10 comments/ 18237 views/ 4 favorites Bounty Hunter and the Jedi Ch. 01 By: John Blackhawk This is my first story on Literotica so any constructive suggestions are welcome. --------------------------------------------- Primeday the 11th, 5th month, 12:01, Coruscant, 19 BBY Ahsoka Tano landing on a local Coruscant spaceship platform in her Delta 7-B Aethersprite-Class Light Interceptor after receiving a signal from the Jedi Temple to return immediately. By this time Darth Vader has already left for Mustafar to eliminate the Separatist leadership. When she exits her craft she is met up by a squad of clone troopers. Ahsoka asked the squad leader "What's going on here sergeant?" The squad leader simply replied "We are executing order sixty-six commander." Then the entire squad of clone troopers then leveled their weapons at Ahsoka and started firing. Ashoka barely has time to ignite one of her lightsaber and fend off the blasts that would cause an instant fatality but she is pushed back by the sheer volume of fire and is sent flying over the edge dropping her lightsaber on the way down. A lone female bounty hunter dressed in full body armor saw a body falling from the landing platform through the advanced optics in her helmet as well as a smaller object. The female bounty hunter tapped some buttons on the control on her bracer to run a trajectory calculation and after a brief double check ignited her modified Merr-Sonn JT-12 jet pack. Following the set path she intercepted the lightsaber first stuffing it in an oversized pocket on her armored pants. The female bounty hunter however only managed to intercept Ahsoka after an additional thrust from the jet pack and Ahsoka bouncing against a part of a slanted roof. The female bounty hunter cradled Ahsoka in her arms as the modified Merr-Sonn JT-12 jet pack finally shut down as it was programmed. The female bounty hunter then opened a compartment on her utility belt and pulled out a cylindrical item which she gripped for dear life. Pointing the item down and switching it on it fired a range finding laser which displayed the distance to the ground in the optics of her helmet. The female bounty hunter quickly fired the engine of the Merr-Sonn JT-12 jet pack in several short bursts to stabilize how they were falling and keep them parallel to the building next to them. When the display finally read eighty meters the female bounty hunter fired a large grappling spike launcher built into the modified Merr-Sonn JT-12 jet pack into the nearest building and after ten meters started slowing the rate the liquid reservoir released the ultra strong cable. By the time the pair was about ten meters from the ground they had slowed down enough to just simply hang by the cable from the jet pack. By the time they were five meters from the ground the female bounty hunter relaxed herself and managed to hit the button on her armor's left wrist to cut the cable from the jet pack and then land on the ground level of Coruscant with a dull thud. After carefully setting the young togruta down on the ground she disengaged the locks on her neck securing her helmet in place she carefully took the helmet off and leaned on Ahsoka's chest and listened for a heart beat. She said quietly smiling "unbelievable she survived." She slipped the laser range finder back into its pouch on her utility belt and used a remote to summon her BARC speeder to their location. Primeday the 11th, 5th month, 12:25, Coruscant The BARC speeder arrived on automatic from above and then settled down reasonably close under power then extended its landing skids and finally landed and then switched its systems into standby. The female bounty hunter after slipping out of her jet pack secured it to its own pouch on the bike she dug around in a pouch on the left hand side and pulled out a medisensor from the on board medikit and then walked over to the unconscious Ahsoka and then proceeded to run the medisensor over her body. The female bounty hunter spoke softly "Let's see, no organ damage." Two bones in her right arm are broken and her left wrist is dislocated. Three of her ribs are bruised and two more look questionable. The bounty hunter then took off her arm armor and stored the removed pieces on her bike as well knowing she will need to roll the young togruta to get a clear reading on her medisensor for the young togruta's spine. As the female bounty hunter rolled the unconscious as much as she dared without attempting to hurt Ahsoka the young togruta started wincing and moaning a bit. Quickly finishing the woman laid Ahsoka flat on the ground and checked the read out on the medisensor. Breathing some sigh of relief that there was no serious damage to the young togruta's spine she whispered softly "I'm sorry for causing you any discomfort but I had to make sure I could move you safely." The bounty hunter then dug through the medikit and pulled out an airsplint and carefully set Ahsoka's broken arm. After replacing the medisensor in the medikit the bounty hunter secured the medikit back in its place on the BARC speeder. The bounty hunter went to work digging a package out of a different cargo bag on her BARC speeder and assembled a kind of repulsor stretcher that attached to the back of the BARC speeder. After it was assembled the bounty hunter carefully moved Ahsoka as she was onto it and laid a blanket overtop and then clipped a belt over the blanket to keep Ahsoka from slipping off. The bounty hunter finally got on the BARC speeder slipping on a pair of glareshades. The bounty hunter then carefully revved the engine and sped off heading to a landing pad on the edge of the city where through some hard spent credits a newly acquired YT-1300 sat. Primeday the 11th, 5th month, 13:15, Coruscant As the bounty hunter pulled up to the landing platform she bit her lip as she encountered a guard at the entrance. The guard said plainly as the female bounty hunter stopped "I am going to need to see some identification before I can let you pass." The female bounty hunter carefully moved her hand to her left waist pocket not to agitate the guard and then pulled out an identification card for Phara Black along with a standard bounty hunter certification card and handed them both to