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Putting Boba Fett though what happened in the last chapter was hard, especially since he's my all time favourite Star Wars character. However I found it necessary due to the fact that I had to develop Boba's character more towards what he's like in the future, the cold looks, never smiling, etc. It had to come from somewhere right? Of course almost being raped isn't the only thing that contributes to it, he does go through a lot more (which I can't tell you because then it would ruin the story :P).
Iile
His whole body was crying out in pain, causing him to thrash and moan in torment. Hands were pressing down on him, suffocating him, and large shadowed faces loomed over him. One of the hands ripped off his pants and forced him up against a wall, shoving his face into it. He couldn't see as the hands forced his legs apart, couldn't see his attacker as he pressed his naked, sweat drenched body up against his own.
Boba awoke with a gasp and sat up in the bunk. The movement jarred every muscle in his body and he lay back down in pain. The image was still in his mind, right behind his eyelids, waiting for him to close his eyes to begin all over again. He felt something cool on his brow and his eyes fluttered open to see his father standing over him, worry etched on his scarred face. His eyes were soft as he gently cleaned the dirt and blood from Boba's face with a damp cloth, soothing the burning pain. Boba looked down and saw that he lay in just his shorts; the wound on his leg had been tended to with a large bacta compress. His chest, stomach, and legs were covered with vicious looking bruises, which spread across his skin in dark brown marks, spotted with yellow and tinged purple at the edges. He could feel even more bruises forming on his back and his forehead throbbed from the gash it had received when it had hit the ground.
Boba felt filthy, a paste had formed in his mouth that had the same taste as the smell of his attackers, keeping them from leaving his mind. His body began to tremble as the images flooded through his mind, them leaning over him, forcing open his mouth with their grimy fingers, ripping his pants from his legs. His stomach churned, causing his face to pale.
"I feel sick," he mumbled to Jango. His father had been prepared and had a metal bucket in place as Boba lurched onto his side and began to vomit. His son heaved over it, his breathing rasping and his body shaking as he fought to control the sickness.
After finishing Jango gently moved Boba to lie back against the blankets.
"Where are we?" Boba asked him, his voice cracking at the strain.
"On a hyperspace jump to Tatooine."
Boba looked up at him not understanding.
Jango brushed his hand over his son's forehead again. "Do you know what a Sarlacc is?"
Boba slowly shook his head.
"It's a huge creature which lives in pits made in the sand and rock of the planet. Only its mouth shows to the outside, the rest is hidden underground. Anything that happens to get too close to it gets pulled in by its tentacles where they are swallowed whole."
Boba was beginning to know where his father was going with this.
"I thought that you said death was too good for them," he whispered. Jango gave him a small smile,
"I did. That's why I choose the Sarlacc; for you see, when you enter its belly it keeps you alive while it slowly digests you over a thousand years."
Boba's eyes widened at this information. To be alive while being eaten away at, and for such a long period of time, was a horrific thought.
"Do you approve of it?" Jango asked him quietly. Boba nodded,
"Can I watch?" he mumbled as he began to drift off to sleep.
"Of course, but rest now. It's still a while until we get there."
Jango watched as his son fell asleep then placed a com unit beside the bunk in case Boba woke up again and needed something or got into trouble. He turned on its twin, which was attached to his belt, replaced his helmet, and went down into the holding cells. The prisoners had woken up and were glaring at him from behind the metal bars of their cages. He suppressed the urge to throw open the doors and beat each of them until they were bloody and broken and breathing no longer, but he knew that his son's revenge had to be greater than that. The better shape they were in when thrown into the Sarlacc, the more pain they would be in while being digested.
"Why the fuck are we in here?!!" screeched the taller of the two. "We don't have any goddamn bounties on our heads you bloodthirsty scum!"
In one stride Jango reached the edge of the man's cage, shot his arm through the bars and grabbed the man by the shirt. He yanked forward causing the guy's face to connect with the cage bars, making a sickening crunching sound. Jango released him and he fell to the floor of the cage holding a hand over his mouth trying to stop the spurting blood. The guy hacked and spat out three of his teeth.
