Mos Eisley, Tatooine.
Dr. Chelli Lona Aphra was very happy. She looted the late Jabba the Hut's palace and sold everything to the highest bidder. She felt incredibly lucky that she left his palace a day before the Hutt met his ultimate demise at "THE KID'S" and Co hands. She couldn't help but see Luke Skywalker as "THE KID", ever since she discovered that he was Darth Vader's son and his friends as "Co", aka company, since they always accompanied him wherever havoc was unleashed. She didn't know the details of Jabba's death, but she heard that almost all his goons died with him and ended up in the Sarlacc's pit along with Boba Fett.
Jabba was ecstatic with the Imperial interrogation droid she procured for him and rewarded her very generously. Aphra's luck continued at the Mos Espa's cantina when she won a Corellian freighter at a Sabbacc game. She decided to become generous for a change and returned to Dantoine. It had been two and a half years since she discovered the cloning facility and decided to clone Vader after she deciphered the ancient texts and reactivated the computer. She planned to leave Vader stranded there alone and naked after his resurrection to fend for himself and find his own way off the planet wondering who the krif resurrected him, as a prank. But after the events aboard the Executor where they fucked like bunnies and she saw a completely different side of him, and after all Ashoka told her about him, she changed her mind. Anakin Skywalker deserved better than that. So, she opened an account in his name and credited it with half of her earnings from Jabba's reward. She also bought him food and clothes and left him a message on the freighter which she also transferred ownership to him. If all that didn't bring her back into his good graces, she didn't know what would.
She was about to go to Vader's new ship and record her message when a news flash from the Holonet caught her attention. "Luke Skywalker and his band of Rebel terrorists wreaked havoc in Jabba the Hutt's domain and murdered him and his entire court and army."
'That means that there are loads of goodies for me to loot', Aphra grinned and hurried to the freighter. She informed Vader at the end of the message that she would go to Tatooine and will be there for a while stripping the late Hutt from everything he ever owned so that he knew where to start if he chose to search for her. She didn't know of course when Vader will die or if that possibility were even possible, but in the remote chance that he did and was wondering where she was, he would know where to begin his search. It could be days, weeks, months, years, or decades, but at least he would know what happened to her.
Aphra raced against time to reach Tatooine. Upon arrival at the palace, she bumped into a very badly bruised and bloodied Boba Fett, who stumbled through the gates and collapsed a few feet away from her. She ordered Triple zero and BT to begin scanning the entire palace for anything of value and hurried to the Bounty hunter's side. Her medical scanner informed her that his injuries were serious, but not life-threatening, there were mostly deep cuts, bone fractures, and some mild acid burns.
'Nothing my Bacta tank can't take care of. But how the Krif was he burned by acid?', Aphra wondered as she half carried, and half dragged Fett's large body to her ship that she parked outside the Hutt's palace since no one was there anymore to forbid her from doing that. She stripped him off his armor and clothes and ordered her med droid to lower him into the tank. She didn't help but admire Fett's form, he was a very handsome man, with black hair, tanned skin, and toned body. She considered herself lucky to be one of the few people to see Boba Fett without his armor, he never removed it in public to maintain his notoriety. The bounty hunter's eyes snapped open and black met with brown. His eyes widened in surprise upon seeing her, she was the last person he expected to save his life but placed his right hand over his heart and bowed his head in gratitude. Aphra presses the communication button and made her intentions clear.
"I know that you are still hunting me on Vader's orders, Fett. But I am more curious as to what happened here right now, that I'm willing to take the chance and spare your life. But be warned, this ship is full of nasty surprises should you find your way out of the tank and if you miraculously survive my lovely little nasty deaths, my droids and I will tear you into pieces if you attack me. So just be a good little Bounty hunter and let the bacta heal you, then we can have a nice little chat under my droids vigilant chaperoning. After that, you will be on your merry way. Do we have an accord?", she raised her eyebrow. Boba Fett nodded as a small smile formed around his breathing apparatus and typed a quick message on the keyboard inside the tank, used for communication between the patient and the healers.
"There's no bounty anymore, Doc. Vader lifted it a week ago, I just thought that you were back into his good graces. Don't worry, I'll stay put and wait until you loot that disgusting giant worm's palace. Just leave some for a poor, unemployed Bounty hunter.", he winked at her. Aphra smiled and nodded and run back to the palace.
'I'm back in his good graces alright. He did fuck me three ways from Tuesday, after all. Seems that he appreciated that a lot. He probably not had much of that since his horrible accident. Well, lucky me!', A huge smile graced her face as she run through the labyrinth of corridors searching for her droids with her tracker.
