Revenge of the Tarkins *Relatively New*

Hey I just found this and I love it. It's so great, I can't wait for you to post more.

 

Thank you, Sith Vegeta for your comments.

I will post tomorrow all. I have it written, I'm just battling a sithly computer. I'm beginning to wonder if the Dark Side DOES plaque Earth as well, LOL.

I've always found library computers, to be very friendly, wish I could say that for my own.

 

Melissa's comlink came on. She turned on her receiver, only to hear an all too familiar mischeivous giggle.

"If this is my dear, sweet 7-year-old cousin Juliet, who shouldn't be here, then she has some explaining to do..."

" It's not my fault!" Juliet insisted. "I was playing hide-and-go-seek, Keisha found me and told me to stay hidden, she said that we were going to go someplace fun."

Melissa shot her best friend a look. Keisha looked somewhat embarrassed.

"I thought we were going to directly, otherwise I'd have never let her come with us, you know me better than that!"

"Yeah, and my Aunt and Uncle are gonna kill me. They're probably sick with worry."

Melissa quickly sent a message to Juliet's parents, explaining the situation and promising to have their daughter back as soon as possible.

"Excuse me, I need to talk with my cousin. Tell Mon Mothma to move Benedict Pestage to Maximum security." She told the other rebels. "Leia, find any other information on Palpatine & Tarkin that you can. If you run across anything restricted or that needs a password, call me. Keisha, come with me..."

With that the Empress and the handmaiden walked down the corridor, to straighten this mess out, calmly, serenly...

 

Keisha walked out to the main hangar, wondering what type of a tongue lashing she'd get from Melissa. Instead, she found herslef pinned to the ground before she could react.

She looked up to see Melissa, holding her down.

"You've got some explaining to do, Handmaiden."

"I was preparing the Golden Lion for our use, and I heard a noise coming from the secret compartments you installed. I took out a blaster, opened them up and it was Juliet. She was surprised to see he at first. When she saw the blaster she began to scream, it took me 5 minutes to fully calm her down. I asked her what she was doing, and she said she was playing hide-and-go- seek. I told her that we were going on a special trip, and she wanted to come along, so she told your other cousins and her friends that the game was over, she didn't want to play anymore. She must've slipped back in there. I guess she got bored and wanted to call you over the comlink."

Melissa let Keisha up. There wasn't any point in arguing fault anyway, from a certain point of view, Melissa was also technically at fault, for not checking compartments for stowaways. She entered the password for unlocking the door, and was immediately pounced upon.

"Rrrrrrrrr" a young voice growled, "C'mon, Melissa, let's play Lions and Tigers again, we hardly ever play that anymore..Please!!!"

"First we need to talk, I don't mind you coming along with me Juliet, but ask me first before you sneak on here, o.k?"

"Okay!"

"You'd better run and hide, because here comes the tickle monster..."

After that came 10 minutes of running and playing, until Melissa called for the fun to end.

"C'mon, there's several people I want you to meet..."

 

Top.

 

Melissa, Juliet, and Keisha returned to the computer to join the others. Han looked like he wanted to see some action, she could tell by the way his eyes wandered the corridor and his hands didn't stay still.

Leia walked up to Melissa.

"Benedict is being moved as we speak, your Highness. I couldn't find any other information on Palpatine or Tarkin on this channel."

"Then I will look at my personal records."

Melissa turned to Luke.

"You command Roque Squadron, do you not?"

"Actually, that is General Wedge Antilles."

"Tell the General that I need his help and that of his squadron. It is time to free my people."

"Is this your cousin, Your Highness?"

"Yes, this is Juliet."

Melissa felt her cousin shyly grab her right leg and bury her face in her thigh. She gently pried Juliet away and picked her up.

"Juliet, This is Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, Han Solo, and Chewbacca. You already know Keisha."

"Can I come? I'm big and strong. I can help I know I can!"

"Juliet, I don't think that it's a good idea for you to come. It will be very dangerous."

"Dangerous? Ahh...Melissa... Just watch me. I'll show you how brave I am. Let danger call my name."

