The Limmie Daylights/Chapter 11

The Limmie Daylights

Chapter 11

By the time the fans started filing into Aldera Stadium, the MI5 agents had already found and disarmed five explosives. Bont had estimated he saw at least ten or fifteen on the schematics back at the cabin, but he wasn't positive on the exact amount.

Pandolfo, Europa, Bont, and the droid QUAD were all making a clean sweep of the structure. Kara was in the offices with her fellow league officials. She had agreed not to saw anything to anyone regarding the bombs for fear of causing panic. She herself was a bit panicked. She knew the place could technically blow any moment...and she was in it. Not to mention thousands of other people. But she trusted MI5. She had to.

Jace Bont was in the process of completing a full sweep of the locker rooms. He had to get it done before the players arrived. To help disguise himself, he was wearing dirty work clothes, almost looking like a janitor. Just as he was about to leave, the door slid open. Two young Human women entered, one blonde one brunette, and stopped when they saw the Zeltron "janitor".

"Pardon me, ladies," Bont said, almost instinctively releasing his Zeltron pheromones. "Just cleaning up a bit before you arrived."

Gwenda Shatsky was the brunette woman and Thurza Aall the blond. They were both Alderaan Daylights players. "Thank you," they both said simultaneously, feeling the effects of the pheromones. Bont walked between them and through the door. He looked back and gave a quick wink before it slid closed.

Being athletes, Bont knew they had toned bodies. Too bad they were fully clothed.

He hadn't found anything in either locker room. Which was a good thing. He then pulled out his datapad and looked at the map marked with QUAD's educated guesses on the bomb locations. He keyed in a command and the dots on the locker rooms disappeared from the datapad's screen. "Another one down."

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Elsewhere in the stadium, Pandolfo noticed the locker room dots disappear from his datapad screen as he was looking at it. That meant someone already checked those. So he examined the map and headed for the next closest dot. As he rounded a corner, he realized it was the same corridor he had examined before. It was the same place where Agnew the Bith was suspected of being killed.

Pandolfo glanced up at the camera as he walked past it and finally stopped at the control console. Apparently QUAD had placed a dot here. There didn't appear to be a bomb on the outside of the control panel. Maybe on the inside. Pandolfo, also wearing janitor-like clothes, made his way to the side of the control console. There was a lock on it.

Pandolfo reached into his pocket and pulled out Q'u's lock-picking device. He placed the cup shape over the lock and switched it on. There was a soft whirring sound and then a click. Pandolfo pulled the device away and saw a hole where the lock used to be. Shoving the Q'u Branch gadget back into his pocket, he reached his fingers through the new hole in the side of the computer console and pulled the panel open. Sure enough, there was the explosive. QUAD's guess was right.

A thought suddenly ran through Pandolfo's mind. If this Gideon Roon fellow was placing these explosives, then Agnew must have found him doing it. Then Roon had to kill him, which would explain why the security video was edited. Roon had to destroy evidence of the murder. Then he would have had to dispose of the body. Dropping it in the ocean of a whole different planet was the perfect idea...except it happened to be an ocean in which sat an island owned by MI5.

Pandolfo finally figured out the mystery behind Agnew's death. He was anxiuos to tell the others. But first, he had to tend to the explosives. He proceeded to disarm it.

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The agents continued to search the stadium, in disguise of course, as the spectators began to pack the seats. They were able to disarm a few more up until the game was about to begin.

Europa, dressed in Daylights apparel disguised as a limmie fan, was pushing her way through the crowded corridors, through fans that were buying food before heading to their seats. She happened to pass one of the vidscreens hanging over a food court. She caught a glimpse of a male Togruta named Archo on the screen. He was the play-by-play commentator for the championship game. Europa stopped for a moment to watch the screen.

"--for what some are calling a bloodbath. And with me in the booth this beautiful Alderaan morning is our guest color commentator for the championship game, the star player of the Coruscant Mynocks, Cambria Verpine." The shot widened and panned slightly to show a Human woman sitting next to the Togruta.

"Thanks, Archo," she responded. "I'm honored to be here with you today for this game." Even though her name was Verpine, she wasn't actually a Verpine species. She was in fact a Human.

Europa wanted to enjoy the championship game, but she had other pressing matters to attend to. She continued on toward the next dot on her datapad.

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QUAD, the newest, not to mention robotic, MI5 agent found a computer terminal and jacked into the stadiums security program. He had searched for a while but found no trace of any tampering. So the bombs were not attached to any electrical components within the stadium. QUAD hoped they were, because he would have been able to shut them all down that way, which would have been much easier than what the team was currently doing.

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The game began and the fans were roaring. As the Daylights carried the ball down the field and into the Chiefs end, there was already some hard hitting going on.

"Jinn Cregg dodges a hit by the Chiefs Kiffar player Hook Mkrakn," Archo continued on with his play-by-play from the commentator's booth. "Ooooh! But he gets sandwiched by three guys simultaneously: Jett, Jase and Steen Hanson. Who else?"

"Those Hanson brothers are brutal, Arch," Cambria commented. "Some in the league say the Hansons are the worst goons in limmie today. The three of them alone have been ejected from game's more than anyone on any other team in the league this season. And their fan club is right there cheering them on."

In the front row along the right side of the Chiefs defensive zone was a group of Chiefs fans cheering and going crazy. They loved seeing the Hanson brothers hit people. The two Twi'lek twins, Maya and Naya, were the Chiefs booster club leaders. And sitting with them was Dickie'Dunn, the male Chiss HoloNet analyst for the Chiefs.