the guard. The guard then inserted both into a device he was carrying after brief moment the clone trooper said "ok this checks out, what about this person you are carrying?" Phara said to the guard "the client I am working for wants to see the body before he'll pay the bounty." The guard handed back the identification card and bounty hunter certification. Not having much time to waste Phara' drove her BARC along the underside of her YT-1300. She pulled out remote device from her belt after parking the BARC speeder and pressed a button on it to lower the boarding ramp. After shutting down the BARC and pulling the key Phara' carefully went to the repulsor stretcher took the blanket off of Ahsoka and then up the ramp. Phara carefully took her to the galley of the ship which also did double duty as a medical area. Phara took a moment set Ahsoka down flat on her back on the deck searching for the fold out table. After working out how to set it up Ahsoka was laid down upon it. Phara took off her armor gloves she felt for a pulse and smiled a bit after finding one still there after everything that has happened. Phara carefully removed Ahsoka's belt containing her remaining lightsaber aside, making note of the holes that were in the leather of the belt. Ahsoka suddenly woke up moaning in pain. Phara whispered trying to keep her calm "Easy, easy you have a broken right arm, your left wrist is dislocated, three of your ribs are bruised and two more ribs look questionable." That seemed to quiet her down and she laid back on the table. Phara heard Ahsoka say "my lightsabers?" Phara remembered and dug in the oversized left hand pocket and carefully pulled out one and held up the other by the belt saying "got them right here." Some point after Ahsoka fell unconscious, Phara double checked to make sure Ahsoka's pulse was strong. Phara quickly stripped off the armor chest plate she was still wearing setting it on the counter. She then hit a switch on the wall to activate a 2-1B surgical droid that was docked against a nearby wall. The droid came out of its docking port and walked over to Phara and said in its mechanical voice as it walked over "how may I assist you today?" Phara replied "I need some assistance tending to this togruta female." Phara hit a switch next to the table to activate an antisepsis field generator build into the ceiling above the table. Phara searched through the cabinets finding a reloadable spray hypo and loaded it with a mild sedative cartridge. After donning a pair of surgical gloves Phara took a reloadable spray hypo and injected Ahsoka in her shoulder. Phara said to the 2-1B surgical droid as she assessed Ahsoka "could you activate the medical imager?" The 2-1B surgical droid responded as it went over to the wall and flipped a switch to cause a device to drop from the ceiling and scan the patient on the table a moment later a three dimensional image appeared representing Ahsoka's internal structures. Phara said to the 2-1B surgical droid "so what do you think?" The 2-1B surgical droid responded "no discernable organ damage but two bones in her right arm are broken and two of her ribs will need the broken portions removed and reconstructed to eliminated the risk of any organ punctures." The togruta female also has three bruised ribs. Phara finding two small clasps along Ahsoka's lekku respectfully separated the headdress from her and carefully setting it aside with the lightsabers. Phara said to the 2-1B surgical droid "let's begin with the dislocated wrist shall we?" The 2-1B surgical droid said "if you would hold her down at the shoulder ma'am I can handle the rest." Phara did as the 2-1B surgical droid requested the droid carefully grabbed Ahsoka's left hand and after it preformed some calculations jerked back hard. After a few minutes the droid set the hand back down on the table. Phara curiously asked "how is the wrist?" The 2-1B surgical droid said "it's back in position and the blood flow is in acceptable parameters." The three dimensional image zoomed in briefly on the hand the 2-1B surgical droid just attended to. The 2-1B surgical went further to say "I also recommend a memory plastic hand bandage to immobilize the wrist." Phara went back to the medical area and after a brief search retrieved a package containing a memory plastic hand bandage and walked back to Ahsoka. Phara opened the package and carefully put it over Ahsoka's hand and wrist. After the memory bandage constricted conforming to Ahsoka's hand Phara sat back down next to Ahsoka. Phara said as she carefully removed the airsplint "ok now let's turn our attention to that right arm." The 2-1B medical droid "yes ma'am, would you like to handle this or shall I?" Phara said "I'll do it, but I would like some direction from you as we go." Phara finding the bone-knitter and small bone saw brought them over beside the table the 2-1B surgical droid close behind. Phara said to the 2-1B surgical droid "ok could you point out for me where I need to cut?" After processing some information a small laser dot shot out from the 2-1B surgical droid's head hitting the appropriate spot." Phara picked up the laser scalpel and then asked the 2-1B surgical droid "that's where the first break is right?" The 2-1B surgical droid responded with a simple "yes, the second break is about two inches down from that" Phara carefully cut into Ahsoka's arm with the laser scalpel as the 2-1B surgical droid direct cutting shallow. Then setting the laser scalpel aside she use a number of surgical forceps to carefully part the muscle tissue and only cutting into the muscle with the laser scalpel only when absolutely necessary. After setting the laser scalpel aside Phara selected the small bone saw and went to work carefully trimming the bone down until either side of the break was squared off. After all the loose bone fragments were removed with a pair of surgical tweezers Phara picked up the bone-knitter. With a little assistance from the 2-1B surgical droid to get the bones in place Phara used the bone-knitter to repair the bone. The same process of squaring off the ends of the bone where the break was, removing the bone fragments, and repairing with the bone-knitter was repeated for the other arm bone. Carefully