Juliet stood as tall as she could, on tiptoe and puffed out her chest to make her appear larger and stronger than she was.

Melissa's eyes shifted to Keisha, and Melissa had a pretty good idea what she was thinking. "Hmmm...Where have I heard THAT before?..."

"Don't say a word, Keisha, not a single word." Melissa thought.

Melissa sighed.

"Allright, you may come with us. If you misbehave..."

"I'll be good I promise. I'll do everything you tell me to do."

"All right."

Melissa turned to Keisha.

"Let's get ready to leave, handmaiden. Our people have suffered too long..."

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Hope y'all enjoy. I gotta go to work.

Have a good weekend!

 

Top. Will post again after the admin moves everything.

 

Well, I made it! All my stories survived the transfer.

I will post soon, I promise.

 

Still polishing. Will post Mon, hopefully.

 

Cody Tarkin watched as his brother went over the same training exercises.

First there was the water training. Even though water was scarce on Kjdari. Cody felt it imperative that his brother be an excellent swimmer, it may come in handy someday, therefore, the seven-year-old boy was trained to dive, and to hold his breath underwater for long periods of time.

After the water training came weapons training, and strenght training, due to his young age, he was not doing so well as far as wrestling or handling weaponry were concerned, but Cody knew that expertise of both areas would come with time.

Cody relished the day of his revenge, revenge upon the "Empress" Melissa who had murdered his dear Cousin Rabadash, He, Cody would kill Melissa, then he would establish his brother's throne, if in the event his brother was still too young to rule, Cody would rule for him.

Cody knew another thing. He would defend his brother, he had to insure that Palpatine's promise to his family was fulfilled. Nothing would stand in the way of his brother becoming Emperor, not Sate Pestage, not Melissa....
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Melissa walked with Keisha and Juliet towards the main hangar, there were some things that the Empress wished her cousin to be aware of.

"Juliet, When I first arrived in Galaxia, I was adopted by Queen Amidala, and named her heir. I am unmarried and have no children of my own, the Naboo royalty has a ruler, and the ruler must choose an heir, who must have the backing of the people for the heir to be the next ruler. I'm not going to be around forever, Juliet.

Someday, if the Naboo wish it, you may be their new Queen, I choose you to lead the Naboo."

"But what 'bout your Empire, Melissa?"

"There is an old prophecy, which says that four relatives of the Empress will arise, they will be the new rulers. You are not one of those four, yet you have been honored to be chosen to be the new Queen when I can no longer lead Naboo."

Melissa continued. "There are many dangers, however, therefore I'm going to have to remind you of a few rules we've talked about.

You may not go anywhere without an escort. Do not talk to ANYONE you dont' know..."

Juliet interrupted. "I KNOW the whole list. I won't talk to anyone I don't know, and if I think I'm being followed, I'll return to base, or to the ship, whichever is nearer. Can I go play now?"

"All right. Just be back at this ship in 3 hours, you understand, and stay out of the war room!"

But Juliet was already out of earshot.

"Hmmm...She certainly reminds me of someone I know."

Melissa looked at her best friend. To aggravate Keisha she flippantly said.

"Whom were you thinking of?"

"Let's just say that even though she's not YOUR child, I'd say that she's almost an identical version of you. Especially after the first incident with the Tarkins... You were looking for adventure, now you've found your responsiblities, now she has an adventurous streak in her."

"All I know is one thing Keisha, I love my cousin dearly, she's more than just a "future heir" to me, if anything happens to her I could never forgive myself. I'm beginning to wonder if letting her come with us is such a good idea."

"Not even Queen Amidala always made perfect decisisons, Melissa. Noone is perfect."

"I know, but out there, especially in the middle of Pestage's territory like Kjdari is, a small mistake on our part could be fatal. The Tarkins are vengeful, thankfully Lord and Lady Tarkin are dead, but their two sons...I'm not sure what to do, Keisha."

"Don't worry so much Melissa, we'll keep an eye on your cousin, c'mon, what could possibly go wrong with an entire squadron keeping an eye on one seven-year-old?
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I hope y'all enjoyed this.

I plan on posting the next part soon. Hopefully by Tues.

