Warning: There will be some brief language in this chapter. But, given the circumstances I thought it appropriate.


Naboo:

Luke awoke with Mara cuddled up against him after another night of love.

He looked down at his wife with a smile as he got up.

He immediately dressed as he noticed her open her eyes, "Are you going to be getting ready for the races Luke?"

Luke nodded, "Are you going with Mom and the others?"

Mara shook her head, "I just want to sleep in. I will get up later."

Luke nodded as he left his tired wife and, headed out of their bedroom and, towards the dining room. He noticed Han waiting for him as he ate.

"We're going early kid?"

Luke nodded, "I want to just make sure that we manage to see the start and finish of the races for the money that we paid."

Han nodded in agreement as Chewie roared in agreement.

After eating, Luke left the dining table with his two best friends and, together the three of them headed for the Race course in Theed.

At the same time, Padme, Leia and Vima headed down to Theed to join Sola and Pooja on their tour of the Royal Palace, leaving Mara alone and unprotected.


Luke and Han arrived at the race course together and, soon found seats as the contestants lined up at the starting line.

Han at the same time spoke, "Want to make some bets?"

"How about we wait until after the race gets along first?"

Han nodded in silence.

At that moment, The race started and, Luke watched with a smile as the Swoop Bikes flew off.


At the same time on the other side of Theed, Padme led her two daughters into the Palace that she had once served in as Queen via the secret waterfall entrance that she had used thirty years before during the Trade Federation crisis.

Pooja also stood at her side with Sola as Leia spoke, "You said that Father was with you too?"

Padme nodded, "It was when he was nine."

"That is when he destroyed the Control ship right?" asked Vima.

Padme nodded with a smile as Sola spoke, "It seems that you make sure that they know the good side of Anakin."

Padme nodded with a smile, "It is all I can do Sola. Like I said, the door for reconciliation is open the day that he can humble himself before me."

Sola nodded in silence.


Wrenga Jixton looked at his two hired thugs with a smile, "She's all alone. Let's go ahead and get her."

The two men nodded in silence as they approached the House with the Ysalamiri shielding their approach from Mara's force senses.

Mara Jade Skywalker had just finished showering and dressing when she entered the Dinning room to eat her breakfast.

As she ate, She heard a noise but sensed no Force Presence as the door opened.

"3PO?" asked Mara as she immediately headed towards the open door to find 3PO.

Much to her shock, She saw a large muscular man standing in her path.

At the same time, two men appeared behind her with Blasters as the man spoke, "The Force won't work for you, Just comply and you won't be hurt."

Mara trembled, No my Baby, Force please don't let anything happen to my baby, she thought.

Without another word, The man moved forward, noticing that Mara wasn't wearing her weapons belt. He immediately took a large lizard that she recognized as a Ysalamiri and, placed it on her shoulder. She then realized that the Ysalamiri was the reason that she was unable to call out to Luke for help. If only she had put on her weapons belt before the day had started.

At the same time, One of the men spoke, "Aren't we going to get to kill her after we steal everything? I mean, She's a rich girl, she'll squeal if..."

The man's words trailed off as two blaster shots were fired.

Jix merely glanced at Mara and spoke, "Now that that is taken care of we will get moving before your husband gets back."

Mara trembled, "You don't know who you're dealing with."

"It isn't my problem Mrs Skywalker, I am simply following Uncle D's orders. You my know him as Darth Vader, now come."

Mara shivered in horror as she was led towards a nearby Speeder.

Jix then hopped in and wordlessly drove away as Mara shivered in fear.


Luke looked at Han in horror, "Han something is wrong."

Han frowned, "What do you mean kid?"

"I can't sense Mara in the Force."

Luke at the same time reached out to her and, felt no response.

At the same time, He felt Leia and Vima reach out to him in horror as Han and Chewie got up.

Han then spoke, "We're going back aren't we?"

"Mom is going to return too according to Vima."

Han nodded as he ran with Luke out of the race course, followed by Chewie.


Padme looked at Vima and Leia in horror as Sola and Pooja followed her and Leia, "And you're sure that she's off of the planet?"

