Here's the next chapter (it is significantly longer than the last two!). Please enjoy (there's a Latts/Dengar moment! YAY!)
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars.
Latts woke up the next morning on the floor. Last night she gave up her bed to Ventress who was having 'problems' sleeping on the floor. She honestly didn't mind. With her eyes still closed, she took in a deep breath.
She suddenly realized her back was really uncomfortable, like there was a lump in the floor. 'What the heck?' She thought to herself, opening her eyes.
She instantly found out what it was. Dengar, who she had been sleeping two feet away from last night, had apparently scooted closer to her and put his arm around her shoulders.
"Good morning." She said flatly, her voice hinting with annoyance.
"Oh, good morning." Dengar yawned, starting to pull his arm back.
"What'cha doing?" She asked, grabbing his arm. His eyes shot open.
"Oh…um…" He stuttered.
"Yeah, that's what I thought." Latts scowled, letting go of his arm.
"Sorry. It's just…" He started.
"Yeah?" Latts asked, smirking.
"Fine, I got no excuses." Dengar gave up.
"No, you don't." Latts agreed, raising her eyebrows.
"Why in the name of the Jedi can't I feel the lower half of my body?" The heard Sugi say from across the room. They both turned their heads to where their friend was.
"Because there's an Anooba on you cutting off the circulation to your legs?" Dengar suggested with a smirk.
"Don't be ridiculo-" She stopped short, looking up. There was Marrok, laying across her stomach.
"I'm surprised you didn't feel that sooner." Latts stated.
"Well, I guess he's happy to see me again." Sugi said, scratching the Anooba's back. "OK, Marrok, it was cute at first, but you can get off me now." She stated, shoving the Anooba off of her.
"What's going on?" Ahsoka asked, rubbing her eyes. She sat up in the chair she had been sleeping on.
"Just us being noisy." Dengar yawned.
"Oh, Ventress isn't normally noisy in the morning." Ahsoka said with a groggy laugh.
"Ha, I don't see her as a morning person." Latts agreed with a smirk. She stood up, stretching with a yawn. "I'll make some caf for us."
"That'd be nice." Sugi stated.
Once everyone had gotten up, eaten, and geared up, they set out in a speeder to find the 'haunted' hotel.
"So you were that Jedi on the news last year?" Dengar asked.
"Yes, I was." Ahsoka answered.
The speeder they were all in was relatively small. It was an open-top speeder and it had enough room to fit all of them exactly. Ventress was driving, Sugi was in the passenger seat next to her, and the other four bounty hunters and Marrok were in the back seat.
"That must've been interesting. Take a left up ahead Ventress." Dengar directed.
"I know how to drive, thank you very much!" Ventress said sourly.
"Back-seat driver." Latts teased.
"Am not!" Dengar protested.
"Left up ahead doll!" Latts joked, imitating Dengar's voice.
"I didn't say 'doll' that time." Dengar stated.
"Close enough." Latts shrugged.
Dengar looked into her crystal blue eyes. She seemed to be even more gorgeous from when they split up. Or maybe it's just that he hadn't seen her in so long that he started forgetting what she looked like.
"Hey!" Latts said, waving her hand in front of his face, interrupting his daydreaming.
"What?" He asked, slightly embarrassed.
"I asked you what you thought about the bounty." Latts smirked.
"Oh."
"So how long have you had him?" Ahsoka asked Embo, gesturing to the Anooba.
"Marrok? A few years." Embo answered.
"He's well trained for an Anooba. I remember being on Lola Sayu trying to escape the Citadel. They sent wild Anoobas after us. They weren't nice like this one."
Ahsoka recalled, scratching Marrok behind the ears.
"Yeah, wild Anoobas are pretty nasty." Embo agreed.
"Good thing this one's on our side." Sugi said.
Soon they arrived at the hotel. It looked like they had just arrived at the set of a horror Holofilm. All the buildings around it were abandoned. The Hotel in question was very run-down looking. The windows were boarded up, the glass of the front doors was shattered, and there was some good sized chunks missing from the walls and roof.
"Well, this is a haunted hotel if I ever saw one." Latts stated, jumping out of the speeder.
"Yeah, and all the buildings within a half-mile radius are abandoned." Ventress added.
"So what's the plan?" Embo asked.
"I think we should split up into two groups. That way if, for some reason, something happens to one of the groups, it doesn't happen to all of us." Sugi explained.
"But what ever happened to safety in numbers?" Latts asked with a worried expression.
"We'll have numbers, just not everyone will be together." Sugi stated.
"S'all right, love. You can come with me." Dengar said, putting an arm around her shoulders.
"And what makes you think that will make me feel any better?" Latts joked.
"I'll go with them too." Ahsoka offered, walking over to them.
"Alright, Embo, Sugi, and I will be the other group." Ventress agreed.
"Let's all sync our comms so we can keep in contact." Sugi said.
They all synced their comms, loaded their blasters, and checked all their gear.
"Now who's ready to do some ghost hunting?" Dengar asked enthusiastically.
I hope you all are liking it ( yeah, I'm still writing the plot, I've written all the way to chapter 16, but I still got plenty ore to write so... yeah. I better get going! ;) )
Please review! Thank you!
Coming up next: Our bounty hunter friends go hunting for 'it' (no not cousin it) But what will happen when they're split up?