Phara removed the forceps she put in place to spread the muscle tissue and carefully put the skin back in place. The 2-1B surgical droid said "may I suggest this ma'am to secure the surgical incision?" Phara curiously looked at what the droid was holding which appeared to be a roll of clear tape. Phara curious asked "what is it?" The 2-1B surgical droid stated "it is a type of medical tape to allow bacta to penetrate through. Phara thought for a moment on this and decided to use the tape, taking care to carefully tape up where the incision ran. Phara said standing up said "ok now to those ribs." Phara carefully looked over the halter top Ahsoka was wearing. After a few minutes Phara found the two fasteners behind Ahsoka's back and one under her lekku behind her neck. A few minutes later the fasteners were all undone and Phara carefully peeled the garment off her chest setting it aside and leaving Ahsoka bare-chested. Phara took a brief moment to admire Ahsoka's breasts with a casual caress and sat back down. Phara asked the 2-1B surgical droid "ok now could you point out the first rib crack?" The 2-1B surgical droid again after processing the data shot a laser dot pointing out the first break and said "I suggest keeping the cut small the other break is one rib up and further on top of her chest than that one is." Phara took up the laser scalpel again cutting deeper than before and then carefully pulled the layers of skin and muscle tissue exposing the break in the rib. Phara set the laser scalpel aside and then picked up the small bone saw to carefully cut on either side of the break and carefully removed the fragments with surgical tweezers. With the help of the 2-1B surgical droid to hold the bone in place Phara used the bone-knitter to repair the bone. After the bone was repaired Phara carefully moved the tissue back in place over the newly repaired bone carefully stitching the muscles together with a curved needle and medical thread Phara also used medical tape to secure the incision. The same process of cutting into the flesh, cutting on either side of the break in the bone to square it off, removing the bone fragments, and repairing with the bone-knitter, then stitching the muscles back together was repeated for the other fractured rib. Phara said to the 2-1B surgical droid "ok, I think it's time to get the bacta tank ready." The 2-1B surgical said as it went to a nearby wall panel to do as Phara requested "yes ma'am." Phara turned and whispered to Ahsoka "sorry but I will need to take your clothes off before I can put you in the bacta tank." Phara went to work gently tugging Ahsoka's boots off one at a time and then set them on the floor below where Ahsoka's halter top and gloves ended up. Phara looked a moment at the waistline of Ahsoka's skirt to figure out how to take it off and then found a fastener on her left hip. Phara undid the fastener and pulled the zipper down that was hidden underneath then gently tugged the skirt down Ahsoka's hips and off her body leaving her in a pair of black panties which were taken off soon after. The 2-1B surgical droid stated in its mechanical voice "the bacta tank is ready." Phara nodded in acknowledgement and took a damp towel to wipe any loose contaminants off Ahsoka's nude body. Phara dug around for the vital signs monitor and affixed it to Ahsoka's chest then scooped her up and eased Ahsoka into the half filled tube. While Phara was separating herself from Ahsoka the 2-1B surgical droid held out the breathing mask apparatus to Phara and said "don't forget the breathing gear." Phara nodded thanking the 2-1B surgical droid and put the breathing gear on which consisted of a mask over Ahsoka's nose and mouth and secured it in place. Phara took the opposing end of the breathing line and put it in place in its designated slot in the upper portion of the tank. After pressing a few buttons on the vital signs monitor to activate it she said to the 2-1B surgical droid "begin bacta tank cycle and then you can return to your docking port." The 2-1B silently went to work starting the bacta tank cycle a few minutes later the tank slid back into its position recessed in the wall while Phara went to the forward cargo bay and used the forward cargo ramp to go down to ground and head over to her BARC speeder. Phara took the time to disassemble the repulsor gurney she used earlier packed it up and then slid the key to the BARC in so she could move it by hand to the forward cargo ramp. After securing the BARC in its container Phara went to the galley area and carefully cleaned up. Primeday the 11th, 5th month, 14:07, Coruscant The bacta system beeped as the cycle finished. Phara stopped in the refresher to get a towel out of the closet and then went to the control panel for the bacta tank manipulating the controls. The tank moved out from where it was and started draining first and then the tube slowly sank into the floor so the occupant could step out. As the tank opened Phara carefully grabbed hold of Ahsoka under her arms removing the breath mask and set it aside and then carefully scooping Ahsoka out. Phara moved Ahsoka to the table and gently dried her off and then carried Ahsoka to her cabin setting Ahsoka down on her bunk. Phara opened one of the closets on her side coming out with an old shirt and pair of shorts and carefully dressed Ahsoka. Phara went back to the medical area picking up Ahsoka's clothes and lightsabers and sets them in a cabinet on the opposite side leaving the door open. Two small items clattered to the floor. Phara leaned down picking the first item seeing it was a standard identification card read the name "Ahsoka Tano" and stuck it in her pocket. The second item not realizing it was a comlink at first accidentally turned it on. An automated voice started repeating "all jedi must stay away the temple is no longer safe." Phara quickly turned off the comlink and went to the secondary cargo bay. She searched around for a certain hard shelled case. Finally finding it Phara pulled it out and took out the communications monitoring gear carefully plugging in the comlink to the terminal. She ran a computer program to examine the signal hearing the repeating "all jedi must stay way the temple is no