Disclaimers: The two main characters look a lot like the
ones we are used to, Xena and Gabrielle, and no I don’t own them, wish I
did. This story takes place in the Star
Wars universe that I don’t own either, that’s owned by George Lucas, along with
Yoda who I borrowed for this story.
Disclaimer 2: This story takes place about
650 years after ‘Jedi Bri Meets Sith Xara”.
Subtext:
Yes this involves love between two women, nothing graphic however.
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The Sith
Empress
by
AJ Marks
Part
2
Gaia
went through her training exercises again.
Ever since the attack on the Jedi Academy Master Skywalker had
intensified the training for the padawans. He also increased the defenses of Yavin IV. Several
Jedi had died during the attack against Desann
soldiers called Reborns and Shadowtroopers. Gaia only knew that they had been trained
enough in the Force to be dangerous.
Gaia
felt a few strands of her hair fall out of her ponytail but was not able to
lose her concentration of the droid in front of her. It was using two lightsabers
to her one. She was having some trouble
keeping the droid at a distance. She
looked for some sort of weakness in the attack that it was using against her.
The
droid attacked again not giving Gaia any time to formulate her defense. She used the Force to speed her blocks
against the droid. Quickly realizing
that she had to disarm the droid she put in a few feints to throw the droid
off. Then she saw an opening in the
droids attack and a chance to even the odds against her. With a quick strike one of the lightsabers the droid was using was cut in half.
Now
the odds had even up against her. The
droid no longer had two lightsabers which would allow
her some time to formulate a plan of attack her way. The droid attacked again this time she was
ready. She retreated for a few feet
towards a cliff allowing the droid to make a wide slash that missed her. She spun around the droid and used a quick
Force push and the droid went off the edge and into the river below.
Jedi
Master Fie-Tel shook his head as he watched Gaia go through her training. She still refused to use deadly force even
when pushed. He thought he finally had a
situation where she would have to use it.
Instead she had foiled him again and pushed the droid off the edge of
the river bank.
“I
see that she’s being stubborn,” Luke said as he walked up to Fie-Tel who.
“Yes
she is Master Skywalker,” Fie-Tel replied not taking his eyes off the young
woman.
“I
admire the fact that she’s so ingenious in her reactions to her plans,” Luke
said smiling at the fact.
“She’s
definitely giving me a challenge unlike any other padawan,”
Fie-Tel replied. “I know that we should
not change her, but I want her to be able to use force if she ever had to.”
“I
know, and you know that she knows.
Perhaps it is time for the next part of her training,” Luke replied as
he thought about it.
“Do
you really think so master,” Fie-Tel said.
“Yes,
and call me Luke,” Luke replied knowing that Fie-Tel used the term ‘master’ as
the old Jedi did with the Jedi Masters of their era. It was a sign of respect, but it was
something that Luke was not sure he wanted.
“Of
course,” Fie-Tel replied as they both knew that he would not.
Jessica
paced around the room waiting for the time that she would meet up with the man
called Tyi.
She had gotten some information from the man yesterday and now she had
an idea of where she needed to go. Now
all she had to do was meet up with the mysterious Darth Zarius
who had contacted her at the Valley of the Jedi.
A
knock on her door and she figured who it was.
She opened the door and saw Tyi was indeed
standing there waiting for her. She
noticed that he had made good time which pleased her.
“I
hope you don’t mind that I’m early,” Tyi said hoping
that she would be angry at him for being early.
“No,
this is just right. I hate to wait,”
Jessica said putting on a black cloak. Tyi marvel at the transformation of the woman in front of
him. She seemed to be much more menacing
than she had been before. She turned to
him and told him to lead on.
He
swallowed a bit at the presence the woman had then turned and then went to lead
her out to the area they had discussed earlier.
She had asked him about some tombs that were in the area for some
reason. Now he found himself leading the
woman out there. He had heard the local
legends that said there was great power out there for those who were invited. Many had tried and so far none had ever
returned.
Tyi did not put much into legends that he had heard. He did stay away from the area because no one
had ever come back. Now here he was
leading a mysterious stranger out there.
She did not seem to be the type to wonder into strange lands just by the
power he could feel coming off her.
“You
there,” a voice said as they walked along the street. Tyi turned around
to see several men walking towards them.
Tyi recognized the leader as Blondie. He mentally sighed at what was about to
happen and knew that it was not going to be pleasant.
Jessica
glanced at the man who she recognized as the man she had evicted from her room
earlier in the day. She saw that he had
a few more friends and laughed a bit.
