Star Wars: The Rain Must Fall

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Gunner LeRaine was playing Rodian Roulette and he was winning. Gunner was a tall, thin faced man with dark, slicked back hair and a thin mustache. Standing next to him was a beautiful, green skinned Twi'lek woman wearing a black dress.

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"Play carefully, dear." the Twi'lek woman said to Gunner.

"You know me, my dear Radiance." said Gunner with a roguish grin. "I never play carefully."

Gunner went all in, placing his bet on 56 green. The Rodian dealer spun the wheel and dropped the laser ball. Everyone at the table watched with hesitation as the laser ball spun, eventually landing on 56 green.The crowd cheered for Gunner. Radiance looked annoyed, as did the Rodian dealer as he handed Gunner his credits.

"We should leave now." Radiance whispered to Gunner.

"But I'm winning!" Gunner said with a smile.

"You're drawing too much attention." Radiance replied.

Gunner grabbed Radiance by the hips and pulled her to him, kissing her on the lips.

"By the force, I love you, Radiance." Gunner said

"Are you on spices?" she asked him, taken aback by his boldness.

"I'm having a good day. I'll play one more round, then I'll leave. Go prepare the ship." he said to Radiance.

Radiance looked at him with caution and said "Be.."

"..careful!" Gunner finished for her.

Radiance shook her head. "I love you too." she told him before leaving.

As Radiance walked away Gunner looked at her, remembering the first time he met her. She was a slave for the Hutts, used as a dance girl. When he first saw her, he looked into her sad yet beautiful eyes and immediately fell in love.

He challenged the Hutt who owned her to a card game. The stakes, Radiance for Gunners ship, The Lucky Sparrow. The Hutt, Irkma, was not as powerful minded as his distant cousin Jabba and he accepted the terms right away.

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Gunner beat Irkma. Little did Irkma know that Gunner had limited use of the force that helped him win at gambling. He was also able to use a suggestive 'mind trick' that helped Gunner convince Irkma that not only had Gunner won fair, but that Irkma shouldn't seek vengeance and to let Gunner and Radiance leave.

That was over two years ago. Gunner and Radiance had flown from star system to star system, escaping the Hutts wrath. When word got out that a low life scoundrel had so easily conned a Hutt, the Hutts were enraged. Rumor was that Jabba had his cousin Irkma thrown into the Sarlac Pit. A huge bounty was put on both Gunner and Radiance's heads.

Gunner came back to the present, as the Rodian dealer was asking him if he wanted to place a bet. Gunner placed a tenth of his winnings on 26 blue, which he knew he'd lose. That was usually Gunners way of gambling. Win big but also lose small to draw attention away from his powers.

After losing that round Gunner collected his winnings and began to leave the Rodian casino. As Gunner left the casino he thought back to his younger days learning to be a smuggler. Gunner was raised as a smuggler. His mother, Sara, took Gunner to live with her and her brother, Captain Remy LeRaine, on his ship The Starlight's Gambit. Uncle Remy taught Sara and Gunner the ways of being a smuggler.

His mother took some time getting used to this new lifestyle. Before this she was married to Gunners father, a Jedi Knight, William "Bill" Cloudburst. Bill was a great warrior, who taught Gunner the ways of the force until Gunner was seven years old. Bill was killed by Darth Vader. The story was that Bill had cut down twenty storm troopers and had taken over a half dozen laser blasts before he was cut down by Vader himself.

When word had gotten back to Gunners mother, she fled, changing her and Gunners name back to LeRaine, then she sought shelter from the one person she could trust, her brother Remy.

While his mother took time getting used to this lifestyle, Gunner on the other hand had fallen in love with it. He loved the adventure of it, he loved the idea of breaking the Empires laws and his uncle Remy taught him everything about not only being a smuggler but being a criminal.

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As Gunner walked through the ship docks he came across a Wanted poster of an old friend/rival of his, Han Solo. Gunner thought back to his younger days when him and Han would be hired for the same missions, be chasing the same girl or just arguing with each other as they gambled each other. Han learned quickly not to bother gambling with Gunner, but he never stopped arguing with him. Gunner wondered where Han was hiding out. Smiling Gunner thought to himself "Probably just hanging out at Mos Eisley, looking for some quick cash."

As Gunner walked away from the poster he felt a disturbance in the force. "Bounty hunters!" he said to himself. He ran back to the ship, his mind on Radiance.

When Gunner got back to The Lucky Sparrow he saw immediately it was badly damaged with laser blasts and a big gaping hole in the side, with exposed wires dangling from it, hissing at the ground.

Gunner ran to his ship screaming "Radiance! Where are you?"

"You won't find her in there." said a robotic voice to his right.

Gunner drew his blaster on the robot, a crimson colored 3po protocol droid.

"Where is she?" Gunner screamed at the crimson droid.

"An associate of ours has her." the droid answered.

