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Introduction: This time there will be fighting, Jaster and Geris will show what being a Mandalore Mercenary is all about as they continue their mission to assassinate the enemy of a Governor who is currently unknown to them.
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Chapter 4: The Smugglers
Jango would have loved to explore more of Coruscant but Jaster and Geris insisted that they completed the mission with as little notice as possible, this ment travelling through the dark alleys where most would rather stay away. "We should be almost there, Commander." Geris said.
"The complex is just up ahead, stay sharp, both of you." Jaster said.
"Why must we remain hidden?" Jango asked.
"Because there are multiple factions on Coruscant that are not exactly our friends. We have had... Confrontations with some in the past." Jaster answered.
"Like the Jedi." Geris finished.
"The Jedi!?" Jango shouted.
"Hey quiet down!" Jaster said in a loud whisper then returned to a normal voice. "The Jedi believe we are just a minor problem, nothing more." Jaster finished.
"Then why did they arrest a few of our men on Chandrilla Commander!?" Geris questioned in a challenge like fashion.
"This is not the time let alone place for this discussion Geris, we have a job to do. Remember that."
"Sorry sir."
The group continued walking in the darkness for a few minutes until they arrived at a large condemned building. It didn't seem like there was anyone inside the way it was so dark. The building was average sized, not too large, not too small. The group snuck around a corner and stopped at the rear doors.
"You think they will let us in if we knock?" Jaster asked jokingly.
"Yeah sure, why not?" Geris laughed going along with the joke.
Jango just looked blankly at Jaster not getting what was funny about it. "All right Jango, this may either be a trap or it is some crime group's headquarters. This is going to be dangerous, and considering this is a warehouse we are not exactly going to be able to use stealth if we are detected once." Jaster said while taking out two blaster pistols.
"Am I going in too?" Jango asked.
"Won't that be a little dangerous, kid?" Geris asked.
"If you go in Jango, be sure to stay near one of us at all times, we may end up getting seperated if the fighting gets rough."
"Yeah, we can do more damage that way." Geris added. Jaster slowly climbed up a rusty old ladder that was not very far from the rear doors.
"All right Jango, stay close to me." Geris said while opening the rear door holding his blaster rifle.
Geris stepped in and quickly looked around. Jango walked in slowly behind him. "Try not to make too much noise." Geris whispered to Jango.
The two slowly walked around ready for anything when Jango heard something. "There is someone below us!" Jango whispered loudly.
"Shh!" Geris moved torwards a small grating in the floor with light rushing up through the rusty surface. "Stay close Jango." Geris looked through the grating to see two men in average clothing talking.
"So, when is that Governor going to crack?" The left one asked facing the other.
"Stubborn, we may have to go through with the blackmailing after all." The right one replied in a harsh tone.
"Heh, let's get to the meeting room." The left one said.
"So, that's it. That Governor wants us to kill this guy before he gets blackmailed. You hear that Commander?" Geris said over his helmet communicator.
"Loud and clear, I'm on my way. Stay sharp." Jaster said over the comm.
Geris gripped his blaster rifle tighter and looked at Jango. "Things are about to get a little messy, kid, we're going to have to get out of here quickly after it's done. No doubt the local authorities will respond... The Jedi won't be far behind either if they hear Mandalores were behind this."
Suddenly a hand grabbed Geris' shoulder from behind. Jango stepped back with a scared look on his face and Geris swung around aiming his rifle at the person. "Calm down Yamov, a little jumpy aren't we?" The person said while stepping into a little bit of light revealing him to be Jaster.
"Commander, don't do that!" Geris complained.
Jaster swung one of his pistols around. "Let's go take care of that blackmailer." Jaster said moving back into the darkness. "I don't think the nightvision feature will reveal us Geris, so don't worry about using it." Jaster finished.
With that the trio moved onward through the darkness watching their steps very carefully. They arrived at two average sized doors and carefully, Jaster pushed the button to open it. The door swooshed open to reveal a large lit chamber with a large metal catwalk above holding a few followers of this organization. The ground was also covered with them, and at the center of the top catwalk stood the leader who was giving a speech. "This was reckless..." Geris said to Jaster.
