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Post by hk47fan on Aug 24, 2007 17:57:52 GMT -4
Sora
I got up to the Bridge, and stared out the viewport as the BlueFire was tractored into one of the docking bays, and the ship looked like it wasn't holding up extremely carefully. "Take it easy...." I warned
I looked at Chok, and said "Prepare the Liberty for the jump to hyperspace once that ship is in...."
"Yes, Captain!" Chok said obediently
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Post by Force_Flow on Aug 24, 2007 18:07:49 GMT -4
"We're in!"
Cheers could be heard from the command bridge, and Jaskia slumped in her seat as she looked at the damage to her baby, her ship. She felt her throat close as the tears welled up, and she looked up at the ceiling, a trick she had learned to keep the tears in. "It isn't completely destroyed, yet," she said approvingly, using the Force to shield her emotions from the others. "Some super glue should fix her up just fine..."
As they headed towards the landing ramp, passing the MedBay and crew quarters, all almost completely uplifted in the gravity shift, Jaskia Paine, Siri Tachi, Olee Starstone, Ni Knox, Adi Gallia, and Clee Rhara made it to the landing ramp and walked down into the moderately BlueFire-sized hanger. It was a typical Mon Calamari ship alright, with bulky edges and a moist smell to it.
"I guess this is our new home," Siri said distastefully, casting a dubious eye at her surroundings.
"I just need some food," Clee said. "And a long nap."
"Somebody should be here to greet us," Jaskia muttered, looking around quickly. Unhooking her double-bladed lightsaber from her belt, she walked foreword slowly. "Hello?!"
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Post by hk47fan on Aug 24, 2007 21:31:39 GMT -4
Sora
After twenty minutes or so, Riekken, Nait, myself, and Rebel troops marched down into the hanger. I cracked a smile as I saw Jaskia. She was so much older, and looked....alot different than the last time I saw her on Apatros.
She had blossomed into a great warrior, or so I heard, and leader. If anything, a better leader than me. She may have a smaller team, but not by much, however she was just as powerful as the Alliance was. She could make critical strikes, it was hard for the Alliance to do that.
"I have some questions for you Miss Paine," Riekken said as he marched forward to Jaskia
"Hold it, Riekken!" I ordered, and he turned to me with a sigh, and I could feel the slight anger within him "She, Nait, and I all are good freinds. We worked together for several months in the rise of the Empire."
I walked over to Jaskia, and said "Well, you really have turned out better than I even expected...."
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Post by Force_Flow on Aug 24, 2007 21:46:43 GMT -4
Jaskia's eyes showed no hint of recognition when she looked at Nait or Sora. She bowed low. "It's an honor to meet the heroes of the Rebel Alliance," she said cooly. The smile she flashed them was ten degrees colder. A white-hot anger burned inside her chest, but she kept it contained. She didn't even glance at Nait again. "General Rieken, my name is Jaskia Paine." She introduced her companions.
"We helped you," she said. "Now you help us. My crew," she glanced at Sora quickly, "and I have been inside the Death Star, and we've escaped. Not without injuries. I want two medpacs and tools to repair my ship, which was damaged to let your precious Leia Organa and your two Jedi Padawans escape to Tattoine to find Obi-Wan Kenobi."
"We know of most of your dealings," Olee Starstone said. A protest seemed to stop and die on Rieken's lips. "So don't bother to lie to us."
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Post by hk47fan on Aug 24, 2007 21:53:25 GMT -4
Sora
"We're no heroes." I pointed out to her, using the Force and examining her closely "And your ship will be repaired immediately, and you and your crew will be provided quarters and food."
"How did you know-" Rieken began but I motioned for him to be silent, I was not suprised they knew who was on the Tantive and our dealings
"General, you and your troops escort Paine's crew to her quarters." I commanded "I have some matters to discuss with her, and I will only allow General Gash to stay."
He seemed to have had enough of arguing with me for one day, so simply led them all off, and once they were gone, I stared Jaskia right into her eyes. "Okay, lets cut the formal talk. I have a feeling all three of us need to talk." I said, and breifly glanced at Nait
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Post by Force_Flow on Aug 24, 2007 22:01:55 GMT -4
"Jask," Siri said warningly as she walked past, "Keep an eye open. Two eyes."
As Rieken and her crew left, Jaskia took a firm stance and crossed her arms. Her look motioned for them to get on with it. Nait cleared his throat. "Why?" he asked.
"Why did I help you?" Jaskia asked. "I wasn't helping you. I'm on nobodies side, got it? The Ghosts follow their own conscience. If there's an opportunity, I'm going to take it. You all have the better chance of destroying the Death Star, so I gave them to the Alliance. When we fly into that weakness, they won't know what hit them. And if we die, you guys can carry on the assault. You're our back-up, nothing more."
"You don't care--" Nait started, but Jaskia cut him off.
"I care about more than you do, Nait Gash," she explained. And she was right. Nait shut his mouth. "Now is that all?"
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Post by hk47fan on Aug 24, 2007 22:12:11 GMT -4
Sora
"No. I can feel anger in you, Jaskia. Why are you truly angry?" I asked, I sounded like some Jedi, but I didn't care
"I need to know. Your tone, your eyes, your expressions...everything tells me you are extremely mad. Just come out with it all." I said
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Post by Force_Flow on Aug 24, 2007 22:17:32 GMT -4
Jaskia gave him a hard look. "I trusted you," she said through gritted teeth. She didn't feel the tears fall down her cheeks, or the trembling of her body. She stepped foreword. "I trusted you," she pointed at Nait. "You never even looked for me! I saw you plenty of times! On Rantiir, even a few months ago when I was making a supply stop. You didn't even recognize me!"
She swallowed and angrily wiped her eyes. Her face was flushed. "Leave me alone unless you have something important to say. I have to contact the rest of my team." She tried o walk inbetween them, but Nait held her arm in a vise-like grip.
Then he was on the floor. "Don't touch me, General," she hissed. And she walked away, long blue hair spilling down her tightly-clothed back.
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Post by hk47fan on Aug 25, 2007 10:09:51 GMT -4
Sora
I looked to Nait "We have to let her go for now. Lets talk to her when everything has calmed down, and she has. She is very frusterated over all of this, but we can't let her just go either. I promise we will talk to her later, but not now."
"We aren't finished. I will speak to you later." I shouted out to Jaskia, and then walked off with a sigh, and frown on my face
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Post by Force_Flow on Aug 25, 2007 10:14:12 GMT -4
Jaskia considered to turn around. This was not how she expected their next meeting would be. For a long time, she had been filled with imaginations of Nait contacting her, setting up a meet point, hugging, talking like old friends... Things never went the way you planned them, and Jaskia had just learned that the hard way.
What a nice way to say 'hi' after twelve years. About an hour later, in the room she shared with her friends, Jaskia found it funny.
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The Star Destroyer was gaining on them, and fast. That much Scout could tell as they exited hyperspace. In the cockpit, Scout was on the move, ordering for the pilot to bring up shields at maximum and to charge up the laser cannons.
"How do you know they followed us?" Antillies asked.
Scout pointed at the viewscreen that showed what was behind them. There was a strange grey triangle emerging out of nowhere on the screen. "Because of that." She turned to Leia. "Princess, I suggest you barricade yourself near the escape pods until we give the all-clear."
Leia shook her head. "No," she replied. "I won't let my people die to protect me."
Scout shrugged. "Darrina?"
Soon a protesting Leia Organa was led out of the cockpit with her red-head friend close behind.
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