Woman in gold chapter 10: Enter the Skywalker
Not much that wasn't in the movie here, at least not until the end, but I hope you still like it. (Note: dialogue in triangular brackets indicates translations from Huttese). Example: I told you not to admit him!.
I got the idea from books like Animorphs I liked as a teenage girl in the 90s, how they had thought-speak this way. I hope this doesn't come off as shoehorned in since it's added so late, sorry about that. Enjoy!
Leia woke to the sound of familiar voices in the halls early in the morning as she lay in her golden bikini, leaned against the monster that she was bound to. She raised her beautiful face towards the source of the voice as her eyes fluttered open. What was going on?
"Yo macka chipowan Skywalker." The majordomo's words awakened Leia as the half-naked Princess slowly sat up on the throne, her eyes adjusting to the incredibly dim light. She perked up at Fortuna's mention of 'Skywalker', had Luke finally arrived?
"You will take me to Jabba now." Luke's voice said in a slow, controlled speech pattern. Leia listened carefully as there was a minor pause in the conversation.
"Ataka bu Jabba now." Bib Fortuna said in a trancelike voice. Leia could now see him approaching the throne with Luke, who was wearing all black and a long cloak. Leia slowly sat up, wary in her movements. The humiliations she had endured over the last 4 days had left her so frightened and broken-down that she hesitated to even move while she slept for fear of awakening her monstrous master.
"You served your master well." Said Luke's voice as he slowly entered the throne room. Leia slowly sat up as the vile gangsters and degenerates who inhabited the palace slowly awoke, gathering as Luke entered the throne room, his black cloak swirling ominously.
"Ay sota vanloca." Fortuna repeated as he walked with Luke to the middle of the throne room, his red eyes hollow as if in a trance. Leia realized Luke must have used a mind trick on him and felt a glimmer of levity. The Hutt's employees were weak-minded, just as she thought.
"And you will be rewarded." Luke said as he walked towards Jabba's throne, standing on the grate for the trapdoor. Leia slowly sat up as the court started waking up, all eyes on the black-cloaked man in front of them. She kept her face a stoic, unreadable mask even as her humiliation at Luke witnessing her almost naked, submissive state while bound to a disgustingly flabby Hutt.
"At last! Master Luke's come to rescue me!" C-3PO cried out as Bib Fortuna walked behind the throne, still in his strange trance as he whispered in Jabba's ear.
"Master!"
"Oooh!" Jabba said, startled at being awakened so abruptly. He absent-mindedly tugged Leia's chain as he did so, pulling her into a sultry sitting position.
"Gabba nopez Luke skywalker, Jedi knight." Bib said. The Twi'lek's trance was almost comical to Leia, and if she could do such things, she had several ideas of what she could make the major domo do that would make up for the humiliation he had helped heap upon her the last few days.
I told you not to admit him. Jabba growled to Fortuna, obviously annoyed at Fortuna for this.
"I must be allowed to speak." Luke said in the same controlled, commanding voice. Leia listened as Bib Fortuna repeated Luke's words again, this time, being met with anger from the Hutt.
You weak-minded fool! Jabba growled as he pulled Bib closer to intimidate the Major Domo. He's using an old Jedi mind trick!
He shoved the Twi'lek aside in anger, making Bib fall off the throne with a yelp. Leia would have giggled at the abuse of the Twi'lek who had molested her and intimidated her for days, if she could, but she settled for smirking in his general direction as Luke continued his speech.
"You will bring captain Solo and the Wookie to me." He said in the same controlled voice, staring right at Jabba's huge reddish-orange eyes. Jabba just laughed, the sound making Leia feel a chill down her spine. She remembered Luke was unarmed as per the plan, and felt a twinge of comfort knowing R2 had smuggled his lightsaber into the palace. Leia had been loath to come up with such an elaborate plan, but it had been necessary. With his lightsaber, the scanners in Jabba's Palace would have been alerted to him and he could have been blown up by booby traps outside the gates.