"It was the only way in." Jaster calmly replied back holding both of his pistols at the ready.
The leader of the smugglers who noticed his guests looked down upon the three and shouted "What is the meaning of this!? Who are you!?"
Jaster, Geris, and Jango all walked into the large chamber all faces looking at them. "We're here to make sure your silenced." Jaster said pointing to the shocked smuggler leader.
"I guess Governor Jerin must have hired you. No matter, you are mistaken however mercenaries..." The leader then pointed at the black armored Jaster "You are the ones who shall be silenced."
All of the smugglers pulled out their guns. "This is unfair, Commander." Said Geris while looking around.
Jaster held up his two blasters and said "Your right... Maybe we should use melee weapons?" Jaster joked then finished with "You take the ground level guys Geris, I'll cover you by taking down the catwalk snipers."
"Watch out Commander, the leader is up there and there is no telling what he-" Geris was cut off by laser bolts flying by them.
"Jango, hide!" Jaster shouted while activating his jetpack and flying up to the lower level of the catwalk.
Jango quickly ran behind a crate and peered over it to watch the unfolding battle. First he observed Geris who was blasting away at smugglerss with his rifle. One ran up behind Geris but shortly before he got close enough to do anything Jango shouted "Geris, behind you!" Geris spun around and punched his attacker in the face. "Thanks, kid!" Geris shouted while returning to battle.
Jaster was slowly ascending the catwalk by blasting any smugglers who got in his way. He fired one blaster at a smuggler above him who let out a scream of pain and fell off the side and onto the floor. He fired the other blaster at a smuggler who was running up behind him, he too fell off the side screaming. One smuggler ran at Jaster with a small bladed weapon, Jaster punched him in the stomach and then spun kicked the smuggler off the catwalk.
Jango meanwhile ran over to one of the fallen bodies and took a blaster from the ground. He picked it up and quickly examined it admist the chaos and aimed it at a smuggler and pulled the trigger. Jango fell back a little not used to the kickback of the weapon, he missed his target the first time. The smuggler turned around to face the boy and aimed his blaster at him. Jango now scared quickly raised the blaster again and fired, while closing his eyes. He heard a thump and opened his eyes to see he did not miss. Shocked he ran over to the corpse and examined it to find out that he was indeed dead. Jango could not believe he just took a life, he may have been a smuggler, but did he deserve this fate?
Jaster who saw Jango's accomplishment looked down and shouted "Nice shot, Jango!" Before resuming his battle. Jaster jetpacked up to the topmost catwalk level and kicked another smuggler off the catwalk while blasting a couple others. The smuggler leader now alone pulled out a blaster and aimed it at Jaster.
"I'll fight you to the end mercenary!" The smuggler leader shouted.
Jaster lifted his arm and shot out a cable that swung around the leader. Jaster tugged on it and the smuggler fell onto the metal catwalk's cold surface. Jaster walked over and holstered his blasters while pulling out a small bladed weapon very similar to the one another mercenary had earlier.
Geris meanwhile was still engaged in his own battle with the smugglers while Jango was now helping, and getting used to taking lives. "Good shot, for a kid, keep it up!" Geris shouted to Jango while fighting smugglers hand to hand.
"Thanks, Geris." Jango shouted while blasting away.
Geris punched a smuggler in the face while Jango blasted one who was aiming at Geris' back. Jango no longer feared killing, he was easily growing used to it in this brutal battle.
"You and me are going to have a little chat, smuggler." Jaster said holding the blade to the smuggler's face.
"I'm not talking Mereel!" The smuggler shouted.
"How do you know my name? You just gave yourself away smuggler, very smart."
"Does it matter? You're not getting anything out of me!"
"We'll see..." Jaster said threateningly as he slowly cut down the smuggler's face, he screamed in pain.
Jango looked up to see what Jaster was doing to the smuggler, while wondering how the man who took him in could be acting so cruel.
"You're not even smugglers are you? You're mercenaries." Jaster said still in a threatening tone.
"We-" The smuggler started but was cut off by a laser shot to the head.
Jaster looked in the direction it came from to see a bronze armored Mandalore with a red border around his visor. "Montross, what the hell are you doing here!?"
