Summery:
Darth Vader thought he had learned the price of power
He was so wrong.
AU set six months before ANH
'Force speak '
*Thoughts*
Disclaimer : Don't own it or make money for this. I write for fun.
Prologue
The accident:
It shouldn't have happened. Owen had just taken him to Anchorhead for one afternoon and he was (for once) behaving perfectly and respectfully.
Trouble always seemed to find Luke Skywalker, whether he was looking for it or not. He'd stumbled just as a swoop bike had rounded the corner and gotten knocked into a wall. Thing was, he'd been badly bashed up by this. But everyone had seen when he'd belatedly tried to use the Force to shift the bike out of it's destructive path. Luke hadn't even realized what he had done, but the stormtroopers had. Unfortunately, Owen tried to keep his nephew away from the Imperials but it only ended up with his imprisonment. And Ben Kenobi learned too late what had happen, for Luke had been taken to Imperial Center by the time he'd come looking for Luke. Straight to the Emperor's unforgiving embrace.
To Break Him:
To say Luke was in torment was an understatement. His wounds had not been treated, and Sidious took perverse delight in inflicting more damage. Not only the physical, but mental as well. He'd told Luke of his father, told him that Vader didn't even know he existed and it would stay that way until Luke embraced the Dark Side.. only to be sent and tested against his father and to kill him, becoming the new Dark Lord. Right now he stood over the young man, cackling maliciously. "You are mine, Luke Skywalker. I own you body and when you complete your path to the Dark Side, I will own your soul. No one will know, so call if you wish. There's no one who can or even would help you." With that baneful prediction, the Emperor swept out of the cell, certain in his own mind that the boy couldn't even call for assistance through the Force. In this he was wrong. Curled into a miserable ball of pain, Luke lifted his head long enough to call softly with unseeing eyes. "Father, help me!"