Your mind tricks will not work on me, boy. Jabba said as he pulled Leia's chain taught, making the half-naked Princess wince slightly. Leia was certain that was true, Jabba had been murdering Jedi for centuries, if the rumors were true. She wanted to warn Luke about the trapdoor he was standing on, but knew that if she did, not only would Jabba use it, but she would likely be in for another humiliating punishment. So Leia kept quiet, watching the scene unfold before her eyes.
"Nevertheless…." Luke said, looking calmer and more collected than Leia had seen him act before. "….I'm taking captain Solo and his friends. You can either profit by this, or be destroyed."
Leia felt a trill of pride at knowing how far Luke had come with his Jedi training, and wanted nothing more than to hug him right now in congratulations. She didn't care that she was wearing nothing but a bikini, she would run up and shake his hand if she could.
"It's your choice, but I warn you not to underestimate my powers." Luke said, keeping his stoic expression as he flexed his fingers. Jabba let out a low growl, his breath making Leia wince as C-3PO piped up, panicked.
"Master Luke, you're standing on a-!" the golden droid was interrupted by a growl as Jabba tugged Leia back against his skin, making her flinch in anticipation of touching his slimy skin again.
There will be no bargain, young Jedi. Jabba growled as he held Leia tightly by her chains. The Princess looked over and nodded to Lando, who was standing just off to the side. I shall enjoy watching you die.
Suddenly, Luke waved his hand out and a gun from one of Jabba's guards' belts flew to his hand. One of the Gammorean guards, whom Leia recognized as Jubnuk, grabbed Luke's hand to try and keep him from shooting Jabba, making the shot hit the ceiling and showering sparks down into the throne room. Jabba growled and slammed his hand down on the armrest of his throne, making the trapdoor beneath their feet drop open. Luke fell out of sight into the shadows, with Jubnuk stumbling slightly before almost comically falling down into the dark pit. Jabba laughed as Leia nervously looked down as far her neck could stretch, concerned about Luke. Lando walked over from the crowd and put a hand on her shoulder to reassure her, looking into the Princess's eyes.
"TibiJedi!" Jabba growled as Leia flinched hard from a sudden movement beneath her body, feeling like a faraway earthquake had just occurred. "TibiJedi….!"
The throne was moving, apparently from magnetic repulsorlifts installed on the bottom. Leia realized the Hutt's sadistic sense of humor meant he would deeply enjoy watching his enemies be killed by his favorite pet. She watched as the Jedi and Gammorean stumbled to their feet in the dusty pit full of bones, looking ready to fight each other. But at that moment, a horrible screech interrupted them and the sound of a massive gate being opened sounded from the pit.
"Oh no, the Rancor!" C-3PO shouted as he shook with fear. Leia's eyes filled with fear as she turned to see the scene, putting a hand between the collar and the skin of her neck to keep the horrible gold-plated durasteel from hurting her neck. Ever since she had heard Jabba kept a Rancor and used it to kill slave girls who disobeyed him, she had remembered stories she was told on Alderaan about Rancors who eat little girls who don't go to bed on time. Jabba had never had to threaten her with this punishment verbally, he knew the pit was right there where she could see and hear the beast within.
A horrible roar echoed from within the pit as Jubnuk squealed in fear, doubtlessly trying to escape the horrible beast. His fellow Gammoreans mocked and jeered at him with the crowd, laughing at their comrade's misfortune.
"Looks like the old saying's true." Leia thought to herself. "There really is no honor among criminals."
Jubunk's squeals grew louder as Leia could just barely see the gigantic crustacean's claw grab him, holding him helpless. She strained to see what was going on and faintly saw the Rancor chomp down on Jubnuk's helpless form, slurping him down and chewing until the pig was swallowed. Leia felt a wave of satisfaction at the guard who had sexually abused her with his comrades meeting such a horrible end. He deserved it, the rapist. However, her elation was short-lived as the Rancor turned and spotted Luke with its beady black eyes.