"She has to be Mom, We can't even sense her it's like she vanished," replied Leia.

Padme was silent as she hopped into her speeder and began to drive with her sister and niece and, her two daughters.


Luke drove so fast that Han almost thought that he was riding in a Podracer.

By the time that they had arrived, It was evident that someone had been at the Lake house.

As they ran into the house, Han saw two dead Bodies as Luke ran through the house, "Mara! Mara!"

Han at the same time knelt down beside the two bodies as he felt the pulse of each man.

At the same time, He noticed one man still breathing.

He immediately spoke, "What can you tell me?"

"W-Why should I tell you?" asked the Man.

"The girl was pregnant, I am a smuggler Pal but I would never hurt a pregnant woman. It just isn't right."

The man nodded in agreement, "I would never hurt a woman either, My partner wanted to kill her, but the man that brought us here didn't."

"Is he the one that shot you?" asked Han.

The dying Man nodded as Han spoke, "Who was he?"

"I-I don't now, All I know is that he was very big and broad and muscular. He wore no shirt, just a leather vest and, he had a lot of weapons. He had very long hair that he had in a pony tail."

Han nodded as the Man died.

At that moment, Luke appeared right before him in horror, "They took her Han, her breakfast isn't even finished."

Han nodded, "The good news is that I now know who took her."

Luke frowned, "Who?"

"Some Man that is tall and Muscular with long hair in a pony tail and no shirt."

"Wrenga Jixton," stated Padme grimly as she came into view.

Luke turned to his Mother in shock, "Who is he?"

"Your Father's most trusted agent."

Luke shook in rage, "You mean to say that he just kidnapped my pregnant wife?"

Padme frowned, "Luke calm down, I doubt that he even knew that she was pregnant."

"But he still kidnapped her," stated Luke in anger

"Han, Get the Falcon ready for take off within the hour," stated Luke.

"I'm on it kid, Come on Chewie."

Padme then spoke, "We will go tell my father what is going on and, then we will leave."

Luke nodded as Sola spoke, "You don't even know where he is."

"He wants me, He will contact me Aunt Sola and when he does, I will be paying him a visit eagerly," stated Luke in anger.

Sola nodded in silence.

Luke then turned and, wordlessly stormed towards his Speeder with Leia following him.

Leia looked at Luke as he prepared to drive and spoke, "Luke once he finds out that she's pregnant, I don't think that he will hurt her."

Luke nodded, "Yeah, I know right? He will wait until that baby is born and start training my baby as a Sith Lord like what he did to Galen Marek so many years ago."

Leia frowned, "Then we are just going to have to hope that he has enough good in him like you and Mom believe."

Luke nodded in silence.


A short time later, Luke, Leia, Padme, Vima and Sola and Pooja all pulled up in front of the Naberrie home.

Together, everyone filed into the room.

Luke noticed His Cousin Ryoo and, his uncle Darred on a couch next to both of his grandparents.

No doubt, Sola had asked them to join the family meeting.

Padme then spoke, "Mara was kidnapped today by Vader."

Ruwee gasped in horror, "You mean right from the Lake estate?"

Padme nodded as Luke spoke, "We are leaving within the next thirty minutes to go after him."

Jobal was the first to speak, "You just can't go after him, Your father is a powerful Man Luke. If he kidnapped her, There is simply nothing that you can do but obey him."

Luke looked at his Grandmother in rage as he clenched his fists. Within moments The glass windows around them shattered as he stormed towards his Grandmother, "I don't give a dam if he is the second most powerful man in the Galaxy, If anything happens to Mara or my Child, He is going to be a dead Powerful Man!"

Screamed Luke in his grandmother's face.

Jobal looked at her grandson in horror as he continued, "I am also a powerful man and, It is best that you remember that. Even If I am going up against my father, that isn't going to stop me from fighting him."

Jobal looked at her grandson fearfully as Ruwee spoke, "If I was in Luke's position, I would have the same attitude Jobal if, he had kidnapped you. You have no right to tell him not to rescue Mara just because of the fact that you don't like her."

