It was nighttime in Coruscant. The Emperor was sitting at his throne, as
usual, looking out the window down at his city. The door hissed open and
Darth Vader came in. He stopped at about five meters from the Emperor.
"The time has come for you to step down...Palpatine." This was only the second time ever that Darth Vader had called the Emperor by his first name only.
The Emperor's throne spun around to face Darth Vader. "Are we going to do this again? I have already shown you once before that you cannot defeat me."
"This time, I will not lose." He unclipped his lightsaber sprung the scarlet-red blade to life. "Fight me. If you are not too afraid."
The Emperor just smiled, as if entertained by that. "Very well. It appears that you will not have to fight Luke. I will kill you myself, and he will be the Dark Lord of the Sith." The Emperor walked up to his old student. The confrontation of two Sith Lords with immense power. They are were standing about one meter apart from each other. They locked eyes and neither one faltered.
From behind the Emperor, there was the sound of another snap-hiss and the Emperor turned around in time to see Luke jump from the rafters onto the ground, about half a meter behind him. Luke glared at the Emperor with his blue blade held across his chest, ready to battle.
"You have been the Master long enough. The time has come for changes in the Sith."
The Emperor looked from Luke back to Darth Vader. "So, you were able to turn your son against me. Interesting. He will have a chance to see who the true Master is, after he watches you die."
All of a sudden, the entire chamber started to shake, and rafters were falling off the ceiling. One was about to fall on Darth Vader, but he quickly cut it into three pieces with his lightsaber.
The Emperor shot Luke in the stomach with Force Lightning, which knocked him to the ground long enough for a couple of rafters to come down on him. He was not seriously hurt, but it pinned him to the ground and knocked his lightsaber out of his grip.
The shaking slowly stopped, and the Emperor turned around to start releasing Force Lightning on Darth Vader, but he was expecting this and is out of the way before the lightning even got close to him. Darth Vader lunged at the Emperor and swung his lightsaber at the Emperor's stomach, trying to cut him in half. Darth Vader just barely missed, but it was close enough to singe the Emperor's robes and draw some blood. The Emperor used the Force to put the pain aside. Enraged, he used the Force to shove Darth Vader. He shoved him with such force that Darth Vader went high into the air and hit the wall, leaving a large dent there, before he crashed to the ground.
During this time, Luke managed to use the Force to pull the rafters away from him and get his lightsaber back. Darth Vader staggered to his feet again and shook the dizziness away. Luke charged the Emperor from behind, leapt high into the air and stabbed him in the heart from the back. His lightsaber went right through his chest. The Emperor screamed out in pain, and became silent. Darth Vader ran towards the Emperor and with one clean sweeping motion, cut off the Emperor's head.
The Emperor's body exploded into blue fire. This threw Luke and Darth Vader back into walls on opposites sides of the chamber. After the fire had subsided and the smoke was almost done settling, Luke and Darth Vader walked towards each other and met back at the point where the Emperor died. They looked at each other for a long time before Darth Vader broke the silence.
"At last, I am the Master of the Sith. You will not go unrewarded for this, I promise you, Lord Skywalker...Dark Lord of the Sith."
Luke turned his lightsaber back on and with a determined grin on his face said, "I don't think so, Father. The end of the Sith comes now." Luke swung his blade at Darth Vader's head but it was blocked and shoved aside.
"You cannot defeat me, Luke. You are not ready yet. Not by far."
"I've beaten you before."
"I was holding back. I know of your plans Luke. You wanted to defeat the dark side, correct? All this time you thought that you were just allowing me to think that we were in control, but if you had looked closer, you have seen that you lost control long ago. The dark side has you. You do not wish to kill me, because you truly wish to be the Dark Lord of the Sith. You know that I am the only one who can give you the power, so your mind will not let you kill me."
"No. I can kill you anytime I want." Luke charged at his father and swung his blade at him, but missed wide left. He swung again, but this time it was too far to the right. He continued to swing his blade time after time, but failed to make contact.
Darth Vader just stood there motionless as the blade continued to miss him. Finally he grew tired of it and brought his lightsaber blade up and locked onto Luke's. He threw it forward and Luke sailed through the air and landed hard on his back.
Darth Vader slowly walked up to Luke and brought his blade within centimeters of Luke's throat. He held it there and Luke laid on the ground, sweating and too scared to dare to try and strike again. Finally Vader brought his blade back and extinguished it. "No. Not yet. You may still be fighting it, but the dark side has you. It will have you completely seduced soon. Fight all you wish Luke, but I know rule the galaxy with you at my side."
