By the time her Star Destroyer had entered Coruscant's space lanes, Jadia's fury at the events on Onderon had intensified. She didn't yet know what she was going to do upon confronting her Master, but at the very least she wanted answers as to why he had been there at all. A thousand thoughts ran through her mind, he had followed her to make sure she wasn't going to be swayed back to the Rebellion given Ahsoka's history with Lux. Or perhaps Palpatine did not have as much faith in her as he had indicated. These were the two thoughts she kept coming back to out of all of them. Whatever the reason was, she wasn't leaving until she knew. Before departing with Kaeden, Miara and Naasha, she gave strict orders to the crew to be prepared for her return. Their stay at the Imperial Capitol was to be brief in duration.

"MASTER!"

Jadia screamed as she used the Force to rip the door to Emperor's Palpatine's throne room open. Her body was shaking in rage, she had let her passion take full control and she followed up her actions with the door by violently throwing the Emperor's guards across the room with a small flick of her wrists. More guards came to take the place of their fallen comrades but she continued to dispatch them with ease. Emboldened by what they witnessed, Naasha, Kaeden and Miara had their blasters in hand, ready to protect Jadia at all costs. Stormtroopers kept attempting to stop the Sith Lady but were met with stun shots before they could even get to her. When she finally reached Palpatine's throne, she could sense he was preparing to attack, and blocked his barrage of Force lighting with one lightsaber, deflecting it into the wall on her left.

"Do not attack me again, I have come for answers."

Palpatine adopted a sinister smile at Jadia when she spoke. He was impressed that she would attempt a blatant attack considering he could kill her with a thought. He knew her powers would increase the longer she stayed on the Dark Side of the Force, but he hadn't expected her to adapt this quickly.

"Such arrogance in your voice, Lady Jadia. Your anger has truly made you powerful. I presume you now truly understand why the Jedi fell. To rely only on the passive nature of the Force is to invite yourself to oblivion."

"My first lesson my Lord; is that the Jedi were weak in denying their emotions at all. Life means nothing without passion. Anger can be the most powerful weapon of all if you embrace it. This is why the Sith will dominate the Galaxy for the next thousand years and the Jedi will be nothing more than a fading legend."

At this point Palpatine had expected Jadia to remember her place as the Apprentice while he was the Grand Master of the Sith Order. He expected her and her guards to kneel at his feet. The four of them made no moves to do so, and his anger grew at their disobedience.

"Lady Jadia, when I received word of you bringing these women into your service, even from here, I could have stopped you. I allowed you this indulgence. I sensed that despite these sisters initially being corrupted to serve the Rebellion, it was with pride that I sensed you free them and bring them back to the Empire. But make no mistake; I will no longer tolerate your insubordination. You and your guards wills kneel."

"We will not. I have come for answers. Onderon was to be mine. You sent me to Raada with your assurances that once I decimated the Rebellion there; I would be allowed to continue corrupting Lux Bonteri into my service."

"You are a Sith, my Apprentice. You have sworn your allegiance to me. Do not think I did not know of Ahsoka's Tano's feelings for Bonteri. In time, he would have made you question your place as a Sith. I could not allow that."

In that instant, Jadia knew that the Emperor had no faith in the oath she had sworn to him. He believed she could be corrupted to the Rebellion despite the Sith Code being the way of life she had accepted as her path since Malachor. It took only a moment for her rage to explode and she charged the throne, her twin lightsabers flashing in a deadly dance of crimson, intending to strike him down. Before she could make the fatal strike, another red lightsaber ignited, halting her progress.

"Master…do not stop me. Think about what you are doing. I can destroy the Emperor, here and now. You can rule the Galaxy with me by your side. Together no Rebel will stand against us. Under Palpatine's rule, the Rebellion will continue to flourish, and the Empire will fall. If we work together…"

Jadia was cut off as Vader began his attack. While her words had tempted him, he had his own plans to overthrow Palpatine, and he needed her to stand by his side when the time came. Now was not that time, and if he didn't stop her, Palpatine would kill her. He didn't want to have to begin this process with a new Apprentice. Jadia was far too powerful to let his Master destroy her.

