Chapter 5
Ganner woke up the following morning in his room, feeling tired after the battle at the restaurant the night previous. After getting up and exercising for a few minutes, Ganner headed to the door of his room, he opened it to find Mayj there. "We have another assignment this morning." She said, "come on, I'll tell you on the way to the turbolift." "You remember that gang that we stopped at the restaurant last night?" She asked rhetorically. "Um, no, I already forgot the laser fight that we got into last night." Ganner said jokingly. "Well, the rest of the gang seems to have gotten rather angry, and along with some assassin droids, went on a rampage late last night. We have to infiltrate their hideout building and stop them." "How many people?" Ganner asked "Thirty to forty people, with ten to twenty more droids." She responded, as if she already knew that the question was coming. "Sixty at most, huh?" Ganner commented, thinking about the odds. "I think that I can take thirty of them. Do you think that you can handle the other thirty?" "I'll be fine." She said not seeming to register the humor in his voice. "Once again, I make a joke and it just flies right over your head, and you missed it." Ganner said, sighing. "Oh, sorry." She said. "No problem," he said, "my humor is mostly dry anyway." "Oh, okay." She said as they arrived at the turbolift. "I'll try to laugh next time. "Oh, well, trying is good." He said, stepping into the turbolift.
Ganner got in the passenger seat of the speeder, closing the door behind him. They were heading out toward the thugs' bunker, preparing to infiltrate. Mayj got in the landspeeder, started it, and took off. It took only a matter of minutes for them to arrive at the correct location. Stepping out of the speeder, Ganner looked at the building they were about to break into. "Let's do this." He said to Mayj, approaching the building.
Emik was very angry, his boss was in jail, he was put in charge, and the entire business was falling apart, all in one night. He had always dreamed of ruling the gang one day, but not like this. He wanted to rule when the gang was successful and rich, when they were on a wining streak, no longer needing to rob because of all the money that they had already stolen. But those things were not to be, he was stuck with thios gang of bozos, Sater would have known how to handle these ruffians, but he didn't. They were drinking right now, drinking to their hearts delight, but that would soon change, for Emik had a plan to whip them into shape. A chime at the door announced a visitor. "Check who it is," Emik said, "we don't want no cops bustin' in on us." Five of his men walked toward the door, approaching it cautiously. A low hum came from behind the door, and then the door began to glow, it turned a bright red, the hum growing louder. One of his men stepped forward, "Stay back, I'll get it." He stepped forward, and touched the door. "Ah! Hot!" He said, jumping away from the door. Suddenly the door split, and a black laser blade came through it. The door then blew in, a dark clad man standing there. A Jedi! They must have gotten information from Sater after they got him last night. Emik heard that they had taken him alive. He was probably even now being interrogated by police. Four of his thugs rushed the man, only to be thrown away by some un-seeable force. Ah, yes, he had heard that Jedi could harness that so-called Force, which was why they were near invincible. His men got up, rushing the Jedi again. They appeared to be unhurt, just stunned a little bit. One of his men fired a bolt at the Jedi, but it was deflected back and at the man by the Jedi's lightsaber. The rest of his men then joined the fray. The Jedi couldn't hold out forever, he had him outnumbered, even though the Jedi had taken out one person, he was still outnumbered twenty-seven to one, twenty-six, twenty five. The Jedi was taking his men out, but was weakening, too many bolts coming at him at once. The Jedi would soon fall, he would win, and the morale of his men would skyrocket, helping him rule the business. But then there was another person coming through the door, a pink lightsaber in her hand as well. Another Jedi! This one with vengeance in her eyes. Her lightsaber swung back and forth, cutting down Emik's warriors as it went. He was down to thirteen people now, his men were slowly losing, and Emik knew it. He turned around and ran into the back room, sparing a glance as he went. There were only seven men left, and they were losing ground quite quickly. He ran through the hallways, until he got to the door he wanted. At first it looked like part of the wall, but once he touched the camouflaged touchpad, the door opened. He ran inside and closed the door, locking it. He activated the lights and looked around, these Jedi may be good against people, but he'd soon see how they reacted to assassin droids.
