Chapter 2
"Almost 20 years before, the Force visited me and she said that she had a job for me. My job was to listen strictly to her orders without ever, ever disobeying. I had to kill the ones that the Force wanted to die and help the other ones that she needed to live to live. Whenever someone needed to the Force got sick or was very seriously injured, she summoned me here and told me what to do. If she wanted me to kill him, that's what I did, if she wanted me to keep him alive, then she told me the way I had to do it."
He moved from the place he was and headed towards the glasses.
"These here," he said while pointing at the glasses, "As I told you before, are for medical purposes. The force told me how to make these medicines in order to save peoples lives. Now though, that I've grown old, I asked from the Force to replace me with someone else." He scratched his chin and started pacing around the room, "Believe me, travelling all over the galaxy is very tiring my son and I didn't think I could do it any longer. We had been searching for a force sensitive that would be worthy of this very important and serious job for a long time and the fact that almost every force-sensitive newborn that was born in the republic went directly to Jedi didn't help either. When you were born, the Force told me to come and find you. You were the best candidate. I insisted that you enter medicine so that this would be easier for you." After saying this, he turned to the boy and looked at him straight in the eye pointing a finger at him, "I promise you boy, apart from the blessing of the Force, by doing this you will also gain money, a lot of money and fame. You will be known as the greatest doctor in the Republic! Together we will make it! Everything a human being could ever wish for would be yours! Just…. join me…say yes!" Palpatine was over-enthusiastic while he expected the boy's answer. He was even nodding him to answer positively.
Vader, though still confused about the whole situation, the words money and fame echoed in his mind and clouded his better judgment. He found nothing wrong or hard with the whole suggestion. Apart from that, his work as a doctor would be exactly the same, if he denied the suggestion but money and fame wouldn't be granted. And the fact that the Force would always be by his side.
"I will do it father," he said while he got up from the chair and went closer to Palpatine, a wide smile on his face while he approached the old man who was also waiting him with a smile on his face and in arms open, in indication of a hug.
"You will do this job very well I am sure of it", he pulled away; "I will show you how to do it don't worry about that." He started again walking away from Vader, "You will not contact with the force directly though, it will pass some time before you will be able to do it. I will transfer you your missions, you will do as I say." Then he turned again to Vader, the look on his face was dead-serious. "You will always do as the Force says, as I tell you to. Never disobey or the consequences will be severe. Believe me boy, you don't want the Force's revenge. You don't know the real power of the Dark Side of the Force."
His tone was becoming almost threatening. That tone send chills to Vader's spine.
"I promise father, I will do as you will always say. I just need your guidance through all this. I want to please the Force for giving me this chance and not to disappoint her. I don't want to disappoint you either. After all that you've done for me…" At that moment Palpatine approached him once again and putted his arms around his son's shoulders. "I am very proud of what you have become son. I know that you will make this through successfully. Of course you will have my guidance! You don't even need to ask! Now go and get some rest, " they started walking together towards the exit, "tomorrow is going to be a big day for you because from tomorrow, you will never be the same again…."
And so, from the next day, Vader started his duties, his new life and a future that held both great and very bad things about him.