Clawed hands
Part 2
Previous Chapter"Servents, Slaves, Weapons, You will obey,"
-The original sith 'emperor'
(Long time ago)
"AHHHHHHHH!" The child screamed in pain at the first changes of altering his body to become the prefect weapon against the Jedi.
Vader was glad...
He was glad for the first time since he was placed in this cursed suit for the first time he was glad no one could see his face.
For the fact no one would see he had his eyes closed not baring to see the child he 'saved' from the runes in so punch pain he was threating to rip his vocal cords.
Darth Vader the man who wouldn't shy away from death held his eyes closed for this child as the emperor laughed.
"This child is powerful lord vader he will make a powerful Inquisitor someday," The dark sith smiled with his yellow teeth.
"That is why I brought him here my master," Vader stated as the child's screams hurt him more than what Obi-wan did to him.
"So my friend what is the real reason you brought this child to me personally?" Sidious asked.
Vader took a moment to think.
"He reminds me of a sith I read about," Vader explained.
"Oh... which one would that be?" The sith master was very interested in what Vader now had to say as his smile widened.
"The sith known as Starkiller," Vader explained.
"Really? The same Starkiller who created super weapons for the sith empire?" Sidious asked.
Vader nodded.
"Hmmmmm... I don't see it," Sibious explain. "Could be that he's young but your senses do not betray you this child is powerful in the force and when my servents are finished with him-"
"No,"
Sidious turned his head surprised by what vader had said.
"No?"
"The other Inquisitors are weak... allow me to over see his progress and transformation," Sidious seemed surprised at how bold Vader was being in front of him.
Although Sidious didn't sense anything against him from Vader that caused the master to be surprised for Vader felt somewhat wanting to train this child. Smiling for a moment as the shadow of his hood cover most of his face before the emperor of the galactic empire spoke.
"Do what you wish Lord Vader but know this. There can only be two, one Master, one appertince, remember that while your training him unless you wish to be replaced by him," Sidious warned leaving Vader to watch the child scream as the medical droids had finish there work yet the child could feel his veins burn from the inside.
Hitting his head back against the patted medical slab the droid made sure he would hurt himself as the doors to the medical room opened as Vader stepped in. The child didn't stop screaming as Vader looked down at the young man as the serum was already starting to take form as the color drained from his body as his veins darkened.
The venom based sith drug would have killed most children his age if it wasn't for his connection to the force, Vader knew this child was going to be in even more pain during the extreme changes from sith alchemy, cyber implantion, and gen splicing. Placing his gloved hand into the child's own hand, vader could feel his pain of course he could ease it but knew if he did that the child would become weak and killed by the emperor's agents he need this pain to fuel him.
Vader wanted this child to know that he was here for him.
For Vader was robbed of becoming a father long ago, but with the boy he could try and become a mentor to this child and guide him.
Emotions fuel the darkside...
If anything were to happen to Vader the child's hate would become unmessurable and he would stop at nothing till he got his revenge for his...
Dare he say.
Father?
Vader smiled under his helmet not at the thought of him being a father but knowing if an assassin of the emperor does catch him off guard than this boy would not stop till the emperor joins him in the grave.
...
'Starkiller,'
His claws scratched his helmet while the snarling 'inquisitor' felt pain from finally accepting the fact that the one he saw as a mentor was dead.
Darth Vader the man he admired and strived to be was dead.
Who raised him from a father who would teach him to hold back his emotions and became a terrorist to the future of peace that the empire held.
Never in his life has he felt a pain like this.
Yes, he knew pain but this one hurt that no blade or blaster bolt could give him.
Tears flowed down his eyes as a bitter taste filled his mouth.
His meditation chamber shook violently while he pushed on the sides of his helmet threatening to crush the gift from his master.
Bring the helmet to his forehead he began to feel the sorrow and pain wash over him for that was the way of the sith.
Unlike the Jedi, they embraced their emotion.
*Beep beep*
He was so hurt that he didn't hear the call of the holopad in front of him.
"Lord inquisitor?" Lifting his head hearing a voice from the holo screen behind him. "My lord?"
The darkness of his room had been broken but the voice of the soldier spoke, turning the helmet around he placed it on while the large chamber similar to his masters turned around but light up while he looked at the holoscreen.
"Commander Null," The Inquisitor looked at the black armored trooper.
"What is it?"
"Some native life forms boarded the ship, my lord," The commander looked at the inquisitor but knowing after many years of service to the secret sith he spoke. "Is something the matter lord Inquisitor?"
"I fear that the emperor and my master are dead Commander," He spoke.
"What that's can't be are you-"
"I'm sure Null the rebellion has won," Null even though where his unique armor seemed shocked. "How can that be the death star and..."
