"Applejack!" Applebloom, a yellow filly, yelled for her sister."Applejack!"
After one of the people on the boat had taken Applebloom, they had thrown a Molotov cocktail on their raft, causing a fire. Applejack had quickly jumped into the water.
"Applebloom!" The element of honesty yelled as the raft behind her burned. She stared at the boat until it disappeared into the dark night.
Beilert Valance, a cyborg bounty hunter who had been shot off the raft by one of the people on the boat, swam up from underwater. Thankfully, his metal body did weigh him down.
"Applejack!" Valance yelled, hearing Applejack yell.
"Valance!" Doctor Whooves, an earth pony, shouted
Valance looked around but there was too much smoke. He did see Applejack near a large, broke piece of the raft. He swam over, got on the raft, and got Applejack on it.
But when she was on the piece of the raft, she wasn't awake.
The light from the Hatch turned off. Tarkin and Indy felt no weight from the rope.
Tarkin looked down the hole of the hatch."Luna?!" He yelled."Luna?!"
"You think she's okay?" Indy asked Tarkin.
"Well, we'll have to go down there ourselves." He said, grabbing the rope.
Valance hit her chest, giving her CPR. Nothing happened for a long moment as he did this.
Finally, she opened her eyes and coughed out water."Where's Applebloom?" She managed to say.
Valance sighed."I...I don't know."
"Where is she?" She asked, panicking.
"I don't know." He repeated.
"Where is my sister?!" She yelled."Applebloom!"
After a while, Applejack kept yelling."Applebloom! Applebloom!" She coughed, her throat getting sore."Applebloom!"
"You should save your energy." Valance suggested.
She looked at him."They took ma' sister!"
Valance nodded."Yeah, I saw that. They took her onto which means she's not in shouting distance."
"You don't know that." Applejack said angrily.
"They're gone, Applejack." Valance said calmly."And even if she was, there's nothing you can do."
Even Valance could do nothing against them. One of them on the boat had a weapon that had been powerful enough to shoot Valance into the water.
"But if she can hear me, she knows that I'm alive, that I'm coming for her, that I'm going to get her back. Right now, all I've got is that maybe ma' sister can hear me. Does that make any sense to you?"
Valance said nothing.
Applejack went back to yelling."Applebloom! Applebloom!"
Tarkin climbed down on the rope, going first. Indy followed him. They made it to the bottom, stepping on a puddle.
"What the hell is this place?" Indy asked when they saw concrete walls and lights.
"I don't know," Tarkin admitted. He was about to walk down the hallway when he heard his boots squeak from the water from the puddle he had stepped on.
He would have to take them off in case anyone down here heard him.
The boots always hurt his feet anyway.
They walked down the hallway and Tarkin saw a symbol with the numbers on the wall. The numbers showed 935.
They kept walking and were surprised at what they saw.
It was a kitchen and a bunch of books and beds and more. It looked like the inside of a house almost.
They also noticed a machine against the wall. The machine was green and white and said the words, "Speed Cola.".
Tarkin then heard moaning. The Grand Moff and the Archeologist followed the source of the noise and went into a room that had a computer. They looked to see Luna on the ground. Tarkin went over to her to see if she was okay."Luna." He said to her.
"Tarkin." She said tiredly, trying to get up.
"Easy, easy, easy." Tarkin said.
"Behind you." She said.
Tarkin heard the sound of a gun behind him and Indy. They looked to see a man in a black uniform suit, pointing a gun at them.
"Are you him?" He asked."Are you him?"
"Whooves!" Valance yelled."Whooves! Whooves!"
Applejack, who had finally stopped yelling for her sister, looked at the cyborg."I thought we had to save our energy."
"Yeah, well, Whooves is still out there in the water. So, if it's okay with you, I'm going to keep shouting for him. Whooves!"
"Feeling guilty." Said Applejack.
Valance turned to her, confused."What?"
"You made me fire that flare."
"I made you fire-what, this is my fault?"
"They took ma' sister." She said, angry with him."They found us, took Applebloom, because you made me fire the flare."
"At least Applebloom is on a boat, safe, while we're on this-"
"Get off ma' raft." Applejack interrupted him.
