Author's note: Hello everyone; I'm just letting everyone know that I've been doing some revision to the chapters of my earlier fanfics as I felt there were some small things I wanted readjust. The changes themselves are more so cosmetic than to the main plot itself, so there's no need to go back and read it, but there are a few points that are worth noting:
Maral Hatana is now a green Mikkian (the same species as Tiplee and Tiplar) with green skin and is name Emerl Hatana, as I felt that there were already a lot of Twi'lek force-users already and I felt that the name Maral sounded too similar to Mara (i.e. Mara Jade).
General Krenin is now a cyborg Sarkan with teal skin and cybernetic legs, right forearm, and neck as I felt that a fully cybernetic body made him too much of a Grievous knockoff before. Plus, Sarkans could have more of a spotlight.
I've done and posted the revamped chapters for the prologue and have yet to revamp the season one chapters and have placed it as "under reconstruction". Anyways, I'm really sorry if this has caused any inconveniences; but I promise that this will be the only reconstruction I take to previous chapters. Believe me, I can't stand retconning.
Hunters and the Hunted
A mass breakout! Bounty hunter Cad Bane has freed the prisoners of an Alliance prison, freeing Cadfurew the Hutt and major Imperial figures like General Veers and Mas Amedda! As the slimy Hutt disappears into the Outer Rim, the Rebel Alliance and the Hutt Clan holds its breath in fear of his next retaliation attempt!
Meanwhile, on an unknown moon, Captain Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa, and C-3PO have crash-landed inside an immense labyrinth with no way of getting out…
An unknown moon
Han walked cautiously through the walls of the labyrinth and examined them carefully.
"Found anything?" said a voice. Han pulled his blaster and turned around, only to find himself pointing it at Leia's face. "Not a very warm welcome"
"Try to be more careful" said Han as he put his blaster away "This place requires caution"
"No kidding" said Leia "Found anything?"
"Only that this place is old, real old" said Han.
"What isn't?" said Leia. She looked down at some footprints that headed their way in the mud. "Those yours?"
"No, those boots are bigger than mine" replied Han.
"Then it looks like we've got company" said Leia "I'm going to find out what it is" She walked off into the direction the footprints came from.
"Wait, Leia!" said Han as he followed after her "We don't know what it could…" They turned around the corner to find the crashed remains of Slave I. "…be"
"Looks like we're not the only ones stranded here" said Leia. Han walked over to it and examined it carefully.
"What is that?" asked Leia
"It's Slave I, Boba Fett's ship" replied Han.
"Boba Fett?" said Leia "As in that bounty hunter that always causes you guys trouble?"
"No, the other one" replied Han sarcastically "How many Boba Fetts do you think there are in this galaxy?"
"Do you think he's around?" asked Leia.
"Doesn't looks like it; but then again, who can be sure with him?" replied Han "We should head back to the ship, at least there we'll have a homefield advantage"
"For what?" asked Leia.
"Let's just say that if he's stranded on this moon like us, he won't be compliant to help out" replied Han "Let's get out of here" As they turned to leave, Boba Fett watched them carefully from the shadows atop a wall with his helmet's targeting system down.
"Well, what do we have here?" said Fett to himself as he pulled his targeting system up "Solo…"
Meanwhile on Corellia
Ahsoka walked into Sarke's office.
"Chief-of-State, I hope you don't mind me…coming in at this time" said Ahsoka "There's just something I have to go over with you. Do you mind if—"
"Not at all" replied Sarke "Come in, take a seat" Ahsoka walked up to his desk and took a seat. "So what is it you wanted to talk to me about?"
"It's…It's about Borsk Fey'lya" replied Ahsoka "I'm not sure if he's the spy"
"And why do you say that?" asked Sarke.
"Well…it just doesn't seem right to me" replied Ahsoka.
"You say that and yet you saw him interrogate a civilian" said Sarke "Shouldn't that warrant as untrustworthy behavior? Besides; without proper hard evidence, why should we take the risk?"
"I know, I know" said Ahsoka "But still, I've read the reports; we haven't even given him a proper investigation yet, we've just interrogated him over and over and got nothing. No contacts, no names, nothing. And with Cadfurew out—"
"That was an isolated incident" said Sarke defensively.
"I know, but still" said Ahsoka "What if Fey'lya isn't Cadfurew's contact; what if it's someone else?"
