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By the time Mako and Laine gotten all the things they needed for them mission, Mako found out about matter regarding Satele Shan, she and Lanie were not letting up with the question about his suspected relationship with the Grand Master of the Jedi Order. He took much of his frustration out on the idiot Resistance Fighters as he feed force energy through every shot.

"I know this his hard for you to believe, but I have never even dared to ask her out on a it will stop your questions, I will tell you but not a word of this to anyone." the two nodded in agreement as they returned fire to the hostile Resistance fighters, before they took cover in a trench.

"I am the godfather of her son, she asked me to look out for her son even when his in the SIS, she still can't help but worry for him. That is the only personal relationship I have with Satele "Iron Maiden" Shan. Let's face it, she was still getting over an relationship she had with her son's father by the time I came out of carbonite freezing, and she was not interested in starting a new one."

That thankfully put an end to the talk about how passionate she was about him, it shocked both Lanie and Mako knowing the Grand Master of Jedi Order has a son. Satele even once accused him of being as bad as Malak sometimes.

He told them that Malak once started a rumor that he and a certain white haired Jedi Master were in a much too intimate relationship. Truth be told he later wished he never mentioned that part, but he was upset at the time he said it. That, and it caused lot of problems for him and the said Jedi, besides, Jack never got along with her anyway.

The trenches turned out to be a great place for Jack to let go off some steam. The two women that were watching him regretted the way they had teamed up to tease him. This was made even more clear when he started lifting these massive robotic artillery units and tearing them apart with just his force powers and using the explosion to wipe out several dozen resistance fighters that were nearby.

"Man, his quite angry, maybe next time we won't try press something like that again." said Lanie as she brings out her sword to met on head with a rebel fighter, slicing him his guts open, Mako nodded as she blasted two other Resistance fighters

They sort of forgot this man destroyed an entire battalion by himself on Malachor Three. They never realized that when angered Jack was a true nightmare in the battlefield. He continued to kill resistance fighters till the few dozen that were still alive ran for dear life as soon as they saw him in their binoculars.

They made it to the outside of a large complex when they saw a person that sort of stuck out in a weird way. An Imperial agent on his knees looking at the surrounding. This just made Jack go and ask what was he doing.

"Alright, agent mind telling me why are you in that position? If your trying to rehearse your male stripper routine, I think that position is done by the female strippers." The agent laughed and looked at him with a smile, but both women gave the two man a scowl.

"That is not entirely true Reaper. It deepens on the club and the planet. I am trying to figure a way to blast those three shuttles without letting the crew of those ships survive. They hold high ranking resistance officers and command has ordered their elimination."

Jack looked at Mako and Laeina and it was clear what he wanted them to do. "Keep this guy out of trouble. Give me the explosives I will take care of this is a hurry." The agent asked of he planned to do it alone when he vanished from sight. "Huh, that's something you don't see everyday." mutter the Agent, Mako and Lanie agreed.

Using force speed and camouflage, Jack was able get through the guards before he came to where the shuttles were at, he placed a bomb on each of the shuttles. He then threw a rock at one of the guards near the shuttle.

This caused the intended reaction of several guards fighting blaming each other for throwing the rock. "Alright Akah, I know you threw that damn rock, and I want hear the damn truth out of that mouth this minute!" yelled one of the guards as he glared at the other guard, who glared back at him, "get out of my face! or am gonna roundhouse you're ass!"

This caused the rest of the guards to go and look what was causing the commotion. As Jack walked off and the guards surrounding the three platforms were now in an all out open brawl, he flipped the trigger and blew up the shuttles and the platforms.

The agent had to agree that it was not what you call stealthy but it was certainly effective.

He calmly walked to where the agent was and that was when he was told that Cypher nine also needed help with dealing with the factory defenses. Jack and the others jumped from the platform from crate to crate making them tumble and falling unto of unaware resistance fighters who were just chatting. "And then I said, there's no way you're gonna pick up chicks with a speeder like that." said the rebel.

As they walked in, they began to blast the shield terminals and destroying the controls of the generators as they turned them off. The Resistance who were foolish enough to fight them died quickly. The ones that were smart ran for their lives. Not that it helped he simply pulled them back and slammed them on the factory floor.

He said to them if they dared to attack him, he would not hold back, they quickly nodded and ran off. He got unbound the lift and was in moments to the other area of the Balmora Arms Factory. The idea that these soldiers were doing this whole in leave was seen as the lie it was. They had turrets, walkers and ground attack vehicles. This was an invasion plain and simple.

