Here it is, the final chapter of Episode II.
LETHAL TRACKDOWN!
THE YOUNG BOBA FETT HAS TAKEN THE LAW INTO HIS OWN HANDS AND MADE TWO ATTEMPTS ON THE LIFE OF MACE WINDU, THE JEDI MASTER WHO KILLED HIS FATHER.
BOBA'S MENTOR, BOUNTY HUNTER AURRA SING, HAS TAKEN THREE REPUBLIC OFFICERS HOSTAGE IN AN EFFORT TO FORCE WINDU TO FACE BOBA ON THEIR TERMS, A TACTIC THAT DOES NOT SIT WELL WITH THE YOUNG VIGILANTE...
Revan, Ahsoka and Plo walked into one of the temple's medical rooms, Anakin and Mace were in. "We have a situation. We received a transmission from the bounty hunters." Plo informed them before walking over to the small holoprojector in the corner of the room and turning it on as Windu got off his bed. "They apparently took hostages." he said as a hologram of Aurra Sing and a young clone had Admiral Kilian, Commander Ponds and one other clone on their knees, with only Kilian and the other gagged. "Mace Windu. You were lucky to escape, your friends here were not so fortunate." the young clone said, pointing his blaster at Ponds head.
"Until you face Boba, these men will be killed. One at a time. What's your name?" she asked Ponds. When he didn't answer, she kicked him. "Name!" she demanded. "CT-411." he answered slowly. "Pathetic. Boba do it." she told the young clone, now identified as Boba. The young clone hesitated. "Boba!" she said more forcefully. The kid finally lowered his blaster and Aurra immediately shot the clone in the head. "That was Ponds." Anakin said mournfully. "Only two to go, Windu. Come and find us, we'll be waiting." she said, giving a evil smile before the hologram ended.
"I'll go." Mace decided. "I thought you had bigger concerns?" Anakin asked him. Windu turned his head to look at the Knight. "That was before we knew hostages were involved." he replied. "You are too injured to travel, and your presence would only aggravate the boy. I shall go and take the padawans with me." Plo said, placing a hand on each of their shoulders. Ahsoka gave Windu a reassuring smile. The Master gave them a nod and the three Jedi made their way to the hanger and slipped ponchos on before getting into a Praxis Mk. I turbo speeder and taking off across Coruscant.
"Master Plo? I don't understand, shouldn't we be heading for the last place we knew Boba Fett was spotted?" Ahsoka asked him. "Why head to the one place we know he is not." he said as he lowered the speeder into one of Coruscant's Underworld portals, a massive ventilation shaft and shipping portal. "Whoa." she said quietly in awe at the size of the portal. "Ditto." Revan murmured. "The second bounty hunter in the hologram is, Aurra Sing." he explained. "Another bounty hunter? Like his father, Jango Fett." she realized with a frown. "Yes. It seems this boy found himself in the care of at least one of Jango's associates." he said. "So were looking for friends of Jango Fett. Or places where they hang out." she realized. "And to do that, we must go to the lower levels. The underworld." he replied as he lowered the speeder onto one of the docking ramps.
The three Jedi exited the speeder and made their way towards a visitor processing area were customs droids were asking people for their passes. Plo unlocked a Force-activated lock and the ray shield went down, allowing them to walk through. "The data on Jango Fett suggested he frequented this area. We must be cautious." he warned. The Jedi made their way towards another landing pad with three hover taxis on it. They stepped onto the middle one and Plo pressed a few buttons before they flew away from the area. Awhile later the taxi descended lower into Coruscant's underworld and Plo parked it near another bar after four failed attempts at other bars.
"Well, I hope we have better luck here. This is the fifth scum bucket drinking hole we've been to." Ahsoka complained lightly as they made their way towards the bar. "Yes. And this time try to be more… subtle." Plo stressed. "What do you mean?" she asked, sounding genuinely confused after she turned around to face him when they stopped moving. "You've adopted many of your master's ways, including a lack of… subtlety." he explained before walking past her. "Sorry, Master Plo." she apologized quietly, with her head down. "Don't beat yourself up, Ahsoka. I mean look at me, I tend to jump headfirst into any situation that has fighting." Revan pointed out quietly, smiling and hoping to make her feel better. She returned it as they stepped in front of the door. "Just try to blend in. Listen. You may be surprised what people reveal when they have been drinking." Plo assured as he opened the door before they walked in.
The first thing Revan noticed was the Twi'lek dancer and couldn't fight the grin that spread onto his face. 'Oh, boy. I have got to come to these places more often.' he was broken out of his 'certain' thoughts by Plo's voice, "Have a look around." he told them, quietly. Revan adopted a serious look and refocused back on the task as he remained beside Ahsoka as they walked through the bar. "Were not getting anywhere." she growled quietly. "Don't worry, we will. I have a good feeling about this place." Revan assured quietly. "Alright, i'll try to relax." she said, taking a deep breath and closing her eyes. "Like Master Plo says. I'm listening, i'm listening…" she trailed off quietly. A few seconds later her eyes snapped open. "Murdered?" she said suddenly. Revan smiled. 'Sounds like a lead to me.'
