Chapter 20: The Outcome

Anakin ducked under Sidious blade, as he begin to pushed him back. He clashed with the man who has manipulated him through nearly his entire life. Now, Anakin Skywalker shall finally rise. Sidious swing upward and attempted to forced him down. Anakin dashed and begin hacking away at Darth Sidious. Literally, he was fighting like he has done to Kenobi on Mustafar. Anakin waved his blade in a vertical motion, pushing Sidious back yet again.

"Vader," Sidious begin distastefully as Vader pointed his lightsaber to him menacingly. "You have betrayed me for these pathetic Jedi. Though I must admit I am curious about what happened to you."

"No, I have betrayed them." Anakin hissed, the anger and hatred clear in his tone. "Because of you. But I have found Master Yoda two years ago and now I would destroy you." Ahsoka and Obi-Wan came to his side, igniting their lightsabers and not sure if Anakin meant what he said. Obi-Wan Force Push him to the wall that it would have killed a normal. His determination turned into deep sadness as he remembered betraying them. "Please, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan, let me make amends. Despite our past, we can discuss this later."

Ahsoka looks at Obi-Wan and gave a small nod, "Your fate will be decided later." Obi-Wan decided as Anakin hoped back to his side with the three getting into battle positions. "Your reign is at a end, Darth Sidious." The Jedi Master stated.

Grinning, Sidious pulled out another lightsaber from his robe and cackled so loud the whole room started to shake violently. "Pity Jedi," Sidious snarled. "I will destroy you." He turned to Anakin and grins evilly, "I had thought you much, Vader, but you still are nor strong enough to defeat me."

Anakin said nothing as a response as he raised his blade with Obi-Wan and Ahsoka. Sidious got in his own fighting stance, ready to take the Jedi down once and for all, and ending the Skywalker's legacy. Silence passed in the throne room; nothing was heard beside the distant humming of their lightsabers. For the three Jedi, this brought memories back to when they fought beside each other in the Clone Wars.

Then Sidious lunged forward, dashing with such speed that their training they had learn for years were the only thing that saved them. Anakin moved with such adrenaline and speed and Sidious was starting to be pushed back. As he moved his lightsaber to block one attack from Ahsoka, Sidious decided to take her out first. He moved downward and caught her in her leg, making her scream. He was about to end the Togruta's life by a slash to her head, when Anakin kicked him back, likely seeing what he was doing.

Sidious hit the throne, but was back up in a minute and lunged to the Jedi, swiping up, down, and moving in every direction, but Anakin parried the attacks, whereas Kenobi's defense was flawed. Lightning ringed out to the two Force User, in which both Jedi managed to catch it with their lightsabers. Anakin was ready to accept himself as a Jedi yet again, for he was a Jedi for some time and now he must accept that role yet again. Sidious stopped and send a massive Force Blast to Anakin and Obi-Wan that he merely dodged, but Obi-Wan couldn't and was send down. Sidious looked like he was about to jumped at Skywalker, but instead he jumped to Kenobi and begin to hacked away at him until his defense broke and Sidious send him back.

Sidious cackles as he was fully ready of striking down the old man, but for now he is just toying with him. Obi-Wan struck upwards and counterattack against him. Each of his attacks barely posed a threat to Sidious however, and now Sidious is slowly gaining the advantage until he had him pinned with his lightsabers near his neck. "Goodbye Kenobi." Sidious taunted victoriously as he raised his lightsabers to kill him, yet a blade almost slashed his back and he managed to lift his right blade just in time to blocked the attack from Skywalker.

Turning his attention, he saw it was not Anakin Skywalker, it was Luke Skywalker. As the boy hacked away at him in attempt to find a advantage, Sidious was just outright toying with Luke, and his attacks barely doing enough damaged. If the boy continues to attack aggressively, Sidious can tempt him to the dark side of the Force. Luke clearly has an attachment to Kenobi and Sidious can twist it. "Give into your anger, Skywalker," Sidious said as he send another attack to him. "It is the only way to save Kenobi."

At that Luke continues to hack away at him but they weren't enough. Numerous times, Sidious could have cut his head off but he refused to do it, for the dark side runs through him. He can take his position as Vader. With the boy at his side, Skywalker shall fall, along with Kenobi, Tano, and the Rebellion.

Than their blades clashed and did not move. Sparks flew and crackled. The sharp smell of ozone flew through the air. "It is pitiful to resist it, Skywalker," Sidious mocked as sweat beamed from the young man. "Much like your father in his prime, you have hate, you have anger, but you refuse to use it. You can become more powerful and stronger under my guidance, join me."

Luke twirled his blade to swipe downward but Sidious managed to counter the attack. "Never!" Luke spatted at the Emperor's face. "I would never become a twisted beast like you!"

"So be it." Sidious said calmly but had an evil glee in his tone. He brought his sabers up and down, forcing Skywalker's back and sending him on the defense in the matter of seconds. Easily, Sidious tore through him and Luke only managed to send a few attacks his way but they did no harm to him. Just as Sidious brought his right lightsaber down to Luke's lightsaber, he used his left to send flurries of attacks and the boy's flesh organ right hand was caught in the middle of the saber and his black gloved hand was detached from his body, causing the boy to scream out with agony. Luke fallen to the feet at Sidious as the Dark Lord raised the two crimson lightsabers over his head. "You had a choice, Skywalker. You could have been my successor, Luke, but it's a shame that you must died."

