"I wondered when we would meet." Anakin states. Vex looks to the armoured, masked figure, the sound of breathing audible through the area.

"What happened to you, Anakin?" Vex asks in sorrow. He doesn't reach for his weapon, but moves closer to Anakin anyway.

"Anakin is dead." He retorts, his voice completely different from the vocoder of his helmet, his saber igniting, the blood red blade giving the area a red hue as he swings. Vex darts back, but still doesn't reach for his weapon. He continues to back away as Vader swings at him, over and over, attempting to cleave him apart. When the red blade next heads towards him, Vex finally acts, blocking the blade with the palm of his hand. "I see you are stronger than before." He goads.

"No. Not stronger." Vex retorts softly. "I just know what I am. Who I am." He gently shoves Anakin, no… Vader, back.

"We don't need to be enemies." Vader declares, lowering his blade towards the ground. "The Emperor will show you mercy if you tell me where the remaining Jedi can be found."

"The Jedi are dead, Anakin." Vex states solemnly. "You've seen to that personally it seems." He pauses before speaking again. "And there is no mercy for someone like me." Vex then moves into a defensive stance.

"Then you will die, here and now." Vader declares, lunging towards him. Vex steps to the side, using his palm to push the blade away, as Vader swings it around for another strike, only for Vex to dart away from it. Vader continues to attack, with Vex either redirecting the blade or dancing out of the way, until Vader moves for an overhead strike. As the blade comes down, Vex uses his palm to push the blade back, forcing it into the mask, cutting away to reveal the face beneath. Vex then forces the blade to deactivate, before stepping back. The scarred and burned face that looks to Vex has him crying.

"We tried to come back." He explains as he cries. "We felt your pain and tried to come and help you, but then the Clones turned on us." He steps back several times. "I'm sorry, Anakin."

"You never would have arrived in time." Vader states, The voice of the Anakin that Vex remembers so fondly was only partly vocoded now, with the broken mask. "Anakin Skywalker was going to die no matter what. You just would have saved me the time of hunting you down if you were there." He smiles visibly, enjoying the pain and anguish Vex feels. Vex begins to compose himself, forcing the tears away as he stands as tall as he can, still slumped with the pain of seeing his brother as he now is. He begins to back away further, the howl of engines over head. The Archangel lowers down behind him, the canopy open for him to enter.

"Maybe." Vex admits. "But at least I could have tried to help you." He turns to his ship, entering the cockpit, before looking to Vader once more. "Goodbye, Vader." The canopy closes as the ship performs a micro jump off the planet to escape Vader's reach.

A/N - I figured I needed to get a Vader vs. Vex, well, the one where Vex first meets Anakin as Vader. It's very similar to both the Vader vs. Obi-Wan at the end of the Kenobi Series, and the Vader vs. Ahsoka, but it's because Vex was a mix of the two to Anakin. He was like a brother, and also like a student. Anakin will have taught Vex how to fight with a lightsaber for the off chance he ever got one of his own, stating he might not have the Force, but his powers were damn well close enough (After the Geonosis Chapter) so that he might be able to get one out of the Jedi, a spare one, that is. Anyway, I will stop rambling now. This is just something I need to build a full Chapter around In the future. Take care and stay safe.