Galaxy's Edge

Chapter 2

"Ahsoka?" Obi-Wan asked, pulling her from sleep. Ahsoka gasped, still in shock from the vision she'd just had. At Obi-Wan's questioning look, she finally spoke.

"I had a vision. I think Anakin's in trouble."

Kooh...

Kush...

Kooh...

Kush...

Obi-Wan and Ahsoka snapped to their feet, turning to face the new intruder. She searched the cave for a moment before settling on... was that Luke?

"What-?" Obi-Wan began, before a second figure appeared, this one unfamiliar to them.

The second man was the source of the strange breathing sounds. Ahsoka noticed with unease just how tall and menacing he was. He wore a dark helmet resembling a skull, and some of the technology on his suit appeared to be for life support.

"Luke! What's going on?!" Ahsoka called out to the young man. Luke did not even seem to hear her.

"Ahsoka," Obi-Wan said, his voice tense. "He cannot hear you. I believe this to be another vision." She nodded. That made sense, somehow. She could feel how the Force echoed around them.

Luke was cowering on the floor, desperately scrambling away from the dark man (Sith?) threatening him with a red saber.

"You are beaten. It is useless to resist," the man warned. "Don't let yourself be destroyed as Obi-Wan did."

"Master?" Ahsoka frowned. "Do you know this man?"

"I most certainly do not," Obi-Wan replied firmly. "What in the blazes was Luke doing confronting him?"

Suddenly, Luke stood up and swung his saber at the Sith. A short duel ensued, and Luke even managed to land a hit on the man's shoulder, but he was clearly no match for the Sith. Luke was quickly beaten, and let out a piercing scream as he lost his hand. Ahsoka's hand flew to her mouth. How was Luke not dead already? It was clear by the fight she'd just witnessed that he had barely any training.

"There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you," the Sith began as Luke tried to inch away from him. "Luke, you do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power! Join me, and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict, and bring order to the galaxy."

"I'll never join you!" Luke growled, and Ahsoka found herself feeling proud of the young man. It took a lot of strength to stand up to a Sith lord.

"If you only knew the power of the dark side!" The dark lord crowed. "Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father."

And there it was again. Why did he keep mentioning Obi-Wan? They'd never met either of these men before today. Was it possible that this was a vision of the future, not the past?

"He told me enough!" Luke snapped. "He told me you killed him."

"No, I am your father."

Ahsoka and Obi-Wan both reeled. Luke, the son of a Sith lord?

"No. No, that's not true! That's impossible!"

"Search your feelings! You know it to be true!"

As Luke screamed in anguish, Ahsoka sensed the truth in the words, and her entire being filled with a sense of horror. Obi-Wan seemed frozen as he watched the exchange, and Ahsoka could not even begin to imagine what he was thinking. Blast, what would Anakin think when they told him?