The One Who Stands Tallest, Stands Last. (ask)

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The One Who Stands Tallest, Stands Last. (semi open within reason)

The sun blared down upon the land, painting the distance with the wavy illusion of liquid. Ryloth was like a landscape painted by the devil, its parched shrubs and seemingly endless fields of dirt and rock stretching out into the infinite.

Stasha dressed accordingly, abandoning class for comfort. Her breast were covered by a brassier textured like the shiny black latex her signature body suite had been composed. Her toned flat stomach like pale ivory stretched down to the white pants slung low on her curvy hips and suspended by a thick black belt- Its buckle resembling a vintage time piece. Boots of the same shade met her bottoms and tucked inside like leggings with seamless continuation. Her hair was pulled back with its normal decorative design and her small straight nose held dark shades up to shield her gold gaze. she stepped through the sandy waste as if evading broken glass. A rose amongst the junk yard.

“Come along then!” She called to her lagging ward, a tall striking young twi’lek with skin of midnight blue: Ashes, her slave turned daughter.

Evie sighed as the girl struggled with exhaustion and beckoned her again with a snap of her gloved fingers- one nearly sleeved the other cut low, just covering her wrist.

She titled her glasses down to get a better look at the tussle with a groan and brought one hand to her hip pouting.

“Honestly, baby cakes! Step it up!”

“I’m sorry!” Ashes pleaded, coming to her side and wiping her glistening brow.

“I’m sorry…” she added breathlessly, leaning on her knees.

The Zabrak regarded her with a frown then turned her attention to the large tunnel leading to a small stony town below. She extended her arm and pointed with a smirk:

“Land ho!” she said with a sultry slowed pronunciation.

Ashes looked up wary then stood with a smiling crossing her lips.

“ Hirani Circaa!” she exclaimed.

Her mother chuckled to herself and began to descend down the overlooking hill and into the residence below.

“Let’s hit it.” She said mischievously


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As the pair strolled through the town market, each step earned them a new pair of eyes following their movements with less then friendly expressions.

Ashes’ took no notice, her own set had wondered off and fixed with a passing male of aqua marine and a handsome squared jaw.


Evie struck the dreaming twi’lek on the back of her Lekku’d head.

“OW~!” Ashes cried, bringing her hands to the future site of bruising.

Her Mother gave her a look of amused counsel.


“We’re on the job, Ashes- You can have your choice of men to wrap your Lekku around once we’re through.”

The dark rutian’s cheeks blushed a deep red and she turned away with embarrassment.

The Zabrak came to a halt and threw her arm out in front of her charge, signaling for her to do the same.

It seemed they were surrounded and their welcoming committee wasn’t pleased with their arrival.

“say something….” Evie whispered.

Ashes scanned the crowd and calmed.

“Haly.” she said, gesturing with a smile.

“ Muchi-”

A harsh male cut her off.

“Kah'lehalle Koa fendoon!” He growled.

“Uhh….” Ashes looked back and forth between he and her parent.

“He says….guest aren’t welcome here…” she explained nervously.

“No.” Evie corrected.

“he means I’m not welcome here.” she stated with poise.

“They think I’m a slaver…”

Ashes let out a nervous laugh and attempted to explain, using her hands to better stir the mobs opinion..

“kapuna! Mi Ryma-” she turned and pointed towards the huntress warmly.

“Ryma o-"


They were enraged. The translator shrunk back to her mother’s side and let out a cry as a stone gashed her temple.

“Hey!” growled the huntress, pulling her close.

Stones continued to be hurled and curses filled the air.

“They’re calling me your pet!” Ashes fretfully gasped. Her features suddenly hardened into a mask of anger and roared to the audience in fierce Twi’leki.

It only fanned the flames and the masses grew twice as hostile.

“shut your damn mouth!” barked Evie, dragging the girl with her as they fled from the advancing twi’leks.

The pair sprinted out of town, hurtling over obstacles as their pursers stuck close- their tumult defining.

Evie tore a blaster from her holster and slid to face them, holding it out- aimed and ready- they were not deterred.

Continuing her pace by her daughter’s lanky side they were run out of town and up the hill from whence they came.

Evie dropped to a sitting position panting and cursing as she holstered her weapon.

“Did you see that! I was ready to blow their heads off and they didn’t even bat an eyelash!”

Ashes lay on her back, her top folded past her stomach and a small moist reservoir of blood gleaming in her head wound.

“I don’t understand!” she said with exasperation.


