The next day, the girls are currently attending class, albeit somewhat tired. This was due to yesterday after watching a chapter from the Holocron. Upon their arrival from their dorms and apartments, they apparently arrived late. Fortunately, they didn't get caught for it. However, they barely had any time to have any dinner and only slept for a couple of hours. Coincidently they even had to skip breakfast if they didn't want to be late for class.


Sakugawa Middle School Lunch Break…

Saten exasperatingly sighs as she slumps on her seat while she eats her meal with Uiharu. "I'm glad I managed to make it to lunch hour… I thought I was going to pass out from exhaustion."

"I'm glad that never happened…" Uiharu chuckles, feeling the same.

"How are Misaka and Kuroko doing?" The Level 0 asks as she slowly enjoys her meal, which she and Uiharu bought plus energy drinks.

"I just received a text from then saying that there also tired but are managing." The flowerhead girls said with a weak smile.

"Who would have thought that watching that story would get us this tired." Saten sighs.''

"We did get excited about watching it." Uiharu chuckles awkwardly. "We did end up forgetting that we had a class in the morning."

"I know right!" Saten laughs. "I'm just lucky we manage to pull through till lunch." The two continue to chat with each other as they finished their food.

During there lunchtime, they organized a schedule with their Tokidawa friends after they finished with their classes. They will head back to the Judgment Base to continue watching the Holocron for investigating/amusement.

Konori has already approved them to continue watching in the same room. Unfortunately, as head of a Judgment branch, she has her own duties to fulfill, which the others understood. Since that there have no severe cases as of late, she has permitted Kuroko and Uiharu to continue to 'investigate' the Holocron, then they would report to later. She even informed them that the Dean, along with the two Sisters.

The hours have pass and classes have ended, Uiharu received the text that Misaka and Kuroko are now at the base. Uiharu went ahead while Saten insisted that she would buy snacks and drinks for their viewing. They all agreed to pay her back equally later.


Somewhere in a certain Convenient Store…

The Level 0 stepped out of the convenience store while holding a handful of grocery bags, two in each of her hands, she then power walked back to the base.

"It's a good thing there's a store nearby," Saten said to herself while being glad that the walk would take less than twenty minutes from the store to the base. She happily hums as she walks, she then closes her eyes and thinks. "I wonder what's going to happen next in the Holocron." she quietly giggles, which became her mistake as she collides with an unknown obstacle.

"Kyaa!"

"Guh?!"

Saten nearly loses her balance, but thankfully she managed to stand up straight and without dropping her bags. She sighs in relief then quickly blinks, almost forgetting who she accidentally bumped into. "I'm sorry! I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." She knew it was a person, maybe a young boy like herself judging by the sound of his voice. But the moment she looked towards her eyes slightly widen in surprise.

"That's okay I wasn't really paying attention myself." The boy said with a reassuring voice. Fortunately, he didn't fall. But that wasn't what caught Saten by surprise. It was the boy's appearance and the sound of his voice that surprised her.

"Theron?"

"Hey… you okay?" The Theron look-alike said with a hint of worry in his voice, snapping her mind back.

"O-Oh! Sorry, it's just that you look like someone I know. Kinda." Satan mutters that last part.

"Really?" The boy said with a slight surprise from himself. "Well… sorry to say, but this the first time I've ever met you."

The Level 0 girl awkwardly chuckles. "Yeah… your right… Sorry, like to talk more, but I got someplace to go right now."

"I can see that." The boy gestures at the bags.

Saten chuckles then walked past him. "Bye! Sorry again!"

"No problem!" He waves at her before she loses sight of her before walking away. "Hm, cute girl."


Judgment Base…

"Sorry, I'm late, everyone!" Saten says as she enters the same room to watch the viewing.

"Don't worry about it. We didn't wait long." Misaka says as she sat on the same seat along with Kuroko, Uiharu, Accelerator, Worst, and Last Order.

