Hey, everyone, I'm back! In my own opinion, the last chapter with Savage wasn't all that great. So to make up for that, I have written three of the more interesting episodes into this one chapter with my own personal tweaks for your entertainment. As always, I hope you enjoy and I do not own Kingdom Hearts, its characters, anything Disney, Lucasfilms or Marvel. Oh, and there will be another A.N. at the end.
Not long after the encounter with rampant Savage Opress, the Jedi Council receive a mysterious message. A message encrypted with a Jedi distress code that hadn't been used in over two-thousand years far beyond the Outer Rim deep in the Crelythiumn system. Why the call had been made and from where could not be established. Nairbix, Natasha, Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Ahsoka were sent to investigate upon meeting with a heavily armed Jedi Cruiser.
In said Cruiser, Rex and Spades answered the transmission sent by their Generals. "Rex, Spades, do you read us?" Anakin asked, "We're at the rendezvous point awaiting your arrival. Where are you?"
"Sir, we are at the rendezvous point, and there's no sign of you on our scanners." Spades replied.
"Oh, come on, Spades, that's impossible." Anakin denied, "Something's wrong, we're at the exact coordinates where the distress signal originated, but there's nothing here."
"And yet Spades and Rex are at the same coordinates and they aren't here either." Natasha added.
"This is getting interesting." Obi-Wan threw in as the transmission began to break up.
"Unable to find you. Where are you, sir?" Spades asked through the static.
"Something's wrong with the transmission." Ahsoka alerted as the power went out.
"Not good." Obi-Wan stated.
"Everything's dead, even the life support." informed Natasha.
"This is starting to get very strange." mused Nairbix as the power returned.
"There. See? Nothing to be concerned about after all." Obi-Wan said being optimistic.
"Then what's that?" Ahsoka asked in dread as they spotted an enormous black prism, uncertain whether it was a station or an oddly shaped world. Just then, it began to pull them closer towards it and open from the center revealing a bright white light.
"Everyone, strap yourselves in." Obi-Wan ordered, "Looks like we're going for a ride."
As the light consumed them, everyone fell unconscious. When Anakin woke up, he found the others beginning to wake up as well. "We must have blacked out."
"Then who landed the shuttle?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Not me." Ahsoka informed, "Nairbix did you or Master Romanoff do it?" she asked, though she couldn't see either one as they were both in the back of the ship.
"No, Mommy, I don't want to pet the bunny anymore." Natasha groaned in a daze.
"I'll pet the bunny. Where did the bunny go?" Nairbix asked in a similar daze.
"What's a bunny?" Anakin asked.
"Not now, Anakin." Obi-Wan waved off, "Where are we anyway?"
"Some kind of organic mass." Ahsoka said unsure of her answer, "All of our readings indicate that it's bigger than an asteroid. But at least the atmosphere is breathable."
"Well, this is getting more unusual by the minute." Obi-Wan said, "I can't even lock down where in the galaxy we are…or even if we are even in our own galaxy."
"It's not ours, we can tell you that much." Nairbix said in a raspy voice, "Let's just take a look outside to get our bearings for the moment."
"Good idea, Nairbix." Anakin praised. As they walked outside, the three Jedi came to see Natasha like never before. "Natasha, what happened to your hair?"
"Huh, I just woke up its called bed-hair." she retorted.
"No, it-it's snow white." Anakin explained.
"My hair is nothing like that little brat's!"
"No, Natasha, your hair is completely white!" Obi-Wan exclaimed. Natasha then grabbed her locks and pulled it to her face to see that it was indeed white; and even though she couldn't tell, her eyes were an even more vibrant shade of blue than before as well.
"It is white." she whispered, "This hasn't happened before."
"What hasn't?" Nairbix asked startling the others at his appearance.
"What happened to you?!" Obi-Wan, Ahsoka and Anakin shouted.
"What?"
"Nairbix, why are you in your demon form?" Natasha asked calmer than the others.
"My-" Nairbix then noticed that his nails were like claws and felt for his horns while flexing his dragon-like wings. "…I didn't do this on purpose. This happened for some other reason."
"You could take on another form, all along?" Anakin asked in shock.
"I never said I couldn't, you didn't really think that I had already shown you guys all of my tricks, did you?" grinned Nairbix, "Oh, and this form basically marks that even when doing nothing, I'm at 50% of my power."
"You can do anything, can't you, Nairbix?" Ahsoka asked in amazement as Nairbix took on the appearance of a proper elder man.
"Ah, almost. There some provisos, a few quid-pro-quos."
"Such as?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Uh, rule number one: I can't grant wishes." Nairbix said before taking on the appearance of a genie emerging from a lamp, "So don't ask. Rule number two: I can't force anyone to fall in love with anyone else." He added sweetly before laying on the ground and rising as a grotesque creature, "Rule number three: I can't bring people back from the dead. It's not a pretty picture-I DON'T LIKE DOING IT!" he shouted shaking Obi-Wan by the shoulders before going back to his demon form, "Other than that, I have no limits."
"Has he ever acted this weird before?" Anakin asked Natasha.
"I've only ever seen him take on this form once before and he never did anything like that." she said bluntly.
"Hey," Ahsoka alerted, "I saw something. A reflection over there by the hill."
"I don't see anything." Obi-Wan replied looking through a pair of binoculars as they all saw the beautiful landscape. It was like both a valley and a jungle where giant boulders floated in the air.
"Are you the One?" a woman's voice said in Anakin's head.
"Wait-what?" he asked, "Did you guys hear that?"
"I didn't hear anything." Obi-Wan replied.
"Are you the One?" the voice asked from behind them. It belonged to a pale glowing woman with long flowing green hair dressed in gold and white.
"Hello." Obi-Wan greeted with intrigue.
"Who are you?" asked Anakin.
"I am Daughter." she replied, "Are you the One?" she asked Anakin again.
"The One what?" Nairbix asked earning a glare from Daughter.
"I will take you to him." she informed.
"Him who?" Ahsoka asked.
"Did you bring us here?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Only he can help you. There is little time, follow me. We must have shelter by nightfall." Daughter said in mystery as she walked away.
"Make sense, dammit!" Natasha exclaimed in annoyance as they followed.
"And we thought this world was strange. How about this one?" Anakin joked.
"We'll be fine as long as we stay together." Obi-Wan reassured. As they followed Daughter, the party marveled at the scenery of the world. "Have you noticed that the seasons seem to change with the time of day?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Yeah." Anakin replied.
"And there aren't any animals around either." Nairbix pointed out.
"And have you guys sensed it, too?" Natasha asked.
"Mm-hmm, since we arrived. The Force is very strong here." Anakin sated.
"Not to mention that I seem to gain more power as the day comes to an end." Nairbix added.
"Yeah, I mean, I feel stronger than ever here, but I feel like the source is getting weaker as night comes closer." Natasha added.