 

Uppers!!!

 

Uppers.

Will try to post Wed.

 

Up!!! (polishing next post some more, hopefully will have it up later.)

 

I know I have been promising to post. But I WILL post Sat, even if I have to make a special trip to the Library to do it.

 

Juliet sighed. The squadron had been flying towards Kjdari for three days now, and her cousin did not have much time for playing. She wondered what was on Kjdari was so important. She didn't see any reason to go. Cousin Melissa and Keisha had held many whispered conversations of late, Juliet had heard them talking, but she did not hear a word they said.

She knew that it was wrong to eavesdrop, but she had only accidently overheard. She secretly wondered if she would ever find someone to play with her, someone who wouldn't balk at playing the same game over and over. Melissa and Keisha meant well, but when it came down to it, Juliet could tell that the more times she wanted to play a game, the less willing they were to play with her. She sighed, then remembered the words she had once heard a long time ago. "Somewhere someone is calling for you..."
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MEANWHILE
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On Kjdari, Young Moriarty was being coached by his brother.

"What is your rightful place?"

"I'm the next Emperor."

"Who stands in your way?"

"Melissa."

"Who will take care of Melissa for you?"

"You."

Cody smirked. Everything was going well according to the plan. Soon he would train Moriarty to kill Melissa's heirs. Soon his brother would be Emperor. Soon he, Cody would get his revenge...
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More later.

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Pretty good. Post more soon.
Just out of curiosity....you didn't happen to watch Lion King 2 right before you wrote that did you? hehe just kidding.

 

Well, I love sci-fi, Your wish is my command.

LOL, I have seen LK2 (a long time ago, at a babysitting job far, far away... ) , but I didn't intend for my posts to come out that way. <evil grin> Don't worry, I have quite a few surprises left for you...<evil chuckle>
**************************************************The squadron landed on Kjdari. Noone had asked for identification, noone had asked their business. Which meant one of two things. One, they were walking into a trap, or two, they were currently undetected. Either way, Melissa knew that Juliet could not leave with the team to rescue the slaves. Melissa went to her cousin's quarters to explain.

"Why can't I go? I'm brave."

"Juliet, it's not a good idea. There may be a battle, and you might get hurt or even killed. No, you may not come with us today, when we return to Naboo, then you can run around all you like, but here on Kjdari, there are bad people who are hurting good people."

"Tell you what," Melissa continued. "If you stay near the ship at all times, and do not go out of sight of the ship, then I will take you to one planet of your choice; with the exceptions of Hoth, Kessel, and Kjdari, and the Core Worlds."

"What's Hoth and Kessel and the Core Worlds?"

"Hoth is an ice planet, it's even colder than the North and South Pole. Kessel is a planet that manufactures spice, but the people who live there are not very nice. The Core Worlds are where the bad people, the Empire live."

Juliet nodded.

"You be thinking about where you'd like to go, okay? Here's a galactic atlas, it will tell you all about whatever planet you'd like to visit." With that Melissa left, and picked one of the guards to keep an eye on her cousin.

Several hours passed, and the guard went into his quarters, cleaning out his blaster. Juliet decided that now would be a good time for some exploring.

She exited the ship easily, Melissa had taught Juliet how to activate the door. As soon as she left the ship, Juliet noted that the climate of Kjdari was much like Earth's, the day was warm , but not too humid, and all around her was a great forest. Juliet smiled to herself. Her adventure had barely begun?
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Hope you liked this.

 

Top. Don't worry, I'll watch what I write so it doesn't sound Disney (not my intention when I wrote the last post. I've got several surprises for you...you won't know what hit ya until it's too late.....<evil laughter>

Ahem, enough of that.

Will post later.

 

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Still polishing, be patient!

 

I didn't realize I ran out of time. Gotta get to work.

Will post later.

 

UP!

 

OK I'm still reading. I'm also waiting for a post. I was gone so I couldn't tell you how good the last post was.

 

Here you go, I Love Sci-fi,
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Keeping in mind her cousin's warning to keep the ship within sight distance, Juliet turned around. She couldn't see the ship. She faced forward. She could see a large building. It's sides sparkling in the sunlight. Judging by the size, it had to be a castle.