"It's Yavin 4 all over again," The inquisitor stated. "But we will talk about this later. These natives are they intelligent?"
The commander nodded.
"Yes my lord they were able to dodge the sentry droids stun bolts and they did speak in generic basic," The inquisitor lowered rested his arms on his legs. "They are in the brig as we speak and are quite an active one seems to be trying to use some form of energy to escape,"
"Energy?"
"Correct sir she isn't using the force from it seems but she is still being held within her cell. The other one is taking a more... direct approach," Commander Null spoke before the sound of banging on the metal cell could be heard.
"WHEN I GET OUT OF HERE YOU BUCKET HEADS ARE GOING TO PAY!"
"She's not the brightest one it seems," Spoke the inquisitor.
"You can say that again ki- I mean inquisitor," Null corrected himself.
The inquisitor waved his hand.
"It's fine Null... doubt the emperor's spies would care now that our 'glorious' leader is now dead," The sith told him while he nodded.
"Heh was never a fan of him anyways my respect went to lord Vader and yourself," The inquisitor got up. "Your orders sir?"
"See what information you can get of them about this world,"
"If they aren't willing?"
"Do whatever,"
"Sir," With that Null logged off while the sith moved his hand using the force to turn on the lights before removing his helmet and looking at the helmet.
The claw marks made him curse at his enraged action, it only scratched the pain, not the helmet itself.
He walked and opened the door exiting the chamber while going into the main room and spotting the former slave in front of a set of battle-damaged clone trooper armor. Quietly he walked over to the blue alien before speaking right behind her causing the vixen to jump.
"What are you doing?"
Before she could fall onto the ground the sith used force to catch her.
"Eep!" This caused him to raise his brow.
Helping her to her feet she looked at him in the imperial clothes that he gave her to change into her fur was still drying slightly. Turning to the battle-damaged phase two armor with red markings of the coruscant guard with the markings of commander with a kama and seemed similar to that of another commander of the 501st.
"What were you doing?" The former slave's ears flatten expecting to be beaten by her new hoist. "Speak,"
"I-I-I-I was looking at your collections master I didn't touch it I swear," She held her head watching for a blow or maybe him 'punish' her a different way.
Only to hear his voice in a claim matter.
"I know you didn't touch it," She opened her eyes looking at him seeing his glow somewhat bloodshot eyes hold no malice towards her before turning to the armor. "Do you know of the clone wars?"
"Y-yes but I was born after the war ended," Her master gave a slight huff.
"So was I," She still had her head lowered in fear of what he would do to her.
"But you know of the clones who fought in the war correct?"
She nodded.
"This armor belongs to a true hero of the clone wars though he only had a short time on the battlefield," She looked at the blaster-damaged armor mostly in the chest plate and left shoulder. "His name was Commander Thorn he and his men were caught off guard but even with the enemy seemly surrounding him he didn't throw down his weapon and surrender but gave the last stand,"
Looking at the armor he then waved for her to follow.
"My master fought in the clone wars as a general of the 501st many he would tell me the stories of the many battles he fought with his 'former' master and the Jedi before they decided to try and overthrow the republic," The sith stated. "My master stopped the Jedi from attacking his future master if it wasn't for the clone wars I would surely have become a faceless temple guard with parents who couldn't or wouldn't love me because of the Jedi's code,"
"W-why was it against their code? If you don't mind me asking master?" She asked.
"Because of the cowards and hypocrites, they were," He then turned back to her. "Yet no matter how many times we tried to stop the Jedi they always come back,"
The two stopped in front of a collection of Jedi lightsabers behind a display case.
"The Jedi cult is like a tree you can rip the branches or even cut the tree down but the tree will always grow back no matter how hard we tried they kept coming back," The inquisitor turned to her. "Though they are little more than a pest now I have the clones to thank for my newfound freedom and in your case, the clones freed you as well,"
"W-what?"
"If the clones didn't stop the Jedi you would still be in chains being some greedy crime lord like bib Fortuna or worse Jabba the hut," He held his hand in front of the armor displays before her. "They have numbers, yes but I know them by their names,"
Pointing his hand forward to the sets.
"Fives, Jessie, Keeli, Jet, tup, Sev, Cody, Colt, Havoc, Blitz, and 99," Turning his hand to a display with clone wars era metal within it. "99 unlike the rest of his brothers he was considered defective... but from what I know he was anything but when the CIS invaded kamino he did what he could by giving out ammo to his brothers and pulling them from danger while in the end dying for his brothers,"
She looked at the metal before turning to a large piece of metal.
"Master? What is this?" She pointed to the large piece of metal seemly on the wall.
"A reminder of the empire's greatest failure," He spoke. "That is a fragment of the first death star's super laser dish,"
The former slave looked at him.
