or REBELS WITHOUT A CAUSE
by Jefferson Morris
Luke Skywalker, still in the stasis chamber of his Imperial Shuttle, slowly became cognizant of certain noises being made outside. He had been dreaming of spice blows and Bantha tipping on his long-vaporized home planet of Tatooine. Without opening his eyes, he belched and rolled over, trying to ignore the sounds and slip back into his pleasant REM state.
He heard mostly snatches of conversation. "...alive? There goes our salvage...Not a bad-looking...see the season finale? Yeah, that...time ago, in a galaxy...actually this is episode 4..."
Luke was awakened once and for all when the transparent hatch of his chamber was abruptly yanked open. Twitching in the freezing air, he blinked up at the offending parties.
"There better be a great fuckin' explanation for this."
Three men stood above him, each wearing pressure suits in the cold of the darkened shuttle cabin. One pulled off his gloves and spoke. "You were adrift, Mr. Skywalker. We're picking you up."
"How the hell do you know who I am?"
"We've been looking for you for a while."
"How long have I been out?" Luke adjusted his nightgown to more demurely cover his lingering hypnopompic hard-on.
"57 weeks, sir."
"Are you assholes with the network?"
The man laughed. "Yeah. You fuckin' wish." With that, he produced a small rectangular device with a tiny gleaming metallic prod on the end. He shoved it violently into Luke's left ear, and pressed a button. A buzzing sound ensued, and Luke was overcome with a pain so intense I'm not even going to bother trying to describe it.
*********
Luke awoke to find himself in complete darkness. He probed around in the void, attempting to determine his surroundings. He appeared to be sealed in some sort of cargo hold. He began banging on the walls, yelling.
"Hey! What is this happy horseshit?! I'm a jedi! Didn't you see my card?"
In response, he heard a familiar laugh echoing from above. He could immediately visualize the endearing, lopsided grin of the cachinnator.
"I know that laugh. Han, old buddy! What's going on? Lemme out of here!"
"'Fraid not, kid. You know, I usually use these compartments for smuggling. Never thought I'd smuggle a traitorous fuckin' asshole in them."
"I'm on the Falcon?"
"That's right, kid. We had our boys out searching for you for weeks. They found you and brought you on board."
"Come on, Han. Whatever you're pissed off about, it was a long time ago. Somebody put you up to this. It was Leia, wasn't it? You're not still fucking her, are you?"
Han's voice quieted down a bit. "Leave her out of this."
Luke smirked in the dark. "Oh, yeah. Somebody's whipped."
"I'm not whipped."
Luke imitated a whip sound. "Oh, yeah. She's crackin' it over your ass, but good, boy. She lettin' you sleep in the big house?"
"Maintaining a healthy love relationship ain't like dusting crops, boy."
Luke laughed. "Where'd you read that, 'Woman's World'? In a healthy relationship, you've got your hands on your own stick, you control your destiny, you dump your load in the field every so often and then fly the fuck outta there. It's precisely like crop-dusting. Man, you're whipped so bad you can't even think through your analogies. Isn't that right, Han? Han?"
Luke realized that Han had already left just as the ship lurched into hyperspace. He sighed, propped himself up against one of the compartment walls, and began doing what any normal man would do in the same situation.
*********
In the main hangar of the Rebel base on Hoth, Han Solo eased the Falcon into a tight parking spot between a Rebel Transport and a Y-Wing, doing only minimal damage to both. When the ship had come to a complete stop, he leaned back in his command chair and pulled off his gloves, grinning.
"Ooh, yeah. Sometimes I amaze even myself."
Chewie, sitting in the co-pilots chair, grunted sarcastically.
"Raauughh rreaarooww." (Wow, I'm so impressed. Can I hold your dick?)
Han strode into the aft of the ship. When he reached the section of floor which held his smuggling compartments, he pulled a crowbar from an adjacent tool closet and began prying at the bulkheads. Chewie watched over his shoulder.
Han grunted as he pushed on the bar. "Damn, these are on tight. I hope he's alive. Leia didn't want her prize damaged."
Chewie guffawed. "Raarragga reeuuughar." (I wonder what he's been doing for the past three and a half weeks.)
When Han finally pulled the lid loose, the most godawful stench he had ever come across in all his years of galactic travel surged out of the dank hole and hit him like a sledge hammer.
"Holy Fuckamole!" He stumbled back, coughing. Chewie pressed a paw against his nose, growling in protest.
Han tied a handkerchief over his face and fiddled with a flashlight he had attached to his belt. "Guess I should have opened this thing at some point. But I figured, if you don't feed him, how much can he shit?" He finally flipped the flashlight on, and its tiny beam pierced the darkness of the berth.
Luke, emaciated and nude, scuttled like a cockroach into one corner, trying to avoid the light. The entire floor of the cabin was covered with several sedimentary layers of semen, urine, feces, and other types of effluent as-yet-unknown to science.
Han whistled. "How ya feelin' kid? You don't look so bad to me. In fact you look strong enough to..."
Luke blinked up at him in rage, trying to remember how to form words. "Pu...pull the...ears off a...gundark?"
Han smirked behind his hankie. "I was gonna say hose out this berth. You left a hell of a mess. Where's your nightgown?"
"Ate...it."
"Yummy. Well, you better have something to wear. Hoth can get a bit cold." Han pulled a small apron and garden hose from the tool closet. "Alright, kid, time to get to work. Now I'm gonna put this little apron on you..."
When he reached down with the apron, Luke snarled viciously like an animal. Han started back and handed the apron to Chewie.
"Okay, Chewie, you put the apron on him."
Chewie barked. "Reeeuuugarah." (Part the hair on my ass and lick my perennial divide.) He dropped the apron and lumbered away.
Han threw the hose down into the hole. "Fuck the apron. No sense in being modest now. Clean yourself while you're at it. The Emperor wants to meet you."
Luke coughed. "He's...dead."
"Not, that Emperor, dickhead. General Riekaan. Newly proclaimed Emperor of the Rebellion. He is your master now."
*********
A triumphal march accompanied Han, Chewie, and Luke (in chains, and
still naked) as they entered the Great Reception Hall. It was an enormous
ice chamber with a ceiling 150 feet up. Thousands of Rebel Troops were
lined up along the thoroughfare, applauding. Luke blinked at them. He had
seen pictures of Rebels before, but he didn't remember their uniforms being
like this. Most of the soldiers were nearly nude, wearing only loin cloths
and war paint. Severed ears, fingers, and genitals hung from the
barrels of their blasters.
Luke muttered to himself. "I have a...bad feeling..."
Han turned on his heel and kneed Luke in the groin, felling him. The crowd cheered. "No talking, kid. Just listen to the music. Emperor Riekaan had it written specially for today."
Chewie picked up Luke's chain and began dragging him along.
Luke writhed in pain, his skin being rubbed raw by the icy floor. He
rolled onto his back. "Are these...Rebels?"
Han laughed. "Some people call them that. But these are all really his
children, man. Now shut up."
Luke managed to pull himself to his feet. As they reached the end of
the chamber, he saw that they were approaching a raised dais with an ice
throne in the center. A rather fat, completely bald man was slumped on
the throne. A young girl was kneeling in front of him, giving the man a
languid handjob. His pink penis stood up through the crotch of his baggy
black pants.
