End of the Assignment
Chapter 6
The entire mission had sounded exciting, daring and well worth it when Master Adi had suggested it for her trials. Infiltrate Krayn's organization, get his trust, and get the information needed to bring him, his associates, and his clients to justice. In return, the slaves would be freed, certainly a cause she believed in, especially after getting to know Anakin Skywalker, and she would become a full Jedi Knight.
Entering her new office with the cable she'd bought to connect her portable computer to the server, she was sure she hadn't realized what a hell it would be. Seeing how Krayn treated his slaves made her want to throw up. Not to mention she was getting beyond sick and tired of being Krayn's dream girl, Zora.
Honestly, if there was any real girl who would be happy with that thug's gross come-ons and didn't care that he buys and sells people like animals, I'd have to bop her on the head!
Except she felt she was becoming the girl she once wanted to bop over the head. And that was the scariest part. She'd overestimated how long it took for pretending to become real.
Or maybe she hadn't. Her first idea had been to simply blast Krayn, remove all of the slave's monitors, send them back to their families, and be done with it. The Council had not been impressed.
"Not only is that not the Jedi way, if you did that, someone else would just take Krayn's place. This isn't about cutting an arm off of the monster. This is about killing the monster," Master Adi had explained.
Quickly unscrewing the back of her chair, she was ready for the next step of her plan. Walking down the hallway, she noticed that Krayn's office door was open. Peeking in, Siri saw Krayn and one of his bodyguards laughing like one of them had just told a hilarious joke. Afterward, they went back to eating their calamari steaks.
Hard at work, I see. That'll make the next step to getting what's on that server easier.
"My chair's broken. Do you know where the toolkit is?" asked Zora, smiling.
"It's in the crawl space next to the garage, Zora," Krayn answered. "Want to stay here awhile?"
"Thanks. I'll be back after getting the toolkit." Zora paused, meaningfully. "With a surprise."
The garage, as it turned out, was attached to Krayn's office building. The crawl space, which was higher than the word "crawl" made it sound, could only be entered through the garage. Siri took out her key, unlocked the door to the crawl space and stepped in.
The floor was dirt and there was little light, but Siri could clearly see both the toolbox, on the ground near the door, and the fuse box against the north wall. Siri picked up the toolbox, opened it, and took out the pliers. Walking over to the fuse box, she began to feel her heart race. She opened it and realized there was no way she could tell which powered the emergency call button behind Krayn's desk. So she cut through them all, thankful it was the middle of the day.
Siri set the toolbox back down and went back to her office. Taking out a pack, she put in her portable computer, the cable…and a blaster. She took the wire which had a receiver back at the Jedi Temple, attached it to the inside of the back of her top, and flipped the switch on it by feel. "Operation commencing."
Now she would find out if her plan had been approved.
"Ready when you are, Freelancer," came Master Windu's voice from the receiver end.
Here goes nothing… Siri began to panic,
The Force will be with you, always. I did not have the power to free the slaves, but you do, Siri was sure she heard in her head.
Qui-Gon Jinn? Obi-Wan's old master? Could those who were one with the Force communicate with the living? But whether it was him or her imagination, she felt herself began to calm down and concentrate on what lay ahead.
Coming next…the scene from Alias that was so impressive it was the first scene after the Superbowl two years ago.