"What in the Undercity is that?"
"Well it looks like the Endar Spire."
"I know that, but—"
The commander was rudely interrupted by a laser turret blazing them all down. The commander didn't take to being killed, so he stood back up and shouted, "What was that for?"
A port hole popped open on the side and a man's head peaked out, "It was for killing you, you idiot! You're dead!"
The commander, finally looking at the smoking holes in his chest, replied, "Oh. I guess you're right," and fell over dead. As dead as a bit of coded animation can ever get. The man slammed the porthole shut, and with that last bang, silence resounded in the Undercity. Inside the Endar Spire, however, the noise overwhelmed the silence, chasing from room to room, until finally it tackled the sound, and tickled it until it laughed.
The bridge was over run with the few of the soldiers, who also happened to be technicians, fixing all those little parts that can be fixed through the computer systems. In the medical bay, a group of soldiers stood over Mynock trying to figure out what to do about his flattened leg and loss of blood. The were arguing when Lieutenant Karl came over to them, and asked, "What's going on here?"
There was a chorus of mumbles, and Karl stared in disbelief for a minute, then he broke into amazed laughter. The group of soldiers, stood uncomfortably, and waited.
Finally he spoke again, "Use a medpack," and walked away.
Frowning dubiously, they leaned over Myn and shot the nefariously liquid called 'med' into him. Med is found in various computer games, as an easy way to get out of having to make up something that actually sounds like a liquid you'd stick yourself with to feel better. Almost as soon as they used it, Myn's leg popped to normal size, and the blood disappeared.
The soldiers stood up in amazement, and Myn sat up and said, "You forgot. This is a computer game. Nothing bad happens when you're knocked unconscious."
Standing, Myn took command, "You, go get Lt. Karl. You tell me what's going on. The rest of you, go find something to do. There's probably something to do around here." Mumbling they split up. Myn turned to the designated spokes person, "What happened?"
"After you tractored the planet, Karl found a spot, and landed us in the Undercity."
"What's the damage to the surrounding city?"
"Very little actually. Karl managed to navigate it pretty darn well..."
Myn raises an eyebrow, "Yes?"
"Except on the Lower City. See we had come through the Upper City, right on top of some of the Vulkar swoop gang, in the process of demolishing a small group of Beks."
Myn grimaced, "Musta been nuts"
"Yeah. They immediately started firing upon us, so Karl—"
"Gave the order to fire," Karl took over from the relived looking soldier, "So the lasers opened fire on the gang, and in the process, we accidentally blew a hole in the floor. That's how we came to be down here."
Myn sighed, "I bet we're going to need to figure out a way to patch that hole...Karl I need three of the best shooters, and two of them have to be at least partially intelligent. Also, I want you to figure out a course that would be the easiest way to leave. Don't worry about stuff in the way, I think we might need to have a quick get away plan."
"Gotcha. I'll get those people together."
Undercity
Carth Onasi looked up with a mixture of awe, and the computer game straight face. How the hell did Myn get this thing down here! He looked over his shoulder at the people he'd brought along.
The sith opened his mouth, "How the hell did this thing get down here!"
They were startled by a voice from behind, "Oh, it was easy. All we had to do was shoot straight down, and we got through.
Myn stood behind them with a republic, and two sith. He looked at Carth, "How far did you get in my absence?"
"We got pretty far. We were just about to go to the Beks and give them the prototype intake'erator."
"Good. Did you go into the apartments in the Lower City?"
"No."
"Okay...hmm...you four," Myn pointed at four soldiers, "Go into the Lower City apartments, and kill all the Black Vulkars, and anyone else that attacks you. Once your done, head back to the Spire." Looking at Carth, he continued, "Carth, here's 2,000 credits. Go to the droid shop and buy T3. Tell the shop owner you're from Canderous. Try to bargain, you can get it for 1,500 credits. Once you've done that, break into the sith base. Try to recruit as many of them as possible." Myn looked at the rest of them, "The rest of you wander around, but stay together. You don't want to meet a rakghoul all by yourself. Any questions?"
One of the soldiers spoke up, "Where are you going, Sir?"
