Darth Majka was interrupted from her meditation cube. General Veers boldly stands there, even though Majka feels his fear.
"What is it, General?" Majka looks at him.
"My lord, the fleet has moved out of light-speed. Com-Scan has detected an energy field protecting an area around the sixth planet of the Hoth system. The field is strong enough to deflect any bombardment." General Veers reported, trying to keep it positive. But Majka could feel it, they knew they were here.
"The Rebels know we're here. Admiral Ozzel came out of light-speed too close to the system." Majka wanted to crush something. If they were alerted they had a chance of escaping, her family especially.
"He felt surprise was wiser.." Veers tried to cover up for his colleague.
"He is as clumsy as he is stupid. Thinking his orders override mine is a deadly mistake." Majka snapped at him, "General, prepare your men for a ground assault. We're going to need to bring down that energy field."
"Y-Yes, my Lady." Veers nods. Then scurries away.
Majka turns in her seat. She didn't want to kill him but she has been trained that she cannot allow her men to override her. They are not allowed to think they can. And this was not Ozzel's first offense.
"Lady Majka," Admiral Ozzel and Captain Piett came in on the hologram, "the fleet has moved out of light-speed, and we're preparing to-" he stopped. Majka didn't even lift a finger as she felt through the force to wrap around his neck tightly.
"You have failed me for the last time, Admiral. You know that changing my direct orders without my permission is a mistake I do not ignore." Majka moved her attention to the Captain who tried his best to ignore the scene of the Admiral dying next to him.
"Captain Piett." Majka looks at him.
"Yes, my Lady." Piett steps forward.
"Make sure our troops are ready to land beyond the energy fields and deploy the fleet so that nothing can leave the system. Target the power generators." Majka ordered, "Inform me when it is safe to enter the base. You're in charge now, Admiral Piett. Don't make the same mistakes as your friend did."
"Thank you, Lady Majka." Piett smiles at his promotion.
Majka turns off her transmitter. She can feel them. She gets up to go to her prison block. This time with no protection, she doesn't need it.
When she reaches him, she opens the cell door.
"I've found them." Majka says.
"Don't speak to me with that mask on." Caleb complained.
"As you wish." She clicked off the amplifier that distorted her voice, "I've found them."
"I know." Caleb says.
"You've grown so much stronger as a force-wielder. I'm impressed. You don't have to stay in this cell." She told him.
"Let me go back to my friends. You have what you want." Caleb complained.
"Not yet. When I enter the base, I'm going to take my family with me, then I will let you go." She explained.
"Tell me what happened." Caleb demanded, "I want to know what happened."
"Skywalker never told you?" Majka questioned.
"Ever since we found out Anakin Skywalker lived, when we found him, he wouldn't tell us anything. Ahsoka said she knew, but not enough to be able to tell the whole story." Caleb explained, "So if I'm going to trust you, which I'm not saying I do. Please, tell me what happened after I left the Order."
~
Anakin's head pops up, covered in soot from the Millenium Falcon he feels that breath again. This time the force reaches out to him and touches him as (Y/N) did. She's here. She's with the Imperials on their way here. Luke's ship is already in the air, he doesn't have time to tell him anything. What if he's captured? He isn't ready to take on (Y/N), that's Anakin's duty. He needs to stop running away from it. But he can't.
"The first transport is away. Repeat. The first transport is away." The voice booms over the intercom.
"Han, sorry buddy, I have to go." Anakin popped out of the hole he was working in.
"Wait! You have to tell me what you were doing!" Han called after him but Anakin was already out of the hangar. He rushed himself to the command center on the other side, pushing past people trying to reach their transports and the facility shaking from the battle outside.
As Anakin entered, luckily running into C3PO and R2D2.
"R2, buddy!" Anakin knelt down in front of him, R2 gave a happy and excited hello. "Listen, I need you to do me a favor. I need you to set an X-Wing up for Luke to fly to the Rendezvous. It's really important he gets out of here, can you do that for me?" R2 agrees.
