Had this chapter for a super long time and gonna just post this one and the last one today to finish out the first part. Second part is on hiatus though for now, but it's not cancelled. I haven't had enough inspiration to continue it though.

Anways, enjoy!

Chapter X: Destined Duel

"Not gonna die tonight; we're gonna stand and fight forever!" Skillet-Not Gonna Die

"No…"

I stared at Ben's unmoving form on the ground. Even though it had just happened, it didn't seem real. It was like a bad dream. A gaping hole in his chest and a small smile on his face. That was how he went out. But, he went out saving me.

"No…"

I felt tears prickled at my eyes, but I was too shocked to let them fall. I was too sad to let them fall. But, most of all, I was too angry to let them fall. It didn't matter if I wasn't from Earth, all that mattered was that I lived there. I made friends. And now one of them was dead at my feet.

I closed my eyes and reopened them, but he was still there. He was still gone. It wasn't a bad dream.

It was a bad reality.

Dave had a similar reaction to mine, but he let a single tear fall for his friend. Ben had been his friend for longer than he had been mine, so the loss was probably larger for him.

"I'm so sorry, Ben." I whispered. Ben…no…Damn it…

"My lightsaber." Dave choked out and held his hand out to me. I placed the identical hilt in his hand and he clipped it to his belt, a look of pure sorrow on his face.

I'd gone through a lot in the last few days, but this was the icing on the cake. This was the thing that was too much. I was done playing around.

I stood up and looked at Myra, "How could you?!"

Myra flinched, "I'm so sorry…I didn't—"

I walked closer and ground my teeth together, "You didn't kill him?! Yes you did! Your men did! They were your men!"

Myra shrunk back and this reminded me of the little girl in my vision. Sure, they were one in the same, but the appearance difference, along with the signature, was a complete contrast.

"Yes…they were my men." She said solemnly, ducking her head, "But, I-I…"

"What?" I laughed, feeling more tears in my eyes and anger rising in my chest. "You killed them?! Yeah, but a little too late!"

Tears accumulated in Myra's eyes and she sniffed, "I-I'm so sorry, Blaze…But, I found you."

"What do you mean? Didn't you know it was me the whole time?" I asked, my tone still sharp as a spike.

Myra shook her head, "Sidious…when you left all those years ago, he told me that he shot your ship down and you had died. That's when he broke me. When he told me that my brother was dead! He then told me yesterday that you lived and you were back…" She sunk to her knees as tears flowed freely from her eyes, "I-I'm so s-sorry for hurting you…And for your friend."

I took a sharp breath and reached out into the Force.

"She speaks the truth, you know? She really is sorry."

I don't care, C. She captured me—I thought before C cut me off.

"Under orders. She didn't know who you were. She thought you were just some boy that Palpatine wanted for another apprentice. She had no idea she was going after her brother."

Then how did she find out? I thought, then felt a ping of shock. You? You came to her? You told her, but not me?

"You had just gone through remembering Sonya. I didn't think you needed to go through knowing this truth yet, but the Force thought you did. I told her through a combination of playing with Palpatine's mind in order to let her know because I thought she could prove useful in ensuring another ally."

But, instead, she killed one.

"Her men did. She killed them for that."

"I don't care!" I shouted and Myra let out a whimper of surprise.

Myra grabbed her lightsaber and threw it over to my feet, "Then end it." She whispered, more tears coming down her face.

"What?" I asked, my anger fading into confusion as I looked at the hilt at my feet.

"End it…" She said, her voice cracking, "Mom and Dad died for us! I thought I lost you, the only family I had left! And I hurt you…I hurt your friends…I am responsible for killing one of them…"

"And so you want me to kill you?" I asked, appalled by the mere thought of killing her. I may have been angry, but not so much as to kill her. "Are you insane?"

She shook her head, "No…just sad. I'm sad I hurt you and your friends. I'm sad I bought into Sidious' lies. I shouldn't be…I shouldn't be allowed to hurt anybody else…"

I walked over to Myra and bent down to her level. She looked up into my eyes and I saw that they were a dark green. She sniffed as she looked into my eyes and I felt complete conviction in her presence.

