I know the last chapter went to fast but just bear with me this one will be better

Chapter 6: The Little Surprise.

Obi-wan had finally gotten through to Anakin. Once all the troops were loaded on the ships they finally sat down and planned. Although impatient Anakin listened to their suggestions. Finally they had a battle plan. A simple one. They first just had to obliterate the small fleet. Since the rebels had saved the tactical map of the Death Star they had found a trench with an exhaust port at the end that led directly into the main reactor, if they shot a few proton torpedoes into it they Death Star would leave the world forever.

However there was a problem with that. It the shields on it were operational they would have to shut them down. Bombardment would not cut it, they would have to infiltrate the station and crush the generator. That would not be an easy task. This was of course worst-case scenario.

It was nearly six o'clock in the morning when they were ready to go. Anakin could get no sleep, he kept checking in on his kids and Padmé. He got one really bad report on her, it seemed her stitches had come undone but they fixed them. They had pronounced her to be in acceptable condition but it wasn't much better than critical.

Luke and Leia seemed to be driving 3-PO mad with questions about Anakin. This lightened Anakin spirits with the slight comedy show but cracked his heart at the same time because he wasn't there with his kids as it should be. There was no need to worry though, when the Death Star was gone everything would be normal.

Death Star

Xen paced around in the control room waiting for the report. An officer approached her.

" Lady Xen, our shields are up. We can head to Coruscant now."

" What about the super laser?"

" Our techs are working on it, but we can take Coruscant by man power, we have word that the fleet is on its way here. What are your orders?"

" Set a course for Coruscant. Can this thing reach hyper space speeds?"

" No but it can travel several thousand light-years an hour."

" What is the estimated time it would take us to reach Coruscant?"

" About seven hours."

" And the fleet that is coming after us?"

" By the time we are halfway there they will realize where we went and once we are there we will have one to three hours before they arrive."

" Set a course for Coruscant immediately, have the fleet follow."

" Yes ma'am."

" Is this a wise decision?" Asked Sidious's voice in her head.

" Stay out of my head you bast"

" Now, now there is no need for harsh language."

" I need a way to get you off my back!"

" I'll stop if I must just know that I warned you. The future is rapidly changing now, soon you might join me and there seem to be more than ten thousand ways that can happen."

" Go away."

Sidious didn't answer and she figured he was gone. Good riddance to him to.

Hour or Two Later

Anakin's fleet shot out of hyperspace by the moon Endor. Expecting to see the Death Star and the small fleet everyone was at their battle stations. Obi-wan and Anakin stood in the hanger waiting for the order to dispatch.

A voice issued over the loud speaker then.

" The station is nowhere to be found. Stay at your battle stations and await further orders, Kenobi and Skywalker to the bridge please. That is all."

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Anakin and Obi-wan arrived at the bridge utterly baffled by the Death Star disappearance ( say that five times fast).

" Master Skywalker." Said an officer.

" Give me the report." Anakin said.

" The station seems to have moved out some hours ago. Chances are they detected us with very long range radar."

" Couldn't they be using a cloaking device?" Obi-wan suggested.

" Impossible, they would have to be hiding somewhere so we could not visually see them."

" What about those light bending invisibility ones?"

" The Empire didn't have enough money to buy even one of those for a fighter. There's no way they are using one of those. They are gone and we are tracking their heat signature."

" Sirs!" Cried another officer. " I found it."

" Good where is it headed?" Anakin asked.

" …Coruscant."

" SET A COURSE THERE NOW!" Anakin shouted in fear and rage. Just perfect, they had walked right into a trap set by that woman. She was much more clever than he had even though. Sidious's force presence could sense Anakin's frustration. Little did he know that was a last minute idea for her to go to Coruscant then. He pondered for a few moments on whether to reveal this to Anakin but decided it was better to let him squirm in his horrible thoughts of a new Empire run by Xen and another thought crept into his mind. If Xen ruled Sidious's presence could rule as well. He could possess her, then he would rule for eternity with no way to kill him. That was a nice little idea.

Note: The plan in this chapter is a plan one must keep in mind when reading the rest of this story otherwise there is no point in the battle that is to come. Keep that in mind and understand the battle greatly and why there is one you will.

SM2019