felt a chill and disturbance in the force. He knew it had to do with Evilyn. Luke remained seated watching the others. Leia and Han were talking with the twins about something they found with baby Anakin wiggling to get free of his mother. C3PO and Chewbacca seemed to be locked in a debate about something or other, R2D2 beeping in every once in a while. Then there was Makken, who seemed troubled about something. Luke had no doubt that is was about his daughter. He got up and walked over to him. "She'll be all right."
Makken looked up at him with hopeful eyes, "Do you think? I mean, if she's gone to the dark side..."
Luke nodded, "Then we will have lost her for a time. Her grandfather, my father was on the dark side. But I brought him back. As long as there is that hint of light, no one is truely lost. Not even Emporer Kede."
Makken shrugged, still not convinced, "I hope so."
Luke sat down next to him, "So do I. It would break my heart to see her like that." Makken nodded his agreement. "You and I both know her. She may have her dark moments but that inoccent little girl always seems to shine through." Luke thought he saw a small smile trace acrossed the young man's lips. "Besides, I'm still looking forward to that wedding in a couple years for you two." Luke smiled when Makken blushed bright red.
Luke looked down to see little Jaina tugging at his robes. "Yes?"
"Uncle Luke, where's Evi?" her eyes were so gentle and sincere.
"She's visiting a friend she knows." Luke smiled down at her.
"Will she be back?" Jaina sat down on the floor in front of him. The others stopped their conversations to look at him expectantly.
"Of course she will. I have faith that she will." Luke made a point of looking Makken in the eye at he said this. "We all know her."
* * *
Emporer Kede placed an arm around Evilyn as they walked through the hall way to the new Death Star's control room. Her face was expressionless as she walked. Her icy blue dress seemed oddly to bright of a color for this place of destruction. Kede smiled down at her. "I have your first mission."
Evilyn turned to look at him, "And it is?" She was still lost in a trance.
"I want you to get rid of a villiage. Every one of them, including women and children. They know to much about this spacestation. They helped create it and I'm not going to let them fall to Rebel hands. I want them illiminated." Kede spoke without turning to look at her.
"Where is this... Village?" Evilyn's voice held a tone of ice.
"Tatooine." Kede told her.
"I will do it Master," Evilyn told him. He smiled as she walked towards the hanger in which her ship was held.
"The Empire will live again and this time no one will stop it." Kede laughed evilly.
* * *
Outside a small desert villiage on Tatooine, former senator Zen-til of Niebe sat, playing her flute for some of the children to here. The four children clapped and cheered at the happy parts and frowned and cried at the sad. This song was a new one for them. Zen-til had written it in honor of Niebe's dead queen, Chikara. They'd been close friends long ago. She closed her eyes as she began the part of the song written for the young jedi, Evilyn, whom she'd met once when Chikara had come to her for help. The little girl had seemed to have such a high spirit that Zen-til had felt it necessary to write her in. The four children swayed to the rythem of the sweet music. Zen-til didn't notice when the children stopped, but she opened her eyes to see a dark shadow of a person covering them. Looking up she saw that this mysterious person was dressed in a black cloak that covered it's face. A lightsaber was ignited from this persons hand. And with a single swipe, the person killed the four children without a second thought. Zen-til tried desperately to get up, gathering her skirts. The mysterious person swong the lightsaber until it was inches from her neck. "Please, don't. What do you want?"
"What? I must had mistaken you for a former senator of Niebe, I could have sworn that this senator was you." The mysterious figure mocked.
Zen-til frowned at the somehow familiar female voice, "What are you talking about?"
"You will die now Senator Zen-til of Niebe."
Zen-til's eyes widened. No one knew that she'd been a senator. The people in the villiage thought she was just a lonely, middle aged woman who played music. "How'd you know?" The figure threw back the cloak's hood. Zen-til gasped. "Evilyn?"
"That will be the last word you speak." Evilyn's face remained expressionless as she swong and sliced off the head of the blonde, former senator of Niebe. As the sun set, Evilyn walked quietly from home to home, killing the 50 people in the small village on Tatooine.
* * *
In the throne room of Emporer Kede, Kede himself sat smiling to himself. He felt the quiet anger and hatred Evilyn held as she killed the village. That anger and hatred was caused by himself and Daja. "Good work, my dead apprentice. You have contributed much."
