Chapter 3: Chapter 3
She shakily climbed to her feet. One of the children was in dire danger. She headed into the house. She called Organa and received no answer. Then she tried Luke's number. Still she received no answer. Someone did pick up Lukes line though; she wisely didn't stay on it long enough to be traced. She shut off the com and scryed Luke was on his way towards a huge moon. Leia was on a deck of some ship, watching Alderan die. Vader was there and he felt her scry. She pulled the link back quickly. Leia was alive upset but alive. Luke seemed to be planning to rescue her. Isis swore why did fate have to do this to her now?
She reached out and tried to touch Obi wan. She could feel he was near Luke, so he must be trying to train him. She shut off the contact and packed her bags. She even grabbed her old light saber and packed it. She flung her bag over her shoulder and ran for her speeder. She had bought an old light cruiser last year. It wasn't very fancy but it was fast. Before she took off she released the binding spells on both children. If obi wan was training him Luke would need his force abilities.
She headed for Tatooine first; she knew heading for Alderan was pointless. Plus she needed to erase that message she left before Vader found it. Tatooine was as dirty and annoyingly hot as she remembered it to be. She felt thoroughly sorry for Obi wan; having to hide in a place like this must have been hell. She rented an old speeder and headed for the jundland wastes.
Obi- wan's place was near to Luke's farm. So she would be able to check first to see if any troopers waited for her. She found Obi wan's place empty and fortunately well stocked. She made herself a cup of tea while she spied on Luke's farm. There were troopers hanging around it. So she decided to wait until nightfall before breaking in
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When night finally fell Isis snuck down the ridge. She ended up killing the troopers there but she was able to retrieve the message. Unfortunately a copy had been displaced to Vader's destroyer already. She swore and headed for the spaceport. Using her ships com she transferred everything she owned into other names.
They of course were alias then she transferred her money under another one. In her travels she had made friends with a member of the banking clan. His reason for helping her was simple, Palpatine had used then had his ancestor killed. Under the whole the enemy of my enemy is my friend logic, he helped her.
She then headed for of all places Cloud city. Using her contacts there she got the whole story. In the meantime Luke rescued Leia. While she had been on Tatooine apparently. He was now part of the rebellion. On Cloud city was where Obi wan's ghost first contacted her.
"Then he is all right?" she asked
"Yes of course, he and his rebel friends are planning an assault on the death star" said Obi wan
"So he killed you too?" said Isis
"Yes but it was inevitable, I knew he eventually would" said Obi wan's ghost.
"So who's going to train him now?" said Isis
"After this assault is over, I'm going to send him to Yoda, and he must learn some control" said Obi wan
"control don't tell me he has the Skywalker temper right" said Isis
"Somewhat, but he will learn to control it in time" said Obi wan
"Well he is young" said Isis
"Are you planning on remaining here?" said Obi wan
"I have to, I think he caught me scrying" said Isis
"You think he will be able to track you from it?" said Obi wan
"I'm not taking any chances when it comes to him" said Isis
"Do you think he can do it?" said Isis
"I don't know I just hope he's not naive enough to try something else" said Obi wan "what did you tell the boy about his father?" said Isis
"The truth mostly, from my perspective" said Obi wan
"So where did you hide for all these years?" said Obi wan
"On Naboo, in plain sight, I figured he wouldn't want to go there" said Isis
"No I don't see that he would, be careful Isis" said Obi wan
"He asked about me didn't he?" said Isis
"Yes he wanted to know where you were hiding, I told him you died" said Obi wan
"Let me guess that's when he killed you?" said Isis
"Yes ironically he seemed distraught about it" said Obi wan.
She snorted "maybe he just wanted to be the one to do it" said Isis
"Perhaps?" said Obi wan.
Isis shrugged it off; she didn't want to talk about him not now.
"I missed you" she said
Obi wan smiled at her
"I missed you too" he said
Isis grinned "you should hear the stories Qui- gon told me about you" said Isis
"He what? Like which ones?" said Obi wan
"You'll have to ask him" said Isis
"I'm glad you two got to meet" said Obi wan
"Me too he seems like a good guy and he really believed in you" said Isis
"His belief was misplaced" said Obi wan.
He sounded bitter.
"Not in you, perhaps in Anakin but never in you" said Isis.
Obi wan looked uncomfortable and she could swear he was blushing. Isis chuckled at him.
"I must be going, Luke is about to fly for the rebels, I must watch over him" said Obi wan
"May the force be with you" said Isis
"And with you as well" said Obi wan then he faded from view.
Isis sighed and went about establishing her new identity again. As Sareh Micheals, cloud city resident. Or at least until she could join Luke and Leia in the rebellion. Which was coming soon she had a feeling it was.
The assault on the death star was a success and most of the galaxy rejoiced in it. All except the man who paid for it. He was angry very angry, so he sent his apprentice out to find the identity of that pilot. The search led him back to Tatooine and Owen and Beru Lars' house. That is when he found what was left of the troopers stationed there. He recognized the light saber burns right away.
Then he wrongly attributed them to Obi- wan's doing. That was until he found a message in his correspondence, one that was sent to the Lars' house. He ordered a trace on the line and found that it belonged to a dead woman. Was that the alias she was using for all these years? He went to its source, only to find it was the exact same house he had wed Padme in so long ago. He had the place torn apart looking for clues. He only found one and it made his blood boil. The designers name, was she a spy?
She certainly covered her tracks like one. Then he found it and knew whose house it was without a shadow of doubt. He wanted to kick himself for his stupidity. One of the troopers brought him a holograph. It was Obi wan, Himself and she, so long ago. It was taken on a shore leave during the war.
