12 New Name

The silence was deafening inside Calamity, Dia kneeled on one side as Leo seemed to be in deep thought.

Leo said to Dia with a calm tone, "So you mean to say, that you have joined under the Hutts and climbed through the ranks with the help of the 7 people I gave you, and eventually gained control of the planet? hmm... as a manager of sorts?"

Dia nodded with nervousness, "There was no other way, the Hutt carter is far too powerful and you did not specify what method I was allowed to use..."

Unlike what she expected, Leo smiled, "Interesting... Infiltrating the enemy is a good strategy Dia, I approve. However, meeting the Hutts is a necessity as I predicted."

The Hutt Clan, also known as the Hutt Cartel and sometimes simply as the Hutts, was one of the most powerful crime families in the galaxy. It owned Tatooine in a sense.

He stood up and approached her, "But before that..." He crouched beside her and whispered to her ears, "Your close circle of allies that you had deemed good enough to know of me and this operation betrayed you and tried to kill me; This is a great failure but as I said before, I have given you another chance, don't disappoint me again because I will devour you like all the others if you do... You are not special now, however, you can become great in time..."

He grabbed onto her head and whispered directly to her ears, "Remember, only with me, you can save your sister; I care about you unlike what you think, if I didn't you wouldn't be alive; keep that in mind... I can and shall grant you anything you desire in time."

She could feel his breath hitting her neck as he continued whispering, his tone strangely seductive, "Imagine, the power to save anyone you want, the power to kill anyone in your path... All of that power I can give you, all I ask is for you to serve me with all your heart. Always remember that and don't fail me again."

He let her go and began walking away, "The tasks I have given you, accomplish them well and I will let you have a taste of true power. Never trust anyone again. You have the misconception that the Hutts are powerful based on your words, you have not seen true power, Let me show you. Take me to Jabba the Hutt."

Dia stood up and followed, her expression was determined, 'I can't fail again... For my sister, I must get powerful.'

Leo and Dia walked out of the ship and headed to Mos Espa. She gathered her remaining trusted people, Leo had placed Force Seeds in some of them and this time, he put Force Seeds in all of them.

He could create a total of 100 Force Seeds after training and he used 30 of them. He had other plans for the 70 remaining ones.

As Dia grew busy trying to arrange a meeting with Jabba the Hutt, who ran a criminal Empire on Tatooine and tried to do the Tasks Leo had given her; He began searching for something.

He stopped in front of a certain shop, 'I have to find Shmi Skywalker, in case I need to control Anakin one day... She will make a good hostage. I can't allow her to marry trash and die an insignificant death when she has so much worth to me and the so-called child of Prophecy. She will be an excellent pawn...'

He revealed his face and smiled calmly as his personality did a 180-degree change, his aura became friendly and easy-going, if Die could see the current Leo, her Jaw would hit the ground in shock. He changed from a mysterious and powerful being with a cold aura to a friendly and welcoming teenager that no one would believe could harm anyone.

'The art of lying and acting is most crucial to a Sith Emperor let alone I who Nihilus acknowledged as the Sith'ari.' Leo thought as he entered the shop. His eyes became the normal blue color as the red glow vanished.

His smile widened when he saw Watto. The Toydarian noticed his presence and flew toward him asking, "What do you want? Interested in buying some parts?"

Leo felt disgusted looking at the Junk dealer, 'He is no better than Lor-Vetan...'

He said in a friendly manner, "No, not really, however, I was wondering if you can sell me your slave, her name should be Shmi Skywalker... Give her to me."

Watto seemed to frown, "No parts and no deal, if you are not interested, get out."

Leo was not discouraged, "Hmm, I could have spared some credits since I didn't care but now it's different..."

His aura changed instantly as his eyes lit up, "It was not a request, it was an order." Watto nodded blankly and left the shop. 'I have to kill him since I used Dominate on him...'

Leo waited for a while as his mood changed back to the same friendly one. 'I must remain hidden, I will kill people who learn of my Force powers or put Force Seeds in them. However, I need ignorant people in front of my rising group to deal with the Jedi in case of mind tricks and etc. She will be the 1st one. This way not only will she be my hostage, but Anakin will also be grateful in case I need to manipulate him or something. I will put a Force Seed in her when she is asleep... I need to have many plans and contingencies...'

Shmi Skywalker entered the shop, she was clearly confused as she stood behind Watto and looked at Leo.

