Southern Underground

[Nick Cousland]

The Southern Underground was a section of the Coruscant Underground. It was located near Coruscant's south pole, and included the Hasamadhi Warehouse District and Xizor's Palace. Spero lived there. Prior to the Clone Wars, stone mites first appeared there but were held under control by duracrete slugs and dianogas. The Southern Underground was also the location of a block that contained the Soft Heart Cantina which burned down. It has recently become the location of some of Coruscant's underworld crime bosses.

[jaelxaden]

Jael walked down the streets her hands, hidden beneath the folds of her cloak, did not stray far from her vibroblade. People trying to kill me at every turn, pickpockets, bounty hunters, all manner of lowlife scum...a small taste of home. She'd had to carefully conceal her lightsaber. No need for anyone to know she could use the force down here, it would just cause extra trouble. Her first stop, she needed to find some old friends.

[jaelxaden]

Ducking into a bakery shop she held up a small silver device to the girl at the register and was ushered through the back and down into an old underground shelter. Walking along a coridor she stopped outside a door with a picture of a weasel badly painted and tapped out a code. A muffled "Come in." came from the other side of the door so Jael opened the door and stepped inside. Jumping to the right she had her vibroblade out and at the neck of the man who had jumped out from behind the door his vibroblade at hand as well.
"Still not fast enough Gareth." Jael chuckled taking her knife away from his throat.
The man, Gareth, grinned back at her putting his blade away and walking behind a desk to collapse into his chair. "I had a feeling you might be around. What can I do to help?"
Jael sat in the only other chair in the room and put her feet up on his desk raising her eyebrows.
"Oh sorry!" Gareth pulled a bottle of Corellian Whiskey out and poured her a glass. Taking a small sip Jael sighed happily. "That's the stuff."
A comfortable silence settled between them as they drank their whiskey.

[jaelxaden]

Ten minutes passed before Jael decided to break the silence. "I need a ship, or passage on a ship, so that I can go to Yavin 4. I don't trust my sister right now. I also need information on who hacked into my bank accounts." Gareth nodded at the last statement. "Already on that....What? I have been trying to hack your accounts for years and you know it, so if someone else steals it of course I'll know!"
Jael laughed. "Alright you, any information will be appreciated."
"I can fly you to Yavin meself." Gareth grinned. "It will get me out of this hell-hole for a bit. Meet me at the docking yards in 4 hours and I'll have all you need." Winking Gareth dissapeared through another door that led off to the left.
Grabbing the last of the whiskey Jael walked back out down the corridor and through the bakery her hood back up. Time to go visiting a few more 'friends'. Jael thought grimly.

[jaelxaden]

After popping in to see a few of her old aquaintances Jael began randomly walking around to pass the time. Stretching out with the force Jael sensed her sister. Something wasn't right. Time to up her defences. She kept all her thoughts carefully hidden from Hana, not that it would do much since she could sense her anywhere, and slipped through the crowds towards the ship yards. She found Gareth's ship, the Bloody Weasel and snuck aboard after slicing his codes. She chuckled sitting down into the co-pilots chair. He always hated it when she did this.

[jaelxaden]

Gareth arrived one hour later to find his ship open and Jael grinning up at him. "How many times do I have to tell you not to do that?" He growled in exasperation going to sit in the pilot seat.
"Just all the time." Jael smiled sweetly at him.
They prepped the engines and Gareth plotted the co-ordinates. "Here goes!" He shouted gleefully taking the ship up into orbit.

[Luke Skywalker]

Luke made his way through the streets of the southern underground, his features disguised in the Force. Although humanoid seemed to be prevalent, all species were well represented here. The underbelly of society apparently played no favorites. He had to stop and ask directions two times on his way to his destination in the 40000 block of Wampa Way.

He made his way down the street towards his destination. On his left was a park where children played. Dwellings of different types of architecture lined the street on the right.

[Luke Skywalker]

Luke arrived at the address that he was searching for. The building was rundown, sealed up, obviously abandoned. He forced the door and went inside. Thick dust covered everything. There were no tracks in the dust on the floor. It was clear that no one had been here in some time. Luke turned around and headed out of the dwelling. He retraced his steps back to the Celestial Seasons. Maybe he could make it back before Mara left.

[Mara Jade Skywalker]

Mara lead the way through the underground to the address she had for this Lt. Stor character. According to information she pulled before leaving the hostel, she and Luke had only a few blocks left before reaching the Stargazer apartment complex. As she walked, she contemplated why an apartment complex in Coruscant's lower levels would be named "Stargazer." The only "stars" to be gazed from this level were the lights of the higher levels.

Finally, they reached the complex, and Mara had to admit it was pretty much the worst looking building she'd seen in quite some time. There was a strange black fungus covering the entire outer east wall, and many of the light fixtures were not functional. At least the turbolift appeared to be working. Despite her athleticism, 4,000 floors would be a bit much by stairs.

They take the 'lift to the 4,000th floor and find apartment 4056. Mara knocks on the door and waits for a response.

[Luke Skywalker]

Luke scans the area while waiting for an answer. Through the Force he can tell most of the apartments are empty.

"Seems like nobody's home. Guess we'll have to wait till he gets home this evening. How do you want to handle it? Wait inside, or do you have something else in mind?" Luke grins, knowing that Mara is enjoying herself just a little bit.

[Mara Jade Skywalker]

Luke is right, Mara is enjoying herself and a slow, slightly evil smile forms on her face. "Let's go inside and wait for him to show. We can tell a lot by how he reacts when he sees us in here."

[Luke Skywalker]

"Sounds good to me. Go ahead and see if you can by-pass the security keypad and get us in." Luke grins, knowing Mara enjoys using her skills from when she was the Emperor's Hand.

[Mara Jade Skywalker]

"It'll be easier than shooting womprats from a T-16 Skyhopper," she says, teasing Luke. "Stand aside, Skywalker, let the master do her thing."

Mara takes out a tool from a pocket on the inside of her shirt. She inserts it into the access panel of the door and connects it to her datapad. The datapad runs a program designed to crack access codes, and within a minute there's a soft click, and the door slides open to reveal a dingy, dirty apartment. There is a small common room with a couch and a table. The table is covered with flimsies and datacards.

Smiling triumphantly, Mara gestures for Luke to enter the apartment. "After you, farmboy."

[Luke Skywalker]

"Thanks Red," Luke enters the apartment. It is sparsely furnished, with a slight odor hanging about. Luke decides to stand at the entrance to the kitchen while waiting for their quarry. He goes through some Jedi relaxation techniques, followed by some sensory enhancing exercises.

[Mara Jade Skywalker]

Mara enters the apartment after Luke and goes to investigate the table full of flimsies and datapads. While searching, she senses a being approaching the apartment.

"Luke, you picking that up? Someone is coming."

She goes to stand by Luke to wait.