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Chapter Three: All to Get My Way

The sound of Vader's voice scared a small infant in a cradle, and the baby began to cry.

Unfortunately for Luke, the cradle with the baby was closer to Vader. Intrigued, Vader began to walk toward the child.

Luke pushed past Vader and picked up his infant son, cradling him in his arms. "Stay away from him," Luke snarled.

But Vader was too mesmerized by the beautiful baby. He stepped closer, edging Luke into a corner until he had nowhere to go, and Vader was inches away from touching him. He looked back at the baby, and then to Luke.

"You know, Skywalker, there's something that Kenobi never told you. Something that I think you should know."

"Oh yes? And what is that?" Luke asked, uninterested.

"First, what did he tell you of your father?"

Anger played across Luke's face at the mention of his father.

"He said that you killed him!"

Vader nodded. "Yes, I expected no less from him. You see, what he told you was a lie."

A lie? Ben would never lie to him! Would he?

"What do you mean?"

"Luke… I am your father."

Unconsciously, Luke hugged his baby tighter, and stared into the expressionless mask in horror. His father? No! That wasn't true! His father had been Anakin Skywalker!

"You're lying!" Luke accused.

"No I am not, Luke. And the sooner you accept this, the better it will be for you and your child."

Feeling the tension in the room, the baby began to cry again, and Luke kissed his son's cheek and tried to sooth him with kind words that the he knew the baby couldn't understand, but it could feel the meaning.

"It's alright, daddy's here."

Vader cocked his head to one side, watching curiously. This is the way it could have been with him and Luke if it weren't for Obi-Wan. "What's his name?" Vader asked.

Luke was startled by the dark lord's behavior. But he didn't see any harm in telling him the baby's name. "Danny."

Luke reached out with the Force while Vader stared at the baby. He tried to sense the things he thought he'd feel from the sith lord. But all he felt was… longing. That was really weird!

"He's a beautiful child," Vader said at last. He looked back at Luke, and raised his gloved hand and caressed Luke's cheek. "He looks a lot like you."

Luke didn't flinch as Vader's hand followed his neck down to Luke's shoulder. It just felt to right.

The baby began to coo contentedly, now only feeling peace in the once tense room.

"Luke, I came here to ask you to come with me. You cannot expect safe life for Danny if you return to the Rebels. But with me, I can offer your son protection, and to you, I can offer power."

Vader felt Luke stiffen after that last offer.

"Power?" Luke asked. "You think that's what I want? To have power? To become a cowardly imperial and live the rest of my life basking in darkness? That's what you want for me?"

"Luke," Vader said desperately, but he knew that he was losing him, "We can overthrow the Emperor and together, you and I can rule the galaxy! Make things the way we want them to be!"

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Vader realized that he was repeating the very same words that he'd said to Padme back on Mustafar.

"No," Luke said. "I don't care what you offer me. If I turned now, then my child would have to cope with his father being a sith lord. And now I know how that feels."

Vader snarled. "You won't come willingly?"

Luke ignited his lightsaber, still holding Danny with one arm. "I'm not coming with you willing or otherwise!"

Vader motioned to the child Luke held. "You would fight with a baby in your arms?"

"Well I'm not putting him down! If I did, you may do something and I'd be separated from him forever."

Vader used the Force to fling Luke's saber to the other side of the room, and grabbed his arms, making sure he wasn't hurting the baby.

"If you don't want to be separated from your son, then how do you think I feel?"

Luke paused. "I… I don't know."

"I want you with me, Luke! I want to give you the galaxy! What more can you ask for?"

"I only want you! Not the galaxy! All I ask for is you to come back to the good side and be a real father to me!"

A real father. How could h ever be a real father? The Emperor would kill him if he ever tried to disobey him.

"Luke… It's just not possible."

"Anything is possible, father, listen to me."

Vader reeled. That was what he had said to Padme so many years ago.

"Anything is possible, Padme, listen to me."

All those years ago, he had begged Padme to listen to him. Wasn't it only fair that he listened to his son?

"What do you want to say, Luke?"

Luke grinned. It was the first time that Vader had ever seen his son smile.

"One time, I was talking to Ben… I mean Obi-Wan… he said that my mother was perfectly healthy when she died. He said that she'd died of a broken heart. Now if you hadn't turned to the Dark Side, do you think she would have died of a broken heart? No. She wouldn't have died at all. The Emperor tricked you, and now you know that he's tricked you, and you won't do anything about it! As long as you stay on the Dark Side, the Emperor has won. The only way to make him mad is do the only thing that he doesn't want you to do."

"And what is that?" Vader asked hopefully.

"Turn back to the side that my mother was for. The side that I'm for. The side that you were once for."

Turn back

It was a lot to ask for. To turn back after the Dark Side had helped him conquer anything so many times before, and now it couldn't help him conquer his son. Palpatine had tricked him. Vader had known that ever since he'd discovered Luke. But he'd never considered turning back…… until now.

It was a tempting offer. One that sang out to him. He could almost hear Padme begging him to return to her.

"Please, Ani! Come back to us. Be at peace."

That was what made up Vader's mind.

"Alright," Anakin said, turning to Luke who was beaming like glow fruit. "What's the plan?"

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