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

[Thecomicbookbroad]

The Rodian cringed, drawing back his chin and shutting his eyes tight. The pressure was too much, he broke the the information spilled prematurely.

“Banshi Dagger!’ he squeaked.

“Who else? The ware at the town’s end! Her ship is parked right here!”

Gesturing crudely to an unseen vessel he struggled idley.

 

[T.J]

" Good man. Now run along.......and you better find a different field of work. Or ill be coming for you in the near future."

Ares stated as he holstered his blaster and walked over to the ship the rodian had indicated. Motioning for Shawn to be at the ready for anything hostile. Not knowing how exactly to get the attention of the sentient that was probably inside the ship, Ares decided to go to a more brutish method.

Without much more forethought, Ares brought up his cybernetic arm and punched the ships main access hatch repeatedly. Not stopping until he left a fist sized dent in the metal.

 

[Thecomicbookbroad]

Banshi departed from her crop momentarily on “Business.”

“You have an urgent message from Mr. Kartel” one of her hands explained hurriedly as he strode by her side and out of the main warehouse.

Still reeling from her public humiliation the Twi’lek self consciously mended her red skin dye with a pocket mirror.

“Tell me.” she was all she said.

The human stopped, regarding her with a puzzled look.

“Its…Via holo- it’s a holo message”

Obviously, His tone implied. Banshi’s cleft lip gave her a constant sneer and drew his eye to her severed lips on impulse.

She turned away and left him with a wave of her hand.

“I will speak to him from my ship.” She said.

“This is a personal matter-”

Entering the garage she found the location named….Open. The access to her ship crudely rendered to wreckage with a gaping hole its hatch. She rushed to it and touched the large dent with her fingers tips.
Her face contorted with rage.

“Who has done this!” she seethed in a low rattle.

 

[T.J]

((Your post confused the hell outta me tay....but I'm gonna post anyway!))

" That....would be me...."

Ares said in his cold metallic voice as he made his presence known above the twi'lek. He was atop the ship directly above the main access hatch, kneeling down with his right forearm resting across his knee, blaster pistol already primed and pointed at Banshi with his left. The only thing the twi'lek would be able to see of the bounty hunter through the dark would be his visor and the hot barrel of a wound up blaster pistol.

" Banshi Dagger I presume?" Ares knew just by how the humanoid reacted to the damage done to the ship that it was indeed the person he was looking for, he just wanted to see how the twi'lek would react. Without waiting for an anwer the armored hunter continued.

" You have something that is very important to me..... And I want it back... Now" Ares didnt worry about Dagger running away, he knew Shawn was still coverty guarding the door.

 

[Arm514ve]

Shawn walked up behind Banshi with his pistol drawn nd aimed at her and a cabob in the other. "so this is the ring leader eh Boss? oh and if you thought you can escape by me don't try it i have rigged most of the ways in after you entered with some explosives I bought in the market place. its amazeing what you can find on this planet. So be a good little slaver and tell us the info we want." Shawn said finishing the cabob and throwing the stick behind him.

 

[Thecomicbookbroad]

“Inform the others!” Shouted the Slaver to her fleeing associate.

Banshi frowned, the lines in her brow growing deeper with anger. The addition of Shawn was troubling, she had blindly stepped into a ambush.

The feeling of powerlessness was enough to drive any megalomaniac mad. If she was to be bested however, humans seemed the suitable executioners…which at least one of the gunmen appeared to be.

“I have nothing of yours.” She spat, eyes downcast, shifting to Shawn with curiosity.

 

[T.J]

" Oh you dont do you?"

Ares said with a synical tone as he hopped down off the top of the ship and stood before Banshi, pistol still aimed at the twi'lek. Without taking his eyes off her he spoke to Shawn.

" Be a good mate and chase after thme would you? I dont want them getting off planet side- They might lead you to what we're looking for..."

Finally holstering his heavy blaster, Ares drew his longer 8 inch combat knife from his belt, letting it glint in the light cast by the doorway into the hanger as he held it in his left hand.

" Ive chased you damn near across the galaxy Miss Dagger....... All the way from Ryloth. " Ares said as his voice started getting gritty and dark with anger. The buzzing that came from the woman before him was imediatly apparent the second she had entered the hanger. Without warning the bounty hunter grabbed Banshi with his cybernetic arm by the neck, bringing her face mere inches away from his visor, the hate in his voice was almost boiling over beyond turning back.

" You took someone very dear from me there...... And your GOING!....... To tell me where she is! Where are all the slaves at!?"

 

[Arm514ve]

"Ok have fun..." Shawn said as he ran after the few slavers that went out the only safe door. The others were blown to kingdom come as they exited the building. Shawn’s voice then crackled through the comms "Boom! Said the lady." Shawn laughed while in pursuit. "nothing like fried slavers in the morning, oh and boss miss slaver isn’t what she appears she missed a spot."