“someone in this town must have contacted the guild. Why were they so…”


Evie stayed quiet a moment, lost in thought.

“Give me the map.” she demanded shortly, her eyes on the town but her small hand out held and her fingers beckoning.

“hm?”

“The Map, Ashes.”

The twi’lek sat up, her rigged lekku wrapping her neck like a scarf as she scoured her supply pack.

She laid the directions in her lap and her eyes grew briefly wide with alarm.

“Oh….”

“let me see it!” Evie snarled, snatching the chart and lifting her shades, scanning it with her eyes.


There was a moment of silence.

Then she spoke, her voice trembling and growing in volume as her sentence went on.

this is a map of Iridonia, you stupid snake headed, steaming piece!” she pounced upon her daughter enraged and Ashes scrambled away, caught around the neck and held in a head lock at the Zabrak’s mercy

“Why are you hurting me? You’re the one that bought it!” she cried, shutting her eyes and wincing, prying at her mother’s arms weakly.

“No wonder they didn’t want us- They didn’t need us!”

She released the twi’lek and bared her teeth, crushing the flimsy in her fist.

“who knows if we’re even in the right town!” She took out her aggressions on the dirt floor.

“Where are we supposed to go! what if a storm- “ she paused and regarded Ashes with interest, coming to the girl’s side and pulling the pack from her shrinking frame.

“Clothes off.” she demanded dryly.

“W-why?” Squeaked the twi’lek.

“because you’re marching back there and finding out what has all those fungus eating bumpkins spooked!”


“Naked!?”


“Don’t be thick!” Evie snarled rummaging through some of her wares.

“They’ll recognize me!” Ashes protested, “ We were just there how-”

“Not if they’re paying less attention to your face…” Stasha purred impishly holding up a small skirt and top with leggings.



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Evie looked annoyed, turning her head to scold her daughter when Ashes intervened.

“Don’t look!” she squealed.

Evie threw down her arms and turned to face her, despite.

Oh of all things!”

Ashes awkwardly slouched in her snug outfit.

“You look great!” Evie exclaimed excitedly, she brought her hand to her chin and looked the twi’lek up and down with approval.

“See what happens when you put that body of yours to use?”

While Evie was on the small side, her frame curvy and petite, her daughter stood heads taller and had the narrow, slender figure of a starved model. The result left Stasha’s hand me down skirt much shorter on the former slave.

“this is jus’ underoos with out legs….” Ashes whined, rubbing her arm and feeling uncomfortable.

Evie looked disgusted.

“underoos….?”

“Its so short- and this head …thing is bugging me- and the top is too big- I can’t fill it out…”

Evie glared.


“It is not too big, you’re not enough woman to fill it out- now go.”

Ashes opened her mouth and looked desperate for sympathy when the huntress loudly insisted.

“Go! Find out what’s going on! I’ll be in touch.”

The Twi’lek obeyed with a lowered head, grumbling to herself in her native tongue.


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Ashes found that it was ridiculously easy to re-enter town without Stasha at her side.
She ambled on with a smile on her face as the angry mob transformed into a sea of friendly faces. Her boots skipped across the dusty floor, raising a worn film on her stockings thigh holster. She did her best to appear as nonchalant as possible…she just couldn’t wipe the smile off her face- or shake the annoyance of her garter belts…then she reached it.

A cantina.

She approached cautiously with a wry look at the challenge, as if encountering an old enemy. She hated cantinas. She hated the smell. She hated the atomsphere. She hated everything about them.

Never the less she entered the door with a jovial air and took an empty seat at the bar, nervously sitting with her hands holding her skirt between her legs securely.

The bartender took notice and she looked him in the eyes with apprehension.

“Mais….urm…somthin’ sweet?”



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Evie was half way in town before someone caught wind of her espionage:

A little girl no older then five.

Creeping behind a rock wall within the canyon town she let out a light whistle to herself as a young man with cut abs lifted some supplies.

“Chi'kan!” the youngling close behind exclaimed, sending the Zabrak spawling in alarm.

“ Shut your screech hole kid!” She hissed, bringing her index finger to her lips.

The little tan female began to repremand her in twi’leki.

“Shut up!” Evie Spat.

“Go away!” she waved the child off with frustration.

The little twi’lek continued and Evie massaged her temples with stress.

“Take this and leave me alone!” she growled with finality, tossing a sweet treat at the girl so hard she dodged with a cry.

