Stari Extras

# 1

Volcanic Heritage

" " = Talking

' ' = Thinking

(" ") = Talking in different language

(' ') = Thinking in different language

Time before Sith Rebellion: 10 years

Danis's and Volcano's star fighter's exited Light speed above Tundusaan, a world that has gained independence from a king that misused his powers to do whatever he wanted just twenty years ago. The new leader has been in power ever since then, and her name was Queen Lorianne Reyal.

Volcano knew her personally since he was assigned to protect her for more than a year since a cult wanted to kill her, thinking the previous king was some sort of God. They went off to the planet Dantooine to hide where they wouldn't expect to find her.

She came back with a child, and when they thought it was Volcano's, it was proven wrong when they took the blood test. The father is currently unknown. The two star fighters flew towards Tundusaan, and soon entered the atmosphere.

When they flew through the clouds, they spotted Falgor city, a city up in the sky. It's the main capitol, and the only city up in the sky on Tundusaan. The two fighter's entered a hanger bay where four men in uniforms waited. The cockpits opened up, and Volcano and Danis jumped out.

The four men walked forward, each step in unison. When they reached Danis and Volcano, they saluted, one of them saying, "Jedi Master's Stari, I am corporal Gordon Arnjak. I'm in charge of the security force around Falgor. These three are some of my best men, and will guide you to Queen Reyal."

Gordon was middle aged, had blonde hair, a moustache, and stepped to the side as the three men walked up to Danis and Volcano. Volcano took the lead with the three men behind, and as Danis started to walk forwards too, Gordon stepped in front of him.

"Her majesty has a special mission for you, Master Danis. You are to go and see if all our forces are ready for the mission." Danis wondered why he isn't going to do it, but it's probably better that a Jedi gives the men a confidence boost.

Danis nodded, and then walked with Gordon towards the barracks as Volcano headed towards the Queen's rooms.

Ten minutes later

Danis walked through the hallways, his boots silent with each step. He saw a few holoimage's of the Queen here, and was quite surprised. She looked more like a Smuggler than a Queen.

Danis stopped in front of the door leading to the Queen's room, sensing something inside… something like happiness and relief. Danis slowly and quietly opened the door, looking inside. What he saw was the last thing he expected.

Volcano and Lorianne were in each other's arms, kissing. Danis opened the door, saying, "What the hell, Volcano?" Volcano and Lorianne separated from each other, Lorianne making a surprised "EEP!" sound, and Volcano was quite surprised as well. "D-Danis? I thought that you were in the barrack's with the security officers."

Danis stepped inside, saying, "They didn't like me for some reason, I'm guessing they don't like Jedi around here." Lorianne straightened her clothing, gathering herself, and then responded, "Yes, it's because they believe Volcano is still the father of our daughter." Danis narrowed his eyes, responding, "I'm gonna guess they're right. Am I right?"

Lorianne's cheek's turned a slight red, responding, "You couldn't be any farther than the truth, Danis. During our time while here while the cult tried to kill me, we started being amazing friends, but when we got to Dantooine, that's when we started having a serious relationship. When we were there for a whole month, we got a little… well… horny, and had sex. That's when I got pregnant, and when we got back I already gave birth to Saani, our daughter."

Danis looked at Volcano, and then back at Lorianne. "That explains the whole scene I just saw, but what about the blood test? It said that…" "Tell me this then, Danis. Is it not possible that I could hire a Doctor to 'accidently' do the blood test wrong?"

Danis started stroking a beard he was starting to grow, and then sighed. "Okay, but why keep it a secret? I mean, what's the worst that could happen?" Lorianne sighed, saying, "Politics. That's the whole thing. If they find out that the father is a Jedi, then the Tundusaan council will be outraged at the thought of the two of us being in a relationship. If it wasn't for that fact, then I would gladly go public with this information, but we both have had to keep it a secret. Those vacations that Volcano rarely takes he comes here in secret to spend time with the both of us."

