Chapter 65

The Hutt species were one of the longest-living species in the galaxy and because of that, they didn't have the strongest connection with their offspring. Even a well-established relationship could crumble between Hutts if they couldn't offer anything substantial to each other.

Jabba the Hutt was willing to exchange a valuable favour from me to save his child, not only that he had told the Jedi and Sith that whoever brought back his child to him would have free passage through his hyperspace routes in the outer rim. That would give either side a great advantage in the war, Jabba must really love his child to offer that.

The data I was able to piece together told a story of the Separatists kidnapping Jabba's child under the plans of Ziro the Hutt. Ziro planned that at the time of a rescue attempt, the rescuing Jedi would be killed and the Jedi would attack Jabba. It's a stupid plan if I ever heard one. The separatist plans were to kill the child when the Jedi attempted a rescue and then pin it on the Jedi. Another quite stupid plan, Count Dooku must have had a brain fart when he came up with this plan.

I had to move fast, the Separatist and Jedi were ahead of me and they had already made their way to planet Teth. My stealth ship made the journey in good time while I prepared myself.

Through security cameras, I could see that Asajj Ventress was busy fighting Obi-Wan Kenobi. The security videos showed me exactly where Jabba's child, Rotto the Hutt was. He was being protected by Anakin and his pupil, Ahsoka. I followed them both waiting for the perfect time. They easily destroyed the attacking droids and moved with good speed. I had to do something to separate Anakin and Ahsoka, they were efficient and nothing the droids did even gave them pause. Interestingly, I could feel Anakin's feelings, he didn't protect himself like he should and that was the perfect time to interfere.

With the greatest control of the force, I piggybacked off his emotions to give him a cold feeling that Obi-Wan was in trouble. Before Ahsoka could dissuade him, Anakin ran towards his old master and abounded to protect Rotto, leaving the baby Hutt in the sole hands of Ahsoka.

That's when I took action. With my tec, I closed off doors that Anakin ran through isolating Anakin and Ahsoka. Obe Wan was fighting Asajj Ventress in a tight position while Ahsoka was relatively safe. The force whispered its message to Anakin and he blindly followed with complete faith in the direction the force was giving him.

With Ahsoka and Rotto alone I made myself known with a small cough. The reaction speed of Ahsoka was something to admire as she twisted on the spot with her lightsaber ready to fight. To be honest, her reaction to a silent being clad in black armour from head to toe was correct.

"Good day Ahsoka," I said "Let me introduce myself I am Dreed Pirate Captain of the ship called Mirages"

She said nothing and only paced in circles to get a better position.

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"Jabba the Hutt has given me a task to collect his son," I said

"How do I know that this isn't a separatist trick to get stinky...Rotto" replied Ahsoka.

"Hmmmm, good point" I flipped out a symbol of the Hutt council. Ahsoka eyed it but didn't understand what it meant. Not many people know that a human was part of the Hutt council and even if they did they wouldn't recognise the symbol of the position, however Rotto did. The small little turd of a Hutt wiggled towards me while Ahsoka struggled to keep him under control.

I tucked the symbol away and that was when little Rotto stepped up as a Hutt and puked on himself.

"Little Rotto isn't feeling well, probably something he ate" I hover a bag of crunchy, buttery maggots towards the Hutt at the great surprise of Ahsoka.

"Are you Jedi?" asked Ahsoka ignoring the young Hutt ripping the bag apart to get to the highly flavored maggots

"A little, not much tho" I answered as I took a slow step forward.

"What do you mean a little" Ahsoka was wasting time, she already knew that there were many different religions and cultures that used the force, and the Jedi and Sith weren't the only ones.

I held out my hand "Give me Little Rotto and I will see him returned to Jabba the Hutt and the credit will go completely to the Jedi, I already know why the Separatist did this and who was behind it. Jabba the Hutt will make Count Dooku's life a little harder"

Due to my force pulling of Rotto, the rucksack Rotto sat on was causing Ahsoka to dance on her toes. The surprised look on her face caused me a little bit of delight.

Ahsoka was great at saber fighting but her force powers were a little undeveloped. Ahsoka unhooked her bag and grabbed the bag with her arm giving her the much-needed room to use her feet.

All of this activity didn't change Rotto's hungry nature and his grabby little hands didn't stop shovelling maggots into his gaping mouth.

"Stinky, stop eating those, they could be poisoned" yelped Ahsoka.

As Ahsoka's attention was fixed on Rotto I drew my blaster and fired at a corridor, the time it took the blaster bolts to travel was enough time for a couple of droids to turn the corner and get an energy bolt cleanly in the head, all five of them.

To Ahsoka's great credit, she was calm and collected, her lightsaber held fast and undisturbed. She will make a great duelist when she gets older but right now I couldn't spend time complementing her technique.

"Ultimately, you cant be sure that this isn't a trick to capture Jabba the Hutt child to use him against the Jedi," I said "But search your feelings ask the force and see if you can sense any deception, I know you Jedi believe in the force more than your own mother"

Ahsoka was looking a tiny bit guilty, she wasn't that way inclined in the force and did things on instinct. Luckily for her, that had made her a good padawan and an excellent survivalist, perfect for this kind of work.

"I can't let you have Rotto, I am responsible for him" said Ahsoka

"Then come with me to Jabba the Hutt and drop the young Rotto home," I said

"I need to tell my Master first and he will want to come with us," said Ahsoka

I stared at Ahsoka with my blank black armour, it made her visibly uncomfortable. Without any screen to show my face all she had to work with was the emotions that rolled off most people but even that was as blank as a sheet of ice.

After a pause lasting no longer than ten seconds I answered "You can come but your master has too much darkness in his heart, a man like that will turn on his family let alone a passing dreed captain like me, he has to stay away from me"

I reached out with the force and to Ahsoka's great surprise, she was lifted off her feet and hovered beside me. I held Rotto while stroking his head pouring a little healing juice into him to counter the slight fever he had. The simple child slug only answered with a green burp that wafted in the air.

And that was how I kidnapped Ahsoka so I could claim Jabba the Hutt's son.