Answers to reviewers' questions or statements:
treyalexander63917: Some of his rouges will be bounty hunters, some will be Rebels but most will be part of the Empire like Osborn and Octavius
Aniimeziing: The spider abilities he'll have, and will be explained how he got them, will compose of superhuman strength, the ability to stick to walls and venom producing stingers. As for using the Force similar to his webs, I like the idea. For the Darth names, I like Myrk and Eitri the most. And yes Gwen is going to be in this story but she'll be part of the Rebel alliance so I think Darth Gwenwyn is out…for this story
gunman: No he thinks that the Sith is greater skilled which is correct, Peter however confirmed that Vader is more powerful, not by much but enough that he acknowledged it.
texaswookie: If you mean does he go by Darth 'something' yet, no he doesn't yet, but he will
Yo: I'm afraid there's already been a Darth Carnage but instead of a 'C' it's with a 'K' so it's Darth Karnage
Redrangerlegacy: Over the course of the story Vader will start to deviate from Palpatine and his Empire along with his soon to be squad of personal assassins and they will help in that regard.
Harbinger of Kaos: Her suit is the same as her Wolverine suit but with Logan's X-Force suit colors
Fenrir44: Vader has chambers and other things set up that can allow him to leave his armor, not for long granted but he can get out of it from time to time, mainly to heal himself. And why you are right in that being horribly burned may have rendered him unable to get it up, I'm certain that Vader had that fixed. And yes two of those women that you've mentioned will become part of Peter's harem, won't reveal who yet
Lustful Angel-96: No he won't have a force weapon but he is aware of their existence and what they can do. Darth Vader on the other hand was able to imbue his lightsaber with the force, making it a force weapon along with his secret apprentice Starkiller
chimera629: While it is surprising that Vader is still stronger it's not by that much, like on a scale of one to ten, ten being Vader, Peter here is around eight almost a nine and believe me that's still pretty powerful. Vader even with his limbs all cybernetic was still a very powerful Sith lord and even Palpatine's master Pelagius or how ever it's spelled said that even heavy cyberization, like what's happened to Vader, wouldn't dilute one's power with the force. It's more psychological why Vader isn't really as powerful as he should be
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or Star Wars characters seen, mentioned or used in this story
"Well I think we can safely assume that our sleeping Sith is up and about" Mara said dryly as she, Vader, X-23 and their squad of Stormtroopers arrived at what's left of Director Warren's base camp after touching down almost thirty minutes ago and were forced to march through the dark jungle
"What gave it away Mara? The numerous dead bodies with lightsaber marks on them or common sense?" X-23 said as she kneeled down to examine a set of foot prints in the mud that didn't belong to the standard Stormtrooper or even officer's boots, the impressions were deeper and slightly larger indicating that the assassin was armored to some extent
"Spread out" Vader ordered his men as he scanned the area with his senses to see if he can locate the Sith he was here to either convert or destroy…
One of the Stormtroopers was passing by a set of crates when he heard something move. He quickly aimed his blaster towards it and slowly approached the set of crates. It was then that he saw a small faint red light which puzzled him as he leaned in to see…a thermal detonator
"AMBU-"
BWOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The force of the explosion completely incinerated the Stormtrooper and sent the nearby three flying into the air
Vader and Mara drew their lightsabers while X-23 unsheathed her claws, the remaining Stormtroopers moved to investigate and check on their wounded when another explosion tore through the camp
BWOOOOOOOM!
"AAHHH!" one of the Storm Troopers yelled in pain as his leg was blown clean off
Vader held in a noise of annoyance as a series of explosions began to go off around the camp, decimating his men. He reached out with the Force and located the remaining detonators, which there were still a lot of, and quickly launched them into the air where they began to explode harmlessly
"Sergeant report" Mara barked to an approaching Stormtrooper that had a white pauldron on his right shoulder
"Ma'am three dead and two wounded" the trooper responded with a slight bow
"Kriff" Mara hissed in annoyance as she turned to Vader "What now?"
