Chapter 6
Ganner sat in his room, thinking. He had arrived back at the temple a few hours ago. Since then he had been trying to decide what to do about Mayj. He had finally decided to go talk to her about what had happened, and he was preparing himself for the screaming that he might, and probably would get from her when he brought it up. He got up and walked to the door, opening it. Mayj was standing right in front of him, reaching for the call button, she looked up. "Oh, hi Ganner. Listen, I want to apologize for the way I blew up on you earlier. I don't know why I acted that way, I just sometimes get a little angry sometimes with things that remind me of my parents." She said, blurting it all out at once. "No problem, that's happened to me quite a few times. That's actually what happened when that Sith struck down Master Ak." Ganner replied, wincing at the thought of his old master. Suddenly, the comlink in his wall beeped, announcing a call. Ganner pressed the answer button, "Hello." "Ganner," came the voice, "Could you and Mayj come to the Jedi council chamber? The preparations for your trip are complete." "Thank you." Ganner said, deactivating the comlink and turning to Mayj. "Shall we go?"
Ganner and Mayj entered the council chamber, walking to the very center of it. "Good afternoon." Mace Windu said. "Good afternoon." Ganner and Mayj replied, bowing respectfully to the Jedi Master. "The preparations are finally complete for your trip. We will first be sending you to a planet called Dathomir, but you must first know a few things about the people of that planet. The people on that planet are all nomadic Force users, so be careful. Ganner," the Jedi Master began to chuckle, "the custom on that planet are that the women are dominant, and any man that is defeated by one of the women, is forced to be their slave." "Well," Ganner replied, "I suppose that's not too good, now is it?" "You will be traveling as though you have already been beaten by Mayj, and will be acting as her slave." Mayj began laughing as she stood next to Ganner. He looked at her in amazement, because of her show of emotion, and the fact that he would be acting under her when people saw them. She continued to chuckle as they left the chamber. "This isn't fair." Ganner said in mock-hurt. Mayj simply laughed.
The two of them went to the appropriate level for taking off for their trip. They would be taking a beaten up old freighter, Ganner couldn't even identify the make or model. They entered the shuttle, noticing that their things had already been brought aboard. They both got into the cockpit, strapping them-selves in. Mayj requested clearance to take off, and a few moments later they received it. They completed the pre-flight check, and took off. The take-off went well, as did the flight into hyperspace. They were going to Dathomir, and it was going to be a long trip, so Ganner decided to get some sleep in his quarters aboard the ship.
It had been two days, and they were supposed to come out of hyperspace in a few minutes. Ganner had taken this time to explore the ship, unfortunately the ship had been stripped bare, aside from a food processor and beds for sleeping, there was nothing on the ship. "Ganner, get up here, we're coming out of hyperspace in a few seconds." Ganner entered the cockpit, sat down, and strapped himself in. He watched the timer count down until it hit zero, and they came back into real-space. They were very close to the planet, and were already within scanning range of it. "Well slave, there are no modern cities or spaceports around." Mayj commented. "Okay," Ganner replied, "with the whole slave thing, I am only acting like your slave. Not to mention only when other people are watching." "I know," Mayj said, chuckling, "but it's fun to make fun of you" Ganner simply shook his head and continued to look out the front viewport.
They entered the planet's atmosphere at a normal landing angle, everything going normal. A laser blast hit the side of the ship, the entire craft shaking back and forth. A second blast hit the ship, this time the ship began to creak, as if it were about to split in two. "I thought that the council said all the peole on this planet were nomadic!" Ganner yelled over the noise of the attack. "I thought so too." Mayj yelled back. "We're going to have to use an escape pod," Ganner yelled, "Everything on the ship is failing!" Mayj unbuckled her belt and ran out of the cockpit, toward the escape pods. Ganner set the ship on autopilot and followed Mayj out of the cockpit. The two of them got into one of the escape pods, quickly locking the door behind them and taking off.
The pod shook as it collided with the ground, coming to a safe, but not so calm landing. Mayj opened the door and stuck her head outside. "See anything?" Ganner asked "Lots, and lots of sand." She answered, getting out of the pod and standing up. "Then I suppose that were safe." Ganner said, getting out of the pod as well. "Well, sensors showed a small city east of here, so I say we go check that out" Mayj said as she started to walk toward where the city was supposed to be.
