Star Wars: The Old Republic
No Rest for the Wicked
Well the 'Tale of Two Sabers' is still in the works but I need to do something to get my imagination flowing so here, a SWTOR fanfic for you to enjoy. SUMMARY TIME!...after the whole legal thing….
ATTENTION: I DON'T OWN SWTOR! Unfortunately it belongs to BioWare and LucasArts but don't worry, my plan for domination will be in effect soon. MUAHAHA! Although I DO own Jaicer, Garth, Hilvan, Kord, Tillia, Kay-Three, Jessica, and Alexis….even though only 3 of the above mentioned names are appearing in this chapter other than Jaicer…Ok enough of that.
Summary: Jaicer, a vicious Smuggler that part times as an Assassin, is given a second chance. He is hired to take out a high ranking Imperial Officer that is meeting a Bounty Hunter or Nar Shadaa. He climbs into his XS Light Stock Freighter named 'Enduring Wind' and takes off. However, when he arrives on Nar Shadaa he is shocked to find himself thrown into an adventure he didn't sign on for. Rescues, escapes, hunts, and crazy encounters…Guess the old saying is true. There's no rest for the wicked.
Jaicer pulled his ship, 'Enduring Wind', out of hyperspace and checked his orders again.
"Attention Jaicer Reed. The Republic has need of your skills again. An Imperial Commander is going to Nar Shadaa to hire a Duros bounty hunter named Kord Larn. Be advised, both the Commander and the Hunter are extremely skilled in blaster and hand to hand combat. Your pay has been transferred ahead of time. We have no doubt you can handle this", the recording ended and Jaicer's dark red eyes glistened with excitement. He hadn't had a job in a long time. He adjusted his dark grey Gunslinger hat over his black hair. The light inside the cockpit made his tan skin and grey gunslinger coat look ominous and dark. It wasn't like he was a good guy though. He had his own share of sins. He was the farthest possible thing from a hero but he would never call himself a villain. The dual mandalorian heavy blaster pistols resting on his hip were begging to be used. The way there were position on his hip was unique. One was above the other on his right hip. The top's hilt was turned up while the bottom's was turned down. He could draw his blaster faster than any man this way. On his shoulder was a vibro knife in a scabbard. Everything about him seemed dark. His ship wasn't exactly screaming 'sunshine' either. It had a black decal with small pockets of white in some places. Jaicer was busy mulling over how he was going to do his job when his Nav Computer went off telling him to land already. He took the controls and pulled into his personal docking pad. After shutting down his ship, Jaicer left the comfort of his ship and entered the dangerous world that is, Nar Shadaa. He walked in silence through the crowded streets. People were smart enough to avoid him….That is, MOST of the people.
"Excuse me sir?" a voice came from behind him causing him to turn, "Could you spare a few credits?" the voice came from a young looking female blue Twi'lek. She was dressed in a white shirt without sleeves and a pair of ripped up, raggedy looking dark green pants. She didn't even have shoes but she did have a nice gold ring with rubies in it around the middle of her right lekku. Jaicer eyed the gold band with a questioning eye.
"Why do you need credits if you have that?" he asked pointing to the ring. The girl looked slightly sad at the comment. Jaicer raised an eyebrow waiting for the girl to explain.
"It's my mom's. She gave it to my for my birthday. A month after that she died when thieves attacked us. Well no one said life on Nar Shadaa was easy I guess", she sighed before continuing, "I don't want to sell my last connection with my family", she looked stead fast on her decision. Jaicer frowned a bit and looked at the time. He had a few hours before the target was meeting the Hunter. He smiled a tiny bit and looked at the Twi'lek girl. She tilted her head slightly at his smile with innocence.
"Come with me. I'll buy you some lunch and give you a few credits", Jaicer turned before the girl could respond and didn't really care if she followed or not. He was hungry. The sound of light footsteps told him that she was following.
"Tillia," the girl said in half a whisper. Jaicer caught it barely and turned his head without stopping.
"Your name?" he asked. She nodded still looking at the ground. Jaicer looked back ahead. "Jaicer. Nice to meet you. How old are you? You shouldn't be walking these streets alone", he asked. Tillia gave a small smile and picked up her pace to walk side by side with the Smuggler.
