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It is better to rush upon this blade	By : jennaraven Category: Star Wars (All) > AU - Alternate Universe Views: 4030 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-It is better to rush upon this blade
- 2-rush2
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Rush 2
They were locked in that room for three days. They were only let out of it to use the fresher. When they did it was under guard the whole time. Isis was beginning to wonder how long her glamour would hold up without renewal. They were all showing signs of strain. Isis kept drawing a blank on her drawing designs. She had a small stack forming, mostly in her wastebasket. The aide came by on the fourth day and took the mock ups of their designs. Isis wasn't too thrilled about the one she sent. While she used the fresher the aide must have found ones he liked in the trash. He retrieved them and added them to the pile.
Vader's office
The aide known as Zee stood at attention while Vader went through the pile.
"No, no, eh gawds a thousand times no," said Vader
He was throwing the offending drawings in the trash.
"What do they think this is a circus?" said Vader
He crumbled up two more designs and threw them away
"Is this the best they can do?" said Vader
"Apparently so my lord" said Zee
"tell them if they do not have a workable design by tomorrow I shall come down there and personally inspire them" said Vader.
Zee blanched in horror. Vader threw two more papers aside and paused. In his hands were several crumbled pages of filmplast.
"Those were in the artists discard pile sir" said Zee
"Are there more of these?" said Vader
"I do not know sir the artist discarded them, but I will ask if you like" said Zee
"Yes do that they are exactly the kind of designs he is looking for" said Vader
"Shall I tell the artist to continue them?" said Zee
"Yes of course but give her some free time a change of clothes anything she requires" said Vader
"Yes sir" said Zee
"And throw the rest of these away" said Vader he tossed the stack in Zee's direction.
Zee attempted to catch the pile. Instead he ended up playing pick up on the office floor. He finally got them all and left to deliver the news. The pile of flimplast he dumped into the trash as he left.
Zee delivered the news to the group giving them warning about Vader's possible inspirational visit. Then he delivered the good news to a bewildered Isis. She immediately requested a shower and a change of clothes and some real food. She was getting tired of vending machine meals.
She was escorted back to the hotel and allowed to shower. Despite their protests the guards were forced to wait outside of the fresher. She showered quickly and then threw on some sweat pants and a tank tee. Then she renewed her glamour. She was Relieved that she was able to do so. She walked out into her hotel room.
"You are planning to attend dinner dressed like that?" said Vader.
His voice froze her in her tracks. Her heart immediately started racing.
"I was just planning on a diner or something" said Isis
"Change into something nice I'll wait," he said calmly.
Isis dug into her bag and pulled out a dress and some heels. She changed in the fresher, no need to give them all a show. She was so nervous her hands shook. She prayed her glamour was enough to fool him. She slid on her heels and said a silent prayer that it would. She set her other clothes on top of the luggage.
"Much better, so much better" Vader said.
The aide smiled at her and she looked at him funny.
"He wanted to meet you and given the nature of your requests this seemed the most reasonable," said zee
"You may go" said Vader
Good luck mouthed zee as he headed for the door.
The guards went with him. Vader walked closer to her and stopped only a few feet from her.
"You're prettier than I expected" he said.
Isis swallowed nervously
"Thanks I think" said Isis.
He froze and looked at her funny
"So where to my lord?" said Isis.
She was hoping to distract him from her mistake.
"You'll see," he said calmly.
Isis wished ferverantly that she could see his face without that mask. He took her to a very expensive restaurant. They were seated in a private part of the restaurant the wait staff was literally jumping every time he called.
."You remind me of someone," said Vader
Isis swallowed a lump in her throat.
"A good reminder I hope," said Isis
"Mostly though sad now" he said softly
Isis swallowed was that regret she heard in his voice?
"Why sad?" Isis said
Hoping to herself he wouldn't see her questions as prying.
"Because I never got to tell her how I feel and now it is too late" said Vader.
His voice sounded pained and the turn of the conversation was unnerving her. She didn't want to sympathize with the man behind that mask.
He had murdered her friends and destroyed her life.
"Why?" she asked softly
"Because he poisoned her against me, he poisoned them both in the end" said Vader
Isis wanted so badly to change the subject but didn't know what to talk about. This whole evening was unreal. Vader frowned behind his mask he couldn't read her thoughts. He didn't like it one bit, though her shields appeared to be reflex not conscious effort.
"I really liked your designs they showed insight," said Vader.
Isis almost sighed in relief, grateful he had changed the subject. Was he flirting with her?
"Actually I thought they sucked" said Isis
"Sucked?" he said softly
Isis got worried had she just screwed up. Isis had used that saying quite a bit where had she heard it?
"Where did you hear such a quaint expression?" said Vader
Isis swallowed nervously she made something up quickly and hoped he bought it.