* * *
Evilyn walked among the ruins of the Tatooine village. Houses smuldered from her lightsaber, setting an eery glow in the evening light. She stopped at a rather large home and walked inside. Around lay the dead family, who'd been eating dinner at the time she'd killed them. Evilyn felt a large tug at her heart. She closed her eyes and took a deep breathe. "They deserved it." She consoled herself.
"Who deserved it?"
Evilyn whirled around to face the sound. It was a stormtrooper captin or that was what he looked like. "They did. All of them. I don't see the point in telling you this captin."
The captin walked a few steps into the home. "All rebels deserve it, Miss Evilyn."
"So they do. What is it that you're here for?" She asked growing impatient.
"The emporer sent me to pick you up or escort you to the new location of the Death Star." The captin stated.
"Very well then, let's go." Evilyn walked behind the stormtrooper as he lead her out. She ventured a look back and a painful grimace before she boarded her ship and took off.
* * *
Evilyn sighed with boredom as she saw the Millenium Falcon come into view. She didn't want to have to deal with them at the moment. Over the comm she heard the familiar voice of Makken. "Ship, this is the Millenium Falcon. Stat your business."
"I don't have to stat my business here. I am with the imperial fleet." Evilyn told the pilot with a sigh.
"Evi?" The man over the comm seemed to reconize her voice.
She narrowed her eyes, forgetting he couldn't see her, "Who is this? General Solo?"
"No. It's Makken. Evilyn am I glad to see you. What are you talking about? Imperial Fleet?" Makken's confused voice echoed in her control room.
Evilyn decided to ignore him. Instead she contacted the Death Star, "This is StarBlast looking to speak to the emporer."
"Yes Evilyn go ahead."
"I've encountered the Millenium Falcon. Requesting permission to fire."
"Go ahead dear child."
Evilyn smiled and started the weapons systems. Without hesitation she open fired on the Millenium Falcon.
"Woah! Evilyn what's going on?" Makken asked her in response to her fire.
"Get your sorry ship out of here before I destroy it." Evilyn told him and again pressed the button to fire. She truely didn't want to harm him or the Falcon. The Millenium Falcon twisted and turned to escape her fire. As it came back around, the ship targeted Evilyn's engines and in a quick blast, destroyed them. The StarBlast went spiralling back down to Tatooine. "Emporer, Master."
"Yes."
"I've been hit. Requesting permission to kill all who witness my crash." Evilyn's voice remained calm and serene.
"Do it and find a way to get back here." The emporer seemed angry.
In a flash of light, the StarBlast crashed into an empty desert field on Tatooine. Evilyn climbed out of the smoking hunk of metal that was her ship. "Great, now I'll have to fix this." She stalked towards the nearby settlement, angry with herself.
* * *
Alexandressa Yane walked into her favorite pub on Tatooine. She looked around hoping to see if any new visitors had arrived. She was disappointed to find that only the regulars were here. A few waved to her as she stalked over to the bar.
The bartender turned and smiled at her, "What can I get ye lass?"
"The usual. Ya know Derk, I think we know each other well enough to call each other by our names." Alex smiled.
The bartender returned with her drink and in a hushed tone told her, "Don't want a bounty on ye heads do ye? Besides, remured has it that a starship crashed out a little ways from here."
Alex smiled, "Good. Maybe business won't be so slow. Who do ya think it was?"
"Probably an Imperial supporter. Do ye really want to get mixed up with them again, lass?" The bartender turned away looking casual.
"Point taken Derk, point taken." Alex sighed bored as her usual. She often reminded herself of Captin Han Solo. The well known smuggler had disappeared from the business some 19 years ago. Alex had gladly taken his place. Her icy blue eyes scanned the pub and turned back to her drink.
* * *
Evilyn casually entered a well known pub on Tatooine. She'd figured that maybe someone would be kind enough to give her a lift. Scanning she saw a young woman about her age sitting at the bar. Evilyn walked up to her and sat down beside her. "Got a ship?" She asked casually.
The woman turned to look at her, "Of course. The SunFlare. Hyperspace capabilities. Out runs any imperial star cruiser."
"I'm not looking to out run the imperials. I want to get to them." Evilyn turned to face the black haired, blue eyed beauty.
"Imperials you say. I can get you to them, not right now but in a few days. The Sunflare needs some repairs," The woman told her facing Evilyn. 'I don't like the feel of this. She has the force in her. And strong too.'
"I'll give you 20,000 for the trip when it is complete. And be mindful of your thoughts, I can easily sense them." Evilyn got up and was about to leave.
"Hanger bay 85. Oh, be careful of the Elect. They're gangsters who think they are all that." Alex told Evilyn.