"I won't do it." I whispered, then pulled her to me and held her. Her body riddled with sobs as she broke down. I ran my hand through her blonde hair as I whispered, "I won't do it…"

"Please…I-I hurt people…I-I…" She sobbed.

"I don't care…" I said, realizing that she was the only family I had left. Even through she'd been under the Sith's evil influence, I could tell that she was trying to turn away from it. I suddenly felt shocked, "It was a charade, wasn't it? You were just pretending to be angry and evil minutes ago, weren't you?"

"Yes…" She whispered, hugging me tight, "I never meant…"

"For anything to happen." I said, finishing her thought.

"And now…I cost you a friend." She cried.

I nodded, "You did. And I'm angry, but I now know that you're my sister. I know that our mom and dad are gone and you're the only family I have left."

"Blaze…" She looked up at me, not believing her ears, "Can you forgive me? P-Please, I want my brother back."

I gently rubbed her back, stifling her sobs in the process, "I forgive you…I forgive you…I just need you to come with us." Her eyes flashed with happiness and I continued, "I need you to leave the Empire. I promise you'll be safe."

"How can you do this!?" I heard behind me.

I turned to see a very mad Dave. He was standing right beside Ben's body and I felt immense anger pulsating off of him. His eyes were narrowed to slits, "Don't you even care about what she's done!?"

I nodded, "I do. But, I can't neglect the fact that I'm from this galaxy and she's my sister."

"I get that now." He growled out, then ignited his lightsaber, "But, she has to pay for what she's done."

I stood up immediately and ignited my own cyan colored blade, "Don't do this Dave. You'll just be playing right into the Dark Side's hands."

"She killed Ben!" Dave shouted.

"I know!" I shouted back, "But she doesn't deserve to die. And she killed who actually killed Ben. She killed her squad."

"But it was her squad!" Dave snarled, "She could've stopped them."

"She couldn't have known that one of them was going to take a shot at him." I said.

"You're defending her!" He accused.

Sick of this pointless debate, I nodded curtly, "I am!"

"WHY?!"

"Because she's my sister!" I shouted and Dave faltered. I continued, "I know I just found out and I know she's done wrong, but she's the only family I have left! My family on Earth wasn't my real family." I pointed to Myra on the floor, "She is my real family." I gave a sad look, "Dave, you've always been like a brother to me. Please, don't make me fight you."

"She has to see justice for Ben's death, you know that." He said and I sighed.

"She's suffered enough under Sidious. And, she'll have to live with Ben's death for the rest of her life. That is her justice. That is her punishment." I said, then shut off my blade, "And I'm not doing this with you. You are either with me or against me Dave, and I'm not too happy either and I will snap if you push me too far. So, what will it be?"

Dave had never seen this side of me before and he shut off his own blade. I knew he could see the truth in my eyes. I would fight him if it meant to stop this all.

And I would.

I looked to Myra, "Get up."

She did and I turned to Dave, "You need to sneak through the halls and find a girl named Sonya. She's going to be following Leia and Chewbacca and is going to jump in once Lando rescues them. You need to get in there. I presume you got away without Darth Vader noticing you?"

Dave nodded, "Right."

"Well, do it again." I said and he nodded again, "Go."

He lingered for a moment, a frown on his face and a glare pointed at Myra. I gave him a pointed look and he left, still angry with the situation. I couldn't blame him, but he needed to put aside those emotions for now.

My mother on Earth always said that you can't let your emotions rule your actions.

"What about me, Blaze?" Myra asked.

I turned to her and pointed a finger at her, "You will get to the Falcon and contact the Rogue Shadow."

"How am I going to do that?" Myra asked.

I took off my wrist comm. and handed it to her, "Take this. The frequency is already in and tell the man, Galen Marek, that I sent you. Tell him that I'll explain everything later, but the situation has gotten out of hand and he needs to stay away for now."

