I don't own Star Wars the Old Republic or it's characters, this is only Fanfiction. Edited by Mandalore the Freedom.


The fight against the Mandalorians under the command of Tarro was over pretty damn fast, a little too fast as fate would have it or for Jack's liking if the sour look on his face was any indication.

They both took out ten of them in such a brutal, merciless way that had the rest drop their weapons and running away like cowards. "I can't believe they would get suckered in by that lie from Tarro. I know the greasy bastard was not going to hold his end of the deal anyways. The guy is not what you call honorable at all." Jack said as he looked at the mentor of the man he just finished talking about.

Hedarr Soongh was not very happy, there was a scowl on his face as he took off his helmet. "My biggest problem is that these cowards call themselves Mandalorians. They basically say they want to kill us and challenge us, but when the situation turned bad for them, they drop their guns and run like cowards. The armor my be Mandalorian iron but the armor doesn't make a person a warrior."

Jack had to agree with him, "Put armor on a fool and you just got a tin plated fool. It is what is on the inside that matters." Hedarr had to say, he liked that about Jack. He didn't mess around and said things quite clearly and to the point.

Hedarr Soongh turned to Jack. "Now to your performance on that battle. You got decent jump pack controls and a good grasp for tactics and weapon usage, but it still has some major holes in your performance. I hate to say this but as a regular hunter you would do great, but if you fought someone of the caliber of Mandalore. You be dead in a matter of seconds, minutes at most."

Jack did mention that he could use the force too. "No that is not my point. The force is a nice trump card to be sure but you shouldn't depend on it." Hedarr decide he needed do something here. "That does it, I am coming with you so that I can improve your skills and make you as sharp as a lightsaber." Jack asked if he had no say in the matter. His new mentor said that he had none whatsoever.

Ceta and Laine were quite happy to have him join the crew. It would give them a chance to improve their own skills.

Jack and the others decide head back to the ship since that matter was finished, it took a little while before they got on board, Jack decide bring up what their next target was. "So next target is on Alderaan and so if you want to do any missions and I mean any missions there, we will have to do it on the way to the star port, if you really must do it. I would delay going there as much as I can, but it seems fate really wants me to go back there. I hope I can avoid the Organas though."

Ceta asked why was he so reluctant on meeting that particular family. "My mother was Susan Ann Organa, and thus I am considered legally an Organa. The fact that I accepted my birth name as am using my clan name is going to rub certain members of the Organa house in the wrong way."

Laine decided to sump it up, "So basically your mother's family house aren't going to be happy that her son is choosing the Keldau name and thus consider you a traitor to the family is that it? You hunted bounties on the capital world of the Sith Empire and you are worried about this? What could a bunch if arrogant nobles do to you?"

Jack began to count them off with his fingers. "They could hire an assassin to kill me, poison everything edible I could buy or order, tell the Jedi Council where to find me after they sedate me and plant explosives on my ship while we are busy with the Great Hunt target. To name a few things off the top of my head."

Ceta saw the look on Laine's face like she believed he was exaggerating. "He is not joking here Laine. Alderaan is home to an entire house that is made up of assassins, House Rist. The Galaxy's most lethal and feared assassins come from that House on Alderaan."

When Ceta decide go help Hedarr Soongh settle himself on the ship, Laine decided to scare Gault maybe trying to get him so scared that he would runaway and leave the ship. Gault on the other hand didn't look that phased by what she said. "Nothing major, I know of that bunch. I still remember how I met one of them."

Gault trying to go for the dramatic atmosphere. "I remember it like it was yesterday, this guy was trying to sell me stock on his company and even I knew it was a scam. He took me to this little strip joint on Alderaan. Out of nowhere, this stripper with an absolutely killer body and massive rack came and pretended to give the guy who was trying to scam me."

Gault sat down and continued. "She wrapped her legs and arms around him and placed his head between her breasts. You think he was getting a complimentary lap dance but no, she suffocated him with her breasts and then broke his neck for good measure. She jumped off, turned optic camouflage on and she was gone."

What happened next made everyone wonder about Jack and Mako to glare at him. Jack began to laugh like he heard a really funny joke, "That kind of sounds like Elaine, a old friend of my from the war."