"Wheres Konori?" The Level 0 asks as places down the bags on the table.

"You just missed her." Kuroko answers. "She already prepared the Holocron before she left for her duties."

"Can we start?" The Dean asks, slightly annoyed. "I want to complete this thing as soon as possible."

"No need to be grumpy! Misaka says as Misaka tells off Accelerator." The said Esper just clicks his tongue in annoyance.

"Pardon me for asking… But is it okay for the Dean to be here? I mean, don't you have important things to do?" Kuroko carefully asks the Level 5, making sure not to annoy him.

"You don't need to worry about that." Worst answers in Accelerator's place. "He can finish a day's work in just less of an hour and make plans like that in a snap."

The girls listening looked at the Dean with awe, while said Esper just rolled his eyes.

"Okay, with that out of the way…" Saten happily says, gaining everyone's attention as they know what to expect next. "Let's begin!" With that simple command, the Holocron starts.

Interlude I

"An interlude?" Uiharu tilted her head.

"Does that mean we are going to watch something that's not related to the story?" Kuroko asks.

"Looks like it." Misaka answers.

Anakin Skywalker is DEAD.

Everyone perked up by the name—especially the last one.

"Anakin Skywalker?" Saten echoed. "Is he related to Theron?"

"Doubt it." The Number One answers. "The last name was just a coverup. When he got here, but now it's clear that this Anakin might be someone important to choose his last name."

For eight months, the mysterious DARTH VADER has enforced the Emperor's commands.

For some, the EMPIRE brings fear.

For others, it brings hope.

But for Vader, it brings nothing but SUFFERING...

"What does Vader have to do with this?" Worst asks while suppressing s shudder when she first saw the tall, black, threatening man.

"We might learn more about him in this Interlude. Misaka deduces as Misaka carefully watches the meaning of this episode."

6 Years Prior...

"A flashback?" Saten muttered in interest.

An alarm of a starship echoes.

"There isn't any way out of this! What are you doing?!" A voice demands.

Everyone slightly jumped by this sudden event.

"What's happening?!" Uiharu shouts.

We are now shown Vader up close to where red sunlight shines through the window of a star cruiser, reflecting off of his helmet and mask.

All the girls couldn't help but shudder at the intimidating sight of the Sith Lord. Accelerator only narrows his eyes, not the first frightening foe he's seen before.

"Drop him! Surrender, and you'll live!" The voice threatens from behind the Dark Lord. "You're outnumbered! Think about this! You will never escape! We will fire! Let him go! Now!"

"I will not be denied," Vader says with a clench of his fist, igniting his red lightsaber blade with a hissing sound.

"OPEN FIRE!"

Vader turns around and starts deflecting blaster fire from the Clone Shock Troopers wearing white Phase II armor with red markings that are known as the Coruscant Guard, while the Sith is simultaneously Force choking someone.

"Those are Storm Troopers!" Saten shouts. "Why are they targeting Vader? I thought they are on the same side."

"Something must have happened in the past…" Kuroko answers as glued her eyes at the scene along with the others.

"Blast him!"

Vader swing deflects a blaster bolt like a baseball bat - with only one hand - back at his chest and helmet, killing him.

"Incoming!/He's still got him!/Blast him!" The troopers shouted as they continue to fire at him.

Vader deflects another back at another clone.

"I'm hit!" The clone screams before dying.

Vader then deflect kills three Imperial Navy officers along with another clone.

"My god! He's brutal!" Uiharu shouts in horror, and yet she couldn't look away.

"He's combining fighting style along with his powers so fluidly," Misaka says both in awe and horror at the sheer sight of it.

"Brother!" Another clone cries out to his fallen comrade before getting hit in the helmet by a deflected blue laser bolt.

"Reinforcements coming!"

Vader notices shadows of more troops outside of the room and deflect kills another Clone in which the bolt went through him and destroys the door panel to lock the door before finishing the remaining Clone troopers in the room.