The little one peered back and received the candy from the floor, opening it and poping it into her mouth casually skipping off with satisfaction.

“Stupid kid…” Evie exhaled.

“…makes me want another…” She added, smiling fondly.

The wind suddenly picked up, sending a wave of dust through her ankles- a sharp spray- an unnatural gust.

She turned and met an elbow to her face.


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Ashes felt a hand on her shoulder and grimaced as an ugly male approached. His face was grave and boiled.

“My friend doesn’t like you…” He said.

She stared momentarily.

Her lip began to quiver.

And she fled the bar with a screech.

He looked puzzled and continued,

“…Sitting all alone…” He finished. A handsome man in the corner looked to him with disappointment and shrugged.

The twi’lek exited, holding her chest.

‘Bad people….Bad people…Gotta get out of here….Oh gah! My skirt is flipped! Could this day get any worse- AH! I bit my toungue…!’


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Evie clicked her heel against the floor and slashed at her assailant with a high kick of the concealed blade.

He recoiled, blinded, with torn eyelids.

Slavers.

They descended upon the town like locust and the hunteress fled at the sheer numbers.

“Ashes!” she screamed into her travel comm.

“Get to some where safe this place is a hell hole! Its over run by slavers- “ she slid to a stop and pounced upon a man seeking an elderly male with a howl.

Using his gut like a spring board she bought him to the ground, pushing back his face with her gloved palm and striking his vulnerable neck with wind-pipe crushing conseqence.

Continuing on from his shattered frame she spoke through her strikes, setting her sights on a female of her own species nearing a home.

“ They’ve must’ve raided this place before! They’re sending everyone into a frenzy but-”

The two crashed through the residents front door, tussling like animals. Evie got the highers ground and reined down strikes to the woman’s body until she was flipped onto her back- just as her vibro-razor was in her fist.

“Its all very-!”

She stabbed the woman’s cheek and bite her lower lip, stretching it to be cleaved by the carving blade.

nostalgic!” she growled, ripping the brim from its owner. The flesh hung between her eyeteeth and sanguine lapped down from the wound onto her unfeeling face, the hint of a smirk growing as she spat the meat to her side and kicked the soon to be corpse just near. Screams of agony filled the household.

She wiped her mouthh clean and found her next target amongst the raiders.

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Ashes turned the corner back into the cantina, pressing her back against the wall as the comm sounded.

The patrons went into a panic as the words filled the air.

“An attack!”

The Twi’lek struggled to hear her mother’s words as the occuapants began to riot.

She was shoved away as they piled furnishings onto the door to prevent entry and made for a lower level for shelter.

“Ryma!” Ashes cried.

“What about you! This is bad! People are loosing their minds in here!”

She huddled with the masses beneath the building and contacted Evie again with desperation.

“ Stasha!”


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Evie grimaced as the comm sounded, she had just been passed by and expected to smuggle it within the walls of the slaving frieghter when the thin lethan inspecting her crop took note.

It was crushed in an instant.

The Zabrak was in a tight spot, she had been out numbered and taken in line with other captives, she would be forced upon a frieghter to an unknown location- void of any means of contact and stripped of her weapons.

She wouldn’t go without a fight. The only weapons she needed were attached to her body.

She stood silently as the red twi’lek looked her in the eyes.

“beast.” she spat.

“These iridonians would eat their own young if they had the right spices.” she added, tapping the huntress’ jaw limply.

Stasha was unmoved, she would not waste her breath on a self-loathing snake headed traitor. There were other twi’leks amongst the raiders- she assumed their leader was a previous owner of the scum, molding them into the filth that now soiled her presence.


The Red woman strolled through the ranks of her capture and pulled a small, flattened Ultrasonic whistle from her collar. She was a tall woman, a deep crimson with pupils lacking any visible iris save for an off white encircling. Her mouth was concealed by a facial covering, one resembling many long, locked fangs and she down turned it to place her lips on the instrument.

The Zabrak heard no sound. Her fellow prisoners however screamed in torture, covering their bleeding ears. The lethan pulled back her mask and entered the ship ahead- in the town’s front. Evie glared as she passed.

The trader stopped.

She tapped her ear cones- protectively covered and left with a sneer, beckoning one of her associates…

and the slaves began the march to their prison, the door shutting behind them and taking off with a cloud of dust.

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Ashes and her fellow stow aways exited, gazing after the ship as it ascended into the atmosphere.

