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Chapter 5

The Monster He Has Become

MAYBE ONE DAY

YOU'LL SEE WHAT YOU DID TO ME

"You did what?!" Leia screeched whilst struggling against the hold of Han Solo. Her Anger was rising and fast, how dare she!

"I'm sorry Leia, it was necessary. Darth Vader had us surrounded, if I would have taken the necessary steps the alliance would have fallen." Mon replied keeping her distance from the princess who so wanted to punch her round the face.

"You traitor!" She bellowed, "Did you even feel guilty when you gave him up?" Mon didn't reply, "Well did you?" She asked again, slowly easing her struggle.

"Yes, it pained me to give up the location of commander. But you must understand that if we didn't we would have lost the war there and then."

"We've lost the war anyway. You have handed Luke over into the hands of the Sith, he didn't complete his training in the ways of the Jedi, they will try to turn him." She stopped struggling, her eyes widened, she felt a lump rise in her throat, "If Luke turns, the war is lost."

"We will always fight. Eventually, we will come out on top."

"Mon, listen to yourself, we are struggling as it is going up against one Sith, no doubt the Emperor is Sith as well, otherwise Vader would never kneel before him. If Luke turns there will be three Sith. Luke would end it all, he isn't old and crippled like the Emperor, half machine like Vader, he is young, strong. Once consumed by the darkness we will never be able to stop him."

"Then we better pray that Skywalker will be able to resist."

Han let go of Leia once it seemed that she wasn't going to kill Mon Mothma. "You better. If he turns you can thank yourself for the rebellions downfall." With that the princess turned and stormed off, Han shrugged and followed.

"How could she do that Han?" Leia questioned the smuggler.

"She thought that she was doing the right thing."

"Yeah, and the galaxy will pay."

"Oh come on princess, Luke's got out of these things before, if he can't get out by himself then we will just have to help him."

Leia sighed remembering that Han had only just returned, he didn't know the details of Luke's capture, all he knew was that Vader now had Luke. "Han, Luke's by himself on this one. We can't save him."

"Why not?" Han questioned.

"He's on Coruscant Han. He was sent there on a mission, then Mon gave up his location. It's very unlikely that he has been moved off world. They know that if he is kept there we can't rescue him."

"That is a problem. How do you propose we get him out then." He asked.

"We don't, he'll have to figure it out his own." She sighed, realizing that the chances that he would were slimmer than slim.

2 months later.

For the past two months Luke Skywalker had been learning the ways of the Sith from his grandfather and father. He had grown stronger and more powerful, now as he stalked down the corridors of the Imperial Palace he was watched by wide weary eyes. His hair was wild, just like his nature, he was even more unpredictable than Lord Vader. The young man had been introduced to all that worked within the palace walls, but they had been warned that no one was allowed to know beyond these walls, that the grand reveal of the Empires best kept secret was to be revealed soon enough. For Luke Skywalker he knew that when he marched the corridors of the palace that that day was the day when he could take his rightful place beside the throne.

He headed towards the main entrance of the palace, outside a crowd had gathered to hear what the Empire had been keeping a secret from the galaxy. Finally, he came to two tall doors, he stopped dead in his tracks. He could here the crowd that stood beyond the doors, there must be hundreds, wait no, thousands of people, all cheering and chanting. His father and grandfather were already out there, his father had summoned him through their force bond and was now telling him to remain calm. Luke had no idea why he was so unsettled, was it because for the past few months he had been kept hidden from the galaxy, trapped in a palace? True, he did have company, the staff at the palace were always there, even so most would not indulge in a simple conversation due to a) the fact that he was the son of Lord Vader, and B), the fact that he was the grandson of the Emperor.

When given the order by his father Luke took a step forward, like magic the doors letting the purest of light settle on his darkened soul. He stepped into the light, eyes flickering to adjust to it, so long had he spent in the dark, it had claimed him as he had claimed it for his own. Now he had found where he truly belong, where he stood in the galactic war.

Vader and Palpatine were stood side by side, they parted to let Luke through and as his face was shown to billions across the galaxy they cheered, they could be heard from their homes to taverns and here at the palace, their cry sounded loud like a wolf howl calling to the rest of the galaxy. In addition to these feelings you could feel the shock lingering within the planets, stretching between the stars like a fine line of twine. Luke Skywalker was the famous, before this moment, for being the number one most wanted man in the galaxy with a reward of over 1 billion credits for his capture alive. He was the one to blow up the Death Star, a notorious leader of the rebellion. Now he stood side by side with the men who had hunted him like prey across the galaxy, tearing worlds apart in the search of young Skywalker. But why? Was the main question floating in everyone's mind, why was the most wanted rebel, the man who swore to the destroy the Empire, now fighting for them at their leaders side?

With the rise of the Emperor's hand the gathering fell as silent as the dead. "People of the Empire. The man stood before you," he gestured towards his grandson, " is no longer the rebel you once knew as Luke Skywalker, no this man before you is non other than the son of Lord Vader, and more over my grandson. He will now be know as Darth Lukco, second in line to the imperial throne." The crowd cheered, this was a day to mark history.

