Data Log: 5 - Tatooine (Stranger Company)

Upon falling into the basement, Malana looked around and quickly noticed that there were bones everywhere. Bones from every walk of life. Her attention was then seized by the heavy breathing sound of a towering figure ahead of her. "It's a Rancor" said a calm voice behind her. Malana almost jumped out of her skin and had to catch her breath as she turned around. It was a cloaked man with light brown eyes, black hair with white streaks, and in a relaxed policy. "Who the fu-" Before she could finish her demand the rancor let out a yell as it started walking closer reaching out it's hand. It was insane. This monster was going to eat them both alive, people above were cheering, and the Hutts were busy toasting to their success and this man didn't bat an eye. It was as if nothing was happening. All Malana could do was to stare at this man who appeared to have no care in the world about anything. "I can save you if you'd like..." he said as he started looking at rocks in the ground, picking one up and then putting it down when he found one he liked. "Sure sure sure! Whatever you want just kill this goddamn thing!" yelled Malana desperately. 'But wait... How did he even get here? Has he been here the whole time?' she thought to herself. "You gotta do something for me though" said the man as he yawned and smiled. It was clear to Malana what he wanted but at the moment she couldn't care less but still asked "What do you waaaaaaaaant?" she whined. "Marry me" he said calmly. Malana stopped thinking. She stopped even moving and just collapsed. "What...What did you say?" she said in disbelief. "Marry me" he said again more clearly. Suddenly panic was replaced by anger "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN MARRY YOU? I NEVER EVEN MET YOU AND THIS ISN'T EXACTLY THE BEST TIME TO ASK THAT RIGHT NOW YOU IDIOT" she yelled as she grabbed him by his collar and shook him. Suddenly she felt a warm wet liquid pass over her left lekku and down her back. "Well?" he said grinning. "Ok..." she said in a frightened squeaky voice using every once of her strength not to look behind her. "Great!" the man said as he stood up and walked toward the monster. Before he passed he said "I love you Malana Ras..." then he walked up to the monster.

Following the man with her eyes she realized that the rancor was only feet away from them. She had gotten so distracted by the mans proposal that she forgot where she was. To her horror and amazement she watched as the man walked right up to the beast. "Hello there friend" he said sweetly to the beast. To this act of defiance the rancor learned down to face him eye to eye and let out a bellowing roar showing off it's many teeth and throwing dripping saliva everywhere including the man himself. Still unfazed the man reached into his pocket and grabbed a cloth and with a "Not in a good mood today huh?" he wiped the saliva off his face. Just when things couldn't get weirder the rancor grabbed the man and proceeded to move him towards his mouth. "You idiot!" she screamed "Serves you right you moron! If I had a blaster right now I'd kill you myself! I swear i've never seen someo-" he ranting was stopped by what he said next "Be quiet and don't move!" he yelled in a different tone of voice this time. It wasn't the joking and funny tone from before. It was strong and powerful. She could literally feel the strength and defiance leave her body as she just dropped to her knees and watched. As the monster moved him closer he said quietly "put me down..." and as his head was inches from the rancors mouth he yelled again "NOW!" Something about this voice traveled not just through the room but through Malana's very soul. She felt an instant surge of energy come from the man so much so that it actually made her sweat and shiver. 'What the hell is this guy?' she thought as to her amazement, the rancor stopped growling and began to put him back down on the ground. It was clear she wasn't imagining it as even the crowd above stopped cheering. Everyone went still at the power of this man's voice. It was like a continuous echo that spoke to the inner core of one's being. It made one wish to submit no matter how rebellious or bloodthirsty it was. Even Malana's normally crazy spirit was dimmed and put out. There was no strength in her body. It was as if by his words alone he took her soul.