Juliet concluded that if she could somehow enter the castle, then get up high enough to see the ship, she could find her way back.

Looking down, she saw a single row of footprints, walking towards the castle. She followed them, perhaps whoever or whatever made them could help her get to the top of the castle. It was worth a try. She ran so fast that she collided with a middle aged man with dark skin.

"Careful, kid. Who are you anyway?"

"I'm..." Juliet stopped, this man was a stranger, she knew better than to talk to strangers, besides, he could be one of the bad men Melissa had told her repeatedly about. "...nobody you know." She concluded.

He smiled, and it was a friendly smile.

"I know I don't know you. Why were you running so fast? Is Cody or Mort after you?"

"Who are they?"

"Bad men. That castle is their home, if I were you kid, I'd run home as fast as I can."

"I'm not afraid of anybody."

"You've got guts, but it'll take more than guts to go up against Cody. He's revenge-crazed."

Juliet gulped. She knew what revenge was, and knew it was not could. But she couldn't see why Cody or Mort would mind her going to the top of their home so that she could find hers.

She said goodbye to the dark man, and ran into a courtyard. The man ran after her, screaming something at her, but she couldn't hear what he was saying anymore. She saw several stormtroopers running towards her, blasters out and operating. She saw the shape they made, a circle, it was blue, her favorite color. She turned around and stopped and stared at the blaster, trying to figure out how the shapes were made, and could others be made as well?

The last thing she remembered was falling, screaming, and the world going black...
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I'll post more soon, I promise.

 

<Clapps hands> Oh that was awesome. Can't wait to find out who the 'middle aged dark skined man is'.POST SOON.

 

Note: in prev. post could=good. TYPO!

Here's more!
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Juliet woke up in a dark room, sleeping on a concrete floor. She wondered how she had gotten here, her seven-year-old brain working out the details. Now, too late, she remembered Melissa's warning about bad men stunning and kidnapping people. She ran to the window, but it was too high, she had to back up almost to the other side of the room to see out of it. Tears of frustration and fear ran down her cheeks.

She heard a click, then the sound of an opening door.

"Who's there?" She demanded, trying to sound tough and unafraid. She wasn't successful.

"Address me as Lord Tarkin."

"You're one of the bad men aren't you? My cousin told me about you. She said that you're as sneaky as a fox and lower than a snake's belly in a gutter."

"I'm pleased to hear that your cousin has such a high opinion of me. What were you doing on my property? You are not one of the slaves."

Juliet laughed. Now was her chance to outwit this bad man. Back home, on Earth, Melissa had told her about slavery. She knew the TRUTH.

"There is no more slavery, after the war it was abolished."

"It was abolished in Rebel territory, to be sure..."

"That's not what my cousin said, she said that slavery was abolished everywhere in the entire country."

Cody chuckled. This fool obviously didn't know what she was talking about. Then he reflected. This child was not a slave, and not one of the servants. As there was noone else on the planet, there was only one thing for her to be. A rebel. She didn't seem to knowledgeable about Galaxia, which meant...

Absurd, he scoffed. Only Melissa came from Earth, she couldn't have brought her fam... He grinned, a long mirthless grin like a shark. The girl had been talking about Earth History, her cousin was most likely Melissa, and even if she wasn't Melissa's cousin, then Melissa would still come to her aid. Melissa was like that. Defending friends, family, her people, and her honor. The thougth made Cody want to puke. Now he had a way, the path had been chosen.

He called to his aide outside the door.

"Find Melissa's ship, and when you do, send Melissa an ultimatum. She will come to the fortress, or her cousin will die." The aide left to carry out the order.

A life for a life. What a brilliant plan, of course, Melissa would come to the rescue. Then, if this girl was indeed one of the four to come after Melissa, he would take care of two problems by executing them both. His thoughts were interrupted by another aide calling to him.

"Lord Tarkin, a Super-class Star Destroyer is in orbit."

"It's probably the supply ship to pick up the..."

"No, Lord Tarkin, it's the Emperor..."
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Will post more soon.