Taloonen and Preen sat around the small dinner table eating there meal.
When Preen turned over to his right and then returned and looked at
Taloonen.
"Does he eat" Preen asked turning back to the robed figure standing at doorway looking out at the storm.
"Come... Come sit you must be hungry" Taloonen said to the robed figure.
The man looked over at the table and then nodded his head and walked and took a seat in between Preen and Taloonen. Preen felt a slight chill as the figure sat down next to him.Taloonen passed him a plate of food and he looked over and nodded his head. He stared at it for a moment and then began to eat .Dinner was finished without another word spoken between any of them.Talonnen called a droid over to clear the table as the droid removed the plates and poured each man a glass of Travin wine Preen asked a question that has plagued him since this all started.
"If he is a clone of Lord Vader I mean Ankin Skywalker does he have force powers?" Preen asked as Ankin suddenly lifted his head up when Preen said the word force.
"I'm not sure we have tried many times to clone and induce the force into the clones but all were met with less then satisfying results. I think that's why the circle wanted Skywalker" Taloonen answered
"hmm he looks so young I mean I've never knew what Lord Vader looked like without his mask then again I think Emperor Palpatine was the only one who knew what he looked like" Preen said and Ankin looked up from his quiet posture when Preen mention the word Vader and Palpatine and this time Preen and Taloonen both caught notice of it.
"You said he has no memory of who he is or anything about the past, are you sure about that he seem to recognized the name Palpatine and Vader" Preen asked as Ankin got up from the table and walked to the doorway and began to stare out at the storm again.
" what we are seeing is just basic instincts , as a clone you get the exact looks and mannerisms but as far as thoughts and memories go, that is that can't be cloned. I'm sure it is nothing but I better do some test on him before the circle gets here" Taloonen said to him
"Test what kind of test can you do?" he asked putting a confused look on his face
"Just some basic test I'll check some of his brain pathways for activity and place some imagines in his mind and watch for his brain activity" he said as he walked toward Ankin who was still staring out into the storm. Preen commented to himself about how if this was Vader/Ankin there was something odd about him as there was no personality and a emptiness about him.
"While your running your test on Lord blankness I'll think I'll go grab some sleep the wine was very good tonight making me a bit sleepy" Preen said kind of laughing as he never liked Lord Vader and thought his reputation was a bit overrated. Though Preen has never had to deal with him except for an occasional commucation and a few requests. Preen never believed that much in the force dark or light he knew that there are powers out there but all the hype he has heard about the force he never really but any true belief into it.
Taloonen just shrugged his shoulders and escorted Ankin to his lab.
Preen walked into his quarters and laid on his bed and looked around the room and sighed for a brief moment. He thought to himself how he missed his governors mansion and how someday he would get all that back with the help of the circle and there plan to use Ankin to get rid of the new republic and the Jedi and there master Luke Skywalker. Preen snickered a evil grin on thinking how Skywalker is going to react when he finds his father alive and finds out it is he who will be the destruction once again of the Jedi and there way of life and his sister the leader of the new republic will meet the same fate at the hands of there own father.
Mara was doing some work on her ship As Luke sat crossed leg on the floor of the cargo bay trying to mediate and see if he could get some answers to what's been happening to him the other night and this afternoon. As Luke closed his eyes and slowed down his breathing he reached out to the force. Slowly the dream from the other night started to return. He could see the red robed figure standing buy dead bodies while the academy was on fire Luke was frozen in place.
"no this can't be all that we fought for all that we have accomplish I can't allow it to happen again no this can't be, it can't happen again" Luke said to himself but this time the dream was different as he stared at the red robed figure he started to make a outline of a face and at this point the dream would normally end and start over again but this time he was now standing face to face with the robed man.
"Who are you" Luke asked as the figure tilted his head down and raised his hands and lifted the hood off, Lukes eyes shot up " No!!!!! It can't be… the eyes no! it can't" he said to himself as he woke from his mediation. Mara was walking in as Luke was catching his breath.
