"Told you."
Vince said in annoyance as he and Karall leered at their aggressors, their eyes flashing between the circle of men who were aiming their blasters towards them and the aristocrat snickered and crossed his arms. The guard who was holding the chest retreated back behind his employer while the Aristocrat motioned for the thugs to close in on the duo and apprehended them so he could obtain his item of interest. The Aristocrat raised his chin and gave a sneer as he glowered at the duo.
"Go rid them of my sight, and you all will be handsomely rewarded. Filthy lowlives." The Aristocrat and his guards turned away to exit the area. Vince, seeing that his employer turned enemy is wide open, rushed out of the encirclement and tackled the aristocrat from behind. Rolling over and pressing his Vibroblade boot knife to the aristocrat's neck, Vince called out, " Don't move! If you do anything I'll slit this bastard's throat!". The guards froze mid draw and backed away from Vince and his hostage, the men surrounding them lowering their blasters, too. Vince got up, pulling the aristocrat with him, and motioned for Karall to come next to him.
"Hey, Karall, can you go get our money?". Vince said as he was backing away into an alleyway with his hostage in tow. Karall nodded and took the chest out of the guards hands. Once Karall made his way next to Vince with the chest in hand, both Vince, Karall, and the hostage backed away from the area.
The aristocrat, with sweat dripping from the sides of his forehead, frantically pleaded towards Vince and Karall. "P-Please! You have the money. If you release me this instant, then I'll give you double the pay!" The aristocrat squealed as Vince's knife inched closer against his neck, but Vince ignored him. Like hell he's gonna let someone who nearly killed him survive. When Vince and Karall were out of the area with the chest, they looked at each other, then at their hostage.
Coming to a silent agreement, Vince drew his blaster and blew a hole into the aristocrat's head without an instant of hesitation. The aristocrat's body jerked before falling to the ground, dead. The duo then raced to their speeder and sped to the Rat's Haven, knowing that their actions would lead to dire consequences. When they got to the Haven, they quickly packed what little belongings they had and made their way back to their speeder once again.
When they got out onto the streets, a holoboard caught their attention. The board showed their visages and approximate physical features and noted that they were wanted for murder and theivery. Upon seeing this, the duo's expression grew grim as they picked up their pace to their speeder. When they arrived at it, Vince hopped aboard and started it while Karall got aboard and secured their cargo. As they made their way towards Vince's ship, a pair of Coruscant security speeders took notice of them and turned around to tail and apprehend the duo. Seeing this, Karall elbowed Vince's side lightly to grab his attention.
"We've got company!" Karall exclaimed, aiming a thumb behind him towards their pursuers. Vince briefly glanced back to gaze at where Karall was pointing, and spotted the security speeders. He glanced back in front and grunted in annoyance as he began to pick up speed. Vince propelled past many civilian crafts and in and out of many alleys before he managed to get security off their tail. The instant Vince lost security, he sped to the shipyard and stowed the speeder behind some crates.
After turning the speeder's engine off, the duo hopped out of the speeder. Hastily and swiftly, Vince grabbed a tarp and covered the speeder as Karall crouched behind the crates, watching from behind for any more security speeders. Once the speeder was hidden, Vince crouched down beside Karall behind the crates and peeked over the tops of the crates to survey their surroundings and see if any possible threats followed them or were already inhabiting the area.
"All clear, I think." Vince mumbled to himself and motioned for Karall to follow him, before exiting cover and scurrying to the dockyard section where his ship was located. Quickly passing docks and counting them off, the duo grew more anxious as time went on. "IC17, IC18, IC19, IC20! Yes! We're here! Come on Kar, Let's get off this cursed planet." Vince quietly yelled. "Don't need to tell me twice! Now hurry up and turn this damn ship on!" Karall quietly retorted as he followed Vince onto the Lucky Spirit.
Upon boarding the ship, Vince hopped onto the pilot's chair with Karall taking co-pilot, and they both began procedures to enter orbit. Once the engine was on and they were good for take off, they blasted out of the docks at breakneck speeds. Upon exiting the atmosphere, the ship rocked to the left and groaned. Vince spun his head to the console that showed the ship's condition as the emergency siren began to blare across the ship's interior. The console indicated that they had been hit by a torpedo on the starboard side of the ship. An A-wing in pursuit of the smuggler duo had fired off an ion torpedo.
"Prep the hyperdrive Karall!". Vince yelled over the blaring of the siren onboard the ship. Karall nodded and flipped all the necessary levers and pressed all the buttons to enter hyperspeed. Once all was set and they left the atmosphere, they blasted off to a destination unknown to them nor their pursuers.
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A/N: Short-ish chap right now ~ 935 words w/out the a/n. I don't know if i'll make a chapter next week though. we'll see.
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WillieWolf