Chapter 6: Chapter 6
Isis pulled the spell back as she left. She ran into Leia in the hall as she was leaving "Luke needs to see you" said Isis
"Where are you going?' said Leia
"to check on Lando why?' said Isis
"He's playing sabac in the lounge" said Leia
"Good hopefully he'll make enough to pay for gas" said Isis
Leia laughed at her and walked into the room to see Luke.
Isis was at the end of the hall when she heard
"She said what?" said Leia's voice.
Isis chuckled oh yeah this was going to be fun. She found Lando playing cards in the crew lounge he had a sizable stack of credits in front of him already. She took a few moments to observe him playing. The man was a real card shark, she reminded herself to never play him a game. She could tell he had been playing for a while already.
She absently wondered exactly why Han and he were friends? He certainly didn't seem trustworthy. She shrugged and moved forward. One of his opponents threw his cards on the table. Obviously he had a losing hand. The other card players added to the pot then in succession laid their cards on the table. Lando laid his down last and then scooped up the pot. The other players started bowing out. Guess they were out of money.
"Well hello there beautiful please say you're looking for me," said Lando
Isis frowned at him, what a cad.
"As a matter of fact I was, we're getting ready to take off" said Isis
"So soon, you know they have such nice rooms," he said.
Isis shook her head no
"I don't think so Romeo, I'm not your type" said Isis
"Oh now how do you know that?" said Lando
"I'm not easy" said Isis.
The blond that had been hovering near his elbow huffed and walked away.
Lando laughed, "Now my dear that was just plain mean" said Lando
"To her or you, you should be thanking me who knows what you would be scratching tomorrow," said Isis
Lando shrugged and grabbed his cloak off the chair. He put his cigar in his mouth and followed her.
"You know that room is just down this hall?" said Lando
He made a suggestive pouty look at her.
"Great now I know which hall to avoid," said Isis.
She started to walk away.
"Now that is a beautiful view," he murmured before following her.
Leia had arranged to borrow a conference room in which to plan their rescue of Han. Isis swept it for listening devices using the force in addition to the sweep Leia had already done.
"So let me get this strait, Leia is going in as a bounty hunter with Chewbacca in tow as a prisoner" said Isis.
Leia nodded, while chewy roared then grumbled about the idea.
"It's all right chewy it's for Han remember" said Luke.
The wookie made a snorting sound.
"Luke will be sending in the droids before us as gifts, complete with special cargo" said Leia, Luke nodded
"And I'm going in as what exactly?" said Isis
"As a slave, a friend of mine deals in slaves and just so happens to supply Jabba" said Lando.
Isis looked at him warily she wasn't too sure of this part of the plan.
"As long as you get one thing strait touch me and you die," said Isis
"Ouch baby why so harsh?" said Lando.
'Call me that again and I'll teach the wookie baseball using your head as a ball" said Isis "ok enough stop threatening Lando, I'm sure he knows better then to get touchy feely with you" said Luke
"Oh yeah got it, no problem" said Lando
. Leia put on her costume before landing on Tatooine. Leia had borrowed a ship in a make and model similar to the bounty hunters', which she was impersonating.
They landed on the far side of the planet in a spaceport controlled by a rival hutt. Lando took Isis to his friends and she changed clothes there. She wanted to kill Lando as soon as she saw the costume. If it could reasonably be called clothing of any sort. It was basically a semi see through loincloth. Minus the under garments and a bra like top that barely contained her breasts. She felt thoroughly exposed in it and not at all at ease. Lando's leering grin did nothing for her mood either.
She was chained to a group of other girls also bound for jabba's palace. The other girls were dressed similarly but they all had the look of whipped dogs. Isis adopted the look just to fit in.
"Your girl is quite a number I'm sorry to see her go, I could make some good money with a body that hot" said the slave dealer.
"Yes well she is something special," said Lando
"I take it you have sampled the merchandise?" said the slaver
"Now what kind of procurer would I be if I sold you untrained goods" said Lando
The man snorted, "Well she better perform real well those men of jabba's are real fond of their rides" said the slave dealer
. Isis almost gagged surely he was kidding, oh he better be. She thought as she was herded onto a sand barge. They were put below decks and chained to the floor.
