"Hello, Everyone!" I began with my hands clasped behind me. "You're watching 'Question Corner', and I'm your host Kale." Being dressed in black pants and a pink top, I indicated to myself for identification.
"Tonight we have with us a woman who is not only a renowned bounty hunter, but also a skilled assassin." Elaborately gesturing to my left, I announced, "Ladies and gentleman, please put your hands together for Aurra Sing!" The audience went up in uproar as an alabaster colored alien came up the steps. Dressed in a black body suit, Aurra reached the top of the steps. Barely glancing at the crowd, she flicked her ratty pony-tail away from her shoulder before continuing onward down the platform. Confidence radiated off her stride as she reveled in this new-found attention.
After the Bounty Hunter reached me, I stuck out my hand with certainty and couldn't help but own the broad smile across my face. Even though my handshakes had been rejected before, I felt sure of myself this time. Because, unlike the others, Miss Sing was, in a manner of speaking, neutral. Did she prefer the Separatists? Yes. But, maybe she wouldn't one hundred percent hate me just because of what her employers thought.
At least, I hoped that wouldn't be the case. However, that theory was short-lived when Sing looked down at my hand and raised a brow. Her jaw hung a little in mock expression before she pressed her lips into a thin line. "Really?" She drawled, lazily. Like a teenager talking to her uncool mom.
I gave a meek shrug in reply. "Well, you're not the first nor the last to reject a handshake." My smile fell into a frown as I started to pull my hand away; grumbling, "Pretty much hate germs and human contact anyway."
Barely scoffing a chuckle, she stuck her hand out and snatched mine abruptly. Her long, bony fingers engulfing my own as she gave it a hearty shake. "Listen, you're honored to have me here and I'm just here for the praise." She said as she released me and pushed past me, "Give me one bad question. Just one. And I'll blow a hole through your thick, puny skull." She Planted herself down in the chair and crossed one boot leg over the other. "Understand?"
"Oh, well then." I shuffled to my seat to sit down. "May I ask how you would do that without a blaster in hand?"
"Honey," Her thin, skeletal shoulders heaved slightly as she laughed out right, "I don't need a blaster. Now," She leaned forward and raised her index finger to my face, "One bad question and I leave, and-"
"Blow my brains out on your way out." I bobbed my head, "I think my thick, puny brain understands." Grabbing the deck of cards, I began to shuffle them. Her attitude reminded me a bit of Hondo and that wasn't much of a comforting thought. I hadn't considered her relationship with him and wondered if she'd hold a grudge for me ruining his plans.
Falling back into her chair, the corners of her lip twitched upwards. "I'm think I can grow to like you. But, not by much." She waved me on, "Begin the questions. I'm growing curious."
Obediently, I read off the first card; saying, "Then, let's start with a question regarding a statement you made awhile back. You said, 'I am the bane of justice.' and 'Dark Star' wants you to explain this further? What do you mean you are the bane of justice?"
"Bane of justice?" She gave a wicked giggle, "That's a good one. I'm the bane of the Jedi, Honey, and I can tell you they're not justice. They're good at making you believe they are, but that's all they're good at."
"So, then what do you mean by being the bane of the Jedi?" I corrected myself.
"It means I'd kill every last one of them for a fraction of the cost."
"Interesting." I rubbed my chin, "Pretty passionate cause considering how bounty hunters are about their money. So, why so much hatred then?"
"Because they're all hypocrites. They like to play hero and say that they are the sole guardians of peace and justice, but they'll sell you out the minute they think it'll benefit their insensate Jedi Order."
"So," I held up my hands, "I'm just going out on a limb here, but I presume that you do not like them...at all."
"If I don't see another Jedi in my entire life it would be too soon."
"Okay, next question is from 'Caxkj The Negative Twilight'. He asks, 'Did Boba Fett impress you even in the slightest?'"
"Boba?" She scoffed, "Not in the least. He's weak, in my opinion and there's a soft spot in him that shouldn't be there. Jango Fett sure didn't."
"But, why did you help him?" I asked as I searched for the next question.
Aurra pursed her lips and glared. "I owed Jango a few favors, so I took the kid the orphan in. Didn't expect much out of him, but what I got was pathetic. Give me a different one."
"'Finn the Iron Man' asks, 'Did you have some sort of special military training background before you became a bounty hunter?'"
