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Post by Heartdom King on Jul 22, 2015 19:08:55 GMT -5
Condrez led the Twi'lek brothers down the hall and into hangar F. As suspected the hangar seemed empty. It wasn't easy to miss "The Moon Slayer" as it was the largest one in the hangar by a long shot. The large red Zillo Beast painted on the side was another dead giveaway. They rushed to the ship and climbed aboard. Massive cannons covered the ship and it took a climb up several flights of stairs to get to the bridge. Condrez flipped a switch and started the engines.
"This is a big ship," Condrez said. "It's gonna take a while to get all the systems booted up and ready. I need you two to find a way to get the hangar doors open while I make sure we're ready to leave."
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Post by Matterboy12 on Jul 22, 2015 19:10:18 GMT -5
"And how do you propose we do that, captain?" Thagusa asked.
"There's gotta be a control panel around here, right?" Reyuun asked.
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Post by Heartdom King on Jul 22, 2015 19:17:24 GMT -5
"There should be one somewhere," said Condrez. "Maybe on the wall by the door or in one of the control rooms. I'd hurry though, these engines are gonna get loud and might attract some unwanted attention."
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Post by Matterboy12 on Jul 22, 2015 19:30:17 GMT -5
The Twi'lek brothers rushed out of the ship and searched the hangar. Sure enough, there was a control panel by the door.
Thagus flipped it open and cracked his fingers. "Alright now. Let's work some finger magic."
He clicked a few buttons as he hacked into the control panel.
"Hey!" a voice echoed from down the hangar.
The brothers turned to see a Union guard marching down the hangar towards them.
"What are you two doing here?" he asked once he reached them. "Are you authorized to be messing with that panel?"
The brothers shot a brief panicked look between each other.
Thagusa straightened himself and turned to the guard. "Why of course we're authorized to be here! Don't you know who we are?"
The guard gave him a confused look. Reyuun did the same.
"I am Captain Arlin Shabadoo of the 501st Galactic Union Legion," he said, in a false, businesslike tone. "And this is intergalactic tradesman Deak Vandelay. No one was here to open the hangar doors for us so that we may leave, so what other choice did I have? Now, if you're done sitting on your duff long enough to help a pair of very important people..."
He voiced trailed off, and the guard cocked his gun.
Thagusa gave an annoyed sigh and shot the guard dead with his own blaster.
"Boring conversation anyway," he remarked. Going back to the panel, he hacked the door and opened it. The two brothers raced back to the ship just as Condrez was finishing up.
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Post by Heartdom King on Jul 22, 2015 19:36:02 GMT -5
The soldier radioed for reinforcements and soon a battalion of Union troops were flooding the hangar. The doors were slow to open and by the time they reached the deck of the ship, the door wasn't nearly open enough to let the massive ship leave. Blaster fire erupted from the hangar and a few of the troops started to board the ship.
Condrez's voice came over a loudspeaker, "Keep them off my ship!"
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Post by Matterboy12 on Jul 22, 2015 19:40:36 GMT -5
Thagusa and Reyuun cocked their blasters.
As they caught sight of a few guards boarding, Thagusa remarked, "Say hello to my little friend!" and open fired. Reyuun did the same, and blaster fire flew from both sides. Union soldiers dropped like flies as they gained on the ship.
The doors were nearly open, but soldiers were still coming and firing.
One of the soldiers got lucky and managed to shoot Thagusa in the stomach. The Twi'lek doubled over and fell to the ship's floor. Reyuun cried out his brother's name and increased his firing, shooting at the oncoming guards with extreme anger.
He glanced over at the doors. They were finally open enough for the ship to exit.
"Go! Now!" he barked at Condrez.
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Post by Heartdom King on Jul 22, 2015 19:48:13 GMT -5
The ship began to rise off the floor.
"<Hold on to your butts!>" cried the Ewok, flying in front of the hangar doors in his own ship and firing the cannons into the hangar.
The Union troops retreated as Condrez piloted "The Moon Slayer" out of the hangar and Jubb Nubb continued his suppressing fire on the troops. Soon the doors began to shut and the Ewok landed his ship on the deck of the massive "Moon Slayer." He quickly got out and saw Reyuun on the floor. He helped Thagusa carry him inside as the ship took off at light speed.
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Post by Matterboy12 on Jul 22, 2015 19:53:38 GMT -5
Reyuun laid his brother onto a chair. He pulled his hand away and found it covered in blood. Thagusa's stomach was soaked with blood a he breathed heavily.
"Thagusa..." Reyuun said.
"Hey, hey," Thagusa said, his voice outlined with pain. "I'm fine. I've been through worse."
He sucked in air.
"Maybe not," he said.
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Post by Heartdom King on Jul 22, 2015 19:59:04 GMT -5
Condrez went down to check on them and found Reyuun in the chair.
"<Carl,>" Condrez said to the Ewok. "<See if you can find some medical surprise.>"
The bounty hunter went off to the medical wing to retrieve supplies.
"How you holdin' up?" Condrez asked the injured Twi'lek.