The twi’lek stared, grief stricken. She lifted her comm, sent a message to any BHG member who would listen, swallowed and said:

“If anyone can hear this…There is big trouble on Ryloth….”






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((OOC: Ok you're welcome to this if you have a reason for being there...I don't want you to just happen to be prancing along and stumble upon this- or hide from some none exsistant fire storm that has yet to happen- If they wouldn't let Evie waltz in keep in mind your "totally awesome" human probably wouldn't be to welcome with the tchin tchun -folk- she commed Guild members btw...so your kindly farm boy who found an R2 unit and has a thirst for adventure might not pick up (unless he intercepts...and cares)so keep it reasonable- I'm not trying to douce your fiery passion just keeping the thread hot and trying to have fun with this))
 
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" Aww Frak..." The voice echoed off the metal surfaces and narrow spaces of the ships engine. To the untrained eye it looked like a jumbled mess of rubber and durasteel, complicated and random in design. But to the eyes of a skilled mechanic, it was order, rythm, rigidity, and a sucessful way to get across the stars. Sucking his the blood off his thumb, Ares picked up the hydro spanner he had just slipped off a screw.

The Bounty hunter wasnt wearing his iconic armor, since he was in the saftey of his own ship. It was also due to the fact that he couldnt fit into the cramped spaces of his ship's engine compartment. What adorned the hunter's frame instead of durasteel was a simple grimy clothes, worn and stained several times over with engine grease and engine fuel. In truth he really didnt need to do anything to the engine, he had sceduled dates for tuning up his engine.

That day he was simply trying to take his mind off other matters. Stasha, his wife, had taken their adopted Twi'lek daughter on a mission to Ryloth. Ares disliked that planet with great intensity, being that it was such a corupt place. But his wife had been adamant in her decision, and Ares ws unable to sway her. Such was the case with many a thing that the bounty hunter did not see eye to eye with his wife. How could he? Ares had trouble saying no to those big golden eyes.

As he Ares pulled himself out of the engine compart ment, he was suprised to see a guild soldier standing right outside the hatch. The man looked nervous, like he had just seen someone die for the first time.

" uhh......sir? We have a emergency message.....Its....its from your daughter." The man flinched after saying it was Ares's daughter, like he was about to get the beating of his life. Obviously he was knew, and was eating up the stories some of the older members had been most likely been telling him about the second in command.

Putting a reasuring hand on the nervous underlings shoulder, Ares whipped his other hand on his own shirt. Which actually did little in cleaning it.

" Thanks mate. I'm headin over there then. Ill comm back to HQ if anything else goes ary while im there." The lead hunter tried as best he could to sound calm and collected, but inside he was a whirling storm of worry. He shoo'd the guild member out of his ship and quickly fired the engines up, lifting off the landing pad he started using after the Jericho left Coruscant.

With a couple buttons and several levers, The Precious Pride rocketed out of orbit and into Hyperspace. As the blue swirling vortex if hyperspace light his cockpit, Ares started changing into his armor. He knew it would take a couple hours to get to Ryloth, so he took the time he needed to get totally ready. He hadnt been on the desolate rock in a long time, and wasnt sure what he would run into.
 

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As the People of Ryloth gathered up what was left of normalcy, Ashes was a bundle of nerves, she paced and bit her knuckles, whimpering to herself in sharp twi’leki.

Memories of her childhood began to resurface….only her fondest…


She was six, sitting in Evie’s lap after a hard fall and her mother was dressing her wound with a stinging, cleaning solution, She struggled and threw back her head, accidentally smashing the Zabrak’s nose who responded by holding her tighter and pouring on more for revenge….

Ashes bit the bottom of her shirt, holding down the corners with her hands and showing her belly as she fought off tears.

She was seven, she had a nightmare and crept into her parents room. Stasha was sleeping on her back, her chest rising and falling beneath the covers in a delicate swell. The little twi’lek mentally prepared for a scolding for several minutes before crawling between the Zabrak and Ares, her father- she curled up against his turned back…. And Evie snapped awake, pulling a blaster from the night stand and aiming it at the child’s head reflectively…

Ashes sniffed and covered her mouth, her lime green eyes moistening as she whimpered weakly. She walked through town with her gaze down cast.

She was eight, Evie was on a mission and as usual Ashes had come along. In their down time her mother was teaching her to play cards, they were sitting on a hotel bed when a flash grenade landed between them. Evie jumped from its blast leaving the twi’lek to shriek as she was hit by the recoil…

Ashes continued her pace, looking over the ruins of the town market with sadness as a child called for her mother.

