Vader and Luke were just arriving to the imperial castle. Their plan was to present Luke to the Emperor. And when the Emperor tried to turn Luke to the dark side Luke would attack the Emperor and Vader would act like he was going to block Luke's blow but instead go for the kill. It was a good plan but they would have to be sure their shields held against him to not reveal their plan.

"Are you ready for this son?" Vader asked turning to look at Luke.

"Yes, Father, I am." Luke responded.

"Good, he must pay for his crimes and then we can bring back justice to the galaxy."

Luke nodded.

"Lets go and get this over with, I don't like being away from your sister for too long."

Luke laughed, "I know, She is always getting herself into trouble."

They walked through the big doors by the imperial guards and saw an old man sitting on the thrown turn towards them.

"Ah, welcome Vader, I see you brought your son." the Emperor greeted

"Yes, Master." Vader said as he and Luke approached the throne.

"So young Skywalker you have accepted the truth about your Father." the Emperor said.

Luke glared at him, "My father was Anakin Skywalker, a jedi knight."

The Emperor smirked, "Yes he was, but he saw the error of his ways and joined me and so will you young one."

Luke shook his head, "I will never join you."

Vader walked up and gave the emperor Luke's lightsaber. The emperor examined it. And said. "I see you have made your own lightsaber you are as powerful as I have foreseen."

Luke was staring at his lightsaber.

"You want this don't you?" the Emperor goaded. "You want to strike me down with it."

Luke swallowed, "I will not give in to my anger."

"Your resistance is futile soon your little rebellion will be squashed," the Emperor taunted.

Luke reached out and called his lightsaber to his hand and advanced toward the Emperor and Vader moved in for the blocked but at the last moment they both attacked and killed him.

Bast Castle

Leia entered the kitchen to get some caf it had been a long day. Most of the employees tried to avoid her. They were nice and helpful but they stayed away unless she approached them. There were some people in here that she didn't recognize. She grabbed a cup of caf and sat down at the table. Two of them came up to her and asked if they could join her. She nodded surprised that they were brave enough to join her.

"Hi, my name is Jace and this is Ter." he greeted as he sat down.

"We haven't really had the chance to make any friends here yet, most of the staff is a pretty tight knit group." Ter explained as she sat down next to Leia.

Leia smiled, "My name is Leila, its nice to meet you."

"So what is it like working here, I can't wait to meet Vader, I don't know what to expect with everything I have heard about him." Jace asked eager for any gossip.

Leia was silent for a while not really sure what to say. When she was confused about him herself. She also knew he was different with her and Luke then with others.

"Oh, come on, you can tell us." Ter begged.

"Vader is a complicated man, he has done some horrible things but there still some good in him." Leia said.

They looked at her mouths hanging open. Not expecting to hear that.

"So he just really a big softy, I knew it." Jace teased

Ter rolled her eyes, "So, what is there to do around here for fun."

"I am going to hang out with a friend tonight, you guys can come if you want to." Leia suggested.

"That sound like fun." Jace said

"Isn't there places we can go?" Ter asked.

"I don't really know I just got here too," Leia said shrugging her shoulders.

Plus Leia doubted she could get by the guards to leave. They would not want to risk Vader's anger and they would be very careful while she was in their care. Vader did not handle failure well even when the task meant nothing to him. She would hate to see what would happen if something important to him was lost.

Ter nodded she liked Leila and could tell Jace did too. She would have to talk to him later and try and set them up, they would be cute together. Tonight would be a great opportunity to do so.

Jace stood up, "Our shift is over would you like me to walk you back to your room?"

Leia blushed, "No, thank you, I have some things to take care of first I will see you two later."

Jace and Ter headed to their rooms. Leia sighed, and waited tell they were out of sight before heading back to her room.

Later that night

Leia got ready to go meet her friends. She wondered what all these people were doing working for her father. They seemed to good people so why were they working for him. Maybe there was more to him then meets the eye.

Leia entered the room and walked over to Lilly and greeted her.

"Leila, glad you could come," Lilly said.

"I invited two other people, I hope you don't mind" Leia said

Lilly bit her lip nervously, "Um, well…."

"They are really nice and don't know anyone yet" Leia responded.

"It not that you need to be careful around here, not spend time with the wrong people that can get you killed here" Lilly explained.

"I don't think you need to worry about them," Leia pressed.

"We will see won't we" Lilly said.

Ter and Jace walked in and saw Leia and walked over to them. Leia introduced her friends to each other and they got along well much to Leia relief.

"Lilly, are there things to do around here?" asked Ter.

"Not really, there is an old base they put together as a little bar for the employees to go to but that is it" Lilly told them.

"Well, let's go then I hate be stuck in one place" Jace said.

They all agreed to that and headed towards the speeder bay to catch a ride. Leia pulled up her hood and hoped no one would find out who she is. She didn't think this would work but it would not hurt to try and if she got out she could get away.

When they arrived at the entrance the guard asked to see all their identification cards and asked Leia to take off her hood. Leia gulped as she lowered her hood. The guarded did a double take, "milady I am sorry but you do not have permission to leave" he explained as he pressed a button. Her friends looked at her confused to what was going on. " I also do not think your father would approve choice in friends they are below you." Leia lowered her head.

"What is he talking about, Leila?" Lilly asked.

Before Leia could explain, a tall man with dark hair walked up and beat her too it.

"Leia you know Vader told you to stay here until he get backs and do you have any idea what would happen to them if you left?" he asked.

Leia looked down in shame again.

"Their deaths would be all on your shoulder," he said.

" I … that's not fair….I am not here on my free will, anyone in my place would try the same thing" Leia defended her self.

"But this is hardly a normal case, and you belong with your father and your family" he explained. Leia glared at him ignoring the look of shock form her friends. "Come on Leia I will walk you back to your room." Leia followed him back towards her room with a slight glanced back to her friends.