A Pirate, and his prize. (Ask)

[Rethius Cettle]

* Vick's ship, or the dark angle as it has been called because when you see it, chances are you will die. Soared into kessle's night sky. It was very silent and a lone group of landing pads sat in the middle of nowhere with one small look out tower in the center of the four lone landing pads. Only one pad was occupied, no less it belonged to the owner. The dark angle began to slow down as it engaged it's landing gear hovering over a vacant pad. The dark angle then gentiley set down on the pad as the engines died. The cocpit window slid open as the ubese bandit stepped out onto the pad. He looked about his scanner automaticly adjusting to night vision, approching from the tower entrance he got a reading of a life form giving off to small of a thermal reading to be a human. Vick, curious but cautious drew his ubese battle rifle and began to approch silently.*

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*As the figure drew closer it was clear by his large amphibeous eyes that the figure was an aqualosh. No less the owner, the aqualosh introduced himself.*

"Hellow fellow sentiant, I see you have landed in my pad quad. This requires a toll of credits, after all this is my land."

*Two could play at this game vick thought to himself, he then began to speak in ubese to the aqualosh.*

"Yadi Varck poscket hutties?"

*The aqualosh only understood the last part but was never the less confused.*

"Don't you speak basic?"

*This became boring very quickly to vick, and it had only just begun. Turing to past tendacies vick shoved the endof his rifle into the aqualosh's stomach.*

"As a matter of fact, I do... In fact my favorite word in basic is dead..."

*Vick's dark gloved tore through the darkness and gripped firmly onto the aqualosh's shoulder keeping him from moving. Vick wasted no time in blowing the aqualosh's lunch out of his back. The darkness was breifly eluminated by the blaster fire, when vick stoped he released his grip on the aqualosh's shoulder as the owner layed dead by his feet.*

"Hmm, looks as if I got more then I origonaly thought I would gain.."

*The ubese bandit laughed slyly as he stepped over the aqualosh's body heading onward towards the tower.*

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*Vick pushed the tower entrance door open, it had been unlocked when the aqualosh came out to meet his demise. The ubese bandit entered into a box like room with a two buttons labbled with two arrows, one on each button. Vick pressed the up arrow and the low tech elevator lifted him up into the top room of thelook out. As he stepped out he saw a entire control pannle with communication devices and past ship logs. The curious bandit thought it would be best to veiw the archives first...*

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*Vick's eye was caught by a glow from the control panel, a small blue screen read "File obtained". Vick approched the screen and hit a key whic read "Accept". A voice began to play.*

Supply caravan will arrive in exactly two hours. Rerout shippment to tatooine.

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*Just like that the message ended with a click, there was no mention of where the caravan would be coming from however. Vick quickly ran a search on it's cargo and destination. The blue screen hummed silently in the dark room it being the only source of light. A high pitched chime echoed as a list appeared.*

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Departure: Kessle
Destination: Vendaxa
Cargo: seven crates of glitterstem
Order From: N/A

*Vick was in deep thought as too why a shippment of spice would be heading way out there. He decided to get the awnsers from the piolet of this caravan once he returned. Of corse he wouldnt be directed to tatooine, vick grinned slyly as he began to plot.*

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*As vick waited he found himself beginging to doze leaning back in a chair by the control pannel. When about two hours had passed, he was awoken as the veiw screen within his helmet which he veiwed the world by was flashing brightly as he saw a large cargo ship touch down on the pad adjacent to the dark angel. Beaming lights lit up the dark landing station as vick saw the craft's lights die and its gear engage. A long boarding ramp dropped out from infront of the long cargo ship. Two men walked down the ramp fromt he ship, one held a data pad which gave off a blue glow. The other held a blaster in his hand, both of the men walked towards the look out tower. No doubt they were looking for the dock owner, vick forgot to move the body as both men stared in shock as they saw the dead aqualosh laying face down on the ground by the dark angel. The one holding the data pad gave out a silent shreak as the other readyed his pistol and looked around in all directions cautiously. Vick pulled his rifle into his arms and hunched low so they wouldnt see him through the large windows in the look out tower. He knew they would have to die, but he needed to be careful. There was probaly more onboard the cargo ship. Vick, knowing this slowly inched his way to the elevator and entered. A silent hum was heared as it began it's decent. Preparing for contact he held his rifle out right so if someone was waiting for him as the elevator door opend he could swiftly dispatch them with no problem.*

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*The door opend and no one stood there awaiting him, vick cautiously proseceded to the tower's exit, the doors had windows from which he could see the two men standing over the corpse. He waited a moment trying to hear what they were saying.*

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It came out clear to vick as he could easaly hear both men.

