Hilda and Pamde looked out the window at the passing stars in the
black sky in order to pass the time. Nothing seemed to interest them and
they started blankly out at nothing.
"So, where you guys from?" Anikin asked slyly as he walked from the cockpit to the middle of the room.
"Naboo of course." Padme answered but stopped and realized her mistake.
"We are from Xere and that is all you need to know, you don't have to be so nosey." Hilda replied keeping her head turned towards the window so that Anikin couldn't see anything but her glossy black hair.
"I was just wondering, I think I have a right to know why you want to return to Xere at least." Anikin argued.
"To see family." Hilda replied turning to show Anikin her amber eyes that were glassy with fault and lies.
"Now isn't there a ship you should be flying?" Padme asked as Anikin grumbled and walked back to the cockpit.
"I think they are catching onto us Padme, they are smarter than I suspected." Hilda whispered to Padme.
"Yeah well that is what you get for trusting bounty hunters. If we just keep them guessing like that then they won't have enough time to find out so don't worry." Padme reassured her keeping one watchful eye on the cockpit door where she could see Anikin moving back and forth.
"I don't trust them Gene, there is something fishy about those girls." Anikin cried as quietly as he could.
"Oh please everyone is a little weird, let's just get this job finished and it will be all over before you know it. Besides we promised them."
"But Gene…" Anikin started but was interrupted by a transmission sent by a ship that had been trailing behind them the whole time.
Anikin and Gene started into the green eyes of a middle-aged man with brown hair that was long to his shoulders and had a beard outlining his face. He had a strange smile on his face and his voice was smooth and deep.
"Hello there, I see your ship is caring some illegal immigrants if you know what I mean." He declared as Anikin and Gene stood there dumbfounded.
"No, nothing on this ship is illegal sir I reassure you." Gene replied his face growing hot because of his lies. He knew in the back of his mind that he was talking about the two women in the back but he had to protect his profits.
"Uh-hu, you don't have Padme and Hilda in your possession? Cause if you did I'd have to take them from you." The man told them raising his eyebrows like it was going to be such an unwanted task.
"Well even if we did have them we wouldn't let you get them sir. No offense." Anikin replied as Gene elbowed him and gave him a stern look.
"Is that so? The how come I can see them in the background?" The man slyly questioned as Anikin slammed the cockpit door closed.
"What was that all about?" Hilda asked as Padme shrugged.
"Do you think I should go check?"
"Nah that might make them more mad. Just stay here."
Anikin stood in front of the door, face flushed but he tried to looke as convincing as possible, "Those women aren't them. No these women are simply clients of ours. We are trying to run a bus service."
"In a destroyer with coordinates for Xere?" the man asked with a skeptical look.
"Eh, you know…" Anikin replied.
"Damn your good." Gene cut in knowing that the game was up. "But we aren't going to let you take them from us cause they are clients and they are going to give us money for this."
"Do you two understand the amount of trouble you guys are going to get into because of this!" the man yelled at them as Anikin's smiled faded into a shocked look.
"Yes and that is a risk we are willing to take, we were once bounty hunters and we still have the courage of a bounty hunter" Gene replied coldly as he started to veer off to the right in hopes of loosing the other ship.
"Gene I don't think this is a good idea, look at his ship it's surely more nimble than ours. We should just give the girls up." Anikin reasoned as beams from blasters skimmed the wings of their ship.
"Come on Anikin, you use to have the stomach for these things now your chickening out on me. Just ready the blasters in the back and see if you can shake him up a bit."
"What in the hell is going on!" Padme screamed as she was thrown to the floor.
"I don't know but I think something is shooting at us!" Hilda replied as she held onto her chair tightly so she wouldn't be flung to the floor.
"I hate this! Who the hell does he think he is shooting us like this!" Padme screamed as she slid into the opposite wall.
"Padme hang on to something before you hurt yourself!" Hilda suggested to her as Padme held onto the bottom of the seat.
Anikin grabbed hold of the radar and put on the goggles that allowed him to virtually control the back controls on the ship. He grabbed hold of the triggers on the screen and started firing the blasters at the ship missing the wings by inches.
"Come on you can do better than that!" Gene encouraged him as an alarm started to wail through the cockpit warning them that they had taken a serious hit on the right side of their ship.
"I'm trying!" Anikin cried as he finally hit a hole into the left wing on his ship.