"I thought you might need a little help, Commander." Montross said in his usual deep voice.
"As you can see we're doing fine, now explain why you just shot our chance to get answers?"
"Our orders were to kill him, Commander. Not find out why. You know how I like to stick to mission profile." Montross defended.
A laser flew by Jaster's head, he looked down and took out one of his blasters and shot the smuggler, then holstered it and continued his conversation with Montross. "I have reason to believe that this, governor set us up Montross. We could have obtained answers out of that mercenary!"
"Are we going to finish the mission or are you going to continue your lecture Mereel?" Montross taunted.
Jaster just sighed and jumped down to a lower level on the catwalk. Montross did the same.
Jango and Geris were meanwhile fighting side by side. "All of these guys are smugglers Geris!?" Jango shouted.
"I'm starting to wonder, kid." Geris shouted back while firing his blaster rifle. He looked up to see Jaster and Montross arriving to help finish off the smugglers. "Well, well, well; Look whose arrived." Geris said when the two reached their position.
The three mandalore's and Jango quickly finished off the last of the smugglers. Jastor looked at Jango and put his hand on his shoulder. "Good work Jango, you have proven that you are worthy to be one of us. Brave of you to risk your life like that." Jaster said.
Montross looked at Jaster angry at his statement torwards the boy, but was able to hide it under his helmet spoke up. "Maybe we should go talk to that Governor now... Commander."
"Right, and Montross, when we get back to the ship we are going to have a little discussion. Anyway, let's not keep this Governor waiting." Jaster said.
"Not that you care Jaster, I mean when was the last time you bothered to respect any politician?" Geris joked.
"Very dry, Geris, focus on your work." Montross emotionlessly said in Geris' direction.
"Didn't you guys say authorities would be here soon?" Jango asked.
"You're right, let's get out of here." Jaster replied.
The four mercenaries left the warehouse and returned to the shadows on their way to the Governor Jerin's place of staying while on Coruscant. Governor Jerin, the governor of a small city on Chandrilla.
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Note: These past two chapters may have focused around Jaster a lot but the next one will once again return to Jango as the primary focus.
Introduction: This time there will be fighting, Jaster and Geris will show what being a Mandalore Mercenary is all about as they continue their mission to assassinate the enemy of a Governor who is currently unknown to them.
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Chapter 4: The Smugglers
Jango would have loved to explore more of Coruscant but Jaster and Geris insisted that they completed the mission with as little notice as possible, this ment travelling through the dark alleys where most would rather stay away. "We should be almost there, Commander." Geris said.
"The complex is just up ahead, stay sharp, both of you." Jaster said.
"Why must we remain hidden?" Jango asked.
"Because there are multiple factions on Coruscant that are not exactly our friends. We have had... Confrontations with some in the past." Jaster answered.
"Like the Jedi." Geris finished.
"The Jedi!?" Jango shouted.
"Hey quiet down!" Jaster said in a loud whisper then returned to a normal voice. "The Jedi believe we are just a minor problem, nothing more." Jaster finished.
"Then why did they arrest a few of our men on Chandrilla Commander!?" Geris questioned in a challenge like fashion.
"This is not the time let alone place for this discussion Geris, we have a job to do. Remember that."
"Sorry sir."
The group continued walking in the darkness for a few minutes until they arrived at a large condemned building. It didn't seem like there was anyone inside the way it was so dark. The building was average sized, not too large, not too small. The group snuck around a corner and stopped at the rear doors.
"You think they will let us in if we knock?" Jaster asked jokingly.
"Yeah sure, why not?" Geris laughed going along with the joke.
Jango just looked blankly at Jaster not getting what was funny about it. "All right Jango, this may either be a trap or it is some crime group's headquarters. This is going to be dangerous, and considering this is a warehouse we are not exactly going to be able to use stealth if we are detected once." Jaster said while taking out two blaster pistols.
"Am I going in too?" Jango asked.
"Won't that be a little dangerous, kid?" Geris asked.
"If you go in Jango, be sure to stay near one of us at all times, we may end up getting seperated if the fighting gets rough."
"Yeah, we can do more damage that way." Geris added. Jaster slowly climbed up a rusty old ladder that was not very far from the rear doors.
