A Failure's Tale - Chapter Nine
Run!
I watched Maria as her eyes met mine, her blade wavering very gently. She kept her eyes fixed on mine and she lowered her sword ever so slightly, her eyes suddenly shot down to the floor almost as if she was ashamed of feeling some kind of mercy for me. It was then that I heard a shrill voice from up above "Who's there!?" Suddenly Maria's eyes met mine again but this time they were fall of confusion and fear.
"Jedi's.. RUN!" She shouted as she left like a star-fighter entering hyperspace. I quickly retrieved my blaster and ran outside, joining her.
"Oh great. What now?" I asked her, she turned and looked at me.
"Well.. You're the one that murdered a man.. So I don't care, just don't follow me. Got that, Jaro?" Maria said as she darted to the left and into some alleyways of Coruscant.
My head moved from left to right, I'd never been left in a lurch like this before. I knew that Maria was right, if the Jedi's caught me I would be tried for murder, no doubt about it. I also knew that the chances of me out running a Jedi were literally impossible but I had to try. After all, maybe the Force would be on my side?
Well. I could only hope, couldn't I?
So foolishly, I began to run.
I ran towards the right into some open, well-lit streets, littered with buildings on both sides. "Hey you! STOP!" I heard the Jedi shout after me as his feet started trampling towards me. I kept running, trying to get away from the Jedi trailing me. I ran as fast as I could in a straight line until I came to a cross roads.
I looked left. Open streets.
I looked right. A dark alleyway.
I almost skidded when I turned to the right and pumped my legs down the alleyway. I was running so fast that I failed to notice the door that opened infront of me, I managed to stop on the roll of a credit chit and dodge to the right only to bump into some middle aged Twi'lek female and knock her over. "Damnit!" I shouted at her as I carefully ran around her trying to gain as much speed as possible down the alleyway. She shouted something at me in her native language but I was too busy listening to the Jedi's heavy footsteps getting closer to catch what she said.
I took a quick glance over my shoulder, even in the dark I could tell that the Jedi was young. Too young to be able to stop me with the use of Force powers but not too young to fight me and defeat me. Jedi's after all were misunderstood by most people and they were most definitely underestimated. However, I wasn't going to make this mistake, for now, I was going to keep running in the hope that I might out run my opponent. Jedi or no Jedi.
The quick glance was enough for me to trip over, though. I fell on the ground, flat on my face, adrenaline pumped in me wildly and in instinct I put my hands on the floor, pulling myself back up onto my feet. The Jedi was very close now, too close. I started to pump my legs as hard as I could to get away but he was inevitably gaining on me. I started to sweat prefusely and pant in tiredness but I mentally forced myself to carry on going, even if it killed me.
I felt something on my foot, it was the Jedi. He'd jumped through the air and grabbed hold of my foot to stop me. I started to struggle to break free, thrashing my foot from left to right until his grip loosened. I was incredibly lucky and that was extremely close. I started to pump my legs again and turned right down another alleyway that was even darker than the last one, then I turned left and ran down the next alleyway, then I took another left.
I hid behind some debris in the alleyway to catch my breath. I was panting ridiculously hard and if I had to run any further or any harder I knew it would be enough for me.
I thought I'd lost the Jedi.
I was wrong.
He came creeping up the alleyway and I unsheathed my blaster. For a second I considered knocking him out with it but then I realised what a foolish idea it was. A Jedi, *any* Jedi would see that coming. No, I had to run, I had no choice. I sheathed my blaster. I began to run and I soon heard the Jedi trailing my path once again. The alleyway branched off to the right. I was running so fast that I had to place my hands on the wall to get around the corner without running into a stone wall. It slowed me down a little bit but I soon managed to pick up the pace again.
I was running as fast as I could, I was still out of breath. I came to a wall and I was suddenly reminded of how much I hated P.D.I. I scaled the wall in the most *ungracious* style ever, after all, I was physically exhausted and I just wanted to get out with my life intact.
Providing I didn't die of a heartattack first.
I jumped over the wall and landed awkwardly, rolling to break the impact. The Jedi clambered over the wall much easier than me which was to be expected, he had the Force on his side. He was also twenty or more years younger than me which didn't exactly help my cause either.
The Jedi was close again and I figured that he wasn't going to fall for the trick I shown him before. I ran, slamming my right leg down after my left leg until I was in another well-lit street of Coruscant. I looked around, there was nowhere for me to run, nowhere for me to hide.
So I took the next best option.