The person being choked broke free, but Vader quickly turns around and stops him from touching the ground before Force choking the figure again, lifting him up in the air.

"Now... You will answer for your treachery." Vader says to his choking enemy.

"Treachery? Does that mean these Troopers are in the middle of a coup?" Kuroko questions.

"It looks like that way," Misaka answers, now somewhat understanding the situation.

He Force squeezes his neck, knocking him unconscious with his body limping midair. Then, the doors blow up, and 3 Clones come in with heavy Gatling guns. Vader turns around, still holding his victim in the air as his red blade hums before they fire barrages of laser fire, forcing him to block at fast speeds.

"Keep firing!" One of them shouts.

Vader could no longer keep up with blocking the barrages before his lightsaber is shot out of his hand, dropping on the floor.

"We've got him!" Another said, believing they have killed him.

"He's being overpowered!" Worst shouts as she wonders how Vader will break free from this.

How wrong he is as the barrages were frozen in midair by Vader himself as his hand is outstretched at them. The stupid fools just keep firing as more are stopped as well. The Sith Lord looks back at his target.

The girls watched shock and awe while was also surprised but raised a brow.

"He can even do that?!" Kuroko shouts in disbelief.

"Can Theron even do that?" Saten wonders.

"There is no escape."

He casually Force sling the over 50 laser bolts back at the three screaming Clones, killing them instantly. One of them has burn holes on his helmet as they collapsed on the floor.

"Now, that's one way to end a gunfight." The strongest Esper sarcastically said.

Upon a closer look, Vader is choking an elderly man wearing a black robe with a hood concealing his disfigured face. This is the Emperor himself.

"What the- who's this?" Saten said, perplexed and disturbed by the appearance of the new guy.

"His face…" Misaka whispers as she covers her mouth with her hands.

"You will suffer for your deceit. Answer for your failure to save... HER." Vader says to him.

He then lifts the Emperor up and slams him to the floor. The latter tries to crawl away, but Vader uses the Force to crush one of his legs, the cracking sound of bones heard aloud. However, the latter kept on crawling.

The audience gasped in horror in what Vader is doing to the old man.

"I destroyed your enemies. Forged for you an empire."

Vader then Force crushes his other leg.

Most of the girls winced at that part.

"Yet like the Jedi," Vader continues. "You have left me a mere shadow of what I was promised. You've taken... EVERYTHING!"

Accelerator carefully listens and places a few pieces together. "I see… so that's what's going on." This earned a few looks from everyone.

"What do you mean? Misaka asks as Misaka demands to know the reason for this over the top violence."

"I'm not entirely sure, but what I would guess is that this Vader guy somehow knew Anakin, who I'm suggesting is a Jedi. They both must have worked for this old man in exchange he would reward them something. But something happened which probably got Skywalker killed and now Vader is probably paying for the deception this guy did."

"That's horrible…" Uiharu sadly says while the others couldn't help but feel sad, angry, and disgusted by this possible theory.

"Everything?" The Emperor speaks in a malicious voice. "Foolish boy. Your grief for a dead wife of an insolent Jedi."

Everyone shuddered at the tone of his voice, and his voice was nothing compared to Vader's filtered voice. Even the Dean felt threatened by his voice alone.

"Wife?" Saten mutters.

The Emperor turns around to face his enforcer.

"You're precious Padme's fate was YOUR choice." He continues. "Just as your fate is MINE."

Raising his hands up with his fingers out, he cackles evilly. You can't see it, but Vader's eyes widen at what he's about to do and quickly uses the Force to block a flurry of purple-blue Force lightning at him with a dead royal red guard.

"He can use the Force too?!" Kuroko shouts.

Vader then uses the Force to ignite his red saber on the floor and hurls it at the Emperor, but he stops it with the Force at a mere inch to his face while simultaneously casting lightning at the dead human shield. He continues to cackle like a madman as Vader is doing his best to block it as the lightning starts weakening the Force barrier he put up as well.