Ganner stood amongst the carnage, looking at what he and Mayj had done, he looked at her, trying to think of what had made her so angry. He had never seen any emotion from her, and the last thing he expected from her was this kind of anger. "What?" She snapped at him, then turned away walking toward a hallway in the back of the room. "Come on, one of them got away, and I don't want him coming back with reinforcements." Ganner watched her walk away, and felt confused. Ah well he would figure that out later. He followed her into the hallway, he was considering asking her about why she was so angry, but decided against it. She appeared as though she had been in this place before, walking through the halls and stopping in front of what appeared to be part of the wall. She turned and ignited her saber, cutting a hole in the wall. She jumped through the hole, and he followed. To find about one hundred and twenty plaster barrels pointed at them. There were thirty assassin droids standing there, each had two blasters on each hand, and a blaster connected to each shoulder. "I thought that you said that there were ten to twenty here." Ganner said, the humor dying from his would-be joke. She turned her gaze upon him. "That wasn't very funny." "I know that, the humor was last when you turned that look on me. Okay, that was all lost too." The two of them turned back to the droids, and Ganner re-ignited his lightsaber, holding it loosely in his hand. "Prepare to meet your end, or as you like to say 'prepare to became one with the Force', Jedi." Came a voice from the back of the room. All of the droids in the room aimed their blasters at the two Jedi. Well, thought Ganner, actually they're all aimed at Mayj. Ganner assessed the situation, trying to figure out how they could both get out of this room alive. Then it came to him, he could eliminate half of them just by making one move. "I will destroy you, if it is the last thing I do." Yelled Mayj. "No you won't." Replied the voice. The droids began firing, and at that second, Ganner acted. He launched himself at Mayj pushing her over, for his plan to work he had to count on the stupidity of the assassin droids. A millisecond before the droids in the front row could fire, the droids in the back row did. Form the angle at which they were aiming the droids in the back shot the droids in front of them, they continued to shoot the ones in front of them, until only the back row was left. Mayj landed on the ground, Ganner landing a few feet past her. He did a forward roll as he landed, and came up on his feet, his lightsaber at the ready. He brought the blade up to deflect one bolt, then another. On of the bolts he deflected hit one of the droids in the leg, causing it to fall over, but it kept on firing. Ganner deflected the next bolt right back into another droid's head, destroying its vital circuitry, he slashed the droid that had fallen over. Causing it to shut down as well. He had three droids left, and then he only had two, and then one. Ganner then summoned all of the Force to him, and raced toward the droid, faster than physically possible, slicing it in two. He was then facing a man of medium height, bald, and holding a blaster. "I'm going to kill you Jedi." He said "I don't think so." Said Ganner, and faster than the man's eyes could follow Ganner's hand flew out and grabbed his wrist twisting it and making the blaster fall from his hand. "What's the big idea here?" Ganner asked the man. "I was ju." the man began to respond. "MURDERER!!!" came a yell from behind Ganner. Suddenly Mayj came flying around him and cut the man down. Ganner turned to look at Mayj, a confused look in his eye. He wasn't sure what had made her act like that.
Mayj got in the speeder. Ganner was sitting there, watching her. He saw her reach for the place where the starter key should have been. She looked down to where it should have been, and then she turned to Ganner. "You won't get the key until you explain what had happened to me in there." Ganner said as he held the key out. "Why? Why is it your business?" She snapped back at him. "Because a person that I have never seen show emotion before, cut down twenty plus men, and a defenseless person in there." "I don't have to explain myself to you!" She yelled at him. "Fine then, don't." Ganner said as he turned to leave the speeder. Her hand twitched and all the doors in the speeder locked. He looked at her, saw the anger in her eyes, and then she broke down and began crying. Even though she was crying he could still hear the anger in her voice. "Because when I was two years old, my parents were shot by thugs like that. They were walking down the side walk, and were robbed, they tried to kidnap my mother, and when my father tried to stop them, he was shot. When my mother tried to stop them, she was shot as well. That was how the Jedi found me, because my parents were killed. So I hate them, don't you understand? I HATE THEM!" She said, her voice rising the entire time. Ganner gave her the key, and the rest of the speeder ride was spent in silence.