Leia then spoke, "And, You can know that if Luke and My Father cross blades, That Vima and I will be joining the fight and with three Skywalker's against him, He will be overwhelmed. You would be wise to keep your mouth shut."

Jobal merely glanced at the now open windows and spoke, "Look at our windows."

"I will have them replaced," stated Padme.

"Don't worry about it, Jobal is being a cowering bitch, I can take responsibility and replace my own windows," stated Ruwee in disgust.

At that moment, All eyes turned upon Ruwee in shock as Jobal looked at her husband in tears before storming out of the room in humiliation.

In all of her life, Padme had never once heard her father use such an obscene word let alone say any put down of any kind towards a woman. She for the moment, was shocked.

Ruwee then looked around him and spoke, "It is my great grandchild that the Monster has, Of course I am just as furious as you are. Just come back if you can."

Luke nodded, "We will try, I am just hoping that she's alright."

Ruwee nodded as he got up to hug each of his grandchildren before hugging Luke.

Padme then motioned for her children to follow her as, they headed for their speeder.


A short time later, The Skywalker family returned to the lake house.

Luke was the first out of his speeder, He quickly stormed towards the Falcon with his family following him.

As Luke boarded the Falcon, He saw Han approach him, "I've got Goldenrod and R2 onboard, We're good to go."

Luke nodded, "Good take us out of here."

Han nodded as he headed towards the Cockpit.

As Luke sat down, He saw an Image of Obi-Wan Standing before him, "Ben!"

Obi-Wan nodded, "You are slipping far to close to the Dark Side Luke. You need to control yourself."

"But he has my wife and child," stated Luke in anger."

Ben nodded as he spoke, "You will find the Executor in a spot that is about one hour via hyperspace outside of this system, Vader is waiting for you Luke, Be careful."

Luke was silent in response as Han returned to the Cockpit, "Do you know where she is kid?"

Luke nodded, "Take us out of Hyperspace in about two hours and then, we will find her."

Han nodded in silence, not wishing to question Luke's Force abilities.


Executor:

Mara shivered as she was led out of the Imperial Shuttle and into the Hanger Bay of the Executor.

She watched as Jix wordlessly led her towards a nearby elevator.

Within moments, she was going towards the Dark presence of her father in law. Force please don't let anything happen to my baby, thought Mara fearfully as she placed a protective hand on her stomach.

Vader sat in his office as Mara was led in by Jix.

Vader smiled, "You may go Jix, I will contact you later."

"Alright Uncle D," stated Jix as he left.

Vader then looked at Mara as he noticed her shaking in fear, "P-Please V-Vader y-you don't understand."

Vader frowned, This was not the Mara Jade that he knew or had watched train under Palpatine. This girl was emotionally compromised and filled with fear. At the same time, He noticed that she had a hand on her stomach as she spoke, "I-I'm Pregnant."

Vader gasped in shock as he looked at Mara.

"Pregnant?"

Mara nodded, "That is why we left the Alliance base.

At the same time, Vader felt his son's rage through the Force.

Oh Force, What had he done? He had no idea that she was pregnant.

He had just endangered the life of his grandchild.

Mara could have miscarried because of him and, She still could miscarry.

If anything happened to the baby, He knew that Padme would be furious and that Luke would never forgive him.

He immediately spoke, "I-I had no idea."

"Just get me back to Luke, Please," Pleaded Mara.

Vader shook his head, "he's already coming here. I am going to take you to your quarters. If it will be easier for you and the baby, I will simply stay away from you so that there isn't any stress."

"It would be better, The image of you trying to kill me on Bespin is still fresh in my mind."

Vader shook his head in anger ,"If you weren't married to Luke, I wouldn't have a second's hesitation to kill you. How this happened, I still do not know. Just please don't tell me that Padme approved."

Mara nodded, "She did."

Vader shook his head, "We will be having a talk then."

Mara shivered under Vader's cruel stare, "I think that I need to see a doctor."

At that moment, Mara closed her eyes as she passed out.

