"Don't take him from me! LUKE!" Vader screams. He's cutting down a group of Jedi who kidnapped his child.
"Dad! Dad! Dad! Help me!" Luke cries out.
"I'm coming, Luke!" Vader shouts. More Jedi fell victim to his crimson blade as he makes his way to Luke. "Luke!" He calls out again.
"Dad!" Luke cries again.
He sees Luke being carried off by his most hated enemy, Obi Wan Kenobi. "You WILL NOT take him from me!" Vader rages.
"Only a sith deals in absolute." Obi Wan replies.Vader lounges at them and just has his hand was about to reach Luke, they both faded away.
"NOOO!" Vader screams. His son was gone. Taken away from Kenobi. "Why must the Force take everything away from me!?" Vader curses at the stars.
"Oh Ani," A familiar voice whimpers.
"It can't be." Vader gasp. Right in front of him is his beloved angel floating right in front of him. Her illuminated figure makes her look like a goddess from beyond the stars. "Padme." Vader gasped. Padme looking so sad brakes Vader's black heart even further.
"You failed to protect me, and now you're gonna fail to protect my son. He's my angel, Ani and you let him get taken away from me." Padme tears up.Vader outstretched his hand to touch his wife, but the moment he does, she fades away.
"NOOO!" Vader wake up from his nightmares. His whole body is drenched in sweat, his dark hair a mess and his heart is beating rapidly. "It was just a dream." He whispers to himself.
Vader looks out there window of his Stardestroyer to see they haven't reach Coruscant yet. How he wishes to be there right now at his son's side. He so badly want to kiss his forehead and assuring Luke everything will be all right. An image of Luke smiling at him makes Vader himself smile. He thanked the Force everyday that his child has lived and will no longer be alone. The two of them will be together and no one one the Galaxy will ever separate them again. He can almost thank Palpatine for making him go back to the planet he despised the most in the Galaxy.
Vader has been sent to Tatooine by his master to negotiate a deal with Jabba the Hut. The moment he stepped foot on the planet, he couldn't wait to leave. Already the sand is getting everywhere on him, resulting to putting his hood over his head. He was supposed to go straight to Jabba, but he felt a warm light in the Force.
"A Force sensitive." He mutters to himself. For some strange reason, the light felt familiar but couldn't place his finger on it. The light draws him to a familiar homestead where he buried his mother all those years ago. Rage was flowing in his veins at the sight of his mother's tombstone. "Why did the light lead me here?" Vader grits his teeth.
"Hi, Mister!"
Startled, Vader stumbled back a few steps. Below him is a child who couldn't be more than 6 years old. He has flowing blonde hair, baby blue eyes, and a cute as a button nose. The child looks like a spitting image of himself when he was a boy. That boy could have actually passed as his own son, but that child died ten years ago, along with its mother.
"Who are you, boy?" Vader demanded harshly.Either the child is brave or he didn't notice the tone of Vader's voice since he smiles brightly at him. Vader felt the light increase the moment the boy widen his smile.
"My name's Luke Skywalker. Nice to meet ya!" The boy greeted.Vader's breath has stopped. Skywalker? No, it couldn't be. That child is 6, not 10 as he should be. He bends down to Luke's level.
"How old are you?!" Vader asks.
"I just turned 10, mister!" Luke answered.10, the boy is 10 years old. And his body, he most definitely inherited Padme's build. Vader can feel tears building in his eyes and the yellow orbs turning back to blue. He pushed them back and hugs his child.
"I can't believe you're alive, Little One."
"Umm… What?"
Vader pushed Luke's hair away from his eyes to get a better look at him. "Luke... I am your father."
Luke looked rather shock for a moment before leaping back into Vader's arms. "Daddy!" Luke squeals in joy. Happy tears are running down his cheeks. "I knew you'll come for me."
Vader laughs and begins to take Luke away from this hideous planet, but not before setting his son down and begins to walk to the homestead."Wait just a moment, Luke. I got to thank your guardians for taking such good care of you." Vader lies.
Luke nodded and waited for his father. Vader went inside the home and gave the Lars a merciful death. Now he's Luke's only family in the Galaxy and it's gonna stay that way.
That was the happiest moment of his life. To find out the child who thought to be dead is found alive. And now he just had a vision of his precious son being taken away from him. "I won't let that happen", Vader growls. He walks over to a communication droid to contact his apprentice.
Galen Marek's face shows up on the hologram. "What is thy bidding, master?" Starkiller asked.
"I sense a disturbance in the force that greatly concerns me, Starkiller. I fear Luke will be in grave danger today. I want the party cancel and for you to guard Luke till I get back." Vader orders.
Starkiller didn't respond right away. Vader can sense conflict in his apprentice before being washed away. "Master, I think cancelling the party will be a bit overboard. Luke will be very upset about this. You don't want a 13 year old to be angry at you for weeks don't you?" Starkiller asked.
Vader bit his lip in annoyance before thinking about it. He's right. Luke will be very upset if we cancel his birthday celebration. I can't bear to think of my son being angry at me, Vader thought. "Very well," Vader sighs, "But I don't want you to leave his side for a moment. You will protect him with your life. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, master," Starkiller replied, he then bows at his Emperor, "I will not fail you." And with that, the transmission got cut off.
Vader knows he can count on Starkiller. The young man has never failed him before and he won't start to fail him now. The sith walks over to the window again and smirks to himself. There is a bright side to all of this. If his vision is accurate, Obi Wan will be there today to attempt to kidnap his son. And he'll be there waiting to face his former master. He kidnapped Luke from his father once, he'll be damned if he thinks he could do that again.
"Just wait, Obi Wan… You'll soon meet the end of my blade." Vader smiles.
He lost his mother.
He lost his wife.
But he won't lose Luke, the only light in his life.
Ahsoka Tano is gonna face the biggest battle of her life. But she won't do it alone. "We're almost there, master Kenobi. Just another hour and operation: Rescue Skyguy Jr. will begin." Ahsoka announced.
"Please, Ahsoka, there's no need to keep calling me 'master'. I've been no master since the day I failed Anakin." Obi Wan gently reminds her. His smile looks gentle, but his eyes shows a great deal of sadness.
"Don't be silly," Ahsoka playfully rolls her eyes. "You'll always be a master to me."
This makes Obi Wan chuckles and looks over to the back. A smuggler who goes by the name of Han Solo and a Wookie name Chewbacca are preparing their blasters. It took a great deal of convincing to hire them for this mission. The smuggler refused at first since he didn't want to risk his life "kidnapping" the Emperor's son, but when they offered 50,000 credits, Han immediately went on board with it.
"Remind me why we couldn't take the Falcon?" Han asked.
"Because that piece of junk will stand out on Coruscant and your ship isn't big enough to fit in everyone." Ahsoka explains
"My ship is not a 'piece of junk'!" Han rages.
"Enough," Obi Wan spoke. "Fighting will get us nowhere. We need to also be mentally prepared for this. Our mind and spirit is just as important as our bodies."
"Spoken like a true master." Ahsoka praises.
Han rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "Whatever, the sooner we do this, the sooner I get paid." He grumbles under his breath.
This makes Ahsoka smile as she can feel the good inside the smuggler's heart. Now what would really make her day is having Luke safe by her side. She turns to the back to see a large group of rebels getting ready for war.