It was two days after Boba Fett had been thrown into the Sarlacc. Inside the Sarlacc's stomach Boba Fett was still alive. His armor had protected him from the trecherous mouth of the Sarlacc. After two days of pain and grief Boba Fett had managed to survive. He reached for his rocket pack and shot a missle into the wall of the Sarlacc's stomach. Then he reached for a button on his rocket pack and flew out of the Sarlacc as it exploded. When he landed in the Dune Sea he was too weak to walk. He was safe for now but too weak to get to Jabba's palace.
Suddenly, he blacked out. When he woke up two hours later, he saw that he was in a house lying on a bed. His armor was shredded and his jet pack was damaged. His eyesight wasn't working very well, due to being in the Sarlacc's black stomach, but he was getting use to the light again. Suddenly, a blury figure came in the door. "Remember me?" said the figure. Boba Fett glared at him and saw an old friend, a bounty hunter friend.
It was Dengar. His horribly scarred face was covered in rags and two blasters hung loosely at his side. He smiled and said,"Do you have another suit of armor?"
Boba Fett replied slowly,"Yes, in my ship. Why?"
"Because you and me are going to collect a bounty together, a big bounty."
"Tell me more."
"The Hutts on Nal Hutta have placed a huge bounty on Han Solo and Leia Organa. They're currently at Nar Shadda. Get your suit and let's go!"
Boba Fett attempted to lift his bruised body from the bed, the pain was excruciating. The surge of pain reminded him of the stomach of the Sarlac pit, its painful churning and spraying its digestive juices onto him. It also reminded him of the absolute hatred he had those many months inside the pit, for the one responsible for putting him there, Han Solo. He would pay for his atrocity against him.
Dengar knelt down to his side, trying to help his friend up, Boba only swatted him away. Dengar inquired, " Where's your ship?"
Boba turned his head to meet Dengar's eyes, his beaming eyes seared though Dengar. Boba, still woozy from the stomach juices he suffered through from the Sarlac beast, answered, " In a shed near Jabba's palace."
Dengar turned and walked to the doorway, gazed at the large expanse of sand, then turned back to his fallen friend, " Well we can't get there by foot, we'll need to get a transport of some sort." There was an elongated pause, as he surveyed the expanse of sand again, then cocked his head back to Boba's gaze. " How are you at using Dune Swoops?"
Boba smiled, saying, " Do you know where we can get some?"
Dengar pointed to the left outside wall of the mud and clay home. Boba pulled a small blaster from a pouch in his armor suit and strapped his damaged jet pack on his left shoulder. " We'll have to hurry, it looks like a storms really kicking up." Dengar added, pulling a small mask from his suit. It resembled that of what the sand people wore. Putting it over his bandages he put an arm around the shoulder of his friends and the two walked out into the wild winds and toward the lonely swoops, nestled near the entrance. Dengar got on the one nearest to him, its sleek design attracted to him, Boba Fett, staggered to the other swoop. Pushing a certain number of keys on the steering wheel, the swoop hummed to life, the anti-gravity relays under the vehicle activated making it hover a couple inches off the ground. Fett's swoop did the same function. Dengar yelled over the hum of the anti-grav relays to Boba, " You lead the way!" With a gloved hand he pointed to the expanse of sand.
Hours later, the two swoops were still speeding across the desert. Their repulsor lifts carried them over huge dunes and skeletons of banthas and other creatures. Tatooine's twin suns, Tatoo I and Tatoo II, were starting to fall behind the horizon.
"We better get to this shed quickly, Fett. It's getting dark and I wouldn't want to run out of fuel out here."
"You afraid of a few Tusken Raiders?" sneered Fett.
"No," Dengar replied harshly, "I'm afraid of freezing to death. Do you know how cold it gets during the night on this planet!"
"Don't worry," said Fett as he pointed to Jabba's Palace in the distance, "we're almost there."
As the two bounty hunters neared the large shed, they brought their swoops to a stop. Something was wrong. About 10 Tusken Raiders were surrounding the shed. They all carried their deadly gadderffi sticks.
"Looks like you get to face those things anyway." commented Fett.
Suddenly, the shed doors swung open and Slave I burst out and started to move across the desert. Dengar focused his bionic eye on the cockpit window and zoomed in to reveal the pilot's face. It was a droid, but none he'd ever seen.
"Hey!" yelled Fett as he tried to start up his swoop, but it wouldn't start. It was out of fuel. So was Dengar's.
The Tusken Raiders come in and grabed Boba Fett and Dengar off their bikes."
Where are they taking us?" asked Boba Fett.