"To the swoop race. Anymore questions? No? OK, let's move out!"
Swoop Arena
Myn looked around in the dark, trying to find the tech.
The tech found him first, "Over here!" Myn walked over to him, "We have a problem."
Myn was not surprised, "It would surprise me is if something went right. I'd be more suspicious, if it did." He sighed
Looking at the tech, he did not notice the scene fade slightly, "What is it?"
"The battery burnt out, and we don't have a replacement."
Suddenly the sound is dulled and a voice over is heard:
When swoops batteries die, swoop pilots trust to only one battery: (Camera focuses on Myn's hand as he reaches into his pocket and pulls out two double A batteries) Duracell.
Suddenly the word "Cut" can be heard, and a man who looks like he's a producer walks in the frame of view, "Got it. One take. Good job all."
Myn and the Tech glare at him, and he freezes, "Oh. S-s-sorry." He slips out of the camera view.
Myn looks at the tech, "As I was saying, these ought to work."
The tech bends over the swoop for a second then, "Yep. You're good to go!"
"Alright," Myn walks over to the race announcer, and says, "Give me a go."
The announcer nods, and says, "Go ahead."
Swoop Race
Myn started the swoop engines with a vwhoom. He put his Root Beer can in the cup holder, and pressed on the gas. He flew fast and well, but not fast enough. Frustrated, he hit an obstacle, and some of his root beer landed in the prototype intake'erator. The swoop lurched forward. WHAT THE HELL? He looked from the intake'erator to the root beer and back. In a quick decision, he poured his root beer into the intake'erator, and the swoop shot forward. Speed came with a cost. The engine was overheating. EXPLETIVES! Suddenly light bulb appeared over his head, and he reached into his pocket and pulled out...Mentos? He threw the mentos into the intake'erator, and the engine cooled down. Then he was across the finish. In less then ten seconds. He was obviously the winner.
As he greeted the tech, he asked, "What is an intake'erator?"
The tech smiled, "Didn't you find out?"
"I guess so," He replied as Brejik made his way to the podium, "Oh, by the way," He pulled the light bulb he had taken off his head, "Hold this for me."
The tech raised an eyebrow but replied, "Sure."
All eyes turned to Brejik, "Before I give out the prize, I want to tell you that the winning swoop racer cheated." Myn raised an eyebrow, "He was using a prototype intake'erator, clearly an unfair advantage."
Myn raised his other eyebrow, "Brejik. I would like to ask you a question. What is a prototype intake'erator?"
"I...I don't know."
"Hmm...So explain why it's an 'unfair advantage'."
Brejik glared at him, "I'm withdrawing my share of the prize, and —"
But Myn was already up, and the Vulkars behind him were already dead. His guns were pointed at Brejik, and still smoking. No sound was heard. The silence roared. Suddenly it got tired of roaring, and started growling.
Myn's clear cold voice echoed in the room, "Are you really?" He cocked his gun for emphasis. Brejik frowned, "Wait a minute, laser guns don't need to be cocked!"
Myn looked surprised, "Hey, you're right!"
Then they were back in tension.
"Are you really?" Myn repeated.
Brejik looked at the one Vulkar that hadn't been killed, standing holding his side, ready to kill Myn on a moments notice, and said, "Yes."
Myn was a blur. His four shots where fired so fast they almost sounded like one. The result was amazing. The remaining Black Vulkars and Brejik were dead. Everyone in the room was surprised. Even Myn.
"Hmm...I guess I didn't lose it..." He mumbled thoughtfully.
Myn started, as Bastila's cage popped open. Then he slapped himself, "Right. I forgot. Come on."
Myn started walking for the door, picking up the dead equipment. "If you think you can claim your prize you're wrong." Bastila said.
Myn stopped, fumbling for something in his jacket, as she approached him from behind. Slashing at his left she pivoted, and moved to attack. She cut right through him. That stunned her, then she realized she didn't have her weapon anymore. Where was it? There it was lying on the floor behind her. She realized what happened. In a surprising move, Myn had flipped out Bastila's lightsaber, blocked the blow, and knocked away her weapon.