They had been walking for a few hours when something on the horizon caught their attention, it was someone or something running toward them. It appeared to be an animal of some type. It was huge, about as big as the freighter the came in on. He still couldn't make out any of the animal's features. Someone was riding on the back of the beast, but they, also were too far off to make out. Mayj began to walk toward the beast that was coming toward them. Ganner fell into step behind her, acting his part as the slave for the sake of the person on top of the animal who, he assumed, was watching. The two of the continued to walk until the beast and rider were almost upon them. It was very tall and muscular with large claws on its fingers, it stood on its back two legs the front two arms held in front of it. Ganner had the feeling that he had seen the animal in the computer information he looked at on the way here, but he couldn't seem to find the name of it. "Rancor." Mayj mumbled to Ganner without turning around. She must have sensed the confusion coming from him. The beast stopped in front of them and a black, leather clad woman jumped up off the top of the animal, doing a somersault in mid-air and landing a few feet in front of Mayj. "You have come for training?" The woman asked Mayj, ignoring Ganner and getting straight to the point. "Yes." Mayj said with no unnecessary chatter. "Good follow me," She said, "and bring your slave, we are in need of one." The woman turned and right as she began walking around Mayj turned to Ganner and shrugged. She turned back around and got on the back of the rancor, following the woman. Ganner began to follow. "No!" The woman yelled at Ganner. "I wish to see how much endurance you have for dong our slave work." Ganner turned away from the two, drawing the Force to himself, preparing to start a long distance run, the woman was probably unaware that Ganner was able to use the Force to sustain himself as he made he long run. He had tested himself before and he had run approximately 30 mph for about 2 ½ hours. He knew that he would do rather well, but he also knew that the woman intended to test him, to see how much he could do. She would try to destroy him, but he wouldn't let her.
He had been running next to the rancor for one hour now, but lucky for him, the beast was only capable of running 15 mph, instead of Ganner's top speed of 30-35 mph. The woman turned to look at Ganner, she had apparently never run into this much resistance from a slave before. Ganner simply stopped in mid-run, not breathing hard, but simply refusing to go any farther. "What is the matter, slave," the woman said mockingly, stopping the rancor, "are you not strong enough to go any farther?" "No," Ganner, "I'm just sick of running in circles." "What?" The woman screamed at Ganner. "Are you defying me?" "No," Ganner, "but you must obviously take me for an idiot. I noticed fifteen minutes after we began that we were running in circles, In seven minutes we had passed this landmark three times." "What landmark?" The woman asked, a smile creeping onto her face. "Your home," Ganner said, "That canyon over there," he pointed to the west with his left hand, "the one that's almost impossible to see because of the terrain." "You are very observant slave, but I will make you pay for your lack of respect as soon as we return to the camp." She grabbed Ganner by the arm and yanked him, with overwhelming force, up onto the rancor. They rode up to the edge of the canyon, looking over the lip of the formation. A vast number of tents were pitched there, with fire appearing now, since the dark of night was coming. "Come slave," the lady said, "your services are needed." "Whats the matter," Ganner replied, "not enough slaves to do your bidding already?" "No," she replied, a dark smile creeping onto her face, "we have no other slaves, the last ones we had were worked to severe exhaustion and eventually death."
Ganner sat in his room, thinking. He had arrived back at the temple a few hours ago. Since then he had been trying to decide what to do about Mayj. He had finally decided to go talk to her about what had happened, and he was preparing himself for the screaming that he might, and probably would get from her when he brought it up. He got up and walked to the door, opening it. Mayj was standing right in front of him, reaching for the call button, she looked up. "Oh, hi Ganner. Listen, I want to apologize for the way I blew up on you earlier. I don't know why I acted that way, I just sometimes get a little angry sometimes with things that remind me of my parents." She said, blurting it all out at once. "No problem, that's happened to me quite a few times. That's actually what happened when that Sith struck down Master Ak." Ganner replied, wincing at the thought of his old master. Suddenly, the comlink in his wall beeped, announcing a call. Ganner pressed the answer button, "Hello." "Ganner," came the voice, "Could you and Mayj come to the Jedi council chamber? The preparations for your trip are complete." "Thank you." Ganner said, deactivating the comlink and turning to Mayj. "Shall we go?"
Ganner and Mayj entered the council chamber, walking to the very center of it. "Good afternoon." Mace Windu said. "Good afternoon." Ganner and Mayj replied, bowing respectfully to the Jedi Master. "The preparations are finally complete for your trip. We will first be sending you to a planet called Dathomir, but you must first know a few things about the people of that planet. The people on that planet are all nomadic Force users, so be careful. Ganner," the Jedi Master began to chuckle, "the custom on that planet are that the women are dominant, and any man that is defeated by one of the women, is forced to be their slave." "Well," Ganner replied, "I suppose that's not too good, now is it?" "You will be traveling as though you have already been beaten by Mayj, and will be acting as her slave." Mayj began laughing as she stood next to Ganner. He looked at her in amazement, because of her show of emotion, and the fact that he would be acting under her when people saw them. She continued to chuckle as they left the chamber. "This isn't fair." Ganner said in mock-hurt. Mayj simply laughed.
The two of them went to the appropriate level for taking off for their trip. They would be taking a beaten up old freighter, Ganner couldn't even identify the make or model. They entered the shuttle, noticing that their things had already been brought aboard. They both got into the cockpit, strapping them-selves in. Mayj requested clearance to take off, and a few moments later they received it. They completed the pre-flight check, and took off. The take-off went well, as did the flight into hyperspace. They were going to Dathomir, and it was going to be a long trip, so Ganner decided to get some sleep in his quarters aboard the ship.
