Title: Republic Saga - Alliances, Chapter Five
Author: Jonathan Evans
Author email: noggins@btinternet.com
Summary: Destroyer Droids on Coruscant? Who you gonna call - Anakin, Leia and Keylar, that's who!
Author's Note: I apologise for how late this chapter was but I was suffering from severe writer's block. Things should be back on track soon...
REPUBLIC SAGA
ALLIANCES
CHAPTER FIVE
Lando slowly began to come to and opened his eyes. Two people were
looking down at him. As his blurred vision cleared he saw it was
Narril and one of the rebels - a young Quarran. He started to stand
up but his brother stopped him. "Don't get up just yet. We're trying
to clean your wound."
Lando looked at his shoulder where a bloody hole was being patched
up with a piece of cloth. It wasn't hurting anymore - just worryingly
numb. "What happened?" he asked as the custom made bandage was completed.
"Commander Jaszz got cold feet and left us to deal with the Imps,"
the rebel said. "We managed to get out on a taxi that was hovering
below us. I don't know what would've happened if it hadn't been there.
They're still looking for us but I think we may have only just escaped
with our lives."
Lando moved his arm around. Despite the lack of feeling he could
still use it. He grabbed his blaster from the holster, span in on
his finger and put it back in again. "Everything seems fine," he
commented before checking out his surroundings. They were in some
kind of docking bay. A droid was inspecting a taxi - obviously the
one they'd escaped on. It kept shaking its head and commenting on
how civilians abuse public transport. "Looks like our only means
of travel is out of action."
"It took quite a few shots," Narril pointed out. "We're lucky
it's still in one piece. More or less."
One of the human rebels came towards them with an R2 astromech
droid closely following it. It activated a holographic image
of Coruscant with red dots in various areas indicating shield
generators. The human began to talk. "As you can see, these
are the generators covering the planet. We've had a chance to
get some more research done and we now know which are the least
protected."
Lando sat upright and looked at the projection. The nearest
seemed to be on the other side of the planet. "They should
have got reinforcments there by now," he said. "Or if they
haven't they will have by the time we get there."
"Actually no," was the reply. "Our bombs on the museum had an
effect we'd never have imagined. It knocked out a communication
post which may give us more time."
"Then I suggest we make the most of that."
* * * * * * * * *
With their lightsabers ignited, Leia and Anakin deflected the
blasts coming from the destroyer droids. Keylar blasted at
them but the shots were blocked by the in-built deflectors
that they were projecting. Leia pushed two of the droids back
into each other with the Force. They stumbled giving her
time to rush forward and slice through the shields, cutting
their heads off. "I suggest we make the most of this! Come on!"
She headed down the corridor first and was followed by her
father and the Mandalore ambassador who hacked and blasted
their way through the confused droids.
The distraction didn't last long and soon the droidekas were
bounding after them. "We don't have time for this," Keylar
exclaimed as he fired back, hitting a metal girder. It
collapsed onto one of the droids, crushing it beyond
recogniton.
"I know that," Anakin replied. He came to a halt when a door
just ahead opened and more of the metal beasts came piling out,
both droidekas and battle droids. "How many of these things are
there?" he asked, half to himself and half to his companions.
Leia jumped upwards and grasped onto a hook coming down
from the ceiling. She swung over the incoming arm and landed
behind them. With her lightsaber ready she cut through the
door that had only recently been open.
"Oh no."
"What is it?" Keylar asked as he blasted two battle droids down.
"It's like they're recycling these things!"
She entered the room and examined a massive construction
droid that was piling spare parts into one of its cavities.
At the other side fully constructed battle ready war
machines were coming out. It was only warming up - recovering
after decades out of use but now their attack had caused it
to reactivate and begin production again. Their time in the
control room had given it more than enough to create a
veritable army.
"I really don't like the look of this," she continued as a
battle droid activated and began walking towards her. She
sliced it down before it could reach for its blaster.
"We have to do something quickly!"
Anakin and Keylar got through the remains of the door. "How
are we supposed to close this thing?" Keylar asked with
worry in his voice. "They can easily get through this hole!"
"Watch," the elder Skywalker smiled. He moved his hand and a
large scrap of metal flew from the floor and covered the
entrance. The Jedi closed his eyes and concentrated more.
Slowly the two separate pieces melded together as if they
were one. He smiled. "Looks like my powers really are returning.
