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A Woman's Wrath

"Okay Lando. Come to Coruscant as fast as you can, Han's in a bad way! And remember, keep it quiet!"

Luke ended the transmission to Lando Calrissian. It was all set. Han, Leia, Chewie, Lando and Luke were going after the twins in the Millennium Falcon.

He was on his way to inform Han that Lando was in, when he passed Han and Leia's quarters. There was crying coming from inside, clearly audible through the door.

Luke's sister had blocked her mind off from him. Luke could understand, this must be very frustrating for her and she probably just wanted to be alone for a little while. Even so, he knocked on the door and entered without waiting for a reply.

Leia was sitting on the bed and was facing away from him.

Luke had no idea how to comfort her, but he was going to give it a damn good try!

"It's all right Leia," he said in a comforting voice. "It'll be okay, we're going to get them back, we're going after them!"

To his dismay, Leia only cried harder. But at this point, Luke realised that she was concentrating too hard on trying to stop crying and the walls around her mind were slipping. He managed to get a glimpse at what she was thinking.

"Anakin?" he asked anxiously. Finally, Leia turned around. Her usually pale skin was flushed and her face was tear stained. Her eyes were brighter than normal.

"I just managed to contact Winter," it was obvious she didn't want to tell him, but she had to. Luke urged her to continue.

"She says Anakin's fine, but the transmission was cut off half way through, so, I don't know," she finished feebly.

She looked at her knees and said in a quiet voice that was almost a whisper, "Maybe my beloved husband gambled him away too," she said 'beloved' in the most sarcastic voice she could manage.

Luke didn't know what to say, so he sat down beside his sister and put an arm around her, once again trying to comfort her. Going for a different tactic, he said, "Secrecy is our main ally here. The last thing we need is for the public to know that one of the New Republic's generals is gambling away his children in games of cards. If that happens, what's left of the Empire might gain more support in the senate."

At this, Leia froze. In one swift movement, she rose of the bed and turned to face him.

"How can you be thinking of the New Republic at a time like this?!?!" she screamed at him.

Luke lifted his hands in defence. "Hey! Don't take it out on me! It's not my fault that Han got too trashed to win a game of sabacc!"

"It's not my fault! It's not my fault!" she mimicked. "Now you're beginning to sound like that monster that it supposed to be my loving husband! I should have known you'd side with him!"

Luke didn't understand why everyone was yelling at him. Sure, Leia was distressed at Han's stupidity, but that didn't mean she had to use him as a verbal punching bag! After all, it really wasn't his fault.

He realised too late that Leia had heard every thought that had just passed through his mind.

Luke had tried to teach Leia to control her anger, but it wasn't really working.

"Get out!" she whispered venomously. Luke didn't move.

"GET OUT!!!" she screamed at him, and Luke only managed to dive out of the door and close it before he heard something shatter as it hit the spot where he had been about one second previously.

He then lent against the door listening to Leia tear the room apart. For the first few minutes the door shuddered as ornamental vases and miniature statues hit it. Then the bangs and crashes got louder. Luke guessed that the desk had just been overturned and pulled apart. Leia had most defiantly inherited her father's anger.

After about half an hour, the crashes ceased. Luke had just begun to consider going back in to talk with her in an attempt to calm her down when he heard her yell;

"Go away Luke! I know you're there!"

Luke sighed and rolled his eyes. He walked off up the corridor to find Han.

Then, blocking off his mind, he thought, 'When Ben said "Your sister remains safely anonymous", why did I say, "Leia! Leia's my sister!" Why couldn't I have just lived with it!'

He found Han where he had left him.

"Don't go near Leia," he advised. "She's in a bad mood."

A.N. This was only supposed to be the start of a different chapter but it got too long. That made Thorney REALLY angry because she wanted to get on with introducing another character to this story! Oh well! Hope you enjoyed!

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Sweetdeath04 & Thorney