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a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_002.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER ONE
Tatooine's twin suns hung low above the horizon. Once he had thought they looked like demonic eyes, threatening him.
Warning him.
Daring him.
Now they were almost welcoming.
"Prepare for landing," commanded the youth at the console of... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_003.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER TWO
"Hoh hoh hoh!"
Boba stiffened as familiar deep laughter thundered through the vast room. On a platform in the center of the hall reclined the huge, sluglike form of Jabba the Hutt. Behind him, Jabba's Twi'lek majordomo, Bib Fortuna, stood a... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_004.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER THREE
Off-planet! Yes!
Boba wanted to punch the air in excitement. "When do I leave?" he asked.
Jabba watched him approvingly. "I am glad to see you are pleased at the prospect," he boomed. He picked up a squishy, star-shaped glubex, unpeeled... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_005.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER FOUR
"When do I leave?" asked Boba. He tried not to look impatient.
"Almost immediately."
Jabba turned and spoke to Fortuna in a low voice. The Twi'lek listened, glancing at Boba, then gave a nod, bowed, and left.
"I have commanded that you... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_006.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER FIVE
Boba had been off-planet before, of course.
He had been born on rainswept Kamino, and had buried his father on Geonosis, a desert planet even more desolate than Tatooine. He had been to Aargau, where he retrieved what remained of his fathe... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_007.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER SIX
Boba was not surprised that Wat Tambor had chosen Xagobah for his citadel. This entire sector was known to be a favorite of smugglers making their way between more habitable regions. Jabba had underworld contacts on various planets there.
S... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_008.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER SEVEN
Boba locked Slave I into cruising mode. Outside, shreds of dark purple mist flew by like flocks of winged mynocks. Boba watched the haze grow thicker - and darker - the closer he came to Xagobah's surface I still have no idea what kind of l... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_009.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER EIGHT
Slave I had landed in a small clearing in the mushroom forest. After checking that the area was safe, Boba ran quietly until he reached the edge of the clearing. He stopped and looked back.
His ship was gone.
For a moment Boba's heart s... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_010.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER NINE
The fungus was like some horrible hybrid of mushroom and spider. The folds enveloping Boba were like a web.
And the mouth - well, it was exactly like a mouth! Boba could smell it, the rotting scent of whatever its last meal had been. And h... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_011.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER TEN
"Who am I?" repeated the creature. "On Xagobah, we like to ask questions before we answer them. But - "
The roaring whine of a missile passed overhead. Boba flinched. A moment later the missile impacted a short distance away, sending him fa... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_012.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER ELEVEN
"So that's it," murmured Boba.
"Yes," said Xeran. "The Mazariyan Citadel. The cause of all my troubles."
"And the beginning of mine," Boba replied, trying not to shiver. Mazariyan rose from the planet's surface, unimaginably immense, ... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_013.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER TWELVE
A hundred meters up in Malubi's violet canopy, Xagobah had for a little while seemed a quiet, even peaceful, place.
That peace was shattered as soon as Boba's feet touched the ground.
"Captain! Intruder in your sector!" a voice shouted... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_014.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
So now he had a plan. All he needed was a way to use it. My jet pack's no good, he thought with regret. Not enough strength or speed to go up against a ramship. Gotta try to find a vehicle... a speeder would be nice... Boba scanned the ... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_015.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
"Great minds think alike!" Ygabba used to tell Boba, joking. But right now, watching the other swoop flying at the ramship, Boba thought maybe this particular idea hadn't been such a great one. The swoop looked like a squirmite attackin... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_016.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Boba had no time to think. He yanked back on the throttle. At the same time he opened the stop to feed it as much fuel as possible. With a garbled roar, the swoop shot forward. Laser fire and explosion's rocked the air around Boba. Below ... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_017.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
"Ulu Ulix!" The Jedi's voice rang out sharply over the din. She sounded angry, but also relieved, She turned to the, clone sentries. "Hold your fire!"