"Man, the public would all over the Senate's ass for breaking the Treaty." said Mako as she notices lot of Republic soldiers in the area.

Jack and the others made their towards the hangar bay, they were able fight through the guards, encountering droids and Republic soldiers. Wanting avoid trouble in future, Jack and the others try avoid killing many as can, knocking them out or were force to kill them, might as well avoid some trouble from Republic forces when you can.

They found the supposed beacon pretty damn quick and the fact that it was not guarded made Jack suspicious. Jack took it off and placed it on the garbage transport as per Pirrell's instructions. The strange thing was the ship that was supposed to be guarded was not but the garbage transport had armed guards, Droid lookouts and three heavy armored attack vehicles. It simply didn't make sense. Who guards garbage like it was a treasure trove?

Mako was having the same idea. "Odd, why would the transport not be guarded while this garbage transport be the one getting guarded?" Lanie nodded with her, it didn't make sense, Jack shrugged, oh well, they got the mission done.

That was when Yukina got call through, she was was luckily she was within the area to call him. She was in need of help taking down a floor full of Republic soldiers that clearly were from their special forces division.

He told that to both Mako and Laine, which they both agreed that they had nothing better to do. "OK, Yukina stay put. We are in our way."

The Sith woman seemed almost happy to hear him say that, "Good, try hurry, there's quite a lot of soldiers here." the group were able get to where Yukina and her Twi'lek friend was at.

They took down the supposedly elite soldiers by doing what they did best. Fighting them to the point of using everything and any advantage possible, Mako and Lanie double teamed on a elite soldier, they rolled up to him and grabbed his arms, pulling them back. "GAH! you bitches!" cursed the soldier, Mako and Lanie then punched him in the face, sending him flying.

Yukina and Vette looked at the handy work of Jack's team. "You don't know how happy I am not your enemy." Yukina said as she looked at the damage they caused, Vette nodded, "damn, you guys kicked their asses." Vette kicked the head of one Republic soldier who try get up, knocking him out. Yukina looked to Jack.

"Thanks for the help, that should be everything I needed, you sure don't kid around." Jack nodded, he was at least happy that Yukina was not trying use him and his team in any way. "You're welcome, now, me and my friends now need turn in a mission, call us if you need anything else." Yukina nodded, Yukina couldn't help but stare at Jack's back as he and the others left the room.

Vette noticed right away. "You were staring at his ass weren't you?" that broke Yukina from her trance, she blushed as she scowled at Vette, "eh-ah, no I wasn't! I was just.. admiring his eh, muscle structure." Vette raise her brow at Yukina, that didn't sound any better, Yukina realize it.

She hung her head in defeat. "Let's just leave, we still got things to take care of." Yukina soon leaves the room, leaving Vette shack her head, "looks like Yukina has trouble coming to her feelings, too bad that guy already has that tech slicer with him." Vette had a feeling there was something going on between those two.

000

"So Jack, think we should take care of anymore missions around here? might as well get as much as credits we can get." said Mako as she and the others arrive at a Imperial base that was near them, they could see Imperial soldiers and even Mandalorian mercenaries hired by Sith Empire, the three nodded to any Mandalorian they passed. "Hmm, we'll see, hopefully there should some good missions for us to do." Mako nodded.

However as the three passed two Mandalorians having a conversion, the first one wearing yellow and orange armor, the other was a female Kaleesh in blue armor. Jack couldn't help but raise a brow at the Kaleesh, the woman wore the bone face mask with red marks, her hair was tiled in pony tail, her figure was similar to Lanie, fit and shape.

But their conversion is what caught the three's attention. "Man I can't believe that bastard Monta Drai is here, here I was hoping get away from his sorry lot of dar'manda." said the male Mandalorian as he shacks his head in disgust, his fellow Mandalorian agreed with him. "Monta Drai always did come to where the war get's nasty, it's where he can do his slavery work."

That got Jack's attention, he shares a look with Mako and Lanie, Jack goes over to the two, the two Mandalorians notice the three. "Su'cuy vode, what can we do for ya?" said the male Mandalorian, curious why the Jack the Reaper was trying talk to him and his girlfriend, Jack got to the matter in hand.

