Chapter 3 airbus hijacker prisoners
LUKE POV
Hostile presences
Screams
Blaster fire
Shouting
Pain
Fear
That's what he felt
Was it just a dream
Luke sat up groggily after being rudely awakened by a torrent of unhappy emotions.
What's going on he wondered
The airbus had stopped and was in what appeared to be the underworld of Coruscant.
That's weird. He was pretty sure a simple airbus wouldn't go somewhere down here. It was much too dangerous. Looking around it was pretty dark.
So still night time he thought
Not really the ideal place someone would want to be in the dead of night.
He heard muffled shouting and crying which mysteriously seemed to be omitted from inside of the airbus itself. He got a bad feeling that something was terribly wrong.
Well, it would take an idiot not to know that something is obviously wrong.
Leaning over the top of the bus he peered cautiously through one of the many side windows and saw two rodians (same species as Greedo), a gran which to him looked like a cow face, and a couple male humans holding the passengers of the bus and driver at gunpoint all the while robbing them of anything that might be of value. They must have hijacked it while he was out and drove it down here. He mentally berated himself for letting his guard down. He was in Coruscant of all places. The heart of the empire or republic in this case but it was still dangerous.
Anyways, those robbers sure don't look friendly he surmised
Luke contemplated what to do. Well the choice was obvious. He had to help them of course. He was a Jedi, not an official Jedi, but none the less a Jedi still.
Seeing no other way in Luke ignited his light saber and cut a hole in the roof of the bus and jumped in.
JOSEPHINA MCARTH POV
Josephina Mcarth was seven years old. She had dark brown shoulder length hair and honey brown eyes. Wearing a knee length blue dress with rhinestones adorned to act as a belt around her waist, knee length socks, and a ruby necklace. Today was her birthday. Her single father had just taken her out for a very special dinner. She felt warm and tingly inside. It was the feeling of pure happiness. She loved her father dearly and now she feared for his life as well as hers.
She had never felt this terrified since her mother had died. She couldn't lose her father too.
One of the burglars was pointing his gun a bit too close to her father for her liking and she couldn't do anything to help him. She felt so helpless being held back by the rodian robber. She desperately wished for a miracle.
LUKE POV
Luke jumped down and hit the floor lightly hardly making a noise but his presence didn't go unnoticed as the hijackers quickly drew their weapons on him. The first thing he saw was a big burly muscle bound type of man, how cliché of an appearance. Isn't it always those types of people who are like henchmen or criminals in movies/ stories and stuff, who had previously been holding his weapen to the temple of some rich dude by the looks of his clothes and appearance. A fine tailored suit, dress shoes, slicked back dark chocolate brown hair, and a mustache to go with it all.
The typical appearance of an aristocrat he thought dryly.
Nearby a rodian was holding back a petite little girl. The other hijackers had been checking other people for anything of value and unceremoniously throwing their findings into brown sacks they each held.
"A Jedi," he heard someone gasp.
"We're saved," shouted another.
"Boss, we should get out of here," one of the human robbers said. He was tall and skinny with a crooked nose and an ugly faced. It looked as if someone had beaten him up recently.
The rodian next to him made a noise of agreement. But the gran which looked more to Luke like an ugly three eyed cow with a human body would have none of that. The abomination cow then attacked him. Leaping at him with a viro blade seeming intent on cutting him to shavings.
With a flick of his wrist Luke unarmed his opponent (a really lame excuse for an opponent) literally unarming the cow man as his arm just below the elbow was severed by his green blade. The ugly cow shrieked and screeched in pain and ran out of the bus falling into the dark depths of the Coruscant underworld below.
"Oh my gosh," that was just stupid; "I mean we are in an air bus people. Hellooo . It's an air bus. In the middle of the air somewhere. I don't think it would be wise for the rest of you guys to just jump to your deaths," he said while twirling his light saber in his hand like a baton.
But of course no one listened to him. Most of the passengers were busy gaping at the severed arm on the floor while the bad robber guys decided to charge him at once to get revenge for their lost friend.
I mean it wasn't even my fault he thought as he disarmed the third human male hijacker in the group whose most distinct feature was his shiny bald head. Then he kicked baldy in the face sending him flying across the room of the bus and slumping down on the ground out cold.
Crooked nose man and a dark green rodian rushed at him. Shots fired as they raised their blasters intent on blowing his head off. Raising his lightsaber in preparation he deflected the shots with ease and they hit the rodians legs. The rodian collapsed.
Three down three more to go he thought.
Crooked nose man fired once again but he just deflected the laser shots again and one of the beams hit crooked nose man's hand. Crying out in pain the man stumbled and he took the opportunity to hit him over the head with the hilt of his light saber. He collapsed unconscious.
So far so good
"Please, master Jedi, you have to help my daughter," the aristocrat man from earlier pleaded as he came up to him.
