Chapter 3- The Chase
Miak ran on the tops of buildings, using short bursts of his jetpack to leapt higher to clear the buildings. He paused to check his blasters and his vibroblade. As he checked the map located inside his helmet, he saw that Luxury Apartments was still another twenty miles away. " Eckton yocko ple pocka," Miak recited a swear he picked up in Gallian, the planet he was from. Just as he was about to continue on his way, he saw a taxi with a sign on it that said-
Luxury Apartments
50 credits
No Refunds
Miak checked his utility pouches and saw nothing that could pass as credits. " Guess I have to pull a Millennium Falcon," he said as he recalled the trick that Han Solo used twenty years ago while hiding from an Imperial Star Destroyer. Miak then leapt onto the taxi and held on with the help of his whipcord. While he was cruising along, he put the holo that he had gotten of Shalpoc in the right corner of his helmet. He then saw an emerald green convertible flash by. The pilot looked exactly like Shalpoc! Reflexively, he unhooked his whipcord, rolled off the taxi, and hooked onto the back of the speeder. He then retracted his cord and sat in the back seat. " Freeze, scum," Miak said as he pulled his DL-44 out of it's holster and leveled it at Shalpoc's head. " Okay, man," Shalpoc whined, " Just please don't kill me." " You're wanted alive." " Fine then." Shalpoc twisted the speeder upside down, and since Miak wasn't wearing a safety harness, he fell through Coruscant's morning sky. Miak was very resourceful, though. He keyed his jetpack and flew through the window of the business building nearest to Shalpoc's speeder. " Sorry," Miak yelled as he ran across the large floor, shot out the window, and burst through the other side onto the right wing of Shalpoc's speeder. (Shalpoc was caught in a traffic jam.) Traffic jam or not, Shalpoc didn't react well to the ruthless bounty hunter on his speeder. So he nose- dived straight down until Miak fell off. " Ahhhhhhh," Miak yelled as he plummeted to his doom.
" That nose-dive always does the trick," Mek Shalpoc muttered to himself as he corrected his course and cruised to the lower levels of Coruscant. Just then, he saw a helmeted bounty hunter fly onto his speeder with an old-fashioned jetpack. Mek slammed on the brakes and leapt onto the permacrete ground. He then whipped out his DH-17 and his DL-44 and fired at the bounty hunter as he dove into a turbo-lift and pressed the button used to make him go down ten levels. He then made a call on his wrist-comm and asked to be connected with local security. " Yeah, Commander Troiylos, I am under attack by a helmeted terrorist. Please send a squad of troops to help me. I'll be ten levels under the surface." " Anything for a veteran of security."
Miak unclipped his E-11 and unfolded the stock. He was about to do business. He logged on to his helmet computer and activated his wrist-torch and began cutting into the turbo-lift that Mek went into. As he kicked through the plating and slipped down into the well, two things happened. One thing that happened was the lift at the bottom stopped. That means he's getting off, Miak though, Better hurry. The second thing that happened was that three searing hot blaster bolts splashed across the plates next to him. As Miak look behind him, he saw that local security was running across the courtyard to get him. Miak didn't waste any more time. He just leapt into the deep chasm of the 'lift tube. As he was falling, he saw the 'lift begin to rise. Uh-oh. Miak angled down and shot the missile on the back of his jetpack. Needless to say, he now had nothing in the way as he activated his jetpack and glided down to the -tenth floor. He saw Mek running across the tubes and wires, past stands and pillars. Miak dropped a grenade to clog the entrance door so that security couldn't reach him as easily as they could have if the door was unclogged. He began fired blue stun bolts at Mek as he ran after him. Mek swung around a corner, and as Miak did the same, ten members of security stopped him. Knowing when he was beat, Miak dropped his blaster and raised his hands in surrender. Behind the guards, he could see Mek Shalpoc running away into a hallway.
Miak ran on the tops of buildings, using short bursts of his jetpack to leapt higher to clear the buildings. He paused to check his blasters and his vibroblade. As he checked the map located inside his helmet, he saw that Luxury Apartments was still another twenty miles away. " Eckton yocko ple pocka," Miak recited a swear he picked up in Gallian, the planet he was from. Just as he was about to continue on his way, he saw a taxi with a sign on it that said-
Luxury Apartments
50 credits
No Refunds
Miak checked his utility pouches and saw nothing that could pass as credits. " Guess I have to pull a Millennium Falcon," he said as he recalled the trick that Han Solo used twenty years ago while hiding from an Imperial Star Destroyer. Miak then leapt onto the taxi and held on with the help of his whipcord. While he was cruising along, he put the holo that he had gotten of Shalpoc in the right corner of his helmet. He then saw an emerald green convertible flash by. The pilot looked exactly like Shalpoc! Reflexively, he unhooked his whipcord, rolled off the taxi, and hooked onto the back of the speeder. He then retracted his cord and sat in the back seat. " Freeze, scum," Miak said as he pulled his DL-44 out of it's holster and leveled it at Shalpoc's head. " Okay, man," Shalpoc whined, " Just please don't kill me." " You're wanted alive." " Fine then." Shalpoc twisted the speeder upside down, and since Miak wasn't wearing a safety harness, he fell through Coruscant's morning sky. Miak was very resourceful, though. He keyed his jetpack and flew through the window of the business building nearest to Shalpoc's speeder. " Sorry," Miak yelled as he ran across the large floor, shot out the window, and burst through the other side onto the right wing of Shalpoc's speeder. (Shalpoc was caught in a traffic jam.) Traffic jam or not, Shalpoc didn't react well to the ruthless bounty hunter on his speeder. So he nose- dived straight down until Miak fell off. " Ahhhhhhh," Miak yelled as he plummeted to his doom.
" That nose-dive always does the trick," Mek Shalpoc muttered to himself as he corrected his course and cruised to the lower levels of Coruscant. Just then, he saw a helmeted bounty hunter fly onto his speeder with an old-fashioned jetpack. Mek slammed on the brakes and leapt onto the permacrete ground. He then whipped out his DH-17 and his DL-44 and fired at the bounty hunter as he dove into a turbo-lift and pressed the button used to make him go down ten levels. He then made a call on his wrist-comm and asked to be connected with local security. " Yeah, Commander Troiylos, I am under attack by a helmeted terrorist. Please send a squad of troops to help me. I'll be ten levels under the surface." " Anything for a veteran of security."
Miak unclipped his E-11 and unfolded the stock. He was about to do business. He logged on to his helmet computer and activated his wrist-torch and began cutting into the turbo-lift that Mek went into. As he kicked through the plating and slipped down into the well, two things happened. One thing that happened was the lift at the bottom stopped. That means he's getting off, Miak though, Better hurry. The second thing that happened was that three searing hot blaster bolts splashed across the plates next to him. As Miak look behind him, he saw that local security was running across the courtyard to get him. Miak didn't waste any more time. He just leapt into the deep chasm of the 'lift tube. As he was falling, he saw the 'lift begin to rise. Uh-oh. Miak angled down and shot the missile on the back of his jetpack. Needless to say, he now had nothing in the way as he activated his jetpack and glided down to the -tenth floor. He saw Mek running across the tubes and wires, past stands and pillars. Miak dropped a grenade to clog the entrance door so that security couldn't reach him as easily as they could have if the door was unclogged. He began fired blue stun bolts at Mek as he ran after him. Mek swung around a corner, and as Miak did the same, ten members of security stopped him. Knowing when he was beat, Miak dropped his blaster and raised his hands in surrender. Behind the guards, he could see Mek Shalpoc running away into a hallway.
