Chapter 9
Rebel
Luke sat in the quarters that he had been given; he sat in the main section where there was a sofa and an array of different items were located, off through a door on the left wall was the bed chambers where a large king-size bed stood it's sheets cotton with a thin layer of silk on top, on the right wall was a door that led off to a bathroom equipped with a large bath and walking shower, along with the necessary toilet and sink. Overall the rooms matched quite well, all furniture in black, grey, white or red, but even with all these luxuries it still felt like a prison. Luke's room was guarded day and night by two stormtroopers and even if he was to get past them there were several more located down the corridors, Luke wasn't allowed to leave unless given permission by Vader or the Emperor, food was brought three times a day but if he misbehaved around the Emperor it would be cut.
It had been nearly a week since the speech, straight after that they had begun training, Luke had been taught the basics of how to control the darkside, he had been taught how to read the mind at a very basic level. The Emperor was surprised at Luke's knowledge of the force, even though it wasn't the darkside but as Luke began to increase his abilities over the week he had began to apply the techniques he had already learnt to his new skills, this type of power was new to the Emperor, it was powerful yet Luke had full control over it, it was like a new sort of force that was unique to Luke.
It was what Luke believed to be early morning when there was a knock on the door, Luke ignored it hoping it would go away but it didn't. He knew what it meant, that training was going to start. Today all Luke wanted to do was rest, to be alone to do what he wanted. He sat on the sofa sat opposite the large window, which portrayed a picture perfect section of the galaxy, he knew that whoever was outside he was trying their patience, and he knew sooner or later that person would lose it. He stood and walked to the bed chamber where he slipped on his Jacket; at least if they did barge in he had an excuse to say that he had just gotten up or something similar. He sat back down on the sofa and stare into the oblivion. Then suddenly the door went silent, maybe it had worked, he wished that it had. Slowly the peace and tranquillity got the better of him, his eyes began to flicker shut until before long he had floated into a deep sleep.
He had learnt the hard way to keep himself aware of his surrounding even whilst in sleep, so when he felt the presence of someone standing before him, he woke in alarm. There before him stood his father, he couldn't see his face but he could tell that he wasn't happy. "What?" He muttered wiping the sleep from his eyes. "Nothing just the fact that you've kept your master and me waiting."
"Sorry Father." Luke apologised but got no response. Vader then turned and walked out of the door into the the corridor as Luke tailed on behind him. They travelled through the maze of corridors until they came to the door that led to the throne room, and as they stepped before it the door slid open. As they stepped through the doors shut behind them, Luke heard them lock which put him on edge. The doors hadn't been locked before, maybe this had something to do with him being late. Vader stopped in his tracks and so did Luke who then turned to his father. The man then unclipped a lightsaber from his belt and handed it down to his son. Luke examined the weapon making sure that it wasn't broken, he wasn't allowed it after training times and he always worried that they may break it. Then in sink they walked up the stairs to the throne where the Emperor was sitting, and as the chair swerved to face them Luke saw the man with an angry look on his face. Vader bowed to the man but Luke froze.
"Luke?" The Emperor snapped, the boy had stretched his patience too far, but now the boy wouldn't even bow to him. What had happened? Only a week ago he had the boy right where he wanted him, he would follow any order given without question, he had even let the rest of the Empire know that he was his new apprentice, but now the bow wouldn't even bow to him, his master. "Luke!" He snapped even more harshly than the last. Luke seemed to snap out of what ever world he was in and look to his master, but still he wouldn't bow. The boy simply looked into the man's eyes, The Emperor could see that the boy wasn't afraid but calm, not even with a slight tremble of fer as his master snapped at him. Finally the Emperor lost his patience and a bolt of lightning sprung at Luke Still the boy stood therm even though you could see the pain rushing through him as he began to shake. The boy was testing his boundaries. For a whole minute The Emperor hit Luke with the lightning then eventually the boy fell to his knees, as the Emperor ceased his hold Luke gasped for breath.
Vader who was still kneeling looked to his son beside him, he questioned why he had not bowed before his master, he had turned to the darkside. Slowly he raised on the command of the Emperor; but Luke stayed kneeling, he hadn't been told to rise so he stayed down for he didn't want to go through that type of pain twice. Vader looked down to his son who was recovering from the pain, before walking up to the Emperor. The Emperor stood and walked to the window that stood behind him. There he was joined by Vader, for a moment they just looked to the stars before the Emperor began to talk, "What's happened to the boy? Why is he acting like this?"
"I don't know sir, I thought he had turned to the darkside."
"You mean he's turning back. That's impossible; everyone knows once you've turned there's no going back."
"This is Luke we're talking about, sir. He's has his own set of rules, you've seen what he can do it's like he has his own type of force unique to him. I wouldn't be surprised if he could actually turn back."
"Yes you're right. So I'm assigning you to make sure he doesn't"
"Yes my lord." Vader gave small bow before returning to the window, He wouldn't let his son turn back, he had come so far, he wasn't about to let him slip out of his grasp again. The boy will stay on the darkside.
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