Chapter 1

It was a dark night at the capital of Lothal. The streets were dimly lit from the cities lamp posts and the clouds covered the moons lighting. To most this was an annoyance for navigating at night. However for some certain individuals this was their blessing.

Outside the Imperial HQ dome a few streets away a squad of Imperials were stationed with a shipment of cargo for retrieval. Two other squads walked a perimeter keeping an eye out for any civilians or individuals who presented a threat to this very important exchange with their client.

One of the imperial officers stationed there walked the perimeter with five stormtroopers tailing him. Rounding the same corner for a fifth time his comm link went off. Taking the comm off his belt and answering the imperial heard "LR-C01 how goes the patrol?".

The voice was from the imperial waiting with the cargo wanting a report about the situation of the patrol. Answering back LR-C01 said "So far everything has been quiet. Has there been any sign of him?".

"No not yet. I can't imagine the distance he has to travel just to get here for this stuff. Nor can I believe the level of security we have to use just for this" the officer said with an annoyance in his throat. This wasn't his first time being part of this exchange, and every time they all were stationed there until about 3 in the morning on an average.

"Look you know as much as I do of the consequences about not honoring this agreement. We give him the supplies he demands and he promises to stay away from us" LR reminded the officer as he felt a cold sweat go down his neck just talking about this subject.

"I'm aware of the agreement laid out by the governor, but has anyone actually tried and test him on his stories. Sounds like just a Lothal myth someone's been taking advantage of just to get free stuff" the officer commented expressing his doubts of the actuality of the person they were dealing with.

This person was a myth born on Lothal who's story had reached the Emperor's ears. And while the emperor was sure he wasn't a Threat to him he did take caution with how to handle this particular adversary and not make an enemy out of him. So the deal that the governor of Lothal and the figure had made was a simple exchange of supplies for security.

This had been going on for nearly half a decade and during that time some imperials began to question wether the stories about this person's savagery was anything more than a myth.

Taking a moment of hold his chest feeling his heartbeat quicken as if the figure they were talking about was listening to their conversation LR said "Look let's just do what we need to and go back to our usual lives".

"You think the rebels would try to attack us while we are making this exchange. I mean this demons price isn't exactly cheap"  Grint the third imperial officer stationed questioned as his squad was about to rendezvous with Areskos squad.

"I doubt even they are stupid enough to attempt something like this, but still we have to be alert for anything." Aresko said before turning off his comms and continuing his patrol.

Unknown to them there was someone high up watching them. A figure hidden in a hooded cloak was on top of the roof on one of the Kothal buildings watching everything that was going on. For a while he had seen this exchange happen each month and was quite curious about it. If he could've he would've just stolen the resources for himself, but he unfortunately didn't have the recourses or the skill necessary to take on the amount of troopers that were stationed. Even if he took out the two patrolling squads the one with the resources more than doubled the soldiers he'd have to face. Along with the place being so close to the imperial dome the reward wasn't worth the risk.

From the corner of his eye he noticed a figure walking in the streets. The figure walked alone and wore a green outfit with a shoulder armor. The man looked to be in his thirties and had a ponytail.

Watching the man closer as he neared the troops patrol path Grint also noticed the man and yelled "Halt! Who goes there?".

All the stormtroopers in Grints squadron which numbered to 15 aimed their blasters at him. The figure stopped the instant the weapons were aimed at him and looked at Grint but didn't answer.

Finding the man's silence an annoyance Grint said "Are you deaf I asked you a question. What is your business going down this path. There was a public announcement for this section of the city to be off limits to civilians tonight".

Slowly raising his hands to show them that he meant to communicate with the imperials peacefully the man said "I'm sorry sir but I wasn't notified about tonight's restrictions".

"Yeah well now I am telling you to get lost punk. Tonight's not the night to be testing my patience. So if you value your life and freedom get lost" Grint threatened as he kept on watching the man closely. Unfortunately for him that was the man's plan as a small object slowly rolled up underneath the squadron of stormtroopers.

When the object was in the center of the squad the man looked down with a bit of a shocked look on his face. Instantly Grint looked into the general direction of where he was looking, but before he could even mutter the words 'Oh sh-" the object exploded killing multiple of the stormtroopers and creating an abstraction from the soldiers blood and bodie parts.

Grint landed one foot away from the figure unconscious and without one of his arms. The figure looked down at Grint as his comm link went off "Task Master Grint what was that explosion".

After not receiving an answer the same voice said "Task Master Grint respond. Are we under attack?".

When the voice from the comm link finished the man who was there had suddenly vanished.

The figure on the rooftop however was able to keep an eye on the man as the figure jumped on the roof that connected to the dead end alleyway the supplies were at. Then out of the corner of his eyes the hooded figure saw a blaster bolt appear from the darkness shooting one of the imperials that was with the supplies in the head.

