Chapter 4: Haunting Dreams
**NICOLE'S POV**
As we left Gunga City, I realized a crucial detail...there was apparently a very long wait until Obi-Wan started asking Jar-Jar about his exile. So, I stared out my window, trying not to jump poor Qui-Gon. But the gentle rocking motion of the bongo, combined with the soft hum of the engine, calmed me and actually put me to sleep!!! But that wasn't a good thing....
/dream/
.... "So we meet at last." Oh damn!
" I've been waiting for you to come." This isn't happening!!
" Have you anything to say?" ...help...
" Heh heh. No one can help you here, not when we are within your dreams. The only ones here are you and me," Maul said, laughter barely hidden in his voice. He sounded different from the movie...his voice was deeper...and he has a British accent? (sorry 'bout this! I want Maul to be totally Ray Park in this so he gets his own voice.)
He was standing right in front of me and the hood to his black cloak was down, letting me see his entire black and red, tattooed face...horns and all. His flame yellow, red-rimmed eyes seemed to be drilling into my very soul...
" No. I can't enter your soul unless you want me to. Rules. Now, if you would please stop rambling on about how I look! We have more important things to discuss..." That's when he grabbed me....grabbed me!!! Just pulled me to him, pinning my arms between us, like we were long lost lovers or something!!!!!!
" Would you like to know how you came here?" he whispered to me, his lips mere centimeters from my left ear. Though I used to daydream about being in a situation like this with Maul before, this was entirely different. I tried to push myself away from him, desperate to get away and to wake up....but I was curious.
" I'll tell you...I brought you here...but there is a price that must be paid by you. You will help me before your time here is done...whether you like it or not!!" Maul had been squeezing me, so tightly that I felt my ribs were about to snap. And when Maul had finished talking, he sank his teeth into my shoulder, tearing my flesh until he drew blood!!!
" AAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" .....
/reality/
...... " HUGE GOOBERFISH!! Huge-o teeth!!!" I was awake!!!! I spun my head around, catching sight of the Gooberfish that Jar-jar was so afraid of. But despite the urgency of the situation, I pushed the Gooberfish from my mind and gingerly touched the spot on my left shoulder where Maul had bit me.
There was, thankfully, no blood...but it felt like there was now a scar there....as if I had had the mark for years.
' Great,' I thought, 'marked for life by a power crazy Sith.' Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a large, reptilian creature swim up behind the Gooberfish, which still had our bongo in its mouth. Once the reptile was close enough it bit into the Gooberfish much in the same way that Maul had bit into me.
" There's always a bigger fish," Qui-Gon said simply, calmly ignoring the situation. Oh, how I envy Jedi tranquility! But, unfortunately for me, Qui-Gon must have picked up on my troubled emotions because he turned to me with concern clearly seen in his beautiful, crystal-blue eyes . " Are you well?"
" Y-yeah. Just a bad dream and a pulled muscle," I told him lamely, rubbing the scar area for emphasis...and to keep it hidden from him.
A single brow raised as Qui-Gon silently question my honesty...but I was saved by the bongo because it chose that particular moment to lose power and drift to the bottom of a dark cavern.
" Wesa dyin' here!" Poor Jar-Jar...I wish I could tell him everything would be all right...but that would just be a lie.
" Don't worry, we're not in trouble yet." And I wish I could believe you about that Qui-Gon. You don't know how much trouble we are really in.
" What 'yet'?! Monsters out dare, leakin' in here, all sinkin' an no power!! Whena yousa tinking wesa in trouble?!"
" Power's back," Obi-Wan announced as the lights flickered back on, accompanied by the comforting hum of the bongo's engine. I think I was the first to see the enormous clawed fish in front of us...thanks to my knowledge of the movie...and, without even thinking; I reached past Qui-Gon and covered Jar-Jar's eyes with my hands.
" Wha-?"
" No time Jar-Jar!" Obi-Wan finally turned our bongo around and sped us out of the cave. The large reptile from earlier was waiting patiently for us when we came out, but Obi-Wan steered us around him, letting him grab the fishy glow-stick instead of us.
" Head for that outcropping." I finally let go of Jar-Jar's eyes after we had entered the new tunnel, and I got an angry look from him in return.
" Sorry, Jar-Jar. Didn't want you to get scared."
" Humph! Mesa no gettin' scared!!" I just rolled my eyes at Jar-Jar jokingly and gave him an amused look...a look that, I think was shared with Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan.
The rest of the journey to Theed, Naboo's capitol, was happily uneventful...unless you count when we nearly went over a waterfall when we came out of the planet's core. But, it seems that Qui-Gon has more gadgets on his belt than Batman, because he shot out a wire into the wall of the river's far bank. We crossed, getting thoroughly soaked once again, and we then made our way into the city of Theed.
But, despite the fear and excitement of my adventure here on Naboo, I was NOT looking forward to leaving Naboo. Leaving Naboo meant going to Tatooine. Going to Tatooine meant meeting Anakin Skywalker, future Sith and the bringer of destruction and peace for the entire Universe and all the Jedi.
No, I was not happy with the idea of meeting that little monster. Not at all...