This might turn out to be interesting and be a way to relieve
tension. After all she was not sure what
to expect later in the day.
“In
the alleyway, now,” Blondie said producing a blaster and pointing it at
them. “And don’t try any funny
business. Tyi
get out of here now,” the leader ordered.
“Wait
here Tyi,” Jessica calmly said to him as she walked
unafraid into the alleyway where even more gang members were waiting. She could see that some of them were already
afraid of her. That would be useful
indeed.
“Now,
I know that you were the one that kicked me out of my place and no one does
that to me,” Blondie said with rage as he thumped his chest.
Jessica
scanned the group and an idea came to her.
“You are nothing but space slime,” Jessica said to the group. “Now if you want to be more than that, then
join me. Attack me and you’ll die. That simple,” she said looking at everyone in
the group.
“That
won’t work with my men,” Blondie said.
“Attack,” he ordered rushing the woman in their midst.
Jessica
reacted with the rage she felt at the man.
Her lightsaber came to life with a soft
click-hiss. She Force pushed a few of
the gang members off their feet and easily deflected the few shots that were
fired at her.
Jessica’s
red blade became a blur as she suddenly ran through the men. She cut through several men with ease before
turning back to the leader. All of the
others had stopped attacking and a few had even run away in fear of her.
“You
will pay for that,” Blondie said getting back up as he raised his blaster at
the woman.
“I
thought you might be intelligent, but I was wrong,” Jessica said raising her
hand. Lightning shot out from her hand
impacting Blondie causing him to convulse in pain as the dark Force energy
surged through him. The last thing the
dying man saw was the tall dark haired woman’s smile.
The
group was stunned into silence at the violence that they just saw. This woman was not anything like they had
ever encountered before. The ease at
which she had defeated their leader and her calm almost gleeful appearance made
them step back a bit.
“Well,
that was fun, anyone else,” Jessica said with a cruel smile on her face. The men around her quickly shook their heads
no as they glanced at the dead bodies around them. “Good, now if any of you want more out of
life than this petty life, meet me here tomorrow night, spread the word.”
Jessica
did not wait for any replies as she walked out of the alleyway to where Tyi was sitting there waiting for her. He got up the moment he saw her coming. She noticed that he did not seem surprised
that she was still alive.
“Let’s
go,” Jessica told him.
Tyi nodded his head and lead her to the location of the tombs
outside the city. He only knew where
they were, not who was buried where. As
he entered the valley where the tombs were located he marveled at the scale of
the tombs. There were statues and doors
that had to be at least twenty feet tall.
The energy surrounding the area made his hair stand on end and slightly
shiver.
He
glanced back to where his silent companion was standing. She seemed to be taking it all in almost as
if she belonged there somehow. He
realized that it was eerie to watch. He
really wanted to step back away from her and run screaming from her but another
part of him wanted to be near the power she possessed.
“Stay
here, I’ll be back,” Jessica told the man watching as he almost ran back to the
entrance of the valley. She chuckled at
the man’s antics as she walked towards the tombs. She noticed a couple of tombs where one
strongly called out to her. It must be
the tomb of Darth Zarius Jessica thought.
The
wind picked up as she walked down the valley of the tombs toward the one. Each was dedicated to an ancient Sith Lord. Most of
the tombs looked like they had been here for hundred, even thousands of years just
waiting for something. Walking up to the
tomb doors she briefly wondered how to open them up as the size of the doors
loomed over her.
Jessica
first wondered which way the door would open and studied it carefully. Deducing that the doors opened out she
gathered her strength and used the Force to pull the doors open. The massive doors creaked and groaned as they
were forced open by Jessica’s will. The
wind whipped up as the doors opened and Jessica could feel the crackle of power
come from inside the tomb itself.
Taking
out a light from her pocket she used it to illuminate the dark hallway in front
of her. Inside she passed several
skeletons that appeared to be beheaded.
Knowing that danger might be in front of her she tuned her senses to
anything that might be moving around her.
There was no sound coming at all from the hallway as even her footsteps
made no noise.
Then
Jessica felt something move and a glance in the direction she noticed a
droid. It quickly fired a couple of
shots at her. She activated her lightsaber and managed to deflect the blaster shots back at
the droid. A few shots hit the droid
causing some damage but not enough to slow it down. Jessica decided that she could not allow the
droid time to regroup and launched her own attack.
The
droid was equipped with an old bladed weapon.
