Millennium Falcon:
Luke looked at Han and spoke, "Ben wants us to check out Hoth and see just how suitable it will be as an Alliance Base."
"Where will the Old Man be?" asked Han
"He is going to remain with the rest of the Alliance while we check out the Planet. If it is suitable then, It will most likely house our next Alliance base."
Han nodded, "Alright Kid then lets get going. Is Vader going to be searching for us now as expected?"
Luke nodded, "He already cleared out the base on Yavin."
"It isn't like he found anything. I mean the Old Man had us off of the planet before anything could happen."
Luke nodded, "Please stop referring to him in such a manner."
Han frowned, "Ok kid I will do better. How did you meet him anyways?"
Luke frowned, the hardest thing for him right now was getting used to the truth. For now however he would tell Han the story that Ben used to tell him, "Vader killed my father like right before I was born. Ben was my Father's Master. My Mother's dying request was that he would raise me like he did my Father. He is all that I have ever known. He is only fifty four."
Han frowned, "He looks a lot older."
"Fighting Vader on Mustafar and losing my Father and Mother took a lot out of him."
"Wait, He fought Vader?"
Luke nodded, "It was a stalemate."
"He held his ground against Vader?" asked Han with admiration
"He trained Vader before he turned to the Dark Side. Vader was once a Jedi Knight."
Han looked at Luke in shock as Luke frowned, realizing that he had already said enough.
"Wow he is much more than I thought. I had no idea that he did all of that."
Luke smiled, "He was a Jedi General during the Clone Wars Han."
Han nodded, "Did he know Anakin Skywalker?"
At that moment it dawned upon Han.
"Y-You're Anakin Skywalker's kid aren't you? How did I never make the connection?"
Luke looked at Han in shock, "You know who he was?"
"Of course kid, I am twenty six. I was like nine during the war and if you knew enough about the wars you knew two things."
"What were they?"
"The Hero With No Fear and Clone Troopers. Those were the main factors of the war. His exploits were always being talked about by everyone."
Luke nodded in silence.
Han then spoke, "Of course Darth Vader killed him. Only someone that evil could kill someone so great."
Luke
Moments later, The Falcon dropped out of Hyperspace.
Han expertly navigated the Falcon towards Hoth as Luke looked out the cockpit at the icy landscape in shock.
Han then spoke, "Shall we land?"
Luke nodded, "Better have Chewie keep the engines warm. Let's check out that large cave."
Han smiled, "That looks like it would make one hell of a Hanger."
Luke nodded, "It may also take a long time for the Empire to find us here. I am thinking that this will be the planet Han."
Han nodded, "Quite an adjustment, From Dessert to Ice. It is a lot colder."
"I think Yavin IV was a good warm up."
Han smiled in response.
A few hours later, Luke and Han returned to the Falcon. They had been successful in finding a Rebel Base. There was no doubt that Hoth was going to be a fine hiding place for the Alliance. There was no doubt that it would take Vader a year at least to find them.
Luke also knew that it was inevitable,he would meet his father again. He would make sure to be ready for that day.
Executor:
Vader awoke, with Padme laying on top of him.
He smiled and kissed her sleeping form before lightly pushing her to the side and getting up.
He immediately dressed and, left her and headed for the Command Bridge of the Executor.
Padme awoke an hour later and, headed into the kitchen to cook some breakfast for Vima.
At the same time she heard Vima speak, "Mom?"
Padme turned to Vima, "Yes?"
"You don't want me to be a Sith Right?"
Padme frowned, "No I don't."
"I don't want to be a Sith either. Can we get away from him Mom?"
"I don't see how I can get out of our Chambers with this Collar welded around my neck."
"I have an Idea mom."
Padme frowned, "You have an Idea?" A typical Skywalker, thought Padme with a slight smile.
Vima smiled eagerly as, she showed her mom to her school room.
Padme frowned as, she looked at all of the science equipment.
"Vima this is all for someone that is way above your age."
"You know how Daddy is. When I tell him what I need for school he always buys it for me."
Padme nodded, Being a slave from birth until the age of nine and, a Jedi for the remainder of his youth prevented him from understanding grade levels, she thought. Vima had taken advantage of it. Such a smart girl, thought Padme. Vima also was really good at science and mechanics as well as security systems. She had already hacked into the Executor's security system. She had a lot of skills at her young age.
Padme at the same time, noticed Vima holding out a small electronic device. From the outside it appeared to be a small flashlight but just by looking at the spot where the lens used to be told Padme more. There were two small metal barrels in the place and a flat panel. "What is this Vima?"