I ran towards all the doors and started to slam my fists on them to see if their was one open. I smacked the first door and it was closed, the second one opened as soon as I stepped near it.
I kind of wish now that I didn't take that option.
Or do I?
I'd stumbled, literally, upon one of Coruscant's more seedier "Cantina's" with dancing Twi'leks in incredibly revealing outfits. I had no time to stop and ogle, but I knew it would probably embarass the young Jedi enough to slow him down.
Well.. At least I *hoped* that sort of thing would slow him down.
I even blushed myself. I may have been a soldier but I was the shy type, it may be difficult to believe but I get flustered easily. This was one of those occasions. I looked around and the Jedi entered the Cantina. Seeing absolutely nowhere else to run I ran towards the bar. I placed one hand on the bar and jumped over it running to the back of the bar and jumping back over it and onto solid ground. I meandered my way through a couple of Twi'lek dancing girls and burst through the back door of the Cantina out onto the open streets again.
I kept running but this time it was aimlessly until I saw a figure running towards a Speeder. It was Maria. The Jedi was hot on my tail again and I watched as she jumped into the Speeder with style. I drew my blaster and ran towards it, Maria was about to leave. "Not so damn fast woman! You want to kill me don't you?" I said as I hopped into the spare seat. She nodded excitedly in response to my question and a grin formed on her face.
Man! This woman had more bloodlust than I'd ever known Revan to have. But I didn't care, it was better to be closer to my enemies than to my.. Well, extremely freaky and powerful enemies, the Jedi.
Not that Maria wasn't a freak. Everything about her reaked of freak.
Hair.
Eyes.
Voice.
Personality.
Wait, did I just *think* she had a personality?
Hah! Some personality. If Maria had a personality.. Well..
Then Revan had the personality of a diplomatic Hutt, damnit!
I pointed the blaster at her head. "Good, now that we've established pretty clearly that you want to kill me.. I suggest you GO MARIA BEFORE THEY CAPTURE US BOTH!" I shouted in absolute desperation, she started to drive the speeder and we were soon out of the big trouble we got ourselves into. "Careful Maria, any funny business and I *swear* I'll kill you." I said as I kept my blaster firmly pointed at her temple. She kept quiet. "I'm watching you." I added.
I started to pant to myself as I regained most of my breath, my heart was pounding. I was far too old for that chase around Coruscant but I was pleased that I got lucky even if I was sitting next to some lunatic woman who takes arm wrestling matches *far* too personally. "I'll only end up killing you in a few days time.. That is if the Jedi don't capture you first." She told me, whilst concentrating on driving.
"I'd rather be captured by the Jedi's." I told her, she turned and smiled at me. "Keep your eyes on what you're doing Maria.. Don't BLOODY eyeball me or I'll blow your brains out." I told her in desperation and absolute fear, she turned her head and returned to what she was doing.
I was extremely rattled by that close call.
"It didn't seem that way.. Well, with the way you hopped into the speeder with me." Maria answered me. She was right, why did women always have to be right when it counted? I wasn't one to be defeated so easily though.
"It didn't seem like you wanted to kill me at one point, either." I retorted, noticing Maria glaring at me sideways if that was even possible.
"I was composing myself." She said in response.
"Well.. Consider this *MY* bloody composure!" I yelled at her. She muttered incoherently and in disbelief that I would even dare hint that she thought twice about killing me for a split second.
Sure, she wanted to do it.
But women were weak. Weak to mercy. Weak to a defenseless man. I'd noticed that with Revan in the past and I'd used it to my advantage.
It worked again here. However, I decided not to press the issue. I didn't want to take this cruel womans idea of "mercy" and push it to it's boundaries. If I did, I might have ended up dead then than giving the .. "Blessing" of two days more of torture.. I mean.. Life.
"Ok.. Ok.. Fine." I said to her as I watched the lights of Coruscant fly past us.
"So you enjoy being a walking dead man, Jaro?" Maria asked me.
"No. I don't." I replied. She let out a soft laugh.
"You know, without my help, the Jedi's will find you in a matter of hours. Either you let me help you and I kill you after I attend to my other business-" Maria said, I didn't give her chance to finish.
"Other business?" I asked her.
"None of your business. But if you must know, or, if you hadn't guessed it. I'm a mercenary, a bounty hunter. All things bad and nasty. I'm an evil bitch and you've gotten on the wrong side of me, dead man Jaro." Maria informed me. I just shrugged.
