Chapter sixeen:
Padme Amidala took a long look at them and said. "Have you ever seen any action before soldiers?"
Scorch laughed. "We were seeing action before you were even thought of."
Cale Lestin just smiled. "Good maybe I won't have to babysit you after all."
Scorch replied. "Hey...
"You know he does have a point Scorch." Said Sev.
"Oh so you're on his side now?" Asked Scorch.
"That's enough bickering Deltas." Said Boss.
"Yes, sir." Replied the team.
Emperor Palpatine breathed in and out for a few seconds before he said. "Darth Zeth, Padme Amidala and the Delta squad will infiltrate the compound by sea." Emperor Palpatine turned his head towards a shadow in the hallway. "Boba Fett you will take it by the landing docks." Said Emperor Palpatine.
Cale Lestin and Padme Amidala saw Boba Fett step out. He wore a rusty look suit of armor and a jet pack. Cale Lestin and Padme Amidala could have mistaken Boba Fett for Darth Vader. The way they moved. Their talking. It was all the same. "Wouldn't it be wiser if I were to come in from below since I know the inside?" Asked Boba Fett.
"I need your expertise later on when Darth Zeth and Padme Amidala unlocks the front doors. We will be arriving in Kamino in ten hours. I'd advise you to get the men ready Boba Fett." Said Emperor Palpatine.
Boba Fett walked off without a word. "Delta squad let us get ready too." Said Boss.
When Emperor Palpatine, Darth Zeth and Padme Amidala were alone Cale Lestin asked a question that had been on his mind since Emperor Palpatine mentioned the mission. "Are you not going to lead the troops in the battle of master?" Cale Lestin asked.
"No I am entrusting that to Boba Fett and trusting you and Padme to keep an eye on him. Before the ship lands I want us to train a little more." Said Emperor Palpatine.
They walked into a private room where they could train and before they started Emperor Palpatine remembered something that Darth Plaguies had taught him.
(Tell me what you regard as your greatest strength, so I know how best to undermine you, tell me of your greatest fear, so I will know which I must force you to face, tell me what you cherish most, so I will know what to take from you, and tell me what you crave, so that I might deny you. )
Emperor Palpatine turned to Darth Zeth and said to him. "If you are able to make me concede defeat then I will tell you what you want to know about Anakin Skywalker." Emperor Palpatine could see that Darth Zeth was intrigued and then immediately became serious. "Good." Emperor Palpatine thought.
Cale Lestin Force Jumped at Emperor Palpatine and began slashing at him. Emperor Palpatine blocked every attack, but to Darth Zeth it looked as if she was driving him back. When Cale Lestin realized he was only being allowed to slash he Force Jumped back. Maybe if he did the same thing like on Coruacant.
"You shouldn't think Darth Zeth you must act on instinct. Use your anger, only your hatred can defeat me." Said Emperor Palpatine.
Instead of letting Darth Zeth attack, Emperor Palpatine began the offense. After a while Cale Lestin became exhausted. Emperor Palpatine thought, "Yes this is it. When all else fails she will have to use it. This is where Darth Zeth will have to employ the power of the dark side."
"Come now I expect more out of my son. You're acting like a Jedi and not a Sith Lord." Emperor Palpatine paused. "You hate me, don't you?" He asked.
"No, I only hate what you've become." Replied Cale Lestin.
Those words cut Emperor Palpatine deep. More than any wound. "Good now use that as your power. Feel the dark side flowing through you, use it to strike me down." Said Emperor Palpatine.
Cale Lestin thrusted his purple lightsaber forward. But Emperor Palpatine quickly dodged and cut off her left hand!
Cale Lestin then began screaming in pain. "Is it necessary?" Emperor Palpatine asked. "Since you will not listen to me and use the dark side, then this is your punishment." Said Emperor Palpatine.
Darth Zeth's eyes turned from brown to a pale yellow. "How could you do that to me?" Cale Lestin yelled.
Cale Lestin fought through the pain of losing his left hand to make one final strike that cut off Emperor Palpatine's right hand making him drop his crimson red lightsaber.
Emperor Palpatine then smiled. "See what happens when you employ the dark side?" Emperor Palpatine asked.
"Darth Zeth take another look at your hand." Said Emperor Palpatine.
Cale Lestin looked and saw that his hand had magically reattached. "That's right I never really cut off your hand. But do you now see what I meant about the power of the dark side? If you can control it, you can become more powerful than Master Yoda and Darth Plagueis themselves." Said Emperor Palpatine.
Cale Lestin nodded his head. "Let's go."Emperor Palpatine said. "Get ready Darth Zeth it's time for the mission." Said Emperor Palpatine.
Delta squad, Cale Lestin and Padme Amidala were inside an Imperial sub vessel riding through the ocean to get to the cloning facility. Boss then said. "Listen up Deltas, Darth Zeth and Padme Amidala is our field Commander's, I expect you to follow her orders just as if it came from Emperor Palpatine himself."
"How could a twenty four year old boy be caught up in this battle?" Asked Sev.
"I don't know." Said Fixer.
"But Darth Zeth has already killed more than his share of people." Replied Fixer.
Cale Lestin could hear them speaking about him in the background but he didn't care.
As Darth Zeth was worried about his new goal in life. Trying to bring Sheev Palpatine back from wherever he had gone. Emperor Palpatine was only apart of his real identity.
Cale Lestin would have to help heal the wounds of his mind to make him turn back to the light. Another thing came in his mind. Why wasn't he seduced by the dark side?
As many times as he used it, why hadn't he been totally turned. Maybe it was because he was Emperor Palpatine's son or that he was the Chosen One. He didn't want to use the dark side anymore. It made him feel sick.
From here on out he would try his best not to kill anyone except when there was no other choice. Instead of becoming a Sith Lord he would train herself as a Jedi. He could access the documents that the Jedi temple owned and could train from them. Then when he destroyed Darth Plagueis he could save Sheev Palpatine from what he had become.
He could turn him back to the light side of the Force.
He just hoped that Padme Amidala wouldn't hate him because of it. As she placed her hand on his.
Cale Lestin then snapped out of his daydream when Boss said. "All right Delta squad let's form up and subdue that compound."