Mako walked over to where Jack was siting and glared at him. "So who is this Elaine person?" she had this really easy to spot jealous aura around her. Jack grabbed her pulled her close and she was sitting on his lap, making Mako blush.

"All noble families are related to each other in some way or another. This is even more so if they happen to be from Alderaan. Elaine was my distant cousin. She might look like she is in her thirties but trust me, that lady is older than she looks, she is a full body cyborg."

Shara asked how in the world was she a full body cyborg and how did he know? Jack decided to look in his personal items that he was given after he was unfrozen from the carbonite. He took something out what looked to be a rather old picture case.

"This is her, Elaine had a horrible accident while mountain climbing or so I was told. She became according to what I heard a quadriplegic and so when she turned 18 as the law requires, she became a full body cyborg. I think the only part of her that is still human is her brain. I imagine it is practically pickled in preservation fluid."

HK told them in a rather admiring tone that if she managed to full everyone in that strip joint, she must have great specs on that frame of hers. He even said that he would be interested about her spec limits. Jack told him that if she was still alive on Alderaan, he could introduce the two of them. They could go out on a date and compare assassination strategies. He was sure they both would enjoy talking shop.

HK however made bit of a disgusting tone. "Statement: Master, that would be disgusting, even if this Elaine was a full cyborg. She is still a meatbag. No, what I meant was respect, not enough for to date a.. meatbag." HK made it sound like a curse word as she made a droid version of a shiver.

Jack shrug, he figure HK may change his mind. Jack and some of the others decide head up to the holonet to contact Crysta. "I've always heard how beautiful Aldeeran is suppose to be, it figures am gonna see it in middle of a war. At least it will be pretty in the holos." she sigh there, she heard lot of the Houses have been fighting for control ever since the Queen was killed.

Jack however decide cheer her up. "Hey, maybe when the Great Hunt is over, I'll take you somewhere nice." Mako smiled, happy that Jack was considering doing something like that for her. "Thanks Jack, now let's find out whose standing between us and a week on the beach." Jack couldn't help but image Mako in a bikini, it took a lot from his noise to not spill blood.

Ceta however must have notice it and chuckled, Crysta soon appear on holo. "Welcome to Aldeeran hunter, the former tourist capital in the Core Worlds. Your target here is a noblemen nickname the "The Durasteel Duke," for his account on surviving so many dangerous odds. Over a thousand assassins have try kill this man, not one have done it."

Jack was impressed, surviving over a thousand assassination attempts was not something laugh at, he could see Hedarr Soongh humming in respect, thinking. "Your target was last seen with House Girard, their guests of House Thul, so that should make it a good place to start. Good luck." she cuts off from there, Ceta turns to Jack.

"We better be careful here Jack, the nobles here aren't to be trusted, most of them will do anything to gain power. We will be dealing with the three main power houses on this planet, House Organa, House Thul, and House Ulgo. The ones that have declare themselves as rulers of the planet." Jack nodded, he remember looking up some matters regarding the planet, he was not happy to see once a peaceful world become a warzone.

Jack turns to Hedarr Soongh. "You got anything to say Hedarr?" Hedarr was quiet, it has been some time since his been on Aldeeran. "Nothing that Ceta Farr has already said. However, just to let you know, the nobles may test you're nerves. They have a way of... loosing you're cool." Hedarr had remembered doing that one mission for House Blood.

He only paid them once visit and he already didn't want go back, they were very much snobs. He had hoped Tarro Blood was different, but he was proven wrong as he was turning out to like his bastard father, who was all for power and glory. "Alright, Shara and Lanie, you two are coming with me. The rest of you, make sure no one touches the ship, I rather not deal with anyone trying mess with this." Mako nodded, HK went to the controls and set their ship to Aldeeran.

It was a small wonder Alderaan was once called the tourist destination of the known galaxy. The space port authorities were giving him and his crew such a hard time, it was almost like they were doing it intentionally.

As Jack, Shara and Laine got off their ship. They got some serious dirty looks by some and hateful glares by others. "Jack ignore them, they aren't worth getting into a fight over." Laine told him as she saw him reach for his blaster. Shara was actually quite impressed that Laine managed to calm him down. Jack looked down right furious.

As they walked towards the place they would meet the person who placed the bounty. Jack had to admit, it was a rather nice looking building, Shara quickly reminded him it was Alderaan every building was built that way.

