Star Wars - Hutt & Seek - Unpublished by Chris Cassidy;Tish Pahl

Author:Chris Cassidy;Tish Pahl
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 1998-02-22T21:27:23+00:00

Fen slipped back into the main cabin just in time to see the holovid system sputter. Spewing smoke, it coughed out the smoldering remains of Ghitsa’s Coruscant Daily Newsfeed recording. Perhaps there truly was a higher power in the universe and she had a sense of humor, Fen thought.

“We’ll be adding the repair costs to your bill,” Shada said examining the unit.

“By all means,” Ghitsa replied, moving to the holographic game table. “How about a round, Fen?”

“I’ll pass.”

Ghitsa shrugged. “I don’t see why you won’t install a holo-beasties game on the Star Lady.”

Fen laughed, stretching her arms high. “Let’s just say that the last time I allowed a round on board, my droid ended up with his arms ripped out of their sockets. Besides, we’re about to come out of hyperspace, aren’t we, Shada?”

“Five standard minutes,” Shada said over her shoulder as she exited the cabin. “I’ve already seen to the Twi’leks.”

Ghitsa waited, then whispered, “You didn’t run into her, did you?”

“No,” Fen replied wearily, strapping into her seat. As Ghitsa did the same. Fen let her eyes slip shut. “Won’t be long now.”

“No, it won’t,” Dunc’s voice agreed quietly next to her ear.

Fen’s eyes flew open. Dunc was standing to the side, pointing a blaster at the two of them. Fen’s blaster, she realized suddenly, belatedly missing the weight at her hip. Her vibroknife, for good measure, was hanging loosely in Dunc’s other hand. The girl definitely had talent. “What is going on?” she snarled.

“There’s been a change of plan,” Dunc said. “Dogder, I’ll take that blaster in your boot. Slowly.”

“Certainly,” Ghitsa said calmly, reaching into her boot and removing a small hold-out blaster Fen hadn’t even known she owned. “I don’t recall a contractual provision about a blaster in our faces,” she added as she slid the weapon across the deck.

“The contract’s been changed, too,” Dunc said, settling in a seat facing them.

Fen felt the ship tumble into real space. A minute later, Shada joined them. “We protest this treatment, of course,” Ghitsa said, getting in the first word.

Shada ignored her. “From the beginning, Fen, your behavior on this trip has been completely irrational,” she said. “You convinced us to take this passage; then, at every opportunity, have hounded us that what we were doing was a moral outrage. I want to know why.”

“We’re just chatty,” Fen muttered sourly.

“You wanted us to break the contract, didn’t you?” Shada persisted. “That’s the only explanation. But why? You can hardly bring suit against us—legally, we don’t even exist. Blackmail? Ridiculous.”

Ghitsa spoke up. “This is a perfectly legal operation. You renege, and the Eleven will be extremely unhappy with you.”

“Having others unhappy with you isn’t as bad as being unhappy with yourself,” Dunc put in. “We’ll take our chances.”

“Ah, yes—the wonderful view you get from the high moral ground,” Ghitsa said sarcastically. “Not that you gain much of that high ground by shooting two unarmed people.”

“We won’t deliver the Twi’leks into slavery, Fen,” Shada said. “Not even a carefully disguised slavery. If you won’t tell us what’s really going on, you leave us with no other alternative.

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