~~3~~
"Do you really want the Empire to rule over all of you?" Lin-San Tseng asked the crowd she had gathered. "All they want is control over your lives! Do you want them to have it?"
"If we give them control, then we live. That is all that we want, isn't it!" one of the onlookers yelled. The crowd agreed with shouts for him and boos for Lin-San.
"Don't you people care about your freedom? Weren't you better off with the Galactic Republic, not the Galactic Empire?" she yelled, trying once more to get the people to agree with her.
"You are going to get us all in trouble with the Empire! Get out of here or we will throw you out!" the crowd yelled again, this time rushing the platform that she was standing on, trying to pull her down.
"Everybody, freeze!" The crowd stopped dead in their tracks. Five Storm Troopers forced their way through the crowd and onto Lin-San's platform. "Just what do you think you are doing?" the first Trooper asked.
"Oh, nothing. Just having a conversation with some friends here." she said, pointing to the crowd.
"They don't look to much like friends to me." the second Trooper stated.
"Yeah, unless friends attempt to kill each other at every word said." another Trooper said and the rest laughed at his very poor joke.
"Be quiet!" the obvious leader of the group said to his subordinates. "Again I ask you, what do you think you're doing?" he said, again turning to Lin-San.
"You don't need to know what I am doing here." She replied with a wave of her hand.
"I don't need to know what you are doing here. Go about your business please." He said and turned away, his subordinates following quickly behind.
"Hey! Did you see that?" someone in the crowd yelled. "She changed that Storm Trooper's mind with a wave of her hand!"
Lin-San looked at the crowd in dismay. Had they seen her use the Jedi Mind Trick? Might they know what it is?
"Hey, isn't that a Jedi thing? A, um, Jedi Mind Trick! Someone, call back the Storm Troopers!" another person yelled.
"Grab a hold of her! There is a big reward for anyone that turns in Jedi!" a Bith in the crowd yelled. As soon as the words escaped its mouth, the crowd lunged at Lin-San.
She quickly used the Force to leap over their heads and land behind them. As soon as the crowd witnessed this, they quickly ran to catch up to her. Some in the crowd pulled out blasters and started shooting at Lin-San. She used the Force to move around them, until one was a little to close for comfort and singed one of her braids.
She turned around and ignited one of her lightsabers. The crowd saw her stance and stopped running. Some continued to shoot at her, but she dodged each with the skill that a former Jedi Counsel member should have. She directed the bolts to hit outside the crowed so that none got injured. The crowd was amazed at how the lightsaber moved, almost as if it was controlling Lin-San and not the other way around.
When the blasts stopped, Lin-San remained in a defensive stance, almost as if daring anyone to come and challenge her to a duel. The crowd looked at her in awe and slowly backed away. Soon, the only one remaining was the Bith that originally challenged her. He slowly approached her, blaster in hand. "Who do you think you are?" he said to her, now circling her.
"I am a Jedi Knight and a member of the Jedi Counsel. Who do you think you are?" she replied with a smirk on her face.
"I am a bounty hunter for the Empire. I've been hired to hunt and kill any Jedi Knights that I find, and since you claim to be an actual member of the former Jedi Counsel, I should get extra pay from Darth Vader! C'mon, move." he said, now pointing his blaster two feet from Lin-San's back.
"Do you honestly think that you could stop a Jedi Master?" she said, slightly turning in the direction of the bounty hunter.
"Why not? It wouldn't be the first time. I've captured and killed many of your kind." he replied.
"Perhaps, but you have been circling me for ten minutes and haven't been able to lay a finger on me, let alone hit me with one of your pathetic blaster bolts." she laughed at him.
"Well, that is because I haven't been trying very hard. Would you like to see my try hard Jedi Master?" he said with an evil look on his face.
"Look at you, you are exhausted!" Lin-San said, slowly coming closer to the assassin. "This bickering is ridiculous. Do you really prefer the Empire over the Republic?" Now she was a foot in front of him, lightsaber still drawn.
Realizing that Lin-San was moving closer to him, he took a step backwards. "Tired or not, there is a bounty on your head and it is high. I don't care for the Empire or the Republic. The only thing I care about is getting paid."
"Well, I guarantee that you will get your just rewards." Lin-San finished thrusting her lightsaber into the stomach of the Bith as he fired a shot at her arm. Lin-San disengaged her lightsaber and hung it back on her belt. She held her arm as she slowly walked back to her ship to visit an old friend.
