Chapter 2: A Change of Heart (Sort of)

Dark Before Dawn

By JumpingArabLuvr33

Stupid sithspwan. Kelcie thought, staring at the door of her cell. The door he had left. She sighed and lay back on the bed. If one could call it a bed. More like a slab of metal.

She had been wrong; there was no good in him. A storm trooper entered the cell, carrying a needle.

"What are you-" she began, but the storm trooper didn't wait for her question. He stuck her with the needle and she started feeling a little lightheaded. Drugs. She thought. To make me talk. Well, the sith wouldn't get the satisfaction of seeing her tell him everything about the Rebellion. There were Jedi tricks for fighting off drugs, and she had mastered one of them. Time to put it to use.

It turned out, Vader wanted to brief Luke on the Jedi, and make sure he could handle any tricks she might decide to pull. He handed his sun a data card, and instructed him to read it before going back to his captive.

Luke obliged and went to computer to read up on the information his father had given him.

Kelcie Marie Kenobi, he read off the screen. Daughter of Laurian and Daniel Kenobi, suspected Jedi Knight and Rebellion spy.

It turned out Kelcie was a year younger than he was, only 18 years old, and had been working with the Rebellion since she was 16 years old. She was young, but had the experience of someone much older. He wondered absentmindedly, what if would be like to get into a duel with her.

Once he was finished, he headed back to her cell. Time to see if those drugs had worked. She seemed unfazed as Luke came through the door, and just stared at him.

"So, Jedi." he said. "Have you decided to talk?"

"No." she answered simply.

Luke frowned. Force, she was beautiful and stubborn! This wasn't getting him anywhere! Maybe if he tried a different approach.

Luke sat down beside her on the bed. Kelcie eyed him warily.

"Why the sudden change of heart?" Kelcie asked, not liking how close he was to her. Luke sighed and got up again.

He reached for a button that Kelcie had never noticed before, and pushed it. The cameras! Kelcie thought. Why had he done that?

"Going to take the nice guy approach?" she said, teasingly.

"I . . . Ah . . ." Luke didn't know what to say. The last thing he wanted to do was offend her.

"Bantha got your tongue, my Lord?" she questioned. Why the heck was he suddenly speechless? Where were the interrogator droids? The horrible things she had heard happen to others that had been taken captive? And why was he staring at her?
"Stop looking at me like that!" she snapped, feeling suddenly self-conscious.

"Like what?" Luke replied, never taking his eyes off her.

"Stop it!" she repeated.

"What?" Luke was clueless to what her problem was.

"You . . . My life was fine until you came along!" she said, starting to cry. She was sick of this! For Force's sake, she was only 18! "Now, I'm probably going to die here! I'll never become a Jedi, see my Uncle or my horse again, have a family . . ."

She grabbed Luke and pulled him closer, burying her face in his chest. Luke wasn't sure what to do. He didn't think Jedi could be this upset about normal things, this . . . Human. He had always been taught they were cold and heartless, and would rather kill you than look at you. He gently put his arms around her and tried to comfort her. He could sort of understand what she was feeling. If anyone tried to do something to his father, he would be upset. Man, am I glad I turned the cameras off. The guys would never let me live this down. He thought.

"I don't want to die!" she continued to sob. "I'm only 18!"

"Um . . . I . . . Er . . . Please don't cry." Luke said. Kelcie didn't hear him. She just cried harder into his chest.

"I'll never see Ronnie, or Uncle Ben, or any of my friends ever again!" she cried.

Before Luke could say anything else, he heard a knock at the door.

"My, Lord, are you all right? You've been in there . . ."the storm trooper stopped and listened to the sudden sound echoing from the cell.

Luke threw Kelcie against the wall and winked. He then turned on the camera and yelled, "TELL ME WHERE THE PLANS ARE NOW!"

Luke saw her small cup of water that had been left untouched on the floor. He used the Force, and lifted it up and threw it on himself, as if Kelcie had done it in her rage. There that takes care of the tears. He mused.

Kelcie didn't know what to think. Luke winked at her again, and stormed out of the room, much to the surprise of the storm troopers waiting outside.

"I'll be back for you, Jedi!" He snapped at her. "Just wait!"

"My Lord," the storm trooper in charge said in surprise. "Is everything all right?"

"Yes fine," Luke assured him. "Leave the ungrateful witch to rot in her cell. Besides meals, don't let anyone but me see her. I think I'm on the brink of a break through."

The storm trooper nodded, and Luke headed out of the detention level to his chambers. It's good to be the Dark Lord's son. He smiled.

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