Jillian's Cabin Onboard the Falcon
Jillian slowly opened her eyes to see her cousin Mara sitting in a chair next to her bed. Mara had her eyes shut, and a small smile on her face. Jillian knew that Mara had to dreaming of either being with someone, or either hurting or killing them! She smiled as she started to get out of bed, which of course the bed made a noise that woke Mara up! Mara looked around the room only to see Jillian getting out of bed.
"Glad to see you back with the living Jillian. You had us scared for a while." Mara told her cousin.
"What happened? The only thing I remembered was being in a meditative state with Leia, and then screaming before seeing…kriff! I saw Brian, I mean Vader killing some officer before passing out." Jillian said realizing what had made her pass out.
"I'm afraid you did Jillian. Listen, I'll tell the others that you're wake now. Why don't you get some rest before we land on Cloud City." Mara said to Jillian in a concerned voice.
"Why are we going there for?" Jillian wondered.
"Because that was the closet place that has a medical facility that we could have taken you to since you had passed out." Mara explained to Jillian.
"I'm coming with you. And I won't take no for an answer." Jillian told her cousin while getting up.
Jillian then followed her cousin to the cockpit of the Falcon, and overheard Han taking to someone over the comm-panel.
"No, I don't have a landing permit. I'm here to see Lando Calrissian…" Han said before warning shots were fired!
"Do not deviate from your present course!" The voice of the pilot that fired the warning shot ordered.
Han did what he was told, and followed the Cloud City fighters as they waited to see what would happened next! Then they heard the voice of the same pilot again.
"Stay on course and land at landing platform 327. Any deviation will result in your being fired on and destroyed!" The pilot said before disengaging the commlink!
"See, I told you nothing to worry about." Han said with a small smile on his face.
Chewie said something to Han about the past.
"I'm sure he's forgotten about that now." Han said nonchalantly.
"Forgotten what?" Leia asked.
"It's nothing to worry your pretty face about." Han said with a lopsided grin.
"It had better not be Solo, otherwise you're be in a lot of pain once I'm done with you!" Mara said in a vehemence voice!
Han wasn't sure if he should be afraid of Mara, or Darth Vader who was really Luke and Leia's brother! He followed the ships to the landing platform and started to shutdown necessary functions of the Falcon, but keeping the emergency ones on just in case they had to make a quick exit from here! As they were going down the ramp, everyone was glad to see Jillian was wake, and happy to see her moving about again!
As they waited for someone to meet them, Han went over to Chewie to tell him to keep his eyes open for trouble. He then went to stand next to Leia, who blushed a bit as he took her hand into his. Padme smiled at this since it reminded her of the times that Anakin would do the exact same thing. Luke tried to do the same with Mara, but she gave him a look that would kill him if he tried that! So he back off scared! They then seen the door at the end of the platform open to reveal two men at the lead of a squad of security guards.
The group approached the Falcon with a dark skinned man walking towards Han with a look that could kill Han right on the spot! He then spoke to Han with the intent of getting even with Han for something that had happened between them!
"You have a lot of nerve coming here after you pulled!" Lando told Han.
Han made a face and gesture that he played dumb around that incident! Lando then was going to punch Han while Han was getting ready to do the same, only to have Lando grab and hug him! Lobot and the security guards then left the old friends alone.
"How you're doing old buddy?! Long time no see!" Lando said in an excited voice.
Lando then disengaged himself from Han to see Chewie standing there.
"How you're doing Chewbacca? Still hanging out with this loser." Lando said in a joking voice.
Chewie replied back to him that he was, and was enjoying every minute of it! Lando saw the others then, and smiled at Padme since he saw that the young lady that was with Han was in love with him.
"Hello, what do we have here?" Lando said in a charming voice.
"I'm Padme." She said while smiling a bit.
"Mom, it's a good thing that dad isn't here right now." Luke made sure that Lando heard that!
Lando knew better than to be with a married woman right now if the person is her son, and said what he did to get his point across! He then saw the two other women, and made mental notes on them for future reference. Lando then escorted the group towards the door, and into Cloud City. Leia felt that for some reason she could not trust Lando, and told Luke through their bond about her feelings. He commented that he felt the same way as did both Mara and Jillian.
Lando took the group through different parts of Cloud City while telling them about what each section does in its capacity. Lando then knew it was time for some 'refreshment' now!
"Care to join me in some refreshment now? Everyone is invited." Lando said in his charming voice again.
Chewie acknowledged that he would, and so did the padawans. Lando then escorted them towards a dining area.
"So how do you stay in business then if you're not part of the Mining Guild?" Padme asked.
"Our operation is small enough not to be noticed by them." Lando explained to her.
"Aren't you afraid that the new Sith Empire might try to take over now?" Jillian asked.
"I just made a deal to keep the Empire out of Cloud City." Lando said before the door opened before the group.
The padawans and Chewie suddenly felt that they walked into a trap before the door opened! When the door did open, they saw Darth Vader sitting at the end of the table before getting up! Han pulled out his blaster the fastest that he had ever done before! He fired three shots at the Dark Lord before Vader used the Force to pull Han's gun from his grip! A Mandalorian and Imperial Stormtroopers surrounded everyone before another shot could be fired! The entire group knew they were beaten for now, and would try to find a way to escape!
"They arrived a couple of days ago. I'm sorry." Lando said in a regretful voice.
"Yeah, me too." Was all that Han said.
"We would be honored if you would join us." Was all that Vader said to the group.
Jillian knew that Brian existed in there somewhere, and was going to do her best to get him back!
Chommell Sector – The Planet Naboo
Imperial Stormtroopers went through Theed City taking prisoners while the fighters engaged the pilots from the palace in space dogfights! What the security forces that were there, were no match for the Stormtroopers that came to Naboo! People were screaming and holding onto the wounded and the dying!
Jobal and Ruwee were doing their best to protect their family by helping the wounded by taking them into their home to give them some sort of medical help! The rest of the family were giving some food and drink to keep their spirits up. As they were taking in some more wounded, Imperial Stormtroopers blasted their way into the home and started to take everyone prisoner!
"Make sure you follow Lord Vader's orders that the entire household is to be taken to the ship and then transported to the space station." One trooper told another one.
"Is there a reason for this?" The trooper asked her commander.
"Just for some reason Lord Vader wanted this family taken to the space station for some reason. Now follow your orders, otherwise when Lord Vader reads my report, you'll maybe next on the list of disappearing personnel!" The commander told her subordinate.
The subordinate did what she was told, and took the Naberrie family prisoners and had them brought up to the Command Ship, and the they would be taken to Space Station Devastation for whatever reason their Lord had in mind for them!
Skies Above Alderaan
Chancellor Organa wasn't sure what to do! Alderaan had no planetary defenses or fighters of any type since the end of the Clone Wars! He could hear the yelling and screaming of his people either wounded or dying! He thought of Breha, and glad she was off planet right now! He had thought about taking his own life, but what that do except slow down the invasion forces a bit from taking him prisoner!
The doors to his office blasted open to reveal several Imperial Stormtroopers and their commander coming in towards him! He was resigned to his fate and that of the Republic once he allowed himself to be taken by the Sith Empire! He vowed that he would get his people, planet, and the entire galaxy free once and for all when the Empire is defeated!