Now without the group was stranded on Loxley Station. A few hours later the usual traffic resumed as traders and spacer came to stop on by. A ship with a trio of Bothans arrived on the station and headed to the bar. R-90 and the others had been scoping out the bar hoping to find some means of getting off, and it seemed these three could be the ticket. R-90 walked up to the bar and greeted the Bothan. At first the Bothan was cold, as it did not seek the company R-90 advertised. The Bothan was not into droids like that....but R-90 gave a countersign that made the Bothan listen. R-90 had mentioned the Melan clan, and the Bothan was all ears. R-90 had discretely implied that he needed to head to Bothan space to complete his mission and that he had several passengers that need travel. The Bothan nodded, giving a signal to his other comrades to check R-90's friends out. The Bothan engaged him in some small talk and told him he would need to discuss things with his crew and would get back to him within the hour. He told them to wait in the Bar and they would make preparations to leave.
Unbeknownst to R-90 these Bothan's were Republic loyalists. They knew of Eshka and were pleased to find one of her wayward droids. It was a stroke of luck, but the big payout was reward for the Padawan they had. There check pulled up that Aryn was a wanted by order of the Emperor as a former Jedi apprentice. The others had some false IDs and were of no interest. As the group was waiting, the Bothans flooded their room with a gas that kept Aryn unconscious. They quickly bypassed security and sent a localized EMP pulse to disable "Lepi". Lepi was then fitted with a restraining bolt and forced to follow them as they kidnapped Aryn. Within moments they got to their ship and left.
As the hour past, the group began to worry. After another hour they had found out that the Bothans had left.
When they got to their room, Aryn was gone. R-90 figured it was the Bothans, he hacked the security cams once again. The Bothans made no attempt to hide their break in and kidnapping of Aryn as they high tailed it out of here, more than likely headed back to Coruscant to collect the bounty on Aryn's head. R-90 felt responsible and Tizzit would not let another friend be lost, they had lost so many on this journey. They asked L if they could help find a away to procure a ship so they could chase those Bothans down. Luckily for them the Duros pilots were back with their usual cargo for the station. They had just finished unloading and refueling, getting a quick drink before heading back. L used the force to convince them out right to take some passengers with them, they were very agreeable. When L told them that they needed to get to Coruscant they began to protest....but L once again used the force to compel them to do his bidding. The Duros pilots did their best to accommodate the group, arranging the cargo area to be as comfortable as possible with some supplies. Their ship was a simple transport that towed a cargo hull. As they tried to explain to L, they were a local ship that simple couriered supplies from one station to another and really did not have the proper drive to travel to far. They all boarded the ship with hopes of finding Aryn soon, R-90 attempted to communicate with Talia or Wrabbler, but still no response.
MEANWHILE
Padawan Talia and Wrabbler took the long way to Mon Calamari aboard the Pleasue Cruiser, the Fanged Ocelot. They were provided a cover of a young woman who had won a vacation and took her pet along.
She was provided with a 10,000 credit shopping spree aboard the vessel with all amenities included. Zero the Hutt had journeyed for the first leg of the trip to promote the ownership of his new club and new signer.
Lyla Fontane was covering Zero's trip and attempted to get a scoop on the winners of the trip. Talia was just one of twelve such winners, and fortunately for her she was able to avoid Lyla and the Holonet news.
They were gonna attempt communications, but were advised against it as the communication may be picked up. Zhato Rem's bodyguard made sure that they were safe an not bothered. They would be informed of the drop off point when they arrived. They were assured that the other group would arrive at Loxley Station ahead of them and were safe.
As to be expected as the days went on, both Wrabbler and Talia felt something amiss. A force user was aboard the ship. As they investigated the cargo hold they found a female Bothan interrogating a Jedi Knight.
It was obvious what was going on as she was holding his lightsaber asking him about it. They were both speaking in Bothan. Apparently she was named Eshka and wanted to know his involvement in Order 66, why did he survive and why were Jedi hiding. She took no chances with him, the device that held him was shocking him every few seconds so he could not fully concentrate. However he managed to reach out to the force and identified to other aboard the ship and it seems they had found him. Both Padawans had seen enough and charged at Eshka who was taken off guard, she barely managed to dodge Talia quick blows while Wrabbler freed the Jedi Knight. Eshka knew there was no way to stand up against them so she attempted to flee, however the Jedi Knight intercepted her and with a word put her too sleep.
He turned to both Padawans and thanked them for sensing them, he introduced him self as Master Ichael.
He was returning to Coruscant when news of Order 66 had been implemented, he heard the screams of his fellow Jedi as they were ambushed the Clone Troopers that had turned on them. He did the only thing he could do and head back to the Temple to inform the council, but before he could jump to lightspeed it was too late. Master Nu had used a Jedi Artifact to alert her students not to come back.....he sensed something terrible had happened. Worried of his Padawan he reached out and could only sense that Aryn was safe.
Since then he had been searching for other Jedi, hoping that they would be regrouping. In his travels any Jedi outpost and facility seemed to have been attacked or were under the authority of the Republic Navy. He had hoped that the Bothan he found would keep their neutrality as he needed info. However she decided it was in her best interest to capture him. He did however find out from her that several Jedi were on Bothawui, supposedly Master Nu among them.
They decided to to take her ship, with her as a prisoner and head out to Loxley Station in hopes of finding the rest of there group. Talia and Wrabbler excited to leave forgot to mention the fact that Aryn was among there group as well.
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