SIDIOUS' VACATION
Chapter one:
An Unlikely Visit
Darth Sidious woke from his dreams of baby rabbits and kittens with a start. From his sleeping quarters, the sound of birds singing, and children playing in the waves somewhere outside reached his ears. His eyes flew open, revealing his startling red pupils and rather blood-shot eyes. "Oh No!" He whimpered. "Oh please not today! Anything but today!" He climbed out of his feather bed, the once straight pink quilt, now rumpled. Darth Sidious rushed over to the wall and riffled through the calendar, accidentally tearing the page straight through baby spice's head. "Ooops...I'll fix that with a little bit of sticky-tape." Darth Sidious murmured. Suddenly coming up to the right page on the calendar, he traced his finger through the days 1st...2nd...3rd...4th...the 4th?!" Sidious stared, horrified at the calendar... "But...that means...MOTHER!" Sidious slowly backed away from the calendar and plopped down on the feather bed. His idea of a summer vacation was about to be spoilt. His mother was coming to visit him. Today.
Darth Vader was relaxing in his spa tub, in the next room. Sipping his coffee, he felt he could stay like this forever. Reaching over to the coffee jar he helped himself to some more. "Yup." He told himself "This sure is the life! No storm-troopers to direct, no death-star to create, no rebels to kill, no disobedient captains to strangle...I could go on." The door burst open. "Yikes!!!!!" Vader ducted under the thick bubbles, making sure nothing except his head was visible. Then seeing it was his master, Sidious, he said "Sidy? Good morning! Hey what'd y'a think? Great huh? I love it here! Everything is first class, and it's cheap too!" Then noticing the expression on Sidious' pale face he asked, "Hey, Sidious you alright man?" Sidious gulped. "Look at the calendar Vady. Just look at the date today." Sidious handed Vader the calendar with a shaking hand. Confused, Vader took the calendar and stared at the page for a while, his expression neutral. Then without the slightest change in expression, except perhaps slightly wider eyes, slid under the bubbly water. "Get up Vady!!!" Sidious howled. "You are helping me get the room ready!" Then realizing Vady had fainted he dragged him up to the surface.
"Okay are we ready?" Sidious asked impatiently. "Check." Vader crossed off a square box on his clipboard. "Beds made?" "Check." "Toilet flushed?" "Check." "Dirty Clothes in washing basket?" "Check." "Pajamas under pillow?" Vader dropped his pencil. "Check." He said, straightening up. "Lunch in fridge?" "Check." "Kitty litter emptied?" "Check." "Dishes washed up?" "Check." "Bedroom tidy?" "Check." "Bathroom presentable?" "Cheeeeeeck. Hang on...Oooops!" "Well hop to it Vady!" Sidious yelled. "Check!" Vader rushed into the bathroom and did his best to make everything look nice and neat. Sidious grumbled to himself. "Some holiday." He muttered. "What could be worse then my mother coming to visit me?" Gazing around, a thought occurred to him. What good would it be, if the house looked nice, but them like rebels that just came out of war? Vader came out of the little bathroom, covered in dust and toothpaste. "Vady!" Snapped Sidious. "Un huh?" Vader blinked dust out of his eyes. "Commence operation Get Cleaned Up!" Sidious turned to leave for a bath. "What?" Vader said stupidly. "Squeaky Clean!" Sidious sneezed. "Sorry?" "Fix yourself up a bit!" "What on Tatooine are you going on about?" "Just have a bath or something!" Sidious yelled. "Oh right." Vader hurried back to the spa.
Chapter one:
An Unlikely Visit
Darth Sidious woke from his dreams of baby rabbits and kittens with a start. From his sleeping quarters, the sound of birds singing, and children playing in the waves somewhere outside reached his ears. His eyes flew open, revealing his startling red pupils and rather blood-shot eyes. "Oh No!" He whimpered. "Oh please not today! Anything but today!" He climbed out of his feather bed, the once straight pink quilt, now rumpled. Darth Sidious rushed over to the wall and riffled through the calendar, accidentally tearing the page straight through baby spice's head. "Ooops...I'll fix that with a little bit of sticky-tape." Darth Sidious murmured. Suddenly coming up to the right page on the calendar, he traced his finger through the days 1st...2nd...3rd...4th...the 4th?!" Sidious stared, horrified at the calendar... "But...that means...MOTHER!" Sidious slowly backed away from the calendar and plopped down on the feather bed. His idea of a summer vacation was about to be spoilt. His mother was coming to visit him. Today.
Darth Vader was relaxing in his spa tub, in the next room. Sipping his coffee, he felt he could stay like this forever. Reaching over to the coffee jar he helped himself to some more. "Yup." He told himself "This sure is the life! No storm-troopers to direct, no death-star to create, no rebels to kill, no disobedient captains to strangle...I could go on." The door burst open. "Yikes!!!!!" Vader ducted under the thick bubbles, making sure nothing except his head was visible. Then seeing it was his master, Sidious, he said "Sidy? Good morning! Hey what'd y'a think? Great huh? I love it here! Everything is first class, and it's cheap too!" Then noticing the expression on Sidious' pale face he asked, "Hey, Sidious you alright man?" Sidious gulped. "Look at the calendar Vady. Just look at the date today." Sidious handed Vader the calendar with a shaking hand. Confused, Vader took the calendar and stared at the page for a while, his expression neutral. Then without the slightest change in expression, except perhaps slightly wider eyes, slid under the bubbly water. "Get up Vady!!!" Sidious howled. "You are helping me get the room ready!" Then realizing Vady had fainted he dragged him up to the surface.
"Okay are we ready?" Sidious asked impatiently. "Check." Vader crossed off a square box on his clipboard. "Beds made?" "Check." "Toilet flushed?" "Check." "Dirty Clothes in washing basket?" "Check." "Pajamas under pillow?" Vader dropped his pencil. "Check." He said, straightening up. "Lunch in fridge?" "Check." "Kitty litter emptied?" "Check." "Dishes washed up?" "Check." "Bedroom tidy?" "Check." "Bathroom presentable?" "Cheeeeeeck. Hang on...Oooops!" "Well hop to it Vady!" Sidious yelled. "Check!" Vader rushed into the bathroom and did his best to make everything look nice and neat. Sidious grumbled to himself. "Some holiday." He muttered. "What could be worse then my mother coming to visit me?" Gazing around, a thought occurred to him. What good would it be, if the house looked nice, but them like rebels that just came out of war? Vader came out of the little bathroom, covered in dust and toothpaste. "Vady!" Snapped Sidious. "Un huh?" Vader blinked dust out of his eyes. "Commence operation Get Cleaned Up!" Sidious turned to leave for a bath. "What?" Vader said stupidly. "Squeaky Clean!" Sidious sneezed. "Sorry?" "Fix yourself up a bit!" "What on Tatooine are you going on about?" "Just have a bath or something!" Sidious yelled. "Oh right." Vader hurried back to the spa.