Prologue: I will betray you
Lord Vader has discovered a secret a secret that will cause a change in him and the galaxy but before he can act, he must first disappear.
Loud thuds of his boots echoed down the pure white hall of Kamino's cloning facility. His cape bellowing behind him. As he neared the door he stopped and turned to an admiral, handed him a data pad and holo disk.
"Deliver this to the Emperor Admiral and do not fail me." Vader said pointing his finger at him.
"Yes milord, it will be done." the admiral said looking one last time in to the eyes of the mask. "When should I return milord?" The Admiral said straitening up.
"I will return when I have completed my task and Admiral wipe all data from the navigation terminal that my ship was here. The dark figures spoke passing through the door.
"As you wish milord." With that last order, Admiral Piett turned on his heal making way back to the shuttle that brought Lord Vader and himself to Kamino. The Admiral sighed as he entered the cockpit. "I hope this works Lord Vader, you and I are taking a huge risk."
Taun We approached Lord Vader and bowed. "Lord Vader it is a pleasure to have you here."
"You can spare with the pleasantries, begin with the operation." Vader commanded.
"As you wish Lord Vader, the procedure to attach you new limbs will take will take four hours to complete, but the healing process will take months, it will be sometime before you can use your limbs."
"How long before I will be a hundred percent?" Vader asked coldly, taking off his helmet and armor.
"About 2 months recovery with little exercise Lord Vader after that it is at your discretion." Tuan We said keying in on the terminal to increase the oxygen level so Vader could breath easy.
"Very well you may begin." Vader said lying down on the table.
XxX
On Imperial Center.
"Rise Admiral, what information is so important you had to deliver it yourself. And not Lord Vader?" The Emperor asked eyeing him.
"My apologies your highness, Lord Vader was taken prisoner while on the last mission you sent him on." Admiral Piett said awaiting him demise.
A cold laugh echoed through the halls of imperial center. "Admiral oh dear Admiral Lord Vader was not taken prisoner. That is impossible; there no one is strong enough to keep Lord Vader, only I posses that kind of power." Darth Sidious crackled.
"Forgive me milord, but there is this creature that can block the force, they are called the ysalamiri. We found one on board his shuttle."
"Do you have proof of this?" The emperor asked.
"Yes milord the creatures are in this data pad and a holo recording of the attack. It was in Lord Vader's shuttle when we went searching for him milord." Piett said handing over the pad and disk.
Darth Sidious looked over the pad then looked back to the Admiral. "Leave me." was all the Dark Lord could say.
Once Piett was gone the emperor reached out into the force trying to find Lord Vader, He could barely sense his apprentice, "Lord Vader is in trouble, but who could have done this?… Mara Jade I require your services."
Soon a sleek figure emerged from the shadows and knelt before the emperor.
"Yes my master, how can I be of service?" Mara said still the ever-good servant.
"Lord Vader has disappeared on Dathamir, discover who is behind this and report back to me." Sidious said eyeing his most prized hand.
"As you command, milord." Mara said as she rose and spun on her heel making a quick exit.
Chapter 1: The Hunt
Mara made her way to her ship and prepared for the search to validate Admiral Piett's claim. That Lord Vader had been taken hostage. She gathered the typical gear she packed a couple thermal detonators, flash grenades, and a very handy and upgraded blaster pistol. But her key weapon attached to her hip. The most feared weapon when activated. The bright green blade similar to lightning seemed to pierce all the darkness around her illuminating the area in green.
The trip to Dathomir would be a very dangerous one. Not only for the creatures that roamed the planet but the Dark Sisters had to be contended with as well. It would be better if she used her stealth on this mission. Otherwise, she could face the dungeons or worse death. After a couple of hours, she had gathered all the necessary gear for the mission. Her craft lifted off the landing pad of imperial center and climbed fast into the night sky exchanging one black for another, soon the blue tunnel was all the was visible in her cockpit.
"Ahh well three days till Dathomir, what is a lady to do with herself…" Mara said to no one in particular.
XxX
On Kamino.
"Lord Vader, Can you hear me?" Tuan We asked in a small almost undetectable whisper.
"Yes Tuan We I can, and from now on you will address me as Lord Skywalker, I am no longer that hideous beast Darth Sidious created."
"As you wish Milord." Tuan We said moving away from the Dark Lord, even in his current state he was still a powerful and dangerous person.
Tuan We moved to a monitor terminal to check Lord Skywalkers vitals and recovery. She was pleased with the results.
"When can I leave this place?" Lord Skywalker asked.
"You must remain here for seven days Lord Va… I mean Lord Skywalker, it is necessary to ensure your cloned appendages are not rejected." Tuan We said looking up from a medical readout terminal. "So far your limbs seem to be adapting quiet nicely.