"The Elect huh? Where do they live?" Evilyn stopped and smiled.
"Over the nearby hills. Dangerous place." Alex turned back to her drink.
Evilyn was thoughtful. She strod out of the pub and walked across the desert sand. She soon got to the nearby hills her employee had told her about. "Let's see if they are what she says theya are." Evilyn didn't think about a sneak attack. She'd attack them when they knew. A few below sounded an alarm. Evilyn ran to them and sliced them in half in mid alarm. She procedded to kill the men, letting the woman and children run in panic. A child tripped a few feet away from her, and she walked up to him. "Guess the weak will be slaughtered then." She raised her lighsaber and swong down at the child. She was surprised when another lightsaber blocked her path. This one was green. She followed the handle to the figures arm and to the figures face. Evilyn stumbled back at the figures face. "Makken?"
"Evilyn, what do you think you're doing?" Makken seemed upset.
"What are you doing? Get away from me." Evilyn shouted. The child crawled out from under her to escape.
"Evi..."
"Don't call me that. I'm not a child." She spat.
"Fine, Evilyn, what are you doing?" Makken repeated in a calmer tone.
"These people terrorise the settlement. I've giving them what they deserve." Evilyn didn't know why she was explaining herself to him or why she was doing what she was doing.
"This is not how you solve the problem, not with death and violence."
"Now you sound like my father!" She shouted.
"Your father loves you and is worried about you. So am I. You can't fix everything." Makken stood up deigniting his lightsaber.
Evilyn stood too, "I should be able to. Then I could've saved Chikara or, or maybe I couldn've saved my mother." Silent tears flooded her bright green eyes.
"Evi, you can't change the past. Chikara was on the other side of the galaxy and you were only a toddler when your mother died." Makken suddenly felt really sorry for Evilyn.
"But I want to." Evilyn cried.
"You can't. You can only respond. Come here," Makken wrapped Evilyn in a hug as she sobbed.
"Alright we can cry all night, but do you still want to go to the Imperial ships?" The female smuggler was standing behind them.
Evilyn wiped the tears from her face, "Actually yes. Maybe we can stop Emporer Kede." Makken smiled at her.
"Good. I'm Alexandressa Yane. Alex for short." She extended her hand.
"I'm Evilyn Skywalker." Evilyn shook Alex's hand.
"Makken Kenobi. I believe we've met before." Alex nodded to Makken as he introduced himself.
"Then at dawn we set out," Alex turned and left.
"Did you mean that before? About loving me and being worried for me?" Evilyn searched his eyes.
"Of course, Evi. I love you more than words can say," Makken smiled.
"Good," Evilyn walked past him to follow Alex. Makken shook his head and laughed.
* * *
Evilyn sat alone in a seat in Alexandressa's ship. She sat in deep thought about what she'd done. How could anyone forgive her after they found out? They'd never aprove. She figured it'd only been a few days with the dark side, but it felt like years had gone by. Her body ached and yerned for sleep which Evilyn would not give it. Evilyn didn't want to sleep. Sleep meant seeing those faces and hearing those screams which haunted her mind. Those dreams, she relized, had haunted her years before now. She placed her head in her hands. "I never want to go home."
"Why?"
Evilyn looked up at the face of Alex. "I've done to much for them to forgive me."
Alex sat down beside her and was silent for a moment. Finally she spoke, "If they truely love you, then they will forgive you. That man you were with seemed to forgive you."
"Makken?" Evilyn shook her head, "He's just being nice. You don't understand the Jedi ways. I've done to much evil to be forgiven."
"Listen to me Evilyn," Alex's tone was stern, "I'm a jedi, believe or not. I saw what you did and I am forgiving you. You were under the influence of the dark, you can't control that."
"Yes I can. I can resist," Evilyn looked away from her. Alex was a jedi, the people she'd betrayed for revenge. She was only a padawan, what did she know.
"You lost someone, it is understandable to be angry and it was unfornuate that the Emporer was there to mislead you. The important thing was that you turned back. You relized your wrong and changed. That is what is truely important." Alex smiled at her.
"If you think so," Evilyn still couldn't bring herself to look at the young jedi woman.
"I know so. Look at me Evilyn. I've done many wrongs, yet I am still forgiven, because jedi can forgive." Alex stood up, "Now I have to get ready to sneak our way onto that Imperial ship."
"Wait!" Evilyn stood up. "Surender the ship." She suddenly had an idea, something that she could make up her wrongs for.
