The search begins...{Zarkan}

[Iota]

Syblia's ship had landed a mile west of the hutt's palace in a small town called Wayfar, it was nothing like Mos eisley. It was the closest town to the palace and the hutt's gaurds enforced the town with an iron fist. It consisted of a hospital, a bar, several hotels and a bank of sorts. Itwas also a hot spot for bounty hunters to park theirs ships as no one would dare steal a ship this close to the hutt's HQ on tatooine.

"The ship wille be safe here, no one will dare steal a ship this close to the palace" HK explained, he pointed to the massive towering palace which resmebled a fortress more than anything. "There is our destination, it is precisely 1 mile away."

[Zarkan]

Sylbia stared at the high palace almost defeated as she stuffed a few more cold packs under her disguise and against her body as she hefted the heavy metal and wood rifle and half stumbled down the ramp. She swallowed and looked at Hk. "A mile, here?" Sylbia couldn't help staring at the sun scorched pale stone of the buildings. "Let's hurry please surly it's cooler at the palace than here."

[Iota]

HK-32 looked to the palace in the distance then back to Sylbia "Affirmative..1 mile, 2 metres, 34 centimetres and millimetres to the entrance of the Palace" HK-32 started to walk at a medium pace towards the palace taking in his surroundings and checking to see if therewere any traps set "It may be cooler, but its far more dangerous inside."

[Zarkan]

Sylbia sighed before yelling after HK as he marched off. "In the future don't tell me how far it is in DECIMAL!" As sylbia caught up she was too busy focusing of the giant distance between them and their goal to watch their surroundings as a pair of almost beggar like mercenaries began following them. "Tell you what Hk, feel free to tell my heat stroke that."

[Iota]

HK-32 paused for a moment as his audio sensors pick up movement behind him, he used the reflection from the hilts of one of his blasters to see their persuers, they did not resemble men for the hutt's garrisons.. so they were fair game in HK's eyes. HK spoke as softly as he could.

"Warning: stand very still" HK proclaimed as he turned on the spot, using his left hand to drag Syblia behind him as he pulled out a carbine with his right, he stepped forward with his right foot as he puled the trigger, the persuers had no chance to retaliate. They dropped to the floor, dead.

[Zarkan]

Sylbia barley registered the situation as she was dragged around the cold hard shell of the droid and a pair of quick blaster bolts snapped out into the other wise low hum of the surroundings. Though partially glazed eyes as the two figures crumpled her mind lost in a different time and a different view. A man, his once pristine white coat slowly turning red clutching a photo at her feet.
As her mind slowly came back to the here and now she snatched the carbine from the droid before her. "Why? Why did you kill them why didn't you disable them your a droid, surely you have a shock arm in there something!" Sylbia could feel a small amount of moisture leaking out from beneath the lens over her eyes as she yelled at the the assassin droid.

[Iota]

Hk looked at the crying cyborg, he tilted his head slightly "Explanation: i am an assasin droid" he nodded "Not a slightly tickle the meatbag, droid" HK continued walking towards the palace "i'm a hunter killer droid, syblia..its my reason for living.. i have no emotions.. i have no protocols to inform me of the moral ethics of wanton slaughter..they were a threat, so i neutralised them." HK-32 holstered his carbine on the right side of his leg as he continued to survey the surroundings as they walked on.

[Zarkan]

Sylbia squeezed down into there rough shod disguise and quietly followed the Hk for several minutes lost in in thoughts. Finally as they neared the half way point she finally spoke. "I'm sorry, I'm aware of how droids work...I...I feel sorry you can't understand experience the world like I do, but if your going to remain around me your going to have to consider other routes though problems than shooting." Sylbia looked at her feet as she shuffled along slightly behind the droid.

[Iota]

Hk looked to Sylbia for a moment as he kept on walking. "Discretion and no mortal wounding...i can work with that" He laughed for moment as he continued to walk, the sand flowing through the gaps in his feet as smooth as the soft trickling water from a fountain on naboo.

"Be forewarned... you may witness events that will probably upset you when we get there..try not to show these "emotions" otherwise it will all be for nothing..." He explained.

[Zarkan]

Sylbia took a deep breath as she started panting. "I can be calm when it's required Hk, so long as I'm prepared for it. What exactly do you think this hutt can tell us?"

[Iota]

"Educated guess: in my experience with the hutts..they cannot tell you who or what created you.. but they have spies all over the galaxy in all walks of life..so the probability the hutts knowledge or atleast where to start looking are reasonably high." HK nodded as they approached the palace.

[Zarkan]

"I hope they do Hk from what I remember avagenic was quite complete in their destruction of evidence." Sylbia shrugged into her disguise as they approached the doors of the palace steeling herself for the task at hand.

