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Chapter Nine
Amy slowly raised her eyebrows. She had a massive headache and felt weak all over. Her vision was blurry and watery, like she been asleep for two days. She slowly tried moved her arm only to realize that it was stiff and sore. She raised her head and tried to looking around to get her bearings.
Her vision became clearer as she scouted out the area. All she could figure out was that she was in some kind of palace that had a huge hole in the top of it. She also noticed that the floor was covered in dust and sand. The door to the palace was ripped open and was open to all. Pillars were cracked and toppled over. In fact, the only thing that looked presentable in the place was the throne. It was placed at the far end and looked new and polished.
Amy looked down at her arm and suddenly knew why she could not move it; she was tied to a mental staffed armrest. She looked at her feet and saw that they too were tied together on a staff. She was out of her sailor uniform and was back in her school clothes, which had become ripped at the ends. Dry blood covered her left knee and she finally realized the pain as it slowly crept back into her system. She closed her eyes and opened them to clear out her vision only to see that she was hanging in mid-air. Where am I? She thought. She looked up to see a strange light brown sky and a dark brown sun above.
"Ah," she heard from behind. "Our guest finally has arisen."
She tried to turn around to see the person who had spoken, but couldn't for her eyesight was blocked by a fat steel bar from behind. Footsteps echoed through the room as she caught glimpses of people walking below her. Her eyes soon widened at the sight of the dark man that had caught her. He was escorted by people in front of him and behind him all who looked big and muscular carrying guns on their waist side. He stopped in front of her and looked up at her. Slowly, he turned to the guard to his right.
"Lower her," he said.
The guard quickly ran to the line that was holding her up and slowly placed her on the ground. Dust and sand rose up as the stand hit the floor and she shook as she felt the vibration of the metal bars hit ground. The stranger looked at his body guards once again and waved his hand at them. They quickly left the room without a sound leaving their master and his victim.
The stranger then walked up to her and looked at her closely. She could hear the machine hum as he inhaled and would have surely had felt his breath if it wasn't for his mask. She her eyes had looked up at his helmet and then saw the black eyes that were looking back at her. She turned her face way from him as he stepped back and stood before her.
"Do you know who I am, little one?" he asked as he started to walk around her.
"Yes," she said softly. "It took me a while to figure it out, but now I know you are Darth Vader."
"Yes, I'm surprised that you didn't find that out when you first saw me," he said. "I have to admit, it has been some time since I have been around."
Amy tried to loosen her strap from her arm, but found that she still hadn't recovered from her last fight. She felt terrible and had little strength left within her. It was a challenge just to keep her head and eyes up at the same time.
"You have much power for a child your age," he said from behind. "It appears that the rebels have found a new generation to rely on over the years. In my day, I would have had a hard time defeating you. Your generation is much stronger than any I would have expected."
As he continued to circle her, Amy realized that something did not feel right about the atmosphere. It was as if she wasn't there at all; just her spirit or mind existed. She felt like she was about to pass out.
"I have been keeping an eye out on what been happening ever since I across these new powers you see," he continued. "The Empire is dead, now that Grand Admiral Thawrn is gone; the Rebels have become the leading government in the universe and have this Galactic union with other planets and universes, and my son....."
He stopped at the side of her and looked at the sky. "...is helping all of this by looking for other Jedi with that lover of yours."
"Luke choose his own path, Dossie just helped him like any other friend would have." Amy said weakly.
"NO!" Vader said the anger rising in his voice. He grabbed her chin and turned her head toward him. "He has done more than just give friendship to my son; they became blood brothers. My son was one with the dark side like I was, but then that Jedi of yours came and destroyed that dream of mine and brought him back into the light!"
He let her go placing his face inches from hers, "And now I will return the favor!"
He walked toward the door and called for someone. Amy heard a rumble of something metal. As she looked up, she saw a laser as big as one of the gunners on the Black Avenger. As it stopped in front of her, she saw people scramble around it. Vader had walked up to her again stepping to the side of her.
