'I could've done the same.' mumbled a weequay bounty hunter, who was guarding the main entrance of the biggest storage house of Tarko-se. He had rough, brown skin, and he was holding a big blaster gun.
'What?' asked the other, who was standing a few metres away. He was a zygerrian, with short horns on his jaw, and the two sides of his face. He had a long, red hair, and some kind of metallic tiara on the top of his head.
Both of them were young. They have been in the business for only a few moths, so they didn't have much experience.
'I mean, why do we help Bossk? He uses us batboys.' groaned the weeqay.
'You know, he's the most famous bounty hunter here.' replied the other. 'You should appreciate the chance to learn from him.'
'He teaches nothing!' said the weequay angrily. 'He only sends us to guard the door, or get a speeder for him! And he's not so good at all!'
'What are you talking about?' asked the zygerrian frustratedly.
'I mean, I could've kidnapped that girl.' argued the weequay. 'I could've set this trap myself. He isn't so much good at all!'
'Easy, man!' groaned the zygerrian. 'You'll get your part of the bounty, once we'll have those smugglers, so cool down, and try to concentrate on your task!'
'On my task!' repeated the weequay. 'Who the hell would be so stupid to come here, and try to enter through the main door?'
Suddenly an explosion shook the ground, and both bounty hunters got down behind some big containers. Something blew up about twenty meters away.
'What was that?' shouted the weequay.
'Maybe a stupid guy who wanna get inside through the main door.' replied the zygerrian sarcastically.
'We should check it out.' suggested the weequay.
'I don't think it's a good idea.' objected the other. 'We should call Bossk.'
'C'mon man! These are just a few air-headed smugglers. We can deal with 'em.'
The two young bounty hunters got to their feet, and left their post to find out what happened. They held their blasters ready, and moved carefully, to don't make too much noise. Of course they didn't notice those two people, who sneaked to the main entrance of the storage house.
The weequay arrived at the scene of the explosion first. He found some burnt barrels, and small, burning crates there.
'Look at these!' he shouted to his friend.
'What did you find?' asked the zygerrian.
'Seems, someone blew this up intentionally.' said the weeqay.
'Then it must be a trap.' added the zygerrian. 'Get back to the door!'
'Wait!' shouted the weeqay. 'I saw something there.'
He pointed at the nearest storage house, where he saw someone, or something, which entered through the door.
'I don't think it's a good idea!' said the zygerrian.
'We must know what happened here.' argued the weeqay.
'I've warned you.' said his friend. 'I'll go back to my place to make sure, no-one enters.'
The zygerrian returned to his post, while the weequay stepped to the entrance of the other storage house, and opened the door.
'Get outta there, whoever you are!' he shouted.
He was a bit scared, but he thought, if he could catch and kill a smuggler, he would definitely get some bonus, and more respect. He felt, that his big chance has come.
The weequay stepped into the storage house, and started to search for the smuggler. He tried to remember everything, which other bounty hunters told him about how to move, and how to fight, but only less than the half of it came to his mind.
Then, he suddenly saw something, which was moving behind a big container. He raised his blaster, and pointed at the container, then he slowly rounded it. He prepared to shoot at the target, but he could only see, that someone disappeared behind a big pile of crates.
He thought, he couldn't leave the smuggler run away, so he quickly got to the crates, and this time, instead of following the other, he rounded the pile from the other side, to cut in the escaping man's way.
But he didn't succeed. He only saw the other disappearing behind a container again. It seemed, that the other knew, where he was going, even without seeing him. Maybe the other could see him through the crates? Maybe he has extraordinary powers or gadgets? How can he hide so successful?
The weequay got more scared, but he still continued to search for the intruder. He chased the other guy to the door of the storage house, and as he stepped out of the building, he could have a look at the escaping guy, before it disappeared behind the storage house. It was a droid.
Only a droid! A simple droid caused so much trouble for him! That was really annoying. He felt disappointed. He wanted to catch a real smuggler, alone, but he was only hunting for a stupid droid!
The weequay returned to the door, where his mate was waiting for him.
'Did you find anything?' asked the zygerrian.
'Nothing. Only a labour droid. It must've been an accident.' groaned the weequay.
'I'll report Bossk, that everything's okay here.' said the zygerrian, and he activated his communicator.
...
Han Solo and Derek were hiding behind some big containers. They were waiting.
'I don't really understand what's you're planning, Han.' mumbled Derek.
'I've already told you the plan.' said Han. 'Now there's no time to go through it again.'
'Hope it'll work.' groaned Derek.
'So do I.' said Han.
Suddenly they heard an explosion. Something blew up on the other side of the storage house. Han peeked out of their shelter, and saw no-one.
'Here we go.' he whispered, then he sneaked to the storehouse, and searched for a back door on it.
'There.' said Derek, as he pointed at a door. That was almost impossible to notice, because there was no clench on it.
Han pushed the door, which opened. They entered through it, and the door immediately closed behind them.
'Be careful!' said Han, and he took his blaster out of his holster.
'Where can we find Mary?' asked Derek.
'I'm not sure about that.' replied Han, and he stepped out of the small, dark room, where they were standing, to a corridor.
'Then what we're gonna do?' asked Derek impatiently.
'Follow me, and don't do any rushnesses.'
They slowly walked along the corridor, until they reached a door, which was leading into the main room of the storehouse. Han had a quick look at the big room, and he realised, that only a few containers were in there. It seemed to be impossible to get through that room without being spotted.
Derek also noticed that, and he was very surprised, when Han simply stepped into the room.
'What are you doing?' he whispered.
'Come!' said Han.
