I don't own Star Wars the Old Republic or it's characters, this is only Fanfiction. Edited by Mandalore the Freedom.
As Mako and Gault followed him it would seem Gault had a few questions in mind. "Why didn't you take me with you to meet the Baron when first met him?" Jack was smiling as he turned around and he looked at Mako and asked her a simple question.
The question was would Gault pass up a chance to flirt with a lovely young woman given the chance to do so? Mako looked at him and was shaking her head as he said she expected a Hutt to go on a diet first.
"That is why, we couldn't make the wrong impression with the Baron. This target is on one of the most uncomfortable places in the Galaxy for me. I didn't need to have the extra stress of trying to keep you from flirting with his daughter. We both know you would only use her."
Gault looked like he was about to say that he wouldn't but he knew himself better than that. "I guess it is true, old habits die hard it seems. I do appreciate you giving me a a chance to stretch my legs and away from that droid. I swear that thing is so devoted to you if he was a woman I would probably say she loves you."
Mako had to admit that this particular droid was indeed very dedicated to him. "He is one of my oldest friends. Consider that mother is missing and presumed dead, my brother betrayed mother and thus myself and then you have the fact that mother killed my brother. HK is very good at reading between the lines, he is just providing what he thinks I need."
Gault got aboard the speeder as Jack said that. "Then what is it that you really need?" Jack saw Mako get aboard in the seat next to him and as he began to plot the course to the closest speeder pad to their destination he just said he needed answers.
It took some time getting there, luckily there was a nearby outpost for them to land. As they walked towards the well known location to House Rist, Gault began to look more and more nervous and when they reached the walkway that lead to the entrance to the plateau where the house was built. However waiting at the entrance was Jacken and his men, they were wearing dark blue armor that had a helmet that could pass off as Mandalorian.
Jack notices a symbol on Jacken's helmet, it looked lot like Tarro's tattoo "Your Jacken I presume? you got the same symbol as Tarro. Nice of you to come and meet with me. I don't often get to speak with the people that are clearly in need of some advice. So tell me Jacken why are you trying to do me harm?" Jacken was not expecting this, he was expecting him to attack him outright.
"My brother Tarro told me that you have been getting in his way in a noble and Mandalorian tournament, that you are pretending to be Mandalorian to gain an advantage over the competitive and even killed some of the people who were supposed to help you when they saw how crooked you really are." Jacken was taking out his vibroswords, making Mako and Gault tension up.
Jack looked at him trying very hard to keep his composure. He walked up to him with something neither Gault or Mako had expected. He had a look of utter calmness and friendliness. "Junior let's get a few things straight. This will avoid many complications. First of I haven't pretended to be anything that I was not."
Jack looked at Jacken right in his T visor. "I am Mandalorian, I am a child of Clan Keldau. I am the very same Jack The Reaper that you probably heard stories about. I was infected with a horrible disease and spent centuries frozen in Carbonite. I considered Braeden and Jorry my good friends and your brother killed them to prevent me from joining the Great Hunt."
Mako pulled up the video as he said that and displayed it for them to see, Mako had kept it just in case. Jacken was astonished to see his brother do such a thing. Jack was not through he decided to give him more details. "He got his hands on the list of targets for the Great Hunt and was about to sell them to sabotage the other hunters, and was not going to sell the ones for himself."
Jacken couldn't believe that they were talking about the same person. He simply could not believe that this was done by his brother. "I could probably understand, you have a very high opinion of him. He sent his men to kill me several times and even bribed my competition in the Great Hunt."
"I am not as dishonorable as you been lead to believe. I don't want to kill an innocent person. I will fight you if I must. We Mandalorians must care about the welfare of our own. I don't want you to die defending the honor of a Dar'manda like Tarro. Call him and see if he is willing to help you with this fight that you clearly want to happen."
Jacken decided to ask his brother to tell him the truth. He takes out his holo, he actives it and Tarro Blood appeared on screen. "Tarro tell me the truth did you kill the mentors of those people to make them drop out of the hunt? Did you bribe the competition and tried to sell the target list to insure you would win the hunt?" Jacken wanted answers.