"I'm used to women hating me." I replied to her, I shifted around in my seat uncomfortably and decided that for now the situation was safe enough to sheath my blaster again. "I've gotten on the wrong side of too many people to count.. It doesn't bother me that you're an extra one." I added, she was too busy concentrating on what she was doing to notice what I said however.
"As I was saying. Either you let me help you and I can kill you after I attend to my other business or the Jedi's will find you in a matter of eight to ten hours." Maria informed me, she shot me a "do it or die" gaze. I suddenly felt very stupid.
"Fine. As much as I don't like it, I'll comply." I told her, sighing and shifting around in my seat uncomfortably. I had a plan. Strike up a deal with a Mercenary and get the hell off Coruscant before the Jedi's found me or Maria Mortis killed me, if that was even possible. I was a murderer now. After all, I had nothing to live for. I may as well keep running. I may as well do something until I meet my destiny. Anything. Anything that would keep my mind from wandering back to *that* woman. Jedi Hero Revan. Dark Lord Revan. Scout Nima D'Graven. Padawan Nima D'Graven. Padawan Revan. Dark Lord Revan.
So many names. But why should I care now? She's dead.
"She's gone." As Rivu put it.
Maybe the Mercenary mission would be my last before I hit the bottle again.
At least the bottle is a good way to go.
At least it's your friend, your lover.
At least it doesn't die on you.
I knew that striking a deal with a Mercenary or a band of Mercenaries would be incredibly dangerous, but they had connections. I knew the way the Jedi worked, they wouldn't put *every* effort into finding me and it wouldn't take *much* effort at all on their part to find me. I knew that they would inform the local Coruscant authorities of who I am and what I looked like, they're pedantic morons and I wouldn't stand a chance alone. However, travelling with a Smuggler who knew the lanes, who knew how to get past certain authorities and hell, even knew how to smuggle a person aboard their ship was just the thing I was looking for.
Oh, how I wished I could bump into Rivu at that point.
She would know how to smuggle me aboard her ship without any of the Coruscant authorities being any wiser.
"So what are you going to do Maria?" I asked her, as I strayed my mind away from my thoughts and troubles for mere moments.
"Going to show you a little part of Coruscant that even Jedi's are a little weary of. Sure, it's dangerous but you'll be safe there.. For a few days." She informed me, she was so persistent on the idea of killing me. It was damn scary. I sighed and she sensed my tension. "Would you like to take the other route? Let me tell you something. In two hours the Jedi will have analysed the murder case and have a rough idea who you are by the description provided by the one whom chased you." Maria let out a soft sigh and her features sagged a tiny bit as she thumbed a Cigarra out. "Light it, dead man." She commanded me. I had no choice, I lit her Cigarra whilst she kept driving the Speeder.
She let out a little puff of her Cigarra before continuing. "By four hours, the Jedi will analyse the blood that dropped from your face and they'll probably have more than a decent idea of whom you are and what you do for a living through the various connections that they have." I was suddenly reminded of my face, the bleeding had stopped but the adrenaline had worn off and I was suddenly feeling a pang of pain there and in my leg. I winced a little bit. "Well, if you think I'm going to give you Kolto you got another thing coming, Jaro." Maria informed me. I shot her a nasty glare.
"Oh, and let me die on you? Are you sure you'd like the pleasure to be taken away from you?" I said to her mockingly, as I put my hand back down to my sides. Maria let out another laugh.
"Weakling. They're scratches, you won't die. And yes, I know you were being sarcastic." She told me. She took another puff on her Cigarra. It started to rain heavily. "In six hours the Jedi may acquire a Force lock on your life force. If they do get that, then it's all over. I guess a Jedi Knight and Padawan entourage will find you and arrest you for murder." Maria said to me as she threw her Cigarra out of the Speeder. "In eight hours, it's your doom. That's where this little place I'm going to show you comes into the equation. Jedi's are a bit weary of the dealings that go on down here so it gives you a chance to get away with it. They really don't like the Jedi types down here." Maria told me.
"How'd you know all that?" I asked her, suspicious of where she acquired all that knowledge.
She merely laughed.
"You forget, Jaro! I've travelled these lanes many times. You seem to think what happened back there was a close call, but I can assure you. I'm old. I've seen somethings happen and *that* wasn't a close call. Oh no.. Wait until you get the *real* Jedi's on you case. You know, the ones with force powers." Maria informed me, looking left and right as the Speeder suddenly became stationary.
"This is your stop." She said to me, kicking me viciously out of the Speeder. I wasn't expecting it and I rolled on the ground.
I got up and cursed the woman as she sped away.
