Bounty Hunter's Tales
Steps to Death
5 days have passed since the fall of Vader
Fett: Looks like we'll be in hyperspace for a while...
he climbs down from the cockpit and goes down into the Slave 1 interior with Wolf
Wolf: Why do you have this silver mask?
Fett: Don't touch it...that was my father's Jango Fett
Wolf: Oh sorry...::he puts the helmet back on the shelf and closes the glass door::
Fett: We'll head over to my secret base on Tanab where you can use my unfinished, Slave V
Wolf: ThanksYou sure its clear over there?
Fett: I doubt anyone is there
The cockpit control panel flashes a light and beeps
Fett: I'm picking up a signal from Vader's flagship...pretty far but one of my satellites detects him
Wolf: Put it through
After talking to the Lieutenant they finally talk to Vader
Fett: This is Boba Fettwe heard the news about the New Galactic Imperial Republic's fall
Vader: Where were you guys?
Wolf: Lets say we're doing a little espionage and taking out a crime syndicatewe didn't expect the attack to be so soon so we were going to try and gather Black Death together so we could wipe them out all at once
Vader: We're en route to Dagobah, we'll meet you there when you guys are done
Wolf: How is Princess Suzuka?
Vader: I don't know she's not with you?
Fett: Wolf's ship is gone and she wasn't with him there and I normally try not to push for three in this ship
Vader: Maxi?
Maxi: I just researched...she's been captured and they are threatening her daughter, ruler of their government...they are requesting for negotiations but as we know it takes a while for them to respond to messages...But she is alive
Vader: Heard that Wolf?
Wolf: Damn...yeah I heard it...Fett and I are stopping near Tanab so I can use one of his ships, after I finish building it...then we're heading out to destroy Black Death...over and out...::he presses a switch on the counsel and the transmission ends::
Fett: Sounds pretty bad...We have to destroy Black Death, we mustn't forget that
Wolf: I know...it's the Princess I'm worried about
Fett: She'll be fine...Everything will be all right once we get rid of Black Death and start the uprising
Wolf: I have a price on my head and since we owned planets of Vader's...they might want to kill us too
Fett: Fear no death...Death is but a fear...have no fear
Wolf: True...
The counsel beeps again and soon they exit hyperspace and approach a planet
Fett: We're here...
The Slave 1 approaches the orange dusty planet and enters its atmosphereit soon heads towards a dessert are and to their surprise they see a ship and a legion of Death Troopers at the entrance to the base
Wolf: I thought you said no one knew about it
Fett: Guess I was wrong...looks like our old friend
Wolf: Ghost?
Fett: Yup
The Slave 1 lands a few hundred feet away from the troops as they stand there watching as they come out of the Slave 1
Gray Ghost: Boba Fett, Wolf! It is suggested that you surrender now or you will die!
Fett: You truly haven't seen a bounty Hunter in action have you? Are you even a part of the guild?
Gray Ghost: I am...this is what I am being paid for! Even you can't withstand a blaster bolt! These are the troops that conquered Vader's forces!
Fett: You and I both know how stormtroopers are...if D'Artagnan trained these guys personally than he surpassed the Stormtroopers
Gray Ghost: Do you surrender?!
Fett: Never...
Gray Ghost: I'm sorry...as a child I looked up to you...you were my inspiration to be a Bounty Hunter...Squad, take them out and tear the Slave 1 into pieces
Death Trooper leader: Yes sir!
The Gray Ghost turns around sending his cloak flying in the wind as he boards his ship and leaves
Fett: 40? Overkill...and these guys are suppost to be good
Wolf: Think we can take them?
Fett: Yeah...I'm not letting them tear my ship apart
Fett Rockets into the sky and hovers there for a moment and starts firing at them as Wolf starts shooting at them with his blaster...the Death troopers scatter and start firing at them, 4 troops aim upward and shoot at Boba Fett and hit him in the chest with a boltFett starts falling down and soon he hits the ground and as ten troops go in front of him they take aim making sure he is dead
Wolf: FETT!!!
Wolf shoots a troop through the heads of five troops then he pulls back on a rod which seems to be like a pump for the gun...he takes aim at a small group in front of him and fires, soon a huge ball of blaster energy is fired and it incinerates 10 troops
Fett: ug...::he gets down on his hands and soon the top piece to his jetpack launches like a rocket at the troops in front of him and all 20 of them are blown sky-high
Wolf: Fett! How-How did-
Fett: Mandalorian armor, deflects all but a lightsaber
Wolf: Heh...remind me to pick up some
Fett: Costs dearly...
Wolf: Just 5 more...
Fett: I got em...
Fett fires his blaster quickly and all five of them fall down dead as they were charging at them
Fett: Now to get in...::Fett presses a button on a small remote that he pulls out from his pouch and the Slave 1 disappears into the ground as a section of the land rises for entry:: Welcome to my new home...
