Chapter 1:
Anakin Skywalker awoke from his slumber. Unaware of the events that had transpired. Last thing he could remember was being in an operating theatre fixing him a new hand. He was not in a hospital...
The ice cold metallic flooring of what seemed to be a prison cell gave him goosebumps. "Where am I?" he thought to himself. As he gazed around the cell he could confirm his suspicions as he recognised the design. Before going into surgery Anakin was debriefed on the existence of the clone army and it's infrastructure. The design replicated that of a venator class star destroyer holding cell. Now he was even more confused.
Anakin looked at his hands. The operation appeared to be a success and he now had a new hand. "A bit slow" he said aloud. He knew he would have to put some time aside to make some modifications to the arm, he just couldn't help himself.
As he stood up a metal clang hit the metallic floor. It was his lightsaber. He had only just made it before the surgery and was waiting to show Obi-wan. "Why wouldn't they take my saber". In all honesty Anakin didn't care that they hadn't taken his saber and was rather glad. He slowly etched his way to the wall of the cell next to him. He knew if he destroyed the door to his cell, alarms would ring out across the whole prison. Anakin steadied himself...
Anakin used the force to determine who was in the other cell. The presence felt familiar. Almost too familiar, as if it were his own. They were as safe distance away from the wall and without too much thought Anakin ignited his weapon and cut a circular hole through the wall. No alarms were triggered. Odd.
Anakin stepped through the gaping hole to reveal a stunned nineteen year old girl. She was wearing a white dress with her hair in two buns. She looked a lot like Padme.
"WHO ARE YOU!" The girl exclaimed. She was stunned and shocked to see a lightsaber. Last time she saw one was when Obi-wan rescued her from Nur.
"Don't worry... I mean no harm" Anakin stuttered. He was still confused by this whole ordeal. "Where are we, are we in a prison?"
"That much is obvious" The girl sighed. "We are on the Death Star awaiting execution".
"WHAT! WHAT THE HELL IS THE DEATH STAR" Anakin had no mood for games and was getting quite pissed off. He had his hand cut off, lightsaber destroyed, been sentenced to death in the geonosian arena, failed to save his mother and now locked up. "You have got a lot of explaining to do".
"I could tell you same thing"..."what's your name?"
"An- Anakin, and yours?"
"Leia, Princess Leia Organa"
That was impossible, surely. Breha wasn't able to have children. Unless this wasn't Bail and Breha's child.
"Is your father Bail Organa?"
"W-Was my father, this battle station blew up Alderaan. And my family" Leia weeped. Only a few hours ago had she witnessed the destruction of her home, and been tortured.
Anakin sensed her unease and soothed her emotions through the force.
"Your a Jedi" Leia whispered.
"That much is obvious" Anakin mimicked her, bringing a slight smile to her face. "So are you adopted?"
"Yes, why" Leia questioned. How would he know anything. He looked the same age as her and seemed to have gone mad. Yet he was a Jedi, she always imagined every Jedi looking like Obi-wan.
"No reason. You just don't seem like your parents, physically at least. However you act like them".
"You have no idea how much that means to me" Leia stated. She was always ridiculed for not being a "real" Organa. She always tried to please her father, she never felt worthy.
"So, Anakin was it? What's your last name, You know my heritage, it's only fair I know yours is it not?"
"I guess" Anakin whispered. He wasn't going to tel her his past or who he was, he feared she would know he time traveled and freak out if she was Bail's daughter.
"I was inducted to the Jedi Order when I was young, very young. My surname is Kenobi, Anakin Kenobi. I don't know much but I know my brother is named Obi-wan and im obviously not where I'm supposed to be."
"Your brother is Obi-wan! I thought he mentioned having a brother, but he couldn't remember them. That may be you! No wonder you survived the purge, he did too!"
"Hang on a second, purge? What's the purge?" Anakin questioned.
"How could you not know, the jedi were accused of treason and hunted down. All killed except for some. The order was given by the supreme chancellor now emperor Palpatine. Have you been living under a rock for the last two decades?"
Anakin was shell shocked. Palpatine, his mentor was now an emperor and wiped out the Jedi Order. Impossible.
"What about the republic, didn't they stop him?!!" Anakin frantically shouted.
"The republic dissolved into the now Galactic Empire, liberty died with a thunderous applause from the senate" Leia quietly whispered.
Anakin grasped his heart and fell back against the dark black wall. He couldn't believe it, the Jedi were gone, and for some odd reason he felt at blame...
Leia ran and picked up Anakin guiding him to sit down. He was destroyed emotionally. At least Obi-wan was alive he thought. Leia didn't push the subject further and sat beside him.
