Drabble #20

[matril]

Something a little different here...the beginning of an AU, which I could go on to explore further if I so desire. ;)


Surviving
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"Where is she?"

Threepio looked in bewildered horror at Master Anakin's wild-eyed face. His voice was harsh and unfamiliar, and he seemed to have undergone a dreadful ordeal, from the look of the minor burns and welts all over his skin.

"She is on the ship, Master Anakin," Threepio replied uncertainly.

"Don't call me that," he growled as he brushed past Threepio onto the ship. "My name is Vader."

Where was Master Obi-Wan Kenobi? Threepio had been sure he saw him leaving the ship not long after Miss Padmé. But then the logical answer to his question ran across his circuits. "Oh dear." He gave the hideous orange skies of Mustafar one last mournful glance, and followed Master Anakin-Vader onto the ship.
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Comments

[sonetka.livejournal.com]

I am intrigued by this and would like to subscribe to your newsletter :). (Actually, if you wanted to expand this I'd love to read it).

[matril.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Heh, actually I've had that AU plot bunny running through my head for some time - it's just so deliciously dark and bleak - but I'm trying not to leap into yet another writing project until I finish a few others I've already started. We'll see how long I hold out. ;)