Chapter 11: The Soul of a Jedi

The room lay in rubble and despair. Sparks shot out of wires and broken systems as two bodies lay on the floor next to the wall. One body began to twitch as the previously unconscious form began to gain consciousness. Sim's eye's fluttered to life as he jolted up. He looked around the room and saw nothing, only destruction. It all was slowly coming back to him, the fight and the end result. Sim could feel that he had been knocked hard on the head, from the headache that was pounding the inside of his brain right now. He slowly edged himself up as he stood for the first time in hours. He began to slowly walk over to the other body. Sim force-called his lightsaber into his hand as he ignited it again.

Vader lay on the ground motionless until his fingers curled for a split second. The next his eyes slowly opened up as light filtered to his brain. At first everything was blurry but soon everything snapped clear and he jogged his brain on what had happened. The fight between him and Sim Nam had left him unconscious. As he tried to get up, he noticed for the first time that his lower body was underneath a huge chunk of concrete that had fallen from the ceiling. He could feel that his legs were broken along with his hip bones. He was immobilized. As he lay back down, suddenly a shadow fell over him and he realized who it was. Sim peered at him with piercing eyes that showed no expression. His black lightsaber was ignited as he walked closer.

"So this is how it ends, Vader," said Sim as he nudged forward, evermore.

"You did this to me! You were too scared to fight me head on so you had to trap me underneath a rock to kill me," shouted Vader with only venom in his voice and fire in his eyes that glowed yellow once more.

"Do you listen to yourself? You've have done all this yourself," said Sim with little change in his voice as he brought his blade to Vader's neck, "This is the end for you, Vader."

"You can't kill me. The Jedi would never have," said Vader with a sigh remembering his former self and a tear crossed his cheek for the first time in over 20 years, the last time when Palpatine told him that Padme had died.

Suddenly, Sim's eyes became distant, as if he was in deep thought. The words that Vader had muttered were gnawing in his head, "It's not the way of the Jedi!" shouted a voice into his head. It was not the voice of Vader, himself, Luke, or Leia. It was the voice of Obi-Wan. He glanced at Vader, seeing his face wet and him for once off-guard. Sim could only feel pity for his former friend but at the same time he wanted so desperately to strike him down in his spot and free the galaxy. But could he? Was it really what he was supposed to do? A Jedi would never harm anyone that was unguarded or defenseless. Suddenly, a bright light flashed before him as it exploded, causing Sim to close his eyes momentarily. When he opened them up, he was no longer in a room with Vader but in an endless area of white. He looked up and saw a man in his old age yet he was as strong as buck. He had long flowing hair and traditional beard of a Jedi. It was Qui-Gon.

"Hello, my young friend," said Qui-Gon in his usual wise voice.

"Hello, Master Jinn. It's been a long time. And please, I'm not young," said Sim with a smirk.

"You will always be to me, my former apprentice. But I have come to me for more urgent matters," said the old Jedi.

"Yes master, I wish to know why you brought me here," replied Sim

"Sim, you must not allow your pride and anger to overwhelm you into killing Anakin. He may no longer be on the light-side but he is still the Chosen One," said Qui-Gon.

"The Chosen One? Master, I used to believe that till the days before this duel, but now I no longer believe so. Vader has become the very thing that the Jedi swore to destroy. If I don't destroy him, he will continue his rampage of destruction and further consolidate Luke to the dark side," said Sim with obvious anger in his tone.

"My former padawan, you can not say so. You must bring Vader back to the light side, not try to fulfill a prophecy meant for him," said Qui-Gon.

"Master, I'm not trying to fulfill a prophecy. I'm trying to do what I think is right, and that is too defeat the evil, which Vader is. He was once my brother, but now he is little more than just a shell pack full of darkness," said Sim as he closed his eyes in regret.

"Killing him is not the Jedi way, my former apprentice. If you wish to defeat the Sith, you will help him. Only then will you save the galaxy," said Qui-Gon as the room once more faded into darkness.

Sim opened his eyes as he found himself once more in the room with his blade still at Vader's throat. He looked at him at then at his blade. His feelings raged inside him. One side told him to strike Vader down now and defeat the Sith while the other side told him to let Vader live and try to convert him back to the light side. Sim, for the first time in a long time, couldn't tell which side to listen. Then the voice of Qui-Gon once more rang into his head, "It is not the way of the Jedi." He once more looked at his blade and at Vader who was staring at him, anticipating the death blow. With a deep sigh, Sim deactivated his lightsaber. Vader's eyes opened up in surprise,

"What are you doing," shouted Vader, "finish me off!"

"No," replied Sim, "it would not be the way of the Jedi, Vader. If I kill you, I will be no different from a Sith and my enemy."

Sim turned around and walked away from Vader who kept shouting, "I HATE YOU!" All that Sim offered as a reply was a tear that ran down his cheek and fell to the ground. He exited the engine room as he surveyed the damage, the entire ship was a wreck and would soon be a danger, but Sim had no intention of helping them. He could sense that Luke was gaining consciousness and he would be able to rescue the ship, but he wouldn't be able to gain that for long enough for them to escape. As he entered the room with the Falcon in it, he peered off. He still saw that Leia was on the ground unconscious while Han, Lando, and Chewie were on the extension deck of the Falcon, also unconscious from Vader's force-choke. He walked over to Leia as he force-called her lightsaber to him and picked her up. He swung her over his shoulder as he used the force to pull the rest into the ship. He deposited them into the Lounging area as he went to the cockpit.

The engines of the Falcon fired up as he force opened the docking bay doors. Using the controlling stick, he sprang the Falcon to life as it roared away from the Executor and off into space. The blockade that the Imperial Fleet had before, had since dissolved. most likely from Vader's command when they had captured them. As the ship entered hyperspace, Sim got up and went over to the room where everyone was. He peered at Leia, who opened her eyes gently.

"Sim, what happened to Vader and Luke," said Leia with still exhaustion in her eyes.

"Don't worry. They'll be fine," replied Sim as she once more dozed off into unconsciousness. He plopped himself on to a chair as he began to mediate once more. He would need the force to help him regain the strength and light that he had lost from his epic battle with Vader.

Everything seemed to be going nowhere for Sim as he faded off into his deep mediation and relaxation.

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