"Then we'll find out eventually" replied Sarke "In the meantime, we'll stay on to whatever potential leads we might have"
"I understand" said Ahsoka.
"There's something else you want to ask me, isn't there?" said Sarke.
"There is" said Ahsoka "I've trying to ask people around me for some time but a good moment never came up. You know about my family?"
"Yes, Commander Skywalker told me about them" replied Sarke.
"Some time ago at the Battle of Ord Mantell, I met my brother and sister who my parents told me about" said Ahsoka "But shortly after the battle, I overheard the two of them saying something that…shocked me"
"And what was that?" asked Sarke.
"They…They said that they weren't actually my brother and sister" replied Ahsoka.
"And after that?" asked Sarke.
"I don't know; I just ran away before they could even notice me there" replied Ahsoka "I haven't talked to or approached them since. I just…I just wanted to forget about it, it upset me. What should I do?"
"Sometimes the bitterest truths are better than the sweetest lies" replied Sarke "Whatever reason they said it, you need to find out and come to terms with it rather than run away from it all of your life. Approach them again and ask them about it. Whatever it is, it may upset you; but in the long run, you'll be glad that you got it over and done with"
"Thank you" said Ahsoka. She stood up and walked out of the office. As she walked down the steps of the building, she walked over to Kota, Rachi Sitra, and K'Kruhk.
"So was there anything you found out?" asked Kota.
"I asked him about Fey'lya and how he hasn't been given a proper investigation but he dodged my questions saying that I needed proper evidence" replied Ahsoka "And then I started asking him about Cadfurew's escape and he got defensive, telling me that it was an isolated incident"
"Do you think he was behind it?" asked Rachi Sitra.
"I'm not sure about that, but he's certainly hiding something" replied Ahsoka "When I asked him about Cadfurew's contact, he said that he had everything under control"
"You've done well, Ahsoka" said Kota "You may leave now" Ahsoka turned and left. "It seems that we've only gotten a little further than we were before. We need to find out more from him"
"He obviously has himself covered, he was prepared for an incident like this" said Rachi Sitra "We should investigate him further before we even think of making an arrest"
"If we send more people in to question him, he could get suspicious" said Kota.
"Then we'll have to go straight to the source" said K'Kruhk "Gather troops together, we're going to his apartment to find whatever skeletons may lie in his closet"
Meanwhile
Han, Leia, and C-3PO sat by a campfire outside the crashed shuttle.
"Well, we'd better all settle in" said Han "It looks like we'll be here for a while; and we'll have to buff up defenses in case Fett ever attacks us"
"Couldn't we do something with the remains of the ship?" asked C-3PO.
"Sure, if we had a team of engineers and proper equipment at our disposal" replied Han.
"Or perhaps just yourself in your own mind" said Leia.
"What did you say?" asked Han.
"Nothing" replied Leia.
"Well, obviously it was something; because if it was nothing, I wouldn't have heard anything" said Han.
"It was nothing!" snapped Leia.
"Don't drag yourself into a corner, your highness" said Han "If you have something to say, you may as well say it now"
"Fine!" snapped Leia "I'm merely bringing up something that everyone else is too modest to admit; your planet-sized ego makes you think you're perfect at everything"
"Sorry for not having a repair team with me, your magnificence" said Han sarcastically.
"This is not just about not repairing the ship, it's about a lot of things" said Leia "You strut around like some sort of peacock and you automatically think that it makes everyone else like you the same way you like yourself"
"Since when?" said Han.
"Since always" said Leia "You're just so obsessed about how great you are; whenever you do something, it's for yourself more so than others. You only went along with Luke and Obi-Wan because you needed money for something you got yourself into; and you even became a liability when Vader framed you and tried to use it as a way to ally the Empire with Jabba"
"Watch it!" snapped Han "Before you go any further, I'll let you know that I didn't need to come back; it could have been the simplest thing to just go off and go back to being a smuggler working for the Hutts. But I didn't, I came back. Heck; if it wasn't for me, Luke would be blown to space dust by now"
"Sure, you did come back and help us" said Leia "But how long are you going to stay this time before you leave again?"
"Is this seriously the best arguments you have?" asked Han "Because if they are, they're pretty lousy"
"Don't you ever show some respect?" said Leia.
