YodaKenobi posted: I predict Jacen will die this time by having an anvil fall on his head after rigging up some Wile E. Coyote-esque trap.
Tahi posted: Go with da flow
Tahi posted:Yes, he knew it was his fault to an extent that Tahiri had become so hooked on these little visits,
Tahi posted:and he got together with the girl of his dreams and woke the next day to a normal and progressive reality.
Tahi posted:The fact was that Caedus had begun to have doubts about the brilliance of his plan to ensnare Tahiri in his emotional net.
Tahi posted: Tahiri's fifteen-year-old butt, for instance - very nice. One quality at least that hadn't deteriorated with time. Such a pity. Had Anakin lived, Caedus was sure that was something his brother would have enjoyed a lot, not to mention some of the other exquisite offerings Tahiri could have provided.
Tahi posted: "From a certain point of view," Palpatine said sardonically in reply to Caedus's question. "But death isn't as confining as you may think, young Solo. I do a lot of this." He waved to encompass the expanse around them in a gesture that was almost theatrical.
Tahi posted:Caedus's frown deepened. "Flow-walking, you mean, er . . . sir, uh, I mean, my Lord?" He heard Tahiri's muffled snort beside him.
Tahi posted: If Anakin hadn't enjoyed puzzles so much it would surely have driven him mad.
Tahi posted: The residual glow tinged Palpatine's skeletal features with a jaundiced sheen.
Tahi posted:"Ah, yes, young Anakin," Palpatine nodded sagely. "Such a pity he died, wasn't it? Such potential, such vigour."
Tahi posted: "Ah, Kun, my friend," exclaimed Palpatine, as if meeting dead Sith in scenes of mayhem was something he did every day. "Got sick of the bickering, too, did you?"
Tahi posted: "Looks like a bit of a fancy boy to me. Real Sith don't need pretty suits to face vacuum."
Tahi posted: Tahiri, despite her grief and shock, was outraged. "I am NOT his floosie!" she scowled.
Tahi posted:"No, no, Kun," Palpatine waved a hand towards Anakin, who was peering round the corner of a gestation bin and aiming his blaster at two Yuuzhan Vong warriors. "She's HIS floosie.
Tahi posted:He's the other Solo – Anakin – named after his grandfather before he saw the light and became Darth Vader."
Tahi posted:"Oh, Vader," Kun nodded sagely, and then spat. "Now there's a loser for you."
Tahi posted:Tahiri gasped, and let out a ragged sob that sounded as if her heart had just snapped in two. "Anakin would never have become a Sith – he was good. He was . . . he was-" Her voice was swallowed by anguish.
Tahi posted:"Sith can do whatever they like," Kun explained pragmatically. "We don't like rules. And we don't like you."
Tahi posted:"I don't understand," gulped Caedus. "I mean – you're interfering with time, with history. And what have you done with Anakin and Tahiri, and Tahiri?"
Tahi posted: "Bit of alright, that one," Kun nodded avariciously. It was becoming obvious his thoughts tended to remain on a rather singular tack.
Tahi posted:"And we're bored," added Kun.
Tahi posted: "You don't really understand the power of the Dark Side at all, young Solo.
Tahi posted: "Yeah - Master Luke Smartypants and Han Bolo-ball," sneered Kun.
Tahi posted:Palpatine’s expression took on a mournful aspect. “I was so disappointed in Vader, so disheartened. But I kept watching and thinking some of that good black Sith blood would come through.” He eyed Caedus regretfully. “But when it did, well . . .” He raised his palms as if in supplication. “We got you.”
Tahi posted:Caedus had struggled to his feet, and held out a hand to steady himself. Things felt as though they were whirling out of control. “But I’ve studied hard,” he insisted fighting the sense of rising panic. “For five years I travelled the galaxy learning all there was to know about the Force. Everything. And I’m using it to bring order.”
Tahi posted: Palpatine just laughed. "Oh, young Solo. You should know better than to trust a woman."
Tahi posted:"You've ruined everything," Caedus insisted, feeling the strength of his wrath returning. "Everything – the present and the future. You've upturned the universe."
Tahi posted:"I'm warning you," he said staunchly. "I'm capable of enduring immense pain."
Tahi posted:"It's not pain I'm going to inflict on you, boy," chuckled Palpatine, his features set in a rictus of vicious pleasure. "It's eternal ecstasy." And he thrust both palms at Caedus to deliver a Force blast that lifted him off his feet and spun him upwards at such speed that the force ripped away his vac suit. Palpatine and Kun watched his spectacular departure appreciatively tracking the motion of the body, as it grew smaller and smaller and more indistinct - until finally with a flash of ionic blue it disappeared.
Tahi posted:Caedus awoke to an overwhelming blueness. Everything around him – the walls, the sinuous drapes, even the sheets of the enormous bed he was lying on seemed almost to ooze an eerie bluish glow. For a moment he thought he was deep underground in a flitnat cave, but flitnat caves didn't normally contain beds, nor did they possess the peculiar odour he could almost taste in the air here: heady as if tainted with spice, with a twist of sulphur. It was unsettling, but not nearly as unsettling as the face that loomed above him – a face tinged with the same subterranean blueness. He blinked in the hope that this was some kind of nightmare. "Well, hi there." Caedus recognized the husky voice only too well, not to mention the missing lekku and the demented, lascivious grin. He tried to struggle up but discovered to his consternation, and rising nausea, that his wrists and ankles had been lashed firmly to the four corners of the bed. In a last ditch effort to save himself from the fate Palpatine had chosen for him, he took a deep breath and, tapping into the revulsion that was rising like bile, he channeled it into his voice. "Let me get up. Now!" Alema Rar's eyes slid hungrily down his body like serpents, and her grin widened into a grotesque parody of delight. "Why, Darth Caedus. I thought you'd never ask."
Tahi posted:and she was beginning to wonder if scuttlebutt was correct in its claims that he was becoming a replica of his grandfather.
Tahi posted:So it was with some considerable surprise that she entered the bridge to find not a pseudo-Darth Vader at the commander's station, but a very realistic looking Emperor Palpatine complete with Sithly cloak and reptilian grin.
Tahi posted:They awoke to the orange tinge that signalled dawn on Yavin 4, and lay luxuriating in the earthy glow – two young lovers cocooned in a world of their own. In a universe of their own.
Tahi posted:“I had a weird dream last night," Anakin said, pushing a wayward lock of brown hair out of his eyes. "I dreamed I had a brother called Jacen.”
Tahi posted:Tahiri snorted and then giggled. "That’s nothing," she said. "I had a really funny dream." "Yeah?" "Yeah - this'll really crack you up. I dreamed we were Jedi."
Tahi posted:A big thank you to everyone for nominating this series for the awards. I'm a bit overwhelmed actually. Do we all hate Caedus that much? LOL Anyway - thank you again. You're far too kind to me.
