Chapter 8: Hope's Destruction?

Hope knew that her time has come, but her father will never allow her to die. "Stay behind me Hope, I will protect you." Anakin stated as Sidious only laughed at his efforts. "You will not stop me Anakin Skywalker! Your precious daughter will die one way or another way." Sidious smiled wickedly as he saw Hope's facial expression: absolute fear and sadness of his plans for her. Obi-Wan then stepped in and helped Anakin defend Hope. The Autobots had arrived in time to see Hope very weak and the one named Darth Sidious weakened as well as smiling very evilly at Hope. "Optimus please get my daughter out of here!" Anakin pleaded as the Autobots leader understood and was about to take her out of the Nemesis.

"Megatron, stop him!" Sidious ordered as Hope was about to be home free from him for good. The Decepticon leader plowed into Optimus Prime knocking Hope out of his grasp, causing more injury to her. But when she struggled to get up, Sidious was already there grabbing her. "Now my dear, it's time to finish you off!" laughed Sidious as he started to merge into her yet again. The pain level was very intense—on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being the highest, the pain Hope was experiencing was a 9.5 to 10+! 'This is truly it, I'm going to die! Father, please help me…' thought Hope as she was about to be consumed by Sidious' life-force. Just as she was about to be gone forever, Wheeljack came to her aid and stopped the Sith Lord from merging into her permanently and killing her.

"Wheeljack?" Hope asked as he nodded to her and got her back to the base. When June saw Hope, she was even more horrified than before, for she was in worse shape when Vader nearly killed her. "What happened to her?!" June demanded as she saw Anakin and one other man walk into the base. Hope was struggling to survive the attack Sidious did to her, but she felt herself dying and knew that she will be with her mother soon. "Mother, is it my time to join you?" Hope asked Padame sadly as she nodded to her daughter. "I'm afraid so Hope. I'm so proud of you though!" Padame smiled at her as she looked back to her father. "Mother, I wish to stay with father though." Hope requested as the Force itself came up to her. "We will allow this to happen young Skywalker, but at a price: you die again and your soul will be destroyed. Do you understand?" the Force said as Hope understood but was beyond terrified.

Then Hope was resurrected by the Force itself, and remembering their warning very clearly too. "Father!" Hope shouted as she saw everyone in the room. "Hope? Hope!" Anakin hugged her as he cried out of happiness. "I have terrible news father, I die again and my soul is destroyed forever!" Hope stated crying as Obi-Wan was shocked at this information. Optimus knew that something must be done to save her, so he turned toward a way to contact anyone through the Matrix of Leadership, and his plea was heard by none other than Primus himself. "Primus, can we do anything to save her from losing her soul if she dies again?" Optimus asked as Primus spoke. "Yes Optimus, you must give her a portion of your own spark as well as a portion of the Matrix of Leadership. Then she will be one of us as well as a young Sith." Primus stated as Optimus understood what he must do.

Then Optimus took Hope and told her something very important. "Hope if you want to survive and not worry about your soul, then I must take a portion of my spark and the Matrix and merge it into you. You will be one of us and a young Sith. Do you accept?" asked Optimus as all other Force-sensitive's in the room heard what he said. "Yes Optimus I do accept. But what about you though?" Hope asked as he just waved off that question and begun the process. About three hours later, Hope was one of the Autobots and was eager to get Sidious' spirit destroyed once and for all. 'Hope, just please be safe and careful.' Anakin thought as he saw her getting used to her new body.

Meanwhile, Darth Sidious felt the shift in power and knew that Hope had changed. "Megatron, I think that Optimus did something to Hope. He changed her somehow." Sidious said as Megatron understood just what Optimus did to her. "I know, he merged a part of his spark and the Matrix of Leadership into her to help her. But by doing that, he allowed one fatal flaw to happen: Hope can be our slave until she surrenders the parts, then she will be yours forever." Megatron explained as the Sith Lord was very pleased about the situation. So they planned it all out: when Hope leaves the base for any reason Knock Out will let him know so that he may capture her this time—and this time the Autobots will never know about it because they plan to strike at the Imperial Shuttle.

Back to the Autobots though, Hope was in an intense situation, her father demanded her to train even harder so that she will never get caught again. "Now again Hope, and again!" Anakin ordered as she was attacking him and Luke at the same time. Luke was ready to help train his sister, but this was not training at all, it was torture to her! "Father maybe we should stop this, it could harm her." Luke stated as he saw Hope on the verge of collapsing out of pure tiredness. Later that night Hope was relaxing outside the shuttle and looking into the night sky when disaster happened: Megatron himself was there! "There you are Hope, now come with me. A friend is waiting for you." Megatron laughed as he grabbed for her and almost had her.

Luckily Hope dodged him and went to the side, but realized that there was a cliff and fell off of it—almost, she is hanging on for dear life. "Now look what you did, I was going to just grab you. But now I must go to my vehicle mode and catch you that way. Why must you do things the hard way?" Megatron asked as he went underneath her and was ready to get her when she falls. 'Father, please help me! Megatron is here and he's trying to capture me!' thought Hope as Anakin heard her thoughts and came to her aid. "Not this time Megatron!" Anakin yelled as he attacked him with everything he has. Luke also came to help, with getting Hope out of there. Hope was trying to reach for Luke's hand, but Megatron was causing a down draft—meaning the wind was in his favor pushing her towards him.