Isis was only able to turn towards the window and look out. Still endless miles of sand were a better sight then the depressed looking women surrounding her. The air of hopelessness was so thick in the air it almost hurt to breathe. She suddenly felt guilty about her words to Anakin so long ago. That had been an unfair and cruel blow for her to use. She was only posing as one, he had grown up one. Life must have completely sucked knowing someone else controlled your fate.
She watched the rocks go past. Man this was a dismal planet, no wonder Luke wanted to leave so badly. She glanced back to the girls; they were sitting quietly, too numbed by what was happening to them to protest it anymore. They saddened her so she looked back to the landscape.
She felt a buzzing in her head, which usually meant he was trying to use their link. Only today she wasn't wearing the wards she had made. Her costume wouldn't allow it so she was open to his intrusion. She tried to block him until he gave her a headache. So she did the craziest thing she could think of she talked to him.
"Isis?" said his voice.
It always amazed her that his mental voice matched his real one so exactly, she wondered if hers did.
"What do you want?" she responded,
"Where are you?" he asked
"Why do you want to know?" said Isis
He chuckled "do you still believe I wish you harm?" he asked
"Yes" she answered
. "Now my dear is that anyway to greet an old friend?" said Vader
'"I'll concede the old in that statement" said Isis
"Ouch, my dear so vicious, careful it leads to the dark side" said Vader
She snorted at his comment
"Why aren't you blocking me like you always do?" said Vader
"Nostalgia, now what do you want?" said Isis
"What I've always wanted, you and now my son, where is he?" said Vader
"Fixing what you screwed up" she answered
"Ah so your on Tatooine? Rescuing the smuggler no doubt, seriously I thought you had better taste in friends" said Vader
"As did I of you, bounty hunters really?" said Isis
"They are a means to an end, though never fear your wanted alive" said Vader
"Oh goody just what I wanted to be delivered like a present" said Isis
"As long as I'm the only one to unwrap it" he said.
Isis wanted to hurl. "What do you want Vader?" said Isis
"To converse with you, I missed you" he said,
"I'd rather your aim not improve," said Isis.
He laughed at her statement
"How funny I'm glad you still have your humor," said Vader
She snorted in annoyance. "Now enough nonsense tell me where you are so I can come get you," said Vader.
She laughed at him "now who has the sense of humor?" said Isis
"Isis do not defy me in this" he warned
"or you'll do what kill my friends, oops already did it, what do you have left, yelling at me or perhaps you'd like to break my neck like you did Padme's" she retorted then she cut the link off.
Vader angrily threw the contents of his desk on the floor. Then he hit his com button
"Set a course for Tatooine" he ordered.
"Sir the emperor ordered us to the Byss system" said the man.
Then suddenly he felt the air being choked from his body.
"Tatooine got it," he hissed.
His throat was suddenly released and he quickly carried out Vader's' commands. The emperor was scary but Vader was scarier and he was here with them, the emperor wasn't.
Though from where they were it would still take a couple of days to get there.
Vader paced his cabin, her words had stung badly and they still smarted. Did he really break Padme's neck? He didn't know, though if he had he already spent enough time regretting it. Knowing the details didn't make her any less gone. He was still angry with Isis for throwing it in his face, though.
He supposed she was still understandably angry about her friends and probably Obi wan as well. He had hoped that he would find Obi wan and Isis together and claim her from him. Unfortunately they hadn't been together.
Obi wan had been a fool to let her go. Or at the worst a coward. To think he hid from him for so many years while his Isis was right there in plain sight. Almost as if she were daring him to come get her. They should have stayed together all these years. He had expected her to, but perhaps even she tired of Obi wan's stoicism.
She had obviously loved obi wan but he didn't seem to love her.
"You deserved better than him, Isis why won't you see that" he whispered.
He regretted even letting Obi wan go through with the council's foolish plan. He traced her image in the holograph,
"In the end we all betrayed you my love and for that I at least am deeply sorry" he said softly.
