And Back…..
Chapter Two: Executor
Stepping onto Lord Vader's Capital Shop for the second time in as many weeks was daunting. However this time, he was in full officer garb, he wore a plain grey uniform with a brown leather belt and golden buckle.
While it had no official rank plates, there were two white stripes upon his sleeves, he also wore an officer cap upon his head, Lord Vader's personal seal on its top, draped across his shoulders was a plain dark grey jacket, again with the two white stripes on each arm.
Walking down towards the bridge, the doors opened before him until he reached the underdeck, he found Lord Vader waiting along with several other figures.
"My Lord, you requested my presence" Nightblade bowed,
"We do not bow to Lord Vader, we kneel in his presence…" one of the women scowled, she had blonde hair in a tight bun on the back of her head, wore black officer robes with yellow shoulder pads and white gloves on her right eye was a single yellow piece of metal like an eyepatch.
"Shadow Raider, this is first meeting with the rest of the Fist's" another woman spoke calmly she was a blue Twi'lek with black markings on her lekku. She wore a blue and white outfit that was at the same time simple, yet elegant.
Shadow Raider scowled and turned to face Lord Vader, "This is Nightblade, he will be joining from now on. Respect him, or face my… displeasure…. for now, await my selection of our 16th member"
With that he turned and left, before the Twi'lek spoke up again, "So Nightblade… how did Lord Vader discover you?"
"At the Battle of Jekku, I was a Pilot, got shot down by a lucky hit, crashed, got out and battled the rebellion, then he ordered me to Sorosuub, where we defended against a blind Jedi and 1000 rebels, with only 300 soldiers" Nightblade replied,
"Well… that's certainly one way to get attention, I lead a defence of my people, holding the empire off for three rotations before Lord Vader arrived, he was impressed with my leadership skills, and with a little persuasion, convinced me to join the empire… within a month I was a member of Vader's Fist" she smiled, "Because of my ability to anticipate and stop my enemy leaders plans, I gained the title Spirit Wrecker"
"Nice title" Nightblade smiled,
"Thanks kid" Spirit Wrecker smirked, "So there are currently, 15 Members of the fist… Lord Vader doesn't care about your race, age, gender, skin colour, or if you like males or females, he just cares that you can fight, and you do not embarrass his name"
Nightblade nodded, before Sprit Wrecker threw an arm around him and smiled, "You'll fit in here well enough, just avoid Blade, he'll sleep with anything and anyone…. And you don't want to sleep with him, former Jedi that Lord Vader turned to join him"
"Thanks for the warning" Nightblade smiled again, and Spirit wrecker laughed
"Well, lemme show you around our wing of the Executor" She smiled and walked forward, gesturing towards a set of doors which opened when she opened with a code of 82337 before walking through, pointing out a series of doors,
"There's the mess hall, the cells where we hold… our own undesirables… the male quarters, female quarters and the armour… I think we need to get you equipped, Lord Vader won't take long to get a mission for us…" with that she opened the door with a second code, 7424.
The door opened and rows of blasters, knives and swords, along with grenades and other weapons Nightblade didn't know,
"Arm up and then you can find a bunk in the male quarters" Spirit Wrecker smiled as she walked away,
Nodding he walked inside and found a section of wrist mounted weaponry, looking he found grapples, flamethrowers, missiles and toxic darts, picking up a wrist mounted flamethrower he placed it on his left arm while placing a single shot missile on his right. Walking down he picked up two Plasma Grenades and placed them behind his back.
As he continued walking he picked up two scout pistols and placed them on each ankle before picking up a Viroblade, smirking that NightBLADE should really have a Blade, and as he fitted it on the otherside of his blaster he walked out, finding a man with bubblegum pink hair with pale tips, his eyes were a pale blue his skin a light tan, he wore a red and black outfit and had nothing but dozens of grenades attached to his side,
"You must be the new kid, whole ships talking about it, youngest ever member of the fists…." He spoke in a bored tone, looking at the weapons, "I had hoped for another intellectual who could help me study the beauty of the deadly toxin, and its effects on the humane form… but I see your far more… gunhoe…. I am Poison Void, and unless you wish to become simply another subject in which I can test my latest toxic grenade"
With that Poison void turned to leave, and walked inside the male quarters, Nightblade followed inside and saw 16 doors, most of which were blank however 12 had name plates on:
Red Dragon
Bloody Cat
Wretched Sniper
Sentinel
Soul Silencer
Blade
Phantom
Hawk Eye
Blood Nova
Poison Void
Sun Raider
Nightblade
Walking forward he opened his own door and found a large room with a spacious bed, a place to hang his uniform along with his weapons.
Laying down on his bed he looked up and saw nothing but imperial grey metal, smiling to himself, he fell asleep.
(Vader's office)
"What is thy biding my master?" Darth Vader kneeled as he spoke to a hologram of the Emperor,
"The survivor from the ritual, are you monitoring him closely?" The Emperor asked,
"Indeed, my lord, I have placed him within my closest ranks so they can monitor him, as per your request" Vader replied,
"Good, good… the ritual we completed, the destruction of the living force within a being… we must know it is successful, and monitoring the last subject with prove… valuable…. Keep a close eye on him Lord Vader" The Emperor smiled darkly.
"I shall my Master, however he already displays… unexpected talent…" Vader replied,
"Indeed, although the boy may never use the force as we can, it will still display itself in other ways… subtler ways… therefore watch him, and if it is successful… we can begin to perform the rituals of old…. And achieve… immortality…. Like the Sith Emperor of old" The Emperor nodded and vanished,
Darth Vader stood up and turned his back on the Holoprojector, remembering the dark ritual where the Emperor had absorbed the force energy of twelve force sensitive younglings, some died instantly.
Others it took weeks, months to die… but one survived, they had him placed as a young child into the Military, where he was monitored for seven years, constant reports back to Both Vader and The Emperor on the child who could prove the Emperor had finally found the way to steal force energies from living beings…
A ritual Lord Vader knew, could allow him to revive Padme…. And that was why he watched… not for the emperor and his sick desire to become immortal, but to revive his lost love….
And done!