"The rebels didn't care if there were millions of workers and non-military personal onboard still they killed them all without a second thought because they didn't wish to surrender," He looked towards her. "What do you think of the rebellion,"
"Well I-"
"I want your honest answer don't try to lie I would know if you do," The blue vulpine gulpped.
"T-they were going to free the entire galaxy from the empire's heel. That's what the other slaves told me but when the rebels found where we were they looked right before buying some slaves and leaving us behind to be solid," Looking at her while she shook in fear causing the sith to look at her.
"What's your name?" The fox looked at him while he looked down at her.
"My name?" Pointing to herself he nodded. "I'm the blue ge-"
"No," She froze. "Your real name,"
Unknowing she reached for her mother's neckless but even after all these years, it was still not there.
"I'm... Krystal,"
She looked at him.
"What is your name master?" She asked while he looked at her.
"I never was told my birth name nor do I want to know of it... Lord Vader my master named me after the great sith known as Starkiller," He looked down at her.
"S-s-s-starkiller?"
"That is the only name I have," He told her. "Lord Vader gave me that one name,"
Looking at a lava rock he then turned to her.
"You might have liked him," Starkiller sighed before noticing something, grabbing her neck she froze up while using the force to leave it floating in the air while using his other clawed hand to carefully touch her neck.
"M-master?"
"Hold still," He then felt it. "I thought so... quickly come with me,"
Placing his helmet on he grabbed her hand causing her to blush slightly before exiting the room where a trooper stood guard.
"My lord?" Starkiller spoke.
"Call to the medical bay to have a a medical droid ready,"
"Yes my lord," Placing his hand on his headset he called it in while Krystal felt a cold chill run down her spine.
Being pulled she spoke.
"M-m-master what's wrong?" Krystal spoke in a worried voice.
"When you were a slave were you ever injected with anything?" Starkiller asked.
"A year ago when they had us all be given a vaccine shot to make sure we would sell for a higher price," This caused Starkiller to speed up his pace. "Master, what's happening?"
He didn't speak while pulling her with him before they came to a large door with a red cross on it before opening it were many medical beds had dark armored troopers being a check upon by medical droids before the two went over to a large table where a 2-1B surgical droid. Krystal froze up at the sight of the droid cuased her to go wide-eyed before pulling on Starkiller's arm.
"No! Please! No! I don't want to go back to the darkroom!" Starkiller looked at her while she tried to get away from the droid. "I didn't do anything! Please! I don't wanna go back!"
Starkiller pulled her forward.
"Krystal," Fear was in her eyes while tears began to flow down her eyes.
"Not again. Not again. Not again. Not again. Not again," He kept repeating the same line where Starkiller didn't need the droid to tell him what she was experancing.
The four troopers watched while the mummering vulpine girl cried before Starkiller held his hand infront of her causing her to go limp. Picking up in his arms like a princess from the old stories he turned and entered the room with the door as the troopers watched the door shut behind him.
"Whoa... haven't seen the general do that in some time," One of the troopers stated as a smaller medical droid began to work on his cybernetic arm.
"Yeah but who was that fox girl?" The trooper with the same face and but different hair cut asked.
"Well I heard that he took some slave girl the Jabba's replacement when we were at tattooine," This trooper had his back exposed where a droid was carefully treating a blaster bolt burn from a while ago that was now healing nicely.
"What? The kid got himself a slave? Your kidding right?" This trooper asked while the one with the metal hand, held out his free hand.
"Will you keep it down? He'll hear you!" That caused the fourth trooper to smile.
"Please he doesn't mind," The one with the back burns groaned.
"Doesn't mean you can call him that to his face,"
"What Null does just that so did the others," He stated.
"Beast the emperor has ears everywhere," 'Beast' crossed his arms while his droid began to remove the cast around his leg.
"Yeah yeah but still can't believe he got himself such a pretty little thing like her. Man they grow up so fast," Beast smiled.
"Look whose talking,"
"Hey that goes for you too Sky," Beast pointed to the blastered burned trooper.
"It goes for all of us," The second one spoke. "And the rest of our brothers here,"
"And those who came before us," Sky stated.
They all didn't speak as the sound of the doors open causing them to turn to see Starkiller exit the chamber with the blue vulpine slave in his arms again and the droid speaking.
"Set her down to rest my lord," Doing so on an empty medical bed Starkiller looked down at her. "The slave chip removal was a success but I want her to say for a while till she wakes up,"
Starkiller looked at her then to the men who looked right back at him, before anyone could say anything the doors opened as a trooper entered.
"My lord one there is a problem in the brig," Starkiller then looked at the four troopers.
"Watch her," He ordered causing them to answer with a 'sir'.
Leaving the room Sky then spoke looking at the vulpine.
"Slave chip?"