"So how are we going to get out, we will die if we don't" Leia sobbed, she was scared of death and the fate that awaited her.
"We can't, the alarms will trigger. Our best bet is to wait until the termination and slip by unnoticed". This would be easy for Anakin but difficult for Leia. If she was going to survive she would have to rely on yet another Jedi.
However this plan needn't to take place, help arrived...
The blast doors shot open to reveal an all white trooper, similar to the phase 1 clones Anakin fought alongside with.
Luke hadn't expected to see another person in Leia's cell, Han was going to love it.
"Aren't you a little short for a strormtrooper" Leia quipped.
"Huh, oh the uniform"
The man lifted the helmet above his head to reveal a handsome yet dirty young man, his king like blonde hair covered his face. However there was a striking resemblance between him and Anakin.
"I'm Luke Skywalker I'm here to rescue you"
"You're who!?" Anakin exclaimed.
"I've got the princesses' R2 unit and I'm here with Ben Kenobi!" Luke replied cooly.
"BEN KENOBI WHERE IS HE" Leia jumped up and motioned for Anakin to follow.
The echoes of blaster fire made it difficult to hear anything as two new comrades joined them, a wookie and a scruffy looking smuggler.
Stormtroopers occupied the main exit, their only escape route.
"We're not getting out that way" Han the smuggler shouted, the sound muffled under all the blaster fire.
"Seems like you managed to cut off our only escape route" Leia sternly argued.
"Then perhaps you'd like to get back into your cell your highness" Han sarcastically shouted.
"Enough bickering" Anakin shouted and unsheathed his weapon from his belt and ignited it, revealing his Jedi nature to the troopers. Luke stood in shock, he noticed it was an exact replica of his fathers.
Anakin charged at the stormtroopers. Deflecting blaster fire with precision unrivalled. For his age he was the very best. He used the force to summon panels off of the walls and form a shield for the gang. He viciously cut down those who opposed him.
The stormtroopers only fired upon him as countless squads had fell. Anakin remembering the rage on the battlefield that took his arm grasped a trooper by the throat and crushed his windpipe. He moved with style, determination and courage. He was the Hero with no fear.
One trooper remained behind the control panel cowering.
"Call off the attack and I might let you live" Anakin shouted.
"P-pri-.. prisoners executed command. Don't return to the area. Gas leaks are killing my men" the trooper stuttered.
"I'm a man of my word" Anakin signalled the trooper to run.
Luke and Leia stood in awe at Anakin's brutal yet beautiful display of power. Chewie and Han deemed it impressive. Han was now a firm believer in the force.
"What did you say your name was..." Luke passive aggressively stated.
"I didn't, but the name is Anakin Kenobi"
"WHAT! Ben never mentioned having a brother" Luke stammered.
"Yea he didn't, makes you wonder what else he didn't mention" Han stated. Han believed in thieves, liars and luck. Ben was starting to make himself out to be all without luck. He didn't believe in it after all.
Chewie growled recognising Anakin but did know where from. No one took any notice as four more squads of troops entered through the elevator.
Anakin sighed, he shouldn't have played the nice guy.
Barrages of blaster fire lay onto them as Anakin quickly used the force to rehabilitate the panels back to protect them. He saw a drainage grate. Without thinking he kicked it open and dived in. Everyone else followed Anakin, believing they wouldn't be safe without him.
Anakin fell face first into some garbage. He suddenly realised he had got them straight into a garbage chute. Screams suddenly filled the room as Leia followed by Luke, Han and Chewie fell into the room.
"Great thanks a lot Jedi" Han quipped. "I thought we were only rescuing the princess"
"It seemed to me that I saved you back there" Anakin replied coldly. Anakin was fed up, he had time travelled, the Jedi were gone and now he had to deal with some quippy kids. His day couldn't get any worse. But of course it could...
"Just thought some thanks were in order" Han said sternly "or some trust".
"Well I reserve my trust for those who understand gratitude... Solo" Anakin rebuttled.
Han didn't tell him his name, how the hell did he know?
"I never told you my name. Kenobi, huh seems like anyone will believe anything these days. What are you really, a spy, a bounty hunter!"
"ENOUGH" Leia and Luke both exclaimed. Han backed down but Anakin didn't.
"Maybe I should've left you to die... wouldn't be the first time someone has gotten in my way" Anakin threatened.
Leia stood between Anakin and Han, she had no idea what was up with the both of them.
Quicker than General Grevious cowering, Chewbacca had slammed his fist into Anakin's face. The strength of a wookie was unrivalled. Anakin felt blood pouring from his nose and retaliated kicking Chewie's stomach. Chewbacca was immediately impressed that Anakin hadn't keeled over in pain, he knew it would take more to beat him.
