A Sith Holiday

[LadyM]

I did what Avreet asked of me. Struggling to hold the beast down, I moved from its heart to its head applying the same pressure to its thick skull forcing the beast to remain where he was. I heard a loud cracking noise and saw a tree split in two from the Hand of Order's blades and knew what he was intending to do.

The tree log crushed the beast's head and upon doing so I could feel the powerful beast die through the Force. I cut off my power and dropped to a knee somewhat exhausted. I knew I needed to practice this power more often and learn to let it not drain me so quickly. I rose to my feet after a few passing seconds feeling better.

"A cloak you say. Yes, I can see where you are going with this," I said to him as I followed his eyes to the so-called hunters. If they were truly what they claim to be then they could skin the hide for us. I motioned for their leader over to us and when he was in ear shot I said, "The beast is dead and the cargo is now ready for you to retrieve and I believe my partner has a special request for your fellow hunters."

 

[Bubák]

The Mon Calamari turned to face the leader of the group of...whatever they were. "I want the beast's hide. The job has to be done cleanly and carefully. Do so, and you shall be rewarded. Damage it, and I will consider it damaging Imperial property. If you cannot do it properly, tell us who can." Avreet raised his right hand and telekinetically levitated the heavy tree off the dead beast to allow the hunters work on their task freely. Calling to his men, the leader divided his group in two, the large portion rushing to the beast while only two armed men did not move from their positions. No doubt everyone wanted to get washed in credits and nobody wanted to lose them or their heads for damaging the beast's skin, so the group of men working on the beast were very careful when moving the beast from the marsh. That was a good sign, or at least Avreet thought so. It did not take long and the hunters realized this was somewhat harder than expected, one does not skin a Terentatek every day after all. One walked over to the leader. "We do not have necessary tools for the job. We could get the monster into the city and let the professionals look at it."

The leader looked at the amphibious Sith, who nodded. Avreet knew the men would not dare to betray the Sith duo, as everyone would soon know of a slain Terentatek. Things like that were unusual and travelled fast, so if the shady group tried to get credits off the beast, it wouldn't stay a secret for very long. "Do as you see fit. The Empire will pay for its transportation... Just give me a way to contact your professionals." The leader took his datapad and sent something to Avreet's, the Mon Cal looked at it and saw it was a name of a company specializing at hunting. Glancing at Ghenna, the young Sith's expression changed from proud to slightly worried. The white haired woman looked quite tired, the Force power drained much of her energy. "Ghenna, do you think we'll be able to get back to our ship before the dusk?" asked Avreet, not daring to say she should rest and meditate for a while for her energy and stamina to replenish.