Desert

[Jedi Master Calvin]

Endless sand in all directions...

[haku]

Riddley sat apon a trusty bantha, his sun goggles stretched over his eyes. The bantha grunted as he reined it across the endless sea of sand.

Riddley was looking for a sail barge that had been caught in a sand storm almost three days ago. Riddley was on a trek to get there to salvage valuables from the sail barge.

The sun burned Riddley's scalp making it itchy and sunburned. His features were sturdy and yet worn, his long gray hair fluttered in the light breeze that whipped the desert sands.

[haku]

Riddley rode down a dune carefully guiding the bantha so it wouldn't loose balance. But it happened. The bantha lost traction and slid down the dune billows of sand raising from behind it. It "splashed" down in a heap, partially buried in sand. Riddley's leg was stuck under the bantha until it righted itself and Riddley crawled to his feet.

They had not only fell down the dune but even further. Riddley looked around. They were in a sand pit, they wouldn't be able to walk out. Riddley concentrated, his mastery of using telekensis was so great he didn't even need to use his hand as a mental exercise to move objects. The bantha rose in the air yelping in fear, then Riddley set it gentally to the ground and it stopped yelping. Riddley Force-leapt out of the pit, seeming to glide up and out.

Riddley had decided not to fly to the downed sail barge, in fear that somebody would find him flying en route, would become curious and follow, discovering Riddley's secert treasure.

[haku]

Riddley needed money, he spent the last of his money on buying a Bantha. He needed fuel for his ship Goldline, so he could leave Tatooine.

The valubles he would find at the sail barge would be more than enough money once he sold it all.

The bantha continued along calmly until it stopped suddenly. It lifted it's head it's long tounge licking with agitation, sniffing quickly with worry. Then all at once the Bantha reered back throwing Riddley clean of his mount, and the bantha ran away off into the horizon.

"What the...?!"

Then he heard a long moan that turned into a ear-splitting death-cry. It was krayt dragon, mammoth reptilian phantoms of the desert.

Riddley whipped out his lightsaber it's hot-searing blade blasting off the lightsaber's emitter. Riddley swung around looking in all directions anxiously, waiting for the dragon's face to appear over the dunes. There are two kinds of karyt dragons, Canyon Karyt Dragons (the smaller ones) and Greater Karyt Dragons (the bigger ones). Riddley was hoping it was the smaller kind.

[haku]

There was a low rumble, that vibrated the entire ground beneath Ridlley. Sand fell in little streams off the dunes piling at the bottom.

This karyt was big, very, very big. Then exploding out of the sand came a juggernaut head. It's head was the size of a house, it's horns as long as the biggest flag poles. Riddley pulled down his ear covers just in time. The sound the dragon emitted was so strong it made Riddley go airborned for a few second dropping him on a dune's side, sand piling on top of him burying him.

Riddley reactivated his lightsaber (it deactivated when Riddley lost grip of it when he was knocked back). He swiped at the sand, making it it melt and turn into a rough glass.

Riddley front flipped out of the cleared-out sand and land right in front of the dragon. By now the dragon had climbed fully out of the sand it's entire body showing. Riddley would hav had to look straight up to see the dragon's head. The dragon's raised its arm and took a swipe at Riddley. The tremendous force would have turned him instantly into a fleshy pulp if he hadn't dodged the blow.

[haku]

Riddley levitated his lightsaber applying pressure on it so it would stay ignited, aimed, and Force-pushed the lightsaber directly between the karyt's eyes and out the back of it's head breaking it's brain cavity.

The mighty dragon fell to the ground. Riddley made sure not to be on the ground when it fell, for the pure force of the impact of the dragon's body going through the ground would break Riddley's legs clean off.

A huge seismic shock wave rippled over the dunes make them slide down flat, or tossing them into the wind.

[haku]

At that moment Riddley sensed something. There was a Jedi nearby. Was it looking for him?

Riddley didn't want to take any chances.

Riddley would have to subdue him and wash his mind.

[haku]

Riddley called his ship, by using a slave circuit. Several minutes later an A-Wing was en route to Riddley's location.

The ship landed and Riddley got into his ship, Goldline. Riddley strapped in and closed the hatch, and blasted off, using the Force to find the Jedi.

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(several minutes later)

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Riddley sensed that that the Jedi was somewhere in the upper atmosphere, so that is were he piloted the modifyed A-Wing too as he broke Tatooine's air field.

(to Tatooine Space)

[tycho]

*Tycho jumped out of the Viper's cockpit and landed on the sand. He closed his eyes and let his view drift skyward as he took in the tremendous heat of the twin sands still wondering who the jedi was.*

[haku]

Riddley ripped his helment off.

"Jedi. I will not harm, this can not continue to happen, please submit. I give you my word as a Jedi that I will not harm you in anyway or anyone else."