Abandoned! After an assassination

attempt by his forsaken apprentice,

Lien-Da, Dimitri

launches a brutal counterattack

against the Yagyu Sisters,

massacring the entire clan. Forced

into exile, Lien-Da wanders far

into the Outer Zones, among the

castaways and vagabonds of the

galaxy, seeking her new life that

was foretold by Enchantress...

Lien-Da was on Sandopolis exiting a ship that had just landed. She covered her eyes from the sunlight and headed towards Dusty Desert space port. She eventually arrived and entered a cantina. She sat at the bar and threw the bartender a few rings "Prow. Straight up". The bartender poured her a drink which she quickly finished but still looked depressed "Another". She kept drinking when a male rat sat next to her "Hey there. What's a pretty babe like you doing in a desert like this?" "Get lost" she said blankly. He grabbed her arm "I'm talking to you, lady" he said aggressively. She smirked and took her lightsaber handle and put it to his stomach and ignited it. He groaned in pain as she deactivated it and his body fell to the floor. The whole bar stopped and looked at her as she took a drink "I'm not much of a talker". Everyone laughed and went back to what they were doing. After a while, the barman came over to Lien-Da with a drink "Uh, compliments of the wolf in the back". Lien-Da looked behind her and saw Drago the Wolf sitting at a table with a yellow female jellyfish wearing a black dress. He gestured for her to come over and she hesitantly did so "What do you want?" she crossed her arms. "I'm Drago. This is Opal. We're bounty hunters and-" "We have a problem" Opal said before taking a drink. Lien-Da began to reach for her lightsabers "What kind of problem?". Drago pointed to the rat's body which was being dragged away "You just killed one of our team" "Sorry about that" she said dismissively. "So, where did you get the lightsaber?" Drago asked curiously, "Stole them" "You're a bounty hunter, then". Lien-Da paused for a moment "No" "Ever considered it? You certainly have the right… disposition". She sat down in front of them "Never thought about it. Does it pay well?" "Very well" Opal answered. Drago stood up "We have a job to do, and you owe us a man. Join our merry band or we turn you over to the authorities". Lien-Da thought to herself then "What do I have to do?".

The three of them headed to a small building on the other side of town, as they were walking Hunter exited the building with a robotic dog following him. They walked past him and went to the door that a male blue hawk with blue boots and gloves was sitting next to. The hawk saw Lien-Da "Hey, Drago. Who's your girlfriend" "Shut up, Pred". They went inside "Hey, Boss" Drago said to Nack the Weasel who was with a robot that looked similar to a Gamma except black and white with two hand cannons instead of one. Lien-Da crossed her arms "Boss? This is your boss?" "You got a problem with that. My name's Nack and this is Beta. I see you've already met Drago and Opal. What's your name?". She glared at him "I don't have a name" "So its gonna be like that, huh". Lien-Da scowled at him "Look, kid. I don't take orders very well, especially from someone of your… stature and obvious lack of experience". Drago looked to Nack "She killed Oked. So, she agreed to fill in for him on this particular job". He stepped closer to her and put his hand on her shoulder threateningly "Or, like I said, we can always find another way to settle your debt". Opal got on her other side and sinisterly grinned, "That won't be necessary. I'm a little short of work right now anyway". Opal turned to Nack "She's a little rough around the edges, but we need six hunters. Without her, we got no job". Nack nodded "Fine. Let's get going". They were about to leave but Lien-Da didn't move "Don't we settle first" "What, you don't trust us? When the job's done, you'll get your cut, just like the rest of us".

Their ship jumped out of hyperspace and headed towards a spire that came from a planet but reached orbit. They landed in the hanger where a male warthog was waiting. They exited the ship and the warthog walked up to him "Welcome. Welcome. I am Major Rigosso. We are thrilled to have you here. Please allow the pleasure of explaining the mission". He took them to a holo-unit which showed the spire "The elevators will take us beneath the surface of the planet below. Waiting there is a subtram, which is carrying precious cargo. Your mission is to protect the tram as it makes its way to the final destination". Pred stepped forward "And what is this precious cargo?" "That's none of your concern. Just make sure it gets where it's going". "Where is it going?" Opal asked. Rigosso showed a hologram of a male pig "To my lord, Otua Blank. He rules over this planet with an iron fist. If you fail to protect the cargo, losing your bounty will be the least of you concerns. This way, please". He led them towards the lift "Why do we have to travel by subtram? Wouldn't it be easy just to land at our destination?" Nack asked, "You'd think so. The atmosphere of the planet is completely pressurized, leaving all aerial travel impossible. If we attempted to land on the surface then we would implode". "Subtram it is then" Nack said as they entered the lift which took them down. "So why hire six expensive bounty hunters to move cargo?" Nack asked Rigosso, "There's a group of marauders that would like nothing more than to hijack my master's cargo. So far, my men have been ineffective against them".

They entered the subterranean caves of the planet where a large chest was waiting at a station with the tram "No matter what happens, do not open this box" Rigosso told them, "You make the rules. I follow them". Two guards took it inside the tram then the others boarded. "So that's it? That's what we're protecting?" Drago said sceptically, "Who cares, as long as we get paid" Opal said. "My lord will meet us on the other side. Good luck" Rigosso as the tram started traveling through the shining purple tunnel. Opal and Beta stayed with the chest, Nack and Drago moved to the middle car while Pred and Lien-Da went to the back car. Pred and Lien-Da were leaning against a railing "So, looks like we're securing the back platform together" the former said with a grin, "Wonderful" Lien-Da responded sarcastically. Pred still seemed determined to start conversation "So, what do you thinks in that box?". "Whatever it is, it better be worth all this effort" she replied when two people wearing ninja suits and a mask jumped onto the tram. Lien-Da and Pred managed to fight them off but they looked over the tram and saw more riding on centipede creatures that were keeping up with the tram. More jumped on and managed to get past the two of them and get to another part of the tram. Pred got on his commlink "Heads up, people. We got company".

