The Plague Ship

Chapter 9 sometimes questions are harder to figure out than answers

Authors notes I don't own star wars George Lucas does. I want to thank my betas Half Jaw and LordRevanMandaloreofZutara for helping me write this fanfic.

This fanfic is AU after episode 3 so in this the original trilogy never happened and this fic is a sequel to my other Star Wars fic A Forbidden Love, if you havent read that fic read it now.

Chanso tram system

Viper could only looked out the window as the tram sped past everything else around them. As he saw Quick counting all the extra ammo he had for his guns while Blaze was reading the Bible quietly muttering to himself as he read it. Suddenly the tram stopped and the squad knew instantly that they had reached their destination.

Viper stood in the doorway as the doors opened and said "Alright Blaze according to the schematics of the ship, Shutu's working station is 70 meters ahead past the next few hallways. Right?"

Blaze nodded and their team moved forward through the area, watching out for anymore of the creatures that attacked them earlier.

As they entered the working stations the men separated to search the room for Shutu's work station, any notes he might have on the compound, what exactly they were doing with it, and what the Felucian bodies were used for.

Chanso communication centre

Shadow and Tech entered the communication centre and secured the room in a few short seconds. Once secure, Tech walked over to the main computer and started to slice into the system as Shadow guarded the door, watching for any hostiles.

Tech suddenly shouted and with a glance from Shadow he said "The system is protected by firewalls. I will be able to get access to the files we're looking for but it'll take some time!."

Suddenly Shadow saw several creatures approach and threw a couple of thermal detonators to slow them down at least. Tech took that as a sign to hurry up with his hacking of the computer.

Chanso working stations

Viper and Quick searched the work stations for any information while Blaze was keeping an eye out for enemies when they suddenly came across Shutu's work station.

Viper then said "Ok, Quick let's find what we came for. Tear this place apart from top to bottom if you have to but we need to get the information on this drug and hopefully some answers to these questions I'm sure we all have about this ship."

Quick nodded and started to look through the filing cabinets while Viper searched though the desk drawers where he came across a folder marked compound research notes.

He started to look through the folder finding some notes on the subjects saying that the Black Hand had found 2 orphans and picked them off the streets from a planet in the Outer Rim but no mention of what planet it was exactly.

He read a bit further ahead and found notes saying that Project Victory was part of a larger project but no mention of what exactly that was either. Viper sighed in frustration to himself as he read further ahead but kept finding that important pieces of information were classified or not fully revealed in this folder.

Once he was finished reading the folder and angry at the lack of information he threw it against a nearby wall.

Quick then said "Sir I found some documents with references to dosages and chemicals used to create the chemical along with this personal statement from Shutu, "The very survival of our Empire is what this project will begin to show us. As much as I don't even want to admit it, this project is a very small piece of a much larger plan, but still a very important part. The entire universe is small compared to this plan." What does that mean exactly sir?"

Viper read the statement several times before he said "It means Quick that Project Victory and this drug weren't the only thing these men were making here. And apparently some of it if not all of it is connected. The test subjects, the dead Felucian bodies, this drug, those creatures this cant be a simple coincidence. It is all connected to what ever the scientists were doing here. I intend to find out what they were doing, stop this threat, then make sure nothing like this can ever happen again."

Quick nodded then both of them left the work station and headed back to the tram along with Blaze.

Chanso communication centre

Shadow fired more rounds from his weapon into the group advancing creatures but for every creature he killed it seemed like two more took it's place.

Tech suddenly yelled "Yes! I'm in the system. Just keep those creatures back for a few minutes so I can copy all the files on the drug to this data pad, ok."

He got a nod from Shadow as an ok and as the creatures advanced further into the area Shadow took out his sword and started slicing through them with little effort.

Suddenly Shadow saw Tech firing his weapon and knew that they had the information they needed on this drug and then they both ran back to the tram so they could get back to the medical bay in one piece.

As they ran back to the tram platform they saw a tram coming when it stopped and they got onboard they saw Viper and the others. When Viper saw the data pad he nodded in approval as the tram doors closed and the tram started to speed up to the medical bay.

After a few minutes the squad was back in the medical bay and Tech showed Viper the data. Viper saw that the data Tech got off the main computer was exactly the same information he found in Shutu's work station, word for word.

Viper threw the data pad in the air and destroyed it with one shot from his gun and started to punch a nearby wall with his fist in anger until Blaze stopped him and said "Viper I know your angry but we need to stay focused, what should we do?"

Viper only stayed quiet for a moment before he said "Tech, you, Shadow and Quick will head to the armory find extra ammo and any better weapons we can use to fight these creatures off. As for the rest of us we will be going to the secondary hanger bay and see if we can find a ship to get out of here when we complete this mission. Now let's get moving."

Authors notes well that's chapter 9 completed let me know what you think of it read and review no flames.