She was twelve, Evie had bought her some new clothes and waited with folded arms as she tried them on. When she stepped out from the dressing room her mother laughed, holding her stomach with hilarity and pointing at the looseness of the garment’s chest area. The Zabrak then ran off, calling to Ares to see…

Ashes reached the town’s tail end, she leaned against the rock wall and laid her forehead in her palm.

She was at breakfast this morning, Evie was swallowing hot cakes whole and letting the syrup pour down her chin while Ares was not around to witness her lack of perfection. She finished and wiped herself clean, beckoning to the waitress of the restraurant in which they sat. the twi’lek across from her sat poking at her food despairingly. Stasha asked her daughter what was wrong when she gestured at a handsome young man at the corner table. With some words of advice and a smack on the bottom for luck, The huntress sent Ashes over to meet the boy with new found confidence. When she did so, he was very pleased. He had wanted to know the name of the gorgeous Zabrak she was sitting with. When she turned with look of heart break Evie Flashed her an oblivious thumbs up.

Ashes slunk down. She crossed her legs and took a deep breath. Her features suddenly intensified and she stood, turning back and booking it for the cantina.
 
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With a pop and a soft click, Ares's helmet sealed and locked to the rest of his armor. It had taken him a little longer than usual to get all of his protective suit, a very cruital piece to his armors design was missing, the cod piece to be precise. He found it underneath a somewhat large pile of Stasha's clothing.

The Precious Pride's nav computer had already taken itself out of Hyperspace and started the decent into the atmosphere of Ryloth. A large firestorm could be seen through the canopy windscreen of Ares's ship, it was awe inspireing and extremely beautiful. But the bounty hunter knew how deadly a firestorm was, and how inevidible it was to try and escape one.

Ares plotted in the coordinates given to him that was where the emergency comm had been sent from. At first glance he thought it was some sort of mistake, the coordiates took him to a hole in the wall village. It didnt even have a concealed landing pad, meaning Ares would have to send his ship back up into orbit until he was ready for it again. It did just that almost immediatly after the hunter stepped off the main enterance ramp.

He stepped through the open portal leading into the village, not sure what he would come across. Just that his daughter was somewhere inside. He came prepared though, having a picture of Ashes on flimsi, since he himself could not speak twi'lek.
 

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Ashes threw open the door to the cantina, only for it to slowly swing back and block her from view.

She entered shyly and regained her composure.

“I have answers and I want some questions!” She bellowed.

The three remaining people inside stared.

She reiterated in native tongue and each looked to one another.

“What is going on?” Ashes asked.

“Half the town jus’ got stolen and no one seems to care!”

“This isn’t the first time, Darlin’” and older blue male behind the counter sighed, picking up the pieces of a shattered glass.

“Then all the more!” The Dark rutian cried, her navy skin dyed black by the shadows bathing her.

“If it happened before why didn’t you-”

“You’re the girl who came with that Zabrak aren’t you?” croaked a young, thin male a with large welt over his eye. His skin was a firey orange.

“Why don’t you leave it. We can handle this on our own.”

“Look at what happened to you on your own!” she shouted, her voice harsh and commanding.

“Is this just all apart of the routine! Why don’t you do something about it!”

“Is that all…?” a woman at the bar with a pretty face and a green complexion asked drawly. Her eyes were dyed pink from tears and she had an empty papoose hanging around her neck like an albatross.

“Bugger off kid. Consider yourself lucky you’re here to pester us.”

“I just want to know where they take them…” Ashes said, her voice tremoring.

“We don’t know!” the boy said, gorwing heated.

“ It’s Banshi! She always comes back! We’re the only village small enough for her to get away with looting!”

“Banshi?” Ashes asked.

“The Slave trader.” the bartender explained.

“Her Name is Banshi Dagger.”

Ashes mentally recorded the name.

“If we knew where they went we would be there…” Hissed the woman at the bar, she slumped down and supported herself on her forearm as she did so.

“So we wait…and end up there one way or another”
 

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A trumendous feat had been accomplished, something so important, that it affected everything around it. A solitary ant, had single handedly picked up a sizeable sized piece of food. In its triumph, it stood atop a pebble, to show all the other ants what it had accomplished. In its little world it was king, but its small scape of reality was insignificant to the rest of the planet.

With a scrape of metal agaisnt stone, Ares crushed everything the little ant had worked for. Its entire existance was shut out by a single step of the bounty hunter, and he had no idea it was even there.