"Anikin don't you remember! The fuel gauge is always on the right side of the ship! Aim there!" Gene yelled back at him as their ship began to sputter and slow dramatically.
"What's happing Gene? It's almost like we are out of gas."
"We are Anikin, we lost most of it in that last hit. Make sure he doesn't shoot us in the belly cause that could cause a spark and ignite us on fire."
"Roger." Anikin replied but it was too late, there was one beam of light and then a rumbling. "He's got us!"
"Shit, okay don't panic." Gene said to himself as he began to flip toggles.
"Padme! There is fire coming up through the floor!" Hilda screamed watching the flames burn through the synthetic floor.
"Oh my Gosh!" Padme wailed. The fire twisted up larger and larger than before until it was just inches away from Hilda and Padme. Hilda began to cough and choke on the toxic carbon dioxide and just as she was about to nod off, her amber eyes saw a figure burst through the flames and fling her onto his back. It was Anikin and after retrieving Padme from the flames, he had gone for Hilda. Anikin bounded into the control room and threw Padme and Hilda onto the floor. They both coughed and choked to breath air again.
"Great job, now we need to find a place to land." Gene replied not looking up from the screen. His fingers flew over the keyboard to type in new coordinates.
"I think I still have a good shot at this guy wait just one more second." Anikin said to Gene as he put back on the goggles to the virtual controller. He took up his hand and grabbed the blasters once more. He aimed for the right wing, just about where the fuel gauge should me.
"Come on Anikin, I'll give you one shot but we got to get out of here fast before he finishes us." Gene called to him. Sweat rolled down his forehead as he gripped the trigger and fired. In and instant flash of light, he knew he had hit the fuel gauge.
"Wow, nice shot." Hilda complimented him as Anikin took off his goggles and flashed a triumphant smile at them.
"All in a days work." He replied.
"Alright hang on everyone this landing isn't going to be very soft." Gene warned them all as the headed straight for a rocky planet in front of them. The all scrambled for seats and clicked them selves in. The red glow surrounded them and they all knew they were entering the atmosphere. The red glow gave way to a distant reddish shaped piece of land that was oddly shaped surrounded by the blue ocean. Then that gave way to a nice little town with stucco houses and then CRASH. They landed right in the middle of the town square in a large explosion of metal and fire.
"So, where you guys from?" Anikin asked slyly as he walked from the cockpit to the middle of the room.
"Naboo of course." Padme answered but stopped and realized her mistake.
"We are from Xere and that is all you need to know, you don't have to be so nosey." Hilda replied keeping her head turned towards the window so that Anikin couldn't see anything but her glossy black hair.
"I was just wondering, I think I have a right to know why you want to return to Xere at least." Anikin argued.
"To see family." Hilda replied turning to show Anikin her amber eyes that were glassy with fault and lies.
"Now isn't there a ship you should be flying?" Padme asked as Anikin grumbled and walked back to the cockpit.
"I think they are catching onto us Padme, they are smarter than I suspected." Hilda whispered to Padme.
"Yeah well that is what you get for trusting bounty hunters. If we just keep them guessing like that then they won't have enough time to find out so don't worry." Padme reassured her keeping one watchful eye on the cockpit door where she could see Anikin moving back and forth.
"I don't trust them Gene, there is something fishy about those girls." Anikin cried as quietly as he could.
"Oh please everyone is a little weird, let's just get this job finished and it will be all over before you know it. Besides we promised them."
"But Gene…" Anikin started but was interrupted by a transmission sent by a ship that had been trailing behind them the whole time.
Anikin and Gene started into the green eyes of a middle-aged man with brown hair that was long to his shoulders and had a beard outlining his face. He had a strange smile on his face and his voice was smooth and deep.
"Hello there, I see your ship is caring some illegal immigrants if you know what I mean." He declared as Anikin and Gene stood there dumbfounded.
"No, nothing on this ship is illegal sir I reassure you." Gene replied his face growing hot because of his lies. He knew in the back of his mind that he was talking about the two women in the back but he had to protect his profits.
"Uh-hu, you don't have Padme and Hilda in your possession? Cause if you did I'd have to take them from you." The man told them raising his eyebrows like it was going to be such an unwanted task.
"Well even if we did have them we wouldn't let you get them sir. No offense." Anikin replied as Gene elbowed him and gave him a stern look.
"Is that so? The how come I can see them in the background?" The man slyly questioned as Anikin slammed the cockpit door closed.