"Sithspa now what" she said to herself as she walked over to Luke she could see the sweat perspire from him and the look in his eyes was that of a frighten boy
"Luke what is it what did you see" she asked him as she knelt down and looked into his eyes. Mara knew something wasn't right Luke was powerful in the force and had the ability to see visions but the look in his eyes worried her she has never seen Luke frighten like this before of anything.
"I'm not sure but something is happening I can't get a clear idea of what but something doesn't feel right and I'm getting a strange feeling of emptiness from the force" Luke said to her as Mara looked at him confused
"Emptiness??" she asked
"I can't explain it... it's almost like something is missing from the force not like a loss of powers more like something was pulled from it" he said to her as she shrugged her shoulders
"Well you're the Jedi master and I'm sure it will come to you but your still going to see a doctor when we arrive on Courscant tomorrow. The Galaxy can wait a day for Luke Skywalker Jedi master to save it from doom" she said with a smile she knew that his latest vision had really shook him up but she wasn't going to press the issue about it right now "I just hope he doesn't do something stupid and go off by himself somewhere and not let a sole know where he is or what he is doing because of all this" she thought to her self
"I'm not stupid… is that what you think of me" he said to her sternly
"Oh great now I've done it "she said to her self … wait Skywalker what are you doing reading my thought" she snapped at him
"It doesn't matter if you think I'm stupid fine maybe we wrong about each other" he said to her as Mara could swear her mouth just hit the floor of the cargo bay along with her heart. Mara immediately put all her walls up as high as she could.
"What!!! Skywalker when we arrive and you get off this ship I never want to see you again and don't you even dam come near me or I will kill you this time" she said as she ran out of the cargo bay and ran into her room. Tears were already coming down her face as she tried to hold them back. Mara locked the door behind her and knelt down on the floor as the tears flowed down her face.
" how could I… how could I have fallen for sithhead like that I knew it was wrong I'll never let my guard down again I swear" she said to herself clenching her fist as she tried to make herself angry for letting her guard down and of all people Luke Skywalker
"What have I done I swear never again will I even allow anyone to get threw to me dam you Skywalker" she said as the tears came out even more
Luke felt like he was just hit with a frying pan
" sith what the fargin did I do" he said out loud just realizing what he said to Mara. The vision shook him so much he wasn't thinking straight and he knew the comment Mara made was just her way of saying Luke you need to think before you act sometimes and he was use to her smart comments and they never bother him before. But he did admit it did hurt a bit but not so much to say what he said to her.
"Oh god what have I done" Luke said as he ran over to her quarters.
"Mara Please Mara I'm sorry I didn't mean it" he said as there was no answer from her room
"Mara please I love you" he said to her and as she heard those words she jumped up from the floor and with fire blazing in her eyes she walked over to the door
"SKYWALKER!!! I TOLD YOU DON'T EVEN TRY TO TALK TO ME I swear I'll kill you" she said as she opened the door and Luke could see the fire in her eyes.
" oh god I really screwed up I lost her after all these years of not knowing and then finally finding out the truth I lost her" he said to himself as he put his head down in shame.
Mara was fuming with anger but as everyone always knew about Mara she did her best thinking when she was mad
"Wait something wrong Luke doesn't just go off the wall like that it sounded more like something I would say something was really bothering him" she suddenly thought to herself but then anger filled her again until Luke looked up and she stared into his deep blue eyes and she could see that he was frighten but not the same fright she saw in his eyes a few moments ago before he said what he said to her. It was a frighten of loosing her
"Luke" she said to him as he looked up at her and a shot of hope shot threw his heart
" Mara please forgive me I'm sorry" he said to her as he lightly touched her hand and as he did she could feel the sorrow in his heat and the warmth from him knowing that he did really love her.
"Mara I don't know what came over me I was so shaken from the vision I had. I couldn't shake it… I just snapped" he said to her
"Great know you can add insane to your list of personality's traits" she said as Luke let out a slight smile.
"But Luke what was it you saw… what made you so angry and frightened I never seen you like that" she asked as Luke took her hand, he was hesitant at first but he felt it was ok and he kneeled down and looked up at her.