Ares held the piece of flimsi that held a picture of his daughter tightly in his hand as he walked. Those who saw him gave him looks that could drive a bantha off a cliff. Ares was beginning to have a distinct feeling that the inhabitants of the little village did not like outsiders.

A bold male, skin of brilliant emerald, stepped out of a partially ruined building and blocked the hunters path. He looked no older than his early twenties, still learning the way the galaxy worked. The Twi'lek held a blaster in his shaky hands, almsot forceing himself to aim it at Ares. Just by looking the bounty hunter knew the pistol wouldnt even penetrate his armor, so he just kept walking. Pushing past the inexperienced male, he quickly relieved the twi'lek of his blaster, qucikly dismantling it and throwing the pieces up into the air.

The village seemed almost deserted, like everyone just up and left. Ares decided to go to the best place to get information, the cantina. If, infact they actually had on in the village. Most inhabitant the bounty hunter saw were either too sick or too feeble to do much about his presence. Ares breathed a sigh of releif when he saw the neon sign of the cantina.

As he pushed the door open, Ares expected to have to pull a gun or something to get any infromation. But he was suprised and greatly relieved to see his daughter conversing with some of the locals. Pocketing the piece of flimsi, he walked over to Ashes and put a hand on her shoulder.

" Whats the matter Ashes? I came as soon as I got your message. Where is your mother?" Ares tried to keep his voice as calm as possible as he spoke.
 

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Ashes reached up and felt the gloved hand before turning.

“Daddy!” she exclaimed with relief. She hadn’t been so happy to see him since she was child.

The villagers turned their heads with discomfort. She frowned in their directly and grew solemn, running her hand up and down her arm as her questioned her.

“I don’t know…” She replied, “That’s what I’m trying to find out.”



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Evie had calmed herself to a point of robotic serenity as she sat amongst the overly packed floor of captive twi’leks. She looked ahead as if her neck lacked the capability of turning. It was dark and crowded, where shipments were normally tossed about with wreckless abandon they sat as unwilling passengers.

A fretful woman hung onto her husband on the verge of tears, her voice in stammering sobs and her lekku dangling before the Zabrak's unwavering gaze.

A twitch of her brow was the first crack in her composure.

After another flick of the head tails near her nose she snapped.

“Get those blue pythons out of my face, lady!” she snarled, sending the tearful Twi’lek into her man's arms.

Her face smoothed and pushed back a lock of her now loose hair, looking apologetic.

“Sorry , “ she said. “You were breaking my concentration…and when I can’t concentrare I get mean.”

“I-its ok.” the woman stuttered in thickly accented basic.

Eve turned to her excitedly.

“You know basic! Oh thank the stars!”

“ L-little…” the rutian said, her lekku retreating to her neck.

“Look at me! this is important I can help us.” Evie demanded, pointing to her eyes.

“Do you know where we’re headed?"

“N-no.” said the Twi’lek, looking to her male friend before answering.

“Do you know anything about what’s going on…?” Evie asked softly.

"Anything?"

“T-the Slave Trader, Banshi- she comes to my town all the time- u-usually only takes three!”

“Three people?” Evie inquired with a raised eyebrow.

“Y-yes,” replied the girl, “b-but no more. W-we said none now a-and she still came.”

Evie turned back to her line of sight and layed her head against the metal wall.

“s-she kept us from other t-traders, our town is small- b-but when we said no-”

“Please shut it, hun.” Evie spat.

“I have to think.”

reaching for her belt buckle she pulled from its compartment a red card with a gold insignia-her guild card. she smirked to herself and shut her eyes, tucking it back into its hiding place with satisfaction.
 
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" What do you mean you dont know? " The situation had made a turn for the worst. Ares's wife was missing, and the only person with her had no idea where she went. It reminded the hunter of when he had to save Stasha on Onderon, it took him close to a day to actually find her on the planet. The whole fiasco had prompted all guild members to be issued guild cards that had tracking beacons installed in them. At the very least it was something to bury if nothing else was found.

As Ares spoke he brought up a galactic map on his HUD with a sharp eye movement and a click of his teeth. Dozens of little blips blinked on the star map, showing the location of every member of the BHG. Scrolling through the list of names until he came upon his wifes, woh was listed as Eeicia Evie. Her blip was in the middle of a hyperspace route, meaning she was in transit, but several planets lay in the path of the route. Ares had no way of knowing at that moment where she was headed. Ontop of that, there wasnt many guild members close enough to respond other than himself.