"Beeaahd!" Jabba chuckled, encouraging the Rancor as his crowd roared their approval. Leia squinted to see what was happening. Luke had grabbed a particularly large leg bone from the pit, and was holding it like a sword as the massive beast approached him. If nothing else, Leia could say he had courage, but she worried about what he was going to do with such a crude weapon against the monster before him. In no time, the Rancor had grabbed Luke and was lifting him up to its horrible jaws.
"Wah-hoo!" yelled one of the degenerates, waving his fist as the rest of the crowd went wild, chanting and jeering as they watched the beast prepare for its meal. Leia grimaced in fear as the beast lifted Luke almost to its mouth and opened wide, its jagged teeth barely visible in the darkness. Suddenly, Luke jammed the long bone into the Rancor's mouth, forcing the beast to keep its jaws wide open. The crustacean roared and bellowed in frustration as it struggled to bite down, the bone keeping its mouth open like a dentist's tool. A sickening crunch indicated the bone had been shattered, the beast's jaws no longer forced open. By now, Luke was forced back into a shallow alcove, and Leia knew he didn't have long before the beast grabbed him.
"Force, please help him!" she mentally begged to anyone or anything would listen to her. Her heart was pounding inside of her chest, and she was shivering from both the cold and her own fear. There was a scream from the pit as Luke smashed the Rancor's claw with a large rock, smashing its knuckles and making it withdraw its hand. Leia saw him run out of the alcove and disappear from sight, but she knew there was no escape from the Rancor pit. The crowd went wild as Jabba tugged her leash and held it taught, his tail twitching as she slipped her fingers between the collar and her flesh, trying to prevent herself from choking. There were a few more roars as the Rancor's footsteps sounded loud as a sandcrawler's treads, the sound of an electrical device shorting out and finally a massive CLANG that echoed through the palace, followed by silence. The Gammoreans stopped laughing and looked down as the rest of the palace looked into the pit in shock. Leia looked down as Jabba, obviously distracted, let her chains go slack.
"Luke, you made it!" Leia thought to herself as she smiled as the sight below her. Luke had tricked the Rancor into following him towards the massive portcullis and used a rock to hit the controls keeping it open, impaling the horrible beast on the spiked points of the gate. She laughed out loud, feeling the levity that laughter brought her as her heart warmed with the thought that Luke was now safe. Suddenly, Leia felt Jabba yank her chains tighter, choking her in anger. Jabba roared his displeasure at the incident as the crowd went quiet, shocked and curious as to what the Hutt would do next. The massive Hutt was enraged, at Luke for murdering his favorite pet, at Leia, his sex slave, for laughing at his loss when she should not even speak without permission, and at Han for bringing this tragedy down on him. They would all pay for this.
Bring me Solo and the Wookie! Jabba growled as he pulled Leia into his bulk, holding her chains tighter. They will all suffer for this outrage!
The half-naked Princess struggled to breathe as she was pulled against his flab. She pulled and tugged at her gold-plated collar as her skirts fell off to one side, exposing her bare vulva to the crowd yet again. Leia was finally allowed to sit upright, straightening her skirts as the guards ran off to the dungeons, with several others running into the Rancor pit through the gate Luke had tried to open before. She heard sobbing coming from the pit, curious as to who would be mourning either the Rancor or Jubnuk and why, but she had no time to reflect on that as Luke was brought forth, along with Han and Chewbacca, who had been roughly yanked forth from the dungeons. Leia's heart sank at the idea of seeing Han again, especially since he knew of her enslavement. She wondered if his eyesight had returned yet, she did not relish the idea of him witnessing her utter humiliation as a scantily-clad sex slave to a drug lord.
"Han!" Luke yelled as he was handcuffed and brought before Jabba's throne, the smuggler being pulled by two guards as Chewbacca was pushed along, yanked into the throne room by two Gammoreans.
"Luke!" Han said as he yanked at one of the guards who was pulling him along. Leia noticed Lando was among the guards and looked into his eyes from across the room. Or at least, she tried to. Leia blinked and tried again, finding that she had to strain her beautiful brown eyes to look Lando, or any of her friends, in the eye.
