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WARNING THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER MAY CONTAIN HORRIFIC SCENES THAT MAY NOT BE ACCEPTABLE FOR ALL VEIWERS. VEIWER DESCRETION IS ADVISED.
A few week have past since the rebels helped Saw Garrera and Hunter was training alone in the forest he was swinging his sabers around trying to come up with new strategies to defeat Vader.
"I must defeat Vader" Hunter said as he kept training "No doubt he's doing the same right now"
"I see there's no fooling you Hunter" a Voice said from behind. Hunter turned around and gasped as he saw his arch enemy Darth Vader.
"Vader!" Hunter said "how did you find me!?"
"I've been watching you my boy" Vader said "You have been slacking since our last encounter"
Hunter then lunged a Vader with his sabers but Vader used the force to push him aside.
"Hmmm you've gotten soft Hunter" Vader said unimpressed
"What are you doing here!?" Hunter demanded
"I came to tell you about my master plan to destroy this pathetic Rebellion of yours" Vader said "And if you want to know what it is come to Kamino and face me"
Then a smoke screen appeared in front of Vader and then he was gone. Hunter just kept staring at the very spot where Vader was.
"Vader..."
Hunter then went back to Ghost and told the others what happened.
"Are you sure It was Vader?" Kanan asked
"Yes I'm sure!" Hunter said "I've fought him 4 times I think I know what he looks like"
"But if he was here how did he get here?" Hera asked "Our scanners would've picked up any Impireal ships heading for us"
"I'm telling you he was here I don't know how but he was" Hunter said "He said he had something planned on Kamino!"
"I say we check it out" Sabine said "Hunter has never lied to us before and It might be worth checking out"
"I agree" Ezra said "This might be a clue to what the Empire is building"
"We should at least check it out to be safe" Mia said
"Alright next stop Kamino" Hera said
Later the Ghost crew flew to the stormy planet Kamino and landed on the deck.
"If it's ok with everyone I'm leading this mission" Hunter said "I know Vader better than anyone I know all his tricks any objection?"
The Ghost crew saw the look in Hunter's Eyes and could tell he was serious as the shook they're no.
"Ok Hera and Chopper you two stay here incase we need to make a quick get away" Hunter said
"Understood" Hera said
"Kanan,Zeb and Mia You take the south of the city Ezra,Sabine and i will take the north" Hunter said "But whatever you do do not engage Vader by yourself call for back up if you need to understand?"
The crew all nodded in agreement.
Alright lets move!" Hunter said as the rebels split up into their groups.
Hunter,Sabine and Ezra were walking down the halls looking for the dark lord searching every room.
"I don't understand" Ezra said "If Vader's here why can't I sense him?"
"He must be hiding his signature" Hunter said "That's probably why we can't sense him"
Just then Hunter saw a shadow lurcking in the walls and in the shape of Vader as it glided away like a Ghost.
"There he is!" Hunter said as he chased after it.
"Hunter wait up!" Sabine said as she and Ezra followed her fiancé. The teens kept running until Hunter chased it into a room but the door behind him shut and locked itself leaving Ezra and Sabine outside and Hunter inside.
"You took your time coming didn't you Hunter?" Vader asked as he appeared out of the shadows.
"What's this plan you told me about!?" Hunter asked
"I must confess" Vader said "There is no plan I just said that to get you here"
"You son of a bitch!" Hunter said as he ignited his blades and lunged at the Sith Lord but Vader grabbed both of Hunter's wrists tightly and slammed him into the wall.
Hunter got up up and kept attacking but Vader dodged all his attacks then grabbed the teen by the throat and lifted him up making the teen gasp for air.
"You've gotten sloppy Hunter" Vader said as he then slammed the teen into the floor. "Your Rebel friends have made you soft" vader then threw Hunter across the room making the teen groan in pain.
"You're wrong Vader..." said weakly as he stood up"My freinds give me strength...the strength to defeat you!"
"If that were true then why am I still here?" The Sith Lord asked "You have had multiple chances to destroy me and you've failed everything single time"
Hunter then attacked Vader again and again but the Sith just kept dodging them until he threw Hunter across the room again with the force.
"You know the old saying What doesn't destroy you makes you stronger?" Vader asked the teen as he picked him up by his collar "Well it's true Hunter,You haven't destroyed me and it has only made me stronger"
Just then Sabine and Ezra manage to unlock the room and as soon as they did Vader was gone. The teens then ran toward the beaten down jedi.
"Hunter are you ok?" Sabine asked in worry. Just then Hunter grabbed Sabines arms really tight.
"What happened!?" Hunter demanded
"Ow! Hunter you're hurting me!" Sabine said
"Vader went right past you!" Hunter shouted "How could you let him get away!?"
"But Hunter...there was no one there" Sabine said as her fiancé gasped in shock and confusion.
Later in hyperspace the Ghost crew was flying back to Yavin-4 Hunter was in his room while the others were in the hanger talking about what happened.
"We looked all over the city and we couldn't find Vader" Kanan "I'm starting to think he left before we could get to him"
"I don't think Vader was there to begin with" Sabine said "I really tried to see him but I couldn't,I've seen Hunter so angry,so angry at me and I'm really worried about him.
"He probably just needs some time to cool off" Ezra said "He'll be fine"
"I hope so" Sabine said as she sighed in saddness.
Meanwhile in his room Hunter kept thinking about what happened.
