Chapter 14

Once the transport ship had landed and everyone had disembarked Quinlan led Thann in the direction of where his contact was located moving quickly so that they wouldn't appear to be as onlookers new to the planet which was a bit difficult for Thann since this was his first time there and he wanted to take the sites and all the smells in but that moment was not the right time since most were looking to scheme you out of your money one way or another as Narshadaa was known as a den of thieves and scammers. Quinlan and Thann arrived at a shop that appeared to sell weapons of all kinds anywhere from vibro swords to blaster pistols and rifles but Quinlan was looking for someone most likely who ever he contacted while he was on the ship but it appeared that no one was at the front watching the shop or so it seemed when he suddenly felt a blaster being pushed at the small of his back which shouldn't have happened since Thann should have been right behind him but once he heard the voice of his assailant " It's been along since time Vos." The voice said and Quinlan quickly answered so he could get the gun off his back " Yeah it has been a long while hasn't it Tana, and can you please take the blaster pistol off of me." To which the person holding it stayed in place and that's when Quinlan finally had enough reaching through the force he turned to the side and pulled the blaster pistol from the person called Tanas hand into his own.

Once the pistols grip touched his palm he quickly turned around aiming the barrel at his assailant Tana who reminded him of the last time he'd been on Narshadaa in her bed which he quietly snuck away from due to a summons from the Jedi Council a summons that could not be ignored still he knew that he should have reached out much sooner than he should have but he had his life which kept him busy and so here they were, he also noticed that Thann was occupied himself with a similar situation to his own which changed with Quinlans sudden use of the force causing Thann's own assailant to try and hold on to him like a shield hoping that the body in front of them would be protection enough to keep the jedi at bay but that was their biggest mistake since they didn't know that Thann himself was also a Jedi but they would soon learn the hard way as Thann followed suit as to what Quinlan did but a little more forcefully causing a female Zeltron to go flying past him landing next to the one Quinlan called Tana.

Quinlan knew that using his powers on someone unless the situation was dire and he knew he could have talked his way out of whatever was about to happen but he wanted to get on with the plan since they'd been only given a few weeks of leave and time was of the essence, but what he didn't expect was to run into Tana since he never planned on coming back to Narshadaa any time soon but with what he and Thann were trying to do Narshadaa was their best bet at making it happen and so here they were and he could see the look of hurt and anger all over Tana's face " 'm sorry for how I left I should have reached out sooner." Quinlan said knowing that it would probably take more than that to make up for his disappearance which Tana immediately addressed " Yeah, no you just up and disappeared and then you showed up today and still didn't reach out to me and you wanna know how I found out through one of my contacts who told me you were looking for high stakes sabacc games, seriously is the Jedi Order not taking care of it's people?" Thann was thrown by the last thing Tana said as he kept an eye on her counterpart who was picking herself off the floor and that's when Tana noticed Thann " And who is this Quinlan your new apprentice I take it?" and followed up with another comment noticing Quinlan was rolling his eyes at her question " well if he's not yours then he must be a knight, he does look a little young though."

Thann finally decided to speak up for himself " I am a Jedi Knight and my age shouldn't matter to you, but since your so curious I'm seventeen and yes that is young to be Knighted, anything else you wanna know?" Tana was surprised and so was her help who kept quite which kept Thann on his toes, Quinlan finally was able to ask what had been on his mind since their arrival " So since you were the first person Kisaak reached out to you must know where the big games are being held." As he waited for her response which she took her time answering him thinking to herself on how to use this to her advantage as payback on Quinlan and then she arrived at an idea that she liked " Yeah I know where a high stakes game is being held in the next few hours the thing is I know that you don't have the right kinds of funds to join that's why you contacted Kisaak right so you could take a loan from him right?" to which Quinlan nodded his head confirming what she said and knowing that things might just get harder if she was going to use her grudge against him in this situation, but once he saw her smirk he knew that she was going to make an ask that he would have to agree to get the funds they needed.

" Quinlan I'll give you the money you need but I want you and your rookie knight to do some security work for me after you win, since I know it's you and not junior here going he can stay here with me." Quinlan knew that there was no way he could say no to what she was asking since going through Tana would be the best what he didn't like was the idea of Thann being alone with him since he didn't want his younger companion to get caught up in some nonsense that might be life altering still they had a mission and time was against them so he decided to play along but he decided to make an ask of his own " Since you've made your demands I have one of my own , I want access to all the high stakes games while we're here working for you." Tana knew that Quinlan would have an ask of his own but what she did not expect it would be to a bunch of high stake games but knew that he would do what she asked and knew it would be the best security since it would be Jedi protection and so she nodded her head which Quinlan took as her agreement and so Tana led them to a back room where they could discuss the rest of the details.

Once they had reached the back of the shop Tana began to press the bracer on her arm which caused a secret door that doubled as a gun rack and Tana signaled the rest of the group to follow them, Thann followed behind Quinlan and their host with the female Zeltron walking beside him which provided him the chance to apologize for what had happened earlier in the shop " I'm sorry", he said which she heard but ignored at least for few seconds and then answered " Don't worry abut it Jedi just know that it won't happen twice." Her tone was threatening but he could sense that the girl was mostly putting on a show and so he let it go he and kept walking. The group of four finally arrived at a living area big enough for a small kitchen bed and table and not much more which made it a bit cramped when they all sat at the table. Quinlan finally broke the silence " Where is that game you mentioned happening at Tana, and how much time do I have till it's closed off to new players?" he asked the woman and she got up and went to one of the cabinets and pulled out a satchel and threw it hard in Quinlans direction but it suddenly stopped mid-air as the Jedi Master used the force to levitate the bag to his open and outstretched hand which left both women with their mouths slightly opened at his use of the force still amazed at it's power afterwards Tana sat down and then spoke " Quinlan I wish we had never met, then again I wouldn't be alive, so the game I told you about is being held in some upper level area where the uppercrust live which means you'll be surrounded by a bunch of high end slavers, planetary dignitaries and their ilk as well as some deep pocketed merchants as well as representatives for the Hutt crime syndicate, so you'll have to be on your guard but I know you can handle yourself also your old gear is on the rack near the other entrance which Lenaas here can show you and as for time you have an hour and a half to get there and I just sent you the exact location to your communicator so check it when you get into the speeder parked out side, now go." After Tana was done Quinlan and Lenaas stood up from their chairs and Quinlan began to follow her.