Tarro didn't look happy at all, he turned around and saw Jack and his friends standing right there. So what if I did? Win by any means and by any cost. The rewards for winning the Great Hunt would make me famous and rich beyond your wildest dreams. Why is that scum still alive? Didn't you say that you would not allow a dishonorable competitor to taint the Great Hunt? Why am I wasting my time with you? You aren't even able to get rid of this trash. What good are you to me if you aren't even useful?"
Tarro looked at Jack with a hateful glare. "I know that it is useless to ask, but do me a favor and the rest of the galaxy a favor as well. Kill this useless piece of garbage that was once my brother. I can't stomach to be related to such a pathetic, worthless fool." Tarro closed the communication and left a very shaken and sad looking Jacken.
Jack looked at Jacken, Mako couldn't believe how low Tarro did there. "Well kid? Are you still willing to be the pawn of that Dar'manda? He uses people for his own benefit and then abandons them when they are no longer useful. The hut'uun wouldn't even face me in battle. Are we having this fight or have you seen reason?"
Jacken told his men to take out their weapons and to lay them down on the ground. "I am sorry for anything I might have done against you Jack. I hope that you can accept these weapons as my way of apologising for what I have done. I just have one request, don't let that hut'uun Dar'manda win the Great Hunt. Please I don't want him to dishonor the traditions of our people. It is bad enough we have to work with the Sith."
Jack smiled and walked over to him. He placed his hand on his shoulder and told him not to worry. He would always look out for the welfare of his people. "I follow the old code Jacken, once my clan is officially recognized by Mandalore after the Great Hunt. I have an offer for you, would you care to take the ritual to become a member of my clan then?"
Jacken looked extremely happy to hear him say that. "Yes, once Clan Keldau is reinstated and I can join it. I would be glad to pass the tests of skill and courage to join your Clan Jack." Mako couldn't help but to smile as he saw that deep down Jack was the wonderful man she always knew he was.
Gault couldn't believe that Jack was this merciful when he wasn't when he captured him. 'I guess all the trouble I caused him made him really upset. Yet even as I stand who would believe that the man they call Jack The Reaper would have a heart of pure gold?' Gault then shrugs, oh well, guess it's something he'll need get use to.
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"Huh look at that, looks like we'll not only ones who try get in here." Said Mako as she and the others enter the room, standing at where a chest was at was a dead Imperial spy. Jack goes over to get a closer look at the body, "hmm, looks like he was shot dead by poison darts." Jack sees several darts in the Imperial. Gault looks at the chest.
"I think we better stay away from the chest, or those lights over there." Gault notices the pathway they need go it has lights covering some spots on the pathway, he bet stepping in those lights will cause active traps. "Come on, we aren't gonna find anything from standing here." Jack stands up.
He knew that if he tried to sneak in like the spy tried to do he would be in no shape to defend himself against possible enemies so he did what many others would consider foolish. He walked up to the door of the main entrance and he knocked on the door. A young woman appeared before him.
"Well I'll be Jack. I heard rumors that you finally were up and about. To have do I owe this lovely visit cousin?" Mako was raising her brow, she didn't expect Jack's cousin be that young, much less alive. Gault remembered the face of the woman ever since he saw her kill that guy.
"I actually need to speak with the Master Assassin. I am sorry to say but I need to discuss a contract he might have with the Durasteel Duke. Now could you please open the door? The smell of that spy rotting is not what I would call pleasant."
That made sense since it was only proper for a person to try at least be honorable with family after all. "Sure thing Jack, but mind telling me why is that lady next to you glaring at me like that? I don't think I have ever done anything to cross her have I?"
As she opened the door and she came to give him a big hug he decided to introduce her to his wife." Wow, I mean wow, You finally decided to settle down. Too bad the old lady isn't around to pay up on our little bet. His grandma Lucille and I made a bet you see, I never doubted for a second that Jack would settle down. Lucille said it would take a miracle for her grandson to even find someone to marry him. He never wanted to learn cooking from her. "
Jack was smiling at her and just had to say something in his defense. "She cooked mostly sweet recipes, I would be as fat as a Hutt had I taken those lessons and you know it." Elaine was laughing as they walked in. She glared at some of the servants when they demanded to hold their weapons.
"You idiots this is Jack The Reaper. He could kill you without even having to touch you. Congratulations by the way on making Jedi Master. I know that you aren't part of the order anymore but I had to at least congratulate you. You made the Organa family very proud that day let me tell you."