As the group entered, they saw an elderly man argue with a young man and a young woman. "Raffi, so help me if you do anything else to disgrace our family. I will be having a discussion with your father about disowning you." Jack had the feeling that he was being ignored.

Jack walked up to the elderly looking man and pretended to clear his throat. "Just ignore it, maybe the thing will wonder off." That was the last straw, he took out his blaster and aimed it at the foolish old man. He looked at him like he didn't care.

"You sir, have insulted the honor of House Organa. I am Jack Keldau Organa and I will not have you insult my family. I demand a duel to cleanse the disrespectful way you dared speaking to me." The young woman was now looking at him much more politely.

Raffi being as disrespectful as the elderly man asked what would be the terms and who would be his second. "To the death, and Laine will he my second. Now get him his weapon, I will not have my family suffer this disgrace for much longer."

The elderly man tried to look like he was unaffected, but Laine could smell the distinct smell of urine coming from him. However a dark haired noble looking man appeared, he asked what was the problem. Jack informed him who he was and the reason why he was there. He also told him that the elderly man had insulted him and thus dishonored his family.

"Uncle, Must you be so rude. I am sorry for the insult that my uncle has so foolishly done to you and your family. I see that you are the person here for the bounty I sent to the Mandalorian Enclave. I need to ask, would you prefer to be called by your Keldau or Organa name."

Jack put away his blaster and smiled seeing that at least one person in House Girard had some manners. "Jack will do, and I do believe this is a discussion we should have in private." The elderly man looked at him like he was still scum, and demanded that he be present for this so called meeting.

The Baron told him he would meet with Jack in private or he would suffer the consequences. "Meeting with a member of House Organa in private, would make us seem like we are traitors to our allies from House Thul? I must be allowed to be present to see what you are up to. I will not have you disgrace us like your son has done so many times."

The Baron now looked even angrier than Jack had looked before. "This is not a request. I am head of this House and you will remain in your room or be kicked out to this building for no less than a month with no money for you to pay a room at a local Inn. Now leave before I have Jack duel you, cause I am this close to accepting the terms of the duel."

That made the Baron's uncle quickly leave, Laine shook her head in disgust of the man. "Please follow me for further details of the bounty." Jack nods and he and the others follow the Baron into a private room.

Once they enter, Jack happen notice some very fine looking drinks at the counter, he goes over to them. "So what are the details regarding the bounty you place on the Durasteel Duke?" Asked Jack as he pour himself a drink, the Baron place his hands behind his back. "The Durasteel Duke and his sister once worked with House Girard, but they left after.. unpleasant events."

Jack had a feeling the old windbag had something to do with that. "House Girard now has a interest in taking down the Durasteel Duke. Now there is a noble who claims to have a lead on him. But he wants meet in person, one I aren't willing to do." Shara raise her brow behind her helmet.

"You expecting a double cross?" The Baron nodded, "it's possible, he and I do not have a.. very good history. Besides, his currently in a war zone right now, I aren't going in, neither with my relatives, I can't trust them get the trouble done right." Jack nodded, yeah after meeting them, he can see why that would be the case.

Baron then decide get down to business. "Now, even though you are noble from Organa, the noble will probably not listen to you. So I can give you the authority to talk on my behalf, please kneel." Jack narrow his eyes, if there was one thing he hated, it was kneeling to someone who didn't had his respect yet, but Laine place her hand on his shoulder.

Calming him down a little, he kneels. "I, Baron Zacar Girard, do hereby bequeath my voice and seal to this proxy. Now, you may go." Jack gets up from the ground and soon leaves. Once they were out of hearing reach, he cursed, "I hope I will not have to do that again." Jack wasn't one to kneel, Shara however tries calm him down.

"Well look at it this way, at least with other nobles, we don't have to do that, you can probably beat them up." Jack smile at that thought. They take a speeder over to where the war zone was going on, when Jack and the others arrived, they end up seeing a full on assault going on. "I pity those men, being force to guard a coward of a man whose probably drinking and enjoying himself inside."

Jack nodded, that was another thing he disliked about nobles.