"I'm 18. I can take care of myself most of the time. What about you? Are you a smuggler?" Tillia asked while walking. Jaicer's red eyes flashed towards her but looked ahead before she noticed. Jaicer nodded without saying a word. Tillia went on asking questions about him, earning grunts and nods or shakes of the head as answers. It wasn't long before they reached a popular cantina. The bouncer, a burly rodian, nodded towards Jaicer as they entered. Jaicer returned the nod and pulled Tillia in front of him. His hand was on her shoulder as he walked her through the cantina. His height of 6 feet made him look like a giant compared to her 4'10 height. She was about to shrug off his hand when she noticed all the staring eyes of nasty looking men and aliens looking at her. She realized Jaicer was showing the fact she was with him. Apparently it was enough to keep the thugs from making a move. They reached an empty table and sat down. Tillia sat on the booth across from Jaicer, who sat on a chair. They were in view of some of the dancers and the bar. Eyes were still all over them as Jaicer leaned back in his chair waiting for the waiter or waitress. Tillia looked around at all the people in the cantina. She had never been in this one before, the bouncer was a friend of hers but she never wanted to risk his job by coming in without permission. Tillia's eyes fell upon a certain table of people. It was a group of about 5 people. Jaicer noticed her staring and followed her gaze. He examined the group. 3 of them were smugglers. That much he could tell. The one who looked like the leader was wearing a blue vest over a white shirt. He sported a blaster on each hip and had orange short hair. He was leaning black slightly with his arms crossed. Sitting next to him was a girl. She had long brown hair with red goggles resting on her head. She was wearing a black jacket over a white shirt and grinning ear to ear as she poked fun at the man across from her. The last smuggler was arguing with the girl about something. He wore a blue vest like the leader but it was over a black shirt. His hair was also black but it was spiked into a Mohawk at the top with bangs hanging down on the sides of his head. He had a small black beard too. Sitting next to this man was another girl. She had brown hair with a blue streak in the front. She wore a visor over her eyes so Jaicer couldn't see them but he knew she wasn't a Miraluka. She was also enjoying a glass of what looked like Juma Juice. The final member of the group was a Trooper. That much was obvious. His republic insignia and armor were dead give aways. He didn't have his gloves or helmet on though. His armor was standard issue with orange decal and his hair was brown and short. Jaicer couldn't examine any more because of sharp bump on his shoulder. He turned back around to see Tillia with a horrified expression on her face as a drunk Zabrak looked her over with hungry eyes.
"I asked if you wanted to come with me to the back room for a little 'fun'" the zabrak said with a drunken slur. Tillia couldn't muster up the courage to speak so the Zabrak reached for his arm. That was a deadly mistake. Before either Tillia, the Zabrak, or any of the other patrons could blink, Jaicer had given a right hook into the Zabrak's jaw forcing him forward. Jaicer followed the punch by grabbing the drunk's neck and slamming his face into the table. As the Zabrak reeled from both blows, Jaicer finished it up with a series of punches followed by a kick to the Zabrak's chest. Every move was done in the style of the Echani fighters.
"Y-You! You hit me!" the Zabrak spit out as he held a hand over his jaw and chest. Jaicer just crossed his arms and stared with his piercing red eyes. The Zabrak was enraged. Patrons were staring at the two fighters with wide eyes. The smuggler had done each attack in a matter of seconds. Even the crew Jaicer and Tillia had been looking at before were looking over. The Zabrak was hissing through his teeth and growling as he breathed. "I'll kill you!" he roared reaching for the blaster rifle on his back. He was too slow though. Before his hand could touch the handle of his rifle, a smoking hole was burning in his chest. Jaicer twirled his mandalorian heavy blaster and holstered it before the Zabrak fell. A weequay ran up and examined the fallen Zabrak.
"You killed the boss! How could you!" the Weequay asked standing up. Jaicer just sighed.
"You wanna try your hand at outshooting me buddy? It's a well known fact that Smugglers always shoot first. And it's always the quick drawers that win the gunfight", Jaicer said with a bored voice. This wasn't a challenge for him. The Weequay was about to rush up and attack Jaicer when a loud thwak sounded in the room. The Weequay wobbled a bit before falling next to his dead leader. A red Twi'lek woman, holding a stun baton, was standing behind the fallen Weequay. Jaicer blinked a few times before he realized the fight was stopped by, what looked like, a dancer.
"I didn't need your he-" his argument was cut off as the Twi'lek woman pushed him aside and rushed over to Tillia.
"Tillia, sweety, did that Zabrak hurt you?" She asked examining the younger Twi'lek. Tillia just batted her away with her hand and looked at Jaicer. The red Twi'lek woman followedher gaze and looked at the dark gunslinger. He was standing there, looking dumbstruck at the two. Tillia stood up and walked over to him.
"I thought you said your mom was dead", Jaicer said looking at the young Twi'lek. Tillia just giggled a little and shook her head.
"This is Luuta. She's kind of my guardian if you think about it. She comes over to my house ever once in a while and brings me food. She's the closest thing to a mom I have", Tillia explained. Luuta walked over and looked at Jaicer with a stern and examining gaze. Jaicer actually felt nervous as the Twi'lek looked him over.
"Are you treating Tillia nicely or do I need to use this stun baton on you?" Luuta twirled the aforementioned weapon to emphasize her question. Jaicer quickly shook his head.
"N-No I just met her on the street and was about to buy her lunch!" he said. He realized that what he said would sound bad to a protective parent.