Jack told her he got a whole different feeling when Ringo betrayed him. He spared no detail on what happened and Elaine was getting more and more angry. She finally demanded that he told her where to find the jackass, "Look cousin, you and the Jedi might be all forgiving and such but I am not. Nobody messes with my family and lives. Tell me where I can find this scum and he will die before you finish your next mission."
Jack was truly touched by her consideration and he thanked her profusely. "Cousin, I am a Mandalorian, I will take care of him. Let him stew in his own venom for a little while and then I can put him out his misery."
As they reached the office of the Master Assassin she told him that if he ever changed his mind he just needed to give her a call. She would even do it for free. "Honestly Cousin, I haven't had a challenging contract in years, I would be only too happy to bump that scumbag off."
As he entered he was met with someone he didn't quite expect. The man looked elderly as his faces showed the signs of age and hardship, but the thing that was surprising was that Baron Zacar uncle was with him.
"You, what are you doing here. I demand that this creature be killed immediately and I shall double the money I was going to pay to have my nephew killed." The Master Assassin ignored him completely. He was doing something that he never actually did before. He was smiling.
The man came up to him and gave him a hug. Gault was not believing what he was seeing. The guy that was hugging Jack was one of the most feared assassins in the entire galaxy, but here he was hugging him like a long lost family member.'Okay, this is getting very odd.' Thought both Mako and Gault, they didn't know what make of this. "Ehh Jack, mind telling me why this guy is hugging you?" Asked Mako, she really was confused here.
The guy ended the hug and looked at her, "Excuse me for the delayed introduction, I just couldn't help but to want to hug my old uncle. I too spent quite a bit in Carbonite myself and let me tell you I am shocked and amazed that you got over the side effects so quickly. Must be those Jedi powers."
Jack looked at her and smiled, "This is my nephew Belpre. You sure grew up you little munchkin. I have to say that I am impressed that you made Master Assassin. You would not believe this, but this guy was so squeamish over looking at blood that he would sometimes faint. Glad to see you finally got over that."
Belpre told him that as Assassin he had to get over a lot of thing he used to tease him mercilessly when he was a little boy. "Well nephew, I can't say that I am too pleased with the company you keep. I actually work for that guy's nephew. He no doubt has promised you the weight of the leader of the Hutt Cartel if you kill his nephew. He is a leech, he doesn't have the credits or is next in line to be Baron."
This made the Baron's uncle scream that he was a filthy lying off world vermin. Belpre took out a blaster pistol and the guy must have believed he was going to kill Jack, instead he shot him on his right foot.
"My uncle doesn't lie." He shot him on his left foot next. "He is the only person who ever was for me when I was in trouble. Even when he was fighting in a war he always was there for me. So next insult about him that comes from your filthy mouth and I am killing you and throwing you with the rest of the garbage."
The guy had to sit down. "Now Uncle, you wanted to talk to me about the Durasteel Duke, sorry to tell you that you just missed each other. I guess someone tipped him off since he left in such a hurry. He is back in the Organa compound. I am sure you still remember the old shuttle to take you there right?"
Jack told him not to worry he could manage to get there on his own. "I would appreciate that you send word that I am coming home to pay them a visit. Try to keep my visit secret from the Duke it is a major surprise after all."
The idiot still didn't learn it seems, "How long do I have to sit here hearing you call this piece of off world shit family and act like he matters?" Belpre was now smiling and he told him not for much longer. He took his blaster pistol shot him through the right lung first and then when he was satisfied that he suffered enough once right between the eyes.
Gault was amazed at his precision. "Man, color me impressed. That shot went right between two ribs." Belpre simply said he wasn't Master Assassin for nothing. He looked at Elaine and she knew that he wanted the corpse thrown in the garbage that was to be burned for the day.
"Don't worry about the Baron. The contract wasn't even finalized. Now last word of advice. Tell the Baron that House Thul was the one behind his uncle. I will send you the documentation to prove it. It would be in his best interest to become allies with House Organa. As their advocate I imagine you will give them good advice."
The guy touched a local terminal and did send Jack the much appreciated documents. "Now next time do call us, if you had we could have sent a private shuttle for you. Is that Sith spy still rotting put there? I imagine he is. You could have avoided having to smell that thing."
