Project Boussh: Mauled At The Mall - Part 2
by Alison Sky

"Some friends of yours?' Face asked Jaster Mereel.  The one time bounty hunter
snorted as he reached up to adjust the strap of the baby backpack.
"I was hoping you knew them," he replied.
"Quiet," one of the thugs said.  "Just drop your weapons and put your hands
where we can see them."
Myn held onto his blaster, which was aimed out at the thugs.  "And if we
don't?"
All six of the thugs aimed their blasters at jaster's back.  "Then you get to
kiss the baby goodnight."
"Your call, Daddy Fett," Face said.
"And to think I used to like your holodramas," Jaster replied.  "Just hold up a
sec..."
Jaster put his blaster on the ground, then reached back and pulled his son out
of his backpack.  Little Orien squirmed and giggled as Jaster held him. 
"Orien," Jaster whispered into his son's ear, "Playtime, like you do with
mommy's toys."
The baby smiled, then turned to look at the thugs.  Face watched in amazement
as the tiny child, not even a year old, got a concentrated look on his face and
closed his eyes.

"You wouldn't happen to have a lightsaber handy?" Alison asked Jessie.
"I don't take those kind of things shopping!" Jessie stated, looking over the
group of men that surrounded them.  "I have the baby with me, afterall."
"Will you two stop small talking and help us figure out how to get out of
here?" Dia asked.
"Don't even bother with the effort," one of the thugs surrounding the females
said.  "Now come along quietly, and we won't have to harm any of you."
Kirney leaned in.  "What's the plan?"
Alison looked around the mall.  They were near an esculator going down, which
if they were able to get on, they would enter the underground aquarium.  From
there, if they could get through it in time... "I've got an idea."
"What's the holdup, ladies?" thug one said.  "MOVE OUT!"
Alison approached the fist thug, her arms opened wide, showing she was unarmed.
"Oh, you wouldn't dare harm a young little earthling like me, would you?"
The thugs exchanged glances.  "Get back with the others," the thug said.
Alison pouted and flashed her eyelids a few times.  "Now, you can't go
a'hurting my feelings like that," Alison said.  
She reached one of them, the youngest, and put a hgand on his cheek.  "You
wouldn't hurt me, would you?" she asked in her weak, hurt lady voice.
The young thug looked at Alison and gulped.  "No ma'am..."
The thug next to him shouted, "Don't let her fool you!"
"They're just jealous of you," Alison said, leaning into his shoulder.  "But
let them be, because you're the one I want."
The young thug smiled.  "Want for what?"
"This!" Alison grabbed his shoulders and pulled him forward, connecting his
stomach with her knee.  He let out a gasp and fell, and she scooped up his
blaster carbine.
Meanwhile, Jess, Kirney and Dia had grabbed their blasters and started shooting
as Alison lead them towards the esculator.  They ran down a few stairs, then
all leaped over the side to the floor below.
People who waited on line for the aquriaum looked at the four females with bags
and blasters.  Some took a few steps away, and others just stared.  "Act
natural," Alison said, as they jogged to a back door and entered the aquarium.

Face, Myn and Kolot stared as the blasters of the thugs floated up into the air
and started spinning around them in circles.  Orien giggled in childish
delight, moving his arms around in circles, as if it was all a game.
"No Terran Jedi, indeed," Face muttered.
"WE aren't Terrans," Jaster stated.  "We just visit a lot."
Myn pulled out his blaster and started to fire.  "Forget about the life
history, guys.  If they are here, there is more than likely a group surrounding
the girls!"
Face nodded and grabbed his. "It would figure.  We've got to find them."
"Kolot find them," the Ewok said, pointing to his nose.  "Me good tracker."
"Lead the way, Kolot," Face said.  "Hey Daddy Fett, you coming?"
Jaster got a one handed grip on his son and pulled a blaster with the other. 
"Lead the way, babyface."
Face scowled and took off running after Kolot and Myn. Behind them, the
blasters came crashing to the ground of the thugs.  They jumped away
from the raining blasters and watched them go.  "AFTER THEM!"