It had been two days, and they were supposed to come out of hyperspace in a few minutes. Ganner had taken this time to explore the ship, unfortunately the ship had been stripped bare, aside from a food processor and beds for sleeping, there was nothing on the ship. "Ganner, get up here, we're coming out of hyperspace in a few seconds." Ganner entered the cockpit, sat down, and strapped himself in. He watched the timer count down until it hit zero, and they came back into real-space. They were very close to the planet, and were already within scanning range of it. "Well slave, there are no modern cities or spaceports around." Mayj commented. "Okay," Ganner replied, "with the whole slave thing, I am only acting like your slave. Not to mention only when other people are watching." "I know," Mayj said, chuckling, "but it's fun to make fun of you" Ganner simply shook his head and continued to look out the front viewport.
They entered the planet's atmosphere at a normal landing angle, everything going normal. A laser blast hit the side of the ship, the entire craft shaking back and forth. A second blast hit the ship, this time the ship began to creak, as if it were about to split in two. "I thought that the council said all the peole on this planet were nomadic!" Ganner yelled over the noise of the attack. "I thought so too." Mayj yelled back. "We're going to have to use an escape pod," Ganner yelled, "Everything on the ship is failing!" Mayj unbuckled her belt and ran out of the cockpit, toward the escape pods. Ganner set the ship on autopilot and followed Mayj out of the cockpit. The two of them got into one of the escape pods, quickly locking the door behind them and taking off.
The pod shook as it collided with the ground, coming to a safe, but not so calm landing. Mayj opened the door and stuck her head outside. "See anything?" Ganner asked "Lots, and lots of sand." She answered, getting out of the pod and standing up. "Then I suppose that were safe." Ganner said, getting out of the pod as well. "Well, sensors showed a small city east of here, so I say we go check that out" Mayj said as she started to walk toward where the city was supposed to be.
They had been walking for a few hours when something on the horizon caught their attention, it was someone or something running toward them. It appeared to be an animal of some type. It was huge, about as big as the freighter the came in on. He still couldn't make out any of the animal's features. Someone was riding on the back of the beast, but they, also were too far off to make out. Mayj began to walk toward the beast that was coming toward them. Ganner fell into step behind her, acting his part as the slave for the sake of the person on top of the animal who, he assumed, was watching. The two of the continued to walk until the beast and rider were almost upon them. It was very tall and muscular with large claws on its fingers, it stood on its back two legs the front two arms held in front of it. Ganner had the feeling that he had seen the animal in the computer information he looked at on the way here, but he couldn't seem to find the name of it. "Rancor." Mayj mumbled to Ganner without turning around. She must have sensed the confusion coming from him. The beast stopped in front of them and a black, leather clad woman jumped up off the top of the animal, doing a somersault in mid-air and landing a few feet in front of Mayj. "You have come for training?" The woman asked Mayj, ignoring Ganner and getting straight to the point. "Yes." Mayj said with no unnecessary chatter. "Good follow me," She said, "and bring your slave, we are in need of one." The woman turned and right as she began walking around Mayj turned to Ganner and shrugged. She turned back around and got on the back of the rancor, following the woman. Ganner began to follow. "No!" The woman yelled at Ganner. "I wish to see how much endurance you have for dong our slave work." Ganner turned away from the two, drawing the Force to himself, preparing to start a long distance run, the woman was probably unaware that Ganner was able to use the Force to sustain himself as he made he long run. He had tested himself before and he had run approximately 30 mph for about 2 ½ hours. He knew that he would do rather well, but he also knew that the woman intended to test him, to see how much he could do. She would try to destroy him, but he wouldn't let her.
He had been running next to the rancor for one hour now, but lucky for him, the beast was only capable of running 15 mph, instead of Ganner's top speed of 30-35 mph. The woman turned to look at Ganner, she had apparently never run into this much resistance from a slave before. Ganner simply stopped in mid-run, not breathing hard, but simply refusing to go any farther. "What is the matter, slave," the woman said mockingly, stopping the rancor, "are you not strong enough to go any farther?" "No," Ganner, "I'm just sick of running in circles." "What?" The woman screamed at Ganner. "Are you defying me?" "No," Ganner, "but you must obviously take me for an idiot. I noticed fifteen minutes after we began that we were running in circles, In seven minutes we had passed this landmark three times." "What landmark?" The woman asked, a smile creeping onto her face. "Your home," Ganner said, "That canyon over there," he pointed to the west with his left hand, "the one that's almost impossible to see because of the terrain." "You are very observant slave, but I will make you pay for your lack of respect as soon as we return to the camp." She grabbed Ganner by the arm and yanked him, with overwhelming force, up onto the rancor. They rode up to the edge of the canyon, looking over the lip of the formation. A vast number of tents were pitched there, with fire appearing now, since the dark of night was coming. "Come slave," the lady said, "your services are needed." "Whats the matter," Ganner replied, "not enough slaves to do your bidding already?" "No," she replied, a dark smile creeping onto her face, "we have no other slaves, the last ones we had were worked to severe exhaustion and eventually death."