I don't know why but no computer is working for me, but you could not imagine the troubles I'm overcoming to get these chapters to you right now haha. I hope my technical issues will disappear soon! Thanks for the reviews, and I'm sorry to report to some of you that that was only the beginning, and things are only going to get worse haha. Sorry, but that's how the story is going, that's what the voices in my head are telling me to do haha ;) Please review and Enjoy!

(Original Timeline)

Luke was surrounded by the darkness in his room, lying on his bed with his arm slung over his face. He stayed focused on his breathing to try and distract himself.

In…and out…In…and out…

Luke stilled as he heard the door to his room open, the light falling over his unmoving form on the bed. He waited in tense anticipation, mostly hoping that whoever it was would turn around and leave. However, he heard no such movement to do so. That didn't mean he had to acknowledge them though.

"Luke, can you talk to me, please?"

Luke sighed but didn't move at his sister's prompting. He didn't have the strength to respond anyway.

"Luke, I know something is wrong, please tell me…I want to know what's going on," Leia pleaded with him. Luke felt his bed sink a little as she sat down next to him. He tensed, waiting to see what she would do if he still didn't respond. He felt her hand on his arm, gently prying it away from his face. "Luke, talk to me…"

Luke kept his blank gaze on the wall, not sure if he wanted to. If he spoke, he was sure he would lose his carefully maintained control.

Leia didn't give up, tenderly turning his face so he would have to look her in the eyes. She saw his red eyes, the tears streaking down his face, and she froze. "Luke what's going on? What's happened?"

Luke ran his hand down his face, trying to wipe away some of the evidence of his suffering. Finally, he managed to find his voice. "Leia…can you promise me something?"

Leia blinked at him. "Of course Luke…anything you need."

Luke took a shaky breath before he spoke, measuring his words carefully. "Whenever these timelines merge…promise me that you'll let go of your anger and you'll forgive Father? That you'll do everything you can to help him? Please?"

Obviously there was something in Luke's tone that kept Leia from arguing with him about their father for once. "Luke what are you talking about…you sound like your saying goodbye." Her voice trembled slightly from contained fear.

"Leia…" Luke said, his voice shaking a little himself as he grasped onto her hand, staring her straight in the eyes. "Whenever this merge happens…I don't think…" he sighed, running a hand through his hair.

"Luke, what's happened?" Leia asked, her voice hitching a little.

"The other me…in the other timeline…he found Father, and…and Father wasn't going to make it…and he made a deal…" Luke gathered himself for a moment. "Leia, it's bad, it's all so bad…I can see what's going on and…"

"Luke, what did he do? Stop making me ask and just tell me!"

"The other me joined Sidious on the dark side. I…he's training right now…he did it to save Father…"

Leia froze from shock, unable to process the thought. Luke, on the dark side? She couldn't fathom the thought.

Luke buried his face in his hands with a groan. "He did the exact thing that Father originally did…and I can see what's going on…Leia…when we merge, I won't be there…you're going to be the only one that Father has left because I'm going to be long gone at this rate…I have a bad feeling…something's going to happen too…but…I don't know what…"

Leia rubbed Luke's back. "I'm sure…things will work out…you'll be fine Luke, I know you will…you're too strong for the Emperor to control…"

Luke shook his head. "I don't know what he was thinking…"

"He was being rash and took the only chance he saw to save Father, from what you told me…"

Luke looked up at her. "Promise me Leia, please. Father's going to need you; please watch out for him, please let go of your anger towards him…"

Leia sighed, saying nothing for a moment, before she finally spoke up.

"I promise Luke…"

(Alternate Timeline)

"Where is he?"

Padme was now among the many in the hall outside of Anakin's room waiting anxiously for any results they could possibly receive.

Obi-Wan nodded towards the room that currently had all of the shades drawn. "He's in there. No one can see him though," he added hastily before Padme could launch herself into the room.

"Why wouldn't I be allowed in there? I'm his wife!" Padme said indignantly.

"Mother, right now they're trying to help him the best that they can, but they can't focus and do that if we're in there disturbing them," Leia said quietly.

Padme made a sound of exasperation. "Alright then, alright…how long has he been in there?"

"Not too long. If the injuries he sustained was all and there aren't any hidden afflictions they have yet to discover, than he should be fine and we should be able to visit him soon…"

No sooner had he spoken did they hear the sound of muffled shouting from the room that Anakin was in. Padme wasn't the only one who instantly charged into the room at the sound; Obi-Wan was right beside her, Leia behind them.

The sight they saw was one they wished they never had to see but would be seared forever into their minds.