"Excuse me. Who are you taking us to?" Anakin asked Daughter.
"The Father, of course." she replied like an up-start.
"Of course." Ahsoka mocked, "And what exactly are you?"
"We are the ones who guard the power. We are the beginning, the middle, and the end."
"Glad she cleared that up for us." Natasha said bluntly, "What about my friend and I? Why did we take on these forms when we arrived?"
"The Father will have the answers you seek." Daughter replied stiffly as a rockslide randomly occurred.
"Look out!" Anakin shouted as he and Natasha pushed away Daughter leaving the others on the opposite side of the rocks. As he tried to check on the Daughter for injuries, she snarled at his action.
"It is forbidden for you to touch me!"
"Sorry. We were just saving your life." Anakin replied dryly.
"That was my brother's work. You are in great danger." the Daughter warned, "Wait for me, do not leave this place." she ordered as she walked off.
"Anakin, Natasha, do you read me?" Obi-Wan asked over the com-link, "Are you two alright?"
"Yeah, but our friend here has run off!" he shouted at the Daughter.
"Go back to the ship and try sending another distress call. We'll follow her and try to find a way off of this rock." Natasha added.
"And if this is a trap?"
"Then we're not gonna wait around to find out." they replied in annoyance.
"Guys, stop." Nairbix demanded, "Wait for us to find another way around and meet you." But the transmission was cut off. "Oh, they're so stubborn!" he groaned.
"They'll find her." Ahsoka reassured.
"Yes, and what else?" Obi-Wan asked as the sound of thunder rang through the air.
"Storm's coming." Ahsoka stated before they headed back to the ship only to find it missing. "The ship's gone!"
"Yes, we can see that, Snips." Nairbix replied bluntly.
"It was here, no question. And look," she said pointing to the dying plants. "Everything's dying."
"Did you lose something?" a smooth male voice asked from behind. He was tall, bald, had red lights for eyes, wore black and had sickly pale white skin along with an echoing voice, "You didn't do as you were asked."
"And what was that?" Nairbix asked noticing a glint of excitement from the stranger as he looked at him.
"My sister said to wait."
"Did she, now?" Obi-Wan asked tauntingly, "Well, we were unfortunately separated. We would like our ship back, if you don't mind."
"Not yet." the Son refused hotly, "Is it true that he is the Chosen One?" he asked regarding Anakin only to have the other Jedi ready their weapons and Nairbix taking a fighting stance.
"What do you know of such things?" Obi-Wan asked in anger.
"What is about to happen shall occur whether you like it or not." he said using the Force to deactivate the lightsabers with a wave of his hand.
"You are Sith." Obi-Wan accused.
"Sith?" the Son asked before darkly chuckling as the rain fell, "Yes…and no. The storms here are quite lethal. If you want to live, I suggest you find shelter." he warned before transforming into a giant bat-like creature and flew away.
"What in the universe was that?" Ahsoka asked.
"I'm not quite sure." Obi-Wan answered as Nairbix stared at where the Son took off.
"…He's like me." he thought as lightning began to strike the ground causing them to dive into the nearest cave.
Back with Anakin and Natasha, they too were avoiding the lightning as they made their way to the only building in sight. "Whoever we're looking for is in that monastery." Anakin stated while Natasha nodded. As they ran inside, the saw a figure at the end of the massive hall meditating. He was an ancient being dressed in dark robes with a long gray beard and black eyes with light turquoise irises.
"Welcome, my friends." he greeted as they sat before him; this was obviously the Father.
"What is it that you want from us?" Anakin asked.
"To learn the truth about who you really are," he said to Anakin, "One that maybe you have known all along, one that you must believe in order to fulfill your destiny."
"Enough with the riddles, old man." Natasha warned, "Tell us what's going on here, now."
"As you can see, there is nowhere else to go. It is late. You will be my guests tonight."
In the cave with the others, Obi-Wan had a vision of his old master standing before him. "Obi-Wan, have you done as I asked? Have you trained the boy?" Qui-Gon asked as his corporal form stood in front of the fire.
"Master Qui-Gon, how are you here?" he asked igniting his weapon in defense.
"I am here because you are here."
"No, I don't understand. What is this place?"
"Unlike any other, a conduit through which the entire Force of the universe flows." Qui-Gon replied.
"Are we in danger?" asked Obi-Wan.
"This world is both an amplifier and a magnet. Three are here who seek Skywalker. They, like me, believe him to be the Chosen One."
"You were right." Obi-Wan agreed as he put away his weapon, "The Force within him is stronger than any known Jedi. His strength even rivals that of Natasha's. I trained him the best I could, but he's still willful and balance eludes him."
"If he is the Chosen One, he will discover it here."
"And if not?"
"Then you must realize that with his power, this is a very dangerous place for him to be." Qui-Gon warned as he vanished.
In the Father's monastery, Natasha was having a vision of her own. "Natasha…Natasha." a voice called to her in a sing-song voice before shouting, "Natasha!"
"Who's there?!" she cried, "Show yourself!"
"Come now, you can't have forgotten the sound of my voice already, could you?" the voice asked, floating before her, Natasha saw the smaller body of her greatest foe smirking at her evilly.
"Chernabog." Natasha hissed in hatred, "Whatever trick this is, it won't work. Chernabog is dead."
"Oh, you should know by now that nothing truly remains dead. Everything lives on one way or another. Like me. I'll always be in your head, Natasha." Chernabog mocked as they circled each other.
"Why are you here, then?"
"I wanted to see you." he said attempting to sound sincere, "I wanted to see how much you've grown since our battle all those years ago. Though, I must say, white hair doesn't really suit you. Tell me, do you remember what I showed you during our battle?"
"How could I forget? Those images have haunted me ever since I returned to this galaxy. What about them?" she asked.
"Oh, nothing really. I just wanted to know that when you actually see them, it won't seem all that new to you. And even then, that won't be the worst thing that you will experience in the future." Chernabog added before fading into the darkness, laughing as dark as the depths from whence he came.
In the caves, it was Ahsoka that had the next vison, though the face she saw didn't belong to someone from her past; it was her future self. "Are you happy, child? Your master, does he treat you well?"
"What concern of it is yours?" Ahsoka asked herself, upon further notice, she wore a long brown coat and carried no lightsaber(s) at her sides yet still radiated power.
"I am your future, your potential."
"This is a trick!" she accused as she ignited her weapons.
"There is a wildness to you, young one. Seeds of the dark side planted by your master, and of that from the one who will change your path. Do you feel it?" she asked gently.
"No, he is unlike any other Jedi-I trust him with my life. And who else are you talking about? Who wants to change my path?"
"You have already met. There are many contradictions in you…and in them. Be warned, you may never see your future if you remain his student and do not take the other's offer. Leave this place!" Ahsoka shouted before disappearing in the fire.
