Chapter 10-A different kind of Sith
(Cloud City-Upper Level)
They were being escorted by the Imperial Stormtroopers down the hall when it happened and to be honest Leia, Chewbacca, and Lando were quite surprised by the attack. Originally this was the spot where his security team was to ambush the escort and help him help Han's friends to so they could save him. Instead a single blur of a dark mass with a hint an orangey red like blade that could only be recognized as a Lightsaber cut through the Stormtroopers. When it was over only Leia, Chewbacca, Lando, and the mysterious black robed warrior wielding that fiery Lightsaber, whose back was turned to them were now the only things in the hall...alive. "Well that didn't take very long. How disappointing wouldn't you agree?" said the figure that Leia and Chewbacca recognized as Darth Vader's son as he turned to face them.
"Luke?" said Leia walking slightly forward as if she wasn't sure it was him.
"You could call me that. Or you call me by my Sith name...Darth Vicious," said Luke smiling as his eyes turned an orangey red that made Leia back up two steps.
"Whoa! Wait a minute! Did you say Darth Vicious? As in Darth Vader's son as well as offspring Darth Vicious?" said Lando who had heard that Vader had a son, but didn't truly believe it.
"You can call me either Luke or Darth Vicious I don't really care right now, but yeah for the second time today in repeating myself...it's me," said Luke who turned off his deadly Lightsaber of a weapon before waving a hand at them using the Force to remove their restraints.
At the moment Chewbacca didn't know who to strangle first since the two people around him that caused his friends pain were near him and within his grasp. "Why are you doing this?" said Leia suspiciously as she went to the nearest blaster and pointed it at him.
"Put the blaster down Leia you'll hurt yourself and that's the last thing we need to worry about if were to rescue Han before he gets off planet in Boba Fett's ship," said Darth Vicious who was now at so close of a point blank range with Leia that the barrel end of the blaster was touching his chest.
"I could blow you away and kill the joy in Vader's Sith eyes," said Leia who found it was difficult to try and pull the trigger even though if se did it would kill the young Sith Lord.
"You could, but you won't because you know as well as I do as well as the others here that I could have easily killed you all, However, I chose let you all live because of a very simple...reason. I want to help you rescue Han and join your Rebellion," said Luke who grabbed the end of the blaster barrel and slowly moved it away from his chest despite the resistance Leia was giving him though she didn't resist much after hearing the Sith Lords words.
"You want to what?" said Lando who couldn't believe that Vader's son just turned traitor on his old man.
"You heard me fool. During my fight and before I killed Yoda the old dwarf of a Jedi Master revealed to me a very personal truth. It made me realize that I cannot my master that is my father and my master that is the Emperor. I'm doing the only logical thing possible and siding with the side that wants them both dead," said Darth Vicious smiling at them in an almost evil manner.
"What does that make you because I don't think it makes you a Sith?" said Lando who couldn't help, but be curious at the erratic behavior of Vader's son.
"In truth my betrayal is part of the Sith tradition so I'm doing nothing wrong and any Sith Lord would agree," said Luke as he turned to leave hoping the other would follow.
"So are you going to stay a Sith or change?" said Leia hoping it would be the later.
"I am Sith Lord Leia and always will be till the day I die. However, I am not what you consider a normal Sith Lord though I doubt any Sith Lords both past and present are considered normal. Still all the same I am being an open minded Sith Lord who finds that the best way to betray you're master is through his enemies that I once fought beside. Now are you going to help me rescue Han or not?" said Darth Vicious as he motioned them to follow.
"All right, but I'm not going to like it," said Lando who knew at least for now following Vader's son meant not getting strangled by the Wookie next to him running to save his best friend.
(Cloud City Landing Zone 7)
"Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold and do it carefully Jabba hates damaged property," said Boba Fett as the Imperial Stormtroopers put the suspended form of Han Solo in to the Bounty Hunters ship.