Fett turns the lights on and the Slave 2, 3, and 4 are see in a hangar and the Slave V in the center with parts scattered
Fett: Best hurry on the Slave V...I'll be back...I got some stuff to pick up, you know the usual...milk, bread, cheese, and a bag of chips
Wolf: Hey bring back a burger while your at it, and no onions on mine
Fett: Sure...::Fett walks off to a small ship next to the Slave 1 and takes off and soon the top hatch closes for the hangar and the entrance::
Wolf: I got my work cut out for me
Wolf stares at the craft that appears to be a mixture of the Slave 1 and other shipshe immediately starts his work out by finishing the design for it within a quick minute and he starts work on it
4 hours later...
Fett: Not bad so far...I see you completed the design specs for it
Wolf: Yeah...::he is using an odd tool to work on the engines of the ship:: Hand me those Alluvial Dampers over there
Fett: ......::he hands him a small box with 5 clear cables sticking out of the sides::
Wolf: Why do you say that about death?
Fett: ...::he pulls up a chair and sits down while putting the food on the table:: Death is not instantaneous, it is in a layer of steps. The strong take control over those with little power, then they have no use for them
Wolf: Hand me the reciprocator ::he comes out from underneath and goes to the main engine bay as Fett hands the part to him:: Thanks...
Fett: After having no use for them, they slowly let go of themthen when they don't have a purposethey shoot them
Wolf: What does that have to do with steps to death?
Fett: It all leads to death...trace it back to the source and then he will die too for the death he caused
Wolf: I see...bolt driver...::Fett hands him a small tool:: 23 millimeter bolt... ::Fett hands him a canister of it:: Burger...::Fett accidentally hands him a small power box:: Thank you...::as he screws in the bolts Wolf grabs the box like a burger and bites it like a burger but quickly realizes that its not a burger:: AHHHHH!!!!
Fett: Uh...sorry...habit::hands him the burger::
Wolf: Ah...::Wolf eats the burger with a paranoid look at Fett::
A day passes by and the ship is finally done
Fett: I see that you're done...fastest ship to be built
Wolf: Yeah...
He flicks his cigarette into a small plastic bin filled with extinguished cigarettes from Wolf
Fett: The Death Troopers are pretty hefty. Now I see why the storm troopers failed to succeed them
Wolf: You're right there...it was our bounty hunter skills that saved us from their superb aim and firing rate
Fett: True...So I see you finished the starting design of the Slave 1 and mixed it with---
Wolf: The Slave II and the Ring Wraith.
Fett: I noticed the Slave II 's wing and I see your ships wing, where'd you get the parts?
Wolf: You had them in the pile of junk over there
Fett: Oh yeah...sorry...its been 2 years since I was last here...normally I stay in a Motel 7½
Wolf: We got a mission to do...::he quickly grabs one of Fett's blasters hanging on a wall and boards his ship
Fett: Mind if I look inside?
Wolf: Go on ahead...::Fett boards the ship and looks around::
Fett: Not bad...a little dusty...
Wolf: No mop...hey uh you might want to move your hand
Fett: Why? ::his right hand slips across a panel and pushes it down accidentally and soon a turret pops out of the floor and it quickly fires 20 shots but Fett dodges and all the shots miss as it follows him::
Wolf: Told ya...
Fett: What other surprises do you have in store?
Wolf: Speaking of store...come this way...::they go into a small room with a bed in it and he presses a button and about 15 racks pop out with weapons and other explosives with bright florescent lights around it::
Fett: What the...
Wolf: And we have just about every single blaster you can expect, including 20 different types ammo, 4 different grades of Thermal Detonators, 30 different heavy and light infantry weapons, including our deluxe mini proton missile launcher! We also have a urkranium hydro detonator! Small yet strong enough to take out an entire planet! Keep out of reach of idiots please. All items here are for sale for the low, low price of 5 thousand credits per item!
Fett: Didn't know you could also be a salesman and a bounty hunter
Wolf: My father was a ship salesman...::he presses a button and all the weapons go back down:: and a smuggler...
Fett: Lets get going...::Fett leaves the ship and enters the same way in a similar fashion::
Wolf: Systems online...::The cockpit swivels to the same position as Slave I 's position:: Fett open the launch bay doors...
Fett: Doors opening now...sending coordinates
Wolf: Ok Harry, Be ready to receive coordinates...::he flips a few switches::
Fett: You reinstalled him?
Wolf: Hey, he helps out here and there::the computer beeps::
Fett: I say you reprogram him and make it feminine programming and name it uh...I don't know...Sally or uh...Slappy
Wolf: I'll think about it...I'm unsure how Suzuka would feel
Fett: I'm an expert at bounty hunting...women are another story...taking off
Wolf: yeah...lift off
The two ships take off from the hangar and are side by side as they get ready to go to light speed
Wolf: It feels good to have my own ship...nav computer coordinates set
Fett: Hope you brought a mask to breathe in...
Wolf: Always...
The two ships enter hyperspace and are off
The End......