Vima smiled, "It is like a blaster don't shoot it. It only fires one shot. We can use it on Dad."
Padme frowned, "I don't want to kill your dad. I love him to much."
"It stuns you. I have a few more made for when we get out. We can use them on some of the men in the ship. It will knock him out for at least ten minutes."
"Are you sure?" asked Padme.
Vima frowned, "I-I kind of tested it Mom and, when I got up it had been ten minutes."
Padme looked at her daughter in horror, "What were you thinking? You could have gotten yourself killed."
"I want you to be happy and I see you cry a lot. I thought that maybe if we got away from Dad that you would be happy. I had to just make sure that my plan would work."
Padme felt tears in her eyes, Her baby girl had risked her life in a science experiment all for her mother. She was a true Skywalker, willing to do anything for her mother.
Padme shook her head, "Don't you ever do something like that again Vima. I realize that you love me and I love you too but I don't want something to happen to you because of me. Never do this again."
Vima nodded as Padme hugged her tightly. She then spoke, "Pack your bag. I am going to our office to steal some of your dad's credits. We will get him when he is sitting down for dinner tonight and bind his hands."
"Then we will cut your collar off. I am good with a lightsaber I can do it."
Padme nodded, "I trust you Vima. You just need to be careful. Dad is going to be very angry when we leave."
"Will he hurt you?"
"He put the collar on me when I tried to leave many years ago before you were born.
Now I am glad that he did, otherwise I wouldn't have you."
Padme then kissed her daughter's forehead before heading into her room and collecting two bodysuits and two gowns and two dresses. She then slipped into Vima's room with a small travel bag that her husband used.
"Pack only what you need Vima. We will get what we need wherever we go."
"Will we join the Rebellion?"
Padme shook her head, "We would only put them at risk and, I no longer have a way to locate them now that Bail Organa is dead. Those that I trusted are either dead or hiding with the Alliance."
"Where will we go?"
"Somewhere far away. We will have to be very careful about what people we trust and who we trust. The only people that we trust are each other. Do you understand?"
Vima nodded, "What about your parents and your sister?"
Padme shook her head, "We can't go back to Naboo. He'll have Naboo watched and he will capture us the moment that we land."
Vima nodded with a frown.
Padme then spoke, "I will think of something."
"When can we make our move Mom?"
"Tonight."
Vima smiled at her mother in response.
After a moment of silence, Vima spoke, "I will be right back Mom."
Padme frowned, "What are you doing Vima?"
"I will tell you later."
Padme frowned as Vima left the room and headed towards the large doors of the chambers that she herself, had not walked outside of in at least two years.
"When I walk out next time Mom, you will be with me I promise."
Padme smiled at Vima in response.
A short time later, Vima returned with a lizard like creature.
"What is that Vima?"
"A Ysalamiri."
"Ysalamiri?"
Vima smiled, "It prevents a Force user from being able to touch the Force.
Once we bind his hands, We will leave the Yasalamiri right by him so that he will have a harder time in getting loose. Don't worry they are harmless"
"A harder time?" asked Padme.
Vima nodded, "The Lizard creates a bubble that surrounds him. He will have to move around and struggle. If all goes well, we will be in the Hanger Bay by the time that he gets free."
Padme shook her head, "Your father is clever, even without the Force."
Vima nodded in silence.
Padme then spoke, "Does your dad even know about how you hacked into the security code that keeps our suites sealed?"
Vima shook her head, "He still thinks that I only leave when he takes me to the hanger to fly."
"It isn't exactly necessary to leave since you have everything in here. Once we leave we will only have each other Vima."
"I know that and I am fine with it."
Padme nodded in silence.
Padme then spoke, "Now comes the problem of getting this Collar off."
Vima smiled, "Have you ever been in Dad's office?"
Padme shook her head, "No my Collar won't allow me to go in there."
Vima smiled. "There is this one lightsaber that sits in the top drawer. It is the one that he has been teaching me with."
"His office is locked? That is the one that is next door to our suites right?"
Vima smiled, "I have hacked into it before. I can do that again. They won't detect me."
Padme nodded as Vima pulled out a small metal device with several wires and left her. She shook her head, So many criminals would be going crazy over this little girl right now and her hacking skills, thought Padme.
Captain Firmus Piett looked at the ship's security monitors and spoke, "Admiral!"
"Yes Captain?"
"We have a problem sir. I think that someone broke into Lord Vader's office."
Ozzel Smiled arrogantly in response, "There is no way that anyone would be stupid enough to do such a thing."
At that moment Vader appeared between the two men.