The Emperor turned and strode back indoors, seconds later Vader followed, then Luke tailed him. Luke and Vader easily caught up to the old man, Sidious turned to Luke, "Do you like your title, my grandson?" He asked.

"Yes, grandfather, thank you."

The emperor smiled and looked to the walls of the corridor the family was now parading down, "You no longer have to remain inside these walls, my child, your training is complete, anything that you need to be taught will be done so by your father." Palpatine paused and turned to Vader, "Although I don't believe that will be necessary."

"Yes father." Vader replied, Luke was still not used to hearing his father utter those words, but yet again it had been a change when he had begun calling Palpatine grandfather. Now he was second in line to the galactic throne, the third most powerful man in the galaxy, and he loved it. He bowed only to the two men who walked the corridor with him. Thinking about how much things have changed he thought back to his old friends and what they would make of what he had become, they would probably think him a monster, they were most likely correct, but he didn't care, they had betrayed him and deserved everything coming their way.

"Now I believe is the time to move forward in the wars against them troublesome rebels, Lord Vader take your fleet and your son with you, I'm sure the information he hold will be crucial in changing the tide in this war. They have disturbed our plans for too long, it is time to bring peace to the galaxy once and for all."

"Yes father." Vader bowed and Luke did the same, Palpatine gave a small nod to the two men that would continue his legacy before turning away and continuing down the corridor the tapping of his cane fading as he melted away into the darkness.

By nightfall Luke stood in the bridge of his father's Super Star Destroyer looking out at the planet he had spent the last few months of his life on, where he had found where he truly belonged, his inheritance, most importantly who he was. He turned back to the men in the bridge, below the platform all busy at their computers, "Set a course for the forest moon of Endor, get the fleet ready, it's time to give some old friends a visit." He gave an evil smile before turning to look out the viewpoint as the stars faded into the streaks of hyperspace. They were all going to pay for their betrayal.

Han stared at the screen, his face a picture of pure and utter shock, everyone had been gathered into the conference room to hear what the Empire had to say. Now silence hung in the air, a pin could have been heard drop, nobody could quite believe what had just happened, Luke's father was non other than Lord Vader, yet there was more, Vader's father was the Emperor making Luke the Emperor's grandson. His mind was close to exploding at that point, it almost did when Palpatine had told the galaxy that Luke was a Sith and was now Darth Lukco.

The screen had been paused on a close up image of Luke, you could see how much he had changed from a farm boy on Tatooine to a royal prince. He wore to tailored outfit, skin tight all in black, it was like what he wore but smarter and definitely more expensive. The high collar was trimmed with crimson silk, his hands covered by black gloves and black boots that went to his knees, a lightsaber hanging from his belt. Looking at his face you could see the most distinctive change, his hair was noticeably darker lingering on the borderline between brown and blonde, a complete change from the sand blonde hair that had been bleached by his home planet's twin suns. His face showed only the bare amount of emotion, but he was smiling, the kid was happy. This shocked Han, how could the boy be happy. Then there was a another new feature, a scar than ran through his left eyebrow and down past his eye, how had the kid got that? He wondered. However, the most clear change was his eyes, they seemed to have taken on a life of their own. No longer where they sky blue but now were golden yellow, crimson red fading out from the black and into the yellow creating a small section of orange. If you compared them to the ones of the Emperor you could see a distinct difference, unlike the Emperors bitter and harsh eyes, his seemed more soft and elegant, more beautiful than harsh, the Emperors consisted of a mostly pure yellow, however the colours in Luke's eyes seemed to dance, it was elegant but still radiated evil no matter how much beauty they held. The kid that stood there by the Emperor's side was a large leap from the Luke he had known.

He looked to Leia, she looked as if she was about to cry. Suddenly, she shot upright, "Prepare the fleet for attack, get as many transports ready, we need to leave." She commanded before abruptly leaving the room. Han followed her, "Leia!" He shouted, but she did not halt or even acknowledge that she had heard him. "Leia stop!" He yelled and he finally stopped.

Han caught up with her, "What's the matter he asked?" He asked, moments later regretting it, he knew exactly what was bothering her.

"When I see Mon I will personally kill her!" She spat out in pure fury.

Han had never seen her like this, she was like a completely different person, "Come on Leia you need to cool down."

"How can I?" She snapped, "Because of Mon Luke was captured, now he has turned, he has every reason to hate us. He has paid dearly for our mistakes. Now he will be on his way here, we should of moved base months ago, but we thought he dead. We have created Dark Lukco, no matter how much he looks like Luke, Luke Skywalker is dead and we face an even greater threat." She stated leaving back against the wall. Han moved to her and gave her a hug. "We failed him," She began to weep, and sank into Han's embrace, "We were his family his world and we betrayed him and fed him to the enemy. He will never forgive us and I'll never forget." She let the emotions pour out as tears ran like rivers down her cheeks.

Han let her cry, he thought about the words that she had spoken, they were all true, they had betrayed him, now he had fallen and arisen as evil, it was true what she said, Luke Skywalker was dead now only a monster remained...

BECAUSE TO YOU I AM MERELY A MONSTER

AND IN THE END THAT'S ALL I EVER WAS

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