Chapter Two: Making Your Way To Family

Vader froze. His son was a father? When did this happen? How did this happen? According to his information, and to what the smuggler had said while talking to Luke, his son was still a teenager! Then how in the heck had his son ended up with a child? Was it simply because Luke had sex with some woman? But that just didn't seem right. Luke wasn't supposed to have sex at his age!

Vader glanced at the Princess and saw that she was just as speechless as he was. But that silence didn't last long.

"A father? Luke is a father? HOW?" Leia demanded.

Han tried to explain. "Well, do you remember that gravity pull back in the Hoth system that the Alliance had wanted to check out?" Leia nodded. "Well obviously, the kid's X-Wing got pulled by it when he tried to leave the system, and he was knocked unconscious."

"And?"

"I know this may sound a little strange…"

"What is it?"

"Well the kid woke up without his clothes, in a bed. And he wasn't the only one in the bed."

Leia gasped. "Is that how it happened?" Han shrugged. "Well Luke must have the brains to just leave the woman to raise the baby."

Han grimaced. "Well that's not all. The woman died in childbirth. That leaves Luke as the only person left to raise the child. Despite Luke's age and occupation."

"Han! Didn't that woman have a family who would take care of the baby?"

Han sighed. "Her family disowned her years ago."

"I can see why," Leia commented. "Tell him to take the baby to some orphanage!"

"The kid says that he knows the feeling to grow up parentless, and he doesn't want that for his child."

"But Luke can't raise a child even if he was old enough! He's serves in the Rebellion! He can't take a child there!"

"I know. If we get out of here alive, I'm going to talk to the kid and work something out."

"And if we don't get out of here alive?"

"Then the kid will be an ex hero of the Alliance before you can say, 'jumping Wookies!" Chewie growled angrily. "Hay! It's just an expression, pal!"

Meanwhile, Vader's mind was working furiously. If his son would really drop out of the Alliance for his new born baby, then Vader had to find him before anyone else did.

He turned to an officer standing next to him. "Take these rebels to my ship, and alert my star destroyer to prepare for my arrival.

Later that day, Vader sat alone in his quarters, thinking about his son and his… grandchild?

It was impossible to contemplate the possibilities. His son was probably under a lot of stress, just like the smuggler had said. And if that was the case, then it would make manipulating his son even easier. But what about the baby? If it was strong in the Force, then it would also be a great asset. But Vader knew the rule; there can only be two sith. One, to be the master, and the other to kill the master once he found a new apprentice. That's the way things worked. But if they were all family, wouldn't that change something? He had no way of knowing.

Vader's thoughts switched to his grandchild. No more than a month after discovering that Vader was a father, he now discovers that he'd a grandfather also! Wait… that made Vader feel old. How old was he? He was only forty-one. That wasn't too old.

How did his grandchild look? Would it look like Luke? Or would it look more like the mother? Vader hoped not. That woman didn't deserve to be anyone's mother! Much less Vader's grandchild's mother!

What did Luke think of that woman? Did he hate her? Or did he even care? Was he happy that the woman died? That was too difficult for Vader to contemplate. From what he'd heard, Luke was a caring and compassionate person. He would never take delight in seeing anyone die. Even a person who had sex with him when he wasn't aware of it.

It wouldn't take long for Vader to get to Hoth. And once he got to Hoth, he'd just follow the pull of gravity and find his son.

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Indeed, it didn't take long to get to Hoth since it was only one and a half parsecs away. Finding the pull of gravity proved to be a little difficult. They circled the fifth planet in the Hoth system for hours before they felt the pull. Once they felt the pull, they just let themselves be carried away by it until they came to a planet. It was a planet that Vader had never seen before, and when he tried to get some information on it, it didn't appear in the galactic computers. Weird.

At this point, Vader just decided to go down by himself. After taking a shuttle down, Vader walked along the streets. He could sense Luke clearly now. He was in one of those apartments up ahead.

Vader followed the Force sense until he came to a door that was obviously the one that would lead him to Luke. He opened the door and walked in.

There, Luke lay sprawled on a sofa, sound asleep. But the sound of Vader's breathing woke him up, and his hand flew to the lightsaber he didn't know how to use.

"Hello, young Skywalker."

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A.N: Sorry for such a short chapter. Please review and I may make my next chapter longer!