I apologize for the repost of Chapter three on Chapter eight. Go back if you haven't yet. I have fixed the error and I sincerely apologize and I think those of you who alerted me to the error. Here is Chapter nine. I hope that you enjoy it.


Hoth: One Day Later:

Luke walked into the Conference room, Where he saw Han and Chewie seated along with the rest of the Alliance Council.

"So you honestly don't think that we can trust this Man Solo?" he heard Rieekan asking.

"Not at all. Listen, if you want some good smugglers to get these supplies for you, then have me do the communicating. The two that are bringing the supplies to Home One, I have known for years and they are trustworthy. Just have nothing to do with these people right here."

Rieekan nodded as Ben spoke, "In a couple of weeks you are going to Ord Mantel to collect some goods from another smuggler correct?"

Han nodded, "Yeah correct. I am dealing with several that I haven't even met before."

"Take Luke with you. He can sense their intentions and he will be able to warn you if something unpleasant is amiss."

Han nodded, "Alright. I will do that."

Medine then spoke, "We are going to conduct another raid in a few days. I want you to have your squad ready Skywalker."

Luke nodded, "Very good sir."

"You are dismissed. However you will also be going to Ord Mantel with Solo after the raid."

Luke nodded in silence.

Luke then left the Conference room with Han and Leia at his side. Ben and Chewie followed.

Ben then spoke, "Shall we get something to eat?"

Luke nodded and followed the Jedi Master towards the Cafeteria. Leia then spoke, "I have been taking a few lessons from Master Kenobi by the way Luke."

Luke looked at Leia in shock, "And you didn't tell me?"

Leia smiled, "I kind of wanted to surprise you."

"How long has this been going on for?" asked Luke.

"About two months," replied Leia.

"Good, I am glad that you are training."

"Ben said that my father was also a Jedi Like yours."

Luke nodded, "It is my understanding that both of our father's were friends."

Luke noticed that Obi-Wan was nodding in approval. Leia wasn't ready to know the truth yet. It would take more time before, she was ready and both of them knew it.

Leia then spoke, "Did you know my father for a long time too Ben?"

Ben nodded, "He was Anakin's age. He met your mother around the time of the battle of Naboo."

Leia nodded in silence as they entered the Cafeteria.

The group headed into the lunch line and took their treys as Ben spoke, "Want to join your squadron for lunch Luke?"

Luke nodded, "That sounds good Master."

Leia and Han followed the two Jedi with Chewbacca behind them.

Leia then spoke, "Master how long before my lightsaber is complete?"

"Not to long, you have a few more things to do and then you will be ready to place the crystal inside."

Leia nodded as she sat down at the table with Ben and Luke. She smiled when Han sat down next to her.

Ben smiled when he noticed her face blush, It looks like she has a bit of a liking to Solo, thought Ben with a smile as he ate.

Ben then spoke, "After breakfast Luke, I want you to spar and Leia to spar. It will be good for both of you."

Leia frowned, "Am I that special?"

Ben nodded, "You and Luke are the only living beings alive that can defeat Vader and the Emperor and it can only be done with the Force as your ally."

Leia was silent in response and visibly shocked.

After eating, Luke, Ben and Leia headed into the training room to practice their combat skills together.

Ben produced two Training lightsabers from his cloak. Luke and Leia eagerly took the lightsabers and, Leia activated her lightsaber.

Leia then brought her lightsaber in a slash towards Luke's neck.

Luke blocked the blade and made a slash towards Leia's waist.

Leia back peddled and blocked the attack as Luke smiled, "Good, Very good. That was a good counter."

Luke then raised his Lightsaber and made an overhead slash towards Leia's head. Leia swiftly moved forward towards Luke as she brought her blade defensively against his.

Luke smiled, "How long have you been practicing for?"

"A week," replied Leia with a smile.

Luke nodded as they crossed blades again.

As Luke and Leia fought, Han entered the room, With Chewie at his side and stood next to Ben.

"How are they doing?"

"They are putting on a good show that is for certain."

