Disclaimer: I own nothing of the characters or works of recognized authors in here.
AN:
Leia Organa is played by Carrie Fisher
Mara Jade is played by Shannon Baksa
End AN
Chapter 35
Arriving in my new reality I realized it was the Star Wars verse. I know quite a bit about it from my various reality travels. I decided at that moment to try an experiment. It wouldn't be very fun going through this reality knowing all that would happen. I could figure it out along the way easily enough. So the first thing I did was move all knowledge of the Star Wars universe from my conscious mind to a seal off region of my unconscious I can access at will.
I found my name is Luke Skywalker, a teenager who lives on the planet Tatooine. I found myself getting ready to leave my home, a moisture farm, in search of a droid that ran away last night looking for its former master, one Obi Wan Kenobi. I felt a powerful sense of change approaching so I took the precaution of casting the fidelus charm over my home. I implanted the knowledge of the location directly into the minds of my Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru through telepathy.
With that taken care of I set off in search of R2-D2 with only the other recently acquired droid, C-3PO, as company.
"There is a droid on the scanner and I bet it's our little R2 unit. Hit the accelerator," I ordered C-3PO.
"Where do you think you are going," I asked the rogue droid when we caught up with him.
"Master Luke is your rightful owner now. We'll have no more of this Obi Wan Kenobi gibberish," C-3PO replied to R2's chirping answer.
"Oh my there are several creatures approaching from the southeast," C-3PO informed me as R2 began squealing in alarm.
"Sand people," I stated as I grabbed my rifle to go check it out.
As I walked I listened to the readings my nanites were feeding me after I called them down from my ship cloaked in orbit. My body contained a large quantity of unknown microscopic organisms that seemed to make it easier to access vacuum energy.
From Luke's knowledge of this universe I could only conclude that these organisms make me a potential Jedi. These Jedi of legend seem to be the wizards and witches of this reality.
I did find several sand people who tried to attack me. I made short work of them with my powers, obliterating them from existence.
"Are you a Jedi," C-3PO asked only having ever observed powers similar to the ones he just witnessed among Jedi.
"I believe so," I replied before we set off in search of Ben Kenobi to see if he knew of this Obi Wan.
I knew C-3PO wouldn't betray my secrets. The nanites I just flooded the two droid's systems with ensured their loyalty as well as their continued operation.
"Young Luke, what brings you out this far," asked old Ben when I arrived at his dwelling.
"This droid is searching for his former master but I've never seen such devotion in a droid before," I answered Ben.
I knew exactly what was in both droids' memory banks after the nanite link with my ship downloaded copies of their programming for analysis. I decided just to play my part of an extremely naïve yet powerful Jedi in training.
"He claims to be the property of an Obi Wan Kenobi. Is he a relative of yours," I asked.
"I haven't gone by that name for a long time but I don't recall owning any droids," Ben answered.
"I think we best get indoors. The sand people are easily startled but return in greater numbers," Ben suggested as we heard the cry of more sand people approaching.
"So you're a Jedi," I stated as my scans told me Ben possessed the same organisms as I do.
"How did you know," a surprised Ben asked.
"I ran a scan of my blood and found some organisms in there. I finally got a copy of a restricted database from a rather shady merchant in town. It wasn't very easy or cheap but the database told me the organisms are midi-chlorians, something Force sensitives possess in quantity. I've been playing with them to see what I can do for a few years now," I made up.
"Quite resourceful…you'll have to show me what you can do at some point. But to answer your question I was once a Jedi Knight who fought in the clone wars with your father."
"It would have been nice to know him," I stated.
"He was the best star pilot in the galaxy and a cunning warrior. I understand you've become quite a good pilot yourself. He was a good friend…which reminds me I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough but your Uncle wouldn't allow it. He was afraid you would follow old Obi Wan on some damn foolish idealistic crusade like your father did," Ben said as he stood up and retrieved what I recognized as a light saber before he handed it to me.
Even though the memories of this universe are sealed off I handled the saber with familiar ease. Instincts likely bleeding through the mental barriers I emplaced around the knowledge caused my ease with a light saber, meaning I've handled one before.
"For over a thousand generations the Jedi Knights were guardians of peace and justice in the old republic, before the dark times and the empire."
"How did my father die," I asked as I sat down beside Ben.
"A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights. He betrayed and murdered your father. Now the Jedi are all but extinct. Vader was seduced by the dark side of the force. Now let's see if we can't figure out what you are my little friend," Ben said as he patted a chirping R2 on the cover.
Just then a message that previously played partially before for me started again.
"General Kenobi years ago you served my father in the clone wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father's request to you in person but my ship has fallen under attack and my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed. I've placed information vital to the survival of the rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit. My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour. Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope," the beautiful girl explained before the message ended.
"You must learn the ways of the force if you are to come with me to Alderaan," Ben told me.
"My instincts are telling me to go with you. Give me a few hours to clear things with my relatives," I told him before getting up to leave.
As Ben walked me back to my speeder we encountered a burned out Jawa crawler.
"This wasn't done by sand people," I concluded even though it was made to look like sand people were the attackers.
"You are right. These tracks are side by side while sand people travel single file to hide their numbers," Ben stated.
"Imperial storm troopers," I guessed. "They were after the droids," I concluded after realizing that these were the same Jawas who sold the droids. "Home," I shouted in sudden realization before force leaping into the speeder and hitting the accelerator.
Obi Wan's cry of it being too dangerous was cut off by the shock of seeing me force leap. As soon as I was out of sight I apparated myself and the entire speeder very close to home. I was there in a matter of minutes but I could already tell I was too late.
I saw blast marks outside the fidelus ward.
"Aunt Beru," I shouted as I saw her crying over the burned skeleton of who I knew to be Uncle Owen.
Bringing him back at this point would only disturb his rest in the afterlife and reveal powers that I wasn't yet ready to reveal to those in this reality.
"Luke thank god you are safe," Aunt Beru cried as she wrapped me in a hug. "They were after those droids. Owen was outside when I heard the fighting. They couldn't seem to find the house," she finally managed to get out after she finished crying into my shoulder.
"I know. I have to go with old Ben. It's very important," I told her gently.
"I know. I knew this day would come when we took you in. Just be safe Luke," she told me with tears in her eyes.
