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Beyond - Legends The Journal of Talon Tantiss: Jedi Knight and Reluctant Vornskr Owner: Complete [DDC 2015]

Discussion in 'Fan Fiction- Before, Saga, and Beyond' started by Jedi_Lover, Jan 2, 2015.

  1. Hazel

    Hazel Jedi Master star 4

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    [face_laugh] Oh, yeah! You know more when on on Myrkr than we know. Someone should write the Myrkr missing scenes.

    And poor Talon when he has to babysit baby vornsk.
     
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  2. Jedi_Lover

    Jedi_Lover Chosen One star 5

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    Talon and Princess have a love-hate relationship...meaning they love to hate each other. lol! I am sure Mara and Luke were checking each other out even on Myrkr. :D

    I know it was corny, but when Mark Tantiss threw Nibbles at the Emperor Reborn and the animal latched on to his face and then urinated over the emperor...I just thought that was funny. How could Talon's dad get rid of that little critter?

    Thanks! It has been a while since I have had Luke and Mara together. They were the main characters in Mark's journal. In this one Ben is the Skywalker that is highlighted.

    Talon is lucky to be alive. Those animals are huge.

    Thanks! Ben hates his parents getting all mushy. Kids are always embarrassed by their parents. I use that fact as my secret power. If my boys get out of line in public I tell them I will get my cell phone and take a Belfie of me Twerking. That gets them in line real quick.

    I am not sure how many vornskrs in a litter but to Talon I am sure one is more than enough.
    I did write that story called Encounter on Myrkr. I think I did a PG version for these boards. And yes, Talon will get to pull babysitting duties for tiny vornskrs. :D



    This is a short set up for their adventure.
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    Entry 9

    Ben and I told his parents all the details of what happened. Uncle Luke listened quietly, occasionally interrupting to ask question or clarify a point. “So, when you saw her Talon she was a young woman?”

    “Yes, she just wasn’t Valla. She was young and pretty.”

    “Then that means she is probably a young witch. From my limited experience with a mind-witch she can only fool one or two people at a time. If she was old it is doubtful she could project multiple visions to a group of people. What you, Zylie and Valla saw was probably her true form. This makes her more dangerous.”

    Ben frowned. “Why is that? I would think an older, more experienced witch would be a greater problem.”

    “If she found you alone, without witnesses, that would be true.” Uncle Luke drummed his fingers on the table in thought. “S’ybll, the mind-witch I went against was very old and ugly in her natural form. It is unlikely she could walk into a crowded dance floor and not attract unwanted attention. Even if she just fed and was once again young looking the effort to hold up that sort of illusion would quickly drain her. Unfortunately for me, S’ybll was able to project an image of my old friend Tanith Shire to get me alone.”

    My Aunt Mara rolled her eyes. “Old girlfriend you mean.”

    My uncle turned to his wife, the corner of his lips curling up slightly. “Did I ever tell you, you are beautiful when you're jealous.”

    “Ha!” She gave him a sultry grin. “I don’t have to be jealous to be beautiful.”

    Ben made a gagging noise. “Please, I think I have reached my limit of mush during this visit.” He turned to me. “Do you have this problem with your parents?”

    “Are you kidding? They are twice as bad and are usually in Mandalorian armor and slave costumes.”

    My aunt looked at me confused. “What?”

    I waved off her comment. “Nothing, nothing.” I turned to my uncle. “Please continue with your story.”

    My uncle straightened in his seat and cleared his throat. “As I was saying, a witch works best one-on-one.”

    “I bet,” my aunt whispered under her breath.

    Luke gave her a warning look but continued. “If there was a group of people with me, it would be impossible to trick all of us. At least that is what I learned from my research in the years since I went up against her. They work best at fooling one person at a time. They like to get their victim alone.”

    Ben nodded in understanding. “If the young woman Talon saw is her true form, that means security vids from the party might be able to pick up her real image and we could track her via the city’s public surveillance system.”

    Mara nodded. “We have requested cooperation from the Kuat government to do an investigation. Since their law enforcement personnel never even heard of a mind-witch they gave us permission to conduct the investigation. They did request that we provide evidence for a warrant prior to an arrest. They don’t want their citizens unduly harassed by Jedi.”

    Ben leaned back in his chair and frowned. “This case is going to be tough. Once we find her we need to go to the authorities and provide proof for an arrest. They may issue one on the Grand Master’s word, but unless she has the dead bodies of her victims stacked in a backroom we might have difficulty proving she did anything wrong.” He looked over to me. “Talon had his post-cognitive vision, but Jedi visions have never held up in court.”