Luke suddenly stumbled over something in his path. As he looked back
at it, he saw that it was a severed human head. In fact, heads were scattered
everywhere.
Han noticed Luke's shock. "The heads. You're lookin' at the heads, right
kid? Pretty rough, huh?"
The fat man looked up with heavy-lidded eyes at Luke. The girl who was
giving him a handjob turned--revealing herself to be none other than Leia.
The man waved her brusquely away. To Luke's astonishment, his usually ultra-bitchy
sister acquiesced without a word, pausing only to smirk triumphantly at
her pathetic-looking brother. Taking a couple of golden medallions from
an ornate chest, she gently hung them around Han and Chewie's necks, delighting
the assembly. Han winked and wagged his tongue at Leia, who beamed back
at him.
Emperor Riekaan raised one hand slightly, bringing the crowd to a dead
silence. He resumed Leia's handjob duties himself, slowly stroking his
prick. He leered at Luke and spoke in a deep, resonant voice. "Where are
you from, Skywalker?"
Han kicked Luke to his knees in front of Riekaan. Luke grimaced in pain
and answered. "Tatooine, sir."
Riekaan rubbed his bald pate. "How far are you from the river?"
"There's a river on Tatooine?"
"Uh huh."
"Well we were either pretty far away, or my uncle was in the wrong business."
Riekaan looked up at Luke, focusing his eyes carefully. "Are you an
assassin?"
"I'm a jedi."
"You're neither. You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks to collect
a bill."
"Well, technically I never finished the jedi course, but man, I haven't
worked in collection in years."
"Silence!!" With one last stroke of his cock, a small spring of semen
bubbled up from between Riekaan's thumb and forefinger.
He examined it morosely. "I...I...Baby made a mess." The crowd immediately
burst into rabid applause and whistles.
Leia approached with a tissue and began wiping the come away. She petted
Riekaan's head lovingly. "It's okay, Baby. Mommy will clean it up. Yes
she will." She snapped her fingers and a group of naked male adolescent
attendants emerged from the right side of the hall. With some difficulty,
they hoisted Riekaan's throne onto their shoulders and carried it away.
Luke shook his head, watching the entourage leave. "Man, if this bunch
of fuckheads gives the galaxy a 'new hope', I'd hate to see what gets it
really bummed."
*********
Luke floated calmly, immersed in the viscous red healing fluid commonly
known as 'bacta.' His tank stood in the completely automated Hoth medical
center. Sucking air slowly from his breathing apparatus, he had nearly
forgotten about the rather dire predicament he was in. If they were trying
to heal him, it could only be for the purpose of allowing him to endure
the further torture and humiliation they had in store. But all those thoughts
evaporated in the glutinous womb of the bacta tank. At least until his
sister's distorted face abruptly materialized outside the glass, jolting
him back to reality. She banged on the tank.
"Hey, bro. Good stuff, huh?" She ascended a small stepladder next to
the tank, opened a hatch in the top, and dipped her finger into the bacta.
She put the finger in her mouth, tasting it.
"Mmm...It's okay, but it needs something." She sat casually on the stepladder,
beating a lazy rhythm on the tank with her fingers.
Luke glared at her, but was unable to speak with the breathing apparatus
stuck in his mouth. He reached into the recesses of his mind, trying to
dredge up some of his jedi telepathic training and project his thoughts
into Leia's mind.
HEY, SIS.
Leia appeared not to have registered it. "You know the man really likes
you? He does. He has something in mind for you Aren't you curious about
that? I'm curious."
CAN YOU HEAR ME, BITCH? COME IN, BITCH.
"Hey, Luke, I know something that you don't know."
THAT YOU HAD YOUR TONGUE SURGICALLY EXTENDED? THE WHOLE QUADRANT
KNOWS THAT.
Leia got a faraway look in her eyes. "The Emperor is clear in his mind,
but his soul is mad. He's dying, I think."
I AM OVERCOME WITH GRIEF. MY ASSHOLE BLEEDS CRIMSON TEARS.
"The man reads poetry out loud, you know?"
HEY, I KNOW SOME POETRY. 'THE GIRL IN DOCKING BAY FOUR...'
"In a voice...a voice. He likes you 'cause you're still alive."
'IS THE GREATEST OF BRIGIAN WHORES...'
"No, no. I'm not gonna help you. You're gonna help him."
'FOR 200 CREDITS...'
"I mean, what are they gonna say about him when he's gone, man? When
it dies, he dies. What are they gonna say about him? He was a kind man?
He was a wise man?"
'SHE'LL LET YOU IMBED IT...'
"He had plans, he had wisdom..."
'TIL SHE'S LEAKING YOUR GOO FROM HER PORES.'
"Bullshit, man! Am I gonna be the one who's gonna set everybody straight?"
She squeezed her breasts in frustration. "Look at me--wrong!" She leaned
close to the tank and pointed at Luke. "You."
WHAT IN THE FUCK ARE YOU BABBLING ABOUT?
"Oh, nothing important." Leia stood up on top of the stepladder, over
the open hatch in the tank. "You know, I heard it as 'Sweating your goo
from her pores.' But I guess 'leaking' is alright. And it reminded me what's
missing from your cocktail."
She shimmied halfway out of her pants and squatted over the hatch. Her
urethra emitted a golden stream into the red of the tank.
Luke sighed helplessly as the yellow cloud descended over him.
He definitely wouldn't forget this.
*********
After much squirming, Luke was finally able to slip out of his restraints
and float to the top of the tank with his head above the bacta. He ripped
off his breathing tubes and sucked in the stale air. Just as he accomplished
this, three ancient-looking droids wheeled themselves into the medical
bay. They had distinctly female features, and appeared to have been designed
for domestic maintenance.
Luke wiped the goop from his eyes and blinked at the trio.
"Man, the rebellion must be pretty low on funds. Where'd they dig up
you old fossils?" The droids croaked their responses in succession.
FIRST DROID: "All hail, Skywalker! Hail to thee, Thane of Tatooine!"
SECOND DROID: "All hail, Skywalker! Hail to thee, Thane of Endor!"
THIRD DROID: "All hail, Skywalker, that shalt be Emperor hereafter!"
Luke was somewhat bewildered. "Prophesies, huh? But what's a Thane?"
FIRST DROID: "Thou shalt be Thane of Endor!"
"Is it like a manager or something?"
ALL THREE: "All hail, Skywalker!"
"What kind of income bracket are we talking about? And shit, I've never
even been to Endor. The Empire wasn't going to colonize it until they got
that Ewok infestation under control. And what do you mean, I'm gonna be
Emperor? Is this a joke? Han, are you back there somewhere?"
FIRST DROID: "No joke, asshole."
SECOND DROID: "Humor is a difficult concept."
THIRD DROID: "We say sooth. Your future, fuckface."
FIRST DROID: "And we didn't say you deserved it."
SECOND DROID: "Hell, no."
THIRD DROID: "We are incapable of feeling emotion. But if we could,
I'm sure we'd hate your rotten ass."
Luke spat. "Well, I appreciate the sooth. Now why don't you go back
to your scrap heap and let me convalesce?"
