Sorry my updates have been less frequent, I have been plotting out further chapters and every time I sit down to type is the time my sister wants to watch TV, I cannot concentrate when that happens and it would be nice if she watched TV in another part of the house, its not like we only have one! And both have satellite, but enough of boring you with my home life. Here's chapter 11.

Chapter 11: Millennium Falcon, Sidious, and a Cyborg

Vader was on board the bridge of the Executor mere minutes after his Lambda class shuttle had landed. He had instructed Padmé to contact Sidious for the second time in two days, he was aware she hated doing so but it had to be done and Vader had extremely important matters to attend to now. The Millennium Falcon would exit the atmosphere of Hoth in mere seconds, apparently it had picked up another passenger but Vader neither knew nor cared who. All he was concerned about were Qui-gon and Yoda.

Seconds later it did break the atmosphere and attempted to shoot through the gap between the Executor and Indomitable. The turbo lasers began to spray raw laser at them and they found they could not get through. The Falcon did a perfect one eighty and headed back the way it came.

"Send out a squadron of Tie Interceptors immediately!" Vader shouted. The comm officer on the bridge made the announcement. "Attempt to connect a communication with the Millennium Falcon! Lock a tractor beam onto it."

"They have accepted our call milord!" The comm officer yelled.

"Patch them in!"

Seconds after Vader commanded a highly static filled image of a gruff looking man's head appeared in front of Vader.

"I'm Han Solo captain of the ship you're trying to blow up!" Solo said before Vader could speak.

"Solo, you are ordered to shut down your engines immediately and let our tractor beams take you in." Vader said. "You have thirty seconds to comply."

"Don't waste your time Lord Vader because there's no way I'm going to let you take me in!"

"Very well you were warned captain Solo. You will now be taken aboard by force."

"Whatever your lordship."

"Do not mock me Solo or I will ensure your punishment is severe."

"I am not afraid of you Vader!"

"You think because you have two Jedi on board that you can possibly escape."

"Nope, I think I can escape because I have found a clear path to hyperspace. Chewie punch it!"

A wookie out of the view of the camera roared in triumph, then groaned and whimpered.

"What do you mean the hyper drive motivator is damaged!"

"Are you ready to surrender Solo?"

"Not just yet. I've got one more trick up my sleeve."

"Sir, they're moving into attack position!" Cried an officer.

"Solo, you are suicidal if you think your puny freighter can destroy this ship." Vader hissed.

"They're coming towards the bridge!" The officer cried. "He's gonna ram us!"

"Shields up." Vader commanded. "And get those Tie fighters out there!"

"To late they're coming!"

"See ya Vader!" Solo said and the connection was cut. The junky ship began to fill up the whole view port. Several crew members sprinted out of the bridge but Vader stood firmly in place convinced that the shields would hold. But just before the Falcon collided it veered up and over the bridge.

"Where the hell did they go!" Vader cried.

"Sir, they've disappeared from our radar!" An officer called out in alarm.

"Impossible." Piett snapped. "No ship that small has a cloaking device."

"I don't give a damn about how they hid themselves!" Vader roared. "Find them or I will smash each and every one of your skulls in with my fist! Do I make myself clear."

There was a murmur of yes sir's and the crew began to work rapidly.

XxX

Padmé bowed down to the ghostly image of Sidious's head as it flickered to life over the pit. This was the very last thing she wanted to do, she would just as soon kill the man for taking her sister. Though she was not angry at her master for making her do it, no, she felt she loved him to much though she would never tell him, even after that night.

"Rise, Lady Amidala." Sidious said. She did. "What news do you have for me?"

"The rebels escaped." Padmé answered. "They had transports and they used an ion cannon to destroy the Devastator and Phoenix."

"Loss of two ships means nothing. I can easily replace them. However it greatly displeases me for this failure."

"But there were two Jedi. Captain Stryker led an AT-AT attack and had to fight them, they cut off both legs and an arm and she is in surgery. The Jedi escaped on a ship that we are trying to capture."

"Excellent, alert me when they are in custody."

Padmé couldn't reply a false respectful answer for at that moment Vader burst in and came into view of the camera.

"Lord Vader, what a surprise." Sidious said.

"Master, you have to send that Mara Jade woman over now! She's the only one that can handle this situation!"

"What situation?"

"We had a visual on the Millennium Falcon from the Basilisk II, it has attached itself to the back of our bridge tower's hull."

"And why do you need Mara Jade?"

"I am going to dump the garbage and set a course for some blank vector in hyperspace, then the ship will detach and most likely head to the rebel base assuming they got their hyper drive fixed which I believe they would have, if not then it should be alright. Before we jump to hyperspace we launch Jade's ship and she follows them. When she finds where they land she contacts me and we come there."

"Excellent plan Lord Vader." Sidious said. "And then you intend to capture them?"

"Yes."

"Very well, Mara Jade is in the sector, I'll have her head to you, when she is near she will contact you on her personal communicator. She pilots a Z-95 Headhunter."

"You mean that old X-wing model?"

"Yes, and all the more perfect to hide amongst some garbage."

"You are correct master."

"Very good I'll send her in."

XxX

Vader strode into the medical room to check on Xen. She was lying on one of the beds, all cyborg parts attached to her. She looked pretty much the same and was still wearing a skin tight leather cat suit over what of her body was still left. Over the limbs she wore noting, but they were painted black to match her outfit. A medical droid hovered around her, constantly checking to make sure the limbs were properly attached.

When the droid saw Vader it hurried over to him.

"What is the news on her?" Vader asked.

"She is completely stabilized sir." The droid said in a genderless voice. "We have attached artificial limbs and stitched up her cuts. She is ready to go once she wakes up, with these limbs she can now jump five times higher than a normal human being and is five times stronger with her right arm."

"Excellent." Vader said. He was distinctly reminded of General Greivous. "Alert me when she wakes up."