"Well, I guess they forget to teach you that when you have to grow up in a world of slums" said Han. Leia raised her eyebrow. "Oh; so that surprises you, huh? Maybe when you grow up in a fancy marble palace or whatever, you get to learn the upper-class standards on culture, behavior, and what not, but I never had it easy like that. Growing up on the streets of Corellia you have to do whatever you can to survive; and when you're an adult, it still isn't any easier. The whole galaxy pushes against you as if its sole mission was to make you suffer; and if you want to make a life for yourself, you have to push back. But it never stops and never gets any easier. You may have grown up in a world of royalty, Princess; but for most of us in the galaxy, we had to grow up in a world of slums" There was a short silence.
"Oh my!" said C-3PO "That's rather—"
"Shut up, 3PO" said Han.
"Han…I never knew you felt that way" said Leia.
"It's not as if the galaxy gets any easier on you for sharing your problems" said Han "That's the first rule. I won't romanticize my life, but I'll just say that not all of us are given a good start in life. Even less of us are given a good ending"
"What a touching scene" said a voice. Han shot up, pulled his blaster out, and pointed it at the shadows when Boba Fett stepped out.
"Stay back, Fett!" said Han.
"Relax, Solo" said Fett "Play along and you and the others walk out of this unharmed"
"What do you want, Fett?" asked Han.
"My ship is thrashed back there, I need salvage to repair it" replied Fett "I'm sure your ship would do"
"Eh, don't be getting any ideas!" said Han.
"It's not as if it's going anywhere" said Fett.
"It's our ship nonetheless; it's not as though we can just give it off to anyone" said Han.
"Good point, but it won't save you" said Fett "Besides; if you play along right, I might just give you three a ride back"
"Is that wise, Captain S—" asked C-3PO.
"And what's to say we can trust you on that?" said Han "That's the problem with bounty hunters, they'll turn on you whenever it suits them"
"I'm asking nicely here" said Fett "Either give me your ship willingly or I'll take it over your corpses. Both would suit, but I'd prefer the former if I can get it"
"You want this ship?" said Han "Come and get it"
"Han, don't do anything…" said Leia just before Fett shot at Han. Han dodged and started shooting back at him. "…rash"
"Oh dear, do you think they'll be alright?" asked C-3PO.
"I don't know, 3PO" said Leia "I honestly don't know" Han and Fett started to brawl, with Fett showing the superior skill.
"You just have to right about everything, Solo" said Fett "Even if you're going to die"
"Shut up!" snapped Han.
"Make me" said Fett.
"With pleasure!" said Han.
"Alright then!" said Fett as he retracted blades from his wrist. Suddenly, several large wires shot to the back of Fett's neck and other parts where the Mandalorian iron didn't cover and was electrocuted him unconscious.
"What the heck?" said Leia.
"Apologies for his behavior" said Hondo as he, Manna, and a group of pirates walked up to them "He tends to get a little competitive when he's left on a moon with very little supplies"
"Wait, you're that pirate Hondo Ohnaka" said Han.
"You remember me?" said Hondo.
"How couldn't I?" said Han "You held Luke and Ahsoka captive and tried to bid them off and you left me and my ship for dead"
"Yeah, sorry about that; but you know business" said Hondo.
"You stranded too?" asked Han.
"Not at all" replied Hondo "We just deactivated the tractor beam"
"Wait, you deactivated the tractor beam?" said Leia "How?"
"We found this place a few years ago; another pirate gang had set it up as a trap" replied Hondo "They constructed a large tractor beam which would steer any ships, even ones in hyperspace, into it; and had a labyrinth placed out so they would find themselves trapped. We got caught in it but fought back against the other gang and were triumphant. Afterwards, we took this moon for our own; using it to attract ships in and salvaging the remains"
"Now that's just sneaky" said Han "So where are we?"
"One of the moons of Nimbia, you're still in the Core Worlds" replied Hondo.
"So what are you going to do with the bounty hunter?" asked C-3PO.
"Well, he's an old acquaintance of mine so I'll go easy on him" replied Hondo "I'll call for a pickup, he'll be fine"
"And what about us?" asked Leia.
"Yeah, about that…" said Hondo. He and the other pirates pointed their blasters towards Leia.
"What are you doing?" asked Leia.
"Usually I just demand for a payment in order to get off the planet, but with you I'll make an exception" said Hondo "I've seen you before, you're Princess Leia Organa of the Rebel Alliance. I can find…a better profit off of you"
"Are you seriously going to bargain me off to the Alliance or the Empire like you did to the Jedi?" asked Leia.