"Mara I'll tell you but first let me explain something... I' loved you from the moment I first saw you I don't know why it has taken me so long to realize it but I know for sure the minute I saw you I fell deeply madly in love with you. I can't hold anything back from you when I'm around you. I can't concentrate and when I hold you I never want to let you go. I have thought I loved before but nothing can put into words how I feel around you I have no barriers when it comes to you no defenses." Luke was saying as Mara began to cry again.
" Dam it Luke I don't know if I'm mad at you because of what you said to me earlier or mad at you because when I look into those eyes of yours I can't stay mad at you" she said as Luke stood up and lightly brushed her cheek wiping the tears with his hand. They stood staring into each other eyes for what felt like an eternity. As they slowly moved closer to each other as Luke tilt his head and Mara tilting the opposite way. As they moved closer there lips lightly touched as the fire inside each other heart wrapped them in warmth unlike anything they felt before. At that moment Luke and Mara knew they were Destin to be together. The kisses lingered and lingered on neither one wanting to release the hold. They had a bond that would never break.
"I love you "Luke said using the force to send it to her mind.
"And I love you" she replied
They didn't realize it but they now were both sitting on the floor in front of her quarters holding each other tightly not wanting to let the other go
"I'm sorry too Luke for saying that comment I should have realized something was bothering you"
"It's ok I know you didn't mean it the way I took it" he said to her and when Mara heard that. She knew that she did hurt him, for a second she didn't think it was possible but she knew she did
"Luke when I walked in after your vision you looked so shocked almost frighten what was the vision" she asked wanting to get away from the subject of hurting Luke she never wanted to hurt him again.
" I've been having this strange dream the past couple of nights … I'm on Yavin IV and the academy has been destroyed and there's dead bodies' of Jedi's all over the place and there;' a man in a red hooded robe standing over them with a evil grin over his face but I could never make out his face only just the grin, and then today. I decided to meditate and see if I could get a clearer picture of the man in the hood and when I got up close to him he let down his hood and his eyes were mine. Mara they were my eyes and his face look almost like mine not exactly but the eyes it was like looking in a mirror, and then it ended" he said to Mara as she could sense even talking about has shaken the Jedi master.
"Does he eat" Preen asked turning back to the robed figure standing at doorway looking out at the storm.
"Come... Come sit you must be hungry" Taloonen said to the robed figure.
The man looked over at the table and then nodded his head and walked and took a seat in between Preen and Taloonen. Preen felt a slight chill as the figure sat down next to him.Taloonen passed him a plate of food and he looked over and nodded his head. He stared at it for a moment and then began to eat .Dinner was finished without another word spoken between any of them.Talonnen called a droid over to clear the table as the droid removed the plates and poured each man a glass of Travin wine Preen asked a question that has plagued him since this all started.
"If he is a clone of Lord Vader I mean Ankin Skywalker does he have force powers?" Preen asked as Ankin suddenly lifted his head up when Preen said the word force.
"I'm not sure we have tried many times to clone and induce the force into the clones but all were met with less then satisfying results. I think that's why the circle wanted Skywalker" Taloonen answered
"hmm he looks so young I mean I've never knew what Lord Vader looked like without his mask then again I think Emperor Palpatine was the only one who knew what he looked like" Preen said and Ankin looked up from his quiet posture when Preen mention the word Vader and Palpatine and this time Preen and Taloonen both caught notice of it.
"You said he has no memory of who he is or anything about the past, are you sure about that he seem to recognized the name Palpatine and Vader" Preen asked as Ankin got up from the table and walked to the doorway and began to stare out at the storm again.
" what we are seeing is just basic instincts , as a clone you get the exact looks and mannerisms but as far as thoughts and memories go, that is that can't be cloned. I'm sure it is nothing but I better do some test on him before the circle gets here" Taloonen said to him
"Test what kind of test can you do?" he asked putting a confused look on his face
"Just some basic test I'll check some of his brain pathways for activity and place some imagines in his mind and watch for his brain activity" he said as he walked toward Ankin who was still staring out into the storm. Preen commented to himself about how if this was Vader/Ankin there was something odd about him as there was no personality and a emptiness about him.