longer safe." Phara idly curious ran a program to run a standard signal analysis. A few moments later the computer displayed a message saying it found an encrypted transmission on a lower frequency. Suddenly the comlink beeped signaling it had a message on it. Phara first examined the transmission further seeing the deep encryption ran another program to attempt a decryption. After that failed Phara downloaded the encrypted file to a datapad. Deciding to let it be Phara unplugged the comlink from the terminal and deactivated it putting it back in its place. Phara then took the datapad and the comlink back to her cabin putting the comlink carefully back with Ahsoka's clothes along with the datapad. After Phara cleaned up around the bacta tank she set a folding chair down in the cabin after picking up a special alloy blade from the cabinet on the back wall of the cabin. Phara carefully drew the blade from the sheath and started her usual ritual of cleaning it. Primeday the 11th, 5th month, 14:33, Coruscant, Phara's YT-1300 Ahsoka Tano's eyes finally fluttered, as she came to the sensations of pain flooded her body. Ahsoka sat up moaning from the pain. Phara realizing the young togruta has finally become conscious moved in a bit closer. Ahsoka's head finally cleared her defensive instincts kicked in she used her force "pull" skill to pull one of her lightsabers from the open cabinet to her hand igniting it as soon as it came into her hand and brought it in a horizontal slashing motion against the person coming towards her but was stopped mid strike thanks to Phara bringing her metal blade weapon up in the proper position to block Ahsoka's lightsaber. Bounty Hunter and the Jedi Ch. 01 Phara on the defensive focusing on Ahsoka's lightsaber to keep it at a safe distance said "hey, hey, hey, calm down." Ahsoka spoke angrily "Who are you?" Phara replied simply "I'm Phara Black you have nothing to fear from me." The two struggled against one another, neither one not giving the other an inch. At this point Phara said "ask yourself if I wanted to kill you would have I bothered to patch you up?" Ahsoka sat back down in the bed wincing in pain turning off the lightsaber. Phara asked as she sheathed her blade "may I inquire your name?" Ahsoka replied shyly "Ahsoka, Ahsoka Tano." Phara said simply "well nice to meet you Ahsoka." Ahsoka moving as little as possible trying to ease the pain she felt she asked "what happened to me?" Phara responded "well I spotted some weapons fire from a landing platform I was passing under I saw you fall a moment later so I decided to attempt an intercept." I managed to catch your lightsaber first but sad to say I wasn't in time to catch you before you bounced on some slanted part of a roof underneath the landing platform. Afterwards I managed to sneak you back here using a kind of repulsor gurney I towed behind my BARC speeder. Ahsoka asked as she carefully sat up looking herself "you fixed me up?" Phara responded "yes, well ok I had some help from a 2-1B surgical droid, for the record you still have three bruised ribs, and fix two others that were in danger of breaking. Then there was your dislocated wrist and your broken arm. Ahsoka responded simply "thank you." Phara heard Ahsoka suddenly eep when Ahsoka realized the implication of waking up in clothes that didn't belong to her. Ahsoka blushing purple asked "what happened to my clothes?" Phara said casually picking up Ahsoka's boots from behind her and set them in front of Ahsoka "I do apologize I had to take your clothes off before I could put you in the on board bacta tank." Phara then went to the cabinet on the opposite wall and set Ahsoka's clothes beside her laying Ahsoka's headdress on top. Ahsoka lightly picked up her headdress and held it in her hands briefly then carefully put it back into place on her head the manipulating the clasps back into place. Phara said showing Ahsoka her comlink "I did run across your comlink in your clothes back there it seems there was an automated signal being broadcast." Ahsoka responded "yes I know it's an automated signal calling all jedi to return to the temple immediately." Phara said "well it may have at one point, but it's now transmitting this" and then activated the comlink. The automated voice repeated "all jedi must stay way the temple is no longer safe." Phara switched the comlink off at that point. After a few moments of silence Phara said "it also beeped and this light started flashing on it a few minutes ago it's a relayed message I think?" Ahsoka looking curious said "may I see my comlink?" Phara handed the comlink off to Ahsoka, after a few key presses by Ahsoka a mechanical voice stated the date and time of transmission then a male human voice came over the comlink and said "Ahsoka if you should happen to receive this in time and are able to get there I shall be heading to Polis Massa and I will remain there for the next five days." Ahsoka turned the comlink off and leaned forward some appearing to be in deep thought. Phara almost hesitant to mention the encrypted message decided to say also holding out a datapad "one more thing, I examined the signal and found a hidden encrypted message I think it's addressed to you." Ahsoka accepted the datapad and looked over the data for a few minutes she then pressed a few after a few electronic beeps Ahsoka's lips moved silently reading the message. Ahsoka's lips quivered and then dropped the datapad on the deck disturbed by what she read and curled up into a ball on the bed facing the bulkhead. Curious at what got Ahsoka upset Phara picked up the datatpad with the now decrypted messaged and read it. Ahsoka, If you are alive and are able to find this, you should know it's no longer safe to be a jedi and it won't be for a long time. Palpatine is the Sith lord Darth Sidious that the jedi council was looking for. My heart is heavy to say this but Anakin is Sidious's apprentice now and you should not trust him if he attempts to contact you. I didn't want to believe my friend and your Master had turned but I observed a security hologram file that clearly shows him killing all the younglings in the temple. Under the belief that Padme will soon go see Anakin I am going steal aboard Padme's ship