The Fett Legacy

CHAPTER 11

I scanned the planet, looking for any ruins. After a few moments, Zors found it.

"Hey, Jetta, it's just over that hill," he said.

"I'll land here," I responded as I landed the Revenant at the foot of the hill. When Zors, Rosemary, and I left the ship, Rosemary asked, "Did you ever see the Death Star?"

"No, I was only five whenever it was destroyed," I said as we walked up the hill. When we arrived at the top, my eyes widened. It was huge.

"Wow," Rosemary said breathlessly.

"I would have loved to see that thing in operation," Zors said, whistling.

"Me too," Rosemary said, still in awe. "Can we go inside?"

"Um, well, I don't know," I said looking out at it. It was in the ocean and the waves were dangerously crashing against it. It looked unsafe.

"Please?" She begged, her large brown eyes widening.

I looked at Zors and she shook his head.

"Not this time," I said. "Who knows what dangers could be in there."

"Yah, I guess you're right," she mumbled, kicking a rock.

"Hey, maybe another time. Zors, take her back to the ship for a little while. I wanna check something out," I said. He looked at me with confusion, but shrugged and said, "Come on, kid, let's go."

Rosemary reluctantly followed him down the hill and back to the ship, looking at me as she did so. I waved and walked down the hill towards the Death Star. I wanted to see it, and since I had my jetpack, I assumed I would be safer. I flew over the rough waters and landed on a small platform that led into the large, destroyed base. It was eerie, but exhilarating. I turned on my night vision in my helmet and looked around. Ruins of Imperial TIE fighters were everywhere, but some of them were still in tact. I climbed in one and started it. It somehow worked. I was tempted to fly it out of the ruins but I decided against it. Besides, who knew what could happen. I climbed out of the Fighter and flew to the top of the ruins. When I landed in a hallway, I inspected the structure. Even after being blown up, several parts of the Death Star were still stable. I walked around, carefully, noticing the bodies of Imperial stormtroopers. I tried to avoid stepping on them; for some reason, that would feel disrespectful. I walked by a door and as I did so, it opened; it was a lift. I reluctantly stepped inside and it started to move upward. I grabbed onto the wall, unsure of what was going to happen. When the lift stopped, and the door opened, I stepped out into the room. It was the Emperor's throne room.

This is where he died. I shivered, as if I could feel his ghost floating through the room. I looked around a bit and then had enough. This place was too, well, too scary for me.

When I arrived back at the ship, Rosemary was running around trying to catch some sort of flying insect. When she caught one, she ran up to me and said, "Look what I found, Mom!"

I was taken aback. Mom?

"What did you just call me?" I asked. She looked down and released the little bug.

"Mom," she whispered.

"Oh, okay then. I couldn't hear. But those are unique bugs," I said. She smiled and ran around some more. Zors walked down the ramp of the Revenant and leaned on the hull.

"She's something, isn't she?" He asked.

"Quite; she just called me mom," I laughed.

Zors chuckled. "She called me dad a few moments ago. I don't mind, honestly."