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Run!
I watched Maria as her eyes met mine, her blade wavering very gently. She kept her eyes fixed on mine and she lowered her sword ever so slightly, her eyes suddenly shot down to the floor almost as if she was ashamed of feeling some kind of mercy for me. It was then that I heard a shrill voice from up above "Who's there!?" Suddenly Maria's eyes met mine again but this time they were fall of confusion and fear.
"Jedi's.. RUN!" She shouted as she left like a star-fighter entering hyperspace. I quickly retrieved my blaster and ran outside, joining her.
"Oh great. What now?" I asked her, she turned and looked at me.
"Well.. You're the one that murdered a man.. So I don't care, just don't follow me. Got that, Jaro?" Maria said as she darted to the left and into some alleyways of Coruscant.
My head moved from left to right, I'd never been left in a lurch like this before. I knew that Maria was right, if the Jedi's caught me I would be tried for murder, no doubt about it. I also knew that the chances of me out running a Jedi were literally impossible but I had to try. After all, maybe the Force would be on my side?
Well. I could only hope, couldn't I?
So foolishly, I began to run.
I ran towards the right into some open, well-lit streets, littered with buildings on both sides. "Hey you! STOP!" I heard the Jedi shout after me as his feet started trampling towards me. I kept running, trying to get away from the Jedi trailing me. I ran as fast as I could in a straight line until I came to a cross roads.
I looked left. Open streets.
I looked right. A dark alleyway.
I almost skidded when I turned to the right and pumped my legs down the alleyway. I was running so fast that I failed to notice the door that opened infront of me, I managed to stop on the roll of a credit chit and dodge to the right only to bump into some middle aged Twi'lek female and knock her over. "Damnit!" I shouted at her as I carefully ran around her trying to gain as much speed as possible down the alleyway. She shouted something at me in her native language but I was too busy listening to the Jedi's heavy footsteps getting closer to catch what she said.
I took a quick glance over my shoulder, even in the dark I could tell that the Jedi was young. Too young to be able to stop me with the use of Force powers but not too young to fight me and defeat me. Jedi's after all were misunderstood by most people and they were most definitely underestimated. However, I wasn't going to make this mistake, for now, I was going to keep running in the hope that I might out run my opponent. Jedi or no Jedi.
The quick glance was enough for me to trip over, though. I fell on the ground, flat on my face, adrenaline pumped in me wildly and in instinct I put my hands on the floor, pulling myself back up onto my feet. The Jedi was very close now, too close. I started to pump my legs as hard as I could to get away but he was inevitably gaining on me. I started to sweat prefusely and pant in tiredness but I mentally forced myself to carry on going, even if it killed me.
I felt something on my foot, it was the Jedi. He'd jumped through the air and grabbed hold of my foot to stop me. I started to struggle to break free, thrashing my foot from left to right until his grip loosened. I was incredibly lucky and that was extremely close. I started to pump my legs again and turned right down another alleyway that was even darker than the last one, then I turned left and ran down the next alleyway, then I took another left.
I hid behind some debris in the alleyway to catch my breath. I was panting ridiculously hard and if I had to run any further or any harder I knew it would be enough for me.
I thought I'd lost the Jedi.
I was wrong.
He came creeping up the alleyway and I unsheathed my blaster. For a second I considered knocking him out with it but then I realised what a foolish idea it was. A Jedi, *any* Jedi would see that coming. No, I had to run, I had no choice. I sheathed my blaster. I began to run and I soon heard the Jedi trailing my path once again. The alleyway branched off to the right. I was running so fast that I had to place my hands on the wall to get around the corner without running into a stone wall. It slowed me down a little bit but I soon managed to pick up the pace again.
I was running as fast as I could, I was still out of breath. I came to a wall and I was suddenly reminded of how much I hated P.D.I. I scaled the wall in the most *ungracious* style ever, after all, I was physically exhausted and I just wanted to get out with my life intact.
Providing I didn't die of a heartattack first.
I jumped over the wall and landed awkwardly, rolling to break the impact. The Jedi clambered over the wall much easier than me which was to be expected, he had the Force on his side. He was also twenty or more years younger than me which didn't exactly help my cause either.
The Jedi was close again and I figured that he wasn't going to fall for the trick I shown him before. I ran, slamming my right leg down after my left leg until I was in another well-lit street of Coruscant. I looked around, there was nowhere for me to run, nowhere for me to hide.
So I took the next best option.
