Taris Part 7
Avner woke up early the next morning after hardly sleeping a wink during the night, the events of the day before refusing to leave his head. Sighing, he stood up and went to take a shower. When he got out, he saw that Bastila was the only other person awake.
"Good morning, Avner. Taking a long shower, I see" Bastila told him. He smiled at her and shrugged.
"Force of habit, I guess. Been doing it as long as I could remember. Whenever I get the chance, I mean. Doesn't happen often anymore" Avner told her.
"What do you mean by that?" Bastila asked, her hand on her lightsaber that was discreetly hidden behind her back.
"I normally don't get the chance to take a long shower and something tells me that I won't get the chance very often in the near future" he explained. He raised his hand at her questioning stare.
"I'm afraid I can't tell you yet. Once we get off planet, I swear I will tell you everything you want to know" Avner told her.
"Very well, Avner. I will accept your terms for now" Bastila told him. He smiled and stood up, grabbing an unloaded pistol and shooting it at the ceiling.
Everybody in the apartment woke up with a start and they scrambled to their feet, Carth falling on the floor and grabbing his rifle before pointing it at Avner in alarm. When realization kicked in, Carth threw his rifle on the ground.
"Wake up and get dressed everybody. We need to get moving so we can get off this planet today" Avner told them, hearing groans from his companions, but they all got up and within an hour, Avner was leading the band of 5 toward Janis Nall's droid shop.
Inside the shop, Avner gave the twi'lek shop owner 2000 credits without any argument before heading right for the Sith military base. T3 let them into the base and he led them in to see the sentry glaring at him and the rest of his group of 6.
"What's going on here? Don't make me hit this alarm!" the sentry snapped, holding her finger over a button.
"Hold on, you don't have to hit that button!" Avner exclaimed, giving the young woman a cocky smile as he walked up to move her hand away from the button.
"Actually, I do. It is regulation to hit the button if intruders enter the base!" the woman told him.
"But I have my security papers right here" he told the sentry, pulling the papers out of his backpack and showing them to her. She took the papers and ran the barcode at the top.
"These check out. What is your destination?" she asked, looking away from Avner's big smile.
"We need the launch codes. We have orders from the admiral to come back up to the flagship" Avner explained. She nodded and typed a few more things on her computer before giving him the papers back.
"The governor has the codes, down the elevator to the lower level. I have imputed the map onto this datapad" she explained. Avner took the datapad, running his fingers across hers as he gave her another smile.
He motioned for his crew to follow him and before long, they were standing at the elevator without a fuss. He had T3 slice the elevator door to get it open only to hear an alarm inside the base go off.
"Shit, this is where we split up. I will go down the elevator and get the codes from the governor. You guys need to get started clearing out the rest of the base. We can't afford to have any troops following us when we leave" Avner told them.
"You can't go down there alone!" Bastila exclaimed.
"Yes, I can, and I will, Bastila. We have already been discovered, so we need to get out of here as fast as we can. And we can't be followed or all this effort will be for nothing. So get going!" he told her. He gave the Jedi no time to respond before turning away from her. He entered the elevator and went down to the governor's quarters, leaving his companions to start fighting their way out of the base.
"What's this? A force sensitive on Taris? Who would have thought a force sensitive would be found on this insignificant planet?" the governor raved.
"Force sensitive?" Avner asked. He thought of Meetra and let out a long breath.
"What? You don't know! How can that be?" the governor cawed.
"There's no way" Avner muttered, shaking his head.
"The Sith could train you, you know!" the governor suggested. Avner was incensed and the governor could feel it.
"Sorry, but I have a schedule to keep. Besides, I don't even need to use the force to kick your sorry ass!" Avner exclaimed.
"Forget about trying to convert you to our ranks. I'll kill you myself" the governor exclaimed, igniting a red lightsaber. Avner took a deep breath and ignited the purple lightsaber, throwing his backpack against the wall.
Then, the battle began. Avner was defending the entire time, but the governor could not break through. Avner ducked a wild attempt at beheading him from the governor and rolled to the other side of the room, restarting the duel.
Use the Force, little brother
H shook his head clear before he lunged at the governor, hoping to catch him off guard, but the governor parried it, kicking Avner in the chest, sending him back to the ground. The governor twirled his lightsaber and gave Avner a toothy smile.
Use the Force, Avner!
The former smuggler took a deep breath and shook his head before charging at the governor. The bald man took a few quick steps back as he parried the shots from the smuggler before swinging his lightsaber in an axe handle type thrust, knocking Avner on his heels. A heel kick to the jaw knocked Avner onto the ground.
Avner, you need to break free of this! You can feel the Force. You can use the Force. The Governor can sense it. Use it now! You are running out of time! You have to get off this planet before it is too late!
Again, Avner shook his head clear and jumped at the governor. He effortlessly parried every single strike by the governor, but was unable to see another kick to his head coming. Head ringing, he dropped the lightsaber on the ground and couldn't react to the Force push that sent him crashing head first into the wall.
