Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars. I do not own The Force Unleashed (other than the particular copy of the game I bought a while back). I do not own Galen Marek/Starkiller, Juno Eclipse, or any other characters that show up here. They are the property of George Lucas and Lucasfilm…neither of which I am associated with, unfortunately.
This is something I wrote for UDC5 (the fifth Ultimate Drabble Challenge for those of you who don't know what it is) on the Jedi Council Forums (boards . theforce . net), right after I played through The Force Unleashed for the first time. I fell in love with the characters of Starkiller and Juno. That's the main reason I started these. I'm certainly not done with them and it will probably take me ages to post all of them, but I've really enjoyed writing these characters. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy and please don't forget to review!
1. Doctor
"Hold still, please," the med droid's cold, monotonous voice and frigid metal fingers cause the boy to flinch. The dull ache in his arm whispered a faint melody of greater pain when the chilled machine touched him.
He recoiled, trying to remove his burned arm from the droid's care. Then a grip like durasteel clamped down on his shoulder. His head jerked up to see his black-cloaked mentor towering above him, mechanical breathing echoing too loudly in the ward.
The youngster flinched again, ready to be dealt yet another punishing blow. Instead, only the frozen touch reached for him again.
2. Companion
"Set course for Corellia," Starkiller's voice told her. Juno glanced at him, blue eyes searching his expression. He did not pay her a bit of attention as she laid in the course.
He had changed so much in the aftermath of Vader's betrayal of him. He did not seem to realize it. Even when she had caught him speaking to his former master, she had seen it in him. It was not immediate, but it was there.
It was like he was just starting to believe that what he was doing was a good thing. She was proud of him.
3. Time
They had spent only months together. All she had done was fly him to where he needed to go.
There was something about Juno Eclipse that did not sit as he had expected it to. Perhaps it was because she, unlike the last seven pilots, was a woman. He did not see other people very often, let alone someone as beautiful as she was.
She had been branded a traitor because of him... She had only been doing what she had been told. Her job probably did not even matter to her, as long as she was serving the Empire...
4. Space
Juno missed him when he was gone.
She missed being able to talk to him, even if it was a short conversation. She missed watching him stare at the blurred starscape when they were in hyperspace.
She missed him. The lack of his presence had left an empty hole in her chest. She would turn around and expect to see him standing there sometimes. Other times, she would hear a sound in the Rogue Shadow and think it was him for some reason.
Sometimes she forgot he was dead.
Galen had been a good man. He had not deserved death.
5. Dimensions
There was a time when the hulking figure of his former master had struck fear in Starkiller's heart.
The tall, black-cloaked cyborg was no longer someone he was afraid of. Vader was nothing more than a Sith, and he was only human. Mostly.
He was not afraid anymore. A bright light guided him, reminding him of who he had become.
The battle was easy. The war that he had started was difficult. He did not expect to survive this battle, but he would save his allies. He could do it.
He would do it. No matter what. He couldn't fail.