ALL THREE: "All hail, Skywalker! All hail, Thane of Endor!"
"Yeah, thanks." Luke waved them away. "Run along, now."
Without another sound, the three droids wheeled out of the bay, leaving
him alone again. He shook his head. "Man, they've got some weird transistors
going in this place. Emperor, huh?" Luke laughed and let himself slip back
down into the bacta.
*********
Two rebel regulars dumped Luke unceremoniously in the tiny cubicle which
masqueraded as his quarters. Riekaan had had him tortured for several days
now, without any apparent goal in mind other than his complete demoralization,
degradation, and dehydration.
Luke looked up woozily at the soldiers. "They didn't even ask me any
questions. You guys wanna ask me something? Go ahead, please. Anything.
You wanna know how you piss in a stormtrooper suit? Huh? You wanna know
what the 'TIE' in TIE fighter stands for? It stands for 'Twin Ion..."
His revelation was cut short by a boot to his temple. One of the guards
let a long lunger drizzle down onto Luke's face. "Shut up, Imperial scum."
Luke rubbed his bloody temple as the guards left. "See you tomorrow."
Slowly, agonizingly, he pulled himself to his feet and sat on the edge
of his tiny bed. The door to his closet was slightly open in front of him.
With some difficulty, he pulled off his pants, then balled up his soiled
underwear and tossed it into the closet.
"Fuck. Why didn't I stay on Tatooine?" Luke hung his head in exhaustion,
then suddenly noticed the balled-up underwear roll back out of the closet
and come to rest at his feet. "What the fuck?"
He kicked it back in...only to have it roll back out once again. Luke
got up, took out a tiny flashlight, and slowly opened the closet door wider.
He shined his light inside...
...And frightened the wits out of an odd-looking black robot which was
hiding amidst the uniforms. It screamed like a child and tried to avoid
the light. Luke reached in, grabbed the droid by one of its arms, and yanked
it into the light of the room.
Luke's eyes lit up in delight--A tiny Imperial Probe Droid.
He rubbed his hand over the familiar contours of its black plated surface
and cooed into its auditory receiver. "It's okay, little guy. Ssshhh. Ssshhh.
I won't hurt you. You don't know how glad I am to see a familiar face.
Have you sent your signal yet?"
The droid bleeped a timid negative.
"That's okay. This is the rebel base. This is what you've been looking
for. You must've been lonely out here. I know what that's like, my little
probe droid. I think I'll call you PD. Now think, PD. What do you do when
you find the rebel base?"
PD's lights blinked in consternation for a moment, before he finally
squeaked out a discernable English reply.
"PHONE...HOME."
"Good boy, PD." Luke caressed him lovingly. "Good boy."
*********
Leia skipped into Luke's cabin unannounced, with Han dutifully in tow.
Luke was lying in a half-daze, after having returned from another marathon
torture session. Leia found his scrotum under the bedsheets and twisted
it to get his attention. He opened his eyes a bit wider and laughed softly.
"Go ahead, sis. My definition of pain and suffering has been completely
revised over the last few days. That actually feels good." He glanced at
Han. "I see you brought your whipping boy."
Han folded his arms and growled. "Watch it boy, or you'll find yourself
floating home."
"What?"
"It was out of context, but you know what I mean."
"Look at yourself, Han. Is she really worth all this? All this pain
and humiliation?"
Han shrugged. "I used to have to pay for this pain and humiliation.
Now I get it free."
Luke sighed. "Don't you believe it, old buddy."
Leia cut off the repartee by producing a black leather case and laying
it on Luke's bed. She began looking around the room for tools. "Don't worry,
Han, just ignore him."
"It's okay, your worship. I can handle it."
"Oh, can you?" Luke interjected. "I don't know. I figure I must have
hit pretty close to the mark to get him all riled up like that, huh sis?"
Leia noticed the closet. "You got any tools in there?"
Luke gulped. "Uh...no, no, no tools. Nothing in there."
"Nothing?"
"Well, nothing you'd be interested in."
"What's in there?"
"Only what you take..."
Han cut him off with a sharp backhand across the mouth. "None of that
jedi bullshit."
Leia pulled the door open and began rummaging behind the clothing. Against
the far wall was a jumble of broken, twisted equipment. PD was sitting
motionless amidst the junk, trying to blend in. Leia's eyes passed over
him without registering a thing.
She pulled out a small toolbox. "Aha. Here's what I need." She grabbed
a pair of hydrospanners, unzipped the leather case, and began assembling
a strange elongated rubbery device.
Luke squinted at it. "What the fuck is that?"
Leia rubbed down the device with an oily rag. "My mother's strap-on
dildo. Steely Dan III from Urdur. An elegant sexual aid, of a more civilized
age." When she had finished putting it together, she flicked a switch and
it began emitting a low hum.
Warm Ebla beer squirted from its tip, spraying the far wall. "Not as
clumsy or random as your bargain-basement tool. I've waited a long time
to do this."
Luke smiled. "Go ahead, shove it up my ass. I won't feel a thing. You
might just as well go down on a woman with an epidural."
"Oh, I'm not going to use it on you." Leia strapped the device to her
groin, where it bobbed and undulated suggestively.
Luke's face went slack. He gaped at Han, who stared back at him as he
began unbuckling his pants. "What are you lookin' at?
I know what I'm doin'." He bent over the edge of the bed.
Leia smiled malevolently. "Ironic, huh? Before, I was but the learner.
Now, I am the master."
"Only a master of evil, bitch," Luke snarled.
"Oh, take Han's word for it. It may look bad, but it feeeeeels good.
Doesn't it, sweetie?"
"Sure, your worship."
Leia took that as her cue to begin. She slowly forced the dildo into
Han's blushing ass. Soon, his face followed suit. Sweat began to appear
on his brow as he smiled sheepishly at Luke.
"I know what this looks like, kid. It's just goofing around, really.
Keeps her happy."
Luke's voice trembled. "She can't be better than me."
"Silence!" Leia yelled. She pulled a small whip out of her pocket and
began whipping Han with it, her eyes closed in ecstasy.
"So, Luke. We see that there's nothing you can possess which I cannot
take away." The whip cracked loudly in the tiny room.
Han gritted his teeth. "I know what you're gonna say, kid. But I'm still
wearing the pants...I mean, uh...I keep on top of...umm...Well, she may
whip me, but she'll never beat me."
Luke shook his head sadly. "You were my last hope."
"No, no, it's not that bad." Han grimaced as Leia's thrusting rocked
his body back and forth. "I mean, uh, you didn't see us alone together
in the South Passage. She expressed her true..."
He was cut off as Leia wrapped the whip around his neck and yanked his
head back like that of a steer.
Luke looked up at Leia. "I never thought any woman could tame him."
"I told you you didn't know everything about women yet."
Luke sulked for a moment before he came up with a last retort.
"Yeah, well, I've still got the Force."
Leia laughed, reached down, and gripped her vulva just as Steely Dan
squirted its fermented contents into Han. "Force?
Compared to the power of a single cunt, that crap you channel doesn't
even qualify as a mild pressure."
*********
Luke fell to his knees in front of his bed and vomited the meager contents
of his stomach onto the floor. For a moment he admired the abstract shape
the bile formed as it spread. Today's session had been particularly draining.