Before she could continue, a ten-year old girl with long, black hair running towards them. It was Saani Reyal, but is now Saani Stari. "Mommy!" Saani yelled as she ran up, and hugged her mother. Lorianne put her hand on Saani's head, saying, "You can hug daddy now, Saani. Your uncle Danis knows the whole thing."

Saani looked over at Danis, and then said, "So that's the Wermo Jedi?" Danis's right eye twitched, remembering that the work Wermo is huttese for a stupid person. "Why would you call me that? I'm not a stupid person." Danis said as he pointed at himself.

Saani smiled, replying, "That's what Daddy call's you all the time!" Danis looked at Volcano, saying, "Well, that's not surprising." Lorianne started pushing Saani towards Danis, saying, "You go on ahead and play with Uncle Danis for a while, me and your father need to talk for a bit."

Saani and Danis walked out of the room, Saani grabbing Danis's hand. She pulled him out of the room, and then down the hall. Lorianne looked at Volcano, her happy go lucky smile now gone.

"You're still treating him like Bantha poodoo, don't you?" Volcano put his hands in his pocket, replying, "Just following the advice from my dad, that's all." Lorianne grabbed Volcano's ear, and then brought him down so then he'd be face to face with her.

"Ow! That hurts!" Volcano yelled, trying to not anger his secret wife any more. "I thought I told you to try and be nicer to your younger brother, Volcano. Your father isn't around anymore, you don't have to continue doing this to him. He's a Jedi Master now, and can handle himself quite fine."

Volcano got his ear out of his killer wife's grip, and then started to rub it, saying, "That isn't why we're here, Lorianne. The whole reason why we're here is to investigate the failed assassination attempt on your life just two days ago."

Lorianne smiled, saying, "I know that, but I don't need you two here. I can handle myself quite fine." Volcano hugged her, saying, "I am a Jedi, and can't decide my own mission. The Jedi council assigned this mission to me, and so I have no choice. Even if I wasn't assigned, then I would have snuck aboard some other ship leading here, and then protect you from the shadows of who ever the next assassin is."

Lorianne grinned, and then pulled him closer. "Well, I'll have to hold you to that. I now assign you as my own personnel guard. Stay close to me at ALL times," She started pulling Volcano towards another room. "And I may need a little protection in bed over here."

Volcano smiled, and then whispered, "Shall I use protection? I mean, did you bring protection?" Lorianne brought him in closer, saying, "You'll find out." She opened the door, and then they both entered it. As their tongues started to dance with each other's, Lorianne closed the door.

One hour later

Saani and four other security forces with DH-17 Blaster pistols while Danis was just in the room across from her with Colonel Gordon Arnjak looking through a one-way window at a mysterious man with a metal mask, was shirtless, wore brown pants, and all across his body was scars and scratch's.

"Any ID?" Danis asked Gordon. Gordon nodded his head, saying, "No idea. That mask is fused with his head, he cut the skin off his fingers giving us no way for any fingerprints, his blood was somehow tampered with, and now every time we take a blood test with this guy, it comes up as some Ithorian with the name Ori Vih'Torr, and he speaks basic, just like how almost every alien can. With that mask fused to his head, we can't get any idea on what he even looks like."

Danis stroked his starting beard, and then replied, "Then just take the mask off. Get some mechanics and…" "We can't. This man's organs are pretty functional except for the lungs, and the only thing keeping him breathing is that mask's life support system. We take it off, and he's deader than a Kel Dorian without his breath Mask."

Danis sighed, and then looked down at the belongings belonging to the man in front of them. He had a MM9 Rocket system(A wrist rocket), a DXR-6 disruptor rifle, and a DC-17 hand blaster.

"So, this man tried to assassinate Queen Reyal with a sniper, killed several men in his attempt to escape, blew up a civilian bus with his wrist rocket leading up to 30 innocent causalities, and was finally captured when you, personally, sniped him with a tranquilizer dart in your blaster. Seems like he was trained for this for quite a while."