"Ah from a freighter pilot said it was a favorite phrase of his copilots" said Isis
"She said it about her love life apparently quite a bit" said Isis
"His copilot was a woman?" said Vader
"Yes a real pretty red head why?" said Isis
"What was the freighters name?" said Vader
"Ah the lucky lady I think, I only saw it in passing you see" said Isis
He nodded
"Thank you my dear, please enjoy the rest of your meal, I shall send someone to escort you back to the palace" said Vader
He stood up and bowed to her slightly
"But my lord where are you going?" said Isis
"I'm afraid some pressing business has come to my attention so regretfully I must cut this evening short" he said
Then walked out on her. Isis waited until he was good and gone before she sighed in relief. She signaled the waiter over so she could get a refill on the wine. Thank the goddess she had thought of something to cover her little miss step.
Hopefully the freighter she had given him would be hard to track down.
"Mamn are you still requiring the lord's dish?" asked the waiter.
He was refilling her glass.
"No you can tell everyone they can relax now he's not coming back tonight" said Isis
The man sighed in relief
"Thank you mamn they will be much relieved" said the twileck man
"Better yet is it too late to change my order" said Isis
"Mamn just for getting him to leave you can anything on the menu you want, without charge" said the man
"Really what did he order again?" said Isis
"Oh the blue walker legs and tender nerf platter, mamn" said the waiter
"Oh that sounds expensive" said Isis.
She frowned she had only ordered the mineme bird platter.
"It is at 125 imperial credits a plate mamn" said the waiter
"What did mine cost?" said Isis
"Only 47 credits mamn" said the man
"Did his come with dessert?" said Isis
"No but in your case we shall make an exception" said the man
"Very well give me that, as it comes nothing special I don't need it extra tender' said Isis "very good mamn I shall inform our chef" said the waiter.
He smiled at her and left. Some time later he brought her the food. She ate it then ordered one of the richest desserts she had ever had. It was so sweet she couldn't finish it. The aide known as Zee showed up with two guards to see her home. The guards ended up partially carrying her.
By that time she was feeling the wine so he escorted her back to the hotel room, so she could sleep it off. The next morning she groggily threw on sweat pants and a tank top and was escorted back to the palace. She was led to the cubicle room, which was mysteriously empty. Isis took a seat at her desk and started working. Her head was killing her and she was beginning to worry about the other two designers. As she worked she kicked her shoes off and her bare feet were dangling off the floor.
"Are you almost done with those designs?" said Zee
She groaned and put her head down.
"Do you have any pain killers?" said Isis
"Yes I'll get you some now please hurry with those designs, Vader will want them later today" said Zee.
He brought her some pills and she gratefully gulped them down with her caf. Then she finished working on the drawings as soon as her head stopped hurting.
"You didn't go easy on the wine" said Vader's voice.
She looked up he was standing in the doorway.
"No and you didn't warn me either" said Isis
"I do not warn" said Vader
"Are you finished with those?" he asked
"Yes I've just got a few notes left on these" said Isis.
Vader was going through the stack on the edge of her desk.
"You made the admiral's uniform white?" he said in shock.
"Yes why not it's not like they're doing anything to get dirty," said Isis
She wrote her last note on the page she was working on.
"Where did my friends go?" said Isis.
Vader looked up and seemed to be considering her question.
"Your friend was sent home and the other will be shipped home" said Vader
"Shipped home?" said Isis in shock
"Yes the one called Branady will be going home in a box" said Vader
. Isis' mouth dropped open in shock
"What happened to her?" said Vader
"She asked me too any questions" he said curtly
Isis bit her lip "you killed her?" said Isis
"Yes, your other friend was more respectable" said Vader
"Respectful how?" said Isis
"She did not question me about my love life" said Vader
Isis looked shocked her mouth hung open in shock. Branady was stupid enough to do that, she knew the woman was jealous but that damn dumb?
"These are very good," he said.
Isis hurriedly wrote the finishing touches on impulse she wrote the color red under color recommendation.
"All done" said Isis. she was trying desperately to curb her urge to shake.
He took them from her hand without saying a word and looked them over.
"Why red?" he asked
She shrugged "visual imagery I guess it usually implies danger" said Isis.
Maybe someone should have you dress in it, she added mentally.
"I guess I wanted to make a statement?" said Isis
"A very appropriate statement, you may pick up your pay at the front desk, the guards will escort you there" said Vader.
He then took her designs and headed for the door.
"Vader?" said Isis on impulse
"Yes Miss Macleon?" said Vader
"Thank you for a lovely evening last night" said Isis
He looked momentarily surprised for a second
"You are welcome, miss MacLeon" said Vader
r then he left. Isis slid her shoes on and grabbed her coat and purse. She fell instep with the escort guard and barely contained the urge to run screaming from the building.
A droid secretary handed her a cred slip and she was escorted to the door. She hailed a cab and headed to the hotel. Grabbed her luggage and headed for the spaceport. She booked the first flight available to Naboo. It wasn't until she was aboard the commercial cruiser that she finally relaxed. She didn't even bother to look at the cred slip. She would just deposit it into her account when she got home.