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Post by Matterboy12 on Jul 23, 2015 22:05:42 GMT -5
"I've been better," Thagusa said. He coughed. Blood came out of his mouth.
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Post by Heartdom King on Jul 23, 2015 22:47:58 GMT -5
The Ewok returned with medical supplies and started treating to the Twi'lek's wound. "<Is he gonna be okay?>" Condrez asked. "<He's losing a lot of blood,>" Jubb Nubb said. "<If I can stop the bleeding he has a chance, but we have to get him to a doctor.>" "<Nar Shaddaa is still a few hours away,>" Condrez said. "<Will he make it?>" "<Not to Nar Shadaa,>" the Ewok said. "<Toydaria maybe, but he won't make it all the way to Nar Shadaa.>" "<We can't stop at Toydaria,>" Condrez said. "<That bastard Weedo has a bounty on my head, if we go their his clan will kill me for sure.>" "<Well, it may be the only chance he has.>" Condrez sighed and looked at Thagusa, then back to Reyuun. "<We can't,>" The Nautolan said. "<I can take him on my ship,>" the Ewok offered. "<You can't get off the ship while it's moving at light speed,>" Condrez said. "<And I'm not slowing down.>" "<And why not?>" "<The Union knows we took this ship, they'll be coming for us. We can't leave light speed until we get to Nar Shadaa.>" "<How do you think Thagusa is going to react when he realizes you're going to let his brother die?>" Condrez sighed and looked over to the Twi'lek brother who was oblivious to the Ewok conversation. "<He's not going to die,>" said Condrez. "<Just keep him alive until we get to Nar Shaddaa.>" "<He needs help, Condrez!>" said the Ewok. "<If you're going to let him die, his brother shouldn't be kept in the dark.>" Condrez rubbed his forehead in frustration and glanced over to the Twi'lek brothers. |
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Post by Matterboy12 on Jul 24, 2015 15:46:58 GMT -5
Reyuun placed his hand on his brother's forehead. It was cold as ice. His blue skin was starting to turn pale as well.
"Thagusa..." he said. "I'm sorry."
Thagusa looked at his brother. "Was that just Reyuun Haz apologizing."
"I...You're my brother. But sometimes I don't treat you like it. So, I'm just--"
"Reyuun, don't," Thagusa said. "That's...that's dying talk. That's what you say to someone before they die. And I'm not--"
He let out a loud cough. More blood flew from his lips.
Thagusa turned to his brother and looked at him with tearful eyes. He gripped Reyuun's hand tight.
"I'm not dying, Reyuun," he croaked. "I'm...I'm going...to be..."
Thagusa went silent, his head lolling to the side. His face froze in a blank expression.
As his own eyes filled with tears, Reyuun checked his brother's pulse. It was silent.
His face full of regret, Reyuun closed his brother's forever-staring eyes.
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Post by Heartdom King on Jul 24, 2015 15:56:08 GMT -5
"Dammit," Condrez said. "Set a course for Toydaria, we may still have time to--" "<Wait,>" The Ewok said, looking over at one of the monitors. "<There's something here.>" "<What is it?>" "<A... planet... I think.>" "What do you mean you think?" "<Look.>" Condrez looked on the monitor and saw a large metallic looking sphere floating in the void of space. spires jutted form the surface and no plant life was visible. "<What planet is it?>" Condrez asked. "<I don't know,>" the Ewok replied. "<Never seen it before.>" "<We've got no choice,>" said Condrez. "We're landing, now. There's a chance he'll make it, if we can get him to the surface we may be able to get him some help." |
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Post by Matterboy12 on Jul 24, 2015 15:59:13 GMT -5
"Alderaan?" Saren asked Torn. "But how is that possible? I thought Alderaan was destroyed before the Battle of Yavin?"
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Post by Heartdom King on Jul 24, 2015 16:37:34 GMT -5
"It was," said Torn. "But the Union has been working to rebuild the planet. Why do you think taxes have been so high? They've successfully built a core that will hold the planet together as they built around it. Now the planet is in the midst of being rebuilt. There's no way the Sith could know where it is or even that it exists."
Malewa blinked in astonishment.
"How have they kept something like this secret?" Cregan asked. "I mean just building a planet has to attract some kind of attention."
"The New Alderaan is being built in space surrounded by Union station outposts with the biggest warships you've ever seen," Torn explained. "No one gets past them."
"What about padawan Greye?" asked Liib. "He still hasn't reported back."
"First we should get our injured to safety," Torn said. "Then we can gather a search party to find our lost apprentice."
Back on Lothal, Greye entered a small cantina. He pulled his hood over his head and took a seat. He puled out his communicator and tried to reach the temple again, nothing. The waiter came up to him.
"What'll it be?" he asked.
"Whatever I can get for this," Greye said, placing a few credits on the table.
"I'll be right back," the waiter said with an almost flirtatious smile.
Greye raised an eyebrow as the waiter walked away, but shook his head and tried the Jedi Temple again. Nothing.
