Project Boussh: Reflections and Gut Reactions
by Vickie Boyd

Corran Horn surfed the internet. With his knowledge of computers, he was
able to hack his way
into several secured sites. He still had no more information on
Mendellia than anyone else. He
was getting frustrated when he noticed there was some e-mail. He opened
it and read the message
from Alison. "Hmm,"  he mused to himself. "Vickie, you need to read
this."

The female pushed herself up from the couch and moved to the computer.
"What is it," she asked
as she looked over the Jedi's shoulder.

He pointed to the message. "This is getting even more complex."

She read over the message twice before it sank in that Alison was saying
that Myn, Pash and
Kolot took down two TIEs, one being piloted by none other than Baron
Soontir Fel.

"So, what is your take on this," Corran asked.

Vickie cocked her head thoughtfully. "I have no idea." She took a step
back from Corran and ran
a finger over her chin. "We have one Eugor Atner, ruler of an island
known as Mendellia. We can
find no resources about this island whatsoever. He has reportedly
kidnapped THREE women,
Quiara, Becki and now Syal Fel.

"Atner's ambassador T'Cab reportedly had taken Majick and his crew
hostage, only for the
ingenuity of the three Wraiths and Majick's will to survive to break
them out. Majick was
tortured a la Han Solo at Bespin and somehow survived. He blew T'Cab's
head off her shoulders.

"On our side we have Atner's nephew, Thayer, whose father was killed by
Atner, and Soontir Fel.
And somewhere in the middle of this is Nick and Josh off giving Ewoks
blasters and following
the 'Findsman' to the location of the Imp base in Australia." She
stopped and rubbed her eyes.
"That sound about right?"

Corran nodded. "That along with the Troop and TIE attacks on various
people. Something very big
must be happening."

"Agreed. We can trust Soontir until Syal is out of danger. Thayer has
something against his
uncle, so we can trust him as well."

Both reflected on the information they now had. Vickie also thought
about her conversation with
Brad. There was something wrong, and it had bugged her to no end. She
was sure he had gotten
Dorset to safety, but where?

A sudden pain in her gut made her double over. Her eyes teared as images
flashed before her
eyes. A man in an Imperial Major's uniform was being shot by someone
dressed all in black. She
didn't know either one, however in the background, she saw a strange
sight. Ewoks. Ewoks with
blasters. The bolt hit the Imperial and she cried.

Corran felt the spike in the Force as Vickie grabbed her gut. He jumped
up and went to her,
worry very evident on his face. "Are you ok?"

She dropped to her knees and the tears flowed down her cheeks. "God, I
had hoped I wouldn't
have that ability." She winced again and coughed. "I am not one who can
handle pain very well."

He helped her sit on the floor and stooped beside her. "What happened?"

Taking a deep breath and coughing again, she shuddered at the
remembrance. "I saw something."

"It seems you also felt something."

She chuckled weakly. "Yeah, blaster bolt to the gut. I don't want that
to happen to me. It must
hurt worse."

"Who did you see get shot?"

"I don't know." She wiped the tears from her eyes. "I have an idea who
it was."

Corran waited patiently for her to continue.

She grimaced. "If my actual Force powers are anything like what I wrote
Kelly's to be, it's a
person I know. Although, this is quite different. I know this person,
just not physically."

"Brad."

"Yeah," she replied quietly. "Brad."

"Who shot him? One of ours?"

She remembered the Ewoks, but didn't tell Corran. "I don't know." That
was honest. She didn't
know if it was Josh or Nick who shot Brad. The attacker was dressed from
head to toe in black.
Just the fact that she was ignoring his second question shouldn't bother
him.

Corran helped her to her feet. "What shall we do about Alison?"

"Tell her to send Pash and Kolot with the TIE. I am pretty sure I can
fit in a TIE with an
Ewok. Besides, I have had all that practice and really want to try it."

"And the others?"

"They should head to New Hampshire. Have them mail Shalla, Bror and
Elassar and give them
coordinates to the house. Or meet them in New York or something and they
follow her."

"Ok, message being sent now. How do you spell Hampshire?"