Okay, and now for the prequel to Hunted!
A man in a hooded cloak made his way through the abyss of space to a small abandoned planet. He was a bounty hunter ever since he was fifteen. Now he was nearly thirty, but looked closer to fifty, scarred by many of his past dealings but still possessing a kind and gentle spirit. He didn't do business with the Empire, he'd made that mistake once. They didn't deal honestly and they hadn't paid him either. His name was Chase Hunter, an enemy to the Empire and a foe to those he was hired to catch, not kill, he would never kill unless his own life was threatened.
But this wasn't a time that he was concerned with death. This was a meeting, a negotiation, between two clients who had contacted him and asked him to come here.
He landed his ship and looked around for anyone else on this desolate planet, but saw no one.
"Are you Mr. Hunter?" asked a male voice from behind him.
Chase turned around keeping his air and not startling, he always did his best to stay calm in front of a client since it made him look better and more organized. There were two figures dressed in old Jedi robes, the hoods pulled over to where no one could see who was in them. Chase pulled his home off and faced them. "Yes, I am. But you can just call me Chase." he said.
The two figures seemed to examine him carefully, making him uneasy. From his tall build to green eyes and dark brown almost auburn colored hair they seemed to look over everything.
"Ahem, do you want me to find someone for you or...something like that?" Chase said trying to end the deadly silence.
"Yes, there is a boy we've been trying to find for quite some time now." the male said.
"But the Empire wants us so it is hard for us to travel much of anywhere without gaining attention." the second figure, a female added.
"Do you have a name and picture for this boy?" Chase asked, whipping out a data pad to write down his name.
"Ezra, Ezra Bridger is the one we want. And we need him alive." the male continued.
"Mmm hmm, now any recent photos?" Chase asked, looking up from his data pad.
"No, this is the only one we could pull from the Empire without being caught." the female said as she pulled out a holodisk and projected the image, "The one we want is in the middle, his parents are dead and he's grown up mostly on the streets."
"Alright, so this picture isn't accurate? How much older should I be looking for?" Chase questioned further.
"About ten I believe." the man said.
"And for the final thing to discuss, payment." Clyde replied as he put away the data pad and holo disk.
"We are willing to pay 500 credits now and 500 more later." the man said as he held out a bag of credits.
"Alright, I will contact you when I find him." Chase then turned and walked back toward his ship. 1000 credits total would be the most he'd ever gotten before. No one ever really seemed to have that much on them now with the Empire around. The Empire, perhaps these two were working for the Empire and made up a fake story to convince him they were just average folk. It was certainly very possible. Nonetheless they had already paid him and once paid he would always carry through.
His first stop would be Vizago, Vizago owed him a favor and this is how he could repay it. By telling him anything he knew of an Ezra Bridger wanted by the Empire.
Chase arrived at Vizago's normal place of trade. There he saw Vizago doing some business on a data pad while his droids moved some crates.
"Vizago, let's talk!" Chase said startling Vizago.
"Ah, Chase, what brings you here?" Vizago asked slyly.
"Intel. What do you know about a kid named Ezra Bridger? And if you know nothing, where can I find information on him?" Chase smirked.
"First, what's in it for me?" Vizago asked.
"I figured since you still owe me one that this would cover it." Chase frowned, crossing his arms.
Vizago didn't look pleased. "Very well," he sighed, "I do know of an Ezra, but I'm not sure he's the one you're looking for. He works with the rebels than the Empire is after. I suppose if you hacked an Emperial information center you might be able to find more about him."
"Thank you, Vizago, I'll be on my way now." Chase grinned as he walked away, this was going to be way too easy.
Chase walked up to the front desk of the Emperials main information office on Lothal.
"May I help you?" asked an Emperial agent standing next to one of the office workers.
"Yes, I'm wanting to do some looking up on these, insurgents, that are attacking our beloved Empire." Chase said emphasizing his disgust when he said insurgents. "I've come to learn more about them so that I will know when I see one and can turn them in to the Empire. After all, if they've alluded such great Emperial forces for this long they must be dangerous! And should be brought to justice as fast as possible." Chase laughed inwardly, no matter what the circumstance it was always fun to make the Empire sound bad.
The agent turned to the office assistant. "Take him to section B-4." he commanded.
"Yes, sir, Agent Kallus!" the girl said, "Right this way please, mister."
"Thank you for your time Agent Kallus." Chase said before walking after the girl.
Once he got to the computer he typed in 'Bridger'. Several Bridger's popped up. Agent Bridger, Ace Pilot Sean Bridger, Ephraim Bridger, Mira Bridger, and at last Ezra Bridger. Chase clicked on the last name and more intel on Ezra showed up. It showed a more accurate picture of approximately fifteen year old boy with a blaster in his hand, scrolling down Chase grinned as he saw a picture of a younger Ezra matching the one that the two people who had hired him had given him. Then he frowned, it had been too easy to get this information. The two people had to undoubtedly be working for the Empire, they were probably part of some special division made especially for finding and catching people, but as long as they had paid him he didn't have too much of a problem with that.
As he left Agent Kallus called him back.
"Did you find what you were looking for, sir?" he asked smugly.
"Indeed I did, Agent Kallus!" Chase partially lied, "Of I see those filthy, lothrat insurgents I'll be sure to contact you right away!"
"Thank you, your service to the Empire is admiral." Agent Kallus said before dismissing Chase.
"Now I just have to find out where you're hiding, Bridger." Chase said to himself when he got aboard his ship and took off, "And trust me, you won't be able to hide for long..."
So what do you think of Chase Hunter? The Bounty Hunter after Ezra? Da Da Da Da! The sequel is called Hunted, so keep and eye out for when it's posted!