In Nairbix's vision, he was greeted with the face of someone he held very close to his heart, the great lion himself. "Nairbix." Aslan called gently bringing Nairbix out of his deep sleep.
"Aslan?" he asked as a tear formed in his eye, "Why are you here?"
"Nairbix, this world has dangers that even with all your strength cannot control. You must leave, least the source of yours and your friend's power is revealed."
"But we can't leave." Nairbix argued, "Our ship is gone and I am unable to open a corridor to take us away."
"If you do not leave soon, you will witness the first step in your friend's betrayal."
"Whose betrayal? Of whom do you speak of?" Nairbix asked rising to his feet.
"You cannot trust them. Have you forgotten what the humans did to Narnia? These people are no different." Aslan stressed.
"Yes, I remember…but I also remember that the real Aslan would never pass blame onto others, least of all an entire species!" Nairbix shouted as Aslan roared and he summoned his Keyblade. The fake Aslan then pounced at Nairbix only to have him slash at the imposter and ending the vison.
"Nairbix, are you alright?" Obi-Wan asked as his friend awoke.
"…I'm fine, Obi-Wan. And from the looks on your faces, the two of you had visions of your own."
"Yeah, and mine makes me think that Anakin is in trouble." Ahsoka informed.
At the monastery, both Anakin and Natasha approached the Father with their lightsabers pointed at his face. "Cannot sleep?" the Father asked, "To strike an unarmed man is hardly the Jedi way."
"You're a Sith Lord!" Anakin accused.
"You're wrong on that one, Anakin." Natasha corrected, "But he's certainly not to be trusted."
"The Princess of Heart is correct that I am not of the Sith, my young Jedi. You have a very simple view of the universe. I am neither Sith nor Jedi. I am much more…and so are the two of you."
"We see through your spells and visions, old man. Tell us what is going on here!" Anakin demanded as he kept his blade an inch away from the Father's neck. Before he gave his explanation, the Father grabbed hold of the blade without so much as wincing or any sign of injury.
"Some call us Force Wielders." he replied as he pushed the blade back to the grip deactivating it.
"The Jedi have never spoken of this." Anakin argued.
"Hmm, few still know of our existence."
"In that room, my mother came to me. But it was not her. It was something else."
"Ah. My son, I suspect. We can take many forms. The shapes we embody are merely reflections of the life force around us." explained the Father, "You carry a great sadness in your heart. My children and I can manipulate the Force like no other. Therefore, it was necessary to withdraw from the temporal world and live here as anchorites."
"As a sanctuary?" Natasha asked.
"And a prison. You cannot imagine what pain it is to have such love for your children and realize that they could tear the very fabric of our universe."
"I don't understand." Anakin stressed.
"It is only here that I can control them. A family in balance, the light and the dark, day with night, destruction replaced by creation."
"I get." Natasha spoke up, "You're like Nairbix. You're the living manifestations of the Force. You yourself stand for the balance and Force as a whole, while your daughter represents the light side of the Force and your son the dark. Each of you is the personification of how the Force is viewed and how those on either side are and use it."
"Very astute of you." praised the Father.
"But why reveal yourselves to us now?" Anakin asked.
"There are some who would like to exploit our power. The Sith are but one. Too much light or dark would be the undoing of life as you understand it. When news reached me that the Chosen One had been found, I needed to see for myself."
"So that's why you brought us here. This place isn't even an actual world, is it? You're simply making us see a reality we can understand because of what this place is. We're in the Force itself, aren't we?" Natasha asked hotly.
"Natasha, you don't really believe that, do you? Besides, the Chosen One is a myth." Anakin argued.
"Is it?" the Father asked, "I should very much like to know. Why don't we find out together? Pass one test, and I shall know the truth. Then you and your friends may leave." he offered before pressing his fingers against Natasha's forehead rendering her unconscious.
"Natasha!" Anakin exclaimed, "What did you do to her?!"
"She will have her own test to take after yours. I am merely preparing her for it."
As the sun rose and passed the land, everything that was once dead regained life in an instant. "The longer we stay here, the stranger this place gets." Ahsoka stated dryly.
"It appears the world is renewing herself." Obi-Wan suggested.
"What about Master Skywalker and Master Romanoff?" Ahsoka asked in concern.
"I wouldn't worry, Snips. Those two are too stubborn to be deceived so easily." Nairbix reassured. As he said this, two flying figures swooped down and snatched away the two Jedi. "Hey!" Nairbix shouted as he took off in pursuit.
As he caught up with them, the Son blindsided him while the Daughter flew and gently pressed her talon against his forehead, catching him before he began to plummet.
Back at the monastery, both the Father and Anakin stood at the center of an arena where they awaited the others. "It is time to face your guilt and know the truth." the Father said to him as his children swooped down.
In the Daughter's claws, Obi-Wan struggled to get free while Ahsoka did the same from the Son's grasp. Nairbix then swooped down to the platform above the Son staring down at them as Natasha appeared above the Daughter on another platform.
"Whatever they want, don't do it, Master!" Ahsoka pleaded.
"Let them go." demanded Anakin, "I will not play your games."
"Oh, but I think you will." disagreed the Father, "I have ordered my children to kill your friends…the question is…" he carried as he levitated to the center platform, "Which one will you choose to save-your master or your apprentice? You must now release the guilt and free yourself by choosing."
"No!" shouted Anakin in refusal.
"Their powers are too strong for us, Anakin. Save Ahsoka!" Obi-Wan cried as the Padawan cried in pain from the hold the Son had on her.
"Let them go." Anakin demanded in a low threatening tone.
"Only you can make my children release them." the Father repeated.
"Anakin, the world is the Force. Use it." Obi-Wan instructed.
Composing himself and finding his center, Anakin willed the Force like never before and took actions into his own hands. "You will let them go!" he cried releasing a blast of the Force as he raised the Son and Daughter from the ground.
As he did this, the sky grew dark revealing the night sky before he gently set his friends down. Anakin then slowly pulled in the siblings only to push them back against the arena's walls. In their anger, the Force Wielders attempted to strike at their former captives, but Anakin wouldn't allow it.
"Down!" he bellowed at the Son crushing him against the ground with his sister. "On your knees!" he commanded forcing the siblings to bow before him and return to their human-like forms in defeat.
"And now you see who you truly are." said the Father, "Only the Chosen One could tame both my children."
"I have taken your test. Now fulfill your promise and let us go." Anakin demanded.
"Ah, but not all tests have been completed."
"What is he talking about?" Obi-Wan asked hotly.
"He wants to test Natasha and Nairbix now." Anakin replied through his gritting teeth.
"No, not exactly. Your friends do indeed possess a power unlike anyone else in our galaxy and are unmatched in their own ways. But what I wish to test is not your friends, but the entity and dominion that is the source of their power." the Father informed glancing at the awaiting duo.