"Oohh so you were trying to worm your way into little Tillia's heart eh? Lower her defences then take what you want? Well not on my watch buddy! I won't let you touch her!" Luuta was dangerously close to beating Jaicer senseless with the stun baton when the Smuggler Captain from the earlier group whistled at her. Luuta looked at him and walked over. The Smuggler whispered something to her and Luuta's eyes opened in acknowledgment. She walked back over to Jaicer and bowed. "I'm sorry. I didn't know you were the one who handled the Zabrak. You were just protecting my friend. I'm sorry", Luuta apologized. Jaicer motioned for her to straighten up and looked at her.
"I don't have time for apologies. I need to eat lunch before I go handle something", he said waving his hand in the air. Luuta crossed her arms and glared at Jaicer.
"Do I look like a waitress to you? Have one of THEM take your order. Come on Tillia we're leaving!" Luuta walked towards the dancing girls' area but Tillia didn't follow. Luuta gave hera questioning glance but shrugged it off and walked away. Jaicer sat back at the table and Tillia sat across from him again.
"You DID promise me lunch", she teased with a smile. Jaicer gave a single laugh and grinned.
"I did didn't I…" he said as the waiter walked over. The Bouncer was dealing with the bodies of the 2 attackers. Jaicer and Tillia ordered what they wanted and the waiter walked away. They sat in silence, with occasional bits of conversation until the waiter returned with the food. They ate in silence too until Tillia broke it with a question.
"Why did you help me?" she asked. Jaicer stopped eating, mid bite. He looked like he was thinking. He set his fork down and crossed his arms, leaning back in his chair again.
"You're innocence. I can see it is still there in your eyes. I lost mine a long time ago and it was a terrible thing. I lost it when I killed a harmless man. I don't want people to lose their innocence when I can prevent it. I may not be a good person but I know how to stop bad people", Jaicer said with a dark tone. His red eyes were staring at the ground again. He adjusted his hat before he continued eating. Tillia looked at him with sad eyes. He seemed like a good person to her. They finished eating and Jaicer stood up to leave.
"Are you leaving?" Tillia asked standing. Jaicer nodded and adjusted his hat before turning and walking towards the exit. "Thanks for lunch! It was nice meeting you!" Tillia yelled after him waving. Jaicer waved without turning and left. He had a job to do. Little did he, or Tillia know, a certain bounty hunter had been watching everything that was happening. He knew how to use it to his advantage too.
Jaicer was waiting for the Hunter and Commander to show up. He was leaning against a wall in an alley way, twirling one of his blasters. He looked out again and saw his target. He thought something was off. It looked like the Commander was looking straight at him.
"Looking for someone Smuggler?" The static voice of a Duros sounded next to Jaicer. Jaicer slowly looked over his shoulder to see a Duros Bounty Hunter standing beside him, with his arms crossed. "Step over next to the Commander and your friend will not be harmed", Kord said pointing towards the Imperial. Jaicer looked and walked. That's when he realized someone was next to the Commander. It was Tillia. She was crying and the Imperial was gripping her arm, painfully hard. Jaicer stopped in front of the Commander.
"I applaud your attempt. Unfortunately you should have left this pitiful Twi'lek to rot on the street. Your kindness will be your undoing", the Commander said sneering. He immediately shut up when he felt a blaster muzzle of a blaster was pressed against his chest.
"Who said I was kind?" Jaicer's eyes looked like they were going into the commander's soul. The commander couldn't react before a shot was fired point blank into his chest. The Duros Hunter drew his pistol but was disarmed with a back kick from Jaicer, knocking him over. Jaicer grabbed Tillia and rushed for the landing pads.
"That was dangerous!" Tillia yelled as Jaicer dragged her along. The Duros had gotten up and was following them with his blasters aimed.
"Doesn't matter. You were in danger. Had to do something", Jaicer lifted Tillia over his shoulder as he vaulted over a permacrete road block, keeping vehicles and people away from his landing pad. He reached his ship shortly after and set Tillia inside before closing the ramp and starting the ship. The Duros was outside firing at the ship with his blasters, but doing no damage. 'Enduring Wind' lifted off and left Nar Shadaa.
"That was a very bad idea still…That man was an Imperial Commander! You are gonna be hunted now!" Tillia said climbing into the co-pilot seat and looking at the gunslinger that saved her.
"Heh, I'm already being hunted. And besides, I was hired to kill him anyway. Now what planet should I drop you off at?" Jaicer asked. He was getting ready to enter co-ordinates into his nav computer. Tillia crossed her arms and pouted.
"You just saved my life…TWICE! I ain't leavin you just yet. Not till I've payed you back!" she said. Jaicer didn't notice the slight blush on her face. He just grumbled and enter co-ordinates for where the Republic Fleet was waiting for him.
"Fine, but don't get in my way. And if you're here you better make yourself useful. Like cooking and cleaning and such…we should get you knew clothes too…" Jaicer was going over what he would have to do to watch out for a kid like Tillia. He sighed and pulled his hat over his eyes as the ship jumped into hyperspace. He was in for one wild ride….
Well that's that. Hope you like it. Reviews would be appreciated.