Several Healers were fighting to restrain a violently convulsing Anakin as he bucked and flailed from some unseen agony. A bloodcurdling scream pierced out from him; it was the sound of a man being burned from the inside out. His veins showed up prominently against his skin, but in an unnatural, sickly, blackish blue color. His eyes were into the back of his head as his seizure continued.

"Hold him down! Don't let him hurt himself anymore!" one of the Healers shouted.

"Force," Obi-Wan breathed in disbelief. One of the other Healers spotted the trio frozen in horror by the door.

"You need to leave, get out of here now," he said sternly as they miraculously held Anakin firmly against the bed despite his thrashing. Obi-Wan somehow found it in himself to grab both of the girls and pull them out of the room. At least until Padme came out of her initial shock.

"What's wrong with him? Obi-Wan, what's going on, what's wrong with him, what's wrong with Anakin!" she said frantically, her voice escalating into a shriek as she fought to break free and run to her husband.

"Padme, Padme please, you can't help him, the best we can do is stay out of their way," Obi-Wan said weakly as he wrestled her out of the room. Leia was still in shock and allowed him to lead her away without any fuss, which meant that he could focus on containing the struggling Padme.

She doubled over crying in his arms, suddenly dead weight. "Ani…Ani…" she cried out repeatedly.

"He…he's going to be alright Padme…Anakin's a fighter…he'll be alright…" Obi-Wan said feebly, doing his best to contain his own tears as he tried to console the woman.

Galen and Mara came down from the other end of the hall at a quickened pace, taking in the scene swiftly. The tuk'ata was at their heels, having reluctantly obliged to leave with Galen while the Healers treated Anakin.

"What's going on?" Galen asked, his voice strained as he took in Padme's sobbing form, Leia's frozen look of horror, and Obi-Wan's look of exasperation and pain.

"I…don't know…something's wrong with Anakin…they haven't told us what yet…" Obi-Wan informed him weakly. Beside Galen, the tuk'ata whimpered. Despite the wall between the patient room and the small group, as well as Padme's sobs, they could all still here Anakin's cries of agony and some of the frantic words of the Healers. Padme leaned into Obi-Wan, who consoled the woman the best he could.

"Han…said he would be here soon," Mara informed Leia weakly. Leia nodded, seemingly in some state of denial.

The muffled shouts and cries from the other room gradually dimmed, and an eerie silence fell over the area. When the door opened, everyone held their breath. Fear seemed to spike as they saw the Healer's grim face appear, taking in each of their colorless, strained faces.

"Please tell me that he's going to be alright," Obi-Wan practically begged the man. He realized he must be quite a sight: the esteemed Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Negotiator, near tears as he plead for news his former Padawan, his brother, would be fine, that he would somehow pull through.

"I don't know…we don't even know what's wrong with him; we've never seen it before. He was fine until we gave him something for his injuries. My best guess is that what we used triggered something that had been injected into Master Skywalker prior to coming here," the Healer told them carefully.

"You're saying he was given some sort of delayed poison while he was still on Korriban?" Galen inquired, in obvious disbelief.

The Healer nodded. "As far as I know, none of us have ever seen it before; it reeks of the dark side, though. Whoever developed this new poison made it with the intention of inflicting extreme pain…"

Padme whimpered a little and buried her face into Obi-Wan's arm. He rubbed her back awkwardly but soothingly, staring into the other room. "It was Sidious, I just know it was him…is there any way you could help him?"

The Healer sighed. "We're going to be studying his blood stream to see if we can develop an antidote for him. Right now we've been able to slow the poison's damage to his system, but I can't say how much time we've bought him…we will do everything we can Master Kenobi, I can promise you that much."

"Thank you…" Obi-Wan said weakly. The Healer turned and went back into Anakin's room hastily, leaving them all alone with their grief.

There was the sound of fast paced footsteps echoing towards them from down the hall, and they all turned to see Han coming their way. He slowed down his pace at the sight he was met with. "What's going on?" he asked worriedly.

A sob broke through Leia's silent stupor and she threw herself into Han's arms, unable to tell him. Startled, he gently rubbed her back, holding her close to him as he rocked her gently.

"Come now Princess…there's no need for that…" he said softly, doing his best to sooth the girl despite his ignorance as to what was going on.

Obi-Wan gently pulled Padme away from him. "Padme…why don't you go get some rest? I'll take you back to…back to Anakin's room here in the Temple. That way if there's a development you're right here already."

Padme nodded slowly, hardly seeming to hear him but obliging as he slowly lead her away from the medical wing.

"Again."