He could still feel the probing fingers of that syphilitic Calamarian in
his rectum. His entire body felt as if it was covered with mynocks. Wiping
his chin, he looked up to see PD peering timidly from the closet.
"Hey, little buddy."
PD slowly glided out of the closet toward Luke. A rather long hypodermic
needle emerged on a small probe. Its tip glowed orange.
"OUCH."
Luke tried to wave him away. "No more penetrations today."
"OUCH." PD inched closer.
"Don't bother, buddy. You'll never find a vein. I wore them out on Tatooine
years ago."
"OUCH." The droid pressed on, aiming the needle.
Finally, Luke gave up and let the droid continue. "Alright, alright."
PD extended a small loop around Luke's upper arm, which it drew tight.
After a few moments, blue veins began to surface in the pasty whiteness
of Luke's skin. PD slipped the needle in and injected several cc's of greenish
fluid.
The pain disappeared immediately. This was no ordinary stim-shot. It
felt more like a combination of t'ill-t'ill and morphine. Luke's head lolled
back, as his bloodstream carried waves of pleasure up and down his spine.
His lips parted slightly, in the half-smile of a junky on the nod. "Oh,
baby..."
An unfamiliar voice came from behind Luke. "Not bad, huh?"
Luke, too happy to even bother turning around, responded.
"Whoever you are, man, I love you."
The owner of the voice walked into Luke's tingling field of vision.
He was a handsome young man in his mid-twenties. "I made that special modification
to the droid myself."
"Will you marry me?"
"I'm Dack. I'm here to rescue you."
Luke beamed at him. "You already have, man. You already have."
"I found that probot on patrol a week ago. It was wandering out by the
first marker. When I heard you'd been captured, I figured your quarters
would be a good place to hide it. Has it sent its signal?"
"Oh, yeah. Who are you, man?"
"A friend. I represent a group of rebels who've become disheartened
by the way things have been going. Riekaan is a lunatic, and we're dedicated
to his destruction. The rebellion is a sick tree and it needs to be torn
up by the roots before the true glory of the Empire can be realized."
"So you're rebelling against the rebellion?"
"Pretty much. Would you like to join us?"
Luke grinned and closed his eyes. "For you, man, anything.
What do I have to do?"
"First, we'd like you to kill Riekaan."
"Cool."
Dack knelt down in front of Luke and held up a small white object. When
Luke focused his eyes on it, it looked like a grouping of three molars.
"Those are some beautiful teeth, man."
Dack produced a dental extractor and began fiddling with it.
"Inside these artificial teeth is a nano-lightsaber. When you're in
front of Riekaan, just bite down on these teeth and spit it out. Apply
pressure to the nanosaber and it'll ignite. But you have to act fast. The
beam will only last about 30 seconds." Dack pushed the extractor into Luke's
mouth and yanked out three upper right molars. Luke spat blood and laughed
dizzily. Dack jammed the fake teeth in tightly.
"If that probot sent its signal, the Imperial fleet should be on its
way, but we can't take the chance of Riekaan escaping capture. He'll want
to have an audience with you before he kills you. That'll be the time.
When the assault begins, meet me in the main hangar and I'll give you further
instructions."
Luke felt the teeth with his tongue. "Okay, man. Whatever you say."
He dissolved into girlish giggles.
Dack gripped him firmly by the shoulders. "I've got to get out of here
now. Just remember the teeth. The teeth!"
*********
In the main command center, a communications officer suddenly noticed
a rather menacing collection of red blips appear on one of his screens.
He bit his nails nervously and debated whether or not to tell anyone. He
closed his eyes and silently prayed for the blips to disappear. When he
opened his eyes again, they hadn't.
He cleared his throat. "Uh, guys. Guys?"
Han and Leia, who had been necking in one corner of the room, got up
and came over. "What's up?" Leia asked.
"I've got...some little red spots here."
Han grinned sympathetically. "Nasty, aren't they? Just go to the medical
center and they'll give you..."
Leia pushed Han aside in mid-sentence when she saw the computer screen.
"Oh, shit. What does that mean?"
The officer hesitated. "Uh...I don't know. I...oh, wait a second." He
pulled a small card out of his pocket. It read 'M-112
SUBSPACE SCANNER CHEAT CARD.' He looked over it until he found the lines
he wanted:
GREEN = Good guys.
RED = Bad guys.
"Oh, fuck," he whispered.
"Sirs!" yelled another comm officer on the other side of the room. "I'm
getting some kind of audio transmission."
Leia shuddered, hoping the transmission wouldn't be what she feared
it was. "Put it on the speakers."
Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyries' boomed throughout the command center.
Leia groaned and sat down in a chair. "And I was just beginning to warm
up to this ice cube."
Han shook his head. "What's goin' on?"
Leia rubbed her forehead. A headache had immediately set in. "Just listen."
After a few more bars, the music died down and the jarring tones of
a male disc jockey's voice could be heard. "Goooooood morning, Hoth! Yes,
to all of you who are about to take the final jump, get out and enjoy this
weather while you can! By my chrono, you've only got another hour or two
of sunshine before the clouds roll in." The jockey played sound effects
of explosions and lasers firing. "That's right, today's forecast calls
for scattered Ion cannon fire throughout the afternoon, with an 80% chance
of big, pissed-off quadrupeds and frosty snowmen continuing into this evening.
So wrap up, kids, it's gonna be a rough one!"
Han tapped on the comm officer's shoulder. "Can you get me a line to
that signal?"
"Uh, sure." The officer began pressing buttons. He held a small headset
out to Han.
The disc jockey immediately shifted gears. "Whoa, it looks like we're
getting a caller here. You're on the pre-show show, buddy."
Han disguised his voice. "Uh, yeah. Are you guys planning an attack?"
"The most, a real knock-down drag-out. But could you turn your radio
down a bit? That's better. Where do you hail from, buddy?"
"I'm on Hoth."
"Oh really? You wouldn't be a rebel scummazoid ready to plead for his
life, would you?"
"Oh, no, I'm...an ice fisherman."
"I thought the Hoth system was supposed to be devoid of human forms."
"Well, it is, except for us. No rebels here, though."
"Oh really?"
"Absolutely. We don't take to strangers around here."
The jockey paused for a moment. "Are you sure you're not a choobie-pumping
rebel shitbot with delusions of grandeur?"
"No way."
"So you're definitely not one of those traitorous hurt vectors who hangs
out with that juvie-gang of uppity spacer/sodomites?"
"Not at all. We haven't seen anybody like that around here. Situation
normal. Everything's fine down here, we're all fine now, thank you. How
are you?"
"Well, pretty relieved, buddy, since I guess we won't have to waste
all that manpower in an attack. But we'd better send a squad in anyway,
just to be sure."
Han stammered for a second. "Uh...negative, negative. We've got a reactor
leak down here, uh, give us a few minutes to lock it down. Umm, large leak...very
dangerous."
"You don't much sound like a trout-frying abo to me. Come on, buddy,
are you really a rebel jet-juicer yankin' my retrorocket just to keep the
white hats from raising ship?"