Ganner woke up the following morning in his room, feeling tired after the battle at the restaurant the night previous. After getting up and exercising for a few minutes, Ganner headed to the door of his room, he opened it to find Mayj there. "We have another assignment this morning." She said, "come on, I'll tell you on the way to the turbolift." "You remember that gang that we stopped at the restaurant last night?" She asked rhetorically. "Um, no, I already forgot the laser fight that we got into last night." Ganner said jokingly. "Well, the rest of the gang seems to have gotten rather angry, and along with some assassin droids, went on a rampage late last night. We have to infiltrate their hideout building and stop them." "How many people?" Ganner asked "Thirty to forty people, with ten to twenty more droids." She responded, as if she already knew that the question was coming. "Sixty at most, huh?" Ganner commented, thinking about the odds. "I think that I can take thirty of them. Do you think that you can handle the other thirty?" "I'll be fine." She said not seeming to register the humor in his voice. "Once again, I make a joke and it just flies right over your head, and you missed it." Ganner said, sighing. "Oh, sorry." She said. "No problem," he said, "my humor is mostly dry anyway." "Oh, okay." She said as they arrived at the turbolift. "I'll try to laugh next time. "Oh, well, trying is good." He said, stepping into the turbolift.
Ganner got in the passenger seat of the speeder, closing the door behind him. They were heading out toward the thugs' bunker, preparing to infiltrate. Mayj got in the landspeeder, started it, and took off. It took only a matter of minutes for them to arrive at the correct location. Stepping out of the speeder, Ganner looked at the building they were about to break into. "Let's do this." He said to Mayj, approaching the building.
Emik was very angry, his boss was in jail, he was put in charge, and the entire business was falling apart, all in one night. He had always dreamed of ruling the gang one day, but not like this. He wanted to rule when the gang was successful and rich, when they were on a wining streak, no longer needing to rob because of all the money that they had already stolen. But those things were not to be, he was stuck with thios gang of bozos, Sater would have known how to handle these ruffians, but he didn't. They were drinking right now, drinking to their hearts delight, but that would soon change, for Emik had a plan to whip them into shape. A chime at the door announced a visitor. "Check who it is," Emik said, "we don't want no cops bustin' in on us." Five of his men walked toward the door, approaching it cautiously. A low hum came from behind the door, and then the door began to glow, it turned a bright red, the hum growing louder. One of his men stepped forward, "Stay back, I'll get it." He stepped forward, and touched the door. "Ah! Hot!" He said, jumping away from the door. Suddenly the door split, and a black laser blade came through it. The door then blew in, a dark clad man standing there. A Jedi! They must have gotten information from Sater after they got him last night. Emik heard that they had taken him alive. He was probably even now being interrogated by police. Four of his thugs rushed the man, only to be thrown away by some un-seeable force. Ah, yes, he had heard that Jedi could harness that so-called Force, which was why they were near invincible. His men got up, rushing the Jedi again. They appeared to be unhurt, just stunned a little bit. One of his men fired a bolt at the Jedi, but it was deflected back and at the man by the Jedi's lightsaber. The rest of his men then joined the fray. The Jedi couldn't hold out forever, he had him outnumbered, even though the Jedi had taken out one person, he was still outnumbered twenty-seven to one, twenty-six, twenty five. The Jedi was taking his men out, but was weakening, too many bolts coming at him at once. The Jedi would soon fall, he would win, and the morale of his men would skyrocket, helping him rule the business. But then there was another person coming through the door, a pink lightsaber in her hand as well. Another Jedi! This one with vengeance in her eyes. Her lightsaber swung back and forth, cutting down Emik's warriors as it went. He was down to thirteen people now, his men were slowly losing, and Emik knew it. He turned around and ran into the back room, sparing a glance as he went. There were only seven men left, and they were losing ground quite quickly. He ran through the hallways, until he got to the door he wanted. At first it looked like part of the wall, but once he touched the camouflaged touchpad, the door opened. He ran inside and closed the door, locking it. He activated the lights and looked around, these Jedi may be good against people, but he'd soon see how they reacted to assassin droids.
