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Author's Note: This will probably be my last update for a while since I'm going away to work for the summer. But don't worry I'll start working on this again.

Chapter 9: Upper City Taris 3

"Bastila," Carth exclaimed when she and Mona arrived back at the hideout, "It's good to see you're alive."

"Likewise," Bastila said, "So have we figured out how we're getting off this planet?"

"No," Carth said, "We were looking for you."

"Well that's not very organ…" Bastila

"You know what," Mona cut her off, "I was quite willing to get my ass the hell off this planet without you. The least you can do is offer just a little gratitude for helping you get free."

Bastila was left speechless.

"Look maybe we can find something out from someone in the Cantina," Mona suggested.

"Good idea," Carth said, "You and I should go. Aliens and Jedi would probably stick out like a sore thumb up here and attract too much attention."

Mona nodded, "Let's get to it, I've gotta bad feeling about this situation."

She and Carth made their way to the nearby Cantina, as they were heading to the counter to get some drinks they were stopped by a large tough looking man.

"I recognize you," he said, "You won the swoop race and took care of Brejik."

"Guilty as charged," Mona said, "What of it?"

"I've got a way off this planet," he said.

"Yeah well I don't deal with people I don't know," Mona said.

"In that case I'm Canderous, top hand of the Local Exchange boss Davik." The man said, "Now that we know each other are you willing to here my proposal?"

"I guess," Mona said, "This had better be good."

"Oh it is," Canderous said, "Davik owns a ship, the Ebon Hawk. It's the fastest ship in the galaxy and it can out run that Sith Blockade."

"So why haven't you just taken the ship yourself?" Mona asked.

"It's not that simple." Canderous said, "If I took off with out the proper launch codes no amount of speed is going to do me any good."

"You'd be blown up before you leave the atmosphere," Mona agreed, "Okay so you need me to get you these codes or something?"

"That's the plan," Canderous said, "But there's a catch."

"Of course," Carth interjected, "There's always a catch."

"To get the codes you'll need to break into the Sith Military Base just north of here," Canderous said.

"Why can't you do it yourself?" Mona asked.

"It's not that simple. Everybody knows that I work for Davik," Canderous answered, "So the Sith would be real quick in closing in on him and there would be no chance to escape."

"So you want me to get them for you because I'm a relative unknown?" Mona asked.

"That's the plan."

"How am I supposed to get in?" Mona inquired.

"I've gotta a little gift for you waiting over at Janic Nall's droid shop. A top of the line T3-M4 utility droid. Top notch code breaker. He'll get you into that base no problem. Just tell her Canderous sent you."

With that Canderous turned to leave.

"Where should we meet you when we're done?" Mona called out.

"Meet me at Jayvar's Cantina in the Lower City," Canderous replied as he left.

"Well," Carth said, "What do you think?"

"We'll probably need those codes either way," Mona said, "We may as well take up his offer."

Short Chapter, I know but I wanted to give you the set up for the Sith Base which will be a fun action packed chapter when it is eventually written. And don't worry in my time away I'll still be writing I just won't be able to post any updates. Peace out and keep up with the reviews.

P.S. I am free to discuss things through e-mail which I will be checking periodically so feel free to drop me a line.