The Limmie Daylights/Chapter 9

The Limmie Daylights

Chapter 9

Flying an MI5 vessel would have drawn too much attention, so Jace Bont and Shasta Moonreaper took a small landspeeder into the Kaamos Territory. Taking a speeder made the trip longer but a lot less conspicuous. It was nightfall by the time they reached their destination.

The speeder sailed into the Alsiri Pass. Bont steered it, weaving in between some trees. In the passenger seat, Shasta was looking at the coordinates on her datapad. The blinking dot on the map was just ahead of them.

"You sure this is the right place?" Bont asked her, not seeing anything but trees, rocks and foliage.

"According to the Q'u Branch techs," Shasta said looking up ahead, "it should be right there."

Bont slowed the speeder and came to a stop. The two agents hopped out and drew their blasters. The night air was chilly, but it wasn't freezing. Shasta shivered as they slowly walked forward looking for any signs of life. Both their weapons had light attachments, provided by Q'u Branch of course, that allowed them to see in the darkness. The beams of light swung back and forth as they searched the immediate area.

"What's that?" Shasta commented, pointing.

Bont turned to see what looked like a wood cabin nestled into the foliage. The two agents hurried toward the cabin. There weren't any lights on inside. No lanterns, no nothing.

"Could be a trap," Bont commented.

Shasta reached for the door and pushed. It swung open pretty easily, hinges creaking. "Definitely a trap," she said.

The interior of the cabin seemed spacious...maybe due to the lack of furniture. All that they saw in the main room was a table and a couple chairs. Cautiously entering the cabin, swinging the lights to see what was waiting inside for them, Bont approached the table. Lots of electronic equipment of some kind. Upon closer inspection, Bont realized they were parts for making explosives. Bombs. "Whoever this guy is...he's making some kind of explosive."

Shasta shined her light toward the flimsiplast hanging on one of the walls. They were filled with random letters and numbers in Aurabesh. She couldn't make heads or tails of it. It was probably written in some kind of code. She reached up and tore one off the wall. Shoving it in the inside pocket of her vest, she said, "I'll see if Q'u Branch can crack this code."

"Maybe that QUAD droid can do it," Bont commented.

"Maybe," Shasta responded, walking over toward the table.

Bont noticed a disk-like object amongst the parts scattered across the table. It looked like some kind of holoprojector. Touching it, a blue hologram appeared above the table, bathing the room in a pale blue hue. The holo showed a wireframe structure. A building. There were blinking dots placed sporadically throughout the wireframe design.

Recognizing the shape of the building, Shasta said, "Wait a second... That looks like Aldera Stadium." She reached for her comlink. "Europa."

"What's up, Shasta?" Europa's voice said through the comlink. "Find anything?"

Shasta asked, "When is that championship game?"

"Tomorrow morning," Europa answered. "Why?"

Bont and Shasta looked at each other. Bont looked down at the bomb parts, then up at the wireframe schematic. "They're gonna blow up the Stadium." The dots on the wireframe holo appeared to be the placement of the bombs.

A communicator in the center of the table suddenly came to life with a crackling noise. Both agents jumped, Shasta dropping her MI5 comlink. Both of them instinctively aimed their blasters at the table.

"Ah. I see you've found my little hideaway," a male's voice came out of the communicator resting on the table.

"It's all over," Bont responded. "We know all about your operation. And Bozak's dead. Just turn yourself in."

"Yeah, I don't think that'll happen," the voice said.

"We also know you're a disgruntled fan who was mad about the movement of the Daylights," Shasta added.

"If that's all you know, you've got nothing on me," the voice responded. "But it wont matter now anyway because you and all the evidence you just found will all be destroyed." One of the devices on the table next to the communicator suddenly lit up. It was a timer that read five seconds...and it was ticking down.

Bont and Shasta swore almost in unison as they ran for the door. The timer hit zero and the cabin exploded. Both agents went flying out toward the speeder, the force of the explosion throwing their bodies like rag dolls. Bont landed on his back, hitting the dirt hard. He immediately curled himself into a fetal position as wood and other debris fell on top of him.

When it sounded like the debris had stopped falling, Bont rolled over, feeling the pain in his back. He figured he reinjured everything that he hurt during the training exercise on Gibralta not too long ago when he took a little tumble down the cliffside. Fighting the pain, he managed to get to his feet.

"Shasta!" He looked around trying to find her. The fire where the cabin used to be was casting long dark shadows. "Shasta!" He then saw her under a large chunk of smoldering wood in front of the landspeeder. He rushed over and pulled the debris off of her. "Shasta, are you alright?" He cradled her head in his hands. Her eyes were shut and she wasn't moving. "Shasta?" He felt for a pulse. Thankfully she had one. It was faint, but it was there.

He then noticed the front of the landspeeder. It had a small dent in the front of it. Bont removed one hand from Shasta's head and noticed the blood on his palm. She was out cold, had a head injury and was bleeding out. He didn't have any bacta or medical supplies on the speeder. Bont had to get her back to Q'u Branch, fast.

He lifted her, carefully supporting her head, and laid her in the speeder. He then climbed into the drivers seat and took off, leaving the remains of the burning cabin behind.

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