Jack and the others finally reached the place where he was supposed to meet with the so called noble. The soldiers did their best to look stoic but he could tell they were not in the best of moods or conditions. 'Great, just great. The idiot is high on knows what and the guards are drunk. This makes me thing so very highly about nobility on this planet.'

He walked over and saw the man seating in a coach that was fit for a Hutt. "So Zacar isn't man enough to come and meet me in person, so he decides to send some thug to come and meet me instead. I normally don't allow those below my rank to come near ten meters close to me."

Jack was not liking the snobs tone already and now with this insult he was slowly becoming quite angry. "I am Jack Keldau Organa, and if we go by protocol. Junior you are showing clear disrespect, in case it is too hard for you to understand let me put it in terms even you can understand."

He walked up to the man and grabbed him by the collar of his vestments, he glared at him. "Boy, I am older than you are, so to me you are the disrespectful brat. Now apologize this instant or I shall do what clearly your mother never bothered in doing and I shall give you an attitude readjustment that you will not sit down for a month, well? I am waiting for my apology."

Having seen that he was not going to cower before him and seeing that he clearly meant what he said the man apologized for the way he address him. "Look, I only am asking for you to do my house a simple favor. Two errands and you can have my second part of the code that unlocks the data pack I sent to Zacar. Earn the honor of a delivery boy and I shall help you out."

This man clearly was a slow learner. "You will now listen to me, you will send that second part of the code now, and you will be respectful of my house and house Girard or so help me you will need to learn to enjoy a liquid diet."

They sure got back on the arrogant way of thinking fast both Ceta and Laine thought as he saw the man attempt to intimidate Jack. "I have 15 of my houses elite guards. I will simply kill you and wait for Zacar to send me someone who knows his place in the pecking order better than you. What are you fools waiting for kill him!"

That made the guards rush in, Jack with lightsaber in hand he reflected every shot fired, Laine cut down several with her quickness and blade and Ceta blasted the rest of them with her blaster rifle.

The coward of a noble was still refusing give them the code. "I will never send that second part of this code, this information will simply have to go to someone who is more appreciative of my house and the favor we are doing. Now I will send it if you drop on your knees and beg my forgiveness."

Jack got close to the man and was making sure his fists were ready for the pounding he was going to give him. "Your head must be full of shit, I guess I need to show you what your place is in the pecking order as you so rudely said I needed to learn." He began to beat him up to a song neither had ever heard off before, 'I been working on the railroad.'

The noble was toothless, black and blue and bleeding from several cuts to his mouth he made to himself as he bit down as a result of the beating. "Alright, Alright! I am sorry! please take the second part of the code and some credits as my payment for any disrespect on my part. I am sorry for acting this way, I will never treat you this way again, Lord Organa but please by all that is holy stop beating me!"

He took the second part of the code and looked at him. "Don't be such a crybaby, a few hours in a Kolto tank and you will be right as rain. I hope this teaches that if you are respectful you could have avoided all this unpleasantness. I leave you with this advice kid, live in honor or die in shame. A little food for thought."

The walk to the speeder depot was actually a lot easier. It seems the bugs were actually somehow told to avoid him. One look at them and they took off running for dear life. They made it back to the building Zacar and his family was and as they entered they saw a rather bald, obese and quite pushy man with the daughter of the Baron.

"Is there a problem?" Jack asked her to which he must have felt like the proverbial princess being rescued by the knight in shining armor on his white steed. "Advocate, this man says that he is my future husband. I have made no acceptance of any marriage proposals. In fact I have not been proposed to by this man or anyone from his house. Do me a favor and escort him out before I might do something regretful."

The man looked at him and was clearly not moving. Jack was in not the best of moods he simply drew his blaster and aimed at his family jewels. "Follow me or kiss your ability to procreate good bye." this got the message through loud and clear. He walked with Jack till they were both outside the building.

"Look, I am engaged to her. I only came to inform her of our impending nuptials and see what I could do to make her happy, one look at me and she had the warmth of a winter night in Hoth. I know most people don't like my appearance and in truth it is a ruse." He turned off the holographic emitter.

It turns out the bald, fat look was just a disguise. He was talk, handsome, well built and in perfect physical condition. "I were this disguise since I am a romantic guy at heart. I want a wife that would love me and not just for what she might get from my house or my looks. I think you would understand were I am coming from."

