Ch. 2: The Vision
Feeling a change in his force feeling Leia turned and looked in her brother's direction. What she observed made her blood run cold. He was standing rigidly and swift labored breath pounded from his lungs at irregular intervals. His eyes were clouded and unfocused. It was immediately apparent that he didn't see any of them. He began to shake violently in small concentrated shivers then promptly fell to the ground in a crumpled heap. "I KNEW IT. I KNEW YOU'D POISONED HIM," Leia yelled pointing an accusing finger at Mara. "WHAT YOU THINK I POISONED HIM. YOU'RE DUMBER THEN YOU LOOK!!, I'm just as freaked out as you are. Over this whole thing.," as the women fought Han tried to revive his prone friend. "Luke? Luke1 come on kid wake up. Come on this isn't funny. Come on man the girls are tearing each other apart.,' Han's efforts were soon rewarded with a low groan from Luke which stopped the women's squabbling instantaneously.
"Luke? Luke! Are you okay? What happened.," both Mara and Leia asked in almost perfect sync. "Uhhh, wha...what happened?," Luke asked from his position on the floor. "Well you kind of froze then you started breathing funny then you just fell onto the floor.," Mara supplied. "Oh, no not again," Luke moaned slapping his hand onto his forehead. " What do you mean again?," questioned Leia. "Well I have a unique ability that comes to one in every million Jedi or so. I have the ability to see into different realities and sometimes if I really want to I could live them for a time.
There are periods where I see different realities without any effort at all. This is one of those times.," Luke explained. "What could possibly be so terrible in a different reality that it causes you to faint?," Leia asked. Luke sighed shook his head and took a deep breath. "Well you see during these periods the most vivid realities are the worst ones because my destiny was to become a Sith kill the emperor and rule the galaxy with my father. Yes, I know that didn't happen, but in another reality it did. Therefore in that reality I turned sith killed the emperor and began ruling the galaxy with my father, but that's not the worst of it. You know when umm Alderaan was blown to pieces? Well afterwards I , well, I can we talk about this later?," Luke pleaded.
"Come on Luke what did you do that could be so awful?," asked Leia. "What I'm about to tell you will be enough to make you faint as well. Anyway I killed someone using force lightening and it looked as though I were enjoying it.," Luke whispered. "Who was it Luke tell us we'll all understand," Leia prodded both knowing and dreading is answer. "I killed you Leia," Luke replied in barely a whisper "You didn't," Leia rasped. "I'm sure that I did. I saw myself do it and I even yelled at myself to stop and to leave you alone when I or he turned around and looking right into my eyes, raised his hands to strike at me when I wrenched myself out of that reality.
It took me a lot of effort to pull myself out therefore I fainted. I'm afraid making eye contact with my other self forced us to instantaneously form a link. Meaning I feel what he feels and vise versa.," suddenly Luke jerked back clutching his chest and began screaming in pain. "What happened," questioned Mara. "Vader shot him with a volley of force lightening," Luke replied. "Why would Vader do that?," asked Leia. "He must have made a mistake. There's one other thing you guys might like to know," Luke warned. "What's that," Han questioned. "I wouldn't be surprised if the other Luke showed up here in just a while," Luke answered. " Why?,What would he want?," asked Leia bewildered.
"Doesn't take a hyperdrive specialist to figure it out you know. Think about it. I'm a Jedi he's a Sith he'd come back here to kill me a Jedi just to complete the purge started by Palpatine and Vader a long time ago.," "You mean your other self will travel all the way across space and time just to kill you? Pretty hard to believe.," Han stated with a derisive snort. "Vader and Palpatine were very hateful of the Jedi. Vader especially because they stole his son, namely me, from him," Luke replied.
Feeling a change in his force feeling Leia turned and looked in her brother's direction. What she observed made her blood run cold. He was standing rigidly and swift labored breath pounded from his lungs at irregular intervals. His eyes were clouded and unfocused. It was immediately apparent that he didn't see any of them. He began to shake violently in small concentrated shivers then promptly fell to the ground in a crumpled heap. "I KNEW IT. I KNEW YOU'D POISONED HIM," Leia yelled pointing an accusing finger at Mara. "WHAT YOU THINK I POISONED HIM. YOU'RE DUMBER THEN YOU LOOK!!, I'm just as freaked out as you are. Over this whole thing.," as the women fought Han tried to revive his prone friend. "Luke? Luke1 come on kid wake up. Come on this isn't funny. Come on man the girls are tearing each other apart.,' Han's efforts were soon rewarded with a low groan from Luke which stopped the women's squabbling instantaneously.
"Luke? Luke! Are you okay? What happened.," both Mara and Leia asked in almost perfect sync. "Uhhh, wha...what happened?," Luke asked from his position on the floor. "Well you kind of froze then you started breathing funny then you just fell onto the floor.," Mara supplied. "Oh, no not again," Luke moaned slapping his hand onto his forehead. " What do you mean again?," questioned Leia. "Well I have a unique ability that comes to one in every million Jedi or so. I have the ability to see into different realities and sometimes if I really want to I could live them for a time.
There are periods where I see different realities without any effort at all. This is one of those times.," Luke explained. "What could possibly be so terrible in a different reality that it causes you to faint?," Leia asked. Luke sighed shook his head and took a deep breath. "Well you see during these periods the most vivid realities are the worst ones because my destiny was to become a Sith kill the emperor and rule the galaxy with my father. Yes, I know that didn't happen, but in another reality it did. Therefore in that reality I turned sith killed the emperor and began ruling the galaxy with my father, but that's not the worst of it. You know when umm Alderaan was blown to pieces? Well afterwards I , well, I can we talk about this later?," Luke pleaded.
"Come on Luke what did you do that could be so awful?," asked Leia. "What I'm about to tell you will be enough to make you faint as well. Anyway I killed someone using force lightening and it looked as though I were enjoying it.," Luke whispered. "Who was it Luke tell us we'll all understand," Leia prodded both knowing and dreading is answer. "I killed you Leia," Luke replied in barely a whisper "You didn't," Leia rasped. "I'm sure that I did. I saw myself do it and I even yelled at myself to stop and to leave you alone when I or he turned around and looking right into my eyes, raised his hands to strike at me when I wrenched myself out of that reality.
It took me a lot of effort to pull myself out therefore I fainted. I'm afraid making eye contact with my other self forced us to instantaneously form a link. Meaning I feel what he feels and vise versa.," suddenly Luke jerked back clutching his chest and began screaming in pain. "What happened," questioned Mara. "Vader shot him with a volley of force lightening," Luke replied. "Why would Vader do that?," asked Leia. "He must have made a mistake. There's one other thing you guys might like to know," Luke warned. "What's that," Han questioned. "I wouldn't be surprised if the other Luke showed up here in just a while," Luke answered. " Why?,What would he want?," asked Leia bewildered.
"Doesn't take a hyperdrive specialist to figure it out you know. Think about it. I'm a Jedi he's a Sith he'd come back here to kill me a Jedi just to complete the purge started by Palpatine and Vader a long time ago.," "You mean your other self will travel all the way across space and time just to kill you? Pretty hard to believe.," Han stated with a derisive snort. "Vader and Palpatine were very hateful of the Jedi. Vader especially because they stole his son, namely me, from him," Luke replied.