Derek followed Han into the room, but he kept his blaster ready, while Han seemed to be walking carelessly. They rounded a few containers, until they reached a bigger, empty area in the middle of the room.
'Put down your weapons!' said someone, who was standing behind a crate. This person had a voice, which was distorted by a loudspeaker.
Boba Fett stepped out of his shelter, and pointed a gun at Han and Derek. The weapon was a DXR-6 disruptor rifle, which was very dangerous indeed. It was very powerful, and in good hands, it barely missed the target. But it has a special ability, which made it one of the most deadly weapons in the galaxy: after a few seconds of charging energy, the rifle could shoot a special bolt, which could damage the molecular structure of the target. There were hardly any material in the galaxy, which could stand against it's fire-power.
Derek raised his blaster, and aimed at Boba Fett. He wanted to be the first, who shoots in a fight, because the bounty hunter could have killed him with one shot.
'Lower your weapon!' said Han. 'His armour can resist your shots.'
'You'd better listen to your friend, and put that down.' hissed Bossk, who also stepped out from behind a container. He was standing behind Han and Derek, holding his trandoshan gun.
Derek lowered his blaster, and put it down on the floor, just as Han did. The trandoshan slowly rounded them, and stopped next to Boba Fett. He looked at Han for a few seconds, then he said:
'Finally I can take revenge on you, for the Sabacc tournament. But I still don't know your name.'
'I won't tell you, because actually you weren't the one, who caught me.' replied Han. 'Your sidekick was.'
'I'm not his sidekick!' groaned Boba Fett angrily.
'Sorry.' said Han. 'I didn't know, you're equal partners in this.'
'No-one's equal to me!' hissed Bossk.
'What?' asked Boba Fett suddenly, turning to Bossk. 'You think, you're better than me?'
'Of course I'm better than you!' replied Bossk.
'Not if I get your body torn apart!' said Boba Fett, pointing his rifle at Bossk.
'I'd kill you before you could pull the trigger.' hissed the trandoshan.
'Now!' shouted Han.
He and Derek picked up their blaster in the same time. They shot at the two bounty hunters, and immediately moved to two separate shelters. Han hit Boba Fett twice, but his armour was powerful enough to resist the shots. One of Derek's shots hit Bossk's left arm, but it didn't cause as much damage as it should have, because the trandoshan also wore some kind of armour on his arms and legs, however, not as strong as Boba Fett's.
'Give up!' shouted Bossk. 'My men will get you in a second. They're all over the room, up in the other parts of the building.
'I wouldn't be so sure about that.' said Hand. 'My friends've taken care about them by now.'
'Impossible.' hissed Bossk. 'I've been reported, that no-one entered the building, but you.'
'Your guards must be beginners.' laughed Han. 'Now I tell you to give up, and lead us to Mary!'
'I never lose.' groaned Bossk. 'Boba, take the girl to your ship! I'll blow up this place'.
'I kill you now!' shouted Derek angrily, and he jumped out of his shelter.
'No!' yelled Han, and he ran towards Derek immediately.
Derek tried to shoot Bossk, but he missed the bounty hunter. Bossk responded the fire, and Boba Fett shot at Derek too. Han could catch Derek, and push him back to shelter just in time, so Boba Fett's shot only hit the wall behind them.
'Go!' ordered Bossk, and Boba Fett immediately ran to the main entrance of the storehouse, but suddenly someone shot at him from upstairs. Boba Fett tried to take cover, such as Bossk. From the place, where their fellow bounty hunters should have been, now a smuggler was shooting at them.
Bossk saw, that Boba Fett couldn't reach the door, so he quickly aimed at the point, where the shots came from, and sent a few laser bolts there. He probably didn't hit the target, but he gave enough time for Boba Fett to reach the door, and leave the building.
'Shoot him, Chewie!' shouted Han.
In the next moment, Bossk pushed a button on a small remote control, which he kept in his pocket until now, and the whole building shook so hard. A few metal columns fell, and flames bust out of rooms in the storehouse.
'You'll never make it out alive!' hissed Bassk angrily, as he ran to the door.
He didn't have to take care about the smuggler upstairs, because now all the upper levels were collapsing, and it was impossible to shoot anyone from there.
'Get outta here!' shouted Han.
'But Mary...' started Derek, but Han caught his arm, and pulled him towards the back door.
'She's not in here. We must catch up with Boba Fett to save her!' he explained, as they ran through the corridor, to the back door of the building. A huge, burning part of the ceiling just hit the floor behind them, as they stepped through the door.
Han and Derek ran as far from the building as they could, then they got down, behind some big containers, and watched, as the whole storehouse collapsed.
'I hope Chewie and Piggy made it out safe.' mumbled Han. 'Let's get back to the Falcon, before other bounty hunters turn up!'
'What about Mary? shouted Derek.
'Do you know where's Boba Fett's ship? If not, we'd better suppose, he's gonna take off with it, once Mary will be there, so we have better chance to catch him in the air! replied Han.
'Than what are we waiting for?' shouted Derek. 'Where's a speeder, or something?'
'Here we come!' said someone, who was arriving from the air.
Piggy and Simbad landed next to Han and Derek with a speeder. Simbad was driving, while Piggy seemed to be the one, who just got into the speeder after a long run.
'Simbad saved me from the collapsing house.' he said.
Han and Derek got into the vehicle, and the droid immediately took off, and headed to the airport, where the Millennium Falcon was waiting for them.
'Where's Chewie?' asked Han with much worry.
'He left the building earlier.' replied Piggy.
'Where did he go?' asked Han.
'I don't know.' said the rebel. 'He just groaned, and left.'
'Blast it.' swore Han. 'We'd better head to the Falcon and get it ready for the take off.'