Gordon nodded, and then sat down in a chair behind him. "He wore some old Mandalorian armor excluding the helmet, and not a single sign or symbol was on the armor. We don't know if he was hired for this, or if he did this for his own personal vendetta."

Danis grinned, and then sat down as well. "You know, there's a planet in the outer rim called Fral Dalgof where the inhabitants believe that their lungs are not necessary, so they give them the breath masks and then render their lungs useless on its own. He could be one of them, but they don't have the technology for space travel yet. As far as they know, they're the only species in the galaxy."

Gordon didn't look at Danis, but Danis did feel his hatred towards the assassin. Danis can understand since the assassin killed some of his men, and actually three members of the family of the deceased soldiers, and several members of security forces that were still alive.

"So you think that he's from Fral Dalgof?" Gordon asked, not looking away from the assassin. "I'm saying it's a possibility, but all you need is just a simple environmental suit, a few modifications, and then you'll have the same exact thing as they did."

Gordon scratched the back of his head, a small sigh escaping his lips. "So we're no closer to finding his identity." Danis grinned, saying, "True, but we know one thing in the report you gave me and Volcano. The people on Fral Dalgof is quite peaceful, and aren't very good hunters. This man caused more damage than any normal assassin could do, so we know one thing. If this one assassin is this good, then if he is working with any one else, then they may have the same fighting skills as him, maybe even better, but I rather not think that that's true."

Gordon put his hands on his lap, and then said to Danis, "Hey Danis, do you mind if…" "I go and interrogate him for a while? I'll be over joy." As Danis stood up, the door opened up, and a male security officer that looked to be around Danis's age with a bald head and a scratch across his lips stepped in, a datapad in his hand.

"Sir, I found something weird about his pass port." The man stopped walking when he saw Danis, and then smiled. "Ah, Master Stari, I'm glad you're here as well. I found something very odd about his pass port."

Gordon stood up, saying, "What was so odd, sergeant Kor Donnel?" Kor looked down at the datapad, and then started talking. "It looked like a simple misprint, but it says here that he took a ship from Tatooine to here, but Tatooine is too far away for any of it's vessels to reach us directly without stopping multiple times. Dantooine was very close, the staff at the spaceport thought he came from there. When we called the spaceports on Dantooine, they never had any information on this man. When we called Tatooine, they managed to identify him in a instant. When we tried to find out where he landed so we could find further clues, we found out that the vessel actually didn't land in any public port. Where he landed we're still trying to find out."

Danis looked back at the man, and then smiled. "So, this vessel from Tattooine belonged to the government there, right?" Kor nodded, replying, "No, the vessel was privately owned by a miss Lel Williams, which we found out is a fake name to throw us off."

Danis's smile didn't disappear, but only grew bigger. "Good. This means that I may know who did it." Gordon and Kor was surprised, but before they could say anything, Danis was already out the door, heading towards the room where he will interrogate the man.

The assassin looked up at the one-way window, his eyes looking through the blue visor of his helmet. He sighed, and then looked down at his cuffs. He looked around at the white room he was in, and saw that it was empty except for the table with the two chairs.

The assassin looked up as the door opened up, seeing a man in civilian clothing with a beard that was starting to grow and on his belt was a silver object. He sat down in the other chair across from the assassin, and then crossed his arms. "I know you came here in a vessel owned by whoever hired you, and landed on a secret space port somewhere. Tell me where it is right now."

The assassin stayed quite. Danis leaned forward, saying, "You can tell me what you need to know, and your punishment won't be as severe. If you don't tell me, then the interrogators here will make you want to tell them every single detail down to every single molecule and wish you told me."

He stayed silent. Danis stood up, saying, "Then I'll leave you alone to the interrogators." Danis turned around, and then started walking towards the door. "I am Assassin 8D."

Danis turned around, saying, "What?" "I am assassin 8D, the first Assassin of my corporation that survived the testing required to get my skills." Danis sat down in the chair, saying, "Go on."

The Assassin crossed his arms, replying, "That is all I'm gonna say. The boss has eyes and ears everywhere, so if I say a thing, I'm dead." Danis stood up, saying, "Then I hate to be in your position." Danis left the room, leaving the assassin in the room by himself.