Luke suppressed a groan of annoyance, though dared not to show any outward signs of disgruntlement. Sweat poured down his brow, and his breathing came heavily. He was, needless to say, exhausted.

He knew that what he had done had been for a good reason, and he knew that if he had the chance to do it again, he would do the same thing; but he was beginning to regret his deal. Currently his new...Master was putting him through a very rigorous test of his limits.

That was a thought that Luke was going to have to start getting used to. it had only been after Luke had pledged himself to Sidious, after he had become stranded on the planet as his father was sent en-route to Coruscant, that Sidious had revealed who he really was. Luke had known that there was a dark side user lurking on Korriban, but never would he have guessed that it would be the Sith Lord Darth Sidious. Truthfully, Luke secretly hated himself for letting himself fall so easily into Sidious' trap. Though at the same time...at least his father was alive. He knew it was the only way his father would have survived: it's not like he'd had much of a choice.

Luke snapped his attention back to his current situation as a sickening sound of clicking and slithering echoed from the chamber in front of him. Sidious, after moving them to the crumbling ruins of the Sith Academy, had been sending in creature after creature to test him, and by now a collection of different species was piled in the corner. Sidious stayed safely out of reach up above, watching with a sickening gleam in his eyes.

Some giant worm-looking creature emerged from the bowls of the chamber in front of him, and Luke tried not to blanch.

"The k'lor'slug," Sidious said smoothly from above. "They're extremely venomous and have keen senses, you know."

Luke made no acknowledgement of Sidious' information, staring at the thing. It had a gaping maw full of teeth, long, razor sharp legs (six on each side), and sharp spines going down its serpentine body. It also, unfortunately, had long, sharp tusks on either side of the things maw. In his hand, Luke's lightsaber trembled sightly from his exhaustion.

The thing slithered towards him at an alarmingly fast rate, it's sharp legs clicking against the floor. Luke braced himself, holding his lightsaber in both hands as he waited for it to reach him. He leaped out of its way first, dodging it's dangerous tusks by an inch as he swung the saber to try and take off one of it's tusks. He was successful, until the k'lor'slug's head whipped around that connected with his chest, sending him sprawling into the wall. He got up slowly and in a daze; it wasn't the first time he'd been thrown into the wall in these fights. It wasn't the first injury he'd taken either.

Luke blinked the fatigue and dizziness away, struggling to scramble to his feet. The k'lor'slug was on top of him before he could though, and he slipped down quickly to avoid getting his head bit off by its gaping maw. Unfortunately, as he slipped under the thing, it was able to slice into his side with one of its legs. He gave a shout of pain, gasping for air for a moment as he struggled to free himself.

"Use your anger Eius. Anger, hate, pain: they all give you power," Sidious said, his tone bored and indifferent.

Luke scowled a little at the reminder of his new name: Darth Eius...he'd almost forgotten.

Luke stretched out his free hand, calling his lightsaber to him as the thing bent over himself, stretching it's neck out to try and bite at him again. It's tusk stabbed at his shoulder, digging in deeply to his skin and causing more blood to spill over. He snarled a little, shoving upward with his saber right into it's maw.

The k'lor'slug seized up, twitching before it suddenly slumped and died. Luke, still trapped by the leg, got trapped under it's heavy body. He groaned, struggling to free himself from the leg without hurting himself further. Thankfully, he was able to pull the razor sharp leg out of him, pushing the body over and allowing himself to roll away from it. He rested his head on his arm, face pressed into the cool stone as he tried to gather his breath. His head swam and pounded, and his breathing came shallow.

There was a rustling by his head, and Luke looked up just in time to see some lizard-like creature lash out, sinking its sharp little teeth deep into his hand. He cried out, momentarily overcoming his pressing exhaustion to scramble away from it, cradling his bleeding hand to himself. Without thinking, in a sudden rush of anger, he lashed out at the creature through the Force, choking it till it moved no more.

Shocked by his sudden outburst, he stayed were he was, hardly noticing his new Master approach him. Sidious grabbed his wrist and yanked him upward, inspecting the wound and looking back at the lizard as a cruel smile slowly spread across his face. Luke felt ill as he suddenly remembered his father's words...

...There's the Hssiss, long lizard-like creature...its bite has Sith poison, which will gradually corrupt the infected to the dark side...

"You're done for now..." Sidious said gleefully, that maniac look glinting in his eyes as he turned and walked away. Luke cradled his hand, staring numbly at the Hssiss body at his feet.

By the way, for those wondering, Eius in latin (According to Google Translate) is Son...yeah...sorry, I had to haha