They all had copies of it; obviously she kept hers, or did until now. He shoved the flimsiplast into his pocket.
"Leave this place as you found it," he ordered.
The troopers looked shocked
"But sir weren't you going to level it like you said earlier" said a trooper
"I've changed my mind, I'll be back on the ship, if you find anything else bring it to me" said Vader.
He returned to his shuttle and flew back to the ship. So she wasn't dead after all. He should have known Obi wan would lie to him, he always had.
He returned to his private quarters he wanted to be alone.
"I grieved for you" he said.
He was talking to the holograph.
"I can't believe we sat across from each other and I never knew it was you" he said softly "I will find you my sweet Isis and you will be mine" he said to the picture
"And nothing will stop us this time" he said he set the picture reverently on his dresser. He would find a frame for it later. Instead he sat down and went over his spies' reports.
"So Skywalker did have a son," said Vader
. "And I suppose you raised him my dear" he said to the photo
"Or did you let Obi wan corrupt him with his lies?" said Vader
He watched the photograph as if it was really her and he was expecting an answer.
Luke flew to Dagobah while his rebel friends were looking for a new home. They had discussed it on hoth, right after he almost became wampa food.
So he was to spend the next few months training with Yoda in a swamp. The empire found their hoth base so Leia and Han were forced to flee, to cloud city. Vader was hot on their heels. Luke sensing his friends were in trouble came to their aid. Too bad it was a trap.
Isis could feel the force was getting ready for something. Leia had just landed in Han's ship. Isis debated showing herself to the woman. Leia did know what she looked like after all. Or at least the Aunt Loren disguise anyways. Then she felt him Vader was here. His force presence was unmistakable.
Isis knew Luke's friends were in trouble. Way Too much trouble for the kid to handle alone. Isis waited and watched. She could feel Luke was coming. Her spell was working; Luke was using it to track his sister.
"Good boy" Isis murmured.
She took a deep breath and readied herself for what laid ahead.
Vader paused on the exit ramp of his shuttle he closed his eyes. He had felt that, hadn't he? It was so faint like a wisp of perfume when the person wearing it had already left the room.
"Isis" he murmured.
Then he continued down the ramp.
While Isis had been on Cloud city she hadn't been idle. She had in fact been gathering information. Lando Calrissian was a friend of Hans' and former smuggler. Though how deep a friendship he had with Han was another matter. After observing the man she definitely didn't trust him. He looked like he would sell his own mother. She privately classified him as a potential threat.
She had been taking a shower in her hotel room. When she entered the room, she usually a fixed a thermal detonator to the door and left glass beads on the floor in front of her door. She also had a fixed a rappel line to the balcony as an escape route. She came out of her room in time to hear footfalls out side. She grabbed a jumpsuit and put it on fast.
Grabbed her bag and headed for her balcony. She heard the glass beads crunch out side her door and knew she had only a few seconds. She jumped towards the rappel line and went over the balcony just as troopers set off the detonator by coming in the door. Isis rappelled down the line to the street below, and then used a concealment spell to blend with the crowd.
Vader was at the end of the hall surveying the damage to the door and the dead troopers left in its wake.
"Very clever my dear, very clever indeed" he said softly
"How many did we loose?" said Vader
"Five sir and two are critical," said the trooper standing beside him.
"Should we pursue, sir?" said the trooper
"No she will come to us," said Vader.
Vader left and headed for Lando Calrissian's office it was time for the man to fulfill his part of the bargain.
Calrissian's office
"So they are coming here?" said Vader
. "Yes he said they were in flight towards here," said Lando.
His voice was betraying his fear.
"Good arrange for their accommodations as I instructed," said Vader.
The man gulped in fear.
"yes my lord" said Lando.
When Vader finally left he sighed in relief. The sooner they were off his station the better.
"Sorry Han, its nothing personal old buddy," said Lando.
With Lando's help Vader easily captured Han and Leia. When he carbon froze Han, Isis felt Leia cry out in the force. She was walking on one of the many pedestrian skywalks when she felt it. She had to help them but how. She had never planned a rescue before. Obi wan and Anakin were always the ones rescuing her.
She heard the unmistakable sound of many booted feet. They were coming towards her so she concealed herself again and stood next to one of the decorative plants. Four troopers went by escorting a huge wookie in binders between them. He had a droid strapped to his back, a droid she recognized as c3po.
"Ask for and ye shall receive," she muttered under her breath.
She discreetly followed the troopers to the local jail.
They locked the wookie inside one of the cells. Isis followed them into the building and hid. Two of the guards left to return to Vader no doubt. Leaving only two other guards to watch the wookie.
There were cops on the lower levels but Isis wasn't worried about them. She waited a few seconds just to make sure they were alone. Then she forced slammed the two guards into each other. They collapsed and Isis used her light saber to cut a hole in the wall next to the cell. Neither trooper had a key and she didn't want to waste time trying to find one. The creature made a weird noise as if to ask who the heck are you?
"Hi I'm Isis a friend of Obi wan Kenobi's" said Isis
The creature looked shocked for a second
"Come on we have to rescue Leia and Han" said Isis
The creature made a noise like Vader, or maybe it was an insult. She supposed it could be both.
"Don't worry I can handle him, but we need to get the others out of here before Luke shows up" said Isis
The creature asked why?
"Because it's a trap," said Isis
They headed back in the direction the guards had come from. Isis was using her force tap on Leia, and Chewbacca was using his nose, literally.