I ran towards all the doors and started to slam my fists on them to see if their was one open. I smacked the first door and it was closed, the second one opened as soon as I stepped near it.
I kind of wish now that I didn't take that option.
Or do I?
I'd stumbled, literally, upon one of Coruscant's more seedier "Cantina's" with dancing Twi'leks in incredibly revealing outfits. I had no time to stop and ogle, but I knew it would probably embarass the young Jedi enough to slow him down.
Well.. At least I *hoped* that sort of thing would slow him down.
I even blushed myself. I may have been a soldier but I was the shy type, it may be difficult to believe but I get flustered easily. This was one of those occasions. I looked around and the Jedi entered the Cantina. Seeing absolutely nowhere else to run I ran towards the bar. I placed one hand on the bar and jumped over it running to the back of the bar and jumping back over it and onto solid ground. I meandered my way through a couple of Twi'lek dancing girls and burst through the back door of the Cantina out onto the open streets again.
I kept running but this time it was aimlessly until I saw a figure running towards a Speeder. It was Maria. The Jedi was hot on my tail again and I watched as she jumped into the Speeder with style. I drew my blaster and ran towards it, Maria was about to leave. "Not so damn fast woman! You want to kill me don't you?" I said as I hopped into the spare seat. She nodded excitedly in response to my question and a grin formed on her face.
Man! This woman had more bloodlust than I'd ever known Revan to have. But I didn't care, it was better to be closer to my enemies than to my.. Well, extremely freaky and powerful enemies, the Jedi.
Not that Maria wasn't a freak. Everything about her reaked of freak.
Hair.
Eyes.
Voice.
Personality.
Wait, did I just *think* she had a personality?
Hah! Some personality. If Maria had a personality.. Well..
Then Revan had the personality of a diplomatic Hutt, damnit!
I pointed the blaster at her head. "Good, now that we've established pretty clearly that you want to kill me.. I suggest you GO MARIA BEFORE THEY CAPTURE US BOTH!" I shouted in absolute desperation, she started to drive the speeder and we were soon out of the big trouble we got ourselves into. "Careful Maria, any funny business and I *swear* I'll kill you." I said as I kept my blaster firmly pointed at her temple. She kept quiet. "I'm watching you." I added.
I started to pant to myself as I regained most of my breath, my heart was pounding. I was far too old for that chase around Coruscant but I was pleased that I got lucky even if I was sitting next to some lunatic woman who takes arm wrestling matches *far* too personally. "I'll only end up killing you in a few days time.. That is if the Jedi don't capture you first." She told me, whilst concentrating on driving.
"I'd rather be captured by the Jedi's." I told her, she turned and smiled at me. "Keep your eyes on what you're doing Maria.. Don't BLOODY eyeball me or I'll blow your brains out." I told her in desperation and absolute fear, she turned her head and returned to what she was doing.
I was extremely rattled by that close call.
"It didn't seem that way.. Well, with the way you hopped into the speeder with me." Maria answered me. She was right, why did women always have to be right when it counted? I wasn't one to be defeated so easily though.
"It didn't seem like you wanted to kill me at one point, either." I retorted, noticing Maria glaring at me sideways if that was even possible.
"I was composing myself." She said in response.
"Well.. Consider this *MY* bloody composure!" I yelled at her. She muttered incoherently and in disbelief that I would even dare hint that she thought twice about killing me for a split second.
Sure, she wanted to do it.
But women were weak. Weak to mercy. Weak to a defenseless man. I'd noticed that with Revan in the past and I'd used it to my advantage.
It worked again here. However, I decided not to press the issue. I didn't want to take this cruel womans idea of "mercy" and push it to it's boundaries. If I did, I might have ended up dead then than giving the .. "Blessing" of two days more of torture.. I mean.. Life.
"Ok.. Ok.. Fine." I said to her as I watched the lights of Coruscant fly past us.
"So you enjoy being a walking dead man, Jaro?" Maria asked me.
"No. I don't." I replied. She let out a soft laugh.
"You know, without my help, the Jedi's will find you in a matter of hours. Either you let me help you and I kill you after I attend to my other business-" Maria said, I didn't give her chance to finish.
"Other business?" I asked her.
"None of your business. But if you must know, or, if you hadn't guessed it. I'm a mercenary, a bounty hunter. All things bad and nasty. I'm an evil bitch and you've gotten on the wrong side of me, dead man Jaro." Maria informed me. I just shrugged.