I never expected it to take over twenty years, but..."
His attenrion turned to Leia and Keylar who were battling the
droids. "Take out the machine!"
"It has a shield generator. Not even my lightsaber can
penetrate it."
Anakin thought back to all that Yoda had taught him. The
saber would always aid a Jedi in his duties but he had to
rely on the Force above everything else. Anakin walked
forward slowly somehow managing to avoid all of the blasts,
deflecting them before they hit him. The generator morphed
and seemed to develop a pathway through which Anakin walked.
His daughter and the Mandalore watched in amazement as he
struck out and forced his weapon through the control panel.
The huge machine slowly stuttered before it finally deactivated.
The remaining droid was able to make one last stand before
a blast from Keylar's rifle took its head off. The body
slumped to the floor with a crash. Anakin studied the remains.
"Well, that was easier than I'd expected."
Leia stood aghast. "You call that easy?"
"For a Jedi, yes."
"So what now?"
"Now... we make our way to Thrawn's chamber. This way!"
Anakin flung the door that he had only just repaired aside
with a flick of the wrist and the trio re-entered the dark
corridor. They stopped at the opening of a ventilation shaft.
Leia grasped the edges tightly and ripped it off. "The only
way seems to be up. And it'll be harder to detect us if
we go this way."
"Ventilation shaft, huh?" Anakin smiled. "Obi-Wan once told
me he'd tried something like this on a Trade Federation vessel."
"Nice to know we're following a Jedi tradition," Leia replied
as she sniffed the air inside the shaft which was even staler
than that where they were currently standing.
"Who's first?"
* * * * * * * *
Mara followed Darth Maul out of the throneroom and once they
were far enough out of the range of Thrawn the Sith Lord
stopped and turned around. "I don't know what you're playing,
Emperor's Hand," he hissed. "But I do not think you are
fully prepared to do as you have been commanded."
"You don't seem to trust me," the woman said. "Or is it you're
afraid I'll replace you as his closest confidante?"
"Don't mock me. You are just a child who knows little of the
Dark Side of the Force. I am a Dark Lord of the Sith!"
"Strange... I didn't know Sith Lords spent forty years hiding
away..."
Mara's smile was wiped from her face as Maul grasped her throat
and pushed her up against a wall. "I could kill you right now.
I can easily do what you are supposed to. I can kill all of
the Skywalkers!"
"But..." Mara gasped. "That's not... what Thrawn... wants."
Maul dropped her. "Yes. He wants the elder of the two. The
one who was a boy when I saw him last. I doubt he has
changed much."
"You really don't know much," was the reply Mara gave as she
massaged her throat. "He's the Chosen One."
"The one who brings balance to the Force? While there are
Sith in existance that will never be!"
"If you keep getting thrown over buildings for me to save your
skin there probably won't be any left!"
Maul checked the newly repaired servos that were whirring inside
his robotic torso. Yes, he was lucky that Jade had been there
watching as he and the Imperial troops attempted to protect
the shield generator but her current demeaning tone was not
acceptable. "I was lucky... but I have survived worse without
you."
"Hence those wires holding your body together, I see."
The Zabrak Sith growled quietly and began to walk further
up the corridor. "You will not fulfil your promise to the
Emperor and when that happens I will kill you..."
"He's not the Emperor and you know that as well as I do.
He's just some military commander who Palpatine seemed
to prefer over you." Maul turned around. "That bugs you
doesn't it? The fact that he ensured that Thrawn would
take over from him even though you would have been a far
better choice." The crimson skin on the Sith's face seemed
to grow even redder with rage. Mara continued. "Someone
who doesn't understand the Force like you - Palpatine's first
apprentice - is given a position that means he can control
you..."
Maul's hands began to to twitch. "What are you trying to
tell me?"
"You hate Thrawn just as much as I do. If not more. No matter
how much we hate each other we are still loyal to Palpatine.
We must do something before he takes too much advantage of
us."
"You expect me to work with you to... kill Thrawn?" he said
probing her mind carefully. That's exactly what she wanted.
"Those are brave words but from what I saw of you with him
you could not do it. His presence has control over you. It is
you who are weak."
"There is... something... stopping me but you don't have that.
The reason you don't kill him is because you're afraid."
"I am not afraid! I will strike the death blow. But only when
my true master's last wishes are obeyed."
