Needle in hand, Vader stood outside the cell in the dimly lit detention corridor, ready to inject Banner as soon as the door opened. Slowly, he reached out and pressed the button on the wall beside the bolts that held the door shut. They slid open at the touch and a loud buzzer cried out. Pressurized air hissed as the small room opened. From around the side of the door, Banner span out and started to run. Even Vader was surprised. He had seemed so composed before, but now Banner ran like an animal from a predator. The thought of releasing the monster pushed him into desperation. But no matter how hard he ran, he couldn't escape Vader.

With a flick of the wrist, Banner fell to the ground, arm raised in the air.

"Now you will see the true power of the Empire," Vader growled, sliding the needle into Banner's arm.

Immediately, Vader was pushed away and slid on his back down the corridor. He let out a moan as he lifted himself back onto his feet. Banner was struggling down the hall, grabbing onto anything he could reach. In the dim light, it was hard for Vader to make out what was going on, but from what he could tell, Banner's skin was turning…green.

Vader found himself running the other direction even before the realization hit. Maybe it was the monster's deep roar echoing around him, or the sight of the metal ceiling collapsing as he grew, but all that was going through Vader's head was how to escape. The Hulk was blocking off the main entrance of the detention corridor and the other side was just a dead end. Hiding inside a cell could work, but it could also trap him and practically give himself to the Hulk.

The only way out was to fight. Stopping in his tracks, Vader turned and made eye contact with the beast. There was no confidence in its eyes; not fear or hatred, but anger. An anger for everything that could never be extinguished.

Rushing forward, Vader formed another Force shield. In a single leap, the Hulk made contact with the invisible wall, knocking Vader to the floor. No matter how solid the shield was, Vader could never keep it up with the Hulk continuing to hit it. Each punch vibrated the air and pressed in on his chest. Swinging his arm forward, Vader pushed as hard as he could, but the Hulk only fumbled back on one foot. Not only was the beast strong, it was also heavy. Vader knew it was possible to move even the heaviest of things with the Force, but he would need to concentrate. There was no way he could muster that much energy in battle.

The Hulk continued forward and landed a hit on Vader's side. His moans of pain fueled Hulk's rage and brought on another onslaught of pain. Vader reached for his belt, groping around for his last hope. The deep buzz of the lightsaber mesmerized the Hulk, forcing him to stop and stare. Vader saw this as an opportunity to drive the blade right into the Hulk's chest.

The saber stopped dead, forcing back on Vader's arms. The Hulk's roar drowned out Vader's cries of pain as he plucked the lightsaber from his skin. It barely made a visible hole, let alone break through. Vader was shocked at this, the lightsaber was the most powerful weapon in the universe, yet it couldn't cut through its skin. But the saber did burn it, Vader realized. Possibly if he could keep the beast in contact with the blade long enough, he could burn through its skin.

Vader grabbed the lightsaber, which was now at the Hulk's feet. Thrashing wildly, the Hulk attempted to grab Vader by the cape, but couldn't get a hold. Vader pushed himself around with small boosts of Force, nearly making himself invisible in the dark hallway. Finally stopping, he pushed himself off the ground and flipped over the Hulk's shoulder, landing on his feet. Yet another deep roar deafened Vader; Hulk was as mad as ever.

Vader swung the saber, but Hulk grabbed it. A low sizzling noise told Vader it was beginning to burn through the thick skin, but Hulk showed no pain. Vanes bulged in his arm as he struggled to keep a grip on the hot blade. The more force exerted created a louder noise, but Vader realized it wasn't coming from the Hulk, it was coming from the lightsaber. The deep red color of the blade was fading towards the middle, into a light yellow. As Hulk bent his arm in the opposite direction Vader was pushing, the blade was beginning to…bend.

Vader ducked as the beam broke. The blade arched up into the ceiling and hot plasma dripped from the handle. Hulk took no notice of the hazardous material covering his body and began to approach Vader once more. The metal grating on the floor began to melt out. The whole section of the hallway was disintegrating.

"Sir, get down!" came a familiar scream from the front of the corridor.

Vader's Commanding Officer was ordering the Imperial engineers to drag the Teseract and its machinery into the doorway. As it began to hum, Vader scrunched up on the floor and prepared for the beam to shoot past. Hulk swung back his arm, ready to begin hitting Vader when the blast finally came. The air rippled as the blue energy wrapped around the Hulk and dragged him out of the hallway.

"Shut it down!" Vader yelled.