"I've worked under the Jedi, the Sennex pirates, the Hutt Crime-lords, and the Anzato assassins. So, in a manner of speaking, I have."
"A guests asks, 'How many Jedi have you killed in total?'"
"Don't count my kills like other bounty hunters. Never saw much use in it."
"'Weathergirl17248' asks, 'After making a kill, do you ever regret it?'"
"Hardly," She grinned. "The way I see it, the only time I've regretted killing someone is if I don't get paid. If don't get paid, then someone gets shot, and then that just costs me another laser bullet."
"'HTTYD Frozen Forever' asks, 'Do you thoroughly enjoy your field of work?'"
"It pays the bills." She shrugged, "So, in a way I do."
'Dark Star' asks, 'You were once a Jedi? What happened to make you want to leave?'"
"Nothing ever made me want to leave the Order. I merely didn't make their standards and was written off as a trouble case. They later assigned me to the Dark Woman for fixing and, when I didn't pass her brutal and disturbing trails, she sold me to Sennex pirates." Aurra half laughed as she added, "Seems like an easy way to get rid of a problem and earn some extra credits on the side, if you ask me. The Witch was clever, I'll give her that."
"What kind of trouble case?" I raised a brow.
"Hmm..." She went and casually worked at the dirt underneath her fingernails, "I believe it was noted under: overtly aggressive."
Not wanting to comment further on that statement, as I knew she wouldn't care for it, I nodded a couple of times. "'Pronker' asks, 'What's the bounty you are most proud of collecting? And was the bounty collected dead or alive?'"
"Jedi." She sneered, "They're the most entertaining. They believe that they're so invisible. Thinking that no one would dare do anything under their little force, sensitive noses that it's fun to watch them trip. The credits are always high for a force user, but to watch their expression in priceless. I need them alive to do that obviously, so I prefer it so."
"'Jedi-TARDIS-Chick101' asks, 'Do you think you work best with Hondo, Cad Bane, or Boba Fett?'"
"Honey, in this business you take who you can get." She shook her head defiantly, "You don't pick favorites, and you don't get picky."
Switching to another card, I read, "One person asks, 'Where did you get rancor skin boots?'"
Upon this inquire, she glanced down at her footwear with a faint interests. Recalling the event, she replied, "At a legal shop, they're expensive, but I know a guy who sells them cheap at the black market. I did a job for him once, so he owes me."
"Another person asks, 'What would you do if you were attacked by a Rancor?'"
Chuckling lightly, she lifted her leg in gesture to her boots and replied, "I think I'd get a new pair of Rancor boots." The crowd and I laughed in response. Making Aurra to smile coyly under the attention.
After we settled down, I placed the card to the back and read the next in line. "'TheDoctorCT-21-0408' asks, 'Why the antenna?'"
"It's a radio transmitter."
"I know it does more than that." I said, knowingly, "What else?"
"Girl can't have her secrets?"
"Fair enough." I sighed, "Our last question is from, 'Hazardous by Instinct' asks, 'When you lose your bounty to another bounty hunter, do you hold grudges against them?'"
"It's never happened. When I choose my next job, it takes it off the bounty board, so no one else knows it even exists."
"But, if someone did take it? theoretically speaking. Would you hold a grudge?"
"I'd shoot them." She answered blatantly.
Striving not to become wide-eyed, I ducked my head sheepishly before standing up. "Well, thank you for coming on the Show, Aurra." I prepared myself for the moment when she stood and towered over my pathetic size. I extended my hand to her and was surprised to find she willingly excepted it without fault. Even though her hands were cold and felt strange to me, I still smiled politely. Pleased that I managed to interview one villain without them wanting to kill me or...well, kill me mostly afterwards.
"By the way," I added quietly, "just for the record, there were no bad questions."
"I know." She released my hand and turned to leave. Her pony-tail swaying behind her as I watched her saunter off the set with the same confidence as she came in with.
Shaking my hand slightly, I pivoted myself towards the audience and said, "Well, that was another week of 'Bane Sith', but I can't say I'll be announcing another guest. I'm sorry to say, I have to put our channel on season break for two weeks, but don't worry. We won't be forgetting you guys. I can promise you though, that we will be back on air promptly." Clasping my hands together, I added with a smile, "I also want to give a big thanks to each and every one of you for making this show possible. We wouldn't be here if it weren't for people like you, so thank you!"
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