to go confront Anakin. Obi-Wan Kenobi [776-BT89] Phara feeling sympathetic set the datapad aside and moved towards Ahsoka lying down behind her with her knees bent. After briefly observing Phara could pick up the signs of Ahsoka quietly sobbing. Phara whispered lightly touching Ahsoka's arm "if that message is any indication, you probably have a lot of things going through your mind right now." If I may offer a viewpoint the only choice you have to worry about right now is between living and dying. I just have to think the current state you are in it is unlikely you will survive a run in with the next clone trooper patrol. Keeping that in mind you could also choose live on and fight. Observing Ahsoka calming down Phara sat up after giving Ahsoka's shoulder a small kiss. Phara said "I need to leave for a few hours but you should be safe in here until I get back." The 2-1B surgical droid will activate in about an hour, I instructed it to check on your healing progress if you allow it. I know I don't have any right to tell you to do anything but if you wouldn't mind doing me the kindness and stay until it checks you out so if you do decide to leave I can have a clear conscious. Phara said as she went to the weapons cabinet pulling out her favorite DE-10 pistol and slid it with its holster onto her utility belt "After that if you do decide to leave you will find my extra gear bag in one of the overhead cabinets." Help yourself to whatever clothes I got in the closet. I will also leave my arms cabinet open help yourself to whatever blaster you like. Also help yourself to any hand to hand combat weapons you like except this blade and these two matched ones here since it will be best not to advertise you are a jedi. Spare clips you will find in a cage in the cargo hold on the left. Otherwise feel free to use whatever is on board in the mean time. Primeday the 11th, 5th month, 15:25, Coruscant, Phara's POV Phara after digging out a jacket and her favorite gear bag from her closet exited from a boarding ramp. Afterwards she pressed a button on the remote on her belt to activate a system that automatically opened a door on the underside of the YT-1300 and release Phara's BARC speeder. Phara quickly got on powering up the BARC and sped off for the city. After she parked on the edge of the market area she secured her BARC speeder and started walking shopping for food also taking time to think as she moved. When she was feeling around in her pocket for a credit stick Phara also took out Ahsoka's identification. Phara thought for a moment paying the last food vendor and then thinking to herself "ahh what the hell" and stuck Ahsoka's identification back in her pocket. After deciding on what to do Phara got back on her BARC and headed for a local cargo hauling office. She stepped inside the office and upon finding the dispatcher droid asked "hi, I was wondering if there were any available cargo runs to Polis Massa?" The droid dispatcher spoke up in its feminine voice "could I see some identification please?" Phara took out her own identification card and carefully slipped it in the droid's grip. The droid dispatcher said after scanning the identification "ok this is good, Polis Massa you said?" Phara responded with a simple "yes." The droid dispatcher rotated itself by the waist and started using a terminal next to it after a few minutes said "yes there is a load of medical supplies that needs to get there within the next seven days." Phara thinking for a moment said "good I'll take it, could I get the cargo delivered within the next few hours though?" The droid dispatcher almost surprised "yes which landing platform would you like it delivered to?" Phara responded "platform one-one-five." Phara turned to leave briefly after the dispatcher handed back her identification but then realized, said "what about data on the cargo?" The dispatcher replied simply "the representative delivering the cargo to your ship will give it to you then." Phara stopped at a local banking station to load up four credit chips with the same amount of credits. Phara then turned and walked off heading into the city starting to ask around about a certain edgy slicer named Balbo Tal'z. Primeday the 11th, 5th month, 15:25, Coruscant, Ahsoka's POV Ahsoka after calming down enough sat up carefully from the position she was in. She took her time to study the room she was in finding a number of datapads in the overhead shelf on a wide variety of subjects. She then carefully walked over to where a wide variety of weapons sat on racks in a kind of arms locker. Ahsoka looking around carefully took down a pistol looking it over carefully deciding it wasn't for her because her jedi training didn't include gunplay carefully put it back in place. Ahsoka looked at the various weapons for a while curiously picking up a slender ornately made bladed weapon carefully feeling the weight in her hand then taking an experimental test swing stopping when a stab of pain shot through her side. Ahsoka carefully sheathed the blade set back where she found it on the rack. She then picked up the lightsaber that was sitting by her clothes feeling a little better having it in her hands Ahsoka carefully explored the ship after that carefully going room by room not being familiar with it she made note of the room with the refresher. Eventually she ended up in the galley area and found the 2-1B droid Phara mentioned earlier and sat down into the lounge area her lightsaber still in hand. Ahsoka leaned forward bringing her head down and carefully getting comfortable soon Ahsoka fell asleep. Primeday the 11th, 5th month, 16:05, Coruscant, Ahsoka's POV The 2-1B surgical droid activated and carefully scanned the room finding Ahsoka asleep in the lounge area. The droid walked over not making much more noise than the servo motors worked the legs. The surgical droid scanning Ahsoka noticed her slightly increased heart rate realized she was having a dream and then carefully tapped Ahsoka's shoulder. A few moments later Ahsoka did awaken not exactly remembering where she was started to try to move back at some point igniting her lightsaber. The 2-1B surgical droid detecting the energy output of Ahsoka's lightsaber stepped further back as