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CHAPTER 4: FLYING SOLO
"I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me," Laila said apologetically, still in shock from her dream.
"Um, it's ok, are you sure you still want to do our date?" Luke asked her nonchalantly, still half wanting to go through with the date anyhow.
Laila opened her mouth to answer when her master appeared suddenly behind her.
"I don't know if that is such a good idea, Luke," Vader stated. Luke looked startled at the arrival of Vader.
"Besides, isn't that your comm link beeping?" Vader waved his gloved hand towards Luke's comlink that hung at his side, right next to his lightsaber. Vader took careful note of this; it looked all too familiar.
"What? No, I don't think so Han wouldn't-" suddenly, Luke's comm link began buzzing. Luke's eyes grew wide as he picked it up to answer.
'Uh, hello?" he spoke into the speaker.
"Kid?" Luke sighed as he heard Han's familiar nickname for him, "Why did you call me, Han?"
"I…don't…know…" Luke could only imagine Han's confused face.
"So, what happened to you and lover girl? Did you scare her off already?" Han asked, oblivious that both Luke and Laila were blushing profusely as they listened to him ramble on.
"I mean, come on Luke, even you're no that bad with the ladies. Geese Kid, that's got to be a record, it's been what 20 min-"
"Han!" Luke whispered harshly into the comm.
"Yeah Kid?"
"She's standing right next to me." He said through gritted teeth, face turning even redder.
"Oh…well, um…you…her…sorry…got to go!" Han mumbled and the comm link connection broke.
Vader chuckled , he was beginning to like this Han fellow.
"Find something funny?" Laila glared at Vader with her piercing turquoise eyes.
"Nope, nothing at all." He couldn't wait to tease about this whole thing later. But not until after we have a little talk about what went on between them two this afternoon, he thought in disgust. To think! His greatest accomplishment Laila, falling for a…a…Jedi! It would bring ultimate shame to everything he had worked for.
"But, I think that it's best if we cancel this little… rendezvous and save it for another time. Vader took his apprentice by the elbow and led her away.
Luke was left by himself, basically stood up on one of his very first date, Gosh I suck! He sighed and treaded over to his ship and went back to the Rebel Base.
"Even stormtroopers aren't this difficult," he mumbled as he fired up the system and blasted off.
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Laila slouched in the chair as Vader paced back and forth in his office, lecturing her.
"…and lastly…Laila! Are you listening to me?"
"No, not really," she said not even looking up.
"Why, you, little," Vader fumed with anger.
"You little what," she challenged, standing up, "Why didn't you tell me about those kinds of…emotions? What are they, what do they mean? Come on Vader, I want answers!" she said hotly, now she was the one pacing around the office.
"You're not supposed to fell those emotions, that's why I never told you about them. And wait a sec, what did I tell you about asking questions?" Vader rubbed his hands together, teenage hood, how I hate it!
Laila sighed deeply, "Curiosity is a Sith's undoing, I know, I know, but this…this is different."
"How?" he asked her, he knew how, oh boy did he know how, he just wanted to see if this was another passage as to making her angry.
"I don't know!" she threw her hands up in the air.
"Do you…like him?" he asked, inching towards her.
Laila backed away and looked out the window into the expanse of what was know as space.
'I don't know! I wouldn't know what liking someone feels like," she once again stabbed Vader with death stare.
"I can't explain it to you, Laila."
"Why not?" she asked getting more and more frustrated with every second.
"I just can't, not now anyway. Besides, I've got more important news for you." He said cheerily (well, as cheerily as Darth Vader can sound).
"What?" she said, no interest at all showing on her face.
"Palpatine said that if, and only if, he thought you were ready, in a few weeks…" he paused for effect.
"He said what!?" Laila said excitedly. She knew if had something to do with Emperor Palpatine talking directly about her, it had to be good.
"He said, you might be able to test for you role as a pure Sith." Vader breathed.
An evil grin crossed Laila's face as she thought about the prospect of becoming a full-fledged Sith.
"You have to complete one mission by yourself however before he would even consider testing you."
"Anything! What is it!" she asked, eager to start with her challenge.
"You must bring Luke Skywalker to our side, have him join the Dark Side"
Laila gasped.