Myra nodded, "Do I go now?"

I nodded, "Yes, go. I have to go a different way."

Myra held her arms out to me and gave me a smile. I looked at her for a moment before accepting the hug.

As we parted, I said, "We have a lot to talk about when we get out of here."

"You mean if we get out of here." She muttered.

I chuckled, "Yeah, if." I gave her one last squeeze then pushed her to the hall she needed to go down. She gave me one more glance before leaving.

I clipped my lightsaber to my belt and ran off in the opposite direction, down another hall and then made a turn, coming up on a large, central crossroad.

After a moment of debate, I took another path and ran up to the window on the end of the hall. My eyes widened as I saw Luke's X-wing over on a landing platform not too far away from where I was. I was almost there, but so was he.

I ran down the rest of the hall, all the while thinking of Dave, Ben, Ali, Myra, and Sonya. They all had done their part, but Ben had paid the ultimate price. Dave had been torn by his loyalties once I let Myra live. Everything wasn't going well at all. And the fight hadn't even started yet.

It was like this was just a prelude.

And I hated preludes.

A minute later, I arrived at the corner where Luke would get out and saw Boba Fett in his custom green armor. He had two men in front of him pushing a large, copper-ish looking long box. It was roughly six feet long and had a series of buttons and switches on the sides. Some were blinking and some were not.

"Han." I whispered to myself as I watched the bounty hunter turn around near me. Yet, it wasn't toward me. He lifted his EE-3 blaster rifle and fired off two shots. They ricocheted off of a white wall not too far away from his position and I heard a loud series of beeps and whistles.

"R2!" I let out a shout, then covered my mouth, "Crap."

Boba Fett turned to my direction and fired. I ducked down and ran back behind the wall as two more shots hit the wall. His aim was good, but my duck and turn was better and I dodged the bolts with relative ease.

Suddenly, it stopped and I looked over the side of the wall. Nothing.

Except Luke Skywalker coming out from the other wall.

"Luke!" I said, running over to him.

"Blaze?" Luke stopped, then smiled, "Blaze! Boy, am I glad to see you."

"Same here." I said, then nodded in the other direction, "Let's go. He went that way." I said and ran further down into the corridor.

Luke matched my stride until we came to another hall end and we saw Leia, Chewbacca, and Lando being transported away by Imperials. Luke held up his blaster and stepped forward, but I yanked him back just as one of the Stormtroopers caught sight of him and fired.

Leia looked up and her eyes widened, "Luke! It's a trap!" An Imperial grabbed her, but she shouted one more time, "LUKE! IT'S A TRAP!"

The Stormtrooper fired off again and it hit the wall and created a wall of smoke from the smoldering white wall. I couldn't see anything. Yet, at the last moment, I saw two forms run through where the Imperials ran.

Good job guys. I thought as they left sight.

Luke looked at me and I nodded. We walked over to the door and opened it, revealing it to be a lift. We both stepped in, leaving a bemused R2-D2 behind.

The lift suddenly came to an abrupt stop and we found ourselves in a dimly lit room. Luke stepped off the lift floor and onto the room's dull black and orange grated ones that were very familiar to me. I followed his lead and the lift's flooring shut with a hiss.

Luke turned instinctively and had his pistol up in a spit second, but I waved it down. If I knew any better, I would've told him to bail out and we try to stop Fett, but I didn't. This had to be done.

It was part of his destiny just as it was mine.

Turning back around, I put my full attention on the room. There were dull gray access panels all around, but only one near the center of the room. As I took a step forward, I saw what was in the center of the room.

It was a large, dark hole with tubes running inside it. Above the hole was a large, black and orange chunk of machinery with several wires and tubes running from the middle of the machine to the top and through the ceiling.

I knew what it was.

"Carbon Freeze." I whispered to myself rather than to Luke, "We're in the chamber…Great."