    My aunt Mara pursed her lips in thought. “It’s unlikely she bothered to sanitize her apartment of any damning DNA evidence, but I doubt she left any bodies to incriminate her of any wrong doing. Getting rid of that evidence was probably simple.”

    I cocked my head to the side in confusion. “How so? A petite woman getting a dead body out of her home can’t be easy.”

    “Mind-witches have some telekinetic abilities, but that is not why I think we won’t find any of her victims.” Mara gave me a hard smile. “In your vision did you actually see the men dying in her home?”

    I shook my head.

    Mara blew out a frustrated breath. “That’s what I thought. She could drain the men of their life essence until they were at the brink of dying. She then could walk them out of her apartment and abandon them at a supermarket. The manager would find a senile, elderly man, near death. Of course she would remove any identification and if the man didn’t have a criminal record his fingerprints might not show up in the archives. If a match did occur the coroner would probably disregard the results as a near match because the prints belong to a much younger man. Her victims were probably cremated as an unknown indigent person.”

    Ben ran a hand over his face. “Great. So we probably don’t have bodies. If we discover where she lives and the forensic team finds foreign DNA we then have to figure out who went missing and get samples of family member DNA and try to do a familial match.”

    Uncle Luke threw up his hands in a halting motion. “Okay, hold up for a moment. Let’s not get frustrated. I’m sure most people looking for a missing family member have already provided genetic samples for Law Enforcement. What we really need is to find her and then we can worry about holding and convicting her of her crimes.”

    I closed my eyes in frustration. Now I remember why I hate doing Sentinel work with Ben. The job entails a lot of surveillance and boring undercover work. It looks like we are going to be looking through a million hours of security vids. We can only hope to find her in the security footage at the party and then run a face recognition profile on her. Boring!

    “It may not be too tedious Talon,” My uncle said. My eyes opened wide. Either he is a good guesser or I was projecting my thoughts.

    “Why do you say that?”

    Luke gave Ben and me a grim look. “Because I have a feeling she might be looking for you two as we speak. A Force-user is like a tantalizing drug to energy draining species like mind-witches, Anzats, Garhoons or Energy Vampires. To them a Jedi is a banquet. It probably would take a dozen non-Force users to equal the life energies of a Jedi.” He pointed to both Ben and me. “And you two are no ordinary Jedi. Both are you are exceedingly powerful in the Force. I wouldn’t be surprised if she tries to lure one or both of you into her trap.”

    I looked to Ben and then back to my uncle. “What if she comes at us looking like you, Aunt Mara or our wives? How would be know it’s the witch?”

    Uncle Luke leaned forward in his seat. “There is a way to tell who you are dealing with. When the witch is doing her projection you will feel a vibration in the Force. The same niggling feeling you get when somebody is trying to do a Jedi mind trick or use the Force to disguise his or her features. It is not a strong sensation, but it’s enough to confirm a person’s identity if you are unsure. Let me demonstrate.”

    He turned to Ben, his face tightening in concentration. After a few seconds my cousin’s brows rose slightly. “I can sense what you mean.” He turned to me. “Can you feel it Talon?”

    I turned to my uncle and reached out with the Force. After a long moment I did sense a juddering in the Force. It wasn’t a blatant peculiarity within the Force, but it would be enough to confirm somebody’s identity. I smiled brightly. “I sense it also.”

    My uncle’s face relaxed into a gratified smile. “I knew you too would catch on quickly.” He turned to my aunt and reached out and taking her hand in his. “Ben, I think your mother and I will freshen up and I’ll change into some nondescript clothing and we can then go to the local law enforcement office. The Chief of Public Security said he would pull the surveillance vids from the party where you were accosted. If we can find her on the vids we can then take her image to the Omni-Tech city surveillance company that monitors the public venues and see if the face recognition software can find us a match.”

    I tried to maintain a smile on my face as my aunt and uncle rose from their seats. They make it sound exciting, but I always find these missions so monotonous.

    Hopefully this will turn out to be a thrilling action-packed adventure and I'll end up catching a witch.
     
  3. Revanfan1

    Revanfan1 Force Ghost star 6

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    Talon needs to stop wishing for thrilling, action-packed adventures. Right now.

    But I do hope he catches the witch!
     
