Chapter 5

Ori looked over the older Jedi once more and then her eyes widened in recognition.

"Mira? It can't be, how, after all these years? How did you know?"

"Come on B.C. The droid's, your seclusion, and only you would rather live with droids then people. I just put the pieces together, and it takes a hunter to know one. Pretty nice place you made for yourself, and I must say nice disappearing act. Everyone thinks your dead, heck even I did. As for me, I'm very much alive. After the war, the Jedi were banished to the outer worlds. I've lived and rebuilt the Jedi temple and ways with Master Skywalker. I'm now a master on the new council."

B.C. smiled.

"Sounds nice. But you still haven't explained how you found me."

"Merak, the young one with me. He found a reference to you wanting to end up here on Tattooine if you survived the war. Apparently it was a video clip made by Hunter after you uploaded his hard drive into my ship. The clip made it's way into our new archives. Merak found it and on a hunch came here to look for you."

"I see," B.C.'s eyes dropped down. "Hunter's gone. I did crash here on Tattooine. Some of the wall and my workshop and part of the arena are pieces of the widow maker. I lost hunter in the crash. His hardrive didn't survive. I've tried to make others, but none turn out like him."

"Well, if it's any consolation, part of his program still resides aboard my ship. Your more then welcome to get it out if you want. I've been trying to, but the dam thing just won't go away" Mira said. "So I notice the eye patch and the limp. Things not going well?"

"My cybernetic eye turned out to be faulty, it failed a few years back and I had to have it removed. The leg was damaged in the crash. I've tried to get it repaired, but the people around here don't know squat when it comes to cybernetics. I've lived with it. And I think I will take you up on that offer, So what really brings you here to find me?"

"Master Skywalker sent us. We lost 4 Jedi on a planet. We sent two knights in to make contact and see if they wanted to join our order of planets that Master Skywalker has made. Some planets do, some don't. We lost contact with the first two Jedi on the planet. The second two we sent in on sort of a rescue mission, who we also lost contact with, but not before we got a message from them." Mira stated as she pulled out her data pad and played the message for B.C. The old bounty hunter listened intently to the recording and looked up at Mira.

"It's a trap. Your fellow Jedi are alive though."

"I figured as much, but how do you know?" Mira stated

"The voices, they are synthesized. They aren't your Jedi. If it truly was them, their would be a hint of emotion in their voices. It's pre-recorded anyways."

"Pre- recorded? Mind if I ask how you know?" Mira asked her old friend.

"Do you even have to ask. I live around droids, work on droids and build droids. Live around them long enough and you can tell a droid from a person. No matter how sophisticated. And computers aren't much different. It's the inflection in the voice that gives it away. Droids and computers can't do it. "

"Now B.C. I'm offering you a choice. You can stay here in your village, and not give a dam about the lost Jedi. But mind you, if Merak could figure out where you were, and he's not the brightest from what I've seen. It will only be a matter of time before others come looking, and I bet the empire isn't far off. Or you can come with us, clear your name then if you want to vanish we can make sure no one will know of your existence again. What do you say?"

"You know what my answer will be Mira. Now I think your partner is getting antsy."

A large blast shook the house and Mira shook her head.

"My ship is docked in bay 3. We will leave in an hour. If you change your mind." Mira stated as she rose from her seat. "Thank you for the information, it may help."

"Well if anyone there needs a droid, you know where to send them." B.C. said as she opened the door for Mira.

The Jedi master exited and looked around. She saw what looked like a rather large crater, blacked by what she suspected to be and explosion. B.C. exited her hut and looked around. A small R-2 unit rolled over and blipped. B.C. turned toward Mira.

"I see, Mira, your partner owes me a droid."

Mira perked an eyebrow and looked around. From behind a hut Merak came out. His cloak and face were covered in soot, his hair and cloak were singed.

"I'm not going to ask how you caused this." Mira said.

"It wasn't my fault. I swear. The dam thing just bleeped, went haywire and blew up." Merak said in a somewhat scared tone.

B.C. looked at the Jedi and then to Mira.

"BB-15. Doesn't like being touched. It gives a warning and if you don't move away within a certain amount of time it sets it's auto-destruct. Now I'll have to buy more parts to make a new one. It was a prototype."

"I'll send you the credits. Merak, time to go." Mira replied as she turned to walk away. "My deal still stands."

"I know, good day, fly safe." B.C. said as Merak ran past her to catch up with Mira.

The two Jedi were directed toward their speeders. Mira and Merak sped off out of the city. B.C. turned and gave a grin before entering her home once more.

Merak and Mira once again entered the town of Moss Eisley and went to the bay housing the Commenor's dream. Making sure no one had messed with her ship Mira decided it was time to take in the sights a bit before heading off. It may be the only time Merak would have a chance to see a planet like this without being on a mission.

"Well I guess I was wrong after all." He said as he kicked at a pebble.

"Wrong about what?" Mira asked as she kept an eye out, something didn't feel quite right.

"B.C. Orion. I guess she is dead after all, I was rather hoping on meeting her. I wish she was alive, she seemed so interesting from the stories in the data bank" Merak said.

After a time both Jedi knight and master headed toward the bay. The two entered and still Mira couldn't shake the fact that something felt wrong. Merak entered the bay and looked around, Mira followed. As she was walking up to the ship she got the feeling someone was watching her. She turned around and saw a hooded figure standing in the doorway. She reached for her saber and following suite so did Merak. The hooded figure walked up to them and then lowered her hood. Mira smiled.

"Change your mind?" She asked.

"Nope. I've come for my property. Namely what's left on your ship."

Mira smiled, she'd have that blasted droid program out of her ship once and for all.

"um, Mira?" Merak said.