Just then the large metal hanger gate opened with Leia, Chewie, and Lando firing at the Stormtroopers guarding the areas around ship. Darth Vicious just stood their as Boba Fett's ship left the ground and blasted off. 'Now I can have a little fun,' thought Darth Vicious who ignited his Lightsaber and appeared behind the Stormtroopers before slicing them all into pieces.
Needless to say Leia and the others were speechless at the Sith Lords actions for helping them with the Stormtroopers. "Damn it! Fett got away," said Lando angrily as he cursed in several other languages.
"Why didn't you do anything to stop Fett?" said Leia with Chewbacca right behind her ready to throttle the Sith Lord regardless of his power or not.
"What would you have me do Leia? Anything I did with the Dark Side of the Force would have hurt Fett or the ship he was in. Han was currently in the ship when we got here so by doing nothing Han Solo gets to live another day...even if it's in suspended animation in a Frozen Carbonite block being sent to Jabba the Hutt.
"You could have done something besides kill the Stormtroopers while waiting for the ship to take off," said Lando who was now getting into the conversation.
By this time Luke was angry and he was now showing it by sending them back several feet without using his hands "Would you have me destroy the ship with Han in it? Would you have me kill Fett in mid-flight causing him to fall into the empty abyss of Bespin's clouds below here? Know your place when making accusations you three. I could have let them shoot you all before saving you...AGAIN!" said Darth Vicious as he walked passed them before they could stop him.
"Wait! Where do you think you're going?" said Leia as she ran up in front of him as he was now blocking his path.
"Why to the Falcon of course? I can't use my TIE Special Advanced Leia. By now my esteemed father that is Darth Vader has told the Star Destroyer above us I have betrayed the Empire. They will be able to lock onto my ship right away because it has only one ID Signature and it is the only fighter of its kind. Besides...if I am to join the Rebellion I have to go with you since I know that you know where the Rebel Fleet is meeting," said Luke giving her kinder smile then before, which slightly baffled her.
Chewie gave a snarl and a few 'woofs' to give his opinion. "Chewie says we should blind fold and bind him till we get to the Rebel Fleet rendezvous point and let them deal with him," said Lando who like Han could understand what the Wookie was saying.
"Deal with me? Like they were going to deal with my father and how they were suppose to give him a trial, but instead they were going to execute him? I am possibly you're greatest and only weapon against my father and the Emperor. You won't admit it now, but deep down...you need me," said Darth Vicious his eyes becoming orangey red yet again from the blue that they normally were.
"Will see what High Command says before we do anything when we bring you there to decide what to do with you. However, you have to promise me as Luke Skywalker and not as Darth Vicious you won't try anything if we take you with us," said Leia knowing this would be a big gamble.
Darth Vicious just laughed at her before nodding. "Very well Leia I give you my word as Luke Skywalker and NOT as Darth Vicious that I won't anything...unless provoked. Agreed?" said Luke slightly raising a finger putting in his own stipulation to the deal.
"Agreed," said Leia knowing this might be the first step to being her friend back to the Light Side of the Force.
"Well then let's go before the ground forces and TIE fighters are launched from the Star Destroyer above us," said Luke pointing upward before going around Leia.
"Do you trust him?" whispered Lando, who knew fully well that this was risky and that even he wouldn't gamble such a risk.
"No, but if we somehow show him the goodness in his heart maybe we can turn him back to being the Luke I remember," whispered back Leia unaware that Luke was hearing their conversation through the Force Hearing that enhance his ability to hear as they all headed for the Falcon.
'Fools. I am a Sith to the end and I have no intention of killing my father in this supposed betrayal since it is the Emperor who I am betraying. Then when we meet again I will help my father crush the Emperor and we will rule the Empire...as a father and son. And then when we do we will make a few changes to the Empire that will give the Rebellion no other alternative, but to give up,' thought Darth Vicious who mentally smiled at the mere thought.