"Yeah, sorry, me and my friends happen caught what you were saying, what was this about Monta Drai?" Jack didn't like the sound of this man, he had enough seeing dishonorable Mandalorians doing slavery work in Mandalorian Wars. The Kaleesh Mandalorian share a look with her boyfriend, "yeah, figure that's why you came over here. Monta Drai is a vicious bastard who has a slavery habit, his dishonorable and shames the name Mandalorian."

"Him and his sorry lot of dar'manda were hired by Sith Empire to capture Balmorran villagers to be made into slaves for high ranking officers, lot of the Mando'ad here were hoping to get away from that bastard, but looks like the war drawn him." finishes the male Mandalorian, Jack and the others were already disliking the sound of this Monta Drai.

Jack decide ask if there's any way deal with him. "There any way we can.. proper deal with this hut'uunla dar'manda?" Lanie and Mako were already ahead of him, the Mandalorian couple share a look, before nodding. "We heard there's a Republic senator hiring anyone take him down, there's more then likely gonna be someone from Republic to take Monta Drai down. Luckily for us, the Imperial that gave Monta the job is dead, so his not really working on Imperial's pay role, so no one is gonna care if you take him out. Me and Mirdala don't care how long it takes, we just want him dead." said the male Mandalorian.

The now named Mirdala took over. "Come back to us and we'll give you a reward for taking him down, we don't need scumbags like him giving us Mandalorians a bad name, good hunting beroyas." Jack nodded and he and the others leave the couple alone.

Jack makes his way towards the shuttle to the main Imperial base. "We'll take Monta Drai down after we take care of matters with the Great Hunt bounty, it'll leave for us to do." said Jack as he picks a shuttle to take them back to base, Lanie nodded. "Good, after spending time with Clan Bralor, I grow dislike people shaming the name Mandalorian as much as a True Mandalorian would."

The real treat was that when they finally made it back. Major Pirrell was so happy of the news he got, that he was actually french kissing his supposed Cathar servant. Laine was shaking her had as this was not something that was done casually in Cathar customs. In fact, the only ones they would do that was with a mate or as an act of actually becoming bonded mates. There was trading of body fluids involved after all, by the looks of things, Murghir did not enjoy it.

"Bounty Hunter, you just made me the happiest man alive in this putrid hell hole. I got news that Admiral Ivernus is coming to meet with me personally. Can you believe it? He is actually coming to meet me here at star port."

Jack tried to look very happy for him and with a fake smile on his face he congratulated the man for his success. "Don't say it like that, your liable to make be blush." The fake servant said acting all shy.

Pirrell had yet another brilliant idea, "Since you were such a major help, I want you to come with me to meet the Admiral and I will not take no for an answer. I want you to see how the Admiral recognizes my genius." Lanie and Ceta roll their eyes at this behind their helmets.

The group walked towards the meeting point in a hangar bay, they waited to meet with Admiral Ivernus. The man was surrounded by armed guards. They didn't look that happy to have to guard the Admiral. The Admiral stopped front of the group, his eyes were focus on Pirrell.

"Lieutenant Major Pirrell. I had half a mind to have you executed for your superiors ineptitute. It turns out your actions to undermine his orders was in fact something that saved your life. The virus that you had a slicer sent in through the droids of that factory corroded their antiviral protection. Every single Droid in the factory is under complete Imperial control."

Major Pirrell didn't expect that result. "The Collicoid attacks devoured several thousand Resistance groups. The bugs seem to have acquired a real liking to these Resistance fighters and are eating them all over the planet."

Again he did not expect his either, it was not part of his plan. "Your virus that you sent in those stolen droids from the resistance have destroyed three bases of the resistance once they recovered their droids and powered them up. The communications blackout saved sensitive data from a Republic slicer."

The Admiral was so happy he saluted the Major who still looked completely confused. "To make matters even better, we captured five of the Resistance leaders and Republic officers in that trash transport you were wise enough to realize the other ship was a decoy."

The man got a few parts on his shoulder and saw the Admiral look genuinely happy. "I will happily get the paperwork ready to promote you to a full colonel. Now tell me who are these people with you. I assumed their your welcoming committee."

Pirrell couldn't believe his luck. His dream was coming true, even though he had a much different effect. "This are the Bounty Hunters that I had hired to take care of all those operationsm I couldn't have the Resistance think we had all this planned."

Admiral soon realized that they were indeed Mandalorians and that made him worry, but his face was filled with disgust once he noticed Lanie and Murghir. "Mandalorian, would you mind me asking what sort of reward you wish as your bonus. I imagine such excellent work deserved a reward. What did you ask Pirrell?"

