The Courier Droid
By ImperialJedi
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars and I am not making any money from this story either.
Chapter Dedicated To: Adder and Kyra Invictus. Excellent reviews. Thanx:) –IJedi
Vader sat meditating in his pod. Today he was to go see his Master, and find out the fate of young Skywalker. His black helmet was removed and the pale flesh was revealed to no one. Concentrating with the Force he opened his pod up and tried to breath without his respirator. After a minute he closed up his pod once again. Mechanical hands reset his helmet on his head and the Sith Lord prepared to meet the Emperor of the Galactic Empire.
Later, he left his quarters and headed to the bridge to see to their arrival out of hyperspace. It was early morning working by Galactic Standard Time and the graveyard shift was preparing to be replaced by the standard bridge crew. The Admiral and the Captain were not there yet when Vader arrived. Moving to his regular spot he stared out the windows. There he checked his mind blocks around his private feelings about Luke. They were in place and he was ready.
The Captain stepped onto the bridge and paused momentary to gauge the situation. Seeing the Admiral was not yet here he immediately took command as the shift changed and bridge officers wandered in and out. Soon everyone was settled at their stations, and carrying out their orders.
"E.T.A. to Imperial Center, 15 minutes," came the call from navigation. The Captain nodded and briefly wondered where the Admiral was. He wondered where the Admiral had been the yesterday, too. Glancing at Darth Vader, he walked over to an computer terminal and called up a search for Piett's whereabouts. It said the primary bridge and the Captain looked up just as his superior entered.
Admiral Piett saw his Captain looking at him, so he nodded and his subordinate returned to his normal duties. He approached the Dark Lord and respectively greeted him. "Lord Vader."
The ebony figure turned his head to the right and looked down at the now fully recovered Admiral. "Piett." was all he said. He then turned back to the starlines of hyperspace. Acknowledging the fact that Vader had no new or additional orders for him he called another E.T.A. report from navigation. 5 minutes. He called out some other orders to prepare for the exiting of hyperspace. And soon it was time.
The starlines faded back into normal stars and the planet previous known as Coruscant and now known as the Imperial Center stood before them. It was and had been for the past millennia the government's seat on the Galaxy. A whole planet covered entirely with city. Over generations and generations the buildings were built on top of each other that now ground could not be seen except in the snowy mountains. The space around the planet was busy with traffic, but they easily parted for the Super Star Destroyer to pass.
Lord Vader had to go down to the surface and was leaving the bridge for the Hangar. Thinking about it, he decided to bring Piett along, too. "Admiral Piett," the Admiral turned to face Vader. "You will accompany me down to the Imperial Palace."
"Yes, m'Lord," Piett walked over to his Captain and gave some final orders before taking his place by Vader and following him out.
The mousebot was heading to the bridge when Darth Vader and Admiral Piett marched through the door and passed by without even looking at the droid. Seeing it's recipients heading the opposite direction it stopped, backed up, and did a U-turn. He then ran down the halls after them.
The last maintenance check had been a different one. Not only did they wipe its memory, it had been upgraded. Now it had a holocamera attached to itself and a datapad carrier. The little droid followed them right up onto the Imperial Shuttle. Even so it could not deliver it's datacards because the door to the passenger's space was closed. Instead, it sat near the pilots and was shipped down to the city.
Author's Notes: I'm sorry I missed last night's post, but I posted two tonight. Thanx so far to my five reviewers. You're the best:D MTFBWY
-IJedi