Chapter 4
Ganner stood in front of the council chamber door, afraid to enter, remembering what had happened to him last time he had gone into that place. The door to the chamber opened and a voice from the chamber summoned him inside. Ganner entered the room, stepping to the very center of the circular area. He looked around the chamber, preparing himself for what the council was about to tell him. Mace Windu was the first to speak, "Due to your recent encounter, we have chosen you for this assignment. Your job will be to track down these so called 'Nightsisters', discover where they are working from, but to if at all possible, do not engage them, you are to report back to us as soon as you find them, and we will send a force to oppose them. "Being as how you are a rather new Jedi Knight, we will be pairing you with someone else, she also is a young Jedi Knight, Her name is Mayj Hovlaan, I believe you have been acquainted before. You and her will complete a few small missions around Coruscant before we send you on your way." "Why the long wait before we get going?" Ganner asked, speaking the first thing that came to mind. "We must first complete the arrangements for you leaving, starships, passports, etcetera." "Ah! Has she been informed of this yet?" He asked "Yes, she is down on the main floor, being briefed for the first of your peacekeeping assignments, you are to report down there immediately." The Jedi Master replied. "Thank you, master." Ganner said, bowing and leaving the room, walking toward the turbolift to take him to the main floor.
He stepped out of the turbolift and walked toward the room where Mayj would be being briefed. Ganner, entered the room, the door closing behind him, and sat down in one of the many empty chairs, looking to the only other occupant of the room. "What have we got to do tonight?" He asked, wandering what they could possibly have to do in the undercity of Coruscant. "A local restaurant has been getting robbed on a regular basis by a gang, we are supposed to post out there tonight, and if the thugs show up we stop them." She said, getting straight down to business. "Okay." He said with mock seriousness, trying to lighten the mood. She got up to walk out, "Come on, I've got a speeder waiting outside to take us to the restaurant, I'll drive." Ganner stood up and began to follow her out, trying not to laugh. Is this person incapable of showing feelings, like laughing at a joke, or what?
Ganner leaned back in his seat, relaxing. "Remember Mayj, not to many drinks while we're at the bar." He said in a mocking tone. "It's a restaurant, not a bar, and I don't drink." She said, continuing to stare out the front of the speeder while she was driving. "Are your lips like magnetized together or something, because I meant that as a joke, and frankly, well.I don't think you got it." Ganner said, staring at her, amazed at how she never showed any emotion, even for a second. "Oh," She said, "in that case ha ha ha." "Ooo, that was good, did you hurt yourself? I'm serious, are you incapable of finding things funny?" "We're here." She said, changing the subject as she landed the speeder. "Fine, whatever." Ganner said, deciding to drop the subject as he stepped out of the speeder and onto the street. The two of them walked through the door, finding themselves a table in the back of the restaurant. Mayj began looking around nervously almost right after they sat down. "You know we've only been sitting here for a few minutes, but if you think that they know we're here or something, I wouldn't worry about it, no one can even see us, let alone be suspicious of us." "I know, I'm just nervous, it's my first assignment as a Jedi Knight, without Master Vai." "Its my first assignment without my master as well." "Yeah sure, but I haven't already had a fight with a Dark Jedi and beat him, not to mention been on my own for a few weeks already." "Listen, striking down that sith was not something that made me proud, and let's not even go to th." He stopped as he saw a group of shady looking men walk in the door, the lead of which drew a blaster from his belt. "Its show time." Ganner said to Mayj, reaching into his robe to reach for his lightsaber.
Sater pulled his blaster from his belt, the rest of his gang doing the same. He raised it up in the air so all could see, yelling as he did. "Alright everyone, we're here again to take your credits and valuables, no one acts heroic, and no one get hurt." The people were all frozen in place, fear on their faces, staring at him. One of the others was emptying the money from behind the bar, the other nine, standing around, taunting the occupants of the establishment with their blasters. His friend had finish emptying the bar of money, Sater grabbed a drink, glugging it down in one try, the rest of his "troops" all standing in front of the bar as well. He turned around to leave and ran into something, falling to the floor on his back, finding himself looking up into a very stern face. Sater stood up, pulling his blaster from its holster, showing it to the man. "Out of the way bud, I don't want to hurt you." "Oh please." The man said, removing a shiny cylinder from inside his dark robes. "What is that suppo." He trailed of as he realized what the object was. "BOYS!!!" he yelled calling to the others that were there with him in the restaurant. Ten more people ran into the establishment, doubling the number of allies he had with him. "I would suggest surrendering Jedi, you're quite outnumbered." "Oh please," The other said, igniting his lightsaber to reveal a black blade, "You don't think that I'd come here alone do you?" Setar was confused at what the man had said, and then his eyes grew wide, he looked around the restaurant. As if on cue, another lightsaber ignited in the shadows, this one pink. A girl emerged from the shadows, her eyes maddeningly calm. "Didn't you know that stealing is against the law?" she asked, her voice devoid of all emotion. That was the last straw, Setar whipped his blaster up, as did the rest of his group, and started firing.
