I sat up in a dark cell. Where am I? Why does my head hurt? Where was Lord Vader? Where am I? "Hello? Is anyone thewe? Someone Pwease answa me!"

A few minutes later, the door to the cell opened and a officer stepped in the room. "Your in an imperial detention center where traitors like you belong. Now shut up! I don't want to hear another sound out of you for the rest of the night! Otherwise I won't hesitate come in here and shut you up myself!" The officer replied smacking me across the face.

One of the nearby storm troopers looked at his co-worker. "Isn't that Lord Vader's Apprentice? The other stormtrooper nodded. "What is she doing here?"

"I don't know, but I wouldn't want to be here when Lord Vader comes to get her. I hear he's very protective of her. He's going to be furious when he sees that slap mark." The other stormtrooper replied with a shrug.

After the man had left, I curled up into a ball. "Dada.. Dada... Me know it was bad fowa me to wun away. Me so sowwry. Me prowmise, Me won't do it again. Dada please, please don't leabe me in dis place. Me scawed and Me wanna go home. Dada please, answa me." I replied starting to sob.

The officer growled as he sat at his desk. "That's it! I've had it!" With that he once again opened the cell door and I cowered as he entered the cell. "I thought I told you to shut up?" He demanded smacking me hard across the face once more. "Maybe this will teach you to keep that your mouth shut!" He growled taking his baton from its holster on his side causing me to whimper. After hitting me too many times to count. Right before I blacked out from the pain, I saw him smiling and saying with a smirk. "Finally some peace and quiet."

The next morning K-13 rushed into the detention center and practically tore off the door to my cell. "Princess?" I groaned slightly but didn't awaken. K-13 looked me up and down. He didn't like what he saw. I was breathing extremely shallow and had a huge bump on my forehead. I had welts all over my body, my lip was split and bleeding and I could barely keep my eyes open. Turning his head back towards the door K-13 glared at the officer. "What did you do to her?" The officer shrugged.

"She's received what she deserved. Maybe now, she will learn to do as she's told and keep that mouth of hers shut." The officer replied.

K-13 clenched his hand into a fist but relaxed and then proceeded to check my vital signs. "Her vital signs are extremely weak. She needs medical attention."

"I don't care what condition she's in, she's not going anywhere. That traitor can die for all I care." The officer replied.

That was K-13's breaking point and he grabbed the officer by the throat slowly increasing the Pressure. "I don't think you understand, I wasn't asking your permission. I am taking the little miss to the medical center and you had better pray that she recovers quickly." K-13 replied tossing him aside like yesterday's garbage.

The officer rubbed his neck and replied "Your crazy." Then going over the loud speaker the officer the officer pushed the emergency button. "Warning rouge Droid in detention center cell block D. Repeat immediate assistance needed, to take down a rogue droid."

Meanwhile, K-13 proceeded to pick me up and head towards the exit. We hadn't gone very far when several stormtroopers appeared however, upon seeing K-13 holding me in his arms they all created a path to allow him through. "What are you doing? Shoot him!" The officer demanded but the stormtroopers shook their heads.

"Sorry Sir, But I'm afraid we can't do that." One of the stormtroopers replied.

"Why not?" The officer demanded angrily.

"Don't you know who she is?" The stormtrooper asked surprised.

The officer shrugged "She's the daughter of a rebel traitor and should be treated like any other prisoner. Besides why should it matter who she is?"

"What did you do to her?" One of the stormtroopers asked as he saw K-13 pass by with me and saw how labored my breathing was.

"Lord Vader isn't going to like this." Another storm trooper whispered as K-13 walked past them.

"Why? She's rebel scum. I'd think Lord Vader would applaud me. Once the kid wakes up, she will tell us everything we want to know." The officer replied.

"If she wakes up." The stormtrooper muttered.

"Would someone please shoot that droid and return that prisoner to her cell!" The Officer demanded angrily.

"Don't you know who that droid belongs too?" One of the stormtroopers asked.

"Should I?"

"That droid is Lord Vader personal property. The girl, the droid was carrying out of here wasn't a rebel, she is Lord Vader's apprentice. Rumor has it, that she might even be his daughter. I'd say my prayers if I were you, because as soon as he finds out what you did to her, your a dead man walking. And make no mistake, he will find out." The stormtrooper replied before turning and walking away leaving the officer white as a ghost.

A few minutes later, Vader approached the detention center. "Where is the girl who was brought here last night?"

"The Princess is in cell..."

"I wasn't referring to the Princess. Where is the other prisoner that was brought here with her?" Vader replied.

"Other prisoner? Ummm..... What other prisoner???" The officer replied with a slight gulp.

"I don't like my time wasted nor do I like repeating myself. Where is the other prisoner?" Vader replied.