"Just a little bit further Luke!" Hope strained as her father was fighting off Megatron very hard but to no avail. Then it happened, Hope lost her grip and fell onto Megatron himself and somehow was strapped on to him. "Now we must leave Anakin, a friend of your daughter's is waiting for us to return!" Megatron laughed as he took off toward his warship. "Please Megatron let me go, what did I do to you?" Hope was pleading as Megatron only laughed harder. "It's not what you did, it's what you are." Megatron stated as they landed on the Nemesis. Hope saw Sidious and was quivering in fear; she knows that this time for sure no one will rescue her. But she must have faith that someone will come to save her from curtain destruction.

"How nice to see you again my dear. Things will be different this time, in order for you to be mine I must have you get rid of the Autobot part of you first. So killing you is not an option right now, but something far worse. Now let's go into a private room the Decepticons put together for us and have some fun." Sidious laughed as Hope knew what his "fun" really was and grew even more afraid. Sidious then grabbed her and took her to the room while Megatron was preparing for the arrival of the girl's father. "Please don't do this Sidious, I'm begging you!" Hope pleaded as he got on top of her and begun to enjoy himself. "This is the price you pay for not only being Anakin's offspring, but bringing him back to the Lightside of the Force!" Sidious said as he was enjoying himself very much.

Meanwhile, Anakin and Obi decided to go rescue Hope yet again. "Anakin, we may not get there in time and…" Obi whispered as Anakin turned toward him. "I must believe that my daughter is still alive out there Obi—and unharmed." Anakin replied back as deep down he knew that Obi was right, Hope could be gone by now or worse. Jack came up to them just as they were about to leave. "I'm coming too! She's my sister." Jack stated as the two Jedi nodded to him. Then the worst happened: the Autobots lost the Nemesis' signal and Anakin can't pick up Hope's Force-signature. 'Hold on Hope! Please hold on!' thought Anakin as he tried again to find her signature. He found it though, but also found out that Sidious is having fun with his daughter and will not rest!

That night Hope was wishing that her father would come and save her from this hell she was in, but knew otherwise though. "How is she Sidious?" Megatron asked as he entered the room to check on her. "She's terrified right now and lost all faith and hope within her father coming to save her. But she doesn't know how to get rid of the Autobot part within her—or so she says." Sidious smiled as Megatron understood, now he gets a turn to have fun with her. Hope has a glazed over look on her face, meaning only one thing: she was beginning to surrender her very soul to her enemies! If she does that, then Hope Skywalker would cease to exist and ultimately Darth Sidious will win.

'Well, well, well. It looks like Hope may be mine sooner than I thought! If we keep pushing her like this, she will surrender her soul to us regardless if her soul is protected by being part Autobot. I must let Megatron know of this!' thought Sidious as he watched Megatron having his part in torturing her. Hope was now in full understanding that her arch-enemy had won, nothing anyone can do to save her from this fate. "Hey, Megatron. Hope is on the verge of surrendering her soul to us, meaning very soon this little brat of Anakin's will cease to exist!" Sidious laughed as Megatron looked at him then understood the full meaning of what he said. "Decepticons! At dawn we will achieve victory! For Hope Skywalker will not only be dead, but would be erased from all history!" Megatron shouted all across his warship as the Decepticons were cheering.

But little did anyone know, Anakin, Obi, and Jack snuck onboard the ship and heard that announcement. "No! It can't be true! Right?" asked Jack as he saw Anakin on the verge of tears and same with Obi. "Jack, it is true. If both of them are torturing her enough, she will surrender her soul and cease to be. As her father, I would be very devastated as well as become Darth Vader again. For it was Hope's birth that changed me eventually, so without her I will still be on the Darkside of the Force." Anakin explained as Jack was on the verge of tears himself. It was very clear Hope must never surrender her soul to Sidious and Megatron, Anakin and Obi must try to reach her through the Force—or everything will be re-written without her being born!

Just as Hope was about to do that, a voice was heard, telling her to keep fighting. 'Why should I keep fighting? My own father gave up on me even, so I should just let myself be erased from history!' Hope said very weakly through the Force as her father spoke to her. 'Hope, don't surrender! I'm coming!' Anakin replied as he felt a spark starting to ignite within her. 'Father? Is that really you?' Hope asked through the Force as she felt her father's answer—for he is not only telling her to keep fighting, but he's very angry at Sidious and Megatron for doing this to her. Just as Megatron was about to hand over Hope to him, she stirred a bit. "Is she supposed to do that?" Megatron asked as Sidious saw this and knew that she was fighting to survive. "No she isn't. It means that her will to live is very strong now, if we are to win we must force her to summit to our will!" Sidious explained as Megatron knew just how to do that.

"You…will never…break me! I will…live and…never surrender…to you!" Hope said fiercely as everyone there saw fire in her eyes—meaning she is very determined to let them know that she's not going anywhere. "We shall see young Skywalker!" Sidious stated as he Force-shocked her into summation—or so he plans to. Hope was not prepared for his attack on her, Hope was in severe pain and starting to die for good but she will never surrender her soul to him. But then Hope was saved, for her father and the others had arrived to save her. "Hope! Sidious release her from your attack now!" Anakin yelled as Sidious only laughed at him. "Never Anakin Skywalker, your daughter was always meant to be dead from the very start! I was on my here to Earth after our fight to kill off your wife and third child, but Hope here had survived." Sidious explained as Anakin now understood everything now.

For Darth Sidious knew of Hope's birth and her true destiny to reunite the Skywalker family, so he planned to have her killed as soon as possible. But he failed to kill her and she grew up to be a wonderful and loving teenager, so now he's trying to erase her from history not only to have Darth Vader return but to also weaken Anakin/Vader to be his apprentice forever. Sidious was the cause of the Skywalker family to be separated like this, so now it's up to Anakin to help his daughter get rid of him forever or the Skywalker family will be separated on the two sides of the Force with Hope out of history forever. Now the true war begins…