Post by pearlquartz17 on Dec 19, 2015 22:36:55 GMT
"They look like they've been stunned or something," said Quartz. The prisoners all looked out to sea with glazed eyes and lips cracked by the salt air. He helped Nick to untie them, and after a few minutes, they seemed to revive. "Guess the stun is wearing off," Quartz said. He helped to pick up/drag the bodies to a safe place some feet away from the boardwalk and lay them down gently.
A sudden groan and rustle of armor told Quartz that Fett was awakening. He adjusted his helmet and his cape, and aimed at Quartz. He looked around--where were the others? Altru, Whipple....where the hell did they go? He'd find them later. "Nick, we've got trouble again," he began, pointing at Boba.
"Quartz! Nick!" Quartz look behind the bounty hunter. Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl appeared from a cloud of dust. "Dudes, we've got this," said Amethyst with all the confidence of an 80s action hero. She pulled out her whip, while Garnet upgraded to bigger fists, and Pearl pulled a javelin from her forehead.
They paused for a moment, then went to work. Garnet laid a punch straight to Boba's head, while Pearl deflected all the blasts from Boba's blaster (much better than Quartz did with his saber), and Amethyst tripped him with her whip, wrapping it around his leg and twisting his ankle ever so slightly. He fell, and dropped his blaster, which Amethyst kicked off the boardwalk into the sea.
Thus subdued, Boba lay on the boardwalk again. He didn't try moving this time. Quartz walked over, quite sure that he could question him now, bent down and asked:
"What are you doing in Beach City?"
The Gems came over to where Quartz was standing, and Nick walked over, too. A sudden fit of rage compelled Quartz to kick the bounty hunter in the side and yell at him:
"Tell us what you're doing here!"
"Quartz, stop!" said Garnet simply.
"What?" he asked.
"There's no reason to keep beating him, Quartz," said Pearl.
"Yeah, just let him be," said Amethyst.
After a minute more of kicking and swearing, Periwinkle Quartz ceased his attack, and bent closer to Boba Fett.
"I'll ask you one more time: What are you doing in Beach City?"
"I was sent here to take over this town," he spat after a few seconds. "I was given a bunch of droids, and told to take over this town. Take no prisoners, that sort of thing."
"Who hired you?" asked Quartz. He motioned Nick to the bodies, which were starting to move and groan. "Keep them occupied while I get the information." He turned back to Fett. "Who hired you?"
"A cloak. Or rather, somebody in a cloak. Whoever he was didn't show his face, and his voice was high-pitched," said Fett. "I can't breathe," he said suddenly, "take off my helmet."
Quartz did as he was asked, and the grown-up face of Jango Fett's son from Attack of the Clones glowed in the Atlantic twilight.
A sudden groan and rustle of armor told Quartz that Fett was awakening. He adjusted his helmet and his cape, and aimed at Quartz. He looked around--where were the others? Altru, Whipple....where the hell did they go? He'd find them later. "Nick, we've got trouble again," he began, pointing at Boba.
"Quartz! Nick!" Quartz look behind the bounty hunter. Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl appeared from a cloud of dust. "Dudes, we've got this," said Amethyst with all the confidence of an 80s action hero. She pulled out her whip, while Garnet upgraded to bigger fists, and Pearl pulled a javelin from her forehead.
They paused for a moment, then went to work. Garnet laid a punch straight to Boba's head, while Pearl deflected all the blasts from Boba's blaster (much better than Quartz did with his saber), and Amethyst tripped him with her whip, wrapping it around his leg and twisting his ankle ever so slightly. He fell, and dropped his blaster, which Amethyst kicked off the boardwalk into the sea.
Thus subdued, Boba lay on the boardwalk again. He didn't try moving this time. Quartz walked over, quite sure that he could question him now, bent down and asked:
"What are you doing in Beach City?"
The Gems came over to where Quartz was standing, and Nick walked over, too. A sudden fit of rage compelled Quartz to kick the bounty hunter in the side and yell at him:
"Tell us what you're doing here!"
"Quartz, stop!" said Garnet simply.
"What?" he asked.
"There's no reason to keep beating him, Quartz," said Pearl.
"Yeah, just let him be," said Amethyst.
After a minute more of kicking and swearing, Periwinkle Quartz ceased his attack, and bent closer to Boba Fett.
"I'll ask you one more time: What are you doing in Beach City?"
"I was sent here to take over this town," he spat after a few seconds. "I was given a bunch of droids, and told to take over this town. Take no prisoners, that sort of thing."
"Who hired you?" asked Quartz. He motioned Nick to the bodies, which were starting to move and groan. "Keep them occupied while I get the information." He turned back to Fett. "Who hired you?"
"A cloak. Or rather, somebody in a cloak. Whoever he was didn't show his face, and his voice was high-pitched," said Fett. "I can't breathe," he said suddenly, "take off my helmet."
Quartz did as he was asked, and the grown-up face of Jango Fett's son from Attack of the Clones glowed in the Atlantic twilight.