Darth Vader went to his chambers that night feeling good about what he had managed to do that day.
"This has turned out to be a good day after all," he thought, "I've gotten rid of any chance that Belldandy will exploit a loophole in my wish, and I have two captured goddesses to study. I can't kill them, of course, or the deal will be off. But I never said anything about using torture droids on them…"
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Belldandy was also thinking in her chambers.
"Alright, Vader," she thought, "I said I would help you become good again, and I meant it. Now, how do we begin? To fully understand the power the Dark Side has on him, I'll have to (gulp) enter the Dark Side itself…"
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The next morning, Darth Vader went to his training room, only to find Belldandy waiting for him, in a form-fitting jumpsuit and holding a deactivated lightsaber.
"Master Vader," she said, inclining her head as a small bow "I've been thinking about it, and I would like to learn to be a Sith Lady. Teach me the ways of the Dark Side of the Force."
Vader was shocked. "A goddess wants to learn the ways of the Dark Side?!!!" he thought, "How can this be? I thought… wait, if she was my apprentice, we could overthrow the Emperor together. I wouldn't have to use the wish to do that. (that had been his number 1 wish up until now). Besides, she will make a powerful ally, once I'm done training her. She is a goddess, after all."
"Alright, so you want to be a Sith, eh? Well I can teach you that. The first and most important lesson is to never try to contain your anger or hatred. Those will help you harness the Dark Side's true power. You must hate everyone, me included."
"Must I hate everyone?" asked Belldandy.
"Yes, that is absolutely critical. Without doing that, your mastery of the Dark Side can never be complete. Come with me and I will teach you to hate me."
Vader lead Belldandy to the brig, where Urd and Skuld were being held. Belldandy gasped in shock when she saw them both screaming in horrible pain. She saw that there was an ominous looking hovering black sphere bristling with needles and other nasty-looking equipment. Two Stromtroopers were standing inside the cell as well.
"This is a torture droid," said Vader, indicating the black sphere, "It has injected your sisters with a serum that causes extreme pain, although it is not fatal. Now, I did this to them! Hate me! Let your inner rage run wild!"
Belldandy just could not bring herself to hate anyone, even Darth Vader. Instead, she sent a blast of wind that smashed the droid and knocked the Stormtroopers down. She rushed to Skuld and Urd's side. She began chanting something as a blue light came from her and surrounded the three of them. Urd and Skuld stopped screaming and relaxed. Urd was the first on her feet.
"Take this, you monster!" Urd yelled as she threw a bolt of lightning at Vader, who used the Dark Side to deflect it off his palm. He responded by sending a shockwave of Dark Side energy at Urd, but she used a Shield spell and deflected it. Vader drew his lightsaber, and rushed forward at a supernatural speed. Urd moved to the side just in time to avoid being cut in half, but a significant bit of her long hair was cut off. Belldandy moved between Skuld and the duel at this point.
"Liar!" shouted Belldandy, "You promised that neither of my sisters would be killed! You almost broke our deal there!"
Vader responded as he dodged a lightning attack by Urd, "The key word there is 'almost'. Does Urd look dead to you? All I did was give her a little haircut."
Belldandy could think of no response so she just continued to watch as Urd and Vader traded lightning and Dark Side shockwaves, respectively.
"Enough!" cried Darth Vader, "I grow tired of these games. It's time to end this!" Vader then used his signature Force Choke move of Urd, bringing her to her knees for lack of air. At the same time, the two Stromtroopers who had been knocked down earlier got up and shot Belldandy and Skuld from behind with their blasters set on stun. The two goddesses fell down, both unconscious. Urd passed out from the Force Choke and Vader released it to avoid killing her.
"Throw them all in the brig." Vader instructed the two Stormtroopers. "It looks as if Belldandy is too sweet and kind to ever join the Dark Side," he thought.
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When the three goddesses were awake, they began talking.
"I can't believe Yggdrasil messed up this badly," said Skuld, "How could it have sent you to grant a wish to someone that evil?!!!"
"That Vader guy is a total monster," agreed Urd.
"Not totally," said Belldandy. Her sister looked at her like she was crazy. "I know he seems to be pure evil but there is still the smallest fraction of goodness within him. I hope to help him redeem himself."
"What?!!!" cried both her sisters simultaneously.
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Vader had been watching this through the security cameras installed in the brig.
"She isn't right, is she?" he thought, "No she can't be. I'm Darth Vader, the greatest Sith this galaxy has ever seen!" Still, a part of him did not believe so much as a word of that…
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