A vibroblade which would allow it combat
someone with a lightsaber. The droid was good that much Jessica had to
admit. She figured that it was probably
some sort of guard droid.
The
droid suddenly ceased its attack and shut down.
Jessica looked at it warily as she expected it to come to life at any
second. Walking around the droid she
made her way to the central tomb and stepped inside.
The
tomb area had several large statues placed around a raised platform that made
up the center of the tomb. Jessica
assumed that it was the tomb of Darth Zarius. Walking up to the tomb she briefly wondered
what was going to happen next.
“Welcome,”
a voice said as an apparition appeared in front of her. It was dressed in dark clothes and an evil
glare at her.
Gaia
walked into the large area that made up the top of the temple where Luke
Skywalker’s office, meditation and one of his living quarters was located. She pushed a lock of her hair behind her ear
and continued toward the two figures standing in the room. She recognized both of them. One was her mentor, Master Fie-Tel, the other
Master Skywalker.
“Welcome
padawan,” Luke said as she entered the room. “Fie-Tel was telling me about your progress
in your training. I have decided that
you are ready for the next level of training,” he told her.
“I
await your wisdom,” Gaia replied.
“We
feel that you would do better in the next phase of training. Your lightsaber
skills are quite good. This next phase of
training will be more mental than it is physical. You will be meditating most of the day as you
concentrate on the living Force,” Fie-Tel said watching Gaia’s
reaction. He thought that she seemed to
be glad that her lightsaber training was over.
Gaia
was led to the meditation rooms were most students were trained on how to
meditate but anyone could use the room.
She got herself comfortable and concentrated on the Force as it flowed
through and around her. This was
something she actually enjoyed doing.
There was no pass or failure in this training. She only had to learn to concentrate of the
Force.
Fie-Tel
walked back to Luke’s room with the Jedi Master. He was sure that Master Luke knew that Gaia
was comfortable in her meditation and wondered what she was supposed to learn
from this new training.
“Master
Skywalker, I do not fully understand why you are taking this path with Gaia,”
Fie-Tel said when he was certain they were alone.
“Fie-Tel,
I have felt some sort of disturbance in the Force. I do not think that other have felt it
yet. Before the Jedi Purge I read what
few texts have survived from Master Yoda.
He states that there were too few who looked beyond the here and
now. I feel that we should learn from
the past’s mistakes. Gaia could be the
Jedi for the job,” Luke told Fie-Tel.
“And I think we’ll need someone like her.”
Fie-Tel
thought about what Luke had just said before replying. “You said that you felt a disturbance in the
Force. Do you have any idea as to what
is causing it,” Fie-Tel asked a bit curious as to what Luke was feeling.
“I’m
not sure, only that it seems to be coming from the Dark Side of the Force. Whoever it is they are subtle yet very
strong,” Luke told him.
“Gaia
is not that strong in the Force master,” Fie-Tel said still curious about what
was going on.
“We
both know that the Force works in mysterious ways Fie-Tel, but we must also
remember that there are other forces at work in the universe,” Luke said.
Their
conversation was cut short by a young padawan who came
running into the room.
“Master
Skywalker, come quickly there’s something wrong with Gaia,” the young boy said
in a breathless voice.
Luke
and Fie-Tel quickly ran to the meditation room.
Everyone was crowded around Gaia who appeared to be still awake as her
eyes were open and her mouth was slightly open.
The only problem was she did not appear to be noticing anything going on
around her and she was shaking slightly.
“Gaia,
can you hear me,” Fie-Tel said rushing to his padawan’s
side as he tried to find out what was going on.
The longer she did not say anything Fie-Tel become more worried about
her. “Master Skywalker can you do
anything for her,” he asked Luke as he was not able to think of anything to
help out Gaia.
After
a few more seconds Gaia closed her eyes and slumped forward. Fie-Tel rushed to catch her before she fell
to the ground. A few seconds later her
eyes opened up and she glanced around to see where she was.
“Are
you all right,” Fie-Tel asked his student after he realized Gaia knew where she
was.
“I’m
not too sure,” Gaia replied with a bit of a shaky voice. She was trying to figure out what she had
seen.
“What
happened,” Luke asked stepping forward and looking right at Gaia hoping that
she would have an answer for him.
“I
was doing my medications as you and Master Fie-Tel had requested when a feeling
I had never encountered came over me. I
have never felt anything so strong or like it before,” Gaia replied trying to
sort out her feelings from what she had felt just moments earlier.
Gaia
got back up into a sitting position and thought about how to tell Master
Fie-Tel and Luke Skywalker what had happened.