Ganner brought his lightsaber up, deflecting the first shot that came at him, the bolt shooting up in the air. He saw another come at him, sent that one back at the owner, hitting him in the leg. The bolts came more and faster now, being everywhere at once, this was much faster than in training, but he had no problem deflecting every one. Then Mayj entered the fight, her pink blade everywhere at once sending every bolt back at the gang of thugs in front of them. Every time she sent a bolt back at the gang, another blaster stopped firing until there was only one left.
Sater saw that it was his only option left, so he went for it. He reached back behind an overturned table and grabbed a person that was crouching behind it. He was going to get out of here, one way or another.
Ganner saw the man reach behind the overturned table, and pull a woman out from behind it by the table by the back of her dress. "Don't move, or I'll shoot her!" he yelled. The womans eyes stared at him, almost crying out for pity. Ganner's hand twitched and the man's hand came loose from the womans back. Another twitch of his hand, and the man came flying across the room, the neck of his shirt landing in Ganner's hand. Ganner held him there, a few inches above the ground, looking into his eyes. "Don't ever get civilians involved," Ganner said, dropping the man to the ground and deactivating his lightsaber. Ganner turned to Mayj. "Shall we go?" he asked, walking out the door with her as the police ran in. Ganner sat down in the speeder, closing his eyes and relaxing. laying back in his chair. "I think that we should head back to the temple." Mayj said as she started up the speeder, turning it back toward the temple and accelerating.
Ganner stood in front of the council chamber door, afraid to enter, remembering what had happened to him last time he had gone into that place. The door to the chamber opened and a voice from the chamber summoned him inside. Ganner entered the room, stepping to the very center of the circular area. He looked around the chamber, preparing himself for what the council was about to tell him. Mace Windu was the first to speak, "Due to your recent encounter, we have chosen you for this assignment. Your job will be to track down these so called 'Nightsisters', discover where they are working from, but to if at all possible, do not engage them, you are to report back to us as soon as you find them, and we will send a force to oppose them. "Being as how you are a rather new Jedi Knight, we will be pairing you with someone else, she also is a young Jedi Knight, Her name is Mayj Hovlaan, I believe you have been acquainted before. You and her will complete a few small missions around Coruscant before we send you on your way." "Why the long wait before we get going?" Ganner asked, speaking the first thing that came to mind. "We must first complete the arrangements for you leaving, starships, passports, etcetera." "Ah! Has she been informed of this yet?" He asked "Yes, she is down on the main floor, being briefed for the first of your peacekeeping assignments, you are to report down there immediately." The Jedi Master replied. "Thank you, master." Ganner said, bowing and leaving the room, walking toward the turbolift to take him to the main floor.
He stepped out of the turbolift and walked toward the room where Mayj would be being briefed. Ganner, entered the room, the door closing behind him, and sat down in one of the many empty chairs, looking to the only other occupant of the room. "What have we got to do tonight?" He asked, wandering what they could possibly have to do in the undercity of Coruscant. "A local restaurant has been getting robbed on a regular basis by a gang, we are supposed to post out there tonight, and if the thugs show up we stop them." She said, getting straight down to business. "Okay." He said with mock seriousness, trying to lighten the mood. She got up to walk out, "Come on, I've got a speeder waiting outside to take us to the restaurant, I'll drive." Ganner stood up and began to follow her out, trying not to laugh. Is this person incapable of showing feelings, like laughing at a joke, or what?