"I will but not before I make sure you are taken care of."
I wrapped her in a hug and instructed my cruiser over the neural link to beam some nanites into her blood stream. Immediately they began reversing the damage of age until when I pulled back a beautiful twenty something Aunt Beru stood before me.
"Luke…how," she asked in wonder as she felt her face.
"Anything is possible through the force," I replied with a grin.
"I always knew you would be a powerful Jedi some day."
"You have no idea," I answered.
I closed my eyes to make it look like I was using my power. A human form replicator version of myself, slaved to my will, appeared beside me.
"This is a very advanced droid copy of me Aunt Beru. He will take care of you. He has plenty of credits for you. You will never want for anything again. If you decide to move somewhere else he will make sure it happens and keep me informed. Your house is now stocked with food and other comforts. I will come back some day," I informed her.
"Thank you Luke," she replied gratefully before leaning forward and kissing me tenderly on the lips.
I definitely had a reason to return if that lingering kiss was anything to go by. I quickly made my way back to Ben. I told Ben that both Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen had been killed. It was safer for her if few people knew she had survived. We took the speeder to Mos Isley space port. We were stopped by some storm troopers for questioning.
"How long have you had these droids?"
"About three or four season," I answered easily.
"They're up for sale if you want them," Ben stated to throw off the fact that the droids were valuable.
"Let me see your identification," one trooper ordered.
"You don't need to see his identification," Ben stated as he waved his hands.
I felt something like a confundus and compulsion charm mixed together settle over the soldiers. The troopers quickly let us go at Ben's direction. I followed Ben into a bar as we looked for a pilot to take us to Alderaan. I deferred to his judgment on a course of action.
The bar was a mixture of many species. The bartender had me send the droids outside so I sent them back to the speeder. As I leaned against the bar to wait some ugly looking alien tried shoving me. Another ugly more humanoid alien came up and tapped me on the shoulder.
"He doesn't like you," the alien informed me.
"That's nice," I answered sarcastically.
"I don't like you either. You just watch yourself. We're wanted men. I have the death sentence on twelve systems," he informed me as he roughly grabbed my shoulder.
"I guess we better carry that out then," I replied as I lashed out with a punch directly to his jugular, crushing it.
As his companion choked to death the first alien went for his blaster. I was faster as I grabbed his head and twisted until he dropped to the ground dead.
"You are really going to have to show me what you've been practicing," Ben told me as he led me off to meet a possible pilot that would work for us.
"Han Solo…I'm captain of the Millennium Falcon. Chewie here tells me you're looking for passage to the Alderaan system," the pilot informed us as he sat down a minute after we did.
"Yes indeed if it's a fast ship," Ben answered.
"Fast ship…you've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?"
"Should I have?"
"It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs. I've outrun imperial starships…not the local bulk cruisers mind you. I'm talking about the big Corellian ships. She's fast enough for you old man. What's the cargo," Solo boasted.
"Only myself, the boy, two droids, and no questions asked."
"What is it some kind of local trouble," Han asked with a dismissive chuckle.
"Let's just say we would like to avoid any imperial entanglements."
"Well that's the real trick isn't it…and it's going to cost you something extra. Ten thousand all in advanced."
"You have a deal plus an additional two thousand when we get there if we make it in one piece," I informed him to Ben's surprise.
"We'll leave as soon as you're ready. Docking bay 94," Han said before he and Chewie left.
We soon followed as we noticed some storm troopers poking around after my dispatching of the scum that tried to attack me.
"I don't know how you plan on getting that much money together before we leave," Ben informed me after we left.
"Relax I've got quite a bit saved up," I replied as I beamed the credits into my pocket from my ship.
It was easy enough to synthesize the local currency with an energy to matter converter.
When we arrived at docking bay 94 Solo rushed us aboard the ship. It proved a wise decision when Storm Troopers started firing on the white semi-saucer shaped vessel. Ben and I quickly buckled in as the ship blasted out of the space port.
Ben and I unbuckled before making our way to the bridge as soon as we broke atmosphere.
"Watch out there are two more coming. They are going to try to cut us off," I heard Solo tell his co pilot.
I kept quiet to let Solo concentrate.
"How long until you can make the jump to hyper speed," Ben asked as the ride began to get bumpy.
"It will take a few moments to get the coordinates from the nav computer," Han answered.
As Ben and I ran back to strap in for hyper speed I ordered my cruiser to distract the three imperial ships. The ride smoothed out as the ships stopped firing on us. My cloaked cruiser fired with its powerful energy beams to cut the first cruiser in half. While the ships in this reality have shields they are no match for Universal Generator Green Beams. As we pulled into light speed my cruiser easily followed after it dealt with the imperial threat. A hyperspace capable gateship equipped with transporters was left behind to make sure Aunt Beru would have a quick means of escape if it was needed.
A half hour into our journey…
As I was being put through my paces by Ben in Jedi powers that could be safely tested while in a starship I felt a great evil about to be unleashed in this galaxy. I expanded my powerful senses to first encompass the ship, then the sector of space we were traveling through, and then finally the entire galaxy. I felt the immense power contained within the core of every star. I then tuned into every artificial energy reactor powerful enough to register on the same scale as a star. One stood out among them all.
My senses focused on the object that even then was building up energy to commit the evil act my second sight glimpsed and warned me of. Immediately I took action. My cruiser disappeared from my senses as it jumped through time. As the death star I sensed prepared to fire on Alderaan the planet in question was replaced with a hard light projection which consumed a ZPM just to maintain in such detail. The real Alderaan was phase shifted out of the dimension in which the death star was originally targeting the planet.
Ben stumbled as the people thought they would die and cried out in shear terror throughout the force. The beam impacted on the hard light generator my cruiser's constructors built for this occasion. As the generator was destroyed the target inside took the brunt of the blast. The planet size mass which the pocket dimension contained shot out and simulated the debris of a destroyed Alderaan.
"You sensed it too," I asked Ben.
"Yes as if millions of lives screamed out in terror and were suddenly silenced. Please continue to run through the tests."
"Well you can forget your troubles with those imperial slugs. I told you I would outrun them," Han stated cockily as he strolled in and sat down beside Ben. "Don't everybody thank me at once," Han added when nobody responded. "Anyway we should be at Alderaan at 0200 hours."
