Andrew sat in the cockpit, looking out into hyperspace. He wore his old black tattered cloak with black boots. The silence was deafening. The rumbling of the ship was all you could feel and hear. The cold glare Andrew was sending into the void was so intense that not even the voice that was occupying his mind dared interrupt.
The rumbling stopped as he came out of hyperspace. It was coruscant, the imperial capital with dozens of fleets orbiting the world.
Andrew had been training on that red desolate planet for a few days, refining the techniques he had learned. He finally thinks it's time to use them for real.
His ship was hailed immediately.
"I don't like this, child. Do you even have a plan?" the voice asked with concern. He didn't answer the voice as he turned on the commlink. "This is Officer Caden of The Imperial Navy. State your business." the man said
Andrew cleared his throat. "This is one Galen Marek of The Reaper requesting landing," he spoke into the commlink. He was met with silence. "So this is your plan? Walk right into the heart of the Empire? And do what? Get Karina back? Maybe revenge for Jada? Or is it to finally settle the score between you and James?" the voice asked. "Are you telling me James is here?" he asked coldly.
"You are cleared for docking. You will land at docking bay I-9, prepare for inspection." with that, the commlink shut off. He adjusted his course for the docking bay. "He is keeping Karina here. Not only that but Chloe as well. Not to mention Sidious. Vader is not on the planet. I guess that's not unexpected after the destruction of a heavily fortified Imperial base. Seems everyone in the Empire is on high alert. There was a pause. "Might I ask why you chose that name? Who is Galen Marek?". They entered the atmosphere. Andrew smiled sinisterly at the information. "It was a person I wasn't sure existed. I wanted to test a theory," he stated. "Are you telling me you rolled the dice on our lives just because you were curious?" without missing a beat. "Yes."
The Reaper roamed the bright and busy skies of coruscant before landing in the docking bay. He was met by an Officer and a squad of Stormtroopers. He opened the bay door and walked out. The Officer looked back and forth between him and the holopad. "You are not Galen Marek. Troops arrest this man for false identification."
The troopers approached him, but before they raised their blasters, he ignited his crimson blade and cut them down. He held the blade at the Officers throat. "Where is your speeder?" He asked. The officer scrambled for a response. "J..just outside the blast doors." he whimpered. "I need your access codes." the Officer complied and gave him the codes. Andrew then slashed at the man's neck, and his head rolled off his shoulders.
It was dark and cold. Kari opened her eyes and could barely see anything. She lay on the cold ground. It felt concrete.
She got up, and immediately a ray shield draped around her from above. She tried to touch the shield, but she felt a pushing sensation from it. "So sleeping beauty awakens." a voice bellowed from the darkness. She looked around for someone to tie the voice to, but she saw no one.
The voice continued. "I was worried that the anesthesia was too much, not that I care, but when he comes for you, I'd like for him to hear your screams before you die." A man appeared from around a shipping container. It was James in an imperial jacket and black jeans with matching boots. His eyes had a gold hue to them.
"Who are you?" she asked. James approached the ray shield. "The name is James. Not that it matters to a dead woman," she heard the truth to that statement and shivered. "I know you. You used to torment Andrew," she told him.
"I guess that's one perspective," James told her. She raised her eyebrow. "What other perspective is there?" she asked.
"Mine! Try to compete with someone who's smarter and can bring more to the table. The guy was everything I wanted to be. He was smarter and cooler than me. The girls liked him too. Hell, he might not remember, but we used to be friends when we were kids, but I grew jealous, so I started a rumor about him. The resentment I had for him grew and grew and grew until it reached a point where it got physical. He isolated himself, grew cold but still lacked confidence or strength to fight back." James began to pace. "I dated the girl of his dreams, the love of my life. Had amazing friends, and then he brought us here. I lost the love of my life, my friends, and now all that remains is my burning rage for him." he clenched his fist hard. His knuckles turned white, and one of the containers.
Kari spoke. "Who's us?" Without saying anything else. A petite woman with shoulder-length blonde hair and green eyes. She had a blaster rifle strapped to her back and a smaller blaster holstered to her thigh, as well as a combat knife on her hip.
"I was one of the people he kidnapped." the woman told her. Kari was stunned.
James turned to her and was about to speak, but he stopped himself. He smiled sinisterly. "He's here…" he sang.
The door to the warehouse swung open. Andrew walked in and saw Kari trapped in the ray shield. He ran to her. "IT'S A TRAP!" she yelled. Just then, a blaster bolt from somewhere above him came down, but he managed to get out of the way before it hit him.
"Well, look who made it to the party!" James exclaimed as he revealed himself. He stood about 10 yards away. Andrew smirked. "I've been waiting for this…." James laughed. "For what Andrew? To get your shit rocked by me again?" James then ignited his blade.