"I'm used to women hating me." I replied to her, I shifted around in my seat uncomfortably and decided that for now the situation was safe enough to sheath my blaster again. "I've gotten on the wrong side of too many people to count.. It doesn't bother me that you're an extra one." I added, she was too busy concentrating on what she was doing to notice what I said however.
"As I was saying. Either you let me help you and I can kill you after I attend to my other business or the Jedi's will find you in a matter of eight to ten hours." Maria informed me, she shot me a "do it or die" gaze. I suddenly felt very stupid.
"Fine. As much as I don't like it, I'll comply." I told her, sighing and shifting around in my seat uncomfortably. I had a plan. Strike up a deal with a Mercenary and get the hell off Coruscant before the Jedi's found me or Maria Mortis killed me, if that was even possible. I was a murderer now. After all, I had nothing to live for. I may as well keep running. I may as well do something until I meet my destiny. Anything. Anything that would keep my mind from wandering back to *that* woman. Jedi Hero Revan. Dark Lord Revan. Scout Nima D'Graven. Padawan Nima D'Graven. Padawan Revan. Dark Lord Revan.
So many names. But why should I care now? She's dead.
"She's gone." As Rivu put it.
Maybe the Mercenary mission would be my last before I hit the bottle again.
At least the bottle is a good way to go.
At least it's your friend, your lover.
At least it doesn't die on you.
I knew that striking a deal with a Mercenary or a band of Mercenaries would be incredibly dangerous, but they had connections. I knew the way the Jedi worked, they wouldn't put *every* effort into finding me and it wouldn't take *much* effort at all on their part to find me. I knew that they would inform the local Coruscant authorities of who I am and what I looked like, they're pedantic morons and I wouldn't stand a chance alone. However, travelling with a Smuggler who knew the lanes, who knew how to get past certain authorities and hell, even knew how to smuggle a person aboard their ship was just the thing I was looking for.
Oh, how I wished I could bump into Rivu at that point.
She would know how to smuggle me aboard her ship without any of the Coruscant authorities being any wiser.
"So what are you going to do Maria?" I asked her, as I strayed my mind away from my thoughts and troubles for mere moments.
"Going to show you a little part of Coruscant that even Jedi's are a little weary of. Sure, it's dangerous but you'll be safe there.. For a few days." She informed me, she was so persistent on the idea of killing me. It was damn scary. I sighed and she sensed my tension. "Would you like to take the other route? Let me tell you something. In two hours the Jedi will have analysed the murder case and have a rough idea who you are by the description provided by the one whom chased you." Maria let out a soft sigh and her features sagged a tiny bit as she thumbed a Cigarra out. "Light it, dead man." She commanded me. I had no choice, I lit her Cigarra whilst she kept driving the Speeder.
She let out a little puff of her Cigarra before continuing. "By four hours, the Jedi will analyse the blood that dropped from your face and they'll probably have more than a decent idea of whom you are and what you do for a living through the various connections that they have." I was suddenly reminded of my face, the bleeding had stopped but the adrenaline had worn off and I was suddenly feeling a pang of pain there and in my leg. I winced a little bit. "Well, if you think I'm going to give you Kolto you got another thing coming, Jaro." Maria informed me. I shot her a nasty glare.
"Oh, and let me die on you? Are you sure you'd like the pleasure to be taken away from you?" I said to her mockingly, as I put my hand back down to my sides. Maria let out another laugh.
"Weakling. They're scratches, you won't die. And yes, I know you were being sarcastic." She told me. She took another puff on her Cigarra. It started to rain heavily. "In six hours the Jedi may acquire a Force lock on your life force. If they do get that, then it's all over. I guess a Jedi Knight and Padawan entourage will find you and arrest you for murder." Maria said to me as she threw her Cigarra out of the Speeder. "In eight hours, it's your doom. That's where this little place I'm going to show you comes into the equation. Jedi's are a bit weary of the dealings that go on down here so it gives you a chance to get away with it. They really don't like the Jedi types down here." Maria told me.
"How'd you know all that?" I asked her, suspicious of where she acquired all that knowledge.
She merely laughed.
"You forget, Jaro! I've travelled these lanes many times. You seem to think what happened back there was a close call, but I can assure you. I'm old. I've seen somethings happen and *that* wasn't a close call. Oh no.. Wait until you get the *real* Jedi's on you case. You know, the ones with force powers." Maria informed me, looking left and right as the Speeder suddenly became stationary.
"This is your stop." She said to me, kicking me viciously out of the Speeder. I wasn't expecting it and I rolled on the ground.
I got up and cursed the woman as she sped away.
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