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  4. WarmNyota_SweetAyesha

    WarmNyota_SweetAyesha Chosen One star 8

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    Agree totally. You need to be careful what you wish for. :p The L/M continues to be nummy. :) I am glad Luke pointed out how you could tell if the person you were looking at was genuinely them or not. And enjoyed a lot the discussion about physical evidence. :cool: You definitely want something that'll hold up in a court.
     
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  5. earlybird-obi-wan

    earlybird-obi-wan Chosen One star 6

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    don't catch the witch and be bewitched Talon. Luke should help them
     
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  6. JadeLotus

    JadeLotus Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Talon wants to bag himself a witch - I hope he doesn't get more than he bargained for!

    The L/M banter was great, and I love embarrassed!Ben.
     
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  7. Hazel

    Hazel Jedi Master star 4

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    Oh Talon, Talon, Talon... Be careful what you wish for.
     
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  8. Falcon

    Falcon Chosen One star 10

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    My uncle turned to his wife, the corner of his lips curling up slightly. “Did I ever tell you, you are beautiful when you're jealous.”

    “Ha!” She gave him a sultry grin. “I don’t have to be jealous to be beautiful.”

    Ben made a gagging noise. “Please, I think I have reached my limit of mush during this visit.” He turned to me. “Do you have this problem with your parents?”

    “Are you kidding? They are twice as bad and are usually in Mandalorian armor and slave costumes.”

    [face_tee_hee] Yeah having your parents talk about what they do behind private doors is a bit much :p

    can't wait to see where you take us with this.
     
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  9. Jedi_Lover

    Jedi_Lover Chosen One star 5

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    His thirst for adventure is going to lead him to trouble.

    Thanks. I needed a way for the guys to detect a witch. I don't know if there is actually a way to do so in canon, so I made something up.

    Luke and Mara will be in on the hunt for the witch.

    I think Talon will find much more than he bargained for.

    Isn't that the title of one of my stories? Be Careful What You Wish For. I am fairly sure that is the title to my Luke/Droid love story. lol!

    They weren't saying anything super embarrassing. It's just Ben doesn't want to hear it at all. If you remember from Talon's first journal Ben kept complaining about catching his parents necking on the couch (he hadn't moved out of the family home yet).

    This next post is short but I need to get something up. I have been really sick with a head cold and cough and can't really think straight. I am finally starting to feel better.
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    Entry 10

    We postponed going to the local law enforcement building last night. After our talk with Ben’s parents we discovered our wives couldn’t stay until the end of our mission. They have cargo runs to do for their dad’s trading company and had to leave Kuat. We decided to start the mission the next day, allowing us some time with our ladies before we had to say our farewells.

    Zylie and I were in our cabin the next morning having spent the entire night together saying our goodbyes…and by that I mean we bonded hysterically. Ha! I packed a bag and was ready to leave the Vazy Princess when my wife pulled me into her embrace and kissed me possessively. She then whispered into my ear. “We should have a safe word.”

    “What?” I laughed as I raised an eyebrow. “Do you have something special in mind before I leave?” Hey, we never were really into that stuff, but I was willing to give it a go.

    She gave me a playful poke to my ribs. “Not that! I just don’t want that witch showing up as me and tricking you. We should have a secret word so you’ll know it’s me.”

    I leaned in and nibbled on her earlobe. “That sounds good, but I think a mind-witch can read minds…hence the name MIND-witch.”

    “Oh, we should have one just in case.”

    I ran a hand across my jaw in thought. “Okay lets have a safe word, but you can’t tell me the word or phrase so the witch can’t pick it out of my thoughts.”

    Her brow furrowed in confusion. “How would that work?”

    “I will know it is you if I ask you a question and you answer in the exact opposite of what you normally would say. So if I asked you if I like ID10T you would say ‘Yes’. If I ask you if I love getting mauled by a large predatory animal you would say, ‘Yes’”.

    “Oh I get it,” Zylie said sarcastically. “So if you say ‘is my wife ever wrong?’ I would say, ‘Yes’.

    I thought about that for a second. “Yes…wait…no.”

    She laughed before reaching around my waist and slapping my butt teasingly. “Hopefully the Grand Master has taught you how not to be fooled.” She leaned in and gave me a lingering kiss. “Be careful, Talon.”

    “I’m always careful.” I grabbed my bag and left the cabin. I found Ben outside his cabin kissing Valla thoroughly. “Let’s not keep your parents waiting.”

    Ben broke away from his wife and picked up his luggage and followed me down the boarding ramp. “Take care of each other,” Valla called out.