Jack had to agree that he did understand what he was talking about. "Who arranged for this marriage?" Asked Laine, sure the guy was handsome but he lacked the kind of charm that Jogo had that drawn her to him. The guy said it was her uncle that made all the arrangements for their engagement. Jack began shaking his head and understood what is as going on.

The uncle of the Baron was clearly trying to do one over his nephew and take the leadership of the house from his nephew.

The marriage was a way to further cement the alliances between House Thul and House Girard. All this was clearly done to his benefit rather than his nephew or their house. Jack looked at the prospective groom with a smile.

"Would you give up being in House Thul to me married to her?" The question caught him by surprise but it didn't take him but a second to say yes, he would join House Girard in a second because he honestly did love her.

Jack looked at him and decided to act the part of cupid. "Look honesty is the most important part in any relationship, break off the engagement they made on your behalf. Woe her, spend time with her in pleasant surroundings, show her that you respect each other and are willing to treat each other as partners and allies, do this and you will marry the woman you love or you will find out if you really over her as much as you do."

The young man looking at him in sheer gratitude of his advice. "Can I at least know the name of the man who gave such thoughtful advice?" Jack said as he was about to go back to the building of House Girard. "Jack Keldau Organa, Advocate of House Girard. Have a pleasant day young man. Remember that is worth having is never easily earned."

As Jack entered the building the young man smiled. "Maybe House Organa aren't as despicable as our House were led to believe they were. I must look into this, maybe the Sith told us lies to try and deceive us."

000

"Ah, your newest lackey. Tell me, did my nephew tell you that he already hired a bounty hunter and got him killed?" Said the snob uncle, Jack was already reaching his cool with this jackass. "Saves me the trouble of hunting him down." Jack figure that was probably his rival there, Shara nodded.

"That was probably your rival." She said, Laine nodded. Zacar looked very annoyed, "If you would please excuse yourself uncle, I have private business talk to with my advocate." The uncle snorted, "I see how you're son learned to disgrace us, Advocate? pah!" Jack glared at him behind his T visor at him, he was gonna get it one of these days.

Zacar looked over the data from the noble, his eye brows shot up. "I just got a impolite call from Lord Malfus, saying you assaulted him? that true?" Jack cross his arms, "I may have negotiation with his face." Zacar surprised them when he started chuckling. "I always thought that nitwit needed straightening out. Now, according to Lord Malfus information, Duke Corwin is negotiations with my House's enemy, House Organa. Their pacing messages phony relics in House Alde's Royal Museum for later retrieval."

Zacar then place his hands behind his back. "I would normally ask you enter the Museum through force, but given you are from Organa, they may be more willing to talk. Now, be careful while in the Museum, it holds some very priceless cultural treasures. I would rather avoid future problems in the future." Jack nods, he can get that.

They left the building after that, they head towards the speeder deport for their next target. "Well, looks like we don't need worry about our rival hunter, hopefully Tarro Blood won't try anything here." Said Laine, Jack however was thinking Tarro will probably try something here, he had a gut feeling about this. Jack decide let Shara return to the ship and have Ceta join up with them.

As he and his group made to the area where the museum was at, they had to fought across the land. He had this weird nagging feeling that someone was actually shadowing his movements, he managed to help a few people on the way to the Alde estate and it was just outside the Alde estate that his suspicions proved to be right on the mark.

A group of hired thugs tried to get the jump on him in an ambush, guess they didn't expect him to notice them since he pretty much ignored them for the whole time they had been following him. Jack took out his lightsaber and with it reflected the first shot at him. Ceta and Laine were amazed at how quick he managed to reflect each shot and get most of the group killed by their friends blaster fire.

There was one left and he walked over to him and with his hand he made a motion that as if he was choking someone. The last guy flew into the air and was looking rather scared after having difficulty breathing for a second. "No you will tell me who put you thugs up to this or I am going to make your death a whole lot worse than I did for your friends."

They guy dropped his blaster and looked like he saw something truly horrifying. "Look man, nothing personal alright. We were hired by this noble in this blue and gray armor to track you down and kill you. His name was Jacken Blood now that I think of it. He told us you were a complete pushover and that it would be a cakewalk to kill you. Honest we had no idea you knew how to use a frigging lightsaber or had that weird Jedi witchcraft. Please let me go, it was not personal, it was only business."