"The entity and dominion?" Obi-Wan asked, "But that means…you want to test Kingdom Hearts?!" he exclaimed.
"You're out of your mind if you think that you can comprehend something like Kingdom Hearts!" Ahsoka cried.
"And I suppose that you three know it better than I?" the Father asked smugly.
"We know that if the ones who use its power don't fully understand it and have enough sense to know not to abuse it, it's not something to test." Anakin retorted.
"Nevertheless, it will be tested." the Father replied as he carried them all to the platform as Nairbix and Natasha jumped down to face each other. "Show us the true extent of your Kingdom Hearts. Begin!"
Nairbix then summoned his Keyblade (now reaching 75% of his power) and unleashed a void of darkness from his body. Natasha replied by revealing a pair of white Angel wings from her back and summoning what appeared to be a heavenly sword from the light she was radiating to match Nairbix's darkness.
The sky was now a swirling vortex of clouds as a bright, pale blue light shinned through it. Right now, the three Jedi were struggling to catch their breath as the raw power filled the air. "What is this?" Ahsoka asked through her struggling.
"This…power…it's unlike anything I've felt before." Obi-Wan said as he clutched his chest, "What is it?"
"It's Kingdom Hearts." Anakin answered as he looked at the sky. The others looked up and saw the source of the intimidating power. It was the enormous blue shinning heart-shaped moon known as Kingdom Hearts!
As it appeared, Nairbix and Natasha charged at each other. Once their weapons clashed, a powerful burst of raw power erupted from them knocking back everyone around them; even the Father and his children were struggling to keep their composure at the power around them.
"That is enough." he commanded, but his orders were unheard. Behind Nairbix, darkness enveloped everything in its path as Natasha's light did the same. Like when Nairbix created Nueva Destra, all those who could sense Kingdom Hearts power and the two that were using it to reach God-like levels. Natasha then sent a tidal wave of light at her friend who easily deflected it with a wall of darkness.
In retaliation, he sent a swarm of dark magical needles at her which did nothing as they bounced off her barrier. Clearly, the two of them were evenly matched, so in order to end things quickly, the both of them gathered their element and focused it into a swirling sphere of destruction in the palms of their hands. After that, they each fired an indescribable blast of power at each other, blinding all who saw it.
When the dust settled, Nairbix and Natasha collapsed on their backs and watched as Kingdom Hearts left in its ever brilliant light. Anakin, Ahsoka and Obi-Wan then jumped down to help their friends and make sure that they were alright.
"Ugh, my head," Natasha groaned, "I got to learn to say no to that stuff."
"Are you guys okay?" Ahsoka asked.
"I feel like my head was used as a speed bag for Rocky Balboa montage." replied Nairbix.
"They're fine." replied Anakin as the Father approached them.
"It would seem that your Kingdom Hearts has a tremendous source of power." he stated before speaking directly to Anakin, "And now see, only the Chosen One could tame both my children."
"I have done as you asked," Anakin spat, "Now fulfill your promise and let us leave."
"Ah, but first you must now the truth. Leave us." he ordered.
"Do not trust him." Ahsoka whispered.
"You think?" sarcastically asked Anakin.
"I said leave us." the Father repeated.
After he had his conversation with the Father, Anakin returned to the ship where the party was ready to depart from this world, or so they thought. As the ship soared through the air, Nairbix was taking a little nap; as he dreamed, he found himself in the planes of Mortis listening to a dark voice.
"Nairbix…Nairbix…join me, Nairbix." the voice said, Nairbix looked around and found the source of the voice, the Son. "Together we will change the balance of the universe, my friend."
"I think I'll pass on that, thank you." he replied.
"Why?" the Son asked, "Because of the ones whom you call your friends? What makes you think that they will remain as such? None of them understand you, what you are, what it means to be you."
"And you do?" calmly retorted Nairbix, "You think that just because you've taken a dip into the dark side you understand darkness like mine? Don't make laugh. Your silver tongue seems a bit more like lead if you ask me."
"If you continue to side with these Jedi, you will only find pain at the end of this saga in your life." the Son warned as Nairbix walked away, "And before that, they will attempt to consume you in their arrogant light. Join me, and we will restore balance wherever we go."
"…I think you ought to get out of my head now before I make you regret it, you bloody bastard." threatened Nairbix before continuing to walk away.
"Don't you dare turn your back on me!" the Son snarled as he transformed and attacked Nairbix; after he did, Nairbix awoke with a start gasping for air.
"Are you okay?" Ahsoka asked in concern.
"…Yeah, Snips, I'm fine. Thanks."
"If you're done napping, we could use a little help here, Nairbix." said Obi-Wan from the cockpit.
"Alright, alright." waved off Nairbix. Just then, he heard Ahsoka grunt and gasp as the Son held her. Seeing this, Anakin stood by Nairbix's side as the cockpit doors were forced tightly shut.
"Leaving so soon?" he asked smoothly, "Not without this, you won't." As the floor beneath them opened, the Son with Ahsoka jumped down and took off. But as soon as he did, Nairbix took off after them.
"What's going on back there?" Natasha asked.
"The Son took Ahsoka and Nairbix went after them." replied Anakin.
"What?!"
"Move. Let me do the flying." Anakin snapped. As they followed the Son into a canyon filled with mist and darkness, they eventually lost both him and Ahsoka. Once they were no longer in sight, Anakin crash landed the ship into the ground after he dodged a large structure.
"I didn't think you saw it." groaned Natasha.
"It was a giant tower-of course I saw it!" Anakin retorted as they left the ship, "Any sign of him?"
"No," Obi-Wan replied, "But I think it's obvious where he's taken her, and I'm fairly sure that Nairbix is there looking for them." he deduced staring at the dark tower before them miles ahead.
"We must hurry." Anakin stressed.
"Anakin, this wasn't a mistake." Natasha interjected, "He brought us here for a reason. We shouldn't get involved just yet."
"I don't care, he's too powerful for Ahsoka-and what if Nairbix doesn't get to her in time? I won't leave either of them alone."
"We are in the middle of something that we don't understand!" Obi-Wan stressed, "We'd be wise to confer with the Father first."
"There's no time." Anakin growled.
"This is what he wants, to divide us." Natasha reasoned.
"It's my fault he took her!" he shouted."
"You must sense how strong this part of the world is with the dark side. Not only will we be at a disadvantage, but Nairbix will gain more strength from it giving him the upper hand against the Son." Natasha further explained.
"The Father will know what to do." said Obi-Wan.
"…He can't help us." Anakin replied as he made his way to the tower.
Inside said tower, Nairbix was searching through it in hopes of finding his young Jedi friend. "Ahsoka," he whispered, "Ahsoka where are you?"
"Looking for someone?" a little gray alien asked.
"What's it to you?" Nairbix asked hotly.
"I've been here for years…there is no way to escape his fortress."
