Phantom Rebellion
Chapter 31 Bounty Bar Brawl
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything this is just a story for fun.
A few days after the bounty hunter incident, Tucker and Wulf moved the Tempest to another hanger. As this was going on Wulf noticed that Tucker seemed to be distracted about something. The young Rebel kept thinking about the bounty hunter who captured him. The women was both beautiful and deadly and Tucker found himself attracted to her and he wanted to know more about her especially what her name was. Tucker decided he was going to search the shadiest parts of the city for the bounty hunter. As he was fixing to leave the Tempest, Wulf stopped him with a confused look.
"I'm just going to do a little recon and gather some information from downtown Wulf." Said Tucker as he walked by his friend.
Wulf looked like he was fixing to follow, but Tucker stopped him with a raised hand.
"I need to do this alone buddy. The Imperials might see us together and figure out who we are. Don't worry I'll be careful." Said Tucker as he walked off.
Would just sighed and went to do some work on the Tempest. Tucker began his search by asking around a few clubs, by pretending he was looking for a bounty hunter to do a particular job. After a few hours of asking, Tucker eventually found himself in a bar called the Roaring Raider. It was a medium size bar with a few customers. Tucker saw Valerie sitting alone at a table near the bar with, her helmet off. The Rebel took a deep breath and walked over to the table and sat across from Valerie. The bounty hunter looked at Tucker with a small look of surprise, which turned into a frown.
"Hey, you don't mind if I join you do you?" Asked Tucker giving Valerie a smile.
"What are you doing here Rebel?" Asked Valerie.
"Oh you know out for a stroll and by the way my names not Rebel, it's Tucker by the way. Now that I've told you my name why don't you tell me yours." Said Tucker.
"It's Valerie. You should know there's still a bounty on your head and I still plan to collect on it." Said Valerie.
"Yeah I figured that, but what if I made you a job offer." Said Tucker.
"What kind of offer?" Asked Valerie.
"Join the Rebels. I've seen what you can do and we can use someone like you to fight alongside us. There are a few high ranked people in the Rebels, who I'm sure, would be more then willing to pay you for your help." Said Tucker.
"Alright, even if I agree to this, what makes you think the Rebels stand a chance against the Empire. I enjoy fighting for a cause, but it should be a cause, where the chances of winning and surviving are high." Said Valerie.
"Well I won't deny that the odds aren't in the Rebels favor, but that doesn't mean the Empire is unbeatable. Everyday people are seeing the cruelty of the Empire and their standing up against it. I think you should join use. I can tell that you have no real love for the Empire, otherwise, you've would have tried to capture us after we beat Skulker." Said Tucker.
Valerie looked at Tucker and she was fixing to respond, when the door to the bar opened and in marched three fearsome newcomers. A frown appeared on Valerie's face as she recognized who walked in. It was a trio of bounty hunters who called themselves the Trinity of Doom. The first bounty hunter was a short women named Nightmerica who had green hair and a badly burnt face, who wore a black and red stripped shirt, black pants, two metal gloves that had spikes on the fingers, and a green fedora hat. The second bounty hunter was a human cyborg named Terminatra, who had a red cyborg left eye, a metal left arm, dressed in a black outfit, and had black hair in a short ponytail. The last bounty hunter was a large green skinned female Trandoshan named Femalien who wore a black and grey jumpsuit. The Trinity of Doom walked over to Valerie's table and stood there.
"What do you three want?" Asked Valerie.
"Oh just came to see how, you were doing, oh and Skulker paid us to hurt you. Apparently you cost him a big bounty and he wants you to suffer for that." Said Terminatra.
"Well I just have one thing to say about that." Said Valerie.
Valerie's muscle tensed up as she put both hands underneath the table and hurled it up at the three bounty hunters. The table caught Terminatra by surprise and knocked her to the ground, while Nightmerica and Femalien jumped to the side. The other customers screamed and ran out of the bar in a panic, Valerie tried to pull out a blaster, but Femalien slammed into, lifted her up and slammed Valerie onto the bar. The armored bounty hunter dropped her blaster as the Trandoshan laughed cruelly as she dragged Valerie across the bar. Tucker tried to come to her aid, but Nightmerica saw him and began to chase after him swinging her clawed gloves at him. The Rebel retreated back and tripped over Valerie's helmet falling to the ground. Nightmerica grinned as she stabbed one of her clawed gloves down at Tucker, but he managed to roll away and grab Valerie's helmet as he stood up. Tucker then swung the helmet like a club and struck Nightmerica across the face with it sending her stumbling back. The Rebel chased after the bounty hunter swinging the helmet and forcing Nightmerica to retreat back. Femalien continued to drag Valerie across the bar, until Valerie grabbed a bottle and smashed it across Femalien's head making her let go and stumble back. Valerie got off the bar and charged at Femalien, who took a wild swing at her, but Valerie ducked underneath it and slammed her foot into the back of Femalien's leg forcing her to take a knee. The armored bounty hunter then leaped onto Femalien's back and wrapped her arms around the alien's throught and began to squeeze. Femalien made a chocking sound as Valerie squeezed her neck and then she stumbled to her feet trying to yank, her assailant off, but had very little luck. After a few minutes Femalien lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground. Valerie released her grip and stood up, just in time to see Tucker deliver another blow to Nightmerica's face with the helmet knocking her out.
"Nice job." Said Valerie as she reached a hand out for her helmet.
"This helmet has some pretty good craftsmanship. It's very hard." Said Tucker as he handed the helmet to Valerie and she put it on.
There was a shudder as the table that Valerie had tossed was knocked off the ground and Terminatra stood up glaring at Valerie. The cyborg stormed towards Valerie fist raised and Valerie took up a combat stance. Terminatra threw a punch at Valerie, but she blocked it and delivered a punch to Terminatra's gut knocking her back. Valerie charged forward to deliver another punch, but Terminatra caught, her fist with her metal hand and twisted making Valerie shout in pain, before the cyborg delivered a powerful punch of her to Valerie's chest knocking her to her back. Terminatra closed in on Valerie, who quickly scrambled to her feet and threw a kick into the cyborg's left side making her stumble back a little, but she quickly recovered and slammed her metal fist into Valerie and sent her crashing into a wall. The cyborg bounty hunter closed in on Valerie.
"Time to say goodbye Valerie." Said Terminatra as she prepared to slam her robotic arm into Valerie's head.
There was the sound of a blaster going off and Terminatra looked at her metal arm and noticed the hand had been blown off. Tucker stood a few yards alway holding Valerie's blaster. Valerie took advantage of the situation, by slamming an uppercut into Terminatra's face knocking her to the ground in an unconscious heap.
"Thanks...for that." Breathed Valerie as she looked at Tucker.
"Your welcome." Said Tucker as he gave Valerie, her blaster back.
The two of them walked out of the wrecked bar together.
"So...I'll give your offer a little thought. Also since you helped me out I'll tell you that the guy who gave me information about your meeting gave it to me from some guy in the Rebels, though he didn't give me a name." Said Valerie.
"Well it's a start. Thanks and I hope you join use." Said Tucker with a small smile.
"Your welcome and be careful." Said Valerie as she began to walk away.
Tucker began to walk back to the hanger satisfied with learning the bounty hunter's name and for getting a little information. The night had been interesting.
To be continued.