"No we won't," I replied as I deflected the blasts from the training probe.
"Why not kid," Han asked.
"Because Alderaan was just destroyed," I answered.
"You're sure that's what happened," Ben asked as he looked intently at me when my words roused him from his deep thoughts.
"Yes."
"That would make a lot of sense," Ben nodded.
"Would you two mind telling me what you are talking about," asked Han.
"A major disturbance in the force...which both Luke and I felt," Ben explained.
"Well we'll still have to stop there to make sure," Han answered skeptically.
"You have been practicing," Ben agreed as I easily blocked all the shots even with my eyes closed.
"Looks like we're coming up on Alderaan," Han stated as an alert went off.
We came out of the jump to an asteroid field.
"Our position's correct but no Alderaan," Han stated.
"It was destroyed by the Empire," I nodded.
"It isn't possible," Han was still disbelieving.
"Here comes another ship," Han stated as another alarm went off.
We chased the imperial star fighter towards what Han thought was a small moon but I recognized was the death star. I let him lead us there because that was where Leia was. We hid in one of the compartments Han used to smuggle things in while the ship was drawn into the death star via a tractor beam.
We waited until the storm troopers gave up on their search of the ship before coming out of the hidden compartment under the deck plating.
"I never thought I would be smuggling myself in these compartments. This is ridiculous. Even if I could take off I'd never get past the tractor beam," Han informed us.
"Leave that to me," Ben answered.
"Damn fool…I knew you were going to say that."
"Who is the more foolish…the fool or the fool who follows him," Ben answered.
When the scanning crew entered the ship they didn't even know what hit them before they were dead.
"Hey down there could you give us a hand with this," Ben called down to the troopers guarding the entrance to the ship.
"These guys die pretty easily," I commented as we hid the bodies in the smuggling compartments.
"They don't make clones like they used to," Ben agreed.
"TK421 why aren't you at your post? TK421 do you copy," a voice asked over one of the deceased trooper's coms.
I walked down the ramp and tapped my helmet to make the observing commander think I had a bad com device. When he opened the door to come respond he was dead in an instant as was the other imperial in the room.
"You know you might want to tone it down with the blasting," I calmly reprimanded Han.
"Bring them on. I prefer a straight fight to all this sneaking around."
"You're a fool. Even we wouldn't survive facing all of what is on this ship," I replied.
I would be forced to intervene with powers I didn't want to reveal at this time.
"We found the computer outlet sir," C-3PO informed.
"Plug in, you should be able to interpret the entire imperial network," Ben instructed.
R2 located the power room controlling the tractor beam for us. Ben decided to go alone and I maintained following his lead. There would be time enough to act soon.
"Leia is here," I stated as if I just sensed her.
"Leia who," Han asked.
"The princess in the message is here. We need to rescue her," I answered.
"You are right sir. It seems she is in the detention block and scheduled to be terminated," C-3PO confirmed.
"I'm not going anywhere. The old man said to wait here," Han answered as he sat down.
"That's fine. I work better alone anyway. You just make sure you have that ship ready to go when I get back," I told him before I put my helmet on and left the room.
I threw up a quick ward that would make the weak minded troopers stay clear of the room for the moment before I stealthily and quickly made my way to the detention block. No troopers detected me as I was invisible and silent. When I arrived in the detention block I let myself become visible right before the elevator opened.
"Reporting for duty sir," I stated to the commanding officer.
"I wasn't notified…I'll have to clear it," he replied before going to his console.
Before he could even press the button I appeared to blur. In the next second not one of the men had time to scream before their heads were facing the wrong direction from a bad case of a broken neck. All of the cameras were destroyed as well. I knew an alarm was being set off but the time for being subtle had ended.
I could sense Leia in the force. I felt a strong pull towards her and went straight to her cell.
"Aren't you a little short for a storm trooper," Leia asked as I stared at her for a moment.
"I'm Luke Skywalker and am here with Obi Wan Kenobi to rescue you," I informed her as I took off my helmet.
"Where is Obi Wan," she asked now excited.
"I'll show you," I instructed as we headed out of the cell.
"It looks like we aren't getting out that way," I stated as blaster fire began to come at us.
My light saber was in my hand deflecting the bolts back at their shooters almost before I realized it.
"You're a Jedi," Leia asked in surprise.
"In training," I confirmed.
"It looks like your training is going pretty well," she admired as I easily deflected everything coming at us.
"I've been training with Obi Wan for less than a day and most of that has been getting explained to me the basics of the force," I replied with a grin.
"I don't think even you can go through all of them," Leia sated as she pointed towards the troopers.
Not without taking out half the ship in the process I silently agreed.
"I sense a way out through there," I informed her.
"Through the garbage shoot," she asked in surprise.
"Yeah," I nodded.
"I trust you," Leia answered while meaning it.
Leia felt herself powerfully drawn to the young Jedi even though she had just met him. She couldn't explain it.
I picked up Leia's thoughts easily enough. Even in here the powerful sensors on my ship could scan Leia and they discovered why we felt so strongly pulled towards each other. Leia is my twin sister. "Hmm…that's never stopped me before," I thought as I admired her attractive young form.
I sent a small blasting curse to blow the grate cover off the garbage hatch completely. I pulled Leia to me and sent a powerful blasting curse down into the room full of troopers. I then jumped into the grate while holding tight to the princess. I stopped us just above the surface of the dirty liquid in the garbage compartment with levitation.
"Thanks for stopping us," said Leia as she eyed the soup.
"It's not that but what I sense in the trash," I answered as a growl was heard before we saw a tentacle and an eye pop up.
"What the hell is that," Leia asked in alarm.
"I don't know but whatever it is won't be a problem much longer," I answered as I pointed towards the water and channeled powerful blasts of lightning into the water.
The creature screamed as it died in agony.
"Isn't force lightening a trait of a Sith," Leia asked as she remembered the stories her father told her.
"Did that feel dark to you," I asked.
"No it felt…just powerful," she answered as she remained clutched to my side.
"I've been able to do that since I was a young child. I don't think it is dark unless it is intended for evil," I answered before I concentrated on the door and made it open with my telekinesis.
"That makes sense," Leia stated as we touched down on the clean deck.
