DREAMER part 6
Author:
Lia
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Rating: NC-17 or M
Timeline: shortly after ROTJ
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“I am sorry, child.”
“No, it can't be... it...” the young Jedi shivered. “...but...
you said I could die, didn't you? I'd rather die than become a cannibal!”
“Only if nobody takes care of you properly. But I am here, dear Jedi, and
my mission is to make sure you will not die.”
There was a long, cold silence between the Dark Hunter and the Jedi. For several
seconds they remained absolutely still. Finally, Julian Dronn spoke again.
“As I told you, we are few. We are strong and powerful, our lives almost
unbearably long... no one can defeat us in a fair combat, not even the Falcons,
our most dreadful enemy. But still, we are diminishing. One day, many years
before you were born, Palpatine made us a proposal: he wanted samples of our
blood for a... scientific project; in exchange, he would exterminate the Falcons
and allow us to make ours any survivors of the experiments, so that our kind
wouldn't be gone forever.”
“I thought the Imperial forces had chased and murdered the Jedi knights.”
“Part of them, yes. And some escaped both the Imperials and the virus,
like Master Yoda and Obi Wan Kenobi. But many of them succumbed to our blood.
”
“How did Yoda and Ben escaped?” as usual, curiosity prevailed against
fear and distress in Luke's mind.
“I can only guess... Probably plain good luck. They were in pretty isolated
places. If you had stayed there in Tattooine certainly you wouldn't have caught
this bug. In fact, considering how much you've wandered around during the war,
I'm surprised it had taken so long for you to catch it. D-101 can survive virtually
in any environment and it was spread around the most strategic points of the
Galaxy. ”
“And who are these Falcons you talked about? You said Han was one of them.”
“All I know about them is that they have been our enemies for ages. I was
sure Palpatine had exterminated that cursed race until I sensed your guardian
was one of them.”
“So you fear them. You fear him.” it was a silly provocation
and Luke immediately regreted it. In a sudden burst of fury the Dark Hunter
slapped his face. The boy fell on the pillows with a bleeding lip and his head
reeling madly. For a moment he only saw stars.
“I fear nobody and nothing.” Dronn sneered. “What am I to loose
anyway? My past is bitter, my present hopeless and my future, dead. I am but
a shadow and soon you will be just like me!”
The comp terminal was reduced to a mass of burned steel and messed wires. Han
had tried all the tricks he knew with little results and ended using his blaster.
The front door started to open but froze some seconds later, leaving only a
passage so narrow he couldn't even pass his fingers through it.
The Corellian kicked the terminal in angry frustration. Dammit, he had to get
out! He had to get out before that... thing could do something to Luke.
It was a thing, not a man, he was sure. No man could move so fast and knock
the kid out so easily. And he was also sure that thing was the source of that
damned voice that sometimes echoed in his head.
He called me Falcon.
A Dark Hunter.
Even as a small child Han had always laughed at his grandparents stories about
the Dark Hunters and how their ancestors had fought them. Never believed in
a word of it. First of all he'd never seen any of these cannibal monsters, not
even a holopic; second, the Falcon grandpa claimed was the Solos' ally in such
epic combat was nothing but a mithycal bird – Corellian folklore was full
of things like that.
Guess I was wrong.
A very familiar sound interrupted his thoughts. The roaring of engines, high
up in the sky.
The Millenium Falcon.
Han ran to the window and saw his beloved ship approaching. He whooped in pure
joy.
“Chewie, you son of a gun, great timing!”