Looking around he noticed most of the passengers were huddling near the back of the bus behind him. He glanced toward the front of the airbus and saw big burly badass man and a mossy green rodian holding the little girl he also saw earlier captive. A blaster was held to her dark haired head. Her honey brown eyes brimmed with tears and fears.
"Make one more move Jedi," muscle man drawled out, "and this little girl will sure as hell go bye bye. Be good and put down the little toy you have there in your hand and I'm sure we can reach an agreement," the guy said as a sinister smile appeared on his face and Luke knew that it wouldn't be something he would appreciate.
Big burly muscle man motioned to the rodian to retrieve Luke's light saber.
The rodian came up to him and Luke hesitantly handed it over. The rodian went back to the burly guy who clipped the saber onto his own utility belt.
Then he laughed a laugh which sent shivers up his spine and said maliciously, "You know Jedi slaves are worth a lot of credits. I'm sure we'll make a lot of prophet off of you."
"Here, stun'im Zino," burly guy said to the rodian while handing him a stun gun.
The rodian now identified as Zino lifted the stun gun and pulled the trigger.
Using his super Jedi reflexes he jumped up just as the shot was fired so it completely missed him then using the force he swiped his hand to the left force pushing the captive little girl away. All of that was done while he was still in the air jumping over the rodian. He landed in front of the little girl with a soft thud, pulled his lightsaber to his hand as the burly man and Zino the rodian fired at him simultaneously. Igniting it he deflected the stun shot off the emerald blade back to the rodian who fell in a heap on the floor as well as deflecting the laser fire from mister bulging muscle man.
Then Luke charged at the burly man who saw it useless to use a blaster at close range decided to unsheathe a vibro sword that had been attached to his back. The blades clashed, green sizzling and crackling against the opposite blade. The burly man swung the sword horizontally aiming to cut his head off. He dodged with ease, leaning back as the sword barely skimmed the tip of his nose.
That swing left him wide open he noticed
Bringing his foot straight up it connected with the guy's knockers.
Groaning in pain and surprise his opponent slowly slid to the floor abruptly letting go of his vibro sword in favor of clutching the sensitive part of his pants. He had this really weird expression on his face as if he was extremely constipated. It would have been comical if not for the seriousness of the situation but still it made him snort with barely contained laughter.
"Well that's outta hurt," he managed between snickers.
Using the force he brought the stun gun that lay over by the rodian ,Zino, to his hand and then proceeded to shoot the big burly man whose name he never found out, but it was of little importance. At least the passengers were safe.
"Thank you so much master Jedi," he heard a petite childlike voice say. Looking behind him he noticed the little brown haired honey brown eyed girl from earlier "thank you for saving us," she said once again and gave a little bow.
"I-it was nothing," he stammered blushing slightly.
"You saved our lives. We are forever indebted to you," the aristocratic man from earlier said earnestly.
"You have our thanks, noble Jedi knight, I don't know what we would do without your kind to help us," a woman said.
Then all the other passengers came up to him, thanking him. A group of aliens expressed their gratitude though he didn't understand what they said. An ithorian offered to give him money but he politely refused saying he was had been happy to help them. After a while the passengers took their seats once again.
A cerean came up to him, he appeared to be the airbus driver based on the uniform he wore, and he asked ", oh master Jedi, is there anything my assistant" he nodded toward the light blue female twi lik beside him "and I ever do anything to repay you."
"You have my deepest gratitude, as well as the rest of the passengers," the twi lik added.
"Well," he said contemplating "you could give me a ride to someplace nearby the Jedi temple to drop me off at."
"Will do," the cerean said "by the way my name is Collo and my lovely assistant here beside me is Yarmeda."
Newly named twi lik Yarmeda smiled in response.
"Pleased to meet you. My name is Luke."
"Ah, Luke, I'm happy to make you acquaintance," Collo said.
"Me as well," Yarmeda added.
"If you don't mind me asking, what are you going to do about the hijackers?" he questioned motioning to the still prone figures of the robbers laying on the cold floor of the bus.
"Don't worry about them, you've done enough for us already master Jedi Luke," Collo reassured ", after we drop you off we'll locate the nearest police station and get those criminals behind bars. Yarmeda here will secure the weapons they were carrying and lock them up in one of our utility closets until we reach the station. Then we'll get the… appendage… cleaned up as well" he frowned looking distastefully at the severed arm.
"Would you like me to come with you to the police station,"he asked even though he knew it wasn't a very good idea because what if the police asked for an id or something. He'd be in really big trouble.
Collo chuckled then replied", don't you worry Jedi master Luke "I'll have Yarmeda tie them up and stay to guard them with the stun gun in case they wake up. We wouldn't want any more trouble now, wouldn't we because you've done so much for us already."
"Okay," he said secretly relieved.
He and Collo went to the front of the bus while Yarmeda secured the airbus hijacker prisoners and confiscated any weapons. Collo started up the airbus and it flew up and into the night sky bursting forth form the underworld and soon flowing in with the rest of the Coruscant traffic but heading in the direction of the mysterious Jedi temple.