The lights in the floor and above us suddenly flashed to life with a thud, almost as if someone had slammed the master control switch with their hand. I craned my head away from the Carbon-Freezing Hold and turned back to Luke, but he was looking elsewhere.

I turned my head in the direction he was looking and frowned. In all his black cladded glory was Darth Vader. His mechanical breathing echoed throughout the chamber and rumbled in my ears.

For a brief moment, Luke looked at me, then back to Vader. At first, I thought it was a sign to leave it to him, but then I realized it meant for me to join him. I gave a nod and moved over to him, all the while never taking my eyes off of Vader.

"The Force is with you, young ones." Darth Vader said, then took a breath and continued, "But, you are not Jedi yet."

"We'll see about that." I muttered.

Luke said nothing, just as I thought he might, and started to walk up the stairs leading to Vader. I quickly followed until we were side-by-side in front of the Sith Lord.

There was a second of dreading silence only occupied by Vader's breathing and the sound of my heart thumping.

Luke unclipped his lightsaber and, with a sheer look of determination, ignited his father's Jedi lightsaber. I ignited my own cyan colored blade and held it at the ready. Vader, only moving his right arm, ignited his own blade with a slow snap-hiss that only his weapon could produce.

The fight had begun.

The red blade crossed between both of our blades before Luke attack. His two strikes were easily blocked and he went for a third, but was pushed off onto the ground, just like in the movie. The attacks were futile.

Vader, surprisingly, raised his blade up for a downward slash, but I leaped in and caught the blade with my own and pushed Vader's blade back so Luke could get back to his feet. Once up, he charged.

Vader was a Sith, and once was a Jedi, so beating him in the beginning of the fight didn't seem realistic. But, now there were two Jedi fighting him instead of just one. Vader had faced Luke before on Mimban, but he'd never fought me in combat. As much as I hated to admit it, I was excited to see how the battle unfolded this time.

Luke aimed for Vader's head, but his blow was matched. I swung into the fray and clashed against both of their blades, making sparks fly in different directions. Suddenly, Vader disengaged and took a large step forward, giving him more momentum for his next attack. Both Luke and I blocked the quick strikes, but not before he cut a pipe from the ceiling.

I jumped back and ducked as he threw the large pipe at me. That was enough for Vader though. I ducked down farther and brought my blade to counter his coming strike, but Luke's lightsaber suddenly appeared and swatted away Vader's and I regained my balance.

The fight had just started and I was already losing ground. Vader's strikes were heavy and well-coordinated, so my defense against him wasn't as good as it normally was when I fought.

I was brought out of my stupor as a red blade swung above our heads and planted itself in between our blades. I twisted my body around to the right to dodge the follow up attack, but I could still feel the heat of his lightsaber against my side.

Gritting my teeth, I broke off the clash and did a twist in the air and landed on my feet, before Vader back kicked me in the chest. I flew backwards and landed on my back a few feet away from Vader and Luke. Luke, however, didn't break off the attack and he and Vader fell through with the clash with a drone of their lightsabers.

I got to my feet as Vader pointed a gloved finger at Luke, "You have learned much, young one."

"You'll find I'm full of surprises!" Luke retorted.

He stabbed his blade forward and delivered several slashes before Vader quickly disarmed him and his lightsaber was sent flying across the room. Vader raised his blade up again, but Luke threw himself down the stairs to avoid the would-be-death blow. I dived forward and caught the blade before it hit the floor, catching Vader by surprise. It was evident as his helmet turned to me sharply.

I smirked, "Going somewhere, Vader?"

The Sith Lord changed his grip on his blade and swung for my side, but I easily blocked and countered the attack with a similar one. Vader was a smart one, and so he blocked the strike while closing the proximity between us. I took notice of this and jumped over his head, but that was what he was counting on.

He ducked my slash aimed for his head and he grabbed my arm and threw me down next to the still prone Luke lying on the floor. In mid-air, I changed the way I landed and landed on my back instead of my head.

"God…" I breathed out once I saw my lightsaber next to Luke's.