"All right Jango, stay close to me." Geris said while opening the rear door holding his blaster rifle.
Geris stepped in and quickly looked around. Jango walked in slowly behind him. "Try not to make too much noise." Geris whispered to Jango.
The two slowly walked around ready for anything when Jango heard something. "There is someone below us!" Jango whispered loudly.
"Shh!" Geris moved torwards a small grating in the floor with light rushing up through the rusty surface. "Stay close Jango." Geris looked through the grating to see two men in average clothing talking.
"So, when is that Governor going to crack?" The left one asked facing the other.
"Stubborn, we may have to go through with the blackmailing after all." The right one replied in a harsh tone.
"Heh, let's get to the meeting room." The left one said.
"So, that's it. That Governor wants us to kill this guy before he gets blackmailed. You hear that Commander?" Geris said over his helmet communicator.
"Loud and clear, I'm on my way. Stay sharp." Jaster said over the comm.
Geris gripped his blaster rifle tighter and looked at Jango. "Things are about to get a little messy, kid, we're going to have to get out of here quickly after it's done. No doubt the local authorities will respond... The Jedi won't be far behind either if they hear Mandalores were behind this."
Suddenly a hand grabbed Geris' shoulder from behind. Jango stepped back with a scared look on his face and Geris swung around aiming his rifle at the person. "Calm down Yamov, a little jumpy aren't we?" The person said while stepping into a little bit of light revealing him to be Jaster.
"Commander, don't do that!" Geris complained.
Jaster swung one of his pistols around. "Let's go take care of that blackmailer." Jaster said moving back into the darkness. "I don't think the nightvision feature will reveal us Geris, so don't worry about using it." Jaster finished.
With that the trio moved onward through the darkness watching their steps very carefully. They arrived at two average sized doors and carefully, Jaster pushed the button to open it. The door swooshed open to reveal a large lit chamber with a large metal catwalk above holding a few followers of this organization. The ground was also covered with them, and at the center of the top catwalk stood the leader who was giving a speech. "This was reckless..." Geris said to Jaster.
"It was the only way in." Jaster calmly replied back holding both of his pistols at the ready.
The leader of the smugglers who noticed his guests looked down upon the three and shouted "What is the meaning of this!? Who are you!?"
Jaster, Geris, and Jango all walked into the large chamber all faces looking at them. "We're here to make sure your silenced." Jaster said pointing to the shocked smuggler leader.
"I guess Governor Jerin must have hired you. No matter, you are mistaken however mercenaries..." The leader then pointed at the black armored Jaster "You are the ones who shall be silenced."
All of the smugglers pulled out their guns. "This is unfair, Commander." Said Geris while looking around.
Jaster held up his two blasters and said "Your right... Maybe we should use melee weapons?" Jaster joked then finished with "You take the ground level guys Geris, I'll cover you by taking down the catwalk snipers."
"Watch out Commander, the leader is up there and there is no telling what he-" Geris was cut off by laser bolts flying by them.
"Jango, hide!" Jaster shouted while activating his jetpack and flying up to the lower level of the catwalk.
Jango quickly ran behind a crate and peered over it to watch the unfolding battle. First he observed Geris who was blasting away at smugglerss with his rifle. One ran up behind Geris but shortly before he got close enough to do anything Jango shouted "Geris, behind you!" Geris spun around and punched his attacker in the face. "Thanks, kid!" Geris shouted while returning to battle.
Jaster was slowly ascending the catwalk by blasting any smugglers who got in his way. He fired one blaster at a smuggler above him who let out a scream of pain and fell off the side and onto the floor. He fired the other blaster at a smuggler who was running up behind him, he too fell off the side screaming. One smuggler ran at Jaster with a small bladed weapon, Jaster punched him in the stomach and then spun kicked the smuggler off the catwalk.
Jango meanwhile ran over to one of the fallen bodies and took a blaster from the ground. He picked it up and quickly examined it admist the chaos and aimed it at a smuggler and pulled the trigger. Jango fell back a little not used to the kickback of the weapon, he missed his target the first time. The smuggler turned around to face the boy and aimed his blaster at him. Jango now scared quickly raised the blaster again and fired, while closing his eyes. He heard a thump and opened his eyes to see he did not miss. Shocked he ran over to the corpse and examined it to find out that he was indeed dead. Jango could not believe he just took a life, he may have been a smuggler, but did he deserve this fate?