"No, no; we've got a better use for you" replied Hondo "Cadfurew the Hutt just released a bounty for you earlier today; and boy, he wants you bad"
"Cadfurew's incarcerated, he can't release a bounty" said Leia. There as a short silence. "Are you telling me that he got out, how?"
"Don't ask me, it's not like I was there" replied Hondo "Point is, he wants you" Leia looked down at the blaster on her waist, pulled it out, and pointed it at them.
"I think you'll find that I'm more than you can handle" said Leia.
"Wanna' bet?" said Hondo as the pirates started circling her.
"He has got a point, Leia" said Han. Leia turned around to see that Han was holding his blaster at her.
"Han, what are you doing?" asked Leia.
"I'm just doing what you'd expect of me, Princess" replied Han "I'm being a no good smuggler"
"Han, this isn't funny" said Leia.
"Of course it isn't" replied Han as he walked over to join the pirates "If it was, I'd be laughing"
"Captain Solo, you can't be serious" said C-3PO.
"That's what I just can't stand about you, 3PO" said Han "You always question something so obvious that it's just lying in front of your face"
"You Nerf herder!" snapped Leia "If you even think you'll be welcomed back into the Alliance after this, then—" Han hit her with a stun blast.
"I thought she'd never shut up" said Han "So this bounty, how much is it if we split it several ways?"
"I only briefly skimmed past it so I'm not completely sure, but I'm sure it's still a lot" said Hondo "Why do you ask?"
"Well, I got a little debt I have to settle and I could really use a lot of money" said Han. Manna frowned.
"Oh dear!" said C-3PO.
Meanwhile
Kota, Rachi Sitra, K'Kruhk, Chelaa, and a group of rebel troopers walked up to Sarke's apartment which was being guarded by two honor guards
"Now remember, search very carefully" said Kota. The honor guards blocked out the door with their force pikes
"We cannot allow you in, General Kota" said one of the honor guards "Chief-of-State Sarke has requested that no one is permitted into his apartment"
"We're conducting a search" said Kota "If we're left undisturbed, we'll only be in there for a few minutes"
"I'm afraid we still can't let you in without authorization from Chief-of-State Sarke himself" said the honor guard "I must ask you to leave now or we'll be forced to call in on this" Suddenly, Chelaa force-pushed both the honor guards forward.
"We knew it was leading to that, better to get it over and done with" said Chelaa.
"Take their weapons and tie them up" said K'Kruhk "We can't afford any trouble"
Meanwhile
Ahsoka walked towards her brother and sister's apartment, looked tensely at the door, and sighed. She extended her arm out before hesitating and knocked. Alarnaa answered the door.
"Ahsoka, I was wondering when we'd see you next" said Alarnaa.
"Hey Alarnaa" said Ahsoka "Can I join you?"
"Sure" replied Alarnaa "Acashto and I are just having some down time at the moment. Come on in"
"Great" said Ahsoka. She walked in where they found Acashto sitting on a chair.
"Ahsoka, it's been a long while since we last got to talk to you" said Acashto as he got himself up "Are you okay?" Ahsoka didn't reply.
"Is something troubling you, Ahsoka?" asked Alarnaa.
"There is" replied Ahsoka "Acashto, Alarnaa, you may have known that I've been avoiding you lately; and for that, I'm deeply sorry. But it's because something's been troubling me lately"
"What is it?" asked Acashto.
"It started in the aftermath of the Battle of Ord Mantell" said Ahsoka "I was going to catch up with you two but…then I overheard a conversation between you two and I just…just wanted to stay away"
"What was it about the conversation that made you want to stay away?" asked Acashto.
"Well…for a moment, I thought you two said that…you weren't my real brother and sister" replied Ahsoka. Acashto and Alarnaa looked surprised and stunned but not shocked. "Maybe I misinterpreted it but…it really left a bad taste in my mouth and I just want to know what you meant by it"
"Ahsoka, we don't want to hurt you but you deserve to know the truth" said Acashto "We're—"
"Wait, she should hear it from Mom and Dad" said Alarnaa. Whilst she was relieved to be finally getting some answers, Ahsoka just couldn't shake off the cold feeling of dread that surrounded her mind.
Meanwhile
"We've found nothing so far, General" said a rebel trooper as they searched the apartment.
