Czerka Corporations:The Spire

[Caitlin Windancer]

*Cate's look changes to one of sympathy. Colin's expression mirrors hers.*

*Colin says* That's rough cousin. Of course we will help.

*Cate says* Of course you want to move her.

*Then adds practically.*

You want to re-bury her or give her a Jedi burial with a pyre?

Because I know of a perfect spot to bury her if that is what you wish to do.

*She walks over to the turbo-lift and presses the down button.*

Coming? You two?

[Nick Cousland]

*He looks at her and smiles softly.*
Thank you Cate. Well, with Jonas gone, I don't see the point in preserving her any longer. Its time she was at peace. We'll give her the proper Jedi Funeral she deserves.
*He sighs.*
And to think, she almost made Master before she died.
*He shrugs his shoulders and looks at Colin.*
Oh well. Let's go.
*He walks towards the lift and boards it.*

[Caitlin Windancer]

You're welcome, Nick.
I agree it is time to let her body be free to join her spirit.
We will arrange that when we get back.
Yes, she did and I think maybe we will raise her to that rank posthumously.
She certainly earned it to my way of thinking.

*Cate gives him a teasingly look trying to lighten his mood.*

She was married to you.

*Colin chuckles.* Hey! Quit picking on Nick.
Yeah let's go.

*The lift comes and they enter. Cate presses the button for the medical supply place's level.
The turbo-lift descends to that level.
The doors open.
Cate and Colin walk out of the lift toward the medical supply's entrance.*

[Nick Cousland]

*He smiles and nods his head.*
Yes, thank you Cate. She was a Master indeed, at least deserved it with all she did.
*He grins at Colin and nods his head.*
Its okay Colin. I'm used to it.
*He watches as she pushes the button to the lift and they ride down to the medical supply level and the doors open. He follows Cate and Colin out of the lift and into the store.*

[Caitlin Windancer]

You're Welcome Nick.
If anyone deserved to be a Master it was Kaden.
If time and circumstance hadn't intervened she would have been one when she had returned.
Time permitting she would have been one before she had left on her last mission.

*Cate sighs and shakes her head.*

*Colin gives Nick a wink so Cate can't see then gives a mock groan. Then in a much put upon tone of voice says.*
I know. I know. So am I. But I suffer through it.

*Cate sticks her tongue out at her brother who just laughs. She retorts.*

I'm the one who has had to suffer.

*By then the lift has reached the right floor and they exit.
They walk into the medical supply and Cate walks to the counter and the clerk says.*

Hello, Master Windancer nice to see you again.

*He nods to Nick.*

You as well Master Owabi.

How can I help you today?

Thank you Kratos.
It is good to see you as well.
How are you and the wife and kids?
All well I hope.

*He smiles at Cate.
He always liked it when she came in to the medical supply.*

Yes, they are all well thank you?

Now how may I help you?

I need this equipment and supplies, Kratos.

*She hands him her list.*

This should be no problem.
One moment.

*He goes into the store room.
He comes back moments later with most of the supplies and equipment.
He has a puzzled look on his face and seems agitated for some reason.*

Is something wrong Kratos?


I'm sorry Master Windancer I can't give you all the quantities that you asked for some reason some of the things you ask for have disappeared.

Disappeared?
What do you mean disappeared, Kratos?

*picking up the odd choice of words and tone of voice.*

I mean they were there yesterday when I did inventory and now they are gone.
And they couldn't have been sold we were closed.

I see. And you didn't misplace them by any chance?

*Kratos shakes his head.*

No, everything was in order when I left last night.

Is there anything else missing?
Because it sounds like you might have been robbed last night.

*Kratos pales at the thought.*

[Nick Cousland]

*He listens quietly to Cate and Kratos talk and he looks around. It is then that he notices the ID tag on the floor near the door. He walks over to it and kneels down.*
Hello. What is this?
*He picks up the ID tag and walks over to Cate.*
Umm, if this place was robbed last night, this must belong to the ones that did it. What do you think?
*He hands her the ID tag.*
The question is, why and who would steal medical supplies?

[Caitlin Windancer]

*Cate notices Nick kneeling down by the door.*

You found something, Nick?
*When he hands her the tag, she gets a short mental image of the person who wore it and a feeling of deceit and the person not belonging to this place.*

I think you may be right.

*She hands the tag to Kratos.*

Do you recognize who this belongs to?

*He takes the tag and turns it over.
He shakes his head.*

No, I don't recognize the name.
I know everyone employed on the floor and everyone who has access to this floor.
This no one I know.
If this belongs to the thief or thieves I need to turn it over to the authorities.

Of course, Kratos.
I would do that right away.
The sooner they can begin to track them, the better.

*Then mutters under her breathe quietly.*

If they can.

*She then continues in a normal tone of voice.*

Though it looks like they planned this.
It was not a random hit I don't think.
Good question Nick.
And what they take Kratos?
You said that it was some of things I ordered.
Which things?

*She leans over to check her list against what Kratos brought from the store room.

Hmmm. It looks like most of the things you wanted Nick.
What do you make of this?

*To Kratos*

You better check of anything else is missing on the floor.
You might not have been the only one hit.

*He nods in agreement.*

One moment, please.