Kari looked at Andrew. "Run, please don't stay. I'm not worth it." Andrew didn't respond. He just looked at her. He wasn't angry at her comment. His eyes were filled with sorrow. Like he was apologizing for having her in the position. Then he turned to James, and his brow furrowed. "Like hell," he growled.
He then grabbed his charred blade and ignited it as well. "Well, it seems you got better taste in color now." James laughed. The two clashed blades. It was a dance of crimson. To an outsider, they looked evenly matched, but in reality, James was still superior. With every strike, James and a counter. It was infuriating.
James raised his blade over his head and brought it down on Andrew, who took a knee due to the force behind the blow. He blocked it with his own blade but was struggling to keep the blade there. James then kneed Andrew in the gut. Andrew doubled over and dropped his saber. James kicked away the charred hilt and held his blade over Andrew's head. "Chloe, would you like to get a chance to deal some pain to your rapist?" Andrew looked up a bit to see Chloe walking up in the same outfit as James. He paled at the sight of her.
Kari looked Mortified. James looked at her. "Oh, he didn't tell you? Well, allow me to share this with the class. Your boyfriend here raped her. Now she is going to get her pound of flesh. Well, actually, I would imagine it's more like an ounce of flesh." he laughed.
"Kari, he's lying-" Chloe kicked him in the gut while he was down. Chloe spoke. "Me? Lie about someone taking advantage of me? Why would I do that? He RAPED ME!" she yelled. Tears built up in her eyes. James growled and stomped on Andrew's head.
"STOP!" Kari cried. Chloe shouted back. "ARE YOU SAYING WHAT HE DID WAS OKAY?!" Kari grew tears in her eyes. "No…he wouldn't," she whimpered.
Andrew looked up at Kari with a black eye and blood pouring out of his temple, nose, and mouth. "It's ok…I'll be ok…" he choked out before getting beaten by Chloe. James shut off his blade. Chloe kept landing blow after blow to him. Kari looked away but was forced to look back when James used the force to turn her head. "LOOK AT HIM!" he yelled. Tears rolled down her cheek as she watched the man she cared about getting beaten.
Andrew pried an eye open and saw the Son standing on top of a shipping container with his arms crossed. "So are you just going to lay there and die? You are causing her pain by allowing these fools to do this to you. Get up and show them who you are! I thought you wanted power! To make them pay for what they did to you, but instead, you lay there like a dog. Pitiful. You aren't worthy of this power." he spat while turning away.
Andrew closed his eyes and tried to focus on his anger. With each blow, his fury increased. With each tear that fell from Kari, his anger grew. The sound of James laughing his blood boil. His mind flashed back to high school. This is how he was treated back then. He didn't have powers then, but it's different now. "I am powerful…I AM POWER!" he thought.
Andrew's eyes shot open, and force pushed Chloe into a shipping container. Leaving a dent where she flew into and breaking the rifle that was on her back. James ignited his blade and swung at Andrew. Andrew lunged and called his saber back and stopped James' blade with his own.
The two locked eyes. James, for the first time in his life, felt fear, true fear. Andrew's eyes were blood red but still had the shine of gold. His face was bloodied, but even though he was beaten badly, he smiled.
Chloe grabbed her blaster and shot at him. Andrew pushed James back with his blade and deflected the shot towards the projector for the ray shield and shut it down. Just as James came in with another swing, he threw James with the force and used red lightning on Chloe. She screamed. Her screams made Kari's skin crawl.
Andrew felt his power grow, and he smiled at Chloe's pain. He stopped using the lightning when she was of no further use. Chloe whimpered and could barely move. Smoke from the lightning emanated off of her. Andrew's face healed, and he turned to where James was, but he was gone.
Andrew was going to look for him, but he felt something, something sinister, an evil that was close to his own. He turned to where it came from, and the source was Kari. he looked at her strangely. She looked at Chloe with psychotic eyes. She walked over to her. "...H…Help..m…me," Chloe choked out.
Kari knelt down next to her and took the blaster that was strapped to her thigh, and shot Chloe's leg. She shrieked. Kari threw the blaster and took the blade attached to Chloe's hip. She slowly moved the blade into her chest. Chloe weakly grabbed the blade. She shook her head and pleaded, but Kari didn't react. She continued to drive the blade into her heart, and soon after, Chloe drew her last breath. Kari stood up slowly.
As quick as lightning, Kari started kicking Chloe's face into the shipping container relentlessly.
"Remind me never to piss her off." the Son laughed then his form dissipated.
Andrew walked over to her. She was out of breath. She struggled to pick her leg up once more. She was stopped by Andrew. He hugged her. She tried to break free but softened in his embrace. Tears were streaming down her face as she fell to her knees. Andrew caught her, but she wailed into his chest. He looked over at Chloe, and she was hardly recognizable. Her jaw was dislocated, her eyeball bulging out of its socket, and even her check bones broke and were pushed inward due to Kari's kicks. He looked back at her and held her tighter.