"Lots of boos from the Daylights fans here," Cambria said. "They sure hate those Chiefs. This game will be a bloodbath indeed."

"The Daylights manage to keep the ball in the Chiefs end," Archo continued. "Urb Rooks passes it to Ike Arooz-Yoni, the Daylights leading scorer this season. Arooz-Yoni heads for the goal. Kicks... SCORES! The Chiefs goalkeeper Qatak Lemieux couldn't get across in time! The fans here are going absolutely nuts!"

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Bont had just disarmed another device that was hidden under the stadium seating. He examined the bomb in his hands. "How does a sports fanatic get his hands on this kind of equipment," he said aloud to himself, shaking his head. He figured the galaxy was so big that all planets have criminal underworlds that are powerful enough, and resourceful enough, that they can supply anyone with anything. That made him even more proud to be an MI5 operative. He was helping cleanse the galaxy of it's criminals, one at a time.

He shoved the small disarmed explosive device into the pocket of his janitor jumpsuit. Perhaps Q'u Branch can narrow down where the parts originated. Then they could take down the people who supplied Gideon Roon with these weapons. He wasn't sure if Q'u Branch had the means to do that, but he would at least try.

He exited out into the main hallway only to be met with a mass of beings, no doubt buying more food and drinks. He reached into a different pocket to pull out his datapad when he felt a hard object jabbed into his ribs. Bont froze. Then a males voice was heard behind him. "Don't make any sudden movements."

"Gideon Roon, I presume," Bont said without turning around. His hand still in his pocket, he tapped a command into his datapad which sent a distress signal to his fellow agents.

Roon was standing close to Bont, concealing the blaster he was holding against Bont's back from the large number of beings in the surrounding area. "Take your hand out of your pocket, nice and slow."

Bont did so. "You know we've already disarmed all your bombs."

"Not likely," Roon said.

"You going to shoot me then?"

"Not here. Too many witnesses." Pushing Bont along with the barrel of his blaster, Roon escorted Bont to an exit leading out the back of the stadium.

Making their way through the door, Roon shoved Bont. They were now outside on a landing area filled with ships and speeders, all marked with the Daylights team logo. Bont turned around to see the door slide closed behind Roon. There were three other beings standing next to Roon, all aiming blasters at Bont.

"A firing squad," Bont commented. "Tell me, why didn't you just blow the place up with me inside?"

"I had to make sure you hadn't already disarmed the explosives," Roon said. "Throwing the switch for a bunch of disarmed bombs wouldn't have done any good."

Bont nodded. "Makes sense."

"After we kill you, we'll find your friends," Roon said.

"Good luck with that," Bont said.

The door suddenly slide open again and the other MI5 operatives emerged. They had obviously followed the distress signal sent out by his datapad. Roon and his henchmen turned just as Europa, Pandolfo and QUAD grabbed them. A fight ensued as Roon spun around and fired at Bont. The blaster bolt got him in the left shoulder. Bont stumbled to his knees as Roon headed for a landspeeder.

While Pandolfo used the horns on his head to skewer one of the henchmen, Europa twisted the head of another, hearing a snapping noise. QUAD simply used his thick, metallic arms and squeezed his henchmen to death.

The three agents turned to see Bont running toward the speeder that Roon was starting up.

Bont pulled the disarmed explosive device from his pocket and stopped running. He planned to throw the bomb toward the speeder and shoot it with a blaster to blow it up while in mid-air, causing the speeder to explode and kill Roon. He just hoped he could do it fast enough, before the bomb dropped too far from the speeder.

Bont crossed one wire with another, re-arming the bomb. He then looked up at the speeder lifting off the ground. He had to work fast! Bont took a few steps and, with his right arm, threw the bomb up toward the speeder. He was going to reach into his jumpsuit and pull out an MI5 hold-out blaster to shoot it, but before he could, the bomb exploded.

The force of the explosion blew Bont backward but also rocked the speeder, causing it to nosedive back down into the landing area. The speeder smashed to the ground, standing on end. Then it tipped forward and hit the ground. It now laid upside down.

Bont, laying on his back, rolled over and looked back at his fellow agents. QUAD stood there with his arm outstretched. Some sort of arm cannon blaster popped back into his forearm.

"I figured out what you were planning and took the liberty of finishing the job by shooting the bomb myself," QUAD said. "I calculated the time it would take you to draw your hold-out blaster, factored in the wind-speed, plus the force of the throw, minus the strength you lost from the pain in your left shoulder, not to mention the speed of--"

"Alright, alright," Bont said as Europa helped him to his feet. "Ow..." he muttered.

"A droid's shot would have been much more accurate," QUAD finished.

Bont smiled as blood trickled from the side of his mouth. He slapped his hand on the droids shoulder. "You're alright, tin man."

"Actually I'm made of--"

Bont raised a hand to stop him from talking.

"How 'bout you?" Europa asked him. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," Bont groaned. "Just need a little bacta."

Over by the crashed landspeeder, Pandolfo managed to pull Gideon Roon from the wreckage. Pandolfo dragged the body out on to the permacrete. Roons body was covered in blood. Pandolfo kneeled down and felt for a pulse. Nothing. He looked over toward the others, shaking his head. "If the explosion didn't kill him, the crash did."

"I'd say," Bont said, wincing, "this mission was a success."

"Come on," Europa said, helping him walk. "We'll have one of the team doctors fix you up."

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