CHAPTER ONE: THE JOB

I would like to thank Tellie571 and their The tale of Mandalore story for inspiring me to write this story. My story is heavily influenced by his story and don't be too surprised if some lines from his story appear in my story. So with that being said, enjoy the story.

The legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett angrily glared at the Twi'lek standing in front of him and getting in his way from meeting one of Boba's biggest contractors. The Twi'lek went by the name of Bib Fortuna and just happened to be the majordomo for Jabba the Hutt, thus preventing the Mandalorian bounty hunter from killing the notorious slave trader and mass murderer. If there had been a list of people that the twenty three year old clone of Jango Fett would love to kill, Bib would be in the top three behind deceased Jedi Master Mace Windu and the bastard that raped his ex-wife Sintas Vel.

"Move aside Twi'lek. I have business with your boss." Boba ordered as he cradled EE-3 blaster carbine rifle in his arms to show that he was serious.

Personally, he thought that Jabba was nothing more than a crime lord that allowed his admittedly powerful influence to go to his head and came to believe that he was untouchable. If there was one thing that he could agree with Han Solo on, it was the fact that Jabba was nothing more a sleazeball of a slug that needed to be salted by someone. Not that he would ever tell or say that in front of the smuggler.

{The almighty Jabba the Hutt is currently in a meeting with a smuggler that has greatly displeased him.}The white-skinned red eyed Twi'lek calmly answered in his native language of Ryl as he ignored the blaster that was in his presence and in the arms of the supposed right-hand man of Darth Vader.

The majordomo was used to seeing armed sentient beings entering Jabba's palace and wasn't going to be intimidated by some young man wearing Mandalorian armor and holding a weapon that could easily blow his brains out.

"Solo, must have done something stupid again." Boba thought as soon as Bib mentioned that a smuggler had displeased Jabba.

With that in mind, the Mandalorian shoved his way past the annoying Twi'lek that stood in his way and walked straight into Jabba's throne room. Only to find that Solo was sitting in one of the few seats in the room watching his fellow smuggler begging Jabba for forgiveness, not that it would do the being any good. Han quickly recognized Boba and quietly nodded his head in recognition causing the bounty hunter to return the gesture with his own. The Corellian Smuggler was perhaps Boba's greatest nemesis. No, nemesis wasn't the right word for Captain Solo; the man was more like a constant nuisance that interfered with his bounty hunting. Solo had already cost him no less twelve high paying bounties in the past. Not that he meant to do so in the first place, as he only managed to beat him to the punch on six of them, helped four of them escape, and was somehow related to two of them.

"Please Jabba, give me another chance! I won't screw up another job, I swear!" The smuggler, an Iridonian by the looks of it, beg from the Hutt in galactic basic.

Boba Fett simply shook his helmeted head in piety for the poor fool as he had just signed his own death warrant by saying that. If there was one thing that the bounty hunter had learned from working for Jabba, it was that you don't beg for forgiveness from unofficial ruler of Tatoonie unless you wanted to die a horrible death. Sure enough, Jabba didn't look very pleased by the smuggler begging for a second chance.

{You cost me a shipment of Glitterstim worth millions of credits and you expect me to give a second chance!?} Jabba roared in Huttese causing everybody in the room even those who didn't understand what he was saying to flinch.

Boba instantly realized why Jabba was so displeased. The smuggler's cowardice and stupidity had unintentionally damaged the Hutt's standing within the Hutt Cartel, which even Han was smart enough to avoid doing at all cost.

{There will be no second chance for you, smuggler!} Jabba spoke as he slammed down on the button that opened the trapdoor that the smuggler was unknowingly standing on top us and led to the chamber that held Jabba's pet Rancor.

Instantly the man dropped down through the opened trapdoor and slide into the sights of the waiting Rancor below. The assembled entourage of thugs, criminals, and other assorted vagabonds of the Galaxy gathered around the grated floor to watch the carnage that was about to unfold. Thankful for his armor being able to disguise his facial expressions in front of everybody, Boba began to approach Jabba so he could hear the job opportunity that the Hutt had for him.

Out of the corner of his helmet's visor, Boba noticed that Han was simply shaking his head in disgust at the so called entertainment that Jabba had just provided his guests. Just then he heard the rather familiar roar of the Rancor and the sound of the Iridonian smuggler screaming as he tried to escape from the mighty beast. This continued for a few minutes before the smuggler's screams were abruptly cut off by the Rancor biting the Iridonian in half.

"The poor dumb bastard." The bounty hunter thought to himself as he walked onto the same trapdoor that had just sent the now dead smuggler to his doom mere minutes ago.

It took a few seconds for everybody's excitement to end and calm themselves down. It was at this moment the rather infamous breathing of a rather dangerous individual became pronounced enough for everyone to hear. It didn't take a genius to realize who exactly was inside the room with them.

{Ah, Boba Fett you have finally arrived. I was beginning to wonder if you even got my message. Are you willing to do that I have lined up.}Jabba commented as he took notice of the young bounty hunter in front of him.

Boba said nothing for a few minutes as he tried to get the deceased smuggler's dying screams out of his head. He maybe a professional killer-for-hire, but he had a code of honor that he tried his very best to adhere to every time he took a job.