*The one holding the data pad turned to the other still in shock.*

"Should we just go in then and check our re routed destination?"

*The one still looking around to be sure they were safe, nodded and began to walk over towards the tower entrance where vick was hunched down spying on the two from. Vick himself became nervous, it was dark and quiet out. He knew what needed to be done, as the two approched the door he pulled himself away from the window and waited for them to enter. He stood where the door would make contact with the wall as to avoid detection. The steel door swung open and only tapped lightly aginst vick's breast plate. The two men entered and as planned headed in the opposite direction of the ubese bandit. One of them pressed a button and the elevator opened as the doors opend vick pushed the steel door away closing the way out. With a echoing click the two saw vick, his expresion couldnt be seen, all the more frightening for the two cornered piolets. The elevator began to close, vick tryed to get in to the two, but he wasnt quick enough. Just as he was able to touch the elevator door it was sealed.*

*Never the less, he knew they were still trapped.*

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*The two men stared at each other as the doors closed, frozen in fear they didnt exactly know what to say. The one holding the data pad thought a moment as they began to move upwards into the tower.*

"O-okay, when we get up into the control room we will just send the rest of the crew a message of distress and they will come and help us... From there we can also disable the elevator so that guy cant get us."

*The man smiled in a ray of hope, so did the other as he realized, yes that could work.*

*Finaly the elevator door slid open revealing the control room of the tower. It was just like the bridge of a ship, windows on all sides with computers raised up on desks. It was quiet here, and gave both men a erie chill feeling which ran down their spine.*

"Okay, I will send the message."

*Onboard the cargoship a itorian sat in the piolet's seat with his feet up on the control pannel. In one hand he held a drink of some sort, and the other was behind his head relaxingly. A sudden beep shocke dthe ithorian as he scrambled about and spilled the drink all over himself, he grabbed the communicator which made the beeping. Asuming a transmittion he responded.*

"This is freighter 104, capitan speaking..."

*One of the men who entered spoke out imediatly.*

"Yes sir, when we entered after informing you of the owner's death we think we found the killer..."

*The ithorian capitan sat up straight looking out of the window of the main hold of the ship seening the two men inside the tower's control room.*

"You have my undivided attention now..."

*The man tryed to stay calm as he responded.*

"We almost suffered the same fate, it seems a man dressed in ubese armor has gone on a rampage. He probaly entered the elevator, which is why we locked it down. Could you send some of the crew over here on the entrance of the elevator, then we can lower him down there and maybe you could uhh, swat him?"

*The ithorian chuckled amused by the situation.*

"Sure thing boys, we got this guy trapped. But lets just keep this hush hush around the authorities okay?"

*The two men nodded.*

"Sure thing, we will communicate via comm link now okay?"

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*Vick as predicted had entered the elevator, it was rising when all of a sudden he noticed it stopped and all the lights and power were cut off to it. He heared more people coming into the tower and was begining to feel as if he was being out flanked. Thinking quickly on a way to keep moving he punched aginst the elevator walls.... nothing.*

*It was dark, he could barely see the hand infront of his face, only his night vision provided by his helmet allowed him to see anything int his dreaded box. he got another idea just then. Leaning to one side he put his full weight aginst this side, and then pushed aginst the other with his full weight. He continued going back and forth always increasing the momentum. Soon he found he was making the elevator swing by the cable it was attached to, if only he could get it off the henges he thought. But it wouldnt swing to enough of a degree that that could happen, the construction of the elevator wouldnt allow such a manuver to work in the way he wanted it to work. All of a sudden he heard a voice call out.*

"Alright, activate the elevator, have it come down now."