"What was that all about?" Hilda asked as Padme shrugged.
"Do you think I should go check?"
"Nah that might make them more mad. Just stay here."
Anikin stood in front of the door, face flushed but he tried to looke as convincing as possible, "Those women aren't them. No these women are simply clients of ours. We are trying to run a bus service."
"In a destroyer with coordinates for Xere?" the man asked with a skeptical look.
"Eh, you know…" Anikin replied.
"Damn your good." Gene cut in knowing that the game was up. "But we aren't going to let you take them from us cause they are clients and they are going to give us money for this."
"Do you two understand the amount of trouble you guys are going to get into because of this!" the man yelled at them as Anikin's smiled faded into a shocked look.
"Yes and that is a risk we are willing to take, we were once bounty hunters and we still have the courage of a bounty hunter" Gene replied coldly as he started to veer off to the right in hopes of loosing the other ship.
"Gene I don't think this is a good idea, look at his ship it's surely more nimble than ours. We should just give the girls up." Anikin reasoned as beams from blasters skimmed the wings of their ship.
"Come on Anikin, you use to have the stomach for these things now your chickening out on me. Just ready the blasters in the back and see if you can shake him up a bit."
"What in the hell is going on!" Padme screamed as she was thrown to the floor.
"I don't know but I think something is shooting at us!" Hilda replied as she held onto her chair tightly so she wouldn't be flung to the floor.
"I hate this! Who the hell does he think he is shooting us like this!" Padme screamed as she slid into the opposite wall.
"Padme hang on to something before you hurt yourself!" Hilda suggested to her as Padme held onto the bottom of the seat.
Anikin grabbed hold of the radar and put on the goggles that allowed him to virtually control the back controls on the ship. He grabbed hold of the triggers on the screen and started firing the blasters at the ship missing the wings by inches.
"Come on you can do better than that!" Gene encouraged him as an alarm started to wail through the cockpit warning them that they had taken a serious hit on the right side of their ship.
"I'm trying!" Anikin cried as he finally hit a hole into the left wing on his ship.
"Anikin don't you remember! The fuel gauge is always on the right side of the ship! Aim there!" Gene yelled back at him as their ship began to sputter and slow dramatically.
"What's happing Gene? It's almost like we are out of gas."
"We are Anikin, we lost most of it in that last hit. Make sure he doesn't shoot us in the belly cause that could cause a spark and ignite us on fire."
"Roger." Anikin replied but it was too late, there was one beam of light and then a rumbling. "He's got us!"
"Shit, okay don't panic." Gene said to himself as he began to flip toggles.
"Padme! There is fire coming up through the floor!" Hilda screamed watching the flames burn through the synthetic floor.
"Oh my Gosh!" Padme wailed. The fire twisted up larger and larger than before until it was just inches away from Hilda and Padme. Hilda began to cough and choke on the toxic carbon dioxide and just as she was about to nod off, her amber eyes saw a figure burst through the flames and fling her onto his back. It was Anikin and after retrieving Padme from the flames, he had gone for Hilda. Anikin bounded into the control room and threw Padme and Hilda onto the floor. They both coughed and choked to breath air again.
"Great job, now we need to find a place to land." Gene replied not looking up from the screen. His fingers flew over the keyboard to type in new coordinates.
"I think I still have a good shot at this guy wait just one more second." Anikin said to Gene as he put back on the goggles to the virtual controller. He took up his hand and grabbed the blasters once more. He aimed for the right wing, just about where the fuel gauge should me.
"Come on Anikin, I'll give you one shot but we got to get out of here fast before he finishes us." Gene called to him. Sweat rolled down his forehead as he gripped the trigger and fired. In and instant flash of light, he knew he had hit the fuel gauge.
"Wow, nice shot." Hilda complimented him as Anikin took off his goggles and flashed a triumphant smile at them.
"All in a days work." He replied.
"Alright hang on everyone this landing isn't going to be very soft." Gene warned them all as the headed straight for a rocky planet in front of them. The all scrambled for seats and clicked them selves in. The red glow surrounded them and they all knew they were entering the atmosphere. The red glow gave way to a distant reddish shaped piece of land that was oddly shaped surrounded by the blue ocean. Then that gave way to a nice little town with stucco houses and then CRASH. They landed right in the middle of the town square in a large explosion of metal and fire.