"Very well you may leave me when you are finished." Lord Skywalker commanded.
Tuan We gave a nod and slight bow and left the room to monitor Lord Skywalker from the adjoining room. "He is quite demanding, not a very nice person even with a new look." Tuan We thought to herself.
What Tuan We didn't know was the new Lord Skywalker was slowly becoming a new man, twenty two years as a Jedi, then almost thirteen as a Sith, Lord Skywalker was still trying to discover himself.
Lord Skywalker decided to do the one thing he hated the most, to meditate on healing his body the faster he was out of here, the faster he could recover and take back what was rightfully his. After sometime Lord Skywalker was able to reach a meditative state, he soon realized that by doing so he just sent a wave thought the force and his master would soon try to contact him. He pulled out of the force and blocked his presence.
XxX
" Ah Lord Vader there you ar… Damn I lost him. He is captured he has been severely hurt I could feel him trying to heal himself, those ysalamiri are blocking him from healing himself. My hand I have felt Lord Vader's presence he is hurt Those ysalamiri can block the force be diligent, remember complacency kills." Sidious sent to his hand.
"Yes my master I will be." Mara replied through the force.
"Now to get some rest, I am sure Dathomir will have plenty of surprises for me…this better not be a wild goose chase or maybe it is a test from the Emperor?" Mara thought to herself.
Even with all the possible threats she could encounter, Mara made her dinner from the rations she had packed and settled in for some holo news before sleep would over take her. Not much was very interesting on the news Vader's capture was not released as that would spread fear in some that the most fear man in the galaxy could be captured, for others it would bring relief the type when you know you can finally get away with little mistakes and not be choked to death.
Mara turned off the holo news laying on her back she was restless she was only fifteen. Unlike other girls her age she was roaming the galaxy upon her masters request to kill intimidated others. When she should be playing dress up, going to the mall, looking at boys. But she knew her life was meant to be the assassin of the Emperor nothing more or so she thought.
XxX
Tuan We entered Lord Skywalkers room it had been a day since the surgery, as she checked the medical terminal monitoring Lord Skywalker she heard him stir from his slumber.
"Lord Skywalker how do you feel?" Tuan We asked moving over to his bed.
"Much better, how are my arms and legs coming along?" Lord Skywalker asked.
"Very nicely milord according to these readouts you will be released in four or five days." Tuan We said moving to another console.
"Excellent, I shall reward Kamino well. Now leave me I wish to be alone" Lord Skywalker said a small grin forming on his face.
"I am sorry milord not until I finish my scans and checks, wouldn't want one of those limbs to rot off now do we?"
"Most certainly not, that would be most unfortunate for you." Lord Skywalker said with a slight grin forming again.
The Dark Lord could feel the full force returning to him he bathed in it with his powers returning he knew he would have to put more effort into hiding his presence from his soon to be old master.
All Tuan We could do was take a big gulp and continue with her scans and checks. She made quick work of her tasks. She was growing uneasy with Lord Skywalker. He was becoming more evil by the minute, like he was being consumed by something. But before she could leave Lord Skywalker stopped her.
"Oh Tuan We make sure my suit is polished and returned to me I will need it later on." Lord Skywalker said closing his eyes attempting to rest more.
"As you wish milord, now rest you will need it." Tuan We said leaving the Dark Lord to his slumber.
Tuan We did as she was told, she knew he wasn't asking. He was never asking it was do it or die. That was how Lord Skywalker worked you did as he said if you did not you died, if you failed you died, he was a Do or Do not There is no try type of person.
Once Tuan We was out of the room, Vader sighed. "Soon I will be free of this, and what has been wrongfully denied me, will be mine once again I will be complete, then and only then will I be happy." Lord Skywalker thought to himself settling in for the night.
"Luke, Leia come here I want you to meet your Father. Don't be scared he won't hurt you."
"Daddy is it true that you killed mom?" The little boy asked.
"Yeah is it true you killed our mom" The little girl asked.
Lord Skywalker shot out of bed. Sweat poring off him. His shaking was uncontrollable. His nightmare had returned. Was it real was this how he would meet his children. Would they reject him, how did they know he killed Padme? Lord Skywalker thought to himself.
"He will pay for telling them, I killed their mother. He had no right it is my responsibility to tell them." "Aaarh No not now why now not again please go away, just leave me you have done enough to me I just want to be whole again." Lord Skywalker said with his head berried in his hands. "I have changed I could never hurt you none of you."
"Oh but you have Anakin, and you will again, if you don't let go…"
"Who is there show yourself?" Skywalker commanded.
"I don't need to show myself you know who I am, you know what you did to me but I forgive you. Now let go young Skywalker, or you will be doomed to repeat your last mistake."
Lord Skywalker just sat there dumbfounded trying to get that voice out of his head.
"It can't be him, I killed him..."