Jack stepped close to him and told him to meet him. He had a question to ask.

Admiral Ivernus knew the question and so he decided to skip to the answer. "Yes, Mandalorian, I challenged and defeated your people in open combat. I also sold the survivors of those clan as slaves to recoup the losses I suffered and even increase my own personal wealth. I imagine you wish to have an honor duel for the release of those I still hold and own."

However one of his guards thought other wise. "Um sir, didn't you use a combat stim to gain advance over the Mandalorians?" the Admiral gave a scowl at his guard, "speak when spoken to soldier!"

Jack and the others scowled at mention of last one, Jack decide teach this man a lesson. "If I win however, you Mandalorians will become my personal property and I will most certainly get much use out of you." The Admiral was clearly underestimating him because he believed he was a pretender just like Tarro had told him on his ship com terminal.

This was Tarro's latest scheme to remove him from the Great Hunt. If Jack became property of the Admiral, he was going to be forced to quit the Great Hunt and serve his new owner. This was yet of another attempt by the dishonorable man to take him out of the Hunt.

The Admiral agreed since he would gain three Mandalorian slaves without spending a single credit. They fight was to be hand to hand and no weapons. The Admiral doing something that Ceta and Laine as they watched was something they consider stupid, he rushed him and tried to intimidate him.

Jack with a flurry of punches knocked the Admiral back a few yards and hit the wall hard. He landed in a heap on the floor. He walked over the man as he broke his own rules and brought out a blaster screaming that he was not going to lose to a lousy brat pretending to be the once deadly man everyone called the Reaper.

He began to try to blast him but out of nowhere or at least to, the Admiral's blaster was pulled out of his hand and sent slamming into a wall behind Jack. "Didn't you know the supposed Jack The Reaper was one able to use the force?"

The Admiral jumped the chance and said that was against the rules they had established. The people watching could not believe what they were hearing. Even Pirrell was upset at what the Admiral said.

"Let me gets this straight, you are claiming victory because I used the force after you pulled a blaster and used it against me breaking the very rules that you are trying to use to claim your victory. Is that right? Admiral this is no child's game when you pulled the blaster I won by default. Your property, your belongings and even your life is now mine."

The Admiral did not want to admit it but thanks to the people watching it was an established fact he was now a slave to Jack. Everything he owned was now Jack's. In a blind rage he took one of the grenades off one of his bodyguards and began running at Jack. "If my life is to end, I am taking you bastard with me!"

Jack just picked him up and pushed up tot the ceiling of the hangar till the grenade exploded and parts began to rain down on the hangar floor, Jack then turned to the two guards. "You two are now free, take this voucher for 50,000 credits for a ticket home."

Jack then turned to Pirrell. "If you make your move right, you might be an Admiral thanks to this power vacuum." however before they knew it, Murghir pulled out a blaster and pointed right at Pirrell.

"Sorry, but that isn't gonna happen." she pull the blaster trigger, shooting him right in the face, Pirrell dropped to the ground dead. Jack and the others pulled out their weapons soon as Murghir turned to them.

"As for you Jack the Reaper, Tarro Blood informed me of you, he promised me quite sum of credits to kill you and you're friends. It'll be all worth it after spending time with that filthy Imperial." Mako attempts to shoot her before Murghir could pull the trigger, however she surprises them when she jumped right in the air, twisting her body as she dodges the blaster.

She lands on the ground, rolling towards them, she attempts kick Jack, but he counter attack her, blocking the attack before he force pushes her away. She hits the ground hard, "Shit!" Murghir barely had time to defend herself before Lanie came in with a Cathar honor blade sword, she swings at her, Murghir barely misses the blade few inches from her face.

However before Murghir had time to use her blaster, Mako jumps right from Lanie's shoulder and kicks her straight in stomach. "Oof!" she coughed hard, before she knew it, Jack came in with his lightsaber, he sliced Murghir's head off. The body hits with a thud, Jack deactive his lightsaber.

"Well that was something else, let's get going crew, we got a last thing to take care off here on precious Balmora. How about we go take out that band of slavers that think to be Mandalorians. Maybe we will get lucky and gain Intel on Clan Rook." the two nodded, they collected Admiral Ivernus body, placing in a bodybag Jack had with him.

