A Sith Story: A War for the Stars

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 Out of the blackness, came a ship… A ship that sent the world of Varl into war! But while they sent out their fighter planes and crude cheap ships, made from designs from an old forgotten republic! And like birds, they flew from a cage made of crows, they boarded the black ship! Cold and blood-stained were her walls… 

Even the council guardians, the Gamorreans felt cold… and fearful… shivering pigs of our masters… a ship with no lights and dark corridors, with black wet floors, the Gamorreans continued with axe in hand, but like all pigs, loyalty is never promised! In the shadows between dripping ceilings, their saw… 

[what did they see?] 

[they saw a red light! Burning and metallic…] 

[ and? What happened next!] 

[ the red light twisted like a ghost through the sticky and slimy substance that coated everything… and with its burning blade made of light, hunted down the Gamorreans like pigs in a slaughterhouse! 

Heads went flying, as so did their limbs! Their axes made of faulty metal could not stop the light! Their guts and fat burned a sweet smell… a smell that drew him out…] 

[him?] 

[yes, my dear child… him… our star…] 

[our star?] 

[yes, our star… while some may call him an angel… others a demon… but to us… here in Varl… we called him…] 

[Morning star!] 

[Morning star? But why do we call him that?] 

[we call him that because he is the one who rose like a morning star! Out of nowhere his wings covered us up and saved us…] 

[saved us? Were we in trouble? Was it because of the one with the red light?] 

[no, my child, the one with the red light was his servant! What he saved us from was something we can't ever pay back…] 

[we can't? Why?] 

[because he gave us back our past! To secure our future…. If only you knew my child how life was…] 

[Sorry Mommy but I'm so confused. Who was the bad guy? The council?] 

[ha! Heavens no my child! The bad guys in this story will always be the Jedis!] 

→excerpt from a mother's tale← 

A Lucifron enjoyed the smell of bacon and the sounds of squealing pigs on their deathbed. He walked on feathers and spread the fog of his force with his black wings! And while the doors opened for his guest, he smiled at the fat snake of a creature called a Hutt! 

With pig men bowing on their knees, the crime lord slithered his way forward with open arms and a gown made from the most luxurious of extinct animals and said while looking at the corpses of his men: 

[we have been waiting a long time for you… master!] 

{Hmm… I guess Beldorion wasn't a complete failure after all… his death was regrettable… but necessary… after all, we couldn't have the Jedis or the republic finding out… now could we… as for you, well did a good job holding onto that Holocron 'elder Marlo'] 

[It is as you say, master… everything is ready… we only need your words for the others!] replied Elder Marlo. 

Although he spoke in a matter of respect to Lucifron, inside and deep down, he was annoyed that he who had reigned as one of the top figures in decades had to lower himself to be like a servant! But even a species as force-resistant as his, could not hide this emotional relapse. And so Lucifron feeling the Hutt discomfort, placed his hand on his round shoulder blades, sending the Hutt elder into an inner world consumed by madness! 

Harrowing screams and a vision in bloody red, skulls of his species lined empty battlefields from forgotten eras, but the Hutts are not weak or caring people, the sight of the dead did not so much as move the old Hutt's heart, no it didn't, but what it did move his heart was fear in this vision inclination! War was coming to a race who had lost its warriorhood, and became fat and lazy in their riches! 

And he saw it… in a matter of moments… the beast of the void came for all of Hutt space! But what could he do, as the rest of the galaxy was empty and cold to their plight… they were 'monsters' after all… while freed from the vision, old elder Marlo turned to Lucifron and asked in a cold shiver: 

[what was that? What did I see?] 

With a cold smile and with his talon behind his back, Lucifron said: 

[both the past and the future! The Hutts were once great warriors, whom all feared at one point… your empire stretched pretty far at the height of its power… but that's old tales, look at you now… hiding behind pigs… how laughable! I bet even Beldorion hated what his race had become… 

And if memory serves me well, I do believe your species is running out of time… isn't it? Bless with long life… but low fertility… even your ability to asexually reproduce is also running into problems... Is it not?] 

[unfortunately… yes…] replied the elder, when a beam of light burned by his eyes! 

Scared for a moment, Marlo jumped back behind his guards, only proving Lucifron's earlier point. 

[sigh, As I thought... Weak… but it's fine… I don't need you for your strength of arms… just your coin…] 

[my coin?] replied Marlo is a hiss 

{yes, your coin… It's going to cost a lot of money to set up what I have planned} 

[what you have planned! Not us?] replied Marlo with a balled-up fist at his lower standing in this conversation. 

[tsk I thought this creature was supposed to serve our family! Ugh!] thought Marlo almost forgetting the fear he just had toward this Lucifron. 

{Marlo… is it? It's going to get really annoying if I have to keep reminding you of your station in this deal of ours…} replied Lucifron with a threatening tone at feeling the elder Hutts's inner hatred. 

[our station? Don't you mean yours and master Beldorion! Where are you getting this 'our' from? It is you! who should be!] 

Cutting Marlo's words short, for his head rolled between his pig guards! The pig guards seeing their master's head roll between them, immediately went for their axe, when one of the guards felt the water at his knees flicker a red light as a vulture bird went for his throat! 