"What?"
Suddenly, the raft shook when it hit something below.
"What was that?" Valance asked.
For a long time, nothing happened.
Applejack looked at Valance's arm which was his palm blaster."Does that thing of yours still work?" She asked, curious.
Valance nodded."Yeah."
There was another bump from below the raft.
"What in tarnation was that?" Applejack questioned, worried.
"It's a shark." The cyborg said."It's only a shark."
Applejack looked at him as if he was insane."It's only a shark? Is that supposed to make me feel better? It's probably just gonna eat me since your just metal."
"Hey, you should be nicer to me since I tried to save us. Did you suddenly forget what happened? Why I got shot?"
"What?"
"I at least deserve a thank you."
"Thank you? For what? Saving your own life?"
Valance stared at the earth pony for a long moment. He then noticed another large piece of wreckage from the raft."You want me off this raft? You got it."
Valance got off and swam over to the other piece of the raft.
"I was trying to save your damn sister." He said.
"Are you-are you him?" The man with the gun asked again.
Tarkin was silent for a long moment."Yes." He nodded."Yes, I am."
Indy and Luna looked at him, surprised. Indy wished he could pull his revolver but he didn't want to risk Tarkin getting shot.
The man lowered his gun and started to smile. He looked like he would cry."I can't believe it. You're finally here."
Tarkin nodded again."Here I am."
The man looked at Luna. He was mostly confused by Luna since she was a pony with wings and a horn."What is that?" He looked at Indiana Jones."Who are you?"
"They are with me," Tarkin told him.
The man stared at him."What did one snowman say to the other snowman?"
Tarkin shrugged."I apologize but I have no idea what you are talking about."
"Your not him." The man realized.
Indy quickly grabbed the man's gun and headbutted the man. He was about to bring out his revolver when the man quickly recovered and punched him hard in the face, knocking him out. He quickly grabbed the gun and aimed it at them.
"Why did you come here?" The man asked, looking at Tarkin and Luna.
"This will sound hard to believe." Said Luna."But we woke up here on this Island."
"Oh, you just woke up here." The man obviously didn't believe him."And when was that?"
"44 days ago."
"44 days?" He said, as if he was trying to remember something. He shook his head to focus."Carry his body." He looked at Indy.
Tarkin did so and also got Indy's fedora. He carried him to the kitchen and as he did, he noticed tallies on the wall.
"How long have you been down here?" Tarkin asked him.
"Shut up." He said. When they were in the kitchen, he gave him the rope."Tie that damn horse up. And then tie him up." He pointed at Indy.
Tarkin looked at Luna."Sorry." He said as he tied Luna's front hooves and back hooves. As he did this, the man took Indy's revolver out of his holster. He then put her in the room the man pointed.
Luna saw Tarkin put a knife that he had hidden into Indy's pocket before he put the unconscious Indiana Jones in the room with her.
The alicorn and the Grand Moff looked at each other for a few seconds before he closed the door. Tarkin then turned to the man.
"Wait a minute..." The man said, looking like he recognized the man."Your...your Grand Moff Tarkin."
"You know me?" Tarkin said surprised.
"It's been so long...I didn't recognize you at first..." He said, shocked.
"It wasn't the flare." Valance finally said to Applejack.
Their rafts had followed the same current for a long time, causing them to be close to each other.
"I said it wasn't the flare. Those people that did this...at first I thought they were fishermen or pirates or something. Then I got a good look at their boat. You know anything about boats, Applejack? A boat like that wasn't built for the open ocean. Water's coming over the side with the first little squall, maybe got a range of 100 miles. Nope, a boat like that had to have left port from somewhere close, like the Island. That french woman, whatever the hell a french is, said the Others were coming for a kid. I think they came, Applejack."
Applejack finally looked at him."What?"
"She's the one they wanted. Why I got shot in the first place. Hell, that bearded guy on the boat blew us up because they wanted your sister."
"Are you saying this is my fault?" Applejack asked angrily.
"That's what I'm saying."
"They took ma' sister because of you! They were sailing away!" She yelled.
"They found us because they were looking for us, for Applebloom!"
"Don't you ever say her name again, ever!"
