Chapter 9: The Emperor's Daughter

A Couple Days Later

Leia sat in her cell, on its bench. Her right sleeve ripped off with a deep and long cut etched in her upper arm. She dabbed it lightly with a knot of her dress which she had ripped off from the hem. The cut had been given to her by a particularly nasty guard when she refused to come out of her cell to go to the prisoner wreck room. And so he had taken a long knife he had and cut her. When she still refused to go he got aggravated and was about to punch her, in the upper head when the warden walked by and called him out. Strangely the stupid man tolerated all sorts of degrading things towards prisoners, but no punching or kicking. Though Leia didn't particularly care what the warden considered tolerable since she didn't give a bantha's behind about him.

Once Leia was satisfied with the cease in the flow of blood from her cut she carefully tore another shred of her dress off the hem and wrapped it around her shoulder. Once she had fastened a knot to keep it up the door of the cell shot open and in stepped a guard. Leia didn't look up at him. He came close to her.

"The Emperor wants to see you." He said.

"Tell him I do not want to see him." Leia snapped, she of course knew this was her perfect chance to join Vader but she had to make it believable for the guard that she had no desire to talk to him at the moment.

"To bad honey, now you're coming with me."

"No."

And before she could even comprehend what had happened, two objects slammed into her neck and in the blink of and eye her back was pressed against the cell wall with the guards hands firmly clasped around her neck. Automatically she clawed at his hands with a desperate attempt to free herself. It didn't work.

Then realization struck her as she looked at the man's face. This was the same ill tempered guard that gave her the cut. She was now in a sticky situation, she hoped beyond hope that the man would did not lack the self control to kill her. After a few more moments she began to gag and gasp for air. Now she was starting to believe the man had no self control whatsoever and she was going to die. But finally as her face began to turn blue he let go.

She fell the floor and coughed as air filled her lungs, and she let it out in fast puffs, sucking in more. The guard towering above her just laughed. Her grabbed her hands and cuffed them, and drug her out of the cell. She hadn't even began to catch her breath when he led her down the hallway. She was going to get back at him for that.

XxX

Again Leia found herself in the seat that fell from the ceiling in Vader's throne room. Her guard had left five minutes ago but Vader still hadn't spoken. His helmet was tilted down, its eyeholes pointing at a data pad which held some sort of important report that Leia would love to see. Ravan sat in the chair next to her moodily. He crossed his legs and uncrossed them, then sat back impatiently. Some brother she had.

And then something happened that Leia found to be mildly interesting. Vader must had read something he didn't like because he dropped the data pad on the ground, stepped on it so hard it cracked into about four pieces. Then he sent it flying with that Force he used. It hit the wall and broke more, probably, Leia didn't watch it. Vader clenched his fists and brought them down hard on his chair.

"Something wrong father dearest?" Leia asked sweetly. Vader didn't seemed at all surprised she had addressed him as father, whether sarcastically or not and Ravan didn't even bat an eyelash.

"Yes." Vader snapped.

"Well what happened?" Leia asked.

"Nothing that concerns you." Vader bit back. The truth was he was somewhat embarrassed with what the data pad said. It was a personal report from Admiral Piett, whom by the way, he felt like strangling right now. Piett had been performing a standard operation. Overseeing the exercises of fresh Imperial pilot recruits near a small asteroid field. The asteroid field itself was small, so the Admiral had the shields on the Executor down and what happens next? A huge asteroid somehow flies out of the field and smashes into the middle of the ship, denting the main reactor and causing a few major systems, such as engine power, and life support to die. Piett was lucky the ship didn't explode. This had happened yesterday and the crew was making repairs but it would take a long time before the ship was fully functional again. So far they had managed to patch up the life support wiring.

"Whatever." Leia replied glumly. "I don't really care one way or the other. Now let's just get to the point."

"Very well then." Vader said. "We have given you a few days to decide on my offer. What is your answer?"

"I will join you." Leia said quickly, not a change of expression on her face. Ravan was now standing, he looked utterly confused. Vader himself sat back for a moment, trying to somehow confirm it to himself Leia had said yes. After a few moments he spoke again.

"Yes? You will join us?" Vader asked.

"That is what I said." Leia replied.

"Oh no!" Ravan yelled. "Oh no, no, no, no, no! No, she is lying!"

"Calm down son." Vader barked over him, somewhat annoyed. "I sense no dishonesty in her. But why do you want to join?" He asked her.

"I have no other choice." Leia replied simply. "I am joining you because I must so do not expect me to follow your every direction and be all daughterly to you like daddy's boy over there does."

Leia pointed her thumb at Ravan. His eyes turned yellow.

"And so you wish to join the Sith?" Vader asked.

"Do I have a choice?"

"No."

"Then yes."

"Very well then, henceforth you shall be known as Darth—"

"No not give me a disgusting Darth name like that!" Leia snapped.

"You would be preferred to be called Leia?" Vader asked surprised.

"Yeah, I would."

"Very well then."

"Father I must protest!" Ravan cried. "If she is going to be a Sith Lord she needs the proper Darth—"

"Don't push our luck my son." Vader hissed in a deadly tone. "She has just joined us, that's enough for now."

Wow, this chapter is longer than I thought it would be, 1,133 words without my notes.