Next Time, It’s Personal
Darth_Lex posted:“Hey,” she said. “It’s me.” “I, uh… see that.” He lowered the pistol, but kept it drawn.
Darth_Lex posted:She paused again, just for effect. “Oh, and please tell Mirta I said hello.”
Darth_Lex posted:“Yes, Lady Solo?” And Mistress didn’t exactly carry the right connotation.
Darth_Lex posted:“The odds of that occurring at random –” “Let me guess,” she muttered. “– are approximately fifty-seven thousand to one.”
Darth_Lex posted:““You wouldn’t. This is Daala and Fett. There is no intelligence.”
Darth_Lex posted:He was still a crafty shabuir, Fett. She hadn’t believed the intelligence that no hit was coming on Jag – and he hadn’t believed the security reports, which continued to insist that Jaina was at Shedu Madd with the Jedi, not here on Bastion with Jag. Good for him.
Darth_Lex posted: She pondered the mass of sprawled armored bodies around her. This had to be the backup team. Fett might not have risked his best, but he wouldn’t have sent two squads of supercommandos on a total suicide mission, either. If you can’t do the job, get out of the way of those who can, right? For an assassination target as high-profile as the chairman of the Moff Council, no less than a dozen commandos would be on the primary strike team.
Darth_Lex posted:“Pinpoint my location and get a cleanup crew here. I’ve made a mess.” “As you wish. Should I also inform the morgue?” “Not this time, Eff-Two. Just some sleeping beauties who’ll need to wake up in a holding cell.”
Darth_Lex posted:When the last one was down, she tossed the blaster rifle aside and ripped the Mando helmet off her head – just in time to glance over her shoulder at Jag, who had both a blaster pistol and an utterly befuddled expression trained on her. “Hey,” she said. “It’s me.” “I, uh… see that.” He lowered the pistol, but kept it drawn.
Darth_Lex posted: For a moment she closed her eyes, pushing back memories of the last time she’d seen a fight like this – Darth Caedus on Nickel One, slaughtering a Mando strike team without hesitation or conscience. She sighed. How gratuitous his rampages had been, how unnecessary his evil choices. Everything he’d wanted to accomplish, Jacen could have done in the light, without the dark.
Darth_Lex posted: “You know who this is, Fett, so I’ll cut right to the power cables. The first time, it’s just business. I understand that, so you’ll get your little hit squad back in one piece. You come after my riduur again, though, and they won’t be so lucky. And neither will you.” She paused, taking a slow breath. “Jedi don’t kill unless we have to, Fett. But that doesn’t mean we won’t kill when it’s necessary. We both got what we wanted from each other when I took down my brother. Since then, I’ve come to like having an empty needs-to-die list. But don’t think I’d shed a tear if I had to add a name back to it. Understood?” She paused again, just for effect. “Oh, and please tell Mirta I said hello.”