You are not Avner! The Jedi Council can't keep your identity secret any longer! We both know who you really are! You are Revan! You are the best in the galaxy with a lightsaber. Use your emotions, little brother. The galaxy is counting on you!
This time, Avner listened to the voice of Treema. He hopped back to his feet and stuck his hand out at the purple lightsaber. It flew into his hand, igniting before it got there. In an instant, Avner was attacking the governor. This time, it was the governor that could not keep up. Avner's lightsaber was a blur. The governor was half parrying, half dodging attacks from the man in front of him.
Avner slashed upward at the governor, knocking the lightsaber up in the air. Another strike right into the lightsaber hilt destroyed it. With the one remaining lightsaber, Avner sent the hilt of his blade right into the chin of the governor and sent his lightsaber right into the stomach of the Sith, kicking him down onto the ground. Avner pointed his lightsaber right at the throat of the governor. He didn't hesitate before pulling his weapon back and decapitating the governor.
Avner went through the governor's pockets and found the codes before going through the two footlockers, putting everything, his lightsaber included, back into his backpack before heading up the elevator back to the main level of the base.
Soon after, Avner was in Javyar's Cantina with the whole crew. They were sitting across from Canderous Ordo, waiting for drinks to come from the bartender. Once the drinks came, they were able to get down to business.
"Alright, I heard the Sith military base had a break in, and I know it was you. I also know you have the codes I need" Canderous said.
"That is true, but what is your plan to get us off the planet?" Avner asked.
"Here's what you're going to do. I will take you down to Davik's estate and he will keep you there while doing a background check on you. When he does that, we will sneak out and steal the Ebon Hawk" Canderous explained.
"I don't like this. It is too risky. We should find another way" Bastila said, trying to pull Avner up and away from the Mandalorian.
"Do you have another plan, sister? Or are you just upset because you didn't think of it?" Canderous asked casually, taking a drink. Avner smiled and put his hand on Bastila's shoulder to calm her down, not once taking his eye off the Mandalorian.
"You already know my conditions. They still apply to our agreement" Avner told the Mandalorian. Noticing that the bigger man was alright with those terms, Avner let out a small sigh of relief.
"You got it. Let's get to work, Canderous" the former smuggler said, standing up and turning to follow Canderous out of the cantina.
"Hold on, Avner. You can't go in there alone. You need to take some backup. Take at least one of us to help" Carth said, nodding at the smuggler in support.
"I don't know about that; it's going to be tough to get Davik to buy our story if you guys end up there. The only one who might be able to come with us is you" Canderous said, nodding down at Bastila.
"Me? Why me?" Bastila asked.
"Doesn't it make sense, princess? Technically, you are my slave so Davik would believe why I would take you with me to his estate. I wouldn't want my slave to be alone when I am going to be gone that long. It would be all too easy for you to escape" Avner explained.
"That means, princess, that you need to act like a slave. And Avner has to treat you like a slave, even though a blind bull rancor could tell that you aren't really a slave" Canderous concluded. Bastila scowled at the two men before nodding at Avner, walking up to grab his long hair in her fist.
"Don't get used to this, Avner" Bastila snapped, glaring at him. Most men would have cowered away at Bastila's glare, but Avner just smiled and turned to follow Canderous to the Mandalorian's speeder, with a surprised Bastila coming from behind them.
"Keep your comlink on you, Carth. Once we get the ship, I will contact you. We will want to move as fast as we can, so stay alert. We will pick you up at the apartment, but we will need you to be ready at any moment" Avner told him. He nodded and led Mission, Zaalbar, and T3 out of the cantina. That was the last thing that Avner saw before he was seated in the passenger seat of Canderous's speeder.
"This is only a two-person speeder" Bastila pointed out, causing Avner to roll his eyes and pull her closer to the speeder. He picked her up and pulled her onto his lap, despite the tense resistance from the Jedi.
"Alright, let's get out of here!" Avner said once he got Bastila seated on his lap. Canderous laughed and hit the throttle hard, sending Bastila back into Avner's chest.
One thing was for sure; Avner knew that Bastila was going to kill him as soon as she could do so.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Alright, that was the second to last chapter of Taris. All that is left is Davik's estate before we get to the real meat of this story. I am excited, but I need to know if anybody else is. And do you know what everybody can do to tell me if they are excited?! Review! Review! Review!
I know that in the game, the Governor didn't have his lightsaber, but I felt that it would be a lot more fun to have both guys have a lightsaber in this story. A writer has his reasons and my reasons are that I thought it would be more fun this way. If you don't like it, you can always review and tell me.
Now, I apologize for how long it took to post this update. I finally got a new laptop, but it is not working as well as I would have figured from a brand new out of box laptop. So, I am working on it as best I can, but it is tough to sit down and write. I will do my best to post sooner in August rather than later. Rest assured that I am writing and will post when I can.
And finally, the last bit of begging for reviews. I don't know if you guys hate this remake or if you love it. I would love to know any opinions and talk with anybody about the story if you want. Hope to hear from all of you guys soon! Thanks!