Thank you for all the reviews. I left the last chapter on a cliff hanger and knee deep in tension.

Now here comes chapter 7,

Chapter 7

Stopping Time

Previously...

"Where is he?" She asked herself turning just in time to see a cloaked figure emerged from the shadows.

"I'm here" It spoke.

Now

"Luke?" Leia questioned, this shadow figure looked nothing like the Luke she remembered, the Luke she loved. Instead of the soft loving features and comforting eyes, his skin was harsh and cold, the scar running through his face giving him his dangerous edge. From under the light shadow of the hood the deadliest feature he had was his yellow eyes which flickered like the flames of hell itself.

"No" he replied, "Luke Skywalker is dead." The shadow simply stated, "Darth Lukco is all that remains." His voice was as cold and hard as ice, sending shivers down Leia's spine. A tear appeared in her eyes.

"No. Luke," She almost sobbed taking a step closer to him raising her hand to his face, only to result in him taking a step back. More tears appeared in her eyes as her hand slowly lowered to her side, "No...Luke it isn't true." The princess said in between sobs, "We are your frie..." She stopped dead as his eyes sparked blood red flames causing her to step back, suddenly afraid.

"You have no right to use that word with me! I am anything but your friend, you lost that right a long time ago. When you, and your pitiful rebellion sent me to my doom knowing what I would become," He stepped closer causing Leia to take another step back, "Know that it could quite well of been my death. It almost was."

"Luke we're so sor..." Yet again she had no time to finish her words before he spoke again.

"I have no time, nor patience, for your feeble excuses and your apologies. I'm here with one goal, to put an end to this galactic war and bring peace to the galaxy." He raised his gloved hand to Leia pointing his finger at her. "And you princess, will no longer get in my way."

"Luke...You're breaking my heart." Leia pleaded.

"Silence!" The Sith bellowed causing a micro earthquake to cross the room.

Leia suddenly realised that her pleading would not work on her old friend, his soft silk heart had become as dark as the shadow that he was. Straightening up she ceased crying and stared straight into the demons eyes.

"You are under arrest for treason against the throne. You will receive a fair trial in court." Lukco had had enough and turned to leave. Imperial troops poured in.

"No." He heard from behind, he spun on his heals.

"What did you just say?" He asked very well knowing that she knew that she was beaten.

"No," She repeated, "We will rather fight and die than face your 'fair trial' before your leaders."

In the room there was a burst of activity as rebels fumbled for their weapons, drawing and aiming them on Luke seconds later. However the Sith had already seen it, he almost sighed in annoyance when he left the room leaving his troops with one simple order, "Secure them, transport them to the star destroyer. Place the princess and her friends in the highest security cell, I will see to them when I have time."

As he walked through the door he smiled when he heard gasps as the rebels found that they could not shoot their target before he escaped and that they were glued in place, frozen in time.

"Did you catch the leaders?" Darth Vader asked his son.

"Yes father, the princess Leia was amongst them. She was distort." Luke explained to his father as they walked through the defeated rebel base towards the hanger bay where their shuttles had been moved.

"Do you feel anything towards her?" The Dark Lord asked.

"Only pity and anger. She is my enemy, is she not?"

"Yes she is." Vader replied, "Where do you suggest we head next?"

"As much as we hate that hell forbidden planet, we must return to Tatooine."

"Tatooine?" Vader pondered. "May I ask why."

"It appears father that any rebels that escaped were to meet with the rest of the rebel fleet at the base on Tatooine, one that I did not know about. As soon as we are finished here we set course for the planet, the arrangements have already been made."

"Very good son." Vader reached out and ruffled his sons hair much to the young man's annoyance.

"Dad..." He wined straightening his hair with his flesh hand. "For the Dark Lord of the Sith, second in command in the galaxy, you sure do act like a big kid." Luke laughed, shoving his father with all his strength but only managing to cause him to stumble slightly. They both chuckled as they entered the hanger bay.

Over the past two months they had become very close, and their bond had grown even stronger. There had been stories of a cocky funny Anakin Skywalker, now even as a Sith Vader still carried them same characterises as his former self. It was funny seeing the crews faces as Sith and son joked with each other, it was so uncharacterised for a Sith to joke and have fun, but with the Jedi near extinction the old times and rituals were falling away.