    I turned around, walking down the gangway backwards while grinning at my sister-in-law. “Hey, he’s with me. Don’t worry.”

    I don’t know why that comment made her look more worried that she did previously.

    We exited the ship and walked down to where the Jade Shadow was docked.

    Ben gave me a knowing look. “You hate sentinel work, don’t you?”

    “I prefer working as a Jedi asset to a Void Jumper unit.”

    It was true. Just like my dad, I favor working with soldiers. Plus, there is nothing like the rush of Void Jumping. I looked down at my jump boots and smiled. They were high top, stiff, black boots with the Void Jumper crest imprinted deep into the leather on the back of the heels. Only combat jumpers were authorized to wear them and, like my father, I wore them with pride.

    As we approached the ship we saw Mara and Luke exiting the Jade Shadow wearing inconspicuous tunic and trousers. They had their blasters in sight but their lightsabers were probably tucked away in an interior pocket. Ben and I also wore civilian clothing with our sabers concealed. Nothing will blow an undercover mission faster than a swinging lightsaber.

    Luke smiled and gave us a wave. “An airtaxi should be here any minute. The Chief of Public Security will meet us at his office. He has pulled hours of security vids for us to go over.”

    Ack! How can he sound so chipper that the thought of doing such a mundane and monotonous task. My uncle must have some special Jedi skill he hasn’t taught me because boredom doesn’t seem to bother him like it does me.

    We get to the Security Office and start watching the security footage from the party. We were fairly sure we got there between 2100 and 2200 hours. So we started observing footage from around 2030.

    Okay this wasn’t as boring as I thought it was going to be. The reactions from my aunt and uncle were priceless. Ha! My uncle blushed a deep red when he saw some of the skimpy outfits some of the women were wearing. Luke gave us a disapproving glance before shaking his head. Obviously he doesn’t approve of his Jedi Knights attending such a risqué party. Ha! I am so glad I didn’t wear that ‘Savage’ outfit to the celebration.

    After about twenty minutes of watching the video Ben calls out, “There we are.” I look to where he is pointing and see us entering the establishment.

    My aunt chuckled as Luke closed his eyes in disbelief. “What in the world are your wives wearing?”

    I’m grinning as gazed at the holovid and pretended that I was formulating a serious answer. “It looks like we have two sexy Imperials trying to apprehend two extremely handsome Jedi.”

    Mara snorted. “I see your Imperial escorts are doing an informal pat down on you two. Did they find any illegal weapons hidden in your clothing?”

    Ben laughed. “Illegal? No!”

    “We were packing, though,” I said with a laugh. I grinned at the Grand Master. “I thought you had a soft spot for female Imperials.”

    Ben closed his eyes and groaned. “Don’t encourage them, Talon.”

    Luke smirked before giving a furtive glance toward his wife. “I guess I can understand the attraction.”

    We continued to watch the security vid as Ben and Valla entered the dance floor. In the background Zylie and I could be seen sitting at our table. My aunt laughed out loud when I was accosted by the three females dressed as Jedi. “Damn Talon. With them jumping around all excited as they were, I’m surprised they didn’t bounce right out of their tunics.”

    Luke slapped a hand to his forehead. “Talon, did you just direct those women toward my son?”

    I grinned sheepishly. “Maybe.”

    Ben reached toward the monitors. “Can we fast forward it a few minutes. There is no need to watch this.”

    Mara slapped his hand away. “If you don’t want us to see what comes next then I definitely don’t want to miss it.”

    Uncle Luke shook his head aghast. “Why are they exposing their breasts?”

    Ben blushed. “They wanted me to autograph their chests.”

    We continued to scrutinize the recordings and eventually the mind-witch showed up. “There she is!” I called out while pointing to a woman approaching Ben as he waited to order drinks at the bar.

    Ben leaned forward and focused closely on the image. “So that is what she really looks like. Can we get a close up of her face?”

    “We probably could if you weren’t sucking her face,” I joked. By this time the witch had pulled Ben onto the dance floor and were in an amorous embrace.

    Luke ran a hand down his face as he made a groaning sound. “Your wife saw you doing this?”

    Ben fell back into his chair looking disgusted with himself. “I know. It’s bad, but I thought it was Valla. I think she understands that now.”

    Mara paused the playback and frowned at her son. “Even if you thought that was your wife, don’t you think that is a little too much flagrant kissing and groping to do in a public setting?”

    Ben’s face burned in embarrassment. “I usually don’t act that way in public.”