"Ahh..." Han threw his headset to the floor and drew his blaster. He
fired at the comm board, blowing it up and inadvertently killing the comm
officer in the process. Han grunted and holstered his weapon. "Incomprehensible
conversation, anyway. Boys, we're gonna have company!"
*********
The Great Reception Hall was darkened, the only illumination being provided
by torches set into the walls. Rebel troops sat in small circles, applying
war paint to each other and preparing themselves for the pre-battle sacrifice.
In the center of the hall was a Tauntaun, bleating loudly as a group of
warriors applied special oils to it.
In a small, dark chamber adjacent to the Hall, Emperor Riekaan was hunched
over in his chair, reading a book of poetry out loud.
"There once...was a girl from Toprawa. Who had quite a fetish for Jawas..."
Luke lay in one corner, suffering a full-cavity search at the hands
of Riekaan's personal guards. Leia leaned up against a wall, watching the
Emperor. "Oh, he's out there. He's really out there."
("When she saw a sandcrawler...She'd hoot and she'd holler...")
"Do you know what the man is saying?" She looked down at Luke, who was
wincing as a particularly zealous guard gripped his penis and poked in
his urethra with a pair of tweezers.
"I don't know, sis. Something about a chick who digs jawas?"
("And her pussy'd get wetter than R'alla...")
"It's all very simple. This is dialectics. One through nine, no maybe's,
no suppose's, no fractions. You can't travel into space, you can't go into
space, you know, with uh, with fractions. What are you gonna land on, one
quarter, three-eighths? What are you gonna do when you go from here to
Roonadan or something? That's dialectic physics. Dialectic logic is, there's
only sex and death. You either fuck somebody, or you kill 'em."
Riekaan suddenly grunted and threw his book at her. Leia batted it aside
and hooked her fingers into Luke's nose, pulling his face up to meet hers.
"We've all gotten fucked enough by you and your Empire. Now we fight.
This is the fuckin' way the world ends. Would you look at this fuckin'
shit we're in, man! Not with a whimper, but with a big fuckin' bang. See
you in hell, brother." She dropped him to the floor and sprinted away.
When the guards were satisfied that Luke was clean they tied him to
a small post. They stood up straight and saluted Riekaan, who dismissed
them. "Leave us." When they had left, Riekaan reached over, picked up a
bowl of vitalis, and began spritzing his head with it as he spoke. "Have
you ever considered, Skywalker, any real freedoms?"
"What do you mean?"
"Freedom from fear, freedom from the judgments of others. Even the judgments
of yourself?"
"Nope. I'm not a judgmental person. I say live and let live. Unless
somebody's fuckin' with your shit, of course."
"Are you going to fuck with my shit, Skywalker?"
"Only if you keep fuckin' with mine."
"What did they tell you?"
"Who?"
"The grocery clerks."
"They told me you were nuts."
"Am I nuts?"
"Well, who am I to judge?"
*********
In the main hanger, a voice boomed over the intercom: "DROP YOUR COCKS
AND GRAB YOUR SOCKS. BIG WALKING THINGS SPOTTED ON THE SOUTH RIDGE."
Troops were hustling in all directions, warming up their snowspeeders.
Han Solo worked frantically on top of the Falcon, fiddling with wires
whose purpose was a complete mystery to him. Chewie, meanwhile, labored
dutifully, rerouting the ships' power systems.
He growled to himself. "Raaggarrag." (I don't know how we're gonna get
out of this one.)
Han finally gave up his pantomime and walked over to Chewie.
He looked over his shoulder. "Hmmm...hmmm...good. That's good."
Chewie glared at Solo. "Reeoouuur ruueeerr." (Stop bullshitting and
let me do this.)
Han took a step back. "Right, uh...looks like you've got everything
under, uh...terrific. You've learned a lot. Anyhow, I'll just take care
of that, uh...that thing with the uh, with the ship's...systems...over
there." He nodded at Chewie and left.
On the other side of the bay, Leia was debriefing a group of pilots.
"...The heavy transport ships will leave as soon as they're loaded. Only
two fighter escorts per ship. The energy shield can only be lifted for
a short time, so you'll have to stick very close to your transports."
One of the pilots spoke up incredulously. "Two fighters against a Star
Destroyer?"
Leia turned to face the pilot. "That's right. Two fighters against a
Star Destroyer. Do you have a problem with that?"
"Well, its...it's insane. We'll never make it."
Leia scratched her chin for a moment. "You know...I think you're right.
My plan is insane. Why didn't I see it before? It's completely ludicrous.
Two fighters and a Star Destroyer? I mean, fighters are so small, and Star
Destroyers are so..." She laughed out loud. "I mean, you can tell just
by the names that there's no contest. 'Star Destroyer'--it sounds so much
nastier than 'fighter.' You wouldn't have had a chance."
The pilot smiled, relieved. "Great. So have we got another plan?"
"Sure," Leia began circling the pilot slowly. "We'll change the name
of your ship. Instead of a 'fighter', it'll be a...what's a good name,
guys?"
After a moment of deliberation, the pilots began shouting out suggestions:
"Space Devastator!"
"Cosmic Annihilator!"
"Stellar Battle Warrior!"
"'Star Destroyer' Destroyer!"
"You see," Leia purred into the pilot's ear. "Problem solved."
"But, uh...just changing the names won't...I mean..."
Leia kicked the pilot's legs out from under him, then straddled him,
pulled his helmet off, and began bashing his head against the floor. Soon
his skull had cracked, spilling out a pool of steaming blood and cranial
fluid. When the pilot stopped twitching, Leia wiped the gunk off her hands
and stood up.
"Right. Any more questions or suggestions?"
There were none.
"Good. As soon as you've flown your...'Galactic Pulverisers' past the
shield, proceed immediately to the rendezvous point."
*********
Riekaan was now pacing around the room, circling Luke. "I've seen horrors.
The horrors that you've seen. But you have no right to call me a murderer.
You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that."
"Gee, thanks. Wouldn't want to think I was overstepping my bounds."
"I remember when I was with the special forces doing reconnaissance
on Endor. We had captured a group of exterminators hired by the Empire
to deal with the Ewok problem. They had gotten separated from their unit
and run out of supplies. They were hungry, and they all had terrible cases
of crabs. We took mercy on them, gave them ointment for the crabs, and
moved on. A few hours later one of them ran after us, crying."
Riekaan paused for a moment, shuddering at the memory. "We went back
there. And the ewoks had come and they had chewed off every anointed penis.
They were sitting there in a pile. A pile of little..."
Luke broke in. "Wait a second. Ewoks did that?"
"Some ewok tribes are fiercer than others."
"But they're like...three feet tall."
"Actually, no one really knows how big they can get. We could hear them
at night, howling from the treetops. It's not a sound I want to hear again."
There was a brief lull, during which Riekaan reached for something behind
his back. "Oh, by the way, I forgot to give this to you." He casually dropped
an object into Luke's lap. It was PD's severed head, its lights burned
out and useless, wires splayed everywhere. Luke screamed in horror and
kicked the head away, crying.
"Oh Christ! You murderer!"
"Hey, you have no right..."
"PD...PD...I love you!" Luke sobbed in anguish at the thought of his
dead friend's suffering, then suddenly Dack's words echoed in his mind:
"REMEMBER THE TEETH! THE TEETH!"