(Elsewhere on Cloud City)
Vader walked out of the Communications room he used to contact the Star Destroyer Deception to tell them that his son had betrayed him, the Emperor, and of course the Empire. Though in truth that was only a third true as Luke was not betraying him or the Empire, but merely the Emperor, who was getting on in his years. Despite the Dark Side of the Force giving his master strength it was just an illusion of power that up till now had yet to be challenged. 'Almost everything is in place,' thought Vader as he knew it would be a few more months before the Rebels (if they didn't kill his son first) trusted Luke with anything serious.
Even if they "won" the war they would probably try to assassinate him when he was no longer useful. As was the ways of things in Vader's mind for those who were tools yet men all the same. As he made his way to the shuttle where his escort was waiting for him he saw the now ever so silent, but clearly nervous C3PO. "Is everything all right Lord Vader?" said the droid that looked strangely familiar to him as it reminded him of another droid aside from R2D2 that he knew from his other life that was the "Hero with No Fear" Anakin Skywalker.
"Were heading up to the Star Destroyer now," said Vader getting everyone's attention trying to sound angry, which thanks to the helmet vocoder worked perfectly.
"Yes sir," said the troopers as they all rushed into the ship with C3PO doing the same as best he could with his shuffling type legs.
'Everything is almost in place. Soon Padme...the vision of our dream galaxy will be made through the help of our own children,' thought Vader as he secretly went into a deep dark meditative state to relax his slightly tired body.
(Millennium Falcon-Moments Later)
As the ship made its way out of the planets atmosphere TIE fighters and the Imperial Star Destroyer Deception was chasing after them. "Man you just had to leave your prized TIE Special Advanced fighter behind you couldn't fly it with us behind you," said Lando as they had just discovered the Hyperdrive on the Falcon was not working.
"You don't trust me remember? Which reminds me actually? (Pulls out a small cylinder detonator) I can't have anyone take my TIE fighter from me that I worked so hard in building from the ground up. Nor can I have it be torn apart. So the only thing left to do...is destroy it," said Luke pressing the button at the top of the cylinder with his thumb causing TIE Special Advanced known as The Sith's Pride to blow up unexpectedly destroying the landing pad it was on.
Leia looked at Luke and she saw that he was morning for the loss of ship that he had built by himself from nothing, but what he needed to create it. It was then that her thoughts as well as the others were shaken when the Falcon shook from a blast of energy fire from the TIE fighters. "If you're going to help I suggest you try and fix the Hyperdrive," said Leia hoping she could get him to cooperate.
"Well normally I wouldn't touch this ship without Han's permission especially after last time when he told me I would be floating home. However, since he is not here I suppose that this will have to be the one exception to his rule of others not touch his ship," said Luke slowly rising to his feet and headed for the Hyperdrive unit, which he fixed with a mere twitch if the wrist as he sensed what was sabotaged by his father's technicians while he had them all occupied.
"It's working again! Here we go!" said Lando as he activated the Hyperdrive sending the Falcon into hyperspace before the TIE fighters could do anymore damage.
(Space-Star Destroyer Deception)
"I'm sorry Lord Vader but the ship got away. They went into hyperspace even though we disabled the Hyperdrive before hand," said the Imperial officer next to the Sith Lord.
However, Darth Vader remained quiet as he wanted everyone to think he was angry, but in truth he was smiling behind his mask. A thing he was doing a lot of as of late with his son, who was making him proud to be the boy's father. Silently and appearing to be very angry Darth Vader walked out of the bridge receiving turned heads as he walked making the other officers nervous as they felt that upsetting Darth Vader would be the last thing they ever did. 'I wonder how the Emperor will take this. Not too well I surmise. If he's upset now wait till he finds out the truth when it's too late,' thought Vader as he head to his private quarter that the Admiral of the ship gladly provided in less then 2 minutes, which was a new record for any Admiral who had to prepare a room for the Sith Lord.
(Space Several Hours Later-Millennium Falcon)
Leia was in the 'lounging area' (if you could call it that) of the Falcon as she watched Luke in his Sith robes sitting on a chair, knees crossed, and mediating as if nothing was wrong. 'How can be calm? He's being taken to the Rebel Fleet for Force sake! They will shoot him on sight to get rid of Vader's heir to the throne and they would probably do it if we were here in space by destroying the Falcon,' thought Leia who hated the notion of Luke acting all calm and felt she needed to unbalance his life.
