Madness -- for the archives
(SW:Phantom Menace; spoilers and AU for movies and novels)(Obi-Wan/Maul, implied Xanatos/Qui-Gon)(R) Maul survives and forms an unholy alliance. Jedi and Sith share an apprentice. War envelops the Republic and the Empire. And Maul wants Obi-Wan. Badly.
Watching through the observation wall, disguised to appear as rock, Xanatos and Anakin stood side by side. Anakin’s mouth was slightly open and he had one hand spread against the wall as if he could absorb the erotic energy pouring off Obi-Wan and Maul. Xanatos smirked at him, but kept his eyes on the pair kissing as if their lives depended on it in the next room. Then he jolted and looked closer.
Now, THAT was unexpected. “They’re mind-speaking!” he exclaimed.
“No,” Anakin corrected him, his voice hoarse and breathless, “they’re mind-fucking.” He moaned.
Xanatos glanced over at him. Oh. No wonder Anakin was looking at them like a dog eyeing raw meat. “You can hear them?” Lucky bastard.
“Oh, yes,” Anakin sighed, then recoiled as if struck.
Smirk growing wider, Xanatos said, “Maul caught you looking.”
Anakin glowered at him. “No. Obi-Wan did. And he smacked me!”
Xanatos couldn’t help himself. He laughed out loud. This treaty negotiation was going to be the most fun he’d had in a long time. And when it was over… he was going to Coruscant.
Qui-Gon waited, and Xanatos had his own Sith-Jedi alliance to negotiate. He was looking forward to it.
FIN
mutual assured destruction NOUN: Severe, unavoidable reciprocal damage that superpowers are likely to inflict on each other or their allies in a nuclear war, conceived as the heart of a doctrine of nuclear deterrence.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth ed. c. 2000.
Madness (Mutual Assured Destruction) by Bren Antrim. Rated R; no copyright infringement intended. AU of SW: Eps. 1-3 with guest appearances by characters from the novel canon.
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