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  Three days.

  It had been three days since her mind split. When the second Death Star was destroyed along with the Emperor Mara Jade, the Emperors Hand, had found that her connection to the Force had largely disappeared. But since landing in this secret base for the Emperor's servants in the Wyloff sector she found her connection now completely gone. She could sense nothing.

In the landing bay where she set her shuttle down she saw two more shuttles, a TIE Aggressor and a TIE Phantom. She debarked and walked around the front of the shuttle ahead of hers only to find something she didn't expect - Moff Tageris. Shot twice. Once in the chest and once in the head. She walked around the the second shuttle and found a similar sight, only this time is was COMPNOR sector chief Amarath. She too had been executed. As was the owner of the TIE Aggressor, Sector Inquisitor Rektor. Mara pulled out her lightsaber and crept up to the TIE Phantom. The wings provided excellent cover in case the Rebel assassin was still here. As she got to the front she had a bit of relief - Major Lessev wasn't dead, at least not in the hangar and if the assassin had been here she'd probably be dead as well. Outside of her, only an astromech in the hangar showed any signs of life. Mara continued her trek through the hangar and into the hallway connecting it to the rest of the base.

  If the Force had been with her, she'd have sensed it. A sharp pain shot up her arm as a DL-44 came crashing down into her arm. The sensation caused her to drop her lightsaber. A foot came out from the side corridor and kicked it across the floor - a foot belonging to Major Lessev.

"Major!" Mara Jade shouted. "It's me!"

"I know." the Major replied.

"Did you handle the assassin?" Mara asked.

"In a sense. She won't be killing anyone else here."

"So is she dead or locked up."

"Well, currently she's being interrogated by the Emperor's Hand."

Rage swelled up in Mara. She drew her hold-out blaster but before she could level it at the Major she found her arm grabbed and her body slammed to the floor.

"Stop struggling, Mara. I don't want to hurt you." The Emperor's Hand did not back down to anyone and she wasn't going to do it this time either.

Four days ago this battle wouldn't have been a problem.   Today a dislocated shoulder ended her resistance. The Force gave her an edge. Without it she was just another well trained fighter with an archaic weapon and an under-powered blaster. She was nowhere near the league of a top-notch Destab agent without the Force to level the playing field. Mara reached out with her pain and her rage, but the Force would not answer. "YOU BETRAYED THE EMPEROR!"

"No Mara. The Emperor betrayed US!"

"What do you mean 'us?'

Kerri Lessver kicked Mara's blaster well out of her reach. "You. Me. The people of the Galaxy. You want to know what's really ironic? Palpatine and Vader's deaths aren't what will bring down this Empire of theirs. It was ME. And I'll tell you how I did it."

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Tomorrow, that is.

Description
  Three days.

  It had been three days since her mind split. When the second Death Star was destroyed along with the Emperor Mara Jade, the Emperors Hand, had found that her connection to the Force had largely disappeared. But since landing in this secret base for the Emperor's servants in the Wyloff sector she found her connection now completely gone. She could sense nothing.

In the landing bay where she set her shuttle down she saw two more shuttles, a TIE Aggressor and a TIE Phantom. She debarked and walked around the front of the shuttle ahead of hers only to find something she didn't expect - Moff Tageris. Shot twice. Once in the chest and once in the head. She walked around the the second shuttle and found a similar sight, only this time is was COMPNOR sector chief Amarath. She too had been executed. As was the owner of the TIE Aggressor, Sector Inquisitor Rektor. Mara pulled out her lightsaber and crept up to the TIE Phantom. The wings provided excellent cover in case the Rebel assassin was still here. As she got to the front she had a bit of relief - Major Lessev wasn't dead, at least not in the hangar and if the assassin had been here she'd probably be dead as well. Outside of her, only an astromech in the hangar showed any signs of life. Mara continued her trek through the hangar and into the hallway connecting it to the rest of the base.

  If the Force had been with her, she'd have sensed it. A sharp pain shot up her arm as a DL-44 came crashing down into her arm. The sensation caused her to drop her lightsaber. A foot came out from the side corridor and kicked it across the floor - a foot belonging to Major Lessev.

"Major!" Mara Jade shouted. "It's me!"

"I know." the Major replied.

"Did you handle the assassin?" Mara asked.

"In a sense. She won't be killing anyone else here."

"So is she dead or locked up."

"Well, currently she's being interrogated by the Emperor's Hand."

Rage swelled up in Mara. She drew her hold-out blaster but before she could level it at the Major she found her arm grabbed and her body slammed to the floor.

"Stop struggling, Mara. I don't want to hurt you." The Emperor's Hand did not back down to anyone and she wasn't going to do it this time either.

Four days ago this battle wouldn't have been a problem.   Today a dislocated shoulder ended her resistance. The Force gave her an edge. Without it she was just another well trained fighter with an archaic weapon and an under-powered blaster. She was nowhere near the league of a top-notch Destab agent without the Force to level the playing field. Mara reached out with her pain and her rage, but the Force would not answer. "YOU BETRAYED THE EMPEROR!"

"No Mara. The Emperor betrayed US!"

"What do you mean 'us?'

Kerri Lessver kicked Mara's blaster well out of her reach. "You. Me. The people of the Galaxy. You want to know what's really ironic? Palpatine and Vader's deaths aren't what will bring down this Empire of theirs. It was ME. And I'll tell you how I did it."

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Tomorrow, that is.