"Ours?" Gunner quickly picked up on the droids slip.

Just then Gunner heard a roar from above him.Looking up Gunner see's a huge black furred Wookie jump down at Gunner from the ship. The Wookie grabbed Gunner and slammed him to the side of the ship. The Wookie had black fur with a white stripe that went down the middle. His right face, shoulder and arm, which was holding Gunner, were cybernetic. Gunner had heard about this cybrog Wookie and his protocol droid. The Wookie was a savage.

"I am X3po and this is my master Raikor the Ravager." the droid informed Gunner. "Your accomplice is safely with our associate Boba.."

"Fett has Radiance?" Gunner screamed.

With all his rage and will Gunner summons the force to pull a nearby swinging electrified wire from his ship right into Raikors metallic, cyborg arm. Using the force to escape Raikors grip right before the wire hits Raikor, Gunner rolls away from the electrified Wookie and grabs his blaster, pointing it at X3po.

"Where is Boba?" Gunner demands.

"Slave 1, his ship." X3po replies.

"Where?" Gunner demands again.

"To the east side of the docking bay. You can't miss it." X3po cries, his hands in the air. "Please don't shoot.."

BEEOORP!

Gunner blasts X3po in the face before running off for Slave 1.

As Gunner arrives at the Slave 1 he see's Radiance kneeling down in the middle of the docking station, surrounded on all sides by large crates. He see's she's tied with chains as he runs toward her, blinded by love to any danger.

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He's stopped by a laser blast at his feet. Gunner looks up to see Boba Fett on top of one of the large crates, pointing his laser rifle at Gunner.

"Surrender!" the bounty hunter demands.

Gunner points his blaster at Boba and fires. Boba quickly dodges the blast.

As Gunner takes aim to shoot at Boba again, his blaster is suddenly pulled from his grasp. Gunner looks in horror as Darth Vader strolls out of the shadows of the crates, flanked by about thirty storm troopers.

Gunner falls to his knees as Darth Vader uses his force grip to choke Gunner. Gunner looks at Radiance, love and sorrow fill his body.

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"Please! Please don't hurt her." Gunner chokes out.

Vader coldly looks from Gunner to Radiance. "Ah, young love. I will spare the Twi'lek girls life. She will be given to Boba Fett."

Gunner couldn't bare the thought. Boba would take her back to the Hutts. "No.. not that. Please!" Gunner screams out.

"Boba has earned his reward. He was the one who informed me of where you were." Vader explained to Gunner, ignoring his pleas. "You've eluded me your entire life, young Cloudburst. Using your powers to break the law and benefit yourself."

Vader draws his light saber.

Gunner LeRaine closes his eyes. He uses the power of the force in his unique way. He see's into the future. It's a gift that had helped him when he gambled so often.

Gunner looks to his own future, it's grim and ends soon. He then looks into Radiance's future. His heart breaks as he see's her dancing for Jabba the Hutt. He see's Jabba make advances towards her, which she refuses. Jabba opens a trap door under her feet. Then the claws and teeth of the Rancor. A cruel fate.

Vader raises his light saber to execute Gunner. Gunner opens his eyes and smiles crazily at Vader.

"I see your future." he says.

Vader hesitates.

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"I have to say, you deserve worse for everything you've done. Doesn't matter. You're basically dead already, aren't you?" Gunners face is filled with a maniacal rage. He looks at Boba Fett, who uses his jet pack to fly down next to Vader. Gunner laughs. "He gets it worse. ha ha. Oh, I wouldn't want your fate Boba, ha Ha ha." Looking back at Vader with blood lust. "You all die. You, the Emperor, ALL OF YOU. The Empire will FALL!"

VUUMMM!!!

With one downward swing of his light saber, Vader ends Gunner LeRaine.

Vader looks down at Gunners body and coldly states "Everything dies!"

Epilogue

The Starlight's Gambit flies through space, piloted by Captain Remy LeRaine. His sister, Sara sits next to him, holding a bundle in her arms. The bundle is a baby girl, half Twi'lek, half human. Her name is Star LeRaine. She begins to cry.

Her grandmother Sara comforts the baby girl. "Shhh, it's okay little Star. The Empire will never get to you. Your parents made sure of that."

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So this comes from the Character Creation Contest # 7http://www.comicvine.com/forums/fan-fic-8/character-creation-contest-7-voting-page-755539/ from 3 years ago. It was my first win with these contests.

I added some pictures. May edit any mistakes but beyond that I'll keep it the same.

Just wanted to put it on the boards. Plus, I may do a sequel with Star LeRaine.

As for the title, I just came up with it now. I wasn't sure what to call it but I found this poem that I thought fit the story. The title comes from the second to last line.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Rainy Day

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,

But at every gust the dead leaves fall,

And the day is dark and dreary.

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,

But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,

And the days are dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;

Thy fate is the common fate of all,

Into each life some rain must fall,

Some days must be dark and dreary.