Chapter 10: The Warden's News and Xen

The stars in front of Xen's stolen ship swirled around it, the affect one gets while traveling in hyper space. Xen pressed a button on the control desk and a holopad projector came up, she dialed in Traya's personal comm. frequency. Seconds later a tiny real life image of Traya flickered into existence on the holopad, she smiled when she saw Xen.

" I see you have eluded capture then." Traya said.

" No, I was in prison for a while."

" Well you are out now which is all that matters, I doubt that you succeeded in killing Leia. Correct?"

" Yes."

" Well, come to Kashyyyk, I am headed there now, there we can get our plans back on track."

" Alright."

XxX

A small holoimage of Vader appeared on the keycard keeper's desk. He bowed deeply to it.

" Lord Vader we implanted in between the leather in Xen's sleeve, we are tracking her now. She escaped as planned."

" Excellent." Vader said from the other line. " Where is she headed?"

" Currently to the Hoth system sir, but she just recently changed course to Kashyyyk."

" Do you think she knows about the tracer?"

" Probably not, otherwise she would have asked me where it was on her."

" Perhaps. Did anyone die there?"

" I think the warden is dead because a few of his goons just came in!"

" I'll let you leave then."

The goons came into camera view and began questioning the keycard keeper. Vader cut the connection.

XxX

Xen guided her ship down toward the planet Kashyyyk. Home of the wookies, there were not much left though. All were either sold into slavery or died of diseases put upon them by the Empire. Sidious had some evil disease weapon that he tested on them, it failed and the remaining wookies have had bitter feelings toward humans since. A piece of history Xen picked up somewhere.

He ship entered the atmosphere and jerked violently for several seconds but stopped. Xizor had his base in the south pole, once she was within the planet's atmosphere she headed there.

Fifteen Minutes Later

Xen's ship had come upon a huge mountain on the southern pole. It was a snow covered volcano with a much more larger hole in the top than any she had seen. There was only one problem with this. Kashyyyk had no volcano's. This was Xizor's base. She flew her ship toward the top of the fake volcano and sure enough, an alarm on her ship chimed and in came a transmission.

" State your name and business."

" My name is Xen you pompous moron." Xen spat.

" Oh! So sorry lady Xen, you are cleared to land."

" Damn straight."

" Just go down through the volcano's top and"

" I know how to land you moron."

" Yes of course!"

" Now shut up and let me land."

" Of course."

He said no more and Xen brought her ship down into the hole of the volcano, which had a turbo lift running from its top to bottom. Her ship touched down at the bottom next to hundreds of others and she could see Xizor coming to greet her through her front view port.