* * * * * * * *
The Jedi Council on New Naboo sat in their seats and discussed
their current situation. Things has grown tense in the last
two days and despite their many attempts they could not
get audience with Mon Mothma. Hela Zapalo tapped the arm of
her chair. "Ackbar is the cause for all of this," she said.
"We must deal with him before we can get to Mothma."
"Hela," Adi Gallia replied. "You are starting to sound like my
apprentice. This headstrong attitude should not be found in
a member of the Council."
"I apologise, Master Gallia but recent times have put a great
strain on many people. You must remember that I witnessed the
death of my planet knowing that I could not do anything while
Palpatine's troops overran it. That will happen if Mothma
takes the same path that he did."
"I understand your fear," Kas Grendor continued. "But it is
not possible to take the Chancellor from power. There is
no one strong enough to replace her."
There was silence. Everyone turned turned to Yarled as if
they had sensed something. "Do you think she could?" Adi
asked. "It would mean her giving up training and I cannot
allow that."
"Leia Skywalker has a history in politics. Her adopted
father *was* the man who began the Alliance. She was the
youngest member of the Imperial Senate before it was
dissolved."
"She is also the daughter of the most powerful Jedi in
existence! She can bring the Jedi back together. A person
can have many choices but only one destiny."
Yarled nodded. "Yes. Indeed. But will she choose her destiny?"
* * * * * * * *
Lando looked over the map for what must have been the hundredth
time. He pointed at the area they were currently in and then
at the final destination but not saying a word. He turned to
his brother. "Think we can do it?"
"With you in charge? Hell, we could do anything."
"You're forgetting - you're me too!"
"True..."
"So," Lando pondered. "What would you do?"
"Well, since we fried the last air taxi we're going to need
another transport. I'd go for another of the same. There's
so many of them we'd remain inconspicuous."
"Good idea. We haven't much time so we'd better get to it
fast." He turned to the Coruscant rebels with a smile on his
face. "Hope one of you know the comm-channel for the nearest
taxi rank 'cause we haven't got time to find the number at a
cantina."
* * * * * * * *
Anakin grasped the hand hold and pulled himself further upwards
into the main levels of Emperor Thrawn's headquarters. He looked
down to see Leia coming up behind him followed by Keylar who's
heavy Mandalore armour was slowing him down. He turned his
attention to what was ahead of him. There was going to be at
least another twelve hours of climbing ahead of them. Thankfully
the Force was with them, taking the fatigue away.
"I'm getting to old for this," he muttered before remebering
that Qui-Gon was a full fifteen years older than he was now
when he fought a fully trained Sith and, he considered, fighting
a Sith was a lot more difficult than climbing a ladder.
"You're slowing down, father," Leia commented. "Is there something
wrong?"
Anakin shook his head. "No, no. I was just thinking back to when
things were more complicated than they are now."
"Ha!" Keylar exclaimed sarcastically.
* * * * * * * *
Mara looked out over the Coruscsant skyline and sighed. She was
slowly starting to get through to Maul but she knew that it was
a mistake, just like the whole of her life had been. Palpatine
had offered her hope as a child. Hope to live and let her powers
flourish rather than be killed by Vader but that came with a price.
She was his. She would have to obey his every command.
Mara punched a wall as hard as she possibly could but felt nothing.
The blood trickled from her knuckles and dripped onto the floor
but there was no pain. The felt something behind her and whipped
around, her hand resting on her lightsaber.
"My, my. That's no way to treat a friend," Darth Maul smiled.
"What are you doing here?"
"Just making sure you're not wasting time that could be used
tracking down Skywalker."
"Then you've caught me out. This is pure unadultlerated time-
wasting."
"Then you'd better get to it before Thrawn realises what you're
doing. You don't want to die before I can prove you wrong and
finish you myself."
Mara opened her mouth to reply but a pain shot through her head.
She grasped her temples and staggered forward towards the end of
the balcony. Her foot was first to go over the edge followed by
the whole weight of her body. Maul moved forward and grabbed
her hand, pulling her back up.
"What is it?"
"I know where Leia Skywalker is."
"That is not of importance right now."
"Her father is with her. That is what you want isn't it?"
"Yes. And now you will go to kill him."
"You're being trusting..."
"Oh, I'm going with you to ensure you do as obeyed."
Maul pushed her forcefully towards the entrance of the building.
"You know where they are. I'll follow, but don't try anything..."