As silently as she could she walked up to the side of Luke's chair and kicked it out from under him in hopes of at least breaking his concentration. That way she could give him a moment of embarrassment in his life to try and snap him out of his current state of living. What she got was something entirely unexpected as Luke stayed in mid-air unaffected by Leia's attempts at sabotaging his meditation. "Tsk tsk Leia I thought someone raised by an esteemed family as the Organa's on Alderean would know better then to aggravate someone, who has the power of the Force. A power that can squeeze your heart till it burst with a mere thought from my mind," said Luke opening his eyes making Leia back up slightly.
"I'm sorry Luke I just thought..." said Leia only to find it slightly difficult to breathe as her throat was tightened by an unseen grip.
"You weren't thinking Leia that's the problem and I told you I wouldn't do anything if I wasn't provoked however, you provoked me and this is a warning. Don't push it," said Darth Vicious, who let go of his sister's throat though the Force grip he used wasn't too strong to begin with and even though she was his sister he wasn't going let her make him soft.
It was then they came out of hyperspace and they were met with the vast Rebel Fleet that was gathering around them in the blanket of space. "Here we are. Wow! So many ships I didn't even realize it. Man you guys have grown in size since the last bit of news that I heard that said you were all scattered," said Lando as he let Chewie take over as he head to the 'lounge area' of the ship and saw Luke floating in mid-air only to put his feet on the ground.
"Well then...I guess I get meet the family again in one big reunion. Though I doubt it will be a happy one when they see me. Let's see if all those years as a politician pay off for Leia I think you're going to need it," said Luke walking to the couch where he distinctly remembered Chewbacca and R2 playing their game and remembering how Han told R2 that Wookie's pulled people's arms out of their socket when they lose.
As the Falcon docked with the Rebel Fleets Flagship he smiled a genuine smile and hoped that everything would go according to plan. 'Here we go,' thought Luke smiling still as the ship was now opening.
Lei, Chewie, and Lando walked out of the Falcon first and they immediately saw Rebel High Command leader Mon Mothma, with Admiral Ackbar, and General Rieekan slowly approaching them. "Princess Leia thank the Force you're safe we had intelligence reports saying that you were nearly captured by Imperial Star Destroyers and were worried that you would be," said Mon Mothma who saw that they had a new face joining them.
"Thank you Mon Mothma, but I am afraid were a little worse for ware as Han is being taken to Jabba the Hutt in the form of Frozen Carbonite and Master Yoda is dead," said Leia seeing a quick intact from them all in breath at the shock of the news.
"Who killed him if we may be so bold?" said Admiral Ackbar as a dark figure was now walking down the ramp making it presence known.
"I did and for good reason," said Luke revealing himself to everyone making the soldiers, pilots, and High Commands bodyguards raise their weapons at him ready to fire.
"Darth Vicious! Leia how did he get aboard the Falcon?" said Mon Mothma knowing it couldn't be by free will.
"Actually that is a very interesting story that Leia will tell a will the other two, but if you don't mind I need to find the mess hall to eat something I am quite starved," said Luke walking pass them even though every single blaster in the hanger was pointed at him before another small squad of Rebel soldiers appeared blocking his exit.
"We do mind actually. Princess Leia Organa you better explain yourself," said General Rieekan looking from Luke to Leia who was somewhat ashamed at the moment.
"All right, but you'll won't believe me when I tell it," said Leia with Lando nodding and Chewbacca giving a 'woof' in agreement.
(A/N: Hey guys! Where all the people out there that are are suppose to review? I mean I miss all the reviews that came in wave and now I get it's and pieces. Give me insight to what you think. Without I can't write anymore and I hate it when I can't complete a story that is so freakin kick ass! Anyway you know what to do so don't forget.)