Disclaimer: Nothing that you recognise is mine, I make no money from this fic. I just like playing with the characters and alternate timelines! Boba is also aged up a bit from cannon, he's 13 in cannon whereas he's about 19 in my story.
Enjoy!
Boba Fett cursed as he slammed into the ground. This bounty was putting up more of a fight than he'd anticipated, and now he had a dislocated shoulder. After he finally managed to subdue and drop off his trandoshan quarry he looked through his navigation computer for a nearby, and discreet, medical station to get his arm seen to. The best option that came up was an out of the way station about 13 parsecs from his position called Polis Massa. His father had told him that the droids there could be counted on for their discretion, so that is where he went.
When he arrived the station seemed to be bustling with activity, very different from how he remembered it being on his previous visits. The fuss seemed to be about the patient in a room down the hall from his, with official looking guards posted outside. Ordinarily he would have gotten his arm seen to and then left, but there was the possibility that he could get some information that could be sold to the right client, so he quietly slipped into the ventilation system. This was more difficult than he expected because his armour was prone to making noise against metal, but he managed in the end, and as he looked down into the room of interest, he saw something that chilled his bones.
Lying unconscious on the table was a woman that he recognised as the senator from Naboo, one who had saved his skin a couple of times, even if she didn't know it, and for that he owed her a life-debt. She looked to be in bad condition, she was pale with a slightly blue tint, and heavily pregnant. There were several jedi in the room, he recognised Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, he also saw the senator from Alderaan speaking with the jedi. Boba couldn't make out the conversation, and by the time he had adjusted the instruments in his helmet to pick it up, the medical droid had entered and the jedi and senator had ceased their discussion.
"For reasons we cannot explain, we are losing her. We must operate quickly if we are to save the babies." Kenobi interjected at this point, "Babies?" "She is carrying twins." A team of droids soon surrounded Amidala and preformed a C-section, presenting the children one at a time to the senator. She named the first, the boy, Luke, and his younger sister Leia. Out of the corner of his eye Boba saw the jedi Kenobi wave his hand slightly, and the incision on the senator's abdomen became a gaping, ugly gash that he doubted she'd recover from.
Once the babies were taken from the room the jedi, Senator Organa, and the guards left Amidala alone. She was clearly distressed, and her vitals were dropping quickly. Remembering his debt and hating that this incredible woman was going to die alone and in pain, Boba dropped down from the vent and moved to her side.
Padmé turned her head slightly and weakly said, "Boba Fett?" Boba swallowed, and replied, "Yes. I- is there anything I can do?" She began to shake her head no, but then paused, and made a request of him, one that would change the course of his life, and of history, to oblige. "You seem to be an honourable man. Please, I don't want my babies trained as jedi, please save them. Nothing can be done for me now, but there's still time for my Luke and Leia." Boba took her hand in his, "I swear on my life, I will do everything in my power to save your children, and raise them as my own. I owe you a life-debt senator, since I cannot save your life, I will save your children's." She smiled softly, and as she faded into death, he thought he heard her murmur "Thank you."
Boba exited the room through the door, he now had work to do. He stormed down the corridor to where the droids kept the new-borns for supervision, only to find that Padmé's children were already gone. He moved toward the landing platform at a near run, hoping that he wasn't too late. The two jedi's ships were gone, and he nearly despaired, but then he heard a loud wail, and saw Organa and his men crossing the platform.
Boba used his jetpack to land in front of Organa's party, and growled in his most menacing voice, "Give me the children, Organa." The man took a step back before levelling his gaze and saying, "I won't give you my daughter, bounty hunter. Now step aside and allow me access to my ship." At this Boba surmised that Organa only had the girl, and his hatred for the jedi grew even more at the realisation that the jedi had split up Padmé's twins.
"She's not your daughter. She's Padmé's, and now mine." Bail Organa scoffed at that statement, "Yours?" "Yes, mine. Senator Amidala entrusted the twins to me, which makes Leia my daughter. And once I get her back from you, I'll find and reclaim my son."
Organa took another step backwards and made eye-contact with the guard who was holding Leia and addressed Boba again, "It's a foolish idea, to kidnap the princess of Alderaan. If you try it every bounty hunter in existence will be looking for you." Boba knew that this was an empty threat, the Guild doesn't take kindly to threats against their own, and no amount of credits would convince a Guild member to turn on him, and as for non-Guild hunters, credits are only worth it if you're alive to spend them. So Boba drew a blaster from his hip, and calmly stated, "I'll ask nicely one last time. Give me my daughter, or all of your men die and you get to go home and tell your wife what happened here. And we both know that she won't like it"
Organa lifted his chin in defiance, and Boba squeezed off three clean shots, killing three of Organa's four guards. He then used his cable to reel the fourth, the one holding Leia, to him. He disengaged the cable, plucked Leia from the man's grasp, and put a laser through the guard's head all in one motion. He then walked to the other end of the platform and boarded the Slave I with Leia safely nestled into his chest.
Author's Note: Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed the first chapter, and I'll try to update fairly regularly, but reviews will help motivate me! Constructive criticism is welcome as well as ideas for what you want to see in future chapters. I don't have a Beta yet, so please forgive me if there are some mistakes.
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