They left the building looking rather confused. "Those are the supposedly most feared assassins in the Galaxy? They were so friendly and welcoming I can't believe they would harm a fly." Gault said as they made their way to the speeder platform.
"Gault, they are nice to clients and most importantly with family. My nephew even defended my honor free of charge. What I would worry if I was you was how my cousin Elaine was looking at you. Word of warning, she likes them young."
This made Gault turn pale as he remembered seeing her kill that one guy. Mako was enjoying the brief moment of silence. As they got aboard the speeder he saw Elaine was keeping an eye on them through her sniper scope. He waved good bye to nobody but Mako knew better.
They landed a few hundred yards away from the Organa Compound. As they walked towards the Organa Compound something they didn't expect was seen above the main door into the main building of the compound. Jack was not expecting this at all. It was a big banner with the words, Welcome home, Jack.
For a second he had to look at Mako and Gault who both were smiling. "So I am not the only one that is seeing that? I didn't get a stray shot to the head on our way here did I?" Mako told him he was perfectly alright.
"They just got the message and when they did they wanted you to feel welcome. Is there anything wrong with that?" Gault decided to speak and said that there was nothing wrong, except that the Durasteel Duke was probably long gone and they would need to track him down again in the middle of a civil war other than that there was nothing wrong at all.
Jack went up to the door and decided to knock. If they made the effort of making him feel welcomed he couldn't possibly be rude. As he finished knocking the eye of a Droid came out of the door. "Identify yourselves and state your business."
Jack looked at it and smiled. "Jack Keldau Organa, I need to speak with the current head of the house and this is Gault and my girlfriend Mako." The eye withdrew and the sound of a large metal series of locks was heard opening.
The door finally opened and he walk through to find it was not a robot eye at all. It was a security scanner built into the door. A young woman wearing her hair up came to greet him. "So Jack Keldau Organa, someone had to put a Bounty on one of my friends for you to finally decide to give us a home visit. Honestly I would think we would be the first people you would want to meet after being cured."
Jack cross his arms. "I take it you're the head of House Organa? Thanks for the welcome banner outside." Gault was already looking through ways how to get out, he always had to be ready for a double cross just in case, the houses of Alderaan can be quite dangerous then most people would think. The woman smiles, "Your welcome. Now I believe you have questions? If so, follow me, there is much more going on then you may think."
Jack raise his brow, what she mean by that? He shares a look with Mako and Gault. "Let's see what she says but we can't let our guard down, even if their family." Mako had a feeling there was something else going on, Jack nods and they follow the woman to another room.
They walked into what looked like a medical room with their intended target dead and floating in Kolto to keep it from rotting. A young blonde hair woman was shocked to see him, never mind that at the time she was us using a holographic emitter to pretend she was the Duke. Jack raise his brow, "I see, so you are going to pretend to be the Duke. Mind telling me why go through this much trouble?"
Belana told Jack that the person in front of him was the sister of the Durasteel Duke. Her brother and her were some of her dearest and oldest friends. She is actually helping her take down that pack of backstabbing weasels House Thul by helping her make alliances with the other noble houses.
Mako was shaking her head, "So basically this entire bounty was just a matter of politics." Belana laughed and said that of course it was, it was Alderaan after all. The young woman turned off the emitter but she would later wish she hadn't from the way the Devaronian was looking at her assets. She was very much would like punch him.
"What I would like to know is why do you welcome the man who is more than likely to kill us than help us? My old boyfriend Jacken's brother did tell me about this." Jack was not happy to hear that Tarro was messing with his bounty once again.
Belana smiled and told Duke's sister to relax. "This is Jack The Reaper and not some pretender you have nothing to worry about. His name is Jack Keldau Organa and your brother is his target, not you. You are perfectly safe. Now Jack I need to ask that you delay reporting the success of your bounty to the great hunt so that I can finalize some negotiations about those alliances I mentioned before."
Jack smiled at her in a reassuring way, "I can do that, but I will do you one better. I will advice Zacar Girard that it is in his best interest and those of his house to become your ally instead of House Thul. They will listen to me since I am their advocate. As to report the Dukes death, I will be sadly delayed taking that pretender of the throne."
