Thank you for the reviews, please keep them coming. Here is chapter 2
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Chapter 2
Meeting the Emperor
The speeder landed in the docking bay of the Imperial Palace. Darth Vader stepped out, closely followed by his son. He smiled at the power that radiated off of Luke, he would be a powerful Sith once the time came.
Luke watched his father had out orders to the surrounding stormtroopers, he seemed to be taking his time so Luke casts his gaze to the docking bay. Apart from their speeder, their were several other aircraft, TIE Fighters and Imperial Cruisers with pilots and engineers surrounding them, and working on them. Despite from all the crew, the bay was filled with Storm troopers, the highest concentration on the bay's doors and the doors that led into the Palace, and many more surrounding the speeder.
Luke wasn't surprised at that, he had expected nothing less, after the man hunt for him throughout the city.
Flashback -Two day's earlier
Luke made his way through the city streets of Coruscant under the night sky. He was due to meet a man at midnight in an secluded part of the city to gather some details on the mission he was on. He had spent most of the day trying to avoid the public eye, he had become a very well known face, the bounties on his head reached into the millions for he was the one who had destroyed the death star, but he knew the real reason the bounty was so high.
For one he was a Jedi, and had been told that he was very powerful in the force like his father, and now he knew that his father was not dead but is instead Darth Vader, which was another factor in the bounty. There was also the factor that his father, along with the Emperor, wanted him to turn to the darkside.
He cast a glance down at his right hand, now robotic after his and Vader's duel on Bespin, in cloud city. That day he found out the heartbreaking truth just after his father cut of his hand, asking him to join him when he knew that his son would not, leaving Luke the only option of jumping to his death. Thankfully it did not end up like that and he was rescued.
He came to the entrance of the ally way where they were due to meet, it was already midnight but no-body was there. He stepped into the darkness and waited.
It was quarter past, he was about to leave when he heard footsteps walking up to the entrance of the ally way, he stiffened. A tall man appeared into Luke's line of sight, only a mere silhouette. He emerged from the shadows and walked up to the man.
"For a moment I thought you weren't..." Luke began but was shortly cut off.
"I'm sorry." The man stated. Luke's eyes widened, he did not need any more information to know that he had been compromised. He reached out with the force into his surroundings, gathering in around him where several squads of stormtroopers, he reached out further, maybe he could escape, but his hopes were shattered when he came across a familiar presence in the force. Darth Vader was with them, this makes things a lot harder.
He turned back to the man before him, "How long?" He questioned in a rush knowing he had little time to spare
"How long what?" The man returned confused.
"How long have they known I was here?"
"Since you set foot on planet side, they knew before, they caught me gathering the information."
"How long ago was that?" Luke pressed sensing them drawing closer.
"A few weeks."
"Sith!" Luke swore, it was all planned out, he knew that his father would have planned every detail making sure that his son would have no escape, not this time. "Thank you, but I best get going now if I am to have any chance of escape."
The man nodded and watch Luke step back into the shadows.
Using the force, Luke jumped onto the roof of the nearest house, from there he could see several streets that surrounded the ally way, all were filled with stormtroopers. Just by the ally way, in the sea of white, he could see the black armoured figure of Darth Vader. He watched for several moments. He startled when his father's mask inclined to look straight at him. For a few moments they looked at each other, Luke come to me. The voice invaded his mind causing him to flinch t its sudden presence.
I will never come to you father. I will fight you all the way.
We will see, you can not hide forever, you will for fill your destiny, like I did mine.
You'll have to catch me first Luke sent before turning and running, he needed to get as far away from there as possible, but with his father involved it would be even harder to evade being detected.
"Come Luke." Vader commanded the boy after handing some signed papers back to an commander.
"We're going to meet Palatine now?"
"Yes, and you will refer to his a s Master. Once you enter the throne room you will follow me, not by my side but behind me to the left, and you will bow to him."
"Ha, fat chance of that happening."
Vader stopped and turned to Luke, "Fight it all you what but you will turn to the darkside, whether you chose to do it the easy or the hard way, it's up to you."
They carried on the rest of the journey in silence. They came to a set of tall large doors, guarded by four men in red armour. They nodded and allowed them entrance, Luke stopped his feet felt like they were welded to the ground, he was for the first time since Bespin filled with genuine fear. What if I come out no longer Luke Skywalker but a Sith? What if I don't come out at all?
A firm grip on his arm snapped him out of his trance. His father's cold, lifeless hand was fastened tight around his upper arm and dragging him forward. He tried to shake it off but it would not move. So he walked. Once Vader was satisfied that his son would continue to walk he released his grip.
They walked up the few stairs and stood before the throne which had his back turned to they. His father bowed but he did not. But Vader did not push him to do so, in time he would do it willingly.
The throne slowly turned revealing the old cloaked man, their eye's locked, and all the fear that was so strong only moments before was drained away.
Luke looked to the man, he was about to say something, as the seconds dragged on, but the Emperor beat him to it. "Hello Grandson."
Cliffhanger, what will Luke do now?
Please review and guess what you think will happen.
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