"You can't bring me to your Emperor, I can sense the conflict within you let go of your hate!" Luke said as troopers began to walk them to an elevator with Vader.<br/><br/>"It is...too late for me..my son." Vader said with a note of sadness.<br/><br/>They were brought to the Emperor's throne room, he sat in a large throne in front of a viewport window. "Welcome young Skywalker, and friends. I have been expecting you. You'll no longer need those." Palpatine gestured with his hand and the restraints fell off Sora, Riku, and Luke.<br/><br/>"I look forward to completing your training...in time....you will call me...master."<br/><br/>"You're gravely mistaken, you won't turn me as you did my father." Luke said.<br/><br/>"Oh no....I am afraid it is you who are mistaken, about a great. many. things." Vader handed over Luke's lightsaber, "By now you must know your father can never be turned back."<br/><br/>"Your overconfident, it's your weakness." Luke said.<br/><br/>"Your faith in your friends, is yours." Emperor Palpatine spat.<br/><br/>The Emperor seated himself back in his throne as Luke looked out the window at the battle raging in space. "The alliance will die....and your friends along with them. The deflector shield of this battle station....is operational....I'm afraid. It was I who allowed the plans to destroy this weapon to fall into your Rebellion's hands...to lure them here...with a false hope."<br/><br/>"Your friends...will die. I can feel your anger, take your weapon here...and strike me down with all of your hatred..and you will have completed your path into darkness."