"You are unwise to attack Darth Sidious, Lady Jadia. Remember he was the one who engineered the fall of the Republic and the destruction of the Jedi. You would be wise to cease this pointless insurrection."

Vader's words only served to make her fight harder. She struck out at her Master with a ferocity matching his. He met her strike for strike. This battle, unlike the one on Malachor would end with one of them dying if he couldn't get her to remember their true enemy. While their lightsabers clashed back and forth in their blood red dance, Palpatine watched and let loose a sinister laugh. Though he could have stopped the battle at any moment, he chose to let it play out, already knowing how it would end.

Jadia did her best to ignore Palpatine's condescending laughter and gave in completely to her rage. She could feel her power amplifying and was able to take the advantage in the battle. Her twin lightsabers now had Vader on the defensive and she was sensing his hesitation in the Force to unleash the full extent of his abilities. For a moment, she even had a glimpse of his injuries from Mustafar, and knew he was relying on the Force to hold his mostly cybernetic body together. Though her rage had made her powerful, it also blinded her.

She thought that this was a weakness for her Master, and failed to see that he was showing her what he wanted her to see. When she attempted to press her advantage one more time, he responded with a new attack. He blocked her dominant lightsaber and reached out, using his power to take her secondary one from her. With two weapons now to her one, he launched a well-placed kick that knocked her to the floor, sending her other lightsaber clattering away. She only had enough time to get to her knees before finding both blades crossed at her neck.

"This is how I destroyed Count Dooku. Properly executed you would be dead now, my Apprentice."

Jadia was angry that she had fallen for her Master's trick, and realized that she still had much to learn of the Dark Side. When he deactivated both lightsabers he stepped back, allowing her to regain her footing. During the battle, Kaeden, Miara and Naasha had kept the Stormtroopers at blaster point, now that it was over they were furious that Jadia had been beaten and quickly turned their weapons on Vader and fired. The attack was more on an annoyance that an actual threat to him, and he stopped the blaster fire with one raised hand. While Jadia was proud of their loyalty, she knew that the punishment for the four of them would soon come, and she turned to face Palpatine, kneeling as she should have before.

"You have learned a valuable lesson here today, Lady Jadia. But you still have much to learn of the Empire. You have hate, and anger, and they will always serve to make you powerful. Just remember who your true Masters are, and when the time comes you will call yourself Empress Jadia."

Jadia looked up from where she knelt. She had expected Palpatine to attack her and her guards with Force lightning. She knew the punishment would have been justified, so when it didn't happen, she was confused.

"You're not going to punish me for my actions, my Lord?"

"There is no need. I sent Lord Vader to Onderon. I gave the order to send a coded message to the Rebellion that the Imperial garrison had wiped out the Rebels. In doing so, Onderon has once again become an Imperial world. And as for Lux Bonteri…"

Palpatine signaled to the two of his Stormtroopers that were closest to the entrance to his throne room. They were the first to be attacked by Jadia and had recovered first. With the signal they quickly departed only to return a few short moments later, dragging an unconscious Lux between them.

"…he was to be transported to the Spice mines of Kessel. I ordered him brought here instead. In his unconscious state, his mind should be easy to bend to your will, Lady Jadia. This is your reward for your loyalty. Erase all his memories of being a Rebel. Make him believe he has long been the Senator for a free and Imperial Onderon."

Jadia bowed her head in acknowledgement. She was being given a second chance to finish her task of corrupting Lux to her side and she would make the most of it. As she stood, she ordered Kaeden and Miara to take Lux to her quarters on Hope's Nightmare. As she turned to leave, Palpatine stopped her with a new mission.

"A moment, Lady Jadia. Though I did send Lord Vader to Onderon to complete your mission, it was through your efforts that both that planet and Raada were returned to their rightful place under Imperial rule. As such, I have a new assignment for your crew. Once you have completed Lux's reeducation and brought him to me to swear his loyalty to the Empire, you will depart for another planet to destroy the rebels undermining the Imperial Garrison."

"What planet needs to feel my power next, my Lord?"

"This is a planet I think you will be quite familiar with, my Apprentice. It is the planet Ahsoka Tano was taken from when she was three years old to be indoctrinated into the Jedi Order. This is her home planet and yours. Lady Jadia, you will subjugate Shili."