The two padawans walked near a booth and turned their backs towards two patrons in it and started eavesdropping. "He was working a big job. At least that is what he said. He was telling me he had some valuable information on a holotransmitter. And then boom! She shot him. It must have been some good dirt." the guy chuckled. "What's her name? Hope it's not who I think it is." the second guy said. "He was working with Aurra Sing. She's bad news." the first guy replied. "Ah, that's her all right. She's the boss' ex. There's always trouble when she shows up." the second guy quipped. "Yeah that's the one." he confirmed.
Revan sensed it too late and the first guy, a Nautolan grabbed Ahsoka and held her with his arm wrapped around her shoulders. 'Shit! I can't do anything without putting her in danger. I'll have to wait for an opening.' Revan gritted his teeth in frustration as the second one, a Weequay questioned her, "Find something interesting kid?" he asked sarcastically. Instead of answering she elbowed the Nautolan in the gut and escaped his grasp when he let go before pushing him into his partner. Revan quickly stepped protectively in front of Ahsoka as the Nautolan recovered fast and turned around to face them with knives in his hands.
"Hey, whats this? What are reaching for?" he demanded as they had their hands underneath the ponchos, ready to grab their sabers. The Weequay and some other patrons immediately aimed their blasters at the two padawans. A lightsaber being activated was heard and they all turned to look a Plo with his saber ready. "Stand down." he ordered the patrons. "You can't take us all, Jedi." the Nautolan declared arrogantly and waving his knives threateningly. The padawans and Master formed a small circle to keep their attention on the patrons. "Would you like to try and prove your theory?" he asked the patrons as the two padawans ignited their blades. The three started to back up slowly towards the exit. "Hey nobody's shootin' up my place today!" the bar owner snapped. "He's right. Drinks on the house." she said, tossing some money at them.
The patrons turned their attention to the money on the ground and the Jedi quickly exited the bar. "Not very subtle." Plo pointed out as they sheathed their sabers. "Well, I was being subtle." she defended as they made their way back to the taxi. "Interesting result." he quipped humorously. "But Master, you were right. We heard about a murder. A murder Aurra Sing recently committed." she explained. Plo placed a hand on her shoulder. "Where?" he asked. "Florrum." she replied. "Well done, little 'Soka." he complimented before they stepped onto the speeder. "We're off to Florrum." he said, starting the taxi up.
An hour later they exited hyperspace in a T-6 shutle above Florrum before landing in front of a pirate outpost. Upon exiting the shuttle they were greeted by Hondo Ohnaka as he walked up to them. "Hello, hello and welcome to Florrum." he greeted before gesturing them to follow. "I should assume you are walking us into a trap." Plo said. "Yes you should. They're waiting inside the bar. I have no idea what she has planned for you." the pirate leader explained. "And the reason your telling us is?" Plo asked. "So you know that I am not involved in this." he replied. "Hmm. Perhaps your not as bad as I thought, Hondo." Revan said smiling. "Now that. That warms my heart." the gang lord said smirking.
"Remember: Patience." Plo reminded the padawans gently. They nodded and waited a few seconds before sneaking in and hiding behind a corner with Aurra's back facing them. "Bad move, Jedi. This will cost you." she warned as a gun was cocked. "I wanted, Windu. What are you doing here?" Boba demanded. "We can do this the difficult way or the simple way. The choice is yours." Plo offered. "Bossk, can you hear me?" she asked over her com. "Execute the hostages if I give the word." she said to him. "Unwise. You have already lost and you don't even know it." Plo said. "I am prepared to kill you, the hostages, whatever it takes to get what Boba wants!" she snarled. "Sounds more like what you want." Plo mused.
Ahsoka ignited her saber and quickly cut Aurra's antenna off before grabbing her and holding the saber close to her neck. Boba moved the gun closer to Plo's head. "Don't!" Ahsoka warned. Revan decided to remain hidden until things went south or Plo managed to talk them down. "Let her go!" the young clone demanded. "No chance." Ahsoka shot back. "She won't do it, Boba. She's not like you." Aurra said. "She's right. I'm not a murderer." Ahsoka agreed. "I'm not a murderer! But I want justice!" the kid snapped. "We are justice." Plo said calmly.