The ship finally touched down on Naboo and Isis hailed an air taxi to her house. Dropped off her luggage and headed for the office in her own speeder. She reached the office and walked in. Marcay's desk was empty. As was Branady's, the thought made her nauseous
."What happened "said her boss Karlei
Isis sighed "if your asking about Branady and Marcay, in a word Vader" said Isis
"Oh dear" said Karlei
"What did he do?" said Karlei
"He killed Branady he admitted that much but he said he sent Marcay home where is she?" said Isis
"We received Branady's body yesterday and a com message stating that Marcay was staying to marry a Moff" said Karlei
"Marry a Moff we didn't even meet any moffs we were locked in a room the whole time" said Isis
"Oh dear, you don't think he killed her too do you?" said Karlei
"No but I'm sure she wishes she was" said Isis
Karlei looked dismayed, not that Isis didn't feel the same way.
She just no longer felt surprised by Anakin's actions. She knew now to expect the worst from him, she had for some time.
"We got he finished designs you made, were sending them to the factory as is" said Karlei
"Good we wouldn't want to piss them off any more than Branady did already" said Isis
"No of course not, two designers gone and this isn't even a dangerous business" said Karlei
"That material you requested is going to be expensive" said Karlei
"They approved it" said Isis
'Yes I know this whole deal has gotten a great deal more expensive then I like" said Karlei.
You have no idea, thought Isis as Karlei went back to whatever she had been doing. Isis took the rest of the day off at Karlei's insisting. So she went to the bank and deposited her pay cred. She just about passed out when she saw the amount.
The amount was enough to put a deposit down on her own studio and you couldn't buy better publicity. The job from Palpatine put her name on the map so to speak. Soon her studio was producing its own label. This did quite well throughout the system. In her spare time, whatever there was of it?
She checked on the children either physically through messengers or by scrying. She helped their guardians out when she could. Though Organa didn't seem to need the help, Luke's guardians were a great deal poorer. So she sent credits, paid some of their bills all the while posing as an Aunt, on their mother's side of course.
Luke's 16th birthday, tatooine
"Owen come out here!" yelled Beru
. "What is it this time woman?" said Owen
"Luke got another package" said Beru
"Say what? Not again is she trying to get caught?" said Owen
"Oh Owen you know she is always careful, besides Luke loves her gifts" said Beru
"Yes I know, she is the only other family he has after all" said Owen.
He sighed and looked over his shoulder towards the storage hut.
"Luke!" yelled Owen. The boy had been fixing evaporator parts all morning and was covered in grease from them. He came out of the storage shed "yes uncle what is it?' said Luke
"You got a birthday gift get out here and get it," said Owen
"What is it?" said Luke
"Don't know, but it's from your aunt Loran" said Owen.
Luke wiped the grease off his hands and practically jogged to Owens' side. He took the small package from his hands and tore open the package. Inside was a small piece of metal. It was a starter key?
Luke held it up to Owen in question.
"It's in the garage" said Owen
"No way she didn't!" said Luke
He took off towards the garage at a run. Owen and Beru followed at a slower pace. Luke threw open the doors and gaped in shock.
A brand new sport speeder was parked in the garage. He gasped in shock and ran his fingers over it smooth paint job.
"Wow! its beautiful" said Luke
"Nice heh, she sure does have good taste" said Owen
"Can I take it for a test drive, please?" Luke begged
"Yeah what the heck you've been working all morning, go show it off to your friends" said Owen
"Oh and if you go by Mos Eisley bring me back some pratoes and some more milk" said Beru.
Owen watched his nephew fire up the craft and drive it out of the garage. He was whooping with joy as he left. They watched him go
."She is so going to spoil him you know" said Owen
"Oh Owen have a heart, she's all alone if she wants to spend her money on her nephew let her" said Beru
. She headed into the house.
"Where are you going?" said Owen
"To call her and let her know he received her gift" said Beru. Owen sighed and watched her go.
On holocam transmission
"Yes an he loves it, you should have seen how excited he was" said Beru
"Good I'm glad he liked it, young men need a vehicle, even way out there" said Isis "Owen thinks your going to spoil him" said Beru
The woman on the other end snorted in derision.
"Oh please if he's as responsible as you say he is, he'll just learn to appreciate the finer things in life," said Isis
"Yes well he needs to appreciate the simpler things in it" said Owen
"Oh I'm sure he already does," said Isis
"Honestly Owen do you really think he's going to stay on Tatooine forever?" said Isis "besides you know I don't mind helping out where I can," said Isis
"Yes I know an we appreciate it really we do, but" said Owen
"But nothing I made a promise to my sister that I would watch over him and I intend to" said Isis
Owen sighed he never would win this argument it seemed.
"Now is there anything else you need before I go?" said Isis
"No thanks, paying the utility bill and buying Luke a speeder is quite enough for one day" said Owen.
"Well like I said I'm glad to help, give my nephew a hug from me and tell that boy to com me once in a while" said Isis.
On Naboo, Isis' house.
She was working in her garden today. The fall line would be going out on shelves today and she was taking a much-needed day off. Though she had a gardener droid for the upkeep of the rest of the yard, there was one area she insisted on working herself. That is where she was today. She was De weeding the small garden box that contained her magical herbs. That is also where she collapsed when she felt Alderran die. She shakily got to her feet.
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