Third Floor Hallway, Saturday Afternoon

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia was not happy. Wherever this place was that she'd awoken in, it wasn't her rooms in the Imperial palace. It wasn't the Imperial palace at all, or even Coruscant.

So now she was stalking from her room and through the halls of the third floor. Someone was going to give her answers. Now.


[Leia is her Sith Lady self from Star Wars: Infinities. Wheee!]

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[momslilassassin]

Ben'd had just about enough crazy from Peter in his room, thanks, which was why he was making a beeline for Anyone Else's Place--Tahiri, Jaina, he wasn't that picky--and was currently racing down the hallway.

But Aunt Leia looked pissed.

He stopped and blinked. "Are you all right?" he asked cautiously.

Why was his danger sense blaring?

[likes_scoundrels]

"Who are you?" Leia demanded, her hand going to the lightsaber, the one that had once belonged to Ben's namesake (not that she knew that), on her belt. At least she'd still had that when she woke up. "What is this place?"

[momslilassassin]

"Um, I'm Ben," he said. "Are you Leia?"

Maybe everyone but him had random projections of their brains running around...

[living_endless]

Death didn't say anything; she just stood in a nook and watched, eyes glinting beneath the hood of her cloak.

She liked this girl.

[likes_scoundrels]

"Of course I am," she snapped. She wasn't surprised he knew who she was; she was the senator representing the throne world in the restored Imperial senate, after all. "Where am I? This isn't Coruscant."

[momslilassassin]

"No, this is Fandom," Ben said slowly. "High school? You've been here a few months."

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia sensed someone watching her and turned, seeking the person out. "Who are you?" she said.

[likes_scoundrels]

"Is this some sort of trick?" Leia said suspiciously. "Where is Lord Vader?"

[momslilassassin]

Ben stared. "Not here, that's for sure."

He prayed.

[living_endless]

"I'm Death," Death answered. "But I think you knew that, didn't you?"

[likes_scoundrels]

"Then if you value your life, you will tell me where he is," Leia insisted, taking a threatening step closer.

[likes_scoundrels]

"I'm well acquainted with death," Leia said warily. She'd killed countless rebels since she'd fallen to the Dark Side.

[momslilassassin]

Despite himself, Ben took a step back. "I don't know," he said. "For me, he's been dead for fifty years. For you, he's probably stalking around Coruscant or killing Wookiees or something. Why are you so interested all of the sudden?"

[likes_scoundrels]

"Dead? What are you talking about?" Leia said. Great, the first person she encountered his this place was crazy. But something about him was bothering her. "My Master is alive and well. I saw him last night."

[living_endless]

"And I hope you'll remain one of my dearest friends," Death said. "So many people are scared off. It's like being afraid of breathing."

[momslilassassin]

"Your WHAT?"

Less shrieking, Ben. Shhh.

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia didn't like the sound of that reaction. "I am a loyal subject of the Emperor," she said, eyes narrowing. "And if you are not...." She tapped her fingers against her lightsaber hilt.

[likes_scoundrels]

"I'm not afraid to kill in the name of the Empire," Leia said, studying Death. "It's the only way to deal with the rebels." Herself excluded, of course, because she'd realized the error of her ways.

[momslilassassin]

Ben's lightsaber was in the locker. His eyes went wide, but he stood his ground. "I am not," he said firmly. "I'm a Jedi."

That was not very bright, Ben.

[likes_scoundrels]

No, no it wasn't. "The Jedi are extinct," Leia said coldly. "Lord Vader saw to that when he executed Obi-Wan Kenobi." Well, there was Luke Skywalker, but she didn't think he would be much of a threat without proper training.

[momslilassassin]

He'd learned his history too well to be able to resist the reply he gave her. "You're wrong, your highness," he said steadily. "I am a Jedi, like my father before me. I'm Ben Skywalker."

And then he ran like hell.

[living_endless]

"You send them to their peace," Death nodded. "It's only right."

She didn't have much of a face for it, but she was beaming.

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia tried to use the Force to fling Ben into a wall and stop him, but his statement surprised her enough that she wasn't fast enough. No matter. If he was telling the truth, then that must be why she was here -- to bring Ben back as a prize to Vader and the Emperor. She'd find him again.


[*dies*]