"What?" Alex looked at her in shock. She didn't believe what this padawan was saying.
"Surrender. We will board as prisoners, well at least you and Makken. I will somehow trick the Emporer into letting you free. By that time you will have the Death Star's read outs and we will return with them to the Alliance." Evilyn spoke fast, suddenly excited.
"I don't know if I like this." Alex shook her head reluctantly.
"It will work, I promise. Tell Makken." Evilyn instructed. Alex left to inform Makken and Evilyn turned to sit down thinking fast about what she'd say.
"Are you crazy!" Makken burst into the room.
"I'm not crazy, the plan will work." Evilyn looked up at him. She couldn't help but smile at him. His handsome figure, beautiful eyes, and loving personalty.
"What are you smiling at?" Makken calmed down and looked at her suspiciously.
"Nothing," Evilyn faked inoccence.
"What? Tell me." Makken insisted.
Evilyn got up and walked over to him. She stood on her tip-toes to reach his eye level. "You."
"Oh? And why's that?" Makken smiled playfully.
Evilyn walked past him, making him turn to follow her as she ran a finger along the smooth metal of the control panel. "I was just thinking about how nice it is to be alone with you for once, without an interuption." She said coyly, not facing him.
Makken wrapped his arms around her slender waist leaning so his face was on her shoulder, "But won't I interrupt your train of thought?" He slowly kissed her neck.
"What train of thought?" She smiled turning around in his arms to face him. "My only thought is of you." Evilyn kissed him.
"Good," He kissed her back passionately. "Wouldn't want you to lose your thoughts."
"That would be a pity," Evilyn said between kisses. "That would be a pity."
* * *
Emporer Kede strode onto the main hanger bay of the new Death Star. The unfamiliar ship's boarding ramp came down. From the shadows he could just make out three figures, two were female. Stormtroopers walked them up to the Emporer. One female threw back her cloak. "Evilyn dear child, what have we here?"
Evilyn smiled, "Just two rebels. I was on my way to execute them, but decided a little visit to the Death Star was involved." Evilyn's mind raced as to what was next in the plan, all the while keeping her mind distant from the Sith Emporer.
"Our cells will hold them until you are ready to leave." The emporer nodded. He'd let her deal with her prisoners in her own time.
"Good. The village you wished to be destroyed is no longer there along with another gangster village nearby. I'm really quite tired. Would you mind if I rested?" Evilyn forced herself to sound pleased, though her heart was breaking. She walked smoothly past him and towards the door.
"Evilyn," The emporer called her back.
"Yes?" She turned unwilling to come closer.
"Wasn't this man the man Daja reported to me as you having a little love affair with?" Kede smiled wickedly grabbing Makken's neck with the force.
"Love affair? I'd hardly call it that," She forced herself to say the words. This was unplanned and she hoped Makken understood what she was doing. "It was... just a trick to get him to come with me. You... can't expect a jedi to willing go to the sith without some inticing do you?" Evilyn winced as she fumbled with words.
"No I don't suppose so. Then this fling is over?" Kede eyed her suspisiously.
Evilyn made eye contact with Makken for a second. Then looked away, she couldn't stand seeing the distressed look in his face, "Yes, it is over. It never even begun. You are lucky master, that your padawan is such a good actress." She mentalling kicked herself for being such an actress.
"Believe me I am. Take them away," Kede motioned to the troopers releasing Makken.
"Now may I rest or will you be needing my services?" Evilyn was desperate to leave.
"No, you may rest dear child." Kede smiled.
Evilyn nodded her thanks and turned leaving the hanger bay.
* * *
Evilyn approached the guards standing by her friends' cell. She'd changed from her icy blue gown to a beautiful deep red one. This one was longer and bunched in the back, creating a train. The top was elegant and simple. The v of her corset like top was edged in a brighter red with the shoulder straps forming another v at her cheast. She wore black gloves that extended almost to her shoulders. Her pale brown hair was curled and kinked and styled in the lastest fashion. "Guards I'd like to see my prisoners."
"But Miss Evilyn, the ball in your honor is about to begin." One guard protested.
"Then we better hurry no?" Evilyn arched her perfect eyebrows. The guards moved aside and let her in, locking it after she was in. Makken lay on one of the hard matresses acrossed from her facing the wall. "Makken?" The only response was a shoulder shrug. "I'm really sorry about earlier, but I had to do it."
Finally he rolled to meet her, "Did you have to do it so well?"
"I... I'm sorry." Evilyn looked down.
