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Thank you very much Rainy and Lightbulb for staying with me. Thank you very much. And thank you very much everyone else who has reviewed at least once or twice or many times, and then given up from my slowness. I'm SORRY! I try and crank them out, but things get in the way, like sibling, friends, soccer, school and homework and and and.. Well, I'm working on it! Thanks again for reviewing! THANK YOU!!! It's one of the things that keeps me at it. You guys are such great motives!
Chapter 8
Koult sat awake late in the night. He waited, staring at a little, blank holoscreen and as he waited he rubbed painfully at a spot where on of the reviewers had hit him. It would not be black for long, he was sure.
Sure enough, just a few minutes later a fat, crocked face of a Hutt appeared and scowled up at him.
"It better be good, Koult. You got a lot of nerve contacting me again."
"Relax Janda, I got some really valuable information that would interest a lot of creatures out there. You are lucky I decided to contact you first."
"What is it then?"
"Well, lets just say I've heard from Boba Fett."
Janda's crocked eyes wided a fraction of a centimeder. "You mean you know where he is?"
"Yes, and I have information on how to control him without pay. Blackmail. Blackmail is what I'm talking about here Janda."
"What is this!?" the female Hutt cried in outrage. "Some kind of hoax? You can't blackmail Boba Fett! That's.impossible!"
"No Janda, it's not." Koult kept his voice calm and level, determined to come out with a large sum of credits. He paused and looked like it was nothing much. "But if you don't want it, I could sell it to someone else. There are plenty of people out there who would pay a lovely sum of credits for this." He moved his hand casually toward the disconnect button, but was stopped.
"How much, I'm willing to bargain."
Koult grinned wolfishly. "Now this is talk I like."
Joad tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She heard her father enter the room. He sat down on the bed, and gently took her hand in his.
"You can't sleep either?"
"No daddy."
"Nightmares?"
"No, I jus' can't seep." Joad could see her father smile in the darkness, but it almost seemed sad.
"Let me show you something, come with me." It was not like she had any choice. He picked her up and carried her out to the living room. "Sit here and wait."
She sat patiently, a trick Boba had taught her, saying that it was a very valuable skill. He went over to the closet and pushed a sequence of numbers to get in. Joad had never seen the interior of the closet.
"Tell me what you think of this." He grabbed something out of the closet and held it at an angle so she couldn't see it. He walked over to her, and she smiled up at him. Why was he so serious looking? "When you were a little girl, you saw this, and didn't like it. You were terrified of it. What do you think of it now?" Around he brought a strange object. Joad stared at it for a second before she realized what it was.
It was the things from her nightmares. He had haunted her in her sleep for years and she had never known what it was. She opened her mouth in terror without making a sound. For a few seconds, all was silent, and then Joad retched out a trembling hand and touched the helmet with the tip of her finger, and jolted her hand back as if it had burned her. She retched out again and touched it longer and then looked up at her father and smiled.
"It not so scary anymore."
Boba's serious face lifted and he grinned at her. She placed her miniature hand on it then reached out of it. Boba gently put the helmet in her lap and sat in a chair across the room to watched her play with it.
She tapped it with her fingers and ran her hands over the scares and dents of it. She traced the T over and over.
"What is it?"
"It's a helmet. You put it on your head, like this." He walked over and retrieved it from her and placed it on his head. She giggled, and smiled up at him.
Boba was relieved that she liked it now, so relieved, in fact, he leaned down and picked up Joad and did a sort of Waltz thing across the room. It was the first time he had ever done anything remotely like dancing in his whole entire being. The room was filled with Joad's giggling laughter and a lower chuckle, Boba's laughter; the sound bounced back at them from every wall, making a wonderful effect and making it about the most happiest moment of both their lives.
"Look daddy!" Boba looked up as Joad entered the living room, his helmet looking huge on her small frame. Since two nights ago, she had hardly been able to stop asking questions about the helmet. Boba had told her very seriously that she must never talk of it around anyone, or bring it anywhere without him saying it was ok first. She teetered dangerously and fell over with a loud "Oof!". Boba smile and continued with his work (whatever he's working on.).
From where the he couldn't see or hear, the door slide silently open. A figure stood silhouetted against the light of the hall. Joad, however, could see the silhouette quite clearly and she had never seen one like this before.
Bum bum buuuuum! See? I'm getting faster! YAY! And as I hope you all know, I love to leave you guys hanging. If you didn't, know you know! Heh heh. Review please!
