Indiana Jones and the Sith Stone
Posted by: Darth Danno 02.06.08 12:01am

Aurra Sing watched the craft leave Coruscant, then returned to her own ship, but before she could take off, a buzzer sounded, alerting her that she had an incoming message. She flipped a switch, activating the holoprojector, and stared down at the light blue visage of Bib Fortuna, Jabba's majordomo.

"Report." Bib commanded. "Master Jabba demands results."

"I can't do anything if all they do is remain in that secluded shelter on Coruscant," Sing replied. "They just took off."

"Any clue as to what they're after?"

"Whatever this…secret hideout is that they've got down here, it's got a lot of security. I wasn't able to get in and plant a listening device. I have no doubt I'll be able to ascertain more intel now that they're out of there."

"How many of them are there?"

"There was the human male, a female Clawdite bounty hunter, and two protocol droids."

"Do you have any idea where they're going?" Bib queried.

Aurra Sing glanced over at the navcomputer. "The tracking device I placed onboard their ship is working well, they can go anywhere in the galaxy, and I'll be able to find them."

Bib glared up at her. "Then what are you waiting for?"

With obvious contempt in her voice, she replied, "For second-rate lackies like you to stop asking stupid questions and allow me to go about my work." Then she switched off the holoprojector and started powering up her ship.

Indy regained consciousness slowly, opening his eyes and seeing TC-10 and Zam Wesell staring back at him. He sat up with a start, rubbing the back of his head. "Owwww."

"Oh, Sir Indy, I'm so pleased you're alright," TC began. "You took a nasty fall, and by the way you're rubbing the back of your head, you may have sustained a serious injury. I understand that space travel is new to you, especially on your first trip into hyperspace, but I do hope you'll get your space legs soon, otherwise we'll have to strap…"

"I get it, I get it," Indy waved him off. "Would somebody help me up?"

Zam grabbed him by the arm and helped him to his feet. "You okay?"

Indy continued to rub his head. "Aside from the large goose egg that's developing on my head, I think I'll be okay."

"Goose egg?" Zam asked.

Indy smirked, and the movement made him wince in pain. "Sorry, an expression from back where I come from."

"No matter. Just want to make sure you stay alive long enough to find this stone, and for me to get the rest of my money. Let's talk." She then turned and headed back up to the cockpit."

"Oh," Indy thought, "I guess caring wasn't part of the package Sidious took when he hired you." Then he unsteadily followed after her.

Zam returned to the pilot's chair, and then spoke to C-3PX. "Take a walk."

The droid didn't look at her, acknowledge her command, or voice a reply. It simply rose out of the co-pilots chair and walked back into the bowels of the ship. Indy arrived just in time to see it exit the cockpit. It didn't acknowledge him either as it passed by. Indy watched the droid a few moments before entering the cockpit and taking the seat that C-3PX had vacated.

Not wasting any time, Zam began as soon as Indy was seated. "We'll be coming out of hyperspace soon, then landing on Dantooine shortly thereafter. There's a lot of area to cover down there. Where do we start?"

Indy thought about the many points of interest on Dantoine. There was the Jedi enclave and courtyard, the crystal cave, and the ruins where the Star Map was found. Any place would be as good of a place to start as any. How was he to know where to begin? It had to somehow tie in to the Mandalorians that were there back then. From the information he had, there were four groups of raiders on Dantooine at that time, he just needed to determine the location of each group. Hopefully TC-10 had that info in her memory banks, as everything Indy had come across was a dead end.

With regret in his tone, he replied. "I do, but need TC-10 to confirm it."

Zam didn't flinch, didn't even turn her head to look at Indy as she switched on the intercom and spoke into it. "3PX, could you have the chatterbox join us in the cockpit, now!" Now she turned to Indy and smirked, "It's your funeral."

Darth Danno