"How is that old man this powerful?" Worst says with her eyes widen at the scene as she can't help compare her ability with his.

It was now too much for Vader, no matter how powerful he is in the Dark Side, and the lightning blew up his Force Barrier and bypass the human shield with Vader caught in the blast, temporarily short-circuiting his life support system within his armor. He now is on his knees and starts wheezing as he can't breathe properly without it.

"The tables have turned! Misaka screams as Misaka does not believe this has quickly escalated."

The Emperor Force heals his legs as bones crack back in place and stands up with a cackle. Looking down at the Sith Lord, he slowly walks toward him.

"They can even heal themselves?!" Saten shouts in awe and horror.

"The Force is broken, I tell you! Broken!" Kuroko screams out in frustration.

"Such a pity. How much grander and more powerful you still could've become." He mocks Vader. "If you have had the temerity to embrace the path set before you."

Vader attempts to Force choke Palpatine again, but he quickly casts lightning on him, electrocuting him more while cackling once more, believing he has won.

The audience could only watch having mixed feelings of this fight. On the one hand, they should be happy that the bad guy like Vader is getting what he deserves, but after hearing and watching at how he said before, they could only wonder what kind of past did he went through to be like this?

Vader, however, isn't giving up that easily as he clenches his fist, cracking the floor. He quickly Force crushes both the Emperor's hands with ease, stopping the lightning casting on the former. He then Force pulls him and grips him into a chokehold, slowly crushing his neck as he gives him a death stare with his masks red eye lenses. With a snap, Vader releases him and drops his body on the floor, now dead with his lifeless eyes open.

The audience could only watch in silence, completely caught off-guard at the unexpected ending of the Sith Lord.

"Well… that's that." Saten comments, breaking the silence.

Vader retrieves his saber with the Force and holsters it before noticing something on the floor. He picks it up and recognizes it. It's a carved pendant from a long time ago.

"A… pendant?" Uiahru slowly says.

"I made this for you. So you'd remember me. It will bring you good fortune." A boy's voice says.

"A child's voice?" Misaka slowly says, not expecting that while the others also agreed.

Vader then looks up to see a boy almost 10 and a girl around 14 talking.

"Who are those two? And where did they come from?" Kuroko questions as she begins not to understand what is going on.

"An illusion?" Uiharu guesses.

"It's beautiful." The girl says in awe. "But I don't need this to remember you by. My caring for you will always remain."

Vader attempts to reach out to the girl but hesitates. He lowers his arm and looks down with sadness.

"So he knows them…" The Number One mutters.

"Anakin."

Vader looks up again and sees the girl looking at him.

"Padme." He says with relief.

"Wait. What?" Saten whispers in surprise. "That's Padme?"

"But why is she calling Vader Anakin?" Misaka asks before she slowly widens her eyes. "Unless… Vader is Anakin…"

Almost everyone gasped at that revelation.

"But Misaka doesn't understand! Didn't the opening say that Anakin died a long time ago? Misaka questions as Misaka begins to get more and more confused."

"That's right, even that old geezer talks as if those two are different people." Worst comments.

"So, what does that mean?" Kuroko asks.

"Not sure…" Misaka shakes her head. "There are too many questions left unanswered."

He and Padme then embrace in a hug, with the former being happy in seeing his love again.

"And that..." She begins, but unexpectedly opens her eyes glowing yellow, and her voice has changed. "Is why you will never... defeat... me."

The audience gasped again at the unexpected event.

"What the hell?!" The Level 4 screams.

The Emperor cackles evilly once more as he appears in front of the Sith Lord all of a sudden. Vader no longer sees Padme as she suddenly just vanished in the blink of an eye.

"He's not dead?!" Worst was next to shout in disbelief.

"As long as you let your feelings anchor you... Forever shall you remain weaker than I."

He raises his hands again, preparing his attack. Vader starts breathing faster, fear building up underneath his mask.