She was not sure about everything.
Ever since she had seen the mysterious black clad attacker she had been
having strange feelings. Gaia tried to
figure out if she should tell them about that and decided not to just yet
before continuing.
“I
was caught in a swirl of mist, or fog, I’m not sure, and an overwhelming sense
of evil,” Gaia said shuddering in the memory of it. “The mist parted and I saw a tall
person. I think that it was a female,
but I’m not sure about that. She was
dressed in black with a deep red cloak.
There was something else in the area but I could not see it only feel
it.”
Luke
sat down and pondered on what Gaia had just told him. He knew in his heart that what Gaia was
saying was true, but he did not want to believe it. Finally after thinking for a few minutes Luke
realized that everyone was looking at him.
“I have a feeling that we are dealing with a new Sith
Lord, one that is chosen by the ancient Sith Lords
themselves.”
“But
what about the dark Jedi and their academy that they have,” Fie-Tel said to
Luke.
“This
new Sith Lord is as powerful as my father or even the
Emperor. We might have another Naga Sadow, Freedon
Nadd, Exar Kun or Darth
Raven. This Sith
Lord will be powerful,” Luke told the group.
No
one in the room liked anything that Luke had just said. The names he had mentioned were powerful
ancient Sith Lords who were capable of doing a lot of
damage on their own.
“We’ve
defeated ones like Desann and their types before and
the Emperor twice,” Fie-Tel said hoping to place some spark of hope in the
group.
“Yes,
we knew what to expect from the Emperor and compared to Desann
this person is much more powerful,” Luke replied to him. “”I have been feeling a slight disturbance in
the Force for a while now. I think I now
know what it is.”
“This
woman,” Gaia said not saying that she had felt an attraction to the woman.
“Yes,”
Luke said glancing at Gaia. “I can’t go
to the Republic Council without proof about what I feel. But I can warn those who will listen.”
Gaia
watched as Luke got up and walked out of the room. There was something about that act that
disturbed her. At the end of her latest
‘vision’ another two people had appeared to her. They were both dressed as Jedi would have
about six hundred years ago. The pair
had looked at her and then to each other.
With a deliberate action she had watched as the taller one had pulled
the smaller one to her into a protective embrace.
Fie-Tel
watched as Gaia’s face got a look of determination on
it. He wondered what else had happened
during her vision. He knew enough that
if he asked his padawan would not say anything right
now.
Gaia
got up quietly and walked out of the room.
She had questions in her mind.
She also knew that there were not many places that she could go to find
her answers. Perhaps she could go to Coruscant and see if any records of the Jedi Library had
survived.
Gaia
walked towards the hanger area hoping that she could catch a flight to Coruscant. She saw
that Master Skywalker was readying a ship for takeoff. It was a small ship but if he was willing to
allow her to come along she might be able to find some answers. It was worth a try.
“Master
Skywalker,” Gaia asked shyly as Luke was talking with a droid.
Luke
turned around at the sound of someone addressing him. He was not really surprised to see Gaia’s small form standing there. He already knew what she wanted before she
asked. He was just waiting for her to
ask to come along with him.
“Yes,
Gaia,” he asked prodding her along.
“You
are headed to Coruscant, right,” Gaia asked hoping
that she was not out of her place. She
watched as Master Skywalker nodded his head yes. “I would like to come along please,” she
asked boldly.
Luke
looked down at R2-D2 and then up to the ship that he was flying. There would be room in the ship for both of
them especially seeing how Gaia was not that big. He also had a feeling that she would be
important with what was going on in the Force.
Yoda had appeared to him right as he was thinking about her. He decided that it could not be an accident.
“Tell
Master Fie-Tel that you are going to be going with me. Then meet me back here as soon as you can,”
he told her watching as the young woman went off to find Fie-Tel. He then thought about what he would have to
tell his sister. Another challenge to
the
Luke
did realize that it would be good to see his niece and nephews again
though. They were getting bigger each
time he saw them. That was something the
new Jedi Order had changed. Jedi were
now allowed to marry if they wanted.
Luke realized that Jedi were people as well and to ignore feelings for
others could lead to disaster.
Leia had grown in her power of the Force and now had her own lightsaber as well.
She could not use it as well as Luke but she was still getting good at
using it. He had a feeling that if his
father had survived his last encountered against the Emperor he would have been
proud of them. Luke had a feeling though
that it was for the best that Darth Vader had been killed on the second Death
Star.