Vader eyed the ruins of the now partially destroyed camp before turning to X-23 "Secure this camp sight, see to our wounded and recover any valuable information from these terminals"
"Yes my lord" X-23 gave a bow and gestured for the Stormtrooper to follow her
Vader than turned to Mara "Come, we shall proceed the rest of the way on foot"
"A walk through a dark and corrupted jungle into an even darker and malevolent city looking for an ancient assassin of the Dark Side? Why Vader I never took you for a romantic" Mara said with a roll of her eyes as she followed after the surprisingly fast armored man
"Your ideas of romance greatly differ from mine Jade" Vader stated as he ducked under a vine that he swore moved slightly of it's own accord
"You wouldn't know romance if it was a Sith teaching" Mara snapped while hiding her disgust as she accidently stepped into ankle deep mud and Force knows what else
"Your right, it is fortunate we're about to meet a Sith that likely has such knowledge" Vader said dryly as he and Mara continued to trudge through the dark swamp
…
'Well I think it's safe to say that they're at the camp' Peter thought as he could faintly hear the distant explosions of the thermal detonators he planted there through his enhanced hearing and through the Force
He was currently in the throne room of his emperor, sitting on the floor not too far from the seat of the former Sith Empire itself. The reason he chose this location for his fight was for two reasons. One was sentimental and he likes to think his lord is watching over him and will maybe guide him from beyond the grave even. The other was because there was only one point of entry and he's booby trapped the door and left a little surprise outside and from the sounds if it, it was getting impatient…and hungry
'Heh, not going to lie I never expected one of those to still be lying around here but hey I ain't complaining' Peter thought as he placed his elbows on his knees and rested his chin on his laced fingers and waited 'Let's see if the Sith of this day can do mine justice or not'
…
It didn't take long for Vader and Mara to arrive at the caved in entrance to the Dark Citadel. Vader eyed the entry way and saw that the damage was recent, likely the work of the Sith that's so far proved to be a pain in his ass
'I don't need the Force to tell me that it's unlikely this Sith will come willingly' Vader thought as he lifted the heavy metal and stone and tossed it aside and entered the dark halls of the Citadel and nearly shivered at what he was feeling
It was dark, cold and seemed to have a sort of hidden malevolence to it that Vader has rarely ever felt even in his master's presence that seemed like a sort of black hole of the Dark Side
'It was probably worse when Vitiate himself lurked here' Vader thought as he scanned the massive complex to locate the Sith-
'There you are' Vader thought as he could sense that the ancient assassin was dead ahead…in the throne room...down an oddly empty hallway that practically screamed trap
"How do we approach this?" Mara asked as they made their way down the dark hall, she had to suppress a shiver at the feeling of this place "Do we try to reason with him first or just beat him and take him with us regardless?"
"We speak with him first. Perhaps this Sith is more reasonable than we give him credit for" Vader said as he couldn't help but feel as if something was watching him, the Force was warning him that he and Mara weren't alone in this hall
"You sense it too lord Vader?" Mara said as her hand began to slowly move to her lightsaber
"Yes…" Vader said as he did the same while the duo made their way closer to the throne room that radiated a type of darkness that both couldn't begin to describe, there was something sinister about this darkness
It wasn't until Vader and Mara were several meters from the doors that they both turned, activating their red and purple lightsabers and were greeted to the sight of a large creature seemingly appearing out of nowhere
'No…it was cloaked through a combination of technology…and the Dark Side' Vader thought, impressed before tightened his grip at the beast that stood before him and Mara
It was a cybernetically enhanced Rancor…with large turbo lasers on it's arms
"…Oh shit" Mara gaped in surprise before she and Vader quickly moved to the side as the large cybernetic creature tried to crush them under it's arm
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" the Rancor roared as it turned to try and blast at Vader with one of it's Turbo laser wrist cannons
Vader's eyes narrowed as he called upon the force to help him stop the fast-approaching bolt of energy in mid-air
The Rancor made a sound of surprise before Vader sent the blast back into the Turbo laser, causing the mechanism to explode
BWOOOOOM!