 

[Thecomicbookbroad]

Dagger’s eye grew wide at the forceful contact.

Slit mouth curling into a partial smile her expression was a mixture of intimidation and amusement. It wasn’t often she was at another’s mercy.

“Not a something…but a someone….” she thought aloud.

“I am a business woman,” Said the twi’lek and the boom of explosives in her back drop sent her off kilter.

“No!” She lowered her voice to a whisper.

“I will offer you two twi’leks- it is all I can do!”

Desperation began to peak as the urgency of her master’s address was recalled.


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The detonation of multiple explosives caught the ear of Ashes. With a quick turn on her heel she sprinted towards the echoing hanger, ramming a passing woman and pausing only to scoop up and return her groceries to her arms.

After a muttered appology and a second pause to show her submissively waving hands to another human obstacle she continued.

 

[T.J]

" I dont want any fracking twi'leks! "Ares said as he brought his knife closer to Banshi's face. He wasnt going to cut her, just yet. The information he needed was far too important for the hunter to just kill her off.

" There is one amongst your herd that is not like the rest...... A female zabrak..... You take me to her and I wont gut you and everyone you know. " The armored hunter set the twi'lek back down on the ground while still keeping his cybernetic hand grasped tightly around her neck. Any sign of retaliation and he would crush her windpipe like a bug.

 

[Thecomicbookbroad]

“The Zabrak…” Banshi ruminated aloud in a raspy whisper. She bit her lip and let her eyes roll from Ares’ visor to the far wall. She assumed that beneath his helmet he too was one of the horned mongrels she so despised.

“ I can lead you to what’s left of her-” she began

Ashes Entered, following the same path Shawn had taken. The Slaver paid her little mind and turned back to her assailant.


“ But gut me and there will be no one to sort out her pieces from the other bad mince.”

 

[Arm514ve]

Shawn listened in on an open channel since he wanted any hint so he can stop this irritating chase with these slavers.

"Ooh big mistake miss. Twi’lek you shouldn't have said that." Shawn bit his tong after he finished saying that. As he rounded the corner and stopped suddenly as he saw the slavers stop in front of a warehouse type building on can find on Tatooine, and entered hastily. Shawn ducked behind cover out of sight and watched them enter

"I believe I have found there hideout boss. request permission to infiltrate." he sad in a weired accent for his tounge still hurt.

 

[T.J]

An ember of rage sparked into an inferno in Ares's heart at the mention of Stasha being hurt. For a breif moment he was sure he was going to kill the twi'lek, and in that breif moment, his knife dipped low and came into contact with the females skin, leaving a line of red deeper than the color of her skin, which Ares had realized was paint due to it staining the metal on his hand.

" If you dont want someone to have to sort you out of bad mince, you'll take me to her." Ares said as he glanced breifly to see his daughter walk in, it gave him the clarity he needed to not kill Banshi right then and there. THe bounty hunters voice got colder as he spoke again, bringing it to just above a whisper.

" There is virtually nothing.... Keeping me from killing you. I suggest you cooperate with me."

 

[Thecomicbookbroad]

Banshi Growled, her eyes squinting through the pain of her shallowly slit gullet.

Inside the ship a message was received and gave a chirp upon the dash.

“Dad!” Ashes exclaimed, changing her course for the ship’s alert of “Mail”

“Stop!” The slaver interjected.

“I will take you to her.” She agreed reluctantly.

 

[T.J]

" Oh good. " Ares said as his voice totally changed to that of a somewhat cheery tone. He let go of the twi'leks neck, which showed her true skin color. It was slightly suprising to see a twi'lek fake the color of their skin, he never really understood the difference between the different colors other than region. With the help of Banshi guarentee'd, Ares turned his attention to his daughter, whom had somehow found him.

" Ashi! " The armored hunter exclaimed as he again grabbed Banshi, but this time by the shoulder close to the neck, pushing her slightly sho she would walk in the direction on Ashes.

" I'm glad you found me. Miss Dagger here is going to take us to your-" His sentence was cut off by a comm message from Shawn, asking for an ok to infiltrate the base. Turing his head away from Ashes for a moment, he spoke quickly.

" Go ahead Shawn, but be careful. I dont wanna have to go save you too."

 

[Arm514ve]

"Right wilco, and besides a few thugs are nothing to worry about." Shawn finished saying as he made sure his helmit was securly set and as he readied his dual auto slug pistols. then stoped after a few steps. he drew a block of explosives, and placed it on the door. he took cover and then blew the door. Shawn ran in ready for a fight, and found the room completely empty. "What the hell. I know this was the right spot. Uh boss I have a problem. um the slavers I was chaseing disapered from a closed room."