Hi guys. Thanks for sticking with me. My muse isn't helping me with
Ani's storyline, so I thought I'd show you what happened on the Twins' side
of things. I am working on the rest of it. Please, come back soon. R&R.
Thanks.
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Walking up behind him, Leia noticed the vacant stare that grazed over the sparkling cityscape. "Luke, what wrong?" she asked, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry Leia. Did I wake you up again?" Luke focused in on his sister.
"Don't worry about it. It's nice to know when you're worried about something. It keeps me in touch." Her wry smile covered the regret she felt at the amount of time her duties took away from her family. In some ways, the Rebellion had been easier. "What's wrong? Ever since you've come back from Ord Mantell, something's been bothering you."
"You know that when I was there before the first time, a couple of Ties picked up my trail?"
"Yeah, that's why you went back in an old freighter. Which we need right now, by the way." Leia was referring to the shipping shortage.
"Well, I almost didn't get away. Something helped me."
Now Luke had Leia's full attention. "What do you mean helped you? With the Force?" Luke nodded. "But I thought Yoda told you that you were the last of the Jedi."
"He did. So, I went back to see if I could find him."
"And?"
"If I felt him, he definitely felt me. He was gone by the time I heard about him, but only just. Some of his compatriots were outraged."
There was a pause.
"So, what do you think?" A frown creased Leia's face.
"I don't know."
"Luke this was in Imperial Space. He may be a dark Jedi. We don't know how many of them the Emperor had running around."
"Or he may need help, and just be running from me, because of the Emperor's purges." Luke looked back over at the towering buildings. "If he were dark Jedi, why would he help me? And, when he attack the TIEs, he didn't kill them, he just spun them somehow so they lost me. A dark Jedi would just kill them."
"Or take control of their mind." Leia added.
"Hmm."
"Luke, I think that you should wait to look for him. The Empire's in decline. We get more petitions for membership every day. Ackbar's fleet will be moving against the bases in that area in a few weeks, and then you could talk to these people and see where he may have gone. But we need you now. I don't want to risk your getting hurt."
"Maybe you're right. Anyway, sorry I woke you up. How's Han? Are you enjoying being married?"
But despite the change of subject, Leis knew her brother was still troubled.
"Why does it bother you so much?" she asked.
"He saved me. I can't thank him or help him. And something about him seemed so familiar to me."
"Familiar?" Leia was truly alarmed now. All the light Jedi Luke had met were dead.
"But not, at the same time. You know? Different."
"Different? Different from who? Do you know who he reminded you of?"
"No. That's what's been bothering me. It's so close. Right at the edge of my mind."
"Did you learn anything on Ord Mantell?"
"From the conversation, he was a good pilot, good mechanic, I think they called him Ani, but I'm not sure."
"Anakin Ani? Luke are you sure Vad-." She paused. "Our father's dead?" Leia knew he was, she had seen his spirit once, but the question had to be asked.
"His body disappeared into the Force, and I burned his armor on Yavin IV. He is dead."
"Could you tell if he were using light or dark Force?"
"That's another thing. It was definitely not dark, but not wholly light. Almost as if he acted without thinking."
"Could he be untrained?"
"That might be part of it." The doubt in Luke's voice was clear. "The way he manipulated the TIEs was very precise. I don't think that sort of finesse is possible without training of some kind."
"Well, let's get some sleep." Leia said soothingly. "It's after three. It'll come to you.
The Skywalker twins turned to go home.
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Walking up behind him, Leia noticed the vacant stare that grazed over the sparkling cityscape. "Luke, what wrong?" she asked, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry Leia. Did I wake you up again?" Luke focused in on his sister.
"Don't worry about it. It's nice to know when you're worried about something. It keeps me in touch." Her wry smile covered the regret she felt at the amount of time her duties took away from her family. In some ways, the Rebellion had been easier. "What's wrong? Ever since you've come back from Ord Mantell, something's been bothering you."
"You know that when I was there before the first time, a couple of Ties picked up my trail?"
"Yeah, that's why you went back in an old freighter. Which we need right now, by the way." Leia was referring to the shipping shortage.
"Well, I almost didn't get away. Something helped me."
Now Luke had Leia's full attention. "What do you mean helped you? With the Force?" Luke nodded. "But I thought Yoda told you that you were the last of the Jedi."
"He did. So, I went back to see if I could find him."
"And?"
"If I felt him, he definitely felt me. He was gone by the time I heard about him, but only just. Some of his compatriots were outraged."
There was a pause.
"So, what do you think?" A frown creased Leia's face.
"I don't know."
"Luke this was in Imperial Space. He may be a dark Jedi. We don't know how many of them the Emperor had running around."
"Or he may need help, and just be running from me, because of the Emperor's purges." Luke looked back over at the towering buildings. "If he were dark Jedi, why would he help me? And, when he attack the TIEs, he didn't kill them, he just spun them somehow so they lost me. A dark Jedi would just kill them."
"Or take control of their mind." Leia added.
"Hmm."
"Luke, I think that you should wait to look for him. The Empire's in decline. We get more petitions for membership every day. Ackbar's fleet will be moving against the bases in that area in a few weeks, and then you could talk to these people and see where he may have gone. But we need you now. I don't want to risk your getting hurt."
"Maybe you're right. Anyway, sorry I woke you up. How's Han? Are you enjoying being married?"
But despite the change of subject, Leis knew her brother was still troubled.
"Why does it bother you so much?" she asked.
"He saved me. I can't thank him or help him. And something about him seemed so familiar to me."
"Familiar?" Leia was truly alarmed now. All the light Jedi Luke had met were dead.
"But not, at the same time. You know? Different."
"Different? Different from who? Do you know who he reminded you of?"
"No. That's what's been bothering me. It's so close. Right at the edge of my mind."
"Did you learn anything on Ord Mantell?"
"From the conversation, he was a good pilot, good mechanic, I think they called him Ani, but I'm not sure."
"Anakin Ani? Luke are you sure Vad-." She paused. "Our father's dead?" Leia knew he was, she had seen his spirit once, but the question had to be asked.
"His body disappeared into the Force, and I burned his armor on Yavin IV. He is dead."
"Could you tell if he were using light or dark Force?"
"That's another thing. It was definitely not dark, but not wholly light. Almost as if he acted without thinking."
"Could he be untrained?"
"That might be part of it." The doubt in Luke's voice was clear. "The way he manipulated the TIEs was very precise. I don't think that sort of finesse is possible without training of some kind."
"Well, let's get some sleep." Leia said soothingly. "It's after three. It'll come to you.
The Skywalker twins turned to go home.