THE JEDI IN ME
Author: The Jedi Princess
Timeframe: Immediately after A New Hope and ending after Return of The Jedi
Summary: Vader Point of View. There still was good left in him.
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Chapter 1
Vader moved with purpose through the halls of The Executer. A rebel pilot had been captured and was being interrogated. Vader demanded his officers to use what ever means were necessary to extract vital information from him. Just days ago The Emperor's greatest masterpiece was destroyed. Vader would not rest until he knew who destroyed The Death Star.
Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith heard the screams from down the corridor. The torture was going as planned. It would only be a matter of time before he cracked. Waving his hand over the entry pad, the door slid open and Vader stepped inside the room. There bound to a table with an interrogation droid probing needles into his head was the captured pilot.
Two officers came to instant attention as Vader entered. The Dark Lord barely acknowledged the men as he walked to the table. There the pilot looked up with him with terror in his eyes. But there was something else there too. There was defiance. The pilot was only in his early twenties and his insolence reminded Vader of an era that was a lifetime ago. A lifetime ago, and yet it seemed like only yesterday that Anakin Skywalker was shooting buzz droids off his mentor and friend's starship.
Vader angrily pushed the feelings away. Anakin Skywalker no longer existed. He finally spoke, "Where is your Rebel Fleet?"
The pilot did not answer, so the droid drove yet another needle into him. He let out a tormented cry and yelled, "I do not know!"
Vader studied the young man before him. He knew that the man was telling the truth. That is how the Rebels operated. No one really knew where the next haven would be except for the leaders. Vader suspected that the eighteen year old Princess Leia of Alderaan would be in charge now. Since her father was now dead, killed in the destruction of Alderaan as a demonstration on how powerful the Empire was.
Vader remembered the chivalrous Senator and head of the Royal Household of Alderaan. He was a good friend of both Padme and Obi-Wan. A tiny section of Vader's heart felt pain as he thought of Padme. But again he buried that deep inside the blackness that had consumed his body.
"Tell me about your victory at Yavin." The Dark Lord commanded.
The pilot looked up at his captor with contempt in his eyes, "We found a weakness and we exploited it. The alliance will continue to find the flaws of your precious Empire. We will take back what is ours!"
We will take back what is ours. Many years ago a young boy heard the same words spoken from a very strong and spirited woman. Again Vader pushed back those reminiscences that seemed resolute in haunting him. "Who destroyed the Death Star?"
The young pilot looked up and Vader and realized that he had nothing to lose. "Some farm boy named Luke Skywalker."