"RAAAAAAAAHHHH!" the Rancor yelled in pain before Mara hopped on to it's head and drover her lightsaber deep into it's skull
The rancor began to jerk around violently in an attempt to shake the woman off. Vader used that moment to throw his saber at the Rancor's other Turbo Laser, slicing through the weapon's barrel and even one of it's fingers before using the force to send the deadly weapon into the Rancor's throat up to the hilt
The Rancor let out another pained roar before Mara reached for something on her belt and tossed it down the Rancor's throat as she jumped off it and landed in a crouch next to Vader who had called back his weapon
The Rancor narrowed it's eyes at the two and prepared to charge them
"Let's get this over with" Mara said as she turned her back on the cybernetic Rancor while pressing a button on her wrist and not a moment later a large explosion tore through the Rancor's stomach, spilling a mixture of cybernetic parts and organs on to the ground
The Rancor roared in agony as it fell to it's knees, clutching the large gaping hole in it's body before it's throat was crushed, courtesy of Darth Vader
The Rancor let out a choked gurgle before it fell face first on to the floor, it's eyes glassing over and it's body going still. Vader examined the now dead beast for a moment before turning on his heel and seeing that Mara was already at the doors to the throne room and using the force to push them open, harder than what he thinks is necessary
…
Peter quirked a brow at the sight of an attractive red head entering the room, a scowl of annoyance on her face. From what Peter could sense, she wasn't the Sith he sensed earlier, they from what he can tell, were slowly approaching. Still the woman before him wasn't someone to overlook, she was plenty powerful in her own right
It was then that Peter picked up the sound of a respirator echoing through the halls, peeking his interest slightly
'Sounds like the Sith lord isn't at one hundred percent health or it's meant to intimidate people, guess some things haven't changed' Peter mentally shrugged as he stood up, completely relaxed while also secretly activating the thermal detonators around the door way and hidden from view with the help of an ancient illusion technique of the Dark Side
"So you're the Sith assassin we've been sent to retrieve" the read headed woman said with an unimpressed look on her face before placing a hand on her shapely hip "Not very impressive"
"That's alright, your too weak for me to even bother acknowledging aside from driving my blades through you" Peter said as he looked over the woman's shoulder and finally get a glimpse at this era's Sith Lord…
He'd be lying if he said he wasn't impressed, the man excluded an air of power and authority both in person and through the Force
"And who might you be?" Peter asked with obvious interest
"Darth Vader…" the large black armored man said with a slight nod
Peter nodded at that "Well nice to meet you lord Vader, and uh who's the girl? Your pet or some sort of gift to me?"
"Mara Jade, and I am no one's pet!" said woman voiced with a glare before drawing her lightsaber and activating it and raising it towards Peter who felt as threatened as a Rancor was by an ant "You will submit to us"
"…Or what?" Peter asked with a dark grin under his helmet
"Or you will die…after we rip the knowledge from your head of course" Mara threatened with false sweetness
"We are not here to fight Mara" Vader spoke, his voice echoing across the room. He then turned his attention to the ancient Sith before him "We have come to offer you a place in the ranks of the new Sith Empire…our Emperor is willing to grant you not only mercy but a position in his court"
"And what would he desire in return?" Peter asked as he slowly began to reach for his own lightsabers
"Knowledge of the Dark Side that you possess, locations to ancient weapons or artifacts of power to help better solidify his rule over the galaxy" Mara said
Peter stared at the two for a moment before he shrugged "I think…I'll settle for killing you instead and dealing with whoever your master sends next before dealing with him myself"
At that Peter activated the specialized detonators that were around the tense forms of the Vader and Mara
KRAABWOOOOOM!
And done.
So next chapter, Darth Vader and Mara Jade vs Peter in the ancient throne room of lord Vitiate…