quick as it could. After a few minutes it said in its mechanical voice putting its manipulators up in a non threatening position "hello togruta female my owner Phara Black programmed me to check on you when I activated." Ahsoka now remembered where she was turned off her lightsaber. The 2-1B surgical droid said "will you allow me to examine you?" Ahsoka thinking a few minutes asked "what if I was to say no?" The 2-1B surgical droid replied "then I would return to my docking station and deactivate until I am summoned next. Ahsoka after thinking a few moments she said "yes I will allow you to examine me." The 2-1B surgical droid after running a few processes stated pointing to the table said "could you please sit on that table?" Ahsoka leaving the lightsaber on the table where she was sleeping on went to the table the 2-1B surgical droid directed and sat on it. The 2-1B surgical droid then went through a number of basic physical tests asking Ahsoka to bend her arm at the elbow up a down and then to touch her thumb to each of her fingers one at a time to test for nerve damage. The 2-1B surgical droid then asked "could you lie back please?" Ahsoka asked curiously "why?" The 2-1B surgical droid respond directing Ahsoka's attention above her and said "It is my programmed protocol to run a medical scan using the medical imager built into the ceiling above you." Phara slowly lay back making sure to center herself on the table. The 2-1B surgical droid went to the panel on the wall and manipulated the controls to activate the medical imager. After a few minutes the medical imager scanned Ahsoka from head to toe and then displayed the three dimensional image above Ahsoka. The 2-1B surgical droid walked over to Ahsoka and started processing the data coming from the medical imager. Some time later the 2-1B surgical droid walked back to the control panel and shut off the medical imager. Ahsoka sat up assuming the examination was over asked "so how am I?" The 2-1B surgical droid responded "your body is healing within normal parameters." I recommend refraining from heavy physical activity for at least seven days. Ahsoka nodded planning to fully take that advice said "thank you." Ahsoka headed back to the cabin where her clothes were picking up her lightsaber that was on the table along the way. Ahsoka sat on the bunk her clothes were on and set her lightsaber down on it. After a few minute Ahsoka feeling dirty decided to make use of the on board shower. Not really liking the shorts she was wearing Ahsoka searched through the closets found a pair of slacks she liked in the second closet she looked into. Ahsoka collected the halter top and boots she was wearing earlier this morning along with the slacks she found and her underwear she made her way to the refresher. She set the clothes on the shelf and then carefully started stripping out of the clothes she was wearing. She started by carefully taking off her headdress and setting it with her clothes planting a small kiss on the point where the headdress set on her forehead. She carefully moved undoing the fasteners on the front of the shirt and carefully pulled the garment away from her chest wincing slightly from time to time reminding her she was still hurt Ahsoka finally pulled the garment away from her chest completely revealing a pair of firm B cup breasts. Ahsoka's hand lightly moved over her bare chest lightly brushed against one of her nipples before taking time to assess her ribs finding a number of spots still tender. Ahsoka took a moment to carefully raise and lower her broken arm occasionally wincing. Ahsoka then slid the shorts down her legs well toned from countless training sessions and battles. Ahsoka winced as she carefully bent over to finally step out of the shorts and deposited the old shirt and shorts in the dirty clothes bin. After Ahsoka turned the water on and let it run briefly she stepped into the shower and let the water gently cascade down her back and down her lovely nude form. At that point Ahsoka leaned under the spray letting her mind drift to different happier times. At some point she finally came to a decision. Sometime later Ahsoka stepped out carefully drying her body off and carefully dressed in the top she started with that day and the slacks she selected from Phara's closet. Ahsoka after drying her lekku deposited the towel with the rest of the dirty clothes. Ahsoka was walking towards the galley area when her stomach growled so she decided to check the cabinets for food. Primeday the 11th, 5th month, 16:25, Coruscant, Phara's POV Phara finally found Balbo's favorite cantina in town walked inside and scanned the room. Finding Balbo at the bar she unzipped her jacket carefully circled around and stalked him like a jungle cat making sure he couldn't see her until she slid onto the seat next to him and put her hand on his shoulder. Balbo in shock at seeing Phara tensed up as Phara whispered quietly to Balbo "Balbo you never call, you never write." Balbo replied with fear and arousal from feeling Phara's breast grind against his arm "well Phara you are kind of scary for a woman." Phara her left hand remaining on his shoulder she reached down between Balbo's legs with her right hand and started lightly stroking his genitals through the material of his trousers. After a few minutes Phara said "well you are right about that but fortunately for you I am in a good mood." Balbo almost petrified at hearing the words "good mood" come from this woman asked "what do you need?" I am planning to head away from Coruscant on the next available transport, with all the clone trooper activity it's not exactly safe to be on the wrong side of the law on this planet. Phara at this point unzipped Balbo's trousers in an unabashed fashion and snaked her hand directly for Balbo's genitals. After a few minutes of stroking Balbo's genitals slow and easy with a gloved hand Phara said "what I require is a simple identification package for a new acquaintance of mine and I want to get her the full options package. Think of it as one last job before you leave the planet that will let you upgrade to a nice first class cabin. Balbo's fear slowly turned into greed at hearing what Phara said "do you have enough credits to