"Do you really want the Empire to rule over all of you?" Lin-San Tseng asked the crowd she had gathered. "All they want is control over your lives! Do you want them to have it?"
"If we give them control, then we live. That is all that we want, isn't it!" one of the onlookers yelled. The crowd agreed with shouts for him and boos for Lin-San.
"Don't you people care about your freedom? Weren't you better off with the Galactic Republic, not the Galactic Empire?" she yelled, trying once more to get the people to agree with her.
"You are going to get us all in trouble with the Empire! Get out of here or we will throw you out!" the crowd yelled again, this time rushing the platform that she was standing on, trying to pull her down.
"Everybody, freeze!" The crowd stopped dead in their tracks. Five Storm Troopers forced their way through the crowd and onto Lin-San's platform. "Just what do you think you are doing?" the first Trooper asked.
"Oh, nothing. Just having a conversation with some friends here." she said, pointing to the crowd.
"They don't look to much like friends to me." the second Trooper stated.
"Yeah, unless friends attempt to kill each other at every word said." another Trooper said and the rest laughed at his very poor joke.
"Be quiet!" the obvious leader of the group said to his subordinates. "Again I ask you, what do you think you're doing?" he said, again turning to Lin-San.
"You don't need to know what I am doing here." She replied with a wave of her hand.
"I don't need to know what you are doing here. Go about your business please." He said and turned away, his subordinates following quickly behind.
"Hey! Did you see that?" someone in the crowd yelled. "She changed that Storm Trooper's mind with a wave of her hand!"
Lin-San looked at the crowd in dismay. Had they seen her use the Jedi Mind Trick? Might they know what it is?
"Hey, isn't that a Jedi thing? A, um, Jedi Mind Trick! Someone, call back the Storm Troopers!" another person yelled.
"Grab a hold of her! There is a big reward for anyone that turns in Jedi!" a Bith in the crowd yelled. As soon as the words escaped its mouth, the crowd lunged at Lin-San.
She quickly used the Force to leap over their heads and land behind them. As soon as the crowd witnessed this, they quickly ran to catch up to her. Some in the crowd pulled out blasters and started shooting at Lin-San. She used the Force to move around them, until one was a little to close for comfort and singed one of her braids.
She turned around and ignited one of her lightsabers. The crowd saw her stance and stopped running. Some continued to shoot at her, but she dodged each with the skill that a former Jedi Counsel member should have. She directed the bolts to hit outside the crowed so that none got injured. The crowd was amazed at how the lightsaber moved, almost as if it was controlling Lin-San and not the other way around.
When the blasts stopped, Lin-San remained in a defensive stance, almost as if daring anyone to come and challenge her to a duel. The crowd looked at her in awe and slowly backed away. Soon, the only one remaining was the Bith that originally challenged her. He slowly approached her, blaster in hand. "Who do you think you are?" he said to her, now circling her.
"I am a Jedi Knight and a member of the Jedi Counsel. Who do you think you are?" she replied with a smirk on her face.
"I am a bounty hunter for the Empire. I've been hired to hunt and kill any Jedi Knights that I find, and since you claim to be an actual member of the former Jedi Counsel, I should get extra pay from Darth Vader! C'mon, move." he said, now pointing his blaster two feet from Lin-San's back.
"Do you honestly think that you could stop a Jedi Master?" she said, slightly turning in the direction of the bounty hunter.
"Why not? It wouldn't be the first time. I've captured and killed many of your kind." he replied.
"Perhaps, but you have been circling me for ten minutes and haven't been able to lay a finger on me, let alone hit me with one of your pathetic blaster bolts." she laughed at him.
"Well, that is because I haven't been trying very hard. Would you like to see my try hard Jedi Master?" he said with an evil look on his face.
"Look at you, you are exhausted!" Lin-San said, slowly coming closer to the assassin. "This bickering is ridiculous. Do you really prefer the Empire over the Republic?" Now she was a foot in front of him, lightsaber still drawn.
Realizing that Lin-San was moving closer to him, he took a step backwards. "Tired or not, there is a bounty on your head and it is high. I don't care for the Empire or the Republic. The only thing I care about is getting paid."
"Well, I guarantee that you will get your just rewards." Lin-San finished thrusting her lightsaber into the stomach of the Bith as he fired a shot at her arm. Lin-San disengaged her lightsaber and hung it back on her belt. She held her arm as she slowly walked back to her ship to visit an old friend.