Two days later

Volcano, Lorianne, and Saani entered the dining hall, several bodyguards through the room. Danis was nowhere to be seen like usual. Lorianne has tried everything she could to get Danis and Volcano closer, but Danis doesn't want to get closer, and Volcano act's like he doesn't want anything to do with Danis.

On the table were plates for the family. On Lorianne's plate were Agamar Sliders, five-blossom bread, and Goff-milk. On Volcano's plate were Chewgrubs, Gorba Melt, and Goff-milk. Saani had a Vege-steak, Kaavo, and Goff-milk.

A few minutes into the meal, Volcano and Saani stopped eating, and looked around. Lorianne looked up, saying, "What is it?" Saani shrugged, replying, "It's just a feeling I have. It's almost like a dark sense and…" Volcano threw his hands forward, pushing himself away from the table and the same with his wife and daughter.

The table was consumed with fire, the guards pulling out their blasters. Volcano jumped forward, using the force to bring his daughter and wife to him. As they flew through the air towards Volcano, he brought his Lightsaber's out, ready for battle. When the two of them landed behind Volcano, he activated the two lightsaber's, two blue blades coming out.

As the guards opened fire, Volcano started to block the laser fire. Lorianne brought out her Q2 Hold-out blaster pistol, and then started to fire at the guards. The guards were soon dealt with, the entire room with the smell of the gun's going off.

Volcano smiled, and then looked down at Saani, who was clinging tightly to her father's leg. He leaned down, Saani losing her grip, and then put his hand on her head. She hugged Volcano, saying, "Daddy, I'm so scared."

Volcano put his arms around his daughter, and then picked her up as he stood up. He whispered into her ear, "There, there, it's all…" Volcano stopped talking when the building started shaking.

Volcano and Lorianne ran out of the room, Volcano still holding Saani. They ran to a window, and looked out. They saw the security forces were defending against some men with heavy weaponry. In the front lines, holding off the men, was Danis Stari.

"Your majesty!" Lorianne and Volcano looked over, and saw Colonel Gordon with a IR-5 blaster pistol running up to them. When he reached them, he smiled, saying, "Oh good, you're okay. The cult that tried to kill you all those years ago is back now, and is doing a full out assault. Our men won't last long without your help, Master Stari."

Volcano gave Saani over to Lorianne, and then sighed. "Well, I'll be right back. This sure will end the cult quite easily and very fast." Volcano looked at Gordon, replying, "I need you to call in reinforcements to flank them. They may outgun us, but we outnumber them greatly."

Gordon nodded, and then looked down at the men. 'To think that all those men came here just to die.' As Volcano ran out of the hallway, Gordon thought, 'Of course, they are quite stupid if they think they're going to win.'

Gordon started to lead Lorianne and Saani away towards the hanger bay where they will get in a ship and go to a safe area away from the battle zone.

Danis cut a Rodian with a E-11 blaster rifle in half, watching him fall to the ground. Danis charged through the enemy lines, slicing away all the enemies in half. When Danis was done, there was a gap between the enemy lines.

Danis charged back into enemy lines, cutting more and more of the cultist's in half. Danis looked back as he heard a rumbling sound coming closer. Soon a Juggernaut, a heavy vehicle transport that can carry up to three hundred troopers. There were three of them.

Danis bent down, pulled out a small detonation pack that was in it, and then charged forward. Danis planted the charges on one of the Juggernauts, leaped back, and then activated them. The Juggernaut was consumed with flames, throwing the other two Juggernauts unto their sides, along with a few other soldiers that was near it was either caught in the explosion or is now on fire.

Danis jumped up un top of a guard tower, and then opened up a small drawer. Three Thermal detonator's lay inside. Danis took those three, jumped back down as the men inside the other two Juggernauts started to get out.

Danis activated the three Detonators, and then threw them down at the soldiers. As they detonated, it took out the remaining soldiers that were inside the juggernauts. Danis landed, and then smiled at his own personal work. Danis looked back, seeing just in time Volcano joining in the fight.

