Chapter 5.
The Lightning Rod was in a hyperspace jump, and Zekk watched his passenger sleep spralled across the arms of a chair. He had noted from the way she walked and carried herself that she had probably grown up around military, or under strict discipline, which she was probably pretty good at escaping, he thought, since she's already come this far. She had dropped her bag on the floor, and he could not help but notice the clasp had come undone. Should he look? He had to know about her, her name at least! What was the saying... Curiosity killed the voorpak? Might as well be Curiosity killed the Jedi, he thought.
Using the Force, he slowly slid the bag towards him and hoisted it onto his knees. He rumaged through and found a map of the galaxy, which she had carefully added to; the star sytem Kamino had been placed on the outer rim. He folded it back up and found a wallet with a sizeable sum of money, probably her life savings, and then pressed on. He finally found her ID card in a pocket on the side. It was a little plastic Holoprojector about the size of a large coin and with the touch of a button it sprang to life, displaying her info. She was a year younger than him, and was from Kamino. Apparently why she had added it to the map. Her heigh stated she was only a few inches shorter than he was. That's pretty tall for a girl , he mused. But the name sent shivers up his spine.
Fett.
Her name was Miriam Fett.
Zekk dropped the projector weakly back into the bag. What had he gotten himself into? Of all the hitchhikers on Brei'vu, he had picked up a Fett.
He was sure Fett wasn't a very common name. She had to be related to Boba Fett.
Zekk had been a bounty hunter for all of four weeks, and in those four weeks, he had worked with the notorious Boba Fett.... Once. Zekk was a miserable failure as a bounty hunter. And now he had Boba Fett's... What? Neice? Cousin? Daughter? aboard his ship. If the force did this, the force must be drunk he decided, and then muttered, "This is going to be a long trip."
The Lightning Rod was in a hyperspace jump, and Zekk watched his passenger sleep spralled across the arms of a chair. He had noted from the way she walked and carried herself that she had probably grown up around military, or under strict discipline, which she was probably pretty good at escaping, he thought, since she's already come this far. She had dropped her bag on the floor, and he could not help but notice the clasp had come undone. Should he look? He had to know about her, her name at least! What was the saying... Curiosity killed the voorpak? Might as well be Curiosity killed the Jedi, he thought.
Using the Force, he slowly slid the bag towards him and hoisted it onto his knees. He rumaged through and found a map of the galaxy, which she had carefully added to; the star sytem Kamino had been placed on the outer rim. He folded it back up and found a wallet with a sizeable sum of money, probably her life savings, and then pressed on. He finally found her ID card in a pocket on the side. It was a little plastic Holoprojector about the size of a large coin and with the touch of a button it sprang to life, displaying her info. She was a year younger than him, and was from Kamino. Apparently why she had added it to the map. Her heigh stated she was only a few inches shorter than he was. That's pretty tall for a girl , he mused. But the name sent shivers up his spine.
Fett.
Her name was Miriam Fett.
Zekk dropped the projector weakly back into the bag. What had he gotten himself into? Of all the hitchhikers on Brei'vu, he had picked up a Fett.
He was sure Fett wasn't a very common name. She had to be related to Boba Fett.
Zekk had been a bounty hunter for all of four weeks, and in those four weeks, he had worked with the notorious Boba Fett.... Once. Zekk was a miserable failure as a bounty hunter. And now he had Boba Fett's... What? Neice? Cousin? Daughter? aboard his ship. If the force did this, the force must be drunk he decided, and then muttered, "This is going to be a long trip."