Summary: An excerpt from chapter 7 of What Lurks in the Dark.
Power
"Luke – I… am your – father." The creature snarled, its awful face appearing once again from behind a massive piece of machinery. Smoke and fire billowed behind it and it glared at the three of them with its angry black eyes. Cesi saw its muscles tense as it prepared to move. "I am – your… father. Luke… join – me."
Luke scrambled backwards on his butt, keeping both Cesi and Wedge behind him, and then throwing his arms out in front of them protectively as the creature suddenly lunged towards them with a screech and a speed that Cesi could only call demonic. The sound echoed throughout the cavern and made his blood run cold and this was it, they were all going to die –
It was within twelve feet of them, maw opened wide, one of its long front legs outstretched, when a massive rush of power exploded around them, throwing up dirt and rocks, and Cesi watched in total shock and amazement as the creature was violently thrown backwards away from them. It slammed into a massive pipe that was protruding from the wall and hit the ground with a scream of fury even as it immediately scrambled to find its footing once again.
And then Vader was there, placing himself firmly between Skywalker and the monster, his red lightsaber humming with power. One gloved hand was outstretched and Cesi could feel the hair on the back of his neck raise as he felt the sheer amount of raw power that was lighting up the very air. It was nothing that he could see and the best that he could compare the feeling to was electricity in a fucking lightning storm.
The creature was hissing and it lunged forwards again only to hit an invisible barrier. It screamed in frustration and seemed to strain against some incredible power but was unable to advance forwards.
"Luke, get up!" Vader snapped over a smoldering shoulder. In fact, there was smoke rising up in several places on his suit and there were patches burnt out of his cape rimmed with red and orange. "Stay on your feet!"
A/N Merry Christmas everyone!
I thought I would tease you all with a tiny snippet of the next chapter! It's still being written but I'm officially over 13,000 words and it's going to be a LOT of fun.