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CHAPTER 2: FATHER AND SON

Laila raced back the main hanger where her master was waiting.

"Well, what else did you find out?" he asked her anxiously. Even though he wore a permanent mask, she could see the anxiety in his eyes.

"Nothing," she saw his grip on the handrail tighten, "But, he is taking me out to lunch this afternoon!" she added quickly.

His strangle on the handrail loosened, and she thought she could see him smile, even behind the mask, "Good." He said slyly.

"Now however, it's time for some sparring, you do have your lightsaber, right?"

"Of course. As a wise Master of mine once said, a lightsaber is your life." She said using his most stressed quote. She pulled it out from behind her jacket and ignited it.

"Wonderful, now, let the anger flow through you, feel it coursing through your veins." As Vader said this, he was pulling out his own saber; it shone a bright blood-like red. A symbol of all the battles he had won with it. And a promise to all the battles he would win.

Laila closed her eyes and thought the thought that always made her furious. Once she had signaled out that memory she flew forward at Vader and sparring like she never had before.

"Good, good!" Vader said, while blocking her quick moves. His young Padawan had never been one for meditating, but she was the most skilled with a lightsaber he had ever seen. He couldn't wait until he could test her with Palpatine, and officially make her a Sith.

One might say that Vader considered Laila his own daughter; he certainly had a close bond with her. He had kidnapped her when she was still very young, telling her though that her family had abandoned her. She reminded him of someone, with her ferocity, her determination, everything about her.

She pushed him to the back wall, never once missing a beat or a move. All of a sudden Vader jumped onto a high ledge above them and looked down at her. Laila's biggest fear was heights, and he knew it.

"Come young one! If you are to be great Sith, you must not let fear get in your way!" he said chuckling at her horror-stricken face.

"Your not chicken…are you?" he mocked her. If there was one thing Laila hated most in the entire world it was being mocked.

"NOOO!" she screamed and leaped up and attacked him with all her might. They kept fighting, each almost equal to the other. They didn't know how they went on like this but finally she had backed him all the way to the ledge he had jumped on and then suspended him in the air with the Force.

Vader looked down at the very small ship below him and then back up towards his Padawan. He could've very easily gotten himself safely to the ground, but he wanted to see what she had in mind.

"Now who's the chicken?" she said, an evil grin on her face.

"I am." Vader said, announcing his defeat.

"Yes," she said, ready to bring back to the ground when she looked down and saw a familiar blond head looking around nervously, "Luke!" she yelped and dropped her Master, running to the back so Luke wouldn't see her.

As Vader flew to the ground only one thought raced through his mind. Luke, here! Wait, ground! AHHH! He stopped himself short, righted himself in the air and gracefully landed on the ground, right in front of Luke.

Luke gulped when he saw that…man? He thought, not really sure what to make of this person. He was however very intimidating, and obviously very skilled with the Force. This was not someone to get on the bad side with, Luke thought, not yet realizing that the entire bad side was this man.

"Um, you wouldn't happen to know a certain Laila…" Crap! I never got her last name! Luke thought angrily.

This is MY son! But…but Palpatine said Padme had died, died! Does this mean she's still alive? Maybe she did die in childbirth. So many questions, not enough answers, wait, what did he ask me? Vader snapped back to attention, still in shock. He could only marvel at how much Luke looked like him. Same blue eyes, not as tall, but well-built, but wait what was that? What did Vader feel? Goodness! His son was…a…a…Jedi. Vader heaved a large sigh at his latest discovery. No! But who could have trained him? The Jedi are destroyed! I should know, I'm the one who destroyed them! He thought, no sense of remorse at all in his mind.

Behind Luke's stuttering face, trying to remember if Laila had ever said hr last name, Vader saw an extremely familiar figure. It waved at him, a mock smile on its face.

"Obi-Wan!" Vader shouted.

"Obi-Wan? You know him? Or I guess I should say you knew him." Luke said quietly, looking down.

The image of Obi-Wan faded and Vader was brought into full context what Luke had said. He grabbed Luke's shoulders, "What do you mean, knew him?" he asked cruelly.

Luke winced under Vader's strong hands, "He was killed, murdered." He said looking up, a look of pure hatred in his eyes.

"By who?" Vader asked annoyed, shaking his son.

"The IMPERIALS! Who else? Who has caused all this pain in the galaxy! The same…the same..things who killed my family! My father! My mother! My uncle! My aunt! My friends' families! People I don't even know! Who else?" he shouted. Vader stepped back, releasing Luke from his tight grasp. Luke's father. But, I'm Luke's father, who raised him? Why would I send orders to kill them?

"Where did you live?" Vader asked.

"Tatooine, a really distant system, you've probably never heard of it." Luke said in disgust.

"You lived on Tatooine?" Vader said in awe.

"I'm here!" at that moment, Vader would have liked to strangle his Padawan. She skipped up to the two of them, a fake smile plastered on her face.

"Ready Luke?" she said, oblivious to Luke and Vader's discomfort.

"Uh, yeah, let's go." Luke rushed, wanting to get out of there as quickly as he could.

"Great!" she grabbed his arm and dragged him up out towards the speeder he had rented while he was staying here.

"So where are we going?" Vader heard Laila's happy chatter slowly fade away as her and Luke moved farther and farther away from him. He had lived on Tatooine, the very place he had grown up on. And now he was without a family, or so he thought. He said the Empire had killed his father, what did Obi-Wan tell him? Vader didn't know how or when, but he was sure going to find out. And if he could, bring his son to the Dark Side and train him, and he knew just the person to do it. He smiled maliciously as he watched the speeder fly off into the distance.