Chapter Five- The Capture
Miak sat next to Yaeb Ginn in the Boomerang's cockpit. The rest of the crew sat in the lounge behind the open blast doors of the cockpit. " So, can I fly," Miak asked Yaeb after a moment of silence? " Umm, why," Yaeb asked back curiously? " Well, I'm a bounty hunter, and I know where to head to. You don't and since I'm joining your little resistance, the credits involved with this job are enough to make even Jabba the Hutt blink an eye." " O.k. deal." " Yes." Miak was a very good pilot. He turned the ship around and headed straight for Coruscant's surface. He paid no attention to the many warning calls he got. He plunged right through the small opening in the shield surrounding Coruscant and flew full throttle to Luxury Apartments. Then, through the traffic jam of people trying to get out of his way, he saw an one-eyed man in a convertible trying to reach the spaceport. He double-checked the picture with his helmet screen because he knew what happened last time with the Halloween kid and the Ishi-Tib. It was him! " See you, pick me up on Bespin," Miak called to Yaeb as he put on his jetpack and guns and jumped out of the now-open entry ramp. He glided toward the speeder with Mek in it and grabbed on to the side. He climbed on to the back seat and sat down nonchalantly. " Hi," Miak said as he grabbed a juri juice from the small storage space in the other man's speeder. Shalpoc didn't respond with words. He threw the speeder into as many sharp turns and plunges as he could. Miak pretended to fall out, but hooked on to the cargo hook at the bottom of the speeder. He held on until they reached the spaceport. He then dropped onto a stack of cargo canisters and pulled out his E-11. He saw the various species that were armed sitting outside Mek's ship. Uh-oh, Miak thought, This could mean trouble. He counted five creatures besides Shalpoc. He loaded his E-11 with a dart containing a small amount of knockout gas. He silently shot Shalpoc in the neck, switched out his magazine and blasted away at the guards outside the ship. He nailed a good three of them before they realized what direction they were being shot at from. One of the two shot at Miak while two other hefted a micro-detonator. Not powerful, but still enough to kill someone. Miak crouched, took aim, and blasted to detonator before the human could throw it. The result was two dead humans. Miak ran to Mek's falling speeder and shot his whipcord around Mek's waist. He pulled as hard as he could and tugged Mek onto the permacrete. He then hefted him onto his shoulders and walked inside Mek's small blastboat. He pumped a stun bolt into Mek, just to be safe, and slipped him inside a storage locker. Miak then took the controls and plotted a course for Bespin. Time to collect my bounty. Miak thought as he pulled the hyperspace lever.
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" Is Miak on his way," Lon Polin asked his second-in-command? " Yes, he captured Mek approximately five hours ago." "Good, make sure he gets a warm welcome," Lon Polin, the man who put out the bounty for Mek Shalpoc's live capture, grinned as he patted his blaster rifle. He then chuckled as he ordered his fifty troops to take positions for the ship that would be arriving on Bespin in approximately two hours.
Miak sat next to Yaeb Ginn in the Boomerang's cockpit. The rest of the crew sat in the lounge behind the open blast doors of the cockpit. " So, can I fly," Miak asked Yaeb after a moment of silence? " Umm, why," Yaeb asked back curiously? " Well, I'm a bounty hunter, and I know where to head to. You don't and since I'm joining your little resistance, the credits involved with this job are enough to make even Jabba the Hutt blink an eye." " O.k. deal." " Yes." Miak was a very good pilot. He turned the ship around and headed straight for Coruscant's surface. He paid no attention to the many warning calls he got. He plunged right through the small opening in the shield surrounding Coruscant and flew full throttle to Luxury Apartments. Then, through the traffic jam of people trying to get out of his way, he saw an one-eyed man in a convertible trying to reach the spaceport. He double-checked the picture with his helmet screen because he knew what happened last time with the Halloween kid and the Ishi-Tib. It was him! " See you, pick me up on Bespin," Miak called to Yaeb as he put on his jetpack and guns and jumped out of the now-open entry ramp. He glided toward the speeder with Mek in it and grabbed on to the side. He climbed on to the back seat and sat down nonchalantly. " Hi," Miak said as he grabbed a juri juice from the small storage space in the other man's speeder. Shalpoc didn't respond with words. He threw the speeder into as many sharp turns and plunges as he could. Miak pretended to fall out, but hooked on to the cargo hook at the bottom of the speeder. He held on until they reached the spaceport. He then dropped onto a stack of cargo canisters and pulled out his E-11. He saw the various species that were armed sitting outside Mek's ship. Uh-oh, Miak thought, This could mean trouble. He counted five creatures besides Shalpoc. He loaded his E-11 with a dart containing a small amount of knockout gas. He silently shot Shalpoc in the neck, switched out his magazine and blasted away at the guards outside the ship. He nailed a good three of them before they realized what direction they were being shot at from. One of the two shot at Miak while two other hefted a micro-detonator. Not powerful, but still enough to kill someone. Miak crouched, took aim, and blasted to detonator before the human could throw it. The result was two dead humans. Miak ran to Mek's falling speeder and shot his whipcord around Mek's waist. He pulled as hard as he could and tugged Mek onto the permacrete. He then hefted him onto his shoulders and walked inside Mek's small blastboat. He pumped a stun bolt into Mek, just to be safe, and slipped him inside a storage locker. Miak then took the controls and plotted a course for Bespin. Time to collect my bounty. Miak thought as he pulled the hyperspace lever.
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" Is Miak on his way," Lon Polin asked his second-in-command? " Yes, he captured Mek approximately five hours ago." "Good, make sure he gets a warm welcome," Lon Polin, the man who put out the bounty for Mek Shalpoc's live capture, grinned as he patted his blaster rifle. He then chuckled as he ordered his fifty troops to take positions for the ship that would be arriving on Bespin in approximately two hours.