    Luke reached over and patted his wife's hand. “Mara, the mind-witch can make a man act out-of-character and do things he normally would never do. Believe me, I know.”

    Her eyes narrowed as she turned to her husband. “Oh really? What exactly did your mind-witch have you doing that was out of character for you?”

    Now it was Luke’s turn to blush. “I’ll tell you in private.”

    "Yes, please do it in private. I don't want to know." Ben gestured toward the monitors. “Can we continue with this video so I can find a good shot of her face.”

    Mara turned the video back on and soon we caught a glimpse of my cousin sucker punching me. Everybody cringed as they watched me drop to the ground on the video.

    “Ouch!” Mara muttered.

    “It hurts me to watch this,” Ben whispered.

    I chuckled as I ran a hand over my chin. “It hurt me to experience it.”

    “Now that you are on the floor we do have a good shot of our witch.” Uncle Luke froze the image and zoomed in to the woman’s face. “We will record this image and then run a facial identification search in the criminal records and also see if we can find her in other public security vids.”

    Ben inserted a small memory card onto the side of the monitor and then punched the keyboard to download the image on the screen. “If we can find her in the public video feeds we might discover where she lives or hunts.”

    I felt relieved. Having her image made our job so much easier. “So, we just have to wait until the facial imaging program tracks her down and we go and arrest her.”

    Ben shook his head. “The program is not one-hundred percent accurate. It may indicate possible matches with dozens of women. It is our job to weed out the real witch from the lookalikes.”

    I let out a groan. This is going to be a very long and boring day.
     
  10. Revanfan1

    Revanfan1 Force Ghost star 6

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    They're on the trail!

    Ugh, dozens of faces? Good luck, guys.
     
  11. WarmNyota_SweetAyesha

    WarmNyota_SweetAyesha Chosen One star 8

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    Great idea of Zylie and Talon's about a secret/trick question. :D Glad they're on the trail.
     
  12. Falcon

    Falcon Chosen One star 10

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    Mara not wanting to miss the next scene is so her, reactions were great [face_laugh]

    I hope they find their mind witch soon. Hope you feel better soon
     
  13. JadeLotus

    JadeLotus Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    LOL at Talon and Zylie and their "safe word" - but smart.

    And poor Luke being aghast at their behaviour - he's forgotten what it's like to be young!
     
  14. earlybird-obi-wan

    earlybird-obi-wan Chosen One star 6

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    Fun and banter all along and loved the 'safe word'
     
  15. aleja2

    aleja2 Jedi Master star 2

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    Wonderful banter, loved the scene of Luke and Mara watching the video with the younger generation, and I can't wait to see how and when they catch the mind witch!
     
  16. Hazel

    Hazel Jedi Master star 4

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    Yay!! A lead! Now lets get that witch.
     
  17. Jedi_Lover

    Jedi_Lover Chosen One star 5

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    Yeah, it is boring! When I worked as an audiovisual technician we would make up video tapes for distribution and then have to play them to make sure they recorded properly. BORING! They were going to military schools around the world and they didn't want to send out one that had a screwed up tape.

    I don't think a secret question will work with a mind-witch, but it can't hurt.

    The will find their witch sooner than they would like. lol!

    I always saw Luke as a little shy. Also, it is embarrassing seeing your kids in certain situations.

    Thanks! I'm glad you like it.

    Thanks that will be coming up soon.

    Thanks for reading.

    Thanks everybody for reading. I wrote the next post (which was two entries) but it was almost 3000 words so I decided to post the first entry today. It is only about 700 words, but it makes the second entry short enough to read in one sitting.

    And before anybody accuses me of stealing a line from the TV show Archer I just want to say, "Yes, I stole a line from the TV show Archer." o_O I love that show!

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    Entry 11

    My head hurts. I have a headache not only from the sheer, mind-numbing boredom of watching surveillance videos, but also because a few times I nodded off and my forehead actually hit the table. To make matters worse, Ben would periodically smack the back of my head when he caught me watching the monitors with my eyes closed.

    The computer face recognition program had spotted six women whose features were a close match to the mind-witch we were looking for. Our job was to eliminate various women based on visual clues like height, weight or hairstyle…things the program didn’t account for. One woman we easily disregarded since she had an arm in a cast. Another lady wasn’t tall enough to be our witch. Two of the women had the wrong hair color. This left two females who looked very similar to each other. We followed these women on the vids and watched where they went and what they did. In the end we couldn’t eliminate either woman, so we decided to tail the ladies ourselves and try to ascertain which one was our witch. After determining their daily habits and patterns we were sure we could follow them and hopefully get close enough to verify what we were dealing with. Once we knew which woman was our target we would make plans to capture her.