Boba angled the swoop down to within a few meters of the AT-TE. It landed with a bump... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_018.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Ummmpphi" With a grunt Boba smashed onto the ground. His body armor absorbed the blow, but it took him a moment to catch his breath. There was such a thick haze of smoke and spores he could barely see. He blinked, trying to clear his vi... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_019.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Near the foot of Wat Tambor's citadel, a homing spider droid had fallen. Its large form slumped over on two of its legs, forming a small, protected area.
Boba headed for this makeshift refuge. He had to leap over several dead clones, a... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_020.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER NINETEEN
It took several minutes for Boba's eyes to adjust to the dimness. Yet it was not completely dark. An eerie greenish/haze hung over everything. Glowing orbs appeared to be set into the fortress's curved, metallic walls. When Boba drew cl... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_021.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER TWENTY
The air there was warmer; As deep and dark a blue it was almost black. Boba didn't want to risk shining a light in the tunnel. He adjusted the infrared on his helmet, but that seemed to make it worse. So he moved very slowly, feeling his w... |
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crossfire | 04_c1.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER ONE
“Hello!”
Silence.
“Hello!?”
No answer. The hallway outside his door was quiet.
Boba Fett was all alone.
That was okay. Boba was used to being alone.
Ever since he had buried his father, he had been by himself—a ten-year-old against the galaxy. He missed his father but he did... |
crossfire | 05_c2.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER TWO
Boba followed the giant past more closed doors, to an ornately carved door at the end of a long hall.
The giant knocked, then entered to a signal Boba hadn’t heard. Inside, the room was larger than the others. It had furniture, too. A desk with carved legs had a holoprojecto... |
crossfire | 06_c3.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER THREE
As Boba followed Prax down the long halls, back to his lonely room, he thought of the Count’s cold dismissal. Can I trust him? Do I have a choice? Maybe the
Count wasn’t going to turn out to be such a good friend after all. Jango Fett had always said that in a bounty hun... |
crossfire | 07_c4.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER FOUR
Boba looked right.
Boba looked left.
No Cydon Prax.
Good—all clear!
He started his exploration, staying close to the wall, so he could duck out of sight if necessary. He followed the hallway to the end, then rounded a corner; then another corner—always
heading toward the ... |
crossfire | 08_c5.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER FIVE
Whew! What a stink! The sky was dark with swirling smoke; the ground was heaped with the trash and garbage from a thousand planets. The twisted wreckage of hundreds of
crashed ships stretched into the distance. The air was almost too foul to breathe.
Luckily, Boba had bro... |
crossfire | 09_c6.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER SIX
It was hard going. Up one stinking slag heap, and down another.
Boba tried to keep the big tower straight behind him, and the distant light of the door ahead. That would be the shortest, fastest route back to Dooku’s underground lair.
The stinking ground sucked at his boots ... |
crossfire | 10_c7.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Count wrinkled his finely arched nose. “We shall have to clean you up,” he said dismissively.
Boba tried to keep from shaking. He knew it was best never to show fear. He gripped his father’s helmet in his hands.
“Your father didn’t teach you very well,” said the Count.... |
crossfire | 11_c8.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER EIGHT
The once dim corridor was filled with light, and no wonder!
The Count’s underground hideout had been blown wide open. Large parts of the roof were missing, and Boba was standing on top of a pile of smoking rubble.
He looked up. The filthy sky of Raxus Prime was even filthi... |
crossfire | 12_c9.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER NINE
Boba crawled toward the open air—and found himself face-to-face with a squadron of clone troopers bursting through the wreckage. As soon as they saw Boba, they leveled
their blasters at him.
“Come with us,” the trooper said, extending a white-gloved hand.
Boba wondered if... |
crossfire | 13_c10.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER TEN
Boba stared out the narrow viewscreen as the powerful gunship rose above the slag heaps of Raxus Prime and into the clouds. He was glad to see the last of the galaxy’s
most toxic planet!
A droid fighter closed in on them, but the craft’s automated turret targeted it and an... |
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