"Any more comments?" Jango asked them coldly. The other guy shook his head frantically and skirted over to the back of his cage.
"What are ya' going to do with us?" the first guy mumbled, the blood causing his words to be slurred and muffled.
Jango ignored him and headed back up to the cockpit. He sat heavily in the pilot's chair and took off his helmet and placed it in his lap. His hands clutched against it and the scowl on his face deepened with pain as his thoughts went back to Boba. Jango had almost gotten to his destination when he had realized that the information chip, he had given to Boba to hold, wasn't in his possession. He had cursed his mistake for not remembering it and had used his jetpack to get back to Slave 1. However, upon entering he found that Boba wasn't within. Anger had first gone through him at the thought of Boba disobeying orders but then it turned into worry, realizing that his son wasn't one to do such things, especially when those orders came from him. Jango left the ship and followed the path that he had taken when he had first set out. It occurred to him that Boba had probably also noticed that he still held the chip and maybe had tried to catch up with him. He knew though that his son wouldn't stray far.
As he neared an alleyway, the microchips in his helmet had picked up the faint sounds of flesh being hit and yelling. He turned into the alley and stood frozen to the spot when he saw Boba, pinned beneath the two men. Blind rage had swept through him as he ran over to them and threw them off of his son.
Jango shook his head and stared out of the view port. He had been so close to pulling out his blaster and shooting them until all that was left of their bodies was charred ashes, but due to his strong will he had managed to pull himself back from killing them right away. After all, death would've been too good for the scum, just as he had told Boba.
Worry and self loathing filled him again. His carelessness at forgetting about the disk had caused Boba to run after him, out into the danger of the streets. And now he didn't know how to handle the emotional upset that his son had just endured. All he knew what to do was heal the physical wounds that Boba had received, but it was obvious that there would be serious scarring of his mind as well unless something was done.
Jango reached into the pocket of his utility belt and withdrew the information chip he had found in Boba's pocket. He flipped it over and activated it. A small holographic image of the man that he had been seeking for information about the bounty appeared. Jango's scowl deepened. The man had been the one that had skipped town and had made them follow him, made them go to that fucking planet where his son was attacked. The image crackled as Jango slowly squeezed the disk in his hand. His life wouldn't have been in danger if he had been where he had informed Jango he would be, but now, as soon as Jango caught up with him, he would share the same fate as the other two. The image disappeared as the disk snapped into pieces within his gloved fist.
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Five hours later Boba Fett awoke to the sound of his father calling his name. He turned his head groggily to one side to see Jango kneeling beside the bed.
"Wha…what's happening?" he mumbled, confused and disoriented.
"We've arrived at Tatooine."
Boba tried to get up but Jango pressed a hand against his chest not allowing it.
"You are not to move under your own power," his father stated firmly. He gathered Boba up into his arms, along with one of the blankets and carried him from the room. Boba succumbed to the treatment and laid his head against his father's shoulder. He hated being treated like this but he couldn't do anything about it, his body was too weak to even try to stand up. His insides felt as if they were made of liquid and black spots kept appearing in his vision. However he didn't tell his father about how he felt for he knew that Jango would immediately take him to the nearest med center. Instead he kept quiet and pretended that he was just tired.
The hatchway was open and Jango set Boba down just on the outside of it.
"You are to stay right here, I don't want you going near the Sarlacc," warned Jango. Boba looked at his surroundings to see that the ship was sitting on an outcropping of red rock. The rock dropped off just in front of the Slave 1 and down in the pit below, Boba could see a huge, gaping mouth; the Sarlacc. Huge leathery tentacles moved around the perimeter of the pit, searching for anything that moved, testing the air and ground for vibrations. A shiver ran up Boba's spine as he stared in wonder at the creature. He suddenly noticed two still forms lying on the rock, to one side of the ship. Hatred and fear hit him like a tidal wave upon recognizing the men from Benduraw. He began to edge back into the darkness of the Slave 1, expecting them to wake up at any moment and attack him again. Jango appeared beside Boba and laid a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry son, stay here out of sight. Okay?"