Ganner stood amongst the carnage, looking at what he and Mayj had done, he looked at her, trying to think of what had made her so angry. He had never seen any emotion from her, and the last thing he expected from her was this kind of anger. "What?" She snapped at him, then turned away walking toward a hallway in the back of the room. "Come on, one of them got away, and I don't want him coming back with reinforcements." Ganner watched her walk away, and felt confused. Ah well he would figure that out later. He followed her into the hallway, he was considering asking her about why she was so angry, but decided against it. She appeared as though she had been in this place before, walking through the halls and stopping in front of what appeared to be part of the wall. She turned and ignited her saber, cutting a hole in the wall. She jumped through the hole, and he followed. To find about one hundred and twenty plaster barrels pointed at them. There were thirty assassin droids standing there, each had two blasters on each hand, and a blaster connected to each shoulder. "I thought that you said that there were ten to twenty here." Ganner said, the humor dying from his would-be joke. She turned her gaze upon him. "That wasn't very funny." "I know that, the humor was last when you turned that look on me. Okay, that was all lost too." The two of them turned back to the droids, and Ganner re-ignited his lightsaber, holding it loosely in his hand. "Prepare to meet your end, or as you like to say 'prepare to became one with the Force', Jedi." Came a voice from the back of the room. All of the droids in the room aimed their blasters at the two Jedi. Well, thought Ganner, actually they're all aimed at Mayj. Ganner assessed the situation, trying to figure out how they could both get out of this room alive. Then it came to him, he could eliminate half of them just by making one move. "I will destroy you, if it is the last thing I do." Yelled Mayj. "No you won't." Replied the voice. The droids began firing, and at that second, Ganner acted. He launched himself at Mayj pushing her over, for his plan to work he had to count on the stupidity of the assassin droids. A millisecond before the droids in the front row could fire, the droids in the back row did. Form the angle at which they were aiming the droids in the back shot the droids in front of them, they continued to shoot the ones in front of them, until only the back row was left. Mayj landed on the ground, Ganner landing a few feet past her. He did a forward roll as he landed, and came up on his feet, his lightsaber at the ready. He brought the blade up to deflect one bolt, then another. On of the bolts he deflected hit one of the droids in the leg, causing it to fall over, but it kept on firing. Ganner deflected the next bolt right back into another droid's head, destroying its vital circuitry, he slashed the droid that had fallen over. Causing it to shut down as well. He had three droids left, and then he only had two, and then one. Ganner then summoned all of the Force to him, and raced toward the droid, faster than physically possible, slicing it in two. He was then facing a man of medium height, bald, and holding a blaster. "I'm going to kill you Jedi." He said "I don't think so." Said Ganner, and faster than the man's eyes could follow Ganner's hand flew out and grabbed his wrist twisting it and making the blaster fall from his hand. "What's the big idea here?" Ganner asked the man. "I was ju." the man began to respond. "MURDERER!!!" came a yell from behind Ganner. Suddenly Mayj came flying around him and cut the man down. Ganner turned to look at Mayj, a confused look in his eye. He wasn't sure what had made her act like that.
Mayj got in the speeder. Ganner was sitting there, watching her. He saw her reach for the place where the starter key should have been. She looked down to where it should have been, and then she turned to Ganner. "You won't get the key until you explain what had happened to me in there." Ganner said as he held the key out. "Why? Why is it your business?" She snapped back at him. "Because a person that I have never seen show emotion before, cut down twenty plus men, and a defenseless person in there." "I don't have to explain myself to you!" She yelled at him. "Fine then, don't." Ganner said as he turned to leave the speeder. Her hand twitched and all the doors in the speeder locked. He looked at her, saw the anger in her eyes, and then she broke down and began crying. Even though she was crying he could still hear the anger in her voice. "Because when I was two years old, my parents were shot by thugs like that. They were walking down the side walk, and were robbed, they tried to kidnap my mother, and when my father tried to stop them, he was shot. When my mother tried to stop them, she was shot as well. That was how the Jedi found me, because my parents were killed. So I hate them, don't you understand? I HATE THEM!" She said, her voice rising the entire time. Ganner gave her the key, and the rest of the speeder ride was spent in silence.