*Kratos goes outside into the corridor to call a guard who comes complaining that his counterpart is missing from last night and wasn't at his post this morning and that is the last time he is going to cover for his friend.*

[Nick Cousland]

*He walks over to the counter and looks at the supplies brought and then at the list.*
Bloody hell.
*He quietly mutters. He looks at Cate.*
Cate, the stuff they stole, its the vaccination and viral testing supplies. I don't like the looks of this at all.
*He leans against the counter.*
What do you think we should do?

[Caitlin Windancer]

*When Nick says vaccination and viral testing supplies were stolen, a cold feeling and sense of danger comes over Cate.
She shivers unconsciously.*

Neither do I Nick.
Something is very wrong.

I don't know.

*She rubs her forehead.*

Any ideas or suggestions?

This technically out of our jurisdiction unless we are asked to help by the authorities we can't officially act.
But that being said doesn't we can' t unofficially do some snooping on our own.

I would like to help Kratos too.
This will hurt him financially, he has a big family to provide for, the oldest is about to enter the university.
He was just making ends meet as it was.
That is why I bought here.
It gave him extra income that he wouldn't normally get.
He has to compete with some of the bigger supply places.
He will have to replace what was stolen.
I hope he was insured.

[Nick Cousland]

*He listens to her quietly and nods his head.*
I honestly don't know Cate. I've been getting this sense of dread and darkness for a while now. Kind of reminds me when I went Dark.
*He shakes his head clearing his thoughts.*
Well, since we relocated to Yavin IV, there's not much we can do. We can look around though, just not interfere too much with the government.
*He looks in the direction Kratos went and smiles.*
I have a way to help him.
*He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a credistick worth 10,000 credits and hands it to Cate.*
Make sure he gets this. That should help him for a while.

[Caitlin Windancer]

*Cate gives Nick a concerned look when he mentions his fall to the dark side.*

That is not good.
And never again with you.
Camulus is dead for good I hope.

*She gets an odd feeling when she says this as if she forgot to do something important.
She frowns but can't think of what it could be.*

I too have been feeling a gathering, a feeling of darkness looming.
The sense of a storm coming.

No there isn't and that is one of the reasons Luke had us move.
We were getting too caught up in the politics of this world.
They have law enforcement and they should be using it.
If we were here they would be relying on us to do their job for them.
They were leaning on us too much.
Then blaming us when we couldn't be everywhere.


*shakes her head.*

And that is not what a Jedi is suppose to do.
We help those that can't help themselves.
We do what they cannot do.

*She takes the creditstick.*

That is kind of you cousin, but I don't think he will take it without an order attached to it.
He has a great deal of pride and won't accept charity.

*She hands the creditstick back to him.*

We can suggest to him this is a payment of an advanced order?
Then he might accept it.

*Colin who was outside talking to one of the female guards. He sees all the activity and comes in to see what is going on.*

Hey guys! What's up?
There are guards running all over the place.

[Nick Cousland]

*He shudders at the mention of the name Camulus.*
I hope he's gone too, for good. That wasn't some of my best side at all.
*He sighs and nods his head.*
Yeah, you're right. The people's faith in Jedi is not what it used to be. We get blamed for everything that the Sith cause.
*He takes the credistick from her and nods his head.*
Hmm, yeah, we can do that. An advancement order.
*He turns upon hearing Colin.*
Colin? Some vaccination and viral testing equipment was stolen.
*He looks past his shoulder and sees guards running around everywhere.*
What the frak is going on around here?

[Caitlin Windancer]

You and me both cousin.
No, he was the worse side of anybody.
The only way he could come back is if he had...

*She then pales.
Now knowing what it was she forgot to do.*

<<Oh, no! How could I be so stupid?>>

*She thinks.*

*She puts a hand to her head in distress.
She then hears his comment about the Sith and the order and answers him distractedly.*

Yes, and they made very sure of that didn't they?

Hmmm, yes an order would be best.

*Colin to Nick.*

If that were all it was they wouldn't be running around like this.

*Colin turns around and looks out the door.*

I haven't seen this much activity since someone sat in an anthill.

*Cate pulls herself together and joins them at the door.*

I think they found something more than just theft.

*She points to the entrance of someone from the coroner's office along with several law enforcement officers in full battle gear.
One is talking to Kratos who is waving his hands about excitedly as he explains what he knows.
He then hands the officer the false id tag that was found.
The officer frowns recognizing the man from one of those found shot to death earlier.*

[Nick Cousland]

*He nods his head and then looks at her sharply when he sees her pale suddenly.*
Cate? What is it?
*He then looks at Colin and raises an eyebrow.*
An anthill. Hmm, this is getting intense.
*He watches as several armed guards run to the room. He concentrates into the Force to enhance his hearing.*
Oh my goodness. They found some of the missing security guards, murdered.
*He looks at Cate and Colin and begins walking towards the scene.*

[Caitlin Windancer]

*Thankfully before she can answer Nick, he is distracted by what is happening in the corridor.
Cate gives a faint sigh of relief on not having to answer that particular question just yet.
But she knows she will have do something about it soon and Nick will not be happy about it.
Because she is definitely not happy about it either.*

*Colin to Nick*

Yeah it is.
I don't think that officer is too happy about it whatever it is from the expression on his face.


Murdered?!
They were murdered?

*Cate says horrified.
If possible she gets even paler.
She follows Nick out.
She is followed by Colin.
Who says as he hurries to catch up with them.*

Hey! Wait for me you two.