Ares sighed a sigh of relief as he saw the Shawn was currently on Tatooine, one of the planets on the course of the hyperspace route. The bounty hunter made a mental note to keep that information at the ready. he wanted Shawn to be ready to intercept if need be.

" Ashes shes offworld. What happened?"
 

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Ashes turned to the people of the bar as she spoke. Her eyes an accusing lime spotlight.

“Slave Traders….” She said. “they like this town…The people didn’t want her around so I went in by myself, while I was here the salvers attacked and they got her!” she turned back to Ares, her nerves beginning to bustle beneath her self-possession.

“What do we do?” she asked.

She was frightened, She knew how the slave trade worked and even a woman as strong as her mother was not exempt.

“I should have stayed with her!”


The Green female stepped away, exiting the cantina with a stagger.
 

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" There was no way for you to know that it was going to happen." Ares said as he tried to reassure his daughter. most of his own worrying had subsided, since he had a general location as to where she was going. Being that the group that took Stasha were slave traders, Ares knew they would probably head for Tatooine. It was a well known fact that many a Hutt called the desert planet home, all were partial to slaves. Many tended to kill their slaves faster than they got them, making a demand that would warrent such hastey raids.

" Besides, I have a general location for where your mother might be. I have good reason to believe that she's headed for Tatooine. And it just so happens that we have a friend there right now. But first we need to get out of here and back into orbit. " The bounty hunter explained as he comm'd for his ship to come back down. Ares gestured for his daughter to follow him, then walked out of the cantina and back to where his ship had dropped him off. A large amount of dust was kicked up as the Precious Pride decended back down from the heavens and landed in the exact same spot.

When he got inside, Ares went straight to the cockpit and radio'd Shawn using a long range frequency.

" Shawn. It's Ares. Theres probably going to be a ship coming in on Tatooine. I dont know what port it will use but its coming from Ryloth. Its a slave vessel, and it has Stasha on it. Stall it in orbit if you can. And if you cant, keep them in whatever hanger thye land in. I'm on my way right now from Ryloth. Ares out." Ares cut the transmission shortly after, it would take several minute to get to Shawn. So Ares prepped his ships engines and closed the hatch after he was sure Ashes was on board. Seeing that she was, Ares punched the throttle and sent the Pride shooting into space and then into Hyperdrive shorty after.
 

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Shawn was helping unload supplies for the newly built BHG office on tatooine, when a worker from the office aproched him. "sir this comunica came in for you its from Ares Varga." the man said handeing Shawn a data pad with the message on it. Shawn sighed as he read the message about the slave ship and who was on it. 'That women can never stay out of trouble.' "Right alright all hands report back to the Justice, were going to get to test the tactical systems today." Shawn turned to the newly built support ship for the guilds many sattalight offices. it was a little bigger than a normal corvet and armed with two ion cannons, five lasser cannons, and two mass drivers, as well as a fast pupalsion system, and two spaceious cargo holds. the first officer for the shakedown cruise, and delivery came up to Shawn "anything wrong sir?" the man said as he finished giveing the orders to take off, and the ship was half way off world when he asked Shawn.

"Nothing to worry about just a small rescue operation to save a fellow guild member." as soon as Shawn finished his sentance the ship in question came out of hyperspace.

"This is the BHG ship justice, to unkown vessal we belave you have a member of our guild on board, and are holding her unjustly. if you do not powerdown your engines and hand her over, includeing any other illeagal goods we will be forced to detain you."
 

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Inside the ship’s captain grinned.

Now would be a good time.” She told her pilot, as soon as the hostile ship approached.

They jumped to light speed- coordinates plotted in space near Tatooine as they had been readying themselves before Shawn’s arrival. Not only did it put some distance between them and the self proclaimed, rescuers- but urged them ever closer to the desert planet.

They had, after all, been on course long before the intervention . The light freighter shot forward and the crew readied themselves for evasive maneuvers as they plotted to descend into the atmosphere just as the opposing captain made contact. The found their course and took action.
 

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"Frack hard about full speed ahead, I want the ion cannons to target there engines and I want the mass driver cannons fireing ahead of them try to force them back up, out of the gravity well to slow them down, use the lasser cannons to also try and force them inbetween the ion shots and the massdrivers shots. I want a short jump ploted ahead of them to cut them off, if need be." The justice was hard on the slavers heals fireing everything they got at there target.
 