Luke was up in an instant as Vader's boots hit the grated floor. I got up and stood next to him and looked into Vader's black mask.

"Your destinies lie with me, Jedi. Obi Wan knew this to be true." Vader said and I inwardly gave a snort.

Of course he did!

"No." Luke said as he glared at Vader.

I attempted to move, but Vader slashed his lightsaber and we both fell backwards, into the Carbon-Freezing Hold. As we hit the ground, I got up as I heard Vader say, "All too easy."

Suddenly, I heard a high pitched swish and I knew he'd activated the machine above and below. I quickly jumped out and flipped backwards and Luke jumped upwards, grasping the tubes and pipes hanging from the ceiling. I landed on my feet and the white smoke of the Carbon-Freeze was enough to hide me from Vader's eyes.

I moved slowly around to his side while he spoke.

"Maybe you two aren't as strong as the Emperor thought."

I Force pulled my lightsaber to me, but kept it unlit until I knew it was right.

Luke slipped from his place on the ceiling tubes slightly and it creaked, giving Vader a warning. Vader looked upward, "Impressive." He said, before slicing one of the tubes close to Luke, releasing even more Carbon Mist into the room, "Most impressive."

Luke did a flip off the machinery and grabbed the tube Vader cut open and pointed it at the Dark Lord. Carbon Mist shot out and blinded the Sith momentarily as Luke regained his weapon with the Force.

"Now." I said quietly to myself and attacked, appearing right beside Luke. Our blades suddenly clashed with Vader's as he regained his balance.

Vader pushed off our attack, "You've been taught well. You have control of your fear." He taunted.

I brought my blade over-head and brought it down with tremendous force, then, after he blocked, went for his side. Despite only using one hand, Vader was very swift. He blocked both my attacks before catching Luke's in a struggle.

"Now, release your anger." Vader spoke, "Only your hatred can destroy me."

Luke front flipped over Vader's head and I twirled around the Sith, blocking another strike as I did so. Both Luke and I then poured out the almighty force of attacks on him and continued to make him back up to the edge of the chamber. With two precise strikes, his defense was broken and I was able to place a kick to his chest, sending him down below into the depths of the chamber.

Luke shut off his blade and clipped it to his waist and jumped after him. I did the same and we found ourselves in a circular hallway. Luke hit a switch on the top and it completely lit up with white lights.

"After you." I said absently and he walked in.

We jumped out of the end of the hall as it suddenly closed with steel gray doors. It hissed shut and I unclipped my hilt. I knew it would do that, but it still scared the crap out of me. I could feel my heart in my chest. So far, the battle had gone pretty much the same. I was hoping that with two we'd make more of a challenge, but Vader was strong.

Now it was just a matter of how much longer it would take.

We passed a large, circular table with building models on it. Most likely, they were construction plans for some further development. I walked forward until I was standing in front of a large, circular, glass viewport that overlooked the emergency platforms.

I suddenly turned around and ignited my lightsaber just as two more activated. Luke had both his hands wrapped around his hilt and so did Vader, but he looked more relaxed. Well, as relaxed as he could be under that mask. I moved forward slowly until I saw Vader's head change direction slightly and I heard metal tearing off of metal.

Luke suddenly swung around, slicing a large, steel pipe from the wall as it hurtled towards him. I leaped in and caught Vader's next strike with my lightsaber and all three of us resumed the duel.

As I parried a slash from Vader, Luke struck at the Sith but was met with equal force. I crossed my blade with both of theirs as Vader delivered a heavy overhead strike.

I cast a glance at Luke.

That was a mistake.

A box suddenly flew from the floor and wacked me upside the head. I flew backwards, losing my lightsaber on the way down to the ground. Another box flew from the floor and wacked Luke upside the head, but he stayed upright, though a look of pain flashed before his face.

Vader held his blade up and down, throwing several crates and pipes at Luke. Luke managed to dodge a few, but a lot of them started to hit him all over. My head was throbbing, but I knew that Luke was about to dodge one and he was going to fly out the window if I didn't do something.