Mako was already working on the cameras while Lanie take care of keeping the people within the room quiet about this, the two former slave guards were able make it look like it was Murghir who killed the Admiral and they were ones who killed her. "Take care you two, try stay out of trouble." the two nodded to Jack and they soon left the room, taking different path then way Jack and the others were taking.

As Jack and the others left the spaceport, they found Ceta standing outside waiting for them. "Hey Ceta, we finish the bounty on Admiral's head, you find anything useful regarding Clan Rook." Ceta nodded, "there wasn't much the intel source had, but what he did had was intel suggesting there's a disgrace Mandalorian here that does have more info regarding them." Mako had a feeling who it was.

"He wouldn't happen be name Monta Drai?" Ceta raise a brow, "ah, so you know already, I take it we'll gonna take him down?" Jack nodded, there was no way they were gonna let this scum live. "Then we might run into trouble, I heard a Republic Ambassador was able get a Jedi knight help take him down." Jack become cornered here.

"Here I was hoping we gonna get luckily. Oh well, hopefully this Jedi will be see reason, come on, let's get going." they nodded and took a shuttle near the area that Monta Drai was spotted at, as they were in shuttle, Jack decide go over details regarding Monta Drai.

"Alright Ceta, you know anything regarding Monta? we'll gonna need every info we need on him." Ceta nodded and pull out a holo recorded, the image appeared, showing a tall Mandalorian in gray armor, he was bulk with muscle, Mako could make out kill counts on his shoulder plates, there were a lot.

"Monta is a disgrace Mandalorian, but his no pushover, he survived the training and rights to become Mandalorian, but now his using his skills help his slavery work. His known to use a Mandalorian disintegrator and flamethrower, even has a pair of crushgaunts. He'll use his bigger size and strength against his enemies, he'll overwhem his enemies with attacks, he likes get up close."

Jack wince, he saw how Mandalorian disintegrators work in Mandalorian Wars, they just go right through energy shields no matter what, they were also known to melt who ever got hit it, they would be nothing more but ash. Beskar would be able defend itself against for only few shots, only more and it'll even become useless. "However Monta Drai is cocky, taunt him and make him anger should make him do mistakes. I also remember hearing he bloke his leg a few months ago, so it'll still be healing."

Ceta then turn off the holo. "He also has at least over platoon worth of men following him. Let's hope we can get through them." the others nodded, keeping all the info in mind, Mako then decide ask about the Jedi knight. "What about the Jedi, what we know about him?" Ceta smirked and turned the holo back on, "you mean her?" the image show a pale skin woman, she was white hair, sharp blue eyes. She was wearing traditional Jedi combat uniform.

"Miranda Briana, she's a recently new skilled Jedi Knight, she's young but very talented, her Echani heritage has allow her become very skilled martial artist." Jack thought she looked familiar, she looked skilled. "Here's hoping we don't run into any problems with her, anyway we arrive." the shuttle takes a landing towards a Imperial base that was near where Monta Drai was seen at.

The three got off the shuttle. They were able get to where the location to Monta Drai's base was at without running into trouble, however as Jack and others get in view, they spotted some Mandalorians, likely Monta's men, were fighting two Jedi.

The first Jedi was Miranda Briana, she was force use her mobility to fight the Mandalorians, she was doing alright. However the other Jedi got Jack shocked to the core, it was Kira, she hadn't change one bit since last time he saw her, she countering attack a Mandalorian with a beskad, she was doing her best but the attacks from stronger man was pushing her back.

"Let's go! might as well make a good impression." Jack charges right in, his friends following him. Just as the Mandalorian was about bring down his beskad to Kira's head, Jack charges right on him, he slices the unguarded neck, beheading him.

"What the?" said Miranda as she soon notices three Mandalorians engaging the other Mandalorians, Mako uses her jetpack to bring down fire on them, Ceta used her heavy repeater to take down them, with Lanie's skills with her sword. The disgraced Mandalorians were brought down quickly after being caught off guard.

Jack turned to Kira who was still trying catch her breath. "It's been a long time Kira, glad to see you're doing alright." Kira's eyes widen as she hears Jack's voice, she grabs Jack's hand to pull herself up. "Ja-Jack, is that you? but you're supposed to be dead? how can you be alive?" questions raced through Kira's head, she almost thought it wasn't Jack, but she then noticed the lightsaber, it was in a design that only Jack was known to use.

