Star Wars - A Blaze of Glory by Tony Russo

Author:Tony Russo
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 1995-08-17T18:09:37+00:00

The longer he waited, the more Greezim Trentacal nervously paced about the deluxe stateroom aboard Atron’s Mistress. The trackers sent out to investigate the crashed freighter’s missing escape pod had not reported in for several hours. There was more to the mysterious, downed vessel than even Vex had anticipated.

“They must be soldiers. Or worse. Mercenaries.” He shuddered at the thought. The incentive of credits and personal fortune that drove beings to enslave other beings also drove them to fight for foolish causes.

“Well?” He looked to Vex, still poised like a dark statue beside the stateroom’s viewports. He dropped the comlink from his ear.

“The tracker team is still not responding. In addition, one of the perimeter sensors seems to have malfunctioned, although I do not know why yet.”

“They’re here!” Trentacal put a hand over his mouth, completely alarmed now. “Lords of Atron! They’re here already! Give the order to debark. Immediately!”

“As I pointed out earlier,” the Defel spoke quietly but firmly, “We have not loaded the latest shipment of slaves.” He gestured at the large prefabricated building that served as a temporary clearinghouse for the newest arrivals. “They have to be tagged and medically scanned. Many slaves from this shipment are to be sold to the Hutts. You know how displeased the Hutts become when they are sent inferior wares.”

“You can medically scan them after they have been loaded. Do as I command!”

Vex’s expression did not change. He bowed slightly.

“I will give the order personally, master. We shall depart immediately.”

Trentacal rushed out of the stateroom to his own sleeping quarters. The Defel wraith looked upon the ambassador’s children, still chained to the cabin wall. Expressions laden with fear and loathing gazed back up at him. The girl, several years older than her brother, tried to protectively shield him from Vex’s penetrating, awful stare.

Suddenly, the wraith was gone. The girl blinked, uncertain whether or not to believe her eyes. She had not imagined the disappearance. Abruptly, the cabin door bolts clanged solidly shut, locking them in darkness again. Her brother whimpered. She held him a little tighter, silently wondering what would become of them.

Something touched her shoulder. The girl gasped loudly, if only long enough for a hand to clamp down over her mouth. She recognized the pained expression of Trentacal’s favorite slave girl. How long had she keen hiding here, waiting for Vex to leave? The slave pressed a key into her hand and made a gesture with her finger to her lips.

Before she could say a word of thanks, the door to Trentacal’s Private chamber was suddenly shoved aside, the slave master’s bulky outline filling the doorway. His face was masked in shadow.

“What’s going on in here?”

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