Upon arriving at their location, they informed her that there were tons of treasures they could loot and no one around to claim them. It would take them weeks before they were done.
"Let's get started then", she grinned and followed her droids. It was late in the evening when she decided to call it a night and return to the ship with her droids. She took a quick shower and dressed in her nightclothes, cream-colored shorts, and a tank top, and then remembered that Boba Fett was still in her Bacta tank.
"KRIF!", she screamed and run to the med bay. Fett was floating in the tank fast asleep. With a sigh of relief, she pressed the release button and his eyes snapped open as mechanical arms lifted him off the tank. Aphra handed him a towel and looked away, providing him some semblance of privacy. Boba smirked at that.
"Never pegged you for the shy type, Doc. As a matter of fact, I remember you pole dancing in the Mos Eisley cantina three years ago, drunk as a skunk, stripping, and throwing your clothes at Han Solo. Unlucky for him, he was busy killing poor Greedo in cold blood, and lucky for you, I knocked out the three very nasty, smelly, ugly lowlifes who would have beaten and raped you to death if they got their hands on you. You passed out in my arms as I helped you down and had to carry you to your ship and tuck you in. You woke up and said ". Hey. Fett! What are you hiding underneath all that armor? Can a girl have a peak?", as you traced my armor with your big toe. I would have loved to show you, but I prefer sober and consenting sexual partners. Besides, looking away right now is pointless since you had an ample view of my endowment while you stripped me naked and as I was floating in that tank. And as you have seen for yourself, I have nothing to be ashamed of.", he winked as he wrapped the towel around his hips.
"Modest, much?", she raised her eyebrow.
"Comes with the trade. Do you have anything to eat? I tell you all about Jabba's "tragic" and "untimely" death over dinner. I reckon that my clothes and armor should be ready by then?."
"Sure, follow me.", she led him to the tiny kitchen area and heated up two portions of premade bantha casserole. She placed it on the small table and sat on the opposite side of him as she opened two cans of "Coruscant" special brew.
"So, I had just returned from another successful bounty and waited patiently for my reward when another Bounty hunter walked in with a chained-up Chewbacca. It turned out that the Bounty Hunter was none other than Princess Leia Organa herself in a pathetic attempt to free her beloved Solo. She was of course captured when she released him from the carbonite. Solo was thrown into a dungeon along with the Wookie by me, while she was dressed into a very skimpy and enticing outfit and forced to serve as a sex slave."
"Wow! That must have thrown her off her high horse.", Aphra interrupted.
"Let me finish. Jabba of course being a Hutt and therefore a hermaphrodite is unable to copulate with other species. He always offers the girls and boys to others. Luckily for the princess, she was offered to me, and she spent two nights in my quarters. I didn't touch her, I swear, as I said before, I prefer a free and willing sexual partner.".
"That was very decent of you, Fett.", Aphra smiled appreciatively. As much as she resented Leia for punching her, she didn't wish rape upon anyone. Besides, she knew that the Princess had suffered a lot during the past three years, being tortured by Vader with a mind probe being quite high on the list. And Aphra did high kick and knocked her out as she escaped the rebels, two and a half years ago.
"As I was saying, a day after she was captured, Luke Skywalker arrived pretending to be a Jedi, as if he understands what that is, and tried to mind-trick Jabba into releasing the prisoners. It was quite funny to watch. The boy knows nothing about the Jedi. Jabba of course didn't fall for that and threw him into the Rancor's pit. The kid somehow killed it and was sentenced to death for that. Him, Solo, and the Wookie were to be thrown into the Sarlacc's pit the next day, while the Hutt's entire court, including the mercenaries, Bounty hunters, servants, and slaves watched. I suppose it was a way to put the rest of us in line, to fear him enough, so we would never dare cross him. We boarded his transports and we all flew there to watch the show. It was a blood bath, Calrissian had infiltrated Jabba's guard, Skywalker got his lightsaber back from his astromech droid and killed everyone who crossed his path. The Princess chocked the Hutt to death with her own chains and I fell in the pit as I was fighting them all. Turns out all the transports ended up in there too, I escaped it twice, and everyone died, save for the servants and slaves who escaped. I suppose the servants deactivated the slaves' escape-prevention mechanism since I didn't stumble across any corpses with their heads blown off on my way here. I reckon that the word is out of Jabba's demise since you are here. However, no one has dared to come and loot, probably afraid that a Jedi is still lurking around this area.", he shrugged as he finished off his ale.