Miranda was concerned here, Jack the Reaper was classed as a rogue Jedi by Ringo, she was not sure even she could stand up to him and the other Mandalorians. "Jack the Reaper, what you doing here? and why are you with Mandalorians?" She glanced at the three, she was greatly surprised to see a Cathar Mandalorian among them.

Mako decide answer that. "Maybe that's because Jack is a Mandalorian, his full name is Jack Keldau, his from Clan Keldau." Kira was once again surprised, she was not aware her former master was a Mandalorian, Jack then finish the rest. "We'll here because a Mandalorian name Monta Drai is disgracing our culture's very name, using his skills for slavery work is disgusting and dishonorable. Besides, he has possible tiles with group of some fake Mandalorians that are causing trouble."

Kira however then thought a problem with that. "Won't the Empire be coming against you? don't you're people have close tiles with them?" Ceta shook her head at this, "no, we'll only business partners, nothing else. Besides, Monta Drai's Imperial bosses are dead now, no one is gonna care if he dies."

Miranda however was still wary of Jack here. "That doesn't change the fact that you are a rogue Jedi Jack, despite what Ringo says, I can have you arrested." soon as she said that, Jack and the others pull out their weapons. Lanie pointed her Cathar honor blade at Miranda. "Take you're best shot jetii, you already had trouble with those dar'manda before, you're gonna have more with fighting us."

The air got tension, everyone but Kira kept firm grip on their weapons, Kira then decide break the tension. "Now let's not fight! while we'll standing here, Monta is enslaving those villagers as we speak. Master, even though Jack is rogue, we have a common enemy. Besides, Master Ringo's story doesn't add up with many facts of what happened on my report on matter."

Miranda thought about for a moment, before she decides put away her lightsaber. "Very well, but do something that'll in danger those villagers, there's gonna be problems between us, got it?" Jack kept a firm glare at Miranda, "wasn't gonna to, attacking the weak is for cowards." Kira wince slightly at Jack's tone, she can now see the Mandalorian traits in Jack.

Jack immediately saw something that caught his attention. "I taught you better than that Kira, I told you time and time again a back handed grip will only result in injuries since any loss of balance can cause your lightsaber to cut your arm. I taught you that style for a reason. Double front grip and keep flexible. I might not be here to save you again."

Miranda didn't like the tone of his voice but she liked the way he talked to her padawan even less. "Kira is my padawan and I am responsible for her training. Keep your views to yourself, Rogue!"

Jack walked up to her clearly angry. "Then teach her better, or else I am taking her with me and Jedi Council be damned, I am not going to let an inept teacher get my only padawan killed because she let's her blasted ego make most of her decisions."

Miranda drew her lightsaber and wanted to use it to kill him. "Who do you think you are talking to!" He had enough of her attitude. He gripped her hand and took the lightsaber from her. Turning it off he placed it right back on her belt.

"You are a Jedi Knight. I will have to remind you I was a Jedi Master. If it was not because of Ringo's betrayal, I would be sitting on the Council instead of him. See how easy I took the lightsaber from you. That is because you have a weak grip."

He and the others continued to walk into the slaver base and did something that made Kira and Miranda have different reactions. "Mako slice the controls turn off the slave collar controls and get the cages open. Laine covering fire for their retreat. I will go and cause enough of a commotion to draw the slavers fire. Not a single innocent casualty. I know that I can count on you. Let's get this done."

Kira was seeing the kind, strong master she once remembered. Miranda was seeing an arrogant fool playing hero and more than likely we going to get himself killed. "Arrogance incarnate is what I call the Rogue. That plan is sheer suicide."

He walked to the front of the gates and through sheer force power bended the gates clear of their hinges. Used the pieces of metal to destroy the two turrets next to the gate.

He took his lightsaber and she remembered why his style was so depended on a strong grip. He help a blaster with his left land and a lightsaber with his right. Using force speed he made it to the center of the base where he used the blaster to destroy a munitions Depot.

Miranda was not believing what she was seeing. He holstered his blaster and so began his dance. With a single lightsaber he began to deflect the heaviest and more powerful blaster fire against the Mandalorian slavers.

Miranda was not believing that his plan was actually working. He managed to draw in as much of the enemy as possible. The villagers had managed to escape in the confusion and since they lost control of their camp computers they could not get the heavy droids to provide cover fire.

She did her best to keep herself and Kira safe in the hailstorm of blaster fire. She was expecting Jack to betray them any second as she was told he did her master's previous padawan.