Danis didn't mind the help at all. In fact, he really enjoyed it, and then continued with his work.

Sergeant Kor looked at the data that had the information Assassin 8D told his interrogators just a minute ago, and then gasped. 'Oh no.' He put the datapad in his pocket, pulled out a 22T4 Hold out blaster pistol. 'If this information is correct, then the queen is in danger. I have to tell Volcano about this and fast!'

Kor took out his communicator, tried to bring Volcano, or anyone up, but couldn't. The cultists must be jamming them. Kor continued down towards the palace, hoping to get there before it was too late.

Lorianne and Saani ran down the hall, Lorianne holding Saani in her left arm and holding her Q2 Hold-out blaster pistol, and Gordon was behind them, his IR-5 Blaster pistol still out.

Gordon stopped running. Lorianne looked back, saying, "Gordon, don't stop! The hanger is still…" Several shots being fired echoed throughout the hall, and the smoke of burning skin came up. The point of origin was on Lorianne's back.

Lorianne fell to the ground, Saani underneath her. When Saani managed to get out from underneath her dead mother, she just looked in shock and horror at her mother's lifeless body. She looked up at Gordon, his blaster still hot from being fired.

"Why?" Saani started. "Why did you kill her?" Gordon grinned, replying, "Don't worry about not living without her." He pointed his blaster at her, replying, "You'll be joining her soon." He pulled the trigger.

Volcano and Danis looked at the dead pile of bodies of cultists, amazed at all the different species and genders they were. Not only that, but the weapons they had. They must've gotten them off the black market.

Volcano looked behind him, sensing a disturbance. "Volcano!" Kor yelled as he charged at the two Stari's. He stopped running, panting. "Gordon… traitor… working with cultists…" Kor said, panting heavily.

Volcano's eyes widened, and before Danis could ask for any more information, Volcano ran off into the building. Danis ran after him, knowing that if Volcano caught up with Gordon, they won't be able to get any information out of him. After all, they can't interrogate a dead man.

Within a few seconds, they reached Lorianne and Saani. They were lying on the ground, dead. Volcano's grip on his Lightsaber's tightened as his anger rose up. Volcano looked out a window, and then leaped out of it. Danis went to the window, looked down, and saw Volcano falling.

Volcano disappeared as a speeder flew by, being piloted by a Colonel Gordon.

Gordon looked back when there was a thump on the back of his speeder, and gasped when he saw Volcano lying on the back, and then started to stand up. He activated both Lightsaber's, two blue blades sticking out. "YOU BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU KILL THEM!"

Volcano yelled, and then tried to behead Gordon. Gordon ducked, and barely missed the blades of blue light. Gordon jumped out of the speeder, Volcano following seconds later. The speeder fell to the ground fast, just like Gordon and Volcano.

Gordon pressed a button, small flames coming out of his shoes. When he tried to fly out of the way, Volcano grabbed him from behind. The two of them flew around in the sky, the jets on the mans boots coming on and off.

After a few more seconds, they were out entirely. The two fell to the ground, falling in a spiral. When they landed, they were sent flying apart from each other. Volcano and Gordon impacted on the ground with a thud, the two of them getting the air knocked out of them.

Gordon stood up, groaning. His escape wasn't suppose to be like this at all. He was suppose to get in his hidden speeder, escape to a secret rendezvous, and get to a spaceport where he would escape to Tatooine.

Gordon looked behind him, and saw Volcano grabbing one of his Lightsaber's. Gordon looked down at his feet, and saw the other Lightsaber. He picked it up, and activated at the same time Volcano did, holding the Lightsaber in front of him.

"Please, Gordon. Do you honestly think that you can outmatch me in a Lightsaber battle?" Gordon grinned, replying, "I was trained in the Echani arts in hand-to-hand combat, and I also was once part of the Republic army, giving me the military training. With that training came on how for me to use a sword, which is kinda the same as a Lightsaber."

