Across The Stars

I Found Her [Part 2]

Vader took hold of the traitor's wrists that were currently locked in force binders and dragged them of the ship with his children following in tow.

He entered his palace on the planet of Mustafar, trying not to let his anger get the best of him and just shove the bounty hunter scum off the ledge and into the lava flowing down below the platform.

The children followed, huddled to gather, scared of this fiery place.

The two children had become very good friends on the ship. Luke had informed Leia of their being twins, and she made no fuss about it, for she knew this strange boy was the piece she always felt had been missing from her life. And that this new brother was not lying.

But Luke had not yet told her of who their father was.
She simply believed that Luke too was a captive of this black armored monster. She thought that this man of evil only wanted them for a ransom and soon her father would come and pay it off, taking both her and Luke away to safety.

If only she knew of her true parentage.

The children and their father where only steps inside the dark, shadow infested castle, when the bounty hunter made his move to escape.

The armor clad mandalorian had been silently picking at the lock of the force binders while still on the ship, and had substantially weakened the hold.

When Vader had dragged the bounty hunter into his lair, that's when the mandalorian made his move. He elbowed Vader so hard, that the already weak binders broke without any hesitation.

Vader, who was so immersed in his anger, did not sense the traitor's thoughts or movements until it was too late.

Soon, the Dark Lord was knocked down hard against the walkway that connected the landing platform to the main gate of Vader's palace. The armored bounty hunter proceeded to kick the Sith until he was at the edge of the ledge.

But Darth Vader would not be so easily defeated.

Vader force-pushed the villain away and then stood quickly. Vader unlatched his saber and ignited it, giving the otherwise dark hall a red tainted glow.
The bounty hunter had received his blaster back when Vader was still down and now was shooting it with great aim and precision, but Vader was all the more precise in his saber defense skills. More shots were fired in hopes of ending the Sith, but years of practice on both sides of the Force gave Lord Vader the upper hand in this battle.

Soon, the exhausted bounty hunter came face to face with pure hate itself.

Vader raised the saber to the man's neck, ready to end him.

The children, who watched this event unfold in horror, were now huddled to gather in the corner and away from all of the fighting. Leia could not bear to watch such violence, and buried her head in her brother's shirt.
Luke stood there, afraid but also in awe of the man he called father.
The light in him screamed out to stop this oncoming murder, but the darkness clouded his actions.

But oddly, Vader deactivated his lightsaber and clipped it back. Instead, he took the bounty hunter by the neck.
"I'm going to enjoy choking the life out of you, mandalorian scum. You had this coming since the moment you dared to touch my child!"
Said Vader, his robotical voice making the words all the more frightening.
"But first, I'll shall remove the mask of cowardice that currently hides your face, so that I can see the fear in your eyes as you die a slow and painful death"

But as Vader ripped off the mask of the bounty hunter, he came face to face with the last person he expected to see.

"Padmè?"