After relishing in the moment she realized what had happened. Foolishly she stood up and began to say "Well that's a nice tri-" no sooner did she move 1 inch that the rancor snapped out of it's face and began howling again. "You fool!" screamed the man as he ran in front of her. "I told you to not move you idiot!" It was clear that this time she ruined it all. She was gonna die along with this crazy man. She looked again at him as his surprise and anger turned to serenity again. Making a face that almost appeared depressed he said to himself "Oh well... Guess it can't be helped." He then started running towards the creature. "What the hell do you think your doi-" before she could finish her sentence he jumped at least 4 feet above the creatures head and then positioned his foot heel first downwards straight on top of the monsters head. A thick cracking sound echoed through the room as the monsters head continued making cracking sounds. The rancors eyes had gone white and before she could think it coughed out what appeared to be gallons of blood and bones from it's mouth as it came straight down to the ground. Unbothered the man jumped down off the rancors now split and open skull towards Malana. "That better?" he said flirtatiously. She couldn't even find words to describe what the man had just done. He killed a fully grown rancor with nothing more than a kick. How was it possible? It's common knowledge that rancors have hids that can withstand blaster shots so how on everything was this man able to kill it with his body? None of it made any sense... Snapping out of this dreamlike state of uncertainty she quickly remembered where she was. That was it. They were dead as dead came. They just killed the Hutts favorite pet and now a much more gruesome fate awaited them she was sure. There was no way they were getting away with this... As her focus got better she could hear the yells and angry voices above calling for their heads. "My love" said the man as he knelt down in front of her "I'll be right back. Shouldn't take me 5 minutes" he said as he kissed her on the forehead.

She couldn't even complain. She didn't have the strength. She was still reeling from the scene she just witnessed. A man who couldn't be anymore than 180 lbs took on a full grown rancor, tamed it, and then killed it with a simple kick... As he walked towards the door nearby he looked back at her and said "Just stay right here sweetheart" then smiled at her still gawking and surprised face. As he began walking up the stairs all she could hear among the many different languages was the same "get him!" tone coming from the guards coming down to kill them. As quickly as she heard them she started hearing screams. Terrified screams as she constantly heard thuds and sounds of blasters going off. about 4 minutes later there was total silence. A deafening and frightening silence... Just who was this monster and what does he want with her. There was no point in even trying to escape while he did what he was doing. But as soon as she thought that he saw him emerge form behind the door. "Hey you!" he said cheerfully. "We're clear now. Lets go." Again she could not turn away. She was totally at a loss for words. No sooner did she start speaking that he lifted her off her feet and began carrying her. His hands were strange. They were strong but gentle. She could tell that this wasn't an ordinary person. "T-thank you" she faintly said as she was carried off by the strange man. "Don't mention it my love" he said looking at her smiling. There it was. He touched a nerve. She immediately went right back into her angry disposition "What the fuck WAS THAT? YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN US ALL KILLED YOU MORON! HAS ANYONE TOLD YOU HOW STUPID AND MINDLESS YOU ARE TAKING ON A RANCOR LIKE THAT WE COULD HAVE ALL BEEN-" mid rant she winced in pain as the brusies to her face from her captors and the scrapes on her back from the fall into the basement made themselves apparent. "We're gonna need to take care of that" he said with a calm voice. Again, the strangest thing happened. Malana couldn't muster the strength to say anything in protest so she jsut nodded as she clutched her left arm that she fell on.

As they moved up the stairs she started noticing the things that took place all over. There were blaster holes and large pieces of the building blown off and crumbling. The next thing she saw were countless bodies spread all over the palace including the bodies of 4 of the Hutts who had stayed. To her amazement the bodies were all still moving. Groaning and moaning they fell every time they tried to stand "What did you-" she started asking "I gave them all lobotomies. They'll never cause anyone trouble again." he said jokingly. Another feeling long forgotten by Malana came rushing back to her. Fear. There was something about this man she was deafly afraid of. He was able to not only subdue close to 60 armed guards and soldiers. He managed to render them incapable of fighting for the rest of their miserable lives. Instead of killing them as she would have done he bestowed on them a fate worse than death. Nothingness. As her carried her off into the desert sunset, the two suns in the distance made for a beautiful scene as she slowly passed out. From the pain, the fear, the excitement, the surprise, and the sheer volume of insanity that occurred. Now it was time for some much needed rest. Before she passed out she asked "What's your name?" She could see he was answering but her hearing had gone too and all she saw was his lips moving and his kind face smiling...