Volcano charged forward, his black robes flying in the air. Volcano brought his Lightsaber around, but was blocked by Gordon bringing his Lightsaber in the way. Volcano started to unleash attacks, but soon found himself on the defensive.

Gordon was better than Volcano thought, but he wasn't better than Volcano. Volcano ducked, dodging a slash from Gordon's Lightsaber. Gordon yelled in pain as he felt intense pain course through his body as he felt his arms get chopped off.

Volcano put his hand on Gordon's chest, sending him flying. When Gordon landed, he looked at Volcano, who was already un top of him, his Lightsaber raised. Gordon screamed as he saw the Lightsaber fall, seeing his life flash before his eyes. He thanked whatever creator of the universe when he saw a Orange blade come out, stopping Volcano's blade. Volcano and Gordon both knew that this Lightsaber belonged to Danis Stari.

"What are you doing Danis? He's the one that killed my family!" "I know he did, but killing him is not going to bring them back! We need to bring him in, and have him answer to the courts for what he did! This is not right!"

"Who cares if its not right! He will pay for what he's done, and I'll be his executioner!" Danis pushed Volcano's blade back, put his hand forward, and sent Volcano flying. "This is not the Jedi way! He is a unarmed man, and I mean that quite literally too." Volcano landed on his feet perfectly, and then got ready to charge again.

"Why? Why should I let him live? Why am I not allowed to kill this one man after killing so many just earlier?" Danis readied himself for the charge in case his next words failed him. "Because you're not like them. You don't kill for vengeance or in anger."

After a few seconds, Volcano deactivated his Lightsaber's, his arms falling to his side. "Alright, fine, but if he is not given the death sentence, then I'll make sure he does."

Danis also deactivated his Lightsaber, and then looked down at Gordon. "You sicken me, Gordon. Your queen and a ten-year-old girl trusted you with their lives, and then you took their lives. I despise you truly."

Danis, in truth also hated Gordon for killing his niece, and now the man that killed the both of them will pay for it. That is good enough for Danis.

Three hours later

Volcano took a deep breath, and then let it out. He was trying to block out the sounds of the room he was in, the sound of the air conditioner, the radio, and now the door opening. "Danis, What do you want?"

Danis crossed his arms, and then replied, "The assassin almost sings like a Talgorak during mating season. The cult has a base on Tatooine where the assassin came from, and is expecting the assassin to escape. Unfortunately, he's not coming back. You know, even though the council wants Jedi master Ishal Orden to go, I'm thinking that you could sneak aboard, and give not only Ishal a surprise, but the cult as well."

Volcano opened his eyes, replying, "No, I'm good. I need to stay here, meditate, and stay here for my wife's and daughter's funeral." Volcano closed his eyes, a grin on his face. "All in one day, I've lost my family, almost took my first steps down the dark side, and I'm now banned from Tundusaan because some soldier thought he can now tell the authorities about me and Lorianne having that affair. Life is truly cruel sometimes."

Danis sighed, and then took a step forwards. "You know, if you want, I could stall Ishal from getting here and going off to Tatooine until after the…" "Danis, I know you want to help, but I don't want to get revenge yet. I want to give my respects to my family."

Danis nodded, and then left the room, leaving Volcano by himself. Volcano centered himself in the force, trying to find peace within himself. He couldn't find any.

Five hours later

Volcano and Danis looked as the citizens of Tundusaan carried the corpse of Lorianne and her daughter Saani to a fire pit. The carrier's were middle-aged men, quite muscular, and around them were security officer's, one of them being Sergeant Kor Donnel.

Volcano closed his eyes, an tear coming down his cheek. The two of them were placed on the fire, their bodies being burned away. After a few minutes, Volcano turned around, and started walking away. Danis would ask where Volcano was going, but he didn't ask. Volcano probably wanted to be alone for a while.

His family dead, being banned from a planet, and almost taking his first steps down the dark side. Just a every day life of a Jedi.

To be Continued in Stari Extras # 2 Cult on Tatooine