Leo smiled at her in a disarming manner, "Hello, my name is Revan. I am a friend of Anakin Skywalker, we met a year ago."

Lee decided to use the name Revan since his real identity was being hunted everywhere.

Shmi instantly perked up and asked, "How is Anakin? You are his friend? How did you meet?" She was worried about her son and curious about his son's friend.

Leo nodded as his smile seemed genuine, his acting skill was great, "He is doing good. The Jedi don't want him to meet his mother due to some circumstances and rules. In any case, you are free from today, I also have an offer."

Leo merely looked at Watto, "Free her."

Watto nodded and freed her soon. He walked out of the shop with Shmi. The moment they were far enough and Watto woke up from his trance, A needle pierced his head and he died.

Leo and Shmi were conversing, she was very excited, "So how close are you?"

"I am not actually a close friend or anything, he probably won't remember me. I was learning some skills under a Twi'lek and met him by accident, we hit it off and after I heard about you, I decided to free you and surprise him later then deepen my friendship, my reasons for this are far from ideal. You know, having Jedi friends can be good." Leo said and acted embarrassed as he scratched his head awkwardly.

She nodded with a smile, "I see. I think you two will become great friends. No need to be embarrassed," She changed the topic, "You wanted to give me an offer?"

Leo began saying enthusiastically, "Ah, yes, the offer; My dream is to become a great trader and I want to start from Tatooine as a challenge. It may sound dumb but my father told me that a true businessman can make the best out of the worst situation and this is as bad as it can get, right? I have other reasons but they are not important, what matters is that Anakin was very skilled and the mother of such a talented person can't be ordinary so I wanted to know if you are interested in working for me? You can quit anytime you want."

Leo paused and continued, "You may think that I am perhaps using you, but I..."

She interrupted him, "Your dream is respectable and I understand that you don't want to say it, I can tell that you want to prove yourself to your father; You don't need to explain yourself. I doubt I can do much but I will help you if you want. I have to repay you for freeing me at the very least, right?"

Leo smiled broadly, "Thanks. That means a lot. Anyway, I want you to help me manage the moisture farm of the planet, you see, I bought them all but I have no clue what I am doing..."

Shmi's eyes widened as she heard him speak, 'He bought them all?! He must be someone of the rich families in the galaxy...' she was shocked.

Dia had indeed, forcefully or not with the support of the Hutt cartel, grasped control over all of the farms during the 3 years which is why she could claim to have control over the planet. The Hutt cartel thought they had control over the planet through Dia while she was loyal to Leo.

If anyone did not agree to Dia's demands, the farms wouldn't sell them or anyone trading with them or related to them in any way anything thus they would be fucked, anyone selling them things would also be blacklisted by the farms so when Dia blacklisted someone, they had to leave the planet. That is how she controlled Tatooine.

Leo decided that in the Empire he was going to build, only a selected few would know of the truth and they all had to have Force Seeds within them. Others had to be good people that worked for him and believed him to be a good person. He wanted to imitate Darth Sidious in a way since the Sith Lord was so successful.

He returned to Dia and had Shmi wait outside as he explained what he was doing, Dia nodded.

He also told the other 30 people under her that no one was to know of the truth and if it leaked, they all would die, not one of them, and if he died, it would be the same. It was a lose-lose situation if they betrayed him. He promised them power and wealth which made the decision easy for everyone. They had only grown richer and more powerful from when he came around, after all.

These 30 people, after getting control of the ones Leo had killed before, basically controlled the planet under Dia and were considered under the Hutts as well.

A while later, Shmi became the 1st member of this group that was not aware of Leo's secret. Many more would follow suit in the future.

Leo secretly placed a Force Seed when she was not paying attention of course.

She was surprised when she realized that so many worked for Revan(Leo's new public identity from now on) and he was the one rumors talked about, the one that ruled the planet from the shadows through the farms. She decided to repay her debt and then go meet her son one day.

The next day, Leo and Dia left to meet with Jabba the Hutt. The group was busy doing the other Tasks entrusted to Dia by Leo. Shmi began working as a manager to make sure all farms worked well. And, Leo was not going to let her go anywhere anytime soon.

The group located a Krayt Dragon of enormous size as Leo and Dia entered the Hutt palace on Tatooine.

"Watch closely from here on, this is what true power looks like." He said to Dia and looked at the guards waiting for them with Disdain but hid it well under a calm face.

Dia waited with anticipation, 'Finally, this greedy bastard will die... I am going to enjoy this.'