"Thank you." Anakin pats him then goes into the command center thats practically falling apart.
"Leia, I need to talk to you." Anakin tried to grab her attention.
"Again? Master Skywalker I don't know if you noticed but we're literally falling apart right now." Leia said, "It's going to need to wait."
"Allow me to help." Anakin hoped to get her attention, "The Imperial troops are being led by Darth Majka."
The moment the name left his lips, Leia turned around. Anakin hated saying the name.
"How do you know?" Leia asked.
"I don't have a short enough explanation to tell you. But I can feel her. You need to make sure the troops are aware, they aren't going down easy. Everyone needs to evacuate right now." Anakin told her.
"General Rieekan, you need to release the last of the transports." Leia told him, Anakin followed.
"I don't think we can protect two transports at a time." General Rieekan told Leia.
"It's risky, but we can't hold out much longer." Leia said, holding herself steady as the ground shook, "We have no choice."
"Launch Patrol." General walked away to talk to his commlink.
"Evacuate the remaining ground staff." Leia ordered. The Senior Controller nodded to go on the intercom. And began letting the other ships have clearance.
Then ground shook violently. There must've been a direct hit on the command center. Anakin was thrown back but heard Leia scream. He saw a piece of rubble go to hit her, but he held it back with the force. It was a very large slab and would've definitely killed her had he not been there. He moved the slab to the side so it couldn't hit anything else.
"Thank you." Leia breathed out.
"Don't mention it." Anakin nodded.
~
"(Y/N), you need to come back with me. The rebellion can help you." Caleb told her after her story.
"I'm afraid it's far too late for apologies. I don't think the Rebellion will be as keen on me as you are." (Y/N) explained.
"You don't know that. This wasn't you're choice. You were tricked, you're being controlled by something else. You're only doing what they tell you. You didn't kill them, the Emperor did. You need to fight back-" Caleb pleaded his former Master, who had been nothing but like a mother to him. In his decision to leave the Order, that was his biggest regret to leave him behind.
"The Emperor doesn't know you're here. I'm trying to get my family back. I can't fight him on my own." She explained. Then her comlink in her ear acted up.
"Darth Majka, we are ready for the invasion of the Rebel base. We believe the Millennium Falcon and a few more Rebel transports are stuck inside." General Veers reports. Majka clicked on her amplifier again. Everyday she felt more and more like a double agent.
"I'll be right there, General." Majka said.
"Are you leaving again?" Caleb asked.
"They found them." Majka explained, "I'm leaving this door open. Your plasma cuffs are deactivated. You can leave. Left over TIE fighters should be on Hanger A113."
"What if I'm caught again-" Kanan began to ask.
"I've read your file, this is not your first prison escape. You were my apprentice, you won't get caught." Majka noted. Kanan laughed.
"I'll do all I can, Master." Caleb told her. He knew what he needed to do. As much as (Y/N) hated her desperate attack, she made a giant, galactic mess and her desperation was all that could clean it up.
~
"Are you alright?" Han rushed in and made eye contact with Leia.
"Why are you still here? You got your clearance to leave!" Leia looked at him frustrated. She wanted his dumb butt to be safe.
"I heard the command center was hit." Han explained, "And I'll leave but first I'm going to get you to your ship." Han climbed over the rubble to reach her but she ignored him, pushing the last remainder of the buttons to ensure the safety of others.
"Send all troops in sector 12 to the south slope to protect the fighters." Leia told the controller one last order.
"Imperial troops have entered base! Imperial troops have entered-" then static over the intercom.
"She's here." Anakin spoke up. His anxiety hyped up from her presence.
"Come on, thats it." Han grabbed Leia's hand and pulled her out of the command center. Same thing Anakin wanted to do when the pirates raided and kidnapped (Y/N).
"Give the evacuation code signal, and get to your transports!" Anakin told the remainding men as he ran after Han and Leia.
"Wait for me!" 3PO called after them.