"Always the servant. Always the slave, YOUNG SKYWALKER!"

Again the audience could only watch in horror. The girls could only watch fearfully as Vader was being tortured. Last Order was holding Accelerator while he could only narrow his eyes and gritted his teeth, not helping that he was familiar with the scene.

He casts lightning at him, knocking him on the floor with Vader on his back while painfully being electrocuted to death and hearing the Emperor's evil cackles echoing in the background.

"Anakin." Padme's voice echoes in Vader's head. "Anakin. Anakin! ANAKIN!"

"Lord Vader, you have an urgent message."

...

Vader opens his yellow eyes with a gasp, breathing heavily. It was all just a dream. A figment of his own imagination of him successfully killing the Emperor, only to fail once more.

The audience was stunned by the sudden change; none of them would expect that all of that was a dream. Nor they would expect in seeing Vader's real face rather his eyes.

"Is that Vader's eyes?" Worst questions as she takes a closer look.

"It was all a dream?" The Level 0 said slacked jaw at the turn of events.

"So… none of that really happened?" The Railgun said.

"I guess not…" Uiharu slowly said. "But despite all the violence, what exactly did we see in that dream?"

"Not sure… I hope this interlude will explain soon." Kuroko said.

"My Lord?" The voice of an Imperial officer speaks through the intercom.

"Proceed."

"The Emperor demands your presence at once." The voice informs the Dark Lord.

"So we're about to see who's running the Empire," Saten said seriously.

Vader stays silent for a moment at what he just dreamed of.

"Lord Vader?"

Vader turns his head forward, and his eyes suddenly turn to its normal sky blue color.

Everyone was surprised at what happened to his eyes.

"The color of his eyes changed," Misaka notes.

"How is that even possible?" Kuroko questions. "Is it because he can use the Force?"

"Maybe… but to be honest, those eyes look much better being blue than yellow." Saten comments. She didn't know why, but seeing that color on his eyes somehow felt right.

"As he wishes." He answers.

Not wearing his armor, we see Vader covered in third-degree burns with no traces of hair on him (including eyelashes and eyebrows). He's also missing all of his limbs as he is hung up in some chamber room.

Everyone gasped at the sight of Vader. What was outside of his armor was indeed frightening. But now seeing the man inside, they could only have mixed feelings.

"My god…" Misaka mutters as she covers her mouth with her hands. Kuroko and Uiharu are doing the same.

"His… his body…" Saten whispers as she trembles at the sight of Vader's damaged body.

"How is he still alive…" Worst questions, albeit her voice, was a bit shakey. Even she had never seen anything like this.

Last Order held Accelerator as she buried her head behind his back, attempting to look away from the sight. While the Level 5 narrowed his eyes towards Vader as he pondered how anyone could live in such conditions.

After a few minutes of calming down with a few snacks and drinks, they resumed back the interlude.

18 BBY

Above Geonosis

"Geonosis?" Saten curiously asks. The Holocron begins to show the definition of Geonosis.

'A harsh rocky world, Geonosis is a ringed planet beyond the borders of the Galactic Republic. Its uninviting surface is made up of harsh, rocky deserts, and the creatures that evolved on Geonosis are well equipped to survive in the brutal environment.'

"Cool! A desert planet!" The Level 0 eyes sparkled in awe while the others also showed their interest in the planet.

The door to the throne room on the Venator-class Star Destroyer opens as Vader enters inside with two Imperial royal guards on each side. Vader approaches the Emperor, looking out the window, but kept his distance. Hopefully, the victorious plan that was short-lived in his nightmare would possibly work for real this time.

"It's the old man!" Kuroko gasps.

"So he was the Emperor…" The Number One says.

"Guards... Leave us." The Emperor commands.

Vader looks as the guards leave the small throne room. The Sith Lord does his best to hide his rage, thwarted that the same plan he dreamed of to overthrow the Emperor has now failed. Again.