"Search harder" said Kota "We have to be certain" As Chelaa searched, she couldn't help but hear a faint whispering coming from the back corner of the apartment. She rushed off in its direction.
"Chelaa, wait!" said K'Kruhk. Dawn Evergreen stepped onto a rug that caused a faint creaking.
"General, I think I found something" said Dawn "There's something beneath the rug" Kota walked up to the rug.
"Stand aside" said Kota. He force-pushed the rug away to reveal a trapdoor with a lock on it.
"Now that's something, isn't it?" said Dawn.
"Is there a key anywhere?" asked Sitra.
"We don't need one" said Kota. He ignited his lightsaber and cut off the lock underneath before pushing the door up to open. He then started walking down there until something caught his eye at the side of the room. "Mon Mothma!" The former Chief-of-State was lying unconscious on the side of the room handcuffed to a bar in the wall. Kota rushed over to her.
"Master…Kota…" said Mon Mothma "Wait, where are we? What happened?"
"You don't remember?" asked Kota "You're underneath Lei Sarke's apartment"
"Who's Lei Sarke?" asked Mon Mothma.
"She doesn't remember" said Sitra.
"Tell me, what do you remember?" asked Kota.
"I was coming home from my apartment one night when I was assaulted the moment I came home" replied Mon Mothma "Next thing I remember, I was down here. What has happened?"
"It all began weeks ago" replied Kota "You turned up one day with a new aide named Lei Sarke; and in what seemed like no time at all, you had apparently granted him position of Chief-of-State. Ever since then, Sarke was in complete control of the situations; he was able to know everything that was going on and planned accordingly. But after a while we began to suspect that he was up to something"
"He must have had you under his control" said Sitra "But once he got the position, why keep you alive?"
"I know valuable Alliance information" replied Mon Mothma "If he took my position as Chief-of-State, I'm more valuable alive than dead"
Meanwhile
Chelaa walked over to the back corner of the room where she found a large black and red door with various locks on it. She used the force to manipulate the locks and open it up wide. As she stepped inside she found herself in a circular room filled wall-to-wall with Sith Holocrons. As she stood in the center of the room, she could hear a strange voices whispering in a strange language she had never heard before. She looked over at one of the holocrons and extended her hand out as it called for her.
"Chelaa?" said a voice. She turned to see K'Kruhk standing before her. "What is this?"
"I…I found this room" replied Chelaa "I could…feel it" K'Kruhk looked around.
"Sith Holocrons!" said K'Kruhk "This whole room reeks of the dark side" At that moment, Kota and Rachi Sitra entered.
"We've found Mon Mothma" replied Kota "She's alive but—" He noticed the Sith Holocrons around them. "Are those what I think they are?"
"These Sith Holocrons must have taken a long time to gather together" said Sitra.
"It seems he's quite the collector" said K'Kruhk.
"Is he Sith?" asked Chelaa "Is he working for Vader and the Emperor?"
"I don't know what manor of darksider he is or who he's working for, but he's been using us this whole time" said K'Kruhk.
"We have to stop him" said Kota "Master Sitra and I will confront him about it. You two, gather all these holocrons together and dispose of them; we cannot allow a single one to survive"
"Be careful" said K'Kruhk "He won't come willingly, he might even put up a fight"
Meanwhile
Alarnaa brought up a hologram of Mathren and Arlas Tano.
"Children, it's great to see you again" said Mathren "How has everything been?"
"Mom, Dad, there's something I need to talk to you about" said Ahsoka.
"What's that?" asked Arlas.
"Are they my brother and sister?" asked Ahsoka.
"Of course they are" replied Arlas.
"Are they my "real" brother and sister?" asked Ahsoka "Answer me, please" Mathren and Arlas looked at each other in a worried look.
"Ahsoka, I think it's time to tell you something we should have told you a long time ago" said Arlas.
"What is it?" asked Ahsoka.
"It started a long time ago" replied Mathren "I once had a brother named Okuno who went off our homeworld to explore the galaxy. Eventually he found work as a smuggler but he still came back here to see us every now and again"
"Then one day he came to our door in a panic" said Arlas "He told us he was in a debt problem that he couldn't pay up and that he needed to go further underground. He had come to say goodbye"
"But he also gave us something to look after in his absence" said Mathren "It was a child he had shortly before the debt came up. He gave it to us, told us to look after her as our own, and to never reveal her true heritage to anyone. Before he left, he gave us a name; Ahsoka"
"Me?" said Ahsoka.