We left for the hanger bay and I was not very subtle. I was trying to distract the troopers from Obi Wan so he could get back to the ship. I knew I could handle protecting myself and the princess but I was not so sure about the aging Jedi. We came to a gap with a bridge that was apparently controlled by the door control I just sliced closed with my saber.
"Hold on," I told Leia as I wrapped my arm around her again.
"For luck," she informed me before taking the opportunity to kiss me deeply in anything but a simple good luck kiss.
I smirked as I force jumped us across the distance to land easily on the other side. A few minutes later we met up with Han and the others outside the hangar bay.
"How is the ship doing," I asked.
"It seems ok if we can get to it. I just hope the old man got the tractor beam out of commission," Han stated as he eyed the storm troopers.
I sent out a wave with the force and knocked all of the waiting storm troopers into a deep shaft that they happened to be standing next to. They all disappeared into the deep shaft with screams of terror.
"Remind me never to piss you off," Han shouted as we made our way into the hangar.
I stepped into the hangar to see Ben fighting with Darth Vader.
"Stupid old Jedi," I muttered as I sent a powerful blasting curse at Vader.
The Sith lord was fast enough to dodge the curse but a piece of debris that was thrown up from the exploding deck clipped him. He ran off to repair his sparking suit. Ben had also been clipped but I could tell he was just unconscious with a minor concussion. I force pulled him to me as I ran into the ship with him levitating behind.
"He'll be ok in a day or so," I informed Leia as Han took off.
"Come on buddy we're not out of this yet," Han stated as he climbed into one of the gun compartments.
I climbed into the other one. I quickly grew tired of the Falcon's poor weapons compared to an Alteran designed cruiser. I locked onto the four attacking ships with my telekinesis and flung them into each other.
"Not a bad bit of rescuing. You know sometimes I amaze even myself," I heard Han boasting to the princess as I came into the compartment.
"That doesn't sound too hard," Leia replied having already figured out for herself that Han was only in it for the money and hadn't gone with me to rescue her. "They let us go. It's the only explanation for the ease of our escape," Leia continued.
"Easy…you call that easy," Han asked in indignation at the little made of his boastful attempts.
"They're tracking us," Leia answered.
"Not this ship sister," Han replied.
I could sense the homing beacon even at that point but chose to leave it in place. While the empire thought they were hunting us down I would be luring them into a trap. While I can beam a bomb onboard at anytime with my transporters that wouldn't really serve a purpose other than eliminating a threat. Defeating the empire's greatest weapon in front of the rebel alliance would bolster their sprits as well as eliminate the threat.
"At least the information in R2 is intact," Leia lamented after getting tired of trying to reason with Han.
"What's so important about what he's carrying?"
"He has the technical readouts of that battle station. I only hope that when the data is analyzed a weakness can be found. It's not over yet," she told Han.
"It is for me sister. Look I'm not in it for your revolution and I'm not in it for you princess. I expect to be well paid. I'm in it for the money," Han told her.
"You need not worry about your reward. If money is all you love then money is all you'll have," Leia told him in disgust before getting up and making to leave the compartment.
On the way out she grabbed my hand and pulled me along.
"You on the other hand deserve a much better reward," she whispered to me with a big grin as she pulled me towards the bunk room.
Insert smut scene here
"I can take care of that death star," I informed a naked Leia as her head rest on my shoulder while I stroked her back.
"How," she asked looking up at me in surprise.
"Do you trust me," I asked looking deep into her eyes.
"And not just in the heat of battle," I added.
"Yes," she answered strongly as she laced her fingers between mine while taking my hand.
"Then let it be a surprise. Anything the rebel alliance comes up with can be a backup," I told her.
"Ok Luke," she told me before leaning up and kissing me one last time before we had to get up.
I admired her lovely backside as we dressed and rejoined the others. We soon arrived at the rebel base.
"You're safe…when we heard about Alderaan we feared the worst," the base commander stated as he greeted Leia.
"We have no time for sorrows commander. You must use the information in this R2 unit to plan an attack on the death star. Luke has another plan that must be kept secret for now but you must create a backup plan," Leia instructed.
More for show than anything I requisitioned one of their small hyperspace capable ships and began modifying it to suit my needs. It would be able to do what I had planned but I had no intention of using it. Instead I would be using much more advanced technology that was far more reliable.
"Come back and help out around here after you pay off those debts," I instructed Han as he loaded his reward into his ship.
"How did you know about that," Han asked in surprise.
"The force is very informative," I answered with a grin.
"Speaking of which when will the old man be awake," Han asked.
"It shouldn't be too much longer."
"Well tell him I said thanks for everything if he survives your plan," Han said before we shook hands as he made ready to leave.
"I will," I assured.
As I headed towards my ship I ran into an old friend, Biggs, from Tatooine. I also ran into Leia.
"You stay safe," she instructed after a much longer good luck kiss.
"Yes your highness," I mock saluted.
"You pull this off I'll show you how high I am as I order you around to have my way with you," she replied.
I had a big grin on my face as I took off. The rest of the rebels were nervous as their backup plan didn't exactly work with mine if they didn't want to lose a lot of fighter pilots. Because of this they had loaded as much of the personnel into ships which were waiting just outside of the system in case my plan didn't work.
Onboard the death star…
"Sir we are detecting a single rebel fighter sitting right in our line of fire," one of the sensor monitors reported.
"Blast right through him," the station commander ordered.
Darth Vader felt in the force a change. Perhaps it would be better to wait a safe distance in his fighter just in case. With that thought he left to do just that.
A few minutes later the station began to build up power to fire. When the death star reached a point that it had to fire or risk damage the small ship, which contained only Luke Skywalker, jumped into hyperspace.
"Sir the fighter has jumped away," the monitor reported.
"Cowardly rebel," the commander stated as the death star fired.
Those would be the last words he ever spoke. Floating just behind where I was just sitting in my ship was a massive stargate sporting maneuverable thrusters and a strong cloak. The matching supergate was floating a few hundred meters to the left. It appeared as if the beam of terrible death from the space station disappeared right where my ship had previously been and reappeared where the second gate was located. The energy beam smashed into the death star and immediately obliterated all signs of it from existence.
The supergate had channeled the energy beam through the wormhole and aimed it back at the death star. The empire's greatest weapon had one major weakness…itself. Its might was so terrible that not even the weapon itself could block the beam of destruction. I wasn't sure anything native to this universe could block that beam.
