Find that man!: Their first Jedi assigment

[Akkei Nara]

It was a nice day and the sun was high over the horizon. Akkei was in his room getting ready for his first mission after training with Master Marius. He strapped his lightsaber to the inside if his normal clothes. Since it was a mission in another city Akkei didn't wanted to get Jedi exposed so he wasn't on planing to wear his Jedi robes. He put a sack overflowing with money to his pocket and tied his hidden cortosis blade to his wrist. Akkei presumed the mission will be easy. Master Io said all he and his friend Jason have to do is to find a Mon Calamari merchant by the name of Arbkush who has been loyal to the Jedi and has gone missing. The last place he was in was said to be the town of Yomaros.
Akkei all ready walked out of the praxeum wandering about the mission.
He arrived at the docks where he was supposed meet with Jason. Seeing Jason wasn't there he started chating with few Twi'lek women.

[Jason Altor]

Jason had been studying the layout of the town of Yomaros for some time before he was due to leave with Akkei. The town was not very big, containing only about 10,000 inhabitants. Hopefully they would be able to find something that would give them a lead about the whereabouts of Arbkush, the Mon Cal merchant who aided the Jedi and fed them information. Given the layout of the town, it probably wouldn't be too difficult to locate his once they had some clues. The town was fairly rectangular, however it was boxed in by two rivers along which houses were built. In the interior of the town, the streets were laid out in a uniform grid pattern which would make searches fairly easy for them. Seeing the time, Jason began to prepare for the mission.

Since he didn't want to be seen as a Jedi, he decided to wear his black flight suit, which would allow him some degree of protections and quite a bit of flexibility. It also had quite a few pockets where he could easily store his lightsaber. He holstered a blast pistol, put his vibro-katana in its sheath on his back, grabbed his backpack and packed some credits and other tradeable items in it. Leaving the room, he made his way to the docks to meet with Akkei.

As he reached the dock, he spotted Akkei talking to a couple of Twi'lek girls. Shaking his head, he walked over to him. Putting his hand on Akkei's shoulder, he spoke to the women,

"Sorry ladies, but I have to steal him away from you."

As he led Akkei towards one of the speeders, he looked over at him,

"Try not to get too involved with the people here. Eventually either we are going to have to leave this planet to take the fight to the Empire or the Empire will find us and we'll have to flee the planet. It's better not to get too attached to those that we may have to leave behind."

[Akkei Nara]

Akkei laughed seeing Jason's face and let a sarcastic smirk take over his face.
"I was just talking to them and guess what? They said that our Mon Cal merchant was a guest at the Arakar bar near the docks. How about we start looking there?"
And without waiting for Jason's answer he went the way the girls showed him.
Seeing Jason's face and that he hasn't moved Akkei asked "Are you going or will i do it myself?"

[Jason Altor]

Jason couldn't really believe the younger man and what he said, but he followed him. Shaking his head, he highly doubted that was really what they were talking about. Most likely it had taken him all of two seconds to get that information before he started talking about something else. Following Akkei, the two made their way to the Arakar Bar. As they entered Jason looked around. What he saw did not leave him with a good impression of the place. The bar was somewhat dirty and it looked like it was a place for mercenaries and pilots, not the best group for a merchant to hang around. One group was somewhat out of place, two men who would normally look like mercs sitting at one table with a man who was wearing clothes that showed decent wealth. Seeing him, Jason pegged him to talk to next, he was probably part of a gang or organized crime in the town. If he wasn't, there was no reason he would be in the bar.

Making their way over to the bar itself, Jason grabbed a stool. Motioning the barkeep over, he slid him a credchip and motioned with his head towards Akkei.

"A Corellian Ale for me, and get the youngster here what he wants."

As the barkeep went to get their drinks, Jason turned to Akkei.

"See the welll-dressed man in the corner with the two goons? I think we should talk to him later. I have the feeling he is involved with organized crime here in town. We'll ask around about our Mon Cal friend in the bar but I want to talk to that guy before we leave. For now, enjoy your drink while I talk with the bartender."

[Akkei Nara]

When Akkei entered the bar and relised it looks like most the bars in the Curosant slums. Akkei often sneaked out from Rao's house at the top of the city's most rich area and went to the lower parts to look for some illegal racing.
Akkei loved speed and motion nearly ripping his arms from joints. He loved being able to control whatever it was, a ship, a glider, anything that was fast.