Calling my weapon back to my hand, I stood up slowly and reached out with the Force. In the last few seconds of the connection, a large, silver box flew over Luke's head and headed toward the circular viewport. Least to say that I was prepared for it.

I closed my eyes and broke Vader's hold on the crate and lowered it to the floor. But, I didn't see the second one headed straight for me. I only saw the crate at the last second as it rammed up against my chest and sent me flying to the big window.

I grit my teeth together as my back slammed against the window and it cracked, then completely shattered, making me fly out of it. The crate came off in mid-air and I lost my breath but managed to hold onto my lightsaber. As I fell, I saw the walkway in front of me and reached out, grabbing the side bar.

Wind rushed as the room Vader was in pressurized and Luke suddenly flew out and landed on top of the walkway, his lightsaber landing right next to him.

Great…This time, I'm hanging from the bars! I thought sourly, pulling myself back up and collapsed on my back, despite the pain in my gut. That's gonna bruise.

"You ok?" Luke gasped.

I gave a weak nod, "Yeah, but…"

"But what?" Luke said, opening an eye and looking at me.

I smirked, "He sucks."

I looked up and saw Vader peering over the side for a moment before he retreated back through the hole.

I hope you heard that, Vader. I thought dryly before I got up to my feet, along with Luke. I looked myself over as I made up. I had a long cut that ran across my forearm, and was bleeding slightly and I had a heck of a welt on the side of my head from the first round of attacks of the crates. I pulled my combat shirt up—which was ripped along the top of my right sleeve, along with my left thigh and left rib cage—and winced as I saw the large, red and purple circle forming around my chest area, along with a few scratches that came from the edges.

I pulled my shirt down and leaned against the wall.

Luke looked at me, "Come on, he's that way." He started to shimmy across the wall and I followed reluctantly. Whatever excitement I felt before was gone and was replaced with pain. I didn't think I would get tossed around so much, but I was wrong. The adrenaline was still there, but the excitement for facing a Sith Lord wasn't.

We continued along the walkway until we came back to the entrance of the emergency platform. I looked inside and was about to ask Luke if we should both go in when he actually did go in. I mentally cursed at him and walked after him, but stopped when I heard the faint sound of a metallic breathing.

"Luke!" I shouted in alarm when Vader suddenly shot out of the shadows and swung at Luke with his red lightsaber. Luke's own blade was activated a split second later and he was blocking hit after hit from the Sith Lord. I reactivated my own blade, but I backed up until I was on the walkway.

Luke broke off the attack and moved from wall to wall and eventually made it back to the entrance of the door, but Vader was right behind him. He swung his blade twice, only striking the ground and wall before clashing completely with Luke's rebounded strike.

They soon caught up with where I was and I joined the fray, parrying blow after blow from Vader's ruthless assault.

After several more attacks, Luke slipped up and Vader threw him to the ground, but farther away than his intended location. In fact, it was almost to the weather vane this time. Luke lay on the ground, motionless and Vader focused his sights on me.

He clashed blades with mine and shoved me to the ground where Luke was supposed to go. I suddenly found myself staring into the tip of Vader's blood red lightsaber. I felt my heart start racing as I realized I was in the exact situation that Luke was in Episode V.

"You are beaten. It's useless to resist." Vader said, "Don't let yourself be destroyed as your parents did."

I felt complete shock run through my body. He knew my parents?!

Then, I felt overwhelming rage. I scowled darkly at him and swatted his blade away and rolled to the side. Vade slashed downward, but he hit the flooring right below Luke. He turned back to me and struck. I blocked his strike and delivered my own attack.

He suddenly locked blades with me and I smirked, "Well, I know who you are Vader. And no matter how hard you try, you can't escape who you really are."

Vader's surprise was small, but he replaced it with rage and broke the lock, swinging for my head. Luke got up and was about to attack, when I took one last swing at Vader. My blade made contact with his shoulder and he reeled back a little.