Belana was indeed smiling, "True it will take some time to take down King Ulgo. He has an army at his disposal after all. But I could use some more time. Could you delay them a bit longer than a few hours, pretty please."
Jack was laughing as she said that last part. "I will do that I guess I could take care of some trouble I got with a potential sister in law and maybe deal with a mission or two. Being a Mandalorian costs money you wouldn't believe how expensive it is to find mods that fit our armor."
Belana knew it was an excuse but it was an excuse that worked for her benefit so she didn't point it out. Gault just had to say that maybe they should also report to the Baron the matter on his uncle untimely death and his betrayal of him.
"So you see Belana delaying my reporting of my success is not going to be such a major issue. Now tell me how things have been for House Organa I haven't heard anything in a long time. Things are bound to have changed since then." Belana decided to take him to the family portrait room.
This was the room where all the most distinguished members of the Organa family had their portraits painted. He was happy to see that his mother was there looking as beautiful as the last time he saw her. The thing that caught him by surprise was that right next to her was his portrait in Jedi Master robes. The title under it read. Jedi Master Jack Keldau Organa.
"I guess your family doesn't like the fact that I am a Mandalorian. No surprise there since those lousy Dar'manda have put my people to shame with their antics. I need to know somethings. I need to know what really happened during the so called Jedi Civil War."
Belana smiled at him and told him that the family didn't have a problem at all him being a Mandalorian. It is just that the only picture they had was once that Satele took in secret when he obtained the rank of Jedi Master. "Of course we will tell you all about it. She is your mother after all."
Jack was shocked and amazed that the Jedi Order tried to brainwash his mother to obtain something they knew was the source of her massive fleet. They had said that it was in order to stop the threat she posed to the Republic. Jack saw the dirty hand of political ambitions behind it however. A fleet takes massive resources to make and would cost a fortune.
Here was a station that could build it non-stop and cost little to nothing to build. Malak was lost in his hunger for more and more power. This was nothing like he remembered his brother. The guy he knew was nothing like the one he heard about. In the end he did something he couldn't help doing he broke down in bitter tears.
"It's all my fault, It's all my fault." He kept repeating that over and over again. Mako had to hug him to comfort him. This was something that Gault never expected to see. "If I didn't get sick, I would have been there to prevent this whole thing. My brother would not have turned into the monster everyone knows."
Mako had enough of this and slapped him hard across the face and she looked at him with a serious look. "You can't be certain of that, if you had been there who is to say that you wouldn't have ended up like they did and fall to the Dark side. There is no proof that your mother is dead. Now stop this pity party and get on your feet. Be the strong deceive man I fell in love with, cause my husband is no cry baby."
Jack began shaking his head as if clearing his head. "Thank you, Mako I really needed that. I guess even I can get overwhelmed sometimes, good thing I got you to set me straight." Mako put her hands on her hips and told him she did nothing other than a good girlfriend should do.
"Personally I don't know why he puts up with that?" Gault said and that made Belana laugh. She said that was the reason he was more than likely going to remain single. This made the others except Gault laugh out loud. Jack turns to Belana, "Thank you for showing me this, me and my crew will handle matters with House Ulgo, we'll go meet with House Girard and let the Baron know the good news."
Belana nodded, she was happy this turn out so well. "Your welcome. If you wish more help regarding House Ulgo, Jacken would more then likely be happy help you. His house though small, has some very skilled soldiers." Jack figure that was do to Jacken passing Mandalorian traditions to the house.
"I will think about that." Suddenly Jack get's a call on his holo, "excise me for a moment." Belana nods, Jack turns around to answer it, he was surprised to see it was Bendak who was calling. "Hey Jack, it's been a little while. Got a promising job you might be interested." Jack had a good feeling it was.
"Would it involve taking down King Ulgo would it?" Bendak looked surprised behind his helmet. "How did-nevermind. Yeah, me and my crew got hired to take him done, the Republic finally got tried of him causing trouble. Decide let you in the action, you interested?"
Jack gave him a smile that made his decision quite clear. "Sure thing Vode, I will gladly go to that little party. I just need to talk to someone about some happy news, and I will meet you on the castle grounds, I just need time to take care of this. Just message me a speeder platform location and a time."