"CHEWIE BACK OFF" Han screamed but Chewbacca didn't care, he had a life debt to Han and was his best friend, he would never let anyone harm him. Chewbacca swung at Anakin's nose trying to damage it further only for Anakin to dodge out of the way and uppercut Chewbacca's chin.
Chewbacca fell in pain, Anakin had hit him with his robotic hand and may have broken something. Chewbacca lay in the murky water growling. Instead of further escalating the fight, Anakin laid a hand out to Chewbacca. Chewbacca was confused at this but accepted.
"Sorry big guy, you've got a mean swing"
Chewie laughed and hugged Anakin no longer seeing him a threat to Han.
Anakin turned to Han and proceeded to say "I get you're annoyed at our predicament but please don't make me have to fight another wookie, I probably won't win the next time".
Han laughed and held his hand out to Anakin, Anakin shook his hand and stated "I knew your name through the force, don't know why I didn't know Luke or Leia's, as for you big guy" he turned towards the wookie "what's your name?"
Chewie growled, Anakin didn't know much of the wookie language but made it out to be Chewbacca.
"Yet again sorry for hitting you Chewbacca" Anakin said apologetically. He was constantly relying on the dark side, he needed to change that.
"anyone suggest how we get out?" Luke said timidly.
"It's magnetic, strange I've never seen anything like it" Anakin stated.
"Well I have" Han said " it seems to be a-"
A tennis ball sized eye popped out of the water to stare at each and every one of them. It quickly submerged after being seen.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT" Leia screamed.
"A dianoga, they like to stow away on ships in garbage, makes them feel at home" Anakin exclaimed. He only knew that due to Obi-wan reciting a story about his time on Mandalore.
"Guys it just touched my-" Before Luke could finish his sentence he was dragged underwater. Anakin lunged after him grabbing the creature by its neck. He immediately crushed its neck with his robotic hand. As soon as the creature was killed Luke resurfaced... gasping for air.
"T-Th, thanks..." Luke sighed in relief.
"You're welcome kid" Anakin said sarcastically
"We are literally -the sam-e age" Luke still gasping for air.
Anakin laughed and studied the garbage chutes door.
"I could probably cut it without setting an alarm, just to be sure do you have anyone who could deactivate the magnetic locks?" Anakin questioned, he still didn't know much about this group.
"Yes, the droids, but we lost communications as soon as we landed in here" Luke exclaimed.
"Fear not then" Anakin confidently said as he reached out his arm towards the door. Metallic banging could be heard as the door proceeded to crush. Before it could crush however the garbage chutes walls started to contract inwards.
"THIS IS A TRASH COMPACTOR" Han screamed.
Anakin ceased his crushing of the door and proceeded to hold the walls from closing anymore. The clanging and clanking of the rusty metal walls disturbed the group as Anakin concentrated to not get them killed.
"Che-Chewbacca, break do-wn the door... NOW" Anakin yet out a yelp, the power of the contraption was like the onslaught of twin suns burning down upon you.
Chewbacca obeyed and slammed the door repeatedly until it came off it's hinges. The group piled out one by one leaving Anakin to hold off the walls.
"ANAKIN COME ON, WE NEED YOU" Leia screamed.
Anakin let go off the walls and they immediately started to compact at the speed of light. Anakin leaped out of the trash compactor through the broken door landing on his knees.
Han and Leia held him up realising he's out.
"He's one tough son of a bitch I'll give him that" Han exclaimed lying him gently down on the floor on his back.
Anakin began to gain consciousness, he began to mutter under his breath, they couldn't make out what he was saying. "Pa- Padm-... Padm-e"
"What's he saying" Luke whispered.
"I don't know, hey, wakey, wakey." Leia began to lightly tap his face for him to wake up.
"Huh, wha-t happened" Anakin stuttered.
"You lost consciousness, are you alright?" Han said.
"I'm fine" Anakin stated before rising to his feet.
"So what's the plan now?"
"This armour won't help us now, get changed Luke we head for the falcon" Han commanded. He knew how to lead naturally, that was good in a war.
"No we need to find Ben, I trust him more than you pardoning Anakin" Leia exclaimed.
"Listen your worship I only take orders from one person, me. Now the old man will get back to us, he had to disable the tractor beam." Han said, he was sick of the princess by now, annoyed at Luke and somewhat scared of Anakin.
"We should leave the women decisions out of this, it's what got us here in the first place" Han exclaimed.
"Careful Solo, women are more than capable in war, I've seen it myself and most of the time outwit and outsmart the men". Anakin stated.