"To Jabba" replied Dengar. Fett tried to move but his body was still sore.
"It's the great Jabba" said Dengar
"Why do you bring these fools before us?" said Jabba.
"They broke into the garage"said a Tusken Raider.
"I thought Jabba was dead"said Boba
"He is,I'm Jabba's son" replied the nauseating Hutt.
As Fett walked off towards his ship he heard Zorba laughing in the palace chamber. The low ho,ho,ho echoed around the chamber. Fett re-entered the boiling Tatooine sun and reclaimed his newley purchased speeder.
Boba Fett arrived in Mos Eisley and rode through the narrow, crowded streets to the spaceport. Fett arrived to see Slave I before him in docking bay 93. He opend up the ramp on the large firespray-class vessel and walked inside towards the cockpit. The ship flew face forward, so the ship seemed awkward and wrong when landed. A ladder used in space went down the floor towards the cells.
Fett then for the first time reguarded his job. He was to capture an Imperial officer who had backed out on a debt to Zorba. Fett thought This man was located onCoruscant, under guard.
Fett immediately began to form a plan. Boba Fett then headed for a small imperialprison colony on Bolivai.
Fett arrived and discovered Bolivai a sweltering wasteland. He landed his ship 5 kilometers from the prison encampment and jumped on his newly purchased speeder from Tatooine. The ride took an hour through the woods evadeing sensors. Fett arrive and then walked into the poorly securitied base. People stood or sat in rags in a large dusty square. A guard stood at the far edge of the square looking off into the woods. Fett walked up to the door to the only tranparasteel part of the prison, the main quarters for the guards. Fett leveled his rifle and fired at point blank range. The guard immediately spun around and went for his blaster, Fett turned and blew him off the dusty square in an instant. Fett walked in and retrieved and officers uniform with the rank of Lieutenant on the left shoulder. Boba Fett shot 2 more guards and 1 officer before he left. Now to head to coruscant, as Hapun Ventce, lieutenant of the Coruscant shield operators. A position no one would notice......
As Boba Fett arrived on Couruscant he was unfriendly greeted by two Imperial stormtroopers. Fett quickly disabled them with his new sawed-off blaster rifle and entered the prison. He walked un-notiticed through the corridors of the prison adn finally came to the cell where his bounty was. Fett opened the door using the codecard he had stolen from the guards and entered the cell.
"You shall come with me. Your wanted by someone," Boba Fett said in his deep, threatening voice through his new Mandalorian armor and mask.
"What do you want with me? What did I do?" the man asked, suprised by Fett.
"Never mind that. You'll see when we get to the Hutt's palace."
"THE HUTT'S!? I thought I had gotten off the hook when Jabba died!"
"Well you thought wrong," Fett said as he knocked the prisoner out cold and placed binders on him.
Boba Fett and his merchandise arrived at Zorba's new palace without inccident.
"Ahh, Boba Fett," gurgled the im mense slug, "I am so glad to see that your abilities were not to impaired due to that plunge of yours in the Sarlacc.
"Not even the Sarlacc can stop me," he replied. "You had just better remember that."
"Oh indeed I will!" Zorba laughed as if Boba Fett had just said a joke.
"We had a deal Zorba. Where is my partner?"
"Ahh, you were never one to skip the buisness deals. Very well. Guards!" Three Tusken Raiders entered with the bounty hunter Dengar in handcuffs. They were taken off and his blaster was returned to him. "I apologize for this whole ordeal gentlemen, but what kind of buisness man would I be if I didn't take action against someone who broke into my palace?"
"We will be on our way then." Boba Fett nodded to Dengar and they both exited to Slave I with Zorba's laughter echoing behind them. "I trust that you were treated farily in Zorba's dungeoan?" Fett inquired.
Oh yeah, just great." Dengar rubbed his wrists where the handcuffs had once been.
"So, are we still on for the bounty against Solo and the Princess?"
"Of course." The two bounty hunters entered Boba Fett's ship and entered the cock pit. "By the way, who is offering the bounty?" Dengar shrugged.
"Unknown. But when we do have them we are to send our information to these coordinates to set up a meeting."
"And this didn't stike you as odd?"
"Should it have?"
Boba Fett contmeplated this for a moment. "I suppose not." After all, it wasn't like he had taken jobs from unknowns before. He just preferred to know who he was dealing with? "Where to first?"
"Well, there is this bis fight out by that planet Endor. It just might be wise to see who the victor is."
"Agreed." With that said the Slave I jetisoned out of Tatooines atmosphere and to await their prize.