The
sound of footsteps announced the presence of Gaia behind him. She had a small bag which held a change of
clothing which Luke put in the cargo bay of the ship. Luke then connected R2-D2 to the ship and
they both climbed aboard the ship.
Within minutes they had left Yavin IV for Coruscant.
Tyi waited nervously at the edge of the valley jumping each
time a loud sound came out of the valley.
A large thunderstorm had come up suddenly even though the forecast this
morning had been for clear skies. The
wind whipped around the valley and several dust devils had sprung up making him
keep a close eye on it.
Tyi could see that a couple of the dust devils were quite
large yet they appeared to be staying in the same place. The entire visual was quite stunning if he
had not been so terrified of everything.
He wished that the woman would appear again and soon. He had already decided to give her until
sundown before he left the valley.
He
watched as a bolt of lightning struck one of the large boulders in the middle
of the valley and split it in two. He
huddled closer to the rocks he was sitting next to even though he knew they
would offer no protection.
Tyi nervously chewed on a piece of candy that he had while
waiting for the woman. He then saw a
figure dressed in black as it made its way through the valley. Even he could feel the power crackling
through the valley as the figure made its way towards him.
He
was just about to run away when he was able to make out some features on the
figure. It was the woman he was waiting
for. She had on black clothing and a
deep red cloak. Her black hair was
whipping around her by the wind as her cloak rode the wind behind her. She never broke stride even when she walked
through one of the dust devils. She did
not even flinch when a large bolt of lightning struck another boulder a few
feet from her.
Tyi wondered what he had gotten himself into as he noticed the
grin on the woman’s face. She continued
to walk towards him without breaking stride.
He then noticed that her eyes had changed color a bit. Their color had changed from a deep blue to
what was now a clear ice blue color. It
unnerved him as it seemed as if she could see right through him. Then he thought that perhaps she could.
Jessica
walked up to the man who had been waiting for her at the edge of the
valley. She could feel the power of the
Dark Side flowing through her as she walked unlike what it had been just a few
hours before. There were things that she
had to do and Jedi to destroy. She knew
that she would succeed where the other Dark Lords had failed. She also knew where to look to find what she
was looking for. The only thing she
needed now was to have some loyal followers.
The gang member would be a good place to start.
“Come
on Tyi, we have a meeting to attend,” Jessica said as
she walked past the man without giving him a spare glance.
As
they walked towards the city Tyi wondered what had
happened to the woman he was following.
She seemed more capable than when they had left. Now she seemed to radiate with power unlike
anyone he had ever seen before. He
wondered how to approach the woman on the subject.
“You
have a question Tyi,” Jessica asked feeling the man’s
thoughts about her.
“Ah,”
he stammered for a second while trying to come up with a proper reply. He had a feeling that she knew he was curious
about her but she might not like having such a direct question. After a few more seconds he settled on one
question. “What’s your name?”
“You
can call me Darth Rizon,” she replied with a smile on
her face.
Tyi stopped dead in his tracks at hearing the woman’s name. He glanced up at the woman who wore a smile
on her face. He had heard the name
‘Darth’ before from others who walked about Darth Vader. He had later learned that the name Darth was
given to Sith Lords.
Are
you a Sith Lord,” he asked nervously.
“Yes,”
Jessica replied coolly to his question.
Tyi gulped as the woman, or Darth Rizon,
as she called herself answered his question.
Tyi also wondered if he should even ask his
next question.
“What
is your next move, my Lord,” Tyi finally asked. “Are you going to try and resurrect the
Empire again?”
“The
Imperial Empire, no, I’m going to do even better than that. I’m going to resurrect the Sith and once again the universe
shall tremble at the might of the reborn Sith
Empire,” Jessica said with a smile.
“The Sith,” Tyi
said in disbelief. “The Jedi destroyed them eons ago,” Tyi replied to
her.
“You
know your history, but only partly.
After the Jedi had defeated them the Sith went into hiding,” Jessica told him. “Have you ever heard of two Sith Lords called Darth Malick or
Raven?”
Tyi thought about the two names that Rizon
had just given him. He had heard of the
two names before but could not remember where he had heard them. Finally after a few seconds of thinking he
shrugged his shoulders and told her that he did not know.
“They
were once Jedi who were largely responsible for the Mandalorian
defeat thousand of years ago. They then
found an ancient artifact called the Star Forge and built up a huge fleet. The Republic with the help of the Jedi
eventually defeated the fleet but not all of the fleet was destroyed. I know where it is, and it is just waiting
for me,” Rizon said knowing that this was part of her
grand plan.