[Iota]

HK-32 and Sylbia had finally made it to the palace where the regime of the hutts controlled this sector of their territory. HK knocked on the grand door before looking to Sylbia and nodding "Request: Follow my lead" he requested. A few seconds had passed when a small eye ball shaped droid lunged out from the door. The droid buzzed and whirled "We are here to see the mighty hutt lord, I am HK-32, i served as the personal bodygaurd to his father." HK proclaimed, the droid buzzedagain before shooting back into the door.

A few more seconds had passed before the door slowly opened. The first stage had been successful which there was no doubt in HK's mind. They entered the palacewhere dozens of Gammorean gaurds stood watching the pair as they made their way to the audiance chamber. After climbing various stairs and walking down a few hall ways they had eventually made it to where the hutt lord resided, HK-32 bowed slightly as he waved his hand to Sylbia to do the same. "Greetings: Good day to you Mighty ruler of tatooine and all her subsideries. I am HK-32, Assasin stroke Protocol droid.. i served your elders many years ago.. we come here asking a favour from you, your holiness.." HK paused for a moment to let the hutt lord speak.

At first the hutt lord remained silent before letting out a deep laugh "Ah yes HK-32.. i remember you, loyal to the last.. Myfather spoke highly of you...we had assumed you perished..apparnetly not.. speak, what is it you wish for?" The Hutt lord stated in Huttesse. "Explanation: I have a client who is interested in cybernetic organisms... to make or breed half droids, half sentients.. and this client has specifically requested for me to get into contact with such a coporation who is or has studied into such blasphemous theories."

The Hutt lord paused in contemplation for a few moments before reaching forward grabbing a rat like creature and devouring it whole. "I have a spy, her name is Li'tek, a twi'lek.. beautiful, intelligent and very deadly.. last i heard she was working in the main bar in Coronet, Corellia..." He paused for a moment as he dragged a slave girl towards him, his tongue dangling from his mouth, licking the girls face as if to fulfill his dark seediest needs, he looked back to HK-32 "She did a lot of work for me on Bespin spying on various coporations, she may have the answers you seek." HK-32 bowed his head in respect "Thank you, your highness..we shall leave you in peace"

HK-32 proceeded to turn and walk towards the exit of the palace as they started their trek back to the ship.

[Zarkan]

Sylbia was clearly a passive observer as she steadily marched behind the rusty Hk droid. she slipped between the pig faced gammoreans the long slug trowing rifle awkwardly hanging from her shoulder. As the reached the hutt Hk gestured for her to bow which she did after a pause to reposition the tangled rifle. she listened closely to the droid as he spoke about that which they hoped to find. Her eyes widened under several layers of view slits "Li'tek why is that name so familiar."[/color] Sylbia couldn't help, but groan as the word Corellia left the hutts mouth." as they finally left the palace she snatched off the disguise tossing it aside. "You know going to corellia is going to be very dangerous for us both."

[Iota]

HK looked to Sylbia as she spoke, he paid no real heed to her words as he was in constant danger, it would be scary for him if everything was peachy calm.

"No more dangerous than it is here...or on korriban or any other world.. If it were going to be easy, you would already posses the knowledge you seek, would you not?" he stated after a few minutes silence.

[Zarkan]

"At least here we don't have to worry about law enforcement hunting us down to destroy us HK, we're both illegal by republic law and neither one of us would have sentient standing with in it." Sylbia sighed and looked down at her feet as they walked. "I think I may know this Li'tek, but I'm not certain it is the same twi'lek."Though almost glazed eyes she looked off towards the space port before looking back at Hk. "We had better get to my ship and make ready, listen, when we're at corellia let me handle things your tactics won't be of much use to us there."

[Iota]

HK noddedas they approached the ship. "Of course, i can activate my protocol droid settings and they shall be non the wiser" He laughed slowly. "Question: what do you know of this twi'lek?"

HK walked up the ramp of the ship and stopped at the top to wait for Sylbia, Thetwo now being greeted by Sylbia's utility droid.

[Zarkan]

Sylbia smiled widely as she patted Ki on his "head" as he cheerfully greeted them. "Its good to see you too ki could you go prepare the ship for travel please?"

"Boop Weep." the droid confirmed as he crawled along the deck plates to the cockpit.

"Thank you." she called after the droid before closing the ramp and turning back to HK. "If she is who I think she is I can hardly imagination her working for a hutt she was always so nice. She was one of the few outside of the researchers who would actually play with me. She was a data archivist a relatively lowly job though I suppose if she was a spy it would be a perfect position to do so."