A/N: In the last chapter, we got the prologue of how a baby Sherman was found and taken in by Darth Vader after striking down his mother Mancala Koonakrah and taking him back to Coruscant with him. A few of you wondered what would happen to Sherman, you are about find out in this chapter. Enjoy
Seven years later
Sherman was in the center of a dark room with only one light from the center of the ceiling. Sherman was sitting with his legs crossed and several machine parts and a red colored crystal in front of him that rested on a dark brown rag.
Sherman was now seven and a half years old, but he was the most skilled and most cunning assassin working for the Empire. He had killed over 57 Jedi who were hiding from the Empire after Order 66 was executed.
His hair and grown out more and it got darker, making it brick red. He wore the same glasses he had when Vader found him as a baby, his clothes consisted of mostly black skin-tight fabrics, but he wore black leather combat boots with black Storm-Trooper armor shin guards attached to it, as well as black storm-trooper gloves that went up to his elbows but exposed his fingers since the gloves were finger-less, and he also had black over robes that had no arm sleeves, no hood, and they only went down to his waist, being tied tightly by a belt (similar to the ones Luke Skywalker wore in 'Return of the Jedi')
Sherman took a deep breath and the mechanical pieces started hovering off the rag. Sherman then raised his hands and began putting the pieces together. The red crystal went inside the first piece which was the crystal chamber that was one large metal tube with metal holes in it with rows of six holes.
Then came the proper construction of the object he was building using the Force. On the bottom of the pipe, he added a black metal ring with six rectangles sticking out the sides, one of the rectangles had a silver ring going through it, once that was complete, he had a small black circular cap seal the bottom of the rectangle surrounded ring shut.
(The bottom is what Obi-Wan Kenobi had on the bottom of his light-saber in 'Revenge of the Sith' and 'A New Hope')
Once that was attached, another ring was placed above it only it was black as well and it had a mesh design on it.
(Similar to what Anakin had in the center of his light-saber in 'Revenge of the Sith')
Then he placed a tube that had an army-style grenade design but it was made from black memory-grip foam.
(Also similar to what Kenobi had in 'Revenge of the Sith' only this is made from memory-grip foam)
Then was placed a silver pipe with a two buttons, one red on top and green on bottom.
(Similar to Anakin's light-saber in 'Attack of the Clones')
And at last the top part had a black hilt that looked pointed on the very top.
(Also similar to Anakin's 'Attack of the Clones' Saber)
Once all the pieces were in their proper place, he screwed them all tightly together using the Force and then voila! He had a new crimson bladed Sith light-saber. Once the construction was done, he dropped the light-saber into his hands. The sounds of the doors opening lead him to open his eyes to see his master, Darth Vader walk up and stand before his apprentice.
"A new one?" he asked. Sherman stood up and attached it to the hook on his belt.
"The last one was destroyed in combat. Master Mundi put up a fight, but I was able to take him down" Sherman said.
"Indeed. Kai-Adi Mundi was a great warrior, but was too foolish to see what you were truly capable of" Vader said placing a hand on Sherman's shoulder.
"Thank you, my master" Sherman said kneeling his head down.
"You will soon become a true Sith once you have passed your final test. Are you sure you're ready?" Vader asked.
"I'm sure. I'm ready to become Darth like you, as well as like the Emperor before the Clone Wars ended" Sherman said.
"Good. Prepare to put that new light-saber you have prepared for it's first duel, for your final test will be grueling and merciless" Vader warned.
"I am not afraid" Sherman said. And with that, they both left the room together.
Once they arrived at the end of the hallway, the blast doors opened up to reveal a dark room, so dark nothing could be seen at all.
"This is where your test shall be held. If you succeed, you shall become a true Sith" Vader said. Sherman just nodded and went inside. Once inside, the blast doors closed and the room was now pitch dark.
Lights turned on revealing Sherman was on a walkway style bridge. He walked down the bridge all the way to the end, only for more lights to turn on, revealing the room as a circular shaped combat arena. Sherman stepped to the center and looked around.
"Welcome, Sherman. The time has come to prove your worth to the Empire in this one final test that will declare the end of your training" a raspy voice said. Sherman looked to the left where more lights were lit and saw a holo-plasma guarded window where the Emperor sat in his chair in the center of the room, and where Darth Vader stood beside him.
"I am ready, master" Sherman said before taking his light-saber off his belt and into his right hand, but not activating the blade.
"Very well. For your final test, you shall take part in a duel" the Emperor said. Sherman had been in many light-saber duels before, he wondered what made this one so special.