"Evilyn I don't like this plan, not at all. It's too sneaky, a straight out fight would work better than this. You have to use so much of the dark side to convince Kede that it might overcome you." His blue eyes stared into her kiwi green ones.
"It won't I promise. It will be over in a couple hours after this stupid ball. I'll reqest the Death Star's charts to look over them on my trip and we'll be home free." Evilyn knelt on the dirty floor.
"Promise me one thing."
"Anything," Evilyn smiled.
"Be careful. Don't be your usual self. It will get you killed." Makken smiled a little too.
"I'll try." Evilyn stood up and turned to look at Alex. "Are you ready?"
Alex smiled back lifting a lock pick to show Evilyn, "All set. Le'ts hope this works. May the force be with you."
"You too." Evilyn turned and signaled to the guards to leave.
* * *
Evilyn stood in the doorway of the grand confrence room that was serving as a ball room. She closed her eyes and bit her lip. This was bringing back very bad and recent memories. She took several deep breathes to calm her nerves and compose herself. Everyone turned to look at her. Evilyn raised her chin high and approached the Emporer at the podeum, walking through the maze of sith and imperial supporters.
Emporer Kede smiled and extended his hand to Evilyn, "Everyone, this is our new hope. The new hope we've been looking for to bring the Empire back into power." Applause errupted from the audience. "Now let the festivities finally begin."
Evilyn instantly turned to the Emporer, "Master, I have a request."
"Anything," His gaze was focused on the crowd.
"I request the new Death Star's read outs. I wasn't alive when the original was built and if I'm to be apart of this I feel I should be familiar with the station." Evilyn secretly hoped things would work out.
Kede smiled, "Now that's a true leader and commander. Always being prepared. They will transfered to the ship you came in as we speak." Kede set a stormtrooper to do just that. Evilyn nodded thanks and quickly left.
* * *
Alex twisted her lock pick in the cells lock, while Makken was crowtched by the door with a small blaster. They knew the blaster had only enough for two shots, for two guards. "Got it," she whispered and gently slid the door open. Alex and Makken pushed their way out. Makken fired two shots, only one hit its mark. They ran down the halls, ever aware that the alert sirens were going off like crazy.
* * *
Kede bent over as a stormtrooper arrived and whispered news into his ear. "What?" He shouted so loud everyone stopped and looked. "Get them before they escape with the plans."
Evilyn began to run through the crowd feeling the Emporer's angry gaze on her back. As she ran out into the hall, she was met by Makken and Alex. "Well, now we just have to make it up as we go." They started running down the halls. Baster fire exploded next to them and behind them. Evilyn tripped on her long gown and fell. Alex stopped and tried to help her. Suddenly a blaster bolt hit Alex in the shoulder and she collapsed. "Oh, please, c'mon." Evilyn stuggled to her feet, Makken joined her to help carry Alex. The trio habbled down the hall. Makken grabbed the SunFlare's remote and pressed the button to the ramp. As Makken helped Alex up the ramp, Evilyn ran ahead to the cockpit and started the still warm engines. Makken ran up to help her. Seconds later they were off and flying into hyperspace.
* * *
Emporer Kede stormed trough the halls. How could he have been stupid enough to trust a child with the Death Star's plans.
"Sir, Sir." General Briari called running up to him. "The SunFlare only has 50% of the read out. We can still surprise them."
Kede smiled, "Good, good. Get working on installing new weapon systems. We will win this. The Empire will not lose."
* * *
Makken and Evilyn slowly made their way down the ramp on the SunFlare, Alex strattled between the two. Evilyn's Aunt Leia took Alex from the two and led her to the medical bays. Han hugged Evilyn so tight, Evilyn thought she was going to die. Slowly she approached her father. "Dad, I'm really sorry. I..."
"don't worry, I know. I'm still your father and I still love you." Luke embraced his daughter in relief and happiness. He was just glad to see her alive and well.
"We have a surprise for you all," Evilyn announced after Leia returned, "Makken?"
"Ok, it's not complete, only 50% there but it'll make a difference." Makken told them.
"well, what is it, kid?" Han was anxious.
"We have 50% of the read outs to the new Death Star the Empire is creating," Evilyn finished.
Leia laughed in surprise and happiness, "You're kidding right?"
"No Aunt Leia, I'm not. But it is only 50%." Evilyn sighed saddly.
Leia grabbed Evilyn and Makken at the same time and hugged them.
"50% is a whole lot of information for that ship," Luke laughed too.