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A/N: Hello everybody! As promised, another chapter. I couldn't help but thrown in Maternal!Padmé into this one, I hope you all like her as I do. I will try get another chapter out before next week. I've started working another job which is taking up my free time. Out of the frying pan and into the fire of course. A little hint for you all, a wedding will take place between now and the end of the story and it will have its own chapter. Enjoy :P

Chapter Eleven: I'll Get You Han Solo, If It's the Last Thing I Dooooo

Isolder was pacing. "This isn't possible," Anakin sighed as he listened to the Prince whine yet again. He was really giving Luke a run for his credits.

"Quite obviously it is possible, Your Highness," Anakin snapped, rubbing his forehead. His first instinct was to jump into the nearest ship and chase after Leia and Han. This wasn't the first time he had had to chase Han and Leia half way across the galaxy yet that definite feeling of rage was certainly coming back to him. However this time was distinctly different.

This time their sudden departure was having more of an effect on Prince Isolder than on himself. In fact, part of Anakin couldn't help but feel a little glad that Han had managed to execute a plan to get Leia far, far away from Isolder. But on the other hand he had kidnapped his daughter, by force. The nerve and stupidity of Han Solo always seemed to amaze him.

The Prince was livid. They were now in the Queen's office. Padmé was sitting at the desk, her head in her hands with Luke attempting to comfort her. Breha and Bail were ushering the guests out and deliberately avoiding any questions as to why the party had ended so abruptly.

"I am going to send out the entire Hapan fleet to find them. This is ridiculous. He can't just kidnap the future Queen of Hapes!" the Prince practically shouted as he went for another lap around the office.

Anakin resisted the urge to roll his eyes then punch the Prince in the face. "We need to calm down for a moment, before we do anything. We aren't going to be able to help Leia if you send out an entire Hapan fleet with no idea where to look," Anakin said calmly, surprised at his own behaviour.

Wow, this calm father routine isn't too bad! Although the calm, sensitive new age father routine might get old the next time I want to beat Han at Sabacc.

"Calm down! How can you be calm when your daughter has been kidnapped by a disgusting, pirate maniac!" The Prince shouted, throwing his arms up in the air dramatically like people did on the Holofilms. "How am I to be perceived when the Holonet finds out that I let my fiancée be kidnapped? How is my Mother going to react when she realizes I have no Queen to bring home? I will be made to be a fool!"

The Prince a fool? Had he looked in the mirror lately?

"Yes and if you go charging out into the galaxy and come back empty-handed you'll look even worse," Luke added from his place next to his mother. "Han is not a maniac either, Your Highness. I'm not sure what's happened but at least she's going to be safe."

The Prince snorted. "I would not trust that man as far as I could throw him."

Anakin pictured the Prince's girl-like arms trying to pick up Solo and throw him. The image resulted in Solo giving the Prince quite a beating.

"Has anyone considered Leia in all of this?" demanded Padmé, standing up to face both her husband and Isolder. "My daughter was forced to choose who she wished to marry today. She chose and now the other one has decided to take things into his own hands and has kidnapped her. How about how Leia is feeling? You should all be ashamed of yourselves!" she snapped, losing all Chancellor etiquette in favour of her maternal streak.

"And precisely why did Leia apparently choose you?" Anakin asked. The Prince turned around and looked directly into Anakin's eyes.

"I made her an offer she could not refuse," he said simply. Anakin felt that surge of fatherly dark side anger rise again. He gripped his lightsaber and fought the urge to start swinging it.

"Are you telling me you blackmailed my daughter into marrying you?" he asked threateningly. The Prince took a step back and for the first time, fear was in his eyes. "I-I most certainly did not. I simply explained to her the obvious benefits of being a Queen and she readily accepted," Isolder turned towards Padmé. "You have taught your daughter well, Chancellor. She is quite shrewd when it comes to politics and knowing when to concede defeat to protect the people she cares for."

What happened next shocked Anakin to his core. Padmé, his sweet, wonderful politician wife raised her hand and slapped the Prince hard across the face. Anakin resisted the urge to jump for joy and settled on letting his jaw drop instead. "If I find out you have mislead, threatened, hurt or blackmailed my daughter in any way, so help me I will have your entire royal family disowned and have Hapes thrown out of the Republic." With that, she stormed out of the room. Anakin was close to following her and if it had been under better circumstances, he would have considering she was headed towards their very big and very private quarters.

Yet here he was, trying to act like a mature and responsible adult, not to mention a peace-keeping Jedi. He could practically hear Yoda in his head, lecturing him about the Jedi being the guardians of justice and peace in the galaxy. Yoda was quite obviously not a parent. Yoda was quite obviously not here to execute his miniature little green Jedi moves so Anakin would have to sort this out like the grand Jedi Master he was.

"I suggest we all calm down and think for a moment," said Luke, robbing Anakin of the chance to try out his own diplomatic negotiations.

Diplomatic negotiations are the best option in any serious circumstance. If this however fails, aggressive negotiations are always the next best option. Take one mature, responsible and attractive Jedi, one pompous Prince, one bystander, a blue lighstaber and stir vigorously.

"I have already told you. I will be making arrangements for my fleet to go after them. Han has acted outside of any acceptable laws and my officers will be commanded to shoot to kill,"

If there was going to be any shooting of Han Solo it would only be through his blaster.

Anakin knew it was time to see just how strong of mind the Prince actually was. He waved his hand in front of Isolder.

"You will not dispatch the Hapan Fleet,"

He held his breath momentarily. Would the Prince be strong or weak of mind?

"I will not dispatch the Hapan Fleet,"

Anakin smiled. It appeared that Blondie was the submissive type. Most likely a combination of listening to his mother over and over again and too many night-time games of "pin the underpants on the tied-up Prince".

"You wish to leave the search mission to the Jedi Council and let Luke and myself head the search party,"

It was just a formality of course. Anakin had no intention of asking for the Prince's permission to do anything.

"I am going to leave the search mission to the Jedi Council and to you and Jedi Skywalker," he repeated.

Anakin knew he should have left it there. The Force had already been used to his advantage many times during the evening and going any further would be a great misuse of the power he was given. But on the other hand, Prince Isolder was an absolute idiot. And nobody messed with a Skywalker.

"You will leave Leia Skywalker-Organa alone. You are not attracted to her. Your type is now tall, dark, handsome of the male variety…" Anakin was interrupted by Luke pushing him out of the way.

"We will be leaving as soon as possible, Your Highness. We will let you know as soon as we find them," Luke said, nudging Anakin out the door. Why did he have to raise such a moral and diplomatic son? Oh right, that had to have been Padmé's influence.

"Why did you do that son?" Anakin demanded as they left the slightly confused Prince in the office. Luke smirked as he began walking towards the docking bay.

"Because I had a feeling Han might have done something stupid. I had Threepio place a homing device on the Falcon as he prepared the ship for takeoff. As of two hours ago, Han Solo set a course for Corellia,"

Right, and when did Luke Skywalker become cunning, smart and able to plan ahead? That was obviously his influence, apart from the forward planning. One of the Skywalker family ships, the Coruscant Wings was sitting at the docking bay.

It was time to go and clean up yet another of Han Solo's messes. And after he found them, he was going to kill Han three times over. He could only hope Leia hadn't done it already.

Anakin Skywalker's Killing Tally

Obi-Wan: 7 (including the time Obi-Wan left him drunk at the Happy Jedi)

Luke: 4

Leia: 15

Han Solo: 189,642

Prince Isolder: 700,000 (since yesterday)