Father and Son entered their personal shuttle, Luke was just in time to catch a glimpse of Leia being led into one of the other prisoner transports, he gave her a cold grin as she returned a scowl. He took his seat next to his father in the co-pilot seat then began the before flight procedures. Within seconds the craft was hovering above the ground before darting off out of the hanger bay, they accelerated climbing higher and higher into the cloudy blue sky. Soon the atmosphere began to fade away as they tore through the final barrier between it and the never ending void of space. The sight of the bright stars hundreds of light years away made Luke relax, he had a fond love for space ever since he had left Tatooine as a 19 year old boy. They came up on the Executor. Gently they land the ship down in the docking bay.

There was a hiss as the ramp lowered and the two Sith walked down and onto the cold steel. "We should report to the emperor, he will be pleased with the results of the mission." Vader stated, Luke was only part listening, for he had spotted one of the prisoner transports docking at the over side of the hanger, the prisoners were being unloaded. He spotted Leia with Han and Chewbacca. Something seemed different about her, curious he reached out with the force. Met with a fury of light he recoiled slightly, something defiantly wasn't right, pushing on through the thick light he found her mind, when he tried to enter he found it locked. There eyes met.

He gave her another cold smile and followed his father out of the hanger. "The princess, she is strong in the force." Luke said as he caught up with his father and they were walking side by side. '

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"Yes father, I am positive. She radiates light, I can't enter her mind either, her shields are strong." Luke reported as they headed down one of the many corridors aboard the ship.

"Very intriguing." The Sith mused. "First we must contact the Emperor informing him that our return to Coruscant will be delayed and reasons why. I believe he will be very pleased with the fact that we have two important rebel leaders locked safely in the cells and are now heading to the base of another."

Palpatine was indeed impressed with the fact that they had managed to capture the Princess and the elusive Mon Mothma, something they hadn't managed to achieve, till ow, in a galactic war which had been trudging on for more than two decades. Both Vader and the Emperor had agreed that it was all thanks to Luke, and it was, without Luke they would not have know the base location, the right time to exit hyperspace along with the bases weak points.

"Although I am disappointed to hear of the delayed return, I expect a detention centre full of the rebels that survive." The Emperor was about to cut the connection when he added, " Oh and Vader, do try to bring them back alive, it would be no fun to execute an already dead rebel or not to at all if the past is anything to go by." The Sith laughed.

Vader chuckled, "I will do Father." It was true that in the past he hadn't had much luck in holding onto important prisoners, but with Luke by his side he could feel the tide of war turning back in their favour.

"Luke, make sure he does." The old man added.

"I will make sure of it Grandfather. There will be a detention bay with so many rebels that you won't know who to execute first." Luke promised, a cheeky youthful grin playing across his face as he looked to his father.

"Then I leave it in your capable hands grandson." He finished before the connection was cut.

There was silence in the room for a few moments, that was before Luke cut straight through it, "Come on, I'm hungry." He said making for the exit, "Let's get some food."

"You know that I can't eat solid food in public right?" Vader stated as he began to follow his energetic son.

"Tough, you'll just have to watch me eat then." Luke laughed practically bouncing down the corridor on his way to the dinner hall where all the high rank imperials ate.

"That's just cruel." Vader smirked, smiling behind his mask.

"Not my problem." He heard but Luke was already out of sight.

Both Sith's, father and son, sat at a table in the grand hall. Luke loved these moments, the moments when he and Vader could be like a real father and son. They were rare at the best of times, and near extinction at the worst. At these moments the personality of anakin shone through the mask and armour and engulfed Luke.

He forgot totally that Leia and the others where locked in the cells far bellow them, he didn't care either which was, if they were dead or locked away. They would pay either way for tearing him away from his father and leaving him to grow up in the middle of nowhere thinking that his father was dead.

He decided then that he would take a trip down to the detention cell before they reached Tatooine .

The metal door glided open leading into Leia's cell. It was an estimated 30 minutes till they were due to exit hyperspace above Tatooine. It was just enough time so that if somethings got complicated then he could simply leave, but not before telling her that her precious rebellion was soon to be crushed.