"Don't listen to him." Aurra warned. "No one will be harmed if you come quietly." the older Jedi assured. Boba seemed to be considering it. "I can't let you die." he said to Aurra with a remorseful look. "You won't have too." Aurra said. "Aurra!" he exclaimed and shot at Ahsoka. Revan jumped out and deflected it in time. Aurra quickly punched him in the face, causing him to spin before elbowing Ahsoka in the chest, causing her to back up. Aurra stomped her heel to the ground, sending two spikes towards Plo who slammed the table, causing it to flip in time to catch the spikes before Force-pushing Boba back.
Sing took out dual blasters and started shooting at the two padawans, who managed to deflect the bolts. Plo used the Force to throw the table in between them. The table exploded into chunks from her blaster fire and Revan took this brief distraction to cut Aurra's blasters in half before pointing the tip of his saber at her neck. Sing raised her hands in surrender. "It's over. Surrender!" Plo ordered her, walking over to them. "Aurra, now!" Boba exclaimed, tossing a small round device at their feet. The Jedi looked at it before realizing what it was. "Bomb!" Ahsoka warned before the three jumped out of the way and Aurra ran.
The Jedi landed on the ground in a mild daze. "Boba, hurry!" Sing urged as she started running to the exit. The young clone started to run just as Plo picked his saber up before using the Force to pull the kid towards him. "Aurra, help! Help me!" he pleaded as the older Jedi gripped him by the shoulders. Sing stopped at the door and turned to look at him. She turned her attention to Revan and Ahsoka as he helped her up. They started chasing her when she took off. "Don't leave me! No!" he begged as she ran out the door, the two padawans right behind her.
They exited the structure in time to see her taking off on a speeder bike. Revan hopped on another and started it up as Ahsoka sat behind him before they took off and started chasing the bounty hunter through the canyons. They soon ended up in a narrow canyon as Revan started catching up to her. Ahsoka activated her blade as he managed to get beside Sing. The bounty hunter bashed into them, forcing the bike to lose some speed and fall back before the padawan could take a slash. "Padawans, she is trying to lead you away from the hostages. Go to coordinates 1-5-7-9." Plo informed them over Ahsoka's com.
Revan quickly took a left as Aurra kept going forward. A few seconds later they reached an open area with the bounty hunter, Bossk about to execute Kilian and the clone. Using the speeders' guns, he managed to get Bossk away from them in time. The Jedi jumped off the bike and let it zoom off to the side and as soon as they landed Ahsoka cut the binders off them. After pulling his gag off his mouth, Kilian grabbed Bossk's rifle and aimed it at the prone bounty hunter who was about to stand back up. "Don't move." he ordered the Trandoshan.
Upon hearing a noise, they looked up to see Aurra zoom off the cliff and ditch the speeder. Causing it to crash into the other one and making both explode knocking the Jedi, admiral and clone onto the ground. They looked up in time just to see Sing running up her ships ramp and into it. The padawans quickly got up and managed to jump onto the wing as it started taking off. Unfortunately the ship started to shift forward. Revan managed to plant his feet into parts of the wing that stuck out, Ahsoka however wasn't so lucky. She cried out in surprise as she lost her footing, luckily she managed to get a good grip on the corner of the bottom of the wing. Revan was having a difficult time at reaching her from where he was. He slowly placed the top of his boot onto one of the parts sticking out and was now able to grab her hand. He pulled her back up as the wing shifted, allowing them to stand properly again.
Ahsoka reignited her blade and sliced the part where the wing connected with the ship, causing it to fall to the ground. The ship started to lean towards the right now that its left wing was gone, the two Jedi jumped onto the top of the glass where the cockpit was and stabbed their sabers through it as Sing tried blasting them. They removed their sabers from the glass and started deflecting her bolts. Revan backflipped off first and landed on the ground before Ahsoka backflipped off as the glass shattered. He quickly caught her bridal style in his arms. "My hero." she teased with a smirk. Revan rolled his eyes while smirking back before setting her on the ground, they looked up to see the ship start descending to the ground before crashing and exploding not to far away.
A few hours later they were back on Coruscant, with Boba and Bossk in binders. Eight clones helped escort them as they met up with Anakin and Mace waiting for them. As soon as they stopped, Mace walked up to Boba and kneeled in front of him. "I see now i've done terrible things." the young clone admitted. "But you started it when you murdered my father! I'll never forgive you." he swore before Windu stood back up. "Well, you're going to have to." the Master replied before looking at the clones. "Take him away." he said as Plo placed a hand on the kid's shoulder and led him away while the others looked on. Revan wrapped an arm around Ahsoka's shoulders. "Think he'll do okay?" she asked him quietly. "Yeah. I think he'll have an interesting life." her friend replied before smiling. 'Good luck, kid.'
Episode II is now done. I admit the ending I wrote was not what I originally planned, but I suppose it works. And now I can start writing Episode III, which as you know includes the Mortis arc. Something I can't wait to write. Anyways I should have the first chapter of Episode III up soon.