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Time to find out the truth about Venalicius (I wonder if anyone actually reads the stuff I write up here...)

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Chapter 48

They were at Isolder's mercy, only a miracle could save them.

A miracle happened.

The Battle Dragon exploded.

There was a shocked silence for a few seconds, it seemed like the world was holding its breath, and then everything dissolved into panic. Han took the opportunity whilst Isolder was preoccupied to grab Leia's hand and yell "Run!" at the others. They all tore to the back of the Temple and out the door through which Holly had been taken. They emerged at the side of the Temple and charged towards the town, nobody gave them a second glance as the Hapes troops were now being attacked by the locals and the Naboo soldiers who had recently arrived.

"We'd better split up!" Leia said as they stopped by a fountain in the middle of a square to catch their breath.

"Yeah," Wedge agreed, "Isolder is probably on our heels as we speak."

"You four go that way," Han said indicating Wedge, Hobbie, Wes and 3PO and pointing in front of him, "and we'll," me motioned to himself, Leia, Luke and Chewie, "Well go that way," he point behind him, "Just hide somewhere safe and then once its all calmed down head back to the ships, if you meet the others tell them the plan, if not we'll have to find them later."

The others agreed and they all headed off.


"Damn it!" Isolder muttered savagely as he looked back at the spot where his captives had been seconds before, "Well stop standing round like a bunch of idiots! Go and find them, I want them alive!" The soldiers around him ran out of the Temple into the streets.

There was silence in the Temple, then;

"Hello Isolder."

Isolder spun round to see Venalicius, dressed in a black military uniform with white along the seams and a black cloak billowing out behind him, it was the uniform for the Tindris Anokan Secret Service.

"Venny?" Isolder asked, confused at the uniform his best friend was wearing. "Venny! Darling, that uniform is ugly; I thought we were going to wear matching tank tops!" Something changed in Venalicius face and he turned pale beneath his fake tan, the one Isolder had lovingly paid for. Then, he was slammed against the wall, Venalicius holding his throat, too tight.

"Venny? What's happening?" he asked, whining away.

"Shut up," Venalicius hissed, "stop whining to me." His voice was different, less up-beat and happy. It was low and slightly harsh.

"Whining?" Isolder asked, Venalicius' temple twitched, he was sick of the man asking questions. "Put me down, Venny, I'll tell you what just happened over a cup of tea!"

"I don't want any tea," Venalicius spat, his grip getting tighter, cutting off Isolder's windpipe, slowly but surely.

"Fine," Isolder croaked, "your funeral." There was a shot and pain seared through Venalicius' arm. He swore and backed away form the badly dressed prince, who was now holding a gun.

"All I wanted, Venny, was to rule over this galaxy. It would have been a better place, don't you think? Things would have been a lot prettier. I would have banned tramps and banthas and only allowed wealthy people and unicorns," he sighed, thinking about the fluffy pink world in his head, "and I, I would have been ruler of it all, with my beautiful wife, Leia, at my side! She would have been able to do all of her politics still, I would let her take over that whole side of things, I would just look after the royal image, making sure we appear in the right papers and that sort of thing. Oh, Venny, if only that Solo man hadn't bothered to try and sabotage our plans!"

"Don't act like Leia had a part in this," Venalicius growled, "she would never plan on taking over."

"Oh, but it would have been for the best! Me and her, we would have been the perfect couple, on paper and off of it. If only you hadn't turned up in that ugly uniform, Venny, I would have let you be my first wardrobe advisor, but now you've turned up in military dress of all things, the thing we vowed we would never wear! Venny, you have let me down!" He sighed for effect and spun the gun around his index finger. "All I want is ultimate power, Venny, who can say they themselves have not dreamt of having this whole galaxy under their finger? I know, I would have inherited the Hapes Consortium from my mother when she died, which will not be far off if I have anything to do with it, but that was not enough! NOT ENOUGH, VENNY! It was not ENOUGH!!!!" He started laughing manically.

Bang.

Isolder looked down and saw a red rose of blood spreading across his muscular chest.

"Let me tell you about my plan now," Venalicius said, standing up, dropping the gun and holding his bloody arm. "I make friends with you, I put up with your stupid plans, your awful dress sense and your abysmal taste in friends-" Isolder gasped after this revelation, "-and soon I gain your trust. My bosses heard about your plans to kill your mother and take over this galaxy within three minutes of you starting to plan it, you shouldn't gossip so much Issy. They sent me orders to eliminate you as soon as possible, but I had to wait for the perfect moment, I let your plans play out to see how far your absurd plot would go... you got pretty far, sweetie-pie, but when you tried to destroy Han and Leia's wedding! Well, that's going too far! I may not be camp, Isolder, but I'm a romantic! I could not let you kill them on their wedding day. So I set up a little explosive..."

"That... That was you?" Isolder gasped, remembering the explosion of the battle dragon and falling to his knees, clasping his wound.

"Yup, then I came here and showed you my true colours, I am part of the Tindris Anoka secret service, but you haven't noticed that yet, have you? You just said this was ugly as you hate military clothing. You always were an idiot, Isolder. Its part of the reason I hate you, alongside the stuff you and your people did to my home planet and my people," he looked down at the pitiful lump at his feet, the badly dressed prince of the mighty Hapes Consortium bowing to the smart, Tindris Anokan.

"Did you enjoy my monologue? I'm not sure it was as crazy as yours, Issy, but I think it was pretty damn good."

Isolder looked up and started to his feet.

"Venny? I thought we were friends..."

"Nope."

"Not ever?"

"I would never be your friend in a million years," Venalicius spat.

"That's why you didn't wear matching tank tops with me!" Isolder gasped, horrified.

"Have you been listening to a word I've said?" Venalicius asked angrily.

"Nope, now I will kill you and take over the galaxy! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaa! And you can't stop me!!" He began his maniacal laughter again until he heard a bang, and fell to the floor.

"Yes I can," Venalicius muttered and he walked away from the crumpled and dead prince.


I'd like to thank my sister for coming up with Venalicius, at first he was just a random side character, but his part just grew and grew, I love him he rocks!

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Oh and don't worry, this isn't the last chapter, sadly the next one is though.