"I can do this, I am one with the Force, and the force is with me, I can do this" he thought, perched precariously on a rooftop two stories up. He was waiting and mentally preparing himself for the arrival of his target, repeating his mantra constantly in his head "I am one with the force and the force is with me, I am one with the force and the force is with me". This was the moment when he could prove to his masters that he could complete a mission, the moment he could prove he is worthy of being a Jedi.
Below him was a bustling street with market stalls lining the pavement, no room for speeders or any kind of vehicle as the amount of people were too many. The side street led out to a huge chasm on one end where many a speeder bike whizzed passed at tremendous speed, to the other end was an open-air courtyard where more stalls were set up, selling food; utensils, fabric, clothing, weapons and more. At its centre was a much larger stool that sold Sky-hoppers and other forms of cheap aircraft. This side street was the back end of the market where more shady deals were dealt, some spice and black-market goods were on offer, he himself was standing on the roof of a full-time club with dancers working on a regular basis. On any other day he would have informed the authorities immediately, but today he was too busy concerning himself with one target more than any.
In front of him on the other side of the street from the club was a huge towering skyscraper. It was a hotel of sought that would provide accommodation to anyone who spent too long at the club and needed a place to spend the night, it was also a good place to enact business transactions with the upper levels. Taris, much like Coruscant has many levels; the lowest level is the ruined city which is where the Rakghouls still roam unchecked, the next level up is the slums which is said to be so deep that no sunlight ever reaches it, the next level is called shade-town where all the criminals and villains live without fear of the authorities from above, higher up is the lower city where workers work in the factories and refineries, the middle city is next which is home to many of the working class people who simply live their lives without worry and finally the highest level is the upper city which is home to the senators, politicians managers and other kinds of rich folk who benefit from the toils of those who live beneath them. The Jedi enclave is stationed in the upper city and watch over any criminal activity of the lower levels, especially when they creep out of the dark into the upper city.
"TARGET = INBOUND/ INCOMMING ORDERS/ DISABLE + EXTRACT" in a series of beeps his com unit told him of the arrival of his intended target, in response he took of his backpack to reveal the components needed to make a fully functional sniper rifle. As he joins the components together the nerves inside build up and he continues to use his mantra as a coping method, though this time he says it aloud "I am one with the force and the force is with me, I am one with the force and the force is with me". He places the weapon atop a tripod and aims it towards the window across the street in the hotel. Suddenly a speeder turns off the main chasm and flies above the crowd in the street, to prevent him being caught he quickly picks up the whole weapon and hides behind a billboard on the roof of the club advertising the new BB range of Astromech droids. The speeder lands on a balcony of the hotel, for a brief moment he peeks at the driver as he gets out of the vehicle, it was him.
Marn Hierogryph: Wanted for several accounts of illegal smuggling, fraud, forgery, assaulting a Taris official and the possession of stolen goods from Adascorp. He may not be the most wanted criminal in the galaxy, nor is he the most wanted criminal on Taris but he has been a nuisance since the beginning. Particularly as he has never been able to be caught yet. That's what happens when you assign Zayne Carrick to do a job, it never gets done.
But this time it was different, Zayne had everything planned, in his mind he was prepared for every eventuality, every escape route had been accounted for. This time he was going to get him. He threw a small circular metal object into the sky, as it was flung it switched itself on and hovered in the air above Zayne. He then used his com unit to connect to the signal of the tiny probe droid. A small red light appeared on his glove indicating that the probe droid was working, and he could hear what was going on in the hotel room ahead. "my friends, my friends, how good to see you! Mikhael have you lost some weight? Borag! How's the wives?" Hierogryph's voice was like gravel, deep and sharp. It seemed that he had organised a meeting with two or more associates for a transaction, the question is, what are they dealing? "I hope you have what we asked for Hierogryph, our client is getting impatient" one of the tradesman said, it was unclear which one as the probe only recorded sound and not visual images. "Oh my dear Mikhael, you know me, I wouldn't come up all this way to the upper city just to disappoint you, you'd kill me if I did" It was at this point that another green light appeared on Zayne's glove, he immediately put on a pair of goggles over his eyes and looked upon the hotel window, the green light indicated Marn's location in the room. Seeing his target through the visors he set up the sniper rifle in the appropriate position ready to strike.