A light lit up on the other side of the arena to reveal a door where his opponent would enter. The blast doors opened up to reveal a Sith Training Droid' which were similar to Protocol droids only they were more flexible, had less armor, and had the programming to take shape of anyone or anything in order to train Sith lords in the art of the Dark Side.
"The training droid? There's no one in it's system I haven't beaten" Sherman said aloud.
"That may be, but there is one enemy you haven't seen. A training program it has kept stocked in it's memory-bank and stowed away in it's archives for years" Vader said.
"Your opponent was someone who once served us during the Clone Wars. He commanded the droid armies and has gained several victories but died at the hands of a Jedi on Utapau near the end of the war" The Emperor explained.
The training droid became surrounded by a purple mist and then a flash of light before taking the form of Sherman's opponent.
"General Grievous" The Emperor said simply. General Grievous had cyborg technological armor provided by the Intergalactic Banking Clan on Geonosis. Grievous had four light-sabers attached to his waist and took two in each hand. Then, to Sherman's surprise, Grievous' arms split in half and now only had three fingers on each hand but one light-saber in all four hands. He had two green and two blue light-sabers out of all four.
"A former droid general? I've dealt with worse" Sherman said before pressing the red button on his light-saber that made the red blade come forth from the hilt and took a fighting stance.
"The combatants are armed and ready. You may begin" The Emperor announced. Grievous took the first set of arms and placed it in front of him and began rotating them rapidly which created sparks in the arena floor as he approached Sherman. Sherman didn't move and stood his ground.
"You call yourself a General? You died at the hands of a low-life Jedi" Sherman said lunging his red blade and the blue and green blades that were rotating and caused them to stop.
"RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!" Grievous shouted. He tried to knock Sherman's light-saber out of his hand by slamming the second blue blade against it but Sherman retracted the blade and swung it towards Grievous' face, but a green blade blocked it before it could strike his mask.
"What good is a droid, they don't feel anything, they can only copy and mimic what they see. That's called sloppy forum, Grievous" Sherman said. As he stepped back and placed both hands on the handle of his light-saber instead of just one.
Grievous took Sherman backing up as an opportunity to start rotating his upper body around like a top while his head stood in it's original position. Blue and green blades mixed together in the rotating mix so fast that it looked like one large white ring of light. Sherman defended himself against each attack Grievous gave off until he bent down and gave off a swift uppercut.
"Ahhhhh!" Grievous screamed. He stopped rotating his body to see one hand was missing. The bottom right hand that carried a green light-saber was sliced off, and smoke came from where the cut was made.
"He is progressing, my master" Vader said to the Emperor.
"Indeed. Perhaps you were right all along, lord Vader. Maybe this child is exactly what we need to make sure there are no Jedi left in the Galaxy to challenge us" the Emperor said with a sinister smile.
Sherman kept fighting off Grievous' attacks and came back at them with counter attacks. While Sherman's blade was rubbing and creating purple sparks against Grievous' blue blade. He slid the blade down close enough to the hand that he was able to sneak a surprise attack and cut off Grievous' upper left hand.
"Grrrrrrrrrrr" Grievous said getting angrier and angrier that Sherman was making him lose his weapons. Sherman raised a hand and used the Force to push Grievous back against a wall where the impact was so hard that Grievous' light-sabers were knocked out of his remaining hands and fell down the bottomless pit on the edge of the arena.
"Finish him off, Sherman" the Emperor ordered. Grievous got up and made his two arms come back together but still had only three fingers.
"You have no weapons, yield to me and I promise to end your life quickly" Sherman said getting ready to defend if Grievous were to attack. Grievous pulled out a blaster that clung to his waist and started shooting.
"Nice try" Sherman said deflecting shots and bouncing them off his light-saber blade. When Sherman got close enough to Grievous, he cut off the hand that held the blaster and then ended it with multiple cuts to the chest and beheading him.
"Victory" Vader declared. Grievous turned back into the Sith Training droid which revealed to have lost it's head as well as several smoking cuts in it's chest. Sherman deactivated his saber, placed it back on his belt hook and used the Force to push the droid off the edge of the arena and into the pit.
"You have done well, Sherman. You are ready to be dubbed a Sith Lord. The ceremony shall be in a few hours" the Emperor said before getting up and leaving. Vader stood behind with his arms crossed and a nod to show he was pleased with how his apprentice handled it.
A/N: There you have it! Hope you like this one. So Sherman is a Sith Lord and an Assassin of Jedi. We saw him construct a new light-saber, and take on General Grievous and win against him. More to come in the next update. Please review, thanks.