"You refer to the Son? Where is he? He brought my friend here, I need to get her out of here."
"Hmm, out of here…how many before you have thought of that, I wonder? Pray tell, child, what will you do if you encounter him?"
"That all depends on the state of my friend, and just how angry I am when I see him. If she's harmed…he just might not survive the night."
"We'll just see about that." the alien replied as he bit Nairbix's ankle.
"Ow!" he cried as he kicked away the alien, "What did you…what did you…do to me?" Nairbix slurred as he swayed and collapsed to the ground.
"I've made you mine." alien said as he transformed into the Son. As Nairbix lied on the floor, his body color became more sullen as dark veins covered it while eyes shot open and went from their natural shade of emerald green to sulfuric yellow.
Back at the ship, Obi-Wan was pacing anxiously as Natasha simply sat in patience. "Anakin…always on the move." he complained, "How do we even find the Father?" he asked as the Father's tower suddenly appeared behind them.
"…What an unbelievable coincidence." Natasha stated in surprise. As they made their way to the entrance of the tower, they found the Father being thrown out of its halls by red Force lighting sent from his deranged son.
"I hate you!" he shouted before transforming and flying away.
"Father!" the Daughter cried at the sight of her parent. After they brought him inside, the Daughter began to speak to the duo.
"We will leave him to rest."
"We need to speak with him." Natasha stressed.
"Not until he's stronger." the Daughter spat.
"No duh, princess!" Natasha retorted, "But that emo brother of yours with the daddy issues is losing himself to the dark side more and more by the minute. He's taken one of our friends."
"Then he must have his reasons."
"The same reasons he had for trying to murder your father?!" Natasha exclaimed in bewilderment.
"He would never do such a thing." the Daughter denied shaking her head earning what Natasha calls a WTF look from said Jedi.
"…He just did! Right in front of you!" she shouted, "What'd you do, take blind and stupid pills this morning?!"
"It is not his fault." the Daughter defended with her nose held high, "My nature is to do what is selfless, but my brother's will always be to do what is selfish."
"…And?!" Natasha shouted, "That's your reason for not helping us?! All because you think your nature requires you to do nothing?!"
"I cannot interfere in the ways of the Force. My father forbids it." she said rising from the ground while Natasha just stared at the spot with her eye twitching.
"I'm really starting to get annoyed with this bitch." she said flatly.
"Your brother will flee this place and wreak havoc on the universe." Obi-Wan warned, "You, Anakin and Natasha and even Nairbix have the power to stop him."
"I would never side with that creature." the Daughter hissed at the notion.
"What did you say?" Natasha asked softly in anger.
"Your 'friend' as you call it, is nothing more than a putrid form of darkness that ought to be destroyed." she replied snootily, "I'm sure by now that it has sided with my brother in hopes to further spread its evil upon the-"
Before the Daughter could finish, Natasha sucker punched her right on the jaw knocking her back several feet. "Ho-how dare you strike me-"
"SHUT UP!" Natasha screeched as she grabbed the Force Wielder by her dress, "Call my friend an evil it one more time, I f****** dare you!" she shouted surprising Obi-Wan with the foul language. "You know, people like you make me sick. 'My father forbids it-I can't interfere with the ways of the Force-I'm too much of a brat to think for myself and actually doing something useful for once in my life because I don't want to disobey my daddy'!" she mocked.
"You've got two options in front of you here, toots: A) you get the universe long stick out of your ass and off your ego equivalent in height high horse and help us; or B) you leave the universe to deal with your brother all because you didn't do a damn thing when you had the chance. What's it gonna be?"
After getting over the outburst and actually using her head, the Daughter got to her feet and gave her answer. "Follow me." she said.
"Good answer." Natasha spat.
As the Daughter led them through the forest, Obi-Wan and Natasha were having a conversation of their own. "Not that I'm complaining, but was there any particular reason why you erupted at her back at the monastery?" he asked.
"Sigh, this Daughter, whatever she is, reminds me of the other Princesses of Heart." Natasha huffed.
"Others? There are more than just one?"
"That's right, Nairbix and I never told you guys. Well, you see, Obi-Wan, I'm actually one of seven princesses that have hearts of pure light back in our universe."
"I take it that the other six are your sisters then?" he asked.
"No, we aren't related to each other let alone sisters. It's a long story for another time. Anyway, the ones that I've met over the years just…really piss me off." Natasha said in exasperation.
"What for?"
"Sigh, well for one thing, they're the exact opposite of how I act. These girls have been spoiled rotten and have no sense of what goes on around them. All they do when things get tough is just put on a smile and put their faith in the light or somebody else to make everything all better for them. They don't take any action and expect everyone to love them."
"You said the ones you've met; have you not met all of them?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Kinda, its custom for us to interact with each other from time to time as children and often be there after they're presented to the inhabitants of their worlds. I'm currently the oldest while three of them are old enough to really get on my nerves. The other three are like two years old and a baby so they haven't really done anything to piss me off yet and one of them is in hiding for a while."
"Why would she be in hiding?"
"Uh…you remember me saying that the first thing Nairbix did with his Keyblade was curse a baby with his mother?" Natasha asked twiddling her fingers.
"Yeah…?"
"Well, that baby was actually the daughter of the guy who took his mother's wings and the new Princess of Heart for that world."
"Oh." Obi-Wan replied wide-eyed.
"Yeah…bit of a shock for me and my family when we found that out to say the least. Anyway, the other three, oh boy, they're the snottiest spoiled brats I've ever met. Especially Snow White."
"Why's that?"
"Because the first day I met her it was at her birthday party and she told me when we met that, 'it certainly is wonderful that you are here on the day everyone comes and adores the day that I was born into this life. They are such wonderful people to love me this much and know what it means to be in the presence of princesses like us'."
"Yes, I can see that she would a bit self-absorbed and annoying."
"Yeah, and according to my mother, her mother was even worse." Natasha added.
"Really?"
"Yep. She was so arrogant and cynical that she would make it a point to publically humiliate servants and the poor in front of other royals on a daily basis for her amusement." she explained, "Not only that, but she once tripped a miller's daughter and made her get down on her knees and apologize for her shoe getting scuffed when she tripped her. That same woman eventually became her soon-to-be husband's fiancé and Eva, oh Eva struck again. You know what she did?"
"No."
"She found out (through eavesdropping) that the other woman was pregnant with the king's gardener who pretended to not only love her but pretended to be the king himself and threatened to tell everyone their secret unless she steal gold and jewels for him. She did, but only because she thought that her fiancé would have no choice but to call off the engagement if he knew the truth. But Eva got to him first and lied to him.
"She said that it was all a trick just to steal from him because she was a greedy little peasant. Needless to say, that engagement was called off and the one between the king and Eva was formed; and to this day, she pretends to be this loving, caring monarch when she's actually this holier than thou bitch who spends her days wrapped up in her own little world thinking she's perfect than everyone else."
