"You will stay here until you learn some respect." Padmé recalled with a hint of laughter, the last words Vader had said to her before he locked her in her room. She was not going to be sweet and compliant and Vader could not change that. Additionally, Vader would have to let her out when he was sent on a mission, so his threat was not very credible. She would only have to be patient for a little while longer.
Several days had passed since Vader had locked her in the room. He had not returned to release her, but R2 came in a couple times a day to bring her a meal. He was also able to sneak in some holo books so that Padmé had something to read in order to keep her entertained.
Over the past few days, she had read through each holo book twice, and was just getting ready to reread the first one again when her door opened. Standing in the doorway was Vader.
"Where did you get that?" Vader barked at her as he walked into the room and pointed at the holo books.
Vader turned around when R2 started to angrily beep at him from behind, "Beep beep boop boop beeeeeeeeep!"
Vader turned around and glared at Padmé.
"R2 gave them to me." Padmé tersely replied.
Pointing at her, Vader replied, "Next time you will ask for permission." Padmé glared at him, but Vader turned on his heel to face R2 without responding to her displeasure. "Do I make myself clear?" Vader asked the droid.
"Boop." R2 responded.
"Good." Vader replied, and then turned around to face Padmé. "We are leaving for my ship this afternoon. There is a handmaiden outfit included in your wardrobe. Wear it! It has a cloak that should hide your identity." He then pointed his finger at her, and waved it at her threateningly. "I will not have you making a spectacle of yourself. If you try, you will regret it."
Padmé quirked an eyebrow at him, but remained silent.
"I shall return in a few hours, make sure you are ready." Vader barked at her and then turned on his heel and exited the room.
Three hours later, Vader returned to Padmé's room. She had dressed in a blue handmaiden outfit. Her matching cloak covered her hair and helped hide most of her face from view.
"Come, we are leaving." Vader said.
Padmé followed him out of her door, while R2 followed behind her. They walked in silence out of the apartment and to a nearby turbolift. The only sound audible was the mechanical hum coming from R2.
Once all three were in the turbolift on their way to the ground floor and the nearby landing platforms, Vader spoke to Padmé. "We are taking my private shuttle up to my flagship, the Executor. Once there I will take you to my quarters, where you will stay while I do some things on ship. You will speak to no one on board. Do I make myself clear."
"Yes." Padmé said with annoyance in her tone.
"I repeat, you will not speak to anyone."
"Yes." Padmé responded.
The turbolift doors opened, as Vader replied, "Good, now follow me."
They exited the apartment, and took a short walk to a nearby landing pad. Upon it was Vader's personal imperial shuttle. Vader boarded first and headed straight to the pilot's chair. Padmé entered next and took the copilot's chair next to Vader, while R2 stayed in the cargo area of the ship. Padmé remained silent as Vader fired up the ships engines, and they took off into Coruscant's skyline.
In no time, they had left the planet's atmosphere and were in space above the ship. In the distance, Padmé could see the Executor through the view port. Padmé continued to gaze at her new home as Vader expertly piloted his shuttle to his flagship.
He landed the shuttle in a loading area of the Executor. A contingent of storm troopers and high-ranking officers aboard the ship were there to greet him. Padmé stood up from her chair and turned to exit the shuttle, but before she could move Vader grabbed her upper arm.
"Walk behind me and remain silent. Do not make eye contact with anyone." Vader instructed.
Padmé glared angrily into his blue eyes, but remained silent. Vader turned from her and quickly exited his ship with Padmé following him. R2 closely followed Padmé.
At the end of the shuttle's exit ramp, an Admiral greeted Vader, "Welcome Lord Vader, I am honored to be of service to you again."
"You may dispense with the pleasantries Admiral. Get back to your post along with everyone else, I want you all prepared to leave shortly. I will join you at the bridge shortly." Vader replied.
"As you wish my lord." The Admiral said with a bow.