Bendak told him that works for him since he too needed to finish some missions to earn a little extra cash for the necessities his crew needed. "Which reminds me do you ever need a good lawyer? I happen to have one that is not so easy to intimidate and always gets the job done. I will send you the contact information with the message with the platform location and the time when we can meet so we can go to the party. Be sure to bring that lovely girlfriend of yours. I know mine wants to have a chat with yours."
The communication came to an end and he found Mako talking about his relationship with her. "Huh, kind of curious how far their going with their relationship? I remember Corso telling me he doesn't usually have long relationships like he has with Akaavi." Jack shrugged.
"I think Akaavi is just a woman that sparks Bendak's interest, I know I felt the same when I met you." Mako blushed here, making Gault laugh at her reaction, "you know, am beginning wonder when you two get married, you're already acting like a married couple." That made both Jack and Mako blush a bit, they haven't thought marriage yet, though they were considering it, Belana asked him if the ceremony could happen in the Organa compound chapel? Jack had to set her straight.
"Mandalorian weddings aren't like you imagine Belana. We are very practical people and straight to the point. We just exchange vows in Mando'a and that is it. No priest or white gown, sorry to disappoint you." Belana however looked interested, hearing more about Mandalorians was interesting.
They said good bye as they exited the Organa Compound and took the speeder that would take them back to the city where they would meet Zacar and Jack was looking forward to the reaction the Baron would have to the documents he was given by his nephew.
As they landed, Mako told Gault to go ahead and get some supplies since they were going to be fighting a small war. To which Gault said that then it was nothing unusual, yet another ordinary day at the office. Mako told him to stop wasting time and get things ready or else. That made Gault see that she was not kidding around and left in a hurry.
Jack entered the building to find a rather worried and agitated Baron passing in a line in the room as he entered the building. "Jack have you seen or heard anything about my Uncle. I fear that someone might have kidnapped him or done something worse."
Jack stepped closer to him and told him they needed to speak privately. This made the Baron realize that it must be something grave indeed for Jack to tell him that without answering his question. "Very well follow me to my office, we can speak there."
Mako decided to speak with the daughter of the Baron about her future nuptials. Jack entered the office and asked Zacar to sit down. As he did he began to tell him the news. "Baron, your uncle is dead. He died hiring an assassination to take you and your children out. He made the mistake of insulting me in front of my nephew. My nephew is the master assassin of House Rist."
He began to send to the Baron some documents through his own gauntlet terminal. "He was in fact planing to take over your position as Baron and then give his full support for House Thul. He was also the one who killed your father and mother. Those documents show how deep his treason of this House goes."
"As your advocate I must advice you that House Thul is not loyal to anything but their own personal interests. I have begun talks with House Organa and they have agreed to accept you as their ally. It is in your best interest to join their alliance. I don't doubt House Thul will use whatever allies they have to buy them enough time to run away. They have done so before and when the situation turns bad as I expect they will run again."
Zacar continued to listen as he finished reading the documents and he too saw that it would be for the best. "I thank you Jack, it seems posting this bounty with the Mandalorian Enclave ended up saving my family, my life and ensuring my House's survival. I am truly lucky to have you as an advocate."
Jack thanked him for the compliment and told him that he would be indisposed for a time. "What are you going to do that will keep you that busy? " Zacar asked him almost with a tone of concern.
"Nothing to major, I just thought it would be such a waste coming to Alderaan and not enjoy the sites. I hear the castle of the King is quite beautiful. I thought I would pay the King a visit and maybe get to see their gallery. I hear they have magnificent tapestries." The Baron could not help but to laugh and asked him to give King Ulgo his regards when he met him.
"Will do and Zacar try to be nice to Belana, she is rather friendly family member. I think you two could be rather good friends." Mako was laughing as he came out, it seems their discussion was going rather well. Jack simply asked them what was so funny? That question made them become quite in a hurry. Jack began to feel the subject they were laughing at was him.
"Now before you get the wrong idea she asked me to be her bridesmaid. I told her my boyfriend would keep me to busy to actually see the wedding. Then we started to talk about what we found so appealing in our significant others. I just got done telling her some of the antics we been doing and we just found them funny."
