Tatoonie Part 1

"What did you do to her?" XoXann asked when Alex came back down a few hours later. "That scream was horrific."

"Hmm nothing that she didnt ask for." Alex gestured for Balfour to move. The boy nodded and left to do other work. Sitting down, Alex checked over everything with no issues. "How is it looking for our landing location?"

"We will be fine." Amy said. "Just might need to hire a few locals for guides. Not much else really."

"That won't be necessary. Both I and Hunter have been here before." Mace said coming to the front. Marvis finished a little at the controls and offered the spot to XoXann. "Alex do you have time to talk privately?"

"Uh huh. Go for it. Not much you can't ask me. Can not guarantee any answers or answers you would like." Alex said as neutrally as possible. He reached over and touched Inferna's left wrist. Removing the flamethrower, he disconnected the fuel nozzle and went to work on it. "Go ahead."

"The Jedi.. do you hate them?" Mace asked. The air turned slightly stale. Either the oxygen scrubbers were on the fritz, or people turned uncomfortable.

"Hmm dislike is more like it. I do like the Jedi members in the craft right now. The problem I have is with the suppression of emotion disguising it as control. It ..is stifling to say the least." Alex said politely. "That way of life is not for everyone. I am happy that the Order stopped kidnapping kids though. That is defintely a bad habit they picked up for awhile."

"You are not wrong." Mace leaned against the side. "What would it take for you to become a Jedi?"

"Nothing that I know of can make me become a Jedi. Just like their is nothing that can make me become a Sith. I rather just work with the force and learn what I can. That means nothing is off limits." Alex spared the man a glance.

"Hey, eyes here." Inferna pointed at the nozzle. Alex responded and let Mace thinking on it a bit. "Take this part off to." Dislodging another connector, Inferna moved to the side a little.

"Knowledge is power and all that." Alex turned the chair and looked at Mace as he worked. The flamethrower dismantling as he took it further apart with the force. "That does not mean I will use it all. Some things even I think should never be touched. I would destroy the knowledge as soon I come across it, if it served no greater purpose.."

"That is not a smart thing to do." XoXann said. "It should be preserved."

"Yeah right... the idea of preserving something can destroy a planet or chain link an innocent group of people makes sense how exactly?" Alex shook his head in dismay. It may be naive thinking on his part, but it was something he wouldnt change. "So the knowledge of the thought bomb should be preserved?"

"The thought bomb?" Amy asked.

"A group of psycho got togethor and linked themselves in the force. Togethor they wiped out a very large population of life." Alex stated blankly. He put the flamethrower back togethor two more times before finding a problem with the fuel receiver. Passing it back to Inferna who then fixed it in place. "Sone things must be destroyed as well as the people who thought it up and set it into action."

"I can sense your anger, a sore subject." Mace said.

"Not a fan of fanatics and terrorists. Just rubs me the wrong way." Alex checked over everything again with Inferna. No problems were found. "Ok defintely good to go."

"Beep, beep." The console went off letting them know landing procedures were initiated. Everyone took a seat and prepared for descent.

-Planetfall-

"So the couplings burned out." Marvis said. "I did not think they would go out so quick. We need to replace them and fast. Ship can not break atmosphere if we dont."

"Alright." Alex looked to Mary. "You and Amy figure out what needs to be done in that regard. You two and Marvis are better at finding things then I am."

"Already on it." Amy answered. "I will see to that, while everything else is on your group." She smiled and walked back into the ship. Marvis following along with a smirk. He did not like the desert.

"Time for some food." Alex answered looking at his wrist. A few key entries alerting Obiwan of their location. Not getting a response back, Alex and company split up to search around.

Making it to the market area was not that hard. Finding something worthwhile however, was another matter.

"Hey, how much for the Droidca?" A bounty hunter asked. Alex paid the man no mind as he looked at a weird gun. It really looked like a nerd gun. "I am talking to you."

"I am not for sale." Inferna answered. "Go make your own droid."

"Alex, check this out." Balfour said. In his hand was a weird dagger. A green glint that drew the eye by the tip. The blade itself looked almost organic. "It is really cheap."

"Then buy it." Alex looked at it and saw nothing wrong with it. No weird tingles or impending doom coming from it. Slightly curved at the hilt. "Just try not to get infected or anything."

"Hey! I have had my shots!" Balfour said smiling. He turned and bought the dagger along with a black sheath. 'It looks so kool.' Tucked on his side, none of them caught a man looking over from another stall.

"How much for this power converter?" Alex asked. The merchant held up three fingers. "300 credits, not bad." Reaching to pay, the merchant stopped him and shook his head. "What?"

"3000 ceedits." The merchant in the neighboring stall said.

"Oh.. no." Alex said slowly. He placed it back down and moved on furthur. "Not much what we need here. Maybe furthur in."

"If you are looking for better parts, try Orko's." The merchant that helped Alex from before said. "Green hut top, and really stinky smell."

"More than the others?" Alex asked. The man nodded. "Well why not." Looking for the rest of his party, he found Mary yelling with someone. "This can not end well."