Leia gave a slight smug to the comment and followed up with "Thank you Anakin but it's best not to waste your energy with a scruffy looking nerf herder!"
Han replied with a cheeky "You flatter me princess, need me to pull out the red carpet?"
"Guys enough, Ben will find us, we've done our part. Let's find the droids and get out of here" Luke stated. He thought meeting in the middle would work
"That settles it, we find your droids, Obi-wan comes to us and we get out of here. Where do we go after there?" Anakin questioned.
"To the rebel alliance on Yavin 4, there you will get your money Solo" Leia stated rather angrily.
"Love to hear it princess".
"Let's go" Luke said, leading them past imperial patrols to get to the droids.
"3PO do you copy?" Luke commanded.
"Yes sir we're at the main hanger now near the falcon"
"Nice come on" Han hurriedly stated.
"Wait did you say 3PO?" Anakin questioned.
"No time Kenobi let's move" Han stated with Chewie roaring beside him.
The gang reached an impasse between 3 entrances, turning right led to a squad of armed to the teeth stormtroopers.
Han shot and chased them with Chewbacca close behind.
"GET BACK TO THE SHIP" Han screamed.
"Certainly has courage" Leia said half arsed.
"what good would that do if he gets himself killed, come on" Luke said before grabbing Leia's hand and motioning Anakin to come with.
They reached a divot filled with deactivated bridges. Suddenly numerous troopers began firing upon their position. Leia and Luke fired upon the stormtroopers clearly outmatched. They had to rely on Anakin to deflect the blasters out of their harms way.
Anakin leaped from their side of the bridge and landed near the troopers, gutting them all in quick fashion. Anakin tossed Luke a grappling hook as he and Leia prepared to swing over.
"Good luck" Leia said before kissing him on the cheek. They swung across and greeted Anakin.
"Can you teach me some moves? I want to become a Jedi like my father."
These words stunned Anakin. He had some inclination that Luke was his son given his last name, but who was his mother? Was it padme ? If so was she alive? These questions would all be answered in due time.
"If we survive this kid, then I'll happily teach you."
A smile rang across Luke's face as they ran towards Leia and regrouped with Han.
"What kept you?" Han sarcastically questioned, he had known exactly what had kept them.
"We ran into some old friends." Leia joked.
"That's your ship?" Anakin stated "what a piece of junk! At least from here it looks like it's a wreck from Boonta Eve."
"She purrs like a kitten and made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs" Han proudly commented.
"Ridiculous" Anakin muttered under his breath.
Luke then signalled the droids to make their way aboard before them.
At that moment some blast doors at the opposite side of the hanger opened, luring all troops to watch.
Anakin was curious so he snuck off from the crew to see a dark, black and petrifying man in samurai like armour duelling who he had felt to be Obi-Wan Kenobi.
"OBI-WAN" Anakin screamed.
"An-Anakin?"
His next words didn't matter as Anakin witnessed Vader stab Kenobi through the heart.
A wave of anger summoned over Anakin, a sum of darkness equivalent to when he murdered the Tusken raiders. It was pure hate.
Vader stood there confused at the disappearance of Kenobi's body only to see a younger version of himself.
"How is this possible" Vader thought.
Without too much time to ponder Vader had to defend against Anakin's onslaught. Anakin leaped over every trooper and struck at Vader giving him no time to defend.Every strike Anakin dealt he fell closer to the darkness. This machine like man had just killed his master, his last living friend.
Anakin clashed with Vader. Vader saw this was a younger Anakin, not a clone wars veteran but rather a recently knighted Jedi knight. He thought this would be all too easy.
Anakin repeatedly hit at Vader's saber, he had lost all control. "YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID" Anakin slurred.
"Foolish boy, you don't know the power of the dark side. After all it is what brought you here. Strike me down with your hatred and take your place at my master's side."
Anakin realised he was falling, he swore to not lose control after slaughtering the Tuskens, after his mother died.
However Anakin didn't care, he wanted revenge.
Luke looked out of the falcon to see the clash of red and blue, he saw Kenobi's cloak, still and at peace.
Luke new he had died, but was scared for Anakin. He didn't want to lose him too.
"HAN... FIRE UPON VADER NOW!!"
"Kenobi is there, he'll get killed!" Han replied.
"no-no he wont" Luke exclaimed.
The falcon's turrets blasted upon Anakin and Vader breaking them apart. Sending Anakin crashing down near the landing ramp of the falcon. Leia picked up Anakin with the help of Chewie and brought him inside. His eyes glowing an amber fire.
With everyone onboard the falcon took off away from the death star. Away from Vader.