Mako was clearly trying to make Jack feel so bad. At the very least she still cared about his feelings. "Just you wait till we have our kids. Oh the things I will tell them will have you blushing like you been stuck on the sun for too long. Oh, revenge will be so sweet."
Mako was not regretting mentioning those things. She could however tell that Jack was just kidding around, or at the very least she hoped. Though now she was blushing at the very thought of that.
The coordinates to the speeder platform came and they knew this was the signal to get going. Mako and Gault met and she asked him if he got everything they would need. "Everything but the sweet cupcakes that I wanted. Honestly you would think this planet would have a good baker with this many noble houses."
Jack was not liking his grumbling. "How about I ask HK to make you some if you actually can kill more of the palace guards than I can?" Gault smiled as I said that an said that we had a deal.
We reached the place where they meet up with Bendak would met, looked at the whole lot of guards and the palace front gates. "So how are we doing this? With this many of us in a single group we are just begging for some idiot with a rocket launcher to try and get lucky." Bendak was correct we needed to think of a different strategy.
"I suggest a pincer maneuver. We split in two teams and we each take a side of the field. We each take care of the turrets and tanks on the way. Throw a flare if you need back up. How does that sound to you?" Jack asked Akaavi as he finished saying that.
She looked rather happy with my suggestion. "I say we see which of us can rack the highest kill count before we storm the castle." Gault just had to mention the damn cupcakes and so the others on Bendak side decided that they wanted in on the bet. Jack wanted to make sure those cupcakes had a healthy dose of laxative when HK was baking them.
The plan worked like a charm, they took out the turrets as they shot and killed more and more of the soldiers. Gault even had the brilliant idea of placing several grenades in the seats of the turrets. The enemy officers decided to use the turrets against us which caused the grenades to go off in a much hilarious expected way. "Yeha!" Yelled Corso as he blasters couple of the Ulgo guards with his blaster rifle and blaster pistol, striking them with percent shots.
"They don't call you the Reaper for nothing. Man am I glad I am on your side." Gault said as he saw Jack use his blasters and force powers to rip dozens upon dozens of enemy soldiers to pieces. Jack made such a horrific display of me killing them that when we got to the castle several dozen soldiers were running to a shuttle to escape.
Jack just took all the flaming wreckage of the tanks and using the force smashed it all together into a big flaming ball of metal and he used force throw to hit the shuttle full of enemy soldiers causing it to explode.
There was no question as to who won the bet. Jack just calmly walked over to the castle gates and Jack just pushed the doors off their hinges. "You are going to share those cupcakes aren't you?" Mako asked him with a smile on her face. She could tell he was from the way he was looking at her. Jack smiled at her, "Of course, anything for my cyar'ika." Mako smiled, if she remembered right, that word might sweet heart.
However they then hear coughing behind them, they turn to see Corso. "Hate break this wonderful moment, but we should probably get going, the others are already heading inside." Corso points his thumb to where Bendak and the others were heading inside the castle, Jack nods. "Alright, guess we'll finish things up later." Mako grin.
They catch up to the others, finding Bendak and the others were already finishing up the guards. "Huh, guess they got lazy if it was this easy take them out." Said Gault, he steps over a dead Ulgo guard body, Akaavi shook her head. "No, we caught them off guard, it would have been different if we took them head on."
As they walked over the lift they realized something was odd. They decided to look at the controls and found out that the guards had rigged the controls to overload causing the lift to plummet killing the people riding it. Mako and Gault repaired the lift in short order.
In the end Jack did get his wish after all. The lift did take them to the floor the throne room was located but they had to go through the gallery and maybe he said it as a joke but they were exquisite. The details, the pattern, the skill of the weavers was beautiful he kept admiring one after another till they reached one that made him smile.
It was one depicting his mother during the time they freed a bunch of people in the slave market on Taris. It was kind of funny since it was beautiful but completely inaccurate. Malak didn't lose his jaw at the time and they always wore armor not robes.
They walked into the massive room that was the throne room. A very impressively dress fair skin man was seating on the throne. "I do hope you enjoyed the gallery. I always do when I used that lift."
Jack couldn't help but to smile as the supposed tyrant was actually being quite sociable. "I most certainly did King Ulgo. The skill of the people that weaved those tapestries is to be recognized and appreciated. I hope that you can approve of a humble request."