"What are you two talking about?"
Vader often found that when Piett and Ozzel argued that Piett was the one that was right. Ozzel in his opinion, was a pure idiot. He liked Piett, but hated Ozzel and sometimes wondered why Ozzel wasn't in the morgue yet.
Vader at the same time reached out through the Force, Vima!
What was she doing? She was going to get a good spanking for this, thought Vader.
"I will deal with this myself. Good work Captain."
Vader then turned to leave as Ozzel spoke, "What is with him? Every time something like this happens he always deals with it."
Piett shrugged, "It is none of our business. Just do what we are told," stated Piett.
Ozzel sneered in response, Piett had been a fly that had been on his back for to long. He despised the younger man at this point.
Vader stormed into his chambers in anger. As he entered, he spoke, "Padme!"
At that moment, he entered the dinning room and looked at the table in shock!
Right before him, sat Padme's collar that was sliced in two pieces. At that moment Padme appeared as Vader spoke, "What is going on?"
He noticed that Padme was wearing a bodysuit and at her side was travel bag.
"I am leaving Anakin. I am not going to put up with your abuse for another minute. I have been your prisoner for sixteen years and it ends now!"
"I will find you again. You can never escape!"
Vader immediately in anger raised his hand to choke Padme but in response, the Force left him. Padme then held up his old Lightsaber. The Lightsaber that he had used as Anakin Skywalker.
"This is the lightsaber of the man that I married. Deep down I know that there is good in you Anakin. But I can't raise my daughter in this dark environment with your abuse towards me. No daughter of mine will ever be a Sith Lord."
Vader glared at Padme and stepped forward as she set the lightsaber on the table.
As he approached her, A shot hit his back and he fell to the ground unconscious with Vima standing behind him.
Vima immediately laid down the device and, looked at her mom. "Come on."
Within moments, Vima and Padme dragged Vader towards a waiting office chair. Vima took two sets of Binders that she had taken from her Father's lab and bound each hand to an armrest. She then took the Ysalamiri and placed it on her father's chest.
The harmless Lizard, merely stayed in position as Vima spoke, "Imagine the look on his face when he wakes up."
Padme and Vima both began to laugh in response. Padme then spoke, "Are you sure that you still want to do this Vima?"
Vima nodded, "He just almost killed you."
"He didn't the last time that he attacked me like that."
"He's done that before?" asked Vima in horror.
Padme was silent as she nodded in response.
"Come on my sweet girl, we are getting out of here.
Padme then took one of the devices that Vima had built and led Vima out the door of their chambers.
Firmus Piett walked through the Officer's quarters as he headed towards Vader's office to deliver the casualty report from the Death Star. It was good for him to be out of Ozzel's site at this moment. As he approached Vader's office, He saw a woman that appeared to be in her thirties with a little girl emerging from Vader's chambers.
He was in shock, Lord Vader has a family?
At that moment, the woman held up a small metal object and a blue laser beam hit his chest before he could think anymore.
Padme then took the last pair of binders that Vima had obtained and bound the Young Imperial Officer, before taking his blaster.
"Come on Vima."
Vima nodded and, obediently followed her mother as they left the hallways and headed towards the Elevators.
Upon entering the elevators, Padme breathed in deep in shock as her legs shook.
"I can't believe this, I am finally free after sixteen years."
Vima frowned, "You have been here for that long?"
"Either here or on V'jun or on another Star Destroyer Vima just like you."
"That is all that I have ever known," stated Vima.
Padme nodded as she kissed her daughter's forehead.
"Do you know your way to the Hanger Bay?"
Vima nodded, "I am going to take us on out. As soon as we get inside of a shuttle I am going to deactivate the Force field. It won't be hard for the two of us to pilot it together will it?"
Padme shook her head, "Not to hard at all Vima."
A short time later, Padme and Vima entered a small hanger bay that Vima had picked out for their escape.
Padme immediately realized why Vima had picked out the Hanger, There was only a handful of Officer's on staff and the shuttle that was in the hanger was completely unprotected.
Vima looked at Padme and, Spoke, "Can you take out the men at the controls?"
Padme nodded, "Certainly."
She immediately took her blaster and fired several shots. It may have been sixteen years but with adrenaline and skill that she had had from her childhood she was sure to her mark on all six men as Vima set a timer for deactivating the Force field.
"Come on Mom."
Padme followed her daughter without hesitation.
Upon entering their shuttle, Padme headed straight for the controls with Vima at her side as the two of them began lift off.
Vima spoke, "Did you count how many credits we managed to get?"