Ceta didn't like the sound of his insults and Laine was furious that she didn't even notice the scum until they launched their little ambush. "I understand, don't worry I will let you go." The scumbag looked relieved but he didn't realize that he was over a deep chasm with many jagged edges, or that he was actually as high as he was, he was over the treetop of some of the trees in the valley.

Jack was good to his word and he did let him go and he came crashing down to his death. "Wrong choice of words it seems, the scum really should have asked for mercy and be allowed to live. I don't blame you Jack. We Mandalorians don't take insults to our honor lightly." Laine however then thought about what the thug said.

"Wonder who this Jacken Blood is? think a relative of Tarro?" Jack nodded, he was pretty sure that had to be the case.

As they walked towards the entrance, a woman guard nearby asked that they identify themselves and what was there business on the estate. Jack smiled a charming smile as he took of his helm and looked at the guard, she was blushing something awful as she saw his smile.

"I am Jack Keldau Organa and these ladies are my good friends Laine and Ceta. I heard that your curator has restored a picture belonging to one of my relatives and so I decided to pay your lovely museum a visit and speak with the curator. Naturally my friends being the art lovers they are asked me if they could come with me, how could I possibly say no to my dear friends?"

The guard took a badge out of her pocket and gave it to him. "Please keep this badge with you and please enjoy your visit to the Alde museum. If you like any of the artifacts we have pocket replicas in the gift shop over there. All proceeds go to the restoration and recovery of Alderaan artifacts."

He took the badge and thanked her for her hard work. He wore his helm as he walked throw the garden walkways to the museum, he had to admit, House Alde did wonderful work in the garden and as he walked towards the museum he saw a Twi'lek prunning a rose bush. He walked over to him and he stood up looking rather scared.

"Relax, I am not going to harm you in any way, I merely wanted to tell you that you and the rest of the gardeners have done a wonderful job with the garden it feels fresh, alive and stunningly beautiful." The guy must have never been told this because he was smiling like he won a major lottery prize.

"Thank you sentient, I am very happy that someone has noticed our hard work. Your praise is going to make the rest of the gardeners as happy as I am, so once again thank you." Jack excused himself and he walked into the museum and a scanner scanned the badge and let him in without any need to alert security.

The artifacts were impressive but there was one picture that made Jack stare at as if there was something wrong. The old curator realized this immediately and went to him to ask him if something was wrong. "Young man do you find something about this painting to be causing your displeasure and maybe even anger?"

Jack smiled at the curator and told him if he could please bring an authentication scanner. The curator must have felt insulted because he looked at him with such an angry glare. "Young man, I been taking care of artifacts like this since before you were even born. I will humor you however I have the scanner with me. I use it regularly when acquiring new pieces for the museum and doing restoration work."

He began to let the scanner scan the painting. The curator was amazed that the painting indeed was a forgery. "My grandmama Lucille loved to cook. Hence she never let her hair down, not even when she went to bed or so did grandpapa Max used to joke at the dinner table. The face and body are correct but this woman has her hair down. Last but certainly not least my grandmother had red hair and not blonde."

The curator looked at him with a look of utter disbelief. "Lucille Organa was the court chef to the high king of Alderaan and the mother to one of the most infamous Jedi ever, Susan Ann Organa. For you to claim that you knew Lady Lucille it would mean that you are centuries old, you must be mistaken."

Ceta decided to correct the old man and told him Jack was indeed her grandson and he was the son of Susan Ann Organa. "My friend suffered a debilitating disease when he was younger and thus he had to spent an extraordinary amount of time frozen in Carbonite, believe me Jack The Reaper isn't one to tell lies."

The curator looked inside the frame and found several data chips inside that were not supposed to be there. He simply asked if he could share some stories about Lady Lucille over some tea and he would be happy to give him the data chips. Jack followed him to a nearby office and as he sat down and the man finished serving him his tea, he did just that. He told him some of the funniest and most dear stories of his time with him grandma and her husband.

"Thank you for sharing those stories, it will help me understand them better so I can restore future artifacts better. Here as the data chips as promised. Don't worry I will restore that painting to be as authentic as possible thanks to your tales." Jack nods, he and the others make their way out of the building, luckily they didn't ran into trouble from the guards.