~Fin of Chapter 4~
**NICOLE'S POV**
As we left Gunga City, I realized a crucial detail...there was apparently a very long wait until Obi-Wan started asking Jar-Jar about his exile. So, I stared out my window, trying not to jump poor Qui-Gon. But the gentle rocking motion of the bongo, combined with the soft hum of the engine, calmed me and actually put me to sleep!!! But that wasn't a good thing....
/dream/
.... "So we meet at last." Oh damn!
" I've been waiting for you to come." This isn't happening!!
" Have you anything to say?" ...help...
" Heh heh. No one can help you here, not when we are within your dreams. The only ones here are you and me," Maul said, laughter barely hidden in his voice. He sounded different from the movie...his voice was deeper...and he has a British accent? (sorry 'bout this! I want Maul to be totally Ray Park in this so he gets his own voice.)
He was standing right in front of me and the hood to his black cloak was down, letting me see his entire black and red, tattooed face...horns and all. His flame yellow, red-rimmed eyes seemed to be drilling into my very soul...
" No. I can't enter your soul unless you want me to. Rules. Now, if you would please stop rambling on about how I look! We have more important things to discuss..." That's when he grabbed me....grabbed me!!! Just pulled me to him, pinning my arms between us, like we were long lost lovers or something!!!!!!
" Would you like to know how you came here?" he whispered to me, his lips mere centimeters from my left ear. Though I used to daydream about being in a situation like this with Maul before, this was entirely different. I tried to push myself away from him, desperate to get away and to wake up....but I was curious.
" I'll tell you...I brought you here...but there is a price that must be paid by you. You will help me before your time here is done...whether you like it or not!!" Maul had been squeezing me, so tightly that I felt my ribs were about to snap. And when Maul had finished talking, he sank his teeth into my shoulder, tearing my flesh until he drew blood!!!
" AAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" .....
/reality/
...... " HUGE GOOBERFISH!! Huge-o teeth!!!" I was awake!!!! I spun my head around, catching sight of the Gooberfish that Jar-jar was so afraid of. But despite the urgency of the situation, I pushed the Gooberfish from my mind and gingerly touched the spot on my left shoulder where Maul had bit me.
There was, thankfully, no blood...but it felt like there was now a scar there....as if I had had the mark for years.
' Great,' I thought, 'marked for life by a power crazy Sith.' Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a large, reptilian creature swim up behind the Gooberfish, which still had our bongo in its mouth. Once the reptile was close enough it bit into the Gooberfish much in the same way that Maul had bit into me.
" There's always a bigger fish," Qui-Gon said simply, calmly ignoring the situation. Oh, how I envy Jedi tranquility! But, unfortunately for me, Qui-Gon must have picked up on my troubled emotions because he turned to me with concern clearly seen in his beautiful, crystal-blue eyes . " Are you well?"
" Y-yeah. Just a bad dream and a pulled muscle," I told him lamely, rubbing the scar area for emphasis...and to keep it hidden from him.
A single brow raised as Qui-Gon silently question my honesty...but I was saved by the bongo because it chose that particular moment to lose power and drift to the bottom of a dark cavern.
" Wesa dyin' here!" Poor Jar-Jar...I wish I could tell him everything would be all right...but that would just be a lie.
" Don't worry, we're not in trouble yet." And I wish I could believe you about that Qui-Gon. You don't know how much trouble we are really in.
" What 'yet'?! Monsters out dare, leakin' in here, all sinkin' an no power!! Whena yousa tinking wesa in trouble?!"
" Power's back," Obi-Wan announced as the lights flickered back on, accompanied by the comforting hum of the bongo's engine. I think I was the first to see the enormous clawed fish in front of us...thanks to my knowledge of the movie...and, without even thinking; I reached past Qui-Gon and covered Jar-Jar's eyes with my hands.
" Wha-?"
" No time Jar-Jar!" Obi-Wan finally turned our bongo around and sped us out of the cave. The large reptile from earlier was waiting patiently for us when we came out, but Obi-Wan steered us around him, letting him grab the fishy glow-stick instead of us.
" Head for that outcropping." I finally let go of Jar-Jar's eyes after we had entered the new tunnel, and I got an angry look from him in return.
" Sorry, Jar-Jar. Didn't want you to get scared."
" Humph! Mesa no gettin' scared!!" I just rolled my eyes at Jar-Jar jokingly and gave him an amused look...a look that, I think was shared with Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan.
The rest of the journey to Theed, Naboo's capitol, was happily uneventful...unless you count when we nearly went over a waterfall when we came out of the planet's core. But, it seems that Qui-Gon has more gadgets on his belt than Batman, because he shot out a wire into the wall of the river's far bank. We crossed, getting thoroughly soaked once again, and we then made our way into the city of Theed.
But, despite the fear and excitement of my adventure here on Naboo, I was NOT looking forward to leaving Naboo. Leaving Naboo meant going to Tatooine. Going to Tatooine meant meeting Anakin Skywalker, future Sith and the bringer of destruction and peace for the entire Universe and all the Jedi.
No, I was not happy with the idea of meeting that little monster. Not at all...
~Fin of Chapter 4~