PART 3: ASTRAY ACOLYTES
CHAPTER 7: HOLOCRON CASE
Asajj and Ahsoka sat crouched low on the roof of one of Coruscant's many sky high buildings. Asajj was looking through a viewfinder and giving Ahsoka measurements which the togruta was writing down. "Looks like the security is good, ray shielding on several of the better access points". Asajj took the viewfinder away from her eyes and glanced over at Ahsoka. "This isn't going to be as easy as I had hoped".
"You mean breaking into the Jedi temple to steal one of their greatest treasures isn't going to be a piece of cake?" Ahsoka asked sarcastically, "Who would have ever thought."
"I'm starting to see why Anakin calls you snips," Asajj said.
"Sorry." Ahsoka smiled. "It's going to be hard, I know that, but I think we can do it, if Skyguy's off learning something about our powers we should be able to as well."
"I agree, and who knows, maybe a holocron will be able to keep him around for a while and stop him from making another stupid decision. Like getting mixed up with Jedi," Asajj said.
Ahsoka didn't say anything, but somehow she had a feeling that unless whatever was on this Jedi holocron was really good, Anakin wouldn't give up his teachers' training so easily. Inwardly Ahsoka wished Anakin would come back. She didn't like the idea of their family splitting up and going in different directions. It all smacked of futures yet to come.
"This is going to take some planning," Asajj said. "Let's go back to Starkiller'' the two former pirates rose and left the rooftop. They traveled down to the fourth level under the surface and found their docking bay. Starkiller was sitting at moor looking much worse for the wear since Anakin's little trick to break them free of the tractor-beam while rescuing the senator. Sitting in the main cabin Asajj pulled their information about the Jedi temple up on the holo-projector and she and Ahsoka spent the next few hours looking for a good way into the temple.
"This is impossible," Ahsoka said frustrated after eliminating the last possible entry point as a possibility. "There is no way for two people to break into the Jedi temple and escape alive, let alone with one of their special holocrons!".
Asajj frowned, she didn't want to admit it but it did seem like getting into the temple would be much harder than she had been hoping for. "Come on, I need a drink," Asajj said.
Ahsoka didn't say anything even after they had reached the bar. She felt as if all the planning of the last few days had been of no use. How could anyone hope to break into the Jedi temple?
Asajj frowned deeper as she sat at the bar and tossed back another shot of hard liquor from the small glass. She needed a way into the Jedi temple; her syncs told her the force had guided her to this bar, but why? Asajj tried calming her inner mind the way Ky Narec had taught her. The force would guide her to what she needed if she listened.
Asajj oftentimes felt scornful of her old masters' teachings. Then the love she had felt for Ky Narec made the issue confused. He'd been like a father to her and she had always trusted his teachings. However, his teachings were that of the Jedi who had left him on that planet to die, and Ky Narec had, all because the Jedi couldn't be bothered to come find him. Trust your master, Jedi teaching or not, he won't let you down, she told herself. Even if the other Jedi were wrong, Ky Narec's teachings had been right. As Asajj sat there a conversation came drifting to her ears.
"What kind of job?" a changeling sitting a table away was asking into a com.
"The kind that needs someone who can fool even a Jedi." the voice from the com answered back.
"How far away is it?" the changeling asked.
"It's on the planet, we're going to hit the Jedi temple, are you up for this kind of job or not?" the voice from the com asked coldly.
The changeling hesitated a moment then said "yeah, I need the credits, this sounds dangerous it had better pay good?".
"Trust me, it will." The voice from the com said "meet me at the apartment number I sent to you we have much to discuss." The changeling turned off the com and headed for the door almost immediately.
Asajj looked over at Ahsoka and said "well it looks like we just found our opening after all" tossing back her most recent glass Asajj tossed some credits on the counter and headed for the door with Ahsoka.
"So what's our plan?" Ahsoka asked once they were on the street.
"We're going to let them infiltrate the Jedi temple first, they'll make a nice smoke screen for us to slip into the Jedi temple unnoticed," Asajj said.
"With the Jedi occupied with those intruders we'll have a much easier time getting away," Ahsoka smiled.
"Precisely," Asajj said.