Nack and Drago got ready when multiple ninjas jumped into their car. Beta and Opal were in a similar situation "Protect the cargo at all costs" Rigosso told them. One charged at Beta who hit him against the window and then shot him out. Drago was dealing with one entrance while Nack's wispon turned cyan and he fired laser at the other side. Opal saw two ninjas picking up the chest "Oh no you don't" her stingers grabbed the both of them and shocked them as she threw them off the tram. Pred smirked at placed a bomb on a ninjas stomach and kicked him of the tram before he blew up. Lien-Da was dealing with three at once and ignited her lightsabers. Another ninja managed to kick Pred in the face throwing him off the tram. Nack turned to Drago "I'll check the cargo. Stay here" he said before heading to the other car, shooting anyone in his way. Once he entered the other car Opal smiled "Hey, boss. You better get down" they both used the seats as cover when Beta's upper half started spinning around and shot every ninja in the car. Drago was getting overwhelmed by four ninjas and was thrown out of the car. Rigosso saw a ninja with gold colours on his suit board the tram "Stop him. He's the leader!". Opal and Beta ran out to deal with him, but he managed to dodge all their attacks and managed to throw them both off the tram. He turned to Rigosso and took out two knives "I want what's mine", Rigosso laughed "Over my dead-" the ninja threw a knife into his stomach killing him.

Nack saw him enter the main tram and fired laser at him but he managed to dodge them. The two started a fist fight, the ninja kicked Nack against the chest causing it to knock over and open. Nack saw that there was a young female mongoose inside "What?". He tried to help her up "Don't worry. I'll protect you" the mongoose instead slapped him before the ninja kicked him to the ground. He turned to the mongoose and removed his mask revealing him to be a mongoose as well "Pluma, are you okay?" "Krismo! You came for me!" she said happily. The two hugged when Lien-Da entered "Well, well, well. What do we have here?", Krismo got between them "Stay back". Lien-Da smiled "That girl is worth a lot of money to me. Now step aside". Krismo threw a smoke bomb at the ground and then disappeared. Lien-Da slowly walked forward when Krismo jumped up from one of the seats and grabbed her wrists forcing her to drop the lightsabers. Lien-Da however quickly pushed him back and used the Force to throw him against the wall. Pluma ran over to him "Brother" she said concerned. Three more Ninjas entered the car and where about to shoot Lein-Da when "Stop!". They turned and saw Pluma walking towards them. The ninjas were confused but lowered their weapons. Once Pluma was in front of them she smiled "Thank you" she then shot the three of them before they could react. She then turned back into Nack, Lien-Da went over to the real Puma who Nack had trapped inside a blue cube behind the seats "Let's finish this".

The two mongooses had binders on and were sitting on the seats "Is this really necessary. None of this was my choice" Pluma said to Lien-Da. She had her back to the Mongoose but listened "I never asked to be ripped away form my home, from my family. You'll never know what it's like". Lien-Da closed her eyes and looked regretful "I wish I didn't, but I do". Nack entered the car "Hey, rookie, I need you in the back", Lien-Da looked to Pluma "Don't move" she left with Nack. They entered the other car and Nack smiled "We're almost at the drops-off point. Soon we'll be delivering that brat to the warlord and collecting a handsome bounty that you'll get your share of". Lien-Da raised her eyebrows "Share of. There's only two of us left. I get half" "The others could still be alive" Nack said. Lien-Da walked past him "Very well, but I'll be delivering the cargo and collecting the bounty. No one of true importance would lower themselves to trade with a mere boy". Nack got defensive "Boy? You have no idea who you're talking to. I have been in charge of this whole oper-". He suddenly couldn't breathe and was lifted off the ground "You have no idea who you're talking to" Lien-Da said coldly.

The tram arrived at the station where Blank was waiting. Lien-Da exited pushing the chest, "Welcome. Finally, my bride" Blank said as he stared at the box. Lien-Da groaned "Bride?", one of the guards was about to open the chest but she stopped him "Ah, ah, ah. Bounty first". Blank nodded and the guard handed her a transparent orb with rings inside. "Enjoy" she said before getting back on the tram which quickly rushed away. Blank opened the chest inside he saw what looked to be a tied up Rigosso along with a wispon.

Lien-da took Pluma to the back of the tram with her lightsabers ignited in case she tried anything, Krismo walked with them. "You pay my price first, then you get the girl" Lien-Da told him. The tram stopped and more ninjas arrived with one holding a small orb "How do I know you won't just take the rings and then hand us over" Krismo asked. "You don't", the ninja hesitantly threw her the orb which made her smile "Run along, now" she told Pluma. "Thank you" she said before they all jumped off the tram onto the centipede creatures.

Lien-Da made it back to the top of the spire where the others were waiting by the ship, Pred grinned "You made it! I don't believe it". She handed Drago the first orb she got "Here's the payment. I already subtracted my share. Nack's is in there too. Make sure he gets it". Drago stared at her suspiciously "Where is he?" "He'll turn up". Opal smirked "Well, you certainly turned out to be quite the member of the team". Lien-Da walked away "I'm not part of any team" "You're too good for us now, is that it?" Drago said. "No. Once, I was jut like you, but I'm not like that anymore. Now I have a future" Lien-Da smiled.