"Wow, who would have thought that that particular band of misfits would cause so much devastation to a Hutt of Jabba's caliber. Well, lucky for me, I'm afraid of no Jedi, after spending so much time around a Sith Lord, and I will strip that palace bare!", Aphra grinned and finished her ale too.
"I wouldn't mind if you stripped bare for me, Doc. You look quite ravaging in those tiny little nothings you're wearing.", Boba gestured at her, paying particular attention to her barely concealed cleavage.
'Why the krif not, it's not like I'm in an all-inclusive relationship with Vader, who knows if I'm ever going to see him again.', she gave a suggestive smile at Fett, who pounced on her, pinning her on the wall. His lips met hers, giving her a searing kiss as he lifted her up and wrapped her legs around his waist. His hands traveled up her thighs to the hem of her shirt and he pulled it off her. His lips left hers and slowly traveled down her neck and captured a nipple.
Aphra enjoyed tracing her hands across his back and traveling up to his head, grabbing his unruly black hair. She didn't dare do that with Vader, lest she wished to be Force-choked by him. She only managed to feel the rippling muscles of his arms and torso over his thick leather suit and she was incredibly grateful for that.
She stopped thinking of Vader as soon as Fett laid her on the table after throwing everything on the floor with one hand and using his other one to travel down her navel and into her shorts. His fingers traced her folds and found her entrance, quickly inserting his middle one inside her. She moaned asking for more, and he was quick to comply. He removed her shorts and entered her to the hilt. She looked up at him, as he began moving inside her, he looked very fierce, his already black eyes turning onyx black as he increased his pace. He gave her a feral grin and she smiled back as she traced his perfect muscles. He leaned down and kissed her before pinning her on the wall again and increasing his pace. She lost track of time, his onslaught was relentless, she finally felt him convulse as he moaned "OH, DOC!" before she screamed her own ecstasy and the wrong name…"VADER!"
Boba Fett laughed as he collapsed on the floor, she didn't expect that, she thought that he would be offended. 'But then again, why should he? It's not that he's in love with me or anything'.
"Vader? Really, Doc? You have a thing for him? Wow! Who would have thought! Wait, did he lift the bounty, because you two?", the look on her face said it all.
"Oh krif, he fucked you! Darth Vader fucked Dr. Aphra! I didn't think that he was capable of that anymore, isn't he more machine than man? Does he even have a cock?", he raised his eyebrow at her. Boba Fett found this entire revelation very amusing, he loved teasing her, but the look of distraught in Aphra's face sobered him up.
"I'm sorry, sweetheart, I did not mean to make you feel uncomfortable. It just came to me as a surprise, that's all. You are free to fuck and love whoever you want, no one has a right to judge you. You can't choose the one you love. Don't worry, your secret is safe with me. I too have loved someone for years but lost her because of my own stupidity and I know the pain. At least he doesn't hate you as she loathes me. You still have hope to get together with him again. Just try to stay on his good side this time, that is if Vader even has a good side. I'm not mad that you screamed his name instead of mine, I would have screamed my ex-wife's name if I wasn't so preoccupied with the joy of doing to you what I dreamed of doing since you came on to me when you were drunk. Come on, let's get dressed, I need to get off this krifing planet and you need to get some sleep.", he kissed her and lifted her off him. Aphra smiled in relief and walked Fett to the exit as soon as they got ready.
"See you around the galaxy, Doc", Fett kissed her for the last time and winked at her as he walked down the ramp.
"Safe journey, Boba. You'll find some decent loot outside your ship, I've been in a very generous mood lately.", she winked back and watched as Boba Fett, the most notorious Bounty hunter in the galaxy, walked out of her life.
A month passed since that day, and true to her word, Aphra stripped the palace bare and found several buyers who compensated her very handsomely for her troubles. The merchandise was aboard their ships, and millions of credits filled her accounts. She was now a wealthy woman and was contemplating whether she should settle on a nice and safe Outer Rim planet or fund an expedition in the Wild Space area of the galaxy.
Aphra decided to have a filling dinner and a nightcap at the cantina before she left the planet, so she sat at her usual spot, right across the Holonet, always eager and almost desperate to hear about Vader. He was always on the news, doing this, destroying that, portrayed as the lone dark warrior defending the galaxy from evil. It didn't matter to her that they turned white into black, she was simply happy to see him on the Holonet, giving orders from his bridge aboard the Executor, or leading his troops to battle. She just wished that Ashoka had shown her the Holo videos she had of Anakin Skywalker teaching combat techniques, but alas, after rummaging her ship, the Togruta realized that she left them at her home at completely different, undisclosed planet at the other side of the galaxy. She did promise though to bring them to her in six months when she returned to Mandalore for "business" …'yeah like I didn't realize that you were a rebel. Ha!' She had just finished her dinner and was sipping her drink when the screen flashed, and melodramatic music filled the cantina.