Darth Lukco slipped into the cell. On the opposite side of the small squared room, sat on the ledge that came out of the wall was Leia along with her love Han. Immediately Han rose to his feet and put himself between the Sith and the princess.

"What are you doing here, Luke?" He questioned the man that he had once called a friend.

"That is not my name, Solo, it's Darth Lukco and you will refer to me by it or my lord. Is that understood?" Lukco snapped.

Han's shoulders dropped and he sighed, "What happened to you?" He asked, "You've become like them." He sated, a saddened look on his face.

"I had no choice," Lukco simply stated.

Leia stood up and went to Han's side. "You are the one who chose that path, Luke." She reminded him.

"I had no choice after you betrayed me and sent me here!" The Sith hissed.

"You have not simply come here to talk about the past. What is this really about?" Han inquired.

"I have come to inform you that we are about to exit hyperspace." He explained.

"And you came all the way down here to tell us that?"

"I thought that you might like to know that we are coming out over Tatooine." Lukco replied.

Han's and Leia's faces dropped, "You son of a..." Han snapped.

"Han calm down," Leia comforted him, tears welled into her eyes as she returned her gaze to Luke, "How could you do this? We were your friends."

"You are correct. You were my friends he acknowledged, before turning and leaving the room.

Han and Leia sat together in the cell comforting each. Her eyes were red from crying, as Han stared blankly at the wall ahead. "We turned him into that." Han mumbled.

"Don't say that. He had the choice and he chose this path. He chose to do this to himself."

"Have you seen him?" Han spoke turning to look her right in he eyes, "He's broken and scared, the life that we sentenced him to. The kid didn't have a chance, he did not chose to become what he is now. It was forced upon him." He said sadly.

"We couldn't have done anything more and you know that." Leia tried to comfort him, but she knew deep down herself that more could be done, but she had to stop him from wallowing in his own self pity. Their situation was bad enough.

"I fear that the rebellion will not be able to cope." Han stated.

Once again the cell deep within the heart of the Executor fell silent as the galaxy face the ultimate turning point.

Darth Lukco stood before the large window on the bridge of his father's super star destroyer, the man himself stood by his side. They had just come out of hyperspace, the giant desert planet took up most of the view point.

This was the one place in the whole galaxy which both of them never wanted to return to. Tatooine held painful memories for both, that was probably the reason why the rebellion had set a base up on the hellish planet. Both Sith's had grown up on the ball of dust, both had been taken away by the Jedi to be used against the Sith.

"Let's get this over and done with." Luke insisted. "The sooner we are away from this place the better."

"Agreed" Vader rumbled, before turning to his crew. "Get as many ships out as possible. Crete a barrier so that they can not enter hyperspace." He barked before turning to the man that was stood by them, "Admiral, prepare my shuttle." He commanded.

"Yes my lord." The man uttered giving a small bow before rushing away to for fill his orders.

"Come." Vader began his walk down the bridge to the elevator, Luke instantly fell behind him. As they made their way through the maze of steal corridors they pasted squads of Stormtroopers that were rushing about, they did not stop and bow to their lord for with any hope this was the last major battle against the rebels, and they could no afford to be running behind.

Within minutes they were at the hanger bay, the modified shuttle waiting for them. Vader went in first taking the pilot seat as Luke took the co-pilot seat. They began the pre-flight procedures, there was a hum as the engine started up and the ship began to hover before shooting out of the bay heading for planet side.

It was several hours later when he battle was finally over. The Empire had come out victorious, however many men were lost on both sides. Even so as Darth Vader's personal shuttle landed in the hanger, several prisoner transports were docking beside them, all of them were full.

Darth Lukco limped down the ramp of the shuttle behind his father. His left hand was clutched to his right shoulder where a blaster bolt had hit him, his left leg was lame where another bolt had grazed it. Nothing that wouldn't heal. As soon as he and Vader had set foot onto the dusty planes it had not been Vader who had been the target but it was him instead. He was marked as a betrayer throughout the rebellion, which wasn't wrong, but they had not heard of how their trusted leaders had betrayed him.

