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I was getting ready to come out of hyperspace. Rena was asleep in our room. We were delivering a Twi'lek to Ryloth. I pulled the lever… and we arrived in the middle of a massive firefight. "FUCK!" I yelled. I swerved to avoid the lasers all around me.

I heard Rena scream from our room quickly followed by a thud. She ran into the room and gasped. "What the hell?! I thought we were going to Ryloth!"

"We are at Ryloth!" I yelled. I navigated the ship. I heard Rena scream at me to get us out of here. "I can't jump to hyperspace! We have to go through the battlefield!" This damn war was both a blessing and a curse. Good part was that a lot more people wanted a lot more people dead and hunted. Bad part was any second a huge battle would pop up out of nowhere. Vulture Droids were chasing us, firing at us. "Rena, take over the weapons! I need to focus on not getting us hit!" She jumped into the seat. Immediately she took down multiple Vultures. I spun, looped, dove, and swerved to avoid the fire. Then we got hit. I saw that a jedi starfighter was shooting us. A yellow one. "Skywalker. Shit." He had hit a major part of the Reaper. We weren't going to make it to the surface, we had to land somewhere else. I aimed for the nearest ship. We flew through the shield and crashed into a hangar. I sighed, then laughed. We were safe. Then Rena smacked me out of my chair.

"Thal, do you realize what you've done? We just crashed into a Republic cruiser! They hate us! At least with the Separatists we could have made a deal or something to get out of there! i don't think they've forgotten about Farr!"

I let all that sink in. "Ok, hang on, let me think." I rubbed my temples. The ship was badly damaged. I glanced out the viewport. Clones were surrounding the Reaper. Maybe... maybe we could fight our way out? No, no there was no way we could take down an entire cruiser, not to mention there was definitely back up on the way. Then I had an idea. "Our only hope is to try to make a deal. They let us go, we help them with whatever they're fighting here for."

Rena looked at me like I was nuts. "Are you insane?" She sighed. "So, what, we just walk out, ask them not to arrest us?"

I got up. "Well, when you say it, it sounds crazy."

We walked towards the loading ramp when she murmured, "It is crazy."

We exited the ship, and a hundred clones trained their weapons on us. We held up our hands. Some of them parted, and a Jedi walked towards us. Great, Obi Wan Kenobi. "Well, this is a surprise. Thalos Fett, if I'm not mistaken? You have quite the reputation."

"It precedes me, then."

He smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes. "Indeed. You're also wanted for the murder of Onaconda Farr."

I stared at him. "Wasn't personal, just doing my job."

"You're trying justify the murder of an innocent man?"

"I'm not trying to justify anything. I'm just saying I did what I do."

He walked towards me. "Nevertheless, you're in trouble. And if I were you, I wouldn't even try to fight."

I walked forward. "Wasn't planning on it. Actually, we had a proposition for you." Shock spread across his face. "Fix our ship, let us go, and I'll go over to the Separatist frigate and take care of whatever you need me too. Whatever it is this fight is about, I'll resolve it, in your favor, I promise. If you're trying to capture someone, I'll bring them in."

I could see how surprised he was. A clone walked over to him. "Sir, if I may, he does have a reputation for getting the job done, and it would be no loss to us if he fails, and a gain for us if he wins. Wouldn't getting Ventress as a prisoner beat getting him as one?"

Kenobi was thinking. "You're suggesting that the Republic hire a bounty hunter"

"Did we not do the same for Kamino?"

He looked at me. "Why were you coming here?"

I figured there would be no point in lying. "Delivering a Twi'lek someone put out a bounty on. I'm not at liberty to tell you who."

He was thinking. "Give your prisoner to us, and deliver Ventress to us. If we see you try to leave the system, we'll gun you down. Got it?"

I breathed a sigh of relief. "Deal."

Kenobi ordered a clone to fetch us an Y-wing fighter. Rena trailed behind me. "We're really doing this?"

I nodded. We approached the clone who was setting up our ride. He turned to us and I could feel his glare. Then I thought of something. "Hey, what's your name?"

The clone looked taken aback. "Fives, what's it to you?"

I felt sadness. "Listen, you're a clone of my brother, Jango Fett. Could, could I see your face?"

Fives cocked his head and removed his helmet. Those Kaminoans knew what they were doing. He looked exactly like Jango. A great sadness washed over me. "Thanks. I just wanted to see his face again." I climbed into the cockpit. Rena was sitting in the gunner seat. X hopped into the astromech port.

Just before we took off, Kenobi walked up. "One moment, Fett. Fives, you and Echo are going to go with the bounty hunters to make sure they don't double cross us."

