Chapter 2: Student vs. Dark Master

Personal Observation Room, Death Star

"You are all traitors to the Empire. You will be interrogated. Tortured. You will give me the names of your friends and allies." Lord Sidious paused. "And then you will die."

"Our deaths will only rally others." Senator Organa said with courage.

"Your very public and painful execution will serve as examples to the rest of the galaxy." The man in the chair snapped back.

General Kota twitched. He felt a familiar presence in the force. "There may be a rebellion yet."

Live holographic footage appeared of a man clad in white, with a hood covering his part of his face. Kota's last gift to Starkiller. He was coming to save them.

"Lord Vader," the Emperor commanded "Deal with the boy."

Vader removed his lightsaber from his belt, and went forward to fight his former apprentice. They met just inside the vault-like door to the Emperor's throne-like room. A crimson and blue lightsaber ignited and advanced to each other.

"I have trained you well, but you still have much to learn." Vader coldly told his former apprentice.

"You have nothing left to teach me." Galen responded, and dashed toward his former master. Their sabers crossed, and Starkiller forced his blade, but Vader let him push further than intended. He swung again, Vader sidestepped and grabbed him by the throat. Starkiller pulled his arms back, and let loose a blast of force energy, sending the dark lord flying back to the door he was defending. With Vader down Marek was given time to shock him with a long chain of force lightning, which lasted until he overtaxed his energy and had to stop for a few seconds.

Vader got up and channeled a blast of reddened force energy. "You have served me well, but your usefulness is at an end." He let it loose, but Starkiller had gotten behind him just in time. Vader was drained after that last attack, so Starkiller unleashed a flurry of lightsaber strikes energized with force lightning. This knocked Vader out of his daze, so he countered with one powerful strike, knocking his former apprentice to the ground. Vader gripped him with the force, and sent him into the wall. When Starkiller got up, Vader gripped him again. This time, Galen was able to break free and land several successful attacks from the air.

Vader decided this room was no longer favorable for combat, and force pushed his apprentice back, giving him time to go into the other room.

Starkiller followed, and found the dark lord on what was comparable to an island on a pond of harmful ray-shielded energy. From there they traded blows by sending unsecured objects at each other until Vader pulled down all but one of the walkways around the harmful energy. They slashed at each other with all that they had left, until Starkiller decided to end this.

Vader gripped something from the ceiling, and flung it at him. Starkiller caught it and returned it to sender. Vader sent it to his right, revealing Starkiller right in front of him, who repulsed, sending Vader down to the "island". Starkiller pulled many large cylinders from above and smashed the dark lord. He removed them and gave Vader a chance to stand up. His armor was battered, and his cape tattered, but still going. Starkiller hopped on the "island" as he was standing up. They struck, Vader faltered, and his apprentice slashed the armor off his head and leg. He sent him down to the ray-shield floor and then through the window. Vader went flying through a statue and to the floor below.

"Yes, kill him. He was weak anyway." Sidious tempted. "Kill him and take your rightful place at my side."

"No!" Kota yelled as he lashed out and pulled the Emperor's saber to his hand. He leapt at the former Chancellor but was shot down by his lightning. He continued the stream of purple, forcing Kota to contort and writhe in pain and misery.

"Help him!" Organa pleaded.

Starkiller was faced with a choice: finish Vader or save his friends. The fate of the galaxy hinged upon this very choice, without anyone's knowledge. This created two separate outcomes: The defeat of the Emperor, and the replacement of Vader. But something was wrong. The two outcomes created from those events were suddenly on a ship, presenting a Jedi Knight and a Sith Stalker. They ignited their lightsabers; one green, one black. An epic clash was about to begin.

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"Isn't that you favorite Star Wars character?" Discord says to me.

*Oh, hell no. You don't get to play that card*