Non of them could stand up to him, even though they had got some shots in most of them had ended up injured and captured, or even dead many by their own shots. Admiral Ackbar had been successfully captured and was being escorted by a squadron of troops. Upon arrival Vader had barked out orders for the crew to set course for Coruscant. As he made his way from the hanger bay to the med centre to get some bacta patches for his wounds his father went to report to the Emperor and to inform the rest of the fleets about the locations of the smaller bases which they were not needed to extinguish.

At last the galactic war which had waged on for over two decades was almost over.

Almost. There was a few more things that needed to be cleaned up before galactic peace could be declared.

It was a uneventful journey from the outer rim world to the centre of the galaxy, for the 22 days the journey had taken them so far, Luke had spent them training with his father. His skills and power were still growing, a foetus just waiting to be explored. There were no limits so far as to what he could achieve, only the boundaries that his mind created itself, even now with the help of his father and grandfather he was braking these.

There was only 1 hour till they were due to leave hyperspace above Imperial Centre. Luke was sat in the mess hall eating his early morning breakfast, it was 5:34am in standard hours and they were due to meet the Emperor at 7:10am. He yawned as he pushed his food lazily around the plate with his fork, it was defiantly not the behaviour expected from an Imperial prince but at this time in the morning he did not care. For the past few days his duties aboard ship had been thinly spread, despite training he had nothing else really to do, so he had decided that he would sleep in, sometime till 10, or maybe 11 if he was going to push his luck with his father. Now he was reaping the consequences.

Luke did not realise that the Sith Lord had entered the hall till a shadow was casting over him and he could feel his father's mood radiating through the force, it wasn't a good one. "There's an hour left till we exit hyperspace and just less than two hours till we are due to meet the Emperor." Vader snapped.

Luke sleepily looked up to his father is head resting on his hand, "Yeah, what about it?" He groaned.

"What do you mean, what about it? The problem is that it unacceptable behaviour from an Imperial Prince let alone a Sith Lord." He scolded.

"I'll get straightened up after I have finished what I am doing here. It's Just after 5:30 in the morning, I'm tired."

"Maybe that is your own fault for staying up late 'parting' with a group of wild troopers." Vader suggested and Luke's face went white.

"You.. know about that?" Luke stuttered.

"This is my ship and you are my son, I make it my business to know." Vader stated, "I expect you ready in 20 minutes in the bridge. Don't be late." He ordered before turning and walking out of the room.

The young Sith huffed before slamming his head causing the cutlery to rise into the air slightly. Groaning as he stood he pushed his seat from the table and walked past a few officers who gave him confused looks. "Sith father's, they can be so annoying sometimes." He joked as he left the room.

After cleaning himself up and dressing Luke met his father exactly 20 minutes later, he strode up to the viewing window and stood beside Vader. "Thanks to you I am still hungry." He muttered.

"That is your own fault, you should have got up earlier and you would have had time to eat."

"You're kidding it was just after 5 when I got there, is that not earlier enough." Luke moaned.

"This ship doesn't sleep, you'll have to get used to that fact. One day you will own one yourself."

"Yes well not all of us are half machine, like you." Luke joked.

"Mediated then." Vader suggested.

"Nah thanks, I think I will stay with just plain sleeping." Luke retorted. "Anyway," he continued, "what was the reason you asked me here?" He inquired.

"I believe that before we leave you should go visit your friend's down in the detention centre."

Luke just looked at him with an unamused look painted across his face, "For a start they are no longer my friends, secondly I believe that we have already said what is needed to be said between us."

"You sure?"

"Yes." He confirmed.

"Then I'll just have to be the one to tell them that their rebellion has been crushed and that we are just about to exit hyperspace." Vader taunted, knowing that his son would like to do that himself.

"What you haven't told them?"

"No. For the last 22 days we have kept they drugged slightly, it was to make sure that they did not escape. They have had no contact with any person outside their cell, only those who brought them food and water entered the cell. Now I feel it is the time to tell them." Vader explained.

"Fine I'll tell them."

"I thought you had nothing to say to them?" Vader quoted.

"Hey, that's not fair. I didn't have anything to say to them, now I do." I'll meet you in the hanger in 30 minutes once we leave hyperspace." He stated before turning and leaving the bridge.

With a hiss the cell door opened and Darth Lukco stepped into the cell, here with them he was a cold hearted Sith, he was like this in public as well and sometimes with his grandfather, but when he was in private with his father or when he was on board the executor with the crew he was a much happier person. So was his father.