"The time has come for you to step down...Palpatine." This was only the second time ever that Darth Vader had called the Emperor by his first name only.
The Emperor's throne spun around to face Darth Vader. "Are we going to do this again? I have already shown you once before that you cannot defeat me."
"This time, I will not lose." He unclipped his lightsaber sprung the scarlet-red blade to life. "Fight me. If you are not too afraid."
The Emperor just smiled, as if entertained by that. "Very well. It appears that you will not have to fight Luke. I will kill you myself, and he will be the Dark Lord of the Sith." The Emperor walked up to his old student. The confrontation of two Sith Lords with immense power. They are were standing about one meter apart from each other. They locked eyes and neither one faltered.
From behind the Emperor, there was the sound of another snap-hiss and the Emperor turned around in time to see Luke jump from the rafters onto the ground, about half a meter behind him. Luke glared at the Emperor with his blue blade held across his chest, ready to battle.
"You have been the Master long enough. The time has come for changes in the Sith."
The Emperor looked from Luke back to Darth Vader. "So, you were able to turn your son against me. Interesting. He will have a chance to see who the true Master is, after he watches you die."
All of a sudden, the entire chamber started to shake, and rafters were falling off the ceiling. One was about to fall on Darth Vader, but he quickly cut it into three pieces with his lightsaber.
The Emperor shot Luke in the stomach with Force Lightning, which knocked him to the ground long enough for a couple of rafters to come down on him. He was not seriously hurt, but it pinned him to the ground and knocked his lightsaber out of his grip.
The shaking slowly stopped, and the Emperor turned around to start releasing Force Lightning on Darth Vader, but he was expecting this and is out of the way before the lightning even got close to him. Darth Vader lunged at the Emperor and swung his lightsaber at the Emperor's stomach, trying to cut him in half. Darth Vader just barely missed, but it was close enough to singe the Emperor's robes and draw some blood. The Emperor used the Force to put the pain aside. Enraged, he used the Force to shove Darth Vader. He shoved him with such force that Darth Vader went high into the air and hit the wall, leaving a large dent there, before he crashed to the ground.
During this time, Luke managed to use the Force to pull the rafters away from him and get his lightsaber back. Darth Vader staggered to his feet again and shook the dizziness away. Luke charged the Emperor from behind, leapt high into the air and stabbed him in the heart from the back. His lightsaber went right through his chest. The Emperor screamed out in pain, and became silent. Darth Vader ran towards the Emperor and with one clean sweeping motion, cut off the Emperor's head.
The Emperor's body exploded into blue fire. This threw Luke and Darth Vader back into walls on opposites sides of the chamber. After the fire had subsided and the smoke was almost done settling, Luke and Darth Vader walked towards each other and met back at the point where the Emperor died. They looked at each other for a long time before Darth Vader broke the silence.
"At last, I am the Master of the Sith. You will not go unrewarded for this, I promise you, Lord Skywalker...Dark Lord of the Sith."
Luke turned his lightsaber back on and with a determined grin on his face said, "I don't think so, Father. The end of the Sith comes now." Luke swung his blade at Darth Vader's head but it was blocked and shoved aside.
"You cannot defeat me, Luke. You are not ready yet. Not by far."
"I've beaten you before."
"I was holding back. I know of your plans Luke. You wanted to defeat the dark side, correct? All this time you thought that you were just allowing me to think that we were in control, but if you had looked closer, you have seen that you lost control long ago. The dark side has you. You do not wish to kill me, because you truly wish to be the Dark Lord of the Sith. You know that I am the only one who can give you the power, so your mind will not let you kill me."
"No. I can kill you anytime I want." Luke charged at his father and swung his blade at him, but missed wide left. He swung again, but this time it was too far to the right. He continued to swing his blade time after time, but failed to make contact.
Darth Vader just stood there motionless as the blade continued to miss him. Finally he grew tired of it and brought his lightsaber blade up and locked onto Luke's. He threw it forward and Luke sailed through the air and landed hard on his back.
Darth Vader slowly walked up to Luke and brought his blade within centimeters of Luke's throat. He held it there and Luke laid on the ground, sweating and too scared to dare to try and strike again. Finally Vader brought his blade back and extinguished it. "No. Not yet. You may still be fighting it, but the dark side has you. It will have you completely seduced soon. Fight all you wish Luke, but I know rule the galaxy with you at my side."