TO BE CONTINUED.........
Author: Jonathan Evans
Author email: noggins@btinternet.com
Summary: Destroyer Droids on Coruscant? Who you gonna call - Anakin, Leia and Keylar, that's who!
Author's Note: I apologise for how late this chapter was but I was suffering from severe writer's block. Things should be back on track soon...
REPUBLIC SAGA
ALLIANCES
CHAPTER FIVE
Lando slowly began to come to and opened his eyes. Two people were
looking down at him. As his blurred vision cleared he saw it was
Narril and one of the rebels - a young Quarran. He started to stand
up but his brother stopped him. "Don't get up just yet. We're trying
to clean your wound."
Lando looked at his shoulder where a bloody hole was being patched
up with a piece of cloth. It wasn't hurting anymore - just worryingly
numb. "What happened?" he asked as the custom made bandage was completed.
"Commander Jaszz got cold feet and left us to deal with the Imps,"
the rebel said. "We managed to get out on a taxi that was hovering
below us. I don't know what would've happened if it hadn't been there.
They're still looking for us but I think we may have only just escaped
with our lives."
Lando moved his arm around. Despite the lack of feeling he could
still use it. He grabbed his blaster from the holster, span in on
his finger and put it back in again. "Everything seems fine," he
commented before checking out his surroundings. They were in some
kind of docking bay. A droid was inspecting a taxi - obviously the
one they'd escaped on. It kept shaking its head and commenting on
how civilians abuse public transport. "Looks like our only means
of travel is out of action."
"It took quite a few shots," Narril pointed out. "We're lucky
it's still in one piece. More or less."
One of the human rebels came towards them with an R2 astromech
droid closely following it. It activated a holographic image
of Coruscant with red dots in various areas indicating shield
generators. The human began to talk. "As you can see, these
are the generators covering the planet. We've had a chance to
get some more research done and we now know which are the least
protected."
Lando sat upright and looked at the projection. The nearest
seemed to be on the other side of the planet. "They should
have got reinforcments there by now," he said. "Or if they
haven't they will have by the time we get there."
"Actually no," was the reply. "Our bombs on the museum had an
effect we'd never have imagined. It knocked out a communication
post which may give us more time."
"Then I suggest we make the most of that."
* * * * * * * * *
With their lightsabers ignited, Leia and Anakin deflected the
blasts coming from the destroyer droids. Keylar blasted at
them but the shots were blocked by the in-built deflectors
that they were projecting. Leia pushed two of the droids back
into each other with the Force. They stumbled giving her
time to rush forward and slice through the shields, cutting
their heads off. "I suggest we make the most of this! Come on!"
She headed down the corridor first and was followed by her
father and the Mandalore ambassador who hacked and blasted
their way through the confused droids.
The distraction didn't last long and soon the droidekas were
bounding after them. "We don't have time for this," Keylar
exclaimed as he fired back, hitting a metal girder. It
collapsed onto one of the droids, crushing it beyond
recogniton.
"I know that," Anakin replied. He came to a halt when a door
just ahead opened and more of the metal beasts came piling out,
both droidekas and battle droids. "How many of these things are
there?" he asked, half to himself and half to his companions.
Leia jumped upwards and grasped onto a hook coming down
from the ceiling. She swung over the incoming arm and landed
behind them. With her lightsaber ready she cut through the
door that had only recently been open.
"Oh no."
"What is it?" Keylar asked as he blasted two battle droids down.
"It's like they're recycling these things!"
She entered the room and examined a massive construction
droid that was piling spare parts into one of its cavities.
At the other side fully constructed battle ready war
machines were coming out. It was only warming up - recovering
after decades out of use but now their attack had caused it
to reactivate and begin production again. Their time in the
control room had given it more than enough to create a
veritable army.
"I really don't like the look of this," she continued as a
battle droid activated and began walking towards her. She
sliced it down before it could reach for its blaster.
"We have to do something quickly!"
Anakin and Keylar got through the remains of the door. "How
are we supposed to close this thing?" Keylar asked with
worry in his voice. "They can easily get through this hole!"
"Watch," the elder Skywalker smiled. He moved his hand and a
large scrap of metal flew from the floor and covered the
entrance. The Jedi closed his eyes and concentrated more.
Slowly the two separate pieces melded together as if they
were one. He smiled. "Looks like my powers really are returning.
I never expected it to take over twenty years, but..."