Ganner leaned back in his seat, relaxing. "Remember Mayj, not to many drinks while we're at the bar." He said in a mocking tone. "It's a restaurant, not a bar, and I don't drink." She said, continuing to stare out the front of the speeder while she was driving. "Are your lips like magnetized together or something, because I meant that as a joke, and frankly, well.I don't think you got it." Ganner said, staring at her, amazed at how she never showed any emotion, even for a second. "Oh," She said, "in that case ha ha ha." "Ooo, that was good, did you hurt yourself? I'm serious, are you incapable of finding things funny?" "We're here." She said, changing the subject as she landed the speeder. "Fine, whatever." Ganner said, deciding to drop the subject as he stepped out of the speeder and onto the street. The two of them walked through the door, finding themselves a table in the back of the restaurant. Mayj began looking around nervously almost right after they sat down. "You know we've only been sitting here for a few minutes, but if you think that they know we're here or something, I wouldn't worry about it, no one can even see us, let alone be suspicious of us." "I know, I'm just nervous, it's my first assignment as a Jedi Knight, without Master Vai." "Its my first assignment without my master as well." "Yeah sure, but I haven't already had a fight with a Dark Jedi and beat him, not to mention been on my own for a few weeks already." "Listen, striking down that sith was not something that made me proud, and let's not even go to th." He stopped as he saw a group of shady looking men walk in the door, the lead of which drew a blaster from his belt. "Its show time." Ganner said to Mayj, reaching into his robe to reach for his lightsaber.
Sater pulled his blaster from his belt, the rest of his gang doing the same. He raised it up in the air so all could see, yelling as he did. "Alright everyone, we're here again to take your credits and valuables, no one acts heroic, and no one get hurt." The people were all frozen in place, fear on their faces, staring at him. One of the others was emptying the money from behind the bar, the other nine, standing around, taunting the occupants of the establishment with their blasters. His friend had finish emptying the bar of money, Sater grabbed a drink, glugging it down in one try, the rest of his "troops" all standing in front of the bar as well. He turned around to leave and ran into something, falling to the floor on his back, finding himself looking up into a very stern face. Sater stood up, pulling his blaster from its holster, showing it to the man. "Out of the way bud, I don't want to hurt you." "Oh please." The man said, removing a shiny cylinder from inside his dark robes. "What is that suppo." He trailed of as he realized what the object was. "BOYS!!!" he yelled calling to the others that were there with him in the restaurant. Ten more people ran into the establishment, doubling the number of allies he had with him. "I would suggest surrendering Jedi, you're quite outnumbered." "Oh please," The other said, igniting his lightsaber to reveal a black blade, "You don't think that I'd come here alone do you?" Setar was confused at what the man had said, and then his eyes grew wide, he looked around the restaurant. As if on cue, another lightsaber ignited in the shadows, this one pink. A girl emerged from the shadows, her eyes maddeningly calm. "Didn't you know that stealing is against the law?" she asked, her voice devoid of all emotion. That was the last straw, Setar whipped his blaster up, as did the rest of his group, and started firing.
Ganner brought his lightsaber up, deflecting the first shot that came at him, the bolt shooting up in the air. He saw another come at him, sent that one back at the owner, hitting him in the leg. The bolts came more and faster now, being everywhere at once, this was much faster than in training, but he had no problem deflecting every one. Then Mayj entered the fight, her pink blade everywhere at once sending every bolt back at the gang of thugs in front of them. Every time she sent a bolt back at the gang, another blaster stopped firing until there was only one left.
Sater saw that it was his only option left, so he went for it. He reached back behind an overturned table and grabbed a person that was crouching behind it. He was going to get out of here, one way or another.
Ganner saw the man reach behind the overturned table, and pull a woman out from behind it by the table by the back of her dress. "Don't move, or I'll shoot her!" he yelled. The womans eyes stared at him, almost crying out for pity. Ganner's hand twitched and the man's hand came loose from the womans back. Another twitch of his hand, and the man came flying across the room, the neck of his shirt landing in Ganner's hand. Ganner held him there, a few inches above the ground, looking into his eyes. "Don't ever get civilians involved," Ganner said, dropping the man to the ground and deactivating his lightsaber. Ganner turned to Mayj. "Shall we go?" he asked, walking out the door with her as the police ran in. Ganner sat down in the speeder, closing his eyes and relaxing. laying back in his chair. "I think that we should head back to the temple." Mayj said as she started up the speeder, turning it back toward the temple and accelerating.