Star Wars: Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows by Michael Reaves

Author:Michael Reaves
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Star Wars, Video Game Adaptations, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Movie Tie-Ins, Movie, Space Opera, Fantasy, TV, Adventure, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction, Genre Fiction
ISBN: 0345477545
Publisher: LucasBooks
Published: 2011-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

twenty-three

Jax got the comm call from Laranth just as he, I-Five, and Den were leaving to rendezvous with Dejah Duare. The Twi’lek was typically laconic:

“Someone wants you dead.”

“How?”

“Badly.”

“No, I meant how do you know this?” And whoever it is, Jax added silently, tell ’em to get in line.

“Because I just finished dancing with the assassin who’s looking for you. I could feel her more than a klick away, which is why I went to investigate. Not the best idea I’ve had lately.”

Jax nodded. “I take it that she’s still ambulatory.”

“And lethal. You’re being hunted by the best, Jax, if that’s any consolation. Where are you now?”

“Sari Street, near Caspak Boulevard.”

“Wait for me there,” Laranth said.

As he listened to the Twi’lek elaborate on her adventure, Den realized once again that he was not a happy life-form.

“Aurra Sing?” he asked. “The Aurra Sing?”

A grim-faced Laranth nodded slowly. “Unless you know of another who matches the description.” Her voice was as dry as a year on Tatooine.

“Flattering, in a sense,” I-Five said. “I read up on her while I was uplinked to the police grid. She’s infamous, and she doesn’t come cheaply.”

Jax nodded. He knew that there was no need to wonder who would set a bounty hunter with Sing’s reputation on him. Only one person could have afforded the credits to hire her.

Nice to know I warrant the best, he thought wryly.

Den grabbed his ears in a Sullustan gesture of exasperation. “I think,” he said, “that it’s long past time for us to grab the next freighter to clear its cradle and leave, Jax. I mean, Sweet Sookie’s aunt!” He shook his head. “If Sing’s after you she won’t rest until most, if not all, of us are dead—and don’t ask me to place odds. We have to get off this overpopulated pit of perversion. Not that I have anything in particular against perversion, mind you. It’s just that I take umbrage when part of the perversity is trying to kill me.”

“We gave our word to Dejah Duare.”

“You gave our word, Jax. Sure, her credit is generous and useful, but we can’t spend it if we’re dead. We need to relocate to a new neighborhood. On a new planet. In a new galaxy.”

“Quiet,” Laranth admonished them both. “We have company.” At the same time that she spoke, Jax heard the rising whine of repulsorlifts. A moment later the first of three police skimmers settled down in the street beside them. Other pedestrians gave the cools a wide berth, and any civilian vehicles that had been in the vicinity suddenly found other venues more attractive.

The police contingent was led by the sector prefect himself. Jax could see that he didn’t look happy to see them, but then he doubted that Pol Haus ever looked happy to see anyone in his line of work.

“So we meet again.” He paused, singling out Jax and I-Five. “Just what are you two up to now?”

“We’re just out for an evening’s entertainment,” Jax said, and smiled.

“Right,” the prefect responded.

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