"We raised you as one of our own until that Kel Dor Jedi came to our planet and took you off to the temple" said Arlas.
"Do you know who my real mother is?" asked Ahsoka.
"We don't know, Okuno never told us" replied Mathren "He turned up dead about a week later, it would seem that he could never pay off his debt after all"
"Why…Why didn't you tell me?" asked Ahsoka.
"Because…Because we had come to accept the lie that we told to protect you" replied Arlas.
"We wanted to tell you, but we could only get around to telling Acashto and Alaranaa" said Mathren. Ahsoka stood there looking utterly mortified and confused.
"Ahsoka, we didn't want you to be upset" said Acashto "But we didn't want—"
"Stay away from me!" snapped Ahsoka whilst stepping back.
"Ahsoka, please" said Alarnaa "We felt that if we revealed it to you all at once, you'd—"
"I'd what?" said Ahsoka "I'd overreact? You had to tell me sooner or later"
"Ahsoka, please" said Arlas "We may not be your parents but we're still family" Ahsoka looked around at the Togrutas that surrounded her.
"I don't know who my family is anymore" said Ahsoka. She turned and left.
Meanwhile
"Boba…" said a female voice "Boba…" Fett woke up to see Aurra Sing looking over him. "You always were a heavy sleeper"
"Aurra…" said Fett. He looked around to see Dengar next to her and Bossk at the cockpit, indicating that he was inside the Hound's Tooth. "What happened?"
"Hondo took you by surprise" replied Sing "He still has a few tricks up his sleeve. But he was generous and gave me a call" Fett looked to the corner of the room and noticed Boushh hiding in the shadows.
"Where are we going?" asked Fett.
"To make a pickup" replied Sing.
Meanwhile on Vendaxa
Leia slowly regained consciousness and looked around, finding herself within Hondo's pirate fortress. She tried to wriggle free but found that she was stuck inside a containment field.
"Ah; wakey now, Princess" said Hondo.
"Where's Cadfurew?" asked Leia.
"You haven't been delivered just yet" said Hondo.
"Wouldn't it be better just to get it over and done with?" asked Leia.
"Not just yet" replied Hondo "Hutts give me the creeps, so I'm having an old friend of mine pick you up and deliver you; of course it means that I'll have to split the reward, but it's worth it"
"This is both unnecessary and dangerous, Hondo" said Manna "What's to say they won't turn on us and take the reward for themselves"
"I have good faith, Manna" replied Hondo "And out here, my good faith is law"
"You're good faith will get us all killed one day" said Manna.
"He does have a point, Hondo" said Han "Like that reward wasn't split enough already" Leia turned towards him and a bitter look befell on her face.
"How could you?!" snapped Leia "After all we've been through, you just…you just betray us?"
"Don't act surprised, Princess" said Han. He walked up over to her. "I mean, after all; what seemed like an hour ago, you were going on about how I'd turn on you at the drop of a hat. I mean; c'mon, darling. Am I traitorous scumbag or not? Make up your mind, already!" As Pilf and Pikk Mukmuk (who were perched atop a trembling C-3PO) laughed, a hooded and cloaked figure watched the scene carefully from a stool at the bar. "I mean, that's what I am in the end; a smuggler…" He looked up close at Leia. "…and a scoundrel" He winked at Leia who almost gasped. "Try to keep looking mad" He turned back to Hondo. "Anyways; once I got my part of the reward, I'll be out of here"
"Really?" said Hondo "There's always room for a man like you in our gang"
"Sorry, Hondo; I don't think I'd fit into this group" said Han "Because I might be a scoundrel…" He grabbed Hondo by the arms and held his blaster at his head. "…but even I have my standards"
"Eh, what are you doing!?" snapped Hondo.
"Doing what I was always planning to do, what does it look like?" replied Han. Manna and the other pirates pointed their blasters at Him.
"I wouldn't think so" said Han as he pushed his blaster closer to Hondo's forehead.
"Shoot him anyway!" snapped Manna.
"Eh, don't even think about it!" snapped Hondo.
"Just shut it already" said Han "If everything goes as planned, we'll all walk out of this just fine"
Meanwhile
Kota and Sitra entered Sarke's office.
"Master Kota, Master Sitra; your arrival is unexpected" said Sarke "What is it that you're here for?"