"While your running your test on Lord blankness I'll think I'll go grab some sleep the wine was very good tonight making me a bit sleepy" Preen said kind of laughing as he never liked Lord Vader and thought his reputation was a bit overrated. Though Preen has never had to deal with him except for an occasional commucation and a few requests. Preen never believed that much in the force dark or light he knew that there are powers out there but all the hype he has heard about the force he never really but any true belief into it.
Taloonen just shrugged his shoulders and escorted Ankin to his lab.
Preen walked into his quarters and laid on his bed and looked around the room and sighed for a brief moment. He thought to himself how he missed his governors mansion and how someday he would get all that back with the help of the circle and there plan to use Ankin to get rid of the new republic and the Jedi and there master Luke Skywalker. Preen snickered a evil grin on thinking how Skywalker is going to react when he finds his father alive and finds out it is he who will be the destruction once again of the Jedi and there way of life and his sister the leader of the new republic will meet the same fate at the hands of there own father.
Mara was doing some work on her ship As Luke sat crossed leg on the floor of the cargo bay trying to mediate and see if he could get some answers to what's been happening to him the other night and this afternoon. As Luke closed his eyes and slowed down his breathing he reached out to the force. Slowly the dream from the other night started to return. He could see the red robed figure standing buy dead bodies while the academy was on fire Luke was frozen in place.
"no this can't be all that we fought for all that we have accomplish I can't allow it to happen again no this can't be, it can't happen again" Luke said to himself but this time the dream was different as he stared at the red robed figure he started to make a outline of a face and at this point the dream would normally end and start over again but this time he was now standing face to face with the robed man.
"Who are you" Luke asked as the figure tilted his head down and raised his hands and lifted the hood off, Lukes eyes shot up " No!!!!! It can't be… the eyes no! it can't" he said to himself as he woke from his mediation. Mara was walking in as Luke was catching his breath.
"Sithspa now what" she said to herself as she walked over to Luke she could see the sweat perspire from him and the look in his eyes was that of a frighten boy
"Luke what is it what did you see" she asked him as she knelt down and looked into his eyes. Mara knew something wasn't right Luke was powerful in the force and had the ability to see visions but the look in his eyes worried her she has never seen Luke frighten like this before of anything.
"I'm not sure but something is happening I can't get a clear idea of what but something doesn't feel right and I'm getting a strange feeling of emptiness from the force" Luke said to her as Mara looked at him confused
"Emptiness??" she asked
"I can't explain it... it's almost like something is missing from the force not like a loss of powers more like something was pulled from it" he said to her as she shrugged her shoulders
"Well you're the Jedi master and I'm sure it will come to you but your still going to see a doctor when we arrive on Courscant tomorrow. The Galaxy can wait a day for Luke Skywalker Jedi master to save it from doom" she said with a smile she knew that his latest vision had really shook him up but she wasn't going to press the issue about it right now "I just hope he doesn't do something stupid and go off by himself somewhere and not let a sole know where he is or what he is doing because of all this" she thought to her self
"I'm not stupid… is that what you think of me" he said to her sternly
"Oh great now I've done it "she said to her self … wait Skywalker what are you doing reading my thought" she snapped at him
"It doesn't matter if you think I'm stupid fine maybe we wrong about each other" he said to her as Mara could swear her mouth just hit the floor of the cargo bay along with her heart. Mara immediately put all her walls up as high as she could.
"What!!! Skywalker when we arrive and you get off this ship I never want to see you again and don't you even dam come near me or I will kill you this time" she said as she ran out of the cargo bay and ran into her room. Tears were already coming down her face as she tried to hold them back. Mara locked the door behind her and knelt down on the floor as the tears flowed down her face.
" how could I… how could I have fallen for sithhead like that I knew it was wrong I'll never let my guard down again I swear" she said to herself clenching her fist as she tried to make herself angry for letting her guard down and of all people Luke Skywalker
"What have I done I swear never again will I even allow anyone to get threw to me dam you Skywalker" she said as the tears came out even more
Luke felt like he was just hit with a frying pan
" sith what the fargin did I do" he said out loud just realizing what he said to Mara. The vision shook him so much he wasn't thinking straight and he knew the comment Mara made was just her way of saying Luke you need to think before you act sometimes and he was use to her smart comments and they never bother him before. But he did admit it did hurt a bit but not so much to say what he said to her.