Vader without a word quickly picked Mara up and, Rushed for the Elevator. He may have never liked Jade but, she was pregnant with his Grandchild and, If anything happened to the child, He would never forgive himself.

As soon as the Elevator stopped, Vader rushed off of it and towards the Med Bay.

He looked at a nearby doctor and spoke, "This Woman is pregnant and, she just passed out. I need her examined immediately."

"Yes My Lord," replied the Middle aged Man as he motioned for a gurney that Vader quickly placed Mara on.

The doctor quickly motioned for a droid as he got out several Medical devices.

Vader watched in horror as the Doctor activated several monitors that he placed on Mara's stomach, "The fetus is in danger sir, It can die at any given moment. She has been under far to much stress."

Vader frowned, "Is there any chance that the effects can be reversed?"

The doctor shrugged, "Don't have her around to much stress and, Just let her rest for a moment. I am going to give her a glass of water. What happened to cause this?"

Vader frowned, "I had her kidnapped an hour ago.

Vader shook in horror, If this baby died, It would be the last nail in to coffin of his marriage as well as the end of any chance of reconciling with his son. If only he had listened to Admiral Piett.

So much depended on the survival of this child.

At that moment, Vader noticed an image of his old Master standing before him as he motioned for him to leave the room.

Vader nodded as he entered the hallway.

Obi-Wan then spoke, "You have gone to far Anakin. You may just lose your son forever. Why couldn't you be more patient?"

"I never was that good at being patient."

"You realize how important the survival of that child is?" asked Obi-Wan in exasperation.

Vader nodded as he hung his head in shame.

Obi-Wan then spoke, "Your Dark Presence is going to kill that child. You need to leave the room and, the entire Med Bay."

Vader nodded in silence, "I understand Master."

"You also need to let go of the Dark Side."

"It is to late for me. All I can do is prevent the Emperor from claiming my children and my Grandchild."

"If there is a Grandchild to claim after today," stated Obi-Wan as he vanished.

Vader immediately turned towards the Med Bay and, looked at the Doctor, "Inform me if there is any change in the baby's status. This baby must survive, I will be in my office."

"Understood My Lord," replied the middle aged Man as he left.

Vader then turned and, Headed towards the Command Bridge in shock and horror, He could have just caused the Death of his grandchild.

What had he done? He had taken it far to far.


Vader soon found himself on the Bridge as Piett looked at him in disgust, "How was your visit with your daughter in law?"

Vader hung his head in shame, "You were right Admiral, I should have listened to you."

"Why is that?"

asked Piett.

"She passed out in my office. It turns out that she's pregnant."

Piett looked at Vader in disgust, "So you're telling me that you just endangered your own grandchild? There were so many other ways to make peace with Luke."

"I didn't think that He would listen otherwise and I didn't know that she was pregnant."

"So you would rather have your daughter in law suffer a miscarriage? I don't care what you knew or didn't know, You have now way to defend yourself."

Vader in response headed off of the Command Bridge in shame as he left the now disgusted Firmus Piett behind him.


As he entered his Office, He heard his Comlink buzz. He immediately answered it, "Yes?"

"Lord Vader, this is Doctor Reams from the Med Bay in regards to the woman and baby."

Vader nodded, "What is the situation?"

"Good News, It is a miracle really, I have never seen anything like it in my thirty years. The baby is stable but in all honesty she should have miscarried but just moments ago, the baby just stabilized."

Vader in response reached out in the Force, Luke! Mara and the baby had stabilized because in their subconscious state, they had sensed Luke's arrival.

Vader immediately spoke, "Thank you Doctor, Keep her there. Skywalker is coming. When he arrives, offer no resistance, Just explain the situation to him."

The Doctor, Vader knew was no doubt shocked as he spoke, "As you wish My Lord."

Vader then, wordlessly deactivated the Comlink as he breathed in a sigh of relief.

At the same time, He felt Luke's anger through the Force.


Alright that is it for now. Cliffhanger shouldn't last long. Most of the next Chapter is already written. Thank you for reading and reviewing.

-Fallen Jedi 79