Chapter 18:
Han slowly woke up in the interrogation chamber to find the same red-haired woman staring at him. He moaned and then asked, "Wh- what do you want, to make me suffer even more?"
"No. It seems that you have a problem. Now, know this, you will die a painful death unless you are truly loyal to Lord Vader and his son."
"It- it seems that I have no choice then." Han tried to sit up but was stopped by Mara, who knelt beside him.
"Don't try to move too quickly, you still need to recover from your injuries." Mara said as she helped him up into a standing position. "Come with me, I'll give you a chance to fix things with Luke… or you can stay here and wait for Vader to deal with you. Which would you rather?"
Han shivered when he heard Luke's name again, but when he heard Vader's he was afraid for his life. He knew that Vader never liked him in the first place and would kill him the first chance he got. "I- I'll come with you."
"Very well, follow me." Mara led Han Solo through several corridors and after a few minutes, they were outside Luke's door. Mara reached out with the Force to touch Luke's mind again. Luke, Solo has come and I believe you will be pleased with what he has to say to you.
Very well, you may enter. Luke replied to Mara and used the Force to open his doors. Luke stood there glaring at Han. While Mara and Han walked into Luke's quarters, Han could not repress a shiver as he saw Luke's dark form staring at him. Mara stopped just inside the door and watched as Han strode right up to Luke, and could not help but to admire his courage after what Luke did to him. Han knelt down at Luke's boots and lowered his head submissively, so close that the only thing he could see was Luke's boots. "Luke, please forgive me for what I did. I give myself completely to your and the Empire's service."
Luke placed a hand on Han's shoulder. "You are forgiven, Captain Solo. However, if you betray me or the Empire again… you will not survive."
"I understand."
"Good. Now, rise, Captain Solo and assist my father in his research. He should be in one of the medical labs." After Luke finished speaking, Han did as he was told. After a few minutes, he arrived at one of the medical labs to find Vader running some kind of blood analysis.
Mara leaned up against the wall of Luke's quarters, thinking. Finally, she said, "There are times when I don't understand you. One moment, you're brutally torturing someone, and the next, you're conducting scientific research."
Luke watched her from beneath his hood. Her eyes were so…. intense, when she was thinking. It was like they had emerald sparkles dancing in them.
Mara looked up as she finished speaking, and saw the look in Luke's eyes. She blushed, furiously, and snapped, "Blast it, Skywalker, why do you keep doing that?"
Luke smiled. "I can't help it, Jade." He took a few steps closer to her, so that he was now right in front of her. He used what she taught him and disappeared from sight.
"Blast it, farmboy, what in the Force is wrong with you!"
Luke reappeared and this time, placed his arms around her, pulling her towards him. Her eyes narrowed as Luke leaned in closer to her and began to kiss her passionately on the lips. Mara gave in to her emotions as they completely overtook her. She wrapped her arms around Luke's neck and deepened their kiss. Luke began to unknowingly let feelings and intense emotions seep into the Force, and his father picked up on it right away.
Han had just obtained the results of the tests on the blood sample Luke had taken from Leia, when Vader's anger seemed to cause the temperature of the room to plummet. Han shivered. "Er, sir? The results are in on this blood sample, and—"
Vader ignored him, and stalked off down the passage towards Luke's quarters, Han trailing in his wake. Han continued to follow Vader through the very same corridors that he had taken to get to the lab back to Luke's quarters. Vader did not wait for Luke, did not knock on the door, he stormed into the room and Force-pushed Luke and Mara apart. "What in blazes are you doing?!" He roared.
Once the shock of being suddenly pushed apart passed, Luke and Mara looked up to see Lord Vader staring at them with Captain Solo behind him. Han had to suppress a laugh when he got a quick glimpse at what was going on. He watched as Luke and Lord Vader drew their lightsabers and ignited them, glaring at each other. Before things got… messy, Captain Solo found his voice. "Um… before you two go at it, I just wanted to say that the blood analysis that you wanted, Luke, is completed." The next part made Han gulp, fearing their reaction, "Leia Organa… is not an Organa, well, not biologically. She's…. a Skywalker. Your sister, Luke…. and your daughter, Lord Vader." Instantly, Han felt the datapad ripped out of his hand by Vader who began to study the results of the analysis.