"What are you gonna do, splash me?"
Applejack stared at him angrily before she did splash water on him and the raft. The wreckage then broke apart. Valance had no choice but to swim over to Applejack's raft.
Valance looked at her. He sighed."I know you-"
"Shut up!" Applejack yelled."You have no idea what it's like to care for somebody else."
You're wrong, Valance thought, thinking of Yuralla Vega.
Indiana Jones opened his eyes and groaned as his head ached. He was laying
"Are you okay?" Luna asked him.
Indy saw that her front legs were tied together, as were he back legs. Indy felt his hands were tied behind his back by some rope. He also saw that he was in a different room and noticed lots and lots of food
He nodded."Yeah, I'm okay." He felt something in his pocket."What is that?" He looked at his pocket.
"Tarkin put a knife in your pocket," Luna told him.
"Is he alright?" Indy asked.
Luna nodded."Yes, but we have to get out of here."
Indy groaned."I can't grab the knife."
Luna quickly used what magic she could to levitate the knife
Indy stared at her, shocked.
"What?
"How...right." Indy quickly remembered how she was capable of doing magic. He was still trying to get used to the fact that Luna could even talk.
Her magic though hadn't been powerful enough to stop the man with the gun.
Luna used the knife to cut his rope. Once the rope was cut, Indy grabbed the knife and cut Luna's ropes.
"Now, how do we get out of here?" She asked.
They looked around the room and finally saw the vent near the ceiling.
"You'll have to climb up in there. There's no way I can fit." Luna told him.
Indy nodded."I'll open the door when I find a way out." He said, climbing up the shelves.
As he headed into the vent, Luna looked at some of the food and saw a candy bar that said "Dr. Monty's authentic chocolate."
"We woke up on this Island. And when we did, an Arquitens-class command cruiser had crashed on the Island. I don't know why it was here." Tarkin said to the man. The Grand Moff was sitting at a table.
"And where were you before you woke up?" The man asked.
Has he not heard about the Death Star? Tarkin thought.
"I was on a space station." He said."Are you from my Galaxy? Are you with the Empire?"
The man shook his head."I only saw you on the...the holonet news and all that. But I'm not from your galaxy."
"Then-"
"Don't bother asking where I'm from." He snapped at him.
"Well, surely you can tell me your name."
"My name? My name is Desmond. Now, how many of you are there?"
"43, but 4 sailed out this morning on a raft."
"A raft?" He said, surprised.
Tarkin looked at the light window next to him at the table."That simulated sunlight, is that because you never leave? Is there another way out?"
"How many of your group have gotten sick?" Desmond asked, ignoring his question.
Tarkin raised an eyebrow."Sick?"
"Sick, as in ill, as in dead!"
"Is that why it says quarantine on the inside of the hatch?"
"Answer the question!" He aimed the gun at him.
"No one has gotten sick." Tarkin told him calmly."No one is sick."
Suddenly, Tarkin heard beeping.
Desmond seemed alarmed."Get up." He told him. Tarkin did so and they went to the room with the computer. He forced Tarkin to sit down on the chair."Do you know how to use this, Grand Moff?"
Tarkin stared at it for a long time.
"Do you know how to use it?!" He yelled.
He nodded."Yes."
Tarkin looked up and saw a number countdown that flipped.
"Listen carefully, type in exactly what I tell you, understand exactly, nothing else. 1, 1, 5..." He stopped and looked up at the vents."Did you hear that?"
"What?" Tarkin asked.
He looked back at Tarkin."What did you just put in? What number did you just put in?!"
"5."
Desmond nodded."Right, 9, 3, 5. Now press execute."
Tarkin was about to press it but stopped."What's going to happen?"
"Just push it!"
And Tarkin did.
The beeping stopped and the counter reset to 108.
Tarkin wanted to ask what he had done before they both heard a voice.
"Luna! Tarkin! Indy!"
Desmond looked more alarmed."Who the hell is that?"
"That would be Vanto." Tarkin recognized the voice of the man who had once been a commander in the Empire.
Desmond looked at him."Who?" He asked before he looked through the scope of a rifle.
"Vanto."
"What is he doing here?"
