A Lily Pond

A Lily Pond
A Lily Pond
Christ In The Storm On The Sea Of Galilee
Dance Me to the End of Love
continually interrupted by static and faded in and out as Captain Needa of the StarDestroyer Avenger made his report. His first words had already been drowned bystatic. "…which was the last time they appeared in any of our scopes," Captain Needacontinued, "Considering the amount of damage we've sustained, they also must havebeen destroyed." Vader disagreed. He knew of the Millennium Falcon's power and was quitefamiliar with the skills of her cocky pilot. "No, Captain," he snarled angrily,"they're alive. I want every ship available to sweep the asteroid field until they'refound." As soon as Vader had given his command, Captain Needa's image and those ofthe other nineteen captains faded completely. When the last hologram vanished, theDark Lord, having sensed the two men standing behind him, turned. "Now what isso important it couldn't wait, Admiral?" he asked imperiously. "Speak up!" The admiral's face turned pale with fear, his trembling voice shaking almost asmuch as his body. "It was…the Emperor."