Un wanted birthday surprise

I suppose I was feeling depressed. Like I told that lil yellow ball of fuzz, I didnt really want to celebrate my birth day.
That ofcourse didnt mean that I wanted it to be the lead up to a night mare either.
I guess they knew that this was going to be thier last chance, the Quintessons last chance to fulfill thier contract with Palpatine and curry his favor. Simply put I was too well protected and for that matter I guess to important to more people.
All that aside, it didnt keep me from feeling depressed over the very thing I had told Cheetor.
And that meant that I ofcourse did something stupid and wandered off from the main compound. Granted I was armed, the truth was It wouldnt have, and didnt turn out, to make that much of a differance against a Quint.
Still I guess I had it comming for wandering off in the first place.

I had wound up out some where and was leaning on a fence just looking off and hoping that when it was finally over that I would feel better about it. That I would be worrying about something I couldnt change and would have a chance to focus on the things I could.
Meaning simply that my mind was a million miles away and i didnt hear the sound until it was right up on me.
Now those of you out there who have never seen a Quintesson have no idea what one looks like. What it looks like is a hot air balloon, on a repulsor beam, with five faces, each worse than the last, and tenticles. Over all, something that might have run away from HG Gigers drawing board in one of his more saddistic moments.

that was exactly what I found facing me When I spun around and leveled my gun at it. I dont know what it did, I dont know how, but suddenly the gun got red hot(LITTERALLY) in my hands and it was either drop it or get burns. I did that and tried my best to run unfortunately I wasnt fast enough this time. Next thing I Knew I was dangeling by one of those tenticles and wishing to god that I had gotten the burns.
"We will fulfill the contract human," It glared at me and switched to its death persona, "No matter what."
I knew what it planned to do, just crush me right then and there, I however had no plans in complying with that so I did the only thing I could do at that point. I bit it.

Where in it promptly squalled and dropped me. Which gave me time enough to get to my gun though I litterally heard it start sizzleing the moment I touched it.
Unfortunatly i couldnt get around in time to fire before it got hold of me again, this time by the neck.
I knew what was gonna happen so i didnt even take the time to aim. I just shot.
It convulsed around me for a second and I must have blacked out.
THe next thing i knew I woke up with a VERY pissed off ratchet glareing at me and cheetor licking my face. The fuzz ball had followed me and when he saw what was happening sounded the alarm.
So I wound up being acossted in the med center for my B-day. I twasnt fun .
However , i have to admit what just happened was something that I never saw comming in a million years.
thankfully IRON fist Ratchet had allowed me to have my comp so I was sitting there surfing finding out Just what a certain mack truck had been up to while I was stuck in here. Needless to say I was sluking when someone knocked on the door and came in.
"You decent?" Chirped CHeetor.
"Yes"I shot back. "I sore, not nude."
"Good," He stuck his head back out, "KAY SHE'S DECENT!!!"
Ten seconds later in walked both Orion AND Anakin.
"Your worse at getting in to trouble than Kenya and Padme put together," He commented looking at my bandaged hands and throat.
"you come here to insult me?"
"No, I came here to watch him give you your present."
He turned to Orion and the Mech stepped up and grinned.
"Your not going right?"
I rolled my eyes, "I'm not going."
"good," He nodded, "Now for you birth day presents."
He proceeded to present me with two ring boxes. One black velvet and the other red.
"The red one is from me, the black one is from your folks." He ginned more, "Yah they sent it."
I just blinked and cracked them open. The one from my folks contained the most equisited ring that i hvae ever seen. I dont know all the stones but it looks like Peridot, fire opal and dimonds. I just gapped for a few seconds and cracked open the other one.
this one was a simple band that seemed to have been machined out of some kind of strange metal that took me a moment to recognize. When I did i turned to him and gapped more "Its.. its made out..." I stammered.
He just grined.
"Get better, we are going to need your help when we get back."
He snapped off his mask for a second and kissed me, then stood up Nodded to anakin and walked out.
The Sith bowed to me and followed.
I'm still in shock over everthing. Truth is, i dont think anything will ever be able to compare with this particular birthday.