"THIS IS JUST IN…THE SECOND DEATH STAR WAS DESTROYED TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AGO BY THE REBEL FORCES." …'well, yay for the Rebels', Aphra shrugged.
"IT WOULD APPEAR THAT EMPEROR PALPATINE WAS ON BOARD WHEN IT EXPLODED!", 'wait what? That old codger finally kicked the bucket? So, Vader is now the new Emperor? The Emperor's dead long live the new Emperor! Well, that as double yay and I'll definitely drink to that', she ordered another drink.
"MORE INFORMATION REACHES US EVERY MINUTE…FOOTAGE TRANSMITTED FROM THE DEATH STAR TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE OFFICE SHOWS DARTH VADER KILLING THE EMPEROR!", 'Woah, that's big! Yay, Boss', she sat up eager to watch the footage.
It appeared to be a bridge, the Emperor was standing in the middle with Darth Vader next to him, shooting lightning out of his fingers, and electrocuting a young man who was screaming, wreathing, and convulsing on the floor.
'How is this even possible? How can he do that? Is that why Vader hadn't gotten rid of him for all those years? My brief examination of his suit revealed to me that it's an extremely high conductor for electricity. Is that why the Emperor chose it for him? To keep him in line? Well, that would explain why Vader bent the knee to him for so long, he was biding his time.'
Aphra recognized the tortured man to be Luke Skywalker, he was dying and appeared to be pleading at Vader to save him. She watched as Vader looked between Luke and Palpatine a few times before lifting the Emperor over his shoulders and carrying him towards the power shaft. Lightening was still coming out of Palpatine, Vader was being electrocuted while he was carrying him, Aphra could see his skeleton through his armor, an optimum conduit for electricity, courtesy of his "caring" master. 'Krif, no one can survive this, not even Vader, oh Force, please don't tell me that he died.', she gasped as Vader threw Palpatine over the edge and bit down a sob as he collapsed next to the rail, Luke rushing to his side.
"THIS IS JUST IN…WE HAVE CONFIRMATION, DARTH VADER SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES, MERE MINUTES AFTER HE KILLED THE SITH LORD THAT APPARENTLY WAS DISGUISING HIMSELF AS THE BENEVOLENT SENATOR, SUPREME CHANCELLOR AND EMPEROR SHEEV PALPATINE FOR THE PAST FIFTY YEARS.", Aphra could no longer control her sobs, she paid for her food and drinks and run out of the Cantina like a bat out of hell.
'He's dead, I can't believe it. HE'S DEAD…that's impossible, it can't be, we are talking about DARTH KRIFING VADER...he is larger than life, a demigod, NO! HE IS THE GOD OF WAR…. he cannot die, I refuse to believe it… Can he?... I mean, I shouldn't be this distraught, I created a krifing safety net should this happen. He has a clone, he will be resurrected, his memories, his essence, his very soul will be transferred to the new body upon death of the old, right?... This is not simple Kamino or Cylo-styled cloning, this is Jedi and Force stuff, it will work, right?... He will live again, right?... But you don't believe that Chelli, do you now?... You know deep down that he's dead and not coming back, don't you?...', Aphra dropped to her knees and screamed her despair. She didn't realize that she had run out of town and into the desert. She found herself in a rocky area on a dark moonless night.
"Lost are you, my dear?', a slimy voice made her jump.
"Don't worry, gorgeous. We'll take you back", another sniggered.
"Yeah, right after you suck our cocks and we fuck the brains out of you.", another cackled. Three of the ugliest humans she has ever seen in her entire life appeared.
"Stay the Krif away from me, scum, if you know what's good for you.!, she growled and reached for her weapon as she stood up and took a step back. Alas, all she found behind her was empty space, she would have fallen to her death if she didn't grab the edge of the precipice at the last minute.
"You are ours now, if you want to live, you will become our sex slave.", all three cackled.
Just then, the eerie silence of the desert night was interrupted by the unmistakable sound of a Lightsaber igniting and all three men screamed as they were cut in half, their severed pieces blasted off the cliff. As the Tatooine moon rose in the desert sky, a dark hooded figure kneeled at the edge and lowered his hood, revealing the youthful face of a gorgeous blonde with piercing blue eyes. He gave her a lopsided grin and extended his hand towards her. He spoke in a soft, pleasant, and kind voice.
"Dr. Aphra, I have need of you…"