The secret mission

Chapter 5

The two days in which, the prototype was to be built had passed. It was late morning when I got up out of bed. Still thinking about the dream I had had for two nights in a row. After about an hour I got dressed and set out for the day. When I opened the door I jumped back, startled, standing in my doorway was Yarrum Kcaz.

"Ready to go" he asked me.

Still startled, I asked him, "What are you doing here?"

"You said the prototype they were building for you, would be done in two days. Well, it's been two days."

"Yes, but how do you know were I live?"

"I followed you home the other night."

His answer caught me off guard. I asked him suspiciously, "Followed me home? Why?"

"Um… um… because I live close by, so I um... saw you go into your room the other night."

I could tell by the way he answered that he was hiding something. Instantly my light saber flew from my right boot to my right hand. I ignited one side of it and the orange blade appeared within a split second. I stood there holding the black handle expecting Yarrum to do something, but he did not, he just stood there with a shocked look on his face. I said, "Alright, kid you better tell me the truth and you better tell me it now!"

"Alright, hold on, hold on, and don't do anything stupid. The truth is, I'm homeless. So, I followed you home and slept near your hotel. Now put that thing down before one of us gets hurt.

This time I had a shocked look on my face. I turned off my saber and put it back in my boot. I started laughing, I laughed so hard that I fell to the ground. Yarrum was still staring at me. "What are you laughing at?"

"My...myself", I said. "I'm sorry if I startled you, I've just had a weird dream for the past two nights. It's making me a little edgy."

"That's all right. Are you ready to go to Werdna's?"

"Yes, but there's something I'd like to give you first." I went into my room and took a blaster from the desk. I went to the doorway again. I handed him the blaster and said, "You're coming with me this time."

When we arrived at the shop I stopped at the doorway. I reached into my pocket and took out an object that looked like a hearing aid. I handed it to Yarrum. "Take this; it's an audio device that allows you to hear everything in the room. Put it over your ear and find a safe place to hide. If I need you I will say I'm expecting company." He nodded and took the hearing aid, put it on and went to the side of the building, knelt down behind a garbage dump and waited. I went inside.

As before, I went to the receptionist and waited for Werdna, I acted like I was talking to myself. I said to myself "Can you see me, can you hear me." The receptionist looked at me with a funny expression on her face and said," Well of course I can." I smiled politely and heard Yarrum's voice say yes through my ear. Werdna came out and took me back to her office. I muttered, "Werdna's office is in the back."

We got to her office and she sat down in her chair. She said, "Mr. Wheels I have done your prototype for you, free of charge. I must say it's an excellent weapon."

"Thank you Miss Werdna, your work is deeply appreciated." I said that as kindly as I could for I could sense some danger in the force. I could also sense, that below her desk were two vibro-blades. They were sword like, each about 12 inches long with a six-inch straight metal handle.

"Shall we go meet my partners?"

"Yes, please."

Again she pushed the button under her desk and the door in the side of the wall appeared. Werdna put the vibro-blades behind her back and slid them down into her back pockets. I muttered the information to Yarrum. I stepped in, came out on the other side. And stopped cold, through the force I could sense extreme danger, I waited. Werdna started to talk to me she said, "Mr. Wheels we have done a background check on you-." My body went as cold as ice, they had found me out. Werdna was still speaking, "- and it seems that when the computers tried to verify your identity, it showed you as being a Jedi."

I forced a laugh and said, "You must be joking, of course the computer would identify me as a Jedi because that is my cover, I tell people I'm a Jedi, that way people will tell me everything I need to know."

Werdna looked at Namrah Kcin and he shook his head. She looked at me again and said evilly, "That was it nice line, Jedi master Weaver. It's been fun, but it's time to die."

This was as I expected, once more my light saber came up into my hands. I ignited both sides of it, and stepped back sideways with my right leg, I let go of my saber with my left hand and I pulled back my right hand. My saber was now parallel with my right arm. I waited for the attack. Namrah Kcin drew his light saber and stepped back into the shadows. He was gone. Werdna and the rest of the smugglers drew their weapons. Outnumbered, I said, "I'm expecting company."

With an evil grin on her face, Werdna said, "We know you are." A second later Namrah Kcin reappeared, his blade at Yarrum's throat. My heart sank; Werdna didn't have to say a thing, I understood. I had to decide whether Yarrum lived or died. What was I going to do, I had to choose.

To be continued...

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