"there you go my lad, twelve canisters of Isotope-3 extracted from Concord Dawn, now let me tell you it came at a significant price, damn Mandalorians"
"hey, my sister is a Mandalorian"
"but Borag you're Rodian"
Canisters were set on the table between Hierogryph and his buyers, a deal was about to be made "if I'm gonna do this I gotta do it now" Zayne thought as he pointed the gun towards the window, Marn moved across the room to Mikhael, ready to shake on the deal. Zayne took a deep breath and activated the rifle. "Hey what's that on the canister" Mikhael pointed towards one to inspect a red dot upon it "Uh it looks like a red eye" Marn quickly traced the light back to its source across the road to the roof of the club "GET DOWN!" he screamed as he jumped out of the room onto the balcony. The shot was fired and hit the canister creating a massive explosion that blasted glass and debris out onto the street.
Zayne quickly ducked as rubble fell over him, as the smoke cleared he looked at his rifle "how powerful is this thing?" then he remembered the conversation "Oh I hit the Istotope, oh kriff" he raised his arm to speak into the com "Padawan Carrick, requesting medical craft, something went wrong" he looked around to see civilians running for their lives away from the explosion and felt immense guilt, the thought though cleared when he could see on the balcony a figure rising from the smoke. A small, hunched alien with a large stomach, small legs and a really large mouth. It was Marn.
"Hey!" he shouted, Marn saw him and responded in surprise "You!?" Zayne didn't respond, instead he just raised his rifle and fired several shots in Marn's direction hitting everything except Marn. Hierogyph had enough and ran for his speeder but Zayne managed to hit the vehicle causing it to explode also, only not as large as the one prior. Again, reacting to the explosion Zayne checked the gun for anything unusual and then he realised "Oh I didn't set it to stun" as he fiddled with the controls Marn got up and quickly yelled "you shoot like a stormtrooper!" but doing so was a mistake as the moment he finished that sentence Zayne had configured the rifle correctly and started shooting blue circular blasts towards the con-man.
Marn dived to the floor to avoid the shots coming from the other roof-top, to save energy Zayne stopped firing, this gave Marn the chance to escape. At the opportune moment he jumped to his feet and returned fire using a pistol he got from his coat's inside pocket, these shots were deadly, so Zayne got to cover as soon as the shots began, this was the moment to escape. Hierogryph stopped shooting and leaped onto the various rooftops along the side of the street, he was heading into the courtyard market. Seeing this Zayne pursued him along the rooftops on the other side of the street, both dodging obstacles along with the occasional blaster fire from their opponent. Marn threw a thermal detonator at the other side causing Zayne to halt in his tracks and jump into the street to avoid the blast. Now he couldn't see Marn on the roof, for a moment he stopped and thought calmly, trying to anticipate what Marn would do next, remembering the contingency plans he put in place until he realised "The Sky-hopper!"
Zayne sprinted towards the central stool in the market, he tried to run as fast as he could despite the people and aliens in his way. As he approached the speeder shop he could see that one ship had activated and was beginning to fly away, he could see the entrance to the ship was still open and in the cockpit was Hierogryph preparing to launch. Without hesitation Zayne force leaped into the ship and tackled Marn away from the controls. Thinking he had him on the ground ready for capture he realised the ship had not been stabilised and with no-one at the controls the Sky-hopper began to spin where it was. This commotion caused everyone in the area to flee as the ship began to collide into market stalls along with the ground before rising back up again. Inside the cockpit Marn had used the turbulence to break free from Zayne and in return tackled him to the ground, the two were precariously close to the open airlock that still had not been closed, they were both on the edge when Zayne reached for his Jedi weapon and held it to Marn's head. Knowing what happens next Marn let go of Carrick and reached for the controls to stabilise the ship, this gave Zayne the chance to stand only to see the grin on Hierogryph's face as he held the controls of the ship "see ya around kid" and he pushed a lever down made the ship go into vertical ascent. Zayne fell instantly out of the airlock and plummeted down towards the ground.
He could see his target getting away yet again as he fell, suddenly he stopped in mid-air, just a few inches above the ground. This feeling of weightlessness lasted a few seconds before whatever was holding him let go and he landed back down. He was carefully getting himself back on his knees when he saw the blade of a blue lightsaber directly in front of him. He looked up to see a young adult human Jedi Knight backed up with the constable and her police force managing the chaos around them. "you certainly know how to get everyone's attention, Zayne Carrick" and with that the black-haired Jedi removed Zayne's goggles to reveal his own human, brown haired, youthful look. Zayne responded as soon as he learnt the identity of who stood before him "and you know how to save a Padawan who was about to die in free fall, thank you, Ben Solo…"