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*Looking about franticly vick's last idea had to work other wise he wouldnt see the light of day again. He moved his right hand to his waste line, he felt through the darkness as even his night vision wasnt helping 100%. He finaly found the blade's handel and drew it from it's sheth swiftly. As he pulled it out it hit the wall making sparks fly followed by a ear pericing screech. Not wasting any time he looked up at the elevator ceiling and stabed the blade into it with all his might. Yet even then it did little for him, he pulled his sword back down and thrusted it again into the ceiling. This time a dent was created. Pulling back again he once more thrusted it inward. This time a small punture was made. Pleased but knowing that was only the begining of the job he didnt stop for a second. He then began to move the durasteel blade through the metalic elevator ceiling in a circle, it required all of his vital force to push that thing through this hard metal. as he almost compleated the circle the lights in the elevator flipped on. Just then vick finished and a metal circle fell down on the elevator floor. Vick then crawled out throguh the hole and stood ontop of the elevator, he was close to the control room now.*

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*As vick stood up ontop of the elevator, he grabed onto the cable and planted his feet aginst the side walls as he began walking on up the elevator lift. All of a sudden, the cable began to move down towards the main level. Vick started moving faster with both his hands which he used to hoist himself up the lift, and his legs which held him aginst the lift's walls. Not being to far from the main level anywyas, the cable stopped moving as the elevator reached the team of smugglers as they opened fire on nothing inside the elevator. Vick was still climbing up to the top as the smoke cleared for the partisans bellow. One man yelled.*

"Hold your fire, hold your fire..."

*The smoke cleared to show nothing but a metal plate on the ground. The man who called out hte order then cautiously walked into the elevator and looked up to see a hole. Compleatly awed by this he was speechless, one of the other smugglers followed close behind and looke dup at the hole.*

"Damn, thats one determined son of a gun..."

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*Vick finaly made it to the top level, he was tired to say the least. His dark gloves were scuffed and his armor was covered in dust from moving up through the shaft. He finaly stood where the elevator would stand and open it's door for one to enter the control room. He pushed the tips of his hands into the slidding doors and pulled them appart with everything he had, they were normaly controled mechanicaly but never the less they did move a little bit when vick pulled them appart. He continued struggling until they finaly flew open. Vick then stumbled in as he saw the two frightend men staring at him. Suddenly the suspence was shattered as the comm read out a message sent by the team down bellow.*

"Watch out boys, he is coming your way!"

*The two men didnt even notice the comm message, they kept their attention on vick at all times. When he stepped foward, they stepped backwards. Vick then shethed his blade onto his belt and drew his blaster rifle from off his back. Pointing it at the man with a pistol he exaustedly spoke.*

"What are you shipping?"

*The man hesitated but when he heared vick ready the rifle he spoke.*

"We sent a shippment of glitterstem off to Vendaxa, it was requested to exchange that for several battle trained acklay."

*Vick became wide eyed as he heared that word, although you couldent tell by apperance, one could since vick's suspenceful silence. Vick stared off into nothing as the two men began to sweat not knowing if thye would be spared or not.*

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*Vick's finger on the trigger tightens breaking the silence as a single shot enters out going right through the man with the pistol. Yet there is no other noises, the other man is num from shock and only looks down at his fallen commrade. He thne looks back at vick who seems aswell emoitanless. Reality sets in as vick turns and begins to approch the remaining smuggler. Time seems to slow down to a crawl as vick raises his rifle to the man who is backed up aginst the control pannel. Vick continues to approch ever so slowly, and instinctfuly the man pushes himself farther away pressing buttons as he crawls backwards over the control pannel until his back touches the cold glass window. He turns his head and can plainly see out of the corner of his eye the drop he would face.*




*The rest of the crew had exited the tower trying to see what was going on, they stare up at the control room seeing their fellow crew man pressed ub aginst the window. All eyes stay focused and no sound is uttered. All seems like a dream as a blood curddling cry breaks out along with the shatter of glass. And a scream from the crew member as he falls from the tower.*

[Halan]

*Halan stepped out from a darkened ally looking up at the lookout tower...he smiled as he looked up....the tattered body of a man lay at the buttum of a look out tower as several others looked up at it the building...he walked up to them and took his place in there line up not loking indifferent or that he was completely out of place amongst them*