Chapter Five

            Jas'Lyn returned to her room, satisfied that she had told him what needed to be told.  The door to her apartment opened into darkness, as it was when she left it.  Rei'Ka's sleeping form lie still on the bed.  He was sleeping so peaceful that she tried her best not to wake him.

"Jas'Lyn D'Tana."

Came a voice from the darkness.  Jas stopped in her tracks and her brown eyes scanned the darkness.  She reached for the lamp close to the door.

            "I wouldn't do that if I were you."  The voice came.  The lights from the passing hover speeders outside illuminated the room for but an instant before allowing it to become dark again.  But in that instant, she made out the distinct features of a man.  Taller than her by a foot with short, neatly cut dark hair.  He wore black flight pants, a shirt and a vest. 

            "Who the hell are you, why are you here?"  She asked sternly, her eyes forever moving.

            "I was sent by Savan."  The man said.  "She knows what you've done.  She knows that you gave up your assignment.  She was informed only moments ago."  He told her.

            "By who?" She asked, squinting in the darkness.  A movement was seen from Rei'Ka's bed.  The male Togorian stood up and turned on a light nearby.  "Rei?"  She asked.  In the dim light she could see the man clearer than before.  He was Corellian it appeared with hazel eyes and strong features.  He must have been an operative.

            "You told?!"  Jas demanded of her companion.

            "I can't let you do this, Jas."  He told her.  "I contacted Savan after you were gone and told her everything."  He seemed as if he was genuinely sorry about it, but that wasn't enough.  No, not enough for Jas'Lyn. 

            "You bastard!  You betrayed me!"  She yelled.  She didn't care who heard.  "You lying sack of Bantha Fodder, how dare you?!"

            "It's for your own good."  He said.

            "How much did she pay you to spy on me?"  Jas asked Rei.  "Huh?!"

            "Ten-million."  He replied.

            Jas shot a look over at the Corellian man, his hand was on his blaster's handle.  She's seen this tactic before          , while there was a dispute, shoot the target.  She moved quickly and grabbed her blaster from a hidden drawer in the table by the door.  She fired one shot into the man's chest.  The smell of ozone and burning flesh was heavy in the air.  She looked at the man's fallen body and back up to Rei'Ka.  She shot a hurt look at him and grabbed her clothing and weapons.

            "This isn't over."  She told her former companion.  "I saved your life and this is how I'm repaid.  Not by your allegiance but by your betrayal." 

            "I only did what I thought was best."  He growled.

            "Well you better damn well undo it and fast.  You made the wrong person your enemy, Rei'Ka.  I intend on paying YOU back now."  She spat as Luke, Leia and Han arrived in her apartment.  Having heard the blaster shot, they watched as Jas walked passed them and to the hanger.  She needed to get to Endor, not tomorrow, not the day after, but right now. 

            She ran as fast as her bare feet allowed, her skin touching cold metal, but it didn't phase her.  She ran to the hanger where The Emerald sat waiting for her.  She got into her ship and changed back into her pants, shirt and vest while the ship was being prepped for launch.  She attached her blaster back to her waist and thigh and let her red hair fall loose rather than braided. 

            How dare he?  She thought venomously.  How dare that over-sized rug betray me!  After all I've done for him!  As the ship warmed up, Luke and Han arrived in the hanger, both dressed.  Chewbacca and Threepio weren't very far behind them.  If they were going to Endor, they'd need an interpreter droid after all.  Even Jas wasn't good with the native tongue of the Ewoks.  Chewie would be good to have in case a fight broke out.

            "Jas!"  Luke called.  Jas'Lyn put her hand on her blaster, then relaxed when she saw who had called her.  "We're coming with you."   They climbed up into the ship.

            "Get in, sit down, and hold on.  I need to get to Endor before Savan's men."  She told them evenly.  Luke took the co-pilot's seat, while Han and Threepio took the back.

            "Mind explaining what's going on?"  Han asked as he buckled in.

            "I will when we make the jump into Hyperspace.  Till then, shut up and let me do what I do best."  She said.  The hanger doors opened and Jas's ship burst into outer space.  She locked in the coordinates for Endor and leapt into Hyperspace.

            Later, Han, Luke, Threepio, Jas and Chewie sat in the lounge area of The Emerald with drinks on the tables in front of them.  Jas'Lyn just stared at her mug of Alderaanian Ale.

            "Alright, what's going on?"  Han asked.

            "I work for Black Sun."  Jas said, not looking up from her mug of ale.  "I had no idea they were pro-Empire until Savan sent me to Coruscant to dissolve the New Republic.  I didn't want to do it.  But she had a bit of leverage I didn't know about."

            "What would that be?"  Han asked.

            Jas rolled her eyes up and looked at him.  "My family's lives.  If I didn't remain loyal she'd have them killed.  My mother, father and brother depend on me to hold my part of the deal so they won't be eliminated."  She told him.

            "Blackmail."  Han said dryly.

            "I told Rei that I was going to let Luke know what was going on.  He contacted Savan, she sent an operative to kill me.  But I killed him first."  She told him.

            "Rei'Ka betrayed you?" Han asked, surprised by this.   Chewie roared in malcontent.   "Chewie's right, once a life-debt is sworn it can't be altered or destroyed."  He said. 

            "Apparently Rei'Ka missed that briefing."  Jas told him with a sigh.  "But it doesn't matter now.  Savan has her own little pet cat, I'm nothing but a financial source.  She paid him ten-million to spy on me."  She said. 

            "We need to get her family off of Endor and relocate them somewhere they won't be harmed or used against her."  Luke said, as Jas fell back into silence once more. 

            "If I remember right, Savan doesn't have any hold in the Outer Rim, Tatooine, Dantooine…they're out of her reach."  Han said.  "I don't think she has operatives on Corellia either.  But I'm not sure."

            "Tatooine would probably be better."  Luke nodded. 

            Soon, a beeping sound was heard from the cockpit.  Jas'Lyn's brow furrowed as she got up from the table and went to her seat.  Han and Luke followed after her.

            "What is it?"  Han asked. 

            "I'm not sure.  But it's not good."  She said, studying her sensor and scopes.  "From what it looks like…"  She trailed off and leaned back against her seat.

            "What?"  Luke asked.

            "TIE Fighters."  She replied dryly.