Shaking away his sorrows, Luke yelled like an animal and bit down on
his false molars. They cracked easily, releasing the nanosaber, which was
no bigger than a safety pin. Unfortunately, Luke bit down too hard and
applied pressure to the saber itself. It ignited, and a three-foot shaft
of laser light tore its way through his right cheek.
"AAAHHH!!" Luke jerked his head, swinging the beam and inadvertently
severing the chains which bound him. Realizing what he had to do, he reached
into his mouth, gripped the tiny saber, and wrenched it out, burning away
whatever was left of his right cheek and leaving his gums and jaw exposed.
With blood pouring down his entire right side, painting him one-half crimson,
he advanced on Riekaan, who was still babbling on.
"They train young men to drop fire on people. But their commanders won't
allow them to write 'STANG' on their airplanes, because...it's obscene!"
Luke raised the saber above his head and tried to form words as best
he could. "THIS IS THE END, BEAUTIFUL FRIEND!"
Riekaan suddenly registered Luke's intentions. "You are an assassin!
I knew it."
"Oh, no," Luke lisped. "I'm an errand boy. There's a matter of a grocery
bill you owe. I'm afraid we're gonna have to repossess a few things." With
that, Luke brought the saber down on Riekaan's left arm, cutting it off.
Then he did the same to his right arm. Riekaan took the blows, while he
began to haltingly recite his last poem.
*********
In the Great Reception Hall, the Tauntaun shuffled its feet nervously,
periodically squealing. A painted warrior approached it with a large sword.
He raised the blade above his head and spoke the ceremonial words...
*********
"There once was a faggot named Luke..."
Left leg gone. He fell to the floor.
"Who wanted a really good plook..."
Right leg.
"He traveled through space...lost half of his face..."
Luke brought the saber down on Riekaan's neck just as he sputtered the
last line.
"And was crowned Emperor by a fluke!"
The head rolled away from the torso. Luke continued hacking at the trunk
until the saber burned out.
*********
The Tauntaun brayed its death rattle and fell under the blows of the
warrior. Then a sudden hush fell over the assembly. All eyes turned to
register a new entry into the hall.
Luke Skywalker, nude and disfigured, walked slowly into the crowd. He
held Riekaan's head upside-down by its lower lip. The soldiers watched
him in silence. When they began advancing on him,
Luke dropped the head and held up his hands.
"Now hold up, wait a second. He told me I could. He said I had a right
to do this."
The warrior who slaughtered the Tauntaun stepped forward. "He said you
had a right to kill him?"
"His very words. Do I look like I'm lying?"
The warrior scratched his chin. "Well...it is the kind of thing he would
say. Alright, I guess you're the new Emperor then."
With that, the warrior dropped his sword and bowed down before Luke.
The other soldiers followed suit. Luke wove his way carefully among them,
moving toward the exit and talking to himself.
"This must be what those three droids were talking about. I'm Emperor now. I could tell all these assholes to stand on one foot and they would. Pretty cool. But...fuck it. To hell with fate. I'm my own man. I can do whatever I want. There's no mystical energy field that controls my destiny. I'm free." He turned to the soldiers, shouting. "I'm free, do you hear?! I'm the freest man in the universe!"
When he reached the exit, he picked a discarded high-powered blaster
rifle off the floor. He aimed it carefully at the ceiling of the ice cavern
and set it to highest power. "Well, boys. I appreciate the offer, but I'm
just not ready for that kind of commitment right now. You understand, I
hope. Anyhow, adios." He fired at the ceiling, and huge shards of ice began
tumbling down, cutting the assembled soldiers to ribbons. Luke dropped
the rifle and ran as the cavern began collapsing.
*********
The main hangar was in disarray, with troops running in all directions,
trying to get their speeders off the ground. Explosions could be heard
in the distance. On the intercom, a grave voice crackled. "THE FIRST TRANSPORT
HAS BEEN BLOWN AWAY."
This news was greeted by a chorus of boos and raspberries.
Luke, dressed in a flight jacket he'd picked up, ran among the ships,
looking for Dack.
"Over here!" Dack was waving from the other end of the bay.
As Luke jogged across, he noticed the Millennium Falcon being repaired.
Putting on his helmet to cover his face, he approached Han, who was staring
vacuously into an open hatch on the ship's underside. Luke tapped him on
the shoulder. Han spun around. "What? I know what I'm doin!"
Luke took a step back and disguised his voice. "Take it easy, pal. But
uh..." He pointed at two rather large criss-crossing cables which were
plugged into the hyperdrive motivator. "This one goes there, and that one
goes there. Right?"
Han blinked at the wires, then began rearranging them. "Yeah. Sure.
I knew that. Do you think I'm stupid?"
"Clear skies!" Luke took off across the bay, and climbed up onto Dack's
snowspeeder. Dack was already strapped into the rear gunner's position.
"Feeling alright, sir?"
"Apart from the agonizing pain in my face, I'm fine.
Riekaan's taken care of. How about you?"
Dack smiled. "Right now I feel like I could take on the whole rebellion
myself."
"I know what you mean. So what's the plan?"
"We've already made contact with the Imperial troops. We have to rendezvous
with General Veers' walker."
"Veers, huh? It'll be good to see him again. But how do we know which
walker is his?"
"They said we'll know it when we see it. And by the way, you're in charge
of Rogue Group."
"How'd you manage that?"
"I showed some leg to the duty officer."
"Is Rogue Group in on our plan?"
"Nope. Rebel regulars, all."
Luke laughed. "This is gonna be the most fucked-up offensive of all
time. Hang on, baby!" Luke punched the main thrusters and the speeder blasted
out of the hangar.
*********
Luke and Dack flew at low altitude over the icy landscape, with the
several speeders of Rogue Group in formation behind them.
Luke hit his com button and addressed the men.
"Okay, dickheads, this is Luke Skywalker. I'll be your captain for the
next few minutes."
Rogue Group responded: "WE COPY, ROGUE LEADER."
In the distance, a column of Imperial walkers became visible on the
horizon, trudging along in unison. When Luke saw them he flipped off his
com and chuckled. "I've often wondered what the Imperial Engineers were
sniffing when they designed those things."
"Yeah," Dack replied. "But they look kinda cool, though."
"That's true." He put his com back on. "Okay, Rogue Group. Keep it tight
now. Use attack pattern, uh...Sigma Alpha Epsilon."
Rogue 2 crackled back. "Attack pattern what?"
"You heard me."
"What do we do?"
"I don't know. Fly casual. Steady, boys."
When the speeders were within range, the walkers sent a volley of laser
blasts out to meet them. Two of the speeders on either side of Luke burst
into flames. After retorting with a few weak shots, Rogue Group whizzed
past the walkers in disarray.
"Whoa!" Luke cackled. "That definitely could have been better. They're
obviously using a zone defense and..."
Rogue 3: "We had no approach vector! We weren't set!"
Luke frowned. "Please don't interrupt. Now everybody regroup and get
ready for another pass. This time...attack pattern Phi Sigma."
Rogue 2: "We haven't heard of that either!"
"Look, just point and shoot. Vive la Rebellion!" Rogue Group swung around
and approached the walkers again, this time from the back. Once again,
their blasters had no effect. Two more speeders were picked off on their
way past, splitting into golden fireballs.