The door closed behind him as he looked upon the two prisoners. They weren't looking as well as they had last time he had seen them, but they were in well health, he'd seen and experienced much worse.

"What do you want this time?" Han questioned him, when he didn't answer he added "...my lord" mockingly.

"I have merely come to inform you that your base on Tatooine has been destroyed, Admiral Ackbar as been captured and is currently in the cell neighbouring this one with Mon Mothma, others have either been captured or killed." He said coldly and unfazed.

"Is that all?" Leia questioned.

"Also I wish to inform you that we are coming out of hyperspace above Coruscant in 20 minutes."

"What?" Han snapped, "That means we have been locked in here..." He rolled his eyes up and counted mentally.

"22 days and nearly 14 hours." Luke finished for him

"Seriously? It feels like much less."

"Well that happens when you are drugged." Luke shrugged.

"You drugged us?!" Han fumed.

"It was necessary, we could not have you escaping now, could we?"

"Do you know what is to happen to us Luke?" Leia asked, she realised her mistake, "Lukco" She corrected.

"I do not." He answered, "Me and my father are due to meet the emperor upon arrival on planet side, he will decide what your fate is. I presume it will be death, probably a public execution for high ranking rebels such as yourself." He explained.

The room fell silent, "I believe that I need to leave." He spoke and left the cell leaving the two people he once called friends to contemplate their future's.

Vader and Luke knelled before the throne of the Emperor, "Rise" He commanded and both men rose, "I must congratulate you both," the old man praised. "At last the rebellion has been crushed, I have just had news that the last base has just been destroyed."

"What is to be done now, grandfather?" Lukco asked.

"Ah my dear child, we celebrate of course, it's not everyday that a two decade long galactic war comes to an end."

"What do you suggest we do to celebrate, father?"

"We shall hold a public execution, tonight, of the leaders of the rebellion. No expenses will be spared. We shall call it Galactic Freedom Day."

"It will be done." Both younger Sith said in unison before giving a slight bow and leaving.

The night slowly rolled around, as the Emperor had requested no expense had been spared. Thousands gathered before the palace entrance to watch their enemy die. The entrance had been lavishly decorated and looked like a polished jewel in the crown of the galaxy.

All three generations sat upon thrones that were perched on the stage. Stood before them were five main leaders of the rebellion: Admiral Ackbar, Mon Motma, Leia, Han and Chewbacca. They were all bound, but they all stood proud and tall staring deeply into the crowd.

"Let's begin with the Admiral, shall we." The emperor stated. A storm trooper pushed the man forward with the nose of his gun, "State your name" the white cladded man ordered.

"My name is Admiral Ackbar, and I am the Supreme Commander of the Rebel Alliance Fleet. I strive in restoring..." The gun to the back of his head stopped him and he fell lifeless to the floor as the blaster shot rang out into the audience. The body was dragged away by another two troopers leaving a smear of blood on the flood as the first trooper move onto Mon Motham. "State your name." The trooper repeated.

The woman gulped, "My name is Mon Mothma, and I am one of the founding members of the rebel alliance."

"And are you ready to face justice for your crimes?" Palpatine inquired.

"I have committed no crime." She managed to say just before another shot rang out at the nod of the Emperor.

"Ah now we move onto the three stars of the show. The three rebels that have so far caused way too much trouble, these three my grandson once called friends." He explained turning to Luke, but the youth's gaze was fixed upon the three that stood with their backs to them, so he continued, "But they betrayed him and he saw the truth in the lies that they had fed him for so long." He mused, "Let's say ladies first."

"State your name." The trooper repeated again.

Leia showed no fear or weakness as she spoke, "My name was Leia Organa, now I know that that was false. My real name is..." The tension rose, Palpatine lent forward, the situation peaking his interest. "My real name is..." She sighed, "is Leia Skywalker," there were gasps from around the audience, Luke immediately stood up from the throne.

"This is impossible" he whispered.

"My father's name was Anakin Skywalker, my mother Padmé Amidala." Luke cursed under his breath at her words.

All time stopped.

This has been my longest chapter, probably not the best, but defiantly the longest.

I enjoyed writing this chapter very much, so I hope you liked it.

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