Hearing his comrade's squealing screams, the other guard quickly fell on his back in terror! And in that state, the water wrapped up his limbs! With eyes wide he saw a sickly putrid bird slowly walk up to him… and with a short bow, removed the cloak covering his face… 

With maggots and a red light, with diseased flesh and a cracking beak, with dead eyes that moved individually, the bird looked into the Gamorrean's eyes… and with his bones, and pustule hands, grabbed the Gamorrean mouth! And with the strength of the dead, forced it open! As he poured from his own mouth, fresh maggot and other bugs down the Gamorreans' throat! 

In seconds the Gamorreans squealed in pain, as bugs ate their way out through his eyes and innards! He felt the strange creatures even as his flesh rotted and stunk like an expired pig! Though the Gamorreans died all in mere moments, to Gardulla who had been watching everything unfold... It was nightmarish! She started regretting coming along with her fellow elder… 

But before she could even attempt to escape, she noticed a little droid behind her in the reflection of the ship walls! And with the burning saber behind her, she forgo-ed that idea and waited as Lucifron slowly made his way to her, and with sweet poisonous whispers he said: 

{It's a shame what happened to your compatriots, but these are dying times and we do not have time for inner fights, so here is the deal, you help me and I'll make sure no one forgets the name of the Hutts! So, not only will you regain your position in the galaxy, but you'll even gain… a child!} 

{don't look so shocked now Miss Gardulla… you see… I'm not blind in the way of the force, concerning life force… you wish for a Rotta of your own do you not?} 

Hearing the mention of Rotta, the child of 'that' fat mama… affected Gardulla to her core, for she longed for a child more than ruling over a desert wasteland like Tatooine. But then again why couldn't she have both? With the death of the guards and that of Marlo already a long-forgotten thought, Gardulla said with a hint of desperation: 

[can you really help me?] 

Hearing the words he waited patiently for, Lucifron kept the smile as he turned around and said: 

{of course… you just have to shake on it…} 

Hesitation gleaned in her eye for but a moment, and of course Lucifron noticed it, and so, to put the final nail in the coffin. 

{take my hand Gardulla or doom your kind to extinct like those animals used to make your coat… and I even promise to make your child force-sensitive} 

With her hand getting close to his, and hearing those words, prompt Gardulla to ask something so out of character it even shocked her… 

[did you have kids… or a desire for them?] 

With deep air leaving his nostrils, Lucifron thought for a moment and said with that same old cunning smile: 

{I wish I could, but as I mentioned those animals before, all my kind are gone… and to that end, I will see to their blood is repaid in full!} 

With eyes delighted at Lucifron's words, Gardulla happily reached out her hand and said: 

[I see... I guess Master Beldorion was right… our future 'lies' with you…] 

Hours later in a meeting room in Varl, sat council members and guests eagerly awaiting this so-called Sith to arrive: 

[so, Gardulla… when will this Sith be arriving? You've kept us waiting hours already! Time is precious after all! Every moment that passes is a moment we could have been racking in some much-needed funds!] said Zond member of the Neimoidians species 

Hearing her guest's complaint, Gardulla was about to respond but she was interrupted 

[he's right Gardulla… the death watch waits for no one!] replied 'Kurk Stirn' a member of the Mandalorian species 

[oh! Will you calm down already… you're running my fun] replied King Sono Molec of the Zygerrian species as he played with his skimpy slaves. 

Gardulla, feeling a headache coming had her thoughts interrupted again as the whole room grew quiet as the old admiral suddenly said his piece 

[gardulla, as you know I have many plans underway… none in which I can't be overseeing for long, so, this better not be a ploy of the Hutts… also I'm curious… where is elder Marlo?] 

[oh! Elder Marlo is dead… sadly old age finally claimed him…] 

[old age? But doesn't your race live for a thousand years?] 

[we can… but that doesn't mean we will… time can be harsh on anyone's body... Even us… his passing has left a hole in our hearts but we of the Hutt clan aren't that weak yet, that this death will have any meaningful negative impact I assure you] 

With squinted eyes, the old admiral didn't believe, Gardulla's words for a second, but then again it didn't really matter in the long run, as what she said was the truth, his death though unfortunate as it was, wouldn't have any impact… 

With that said, the other members were starting to get just as upset when the light in the room dimmed… and a frozen chill covered them like a blanket… their drinks froze and every glass shattered, while the computers cracked under the pressure! 

And when the doors finally opened with eerie creaking, the Geonosian in the room, old and cranky, looked up at the figure with malice and hope! With a wing span that opened to feathers flying and a droid so fast for the eyes, slammed into the center of the table, and looked at each one of them with a scanning eye! 

{welcome friends!} said Lucifron with a cold smile as he directed Wave, to get off the table. 

{I know I have kept you waiting… but I assure you I had my reason… now let us discuss why we are all here…} 

{and no... it's not just the downfall of the republic, as I am sure if that was the case more than half of you would leave right now… no... that is not what this meeting is about, though it is a part of it, the major point does concern the republic's fall.} 

[then what does it concern?] said King Molec with a condescending attitude 

{hmm… why the past of course} replied Lucifron with his signature smile.