Han nodded, "I think that Luke is going easy on her. Or at least I hope that he is."

"He is. Believe me, he is."

"After seeing him in action with his lightsaber I can't even imagine what he is going to be like against Vader."

"He isn't ready to face Vader yet Captain," replied Ben all to bluntly.

Han frowned, "Are you sure?"

Obi-Wan looked at Han with a frown, "I trained Vader. I know what he is capable of and he is one of the best that ever was."

Han nodded, "Were you as good as Luke when you were younger?"

Obi-Wan nodded, "I killed a Sith Lord when I was a Padawan."

Han looked at Obi-Wan in shock, "You mean there were more than just the Emperor? I thought that you said that there are only two."

Obi-Wan nodded, "Vader wasn't the first Apprentice. The first one, I killed on Naboo Thirty two years ago. He was the first Sith Lord to be seen in a thousand years."

"A thousand years?" asked Han in shock.

Obi-Wan nodded, "When My Master first informed the Jedi Council of his attack, they were fairly doubtful when he told them that he had come to the conclusion that it was a Sith Lord. However, After his death at the Sith Lord's hands and my account of our fight there was no doubt that my Master was right. We then started searching for the other Sith Lord but by the time that we found him, It was to late."

Han nodded, "You certainly did make me eat my words."

"What do you mean?"

"I never had any idea that the Force was real until I met you and Luke. I never knew about the Sith either."

"You have to be pretty well educated to know what the Sith were. I mean it is ancient history from thousands of years ago. Not to mention how much history there is to study."

Han nodded, "They are pretty demented that is all that I can say. I have seen the things that the Empire has done, which is part of why I left the Imperial ranks. The Sith are evil. I may not be the smartest man in the Galaxy but I do know evil when I see it and they are evil."

Obi-Wan nodded in silence as he looked back at Luke and Leia. He smiled when he noticed that Luke had disarmed Leia.

"Good, I want you two to continue to train. The more you fight. The better you will get Leia."

Leia nodded in silence.


Space above Bestine: A few days later:

Vader stood on the Command Bridge of the Executor in silence, as he looked at Admiral Piett.

"I am pretty sure that they will fall for the trap. Aren't you?"

Piett nodded, "Yes My Lord I am pretty sure that they will."

"Is my Fighter prepared?"

"Yes Sir."

"Good, You will have the bridge. Try to focus on tractor beami my Son. Once we have him the battle is over. That is all that I care about. I have no interest in any other prisoners."

"Understood sir."

Vader then watched, as several X-Wing Fighters appeared just a mile away.

He glanced at Piett and spoke, "You have the bridge Admiral."

He then headed towards the hanger and towards his waiting Tie Fighter.

He hopped in and, he immediately sealed his cockpit. He activated his headset and then strapped into his crash webbing.

Immediately, He flew out of the Hanger bay as he noticed Various Tie Fighters heading towards the Squadron of X-Wings.

He immediately reached out through the Force and found Luke.

He swiftly got onto the tail of his son and began to fire small bursts of laser fire at him.

He examined the fighter that his son was flying. His Son certainly knew how to fly. He noticed something familiar about the Astromech droid that was in the droid socket of the fighter. He could almost swear that it was his R2.

He smiled as his son went into a spin that was followed by a Barrel dive. "I will follow you son. One of these days, I am going to have to teach you some more tricks."

Vader then fired upon Luke's fighter hoping to disable one of the engines.

He smiled when he succeeded.

At the same time, He felt something hit his tail. He turned and saw three X-Wings that were on his tail. Immediately he started to shake them without even trying. Then, he looked and saw that Luke's disabled engine was back online. "Of course he has my R2. There is no other explanation for how he got the engine fixed," said Vader aloud.

Luke struggled to shake his father off of him. At the same time, He realized what his father was trying to do. His father was trying to drive him towards the Executor and into a waiting tractor beam.

Luke realized that the whole attack was a trap, A trap to capture him.

He frowned and, spoke into his comlink, "Rogue Squadron, Abort mission. The Mission is a trap. I repeat Abort Mission! The Mission is a Trap!"

