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His ears wouldn't stop ringing as the chaotic energy of the Force roared around him; his body turned hot then freezing in turns, his nerves are in pain. He doesn't know what the Force is doing to him, he doesn't understand it. He can feel both light and dark at the same time. He can breath and not breathe.
It's a balance but not at the same time.
He screams, he knows he does. He can feel it in his neck, but he cannot hear it. Then, it all goes black.
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Supremem Commander Cody sat at the bedside of the Emperor; the older man was in a bad way and Cody had taken over his duties for the moment but suspended all Court duties at the moment.
The Sith Lord lied quietly in his bed. The cool black sheets imposed themselves against the naked body. The room is at a comfortable temperature. No one knew what had happened to the man when he had been meditating. In one moment he was quiet and reaching out to the Force while Cody worked on a couch not too far away from him; then, a Force Nexus had over taken the man and he'd fallen unconscious not long after.
Cody, now, could feel him through their bond, it was strong. Though different, not oppressive as it had been before. It was as if his Lover was not his Lover at all. Cody isn't entirely certain what to do about it.
It's not like there were any other Sith to ask. Dark Lord Yoda had retired toa swamp planet of all places and the rest of the Sith Order decidedly did whatever they wanted. None would help him figure this out.
A moan broke the silence; Cody turned to watch as his Lover came awake. He would have been cuddled up next to him, but that thing that was wrong.....he couldn't trust it.
"Hmmm....what...?" the voice sounded like it always did. The Emperor twitched out of sleep easily, like always, but when he turned his head - the eyes were blue.
Like before.
"Cody?" the voice is soft with sleep and confusion. "what happened?"
Cody stood, scowled down at the man then said; "I don't know, but until I do. You stay here."
He turned to the bedside table; and from a drawer he brought out a large black box that'd been hand carved with a Sith spell. His own dark yellow eyes flicked to the Emperor. who was now sitting up and watching. Still confused, his eyes decidedly blue.
He never had blue eyes, or had he? Cody isn't certain.
"Cody, what happened?" the man asked again. "I don't remember much about the battle..."
Cody opened the box and from it he brought out a sleek color. It was ancient with Sith writing on it. He didn't know the language, especially that of the ancient Sith. It'd been a gift to him just in case the Emperor got out of hand like the last one.
The had agreed to use it in an emergency.
And the Emperor without his deep amber eyes, with the memory of a General from the Clone Wars? yes, this is an emergency.
Cody crawled forwards, the collar clenched in a fist. He easily grabbed a naked shoulder and pulled the man towards him. He drew the collar up and around. The Emperor didn't fight him. He trusted him as he always had.
Cody didn't know if he liked that or not. Then he clipped it closed. The Emperor yelled out in pain for a hot second. Then relaxed against him.
"what?....why?"
"Until I figure out why you aren't my Sith Lover, that stays on. and you obey me." Cody whispered into the naked man's ear. No longer The Emperor to him. Cody moved away.
"Stay here or I will sedate you." and with that he took up his deep red cloak to attach it to the back of his armor, and took up his helmet. "I will run the Empire in your stead until you are yourself."
And with that, he left his prisoner alone. Once outside the doors were locked, the codes for his former Lover erased and he turned to the guards.
"He does not leave, only Medics and other authorized personnel pass."
He got affirmatives from the five men. and with that he made his way to The Emperor's office. He'd have to dig through the old Jedi archives to figure out what happened. and this could take a while.