Chapter Forty-Eight: Emperor, Emperor, Murderer.
[Yes the title is a Punn, of Duck, Duck, Goose.]
Notice of correction: I had to correct Ch46 the plot as Cali is not older than Cye she is younger sorry I messed up:(
DOUBLE LENGTH! BAM
Galen walked back into the house the way he had exited it, he swept the glass from before him and then carefully lowered it into the nearby bin with the force, he then looked at the hinges and snidely commented on it "Doesn't anyone care about the damn doors?" he shouted his words dripping with sarcasm. He then saw something concerning, blood on the table and on the Glass itself, panicking he rushed to his son as first piority, Kento was fine, as was Kayl, he then rushed into the share room that Cye often used, Syen was fine, yet Cye was unaccounted for. He then rushed into Leias room, pushing the door open gentlely, he saw Padme's cott, Leia's bed and upon her bed was Leia and Cye.
"WHAT THE FUCK? AM I MISSING SOMETHING?" He shouted
"Galen... erm hi?" Cye greeted and for the first time in his life he was lost for words.
"You hated each other five minutes ago?"
"We weren't doing THAT Galen" Leia hasted to say
"So why were you lying down? Why are you in a BEDROOM? You know there's chairs in the kitchen?"
"Oh me and Cy came up here after he cut himself on the glass."
"That still doesn't answer my question."
"Mate, I cut myself, Leia had plasters up here, and I had to lie down to have her put it on." He said as he got up revealing his shirtless torso with a blood soaked plaster upon his right side.
"What was you doing lying down on the glass as though it was a bed?" Galen said as he rolled his eyes.
"Leia pushed me onto it."
"Great well you pair can do whatever you wish, I've got a marriage to fix. Bye Cye. Leia." Galen nodded as he walked back out of her room.
"Galen I'm so-"
"Don't, just don't. Don't say things you do not mean."
"I do mea-"
"YOU ENJOYED IT! YOUR FACE WAS COVERED IN MALICE AND SPITE. JUST stay out of my way." Galen said as he jumped down the shaft of stairs straight to the bottom without a single hair on his head misplaced.
Juno stayed at the river crying and wrestling with her emotions, she sat their as snow began to fall on her head, which of course on Naboo was a rare thing to happen, yet the snow brought no joy to Juno, no childhood memories of snow men or angels as her childhood was dominated by loss and trying so hard to please her imperialistic Father.
Juno's Point of View:
I know I did it to him. I know that but how can I forgive him after all he said when I did it? He left me until I was at the brink of death. Do I really want to stay with him? He is hypocritical, he tears me down for cheating with Luke when he was away with Vader thinking me to be dead, I didn't even know if he could come back to me and our son. Yet he knew I was staying here and he cheated with Leia probably in the next room while I slept!
I grunt and wipe the snow from my boots and the tears from my eyes, now I know how he felt, is that why he did it? To teach me a lesson?
And to let Leia tell me was damn right horrible. Yet if I don't forgive him he'll leave again taking Kento with him. My tears hit the snow beneath me and melt it as they attack it with its salty effect. Footsteps approach yet I do not turn to check who is gaining on my position I just don't care anymore.
Third person Point of View:
"Juno is it?" Asked a familar voice to Juno
"Yes Cye, you know it's me?"
"Its Syen. I thought you could do with a friendly face? May I join you, I haven't met many people as kind as those who live with you, you are kind also."
"That's a nice thing to say Syen, be my guest if you want to see a emotional wreck."
"I don't mind tears, in my head there is so many."
"What do you mean?" Juno sniffled
"I'm a clone, with genetic memory."
"How does that make tears in your mind?"
"In my memorys I see Cye having the genes that make us superior to most force sensitives injected threw his back into his spine, he cried at that, I see Celius crying as Palpatine used force lightening on him, I see Kallum crying as Callum was taken to be destroyed, yet he wasn't, I see the pain of my predessors. All the time, It's a bit of a disadvantage of being like me."
"Ouch and I thought my hurt was bad, are you completely like Cye?"
"No, I can't read minds or heal as fast as he does, he is the ultimate clone of our generation, yet Kayl is the last of us. There still is a few clones in statis on our homeworld but I couldn't help them. I could help Kayl."
"So what gifts do you have? Why did you help Kayl he wasn't your responsibility?"
"I can sheild myself from incoming attacks by blasters, I can climb quite fast and thats about it."
"Ah, wait you didn't answer the question about Kayl?"