He then kneels before his Sith Master as his raspy breathing echoes the silent room.

"What is thy bidding, my Master?"

"So he is Vader's Master," Uiharu notes.

"That would explain why he's so powerful," Misaka added. "And being the Emperor of an Empire."

The Emperor turns around, slightly concerned for his apprentice as he walks toward him.

"You are distressed, my friend."

"He's acting so differently from the dream." Saten comments.

"I am fine, my Master." Vader answers calmly as he looks down at the floor.

"Are you now?" His master questions further as he places a hand on his shoulder to get a better focus on Vader's emotions that the latter's trying to hide. "Your anger radiates like a whirlwind. Yet... Unfocused. (As he looks at him) No. Not unfocused. Hidden. You are trying to hide your rage from me. Why?"

"Now that's creepy." Kuroko shudders.

Then, the Emperor soon realizes and removes his hand from Vader's shoulder. The older man walks back to the window and looks at the construction of a massive space station.

"Ahhh... I see." He says. "Then what is your hesitation, Lord Vader? (raises his arms to show he won't fight back, mostly due to the two having a close father-son bond from before) Give in to your anger! Strike me down!"

"He's allowing this?!" Misaka gasp at how willingly the Emporer would allow Vader to strike him down so quickly.

"I have no such wish, master."

The Emperor hears this, and grits hid teeth in anger and annoyance. He turns around, and quickly Force snatches Vader's lightsaber, and the humming red blade is suddenly an inch towards the latter's neck as Vader looks up.

Everyone flinched at how quickly the older man did that towards his apprentice.

"How is he so fast for his age? Misaka wonders as Misaka tries to find the logic in it."

"PATHETIC! A mighty Sith Lord crippled by melancholy and indecision! All due to the attachments of a Jedi!"

"Anakin." Everyone said inside their heads.

"There is no attachment. Anakin Skywalker was weak. I destroyed him!"

"This is so confusing! So Vader isn't Anakin?" Saten wines as she scratches her head in annoyance.

"Did you?! Yet Skywalker's powers dwarfed yours! Did they not?!"

Vader looks at him, flinching at his master's point. Thankfully, the Emperor didn't notice his flinching.

"So Anakin is powerful enough for the Emperor to acknowledge him as a threat," Uiharu notes.

"Does that mean he can use the Force?" Worst questions.

"No?" The Sith master starts calming down.

Taking that as his answer, the Emperor deactivates the red blade.

"Rise, Lord Vader." He commands.

Vader obeys and stands back up, focusing his gaze on the Emperor.

"It is the way of the Sith to destroy all who stand in our way to power. To eliminate our rivals... Is it not?" He reminds him with a calm tone as he stands closer in front of him.

He hands Vader's lightsaber back at him, to which Vader takes it from him but doesn't put it away.

"Who stands in your way, Lord Vader? Who holds you back? Keeps you subjected and decrepit within that armor? Anyone?" He gestures to himself, pointing out the obvious answer. "If so... Only your hate will eradicate him. Use it."

"How can he act this way?" Saten shakes her head, not believing what the Sith Lord is saying. "He's still willingly allowing Vader to kill him. Why?"

"A test maybe." Accelerator guesses. "Or maybe this some Sith philosophy shit or something. Heck, I don't know. Maybe the answer might be from the Holocron or the book."

Vader looks down at his lightsaber he's holding with the blade emitter pointing towards the Emperor's chest by a few inches. His thumb is on the rectangular activation button as he looks up at him, his raspy breathing slowing down. The Emperor is allowing him to kill him without having to fight back against his own apprentice! Vader could do it right now and become the next Dark Lord of the Sith and ruler of the Galaxy! Unfortunately, there's one small problem.

"I... Cannot, my Master." He hesitates again, looking down in shame.

"Wow. In the dream, he was really hell-bent on killing the guy. But know he's really hesitating." Misaka comments while the noddingly agrees with her.

