After finding the raccoon who had stolen Nita's amulet, they decided to rest for a few minutes.
"Sissian." Tarkin said as he walked over to him. Sissian and Yerga were on guard and would alert them all if Vader found them."What do you hear?" He asked the Chadra-Fan.
"Nothing, Boss Tarkin." Sissian said. Sissian sounded a little sad. Tarkin didn't blame him since he had lost his grandfather."Dark Demon not out there."
The Grand Moff nodded."Good. Remain vigilant." Tarkin returned to the others. He saw Koda telling Nej and Linor a story.
"And the spirits turned Kenai into a bear!" Koda explained.
Nej just raised an eyebrow."The spirits? What's that? Is it like the Force?"
Now Koda was confused."What's the Force?"
"The Force is just something that the Jedi used to worship. Kinda like your spirits." Nej told the cub.
Before they could continue their conversation, Tarkin heard Yerga."He's here!" She yelled."He's here, you fools!" Tarkin looked to see Vader kill Sissian by Force choking. Vader then snapped Yerga's neck.
Tarkin's eyes widened when he didn't hear Vader's breathing. He turned off his breathing apparatus! He realized.
Suddenly, Vader used the Force to take back his lightsaber. The saber returned to his hand and he then started to breathe. In seconds, he quickly cut off Nej and Linor's heads.
Tarkin ran into a clearing and Nita, Kenai, and Koda followed. The Grand Moff turned around to aim his blaster rifle at Vader. Vader deflected his laser bolts. They kept running and running when Tarkin slowly stopped.
"What are you doing?" Asked Nita.
"Eventually, I will tire, and slow, and fail to maintain a safe distance. So why prolong the end?" He dropped his blaster.
"So...your just gonna give up?" Said Kenai.
Tarkin nodded."I am. But you still have a chance."
The three looked at each other."Are you sure?"
Tarkin nodded again.
"Well, maybe the spirits can help you," Koda said. Finally, all three of them left while Tarkin fell on both knees. Vader was right behind him, his lightsaber humming.
Just as Vader was about to slice him, lightning came out of nowhere and struck Vader. Tarkin moved back from the impact and laid on the ground.
There was silence for a moment as the two Imperial laid there.
"There, Vader." Tarkin spoke after hearing Vader breath again."As we agreed." He then pulled out a comm."Come to my position, immediately. Two for pickup."
"Acknowledged, Grand Moff Tarkin. We'll be there in a moment." The pilot said.
Tarkin's ship, the Carrion Spike, then hovered over them. Tarkin finally stood up and looked at Vader."Whatever you hoped to learn or understand from this madness, Vader...I hope you did. And I hope it was worth the cost."
Vader said nothing. The lightning had done a lot of damage to his body."My ship will land momentarily. We'll get you to a repair bay."
Tarkin then noticed something. Vader's hand twitched. Tarkin felt his throat close. He grabbed it and tried to breath but Vader was using the Force to choke him to death. The Grand Moff then fell to the ground when Vader released him, knowing that the Emperor needed Tarkin for his plans.
When he could finally breathe, all Tarkin could think was how lucky they were.