Padme nodded, "Thirty Thousand. It will get us passage somewhere or a decent ship. A ship hopefully, Then I will get a job wherever we go. We will get by. We just won't have things given to us like we used to."
Vima nodded in silence.
She then spoke, "I kind of stole some credits off of that one Imperial Officer."
Padme frowned, "The one that we knocked out?"
Vima nodded, "He had only a hundred."
Padme frowned, "I don't like stealing from simple people. You probably stole food right out of his child's mouth. Taking your father's money was different. Call it child support and spousal support."
Vima smiled in response as the ship lifted off.
Padme had various ideas, circulating through her mind on how she would provide for Vima and for herself. One thing for certain was the fact that they couldn't stay in one place for to long or trust everyone. Perhaps she could get a job as a pilot or something. She knew that her piloting skills were good enough for most businesses to take her. She could keep Vima with her and the two of them could always be prepared to run at a moment's notice. That was the life that they would have to live.
She looked at Vima with a smile, As the ship left the Hanger.
Together, The two of them headed away from the Executor as they prepared to disappear into the Galaxy.
Admiral Ozzel watched, as the Imperial Shuttle from Hanger Bay E flew away from the Executor.
"They haven't even given us clearance," said a younger Officer.
"They will."
"Sir they are not responding to our hails."
Ozzel frowned, at that moment the Shuttle made a jump into Hyperspace as a young aide spoke, "There is something wrong."
Ozzel relented, "Send a security team to the Hanger Bay and give me a report on the situation immediately."
"Yes sir!"
Vader shook in frustration as he struggled to free himself of the bonds and the Ysalamiri that was on his chest. At the same time he heard a voice, "My Lord are you alright?"
He looked to see Captain Piett entering the room with a pair of bound hands.
"Get me loose Captain."
"Yes sir!"
Piett immediately, moved forward took one of Vader's binders off. Vader in response ripped the Ysalamiri off of his chest and threw it across the room before undoing his second bond.
He then looked at Piett and spoke as he removed the binders from the younger man, "What happened to you Captain?"
"I-I was on my way to your office to deliver a report to you in an effort to escape Admiral Ozzel and his angry looks. As I approached this woman came out of your chambers with a little girl. Before I could even blink a blue beam hit me."
Vader nodded as he reached out through the Force in rage as his eyes blared yellow. Within moments, Glass shattered and the bulkheads and beams in his chambers bent as Piett shook in horror.
Vader then spoke, "Forgive me I am not angry at you. I am angry at her!"
At that moment, Ozzel entered the room, "Lord Vader We had an incident in Hanger Bay E. One of the junior Officers tried to tell me that something was wrong but before I realized what was going on the Shuttle made the jump into Hyperspace. It is gone sir..."
Vader raised his hand in response. Within moments, Ozzel's throat constricted.
"You have failed me for the Last time Admiral."
Piett cringed as, Ozzel's larynx snapped,
Vader then looked at Piett and spoke, "You are in Command now Admiral Piett."
"T-Thank you Lord Vader."
"Whoever it was that tried to alert Ozzel I want to be your first Officer. Delete the security Footage from Hanger Bay E and no questions are to be asked."
Piett nodded in silence.
Vader then spoke, "Your betrayal has no ending. The day we meet again you will learn your place and you will know who you belong to."
Piett frowned as Vader spoke, "That was my wife that Attacked you. No one knows about her. The Emperor believes her to be dead. She took my daughter with her. She took her from me Admiral."
Piett frowned, "I-I am so sorry My Lord."
Vader nodded as he left the room before turning, "Get the mess cleaned up."
"Of course sir!"
As Vader left, Piett looked at the now highly damaged dining table in horror.
Sitting right on the dinning table was a lightsaber but also what he realized were the pieces of what used to be a slave collar.
Piett picked up the Slave Collar in shock and horror. Every ounce of trust, Every ounce of faith and respect towards Lord Vader was now destroyed. The Monster was no different than the Emperor. They were both evil. What kind of man forced his own wife to wear a slave collar? It was obvious why the poor woman had left him and he didn't hold it against her for shooting him, even if the shot had been fatal. Why? Why had he been so stupid at the age of sixteen to go to the Imperial Academy. If only he had listened to those that he had known that had left for the Alliance. Piett was in disbelief at what he had seen. Yes he had known that Vader had a lot of brutality but he had never imagined the man keeping his wife like a slave. Vader was indeed a monster just like the Emperor, thought Piett to himself.
Ok that is it for now. More will be up sometime soon. Monday at the latest. Thank you for reading and Reviewing.
-Fallen Jedi 79