"Sounds to me like she has her whole kingdom wrapped around her thumb." Obi-Wan mussed, "If you get your traits from your mother, something tells me that she's confronted this Queen Eva at least once before, yes?"
"Oh, believe me, when somebody pisses off a Romanoff, they do not live on without knowing it and becoming scared of us." Natasha reassured.
"Has anyone of your predecessors done anything like that?" he asked.
"Not as far as I know," Natasha shrugged, "I'd be surprised if that were the case, though. My family has this tradition that we go through when we turn fourteen. About a week after we turn fourteen, we are literally thrown out of the castle and into the slums of another world. There you live for a year to understand what the poor and unfortunate go through in their lives and you try to help them the best you can. After that, we come back to Radiant Garden and live on the streets for two more years in order to understand the deeper facts of what goes on in our home so that when we return to the castle, we're better experienced and know what it is that we need to fix."
"Wow. I take it you've already gone through this then?"
"Yeah, I nearly died of starvation during the first year because the only food that was there was either rotten, expired, moldy, or just plain garbage. The next two years I got caught up in a series of gang wars from a bunch of punks from other worlds and nearly had all four of my limps torn off after getting captured a few times." Natasha replied, "It was the cold truth of reality, but I came out stronger than I ever would by just training inside the walls of my castle."
"We're here." the Daughter informed as they reached a cave. Inside they saw a pale green lit alter at the bottom of a ledge. As they were about to get closer to the alter, the Daughter once again spoke. "I can go no further. When you reach the alter, it will give you what you need."
"I-I don't understand." Obi-Wan replied.
"He who wields the blade will be able to control my brother." she clarified. Once they jumped down to the alter, Obi-Wan reached in and grabbed the hilt; as he did, the blade sprang to life in a column of pale turquoise fire. It was long, black, wide at the base before ending in a thin end that was so sharp, it seemed as though the air was being cut as it moved.
As this was happening, Anakin raced into the tower's outer garden. As he reached his destination, he saw that both his friend and apprentice were sitting before a dark tree in silence. "Ahsoka, Nairbix. Guys, it's me. You're safe now, let's go."
"Are you proud of me, Master?" Ahsoka asked.
"What?" Anakin asked in bewilderment, "Uh, of course, Snips. Of course I'm proud of you. Now, let's get out of here."
"He lies." Nairbix whispered raspily.
"He's right," Ahsoka said as they opened their sulfuric eyes, "Right about everything. You must join him."
"He only wants what's best for the universe." Nairbix added madly as they turned to him.
"Hey, what's wrong with you two?" Anakin asked in concern.
"Always with the criticism, Master." Ahsoka sneered as she rolled her head, "Never really believing in me, trusting me. Well, I don't need you anymore."
"He can't help it." Nairbix threw in, "Always striving for glory so that everyone around him will see him as a hero. Not the fraud that he truly is and pretends to deny." he growled.
"Ahsoka, Nairbix, you have to listen to me. The Son has done something to you. Snap out of it, this isn't either of you."
"Isn't it?" Ahsoka snapped before returning to her madness, "We've never felt more like ourselves than ever. He asked us to give you a message."
"He said if you don't join him, then he will kill us." Nairbix said softly before laughing gently.
"I won't let him." Anakin refused, "I'll save both of you and get us out of this Hell."
"Then you will be forced to kill us." Ahsoka retorted as she ignited her lightsaber.
"'Save us from this Hell' he says," Nairbix mocks, "Do you want to know where the real Hell is, Anakin?" he asked, he then brought his right pinky finger to his head and softly said, "It's in your head."
Both she and Nairbix then jumped at Anakin and began to attack him. Thankfully, their techniques were incredibly sloppy most likely due to their madness; but fending himself against his student and one of his closest friends was still difficult for the young Jedi.
As the Son watched the fight from his throne room, Natasha, the Daughter and Obi-Wan approached him.
"Sister…what a pleasant surprise." he said almost sincerely, "And you brought friends."
"What have you done, brother?" she asked.
"Done?" he asked, "I have done what is right…or what is wrong depending on your point of view."
"Our father is dying. Did you do it?"
"He is just so selfish and was taking too long to die, so I decided to speed things along." he replied, "Now, why are you here?"
"I won't let you leave this world."
"You are not strong enough to keep me here."
"Not alone she isn't." stepped in Obi-Wan.
"Are you referring to your friend, the Chosen One?" the Son asked, "You might want to check up on him and your other friends. They're a little preoccupied right now." he said causing Obi-Wan and Natasha to run outside.
"I don't want to fight you two." Anakin said as he deflected their sloppy attacks, Ahsoka then smoothly back flipped him with a kick knocking his lightsaber out of his hands and him back several feet.
"And now the student will kill the master." Ahsoka sneered. Anakin then used the Force to take back his weapon and ignite it just as his possessed student was about to take his head.
"Getting a little ahead of yourself, aren't you, Snips." he teased.
"Don't call me that!" she snapped, "I hate it when you call me that!"
"Kill him and you'll never have to hear it again." Nairbix urged as he resumed to fight Anakin with his claws while she activated her second lightsaber. As she did this, Obi-Wan and Natasha joined in with their weapons ready.
"Three Jedi, finally a challenge." Ahsoka darkly cheered.
"Speak for yourself, I only see three lambs ready to be slaughtered." Nairbix spat glaring at Natasha as his summoned Heartbreaker.
As they struggled against their friends in the fight, Anakin called out, "Any suggestions?"
"Yeah, we cut them free." Natasha replied as Obi-Wan pulled out the alter blade.
"What is that?" Anakin asked."
"It can kill the Son." Obi-Wan replied.
"Where did you get that?!" Ahsoka and Nairbix asked as the Son's voice overlapped their own, "Give it to me!"
But before anyone could do anything, both the Son and Daughter were thrown through the glass above them, turns out it was the Father who did it as he stood before them all.
"So glad you could make it to our little party, Father." the Son mocked as he sent Force lightning at him.
"You will stop this." the Father ordered as he deflected the attack.
"You are too weak for me, old man. You mean nothing to me anymore." he said as he overpowered his parent.
"Anakin, now!" Obi-Wan cried as he tossed the blade only for it to be caught by Ahsoka. She then jumped over to present it to the Son; as she did, she looked to her old friends with a sadistic grin.
"Everything has transpired exactly as I planned." said the Son as Ahsoka presented him the weapon.
"You showed them the alter?" the Father asked his daughter.
"I am sorry, Father. I didn't know how else to stop him." she defended.
"Give it to me, child." he said to Ahsoka who gladly did so, "Thank you," he said as he marveled at the blade, "Your usefulness has come to an end." He then pressed his fingers to Ahsoka's forehead causing her to go limp, limp like the dead.
