A Good Thing

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A/N "And now for something, completely different." I hope you find this as amusing as I do.

Chapter 15

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Nearly four weeks after dropping Din off on Sorgan and it finally looked like Cara was going to get her vacation. Not much had happened in her little corner of Nevarro while she'd been away helping to rescue his son. The local criminals had apparently decided to wait for her to get back before going on their spree.

When Karga had welcomed her back, he'd been jubilant to hear that Din was settling down for a while and glad the child had been rescued. He had kept things well in hand while she was gone, the planet fairly peaceful now the last of the Imp remnant was gone. Unfortunately, a rogue, ex-Hutt bounty hunter decided to make trouble almost as soon as she landed.

He brought a few friends with him and it took her longer than it should have to deal with him. The now abandoned sewers were more labyrinthine than she initially realized. It was too bad the Mandalorian covert had been wiped out. She wondered how much crime they stopped just by living down there.

Ex-Hutt gangsters dealt with, Cara could finally put in for some time off. And after the transmission she'd received from an exuberant Winta the night before, she thought it couldn't have come at a better time. She had known when she left Din with the girl's mother that things would probably move fast. Given the two separate times he'd spent so much time with her already, and especially after the kiss she'd witnessed when the pair had reunited, Cara wasn't at all surprised by Winta's news.

It made a small, nearly forgotten girly part of her want to squeal with delight to think of her stoic, love-starved friend marrying his sweetheart. But Cara was not an emotional teenaged girl, so she did not squeal. She did walk around all morning with a happy grin stuck on her face though. When Karga walked in to bring her news, he stopped mid greeting and stared at her with concern.

"Is everything alright, Cara? You seem in excessive good humor this morning."

His jab not bothering her in the least, Cara shook her head, smile still in place.

"As you know, Karga, I've put in for a vacation, and I just received some very good news from a mutual friend. Turns out my trip will be more celebratory than I'd thought."

A knowing smirk lit Karga's face and he propped his hands on his hips, pride in his posture.

"Ah, our boy has made Sorgan his permanent home then?"

She snorted a laugh. "I don't know about that, but if he does ever leave, he'll have a permanent co-pilot."

Karga's laugh was boisterous. "Wonderful news. I am overjoyed to know he has found such happiness after so much chaos and pain."

Smile finally slipping a fraction, Cara looked her guest over critically and decided he was just a little too jolly. Something was up.

"Karga, not to ruin the mood here but, did you need something?"

His eyebrows rose in question as an evasive air settled around him. Yep. Something was definitely up.

"Hmm? Me, need something? Oh no, certainly not."

Crossing her arms and sighing, Cara cocked her head at him in exasperated question.

"Then why are you here?"

"Ah.. well you see..." Here it came. "Two mid sized ships landed outside the city a few minutes ago and, whoever they are, I think they might be looking for our uh... mutual friend."