18 Chapter

I looked at the screen revealing a bald, tall (for a human), man sitting on a chair in a metal room. Turning to look down at Swan I tilted my head "No problems?"

My second in command shrugged "A couple of the droids will need some maintenance, they got a couple of lucky shots. One of them is completely wrecked. We did get all of them alive though."

"How long until they wake up?" I then asked turning back towards the screen.

She shrugged "Shouldn't be long. We did 'wake up from stun' training while in the fleet, I would usually wake after fifteen minutes or so. Let me tell you though, the headache is a complete bitch."

I nodded "Good. Start the search of the ship," before I opened the door and moved inside, locking it behind me as I curled up in the corner, waiting for the human to wake up.

It wasn't visible from the camera, but in the upper corners of the room there was a pair of security drones hovering.

The room was not small, but I still took up about a sixth of it.

Settling down I pulled out a small datapad, starting to flip through it idly, getting ready to wait for the dustling to wake up.

It was five minutes before he started to move. He groaned and touched his head as he shifted in his seat.

"Welcome back to the real world, Captain Jerad Mart." I commented, turning my glamor to low as I put the small datapad away. I wanted to look more impressive, not put him into divine hallucinations.

He jerked in his seat and looked over at me, almost falling out of the chair when he saw me "Ah! C-Captain Atreus!? Wow...uh, I didn't think you were that...large." he started before his brain caught up with him "You attacked us!"

I tilted my head as I shifted my wings in annoyance "Yes. You disobeyed a direct order. I will not accept that. Now, what were you smuggling and who do you work for?"

"I'm not smuggling anything!" he exclaimed as he stood up "I was carrying medical supplies! Damn it, what did you do with my ship!?"

"MY ship, you mean. You are a employee, if one I gave lots of freedom in how he went around his tasks. Now, what did you load on Nar Shaddaa and what was the landing pad you did it on?" I quickly countered, clicking my claws on my right hand together softly.

This kind of interrogating business would have been much easier if I had ended up as a female morrigi.

"Medical supplies! I was carrying a vaccine for temorian pox. It have a shelf life measured in days, I need to get it to the station now! Lives are at stake, damn it!"

I tilted my head as I watched him, wishing I had paid more attention to my force training. I had not learned to be able to feel minds yet so I didn't know if he was telling the truth or not.

"Who purchased the order and who will receive it?" I then asked "And what landing pad did you pick it up from?"

This continued for half a hour, he kept insisting he was carrying time sensitive medical supplies. After thirty minutes Swan knocked on the door before she walked inside "We searched the ship, we found a cargo of temorian pox vaccine..." she started to say.

"Yes! I told you! Let me go, we need to get the ship repaired now. I might still make it!"

My second in command gave him a flat look before turning back to me "We also found five smuggling compartments with cooling elements. Each of them contain hundreds of kilos of highly processed, frozen Andris."

Jerad Mart paled at the mention of his other cargo, collapsing in the chair.

I blinked down at her "What is Andris?"

Swan grimaced and shook her head "It is a Highly addictive drug. It boost the sensory perception of the user. Unrefined it is legal, highly refined it is not. If it is kept frozen between manufacture and...use...it's effect is even stronger."

"How much is it all..." I started to growl before I saw a movement in the corner, the prisoner had gone onto his feet, moving to grab his chair. I don't know if he planned to try to attack us with it or anything, but before the drones decided he was acting in a hostile manner and needed another stun, I reached for the force and PUSHED.

He flew across the room and slammed into the metal wall with a scream and loud thud.

Growling, I uncoiled, stalking across the room "You disobey orders, you lie...you use the good name of my company to break the law. You put my flock at risk." I started as I kept him pressed against the wall, sliding him higher.

That Dustling dared to do this. He betrayed the flock, he could have brought everything we worked for down around us.

Mart gasped and struggled "Y-you are a Jedi!" he yelled "Y-you cant do this!"

In my anger I struggled to keep my glamor under control, unable to bring it below medium. Swan had already turned her back to me and closed her eyes.

"I. Am not. A Jedi!" I hissed as I pressed harder at him with the force, keeping him pinned.

His eyes went wide "B-but you are...but you...oh...oh frak! That mean.." he started, growing completely white in his face "I give! I tell you anything you want! Please don't kill me! Please!"

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I flattened my feathers as I left the room ten minutes later. Swan followed and closed the door, locking it before she crossed her arms and leaned back against it.

I really should not have lost my temper like that.

There is emotion, yet peace.

What I felt in there was definitely emotion but there was very little peace involved. Yes, I definitively need to continue my training. For one thing I don't think they make dark leather outfits in my size.

Sighing I turned to my second in command "Have you heard about that group before? The Glass Hand?"

She frowned and shook her head "No, I haven't. But if they are moving this amount of refined Andris, they are not a small player. I should still have some contacts in the fleet, I'll ask around."

"How much is that bunch worth?" I asked, tilting my head.

Swan shrugged "I'm hardly up to date with the street price of drugs, but at least a million or two. What do you want to do?"

I shifted my wings before I sighed "Throw them into the brig for now and put the freighter in the cargohold of one of the shuttles. We hand it all over to republic forces when we return to Coruscuant."

"You sure, Captain? Technically we will be transporting contraband?" She said with a small frown.

Hesitating for a moment I thought it over before I nodded "Gather as much evidence as we can before jettison the drugs. Blast them before we enter hyperspace."

She nodded "Got it." Swan said before she hesitated for a moment "When was the last time you slept, Captain?" she then asked.

"To damn long. You are in charge, Commander. Unless the local primary go nova or we are getting shot at, I don't want to be bothered for the next seven hours." I said before I turned to leave.