…Padme and the droids with her! The four padawans now knew they were in trouble unless they thought of something and fast!
"MOM!" Both Luke and Leia said at the same time in shock!
"Don't give me that you two! And as for you two, I thought about contacting your families, but thought better of it since it won't due Brian any good if you're both here as well. And Han, I'm surprised that you let Leia talk you into this! I thought you had better sense than that!" Padme said in a condescending tone to everyone.
"Look Mrs. Sky…" Han started to say to Padme.
"…and I've told you that you can call me Padme. You're family as well as your partner and Mara here. Now let's get on board and find my lost son now." Padme told them with determination in her voice!
The entire group boarded the Falcon, and Han asked for clearance to launch. He was given the go ahead and the Falcon flew off towards its destination.
Naboo Space Port 1800 hrs
Anakin and Ahsoka landed their fighters in the space for refueling and to get something to eat as well. They headed over to a café that Anakin knew about and ordered food for the two of them. As they were waiting for their food, they went over what was supposed to be their next move.
"So where do we go from here now?" Ahsoka asked Anakin.
"We're not too far from the Hoth System, so that's where we'll head to next." Anakin told her.
"I just hope we can reach Brian before he's too entrenched in the Dark Side now. I hate the thought of that happening." Ahsoka said in a concerned voice.
Before anything else could be said, Anakin's mother-in-law Jobal had spotted him, and came over to talk to him. She smiled at Anakin, and then at Ahsoka for she remembered that she was once Anakin's padawan and helped a great deal during the Clone Wars.
"Anakin and Ahsoka, what a wonderful surprise to see the two of you here on Naboo. What brings you both here?" She asked them.
"Jobal, good to see you as well. We're stopping by to refuel our fighters before heading out to investigate something that had happened not too long ago now." Anakin said without revealing too much to Jobal.
"I hope it's not that Darth Vader! With what he had done to that planet is hard to imagine that someone could to that is unheard of before! I hope the two of you are going to put an end to his reign of terror if this keeps up! He needs to be stopped!" Jobal told the two of them.
"If we happen to come across him Mrs. Naberrie, we'll do our best to stop him." Ahsoka said to her.
"I hope so Ahsoka. I better get going, otherwise Ruwee will try to cook for himself again, and I don't need to clean that up now. I'll see you, Padme, and the children soon Anakin." She said before leaving Anakin and Ahsoka.
"That was close master. We better check on our ships and head off world now." Ahsoka told Anakin.
"I couldn't agree more with you Snips." Anakin said before leaving some money on the table and headed to the spaceport and to fly to the Hoth System.
Coruscant – Piett Residence – 1900 hrs
Adm. Piett was surprised not to see neither his daughter nor niece at home right now. He knew his wife was out with some friends now, and in a way, glad for the quietness at home. Granted that his daughter missed young Skywalker right now, and if he was still alive, they would have most likely had gotten married eventually. Hopefully that Mara took Jillian to someplace that would ease her mind and relax a bit.
As he went to get himself something from the kitchen, he saw the blinking light of a message that was left on the comm. unit. He went over and hit the button for the holo to show up, and it was Jillian that left the message.
"Hey Mom and Dad, Sorry I'm not here right now, but I've decided to go look and find Darth Vader and hopefully get him to become a Jedi. Don't get mad at me now please. I have to do this because it's very important to me that I do. And before you do anything Daddy, I do love you and mom very much. Hope to see you both soon. I love you." Jillian's message said with a smile before fading.
Adm. Piett then got on the comm. unit to talk to Master Windu about this! He did not know that Master Windu had sent her on this, and was going to give the Jedi Master a piece of his mind! He finally got through to the Jedi Temple, and he was rerouted to Master Windu.
"Good evening Adm. Piett, how may I be of service to you?"
"Why in the name of the Republic did you send Jillian on a mission like this?!" Adm. Piett said with anger rising in his voice!
"I'm afraid I don't know what mission you're talking about Admiral. Can you be more specific?"
"I'm talking about Jillian going after Darth Vader! That's what mission I'm talking about! How can you send a padawan without any masters to go after someone like Vader?! We're working on a plan to stop him before it's too late!" Adm. Piett said with more vehemence in his voice now!
"Neither I nor any other master sent her on a mission…I know what's going on now. She's hoping that she can turn Vader back from the Dark Side by herself. I have to inform the other masters of this now. Trust me Admiral, after I talk with the other masters, I'm going to find your daughter and bring her back to you." Master Windu reassured Adm. Piett.
"I hope so Master Windu for if anything happens to Jillian, there will be Hell to pay!" Adm. Piett told Master Windu before turning off the comm. unit!
He wished at times like this that he had never let his daughter start her training as a Jedi because of situations like this! He wanted to protect his one and only daughter even if it meant his own life! He went to the fridge, and decided he wasn't hungry after all with his daughter out there somewhere going after this Darth Vader now! He was going to make everyone pay if anything happened to Jillian, but then he would have to give up his command and possibly prison if he kills anyone or worse for him! He was going to have to think this through before he did anything now! He said a silent prayer to the Maker that Jillian will come home to him safe and sound!
Jedi Hanger Bay – One Hour Later
Mace Windu had informed the other masters on what Padawan Piett had done, and told them that he was going after her, and hopefully bring her back before anything happens to her! Granted, she along with Brian Skywalker were the two best when it came to Lightsaber practice under his tutelage, that did not excuse her for what she had done! He most likely figured out that her cousin Mara Jade had joined her as well!
He followed the course that both Skywalker and Tano had gone, but made sure that he did not have to land on Alderaan for refueling until he was at another planet because he did not want to tell Chancellor Organa anything more about young Skywalker being Darth Vader now! He saw more promise in the triplets than he did their father at times. Granted that Brian and Leia Skywalker took after their father at times with certain things, but he held all three in high regard neither the less!
He set his fighter on a course to the Chommell Sector and then refuel from there and head to the Hoth System and hopefully get young Skywalker on the path of the Light Side again!