King Ulgo must have found that funny. "You are the first off worlder that I have met that has ever truly appreciated the fine arts. To make matters even stranger a Mandalorian is asking me for something with such manners. What is next a Jedi that tells jokes?"
Jack smiled as he walked closer to the throne. "If you want a Jedi that tells jokes then read the books written by a Jedi by the name of Jolee Bindo. Now my request is simple. I need to know why did you kill the previous king and take the throne. You don't strike me as a particularly greedy man."
King Ulgo smiled and stood up. He needed to look at him in the eye to see something. When he did see it he smiled yet again. "It is true I didn't take the throne for greed or personal glory. I had to take it to defend this world. The Republic and The Sith were already trying to basically either take over the planet or buy it from right under us."
He took off his cape and crown and placed them on the throne. "I am a military man, a soldier and warrior first and foremost. When I swore to defend this world from foreign and domestic enemies, I took my oath quite seriously. The previous King was about to sell this world to the Sith for nothing more than a few sex slaves and a life of luxury on the Sith capital world."
"I know about you both in case you are wondering. Jack you have been taking out scum on my world since you landed. For that I am grateful. Bendak has been saving people left and right. I know you both think of me a tyrant and I don't blame you. Now it is my time to make a humble request from one warrior to another. Fight me, and if you win, I will let you decide my fate. If I win however you join my military."
Bendak looked at him and then me. "Name the terms of the duel King Ulgo." King Ulgo said that it would be one to one and no weapons. Till one side gave up, basically he wanted to fight both one at a time and he must have believed he could win.
Jack stepped closer to where King Ulgo was and with a smile he dropped into a stance Mako had seen before. That was when the first and last fight of the duels began. King Ulgo rushed him trying to catch him unawares he simply caught his punch pulled him closer and kicked him in the ribs.
King Ulgo was truly enjoying this. It had been so long since he had a good fight. He tried to trip him but instead he felt his kick being countered and he received a swift counter kick that sent him a few feet away. As he stood up Jack rushed him and punched his jaw hard sending him up in the air. He jumped up and with a double handed hammer strike he sent him back down on the floor.
King Ulgo barely got up and looked at him. "So ready to concede?" Jack was laughing as he told him that he was barely getting started. The fight between the two of them had the others and even some of the guards watching admiring how the two went at it.
Mako and Akaavi couldn't keep quite. They were flat out cheering Jack on. Bendak finally decided what the hell might as well cheer too. As this happened some of the guards decided to Cheer for King Ulgo too.
The fight was over and Jack helped him stand back up. "I lost but at least I need to know something. Are you truly the son of Susan Ann Organa?" Jack told him she was his adoptive mother but yes she was his mother. The king seemed to be happy as he looked at him. "At the very least a citizen of my beloved world will decide my fate."
Jack told Bendak to call in for the Republic strike team, they were going to take King Ulgo into custody and give him a chance to defend his actions during his trial. Bendak told him they were already in the way. King Ulgo was expecting him wanting to execute him so he had to ask why give him a chance to defend his actions. Chances are they would let him go if he was able to show he was truly acting out a patriotic zeal.
Jack smiled and looked at him with a serious look in his eyes as he heard him say that. "I am a Mandalorian King Ulgo. I could do nothing else. I live in honor as so do you. I couldn't just execute you without giving you a chance to defend yourself. Now I do believe the men in that lift will not take kindly at my presence. So I must bid you farewell. Bendak give me a call if you need help." Bendak nods, Corso and Akaavi get some Mandalorian manacles on him, keeping him under control.
Jack, Mako and Gault went through the gallery and took a another lift to avoid the Republic soldiers. "Well that didn't take as long as I figured. Let me check on Belana and see if the negotiations are over or if she needs more time." Gault and Mako nodded, they were able sneak through Republic soldiers as they came to the castle.
It took some time before they were able get back to House Organa. "Well glad we got out of there, rather not have get in possibly captured by the Republic." Gault did got in some trouble with the Republic, he would rather not find out what charges he'll have to deal with. Jack get's their attention, "Alright, let's get going, then we can take care the rest of the Great Hunt."
They nodded and made their way to meet with Belana. However, what Jack didn't know, he was about to find something that would surprise him a great deal...