"What's happening to me?" She thought, trying to look C-3PO in his optics and failing as she rubbed her eyes with her hands. "Why can't I look at their eyes?"
Leia realized with horror that Jabba's conditioning had been working on her, she was avoiding eye contact with 'free men' no matter what she tried. Leia's heart sank when she considered what was happening to her, the subconscious conditioning of the disgusting Hutt was turning her from a free woman into a submissive sex slave. She realized she might need a considerable amount of therapy after this and worried about Mon Mothma, knowing how upset the woman would be to know the woman she loved like a daughter had been so horribly abused in so many ways.
"Are you all right?" Luke asked, walking with the guards as they pulled him forward to the court and pushed him along with Han.
"Fine." Han said in his usual dry, sarcastic tone. "Together again, huh?"
"Wouldn't miss it." Luke said as he looked at Leia in her exposed state, smiling at her as if to tell her "Don't worry about us."
"How are we doing?" Han asked as he stumbled towards the throne.
"Same as always." Luke said, casual annoyance in his voice.
"That bad, huh?" Han said as he stumbled again. "Where's Leia?"
"I'm here!" Leia called out, sighing in relief that his vision hadn't returned yet. At least he would not be able to see her as a slave. That would have been almost too much humiliation for her to bear. She was instantly silenced by a yank of her chain, being pulled back farther as Jabba stroked her hair and the bare flesh of her back with his hand, stroking her as if she were a pet cat. Jabba growled something at C-3PO, who shuffled forward and started to translate his speech to the crowd.
"His high exaltedness, the great Jabba the Hutt, has decreed that you are to be terminated….immediately." the droid said, his voice shaking with unease at what he was forced to say.
"Good, I hate long waits." Han said, his sarcasm evident in his tone but not enough to hide his fear.
"Therefore you will be taken to the Dune Sea and cast into the pit of Carkoon, the nesting place of the almighty Sarlacc." C-3PO said, himself not knowing what exactly the Sarlacc was.
"That doesn't sound too bad." Han said, his comical attitude winning out over the situation with a touch of levity. Leia realized how much she loved that about him, his ability to bring comedy to most any situation. She wished she had told him that sometime back.
"In his belly you will find a new definition of pain and suffering…." Said C-3PO, worry in his robotic voice. "….as you are slowly….digested over a….thousand years."
"On second thought, let's pass on that, huh?" Han said, sarcasm evident as Chewbacca roared in agreement. The guards pulled them away as Jabba's court laughed at the helpless Jedi and his friends being led off to their deaths.
"You should have bargained, Jabba." Luke said as he was pushed out of the throne room. "That's the last mistake you'll ever make."
Leia was pulled into Jabba's bulk as he laughed, watching the three prisoners being pulled out of the throne room and to a horrible fate. She wanted to shout out to them, to call out to Han and tell him she loved him, but for some reason, she wouldn't. Leia had submitted to Jabba's might and now she was almost fully enslaved by his resources, his power, and his mere presence. The Princess was becoming a sex slave and worst yet, it was of her own free will she had submitted to him.
"As for you, my Kahnkee…." Jabba growled in Basic, glaring down at Leia with his gigantic orange-red eyes. "….you dare laugh at your master's misfortune of losing a beloved pet?" he yanked her chains again, choking Leia as she struggled to breathe.
"Please….master….!" Leia gasped as she felt herself being choked half to death by his chain. "Let….your pet….breathe….!"
Jabba glared into her brown eyes again, holding her as if she were being hung at a gallows by her chain. Leia's brown eyes were as wide as possible, staring into her master's gigantic eyes in absolute terror. There was silence except for Leia's breathing as he glared some more, licking her face and making her gasp as the last reserves of air left her lungs. Leia's vision went black as she passed out. She knew this was the end.
The end
Just joking, I wouldn't be near that cruel! There's going to be a mini-chapter where Jabba punishes Leia, taking place just before the sail barge scene. Hope you enjoy!