Zara Stormchaser. Former Jedi master /healer, now on the run. She Comes across a group of clones called "the Bad batch" On a planet , In need of medical assistance for one of their own. She needs protection from a bounty hunter. They need a healer...
I just stare at him. Shocked that the Emperor's second is standing in front of my cell. " Hello Zara. It's been a long time." I get the feeling in the pit of my stomach that I know him. " I'm quite shocked to see your here. But the emperor has plans for you and your children." He speaks like a long forgotten friend. " He won't succeed." I bravely say. " Oh? What makes you say that?" He asks
I slowly stand , hissing when I jostle my ribs. " Call it mothers intuition." I snark at him
" You all ways did have a smart mouth."
That's when it hits me. I know who is beneath that horrid mask.
" Anakin.... But how?" I see him tense when I say his name.
" Anakin Skywalker died on Mustafar." He says. The mask making a horrid labored breathing sound. " And Darth Vader was born."
I let the tears fall. " Vader, I beg of you let me go. My children need me." I'm standing at the door now . Pleading with everything I have.
" Would you turn to the dark side of the force? To be with them again?" He asks
" is it really being with them if I've given up who I am?" I whisper. He steps away and stomps back down the cell hallway.
I hear the doors swish open and close and with it, the last remnants of a lost, broken, former friend.
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Vader visits many times. But I refuse to engage him in conversation. No matter what he threatens me with. It's been a week and Cad Bane was suppose to have busted me out by now. He probably took off with the money I paid him. That's what I get for paying up front in full. I refuse to give in to despair. I've cried until my eyes are sore. I meditate many times through out my stay in the cell. Sometimes I see Master Yoda. Others times Obi-wan, or Master Plo. But most of the time I see my family. Worried about where I'm at. Knowing I'm alive , but having no idea where I'm at. Cross is slipping. I feel it through the bond. He is going closer and closer to madness. I fear that if I don't break out of here, that one if not both of us will succumb to insanity. Hunter I notice is quiet. Quieter than I thought possible for him. I can see the stress of not knowing if I'm dead or alive is eating away at him. I close the bond so they don't feel my pain. I'm pulled from meditating by an explosion. I stand and move to the door. I look and see a welcome sight . Cad Bane walking towards my cell. " You didn't think I'd forget about you did you little lady?" He asks
" it took you long enough." I exclaim.
He unlocks my cell and moves towards me. I see an IG-11 droid covering him.
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" Uh....Do I want to know why......" I begin to ask. Bane sighs and swings me up into his arms. " It's better if you don't." The IG-11 droid turns to us.
" Bane I suggest we leave . I'm detecting a squad coming our way." He says snippily.
We quickly make our way to a hallway that is deserted. "So how are we getting out of here?" I ask. " We are going to an unused hanger. It's under repairs. I docked there under the guise that IG was the droid who could fix it."
We come to the hanger and I see several problems. " Uh Bane? You were saying."
" Awww Blast!" He curses
Two squadrons of troopers had just come into the hanger. Taking up position next to his ship. Then Vader enters. He starts to give orders to the squads and they go off in separate directions. None coming our way.
Then Vader turns to us. Looking right at me.
" Get out of here Zara. On account of our past friendship, I'll let you go this once." He storms out.
Cad Bane looks down at me. " Well , let's get you home to your family."
We quickly make our way to his ship. Leaving the Hanger, and hit it to light speed.