Luke then began to dive and make various spins as his father pursued him.

"Hobbie, Tycho I have Vader on my tail."

"We are on him Luke."

Luke smiled as His father pulled away from him. He then turned his fighter around and began to pepper his father's Tie fighter with Laserfire. He knew that it was going to be of no use, even with one engine disabled. Vader was still deadly with part of his ship running but it would by them time to escape from the Galaxy's greatest Pilot.

Moments later, All of Rogue Squadron disappeared into Hyperspace leaving the Executor and Vader behind them.


Executor:

Vader stormed onto the Command Bridge in anger. Piett looked at him and spoke, "I am sorry sir."

Vader shook his head, "I had him then, his Astromech Droid repaired the engine. It isn't even his droid. It is my droid! My droid! He is using my stolen droid!" yelled Vader in anger.

Piett frowned as Vader spoke, "Sorry Admiral. What I was saying is that my Astromech Droid that served me many years ago is now his. He is using my Droid," stated Vader in anger.

Piett was silent in response, "What will we do now My Lord?"

"I already have some plans. Get my fighter Repaired," stated Vader as he headed for his office.

The moment that Vader entered his office, He saw his Transmitter beeping and looked at the Frequency in shock, Jix? Has he finally found something?

Vader answered the Com and an image of Jix appeared right before him.

"Sorry that I have taken so long to get back to you Uncle D. I am pleased to inform you that my mission has been a success.

"A success?" asked Vader.

Jix nodded, "There is a smuggler that I was just talking to. He is selling some goods to Han Solo, who is a member of the Alliance."

"Solo is also a friend of Skywalker's. Well done Jix. I will kidnap him and hold him and demand Skywalker's surrender. I am certain that he will surrender the moment that his friend is in danger."

Jix nodded as Vader spoke, "What day is the meeting?"

"A Week from today Uncle D."

"Good, in that case we will start planning on how I am going to trap him. It should't be to hard. I will be seeing you soon Jix. Keep your eyes on this Smuggler."

"As you wish Uncle D," replied Jix with a smile as the transmission ended.

Vader then sat in his office Chair in silence. Luke, He needed to find the boy. The boy was his. Padme had deprived him of nineteen years with his son and his eldest daughter not to mention three years with Vima. He wanted his family, He wanted his son to rule the Galaxy at his side. Soon he would have Luke at his side, that is if all went according to planned, thought Vader.


Hoth: One Day later:

Luke emerged from his X-Wing Starfighter in exhaustion.

Standing in the Hanger of Echo Base, He saw Ben, Han, Chewie and Leia.

He then spoke, "Vader jumped us right as we approached Bestine. We didn't even have a chance to hit our target. He was waiting for us."

Obi-Wan nodded with a frown, "He is onto our game, just as I feared."

Luke frowned, "You think he knows what we are doing?"

"Oh I am certain that he is onto it. We will have to cut back on our raids for awhile. He tried to capture you didn't he Luke?"

Luke nodded, "He tried to send me into Tractor Beam range. I barely escaped."

Ben stroked his beard before speaking, "You will be required to report to the Council after our meeting. I will discuss my opinion of the situation before you make your report."

Luke nodded in silence.

A short time later, Obi-Wan entered the Council Room where he saw all of the Council Members gathered.

Mon then spoke, "This is Skywalker's first mission failure. I want to know what happened?"

"We have to quit making these strikes. Vader is onto us and our attack patterns. He was waiting for them."

Rieekan then spoke, "I assume full responsibility for the mission failure. I was the one that ordered the raid to commence. I saw an open window, a window that had been open for only a few hours and I sent the Skywalker and his boys in and, the result is failure."

Mon nodded as Dodonna spoke, "A mistake is a mistake but if Master Kenobi says that we need to lay low for a time, then I saw we lay low. I mean his wisdom has gotten us very far in the last few months. He is never wrong when it comes to Vader."

Mon nodded in silence before speaking, "Very well, for now on Skywalker will focus on training the Rogues and we will limit the amount of raids that are done. For the next few months, we will simply keep our fleet and our fighters grounded. Is everyone in agreement?"