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the craft was stalled as it neared the atmosphere and was strangely unresponsive as the attacking ship’s blast knocked them off kilter.

Two small ships shot free from the wreckage and towards Tatooine- rapidly tearing into the atmosphere.

A handful of the crew stayed with the main vessel, only a pair of them in each of the escaping containers, splitting their crop between them with plans to rendezvous at a later location.
 

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"Get a towing crew ready and capture that ship, and arrest anyone left on the enemy ship. I am going after the ones who fleed, alert Ares when he arrives, of whats going on and where I'm at." with that Shawn turned and left the bridge. "yes sir, and where would that be?" the first officer responded as Shawn walked to leave the bridge "after the ships that were launched." a few minutes latter a ship emerged from one of the small hangars, Shawn was in his ship going after the containner, with Stashas signal comeing from it, heading for the planet.
 
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Almost immediatly after exiting hyperspace over the desert planet of Tatooine, Ares's ship got hailed by a BHG vessel in orbit. The message stated that a small skirmish had ensued after the rouge slave ship exited hyperspace, resulting in ti splitting inot three crafts. Two small craft had rocketed towards the surface, Shawn had gone after the one that had Stasha's signature inside of it. Ares was then given the estimated coordinates of where the craft would hit surface.

Ares quickly plotted the coordinates into his nav computer, giving the ship a couple minutes to process the data. When finished the Precious Pride shot into the atmosphere after the fleeing slave ship.
 

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Shawn sent out numerous warnings to the ship he was chaseing as it decended through the atmospher following the beacon, it was transmiting strong. Shawn tried one last time to have them surrender, and when they were clear of the re-entry window Shawn deployed the wings, and went to full combat speed. "You have been warned." Shawn oppened fire with his AA guns and medium mass cannons cannons. His target was the bow of the ship hopeing to force them to ajust cours and land. but since they were in atmo they were less acurate at the speeds they were going.
 
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The small ship narrowly evaded the shots and neared the floor. It was a close call, they had nearly received a critical hit. Three large trucks awaited them, their twin however had been scorned and ignored by the attack.

It used the disinterest to its advantage and fired its only missle directly at the Bounty hunter's engine while he preoccupied himself with their sister vessel.
 
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Shawn was about to break off and go after the trucks on the floor when a missle warning indicator started screeming bloody murder, and out of no where like a ghost the secound transport was there on his tail and fired a missle. Shawn tried rolling out and fired off a few flares but it was to late the missle exploded near or right on the port engin killing all the engines. "This is BHG A17013E I have taken fire and am going down I will try for a crash landing in grid..." the transmision was cut off as the power faild. smoke bilowing from the damaged engine. "oh shit!" Shawn said as he braced for impact. as the ship went falling in a shallow spiral decent to the ground. the ship crashed upside down skidding to a hault a few feet, befor comeing to a stop
 

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Shawn's distress call sounded through the speakers in Ares ship. The bounty hunter was faced with a difficult decision, would he contiue to persue the beacon that signified his wife, or save Shawn from his ship. Which would become his tomb if nothing was done for him. Ares made his mind up in very little time, breaking off of his interception path, he banked hard and touched down next to the smoldering wreckage of Shawn's ship.

Powering down the ship as he turned the captain's chair around, Ares stood and started walking towards the Precious Pride's enterance ramp. He didnt even stop when he spoke to Ashes, as time was of the essence.

" Ashes, I want you to keep the engines running. I'm going to get Shawn out of his ship before it explodes with him inside. If I dont come back or I tell you to leave... Go back to Coruscant and get as many guild hunters as you can." His voice was serious, Ares didnt wait for a reply as he walked down the ramp and out into the bright twin suned surface of Tatooine.

The second his boots touched sand Ares began running towards the crashed vessel. He knew getting inside would be somewhat difficult, being that the ship had flipped upside down upon impact. Using his cybernetic arm, Ares climbed up the side of the ship onto the bottom of it, which was now the top. The access hatch was jammed, and Ares was forced to wedge it open partially before shooting out the hydraulics with his assualt rifle.

Smoke billowed out of the main hatch as it was ripped free from its hydraulic bindings. Ares activated his thermal visor before jumping into the wreckage, his airtight suit prevented any smoke from getting into his lungs or into his eyes. The hot air and fires that had started obscured his infared visor. Ares increased the volume on his exterior speakers before speaking.

" Shawn! Are you ok!?"
 
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