I quickly flew to the rebel base and landed to cheers from all present. I was quickly attacked by a relieved princess as she covered me with kisses.
"How did you do that," she asked as the base commander waited eagerly by her side to hear as well.
"I modified the hyperspace engine so that it left a "wake" of sorts in space. It lingered long enough to direct the death beam back at the station. Think of it as a temporary wormhole," I explained.
"That's amazing," Leia gushed. "But not as amazing as you're going to feel in a few minutes," she assured me in a whisper when we finally got away from the cheering crowd and made our way towards her quarters.
It seems fate wanted to slow us down as a now awake Ben soon found us.
"Luke I just heard what happened. How did you know how to modify that fighter," Ben asked.
"I just followed what the force told me," I answered.
"And the Force Destruction you used on the death star," Ben asked.
"That's something I've been able to do since I was little."
Ben was nodding now.
"I suppose the old ways aren't as important now but just be aware that Force Destruction was a power only Sith could usually wield," Ben explained.
"And this," I asked as I channeled force lightning between my spread palms.
"Yes that as well but all Sith force lightning I've seen is dark," Ben answered curiously as he observed the pure white lightning flowing between my fingers. "You are going to probably be the most powerful Jedi I've ever seen but I guess I shouldn't be surprised considering who your father is," Obi Wan informed me before he apparently noticed Leia's hand in mine. "Luke, Leia I should probably tell you now that you are brother and sister," Ben informed us softly.
I felt Leia stiffen beside me for a second in shock before she relaxed.
"I guess that would explain why we are so drawn to each other," I replied.
"Yes you are twins that we felt would be safer if separated at birth. It is by the will of the force that you have found each other after so long without knowing who each other really was."
"So Vader is our father," I stated rather than asked.
"I wondered how long it would take you to figure it out once you met him," Obi Wan Kenobi replied as he nodded.
"We would both appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone this Master Kenobi," Leia spoke up for the first time beside me.
"Am I assuming you mean both about your father and your being siblings," Obi Wan asked.
"Yes," Leia nodded.
"In the old days Jedi were not permitted to have partners. This is no longer the old days. I often thought that was a foolish law. Ignoring our emotions made us weaker than the Sith until we reached extreme levels of experience. As for your being brother and sister I try to keep an open mind. Leia you will likely be a strong Jedi as well. I will begin training you in a few days. Enjoy your rest."
"Thank you master," I answered before taking his arm in a firm grasp.
As he grasped my arm I pulled him into an embrace and channeled my power into his body. A white light engulfed Obi Wan as the nanites and my power went to work healing the damage to his body from time. When the light cleared a late twenty looking Obi Wan Kenobi was standing before us.
"How…," he gasped in surprise as he looked as his youthful skin.
He flexed his hands as he felt the strength of youth in him again.
"Your midichlorians…I helped them reverse the effects of aging."
"Thank you," a grateful Obi Wan replied while choosing not to mention midichlorian manipulation was considered a Sith art as well.
"No problem master. If you want to keep up with Leia and I you are going to need your strength back," I told him before Leia and I set off again.
We reached her quarters without further interruption. We sat on the edge of her bed in silence.
"So how do you feel about us being siblings," I asked after a minute of silence.
"I'm not sure. It does explain a lot. I've been falling hard for you and now I know part of why. There are several dimensions to the growing love I've been feeling for you. Now there is an unconditional part," Leia answered.
"I love you too," I told her.
She smiled and kissed me softly on the lips.
"Before we go any further I feel you have the right to know…everything," I stated before I proceeded to tell her everything about what I truly am.
She was shocked but took it all in stride and digested the information.
"So you have many lovers, including your mother and sisters in another reality. You are a sex god that has the power to destroy or shape entire realities at a whim. You inhabit multiple realities at once as it would seem to those of us who are constricted by time. Does that about sum it up," she asked calmly.
"Yes."
"Well life definitely isn't going to be boring anymore."
"No, no it's not," I answered with a smile that she slowly returned.
I knew it would take her a bit longer to truly process it but like all of my lovers she was strong and would adjust.
"Now I believe I promised you a reward brother," she purred.
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There was a quick award ceremony before the moon was to be evacuated. We didn't think the empire would want to attack so soon after the destruction of their most powerful weapon but we weren't going to take any chances. To the outside observer it probably looked like my little wormhole technique was some powerful new deflector shield.
Han had shown back up a few days later to join the resistance after he paid off his debts with his old gangster boss. He paid off the debt but somehow I didn't get the impression things went too well. Hutts don't let anybody go willingly. I had detected Han staying in the system until he made sure we succeeded against the death star. For his help in freeing Leia, however small it was, he received a medal at the ceremony.
Obi Wan and I also received medals for our services to the rebellion. I much preferred the place I held in my sister's heart. Nobody knew about my sibling relationship to Leia. They only saw the happy new couple in the pair of us. Whatever challenges I face and adventures I find in this new reality I would face them together with my newly essence bonded sister.
Galactic Center, Imperial Palace, Emperor's Throne Room…
"You are sure it was Force Destruction," the emperor asked his apprentice after Vader had just finished relaying the events of the last day or so.
"Yes my master," Vader answered.
"Despite the setback of loosing such a powerful weapon as the death star we could gain a powerful asset in this young Jedi if we can turn him to the dark side," the emperor stated.
Vader said nothing while waiting for his master's orders.
"My hand," the emperor stated as he turned to address a beautiful red haired woman that stood in an alcove off to the side.
"Yes master," Mara Jade asked.
"Find this Luke Skywalker. Attempt to turn him to the dark side with your charms. If that does not work then kill him, eliminating the threat," the emperor ordered.
"Yes master," Mara Jade answered before leaving to execute her master's orders.
"The future is clouded even to the dark side of the force of late Lord Vader," the emperor stated before retiring to contemplate the new events.
Chapter 2- End of an Empire
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Reality
By Stargatesg1fan1
Disclaimer: I own nothing of the characters or works of recognized authors in here.
AN:
Mara Jade is played by Shannon Baksa
End AN
A few weeks after dealing with the death star saw Leia and I moving the Rebel Alliance base to the ice planet Hoth. While on one of my routine patrols I saw what my ship in orbit confirmed was a remote probe land. I knew it would come sooner or later so I remained calm.