"No!" Anakin cried. As he did, Nairbix (who was still possessed) looked at the sight of his friend before clutching his head in agony. Memories of Ahsoka filled his mind as the pain overwhelmed him.
"The Jedi have brought me the dagger, and you have brought yourself. Now, Father, you will die." the Son said as he raised the dagger ready to strike. But as he did, his sister ran in front of him and took the attack for her father.
As the light surrounding her began to fade, it was then that Nairbix snapped back to reality and looked to the Son in fury. As the Son cried out in anguish, Nairbix roared as he charged at him with his claws tearing through the left side of his face as tears formed in Nairbix's eyes over Ahsoka's apparent death.
The Son clutched his face in pain as he flew off into the night with Nairbix in pursuit. While this happened, the Father cradled his child in his arms as her life was ending. Anakin checked on Ahsoka only to see that she was still just as limp and cold and that her eyes had rolled back into her head.
"My daughter…what have I done?" moaned the Father in sorrow.
"Do not hate him, Father." his daughter pleaded, "It is his nature." she said as life and light began to die all around them; even Natasha's hair and eyes returned to normal from the lack of light.
"No. All is lost. The balance has been broken." he said through his grief, "I thought by bringing you here, I would…but I have destroyed everything."
At the canyons, Nairbix chased after the Son as they flew past the surrounding rock formations. As he flew over the Son's bat-like form, Nairbix reeled back his hand and shouted, "Flux Wave!" sending him crashing down onto the rocks.
Because of this, the Son resumed his human form and sent his red Force lightning at Nairbix landing towards him who retaliated with his own black lightning attack. He walked up to him, picked him up and began to repeatedly punch him square in the face over, and over, and over again as he drew blood.
It was obvious that Nairbix had every intention to kill.
"Can you help her?" Anakin asked holding Ahsoka's body back at the tower.
"There is no light. The evil had been unleashed, and the dark side shall consume her." the Father hopelessly answered.
"You must help her!" Anakin pleaded as his voice broke.
"I cannot undo what has been done. There is no hope."
"Yes, there is. There's always hope!" Anakin replied in denial.
The Daughter then caressed her father's cheek as she nodded at him. He then stood up and took his place in-between both her and Ahsoka and motioned for Anakin to kneel between them. "Then let my daughter's last act be to breathe life into your friend." he said as he used Anakin to make to transfer.
At first, nothing changed, but Ahsoka then shot up coughing and gasping for air. Anakin then embraced his student, "Hey, Snips." he greeted.
While the Padawan had indeed returned to life, Nairbix was too wrapped up in his own anger to sense this as he literally slammed the Son against the ground and walls by the grip on his ankle. He then tossed him into the air and readied his next attack. It was a low kick with a small silver magic circle above his foot and seven more behind it. To better explain, these were going to send off a Flux Wave kick with eight more times the power.
"Bye." Nairbix whispered, but just as he was about to kick him, Nairbix sensed Ahsoka's life force return as the Son fell head first to the ground. "Ahsoka." he whispered just before flying back to his friends. Once he landed, he was quickly embraced by a hug from Natasha.
"You okay?" she asked looking up at him.
"Yeah, I'm fine-" he reassured before being cut off by Natasha kneeing him in the groin. "My balls. My balls-that was a cheap shot." he groaned in pain as he fell to the ground.
"That'll teach you not to go and do stupid stuff like that and make me worry." Natasha growled.
"As the balance in this world crumbles, so shall war escalate in your galaxy." the Father explained as he knelt next to his daughter's corpse, "As my son has descended into the dark side, so have the Sith gained strength."
"We will stop your son." Anakin promised only to be refused.
"No. You must leave. He needs your ship to leave this world. You must leave before he can take it."
"What about you?" Obi-Wan asked.
"I shall mourn all that I have done and all that is yet to be." he replied solemnly.
After they returned to the ship, Anakin was still mulling all the events that had transpired since their arrival. But before he could become too wrapped up in his thoughts, Obi-Wan snapped him out of it.
"I'm getting a little tired of how unreliable the weather is here." he complained.
"Some might say that's part of the appeal." Anakin offered.
"You did well, Anakin. How do you feel?" his old master asked.
"I'm not sure we're doing the right thing by leaving." he replied, "The Son is consumed by the dark side."
"And if we stay, we may be used to the dark side's advantage." Obi-Wan reminded as Natasha and Ahsoka's heads popped up from the inside of the ship.
"Well, you want the bad news or the really bad news?" Ahsoka asked.
"Well, let's try the bad news, laced with a little optimism." offered Obi-Wan.
"Well, we've got two cracked shilo pins, a busted power converter, the engine will need to be fired twice to get rid of all the debris, and the backup vents need charging. What'd you say to that?" Natasha asked.
"Sounds terribly downbeat." he answered as Nairbix flew down from behind.
"Still no sign of the Son." he reported, "Wherever he is, he obviously wants to stay there for a while. Probably still trying to compose himself after killing his sister, I'd wager. How's the ship?"
"Not too good." Obi-Wan replied, "Can it be fixed?" he asked the duo.
"Uh, we can reroute the primary initiator, weld the dampening vents, and that might give us enough power to leave the atmosphere. After that, I have no guarantee she'll hold together." Ahsoka explained.
"We'll take our chances. Better than staying here." Nairbix reasoned as he and the other two Jedi went outside; as they did, Anakin wheeled out one of their speeders. "Where are you off to, then?" he asked.
"To see the Father. I'm not convinced that the Son will be contained here without our help. Perhaps we should make a stand."
"Anakin-"
"If I don't get the Father's blessing to leave…it'll haunt me forever." And with that, Anakin took off into the night.
Roughly an hour or so later, Obi-Wan, Nairbix and Natasha sensed that the Father had decided to stop by and pay them a visit; though it clearly wasn't a friendly one.
"Where's Anakin?" Natasha asked.
"He came to me for guidance," the Father replied, "But at the crossroad, only he can choose. The Force will be his guide now."
"I don't like this. What have you done?" Obi-Wan asked hotly.
"I have done nothing."
"Yeah, this time around." Nairbix mocked dryly.
"I am merely letting the will of the Force take shape."
"Where had he gone?" Natasha asked threateningly.
"To the Well of the Dark Side."
"…That doesn't sound promising." Nairbix pointed out bluntly nervous.
On another part of the world, Anakin zoomed through a dark canyon on his speeder and found his destination. The Well of the Dark Side; which turned out to be a deep volcanic crater with the Son at the bottom.
"Welcome." the Son greeted from behind, "I believe that there has been a misunderstanding. We really don't have to be enemies."
"You murdered your sister." Anakin snarled while pointing at the dark being, "The Force is out of balance. I have to stop you."
"Must you?" he asked; Anakin's response was him activating his lightsaber.
"Anakin has gone to confront your son, hasn't he?" Obi-Wan asked already knowing the answer.