Ringo had told her of the many failings of Jack and that he only became Jedi Master because he was sleeping with Satele at the time he took his exam. Thus he was given a much easier exam.

This didn't match up with what he was seeing. He was brutal indeed, but he never let a single blaster bolt hit an innocent villager. He even threw the dishonored Mandalorians to act as meat shields for some of the stray fire that could have injured the innocent.

The leader of the band, Monta Drai was the last standing since he watched everything from his command center. When Lanie, Ceta, and Mako had killed most of the enemy, Monta came out glaring at Jack with such hate he was practically hissing.

"You are a Mandalorian why in the name of Mandalore are you interfering in my business? " Jack took his rifle from his hands with the force and crushed it in his grip. Monta frown at that, "that caused a lot of credits to get that you know."

Jack glared at him. "I don't give a damn, your actions bring shame and dishonor to the very name Mandalorian. I will kill you but first you will tell me why are you doing this?" Monta looked at him and said quite simply for the money. Someone important in the Republic paid him a large amount to discredit the Mandalorians and working as a slaver would create a major divide between the Enclave and the Empire.

"I might as well earn my credits somewhere, besides, this allow me a chance fight you. My clan fought against you during the Mandalorian Wars, might as well finish what they started. But tell you what, I'll offer you a deal." Monta takes out a blaster pistol, Jack could see it was a Mandalorian Ripper, a very nasty slugthrower pistol.

Miranda was a little upset about hearing this. She had no idea that the Republic hired the slaver in the first place. Jedi don't believe in executing their prisoners. Jack kept his eyes focus on Monta. "You're here because of intel I have on Clan Rook right? if you defeat me, I'll be more then happy tell you what I know, but if I win, am taking everything that is yours." Monta gave a glance to Mako, seeing she was likely Jack's lover or something,

Jack didn't like it, Mako out loud called him out. "Jack, can you do me a favor and shutting this bastard up?" Jack nodded, "with pleasure." before Monta knew it, Jack used the force to jump towards Monta Drai, Jack swing his lightsaber to his neck, Monta barely dodge it and brought his blaster up.

Jack move his head to side to dodge it, however Monta then brought his flamethrower up. "HA!" Jack roll out of the way, running across Monta as he try's burn him. "Come on! is this all the Jack the Reaper could do?" Monta fired couple shots, Jack returned the fire, blocking the blaster shots from Monta with his lightsaber. Jack charged at him.

Monta attempted take the air to counter attack, however Jack used his jetpack to hit Monta with a powerful punch with his crushgaunt, sending him down to the ground hard. Kira winced at this, seeing this fight was about get bloody, Monta barely had time to defend himself when Jack crash right into him.

Jack was on top of him, he punched Monta in the face, "Gah! you piece of shit!" Monta brought a keldable kiss right into Jack's helmet forehead, Jack's head twisted back, Monta charged at him, bringing out a knife. "It's over now!" however just as Monta was about bring down his knife, Jack brought his lightsaber up and cut his hands off.

Jack got up and upper punched Monta, knocking his helmet off, Jack then kicked the injured leg that Ceta mentioned, he heard a nice crack, Monta fell right to his knees, looking at where his hands use to be. He looked up to Jack, he was a tan skin human, his face filled with scars, to his credit, Monta's brown eyes didn't show fear.

"Well, looks like you won. Fine, Clan Rook is some fake clan that is trying make a name for themselves, their lead by some guy name Tayari Rook. Bastard never even went through the trials to become Mandalorian." Ceta from her spot, questioned Monta's reasons for aiding them. "And you still worked with them?" Monta shrugged.

"Didn't know until I pull my men out, I do nasty things, but Tayari is reason why their ain't a Clan Spar anymore. Heard he framed them for a crime they didn't do. I don't where they are, I'll leave that up to you. I'll see you in hell Jack." Jack grabbed his neck and snapped it, Kira's eyes widen, Miranda's eyes however harden there, Monta's dead body dropped to the ground.

Jack spit some blood out, Mako came over to his side. "You alright Jack?" Jack nodded, "yeah, thanks Mako." Mako nodded. Jack turned to the Jedi, seeing that their were still getting over seeing how he killed Monta.

"Well Miranda it is lovely to have met you. I do hope you enjoy your stay on beautiful imperial Balmora and now if you will excuse us. We work for a living so we must go, got lots to do and very little time to do it." Jack turned to Lanie, "take Monta's helmet there, he was scum but at least he died like a Mandalorian." Lanie nodded and goes over to pick it up.