"Echo three to echo seven…Han old buddy do you read me," I asked over my wrist communicator.
"Loud and clear kid…what's up," Han asked.
"Well I finished my circuit…I'm not finding any life readings."
"There isn't enough life on this ice cube to fill a cruiser. Sensors are placed…I'm going back," replied Han.
"Ok I'll see you shortly. There's a meteor that just hit near here which I want to check out. Be back soon."
My steed started freaking out almost as soon as I cut off the com. The reason for the Ton Ton's alarm became apparent as a white creature resembling a Yeti from my home reality tried to take a swipe at me. It hit the Ton-Ton, slashing the poor bastard's throat open. I force jumped off of the falling Ton-Ton before I was caught under it and landed facing the Yeti creature. It took a strong swipe at me with its massive arm. I caught it with my strength and ripped the arm clean off.
The creature howled in pain and rage. As it made to charge again I caught it in the grip of my telekinesis and made sure the head separated from the body. As the creature dropped to the ground very dead I started back for the base. I didn't really feel the cold at all thanks to my phoenix inner nature but it was best not to have to explain too much to the Rebels. Leia was still the only one who knows my true nature.
I flamed myself closer to the base and only had a few minutes jog from there. I told the workers in the speeder garage that the incident happened very close to base.
"You had me worried kid. I was just about to come out and search for you," Han told me as I reported in.
"I wasn't worried," Leia informed me as she hugged me.
"Anything that would have harmed you would have been something to worry about," she added mentally.
"We best go get to training with Master," I stated before we left to find Obi Wan.
"Well Luke you have progressed as far as I can teach you. I think it's time you were taught by somebody more experienced," Obi Wan informed me as I finished sparring with him.
"Another Jedi," Leia asked as she deactivated her training saber.
"Yes…his identity will remain a secret for now but we will have to soon travel to the Degoba system to train with him. I will continue your training Leia."
"Yes master," we both replied before leaving for a shower in our quarters, a shared shower.
The next morning in the operations center…
"Princess we have a visitor…we picked up something outside the base zone moving east," the general informed Leia.
"Its metal," a technician informed.
"Then it couldn't be one of those creatures," Leia stated.
"Could be a speeder…one of ours," Han suggested.
"No…wait there is something very weak coming through," the technician replied as he put the sound on the speaker.
"That's an imperial code," I spoke up. "I think it was that meteor I was trying to get to. We'd best go stop it broadcasting," I added.
Han, Chewie, and I did locate the probe before Han ended up shooting it after Chewie alerted it to our presence with a loud wookie cry.
"There's not much left," Han stated into his com after relaying the news of destruction of the probe back to base.
"What was it," Leia asked.
"It was a probe sending out our location. I could feel it through the force," I answered.
"We better start the evacuation," the general ordered.
Han and I made our way back to the hangar bay where I began to help him make sure the Falcon was in working order. I made a few repairs to areas my scans told me were damaged before I made a few more efficient upgrades. One of those upgrades also happened to be a sensor dispersion field Han didn't need to know about for now. He would probably soon figure it out when the Empire couldn't detect him without some serious effort.
"Take care of yourself Chewie," I told my wookie friend.
His reply was to engulf me in a hug that would have rivaled Hagrids.
"Take care of yourself Han," I told my smuggler buddy.
"You be careful to kid," he answered with a nod.
"Oh and Han…if the Empire doesn't notice you just take it as the will of the force," I instructed with a smirk as I walked backwards away from him.
His response was a strange questioning look that clearly asked if I was still sane.
A half hour later a couple of star destroyers showed up in the system. We had to hold them until all of the transports were away. That meant fighting on the ground.
"All troop carriers will assemble at the north entrance. The heavy transport ships will leave as soon as they're loaded. Only two fighter escorts per ship. The energy shield can only be opened for a short time so you'll have to stay very close to your transports," Leia briefed the pilots.
"Two fighters against a star destroyer," a pilot asked.
"The ion canon will fire several shots to make sure that any enemy ships will be out of your flight path. When you've gotten past the energy shield proceed directly to the rendezvous point," Leia continued without pause before ending the briefing.
A few minutes later I was loaded into my fighter.
"Feeling ok Dack," I asked my copilot.
"Right now I feel like I could take on the whole empire myself," he answered.
"I know what you mean," I answered with a grin because I could take on the whole empire myself and win.
The squadron of speeders was soon out on the battlefield.
"Luke I have no approach vector…I'm not set," my copilot exclaimed.
"I've got it Dack," I replied calmly.
The other fighters' lasers were ineffective against the armor of the walkers. I had made some modifications to my fighter before I left the bay. A new, for this reality, naquadah based power source gave me enough power to punch through the armor of the walkers. I made each shot count as a walker fell with every pass.
A shot hit the speeder in the rear compartment. I felt Dack dying behind me. I reached behind me with my power and held his soul in his body as my nanites repaired all of the damage. A repairo charm had the inside of the fighter looking like new.
"Luke what happened," Dack asked as he came back to consciousness.
"Nothing…I think you just blacked out for a second," I lied.
I headed back to the bay to make sure Leia and the others got out fine. I didn't see any real threat. The attackers were trying to take down the shield so they could land.
I sensed Vader in the base as I found Ben and Leia.
"We need to get the hell out of here now," I stated as I got in the cockpit of our small transport.
"I sense it too," Ben confirmed.
"And we are taking off," I announced as I blasted out of the bay a few minutes behind the Falcon.
There's a good chance Ben alone could take Vader now that he has his young body back but it was best to wait for that confrontation. This wasn't the right time.
We caught up with the Falcon which was having some trouble with the blockade. When my cruiser scanned the ship I could tell it was because the hyperdrive motivator was damaged in the fire fight the Falcon had been involved in for the last several minutes. Even with the sensor dispersion field Han wasn't able to evade all the fire being sent into space from the star destroyers as he helped the transport ships. My cruiser replaced the part with its transporters. Han was able to get out of the system before we quickly followed suit into hyperspace to the Degoba system.
"There is a lot of life down there," Leia commented as we arrived over the planet where the Jedi Master Yoda was supposed to be.
"Yes and no technology, but I'm not surprise. That 'fog' the planet's atmosphere contains is highly energetic. It would block most sensors. No advanced civilization would want to live in that," I replied.
