Chapter 23

My emotions are a mix of annoyance and humour. Listening to the Jedi woman consistently avoid my questions and not answer them is giving me anger issues but it is fun when I answer a question and get a reaction, no matter how small it is. It seems like Maristela is super interested in my past. Probably looking for a way to attack me. The Jedi and Sith are very much alike, they just use different means.

I feel her emotions spike now and again. Especially when I answer a question that gives her nothing. I've been giving her softball questions that could be answered in any different way and yet she hasn't answered them at all, typical lawyer.

Still, it was fine until she asked about murder. The kid gloves have come off quickly. I answered and the waves of excitement rolled off her mind like a kid with a puppy.

"You admit to being a murderer" asked Maristela

I could see Maristela's hand clenched into a fist, grasping at nothing and yet hoping for her weapon. I could feel the Jedi losing some of her control. She was excited and angry, however, she hadn't realised it herself. Maristela's body language was almost unperceptable but I was able to pick it up and read her.

"Whoever you are, even if you are a poor farmer or a rich lawyer you have to protect what is yours, in the name of family or friends or peace. If you don't, expect this uncaring galaxy to take everything away while rubbing dirt in your eye"

I could see that Maristela wasn't interested in what I had to say

"I have killed and I have maimed, all in the name of protecting what I own. I have crushed skulls and plucked out hearts, used my enemy's weapons against them and watched their disbelief as I bested them. I offer no mercy and expect none in return, that is the nature of this galaxy and the way of the force"

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If Maristela hadn't been listening to my speech before, I knew she had heard the mention of the force as she stood up with her lightsaber blazing.

"You speak like a Sith and have admitted to killing, I will take you into custody where you will be questioned"

"Only the Sith deal in absolutes, YOU sound like a Sith" I slowly reached into my jacket pocket and showed what I had pulled out. "if you want peace, prepare for war" I pushed the button and a red light flashed.

"This is a detonator, rigged to five separate explosives in highly dense population areas"

Maristela's eyes were glued to my hand, she wasn't experienced in this area of negotiations. She was a master but not in the way of combat. I wouldn't try this otherwise.

"Think fast," I said as I tossed the cylinder at the Jedi woman.

All of the galaxy watched as the Jedi sliced the detonator out of the air and witnessed the fat man who had struggled to sit up quickly break the distance and smoothly slapped the lightsaber out of the Jedi's hand and slammed the Jedi in the face with heavy meaty punches that lifted her off the ground.

"That was my favourite pen," I said, as I picked up the metal fragments that the Jedi had cut apart.

Maristela was crumpled on the floor but was still conscious thanks to the force "You.....lied. That wasn't a detonator..." Blood trickled out of her nose

"I did say, I lie all the time, especially when a weapon is pointing at me" I picked up the lightsaber and tossed it out of the window

The aid helped up the Jedi and they both retreated to a chair, at least the aid was doing his job but the way they both looked at me made me feel like I was the bad guy.

"Enough is enough, this interview has gone nowhere. Every question I've asked has been clumsily unanswered with questions. This was meant to be a question for a question but the Jedi can't do anything without their little secrets. I tried to play softball with you, I could have asked some shooking questions and yet here I am defending myself from a JUSTICE-hungry Jedi"

I gestured to my droids who left, I followed but before I did I would take one last stab at the Jedi with my final question "If the force is in everything and the dark side is part of the force then there has to be a bit of dark side in the Jedi"

I left and let that question mull over everyone's mind, to be honest, it wasn't as good as the real last question I wanted to ask but I didn't think asking about the super mega secret prison called Prism was a wise idea