His attenrion turned to Leia and Keylar who were battling the
droids. "Take out the machine!"
"It has a shield generator. Not even my lightsaber can
penetrate it."
Anakin thought back to all that Yoda had taught him. The
saber would always aid a Jedi in his duties but he had to
rely on the Force above everything else. Anakin walked
forward slowly somehow managing to avoid all of the blasts,
deflecting them before they hit him. The generator morphed
and seemed to develop a pathway through which Anakin walked.
His daughter and the Mandalore watched in amazement as he
struck out and forced his weapon through the control panel.
The huge machine slowly stuttered before it finally deactivated.
The remaining droid was able to make one last stand before
a blast from Keylar's rifle took its head off. The body
slumped to the floor with a crash. Anakin studied the remains.
"Well, that was easier than I'd expected."
Leia stood aghast. "You call that easy?"
"For a Jedi, yes."
"So what now?"
"Now... we make our way to Thrawn's chamber. This way!"
Anakin flung the door that he had only just repaired aside
with a flick of the wrist and the trio re-entered the dark
corridor. They stopped at the opening of a ventilation shaft.
Leia grasped the edges tightly and ripped it off. "The only
way seems to be up. And it'll be harder to detect us if
we go this way."
"Ventilation shaft, huh?" Anakin smiled. "Obi-Wan once told
me he'd tried something like this on a Trade Federation vessel."
"Nice to know we're following a Jedi tradition," Leia replied
as she sniffed the air inside the shaft which was even staler
than that where they were currently standing.
"Who's first?"
* * * * * * * *
Mara followed Darth Maul out of the throneroom and once they
were far enough out of the range of Thrawn the Sith Lord
stopped and turned around. "I don't know what you're playing,
Emperor's Hand," he hissed. "But I do not think you are
fully prepared to do as you have been commanded."
"You don't seem to trust me," the woman said. "Or is it you're
afraid I'll replace you as his closest confidante?"
"Don't mock me. You are just a child who knows little of the
Dark Side of the Force. I am a Dark Lord of the Sith!"
"Strange... I didn't know Sith Lords spent forty years hiding
away..."
Mara's smile was wiped from her face as Maul grasped her throat
and pushed her up against a wall. "I could kill you right now.
I can easily do what you are supposed to. I can kill all of
the Skywalkers!"
"But..." Mara gasped. "That's not... what Thrawn... wants."
Maul dropped her. "Yes. He wants the elder of the two. The
one who was a boy when I saw him last. I doubt he has
changed much."
"You really don't know much," was the reply Mara gave as she
massaged her throat. "He's the Chosen One."
"The one who brings balance to the Force? While there are
Sith in existance that will never be!"
"If you keep getting thrown over buildings for me to save your
skin there probably won't be any left!"
Maul checked the newly repaired servos that were whirring inside
his robotic torso. Yes, he was lucky that Jade had been there
watching as he and the Imperial troops attempted to protect
the shield generator but her current demeaning tone was not
acceptable. "I was lucky... but I have survived worse without
you."
"Hence those wires holding your body together, I see."
The Zabrak Sith growled quietly and began to walk further
up the corridor. "You will not fulfil your promise to the
Emperor and when that happens I will kill you..."
"He's not the Emperor and you know that as well as I do.
He's just some military commander who Palpatine seemed
to prefer over you." Maul turned around. "That bugs you
doesn't it? The fact that he ensured that Thrawn would
take over from him even though you would have been a far
better choice." The crimson skin on the Sith's face seemed
to grow even redder with rage. Mara continued. "Someone
who doesn't understand the Force like you - Palpatine's first
apprentice - is given a position that means he can control
you..."
Maul's hands began to to twitch. "What are you trying to
tell me?"
"You hate Thrawn just as much as I do. If not more. No matter
how much we hate each other we are still loyal to Palpatine.
We must do something before he takes too much advantage of
us."
"You expect me to work with you to... kill Thrawn?" he said
probing her mind carefully. That's exactly what she wanted.
"Those are brave words but from what I saw of you with him
you could not do it. His presence has control over you. It is
you who are weak."
"There is... something... stopping me but you don't have that.
The reason you don't kill him is because you're afraid."
"I am not afraid! I will strike the death blow. But only when
my true master's last wishes are obeyed."