"You will have to use the force to land. That lack of civilization is part of the reason Yoda has hidden here," Obi Wan instructed.
"Here we go," I announced as we began to enter the atmosphere.
I did use the force to guide me but I also tapped into my cruiser's subspace sensors that could open a wormhole to any location on the planet below and sense whatever I needed to. They could bypass the property of the fog that dampened sensor beams. I set us down on a barely large enough peace of land in the very swampy environment.
"This planet will just do wonders for my hygiene," Leia muttered sarcastically as she force leaped from the transport behind Ben and I.
"Yoda is this way," Ben announced as he began walking, expecting us to follow.
Leia and I held hands as we walked towards the powerful force presence that we only felt once we got under the fog layer surrounding the planet. Apparently that fog helped to diminish a force signature as well. Yoda as it turns out happened to be a small old green being that was vaguely similar to a house elf.
"Master Yoda," bowed Ben before we followed suit. "This is Luke Skywalker and Lei Organa. Luke has reached the point in his training where only your tutelage can help," Ben explained as he turned slightly and gestured at Leia and I.
"Too long has it been since we last met Obi Wan," began Yoda. "Shall see will we if can be improved young Luke can," Yoda continued as he hobbled around Leia and I while appraising us.
Yoda was over eight hundred years old and did not have long for this plain of existence.
"Master Yoda," I spoke up. "Might I do something for you," I asked.
Yoda gestured for me to go ahead. Crouching down in front of the small Jedi Master I placed my hands on his shoulders and channeled my power and nanites into his body. As we watched, a white glow encompassed Yoda before fading away to reveal a much young being.
"Possible how is this? Much younger feel like do I," cried Yoda as he looked at his hands and moved his limbs rapidly.
As we watched on in amusement Yoda began jumping around the nearby trees with powerful force leaps. When he landed next to Ben it was to see a much younger Jedi standing beside him.
"Explain must you," ordered Yoda as he sensed the glamour charm I taught Ben fade away.
"Young Luke has as much to teach us about the force as we have to teach him. Midichlorian manipulation is not only a characteristic of the Sith as we once believed along with several other such talents," answered Ben.
"Masters there is one more thing," I spoke up to have their attention redirect towards me. "This device," I began as I floated a large cube from the back of the transport before us, "is capable of creating a time dilation bubble around this planet so that one year on this planet will be equivalent to one day on the outside."
"By the Force," exclained Ben in amazement.
"It was the force which showed me how to construct it," I replied with a nod.
"Much training can be done now," Yoda announced before showing us to his home.
Our training actually began the next day after we had built ourselves a shelter. Ben had a separate hut while Leia and I shared ours. Under the personal tutelage of Yoda I learned to hone my abilities with a finesse and accuracy that I would have needed the aid of Alteran technology to manage before. While I have the memories of seventeen hundred years plus of life…that was not the same as being shown by someone as wise and skilled as Yoda. All of the sword fighting memories from my existence as Duncan MacLeod came in handy as Yoda pushed me to new heights. I restricted myself to Jedi speeds for now. A Jedi could actually come close to matching my speeds and even my reflexes but if I pushed myself hard enough I could easily outclass them.
Although it wasn't like a light saber could do more than annoy me if it touched my skin. Unless I let it not many thing could penetrate my skin. I taught Yoda and Ben a few useful battle spells here or there that they would have formerly classed as Sith techniques but now considering the fall of the Jedi order decided might just be wise to learn. An energy shield I showed my friends how to cast just above the surface of their skin would provide much protection from light sabers and blaster fire in times of need.
Over the several years we spent in the time dilation field going through rigorous Jedi training Leia and I grew even more deeply in love. Her beauty matured into that of full womanhood. She was both sexy and sensual while being able to project an aura of danger and death to whoever she chose. My sister and wife was a wonderful companion. I definitely did not mind the physique she acquired from our training.
"You are now full Jedi," Master Yoda announced one day several years after we arrived on this planet from our perspective.
"Thank you masters," I replied while Leia nodded as well.
I walked over to the nearby cube and pressed a command sequence to shut off the time dilation field.
"Now we shall take the fight to the Empire," Ben spoke up.
Yoda carried what small possessions he wanted to keep in a small sack on his back to the transport before we took off from the planet he had called home for quite a few years. It didn't take us long to rendezvous with the fleet and our friends.
"Winter," squealed Leia as soon as we stepped off the shuttle to see Han standing beside the beautiful Winter, Leia's childhood friend.
"It's good to see you Leia," the much more poised Winter replied to her friend with a warm smile as she and Leia hugged.
"I thought you were still on your deep cover mission," said Leia.
"I was until Admiral Ackbar assigned this scoundrel as my contact," answered Winter as she jerked her thumb back at Han who looked pretty unrepentant. "Well as you probably know he is not very covert and blew my cover but by that time I already retrieved the information I need," explained the rebel spy.
"We have a lot of catching up to do," said Leia as she sensed there was more going on between Han and Winter than was immediately apparent.
"Yes we all do," spoke up Han. "You guys were only gone a week. How do you look so much older," asked Han as he stepped forward beside Winter and noticed our much more mature looks.
"That is a Jedi secret I'm afraid Captain Solo," spoke up Ben as he stepped forward.
"Hello Ben," greeted Han.
"Guys we'll catch up later but right now we'd like to rest a bit," I spoke up.
"Jedi Skywalker I am Mara, your and Princess Leia's personal assistant. I will show you to your quarters," a beautiful red haired young woman took that moment to speak up from behind the crowd.
"Very well, lead the way," instructed Leia as she took my hand and we began following Mara.
"She is definitely not what she seems," Leia stated over the bond.
"You are right…she is force sensitive. We will get some answers in a minute," I answered as we approached our rooms.
Mara Jade had at first thought this mission would be easy. She was really hoping not because she loved a challenge. Getting into the rebel alliance had been relatively easy. She found a rebel recruiter on a backwater planet and joined up. Getting herself assigned as Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa's assistant had been as simple as using a Force mind trick on a weak minded higher up. Now her plan was to seduce Luke Skywalker to the dark side by using her womanly charms, something she was very good at. Mara swayed her hips sexily to entice Luke with one of her greatest assets and thought it was working perfectly as they entered the quarters of her target. Mara suddenly had to revise her definition of fine when the Force alerted her that she needed to dodge. She was not fast enough as she found herself pinned to a nearby wall and looked into the most intense green eyes she had ever come across.