The Emperor sighs disappointingly and frustratingly.

"That is why my disappointment with you grows by the second!" He lectures as he places a hand Vader's shoulder again like a caring father would. "Embrace the choices that have brought you here! Revel in them. Or forever live in the shadow of Anakin Skywalker."

"I can't tell if the Emperor is some caring father or just some suicidal psycho." Saten comments.

"How about both?" Worst grins.

The Emperor lets him go and turns around towards his throne seat.

"Now... I have a task for you, my young apprentice." He changes the topic for now as he sits down and looks at Vader. "There's a great disturbance in the Force. A powerful Jedi survives in the Mid Rim. He must pay the price for his betrayal."

Everyone perked up at this information.

"So the Empire is hunting down the Jedi…" Saten said with a frown. "Like Theron…"

"As you wish." Vader complies. However, his master wasn't finished yet.

"He hides on my home planet of Naboo."

"Naboo?" Saten asks, then the Holocron activates itself.

'An idyllic world close to the border of the Outer Rim Territories, Naboo is inhabited by peaceful humans known as the Naboo, and an indigenous species of intelligent amphibians called the Gungans. Naboo's surface consists of swampy lakes, rolling plains, and green hills.'

"Wow… That sounds like a lovely place to have a holiday." Uiharu says, finding the planet interesting.

Vader perks up at the familiar world. Could he be-? No, not possible.

The two Level 5s notice the perk Vader did.

"And of course... that of the late Queen Padme Amidala."

Everyone (except the Dean who just raised a brow) gasped at this revelation.

"Queen Padme?" Misaka said, rolling the words out of her mouth.

"So Padme is royalty? Misaka asks as Misaka is both shocked and awestruck at this big reveal!"

"Does that mean Anakin is also royalty?" Saten wonders.

Vader breathes slightly faster at the mentioning of that name but immediately calms down.

"It is no coincidence. He draws you there because he knows who you are, Lord Vader. The clones there report he wields an amethyst blade."

"An amethyst blade?" Saten asks again while hinting that it sounded cool.

With that command, the Holocron shows an image of a purple lightsaber.

"Oh! So it's a lightsaber." Uiharu comments. "But, this one is purple."

"You think Vader knows the person who ones this?" Kuroko asks while receiving a shrug from her friends.

Vader is in complete shock once again. Is his master referring to that certain Jedi Master? But the Emperor killed him, and Vader saw the whole thing when it happened.

"How is that possible?" Vader asks his master.

"Power. That's how. And you and I both know that this particular Jedi wields a great deal of it."

"I will finish what we've started, Master."

"Will you?" The Emperor smugly questions before sinisterly smirking. "I wonder."

The girls couldn't help but shudder in fear at the sight of the Emperors smirk, and Accelerator just narrows his eyes again towards him.

He then stands up and walks beside Vader, placing a hand on him as they walk towards the exit.

"Eliminate this, Jedi. Pledge yourself to the Dark Side fully, Lord Vader. Relish in the gifts bestowed upon you. Only then will you be able to cast off the chains that bind you. And achieve a power as never before. Only then will you be able to destroy... The rival before you." He finishes to Vader, gesturing to himself on what he's talking about.

"The Dark Side…" The Dean distastefully mutters as Misaka narrowed her eyes at the words. "So the Force as a dark faction of itself."

"Looks like," Misaka added in.

"Then, I will not fail..." Vader bows his head before him. "Master."

The armored Sith Lord exits the throne room, leaving the Emperor alone.

...Vader's modified black Imperial Eta 2 Actis Jedi interceptor exits the Venator SD that orbits the planet Geonosis. It docks with a hyperspace ring and makes the jump to light speed.

Uiharu takes notes of all the technology so far as she and the rest silently watch what happens next.

Meanwhile...

"Commander, prepare my personal shuttle." The Emperor orders on his communicator. "I seemed to be inflicted by a sudden touch of nostalgia to visit my beloved Naboo."

