Whumptober 2020

Alive [Day Eight ALT 11]

Kane Skywalker, the prince of the Empire walked through the forest. He was searching for a group of pirates that had stolen from the Empire in the forest. Normally he would be doing other things but...he wanted to get his mind off of him. Luke Skywalker, the rebel Jedi who had died several months ago, the man who was his little brother.

He never even got a chance to meet him or tell him the truth. Him and his mother Darth Vader had been livid and had their hearts broken when they heard the news. So chasing down these pirates would be a good distraction. He had been nearby when he got the transmission from his mother anyway. Both of them were burying themselves in work just to stay distracted.

"Hey! Give that back, that's mine!" A young male shouted nearby.

A small smirk crept onto his face. Ah. The pirates must be nearby, and stealing from someone else. He walked closer to see a male on his knees, his hands cuffed behind his back. But the pirate is what caught his attention.

Hondo Ohnaka. He had heard about him from his mother.

"Mmmm. I don't think so. Besides lightsabers are good business on the market. Especially ones from supposedly dead Jedi."

The male froze at the pirate's words. Kane watched from the trees, intrigued. Dead Jedi? He stretched out and froze in surprise. The presence of the male in front of him, he recognized it. Luke. He recognized it from the time he had felt Luke's presence on a battlefield. It was glowing, so full of life and light. 

But his brother was alive, he wasn't dead! All this time he had been a fool and thought Luke was dead. Well now he knew the truth and he wasn't going to let anyone get in his way of taking Luke home.

Oh, his mother would be happy about this development. Palpatine thought Luke was dead, so they could hide him under Palpatine's nose and hopefully, he wouldn't suspect a thing. Well, they would have to teach Luke to shield.

He practically heard all of his brother's thoughts.

"Do you mind if I join?" Kane asked as he stepped out of the trees.

Luke's eyes widened in fear and Hondo simply laughed. 

"Sure my prince friend. How much will you take for the Jedi?"

"Oh. How about I spare your life?"

"Well, death is not good business. If I'm dead then no business."

Kane rolled his eyes. He was very glad he had never met the pirate until now. He knew his mother had been unfortunate enough and ran into the pirate several times during the Clone Wars, well from the few stories she told him anyways.

"Give me Skywalker and you have a ten second head start to run."

"Funny, funny."

Hondo made a gesture and suddenly a lot of blasters were pointed at his face. Kane only smirked.

"Well. I suppose I did warn you."

He sprung into action and jumped into the air then landed behind a few pirates and cut them in half with his crimson blade. Within minutes everyone was dead except Luke, him, and Hondo.

"Troopers come to my location and pick up the fool Hondo Ohnaka. I'm sure my mother would personally like to torture him for information."

"Yes, your highness." His commander replied.

Kane glanced over at the unconscious, tied up pirate then over at Luke who was staring at him wide eyed. He slowly walked over and before Luke could do anything he hugged him and pulled him close to his chest.

"Don't you dare scare me like that again, you made me think you were dead."

"Why do you care?" Luke asked softly.

"Because I'm your brother."

A/N: Haha! Here's Kane! He comes from a au! from Valor where he was born a year before Luke, Leia, and Jinn. He's a momma's boy 100%. XD He's also very protective of his loved ones. You'll see more of him eventually! Hope you enjoyed!