"I have been thinking since I been here, if it was possible to turn someone to the dark side without the hard work of talking them into it. This is what I have come up with."
He walked up to the machine and patted it as if it was a dog after doing a good deed. "This machine is filled with the dark power I came across. It will make you one with the dark side and turn you against the one you most love. It will take time though; I'll give it about an hour or two at the most. You will feel pain that you have never felt in your life as it takes the good from you and fills you with darkness."
He turned to one of the men as he readied the machine. Amy tried to struggle from the bonds that held her. I just thought that I would be kept prisoner or just be bait for Dossie, she thought, but now I have to kill him, I got to get out of this. She struggled with the straps again as she tried to free herself. Once seeing that the straps were held on tight, she looked for her Star Wand. They might have forgotten about it, she thought. At least she could transform and gather some more power to break the straps and run for it.
"Looking for this," Vader said teasingly.
She looked up to see her Star Wand in his hands, but she wasn't surprised. She saw him hand it to one of the people and turn to her.
"And by the way don't try to fight it," he said, "It will only make it worse for you. You'll like it with time."
He turned as she tried to give it her all as she pulled and swayed trying to free herself. Then she heard one of the guards come in and saw him kneel to Vader.
"My lord the portal is closed," he said. "We're not sure if they came though or didn't make it, but all units are ready and fully ready to battle sir."
"Excellent," Vader said pleased. "Have your men go to where the portal was and see if any of our other guests have made it through. They may have sent someone else to fool us, if they did it doesn't matter, destroy anything else that is there in that location, do you understand?"
"Yes sir," he said and got up and headed toward the door. Vader had turned to one of the other people who were working the machine.
"Prepare the machine now! Get it working!" he yelled.
Amy then heard the machine hum to life and she pulled with all her might. Her resistance was strong, but it was no use her body was far too weak to get them off. She refused to give up though. She hoped that they sent Greg instead of Dossie to rescue her so she wouldn't destroy the man she truly loved, Dossie. She couldn't stand the thought of killing him, not after he just returned into her life. Before she had another thought, Vader was upon her once again.
"Is there anything that you want to tell me before you come to the dark side with me?" he asked.
She leaned forward and spat on his helmet, trying to leap upon him as she did so. He calmly wiped the spit off and walked away from her. He stopped to talk to a person again.
"Make sure she screams until she turns," he said coldly and walked to the door.
"I'll never turn!" she screamed to him. "I'll never turn. Never!"
She felt herself turn backwards; she was now lying down under the point of the machine. Just keep the love for him, she thought. They will never turn you if you keep your love and believe in him Amy. Just keep loving him...She then heard the machine hum loader as it came to life. She looked up and prepared for the worse as the machine came to full power. Then in the blink of an eye, the ray hit her. The pain wasn't as bad as she thought at first. It was like an annoying scratch that she couldn't get. Then suddenly it intensified making her bones feel like they were being pulled out of her body joint by joint. Tears began to stream down her cheek as she tried to get out of the way of the ray. She was desperately keeping in her scream not to give them the pleasure of her pain. They'll save me, she thought though the pain, they'll save me.
Vader was walking down the hallway, impressed by the way that she was keeping in her pain, when one of the minions ran to his side and begun walking with him.
"Sir," he asked him with fear in his voice. "Why do you want to kill the Jedi? I thought you were going to kill him yourself."
"I wouldn't waste my energy on that scum," he said directly. "I would enjoy cutting him to pieces, but that is not what I planned." He stopped and turned to him quickly.
"If you were listening, I said to destroy anything else that was in the area, not him. Secondly, I want him to see what I have done to his lover and be haunted by it. Then as he tries to save her, he will be cut down by the love he once had." He slowly looked away from his minion and walked away. As he walked through the dark hallway, he suddenly heard the sound of her screams.
