XXVII

Vader stood before the image of Emperor Palpatine, Darth Sidious. The older Sith Lord was very pleased with Vader's latest project and commended the dark lord on his work.

Vader bowed with pure pride, "My Master, did I not promise it would be so,"

"I never doubted you Lord Vader, but remember, all the Jedi must be destroyed," said Sidious.

Vader nodded, "And they shall my lord, the Jedi shall join us, or die!"

"As you say Lord Vader, may it also be so," replied the Emperor.

Vader again, returns to the chambers of his heart…

Anakin stood there, his face radiating true light, in the midst of the caverns of Vader's heart. The young Jedi Knight had faced so many trials in order to become one, and even had himself granted upon the Jedi Council, until Palpatine twisted his thinking, warped his brain into believing he could save Padmé's life…

How naïve the young Jedi was…

"Lord Vader," whispered the Jedi Knight.

"Yes," replied the Sith Lord.

"Let us continue our battle, and consume me, for you have become a Dark Eclipse over all that I have loved, and all that I have cared for…you have destroyed my people the Jedi, my government the Republic, my wife…" the Jedi Knight choked and Vader saw tears well up in his eyes, "and now, you hunt down the remains of all that I love, the last ones who new me, Anakin Skywalker…"

Vader shook his head, "No as you said, young Skywalker, we are one, remember… Iam not Darth Vader, without Anakin Skywalker,"

"No!" screamed Anakin, his lightsaber flashing forth as he raced toward Vader, "you are not me! I don't want you here!"

Vader brought his lightsaber forward, intercepting the Jedi Knight's blue lightsaber against his crimson one. With tremendous force and strength Vader threw the Jedi Knight backwards and rushed forward with Jedi Speed.

Anakin twisted and wove himself into the darkness, avoiding the Sith Lord's lightsaber expertly.

Vader laughed, "Ah, Anakin…you see what you have become? You cannot deny it…you cannot stop it…the craving for power that you now have…the desire to destroy all that come in your way…even Sidious, and Kenobi,"

Anakin clicked his teeth together in rage and again lashed out, even faster and more aggressive, forcing the Sith Lord back, battering him against the darkness of the caverns, "I betrayed none! I am a Jedi Knight, and you are a Sith, you must be destroyed,"

"Why fight it Skywalker?" asked Vader as he dodged the Jedi's thrusts and lunges, "why do you continue to fight when you have fallen, why remain a Jedi while the remnants of the Order are hunted down, and killed,"

"No…no," wept Anakin, in between his rage, "what have I done, what have I become?"

"You have become what you always were and what you will always be…darkness," replied Vader in a whisper that filled the caverns.

Anakin shook his head in blatant denial, "No, no, no," he repeated like a mantra, a charm against the Sith Lord that had taken him over so profoundly with so much power.

Vader stopped and deactivated his lightsaber. The silence in the caverns stretched, for eons, for eternities.

Finally, Anakin moved.

He screamed with all his hatred for Vader as he leapt forward, bringing his lightsaber down and battering it aside. The Sith Lord taken aback, almost caught off guard and thrown into the pits that surrounded them.

Continuous blow after blow was sent after Vader, and the Sith Lord deflected them, and shoved them back with full velocity, and hatred as his counter part…as the other part of his heart.

Finally, the lightsaber clashed again, this time the beams shattered against one another, and hissed into nothingness. The Jedi Knight, broken and defeated, fell the his knees.

Vader touched Anakin's shoulder, "Come Anakin, let us remake the galaxy in our image, not even Palpatine can stand in our way,"

Anakin trembled in the caverns, and Vader wrapped his cape around him, "come now, let us leave,"

Anakin nodded feebly, and rose to his feet, "yes…master,"

The final parts of Anakin Skywalker, finally subsided…only a dwarf star of the true hero remained. The two left the caverns together to walk in the ashes of destruction…the darkness of their hearts.

Anakin Skywalker was fully eclipsed by Darth Vader.

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