Another clone, Echo, I assumed, groaned. "Seriously, sir?"

Kenobi turned to him. "You two are our best soldiers. I'm sure the bounty hunters will welcome the help?"

Even though he couldn't see my face I glared at him. "They'll just slow us down."

Fives glared at me. "Actually, you may be the ones to slow us down."

The clones got in their own fighter, and we took off back into the battle. We raced across the field, Rena shooting down multiple battle droids. In no time, we reached the Separatist frigate. We flew into a hangar. Immediately, Rena and I jumped out. I had my repeating blaster with me, and mowed down hordes of battle droids. Rena was dashing around, slicing them and ripping off their heads with the force. God, I loved that woman. X jumped out of the fighter and headed for a control panel. He hacked into the system and switched on some Vultures that dropped down and started shooting with us. I rolled to avoid a rain of fire and returned fire. A door opened and destroyer droids came rolling out. I threw a grenade and blew one up, ena crushed another. We turned to the last two, when one of the clones threw one of their special grenades, droid poppers, and they shut down. I turned around and saw that the clones had taken care of the other side of the hangar.

"Not bad, for a couple of low life bounty hunters." Echo said. Fives snickered behind him.

I turned to face them. "Think you're funny, kid? I've gutted Trandoshans twice the size and three times the fighters you are. Shut up and let me do my job." I turned to X. "Have the Vultures go outside and wreak havoc on the other ones. Have two of them stay here and guard the ships."

On it! I'll pull up a map of the ship so you can plan your route, too.

I grinned. "You rock, X." He projected the map. I knelt down and studied it. "We can sneak around this way, and make our way up the elevator shaft from here. Ventress will be in the bridge." I got up. "Let's move."

We snuck around the ship, making our way to the shaft. Rena took down any droids we saw along the way. We made it to the elevator, where there were two droids guarding it. Rena snapped off their heads. "X, open up the elevator."

He went around the corner, plugged in, and started working. The clones stood in front of the door. Suddenly, two lightsaber blades stabbed them through the doors, which then opened up to reveal Asajj Ventress. She walked out of the elevator, the two clones on the ground groaning. I raised my blaster, Rena drew her lightsabers.

She smiled at us. "I didn't realize Kenobi had fallen so low as to need to hire bounty hunters."

I glared at her. "I'm bringing you in. Surrender, or things will get ugly."

She smirked. "Actually, I was hoping to talk to you. We've been monitoring Kenobi's comm channels, we know all about your deal. But I have a counter offer. Take me over there, pretending I'm your prisoner, and together we'll take down the cruiser. You'll get your ship back, and we'll pay you. As much as you want. Think of it, you'll be legendary! Taking down a Republic cruiser, your business would quadruple!"

I lowered my blaster. She smiled. "That's a very generous offer, and it's no secret I don't like the Jedi."

Echo sat up. "You son of a bitch! I knew you'd… urk!" Ventress was force choking him.

Ventress grinned and extended her hand. "So we have a deal?"

I walked forward. "As I said, very generous." I grabbed her throat and put her in a choke hold. "But I don't betray my clients." I flipped her over and injected her with a sleeping agent. She screeched and kicked me off of her. She whipped out her lightsabers. Rena stepped beside me as I pulled out my lightsaber, and together we fended her off until she fell under the agent, going limp. I picked up the clones, supporting one on either side of me as we ran back to the ships while Rena carried Ventress. Rena and I each took a fighter, putting ventress and the clones inside the gunner pits. X programed the two Vultures we had to protect us on our way back to the cruiser.

As we pulled into the hangar, I saw that Kenobi had fulfilled his end of the bargain. The Reaper was looking good as new and ready to go. As a squad of clones carried Ventress back to some holding cells, Kenobi walked up. "Fives and Echo told me what happened. I have to admit, I didn't expect that you would keep your word if you had a chance like that."

I looked at him. "Like I told Ventress, I don't betray my clients. Besides, I have even less respect for the Separatists than I do for the Republic."

Kenobi looked thoughtful. "Well, thank you anyway. Whether you care or not, you've helped the Republic greatly here today. I'll remember this, bounty hunter."

I nodded. Rena, X and I climbed into the Reaper. We took off and left the system. "X, scan the ship, see if they tampered with her.

X plugged in and searched for a few seconds. I'm not seeing anything. The ship is clean.

Kenobi surprised me just as much as I surprised him. Perhaps the Republic wasn't as bad as I thought.

Review. Let me know what you thought, and please suggest future episodes. P.S. This may be the last time I post for a few days. I had a lot of free time this weekend.