"We're here to discuss something" replied Kota "Come with us"
"And why exactly should I do that?" asked Sarke "Is something the matter"
"I think we both know that Fey'lya is not a double agent" replied Sitra "It was only a diversion to distract us from what you were hiding"
"And what makes you think that?" asked Sarke.
"We found Mon Mothma beneath your apartment and she told us what she knew" said Kota "Or rather what little she knew" Sarke opened a draw on his desk and looked down at the lightsaber in it. "You couldn't let her just go off because it would arose suspicion, but neither could you simply throw away potential information that you could have used to keep up the disguise. And that's not the only thing we discovered" Sarke reached for a button underneath his desk and pressed it.
"A pity" said Sarke "I was beginning to like having Jedi at my fingertips" He pulled out his lightsaber and force-pushed the desk at Kota and Rachi Sitra who slashed it in half. He then ignited his lightsaber and lunged at them before they ignited their lightsabers and clashed with him.
"You shouldn't have tried this" said Kota "But that is not the way of the Sith, is it?"
"I am no Sith!" snapped Sarke. They continued clashing.
"Surrender, Sarke" said Sitra "There's two of us and one of you, you won't be able to hold this up forever" Sarke looked at the two of them before turning the lightsaber towards himself and skimming it across his arm with a loud scream. He fell himself to his knees and hid the lightsaber beneath his coat. At that moment, two honor guards ran in.
"Sir, what happened?" asked one of the honor guards.
"They…They attacked me…" said Sarke "I asked them to leave politely but they attacked me"
"Cease hostility, Jedi!" said the other honor guards as they pointed their force pikes at them.
"It's not what you think!" said Kota. As Sarke watched the scene play out, he snuck off.
"We'll be the judge of that, Jedi" said the first honor guard. Sarke snuck down the hallway when he found K'Kruhk, Chelaa, and a group of rebel troopers in his way.
"You!" said Sarke.
"Expecting someone else?" said K'Kruhk "Don't think you can get your way out of this; we have Mon Mothma to testify and those Sith holocrons will be used as evidence against you before we dispose of them. You have nowhere to go" At that moment, a TZ-15 shuttle flew up behind and fired it's laser cannons upon them, shattering the glass window.
"Get down!" said Chelaa. As they all ducked, the shuttle's hatch opened up to reveal two figures dressed in red armor and equipped with large rifles who started shooting at them. A large male Talortai dressed in green garments and wielding two large silver blades emerged between them.
"Havdori, hurry!" yelled the Talortai. Sarke leapt off onto the hatch.
"I think you'll find that I have friends in different places" said Sarke "More than you could ever realize" The shuttle closed its hatch and flew off.
Meanwhile
The Hound's Tooth landed in Hondo's pirate fortress with Sing and the others getting out.
"Yep, this is the place" said Sing "Time to get ourselves in" As they walked over to the main building, Fett looked back at Boushh.
"Who's the new guy?" asked Fett.
"His name is Boushh" replied Sing "We picked him up a while ago; he's an Ubese, mysterious wanderers who you rarely see. He keeps to himself mostly but he's proven useful"
"Do you trust him?" asked Fett.
"Hardly" replied Sing "If he tries anything, I'll blast him"
Meanwhile
The pirates deactivated Leia's containment field and she dropped to the ground.
"There, that was simple enough" said Han whilst pulling Hondo's blaster from his belt and throwing it over to Leia.
"Captain Solo, what about me?" asked C-3PO "You can't just leave me here!"
"I'll get to you in a sec" said Han as he and Leia slowly walked over to the door "Now, if you don't mind, we'll just get ourselves out of here in an orderly fashion" As they turned to leave, Sing and the other bounty hunters entered and raised their blasters at them. "Things just can't go smoothly, can't they?"
"Han Solo, Hondo forgot to mention you" said Sing.
"I thought he was with us now" said Hondo. As they talked, Boushh disappeared into the shadows.
"Quick word of advice, Hondo; don't trust anyone" said Sing. She looked over at Leia. "And you must be the Princess we're supposed to deliver"
"Who are you?" asked Leia.
"Bounty hunter Aurra Sing, here to take you to Cadfurew the Hutt" replied Sing "Now listen, we can do this the easy way or the hard way; and before you decide, I'd like to mention that Cadfurew is fine with dead or alive. So it's your call"
"If you so much as raise a blaster towards her, I'll pull this trigger and blow your boyfriend's brains out" said Han.
