Princess of Darkness

Chapter 21

She didn't know how long the assault lasted, only that by the end her throat was raw, blood was dripping down her arm, and her muscles ached. The chains released, and they fell. They were dragged back to the cell, where they fell asleep almost immediately. Lily had no idea how they were going to escape if they could barely walk. 
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Lily fought sleep after the third day. The days were filled with pain, and the nights were nothing but flashbacks of Imperial cells, blood, and more pain. The physical effects of sleep deprivation were noticeable by the end of the week. 

It had been two weeks, and nothing happened except mental attacks and lightning. However, she could feel that about to change. 

They were escorted into the same room, and had their binders released, like every time, but no chains held them in place. It only added anxiety instead of bringing relief. Sidious's back was turned.

"I must say, I expected you to run."

"Sorry to disappoint, but-" Luke said.

"We may be rash and reckless, but we're not stupid." Lily finished.

"Perhaps." He turned around, holding a sphere~~~. He levitated it out in front of him, and electrocuted it. The amulet began to glow red and black, and spun. it shot two beams of red light at the Skywalkers, who were momentarily paralyzed. When the second light hit, they were suspended in the air. Lily was then slammed down to her hands and knees, when chains wrapped around her, forcing her to her back as she thrashed and screamed in pain, while trying to evade the crushing darkness. 

What felt like years later, the pain stopped, and Lily turned her head to see the last thing she expected. 

"Leia?" Luke and Lily croaked. 

"Well well, what happened?" He looked at the brown-haired girl on the floor.

"My daughter has betrayed us." Vader said. Rage emitted from him strongly.

"Has she now?" He walked toward the three triplets. "How precious, all three children at my feet." Lily found the strength to glare. "Take all of them to their cell. Our chat for the day is over." Faintly, Lily remembered an invisible hand carrying her, and when she hit the floor, she welcomed the nightmares that came with sleep.
***

When Lily woke up from her restless sleep, the realization of who was in the cell with her came back.

"Are you okay?" She asked her sister, the protective instincts came out.

"I'm good. Luke?"

"That makes two of us. Lily?" 

"Make it three."

"Right." Leia began. "Plan for getting out?" 

"I don't think there is one. I've checked." Lily sounded defeated.

"Bantha fodder. The Lily Skywalker I chased halfway across the galaxy always seems to find a way."

"True, but a facial and DNA recognition lock is beyond my skill." 

"If that's all that's stopping you, you have me now. I bet they haven't deleted me from the system. What was your plan for the last time you got yourselves captured?" She asked. "I've seen the holos, there is no way that was improvised."

"It was though. We know the basic layout, and we've ended up doing it quite a few times, so we know the basics, but there's enough circumstantial things you have to watch out for, plans go out the window pretty fast."

"Mostly because of you." Luke teased.

"Yeah, but a lot of them were on you, too." She shot back.

"Anyway," Leia interrupted the banter, even though she was smiling a little. "Father and Sidious are going to an event tomorrow night, and won't visit. It's only been a few hours since I got here, so we can get out until then anyway, because they'll have extra guard. If we get out, tomorrows the time. "

"How? Besides the door?"

"There's a secret passage in this cell. Easy." They fell into silence for a moment, before another point came to Leia's mind. "You two always seemed to communicate. Was it all through the Force?"

"Only if we couldn't see each other." Lily explained. "When we were little, we made a code, and it came in handy when we joined the Alliance."

"We could probably teach you a few things, not all of it, but the basics." Luke said. 

"I'd like that." Leia answered.  They taught her what would be useful the next day, and ended up trading stories from everywhere they had been.

Lily looked at her siblings, who had fallen asleep, and smiled slightly, one thought crossing her mind.

We're going to be okay. 

That night was the best sleep Lily had in months.

A/N: In my first draft this was like, two and a half chapters, and barely 1200 words. What's up with that? Oh, man, this book is ending fast. It's scary.

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