"Hmm…so a Force trained assassin called the Emperor's Hand. How original," Mara heard Leia Organa state while also staring intently at Mara.
Mara felt like her soul was laid bare as these two people stared at her. She quickly concluded they were reading her mind even more easily than the Emperor was able to through the psychic link he established with her.
"Yes and her entire psyche is built up around her loyalty to the Emperor anchored on the mental link he established. It's a brilliant use of Force compulsions over many years…if not quite evil. She is very skilled," Mara heard Luke say while she struggled against Luke's strong grip.
Luke's hands held Mara's wrists above her head while his Force grip held her ankles to the wall. From what Vader had said Luke was barely trained in the Jedi arts and relied on brute force attacks. It was obvious to Mara that Vader was wrong.
"It's too bad we can't turn her to our side…but if you tried to remove that link her mind would break," said Leia.
"We might not be able to remove the link now but perhaps we can sever it after we link her mind to an even stronger anchor…like the mental network of our bond," I replied.
"That would be fantastic," agreed Leia with a smile. "Not to mention fun," Leia added as she gazed at the sexy Mara.
"That's what we'll do then," Luke agreed.
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Several much more complicated plans could have been developed to deal with the emperor but why bother when Mara provided a very simple solution. She was sent to turn me and bring me back to the emperor. It was decided to do so, or at least let the emperor believe I was turned.
Imperial Palace, Galactic Center…
"Well done my hand," the emperor praised Mara as she led me into the throne room radiating hate and anger.
Mara was holding my light saber currently.
"Thank you master," Mara answered as she bowed low while projecting the false persona my other wives helped her establish over the link we had waited to sever.
With access to some of the most powerful minds in the multiverse Mara was able to craft a good forgery of her old mind to project to the emperor over the bond. It was being put to the test ever since we got close to the galactic center where the emperor began probing his hand's mind, or at least what he thought was her mind. So far it had held up to scrutiny.
"Well young Skywalker you shall be a powerful tool indeed," mused the emperor as he approached my kneeling form.
As soon as he got close a powerful force enhanced uppercut drove the emperor back twenty feet to crash into his throne.
"Not quite asshole," I replied as I stood and let the aura I was projecting fade away to be replaced by one of pure power.
"Vader kill him," ordered the emperor as he picked himself up.
"Yes master," my father replied as he lit his light saber.
I lit my green blade which matched my eyes. Before my father's red saber could even touch mine the emperor directed Force lightning out of his hands at me. Nobody ever said Sith play fair. The purplish lightning impacted my left palm harmlessly as I brought the energy into my core and twisted it to my will. A beam of pure white light shot out of my green light saber and streamed towards Vader. He tried to block it but the beam cut right through his blade.
Vader screamed out in terrible agony as the energy tore through his black armor and his very being. The white beam was actually a coherent patronus spell channeled with nothing but love. Leia decloaked beside me and pressed herself to my back, channeling all the love she felt for me over the bond to add power to the spell. I didn't actually need power but the emotional energy helped to bend the spell to our will. All remnants of the dark side were pushed away from the Anakin Skywalker buried beneath the Darth Vader persona. Palpatine released the Force lightning when he realized what it was doing.
Instead he made to redirect the lightning at Mara in punishment. Yoda and Obi Wan Kenobi took that moment to drop the personal shield devices I personally crafted for them to hide both their presence from even the Force sensitive. Yoda's hand shot out and absorbed the Force lightning before it could reach Mara.
"Rematch time it is for. Cut your head off now I will," Yoda spoke with power that only nine hundred years of learning the ways of the Force could grant a being.
"This is not possible," screamed the Emperor in rage.
Yoda lit his blade and the Emperor responded in kind. They leaped at each with two opposing Aura's, hate and love. What we watched was a stunning light saber duel that was scanned and analyzed into the memory banks of a cloaked Aristotle to be uploaded for practice into the nanites of my Jedi wives and I later. In the end Palpatine was just too out of practice and too weakened by age to withstand a Yoda in a young body. It was ironic that the reverse had been true the last time they met. The dark side degrades the body faster than the Force powered with positive emotions. As Palpatine's severed head fell to the floor we all turned to Anakin Skywalker for Vader was no more.
"Thank you for freeing me," rasped Anakin as he removed his helmet. "I was not wise enough to heed the words of you Obi Wan and Yoda before. I am free after all these years of torment and punishment."
"We also were not wise enough at the time to realize that there is no pure black and white in life but a shade of gray. Your son has shown us that. We should have allowed you any love life you chose but shown you how to handle those emotions. Palpatine tricked us all Anakin," Obi Wan said as he forgave his old friend.
"Wise is Obi Wan. Agree with him I do," added Yoda.
"My children I am so proud of you. I go now to be with your mother in the Force. Know that I love you and approve of what you share," spoke our father as I hugged a teary eyed Leia.
"We love you father," we both said at the same time.
"And I love you," replied our father with his last breath and a smile on his face.
I might have been able to heal Anakin Skywalker but there are some things that only the after life can cure, like being reunited with a loved one in the beyond. That was the only thing that could cure Anakin Skywalker's broken heart. Being reunited with Padme in the afterlife where nothing could separate or harm them. I could tell his repentance granted Anakin a place with the creator who forgives all.
With the death of the emperor there was much restructuring to be done. It didn't actually take much to overthrow the Imperial Navy. Most of the generals were killed off by Vader quickly after being promoted. They had all witnessed the power of the Force and were not eager to challenge any Force user. In the coming years Leia would reopen the senate while Yoda and Obi Wan brought about the return of the Jedi order but a slightly different one. No longer were emotions to be buried and suppressed or ignored. Love was allowed freely in all forms. Hate and anger were taught to be channeled. I helped greatly with this aspect of training as I taught occlumency and similar disciplines.
Shortly after the defeat of the emperor I decided to expand further but in a very nearby reality or more accurately a divergent timeline from this one. I jumped back in time and merged with the mind of Obi Wan Kenobi. It was time to see if I could save many lives before they were ever lost, including the life of my mother from this universe Padme.