Luke shot up into the stratosphere, enjoying the G forces.
"Have you boys ever considered any real freedoms?"
Rogue 3: "What? Are you crazy?! We're getting creamed! That armor's
too strong for blasters!"
"You know, freedom from fear, freedom from the judgments of others..."
"We haven't got a chance!"
"Hey, now, that's stinkin' thinkin'. You boys hang on. Just follow me.
I call this one...attack pattern Tri-Delta. Go right between their legs."
Luke brought his speeder into a steep nosedive, heading back toward the
walkers. He scanned them, but was unable to find any distinguishing mark
which might indicate which was General Veers'. He zipped right between
the legs of one, barely clearing. The other speeders scattered, one of
them crashing into the ground.
Luke laughed. "Whoa, guess Hobbie's not with us anymore.
Rogue 3, what's your name again?"
"Wedge."
"Wow, your folks were really scraping the bottom of the nomenclature
barrel. How are you?"
"I'm fine, no thanks to you. We've got to use harpoons and tow cables.
Go for the legs."
"I absolutely forbid that."
"It's our only chance!"
"Look, I'm in command, Wedge, and I'm ordering...attack pattern Fellatio."
"You're making these up, aren't you?"
"No, no. That's where all insubordinate officers get on their knees
and suck my fat cock!"
Wedge snorted. "Fuck you, I'm going my own way. Get ready to fire the
tow cable, Jansen." Wedge headed for one of the smaller, weaker walkers
at the edge of the herd. It was limping slightly.
He flew between its legs, and Jansen fired the cable, affixing it to
one of the walker's feet. Wedge then began a complicated series of weaving
maneuvers which tied the legs up completely. When the cable had run out,
he detached it and flew to a safe distance. The walker stumbled and fell
forward, allowing Wedge to come in again and fire full blasters at its
damaged neck. The metal behemoth exploded. Wedge cheered. "Hooah! That
got him!"
Luke surveyed the destruction and snarled sarcastically. "I see it,
Wedge. Great work."
Rogue 2: "Great idea, Wedge. I'll go for the lead walker."
Rogue 2 peeled off and Luke banked to get a closer look at the walker
he was after. It appeared normal at first glance, but when Luke got close
enough he saw that it actually had a fifth leg.
About one-third the length of the others, it dangled limply between
the two rear legs. It could be extended and used in particularly dangerous
terrain. Luke called to Dack. "Hey, look at the leader!
It's got an extra leg!"
Dack twisted his head around to see. "Yeah, that must be Veers. And
Rogue 2's about to take him out!"
"My ass." Luke put on a burst of acceleration and came up alongside
Rogue 2. "Rogue 2, are you alright?"
"I'm with you, Rogue Leader."
"No, I mean, are you feeling okay? Sure you don't want to sit this round
out?"
"No, I can handle it."
"Well, if that's the way you want it. Go ahead and set your harpoon.
I'll uh...cover for you."
"Copy, Rogue Leader."
Luke dropped back and switched on his targeting computer. He tried to
get Rogue 2 in his sights, but the ship was veering around wildly. "Steady,
Rogue 2," Luke barked. The ship dutifully stabilized and Luke grinned.
"I have you now." He pressed the fire button, and slammed a volley of laser
bolts into Rogue 2, blasting him out of the skies just before he reached
the walker.
Wedge rubbed his eyes, not believing what he'd just witnessed.
"Rogue Leader," he hissed.
"Copy, Wedge. Looks like we're all alone now."
"I don't know who you are, but you'll have plenty of company in hell."
"You know, that sounds great, but I promised I'd be somewhere." Luke
flipped off the com. "Take him, Dack."
Dack aimed his rear gun and fired several bursts at Wedge, all of which
were deftly evaded. "Damn, this guy's good."
"The Force must be strong in him. Pain in the ass."
Wedge fired off a salvo of his own, grazing Luke's speeder and nearly
causing it to spin out of control. "Shit!" Luke exclaimed.
"Why did we have to get this guy?"
Dack's panel crackled and sparked. "Luke, I've got a malfunction in
fire control. I can't target him."
Luke gritted his teeth. "Alright, fuck this." He pulled the speeder
into a steep loop, until he was heading upside down in the opposite direction.
He righted the craft and bore down on Wedge's nose. "Alright, you cocksucker.
We'll see who's chicken."
As the ships hurtled toward each other, they exchanged a heavy torrent
of laser blasts. Luke's speeder took several direct hits, and began spinning
wildly. Wedge flew by unscathed.
"Fuck!" cried Luke, trying to bring the speeder under control. "I'm
gonna get that guy if it's the last fucking thing I ever do!"
He wrestled with the controls to no avail--The white landscape hurtled
up to meet them. The speeder plowed violently into the ground and skidded
a hundred yards before it came to a stop. Luke opened the hatch and was
confronted with the terrifying sight of the lead walker ambling directly
toward them. He began pulling equipment out the ship and tossing it into
the snow.
Dack, half-dazed from the crash, shook his head. "Wha?"
"Better get out of there, Dack. We're about to get squashed."
"Oh, right." He began fiddling with his seat belt, but found himself
unable to unfasten it. "Hey, I can't get this belt off."
Luke leaned in to look. "You just pull up that latch, right?"
"I tried that."
"Well, try pressing the button, then pulling the latch."
Dack followed Luke's advice--the belt still refused to open.
"Nope."
Luke frowned. "Funny, that's how mine worked. Uh...how about if you
pull on the latch first, then press the button."
"Tried it."
"Okay, how about...pressing the button, then releasing it, then pulling
the latch, then pressing the button again."
"Okay." Dack tried to remember the sequence. "Wait. Do I hold the button
down the second time?"
"No, just press it once, release it, pull the latch, then...No, you're
not doing it right. Here, let me try it."
Just then Luke heard a loud mechanical buzzing and realized that the walker's foot was looming over them. At the last second he pulled himself out and leapt to safety. The walker pressed the speeder nearly flat. After it had passed, Luke got up and surveyed the wreckage. Locating the blood-splattered belt amongst Dack's viscera, he opened a pocketknife he just happened to have and cut the fastening
mechanism loose. He wiped the blood off of it and examined it. "I really
don't understand this. I thought you just pulled the latch and that was
it." He continued to fiddle with it as he jogged off in pursuit of the
walker.
*********
Han Solo worked furiously in the cockpit of the Millenium Falcon, trying
to get the engines to start. Outside the window, the hangar was falling
apart. Imperial troops had already landed.
"How's this?" he yelled to no one in particular.
Leia was suddenly behind him. "Would it help if I got out and pushed?"
Han snapped around. "What the hell are you doing here? I thought you'd
be on one of the transports."
Leia laughed. "When I'm ready to commit suicide I'll just use a razor.
You don't mind if we tag along, do you?"
"We?"
R2 rolled out from behind Leia, bleeping enthusiastically.
Han sighed. "You really get attached to stuff, don't you?"
Leia shrugged. "He's a very...useful little droid."
R2 blooped slyly, extended a tiny mechanical arm, and pinched Leia's
ass. She slapped him playfully. "Cut it out."
Outside the Falcon, Chewie pushed against the hull with all his might.
