Chapter 9
Tommy wasn’t at the club, as expected, but the other’s were there. “Hey Jade, ready to loose some money?”, Trixie laughed. “If it helps you finally get a shower!”, she coughed. Trixie glared at her, her eyes sparkled like little green stars in her dirty face. A fresh scar crossed her lip. “You never lived on the street, right?”, she hissed. “I lost half of my face and my hand to a Jedi, but no not really”, Jade answered with a slightly sarcastic undertone. Trixie let out a hard laugh:” oh buhu, poor you! You at least look cool. I stink and look like a walking puddle of dirt!” “Yeah, you really do!”, Jade mocked. “What she meant to say, is that she is really sorry and you will get all our winnings tonight.”, Qui-gon interrupted her sternly. Jade kicked him under the table but didn’t say any more.
“You can have my winnings too”, a voice suddenly said. It was Lily. She was out of breath and dirt smeared her face. She looked as if she had been crying. “You wanna compete with Trixie?!”, Jade laughed. “Shut up!”, Trixie and Lily hissed. To Qui-gons relief she actually shut up.
Lily slumped down on a chair. “I want a beer!”, she called out to the barkeeper. Jade laughed:” Oh come on little one, you won’t manage that!” Lily opened the bottle so that it splashed all over Jade and took a sip. She spat it out straight away:” That’s disgusting, you can have it Trixie!” Trixie grinned, took it and pored it over Jades head. “How dare you”, the pilot shouted. After that it only took seconds till a bar fight started. Qui-gon only barely managed to doge Fluffy. The Wookies fist landed centimeters next to his head in the wooden wall, leaving a big hole. Qui-gon didn’t flinch. Suddenly the force warned him and the Jedi spun around. Some drunk guy was holding a blaster at his face, or at least trying. His aim was terrible. “Only responsible people should carry weapons and you are definitely not one of them”, the Jedi sighed and disarmed him swiftly. Dodging glasses, bottles and fists Qui-gon tried to find Lily. He finally found her hiding under a scratched wooden table. Unfortunately Jade had seen her too. “When I get you I will make you pay!”, the pilot yelled. Her hair was soaking wet and tangled. She actually looked a little frightening. “Remember, we want to talk to her, not beat her up!”, Qui-gon stopped her. Jade just growled and grabbed Lily’s wrist leading the terrified princess out of the bar. “Please don’t kill me! It’s mainly Trixie’s fault!”, Lily cried. “Then be happy that I have to work together with this dump Jedi!”, Jade answered as they finally got outside. “You are a Jedi!!!”, Lily asked wide eyed. Qui-gon nodded trying not to laugh at her reaction and Jades face. Jade looked furious and jealous at the same time. “I am cool too!”, she mumbled quietly. “But not responsible”, Qui-gon sighed:” anyway we have to talk with you Lily, or should I say princess Layla.” Layla gasped:” how do you know? Did you read my mind? Did you pull some Jedi mindtrick of, without me knowing?” “No I noticed your tactics in the card game.”, he smiled amused. “Oh”, the princess said slightly disappointed:” but what did you wanna talk about?” “Your wedding”, Jade answered bluntly. “How do you know that?”, Layla cried dramatically: “I thought I was suffering in silence!” “Nope, and now stop whining like a princess!”, Jade hissed.
“I am a princess”, Layla argued.
“I don’t care!”, Jade hissed back
Qui-gon took a deep breath and called for the guidance of the force. “Jade just be quiet whilst I explain, please. Cause it doesn’t seem like you can stop arguing!”, he said with a slight hint of force suggestion. Then he explained the situation to Layla. “Well I knew he was a Jerk! He’s the son of the head guard. And he is sooooo dumb and arrogant and he doesn’t even look good!”, she exhaled annoyed. “Well don’t worry, we are going to stop the marriage!”, Qui-gon promised. “And then I will beat up that jerk!”, Jade promised with a dangerous glint in her green eye.
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“Could you mindtrick me without me knowing?”, Jade asked the Jedi master on the way back to the hotel. “Shure I could”, Qui-gon answered with a straight face. “Oh I hate Jedi!”, she hissed quietly: “They just ruin any fun and they have their stupid mindtricks! I have to go to this planet again after this Mission and continue this bar fight!” She grinned as she went into her room and imagined beating up all of those idiots, whilst fixing her arm. She had before just fixed it quickly and not very efficiently. “Well I nearly drowned already”, she whispered to herself:” let’s see what else this Mission will bring!”
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Star Wars: Torn
Fanfiction"Why would a Jedi go on a mission like this. I could have done it myself!" "It's complicated." As Qui-gon is sent on his first mission as a Jedi master, he knows that this won't be easy. And not just cause of his Jedi hating partner. Next to the dan...