Jack and the others made their way towards back to the speeder deport that was within the House Alde's esate. "You know, you are full of surprises Jack, never took you for a noble." Said Ceta, she notices few people sending few glances at their direction, seeing them being respectful kind of glances. "Eh, it just seems be that way." Said Jack, he wasn't sure how he should feel about this.

Being a noble wasn't something he was interested in.

House Blood

"My lord, I am sorry to inform you, but the men you hired to take Jack down have failed." Said a dark skin man in a red and blue noble suit, kneeling before a man who had his back turn, wielding a vibrosword.

The man was wearing a blue and gray set of Mandalorian armor, he was fair skin, short brown hair. The man's ear twitch, "That right? it seems he isn't a pushover as my brother claim him to be." His voice was similar to Tarro's, but it sounded younger. Standing front of him was a sheet of metal, he positions himself with his vibrosword.

"Do you wish hire more men to deal with him lord Jacken?" Asked the man, Jacken was quiet for a moment, before he amazes the man by when he slices the sheet of metal, cutting it in half. "No, this requires professionals, I will go to House Rist to see if their interested." Jacken turns out, he almost looked just like Tarro, but he was younger, looking be in his mid twenties, a similar tattoo to Tarro's was on his face.

The man looked worried. "But my lord, it's a war zone out there, you can't possible mean go out yourself." Jacken passes him, he grabs his helmet, placing it on, "realize, I didn't trained for almost all my life just to sit around to do nothing, I will take two guards with me. You're in charge while am gone." He heads to the door, passing two guards in blue armor.

Jacken grins under his helmet. "Looks like things are about get interesting around here." Oh yes, he had no idea how right he was there.

House Girard

Jack and the others enter the House Girard building, things looked bit empty now.

As Jack and the others reached the living room, he understood why the house was so empty. It seems Raffi had done something that was less than honorable. His uncle was having the time of his life but Jack only noticed it because of the way he was when nobody was looking. Otherwise he looked royally pissed off.

"Is there a problem?" Jack asked the man holding Raffi by his neck. The middle aged man holding him looked like he was ready to tear Raffi limb from limb. If the marriage happened as according to plan it would leave only one possible succesor and if said person were to die then he would be the next in line to be Baron. Just as he always was meant to be or so the Baron's uncle believed.

"Yes there is a problem, but I would need to know if you have authority to resolve it." Jack introduced himself as the Advocate for House Girard. The man smiled as he probably felt that someone so young in appearance would be easy pickings for an old wolf like him.

"I caught this scoundrel in bed with my wife. This act of dishonor can not go without a suitable response. So I am here to demand that I be given their summer house as payment for damaging my honor. It is as simple as that." The old man had not expected this outcome when he forward the images his spy took of Raffi and this man's wife.

Jack looked at him and saw what this was all about, blood is in the water and he was a hungry shark ready to go on a feeding frenzy. If they did agree to give him the summer estate it would be a sign of weakness and so he would demand even more later. He wouldn't stop till House Girard was nothing more than a husk of what it currently was.

Jack looked quite calm as he looked at it from a different angle. "Raffi answer truthfully and to the point or I shall make you pay for your lies or boasting in pain. Know you can't lie to me, I will always be able to tell. Did you approach this man's wife or did she initial the meeting?"

Raffi wanted to boast that she was begging for him to let her feel what it was to sleep with a real man, but he saw how Jack was making a fist and he knew that he meant business.

"I was out in a club one night when I realized that I had no real prospects of finding a person I could spend the rest of my life with, my sister even managed to find a man that has made her the happiest I have ever seen her. He is so in love with her that he is willing to abandon his house for her. I was pretty depressed after I realize all my flings and relationships amounted to nothing but wasted time and credits."

He was let go at this moment. The middle aged man must have not expected him to say something like that and not especially from someone that for him had a whole life ahead of him. "That is when I met her, she was funny, sweet, cute and tender. We went out on several dates and I only accepted because she swore that she was single as I was. I had no intention of being a home wrecker."