After a herculean exertion, the ship began to roll forward slowly. Chewie
barked loudly and thumped on the hull.
"Ragaaraaa!" (Punch it!)
Han gunned the sublight engines. Finally, they turned over and purred
triumphantly as Chewie ran up the landing ramp, roaring and beating his
chest. The Falcon lifted off, hovered for a moment, then blasted out of
the hangar and into the blue sky.
*********
General Veers sat calmly in the cockpit of his walker, grinning at the
sight of the routed Rebels. "I love the smell of ozone in the morning,"
he drawled contentedly.
A snowball hit the window, leaving a small lump of white on the glass.
Then another hit...and another.
Veers chuckled. "The rebels must really be getting desperate. Don't
they know that they'll never..." He was interrupted when the fourth snowball
actually broke through the plated glass, spraying razor-sharp shards throughout
the cabin. One of the pilots screamed and put his hands to his eyes, blinded.
Wind and snow began whistling through the cockpit.
"Shit!" Veers exclaimed. "I'll get that Rebel scumbag!" He leaned over
the blinded pilot and pointed the walker's head downward to get a better
look at their attacker. As it pivoted, the cockpit crew began slipping
out of their seats. Veers steadied himself against the control panel and
peered down at the landscape. A lone figure was visible, waving his arms
wildly. Veers targeted the man with the forward guns. He was just about
to fire when he paused, remembering. He glanced up at a post-it note affixed
to the dashboard. It read: PICK UP SKYWALKER.
Veers stuck his head out of the hole in the windshield and yelled down
to the man. "Who are you!?"
"Skywalker! Is that you, Veers!?"
"Yeah! But how do I know it's really you!?"
"Have you had that mole burned off yet!?"
"No, I've been meaning to make a..." Veers paused, then laughed. "Luke,
you young pup!"
*********
The third leg of the walker lifted Luke up to an open hatch on the underbelly,
where Veers was waiting. When Luke saw him he grinned with what was left
of his face. "Hey, you old faggot. How's tricks?" When he was safely inside,
he pulled off his helmet.
Veers noticed Luke's destroyed cheek. "Yuck."
"Don't ask. You got any coffee?"
"I just put on a fresh pot. Where's Dack?"
"He got squashed. Damnedest thing. Couldn't figure out how this belt
worked." Luke held up the buckle. Veers took it from him, pressed the button
twice, then lifted the latch easily.
"Oh yeah," Luke said, shaking his head. "Dammit, I knew that."
"Oh well," Veers said, clapping his arm around Luke's back. "We have
no time for our sorrows, buddy. Too many pleasures to sort out." The small
compartment they were standing in abruptly lurched into motion and ascended.
When it stopped, a lighted panel above the door blinked: GALLERIA.
The door opened, revealing a luxurious hotel-like plaza, furnished in
rich beige and gold. Comfortable chairs were tastefully arranged all around.
A glass partition provided a lovely view of a small swimming pool and jacuzzi,
in which a number of nubile-looking females were attractively lounging.
A small formation of red-robed Imperial guards snapped to attention outside
the lift.
Luke whistled as he stepped into the plaza. "Goddamn. So this is how
the officers live. Very nice."
Veers smiled. "It's nice, but not usually this nice. We had the jacuzzi
installed just before the attack."
"What's the occasion?"
"A coronation."
"Whose?"
"Yours, Luke."
Luke did a doubletake. "What?"
"It's all in writing. The Emperor had no heirs. In the event of his
death, the Emperorship passed to Vader. With Vader missing in action, the
rightful heir is..."
"Whoa, whoa, wait a second." Luke broke away from Veers and pushed the
guards aside. "You mean to tell me I'm the Emperor?"
"I shit you not. After this pre-ceremony, you'll be taken to Endor for
the official coronation."
The guards bowed down before Luke and spoke in unison. "WE SWEAR ETERNAL
LOYALTY, THANE OF ENDOR."
"What?" Luke exclaimed. "What did they call me?"
"Thane," Veers replied. "That's what the Imperial guard calls the Emperor.
Technically it's not the right word, but...it's tradition, you know."
Luke sat down in a plush velour armchair, trying to take it all in.
"Those fuckin' droids were right. I don't believe it.
No, fuck this. I'm still free. I'm not locked into anything. I can still
make my destiny if I want to." He stood up and addressed the assembly.
"I'm sorry everybody got all dressed up and everything, but I'm really
not interested."
"Not interested?" Veers arched an eyebrow.
"Nope. Not gonna do it. I'm a free man."
"Well," Veers shrugged. "If that's how you feel about it. I guess we'll
have to send back the twins."
Luke hesitated. "Twins?"
"Yep. Part of the ceremony. But if you're not interested..."
"Wait a second, what kind of twins?"
"Oh, no, don't worry about it, we'll just send them back."
"Send who back? What are you talking about?"
Veers snapped his fingers. Two 12 year old humanoid twins were brought
out, one male, one female, each exuding powerful pheromones. They had a
slightly bluish skin tone and shining yellow eyes. They wore white robes
and were completely flawless.
Luke eyed them warily, trying to hide his embarrassingly obvious arousal.
"What do they do?"
"They perform the ceremony. They're specially bred and trained from
birth."
"Well," Luke murmured. "I don't say I'm accepting the job or anything,
but...let them go ahead and start."
Veers snapped his fingers again. The twins slipped out of their robes
and approached Luke. They expertly took down his pants and began working
his cock, all four hands twisting and stroking in unison. Luke was overcome
by the sensations, and for the first time, the pain in his jaw subsided.
The Force was definitely strong in these two. And it wasn't the Good side.
Luke's cock swelled enormously.
The male went behind Luke, gently pried his buttocks apart, and went
to work. Luke jumped. "Holy shit! Is he part giraffe?"
"I told you, they breed 'em special."
Meanwhile, the female was having no problem handling Luke's huge erection
by herself. She rubbed it over her shoulders and under her chin, covering
herself with pre-ejaculate. Soon she was taking the entire organ into her
tiny mouth. Her jaw appeared to dislocate specifically for this purpose.
To Luke's amazement, she was able to swallow his entire package, scrotum
and all. Her throat bulged, and her spine was bent unnaturally, but the
sensations were unlike anything Luke had ever felt. He gaped at Veers,
who laughed.
"Cartilage, Luke. All cartilage. Not a single bone in 'em.
And there's enough protein in your load to keep ten of them alive for
a month."
"Ten? How many of them are there?"
"Well, their little brothers and sisters are on Endor. They only join
in for the official ceremony."
"How many brothers and sisters do they have?"
"Oh, about twenty-eight."
The thoughts that immediately ran through Luke's mind pushed him over
the edge. He groaned and ejaculated directly into the girl's stomach. But
strangely, the pleasure continued, unabated.
Luke shuddered as he realized what was happening. The twins were somehow
using the Force to make him multi-orgasmic.
Veers smiled. "So what do you say, Luke? Want to rule the universe?"
Luke, tingling with excitement at the prospect of the real coronation,
shrugged his shoulders. "Oh, what the hell. How bad can it be?"
"Great. What made you change your mind?"
Luke slapped his thighs in resignation as the twins switched positions. "Shit, man. It's fate, right?"