Turning around he stated, "Bastila, there's no time for this." Flipping her her weapon, he left. Something in the way he said it made an impression on her, as she followed him.
Sith Base
The sith base was erie. Dead sith everywhere. Myn wondered where Carth and his group could be. He ran through the base, finally finding a group of soldiers, standing in front of a elevator.
"Myn!"
"Mission! What happened?"
"Carth went ahead with a small group of soldiers and hasn't come back!"
"Damn!" and he rushed into the elevator. Mission and Bastila trying to follow him, but he shook his head, and the elevator lifted him up.
Governors Chambers
Carth looked up into the eyes of the sith governor, as the governor ranted and raved on and on and on. Man what's taking this guy so long? I guess I shouldn't complain, but I've been here for over an hour.
He decided to tune into what the sith was yelling, "...But now that the apple pie must be inside the marnok and the gangok cannot complain about what the fish must be saying..."
Carth heard a safety lock click, but the governor kept raving. He also saw the laser bolt crash into the sith's head, but the sith kept raving.
Finally Mynock just pushed him over, still raving.
"Want a piece of code that looks like a hand?" Myn asked over the sith.
Carth gladly took it.
"You hurt that bad Carth?"
Carth shook his head, "No, just pinned down."
"Pinned down? That was more like 'sworded' down." Carth raised an eyebrow, "Let's get these launch codes and get the hell out of here."
Lower City Bar
"Yes Canderous, I do already have the droid, and the codes. All I need is to grab the Ebon Hawk, and get out of here."
Canderous looked at him suspiciously, "You ready now, or do you want time?"
"I am ready now."
Myn turned to Bastila and Mission, "Take the troops to the Endar Spire. Give the man in charge there, Lieutenant Karl, this and tell him on my signal, that's this, tell him to use the escape route. He'll know what I'm talking about. Also give him this. This is the Taris Launch Codes."
They nodded.
"Alright, Canderous. Let's go meet this moister-farmer."
Davik's Base
Guards. Lots of them. Even more. More then more. Okay, fine only ten. But still, that's a lot of guards.
"Okay, this is what happens, I go and distract them, you go around get the codes. By that time I hope to have them asleep."
Both Canderous and Carth didn't like the idea, but they went along with it.
Myn stepped around the corner and said, "How many fish are in your pocket? How many in your ear? How many in your toes. How many in you nose. Why do you cry when you fly into the sky? Why should I die if I lie? Where do I go? I don't know. When do I die?" And on and on and on, until he had them laughing up a storm. That was how he got soaked, because it was monsoon season. He happened to get lucky and several lightning bolts kill some of the guards. Then their expressions got cold, and it started to snow. Several of them froze, and the rest got covered in berms.
Myn exiting the room said, "Damn, I hate Personality Environment Rooms."
He found Carth and Canderous waiting for him, "Lets go."
They stepped into the hanger and the shaking started again.
Myn sighed, "Damn Sith, still don't have thoughtfulness."
Davik's voice echoed across the hanger, "Well, well, well—"
"Davik, I'm sorry. I can't explain wells at the moment, that subject is too deep."
Davik looked at Calo Nord, "Kill them."
Myn shrugged "Calo, I've never seen you take on the Dark Lord of the Sith before. Want to try?"
Calo just pulled out a grenade, and started to throw it, but Mynock was too fast. His blaster blew the thermal detonator right as it left Calo's hand.
"That was too easy." Suddenly a tank droid crashed through the wall, causing Canderous to reply, "Don't ever say that!"
Myn cursed, "God dammit!" Suddenly a lightning bolt crashed down on the Tank Droid and it fell to pieces.
Stunned silence. Even the sith stopped shooting.
Myn broke it, "Man, I've never seen God actually do something I say."
The sith started firing again. Canderous, looked around, "Well, it's time to go."
Myn looked at him, "You're right," and he pressed the button on his sleeve.
As the Ebon Hawk lifted off, those aboard saw the Endar Spire fly through the burning wreckage to meet them.
Only one comm message passed from the Hawk to the Spire, saying "Meet us at the Yavin Station"