Interlude: The Illusion is Shattered
He sat upon his makeshift throne, formulating his plans. The thoughts raced through his head at an incomprehensible speed, demented in their creation and sinister in their nature.
They all think I'm dead. Well I'm not, the fools. They've eased themselves into a false sense of security and when they least expect it...
They will be no more. I will get my revenge and lay claim to what is rightfully mine. That planet will suffer for withstanding me. Those men who helped them, their deaths will be my greatest triumph. I will stake their heads on spikes and plant them on the corners of my domain, reminding usurpers what happens to all those who even think of defying me. And the leader of that planet... she will pay, and pay horribly for denying me!! But I will wait to make my move, I will have patience before I return, and when I do, it'll be the end....
A sinister chuckle sounded and echoed through the room. It built slowly at first, becoming a crescendo of evil. The sound of a madman. It was insidious and inherently wicked. The sheer sound of it would send people cowering. It seemed to hold the promise of the death and destruction that was to come. It sounded throughout the universe and made those who had fought against him shiver in an unknowing, unexpecting fear.
The man who had been the cause of so much pain, had survived, and he wanted revenge. A thirst for it ran thru his blood, making it rich in hate and loathing. Revenge, it had become the only thing he could taste. He wanted it so badly, he was teetering on the edge of sanity, if not having already toppled over the edge. An insane man is unpredictable, dangerous, cunning.... and sometimes, unstoppable.
Lotor had survived.