Prism
Prologue:
The air was thick and moist, humidity clinging to the lone man's bruised body as he made his way through the jungle in the shear darkness of night, cleaving away the underbrush that stood in his path.
He could see clearly enough, the world around him illuminated in vivid greens through his macro-binocular viewplate and he scanned his surroundings with the careful precision that a medical droid may have with a laser-scalpel, before continuing into the dense growth, teaming with non sentient life.
Something like a Minok had taken off suddenly from its dark perch and the hunter froze, placing the vibroblade in its sheath on his hip and unslinging the blaster rifle from his shoulder. Slowly he crouched down, moving stealthily into the surrounding vegetation, his olive armor providing camouflage. For mere seconds he waited.
He had learned the hard way once, that patience was a virtue for a hunter – and that lesson had nearly forced him to miss his twentieth year. But that had been two years ago, and Boba Fett was not going to make the same mistake twice.
A sudden snap of a wet branch drew his attention to the left and the heat scanner in his helmet zeroed in on his prey, crosshairs illuminating his quarry's position as if in a field in broad daylight.
The hunter slowly raised his weapon, watching as his prey looked around in fear and aimed carefully for the man's exposed face.
He didn't appear threatening, but the ordeal alone that Boba Fett had endured betrayed the notion of the man's innocence. He had set traps for his escape, and few had nearly taken the hunter down, if not for the Mandalorian armor he wore, though it still left its toll.
Besides… Boba Fett was hired to kill him for his injustices, not ponder the man's motive.
With his aim set, the hunter fired.
--That said, I own no rights in any way, unless they are characters of my own design, in which case I don't own the rights to the species they probably spawned from. For that I credit the true geniuses. George Lucas… thanks for your galaxy far far away.
More soon!!!
I left this chapter short to wet your appetites. Please no flames! But please review!