Walking through the doorway of the establishment that the garish sign outside proclaimed was the 'Mynock Cavern', Jerreth scanned the dark room quickly and assessed the potential threats. Seeing that all was well he stalked in and took a seat at a table, his back against the wall to protect against ambush. Jayde sat to his left, leaving him with a clear field of fire, and looked up as a bartending droid came up to them. Jerreth looked at the black droid; its carapace had slight swirls of purple all over it and it looked well tended. "I'll have a Corellian Whisky, Why'rhens Reserve if you have it". The droid noted it down and turned to Jayde "I'll have a Juri Juice thanks". The droid beeped in confirmation and trundled off to the bar, returning shortly with their orders.
A sudden presence made Jerreth turn and look at the entrance to the Cantina. A tall man stood clad in a dark brown robe, his face hidden by the shadows cast by the inadequate lighting. He turned and looked at Jerreth as if sensing that he was watching him and he walked over to the seated man. Jerreth unbuckled the catch of his holster and loosened his blaster so that it was ready for a quick draw. He was relieved to see Jayde doing the same. The mystery man stopped in front of the two companions and spoke up "I am looking for a pilot available for a charter flight"
Jerreth eyed the man and took a sip of his whisky "What makes you think that I have a ship?"
The man pulled up a seat and sat down. Jerreth saw Jayde's hands creep towards her holstered blasters and he gave an almost motionless wave of his fingers that stopped her. "You have the look of a pilot. This charter is a one way flight that will pay well"
Jerreth's business sense kicked in "Destination?"
"Yavin 4" was the mystery man's reply
"The world with the Jedi academy?" Jerreth replied, slightly shocked.
"The very same. I will pay ten thousand credits. Half now and half upon the successful delivery of myself to that world"
Jerreth thought about it for a moment and extended his hand "You've got a deal. Docking bay 138, we'll be leaving in a few hours".
The man shook his hand and Jerreth felt an electrical tingle run through him. There was something about this stranger that didn't seem right. At that moment a man burst through the door and yelled breathlessly "We're under attack! An Imperial fleet has turned up in orbit and has begun deploying ground troops!"
A Rodian got to his feet and asked, "How is that possible? We are a neutral planet, the Imperials have no cause to attack us"
Just then four stormtroopers burst through the door and fired. The crimson bolts burnt down the Rodian and the man who had shouted the warning. Ripping his blaster pistol from its holster Jerreth fired and pitched one of the white armoured trooper's back, smoke leaking from the hole in his helmet. Jayde fired her two pistols and dropped another trooper with a flurry of shots that left smoking holes in his armour. Following their example four of the cantina's patrons fired with an assortment of weaponry, which brought down the last two troopers.
Turning to the man Jerreth said in a voice that was not unlike a growl "Looks like the timetable has moved forwards. We leave now!"
The three of them raced from the cantina and headed towards the docking bay. They made it there relatively safely, having to fight another patrol before reaching the safety of the spaceport. Clustered around the Hell Drake were eight stormtroopers on guard duty. Jerreth checked his power pack and saw that it was good for ten shots. More than enough to deal with these troopers he mused to himself. He looked to Jayde and she nodded and hefted her blaster pistols. Jumping out of cover everything seemed to slow down, like someone had covered time and space with thick syrup.
Jerreth brought up his blaster pistol and squeezed the trigger, a stormtrooper fell with his breastplate smoking. Dodging to the left he fired again and pitched another trooper to the ground. Another squeeze of the trigger killed another stormtrooper before they started to fire back. Jerreth ducked hurriedly and fired twice more killing another two more troopers. Five steps and five kills, that kind of luck cant continue. And continue it didn't as time seemed to speed up to its normal speedthe gunfire seemed to finally find him, a blaster bolt hit his blaster and knocked it out of his hands and then another bolt hit his rapidly diving body.Melting through his outer clothing and impacting on his body armour. It felt like someone had hit him full force with a sledgehammer and he dropped to the ground and slid half a metre before stopping in a heap, pain lancing his body.
Jayde stepped out of cover, wondering how Jerreth had moved so fast, and blazed away at the stormtroopers. The sheer amount of fire aimed at them killed them quickly, allowing Jayde to holster her weapons and go see to Jerreth. He was fine, his armour having stopped the bolt before it could do any permanent damage but he was still bruised from the impact on the armour. The man that accompanied them helped Jerreth to his feet and passed him the blaster that had been shot out of his hands. Accepting the blaster with a nod Jerreth pressed a button on the remote he carried and hurried up the ramp, closely followed by the other two.