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The date is 2020ad.

Diaz ran in the dust and dry air which is Mars, Diaz was a large man, broad shoulders, and always wore a long brown clock, his hand was hardened skin, while the other was hardened steel, he wore normal clothes so that he could blend in with the locals, he had been sent to mars to recover a disk, but that had gone wrong. Mars had been colonised about 10 years ago, with the discovery of the new 'Ion Drive' system it allowed ship to travel the length of the solar system in a matter on months, it also allowed full-scale colonisation of Mars, and small scale colonisation of Uropa, one of the moons of Jupiter. However Diaz was only concerned with his apprentice. He ran through the low atmosphere, at such a speed which would have killed a normal man in seconds, but Diaz was no normal man, he was a Jedi, a Jedi Master at that, his apprentice was new to the craft, and as such had not yet learnt the necessary skills needed to survive on Mars, the planet was safe in places, however with the lockdown on earth many criminals had escaped to Mars and because of some stupid law they couldn't be jailed for laws which they did on other worlds. As such they were free until they returned to Earth. The problem was that if a Criminal begins to gain power on Mars the Jedi have to step in and stop it. But this isn't always easy; a new and ever growing trade erupted shortly after this law was discovered. Bounty Hunting.

A Bounty hunter is a man or woman who hunts others for money, some of these are mundane, as they hunt people who really did do something wrong and only accept the 'death' payment if it is absolutely necessary, but others just shoot and ask questions later. Now Jedi seem to be the holy grail of bounty hunting, if a bounty is put on a Jedi most bounty hunters will steer well clear, but there are a few which believe that they can make a name for themselves by killing Jedi. Now if that Jedi is skilled in either profession then it is almost impossible to bring a Jedi down, but if that Jedi is nothing more than an Acolyte or an Apprentice then it becomes easier, and as such they are hunted more and more. Especially on Mars. Diaz had asked the Jedi Council to send someone else, but they had refused, saying that the apprentice needed more experience. However Diaz disagreed, the experience that he needed was fighting remotes, or sparing with other apprentices or Masters. This was not what he had in mind.

Diaz neared a large mound of dirt, he jumped, adding the Force to his jump he cleared the mound and then he saw in the distance a Lightsaber, it was Orange, the colour of his apprentice's Lightsbaer. Diaz reached for his Lightsaber and used the force to increase his speed even more; the very air was now travelling slower than he was. This was part of a Weapons Masters abilities, he ran but did not activate his lightsaber, he was now travelling so fast that not even his apprentice saw him, he jumped into the fight and activated his lightsaber, it flashed in a second, on the activation stroke Diaz brought it through a mans arm, and then on the downward cut sliced the muzzle of another gun in half. He did all this before then noticed him, he had moved into another striking position before they all turned to see the man looking at his half gun and another looking at the stump which was his arm. One of the bounty hunters turned round only to see a Lightsaber carve a hole through is chest as Diaz plunged it in.

The other Bounty hunters, now distracted by Diaz turned to fight him, which allowed his Apprentice to move, he moved with much les grace than Diaz, but it was effective enough, he moved into position enough to plant a deathblow on a bounty hunter, however as the bounty hunter had not as of yet fired at Diaz he was able to move out of the attack, but was unable to fire as he soon had a hilt of a lightsaber sticking out of his gun, the rest of the saber was burning a hole through his back, it wasn't instinct death, the electrical signature of the lightsaber mimics the electrical impulses of the spine, as a result someone which a lightsaber through the spine will not die right away, but will die instantly the blade is removed, as it was. Diaz called on the force to call his lightsaber back towards him, he had seen that his apprentice was going for a death blow, and he also saw that he moved to soon, he would need to get that sorted out, so instead of allowing his apprentice to get shot in the side Daiz had thrown his lightsaber on a sideways stroke after severing a man across the stomach area, and then sued the force to make sure that it impacted straight and true through his gun and his chest.

The Bounty Hunter dropped to the ground, his gun splitting into 2 pieces as it hit the floor. Diaz walked over to his apprentice and saw that he was slightly wounded, a few burns from the new particle weapons which they called blasters. "Jaden, are you alright?"

"Yes Master, just a few burns, nothing to get stressed about!"

"Stressed?" Diaz smiled, he knew that his apprentice was trying to make it look like a joke, and non another occasion he would have responded with a joke of his own, but not to day. "I'm not stressed, I was concerned, when I arrived at the tavern I noticed that you had not arrived yet, and since I took a detour you should have been there long before me. I guessed that something like this would happen. The bounty hunters are getting bolder, they are attacking Jedi in day light, I must report this to the council.

"But Master, what about the mission?"

"That was what the detour was about, the disk was found in a morgue, the informant jumped from a 6 level building. He died on impact. Now that I have the disk we need to return to the temple as quickly as possible, I have a feeling that the bounty hunters were looking for this." Diaz answered, he truned and started to walk away, but was stopped by Jaden. He said, "Master, I how do you know that, I mean that they were shooting at me, they seemed to be intent in killing me."

"As they should be, the moment that you showed your lightsaber they knew that you were a Jedi, so they believed that they might be able to collect the wide bounty which as been posted. That would have been enough to pay for a large enough ship for them to actually become a power in this part of space. As you can see that have no catching equipment, no nets, no darts, they wanted to kill you, take the disk and run, make it look like some kind of crook did it. But this is not the time or place to talk about this, come on. We need to return to the council." And with that Karl started the long walk back with his apprentice staying very close and taking a few glances back at the dune of sand and dust covered with blood and body parts.