The 2 man looked suspicious. Akkei seen many people like that on the curosant.
Akkei sat near them and waited for Jason to return. It was truth that he was older, but he wasn't a more skilled Jedi than Akkei. Akkei often practiced fighting with older Jedi sometimes even jedi knights and he could keep up with them. When the fight got to hard he used his Force Illusion skills which were thought to him by Rao.

Akkei looked at Jason talking to the bartender and closed his eyes to look for any disturbances in the force.

[Jason Altor]

As Akkei found a seat, Jason turned back to the bartender who had just brought him his ale. Taking a sip of it, he put down a credchip that had much more on it than was need to pay for the drink.

"Mind if I take a few minutes of your time? I've got a few questions."

As Jason said this he leaned in closer towards the bartender while lowering his voice. The bartender picked up the chip, checked to see how much it was, then pocketed it. He leaned in closer and said,

"Sure, I've got a couple minutes. Ask your questions but make it quick."

Nodding, Jason quickly looked around the bar, making sure he wasn't being watched and that nobody could overhear him.

"I'm looking for a Mon Cal merchant by the name of Arbkush. We used to do business with him and he disappeared a few days ago. He was acquiring some items for us and we really need them to keep some of our farm equipment. You wouldn't happen to know where he went or what happened to him would you?"

At the mention of Arbkush, the bartender started to get nervous and his eyes began to dart towards the well-dressed man sitting in the corner. That alone was enough to tell Jason that Arbkush's disappearance was anything but ordinary. Jason began to use the Force to send suggestions to the man, thoughts of being calm and a willingness to answer his question. As the bartender leaned in, he quietly said,

"From what I heard, he got into a bit of trouble with the Golden Blades. I think they might have made him disappear because of it. But you best be leaving before you get into trouble with those questions of yours. This is their territory, you don't want to mess with them."

Jason knew from what the bartender said that they weren't welcome in the bar anymore. As he took a sip of ale, he suddenly had a vision of the two thugs standing behind him in the bar which then flashed to the well dressed man hitting him while he was tied up. Jason did not usually experience visions such as that but when he did he knew well enough to take them seriously. However, he could already sense the thugs coming over to him and knew it was too late to do anything. He was glad he had not yet built his lightsaber or brought the one he was given with him. He didn't want to expose the Jedi if he had to fight his way out of captivity. As the thugs stood behind him, the well dressed man sat down beside him. Looking at Jason, he said,

"Let's talk a walk."

Getting up, he made his way outside. Jason quickly took a large gulp of his ale and stood up, followed by the two thugs. Shooting a look at Akkei, he made a motion for him to stay where he was for now. He needed Akkei to be free so he could follow him and see where he was taken. Then they could maybe figure out what happened to Arbkush.

[Akkei Nara]

Akkei understood what Jason meant and stayed at his place. He knew that Jason was a good fighter and even if they will try to attack him, he could easily take them down. Also Akkei knew that he haven't yet build his lightsaber, so unless he uses force recklessly he wont expose the Jedi. Akkei just sat at his place and followed people entering the bar.

Suddenly two more people entered the bar. They were all well dressed and looked as if looking for someone. Then one of them laughed, whispered into the other guys ear and pointed at Akkei. They walked up to young Akkei and spat beside him.

"Hey you kid! Its our sit!" Even though they were fancy dressed, one of them smelled really badly. Akkei had to use all his will power not to point that out.

He turned to them and smiled politely, like if they haven't just called him a kid.

"Really? I am sorry but I cant see your names on this tables." He smiled again and stayed at his sit.

One of them took out a gold vibro-dagger and showed to Akkei.

"I have an idea that will suit all of us. Just sit beside at the same table. I wont interfere with whatever you have to do. After all compromise is a virtue to be cultivated, not the weakness to despised." Akkei knew that the words alone would not work so he used force suggestion to help himself and be close enough to listen to what the man are saying.

They, bit confused, sat beside Akkei almost like he was not there, and started talking about some merchant...

[Jason Altor]

The men forced Jason into a speeder and blindfolded him. He tried to keep track of the turns and how many minutes they had gone in each direction but he eventually became lost as the speeder took too many turns for him to follow. After what he thought was about 10 minutes, it stopped and the thugs hauled him out of the speeder. A few minutes later, they pulled the blindfold off him.