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Post by Matterboy12 on Jul 25, 2015 9:35:21 GMT -5
Suddenly, the doors to the cantina burst open, and five criminals entered - a Cerean, a Whiphid, a Zabrak, a Twi'lek, and a droid. Each of them brandished weapons of some kind, and they looked eager enough to shoot any of the patrons on sight.
"Alright everyone, relax," the Cerean said. "This is a robbery. Everyone remain calm, and this will be all over soon."
Gasps of panic rippled through the cantina.
"Allo me to introduce ourselves," the Cerean said. "We are the Hand of Darkness, criminal extraordinare. I am Ska-Rin-Tekla, and this is B'Nahr, Pon Zallius, Vindi Buun, and GL-113--"
"Prometheus," the droid corrected.
Tekla rubbed his massive forehead. "Prometheus, yes. So, just hand your valuables to my associates and we will be on our way."
The associates made their way through the cantina, collecting anything valuable from the customers while waving their weapons in threatening ways.
B'Nahr the Whiphid found himself at Greye's table, waving his blaster rifle at him.
"C'mon, buddy," he growled. "Hand it over. We ain't got all day."
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Post by Heartdom King on Jul 27, 2015 16:54:53 GMT -5
"I don't have anything to offer you," Greye said, waving his hand in front of him and trying to manipulate the brute's mind.
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Post by Matterboy12 on Jul 29, 2015 20:13:31 GMT -5
"You don't have anything to offer me," B'Nahr droned, and he meandered away from the Jedi.
Prometheus rushed over to him and rustled him from his trance.
"No, you insufferable imbecile!" the droid said. "He's using a Jedi mind trick on you!"
Prometheus went over to Greye and aimed his weapon at him.
"Hey, Tekla! We've got an uncooperative Jedi over here!" he called
Tekla moseyed over to the scene, an impressed look on his face.
"A Jedi, eh? Haven't encountered a Jedi in quite some time. What's your name, kid?"
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Post by Heartdom King on Jul 29, 2015 22:17:32 GMT -5
Greye gripped his lightsaber at his belt and stared angrily at the criminals around him. The friendliness in the Cerean caught him off guard.
"Leave these people alone," Greye said finally. "Or you'll be sorry."
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Post by Matterboy12 on Aug 4, 2015 16:58:55 GMT -5
Tekla laughed, a deep sound resonating in his throat.
"You've got spunk," he said. "I like that. What's your name, Jedi?"
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Post by Heartdom King on Aug 10, 2015 16:53:16 GMT -5
Greye tried to show no emotion.
"Greye James," he said.
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Post by Matterboy12 on Aug 10, 2015 20:50:06 GMT -5
"Pleased to meet you, Greye James," the Cerean said. "I'm Ska-Rin-Tekla. The big guy with the bad attitude is B'Nahr."
The Whiphid snarled.
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Post by Heartdom King on Aug 10, 2015 22:53:34 GMT -5
Greye stood up.
"Leave," he said. "Now."
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Post by Matterboy12 on Aug 11, 2015 12:40:35 GMT -5
B'Nahr tightened his grip on his blaster rifle. The other criminals turned from what they were doing and looked at Greye.
Tekla held up a hand. "Now, now, we don't want any trouble here. Can I buy you a drink?"
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Post by Heartdom King on Aug 11, 2015 12:57:36 GMT -5
"What happened to 'this is a robbery'?" Greye asked, raising an eyebrow.
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Post by Matterboy12 on Aug 11, 2015 13:01:49 GMT -5
Tekla chuckled. "Kid, do you know how rare it is for me to run into a Jedi on these jobs? I'm not gonna squander this."
He flagged down a waitress and handed her some credits. Within a few moments, she brought back two glasses filled with amber liquid.
Tekla raised his glass to the Jedi. "To rare moments."
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Post by Heartdom King on Aug 11, 2015 13:34:48 GMT -5
Greye loosened the grip he had on his saber and picked up his glass. He toasted with the thug and took a drink.
"I don't suppose you have a ship by any chance, do you?" he asked, seeing an opportunity.
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Post by Matterboy12 on Aug 11, 2015 13:36:37 GMT -5
"As a matter of fact, I do," Tekla said, taking a sip from his own drink. "What's a Jedi doing out here without a ship, anyway?"
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Post by Heartdom King on Aug 11, 2015 13:39:42 GMT -5
"Long story," Greye said, taking another sip. "Feeling like taking a trip to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant? I'll pay you to take me there."
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Post by Matterboy12 on Aug 11, 2015 13:43:10 GMT -5
"Listen here, Jedi boy!" B'Nahr bark, poking Greye with the end of his blaster rifle. "We're a band of criminals, not a ferry service! So unless you're planning on robbing the temple--"
"B'Nahr," Tekla warned. "I wouldn't rustle him if I were you."
"What's happened to you, Tekla?" B'Nahr said. "We were all set on this mission, but the minute you meet a Jedi, you wanna get all pally with him!"
"B'Nahr, just don't."
"Oh, what's he gonna do? Wave his hand and make me forget my name?"
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