    My uncle stood up from his monitor and stretched his back while yawning. I guess he isn’t quite immune to boredom. He turned to Ben and me. “We might as well start surveillance of these women tonight.”

    My Aunt Mara gave a nod of agreement. “Night missions were always my preference.”

    I wasn’t sure if there was a double meaning of that statement, but I smirked anyway. Ben gave me a warning glare, which I didn’t understand. “What?”

    He shook his head. “Nothing. I thought you were going to say what you always say about night missions?”

    My aunt looked to her son and then to me. “And what is that?”

    Ben stood with a chuckle. “He calls them nocturnal missions.”

    My aunt and uncle both gave a groan of disapproval. “How does Zylie tolerate you?”

    I shrugged with a grin. “I am on my best behavior around her. She has a vornskr.”

    “Remind me to bring Princess with us the next time we work together.” Luke pulled on his coat and had us do a comlink check. “We just want to verify her identity. Once we know which woman is our witch we will contact the local authorities and plan for an arrest.” He motioned toward Ben. “You and Talon check out the female that lives in the west quadrant of the city. Your mother and I will do surveillance on the woman who lives near the smashball stadium. Blasters on stun.” He looked directly at me. “Don’t do anything rash.”

    Mara rolled her eyes. “That’s I lesson I tried to teach him all during his apprenticeship and failed miserably.”

    I pulled out my blaster and ensured it was on the proper setting. “I have become much more responsible since my youth,” I assured my former master.

    “Just be careful.” Uncle Luke put a reassuring hand on my shoulder. “She is probably looking for you two. Jedi are like spice to a mind-witch. If she comes after you she will probably try to separate you two and then work her illusions. Remember what I taught you.”

    Mara turned to Luke. “Maybe I should go with Ben and you with Talon.”

    He shook his head. “The witch has already seen them together and is probably actively searching. If she sees Ben or Talon with other Jedi she might get spooked and go to ground.” He smiled at his son. “They’ll be fine.”

    I don’t know why, but it appears that when the Grand Master is giving a warning look it is usually directed towards me, but when he is giving words of encouragement or reassurance he looks towards Ben. Maybe he really does believe I'm reckless.

    Ben gave me a light slap on the back. “Come on, let’s get a taxi to the west quadrant.”

    We said our goodbyes to Mara and Luke and began our nocturnal mission. Ha!
     
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  18. Falcon

    Falcon Chosen One star 10

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    nocturnal mission [face_laugh]

    More soon :D
     
  19. Revanfan1

    Revanfan1 Force Ghost star 6

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    Two women that look that similar–I wonder which one it will turn out to be. Here's hoping they catch her.
     
  20. WarmNyota_SweetAyesha

    WarmNyota_SweetAyesha Chosen One star 8

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    [face_laugh] Talon's pun is appreciated. [face_mischief] Now the hunt begins! [face_worried] Hope they don't get too un-bored :oops:
     
  21. JadeLotus

    JadeLotus Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    [face_laugh] Noctural mission!

    I sympathize with Talon - that survelliance work sound super boring!
     
  22. earlybird-obi-wan

    earlybird-obi-wan Chosen One star 6

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    fun with the nocturnal mission and hope they will get something interesting chasing the boredom away
     
  23. Jedi_Lover

    Jedi_Lover Chosen One star 5

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    I'm glad you enjoyed that short little post.

    Or maybe she will catch them. :(

    That pun I stole from the TV show Archer. It is about an secret agent who always makes sexual innuendoes.

    I used to work physical security at an ammunition depot. There were soldiers whose only job was to stare at the security monitors for 8 hours a day. It was the worst stateside duty. The soldiers were volunteering to transfer to units deploying to war just to get out of that boring job.

    They won't be bored for long.

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    Entry 12

    The west quadrant of the city is what some people call the ‘Spice and Skin’ area of town, meaning drugs and prostitutes are found there in abundance. In the surveillance vids the woman who might be our mind-witch lived in a rundown apartment complex. We never saw her enter the building with anyone, but there was a steady stream of visitors in and out of the complex. The back of the building wasn't covered by security video, so she could have lured victims in through the backdoor.

    “This woman works as a part-time cashier at the local grocery store,” I said to Ben as we walked down to dimly lit streets. “Would a witch need a job? Couldn’t she con people into giving her money?”

