Chapter 45

I found Rharo Dine but the bastard was now part of the Republic senate, not a powerful member but high enough that I can't just bombarge him from orbit.

I think about sending an army of droids to snatch him, it might work but I would have to strike quickly in case he runs. The problem is that stealth ship. I don't know where it is. I doubt the man would keep the ship in orbit as a stealth ship was useless if he couldn't get to it, which was a shame. If the ship was in orbit I could detonate a couple of Sonic mines and catch the rippling waves to pinpoint the ship but detonating mines on the planet would kill a lot of innocent people and make me a lot of enemies.

Instead, I remember something similar happening in a movie, where there was an invisible foe that was found using paint..or was it flour? That is when a more expensive plan easily pops into my mind, a city-wide party. The stealth ship had to be near Rharo Dine to be useful but not too far away that he couldn't escape within minutes.

And that was why I paid for a city-wide party, that had massive amounts of glitter dust wafting through the air landing on everything. The second thing I did was put tracking bugs on everything around Rharo Dine. I couldn't get close but I was able to place bugs on tables or lamps in rooms that he, as a senate member would have to go.

The bugs were there to scare Rharo Dine into fleeing. I knew the bastard most likely had a way to find bugs and when he found that his surroundings were full of them he would run straight to his ship.

A stealth ship not in stealth was just a ship and that was why it was hard to find amongst others. My first plan to find the stealth ship with glitter and a party was fruitless but scaring Rharo Dine to flee and returning to his ship worked like a charm. The ship left the planet and went into stealth. That was when I snapped the trap. My fleet circled an insignificant area and fired stunning rounds designed to destroy engines and weapons.

The ship came out of stealth drifting in space. I give the order and my droid fleet hooked on the stealth ship like pirates and cut into the hull, cut the engines out and twist the weapons apart.

I board the ship in my new armour. This armour is purely war-related, I don't need the fat suit for this. I walk in with a small platoon of Asura droids and they spread out to shoot everyone, except one person.

Rharo Dine is sitting at the helm of the ship, his dead crew lies on the floor with three droids double-tapping each one. I enter the helm.

"This is high treason," Rharo Dine says. He doesn't shack with fear, he just sits there. Rharo Dine looks old, the last twenty years haven't been kind to him.

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"Why did you attack me?" I ask, I could rip the info from his mind but Rharo Dine's mind might fight back and I would lose the information. I am going to ask first and then take his knowledge from him

Rharo Dine plays the game "I'm just a senate member, I don't know what you mean"

"This is a highly illegal and costly stealth ship, something like this isn't affordable on your wage" I answer

"I don't know what you mean" replies Rharo Dine

My headache is flaring, I'm so close to strangling him without asking any more questions.

My anger is tempered by a message from one of my droids. A blue beast was released on the ship when it was captured. Rharo Dine had a second blue beast that interfere's with the force. The headache I felt didn't come from Rharo Dine but from the blue beast getting closer to me.

Rharo Dine smiles "Is there something wrong"

I stand and get closer to Rharo Dine. I pull a Grenade out of my belt and force it in his mouth. I taped the hole closed and say "Don't go anywhere" I slapped the old man on the face which caused a small beep from the grenade. For the first time, Rharo Dine jumps in his chair.

Blaster fire can be heard getting closer. The blue beast is getting closer. The beast avoids the Asura droids and heads straight for me. It bursts into the bridge and pounces toward me.

I pull out my pistols, one slug thrower with explosive bolts and one laser pistol with an incredibly high fire rate. I let loose on the beast in mid-air. I aim for the eyes and mouth filling it with lead, my laser pistol blasts the belly as the beast flies over my head. As the creature crashes into a console. I spot in the corner of my eye Rharo Dine tugging on the tape around his mouth. A high-powered pistol rests on his temple causing the struggling man to lower his hands.

The blue beast scrumbles to its feet and gets a few shots from Asrua droids on the joints. It stumbles and slides towards me with its front paws swinging and attacking. I kick at the paws expecting to knock the attack away but instead knocking my foot away causing me to do the splits

The beast has drained me of my force powers. My attacks that could crush stones and spilt metal with reinforced force punches have been weakened. My force speed which allows me to punch as fast as a speeding bullet has been nerfed. The beast is on me snarling and biting the thin air as I hold it back and dodge its attacks. I use point-blank shots in the beast's mouth, it flinches and starts to back off.

I don't let it escape. I hook its leg with mine and use the heavier beast to right myself up. I duck under it swipe and lock the arm against the creature's body. It tenses up and the muscles bludge to fight against me. A few more point-blank shots cause the beast to flinch again, I flip onto the beast's back and break the arm I locked up.

The skin is tough but even bones will break when twisted with pressure at an odd angle. I continue to beat the shit out of this creature, sometimes the beast gets a lucky hit but my armour is some of the best in the galaxy and can't be scratched by a mere beast.

Finally, I tug on the beast's tail to see if the beast has any control over its broken appendages. It doesn't but it freaks out with large movements despite zero control over its arms, it only calms down when it hits itself in the face with a wondering broken arm.

I have the beast taken away and frozen in carbonate

I look back at Rharo Dine while rubbing my joints, I clear my throat and say "You're next"

Rharo Dine doesn't look well, he knows his life is over but what comes next will be the most interesting, memorable and painful part. That is what I promise to him.