Vader continued to walk quickly through the ship, with Padmé following him. She tried to keep track of where they were, but the pace was too fast for her to memorize directions. It seemed like five minutes had passed by before Vader abruptly stopped at a doorway. He turned to Padmé and said, "This is my quarters…"
"Lord Vader! I need you to sign off on these technical readouts." A young lieutenant interrupted Vader.
Vader quickly opened the door to his quarters and barked at Padmé, "Get in!" He then turned to the lieutenant, and started to yell at him that the readouts could have waited and he was never to interrupt him again.
Padmé stepped into Vader's quarters with R2. The door closed behind her, while Vader continued to berate the lieutenant. In the meantime, Padmé decided to explore her new home.
Before her was a formal sitting room. Like Vader's apartment on Coruscant, there was very little furniture in here, only a couple sofas and a coffee table. To the left of this room was a doorway, and Padmé entered through it.
Inside was Vader's bedroom. This was setup like the rooms in Coruscant except there were several bookshelves filled with holovids, and what looked like reports. Additionally, along one wall, was a large screen for viewing holovids and watching Imperial network shows. A sofa faced the screen. Obviously it was true that Vader spent more time on ship than on Coruscant, since he had more amenities here.
Padmé glanced into the fresher attached to the bedroom, which looked exactly like the one in her room and then exited the bedroom to explore the rest of Vader's quarters. Once back in the sitting room, she saw only two doors. The first one was a fairly empty room. It looked like it may be used for storage. Padmé noticed some spare droid parts in it as she exited.
Finding nothing exciting in the first room, she walked through the second door, which housed a fairly large kitchen. R2 entered into the room behind her as she looked around. To the left was a small square table with two chairs. Along the wall in front of her were a series of countertops and food storage devices. As she glanced to her right she saw a golden droid approaching her.
The droid realized Padmé was glancing at him and greeted her, "Hello, I am C3P0, Human Cyborg Relations. Who may I ask are you?"
"I'm Padmé."
"Miss Padmé, a pleasure to meet you." The droid replied cheerily.
"Boop boop beep." R2 interjected.
"R2D2, pleasure to meet you too. Are you friends of Master An…"
"3P0!" Vader barked from the doorway, making both Padmé and C3P0 jump in surprise. "You know you are not allowed to use that name, and our guests are not to know of it."
"Yes, sir." C3P0 replied apologetically.
"Padmé and R2 will be staying with us aboard ship, go find a place for R2 to stay."
"Yes sir, right away. Follow me R2." C3P0 replied as he quickly exited the kitchen. R2 followed him, but glanced back at Padmé who gave him a reassuring nod before he exited.
Padmé was disappointed, C3P0 had almost revealed Vader's true name. Perhaps she would be able to talk to him and get the information when Vader was not around.
Vader interrupted Padmé's scheming, "You have full run of these quarters. You may do what you like while here. You may even watch the holovids and read through the reports in my bedroom." Padmé quirked an eyebrow at this, but Vader quickly explained, "They are all unclassified."
Vader walked towards the door and directed Padmé to follow him. He walked into his bedroom and continued speaking, "I sometimes use the sitting room for meetings, so I can not have you out there during those times. Sometimes the meetings are unexpected, so you will have to sleep in here. You may have the bed when I am not here, but otherwise you will have to sleep on the couch. I will lock the bedroom door if I am having a meeting, so you cannot interrupt me. If you need anything, speak to 3P0. He should be able to help you."
Padmé nodded at this. Then Vader spoke again, this time in a harsher tone, "And do not try to ask him my name, I am leaving here to wipe his memory of it, so you will not find it from him."
Padmé glared at Vader while he smirked at her. "After I tend to 3P0, I am going to ready the ship for the mission, so you will be on your own. Do not try to leave these quarters. I will find out about it, and then I will have to lock you in the detention area." With that final statement, Vader turned and left his bedroom, leaving a furious Padmé behind.