As the blindfold came off, Jason was hit with blinding light. Trying to move his hands up to block the light that was hurting his eyes, he found that he was tied to a chair. As his eyes slowly adjusted, the man who was obviously in charge was standing in front of him. Jason glanced towards his moving hands and noticed that he was putting a ring on each finger. As the man noticed that Jason saw what was going on, he smiled,

"So, you got a little too nosy about our business. Well we can't have that. Who are you?"

Jason didn't answer. After a minute, the wealthy man nodded, presumably to one of the thugs behind Jason. Seconds later, burning hot water was poured all over Jason. It was so hot that it burned his exposed skin. Jason grimaced in pain for a second, but then remembered a technique he had learnt and began to focus on deeo breathes while mentally blocking the pain. After a few seconds, he no longer noticed the pain from his burnt skin. The man moved closer to Jason and began to talk once again,

"That's a pretty unique looking sword there, you can't just be some nobody with a sword like that. Must take someone pretty skilled to use it. Now I'm gonna ask you again, who are you?"

Jason smiled at the man,

"Well if you untie me, I can show you what I can do with the sword, starting with your sacks of garbages behind me."

The man looked furious and without warning curled his hand into a fist and struck Jason repeatedly in the face. Jason was able to block out most of the pain but enough got through that he began to grimace. After several minutes of repeated questioning and beating, the man sighed and looked at one of the thugs. The thug obviously had something but Jason didn't know what until he felt the electricity flowing into his body. As much as he had learned, this pain was too much for him to block out. However, he had been trained by the best in the galaxy to resist interrogation techniques and didn't give any information away. As he slumped into the chair with his head bowed, the wealthy man roared in fury. Looking up with a smile, the last thing Jason saw was 5 rings flying toward his face.

[Akkei Nara]

Akkei listened to the mans conversation. Then suddenly one of their communicators rang and Akkei heard something about a man that was caught and tortured at some compound. When the other person explained what he looks like, Akkei knew it was Jason. Then before the man had more time to think they stood up and headed for the exit.

Akkei knew following them would be hard so he picked another tactics. He knew that after so much ale, one of the man will have to go to the bathroom. And as he expected one of them turned to the bathroom. Akkei followed him and when they were alone he used his force stun to make the other guy unconscious. Then he tied him down, took his clothes and weapons and disguised himself as him. Then Akkei hid him and walked out knowing that the other man was quite drunk anyway. The plan was to infiltrate the compound and save Jason.

[Jason Altor]

Jason passed in and out of consciousness. While he was conscious, he could only remember flashes of what was happening. Being electrocuted, dunked in water, tortured with fire. He remembered flashes of those, but nothing more. He knew he had not given any information away. When he finally awoke without being in an interrogation room, he found himself in a cell. Looking around, he noticed a bunk bed. As his eyes adjusted to the dark, he saw that someone was sitting on top of it. Eventually, he realized the person sitting was Mon Calamari.

Groaning, he managed to pull himself into a sitting position. Looking up at the Mon Cal, he managed to croak out a word.

"Arkbush?"

The Mon Cal looked at him and nodded. Getting down, he helped Jason into the bed. Whispering to him, he quietly said,

"Sleep and regain your strength. We will talk after you have recovered a bit."

Jason easily fell asleep as Arkbush climbed back onto the top bunk.

[Akkei Nara]

After a short flight Akkei arrived at a small distant house away form the town. It looked like a farm house. And Akkei thought than apparently the Jedi praxeum wasn't unique. He entered it and straight away felt Jason's presence. He followed the guard, spreading his illusion over the whole praxeum. Illusion was one of his specializations and e felt quite comfortable with it, even over such a long distance.

"Take me to the man you caught today" he said using his power of suggestion. Then the man just nodding took him where Akkei asked him to. It was a small cell with strong, heavy door. Then he knocked the man unconscious making sure nobody saw him, took the keys, hid and tied the body. Then opened the cell door again making sure that nobody saw him. And even if somebody would get close, the illusion made it look like it same as it was.

When he entered, he spotted Jason, all in scars and burns and another person he did not recognized.

"Yo"He said sending Jason another one of his now famous sarcastic looks "Missed me?" Then after Jasons answer Akkei come up to him and used force healing on the biggest and deepest wounds to make sure he will be able to make it to the ship he left near the entrance.

[Io Lee]

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