Mon looked around the table and saw everyone nodding in agreement.

Mon then spoke, "Now we will hear from Commander Skywalker."


Luke entered the Council room and, took his seat at the table as Mon spoke, "The failed strike is a raid that should have never been carried out and we realize this Skywalker. General Rieekan assumes full responsibility. As for you, I would like to hear from you exactly what happened."

Luke nodded, "We were pulling into the system to make our raid. Everything was perfect. At least it seemed like it was. Then, just before we got into targeting range, I sensed the Presence of Vader through the Force. At the same time, A squad Of Tie Fighter came into our firing range and we were forced to engage them. Just as I was making my third kill, Vader came out of nowhere and started tailing me."

Luke paused before speaking, "His focus was damaging my fighter and getting me to fly into tractor beam range. He wanted to capture me alive."

Mon frowned and looked at Luke, "He wants you alive?"

"So that he can turn him. Vader isn't stupid. He knows that only a Skywalker can defeat him and he also knows that a Skywalker will be a great asset to the Sith if turned," stated Obi-Wan.

Mon nodded in silence, "Very well Skywalker, you are relieved of Command for a few days. After your mission to Ord Mantel, you will be expected to return to duty. You will focus primarily on training them and preparing them for the next conflict."

Luke nodded as he bowed before leaving the room.

Obi-Wan then stood up and, Left the room with his Padawan.

Luke looked at his Master and spoke, "I am guessing that it was your idea to have us stop making our strikes."

Obi-Wan nodded, "It was indeed, He is onto our game Luke. I am guessing that he knows exactly what we are doing."

Luke nodded as Han and Leia approached them.

He noticed a bright blush on Leia's cheeks and Han smiling at her as he approached the two Jedi.

No doubt the two of them were arguing, thought Luke with a smile.

"They certainly argue a lot don't they Luke?"

Luke nodded, "Were my parents like that?"

Obi-Wan shook his head, "No they weren't Luke."

Luke nodded, "It was worse, I mean My mother is dead because of him most likely right?"

Obi-Wan was silent before nodding, "Yes Luke."

"I hate him Master, He is a monster. What kind of man hurts his own wife? Or fails to know his own daughter upon seeing her?"

Ben frowned, "Luke, There is still good in him. I can see it based on our last talk that we had through the Force."

Luke was silent in response, "Forget it Master, I don't want to talk about it."

Ben nodded in silence.

At that moment, Han and Leia approached Luke and Ben and spoke, "Shall we do some training before Dinner Master?" asked Leia.

Obi-Wan nodded, "Are you up to it Luke?"

Luke nodded eagerly.

Moments later, everyone filed into the Training room.

Chewie at that moment roared, "I am in for watching a good duel."

Han nodded, "Yeah, me too Pal."

"The Jedi are very noble. I know from experience."

Han frowned, "When did you ever know any Jedi Pal?"

"Remember me telling you that I recognized Ben back on Tattooine three years ago?"

Han nodded as Chewie spoke, "I had some dealings with him during the Clone Wars. I also dealt with a lot of other great Jedi. One of my own kind was on The Council before his death. I was friends with many that perished in the wars and the Jedi purges."

Han was silent before speaking, "I never knew that you knew that much."

Obi-Wan who was focused on Luke and Leia's duel spoke, "The Wookiees were always fairly loyal to the Jedi Order. A good number of them harbored Jedi during the purges."

Han nodded in silence.


Hours later after dueling with Leia, Luke found himself in his quarters as he crawled into bed. He wondered what the next day would bring. He wondered what would happen the day that he finally met his father. He feared what would happen if he failed to defeat him. What if it fell into the hands of Leia to be the one? No, he couldn't think that way. The burden was his. He had to protect his sister's innocence by preventing her from having to face the Sith in the manner that he would. He would destroy the Sith and, free the Galaxy even if it costed him his life.


Ok that is it for now. Thank you for reading and reviewing. More will be up soon.

-Fallen Jedi 79