"You can try that, but it won't make it easier for you" said Sing.
"Aurra, quit stalling" said Bossk "We've got a bounty to collect"
"I would, but it seems we've got some difficulties here" said Sing.
"Then let me take a handle of this" said Fett. He slowly walked up to Han and pointed his blaster against his head. "It's been a long day, Solo; if you try to pull this out any longer, I will end you; and I won't even hesitate"
"Wow, you seemed to have forgotten an important an important fact" said Han.
"And what would that be?" asked Fett.
"Um, hostage?" replied Han.
"You say that as if I care" said Fett. Hondo looked over at Fett.
"Boba, it's me" said Hondo "It's Hondo, remember? I was a good friend of your father"
"And you were also the one who stunned me back on that moon" said Fett "Don't think I don't know, Aurra told me about how she found me. It was no coincidence that you knew where I was"
"I only stunned you because you left me no choice" said Hondo "You were attacking them and I wanted them so I had to stop you from doing it"
"I was attacking them because I needed parts for my ship" said Fett "If you wanted me to stop, you could have just offered me a transport; and yet you chose to stun me, like I was some animal" Hondo sighed.
"Fine, I admit it; it was a poor decision on my part that I should have thought better about" said Hondo "But don't condemn a man over one bad mistake he made towards you. Please, Boba; think of what your father would—"
"You think of me as my father?" said Fett "I may have followed in his footsteps, but that doesn't mean I'm him. So if you want to live through this, keep your mouth shut" At that moment, the hooded figure grabbed Sing and pointed a spring knife at her neck.
"Not another step, bounty hunters" said the figure. As Bossk and Dengar aimed their blasters towards the hooded figure, it pulled its hood off to reveal an orange female Twi'lek with a prosthetic left lekku, but lacked the accent. "Solo, Organa; I've come for you. The Alliance sent"
"How are we supposed to know for certain?" asked Leia.
"What do you want, a written document or something?" said the Twi'lek "Just trust me so we can get out of here"
"Kinda' busy right now" said Han. At that moment, Boushh snuck up behind Leia and knocked her on the back of the head. He then pulled out an electrostaff and stunned her before grabbing her by the arms and dragging.
"Hey, that's our bounty!" snapped Sing "Bossk, Dengar; stop him!" As Bossk and Dengar pointed their blasters at Boushh, the Ubese pulled out a remote and activated various lasers which came from the walls and formed an tight web which trapped all of them off. "Boushh, you double-crossing little laigrek!"
"You said it yourself, Sing; in this line of profession, don't trust anyone" said Boushh "I work alone, I only took the risk of going along with you because I knew you would lead me to big game; and this is it"
"I knew we could never trust you!" snarled Bossk.
"Then you should have killed me when you had the chance" said Boushh.
"Put her down!" snapped Han as he aimed his blaster past the lasers.
"If you say so" said Boushh as he pulled out a blaster and aimed it at Leia's head "After all, the bounty is dead or alive" Han clenched his teeth as he slowly lowered his blaster. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have a bounty to collect" He dragged Leia off.
"You're going to die!" said Sing.
"What?" said Boushh.
"Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow; but one day, you're going to die" said Sing "And I swear I'll be there when it happens"
"I'd cover my bets if I were you" said Boushh "After all, it is how you got yourself into this mess to begin with" He dragged Leia out of the building.
"I really hate that guy" said Han.
"Uh, you can let us go any time; you know that, right?" said Hondo. Han and the Twi'lek pushed Hondo and Sing away.
"We should have slagged him the moment he came aboard!" snarled Bossk.
"Great, go back in time so we can get him before he betrayed us" said Sing.
"Will you guys shut it, it ain't helping" said Han.
"Neither are you, Solo" said Sing
Meanwhile
Boushh dragged Leia out into to a Flarestar-class attack shuttle, cuffed her against a railing, and took off.
"Time to collect my bounty" said Boushh.
Author's note: Anyways, sorry for the slight delay; things have just been a little difficult lately and I guess I was still trying to figure out whether or not to go forward with the revision. I still hope I made the right decision for the long run.
Hellman76: I have to admit, that's actually an interesting plotline; but having gone through some thought process for some time, I've decided to go with a different plotline for her family. I hope this isn't too disappointing to hear.