Star Wars: The Other Side
(This story is rated M for Mature. Star Wars is © 1977-1999-2005 Lucasfilm Ltd. All other characters are mine)
Chapter 5: Sidious confronts the Time Keepers
The Jedi Temple: In a secret chamber only known to it's own members, a Sith Lord entered it's chambers awed by the beauty that surrounded him. He had heard of the fabled Time Keepers, that were comprised of Jedi Knights armed with both lightsabers and the ability to predict and foresee time and any changes in the time continuum. These special Jedi had somehow kept themselves outside of Palpatine's Order 66 due to their ability to render themselves invisible to any Force user like Palpatine or Vader or even Luke Skywalker. This man who found himself in the Time Keepers inner sanctum knelt before the band of 12 Time Keepers who had watched the ebb and flow of History.
"Lord Sidious, We grant your prescence, " the lead member of the Time Keepers said. Palpatine rose from his kneeling position.
"Darth Bane has risen from the dead, and the Jedi Master Luke Skywalker bids myself and my apprentice Darth Vader to go to the Future to stop this Sith Reformer from destroying everything. Tell me, is that why Lord Vader was split in two?" Sidious asked carefully. A young woman removed her Jedi Robes hood to reveal herself to be Mara Jade of the Emperor's Hand.
"My Master, that was precisely why Darth Vader was split in two. We needed the younger undamaged version of Anakin Skywalker to aid his son against Darth Bane. This Darth Bane intends to destroy the New Republic and the Empire as it is in Luke Skywalker's time. Both Anakin and Luke must rally the forces of both the Empire and The New Republic against this threat. You must also go there with Lord Vader to support the combined forces that will be against Lord Bane. For if you do not, The Empire that you are forming and the Alliance to Restore The Republic will crumble and be no more," Mara said.
"There is an Alliance to Restore The Republic?" Palpatine asked. Mara nodded. "It was formed by Padme Amadala and Senator Garm Bel Ibis and Senator Bail Organa and their Children, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa will lead a new Generation of Freedom Fighters to destroy you," Mara said.
"So If I do not stop Darth Bane, then All that the Republic and the Empire stands for, will be for nothing?" Palpatine said. The 12 Time Keepers nodded.
"Very Well. Can you bring Lord Vader here?" Palpatine asked. Mara raised her hand and in a flash of blinding white Light, appeared a kneeling Darth Vader.
"My Master, why have you brought me here?" Lord Vader asked.
"My apprentice, all will be lost if we do not aid Master Jedi Skywalker in his quest to destroy Darth Bane," Palpatine said.
"But Master If the prophecy is true, then Darth Bane will reorder the Order of the Sith Lords as he sees fit," Vader protested.
"But not at the expense of My new Empire. If the Jedi prophecy is true, then you really are The Chosen One but only you and your son can destroy Darth Bane before he makes the darkness of the Dark Side so dark that I can not manipulate the Force as I see fit. We must aid Master Jedi Skywalker and a combined strike force of both rebel forces and Imperial forces to stop Lord Bane before he plunges all of both Time, and The Force into chaos," Palpatine said.
"Mara Jade, send us back to the Future now!" Darth Vader said.
"You will meet new allies and forge an unholy alliance with your greatest enemies, but your enemies you must keep close, and the one you wish to defeat ever closer to defeat him. It will take the power of The Chosen One and The Greatest Jedi Master The New Rebublic has ever known to stop this threat to the known universe," Mara said. All 12 Time Keepers raised their hands and joined them as one and white light surrounded the greatest Sith Lord the Sith Order had ever known and the man who was formerly the most powerful Jedi ever produced by the Jedi Order to the Future...
Coruscant: The Distant Future: Luke and Anakin were discussing what they both had discovered through the newly discovered Jedi Holocrons in the ruins of the Jedi Temple when a flash of light appeared. Leia stared at her husband and drew her lightsaber she had recently finished as she recognized the outline of the man she knew as the Emperor and the one she called her father.
"Greetings Galactic Senate and Master Jedi Skywalker and Anakin, and fellow delegates. I am Emperor Palpatine, and allow me to introduce my apprentice Darth Vader," Palpatine said. Han Solo quickly drew his weapon. Anakin then used the Force to draw the weapon to him.
"Let's hear them out first before we do something rash," Luke said.
"What brings you here," Spoke Anakin Solo, Jedi Knight who had been recalled.
"There is a new enemy who is in the Universe, on this very planet, that is a grave threat to both The Galactic Empire and The New Republic and this enemy's name is Darth Bane, who was the great Sith reformer from the past," Sidious said.
"Why should we believe you?" Mon Mothma said. Anakin Skywalker who had quietly numbered himself among the Jedi Knights that had been recalled, removed his hood.
"Because He is right. Allow me to introduce myself. I am both Anakin Skywalker and I am also Darth Vader. I believe you know my Son, Luke Skywalker. I was split in two to aid the Universe during this time of Crisis. Darth Bane is very real, and the Holocrons Master Jedi Skywalker and I recently dug up confirm the Prophecy that Darth Bane would rise again, and that there would be a great army massed together to fight him. We must fight him, don't you see? My Master took the ruined roots of the Old Republic and turned it into a Galactic Empire. The Galactic Empire that Palpatine formed from the Old Republic will seem peaceful compared to the Sith Empire Darth Bane formed several millinia ago. If We don't fight now, then all The New Republic stands for, all That you've struggled against while fighting my master, will be for nothing. There is one tenant that I know so well...Betrayal is necessary and is rule number one in the Sith Order. This Darth Bane thinks you will all succumb to him easily. We must fight back!" Anakin said. Slowly, and like a ripple, clapping and cheering rose among the gathered delegates of the New Republic.
"How do we contact the remnants of the Empire?" Luke asked. Darth Vader rose from his kneeling position and stood next to his younger self.
"Leave that to me," he said, and a smile began across his burned and scorched face. This is what he lived for. All he dreamed of. Destruction of a Sith Master...
To be Continued...