    Ben had his hands shoved deep into his coat pockets as he walked next to me. “She might want a steady income to pay for the basics. Also her job may give her the opportunity to meet hundreds of people a day allowing her to spot a Force strong target.”

    "Maybe she..." My sentence was interrupted as I nearly tripped over a derelict sleeping on the street in a torn and stained sleeping bag. As I skirted around him I noticed a spider-roach scuttling across his exposed face before disappearing in a dirty mop of grayish brown hair. That horrifying sight made me shudder. I was so focused on the arachnid that I almost bumped into a street light pole.

    “Keep your eyes open Talon.” Ben smirked at my near collision. “She should be getting off work any minute. We want to get into position so we can confirm her identity and we can’t do that if you walk into a pole and get a concussion.”

    I nudge my cousin away from me with a shoulder-to-shoulder bump. “I wish I could drag you on Void Jumper missions so I can make fun of you.”

    He laughed. “I never understood jumping from a perfectly functional troopship.”

    “I have news for you. The Galactic Alliance doesn’t own any perfectly functional troopships.”

    Ben stopped and made a quick pointing gesture. “There she is. It looks like she got off work a little early.”

    I looked up the walkway and saw a young brunette exit a building about a block up the road. From this distance I couldn't tell if she was the woman from the club. Back then she wore a slinky dress, high heel shoes and had long flowing tresses. This woman had her hair pulled back and was wearing a utilitarian jumpsuit with a red apron embroidered with the store logo. I couldn’t see her face clearly because she was preoccupied with checking messages on her handheld smart-pad.

    “Is that her?” Ben looked at me for confirmation.

    I shook my head. “I don’t know. This lady has her hair pulled back in a braid; she’s not dressed in the same provocative manner. I think we will have to get right up to her and see if we can sense that fluctuation in the Force your dad told us about.”

    Ben nodded and started to move toward her. When we were about ten meters apart the doors to a movie theater we were approaching flew open and a steady stream of moviegoers began to stream out of the building. Ben and I stopped and waited for the crowd to disperse. I kept an eye on the woman who was standing on the other side of the crowd. She was watching the people as they exited the movie house when she suddenly started to act anxious. She looked around the crowd expectantly, searching for something. She never locked eyes on Ben and me but she quickly turned and started walking away.

    I gave Ben a nudge. “She’s leaving. I think she may have sensed us.” We pushed our way through the crowd and followed the woman. When we got to the other side of the throng of people I couldn’t see her. “Where did she go?”

    Ben turned around in a circle, his face a mask of concentration. I realized he was trying to sense her through the Force. I also reached out and tried to locate her. It was then that I felt that fluttering of the Force coming from a slim man walking in the same direction that we saw the woman flee. I pointed toward him. “There! She changed form.”

    I started to give chase, but Ben grabbed my sleeve. “Don’t scare her off. We just needed a confirmation. I think we got it. She noticed us and she's now projecting another image.”

    I shook out of Ben’s grasp and continued to walk. “Ben, if she saw us she knows we are looking for her. She is going to disappear. We need to make this arrest now, while we have a chance.”

    Ben looked like he was going to argue, but then nodded in agreement. We quickened our pace while he grabbed his comlink and let his parents know what was going on. The man turned down an alley and started to run. Ben and I broke out into a jog to keep up with the witch. When we entered the alleyway the man was about forty meters away and it appeared that he was in close pursuit of a woman. As we ran after them I noticed the woman was wearing the same grocery store outfit of our suspected witch. I looked to Ben who was jogging by my side. “What’s going on?”

    “I don’t know. I sense that the man is our witch. Perhaps the woman is an innocent that just happened to look like our witch.”

    The two people were now in dead sprints. At some point the male (or a female projecting the appearance of a male) noticed us following. He pulled out a blaster and shot a few rounds in our direction. Ben and I immediately pulled out our concealed lightsabers and deflected the blasterbolts. I know what it feels like to deflect stun bolts and that was what the man/witch had his blaster set on. One would think this is a good thing, but it is actually easier to deflect blaster bolts than stun bolts because of its wider dispersion pattern.

    We successfully defended ourselves then started back after the two as the woman and man ducted down a side road and disappeared from our view. We deactivated our sabers as we rounded the corner and then stopped, unable to locate either individual.

