She narrowed her eyes and let out a hiss at the use of her name rather than mother. Oh, that stung, but she was quick to cover it up. “You’re just as bad as your stepbrother Arcann. And I don’t like your tone either.”
Revan gave a harsh laugh. “Oh, yes, things will change once we get bodies. We will return and put our arrogant son in his proper place.”
Oh, that was rich — richer than he had even expected, “Proper place?” He couldn’t even stop himself from full out laughing, “Your proper place is in the ground, but do tell..”
He gestured toward himself, “Tell me what is my proper place?”
“Oh, you’re not a usurper are you? Your father and I, as well as quite a number of others on Zakuul and elsewhere, would beg to differ. After all, the definition is of someone who seizes a throne, usually by violence. It doesn’t matter that you were intended to gain it eventually. The fact that you killed us to get it has condemned you in the eyes of many.” Revan replied.
“Condemned me? I am not a usurper, this is my place, and you won’t take it from me, Revan.” He hissed out the name like acid, “I would have eventually obtained it, but for now? No, I don’t think I care for your tone.”
There was a pause, “When you get your bodies back, things my change, but for now? This Empire is mine.”
She laughed again, a smirk twisting across her face. “The throne might be your birthright, but you are still nothing but a child compared to your father and I. And you may have knights, but I’m sure there are still those who are loyal to us—-after all, you are a usurper, child of the Emperor and Empress though you might be.”
“I am not a usurper, Mother.” He hissed out the name in disgust, “I am the Emperor, I will not leave here anytime soon, and in reality? It is your time that is done not my own.” He ran his right hand over his chin for a moment, “However, you do have a point; there are those still loyal to you… they could prove to be problematic.”
Revan wasn’t intimidated by her son in the least and only started laughing. When she had recovered enough that she could probably speak again, her tone was heavy with acid. “Oh, my sweet little boy, you are very wrong about that. But you will learn, I’m sure, once we have new bodies. And I assure you we will get them, with our without your help.“
“Wrong? The Empire is mine, the thrown is mine, and I have knights under my command.” It was partly true, he had those loyal to him, but not too many as he let out a deep hiss, “When you come back, I will still be here, and I will not allow you to take away my birthright.”
“You must try.” she insisted, eyes narrowing at her son. She knew him, and she had a feeling he wouldn’t actually make an effort to even try to remove the First Order from the Eternal Empire. “And if you can’t do that than assist in helping your father and I regain physical bodies and we will deal the First Order.”
Kader knew himself as well, he wouldn’t remove them, and he would stay on the throne as long as possible — he wanted this all his life, but he also wanted things to be back to normal.
A deep breathe escaped him as he gave a nod, “I will try, but the Eternal Empire is still…” His tone turned slightly more angry as he snapped right at her, “MINE!”
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“Fuck the First Order.” Revan hissed. “They are not the future—-how many times have we told you? The Empire must stand.” No matter the personal cost. “Thexan knows this, and—-much as I hate to admit it—-Arcann and Vaylin knew that as well. At least when they took over they had the decency to continue the Empire and not allow it to be overrun by immature, untested children who are nothing more than children playing at something they believe they understand but don’t.”
She laughed then, the sound harsh. “Of course they Knights of Zakuul won’t follow you. They know the Empire must continue. And look at what you have done—-we both know that despite you sitting on the Eternal Throne, the Order rules. And know this: you will be punished when your father and I are returned to our rightful places.”
A low grumble escaped from his throat, he knew that the Empire must stand — no matter what, the Empire had to stand, but at what cost in the long run? Did it really matter or did it not matter at all?
He shook his head, “Getting them out will be hard — I don’t know if I can do it. Even with the Knights of Zakuul… I would have to get rid of the First Order and that wouldn’t be easy.” Not that I would do it anyways ~
“‘Kylo ordered me to.’“ she repeated back to him, her tone mocking and derisive. “Oh, I see how it is—-you will follow his orders no matter what, even if you dislike or even hate them, but if your mother or father asks you to do one small thing for us and you refuse.
Revan scoffed. “You want to fix this? Help myself and your father find new bodies. Oh, and leave the Knights of Ren. Get them out of the Eternal Empire, eradicate them if you must, I don’t care at the moment though I’m sure your father would want to do eradicate them from existence himself.”
The words hurt, but they were in essence corret for the most part — he listened to Orders anyone else gave him, but not the one’s that mattered. Everything that had happened was on his head right now and that couldn’t change anytime soon.
“You know I can’t do that, Revan.” He muttered out as he moved his hands to his head, “I can get the Knights of Ren out, but I can’t leave them. I have told you were I stand — they are the future. The First Order is the future and even Arcann can see that — the Empire will fall and the Order will take it’s place.”
He had said the words so many times in his head, he lied to himself to believe everything he had stated, but deep down he knew it wasn’t true — he was still that boy who just wanted to make his mother proud.
“The Knights of Zakuul won’t follow me… I am what one of them said ‘just as bad as Arcann.’” He spit, “They know nothing about what I have done.”
Taking a few hesitant steps forward, Bella swallowed and tried to reach out with the Force to calm him a little, like she’d try with her father sometimes. “I can’t…” she said softly. “Not when I’m this worried about you…”
“You shouldn’t be.” That, was right away a lie, she should be, but he still couldn’t face her as he let out a hiss, “Bella, I murdered both of my parents, and I did so under Lord Ren’s Orders.”
His lower lip bit as harshly as possible, it was a trait he had picked up over the years, and even now he seemed to do it when he was frustrated. However, as she reached out with the Force, he seemed to only get angrier as he sent a glare towards her.
“Just leave me be, Bella.”
“The Eternal Empire has stood for over thousands of years,
one foolish child won’t bring it down,
and we will defend it until our dying breath.”
“…Kader…?”
The name struck him like a cord, he couldn’t handle hearing it so soon, and not from her. Truthfully, he didn’t want to hear her voice now or even ever, but here she was all the same, “You shouldn’t be here, Bella.”
It had been weeks since they last spoke, he refused to contact her since he had slaughtered his parents, and he didn’t want to deal with facing what he had done. Not now… and not ever in all respects, but it had to be done sometime.
“Just… leave me.”
Revan gave an annoyed huff and allowed herself to manifest before him. She stood there with her arms crossed and glared at him. “You should have thought of that before you put your lightsaber through our chests.” she snapped. To see Kader as he was now simply made her angry. He deserved to feel regret for what he had done.
Kader’s head lowered, he couldn’t make eye contact with her, and he didn’t know if he would ever be able to for the most part, “Kylo ordered me to.” It was only his Order that made him go over the edge, he wanted the throne his entire life, but at this price? It was simply too much for him to bare… not even his girlfriend could help with that.
“I wanted so badly to stop it, I wanted to stop it all, and not do this. The anger… the rage… Kylo told me I could handle killing the both of you.” At this point, there were real tears in his eyes, “What can I do… to fix this?”
Two weeks, two weeks since he had killed them, and at the same time he was already regretting his decision. Each day had aged him, but he was firm in his decision, he wasn’t going to turn back now, and yet all he wanted was to be held by both is Father as well as Mother.
“I miss you both.” He muttered out lightly as he sat back in the Eternal Throne, “I wish… I wish I hadn’t done this.”