Two stormtroopers open an electronic cell door to enter and Princess Leia's face disrupts in defiance, Vader watches as she raises to her feet, but she quickly recoils when she notices him stepping into the cell followed by a tall torture robot.

"And now your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden Rebel base," he spoke beneath his mask. The torture robot beeping as it approached the princess who hovered over her makeshift bed.

"I don't care for your assumptions, Vader! Nor do I have the information you seek." the spiteful girl sneered as she slowly edged back onto her cell bed to avoid the torture bot that had made its way to her bedside.

"We've been over this, Princess. You've been arrested as a traitor to the empire, and as of mere hours ago your precious senate was disbanded permanently." He spoke impatiently while his hand motioned for his guards to leave the cell.

The princess watches the door closed behind the Sith before her eyes widened and were suddenly glued to Vader in disbelief,

"What has the Emperor done..?" she whispers, and he observes how her eyes jump between him and the torture bot.

"He has delightfully dismissed the last few remnants of the Old Republic, such matters of state should have never been left in the hands of those who would abuse such power against the Empire. Members much like yourself Princess, tell me how your status as a senator has aided your precious rebellion?" he sneered, watching how her expression changed.

"It matters not what you do to me, I won't tell you anything." she spat venomously, but there, Vader could see was traces of fear in those defiant eyes.

"We'll see about that Princess," But he felt no joy in doing this, he only did what had to be done. But despite that, he was willing to try one last thing, without his guards watching.

A moment of silence passed between them before he raised his hand up to the Princess much to her confusion before speaking,

"You will tell me the location of the Rebel Base.." he spoke steadily and clearly while his eyes through red lenses tried to focus on the confused eyes of the Princess who seemed to hardly waver against his force signature.

"I…" the child stuttered, her eyes blinking at that around her as if lost. He felt his brows furrow in concentration and mild frustration before he felt something block him and then becoming very aggravating look of the Princess glaring up at him from her bed.

"If you hadn't heard me the first time, Vader then I'll say it again and hope it reaches your ears beneath that mask of yours." she spat, raising up from where she hid from the torture bot,

"I'll never tell you what you want to know! You might as well execute me and save yourself the trouble!"

Vader felt himself take a step back, a look of astoundment on his face as he realized what just happened and his eyes swept over the princess before reaching back out to try again.

"You will tell me the location of your base," he spoke more sternly, but this time the princess did not waver, nor did his presence seem to hardly affect her.

"Did you not hear me?" The girl scoffed, becoming more distressed.

Anakin felt his head tilt as whether it was the child's distress or his own he felt his arm drop. He couldn't be sure but he felt something he hadn't felt ever before, and he was distraught. The torture bot beside him quickly brought him back to his senses as it let out a signal of beeps before attempting to reach out to the princess with a large hypodermic needle in it's hand. A gasp came from the girl the moment she realized what was coming and it drove a sudden panic that came over him that made him reach out to catch the droid.

"Don't." He commanded before he realized what he had done, but he couldn't turn his startled eyes off the princess,

'Force sensitive? Surely unlikely… Unless..'

Padme's words from mere moments ago suddenly came from memory, "Ani just look at her! You'll see it in your heart just as I have!"

Suddenly Anakin felt the very breath leave him, the droid from before steering out of his hold and backing away from the two.

Princess Leia who was close to tears didn't take her eyes off him, and as his hands drew up for his mask her eyes he watched widened in fear as he disconnected the helmet from his suit with a small sound of exhaust emptying from the helm.

Blue eyes then met brown, and both shared an equally startled look at the other. He could feel the girl's eyes taking in his face, surely nothing she had expected to find beneath his mask and in the silence he moved to take a knee before the bed where the princess was cowering from them.

Whether she spoke or not he failed to catch, and while setting his helmet down on the floor he moved to slowly and carefully reach out a gloved hand toward the Princess, letting his presence reach out to her where he could feel the resistance and his eyes narrowed as he concentrated on the girl before him.

He could feel there was something there, it shielded her like a blanket, an unseen force that would've concealed her from the naked eye, otherwise, how would he or much less the Emperor overlooked her for so many years..?

A sudden pain came to his heart as his eyes looked in awe up at the girl and it suddenly came to him that this was the first time he had seen her without the red-lenses of his mask. How he had failed to recognize such a thing before became daunting on him as he observed those oh so familiar eyes that his beloved had and a smile twitched at his lip as he could definitely see traces of even himself there staring back at him.

"He keeps kicking.." Padme took his flesh hand and drove it over her round belly,

"He?" Anakin's brows furrowed as he drove an arm about her as he gently ran his hand over her stomach, "I thought you told the droid you wanted it to be a surprise..?"

"It's my.. Well, you could say it's Mother's Intuition." Padme smiles coyly at him while softly nudging him with her elbow.

He arches a brow at her as he felt another soft kick against his hand, "With a kick that hard? Definitely a girl," he teased, his eyes lowering down to her belly.

"A girl? What told you that?" She huffs, leaning away from him, but he keeps his hand on her belly where he admires their growing child.

"Call it.. Father's intuition. She'll be perfect Padme, perfect like you in every way. She'll have your hair and your eyes, she'll inherit our strength." He said dreamily, but Padme merely rolls her eyes despite how pink her cheeks turn.

"But what if it's a boy? I know I can't be wrong." she says confidently while meeting his eyes,

"You sound like you've already picked a name," He noted, catching the look in her eye as she smiles in return,

"Luke, I'd want to name him Luke." she says gently, her eyes softening as she speaks the name and Anakin feels his heart soar,

"Luke.." he breathes, a grin coming to his face again. "That's a fine name, Angel." he watches her beam as her hands come up to hold her belly while he kisses her, but she quickly pulls away.

"And on the off-chance your right, and it's a girl.. What have you been thinking?" She teases in return, and he feels his cheeks burn.

"Her name...I'd like to call her-

Leia" Anakin breathed, interrupting his thoughts. The girl flinches but he lowers his hand as he watches her in astoundment, a small smile gracing his lips as his eyes jumped over her fair features,

"What! Why're you just…-Staring at me like that, you're quite the interesting creature aren't you?" The girl cries but there was nowhere for her to escape.

A small chuckle came from him, "Has anyone told you how much you look like your mother?"

Princess Leia sat alone in her cell, lost and confused to what had happened with her visit with Vader. In fact, it had unnerved her, the way he had gone silent and unnecessarily moved his helmet. She had been more than surprised to find the rumors to be false, from stories she had been told Vader wore his suit to hide his full-body scarring, and that most of his body was purely mechanical and without his helmet he couldn't breathe… Not only was he roughly not even middle-aged, 40 at most, but he had very notable blue eyes... Eyes she was shocked belonged to a sith.

"Has anyone told you how much you look like your mother?" He said, and not long after had he left without much of an answer, taking his torture bot with him and leaving her alone in the serenity of her cell.

The question was a bit alarming, to say the least. No one had ever told her such a thing oddly enough and she was uncertain if she should treat it as a threat or not.

The way he had looked at her frightened her, there were so many emotions in his eyes, and in the moment it had overwhelmed her.

Thankful for the peace she turned onto her bed and held her arms about her to try to comfort herself in her lonely cell.

Very similar blue eyes coming to mind as she fidgeted with her dress, making her feel more lonely than before. "Luke." She calls out to no one seemingly, her eyes closing at the ache in her chest where she held strongly to that single strand of hope.

'I fear something bad is going to happen real soon, and I doubt we'll ever meet again.'