Thank you very much Rainy and Lightbulb for staying with me. Thank you very much. And thank you very much everyone else who has reviewed at least once or twice or many times, and then given up from my slowness. I'm SORRY! I try and crank them out, but things get in the way, like sibling, friends, soccer, school and homework and and and.. Well, I'm working on it! Thanks again for reviewing! THANK YOU!!! It's one of the things that keeps me at it. You guys are such great motives!
Chapter 8
Koult sat awake late in the night. He waited, staring at a little, blank holoscreen and as he waited he rubbed painfully at a spot where on of the reviewers had hit him. It would not be black for long, he was sure.
Sure enough, just a few minutes later a fat, crocked face of a Hutt appeared and scowled up at him.
"It better be good, Koult. You got a lot of nerve contacting me again."
"Relax Janda, I got some really valuable information that would interest a lot of creatures out there. You are lucky I decided to contact you first."
"What is it then?"
"Well, lets just say I've heard from Boba Fett."
Janda's crocked eyes wided a fraction of a centimeder. "You mean you know where he is?"
"Yes, and I have information on how to control him without pay. Blackmail. Blackmail is what I'm talking about here Janda."
"What is this!?" the female Hutt cried in outrage. "Some kind of hoax? You can't blackmail Boba Fett! That's.impossible!"
"No Janda, it's not." Koult kept his voice calm and level, determined to come out with a large sum of credits. He paused and looked like it was nothing much. "But if you don't want it, I could sell it to someone else. There are plenty of people out there who would pay a lovely sum of credits for this." He moved his hand casually toward the disconnect button, but was stopped.
"How much, I'm willing to bargain."
Koult grinned wolfishly. "Now this is talk I like."
Joad tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She heard her father enter the room. He sat down on the bed, and gently took her hand in his.
"You can't sleep either?"
"No daddy."
"Nightmares?"
"No, I jus' can't seep." Joad could see her father smile in the darkness, but it almost seemed sad.
"Let me show you something, come with me." It was not like she had any choice. He picked her up and carried her out to the living room. "Sit here and wait."
She sat patiently, a trick Boba had taught her, saying that it was a very valuable skill. He went over to the closet and pushed a sequence of numbers to get in. Joad had never seen the interior of the closet.
"Tell me what you think of this." He grabbed something out of the closet and held it at an angle so she couldn't see it. He walked over to her, and she smiled up at him. Why was he so serious looking? "When you were a little girl, you saw this, and didn't like it. You were terrified of it. What do you think of it now?" Around he brought a strange object. Joad stared at it for a second before she realized what it was.
It was the things from her nightmares. He had haunted her in her sleep for years and she had never known what it was. She opened her mouth in terror without making a sound. For a few seconds, all was silent, and then Joad retched out a trembling hand and touched the helmet with the tip of her finger, and jolted her hand back as if it had burned her. She retched out again and touched it longer and then looked up at her father and smiled.
"It not so scary anymore."
Boba's serious face lifted and he grinned at her. She placed her miniature hand on it then reached out of it. Boba gently put the helmet in her lap and sat in a chair across the room to watched her play with it.
She tapped it with her fingers and ran her hands over the scares and dents of it. She traced the T over and over.
"What is it?"
"It's a helmet. You put it on your head, like this." He walked over and retrieved it from her and placed it on his head. She giggled, and smiled up at him.
Boba was relieved that she liked it now, so relieved, in fact, he leaned down and picked up Joad and did a sort of Waltz thing across the room. It was the first time he had ever done anything remotely like dancing in his whole entire being. The room was filled with Joad's giggling laughter and a lower chuckle, Boba's laughter; the sound bounced back at them from every wall, making a wonderful effect and making it about the most happiest moment of both their lives.
"Look daddy!" Boba looked up as Joad entered the living room, his helmet looking huge on her small frame. Since two nights ago, she had hardly been able to stop asking questions about the helmet. Boba had told her very seriously that she must never talk of it around anyone, or bring it anywhere without him saying it was ok first. She teetered dangerously and fell over with a loud "Oof!". Boba smile and continued with his work (whatever he's working on.).
From where the he couldn't see or hear, the door slide silently open. A figure stood silhouetted against the light of the hall. Joad, however, could see the silhouette quite clearly and she had never seen one like this before.
Bum bum buuuuum! See? I'm getting faster! YAY! And as I hope you all know, I love to leave you guys hanging. If you didn't, know you know! Heh heh. Review please!