The person Mary was telling with, turned out to be a Bothan. Basically a canine person. With the thick fur, you would expect the creature to defintely not be there in the desert.

"Huile is up to his tricks again." A local said. "Such a shame to."

"Think she will be ok?" Another local asked. "Then again, she. is outnumbered drastically."

"Look banta breath, I did not take your crap." Mary said. She pushed the guy off her to create distance. "You and your bodies need to back off."

"Stesling around her is punishable offense. Maybe we should teach a lesson first?" Hulie sneered.

"Pft, I will skin you and make a rug." Mary said. Her hands were already on her holdout pistols. 'Why me?'

"Hey Mary, come on." Alex said walking over. Inferna was right behind him. "Stop playing with the locals, we have work to do." Mary walked back slowly to Alex. Much to the Bothan's annoyance.

"Sorry about that. Where to?" Mary asked. Her eyes never leaving the others.

"So place good apparently." Alex answered. Walking off, he felt a change in the air.

"Pew!" Someone fired at Mary. "Bwoom!" The blaster fire was stopped in the air by Alex.

"You lost something." Alex said over his shoulder."Here you go." Flicking it back, the shot went right through a Bothan's leg. Right under the kneecap.

"Vroom!" Hulie drew a vibro sword. All the others had their blaster rifles at the ready.

"You will pay for that." Hulie said. Alex and company just kept moving. "How dare you ignore me!" Charging forward after them, he was not expecting Mary to flip in the air doing a twirl. "What in the.."

"Pew, pew!" Two shots caught Huloe in the shoulders. "Pew!" Inferna fired her Sniper rifle at another Bothan. She brained him instantly. "Pew, pew, pew!" Little Balfour spun on his heels unloading.

"I can not move!" Another Bothan yelled. Alex hand was outstretched holding them in place. He did not stop walking. "Hulie!" He yelled to his leader.

"Schlick!" Mary cut down the Bothan's back as she landed. Pistol pointed at the center of his back, she fired. "Pew!" Hulie let out whimper as he fell.

"Roo!" Honestly sounded like a dying dog. The others dropped their weapons. Mary searched Hilie and grabbed his data pad and creitd he had. The Gun looked nice, so she took it as well. She looked around seeing how know one tried anything else, moved away. Several natives stared at the equipment that was up for grabs.

"You guys should go." Balfour said to the other Bothans. They needed no more trouble and hauled tail. Catching up with the others, Balfour smiled. "Thank you for letting some of them go. Not all of them were bad."

"Uh huh. Just try not to be fooled by the ability of yours." Alex said. Balfour nodded and rembered to stay diligent. His training was only just beginning and he had a lot to learn.

Making it to the shop, Alex was sad to see the out to do businuess sign. That is when he finally recieved word from Obiwan.

"Beep, beep!" The message was as followed.

(Head to Corra's den to rest. Meet tommorrow at the abandon spaceport.)

"Well shoot. Alright, everyone is free to do whatever. Meet back at Corra's den. Do not go out alone."Alex turned to everyone. He recieved a few nods and slight grumbling. "Do not get killed if you do go out alone."

"Hey, how about searching for some parts for me?" I fernanda asked.

"We have not found jack. And this person is not here.. so.. yeah." Alex threw his hands up exasperated. "Fi e let's keep looking. The day is still really early."

They found nothing the entire day. Just junk and a lot of bounty hunters in the area. Which was really weird. Dooku had spent time training his sister on the ship. Tje others just went party. No one died. But a few hangovers made them wish it.

-A day later-

"Obiwan, how goes things? Not as bad as we heard right?" Mace asked.

"No Master Windhu." Obiwan returned a pleasant greeting as well. "However, the Hutt's no longer cooperate with me. I may have stepped on a few toes as I moved about. I need to pass the baton to someone else." He looked over to Alex.

"What do you think?"

"Ummm." Alex thought about it, but received an answer he did not want.

(A deal of Hutt's and Men: Talk with Jabba the Hutt to gain access to additional missions and resources. Warning Obiwan cannot die while on Tatoonie. Rewards: Vary)

(Huttese language acquired)

"For boots in the cold!" Alex kicked the sand.

"Take that as a yes." Obiwan cocked his head to the side with a raised eyebrow. Alex gave him a nod. "Here is the information I obtained so far. It should help." Taking it, Alex read the data pad over.

"Bounty hunters, Raiders, Slavers, Jailers, and Rapists. Wow this planet is really a shit hole." Alex read out the information as he moved. "Better to save who you can and leave this place."

"Try not to blow anything up." Mace called out. He shook his head at Alex not paying attention. "Really hope he does not blow things up." Obiwan just smiled from the side. He turned to look at Hunter.

"Sup Obiwan?" Hunter asked. The man's gaze pro.pted him to speak. He did not really fit in with any of the people still.

Balfour, Mary, and Inferna moved along with Alex. The other troopers and Rakghoul humans, went to another city to gather intel and pick up supplies. XoXann went to do... well XoXann businuess.