“How
many ships my lord,” Tyi asked knowing that it would
take an extremely large fleet to even begin to take on the Republic fleets.
“Hundreds
of ships,” Jessica replied as they reached the city limits. It was time to begin her plan.
They
walked to the place where Jessica had arranged to meet with the gang
members. Tyi was
feeling a bit apprehensive about the meeting.
As they walked into the alleyway he noticed that there were quite a few
gang members who were eyeing them with curious stares.
“So
this is the bitch who took out Blondie,” one man said as he looked at the woman
in their midst with disdain which Jessica gladly returned.
Tyi was not sure what was going to happen but he was positive
that it would not be good. If this man
continued to push Darth Rizon as Blondie had, then Tyi was sure that he would also end up dead.
“Jonn, you can attack her but I feel like living today,” one
person said backing away from the man leaving him isolated.
The
man who had wanted to attack the woman in their midst looked around to see if
there were any others who would be with him.
He noticed that they all appeared to be backing away from a
confrontation with the woman. With a
snort of disapproval he turned and walked away from the group.
Jessica
watched as the man left with a bit of interest.
With some help from the Force she knew that the man would not be a
problem and if he ever did she knew how to take care of him. She turned to the rest of the group that had
gathered and noticed that they were now waiting for her to tell them why there
were all there.
“I
have a proposal for all of you. It is
one that holds many trails and dangers, but the rewards are great. If any of you feel like leaving then now is
the time to do so,” Jessica said to the group watching as the group looked
around then back at her. “Good,” she
said with a smile.
Tyi wondered if he should have taken the opportunity to leave
but realized that he was already in too deep to leave now. He also was not sure that he could
leave. He listened to Darth Rizon as she spoke again about what she needed to have to
carry out her plan.
“Now
my name is Darth Rizon,” Jessica said to the group
watching as shock appeared on their faces at the name. She was sure that they had all heard of the
‘Darth’ names. “Welcome to the new Sith.”
“You’re
not from the Empire are you,” one of them asked having heard the name and
figured like many others that she was Darth Vader’s replacement.
“No,
the Empire is weak and clueless,” Darth Rizon replied
to the group. “It is time for the Sith to rise once again like it
had been in the days of the glory of the Sith.”
The
group murmured a bit at the news. A few
were a bit unsure about this, but most wanted off the planet and were willing
to do anything. After a few minutes of
debate they all agreed to join the woman.
Jessica
smiled to herself at the result. She had
been right about the gang members. Most
were considered to be the trash of the city.
To Jessica they would be the perfect members to begin her rebuilding
efforts as these men would not appreciate what she was doing. They would kill and destroy without remorse
for her.
“Now
then, we will need a good ship. We will
be leaving this planet for our new headquarters,” Jessica said watching as they
talked amongst themselves. One of them
mentioned that a wealthy merchant had a fast freighter that he might be willing
to let them use.
Jessica
thought about the news for a second. She
realized that she would also need money and this merchant just might be a
perfect source. With some money she
could use it to fund her start up group until she found all she needed.
“Take
me to this merchant,” Jessica said to the man who had spoken.
“Of
course,” the man replied.
“Tyi,” Jessica said turning to the man who had been her
guide so far.
“Yes
my lord,” Tyi replied nervously swallowing as he
hoped that Darth Rizon was not about to kill him.
“You
will be my contact with the rest of the group,” she said to him the turned to
the rest of the men. “He will tell you
when we are ready to move out,” she then turned to the man who would lead her
to the merchant and followed him out of the alley.
Jessica
followed silently as the man led her to the house of a wealthy man. Climbing up to the door she knocked and
waited until it was answered by a large Twi-lek. She wondered why everyone used Twi-leks for security these days.
“I’m
sorry, but Mr. Handan is not seeing anyone today,”
the Twi-lek said.
“I
have a business proposition for Mr. Handan,” Jessica
said with a slight wave of her hand.
The
Twi-lek stood there for a second before
responding. “A business proposition, of
course,” he said then led the two of them inside.
Jessica
glanced around quickly as they were led to study. The Twi-lek opened
the doors to the study revealing a large room with a spacious desk that was
very orderly. Behind the desk sat a
skinny Skulst.
Jessica thought it was strange to see a Skulst
as their species usually did not leave their own world. Perhaps she could use this to her advantage.
“Petrat, I said no visitors,”
“I
have a business proposition for you,” Jessica said to the man.
End
Part 2