Raffi truly looked depressed and a single tear fell from his eye to show that he was also in pain. "Tonight would be the first night we ever made love, but as we finished she told me the truth. She was actually married and she made it her hobby to seduce young nobles and have a one night stand to help her deal with the boredom of her own marriage. I was nothing more than a toy for her amusement and she even showed me pictures of dozens of young men and women who had slept with her."

The middle aged man had not expected that, he truly loved his wife and felt like Raffi had taken advantage so he wanted him and his family to suffer as his wife had suffered. This however changes matters, "Tell me where my wife keeps those pictures and I promise you that if you ever need help I will offer it without hesitation. I am sorry for the way I treated you Raffi."

Raffi told him she kept the album inside her data pad that she pretended was her diary. He even told him the pass code was the day of their wedding. She told him she did that as a joke and that she called her marriage the same a joke.

"Thank you for resolving the issues with my House Advocate. I truly commend House Girard, they are truly lucky to have an advocate such as yourself to stand and defend their honor." The middle aged man left and he knew that his wife was going to have one hell of an evening, but at least it was not going to be boring.

Jack walked over Raffi and placed his hand on his shoulder. "Raffi if you really want to meet someone nice why don't you ask your future brother in law to introduce you to some nice ladies? The guy might actually have a sister that you two could really connect in more than just as physical way."

Raffi looked at him with a smile as if a realization finally came to him. As he walked away he said that the guy was right. They really were lucky to have him as an advocate.

As he walked away he glared something fierce at the traitor that still sneering at him as he walked towards the office of his nephew.

As he walked over to the Baron he gave him the data chips. "Jack I will never be able to thank you for helping my children. This alliance with House Thul has me so busy I haven't been able to spend time with them, let alone provide them with the guidance I wish I could provide. Sometimes I think my father never intended us to be allies of House Thul and someone else made the alliance treaty in his name."

Jack saw him look through the data in the chips as he sat down on a chair in front of him. "I might be seen as an interested party but I have discovered somethings that might make you think that you might be right. I suspect your uncle did for an alliance with House Thul and he did so to get your father, his brother killed."

The Baron looked at him in shock. "He is actually trying to get rid of your potential heirs so that he is the only one available to be named Baron. I know he is your uncle but my instincts are screaming that he will try to kill you and blame House Organa so that he doesn't pay for his crime."

He finished reading the data and looked at him with a dead serious look on his face. "The Durasteel Duke has made a contract for his protection with House Rist. No wonder nobody could ever kill him. While he is under their protection, he is untouchable."

Jack smiled as he heard that. "He is smart I can say that about him. Your uncle probably threatened his family and thus he had to look for a new ally, Organa are honorable and so they make the best allies. As your advocate I say you should borrow that page from his strategy book. Make a contract with House Rist or make an alliance with House Organa with the condition that you be protected by a contract with House Rist for your and your family's protection."

Zacar had to admit it made sense since the only thing he ever received from House Thul was demands and little to no actual help. "I shall get that done, what do you plan to do? Now with the protection of House Rist your target is untouchable."

Jack got up and smiled at him and as he looked dead serious he answered his question. "I am going to meet with House Rist to get them to drop their contracts with the Durasteel Duke and any contracts that they might have on you. I never thought that being a member of House Organa would ever be useful but I guess we have to use all our tools in our disposal. Last piece of advice hurry, I don't think your uncle will wait much longer to make his power grab."

Zacar nodded. "Very well, make you're way to them, hopefully things will go smooth." Jack nods and he and the others leave the building, something he was glad about because the glances from other nobles were getting on his nerves. Jack decide contact the others.

"Mako, may need you're help. Mind coming down with Gault." Mako nods from her end, "sure, we'll be down there in no time." Jack turns to Laine and Ceta, "you two can head back to the ship, unless you want do any jobs around here?" Jack figure there be some good jobs around with good money in it.

Ceta shrugs. "Thought I saw someone offering a promising job, me and Laine see what's there to be done." Jack nods and the two head out to see about that job. It wasn't long before Mako and Gault arrived, "ah, never could get over how the air is like here, so beautiful yet filled with people who would more then willing to stab you in the back." Comment Gault.

Mako had admit, Gault was right about Alderaan being so beautiful, but filled with nasty nobles around. "Alright, let's get going, let's be careful with House Rist, they are assassins after all." Mako and Gault nodded and follow Jack to the speeder depot.