"That depends on how much you're willing to pay, Jabba." Boba simply commented in his atypical manner.

At this Jabba broke out in his usual laughter.

{I have nothing but the best for you, Boba. After all, you're one of the best bounty hunters in the galaxy.} Jabba exclaimed ignoring the sinister breathing that was echoing in the room.

Boba ignored the intentional barb aimed at his reputation. It was true that he was considered one of the best bounty hunters in the galaxy with only Cad Bane being considered one of his equals. But there was a major difference between him and Cad Bane. Cad was getting ready to retire from the career, while he was just getting started.

"I am the best and always will be, Jabba." Boba bluntly answered as he shifted his blaster carbine into a more comfortable position.

By this point, the ominous breathing had gotten so loud that only a deaf person couldn't be able to hear it.

{Of course, of course, now the job that I have requires you to hunt down this man and kill him.} Jabba spoke as he pushed another button that activated a hologram.

The hologram depicted a rather beefy man with little to no neck. His upper lip was covered by a bushy black moustache. It seemed like the man went well-out of his way to look bland and ordinary, except for the dark grey dress uniform with the insignia of a rear Admiral. The man had a nasty scowl on his face like he had smelled something extremely fowl and was displeased by it.

"This man, an Admiral of the Empire?" Boba questioningly commented at the sudden boldness that Jabba was showing.

He always figured that the giant slug was smart enough to avoid provoking the wrath of the Galactic Empire, another major client of his. However, there was no way he would assassinate a high ranking imperial officer unless he was hired by another faction within the Imperial hierarchy that could ensure that no retribution would fall upon him. Even then, he would demand that they pay double the amount that they had offered and that he was paid up front.

"I assure you, Boba Fett that the Empire will not allow any retribution to befall you. That's if you complete this assignment for the Empire with deliberate speed. This man's death has been ordered by the Emperor himself and the Empire is willing to pay top credit to ensure that it's done discreetly as possible." An extremely familiar voice spoke as they appeared out of the shadows to reveal the imposing figure of Darth Vader.

At the sudden appearance of the second most powerful man in the galaxy, the entire went dead quite out of fear. They had very good reason to be afraid, as it was Darth Vader who had single-handedly decimated the entire Jedi order and brought about the rise of Empire.

"So tell me Lord Vader, what has this man done to be given the execution order by the Emperor himself?" Boba Fett questioned.

He wanted to know the exact reason why both Jabba the Hutt and a feared Sith Lord wanted the same man dead.

"Vernon Darsy is a former turncoat of the old republic as well as the Empire. He had purposely sold information on a space station that had begun construction near the end of the Clone Wars to people that pose a great threat to the security of the Galactic Empire. Once he had been paid, he quickly murdered the people that paid him along with the Hutt that arranged for the transaction and disappeared. That had been four years ago and we just now located him and need to make an example out of him." Vader spoke as he looked at the hologram of the traitor with absolute disgust.

Not that anyone could see it due to his intimidating helmet covering his entire face. Boba Fett was intrigued by the assignment that was laid out in front of him. It seemed that the target had managed to piss off both the Empire and the Hutt cartel by betraying both of them.

"Very well, I will take the job." Boba Fett spoke as rolled his neck to get the developing stiffness out of it.

At this, Vader relaxed slightly and removed his hands from his belt which held his lightsaber. He really didn't want to strike down one of the more successful Bounty Hunters that the Empire generally hired, when they needed something taken care of without wasting too much valuable resources.

"When you accomplish your hunt, you are to report back to Coruscant to collect your payment and to be debriefed. I will contact you personally if anything has changed. The Emperor wants Darsy dead rather than alive due to his family's political connections." Vader instructed to Boba Fett.

Boba Fett for his part simply nodded his head before asking the most important question that was the key to his hunt being successful.

"So where exactly is the acquisitions hiding?" Boba requested.

Vader simply pulled out a small data disk and levitated it over to the bounty hunter.

"All the information that you need is in that data disk." Vader simply commented before he turned around and left the room much to the delight of everyone else.

Boba quickly gave his goodbyes to Jabba the Hutt and left before someone could stop him. When he arrived at his ship the equally famous Slave I, he found several Jawas trying to figure out how make off with the heavily modified Firespray-31- class patrol and attack craft. He fired several bolts of energy into air to scare off the filthy creatures.

The ship was easily the most heavily armed spacecraft outside of the imperial military. It had been at one point belonged to Boba's father Jango Fett, who had acquired from Oovo IV after another bounty hunter by the name of Zam Wesell had inadvertently destroyed his previous ship. The ship was one of a few things that Boba had inherited from his father following his decapitation at the hands of Jedi Master Mace Windu.

"Why do I feel like this mission will change my life forever?" Boba thought to himself as bordered his ship and prepared to take off from Jabba's palace.

Okay, here's the first chapter for my story Harrison Fett. Like I said before this story was inspired by The tale of Mandalore by Tellie571 and I strongly recommend that you guys read it and leave a review so that Tellie571 gets back to working on it. So with that being said please leave a review on what you guys think about my story.

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