"I am so sorry sir, a malfunction droid broke in this morning and took the child. I have tried to locate them but have had no success. It's number was K something... K-10 SE or was it K-12CK? Or maybe K-14TM?

"K-13-SO?" Vader replied with a low growl. He didn't like it that K-13 has deliberately disobeyed him.

"Yes, that was it. The droid came and took the prisoner out of this area by force. It refused to obey orders and even threatened to kill me. The droid is dangerous and a bulletin should be posted for its capture." The officer replied.

Vader ignored the officer's comment and instead turned to the console. "Computer locate K-13 and report his current location."

"K-13 is currently in the medical bay." The computer replied.

"Is there a problem sir?"  The officer asked but Vader didn't reply he just turned and left.

It didn't take Vader long to reach the medical bay. "K-13 I thought I made my instructions clear that Catherine was to remain in the detention center until I decided otherwise?"

"Yes Sir, but I thought it best that I try and explain why she was there, so that she wouldn't be so scared. What I found made the oil
in my circuits boil. It seems that the officer in charge of the detention center found it amusing to punish the Little Miss just because she was crying. The Little Miss was barely able to open her eyes or even stay awake. Her lip was busted, according to my scan of her body she has internal bleeding caused by being beaten multiple times with a blunt object, her body was covered in multiple bumps and bruises, she was barley breathing and the scan indicated that she has several broken ribs." K-13 replied. "It took all I had not to kill that man right then and there."

"Why didn't you? Is your programming malfunctioning?" Vader replied.

"No Lord Vader. The little miss's welfare is my top priority. While am equipt with some medical procedures, I knew the little Miss needed medical attention far beyond that of what I am capable of providing. If she was to survive, she needed immediate medical attention from a more experienced medically programmed droids. So I opted to allow the officer to live..." K-13 pauses before replying, "for now. Did I make the wrong decision in leaving him alive?"

"No. You made the right decision." Vader replied.

"Oh I almost forgot, the officer seemed to think that you'd be happy with his actions." K-13 replied.

"Did he now? K-13 I want you to find this officer and bring him to me. Feel free to use brutal force to bring him in, just don't kill him. That privilege will be mine and mine alone." Vader replied.

It didn't take K-13 very long to locate the officer. He was in the mess hall boasting about how he had beaten me to shut me up. "Needless to say, eventually she begged me to stop, promising me that she'd do anything if I'd stop hurting her." The officer replied with a laugh. "I bet Lord Vader will be proud of my
techniques."

"I wouldn't say that." K-13 replied grabbing ahold of the officer by his neck and lifting him out of his seat.

"What is the meaning of this? Release me at once you stupid droid!" K-13 opted to not reply as he dragged the officer towards the exit. "What are you all standing here for? Someone take down this droid!" The officer demanded but to his shock no one made any effort to stop the droid.

The officer continued to struggle until K-13 dropped him down before Vader. "The officer as requested Lord Vader."

"Thank you K-13. Please go check on Catherine and bring me back a status report." Vader replied ignoring the officer momentarily.

"What is the meaning of this Lord Vader?" The Officer demanded as K-13 left. "How dare you send a droid to manhandle me! The Emperor will hear of this."

"You are in no position to be making threats. Tell me officer, what made you think you had the right to torture my prisoners?" Vader demanded.

"Torture? Oh you mean the girl. I am Sorry, if I overstepped my bounds Lord Vader, that was not my intention. It's just that she kept whining for her daddy. Daddy where are you? Daddy why don't you come for me? Daddy I'm so scared. Daddy I want to go home. Daddy why won't you answer me." The officer replied in a mocking voice. "She just kept whining and crying. It was nerve-racking. For my sanity and for the sanity of those around us, I had to shut her up." The officer replied. "You'd have done the same thing." The Officer replied confidently.

"Don't presume to know what I would and wouldn't do." Vader replied.

"Why do you care so much? She's just a rebel brat. She deserved what I did to her and more." The officer replied.

At this, Vader could no longer contain his anger. He had considered allowing the officer to live for my sake but enough was enough. "You over stepped your bounds Officer. Someone, as meaningless as you, should not be in a position of power. That is a mistake that I intend to rectify." Vader replied pausing to place the Officer in a force choke before continuing. "Before I kill him, does anyone want explain to your co-worker why He's going to die?"

"The rouge droid, as he called him, is your personal property. The rebel that he practically killed, is your apprentice. It is rumored that she might even be your daughter..." Someone replied.

The officer's eyes went wide with fear. "Please forgive me. I didn't know." The Officer replied gasping for breath.

"Apology accepted Officer." Vader replied as he stepped over the officer's dead body. "Someone clean up this mess!"