Boba nodded and watched as his father went over to the men and dragged them to the edge of the pit. A small rock was dislodged and it tumbled down into the sand that lined the top of the Sarlacc's domain. Immediately a large beak emerged from the depth of the beast and it screeched, knowing that something was out there. Jango ignored it and pressed a needle in the side of each man's neck, waking them up from being drugged.
"What the fuck is goin' on?" one of them muttered as he shielded his eyes from the twin suns that sat above them in the sky. The guy looked over and saw Jango Fett pointing a blaster at his head. His eyes widened as he stared at the famous bounty hunter who now stood before him, helmet less, his eyes as hard as steel.
"Hey listen man, I don't know what the fuck set you off but I swear to god we don't have any goddamn bounties on our heads, so you can just let us go and we'll forget this ever happened," he tried, his voice trembling slightly.
Boba glared at him, wanting to scream at him, letting all of his rage out. But he did as his father had told him and remained quietly in the shadows. The man's partner began to stir. He opened his eyes and glanced down in front of him and saw the Sarlacc, its massive tentacles waving around just below him.
"Shit!!!" he cried as he bolted upright. He turned to move away from the creature but was blocked by Jango.
"Don't move!" Jango threatened angrily, motioning with his blaster. "You, lay on face down on the ground." The first man obeyed quietly. The second however was slightly more defensive.
"You can't do this to us! We haven't committed any crimes you fucker!!"
Jango grabbed the man by the throat with one hand and held him over the pit, keeping the blaster aimed at the other one on the ground.
"Raping children is the highest sin you can commit," Jango told him with malice.
The guy gasped, his legs flailing wildly.
"Is…is that why you're pissed?" he managed to get out. "We didn't kill the brat, didn't have time…time to do anything, ack!" he cried as Jango's fist tightened.
"As soon as you touched my son, your life had ended."
The blood left the man's face upon hearing that.
"We didn't know he was your son!" he choked. "We…we wouldn't have…" he was cut off as Jango opened his hand and dropped him down into the pit. The guy thrashed in the sand, trying to desperately get his footing and climb out; however the tentacles found him and ensnared his body. Jango grabbed the other man by his hair and forced him to watch his friend's fate, soon to be his own. The Sarlacc's beak came out and engulfed its newest victim, the guy giving one last scream before he was gone.
Boba watched, his eyes cold with hatred as his father picked the other sobbing man by his throat and held him over the pit.
"Drop," Boba whispered to himself.
His eyes followed the man as he fell, down into the sand. The tentacles wrapped around his shaking body, his screams piercing the stillness of the air. The beak rose up and he was gone.
Jango stood for a moment at the edge of the Sarlacc before turning around and headed back to Boba. He found his son staring at the creature, his eyes unfocused and his body trembling.
He quickly picked him up and carried him back into the ship.
"I'm getting you home right now," Jango whispered, his voice unstable as he held Boba close to him. "Hang on, son."
Boba's body was limp in Jango's arms, his breathing shallow and uneven.
"Hang on…"
***Ack! What's going to happen to our poor Boba Fett?? Will Jango make it back in time?? Oh the insanity and suffering!! (sob sob)…..
So! How did you guys like the revenge?? I thought the irony of it kicked ass, not to mention it was a pretty sweet revenge in which Boba gets to enjoy for a thousand years! I know you guys probably wanted more blood shed, sorry. The only part with bloodshed was when Jango smashed that guy's face into the bars! Yeah…if I had been there I would've sliced open both of those bastards for hurting our dear Boba Fett. (sigh) Anyway please review and tell me what you thought of this chapter! Oh and on a little side note…not to give too much away or anything but so far, the future plan for Iile is that it's going to be (at least) a three part series with around twenty chapters for each part (that's a hell of a lot). So yeah…PLEASE REVIEW!! :P