"Mmm. Kayl was a fetal clone when I came from my tank, a few months later the Storm Troopers started to leave in drips and drabs, they killed off a lot of fetal clones except two that they didn't notice, I hid in the statis chamber for a while but when they eventually did find me and the the tanks with Kayl and 7944, I decided to protect them, I grabbed my lightsabers and slaughtered them all, every last one, but in the fight 7944's tank was hit and he died, after that I swore to raise Kayl as my own. we were running out of food when 7942 and your husband arrived."
"Ah I see, you did the right thing."
"I'm not so sure of that."
"If you hadn't of killed them Kayl would have died."
"True." Syen said as he looked at the snow with wonder as he shivered
"Its called snow Syen"
"Snow?"
"Yeah, it must be about negative four degrees I think."
"Does it have to be negative four d-degrees to Snow?"
"No, I just has to be under positive two or in common terms two degrees."
"Why?"
"So that the rain can freeze into snow."
"Ah I get it now" Syen said smiling like a child
"How old are you naturally Syen?"
"Seven" He replied
"And physically?"
"Fourteen"
"Wow, so your double your natural age?" Juno said as her tears began to dry
"I guess, hey you've stopped crying, I am glad I came looking for you now" He said with a large smile gracing his face
"Yeah, I'm gald you did too. How old is Kayl? Naturally and physically?" Juno answered smiling
"Naturally two, physically three, I've had him for just over a year."
"I see."
"So you're seven taking care of a two year old alone?"
"Yes, I am all he has unfortuately."
"I see, was there any female clones?"
"No, I guess Palpatine was sexist."
"Ah, I'm going out on a limb here but you're not sexist?"
"Going out on a limb?"
"Its a expression."
"Oh, and no I'm not."
Galen's Point of View:
Where is she? Maybe she has left, maybe she just didn't have the heart to come back and get her things first, it's too cold for her to be out there too long, since when did it snow on Naboo?! Ugh, I better go look for her just incase she's in trouble or hurt, I sense too many people here to try and sense her, I'd better get changed and go looking for her, I guess I won't be wearing socks, as I haven't got any clean, then I hear the door open and Syen talking, I slide down the banister and see Juno hug him. My rage builds and I growl under my breath yet I know better than to let it control me.
"Are you staying?" Is the first word out of my mouth.
"Yes. I am."
"For me? Or for Syen?"
"For YOU. What you think I fucked Syen? His seven years old!"
"Oh..."
"Yeah OH. Plus I'm married and want to stay that way."
Cye had left the house a couple of hours after being in Leia's room, he headed for the death star to meet his Lover, Cali as he walked toward the throne room many troopers saluted him and bowed in submission, he nodded to each in turn but as he rounded a corner he caught a trooper taking a panell from the wall and trying to be descret about it, he dashed over to him with incredible speed and pushed him against the wall using the force then he grabbed him by the throat with his bare hand and raised the fully armored trooper from the ground.
"What is your ST number?"
"ER ER SSISIR"
"Don't make me ask you again" Cye stated in a calm but unnerving voice
"SSST-00238-976" He stuttered
"What were you doing to my station." Cye said with the same tone.
"Erm.. I I was fixing the panell!"
"Do you think me stupid?"
"I was Sir!"
"I can read minds 976. And your's betrays your tongue."
Cye then let go of 976's neck
"Thannk yo-" 976 started before Cye grabbed his throat with the force.
"You will tell me the truth." Cye said while he gestured two fingers across 976's face
"I will tell you the truth."
"Good, why were you attempting to steal from my station."
"I need money to feed my family, we just had a baby and money is tight."
"I see. I can help you with that."
"Can you?"
"Yes of course I can." Cye said before breaking his neck "One less invalid to pay, one less mouth to feed for his family, It's win, win" Cye chuckled before noticing Cali standing across the way with a bottle of Dantooine's finest wine falling to the floor, almost in slow motion, instictively Cye reached out with the force and stopped it from falling and raised it to her hands as he walked closer, she backed away.
"Yo-you-your a-a mur-der-er!" She stammered
"He was stealing! I have to rule with a iron fist m'love."
Cye then moved in to kiss Cali, Cali however was horrified yet kissed back anyway as she was too frightened not to. As Cye is her Fathers and her own Boss. She removed the notion from her thoughts as quick as it arrived and blanked the murder out, Cye could not know that so if it wasn't there to be read, he would not know it. Cali and Cye walked into the throne room and then into the newly constructed living area, which of course had all the usual rooms that a house would plus a study, a den and a medical room included, Cye had the control station and most of the floor converted into this home for himself, yet he spent most of his time in the den which was constantly locked (when he wasn't in it) lay Keeper in a landscape case with several tools sat around it.
They entered and ate their meal before going to Cye's bedroom for 'desert'.
Cali was uneasy yet decided to go threw with it as even though Cye is now a murderer in her mind she still loves him despite what he had just done.