Miranda began to doubt what Ringo told her and she decided to stop looking at him as a criminal and do something she didn't normally would do. She asked him one question. "Did you kill that padawan when you went on that mission with Master Ringo?" Ceta raise a brow, she was not aware of how Jack become exiled by the Jedi Order.

Jack looked at her and he told her to follow him, Kira decide to help Mako with taking anything useful. The two left the base, they found a rather nice log and he told her to sit down. "Now what I am going to tell you, is something I wished back then I could have told the Council. I never had the chance. I was knocked out and all my possessions stripped from me. Left on a barren world without only the rags they put on me."

He began to draw a diagram on the dirt. He began to explain the as things went and how everything happened. "Ringo killed his own padawan and blamed me. I was never given a trial or a chance to defend myself. If there was a trial, Grand Master Shan would be there. If you know her like I do. You know you can't lie to her."

Miranda didn't like what she was hearing. "So you turned to the Mandalorians as a means of survival?" Jack corrected her. "I met my mentor Braeden and he told me I could make a living as a Bounty Hunter. The Great Hunt is a Mandalorian tradition. I only accepted my mother's heritage at first to have a place that I could feel at home. The more I continued with the hunt, I began to understand that no matter if my clan is dead. I could rebuild it, I could make it what it once was and that gave me hope." Jack smile a little, maybe he and Mako could start a family in the future.

"So how was life as the son of Revan?" She had to ask since he was being so open. Jack told her that Revan was the most kind, caring and understanding parent one could ask for. She was demanding in her training but never demanded more than she knew he was capable.

"I had a wonderful family with her as my mother and I got to work alongside my brother. I couldn't have asked for a better childhood. Then the Mandalorians came and the war started as soon as I made Jedi Knight."

"Do you have any idea how horrible it is to kill the people that could he very well be relatives of the woman who gave you life? Who carried you inside her for nine months? I had to grow cold to my emotions and focus on my duty, on my honor or I would have gone insane." Miranda at the thought of that, she wouldn't know how she would bring herself fight her fellow Echani people if it ever happened.

Jack decide have Miranda make a promise. "Miranda, I ain't gonna beg, but I want you promise me that you keep Kira safe? I want her go fourth with her dreams of being a Jedi, she has great promise in her." Miranda nodded, "very well Jack, I will try my best." Jack smiled, he was glad they were able get that matter over with.

Jack then noticed the others coming out, Lanie was holding Monta's helmet, Ceta was pushing a cargo crate that likely had Monta's dead body to show the Mandalorian couple his dead. Mako and Kira were carrying few useful items, from credits or something that'll be worth something good.

"Alright, take care you two, and Kira. It was good to see you again." Kira nodded, "it was also good to see you're alive." Jack nodded, he and the others make their way out of the area, hoping to avoid any Republic forces coming in. Kira and Miranda share a look, "so that was you're old master? I admit, he was.. something else." Miranda was quite sure she never met anyone quite like Jack before.

Kira smiled, "Yeah, he was. Still, I hope next time we cross paths, will not lead to us fighting him." Miranda nodded.

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"Ah, so you were get the job done? good, I'll transfer credits to you're ship, along with you're reward as well." said the male Mandalorian before as Jack and others talk to him over a com. Mako was repairing bit of her armor from fighting with Monta Drai, Lanie was looking over things they gotten from that fight, Ceta herself was leaning on the wall, looking slightly bored.

Jack nodded. "Thanks, you wouldn't happen tell me what the reward is?" Mirdala smirked behind her bone face mask, "that would be spoiling the surprise now would it? all we can say, it's a very nice weapon you're be liking quite a lot." Jack shrug, Mako however for some reason couldn't help but feel excited about this.

Mirdala's boyfriend then decides cut things from here. "Anyway, me and Mirdala got go, the Imperials are getting us move out to take out some Resistance fighters, turns out there are quite few groups of rebels on this planet. Ret'urcye mhi vode." Jack nodded and cuts the com from there. Jack and the others step out of the Imperial base they were at, seeing lots of Imperial soldiers getting ready to move out.

"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I think I had my share of Balmorra, let's hope next planet will be nicely." said Mako, she was already having enough of war she and the others saw on this planet, at least they got the job done. Jack starts leading towards the shuttle area, "alright, let's get going then." the others get on the shuttle and take off, heading towards the spaceport.