He cackles loudly while looking outside of his window in the throne room.

"Uh oh…" Saten said, feeling that something terrible was going to happen with the other Sith Lord added in this mission. Even the others felt the same.

Later...

The Starfighter flies through the blue wormhole and exits hyperspace, revealing a green planet with three different moons in orbit (one of them is fractured). The ship ejects from the ring and opens it's S foils as it flies down towards the planet surface where a rainstorm is brewing.

"I can't help be amazed at how much beautiful space can be if we can travel to the stars," Uiharu said as she watches the planet with awe.

"Yeah… I hope we can do it someday." The Level 0 added feeling the same way.

Naboo

The ship lands on a platform of the Naboo Royal Crypt with one of the moons illuminating the night sky. After exiting the ship, Vader enters inside, where the clone commander of the Coruscant guard fills the Sith Lord in on details while briefly walking. The architecture does look amazing, to be honest.

"Welcome, Lord Vader." The Commander of the Coruscant Guard named Fox greets the Dark Lord. "The Jedi's barricaded himself in the catacombs and sealed off all of the entrances. So we had to blow our way in. But now of all the troopers we've sent in, none have returned."

Worst scoffs in amusement. "Obviously they'll get wiped out."

"Lost troopers do not concern me, commander." Vader answers without care as the two stop walking and face each other. "I want that Jedi. I will use the 501st."

"Best leader ever." Kuroko sarcastically said.

"As you wish, sir." Fox obeys and leaves to inform his men. "Make way for the boys in blue."

"Right away sir!"

Vader looks left and right before turning around.

"Anakin.." Whispers Padme's voice.

Everyone perked up at the familiar voice.

"I-Is that Padme's voice?" The Level 1 nervously said.

"What's happening!" Misaka shouts.

Vader stops as he perks up from that voice he's hearing again. Suddenly, he turns around and looks down at the dark hole as flashes of light are seen with the sound of a lightsaber slashing the troops down below in the catacombs.

"Go! Go! Go!"

"Blast him!"

"(Wilhem scream)!"

"Brother!"

"Behind him!"

"WE NEED REINFORCEMENTS!"

"HELP US!"

"It's the Jedi!" The delinquent Sister shouts with a grin. "Looks like we're about to see one heck of a fight."

Their cries are silenced as an explosion is heard, flashing briefly. Then a purple glow is seen as a lightsaber's hum is heard before vanishing. Standing above and looking down the hole, Vader ignites his lightsaber, ready to face his enemy.

Everyone braced themselves as they eagerly watch what will happen next in this unexpected epic drama with a duel.

...Theron wakes up with a gasp and sits up, sweating like hell at what he just saw in his vision.

"…What?" Saten says in shock, along with the others surprised to see Theron. "Wait. So it was all a dream. Again?"

"You know, I'm just going to ignore all this nonsense and just accept it as some Magic fact." The Number One said, earning a slow nod of understanding for everyone since this Interlude is giving them a headache.

"What was that?" He questions himself. "Why would I have a vision about someone like Vader who imprisoned me those years ago? More importantly, why was that woman's voice calling him 'Anakin' for some reason? Anakin Skywalker's dead."

"That raises the question, doesn't it?" Saten comments. "Ethen Theron is confirming that Vader is not Anakin."

"But that just raises even more questions…" Kuroko sighs in annoyance.

Suddenly, his bedroom door opens up, and R4 rolls in.

"Rise and shine, meatbag!" The droid happily beeps. "Don't forget that you're meeting up with your friends by the bus stop today."

"Hm?" Theron says before realizing what he's talking about. "Oh right! Yeah! Got it, R4! Be right down soon."

R4 then rolls out of the room before Theron closes the door to get ready.

To be continued...

"Well. Hope the next chapter will explain everything." Saten said as she gestures the Holocron to start the next episode.

To be continued…


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