* * * * * * * *
The Jedi Council on New Naboo sat in their seats and discussed
their current situation. Things has grown tense in the last
two days and despite their many attempts they could not
get audience with Mon Mothma. Hela Zapalo tapped the arm of
her chair. "Ackbar is the cause for all of this," she said.
"We must deal with him before we can get to Mothma."
"Hela," Adi Gallia replied. "You are starting to sound like my
apprentice. This headstrong attitude should not be found in
a member of the Council."
"I apologise, Master Gallia but recent times have put a great
strain on many people. You must remember that I witnessed the
death of my planet knowing that I could not do anything while
Palpatine's troops overran it. That will happen if Mothma
takes the same path that he did."
"I understand your fear," Kas Grendor continued. "But it is
not possible to take the Chancellor from power. There is
no one strong enough to replace her."
There was silence. Everyone turned turned to Yarled as if
they had sensed something. "Do you think she could?" Adi
asked. "It would mean her giving up training and I cannot
allow that."
"Leia Skywalker has a history in politics. Her adopted
father *was* the man who began the Alliance. She was the
youngest member of the Imperial Senate before it was
dissolved."
"She is also the daughter of the most powerful Jedi in
existence! She can bring the Jedi back together. A person
can have many choices but only one destiny."
Yarled nodded. "Yes. Indeed. But will she choose her destiny?"
* * * * * * * *
Lando looked over the map for what must have been the hundredth
time. He pointed at the area they were currently in and then
at the final destination but not saying a word. He turned to
his brother. "Think we can do it?"
"With you in charge? Hell, we could do anything."
"You're forgetting - you're me too!"
"True..."
"So," Lando pondered. "What would you do?"
"Well, since we fried the last air taxi we're going to need
another transport. I'd go for another of the same. There's
so many of them we'd remain inconspicuous."
"Good idea. We haven't much time so we'd better get to it
fast." He turned to the Coruscant rebels with a smile on his
face. "Hope one of you know the comm-channel for the nearest
taxi rank 'cause we haven't got time to find the number at a
cantina."
* * * * * * * *
Anakin grasped the hand hold and pulled himself further upwards
into the main levels of Emperor Thrawn's headquarters. He looked
down to see Leia coming up behind him followed by Keylar who's
heavy Mandalore armour was slowing him down. He turned his
attention to what was ahead of him. There was going to be at
least another twelve hours of climbing ahead of them. Thankfully
the Force was with them, taking the fatigue away.
"I'm getting to old for this," he muttered before remebering
that Qui-Gon was a full fifteen years older than he was now
when he fought a fully trained Sith and, he considered, fighting
a Sith was a lot more difficult than climbing a ladder.
"You're slowing down, father," Leia commented. "Is there something
wrong?"
Anakin shook his head. "No, no. I was just thinking back to when
things were more complicated than they are now."
"Ha!" Keylar exclaimed sarcastically.
* * * * * * * *
Mara looked out over the Coruscsant skyline and sighed. She was
slowly starting to get through to Maul but she knew that it was
a mistake, just like the whole of her life had been. Palpatine
had offered her hope as a child. Hope to live and let her powers
flourish rather than be killed by Vader but that came with a price.
She was his. She would have to obey his every command.
Mara punched a wall as hard as she possibly could but felt nothing.
The blood trickled from her knuckles and dripped onto the floor
but there was no pain. The felt something behind her and whipped
around, her hand resting on her lightsaber.
"My, my. That's no way to treat a friend," Darth Maul smiled.
"What are you doing here?"
"Just making sure you're not wasting time that could be used
tracking down Skywalker."
"Then you've caught me out. This is pure unadultlerated time-
wasting."
"Then you'd better get to it before Thrawn realises what you're
doing. You don't want to die before I can prove you wrong and
finish you myself."
Mara opened her mouth to reply but a pain shot through her head.
She grasped her temples and staggered forward towards the end of
the balcony. Her foot was first to go over the edge followed by
the whole weight of her body. Maul moved forward and grabbed
her hand, pulling her back up.
"What is it?"
"I know where Leia Skywalker is."
"That is not of importance right now."
"Her father is with her. That is what you want isn't it?"
"Yes. And now you will go to kill him."
"You're being trusting..."
"Oh, I'm going with you to ensure you do as obeyed."
Maul pushed her forcefully towards the entrance of the building.
"You know where they are. I'll follow, but don't try anything..."
TO BE CONTINUED.........