Suddenly, a purple beam intercepted the killing blow and Sidious saw it was Leia Skywalker holding her double bladed lightsaber. Leia knew she was only denying the inevitable as she hacked away at Sidious with both of the lightsabers. She had a chance to end him just as he ended Luke, but the manner of saving her brother was more important and she can only pray another opportunity will crave itself in for the Emperor to die. He looked to be a blinding blur to the Skywalker's eyes as she continues to deflected his attacks and sending her own. She is holding much better then her brother but it was hard for her to actually manage to keep hacking away at Sidious. Leia continues to ducked and send her own blows to him. Had Sidious been an inquisitor, he may have already fallen to the young girl's might.

One blow from him came to her. Leia brought her blade up and the two connected their blades, where she would watch where his second blade would go at. "You can make a excellent apprentice as your brother and father could have," Sidious offered. "Join me and I shall teach you everything you know."

"I'm a Jedi," Leia proclaimed simply. "And I will never allowed you to consume me." Leia looked passed him and saw Mara creeping up.

In a blinding motion, Sidious move his second blade and counter Mara where her blade was about to impale him. Now, he is in a blade lock with both Leia and Mara, and seems to be pushing back until he moved downward, slashing Leia in the leg and cutting her down, and moved to Mara's torso and left a mark. "You were a failure, Jade, that is why your parents died." Sidious mocked as he raised his his blades in time to blocked an attack from Ahsoka. "I see you are a bold one, Tano, but you shall die."

As Sidious forced her back with much of strength, Ahsoka only got lucky that she didn't get cut down. She continues to hacked away and countered the attacks, forcing him back. Sidious was no longer toying with her and knocked her lightsabers out of her hand. The Emperor moved to cut her down yet she was surprised when a blue blade blocked the blade. Sidious cackled and send the two away. Ahsoka limped over to Obi-Wan and saw that he still was breathing. Darth Sidious tapped him away and send him to the ground into a deep unconsciousness.

"Young Tano, you are not strong enough to defeat me," Sidious says bitterly, as he released lightning to Ahsoka. Luke and Leia limp forward, their lightsabers activated but Sidious easily send the two to the ground with one round of lightning and forcing them to the ground. With one flick of his hand, Mara was send to the three Force User's side.

Sidious begin to send massive lightning to them. The Force Users screamed in pain, each of them thinking about their failures. Luke and Leia have failed their friends, the galaxy, and themselves. All of this were for nothing. Ahsoka thought about her life as she remembered each in the Jedi Order who died because of this monster. Mara would never be able to get vengeance for her family. As the four screamed in agony, they crawled on the ground. Obi-Wan was in deep unconsciousness from beside them.

From atop of the railing, Anakin struggle to get up. He was the last one who'll managed to defeat Darth Sidious once and for all. The Emperor is too powerful for the four combined, but can he defeat Darth Sidious? He remembered the prophecy of the Chosen One who would bring balance to the Force. He remembered Qui-Gon, his mother, Padme, the men he had lost in the Clone Wars, all who he had killed at the Jedi Temple, all he have killed for nearly the past two decades. He begin to walked down the railing, as his eyes burned blue and yellow. He realized that there is no light nor dark, there is only the Force. Picking up his lightsaber with the Force, Anakin lunged to Sidious and he watched as Sidious begin to send the lightning to his lightsaber.

"You cannot defeat me, Skywalker," Sidious growled, sending more torrents of torrents of lightning - tapping fully in the power of the dark side. "I have all these powers and you shall die!"

Anakin did not waver as he continued to keep the lightning at bay. "You forget one thing, Sidious." Anakin retorted, his hand outstretched for something from behind him as Kenobi's lightsaber itself. "I am the Force itself. You are just another fool to the dark side." Anakin activated the lightsaber and draw it into an X as he begin to walked forward. Palpatine tried to unease him and try to knock him back, but easily the former Sith Lord begin to pushed him back. Sidious slowly backs up, away from Anakin.

At first, it was a clear struggle for Anakin. But as he continued to press forward with the two lightsabers, he was getting closer to him and raised the two lightsabers. Pausing for a moment as he felt the energy and his struggle passed through him. He thought about everything he has done for Sidious. Killing all those innocents such as the Padawans and young ones who never had a chance to live a life because of Anakin's jealousy and wanting to keep Padme protected from death - when it was a lie all along.

Now, Darth Sidious must die.

As the lightning passed through him, but not bounce off of him. Quickly, Sidious activated his lightsaber and plunged the blade through Anakin, hearing the shock gasps of the others, but he did not fall. He simply smirks and lowers the two blades to Sidious's neck, cutting his head off and sending it down below as the body fallen. Anakin knew he has tapped fully into the power of the Chosen One as he collapsed to the ground, but now his time has unfortunately passed. He cannot go back to the Rebel Alliance and faced trial. He would never see his wife again.

"Goodbye, my Apprentice. Take care of them and their mother." Anakin said to Ahsoka softly before disappearing, as the lightsabers dropped to the ground.

Ahsoka attempted to wake Anakin up, but she knew he was gone. Ahsoka sighed sadly and grabbed onto Obi-Wan's unconscious body. The Togruta begin dragging Obi-Wan's unconscious body. Leia and Luke seems to be in tears but Anakin Skywalker died a hero. Mara also aided in taking Obi-Wan's limp body.

"Ahsoka, what about the lightsaber?" Luke asked.

"Take it." She ordered. "It's Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber and now we shall leave."