((The RP XP With MJ #7))
Darth Tagious found the abandoned Czerka garage with the Force, zeroing in on the bounty hunter and agent who captured the Twi’lek smuggler. He waved his hand at the door and it swooshed aside at his bidding.
“My lord,” Agent Jenla Ruf said, and snapped to attention as the oppressive Sith entered the back room. Boarsch simply looked up from where he crouched before the beaten Twi’lek, a cold smirk dividing his face.
Both of them appeared slightly more haggard than Tagious would have imagined, and the agent’s uniform was partially unzipped. His nose wrinkled at the distaste, knowing the Mandalorian and Chiss had been… intimate.
Tagious looked at the Twi’lek woman bound to the chair and frowned. “Report.”
Jenla said, “The Jedi she was meeting is named Kendris, my lord. He is here at the spaceport, aboard a ship called the Regail. It is just him, his Zabrak Padawan and a small crew.”
The Sith Lord’s patience was as boundless as a Jedi Consular’s. Still, it took every ounce of his being to keep from snapping the agent’s neck for such a useless report. He waited, his yellow eyes boring into the Chiss agent’s like lasers in the dark.
“Darth Tagious,” the bounty hunter interrupted, standing. “My lord, I believe the intelligence supplied by the fleet was in error. This ain’t the tailhead we’re lookin’ for.”
Tagious turned to Boarsch with a deep scowl. “Indeed.”
Jenla seemed to stand taller. “Perhaps nearby, my lord, in a neighboring syst–.”
Tagious turned on the agent and reached out with the Force.
Jenla felt her throat close. She couldn’t breathe or speak. The invisible pressure lifted her to her toes.
Boarsch stepped forward boldly. “My lord, I have a suggestion!”
Tagious hissed, ignoring the Mandalorian, “If you dare to lead me down the wrong path again, Agent Ruf, I will kill you with a thought.” He released her from the Force choke and Jenla collapsed against a wall, rubbing the ache from her neck. The dark lord turned on the bounty hunter.
Boarsch held up his hands. “The Jedi trail you as you trail them, my lord. Let Jenla–Agent Ruf–and I pursue these leads alone, separate from your efforts, sir. We can find the Twi’lek easier without all the Jedi you attract.”
Tagious looked down at Yulel. He seemed to consider this.
Jenla regained some of her composure and looked on hopefully.
Finally, Tagious sneered and said, “I’ll give you one chance. Find me what I seek… or I’ll turn my whims to you.” He glared at Boarsch and Jenla before turning to leave.
Boarsch released a breath after a long moment. “You know, if he came in here just five minute earlier–“
“Shut up,” Jenla snapped. “I’m thinking.”
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