With a metallic growl, Vader pushed me back with the Force and I slammed up against the railing of the walkway. He didn't stop there. He followed through with another slash, but Luke blocked it inches away from my face. Vader grabbed me with his other hand and hurled me over his shoulder, behind him on the back of the walkway.

I quickly got to my feet, but not before Vader sliced the weather vane in half and swatted away Luke's defenses. I jumped over Vader's head and blocked the slash that would've cost Luke his hand, but, at the last possible second, Vader brought his lightsaber back in a rebounded attack.

I wasn't prepared for it in the slightest.

His blade soared upward and cut off my left hand at the wrist.

"AH!" I shouted in pain before he Force pushed me back, making me hit the six foot metal group of pipes that once led to the weather vane.

My lightsaber, still grasped firmly in my right hand, fell from my grip, but only made it half way down my body before I grabbed it and clicked it to my belt. I could feel my body start to shake and I fell forward, losing all sensation in my legs.

At the last second, I grabbed the circular valve near the bottom of the pipe and hung on for dear life, despite seeing white blotches flash before my eyes. I was in so much pain, more than I'd ever been in my entire life on Earth. Up to this point, nothing even came close.

"Blaze!" Luke shouted out, then attacked Vader, but Vader caught Luke's blade in his own and brought his blade up again, severing his right hand again. Luke screamed out in pain, before falling on his knees, right in front of Vader's still active lightsaber.

Luke backed up and leaned on the small ledge of the pipe that connected to the group of pipes and moved backwards as Vader spoke.

"There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you." Vader began. "Luke, you do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power." He then turned to me, "And you, you are just as important as he. The Emperor knows this." He then started to speak to both of us, "Join me, and together I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict…and bring order to the galaxy."

"I'll never join you!" Luke shouted as he made it to the end of the pipes and held onto the side of one of the slender pipes.

"Never!" I shouted, fighting to overcome the white blotches trying to take over me vision, "You can forget it, Vader!"

"If only you knew the power of the Dark Side." Vader clenched a fist, obviously irritated at our incompliance. He then turned to me, "You never knew why you were sent away all those years ago."

I felt shocked to my very core, but I screamed back, "And you wouldn't know!"

He ignored me, then turned to Luke, "Obi Wan never told you what happened to your father."

This is it! I'm sorry Luke. I'm sorry I couldn't prevent you losing your hand. I thought, then felt my grip loosening. My heart started racing and I clenched my one hand tighter, trying to hold on for a little longer.

"He told me enough!" Luke shouted back, "He told me you killed him."

Despite this being a very volatile situation, I felt a chuckle rise in my throat. Here comes the biggest reveal in history.

"No." Vader said, his voice almost soft, "I am your father."

The rest was blocked out as I felt myself slipping into the darkness. Suddenly, my hand slipped and I fell as I heard Luke cry out in despair and disbelief, "NOOO!"

As I fell, I could feel the reaches of unconsciousness trying to knock at my door, but I knew that if I let it in, I wouldn't be able to get back up. If I closed my eyes, I was going to die. I was going to succumb to shock.

I flew through the air until I fell into one of the dozens of circular ventilation shafts that led to the weather vanes below the city. All the while, I was trying to stay conscious, I could still feel C with me as I did. I could feel her comforting presence and how she was trying to keep me awake.

Yet, she was distressed.

"Hold on Blaze!"

Easy for you to say…

She was part of the Force, but she couldn't see the future. She didn't know this was going to happen. Most likely, anyway.

As I fell through the brightly lit tunnels, I was questioning everything.

How had it come to this?

Why did I even participate in that fight? All it did was cost me my hand! Tears prickled into my eyes and I let myself slide without sound. Even now, I wouldn't cry.

I suddenly stopped and I looked around, but then remembered what was next.

"Crap!" I shouted as I fell downward and out of the city. I landed roughly on a long weather vane. My legs connected with the thin material holding the arms of the weather device together and I silently thanked my ability to hang from stuff. At least I could hold on.

Until I couldn't fight the darkness anymore.