    “Where’s they go?” I reached out with the Force and tried to sense the witch and found her trail. The fluctuation was much stronger now. “She’s close.” I ran down another dank side alley in the direction of the growing fluctuations. In the distance I could see the man again. I was surprised that the witch didn’t change form after we lost sight of her. Perhaps she is not good at multitasking. Maybe running, shooting a blaster and changing form is at a much higher skill level than she possessed. I stopped, pulled my blaster from my holster took aim and fired. Up ahead the witch crumbled to the ground stunned. The woman that the witch was chasing never turned around but kept moving. As I moved toward the unconscious man I could feel an increase in the variation in the Force. He/she was definitely our witch.

    “Talon stop!” Ben called out. “This doesn’t feel right.” I slowed my pace before turning to my cousin trailing behind.

    “What doesn’t feel right? Can you feel the change in the Force? That is our witch.”

    He pointed to the man lying on the ground. “If that person is the woman we saw in the club and the lady in the grocery store was just an unfortunate lookalike…then why hasn’t he changed form? I don’t think a witch can hold an illusion while blacked out.”

    We both moved toward the unconscious man cautiously. “Do you think they were both mind-witches and the one from the club got away?”

    “That could be.” He swung around looking up and down the alley and to the roof. “Also, that fluctuation is still increasing in intensity.”

    “We are getting closer to him,” I pointed out.

    “The fluctuation feels like a ground quake to my senses. Something is very wrong.”

    I noticed movement behind Ben. I holstered my weapon and activated my lightsaber. “We have company to your rear.”

    “I noticed.” He jerked his chin to the area behind me. “Behind you, also.”

    A small group of people approached us, three behind Ben and five behind me. All wore dark clothing with hoods pulled up over their heads concealing their facial features. Ben activated his saber and called out. “Back up. We are on Jedi business.”

    One of the larger individuals behind me pointed his blaster toward the man on the ground. “What business do the Jedi have with my brother?”

    I groaned inwardly. If the man on the ground was a mind-witch, then this large fellow was also a witch, which explains why the fluctuation in the Force was increasing exponentially.

    “He’s a mind-witch.” Ben explained.

    The man shrugged. “So? What crime did he commit?”

    I looked over to Ben, not knowing how we should answer that question. My cousin squared his shoulders and glared at the man defiantly. “He was chasing a woman to kill her.”

    The large man looked to his companions and then laughed. “Was he now? How do you know that? Were you using your Jedi mind powers to ascertain his motives?”

    I was becoming increasingly uncomfortable. These people were not at all concerned that Ben and I were Jedi and currently holding lethal lightsabers in our hands. They were standing there and engaging with us like it was a normal conversation among friends.

    Ben took a step toward the group’s spokesman. “Back away. We’re bringing this man in to the police for questioning.” He pointed his saber toward the unconscious witch. “He’s only stunned. We don’t intend to harm him.”

    The group stood their ground not showing any intention of leaving. The large man waved a blaster in Ben’s direction. “We can’t let you take him. I’m sorry. Why don’t you and your shaved Wookiee take a walk.”

    I gritted my teeth at that comment. Why do people like calling tall, muscular humans shaved Wookiees? “That’s not going to happen. I warn you, your blasters aren’t going to be effective against trained Jedi.”

    The man laughed. “Oh yeah, that’s right. You guys have the Force as your ally…except when you don’t.”

    I was mulling over the meaning of that comment when I heard a swoop bike flying overhead. The pilot dove down and dropped a mesh bag into ringleader's arms. The leader's face was shrouded in the shadow of his hood, but I couldn’t miss the wide grin that now crossed his face. He walked toward me and Ben, the bag in one hand and a blaster in the other. “Let’s see how good you guys are with those sabers without the Force.”

    At that moment I felt a very familiar sensation. It was the Force dimming and then fading away. It was the same Force void I experienced hundreds of times in my youth. I knew, without a doubt, that the bag held a ysalamiri. I reached for my blaster, intent on killing the animal, but the man fired first, followed by the rest of his group. Ben and I blocked the first few bolts, but having so many people shooting at one time would have been difficult to defend in the first place, without the Force we wouldn’t last for long. And I was right, after successfully deflecting a dozen stun bolts one finally found me. Ben was still up and fighting as I slowly lost consciousness.
     
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  24. earlybird-obi-wan

    earlybird-obi-wan Chosen One star 6

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    They are in deep serious trouble. How do they escape?
     
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  25. WarmNyota_SweetAyesha

    WarmNyota_SweetAyesha Chosen One star 8

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    Aug 31, 2004
    [face_nail_biting] Oh my! that is one fierce cliffie! =D=
     
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