The cyborg trooper spoke.
"Yeah nasty stuff lastest in the blackmarket heard those things can either change the entire personality of a slave or give them one helluva jolt,"
"How do you know that Duke?" The droid let his arm go as he moved the synthic skin hand around.
"I'm a tech specialist Sky I know how to take apart a pit droid and put it back togther blindfolded," Duke stated. "I'm informed about the latest tech as well... but from what we heard... I don't think it was the chip that messed her up,"
Looking at the vixen who was now curled into a ball causing them to just feel bad for the girl making them wonder what happened to make her fear a droid that was used for healing.
The prisoner with wings and the rainbow hair held a trooper in a headlock while he was trying to break the hold.
"How did she get out?" Starkiller asked.
"She didn't," Null told him in worn armor that he has used for nearly two decades now. "Dropped onto of the two then grabbed one of them as a hostage,"
"Dropped?"
"Yeah she was on the ceiling and dropped down on them,"
"Interesting," Turning back to the equine creature he watched while she used the clone as a meat shield.
"Rainbow this isn't going to help us!" The other prisoner who was still in her cell told the blue equine.
"Twilight just shut up and get us out of here!"
"I can't my magic isn't working!"
"How?"
"I don't know but I can't teleport us out of here,"
'Teleport? Magic?'
Starkiller hummed as the clone tried to fight but seemly was overpowered by the equine who suprisingly overpowered him even though he was genetically altered being to be the ideal soldier like the clones in the war.
"Sir I have a clean shot," A marksman stated his rifle rested on a fellow troopers riot shield.
"Wait..."
"I don't know this place it feels wrong like when we were in the crystal empire for the first time,"
"Well can you try to contact the others?"
"I've tried but nothing is working!"
"Twilight what about that magic paper you were telling us about before?"
"They took everything I can't contact spike,"
"I think we might have to bust our way out then,"
"Rainbow these creatures have weapons I saw before they were able to find us in a matter of minutes by a slight change in that room!"
"But they never meet me before I can take them,"
"Rainbow you can't they are dangerous we need to warn the princesses about them and what they have,"
"I've heard enough send it," Starkiller ordered before the trooper could fire he spoke. "Lethal but make it hurt,"
"With pleasure sir," Firing a red blaster bolt from his blaster in the sniper configuration right at the cyan equine's leg causing her to scream in pain letting go of the trooper who got the moment he needs.
Freeing himself he turned and sucker-punched the alien in the face before bringing her down to the ground hard with her arm behind her back.
"RAINBOW DASH!"
The troopers rushed forward-pointing their blasters at the cyan alien while she was cuffed by the same clone who she was using as a meat shield moments ago, Null walked forward before speaking to the trooper.
"Take he back to her cell this time strapped down,"
"Yes, sir I'll presonaly see to it," The trooper pulled her up as another placed a collar on her neck while dragging her across the metal floor.
'Twilight' had tears in her eyes while the clones walked away with her friend then she noticed the Starkiller standing before her.
Backing away from the red field sperating her from freedom he looked at her.
"I do hope you will not try anything... for your friend's sake," He then turned left her with those words of 'wisdom' to not and try anything.
This world seemed already interesting than it seemed.
Author's Note
Well...
Not really what I do adding in more humans than one but I though it would be suitable for the idea of the last clones (that arent purge troopers mind you) to be under somekind of high command and well respected general.
Yes Krystal is in here kinda gave it away in the first chapter but she's... not the same one we all know and love she's different. A more hurted different that's not Krused that's fox's fault.
(Fox Mccloud or Commander Fox both are dicks no matter what series we are talking about)
I know delta squad's game isn't cannon but still with the new bad batch episode with scorch and yes he was said to be alive for a future game that in the end was cancelled. I found it fitting for our favorite hunter to get a cameo of somekind that isn't with the whole squad.
Also a few others like my boy Thorn and even 99's metal that heavy gave him to 'hold on to' out of the entire series of star wars I only loved the part with the clones. Don't judge me the clones are the best part about star wars and I love how they kinda made that old man in the return of the jedi Rex.
Still I'm kinda both happy and sad that Rex went against order 66 the happy part knowing he tried to fight not hurting his 'sister' Ahsoka the sad knowing he joined the rebellion. I kinda wished that Jessie was like 'hey yeah she isn't a jedi anymore what were we thinking?' maybe if they did just that.
Maybe Ahsoka would become a inquisitor or not...
Vader did care for her and we could see that he was holding back a lot in his fight not attacking her out of anger like he does with other jedi.
Still Jessie... My boy... use that big brain that the kaminoans gave you and think!

For his star destroy it's kinda like pre-first order star destroyer but post-empire star destroyer if that makes any sense.
The best image I could find was this:

