"Didn't know you have such a nice house. Guess that's the perk of being a senator's son." Gannis commented as he ogled the furniture and design of Raidek's house, all expensive and sleek looking styles and paintings. Raidek however simply walked around the house looking for something that seemed to take more importance than anything at the moment.
"Yeah, we didn't live in this place much." Raidek commented, searching through more drawers and the hidden boxes of wealthy valuables. "Where the hell is it?"
"Where's what?"
"My grandfather told me there was something he needed to show me, but I can't find it anywhere." Raidek answered. He pushed back the cleaning droids with ease as he started to become more frantic.
"Why don't you just call your granddad, Ateni? That would be much simpler."
"Huh, I think I will. That's idea, glad I thought of it." Raidek said. He ventured towards the living room towards the holoprojector. He turned it on and inputted the the frequency to his grandfather. After a second the bluish haze of his Grandfather.
"Raidek, thank goodness you're safe! Where are you?! You've been gone for days, tell me where you are." Ateni sighed in relief.
"I'm at Dantooine, Grandfather. I need to know where it is." He answered sternly. A look of concern covered his grandfather's face as he uttered those words. "Well?"
"I'm not telling you Raidek, I won't." Senator Loto replied. Gannis watched as Raidek's face became more crunched in anger.
"Why not! Why do you always do this to me, and I'm sick of it, tell me where it kriffing is!" Raidek yelled. "I just want to know, I'm following the same path that my parents followed!"
"And that path got your mother killed in cold blood! You know what they'll do to you if they find out that you became a lightsaber wielding maniac? Do you realize Raidek!? I don't want you die!" Ateni yelled, emotion strained in his voice. "Your mother made the mistake of joining the Jedi and it cost her everything! I don't want the same for you..."
"Then I'll be better than my mother, and my father while I'm at it! I don't need you, just tell me where it is!" Raidek screamed. Gannis shifted awkwardly as he watched the scenario from the other side of the room. Raidek was beginning to be more emotional, and his eyes, they started to get...strange. Yellow started flicking across them, but quickly fading away.
"Raidek, please. I implore you-"
"Where is the damn lightsaber." Raidek huskily growled. "Tell me." At this point Raidek wasn't even looking at the holoprojector, his head hung down as he gripped the table in frustration, his eyes now closed.
"I...I have it." Ateni finally muttered. "I've kept it at the request of Sera, er, your mother. It's here in Coruscant, and if you want it, come and get it. I will still love you Raidek, but if the Empire takes you away because of this foolish illusion of your destiny then so be it. I'll remain loyal to the Empire." He stated, his voice stern and sorrowful.
Raidek said nothing as he shut off the holoprojector, and shot out his hand to Force push the thing into the wall, shattering it into dozens of pieces.
"Woah Raidek, calm down. There's no need to break anymore of your things." Gannis spoke. He got close to Raidek to try to calm him down. "We can get your saber or whatever when we have the time, but now we need to cover your friends."
Raidek stayed quiet until he took a deep breath. "You're right, have they contacted yet?"
"Maybe, but you destroyed the holoprojector, unless you have a spare one in the back?"
Raidek shook his head. "I don't. I suppose that we have to-"
A harsh pounding began at the door that took the attention of both of the men. It continued without saying anything. "Uh, T3, answer will you?" Raidek ordered. The droid nodded and answered the door.
"Hello and welcome to the Loto Household-"
"Out of the way droid!" A Core World accent shouted. "Raidek Loto?!" An Imperial Officer stormed in with a number of Stormtroopers, all the blasters aimed towards the two, fingers ready with the Officer aiming with his own blaster.
"What the? Who are you?" Raidek demanded.
"Raidek Loto, you and your rebel friend are under arrest for treason! Hands behind your head and knees on the floor!"
Gannis just chuckled "Ha! You have to ki-" He was cut off as a blue ring hit Gannis, making him freeze up before he collapsed on the floor.
"Gannis! Why am being arrested for treason?!"
"You were reported in Felucia, working with the rebels during the attack on a known rebel stronghold!" The Officer shouted. "Get on your knees and put your hands in your head!"
Raidek tried to run away, but he was shot by another stun blast. The officer ordered the Stormtroopers to cuff the two unconscious men. "Rebel scum. Take them to The Pit and let them rot."
The Stormtroopers dragged the bodies outside the house and into the Troop Transports waiting for their new prisoners. The officer grabbed his comlink and spoke.
"This is F1L-ON1, inform Mistress Sion that we have captured the rebels confirmed working for Calon Mezad!"
She kept screaming.
"Let me go!" The girl sobbed. "Let me go please!" She struggled under the grip of Calon's arm, covering around her like holding a helmet.
"Shut up. Just shut up." Calon just said. He didn't want to hear what she was saying, he didn't want to hear anything. She kicked and wiggled to try to escape but to no avail. Calon made his way with her out of the house, the muddy floor squishing beneath his feet.
He threw her down with the others
outside. She crawled into the arms of an elderly Pantoran, Calon could only assume they knew each other. The girl sobbed into the Pantorans shoulder as set the liquid he poured in the house on fire with the help of his blaster, setting the girls home ablaze. Calon just aimed his blaster towards the group after the house was set on fire as other Troopers aimed at them as well.
Then Haron herself stepped into the fuzzy memory. In all her glory, her graying hair not having a single strand out of place stayed still as she stood silent as her lackey Commandant Drell barked orders. "Line up all these people against the wall!"
Calon and the others grabbed random civilians and started lining them against the wall. They stood there glaring at them with pleaful cries that fell deaf.
Then in a flash, Calon was looking through someone's else's eyes. He was small again, clinging to someone's clothes, the elderly Pantoran man he now realized before he hugged her and whispered something in his ear. "It'll be fine Daphne, it'll end soon enough."
Through feared and tears eyes, Calon realized he was the Kiffar girl he dragged away from her dead mother, now staring horrified at the line of men lining up and aiming their blasters. The sound of Drell's familiar voice boomed again with nothing else in the air.
"Fire!"
All the last thing Calon saw was him, a flash of red enveloping his body as everything went black.
"Mr. Calon sir, are you okay?" Dari asked gently shaking his shoulder, trying to break him from his trance. Calon closed his eyes and sighed deeply before he stood up.
"I'm fine." He left the common room as Lana came in from her cabin, her black and olive armor covered her black body glove top as they contrasted against her dark tanned cargos, her gun holster firmly at her ammo belt on her hips.
"Hello Miss Lana!" The cheery Twi'lek girl greeted. "Are you happy to see your family again?"
"Yes, it's been awhile since I've seen them, it'll be nice to see what they're up to." She said placing her helmet down on the table. "What was wrong with Calon?"
"I don't know, I was talking to him about splicing and this boy I was training back at base, and he kinda zoned out. Whatever it was it must've bothered him lot."
"Yeah, I see. Thanks for the info Dari, we'll be landing soon." Lana said as she went back into the cockpit. Inside, Breaan sat in patience as the blue warp died down and the planet known as Mandalore came into view.
"We're here Lana, I'll inform Dirk that we've made it." Breaan said, inputting Dirk from the cockpits holocom. Soon his small stature appeared before being zoomed to his bust.
"Breaan, have you made it to Mandalore?"
"Yes sir, we are entering orbit soon to meet the courier. We will reach back once we've collected the holodisc."
The Bothan smiled. "Good, I hope we can accomplish this in the safest and quickest way possible."
"Sorry to interrupt commander." Lana squeezed in. "But what's the purpose of sending the splicer and the little girl?"
"Well the splicer was to crack the encryptions in the holodisc but, I'm not sure what you mean about 'the little girl.'"
"You know, that girl, uhm, what's her name?" Lana pondered. "Riley! That girl Riley, what's her part in this mission?"
Breaan's eyes went wide with confusion, wondering why Lana knows mshe's part of the mission. "Do you mean she's in the ship?!" Breaan eagerly asked, standing up ready to go get her.
"Well yeah, I saw her come inside before we left, she's been hiding in the cargo hold in the back of the shi-" Lana didn't finish as Breaan flew past her out of the room, the door closing automatically behind him.
"What's up with that?" Lana asked, Dirk rubbing his temples again.
"Riley is Breaan's little sister." Dirk sighed. "She came to us and Breaan was dragged along. They're both too valuable for us to lose so I keep Riley happy to keep Breaan happy. I told Riley she wasn't assigned this mission but she must've stowed away anyways. Apologies for the intrusion Captain Lana."
"No worries Commander, I'm sure she'll be fine on board the ship for the missions duration."
"Good to hear. Dirk out." Dirk was gone as finished his sentence. Lana walked to her seat and began to enter the planet.
"Riley?! Riley!" Breaan called outed he entered the cargo hold, Jerriko idly checking on inventory.
"She's inside the box over there." Jerriko whispered. "I sensed her came in, didn't want to spoil the surprise for her handsome brother and their game of hide and seek." He smirked. Breaan didn't really listen after her location was said and quickly went to the box.
Riley jumped out before he could open it but was caught before she could run off by Breaan. She struggled until Breaan began demanding answers.
"Why the Kriff did you stow away Riley?! You know how dangerous that is?!"
"Calm down B. I just wanted an adventure and besides, where else am I supposed to get Beskar for my ship?" Riley responded. Breaan groaned in annoyance.
"You shouldn't endanger your life anyways! What if you were thrown out into the airlock? Dying in the vacuum of space isn't very adventurous."
"Look Breaan, I'm sorry for stressing you out. I know I'm all you got but that doesn't mean you have to keep an eye on me all the time."
Breaan didn't say anything as Riley walked passed him. Breaan let her go as he sat down and sighed in distress. Jerriko tried to comfort him and grabbed his shoulder.
"Don't beat yourself up, you're not cute when you're sad." Needless to say it didn't help.
"It's fine," Breaan said, "I'm good, get ready for landing." With that he turned away and left the cargo hold, leaving Jerriko all by himself.
"Did you tell that Riley girl what's her role?" Alia sighed, stretching her arms in the air.
"Yeah, she's to remain on the ship with Spot until we arrive back." The Mirialan responded, reaching for her cup of caf and taking a small sip.
"What's your family like?" Alia asked, sipping the cup of caf in the cockpit with Lana.
"They're traditional, well at least my dad is. My mother is a different story, just trying to keep them with enough credits to live on, and my siblings are the same as them. My brother Voss and sister Veskasa are basically my mom and dad, respectively."
"That's why you're wearing your armor?" Alia asked.
"Yeah, part of being a Mandalorian. One of the six big rules, dad was real strict on that to follow it but I don't wear it often because of my work, it hinders my mobility. But I put it on whenever I visit."
Alia laid back in the seat as she asked a few more questions. "How old do you guys start all that warrior stuff?"
"Start at 8, finish at 13. My completion was about 12 years ago." Lana explained. "Calon was surprised that I was 25, he thought I was like 30 or something."
"How old is he?"
"He said he was about 7 when the Republic fell, so I guess around 27 or 26."
Alia relaxed herself a bit. "Where is Calon anyways?"
"The 'Fresher, he's been a bit broody." Lana said. "We're nearing the Sundari landing platform, get ready to go."
Alia nodded and stood up as she straightened out her clothes. Calon entered the cockpit, body freshly cleaned, hair neatly fixed, and his beard nicely trimmed. He slowly sat down as he nervously tapped his legs in anticipation.
"Heh, um Lana, what's your dad like? Is he y'know, traditional?" Calon said, putting emphasis on traditional for effect. Lana knew what he meant and laughed it off.
"Don't worry Cal, I'm sure he'll like you. Plus I'll bet they'll all love that accent of yours."
"What accent?"
"Your Core accent, y'know, the Coruscanti accent you have. Usually people that I know from the Core Worlds have that accent." Lana said.
"I guess I never noticed it, I didn't even grow up in Coruscant." Calon replied. "Let's hope they do."
The ship landed down and was quickly surrounded by a few Stormtroopers for inspections. After the crew got out, Lana showed her papers and they all were cleared to leave. From there, they waited on the platform inside for a pickup from Lana's family.
"Who's picking us up Lana?" Breaan asked.
"My brother Voss, he should be waiting for us with a speeder." Lana replied. Soon a large speeder appeared from the corner, a simple speeder van with no marking besides its identification number.
"There he is now!" Lana said happily, waving her hand.
"I'd a thought he would have a nicer speeder. Isn't your brother a doctor or something?" Calon said, crossing his arms.
"My mother was a doctor, but Voss is a doctor too." Lana replied, much to the confusion of Calon and the others. Soon the speeder halted abruptly in front of the group. The side window rolled down quickly to reveal Lana's brother, Voss. A slimmed, average sized tanned man with a slight olive complexion and two diamond tattoos under his eyes showed, his light blue eyes standing out against his skin and medium length dark hair. He sported a moustache that somehow made him look younger.
"Lana!" He excitedly shouted, before he stumbled out of the car, a slightly dirty white coat unbuttoned and flying as he ran to hug his sister. "Me'vaar ti gar?"
Lana returned the hug and smiled. "Nass, vod. It's been awhile since I came back."
"It's not like you've missed much." Voss added before he broke the hug away. "Who are these guys? Your friends?"
"Oh, yeah, this is my crew. This is Dari, and that's Jerriko, Alia and Breaan. And this here is Calon. I suppose you have room in your can for all of us?"
"Of course Lana, I suppose they're all heading home to Mom and Pop?" He asked, inviting everyone inside his van.
"Yes, they understand why we are here and I hope do too."
"I do, just try to keep safe." He said, before they all entered the van. Voss sighed as the last of the team entered inside and closed the door, zooming off to the outskirts of the city to Lana's old home as the sun settled over the horizon.
"Here we are, the Sinite household." Voss said, showing with his hand medium sized house, cubic and blue like the most of the city. "I think mom and Veskasa home, so I guess you have to feel the wrath of all that. I gotta go back to the Medcenter."
"Thanks Voss, I'll be prepared," Lana said, before hugging him goodbye. "See you later, Vos'ika."
The rest of the group got out the van and gathered outside the household
"Thanks for taking us here Voss, we really are grateful we didn't have to walk." Calon said, shaking his hand.
"No problem dude, just watch out for Veskasa. Once she hears that accent of yours I'm sure she'll hate you on the spot."
"Uh, thanks for the info." Voss gave a curt nod and sped off, leaving the group alone outside the house.
"C'mon Calon, we're waiting on you!" Breaan called out. He made it up to Lana as she knocked on the door.
"How are you feeling Calon?" Lana whispered.
"Nervous. Really really nervous." Calon hushed. "Are you sure they'll like me?"
"I'm sure Calon they'll like you, just be yourself." Soon, the door slid open as it revealed Lana's mother.
She had the same eyes as her son, but she had an olive colored skin that was wildly different from Lana's pale, mint colored skin. Her tattoos were under her lip, a small line with diamonds around it with two spaces lines under her eyes. Her expression lit up as she saw Lana, her smile widening and her eyes shining.
"Oh Lana! It's so good to see you, it's been so long. And you've brought a friend, a male friend!" She said, hugging Lana as she stepped back and looked at Calon. "I'm Alara, What's your name son?"
"I'm Calon, but she's not the only friend she brought." He said, referring to the others. "Of course of course. Please, you all come on in. And by the way, I adore your accent Calon."
"Well, thanks!" Calon happily replied. After that, the group made their way inside calm and orderly.
"Your father isn't here right now Lana, so you could rest easy about the whole armor thing." She said, ushering the rest inside their modest home.
"Where is he?"
"He's out somewhere, with...Imperial business." She said, not waving away from her daughter's face. "He's trying to by some time I guess, for that Seilo fellow. I hope what you're doing isn't going to get you killed."
"Don't worry Miss Sinite, this is a simple pickup mission. We'll be gone as soon as we are able too!" Dari happily added.
"As my comrade is saying," Breaan added. "Is that our stay won't be long, we just needed a spot to stay low until we pick up the package."
"I understand, take whatever time you want." Alara said. Soon, the door hissed from deeper within inside the house as a young Human girl stepped out. She contrasted drastically from Lana and Alara, having smooth, brown skin and having hair done in a curly bob. She walked slowly into the room and analyzed every person to make sure there wasn't any threats. Her demeanor rapidly changed when she saw Lana.
"Lana, you're back!" She yelled as she ran and hugged her adoptive sister. She pressed tightly as everyone else awkwardly sat there.
"Yeah, I'm back." Lana smiled, she let her go and introduced the rest. "This is my crew, is it okay that some of them may stay in your room?"
"Uh, which ones?"
"Dari, the Twi'lek over there and Alia and I."
Veskasa crossed her arms. "Vaabir val ganar at?*"
*Do they have to?
"K'atini, bic's shi cuyir par ibi'tuur.*" Lana quickly replied. Veskasa sighed and motioned the two to follow him.
*Suck it up, it's only for today
"You guys okay sleeping in the living space?" Lana asked the rest of the men. All of them shook their heads and murmured agreements. Alara drew out blankets and pillows and settled them gently and neatly on the couches.
"Mrs. Sinite, there's really no need." Jerriko said.
"It's okay, you boys have travelled a long distance, just rest yourselves." She said, about to lay out the last blanket on the floor. Lana quickly walked up to her and whispered something into her ear.
"Mom, Calon will be staying with me tonight." She hushed. Her mom gave a quick response to her.
"Oohh! So is he your boyfriend?" She whispered back, quickly going behind the wall to make sure the others don't hear them.
"Yes, sort of, yeah. Look mom, I just don't want to make a big deal out of it."
"Don't worry, I'll make sure you two have a wonderful time alone!" Alara giddily said, leaving the wall to join with others.
"Where's the drop off location for the holodisc?" Alia asked, the dim light of the kitchen table reflected off a blue hue to the crew, who circled around it.
"Some little tea shop near at the northwest side of the city, Seilo will be waiting with a code word to focus his plans to trade" Breaan explained. "He wants us to hide in plain sight, during the time he wants to meet us it usually gets busy. Perfect blend of civilians."
"It's obvious that we need lookouts just in case the worst happens." Breaan said. "There's also a code word we're suppose to say that he would only respond to."
"The code phrase is 'O Terra, your blue beauty is gone.'" Dari chimed in.
"Who's Terra?" Jerriko asked.
"Some long dead planet way out in the Outer Rim, nothing but a hunk of rock. It's real old, but apparently it had civilization, one of the oldest ever." Breaan finished.
"Off to the point," clarified Lana. "Where are the lookouts going to be?"
A holo of the block appeared at the table with various yellow dots scattered around. "Jerriko and Alia will be sitting in a table near the edge of the cafe facing the street, Calon and I will provide sniper coverage in an empty hotel room around the corner and Lana and Dari will meet with Seilo, understood?" The group nodded and confirmed their agreement.
"No need to say it again. Let's do this."
"This cafe is all right, Seilo has good tastes don't ya think?" Dari yammered. "I heard Lorrdians have nice tastes in these sorts of things. And you know what I had some good experiences with Lorrdians-"
"Dari please don't clog up the comms Dari. So far Breaan and I haven't spotted any Imperials or Seilo anywhere. Jerriko or Alia?"
"I would know if I saw him Calon." Jerriko buzzed. "But I'll let you know when he gets here."
The cafe bustled as people walked around the cafe ordering their food and drinks. Minutes later, no sign of Seilo had come up as people began to disperse.
"I don't see him still. This is a bust!" Lana angrily called.
"Hey, I see him now. Get the phrase ready Lana." Alia talked.
The man known as Seilo Tannrill came to view in everyone's view, his appearance looking the same as it did on the holopic. He walked around looking like he was trying to find someone.
Lana cleared her throat. "Oh Terra, your blue beauty is gone."
His body tensed as he stared at Lana. He slowly walked over and looked at her with an intensity that made everyone tense up. He grabbed a seat and dragged it out, sitting with the calm Mirialan and the excitable Twi'lek girls.
"Here's the holodisc, all the codes are encrypted and very hard to crack." Seilo introduced, getting straight to business. "Tell Dirk that getting the disc was no easy task and that I'll want an increase to my pay, got it?"
"Well hi to you too." Lana remarked. "I wouldn't know anything g about your pay or who runs credits with or in the Rebellion, but I'll make sure that the message is passed along. Now, the disc." She held her hand out as Seilo reached for a pocket, bringing the disc out.
In the empty apartment, Calon and Breaan saw a suspicious glare from a building behind the cafe, and the glare shifted again.
Calon's eyes widened. "Shavit! I think that's a sniper, take cover!"
A orange bolt flew past the table and the remaining people started screaming and panicking as more came into the scene. Seilo flipped the table as the three hid behind it. Jerriko and Alia got up calmly and were ready to bring out their sabers, being pushed by the civilians. Soon, a green trail hit the origin of the orange blasts, a figure falling down and hitting the floor.
"Got 'em, get out of there!" Breaan commanded, but it was too late as Storm Commandos poured out the surrounding buildings. Jerriko activated his lightsaber, but as Alia was about to someone her age had swiped and ran for the same building Calon and Breaan were in.
"That piece of Bantha Fodder stole my saber!" Alia shouted. "Calon go and stop him!"
"I'll go Calon, watch and cover the guys!" Breaan said, getting up, and leaving the room to go running down the hall.
Meanwhile on the street, ten or so Commandos walked slowly up to Seilo and the others, drawing out their weapons and ready to fire. Their blasters aimed directly for them, as the Team leader walked slowly up to the front. Soon, it was just a standoff.
"Drop your weapons, rebel scum." He hissed, getting closer.
"At ease, Captain Majen!" A familiar voice called out. Unmistakably, the figure of Serpion appeared in front of a troop transport, followed by an AT-DP. Followed at her side were Vrega and Amon, who watched silently from the side.
"Well well well, Look of what we have here! Calon's little green doll and his Jedi pets, and is...is that you, Seilo?" She husked, laughing at his sudden appearance. "Isn't this a work of art, a hired goon who was loyal to anyone turned out to be a traitor to all for greed. Very poetic if I might say."
"It's been a while Serpion." Seilo coolly announced.
"Yeah, it's been a long while. Too bad I have to kill you." A green laser shot but almost instantly it was deflected back by Amon, who was the shot coming from far away. The bolt hit Calon's rifle and was destroyed as he cried out and grabbed his hand in pain. Calon's figure left the window and was gone from sight.
"Look at that, he's doing what we trained him to do." Serpion shooked her head. "Captain, get inside the building and liquidate any threats to us. As for Calon, dead or alive."
"Yes ma'am." He and two other Commandos left the others, leaving the five rebels against the rest of the Empire.
Inside, the man ran up the stairs as he looked down at his new toy, a shiny and elegant lightsaber. Oh man Jayce, you've outdone yourselves this ti-
Another body tackled him down, knocking him down and the lightsaber out of his hand. It rolled down to the end of the hall, where Calon grabbed it with his slightly injured hand. "Got it, let's go!"
"Hey wait! Who are you guys?" The man under Breaan's weight asked.
"None of your business kid, let's go Calon." Breaan answered. A moment later a red bolt hissed near Breaan's head as he secured the kid. Commandos reached up to them, firing their blasters.
"Hurry and let's go kid!" Breaan quickly shouted at the boy, who he let go and dragged with them. In a moment of panic, Calon attempted to activate the lightsaber but was confused about the buttons and knobs surrounding it.
Breaan and the boy named Jayce ran along to Calon, before they all turned the corner upstairs. The Commandos chased them,shooting their blasters but barely missing their bodies.
Down on the street, Lana and the group had already fled, going towards the ship in running speed. They returned fire as commandos and troopers fired upon them. Jerriko stayed in the back to deflect their blasts and hopefully hold off the inquisitor and the Emperor's Hand.
"Riley, you there?!" Lana shouted through her comlink.
"Yeah, what's up?"
"We need an extraction! Start up the ship and meet us at this apartment building, sending coordinates now!"
"Got them, I'll pick up as soon as I can." Riley replied. Lana changed the coms to Calon, who picked up immediately, sounds of blaster fire teetering over the noise.
"Lana! You guys okay?!"
"Yeah, listen carefully! There's an apartment building to the east, it should be a few buildings away, meet a the rooftop and wait for Riley and the ship."
"Roger that, we'll try to go!" He replied.
Back in the building, Breaan and Calon tried to make it up the roof as the Commandos ruthlessly pressed towards them. The boy that for some reason stayed with them, probably afraid of what the Imperials would do with him.
"Hey, names Jayce Berlanti." Jayce introduced after they went up the final flight of stairs.
"That's great kid, now scoot off and leave us." Breaan said.
"I'm wanted by the Empire, I can't risk being captured by them. I'm doing this for my own sake!" Jayce replied. "I don't care if you guys are rebels or bounty hunters, I gotta get off Mandalore."
"Alright kid, get ready for jumping then, let's go." Calon readied himself and sprinted across the roof, jumping at the edge and rolling safely to the other side. Jayce smiled and gave a chuckle.
"Ha, I do this for fun!" He jumped without a care and made it across the other building without a problem. Breaan looked back at the roof door as he saw the Commandos heads pop up. He took a deep sigh and ra across the gap, kicking in the air as he landed a bit harshly to the floor of the other buildings roof. They began doing so as the Commandos reached the roof, the captain angry as his targets where getting away.
"Stay here and watch guard! I'm going after these rebel scum myself." The Team leader jumped across and made it, just as the rebels made it again to the next building. However, the Commando wasn't giving up, and he crossed again with speed and aggression.
"That one guy still after us!" Jayce called out.
"Doesn't matter, the ships here!" The freighter landed on the roof as dust blew everywhere. The hangar opened with Riley, smiling and holding a blaster showed.
"Looks like I missed all the fun!" She smirked at Breaan.
"Whatever, we need to cover Lana and them when they reach here." He said, going inside and bringing out a blaster. "Calon, get on the gun turret and make sure no TIEs get after us!" Calon wnet inside and positioned himself in the turret.
Unfortunately, Jayce was lagging behind, as he didn't have the same stamina as the two military men had, and was about to cross the next building. "Jayce, you coming?"
"Yeah, let me just-" he was again cut off as he was tackled. The commando had reached him and pinned him down. Breaan tried to shoot but the commando dragged Jayce to a blindspot, and Breaan couldn't get a shot.
"I don't believe my eyes." The commando chuckled, putting Jayce's arm into a more painful position. "My good old friend, Jayce Berlanti. How's it been sithspit?"
"Dev? Dev Majen?" Jayce asked, surprise in his face.
"The one and only."
"You know what shabuir, kriff off!" Jayce angrily replied.
"Should've known a street car like you wouldn't make it far." He pushed down on Jayce's arm, screaming in pain. Jayce heard blaster fire, but a from Police hovercopter, filled with Stormtroopers that were shooting at the ship as the ships turret fired back.
"Your new buddies are dead Jayce, and you'll be too." Dev threatened, bringing out a holdout pistol and placed it against Jayce's temple. "See you later, friend."
Jayce closed his eyes, and waited for his time, but instead, he felt the weight being pushed, and the cold barrel of the gun was gone as well. He turned his head and saw that Dev had been forced back and was leaning against a vent, unconscious and still. He turned to see his Savior and was awestrucked by her beauty.
Alia snapped Jayce out of his ass by giving a quick punch for stealing her lightsaber. Jayce snapped out and was actually knocked unconscious before she picked him up and dragged him to the ship.
"Everyone's here. Let's go!" Lana said, the ship took of the roof as Troopers kept shooting the ship before the bottom turret opened fire and effectively stopped the troopers fire. The ship then flew past the city in a quick speed and was gone from sight.
"I understand that this new predicament has caused you to side with us." Dirk commented in a private call with Seilo, who sat alone in the ships common room as everyone else was in their cabins. "And I understand that you want an increase to your mission pay and an official salary."
"Indeed, Dirk. I expected that the people I would be meeting didn't have any major trouble with the Empire, but unfortunately it was the opposite. Of course I wouldn't be asking for a ridiculous amount, but a reasonable amount." The Lorrdian explained.
The Bothan sighed. "I suppose that's a fair asking price. And in case you get bored, we have a new mission for you to command."
"Really?" Seilo intrigued. "What's the mission?"
"Raidek, the senators son, was arrested and tried for treason. We need to break him out, and since you have an already effective team to accomplish this, we just need you to go back to Dantooine."
Seilo leaned back into his chair and smirked. "I want an advance for this."
"It'll be in your account in a few minutes. Suppose it's all I could do for the Empire knowing your working for us now."
"Indeed it is Dirk, indeed it is."
A/N: hey guys! New chapter featuring two characters, Jayce Berlanti and Dev Majen by stormrunner74, and Seilo Tannrill by Gambit Hawk. Real interesting to write them! I'd admit, this was kinda difficult to write though, and it was gonna be a lot longer but then I saw when I last updated the story and I decided to chop it down.
This chapter we learned some stuff about Calon! (I hope that this isn't in poor tastes either, just something that I thought could only break the intense fanaticism of Stormtroopers.) If you are wondering what type of accent Calon has, it's a Core Accent, I.e. a British or Pronounced English, much like Obi Wan and lots of Imperial Commanders in the Empire. This was because I just noticed that Pakrik Minor is in the Core Worlds.
And if any if you are confused of when all of this takes place the time of this story it's at 1 BBY, 1 year Before the Battle Of Yavin.
Some news on the next Star Wars SYOC. I've been thinking on whether it should involve Earth of not, like starting there with some story of how it was integrated with the Star Wars Galaxy or that it should start somewhere else, like say Mandalore, I'll have a new poll up for this. The Earth being involved was always a interesting concept to me and I'd like to see what to do with it, but alas I'm not sure how that'll go.
Next update will be TRBH
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