Jaster who saw Jango's accomplishment looked down and shouted "Nice shot, Jango!" Before resuming his battle. Jaster jetpacked up to the topmost catwalk level and kicked another smuggler off the catwalk while blasting a couple others. The smuggler leader now alone pulled out a blaster and aimed it at Jaster.
"I'll fight you to the end mercenary!" The smuggler leader shouted.
Jaster lifted his arm and shot out a cable that swung around the leader. Jaster tugged on it and the smuggler fell onto the metal catwalk's cold surface. Jaster walked over and holstered his blasters while pulling out a small bladed weapon very similar to the one another mercenary had earlier.
Geris meanwhile was still engaged in his own battle with the smugglers while Jango was now helping, and getting used to taking lives. "Good shot, for a kid, keep it up!" Geris shouted to Jango while fighting smugglers hand to hand.
"Thanks, Geris." Jango shouted while blasting away.
Geris punched a smuggler in the face while Jango blasted one who was aiming at Geris' back. Jango no longer feared killing, he was easily growing used to it in this brutal battle.
"You and me are going to have a little chat, smuggler." Jaster said holding the blade to the smuggler's face.
"I'm not talking Mereel!" The smuggler shouted.
"How do you know my name? You just gave yourself away smuggler, very smart."
"Does it matter? You're not getting anything out of me!"
"We'll see..." Jaster said threateningly as he slowly cut down the smuggler's face, he screamed in pain.
Jango looked up to see what Jaster was doing to the smuggler, while wondering how the man who took him in could be acting so cruel.
"You're not even smugglers are you? You're mercenaries." Jaster said still in a threatening tone.
"We-" The smuggler started but was cut off by a laser shot to the head.
Jaster looked in the direction it came from to see a bronze armored Mandalore with a red border around his visor. "Montross, what the hell are you doing here!?"
"I thought you might need a little help, Commander." Montross said in his usual deep voice.
"As you can see we're doing fine, now explain why you just shot our chance to get answers?"
"Our orders were to kill him, Commander. Not find out why. You know how I like to stick to mission profile." Montross defended.
A laser flew by Jaster's head, he looked down and took out one of his blasters and shot the smuggler, then holstered it and continued his conversation with Montross. "I have reason to believe that this, governor set us up Montross. We could have obtained answers out of that mercenary!"
"Are we going to finish the mission or are you going to continue your lecture Mereel?" Montross taunted.
Jaster just sighed and jumped down to a lower level on the catwalk. Montross did the same.
Jango and Geris were meanwhile fighting side by side. "All of these guys are smugglers Geris!?" Jango shouted.
"I'm starting to wonder, kid." Geris shouted back while firing his blaster rifle. He looked up to see Jaster and Montross arriving to help finish off the smugglers. "Well, well, well; Look whose arrived." Geris said when the two reached their position.
The three mandalore's and Jango quickly finished off the last of the smugglers. Jastor looked at Jango and put his hand on his shoulder. "Good work Jango, you have proven that you are worthy to be one of us. Brave of you to risk your life like that." Jaster said.
Montross looked at Jaster angry at his statement torwards the boy, but was able to hide it under his helmet spoke up. "Maybe we should go talk to that Governor now... Commander."
"Right, and Montross, when we get back to the ship we are going to have a little discussion. Anyway, let's not keep this Governor waiting." Jaster said.
"Not that you care Jaster, I mean when was the last time you bothered to respect any politician?" Geris joked.
"Very dry, Geris, focus on your work." Montross emotionlessly said in Geris' direction.
"Didn't you guys say authorities would be here soon?" Jango asked.
"You're right, let's get out of here." Jaster replied.
The four mercenaries left the warehouse and returned to the shadows on their way to the Governor Jerin's place of staying while on Coruscant. Governor Jerin, the governor of a small city on Chandrilla.
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Note: These past two chapters may have focused around Jaster a lot but the next one will once again return to Jango as the primary focus.