Jason Rico tried to escape from the Imperial troops. His TaunTaun was very weak and he decided to take cover, behind a hill.
Rico set his TaunTaun free and burried himself into the Snow. He watched how the imperial squad arrived at the hill, with their speeders. The TaunTaun moaned in panic.
The Imperials took their blasters and shot the TaunTaun dead, without hesitation.
Rico grabbed his own blaster, and whispered panicked "Come on, you scum. Let us settle this.".
The squad had not noticed him yet.
The Imperial squad consisted of two shadow troopers and a female force user. She was dressed in black combat gear. Her Lightsaber was made of silver and had artfully aranged Sith runes.
Rico watched them carefully behind his cover. He aimed at the female assassin, the leader of the squad.
The female assassin looked down at the dead TaunTaun. She had her uncovered back, aiming at Rico.
Rico aimed at her back with his blaster. Waiting for a false move of the imperials.
The female assassin turned her head to Rico´s position. It seemed she had noticed Rico´s presence through the force.
Immediatly the rebel soldier Jason Rico burried his head down into the snow.
"Damn?!" was his next thought. He feared that he maybe was detected.
Rico waited a few seconds and lifted his head again. Slowly. He noticed that the female assassin was gone, and only the two shadow troopers were left at his sight.
Rico asked himself "Where is she!?".
Rico noticed how the remaining two shadow troopers begun to search for informations in the bags, his dead TaunTaun was carrying.
"You won´t get that Intelligence!" Rico whispered determined and jumped out of his cover. He opened fire immediatly.
The first trooper looked surprised, when the incoming blaster bolt, struck him down. The second trooper managed to fire his blaster in retaliation.
But Jason Rico jumped aside and shot again with his blaster. The second trooper was also hit deadly.
After the shootout, there was a deadly silence, as the smoke of the blasters disappeared.
Rico rose again, from the ground.
He went to his dead TaunTaun. The rebel soldier gave the dead animal a friendly pat on the head, "Poor boy.". Than he unbuckled the bags from the TaunTaun and took them with him.
Rico noticed the speeders of the imperials. He asked himself where the female squad leader disappeared. Her speeder was still on the scene.
"Damn it!?" Rico shouted panicked and threw away the bags, he was carrying. He understood, that she had set a trap for him.
Rico grabbed his blaster and looked around stressed.
He noticed a movement behind a hill and opened fire into that direction, he shouted "Die, imperial scum!".
He did not stop firing, for a few seconds.
Than he stopped.
He was out of breath, as his blaster still smoked. The air in his lungs was icecold and a snowstorm limited his sight.
Rico heared a female voice behind him, "I am here, rebel scum.".
The rebel soldier was surprised and tried to move his blaster, into the direction behind him. But the female imperial assassin kicked away his blaster, out of his hands.
With her next kick, she aimed at Rico´s stomach and the soldier fell on his back.
"Stand up!" the female imperial assassin shouted angry. She had a black helmet with a voice changer. Her voice sounded robotic and furious.
Rico tried to grab his blaster from the ground, but the assassin gave him another kick into the stomach.
The rebel soldier remembered his fighting training and used a footsweep against the imperial assassin.
The female imperial assassin fell on her back and Rico jumped up from the ground. He leaped himself upon her and tried to hold her arms down to the ground. Rico tried to subdue her, as his female enemy desperatly tried to reach her silver Lightsaber from her belt.
Rico shouted, "Give up, imperial scum!".
In the struggle, the imperial assassin lost her helmet, which covered her eyes with sunglasses.
The rebel soldier was stunned for a second, at this sight.
Jason Rico looked in her magenta colored, angry eyes.
The next moment, Rico felt a force grabing his neck. He tried to push away her hands, but it was not her hands. She used the force to choke him into submission.
Rico desperatly tried to breath and cringed on the ground.
The imperial assassin rose again from the ground and pushed Rico down with her foot into the snow. She looked furious at the rebel and took her silver Lightsaber from her belt. Slowly. She enjoyed her victory.
She activated her Lightsaber, a crimson colored blade appeared with a fearsome sound.
The female looked full of hatred and pointed her Lightsaber blade at Rico´s neck, "And now you will die, rebel scum."
Rico shouted in despair, "Wait, please!"
The assassin faltered, because of his desperate tone of voice.
Jason noticed that and tried to save his own life, "I have..i mean i can work. Work for the empire!"
She looked wary, "What for, does my Master need, such a slimo like you?!". She looked disgusted from this traitor.
Jason swallowed. He thought stressed to invent a good fairytale, as the female imperial assassin waited for a good answer of him. He noticed that she was not a human, but a hybrid between Human and togruta.
Rico claimed, "I am a general of the rebel alliance!"
The assassin looked at Rico´s rebel insignia on his uniform, "Don´t lie, you rebel worm. Your uniform shows me, that you are a simple soldier!"
"No! I was on a secret mission. They gave me this uniform for my cover!"
The young imperial female looked stressed, "My inner voice tells me, that i should kill you now."
Jason lowered his head. He thought, that it was over and that he would die now.
"But i dont want to disapoint my master. So i will bring you to him." She took away her deadly Lightsaber blade from his neck.
Jason lifted his head again. He nearly smiled, full of relief.
"Don´t be satisfied so easily, with yourself. If you have lied to me. You will regret it. That is a promise." the young assassin looked determined.
"Stand up now!" she ordered to her captive.
Jason rose again from the ground. He lifted his hands over his head and surrendered to the empire.
His female warden pushed him towards her speeder. She threatened him with her Weapon and took a pair of handcuffs from her speeders kit.
Jason Rico was than handcuffed and the female imperial assassin transported him to the conquered rebel alliance base on hoth. The former rebel base was destroyed.
"Lord Vader will not be patiently, like i am. You better be cooperative." the assassin threatened her captive.
Rico swallowed again, as he heared Vader´s Name. He nearly fell from the speeder.
"Hold on!" the assassin shouted impatient. She drove the speeder boldly. Jason grabbed her waist.
The imperial female looked across her shoulder to Jason, "If you try any dirty trick, i will kill you instantly!"
Jason nodded submissive.