Aw, how easy it would be to kill you.

Just... a slide of my claw, slice open your trachea, bisect your spine...

I wonder if there is an open reward.

Probably several. I could make millions.

Nay; billions.

Ah, my dear Emperor, you are a very lucky man. Share your bed with a less fortunate man of my ability and you would surely be dead right now.

The blue-skinned creature slithered up the bed, fingers, such as they were, inches from the mans neck. He pulled it back, placing his digit into Fearson's ear. The skin broke and the small worm worked it's way out. It crawled into the ear of Fearsons, still soundly asleep, and gently chewed through the skin and bone with it's acidic saliva. Fearsons felt no pain... he slept, never rolling, never snoring. As the worm worked it's way through his head and finding it's eventual stopping place on Fearson's brain stem, the Emperor felt nothing. The Skey'g'Aar smiled.

I will call for you later. And you... get some rest. Tommorows morrow will be an interesting day. An interesting day indeed.

Zeratul faded into mist again, and the Emperor awoke from a small pinch in his ear...

Another thing to get onto the emperor's nerves. He growled and sat up from his bed, feeling that insatiable pinching in his ear. Fearsons growled and decided to use the Force to shut up the pain, just for now, he needed that.

But something was in there.

What the hell?

The Force was having some issue responding to him. He growled and tried again, but it only gave a miniscule response. What was going on?

But it would wait, he needed to get to a few documents and then would quickly go to the infirmary. He thought for a moment...and tried one mroe time.

No, infirmary first.

Fearsons was off to the doctor's office then to see what the hell was going on.

If you have any weapons, I will need to confiscate them.

Zeratul smiled.

You may confiscate my arms, but I will need my legs to propel myself forward.

The man gave him a dirty look. Zeratul took back his briefcase, and boarded the flight for Imperial space.

The emperor sat on the examination table, two black-clad PeFauna flanking him. The doctor was almost done prying the thing out, and the pain was excrutiating. Finally with a strange, sunctioning whine, the worm plopped out of the emperor's ear.

He stared at the thing, it held the same null void in the Force the Yuuzhan Vong did...what the hell was that?

"We'll need to bring it in for tests," the doctor said, "we'll get to the bottom of this."

Fearsons rubbed his head. "I should hope so," he said grumbling. He turned to the PeFauna. "Triple the guards and security, I want to find out what the hell this thing is."

He turned back to the doctor. "Could it have leaked any information?"

"It's possible, but not enough to be dangerous, it couldn't have been in there more than a couple hours, the most they'd get is a few names."

"Thank you."

With that Fearsons was off to his duties.