As the troopers lifeless body fell to the ground the others took cover and began blasting back in the direction where the bolt came from. The Officer took cover behind one of the speeders and contacted Aresko saying "Officer Aresko we are under attack, Task Master Grint is MIA get your squadron up here now".

"Acknowledged Officer Jit" Aresko responded before running to the street that lead to where Jit was. But as him and his squad reached the corner another shot from the darkness in front of them bolted out and shot Aresko in his shoulder.

The shock from the bolt hitting his shoulder caused Aresko to fall unconscious immediately as more blaster bolts fired out killing or severely wounding Areskos squad.

Hearing the commotion from behind him Jit looked back and saw the horror that befalled him as a 6ft 7in purple figure came running up their flank. The monster carried a makeshift rifle that he used the shoot at the Officer who barely dodged his shots.

The final figure who was the one who had interacted with Grint stood on the rooftop over the squadron who had to focus on both the figures blasting at them. When the officer had backed up to the dead end the figure jumped down and put his hand over the offers mouth and whispered "Shhhhhh".

The man then knocked out Jit and took a disk that the officer had been carrying before jumping back onto the roof. Grabbing his comm link the man said "Spectre 4 and 5 mission successful. Fall back to the rendezvous point".

Putting his comm away the figure made his way back to where Grint was at. But as he jumped off the roof and landed on the ground he didn't notice the hooded figure who had been watching the whole thing jump down and front kick him in the face.

The force of the impact caused the man to yell in pain as he was sent flying into the wall falling unconscious himself upon impact.

Looking at the unconscious man the hooded figure slowly walked up to him and kneeled down saying "Thanks for doing the heavy lifting". He then took the disk that the man had on him and gave a brief inspection saying to himself "Whatever's on here must be worth a lot for you to go through this trouble".

His suspicions were correct as he was barely able to dodge a blaster bolt flying at his head. Looking back behind him the hooded figure saw a woman wearing a very colorful armor running at him with two blasters.

The woman took two addition shots at him which he was able to dodge and began making his escape.

Checking up on her ally to make sure he was ok the woman heard her leader groaning "I'm alright. Don't let that boy get away with the disk". Nodding the woman who had been acknowledged as spectre 5 gave chase after the figure.

As the figure was followed he threw multiple items back behind which consisted of mostly trash boxes and other items which Spectre 5 was easily able to jump over. She returned his attempts with her own blaster shots which the figure barely was able to dodge as he turned another corner seeing himself running up to a dead end.

Rounding the corner Spectre 5 saw that the person had gone down a dead end and said "Looks like your luck has run out". But she didn't expect the figure to suddenly start jumping from the lamp posts coming out of the walls to make his way to the roof top.

But in no time she copied his path finding the route to be easy to take. She was even able to take another shot at the figure before he made it to the roof. This time the shot hit the figure in his shoulder causing him to yell from the intense heat.

Standing on the roof holding his shoulder the figure looked back seeing the woman still chasing after him taking a few more shots which he rolled over to avoid. He then began running along the roof tops jumping from building to building as he could hear the sounds of the woman's blasters shooting at her missing him by inches.

But as the woman had said the figures luck had run out and he found himself standing on the roof of a 4 story building with the other building being too far away to reach. Looking behind him the woman stood at the other end of the roof panting softly as she aimed both her blasters at him.

"I must say you got pretty far all things consider, but this chase has come to it's end. Hand me the disk back and I'll only shoot your arm." The woman said putting one of her blasters away to hold out her palm for the disk.

Grabbing his back pocket and holding it the hooded figure backed up a little bit saying "And why should I believe that? For all I know the moment I hand you the disk you'll just shoot me in the head".

"Well how about because if you don't hand me back the disk you're a Deadman anyway. So why not take the gamble and give it to me" The woman said as a second barely slowly poked the back of the figures head. A voice which was rough and scratchy to the figures ears said "Well, you heard her. Hand it over".

Seeing as he was out of options the figure signed defeatedly and grabbed the disk from his back pocket and held it up for the both of them to see.

The monster who had the designation of Spectre 4 looked at Spectre 5 and gave her a nod keeping his aim on the figure. Walking up over to them both Spectre 5 took the disk back saying "Thanks" before inspecting it to make sure it wasn't a false disk.

After confirming that it was theirs Spectre 5 looked at Spectre 4 and asked "What are we gonna do about him". "Oh don't worry the boss already told me" Spectre 4 said and bashed the back of his rifle against the back of the hooded figures head causing an instant knock out.

The figure fell on the ground asleep as the fall caused his hood to come off. Behind the hood a boy who had the features of a 14-15 year old with dark blue hair appeared for the two to see.

Scoffing Spectre 4 grabbed the child and slung him over his shoulders remarking "Can't believe this kid gave us the run around.".

"But you got to admit he has some impressive skills for a street rat" Spectre 5 commented looking at the unconscious boy for a second before reporting on her wrist comm "Spectre 5 to Spectre 1 we're ready for pick up".