A.N. This is my first full fanfic, so I hope that you guys will R/R. Please don't try to sugar-coat anything; I want your honest opinion so that I can make improvements for next time! Thanks to SailorLeia for helping me get enough courage to post! You're the best, girl! Thanks to everybody! ~xwingpilot
Monster
I glare at him, his blonde hair glowing in the soft morning light, his eyes of bright, stormy blue closed in unconsciousness.
He looks peaceful, this man, this Jedi.
My lips curl into a snarl. Not much of anything without the all-powerful Force, is he? Typical arrogant buffoon: too reliant on the Force, not much good in any situation without it. He looks almost like a naïve, innocent, child in sleep
But I know the truth behind that façade.
I remember when I first heard of Luke Skywalker, shortly after the Battle of Yavin. My master drilled me on Force techniques and lightsaber forms for hours on end, until even my well conditioned muscles were sreaming in exhaustion. He then handed me a datacard containing Skywalker's file. I sensed…something strange from my master, the Emperor, Lord of the Sith, the single most powerful man ever.
I sensed…fear.
The most powerful being in the galaxy feared a mere…child. A boy from a third-rate farm on a tenth-rate, backwater sandball in the rim. I was shocked.
But I understand my master's fear now, and though that is not mutual, I share the same hatred. I saw him at Jabba's Palace, the site of my first failure, using the Force to escape the guards, killing the rancor, destroying the sail barge. I have seen visions of him and Vader turn against my master on the Second Death Star, aggression in his stance, a ruthless snarl across his face, a vicious yell, a glowing blade slicing downwards. Behind that innocent mask hides a hideous beast.
YOU WILL KILL LUKE SKYWALKER!
My trigger finger itches on my blaster. It would be so simple: just one touch, one single bolt, and it would be over, that which I should have finished at Jabba's. But I cannot kill him, not yet. Karrde wants him alive, but he will not stay that way. I will make him pay for the pain that he has caused me, for the life he has taken away from me, from my master.
I will rid the galaxy of this boy, this man, this hero, this Jedi.
This monster.