"Oh god what have I done" Luke said as he ran over to her quarters.
"Mara Please Mara I'm sorry I didn't mean it" he said as there was no answer from her room
"Mara please I love you" he said to her and as she heard those words she jumped up from the floor and with fire blazing in her eyes she walked over to the door
"SKYWALKER!!! I TOLD YOU DON'T EVEN TRY TO TALK TO ME I swear I'll kill you" she said as she opened the door and Luke could see the fire in her eyes.
" oh god I really screwed up I lost her after all these years of not knowing and then finally finding out the truth I lost her" he said to himself as he put his head down in shame.
Mara was fuming with anger but as everyone always knew about Mara she did her best thinking when she was mad
"Wait something wrong Luke doesn't just go off the wall like that it sounded more like something I would say something was really bothering him" she suddenly thought to herself but then anger filled her again until Luke looked up and she stared into his deep blue eyes and she could see that he was frighten but not the same fright she saw in his eyes a few moments ago before he said what he said to her. It was a frighten of loosing her
"Luke" she said to him as he looked up at her and a shot of hope shot threw his heart
" Mara please forgive me I'm sorry" he said to her as he lightly touched her hand and as he did she could feel the sorrow in his heat and the warmth from him knowing that he did really love her.
"Mara I don't know what came over me I was so shaken from the vision I had. I couldn't shake it… I just snapped" he said to her
"Great know you can add insane to your list of personality's traits" she said as Luke let out a slight smile.
"But Luke what was it you saw… what made you so angry and frightened I never seen you like that" she asked as Luke took her hand, he was hesitant at first but he felt it was ok and he kneeled down and looked up at her.
"Mara I'll tell you but first let me explain something... I' loved you from the moment I first saw you I don't know why it has taken me so long to realize it but I know for sure the minute I saw you I fell deeply madly in love with you. I can't hold anything back from you when I'm around you. I can't concentrate and when I hold you I never want to let you go. I have thought I loved before but nothing can put into words how I feel around you I have no barriers when it comes to you no defenses." Luke was saying as Mara began to cry again.
" Dam it Luke I don't know if I'm mad at you because of what you said to me earlier or mad at you because when I look into those eyes of yours I can't stay mad at you" she said as Luke stood up and lightly brushed her cheek wiping the tears with his hand. They stood staring into each other eyes for what felt like an eternity. As they slowly moved closer to each other as Luke tilt his head and Mara tilting the opposite way. As they moved closer there lips lightly touched as the fire inside each other heart wrapped them in warmth unlike anything they felt before. At that moment Luke and Mara knew they were Destin to be together. The kisses lingered and lingered on neither one wanting to release the hold. They had a bond that would never break.
"I love you "Luke said using the force to send it to her mind.
"And I love you" she replied
They didn't realize it but they now were both sitting on the floor in front of her quarters holding each other tightly not wanting to let the other go
"I'm sorry too Luke for saying that comment I should have realized something was bothering you"
"It's ok I know you didn't mean it the way I took it" he said to her and when Mara heard that. She knew that she did hurt him, for a second she didn't think it was possible but she knew she did
"Luke when I walked in after your vision you looked so shocked almost frighten what was the vision" she asked wanting to get away from the subject of hurting Luke she never wanted to hurt him again.
" I've been having this strange dream the past couple of nights … I'm on Yavin IV and the academy has been destroyed and there's dead bodies' of Jedi's all over the place and there;' a man in a red hooded robe standing over them with a evil grin over his face but I could never make out his face only just the grin, and then today. I decided to meditate and see if I could get a clearer picture of the man in the hood and when I got up close to him he let down his hood and his eyes were mine. Mara they were my eyes and his face look almost like mine not exactly but the eyes it was like looking in a mirror, and then it ended" he said to Mara as she could sense even talking about has shaken the Jedi master.