"Deep within this world exists a place where all that is dark is channeled." the Father explained.
"And how exactly do we get there?" asked Natasha hotly.
"You cannot interfere."
"Gee, thanks pot for calling us kettles black." Natasha mocked while glaring at the ancient Force Wielder.
"If were weren't supposed to interfere, then Ahsoka, Natasha, Nairbix and I wouldn't be here in the first place!" Obi-Wan retorted before turning to the Padawan, "Look after the ship. We're going to find Anakin." He barked as he and Natasha used the Force to pull out two extra speeders before taking off.
Back with the Son and Anakin, the Son used the Force to take Anakin's lightsaber. "There is no such use for such crude implements here. I have a gift for you."
"I've had enough of your trickery." Anakin growled.
"Oh, but you'll like this one. I promise." the Son said with dark sincerity, "What if I could show you…the future?"
As he paced around him, Anakin's mind began to fill with images that caused him the clutch his head in pain, agony, and overall despair. "No! No. Stop it." he begged.
"Know yourself. Know what you will become!"
"NO!"
Later on, the other trio flew into the depths of the Well where they found their friend. "Anakin, are you alright?" Obi-Wan asked.
"There has been a change of plan." Anakin said darkly, as he looked at them they could all see that he was in a similar state to what Nairbix and Ahsoka were in hours before. He then used the Force to push Obi-Wan and Natasha's speeders into the lava. "Sorry. You will not understand what I have to do to end the Clone Wars. You will try to stop me."
As he said this, the Son hovered above the others and electrocuted them with his Force lightning. "Anakin, why?" Obi-Wan asked.
"I'm sorry." he apologized, "But I have seen that it is the Jedi who will stand in the way of peace." Anakin then mounted his speeder and took off from the Well.
"He's mine now." the Son gloated before transforming and cackling maniacally.
"Nairbix, can you get us out of here?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Easily, but we ought to wait a moment so they don't notice us. Contact Ahsoka and alert her about what's happened."
"Right." Obi-Wan nodded, "Ahsoka. Ahsoka, can you hear me? Ahsoka?" he called on his comlink.
"Yes, Master." she replied on the other end, "Any success with Anakin?"
"No quite the opposite."
"Master, what are you saying?"
"Anakin has joined with the Son. Do not engage him."
"But-"
"Just do as I say!" Obi-Wan shouted, "Listen to me. You have to disable the ship."
"But I just finished putting it back together." she retorted.
"Ahsoka, please listen." Obi-Wan begged, "We have to prevent Anakin leaving with the Son."
"Yes, Master." Ahsoka complied.
"Alright, hold on." Nairbix advised as he grabbed the two of them and began to fly themselves out of the crater.
"Can't you fly any faster?" Obi-Wan asked after noticing that Nairbix was flying slower than usual.
"I don't know," Nairbix shrugged, "You think you can survive a five-hundred foot drop into lava if you let go?"
"You know, he's got a point." Ahsoka agreed on her own speeder.
"What took you so long?" Obi-Wan asked as he jumped onto the back of the speeder leaving only Natasha being held in Nairbix's embrace.
"Did you take care of the ship?" Natasha asked trying to contain her inner joy.
"Yep," Ahsoka replied holding up a small important piece of the ship, "She won't be going anywhere without this."
"Good. That'll give us some time to save Anakin." Nairbix added as they all took off. Seeing no other safe place to go, they returned to the Father's monastery. As they flew over the arena, they saw that the Father had Anakin with him laid next to him on the ground.
"Master!" Ahsoka called out.
"What happened to him?" Nairbix asked as they landed.
"My son broke the laws of time and showed him what should not have been seen." the Father replied as Anakin regained consciousness.
"I-I don't remember." Anakin informed through his daze.
"I have erased that time from your mind. We will never know."
"Are you alright?" Obi-Wan asked in concern.
"I think so. But we must stop the Son once and for all." Anakin declared as he got to his feet.
"We have little time, and you'll only get one chance." warned the Father, "You know what you must do."
"How quaint," the Son sneered from above, "My own personal send-off."
"I ask you one last time. Do not leave, my son." the Father pleaded.
"You have no power to keep me, old man. You must understand by now, this world is not my destiny."
"What you will do will destroy all that is good." he reasoned, "I beg you, restrain yourself and stay."
"I cannot."
"And then it shall be. I love you, my son."
"Do you?" the Son asked as Anakin attempted to attack him only to be grabbed by the throat and tossed aside. The others then readied themselves only to be pushed away by the Force while the Father took the dagger from his child. "What? You're going to kill me now?" the Son asked through his dark laughter.
"I held hope that you could resist the dark side. But I see now…there is no going back." the Father said as he stabbed himself with the blade.
"Father." the Son said in sorrow, "No! What have you done?! It did not have to be this way!" He then held his father's body against his own.
"Yes, my child, it did. You and I are tied together, your strength runs through me. This way, I take your power."
"…Please, don't die." the Son begged through his tears.
"I always knew there was good in you." the Father confessed as he hugged his son for the last time. As he did, Anakin came up from behind and stabbed them both with his lightsaber.
"And so you have betrayed me, Father." the Son said as death took him.
"It is done." Anakin declared.
"And now I die, my heart broken, but knowing the role…you will play."
"And what is that?"
"You are the Chosen One. You have brought balance to this world. Stay on this path, and you will do it again for the galaxy. But beware your…heart." the Father warned as he took his last breath and joined his children in the next life.
As he died, his body faded away and all that was held by the Force began to collapse; even Nairbix resumed his original form now that the Son had died. Suddenly, a bright light consumed them all and returned them to where they came from.
As they laid in their seats in their ship, the image of Rex appeared on the dashboard. "General Skywalker, come in." he said waking everyone up.
"We read you, Rex. Can you hear me?" Anakin asked.
"Yes, sir, standing by. We were worried. We lost contact with you for a moment."
"A moment?" Anakin asked before lightly chuckling, "We were gone longer than a moment, Rex."
"Sir, I don't understand. You'll need to explain."
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you. We're coming in now." Anakin informed as they approached the Jedi Cruiser.
So, in case some of you didn't know some of the references that I made, allow me to further explain. When Nairbix was explaining his limitations, I made it like when Genie from Aladin was explaining the three rules of wish granting. Why? Because I've been watching these videos on YouTube called Genie's Funniest Moments which have bits from all three movies and the old T.V. show. And when Natasha was talking to Obi-Wan about Snow White and her mother, that was based off of how they were portrayed in the ABC show Once Upon a Time (Huge fan by the way!).
One last thing, my next chapter is going to be another Experiment Fiasco and after that I'm going to be taking a little break from writing this story. I'm starting to get burnt out on Star Wars and I still have like over sixteen episodes that I need to use along with Episode 3 and a few more Experiment Fiascos. So, until next time, bye!