Chapter 9: Escape
" Xizor!" Traya yelled as she rushed into the control room in Echo Base where Xizor was currently making a deal to sell an artifact with a green skinned Rodian.
" Yes mistress Traya?" He asked and turned to her. With a flip of his hand he dismissed the Rodian.
" Has lady Xen reported in? I'm most curious to see how she has progressed."
" I am deeply sorry to inform you she has not spoken to me at all. I did not witness her reporting in either. Though it is possible."
" I doubt it." Traya replied. " She would have come to me. No, something is holding her up."
" Do you think she has been captured."
" Highly probable, yes, I do think that. Xizor I wish to travel to your base on Kashyyyk."
" If you wish, I will have a shuttle prepared myself."
" Good, I need to carry on my plans, your army may be of some use to me."
" As you wish."
XxX
The door to Xen's cell whooshed open and in stepped a uniformed guard carrying a tray of food. He looked tired and did not zap Xen with the tazer. He set the tray of slop down at her feet and moved to clean her fresher. This was the perfect opportunity. She stood up and bend down to pick the tray up. She deposited the slop onto the grated floor and it sank through the gaps. Silently she raised the tray above her head and crept up behind the guard.
Swiftly she brought the metal tray down right on his head, there was a metallic ping and he fell into her fresher. Working quickly she removed his armor and helmet and put them on herself. She stuffed the nearly naked body into the shower and shut the door of the fresher.
Smiling under her helmet she fished around for the keycard in her pocket and slid it down the slot in the door which pulled away and opened. Easy enough. She stepped out into the hall and walked down the length of the cell block until she reached the desk with the keycard keeper. He turned around and looked at her with a toothy smile.
" How did the girl behave for you? Eat all her food eh? Wait a minute, where is the tray?" He asked in alarm. Xen smiled under her helmet again and pulled out a blaster that she had stolen from the guard and aimed it at the man's head. Then she removed her helmet and tossed it behind her.
" Tray's lying by the unconscious food man." She said coolly. " I'll be needing my weapons."
The guard did not respond but reached for the alarm button, Xen shot his hand before he could so much as touch it. He howled in pain and held his smoking hand.
" Weapons?"
" Here." He squeaked and opened a cupboard under the desk, in it were Xen's belongings including her lightsaber. She picked them all up took off the guards armor and put all the possessions in their respective places. Then she took the guard's pistol, set it to stun and shot the keycard keeper.
Smiling she tossed it aside and headed for the exit. A few surprised storm troopers tried to stop her on her way to the hanger bay but she cut them down as well as the warden who pulled a gun on her as she walked past him. She went in the hanger and stole a prisoner transport ship and off she flew. To easy.
XxX
The keycard keeper slipped back into consciousness. He remembered what happened and quickly whipped out his comm. dialing in Vader's frequency.
