The Edge

A New Friend

Mak's pov:
As we reached Orondia we searched the surroundings for a fleet but found nothing. "Maybe they're hiding?" Mur suggested. "Mur, how in hell would they hide a whole fleet?" Nala rhetorically asked. "They might be gone but we can still ask the locals." I state as Nala Steers towards Orondia.
"So where are we going to ask?" I say unsurely. "I thought it was your idea Mak?" Mur said mockingly. "Our first and hopefully last stop will be Bounty Emporium." Nala says to our surprisingly as I look at her "What? Everybody there wants to either capture or kill a jedi!" "Dont worry Mak! Thats why we're going undercover!" Nala says with amusement. "And how are we going to do that exactly?" I question. "Well first of all Mur is staying here to protect the ship." Nala says as Mur releases a relieved breath "Gah, thanks" "And I have brought some clothes along with me!" She says as she points to her baggage. Nala stands up as our ship nears Orondia's atmosphere and walks over to her baggage opening it. "There we go!" She says lifting up a brown leather jacket and black jeans. (they had those type of clothes right? I couldnt think of anything else) "This is not going to work" I say under my breath. She hands me the clothes as I walk to my room to change clothes. I hear Nala and Mur laughing at me as I get dressed, "why are these so-tight" I say as I suck my stomach in. I walk out as Nala and Mur burst out in laughter. "Yeah yeah, laugh all you want. Nala? Are you sure these trousers are male?" Nala giggles as she says "Did I ever say that they were?" I stand in the cockpits doorway, disappointed. "Can we just get this over and done with?". Nala and I walk out of the ship as the ramp lowers. "Is that it?" I point to a cantina looking place. A chill passes through my spine and to my fingertips as we enter. Why are we here? I question myself as I look at all the shady looking bounty hunters, with some of them sitting straight up,confidently and some hunched over possibly on the run possibly just not the talkative type. I look around for the right person to question as I hear a loud welcoming laughter "Hahaha! You thought you could just slip away like that!" Is he talking to us? I think as I look towards a big and fat, grey haired man with a big bushy beard. Suddenly I hear a loud blast as the Twi-lek man in front of him is blasted into the wall behind him.
"That'll teach him... huh? Why is it so silent? Its only a little bit of private business! C'mon! Turn the music back on!" The jazzy music starts playing once more as the man grabs a drink and downs it in one go. "He's our guy" Nala says confidently as she walks over to him and I follow. "Would you mind helping us?" Nala asks the drunken man "Depends on the price, but for you my lady... i have a special offer." Nala places a handful of credits on the table as the bounty hunters glare at them. "Is it enough?" The man scratches his rough beard and focuses on Nala's words "Depends, what do you want?" "I want you to help me track down the separatist fleet that went past here." His eyes widen as he jokes "A mad one! Even better! Hahaha" Nala looks at me shaking her head and turning back to the man "So?" The man stands up throwing his hands in the air and yells out "You've got yourself a new friend pretty one!" We start walking out as a group of bounty hunters stop us, one of them hisses at us "where are you going? Jedi!" Nala force pushes the group away knocking them all out. The man's eyes widen as he says "This is getting exciting!" Nala turns to the man and questions "So where did the fleet go?" he puts his hands on his hips as he walks towards our ship and says "I am almost certain that they went to Sriluur" "Why do the separatists love the hutt spaces?" Nala questions, frustrated. "Because the jedi dont." I say as we head to our ship and a brown R2 unit with yellow stripes start following us. "Rooter! We've got ourselves a new crew!" The man says joyfully as the droid beeps in excitement. "Meet my good ol'bud Rooter! We've been on some crazy adventures together havent we!" The old man introduces the droid as it beeps. Nala looks at the droid and smiles greeting him "hey! Nice to meet you Rooter!". We walk onto the ship as the man looks around "She looks pretty sturdy!" I look around saying "Yeah, hopefully." The man walks into the cabin along with us as he introduces himself to Mur "The name's Brig!" He reaches for a hand shake as the confused Mur sticks his hand out "....Mur!" The man pulls Mur towards him with a burst of joy hugging the life out of him "This is looking like a great crew!" I lean over to Nala and whisper "what is wrong with him?" She whispers back crossing her arms "I think he just needs some friends." Nala walks towards the controls and sets the coordinates as she leaves the atmosphere of the planet jumping into hyperspace. Suddenly Brig releases Mur from the deadly hug and says "C'mon Mur whats wrong?" Mur slowly gets up off the ground mumbling as he tries to catch a breath "Th-that really... hurt".

Hey! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed?!?! I really enjoyed making this and idk why. And yeah ik the new character might be a bit ott but i like to make some characters like that. I would love some constructive comments or any really lol!

Stay alive frens! |-/