"To be honest with you, I'm a little surprised to see him," Tarkin admitted.
"Vanto has a gun, brother." He put down the rifle and shoved Tarkin."Move." He ordered.
Desmond went to the machine and kicked it. Music started playing. Desmond looked at Tarkin."Make one sound and I'll shoot. Move."
In the vents, Indy, hearing music, crawled but was then able to see the room where he and Tarkin found Luna. He saw Vanto in the room. Indy yelled for him but Vanto couldn't hear over the loud music.
"I wouldn't do that." Said Tarkin.
Vanto quickly turned around and aimed his gun at Wilhuff Tarkin."Where is Luna?" He asked."What the hell did you-"
Another gun was then pointed at Tarkin's head.
"Move and I kill him." Said the man holding the gun that was aimed at Tarkin's head. Vanto couldn't see him, only seeing his arm."Put the gun down."
"Where's Luna?" Vanto asked Tarkin.
"Vanto, It's okay." The Grand Moff tried to assure him.
"I said drop it!" The man yelled.
"Where's Luna?!" He yelled.
"She's fine, just put down the-"
"I'm not putting anything-"
The man then fired his gun and shot a light behind Vanto."Do you want him to die? Put it down."
Vanto looked at Tarkin."Is this what you were talking about, Tarkin? Is this your destiny? All roads lead here?"
"Vanto, calm down," Tarkin said calmly.
The man then moved behind Tarkin."Lower your gun or I'll blow his damned head off, brother!"
Vanto's eyes widened when he saw the man's face.
It was Desmond from the stadium.
"You." Vanto said.
Their raft just floated on the water, neither Applejack nor Valance saying anything to each other.
Valance noticed one of the pontoons near them. He paddled over to it.
Applejack saw what he was doing and noticed something."What is that?" She asked, confused. She then finally saw it was a pontoon from their raft. She looked at their raft. It was shaking but the Bounty Hunter didn't seem to notice."Valance, stop." She said."You're putting a strain on the binds. It's going to break us up."
Valance kept paddling.
"Valance, you're gonna-"
The raft then broke. Applejack was lucky enough to end up with some piece left of the raft but Valance was in the water.
"Valance!" She yelled, her anger gone."Climb up!"
He shook his head."I do and we both sink. I'm going for the pontoon."
"Don't be an idiot."
"You just tell me if you see that damn shark. And I'll shoot it." He then swam to the pontoon.
Applejack thought about what he said. He would shoot the shark. He would kill it.
She knew the shark was trying to kill them but it was only an animal. Killing disgusted her.
And then, she saw it. The shark.
"Valance!" She yelled, seeing the fin above the water."Over there!" She pointed.
The cyborg looked to see where she was pointing and saw the shark getting closer to him. He raised his arm and Applejack saw something red from the palm of his hand.
Just when the shark was about to attack, a laser beam went right through the entire front of his head. The shark hit the water and sank into the water.
Applejack tried not to puke. She knew why Valance did it...but it still horrified her.
She then paddled over to Valance and pontoon.
A few hours later, the sun started to rise.
"I'm dying." Valance suddenly said."My heart is deteriorating."
Applejack looked at him, surprised and unsure what to say."Ah'm...Ah'm sorry." She said, looking down into the water."It's ma' fault." She finally admitted.
Now Valance looked at her."What?"
"Ah never should have brought her on the raft. I'm going to get her back. I'm going to get back mah' sister."
They then saw something in the distance.
It was the Island.
"Great," Valance said sarcastically."We're back home."
The cyborg and Bounty Hunter got off the pontoon and walked to the shore of the Island.
Suddenly, they heard yelling.
They looked to see, to their surprise, Whooves running to them."Applejack! Valance!" He shouted. He looked scared."The Others! The Others are coming!"
For a moment, they had no idea what he was talking about.
But then, Valance saw them on the beach.
He was looking at a man with a brown hat and a white shirt with a tie. He wore a brown jacket.
He also saw a pink pony with a blue scarf around her neck.
He recognized a few people from his Galaxy.
One was a Clone Commando.
Then, Valance saw him. A man he had seen in his history lesson in the Imperial academy.
Count Dooku.