pay?" Phara responded by holding up four credit chips when totaled together equal to double his usual fee for his talents. After Balbo examined one of the credit chips he asked "all four of these in this same amount?" Phara nodded saying "yes." Balbo a little calmer at this point but finding it hard to ignore Phara's expert attentions to his genitals said "oooooohhh, you are in a good mood offering that amount." Phara not wanting to give Balbo satisfaction yet lightly slapped him on his cheek and said "Balbo, are you paying attention?" Balbo looked at Phara nodding "yes." Phara spoke in a business-like fashion "I will leave one of these credit chips with you but you will only receive the last three upon delivery of what I ask and I need it before tomorrow." At seeing Balbo about to muster the energy to protest Phara cut him off by saying "I know it's a rush job but think of the good credits I am paying you for this for quality work and my faith in your talents." Phara's voice literally dripping lust said "I also want to make sure we are both mutually invested." Balbo quieted down after hearing that almost enjoying Phara's attentions. Phara said coldly "Now if you screw me on this I will hunt you down and then bring you before Jabba gift wrapped and that's after I have my pound of flesh from you." To iterate the point Phara squeezed Balbo's balls hard after each word in "pound of flesh from you" and then quickly worked her hand on Balbo's genitals bringing him off to a satisfying release but not letting up for a second until he was completely empty. Then to add some minor insult to injury she simply pulled her hand back zipping his trousers back up patting his genitals through the material. Phara then carefully wiped her glove on Balbo's shirt. Balbo in a slight daze at this point said "do you have something for me to work off of?" Phara nodded saying "yes I do" as she left the agreed upon initial payment in front of Balbo. Phara put the other credit chips in her jacket and retrieved Ahsoka's identification card and handed it to Balbo. Phara got up giving Balbo a kiss on the cheek and walked out swaying her hips. She smiled as some of the cantina patrons wolf whistled as she exited. Primeday the 11th, 5th month, 17:15, Coruscant, Phara's YT-1300 Phara carefully drove into the platform going through the same check process with the guard making sure to leave word with the trooper that people will be coming to make deliveries. Phara pushed a button on the remote she had which caused the forward cargo ramp to be lowered. Phara carefully walked the BARC speeder up the ramp and into the cargo bay. Afterwards Phara carefully unloaded the groceries from the BARC and carried them inside towards the galley area wondering if Ahsoka was still around. Bounty Hunter and the Jedi Ch. 01 Phara found Ahsoka in the galley area, she thought to make her presence known at first but then decided to observe her. It took a few moments for Ahsoka to finally notice Phara in the doorway and got a bit fidgety wondering how long Phara was watching her. Phara broke the silence and asked "so what have you decided?" Ahsoka responded "I choose to live and fight on." I realize I could have died today, but due to your intervention I didn't, I thank you for that. I don't know what I want to do for the long term, but I would like to stay here for a while if you'll have me. Although there is a favor I would like to ask. Phara figuring what Ahsoka was about to ask said "you'd like to get to Polis Massa in time to meet up with the one who left you the message." Ahsoka sadly said rubbing her shoulder "yes." Phara smiled and said "My business on Coruscant has been completed and I wouldn't mind having some company on board that I wasn't bringing in on a bounty at least for a while." As for what you ask, it seems I have some business on Polis Massa so we'll leave as soon as the cargo we are to bring there arrives. Phara more business like said "but I will expect you to earn your keep." Ahsoka brightened hearing this "I will." Phara handed Ahsoka a bag of groceries and said "would you mind helping put some of this food away?" Ahsoka accepted the bag and followed Phara. Phara said as they unpacked the groceries "I am expecting the cargo to arrive shortly. Do you think if I handle bringing it in from the outside you can handle the repulsor cart on the inside?" Ahsoka said "I will need help going over how to operate a repulsor cart." Phara nodded in understanding said "sure no problem I need to have a look at it myself." Primeday the 11th, 5th month, 18:45, Coruscant, Phara's YT-1300 Phara hearing a nearby panel beep and after examining the panel briefly manipulated it and the image of Balbo appeared on the screen. Phara said "oh hello Balbo I be right with you." Phara made a brief stop in the secondary cargo hold to get some equipment and the remaining credit chips before joining Balbo outside. Balbo said as he handed the package over to Phara "as promised one identification package." Phara accepted the package and opened it finding Ahsoka's identification as well as a new one with the name of "Suzuka Tam'il." Phara took out a portable identification reader from a pocket and inserted the "Suzuka Tam'il" identification. Balbo asked "my credits?" Phara responded simply "hang on I want to check the quality of the work." After Phara pressed a number of keys the device reported the identification information passed all known checks. Afterwards Phara removed the "Suzuka Tam'il" identification and started examining the physical characteristics. After a few minutes Phara asked "what about the DNA references?" Balbo responded wincing "I managed to get in and erase the references for Ahsoka Tano and copied information to the "Suzuka Tam'il" identification file." There is a catch though. Phara replied curious "do explain?" Balbo explained "if the old identification is used the DNA information will be updated for the old identification and after if the new identification is used it will raise a red flag. Also if the new identification is used the DNA information will be updated for it and then if you use the old identification it will cause a red flag. Phara nodded in understanding and after she was satisfied the "Suzuka Tam'il" identification was of high quality she dug in her jacket pocket and pulled out the remaining credit chips handing them off to Balbo. Balbo smiling at this said "pleasure doing business with you." Balbo then walked off for points unknown. Phara headed back up the boarding ramp and back inside the ship. She casually walked to through the galley area when she finally ran into Ahsoka. Ahsoka asked "was that the cargo we were supposed to get?" Phara responded handing both identifications over "no, something I talked to a certain acquaintance about got delivered." Ahsoka looked curious took a moment to examine the identification cards. Phara said "I forgot I had your identification when I was out today and then I though since Ahsoka Tano should get lost for a while you could use new identification." Ahsoka looked at the "Suzuka Tam'il" identification for a while then embraced Phara whispering quietly "thank you." Phara said "a couple of things you should know about that identification." As my acquaintance explained if you were to use the old identification for whatever reason and then your new identification it will cause a red flag to pop up in the database the same is true if you use the old identification then the new identification. It's all a matter of the DNA information being updated as he said. So store your real identification away somewhere safe and only ever use "Suzuka Tam'il" identity when going out in public. Ahsoka nodded taking in the information. Phara then said cautiously "if you want as well I will register you as the copilot of this ship, and a student if you want." Ahsoka replied curiously "a student of what?" Phara replied "I am a bounty hunter you see." Ahsoka winced at hearing that not knowing what to say. After a few minutes Ahsoka said "I don't know how to feel about being your student, I have had multiple run-ins with bounty hunters in the past and they never turned out well." Phara said "I don't blame you for your skepticism, but not all bounty hunters are killer types that would slit your throat at the slightest provocation." Have you thought of your options right now? Of course at Polis Massa you would have better chances than here on Coruscant of surviving. Though all you have right now are some clothes, your lightsabers, and whatever weapons you selected from my collection. Your main options for getting basic necessities as I see them are some mundane task that makes just barely enough credits to sustain yourself, selling your combat skills, and then selling your body for any other being's pleasure. Phara sad more tenderly "I haven't known you long Ahsoka, but I do like you and thinking of you going through the trauma involved in any of those options just makes me feel bad." Ahsoka had a stunned look on her face at hearing that not knowing what to say. Phara said "I know I'm surprised I feel that way to considering I am a bounty hunter." Ahsoka took a few minutes to think and said "whatever I do to survive, I am still a jedi so I will not take a life without good reason." Phara said "I wouldn't expect anything less." Primeday the 11th, 5th month, 19:21, Coruscant, Phara's YT-1300 A call of "hello is there a Miss Black here?" came from down the boarding ramp. Phara smiled a bit saying "well that should cargo we are hauling to Polis Massa." Phara went to go sign for the medical supplies while Ahsoka waited being careful not to be seen from the bottom of the boarding ladder. Phara came up a few minutes later datapad in hand and said "ok let's bring it in through the forward cargo bay." The pair walked to the forward cargo bay Ahsoka stayed back in the forward cargo bay itself while Phara stepped into the cargo loading room and manipulated the controls next to the doorway to cause the forward cargo ramp to open and unfold itself to the ground level. Phara took the repulsor cart from where it was hooked against the wall in the cargo loading room and took it back to the forward cargo hold. After a few attempts with Ahsoka's help the repulsor cart was finally assembled and activated. Then with a little experimentation the two figured out the controls and Phara then stepped out and activated the control lowered the forward cargo ramp. A few minutes later she came back up with the first of nine crates. Phara carefully slid the crate on the repulsor car Ahsoka had positioned and said "off you go, just line them up against the back wall start at the corner." Ahsoka took a few minutes to get the feel of the repulsor cart and then easily pulled the crate into the forward cargo bay. Ahsoka then started setting the crates as Phara asked occasionally feeling some pain in her sides as she worked. After the cargo was secured Phara went and made sure her BARC was ready for travel in its cargo container. Ahsoka worked to secure the repulsor cart with a little help from Phara. Phara walked back up the forward cargo ramp pressing a few buttons on the control panel which caused the forward cargo ramp to fold up and secure itself. After Phara made a brief check of the pressure seals she found one of the boarding ramps still open. Phara and Ahsoka walked from the forward cargo bay. Phara stopped briefly to press a few buttons on a different control panel by the open boarding ramp which caused it to raise and secure itself. Phara checked the pressure seals from that same control panel and after she was satisfied walked to the flight deck. Phara sat down in the pilot's seat already finding Ahsoka strapping herself in at the copilot's seat. The pair carefully went through the preflight checklist and with little ceremony lifted off, the landing skids retracting and then the main engine roared to life taking them sub orbital in just a few minutes. Ahsoka admired the view while Phara rather intently went through the motions of getting the calculations for hyperspace coordinates from the navicomputer and programming the coordinates into the hyperdrive. After everything was set to go Phara said "would you like the honors my dear?" Ahsoka replied "which control is it?" Phara pointed out the control in the center panel and directed her how to operate it. Ahsoka smiled and manipulated the controls as Phara directed and the hyperspace drive engaged.