Patience

The only sound Daly could hear was the sound of a ship's engine as it entered Hyperspace, he was trying to meditate in the cage he had been locked in. However, meditation was extremely difficult when due to his connection to the Force being blocked by the cuffs that were binding his wrists. Daly heard a door nearby open which he decided to ignore along with whoever had entered the cargo hold. Without warning the teen received a good kick to the ribs which obliterated his concentration and caused him to fall on his side, clutching his side from the pain.
"Boba, you better come take a look at this," the other Bounty Hunter called out from the cockpit, "I think one of his friends are trying to follow us."
Daly groaned realising who it must be, "Ash, no please don't."
"Should I shoot them down?"
"No Bossk, we will just have to get back to Dromund Kaas the long way," Boba replied as they went back into Hyperspace.
"We should call the Empress to inform her that we have one of her bounty targets," Boba said as he approached the holo terminal and began to press buttons to begin the call. When it was answered by Riesha he requested to speak to Jaira who appeared moments later as a holo image.
"Empress, we have captured one of the bounty targets you gave us and are on our way to Dromuund Kaas to drop him off," Boba revealed.
"Excellent work, get here as soon as possible," Jaira said in a delighted tone.
"Of course my lord," Boba replied confidently and then the holocall ended.

Ashlyn watched as the ship began to fire up its Hyperdrive and accelerated quickly but as she was about to shoot the ship it disappeared into Hyperspace again.
"Damnit," Ashlyn groaned, "R2, did you get anything from the scans?"
R2 beeped and bought up information about the ship on the screen in front of her. It was called the Slave One and was registered to the Bounty Hunter Boba Fett.
"Okay, it says here that he escaped Republic prison about two years ago which means that there will only be few planets that he can go to," Ashlyn said as she pulled up more files on the screen, "They are low on fuel from what this scan shows which means they must stop soon. R2, bring up all the planets they could get to with the amount of fuel they had."
After a few moments, a list of planets appeared on the screen and Ashlyn went through the list eliminating those that the Bounty Hunter would be unwelcome.
"Utapau, that was the planet that Obi-wan was on during the end of the Clone Wars where he killed General Grievous. It says here that the planet is still neutral and will offer fuel to anyone who lands regardless of who they are," Ashlyn said, "Which means I will be safe, that's at least some good news but it means I have no power either," she added thoughtfully.
The Padawan closed her eyes and tried to reach through the bond she shared with Daly only to hit a thick wall of smoke.
Her eyes snapped open, "I'll have to trust my feelings. R2, put in the coordinates for Utapau," she ordered which R2 obeyed immediately without question. Soon they were in Hyperspace and on the way to the destination which Ashlyn hoped to find Daly before his captors took off again.

The Padawans all looked worriedly up at the sky when they no longer sensed Ashlyn in the system and they all knew that she must have gone into Hyperspace.
"She won't give up until Daly is safe," Kai sighed.
"We should not have let her go, the Jedi Council won't be happy when they find out about this," Jania pointed out.
"Who cares about what they think?" Raven scowled as he dismantled the fireplace they had made out of rocks and sticks.
"We all should. After all, most of them are our Masters," Stret answered.
"Look, think who Ash's Master is for a moment. How many times did Master Skywalker break the rules and disobey orders? We all act like our Masters without even thinking about it," Raven stated clearly, "Let Ash do what she needs to and take the consequences that I am sure she is aware of."
"I will not abandon my friend," Gav growled.
"None of us are abandoning Ash or Daly, we are just simply respecting Ash's decision to go after Daly on her own," Kai said as he stalked off to his Starfighter with his pack slung over his shoulder.
The trip back to Coruscant was long and quiet, the group had failed in their mission to get the intel back and lost their best friend because of their mistakes. No one felt in the mood for conversation or looked forward to informing the Council that Ash had gone against orders but it had to be done.

The Padawans landed in the hangar and were met by the Jedi Council members who were awaiting their arrival. Anakin frowned deeply when he did not see his Padawan's Starfighter amongst the group and looked at Obi-wan who sighed heavily.
"She follows after you, you know," Obi-wan whispered and Anakin nodded solemnly in reply.
"Padawans come, we need to hear exactly what has transpired," Master Mundi requested as the Jedi Masters lead the way back to the Council Chambers. As they were about to walk out of the hangar Raven looked back at Mia who smiled softly and nodded her head which he replied with a nod as well before walking out into the hallway. It did not take long until the group were in the Council Chamber and the Padawans all stood in the middle of the room with the Jedi Masters around them.
"Firstly, where is Padawan Dubreas?" Master Skywalker asked.
"Ashlyn followed the Bounty Hunters to try and rescue Daly," Raven answered hesitantly.
"We tried to stop her but she said that she had to go after them and that Master Yoda would understand why," Kai explained awkwardly.
All heads in the room turned to the small green Jedi Grandmaster for answers, all he said was, "This, irrelevant it is."
"Master Yoda, can you please explain what you know?" Master Skywalker almost begged, "You've seen something, I know you have."
"My place to tell you it is not. Ask your Padawan you should, as should you Master Kenobi," Master Yoda responded.
"Well that is kind of hard to do because our Padawans are missing," Master Skywalker responded in disgruntlement. When Master Yoda remained silent the Jedi Master rose to his feet and stalked out of the room in frustration.

Ashlyn landed her Starfighter on a platform that was several levels above the ship which she was following in one of the cities on Utapau, she was not sure which one exactly. The Jedi Padawan jumped out of her ship with her macro binoculars in hand and she walked over to the ledge and watched the ship closely. R2 started to beep, asking her if he could come out of the Starfighter astromech droid port.
"No R2, I need you to stay here in case we need to leave quickly," Ashlyn said, "Here are some credits that you can give one of the workers for fuel. I'm going to take a closer look," she added as she leapt down onto the platform belong, pulling her hood over her head to guard her face as she landed. Ashlyn crept along the platform slowly approaching a spot where she could drop down onto the platform below behind some crates. Then she peaked over the crates and saw two Bounty Hunters which on closer inspection she identified as Boba Fett and Bossk. However, as Ashlyn was about to approach the ship and enter the cargo hold Bossk boarded the Slave One.
"Bicorta," Ashlyn cursed under her breath but then she spotted the fuel hose that was connected to the ship which sparked an idea in her head. The Jedi Padawan reached the hose in a matter of minutes and noticed the screen said that the tank was half full. Ashlyn detached the hose and then hacked into the system to make the screen show that the fuel reserve was full. Then she used the Force to reattach the hose to its station so that it looked like a worker did it.
"Don't worry Daly, I'll get you out soon," Ashlyn whispered as she placed a tracking device on the underside of the Slave One before she ran back to behind the crates and used the Force to jump up to the platform above. The Jedi Padawan returned swiftly to her Starfighter to find the tank full of fuel and jumped in to wait for the Bounty Hunter's ship to take off.
"R2, can you bring up the tracker signal for the tracking number 6842590?" Ashlyn asked and after a few minutes, a holo image appeared in front of her of the ship with the current coordinates for the ship. The Slave One left after ten minutes with Ashlyn not that far behind them and soon they were both in Hyperspace.

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