"He had to be there I saw him" Hunter said to himself "But then why couldn't Sabine or Ezra see him was all just an Illusion"
Just then Vader appeared infront of the teen,grabbed him and threw him out of the room making him hit the wall.
"Oh no Hunter I'm very real" Vader said as he punched Hunter in the face sending him flying into the hatch.
"Hunter got up and threw some punches of his own he couldn't land a hit on Vader. Then the Sith grabbed Hunter's fist and squeeezed really hard making the hybrid groan in pain as the Dark lord the threw him across the floor.
"You disappoint Hunter" Vader said as he walked over to the teen and picked him up by the neck. "I offer you the chance of a life time and all you care about are your worthless little freinds!" Vader then threw Hunter across the room again mking him slam into the wall again.
"If these Rebels are becoming such a distraction for you maybe I should just get rid of them" Vader threatened
"You will not touch them!" Hunter roared as he attacked Vader again but still Vader kept dodging then force pushed the teen away. The Vader started punching back landing every hit as each punch was harder then the last.
The rest of the Ghost crew came into the hatch and saw Hunter...and only Hunter. Sabine looked in horror as she saw the man she loves was beaten and scracthed.
"HUNTER!" Sabine cried
As soon as she shouted Vader just dissappeared. Hunter looked around and all he saw was the Ghost crew.
"Where's Vader he was just here!" Hunter said
"Hunter there's no one here but us" Hera said
"He must be using some knda mid trick of something!" Hunter said
"If that were true we would still sense him" Kanan said "He's not here Hunter"
"Yes he is! I know he is!" Hunter exclaimed
"Hunter are you sure you saw Vader?" Mia asked
"Saw him? I fought him!" Hunter yelled "You think I'd beat myself up!?"
"Hunter this is the only way out" Hera said "Vader couldn't have gotten out without us knowing"
"I don't have time for this!" Hunter said "I'll find him myself"
"Hunter for the last time there is no Vader on this ship!" Ezra said
"I KNOW WHAT I SAW EZRA! I have to stop him I'm the only one who can!" Hunter said as he ignited his Sabers "And I'll crush anyone who gets in my way!"
Just then Hunter fell to the gound and was unconscious aas the crew saw that Sabine had stunned him.
Later Hunter then woke up in a hospital room and dhe was strapped down to a bed. He tried to break out but he couldn't then he heard the Crew talking from outside the room.
"Do we really have to restrain him?" Sabine asked
"He threatened us Sabine" Hera said "he's dangerous"
"Dangerous more gone completely nuts!" Ezra said
"We have to run some tests on him to make sure he's ok" Kanan said
"Such sweet friends you have Hunter" Vader said as he stepped out of the shadows "too bad you wont see them again"
Vader then used the force unstrap Hunter and throw him out the window. The rebels heard the crash and rushed in to see Hunter was gone.
"No..." Sabine said
In the forest Vader kept beating up Hunter and Hunter was too weak to fight. Then Vader slammed the teen down to the ground extremely hard making him cough up blood.
"I always knew it would end this way my boy" Vader said as he picked up the teen and threw him into a tree.
"Vader...please...stop..." Hunter begged as the DarkLord kicked him in his gut.
"Oh no Hunter I'm never going to stop" Vader said a he picked Hunter up again."Im am the thing that keeps you up at night, the evil that haunts every corner of your mind i will not rest and neither will you"
"My friends say...you're not real" Hunter said
"I'm very real my boy" Vader said as threw him again "could you have gotten those bruises from someone that was there? You can't even touch me"
"All these burses and you don't have a scratch!" Hunter said. Then the hybrid realized somthing.
"You're not real" Hunter said "You're only an illusion created by my hatred for you that why i could never hit you because you're not real!"
"Real enough to finish you!" Vader said as he lunged at Hunter but then Hunter ignited his Saber and stabbed the Vader illusion.
"Not anymore you're not" Hunter as the Vader illuison dissappered.
"Hunter!" Sabine shouted as she cuaght Hunter before he collapsed.
"It's ok Sabine..." Hunter said weakly "Vader's gone...he's gone"
Later back at the base Hunter was getting checked out by the doctor.
"Looks like every is normal" The doctor said "You should make a full recovery"
"Thanks doc" Hunter said as the Doctor walked out. Then the Ghost crew walked in.
"Hey man how you feeling?" Ezra asked
"I've been better" Hunter said "What happed to me though?"
"If I had to guess Vader must've used your hatred for him to his advantage" Kanan said "He must've used the force to infiltrate your mind and when you realized it wasn't real it stopped"
"I'm sorry guys i shouldn't have threatened you" Hunter said "I've been fighting Vader for so long I let my hatred for him take control of me but somtimes i feel like I'm the only one who can stop him"
"It's ok Hunter" Sabine said as she kissed him on the forehead "It's not your fault and you're not alone,you're never alone"
"And if Vader ever comes back we'll be ready" Ezra said
"It light of what's happened I suggest you take so time off" Hera said "That's an order"
"Yes Captain" Hunter said as the Ghost crew left. "Sabine wait" Sabine stopped and turned to her fiancé.
"Please stay with me" Hunter said "I don't want to be alone"
"Ok Honey" Sabine said as she layed next to Hunter and comfort him.
HOW CAN HUNTER STOP VADER FROM INFILTRATING HIS MIND AGAIN?" AND WILL IT HAPPEN AGAIN?" FIND OUT AS STAR WARS REBELS FIGHT FOR FREEDOM CONTINUES.
R&R FULCRUM OUT!