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Post by Mara Jade Skywalker on Sept 18, 2010 22:24:30 GMT -5
Taking the ration bar from Cait, Mara laughs softly and says, "I didn't realize Luke was linked with anyone when I called to him, and with our bond plus my telepathy abilities, it must have been loud. Sorry about that."
Mara takes a last look at Luke, Pappy, and Nick; seeing that they have the situation under control, she nods to Cait. "Right. Well, this way to my cell." Mara heads off back down the hall towards her detention cell, tearing into the ration bar wrapper as she walks.
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Post by Caitlin Windancer on Sept 18, 2010 23:35:16 GMT -5
Cait chuckles. No problem, Mara. You wouldn't have known. Since it was a spur of the moment thing. I don't think Luke told anyone where he was going let alone what he was going to do. Well maybe a little loud but your information was well worth it. We were able to find you pretty quick because we were looking for the planet already. I had been doing research trying to locate where Tristan might be so the files were readily accessible and your information helped us narrow it down. But we couldn't have done it without Artoo and Geenine's help. They really sped things up. So everything worked out in the Force as they say.
Cait follows Mara back down the hall after giving a quick glance at Nick and the others. She is confident that they will be alright. She sees Mara devouring the ration bar and says.
If you want more of those just let me know. I came well prepared in that department. Guys are good at planning for fighting and blowing things up but they almost always forget things like eating, drinking or healing.
Speaking of fighting how are you doing weapon wise? I could lend you my Cortosis dagger if you think it could help you fighting. I have two so you wouldn't be depriving me of a weapon. She offers the dagger that she is holding in her left hand to Mara then pulls another one out of her left boot.
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Post by Nick Cousland on Sept 18, 2010 23:49:40 GMT -5
He sighs and nods his head and smirks slightly as Cait heals his shoulder. "Thanks Cousin. I appreciate that." He flexes his arm getting the stiffness out.
He then looks towards the Assassin and nods his head when he hears Cait talking to him. "Okay Cait. You two please be careful. Call me immediately if you guys need help with anything."
He then chuckles later when he hears Cait mention them always forgetting the important stuff. Speaking through the Force, he chuckles. "Speak for yourself Cousin. I may be forgetful sometimes, but I keep my mind focused on the mission. Besides, Kaden would kick my backside if anything happened to me."
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Post by Mara Jade Skywalker on Sept 19, 2010 0:09:04 GMT -5
Mara laughs in response to Cait's assessment of males. "I can't imagine my husband ever forgetting to eat... Healing, yes, but not eating."
After traveling down the corridor, Mara comes to a stop at a T-intersection. "The torture cell was that way," Mara says, gesturing down the corridor on the right. "Tristan was in a different section, so let's go left." She turns and heads down the left corridor.
"I have my lightsaber, though I usually also carry a blaster...which the Sith confiscated." Mara gratefully takes the offered dagger. "Thanks."
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Post by Caitlin Windancer on Sept 19, 2010 1:12:07 GMT -5
In Response to Nick:
You're welcome Cousin, anytime. I will be careful if you do too. You can count on it Nick.
Hearing Nick through the Force Cait gives a mental chuckle in response. She says back to him through the Force in a teasing tone.
<<Who said I was talking about you, Cousin. Guilty conscience,perhaps Nick?>> Cait gives another mental laugh. <<That she would, so you better stay in one piece. I don't want have to put you back together after she did.>>
Cait laughs at Mara's comment about Luke not forgetting to eat. Eating maybe but taking something with him? I have been with him on missions before he gets totally focused on what he is doing and forgets everything else like taking food with him. Then he is starving. She laughs again.
When they reach the T-intersection Cait nods at Mara assessment.
Sounds good to me, Mara.
She follows Mara down the corridor to the left. In response to her Thanks says.
You're welcome. I'm glad I brought an extra one. She then says in response to Mara's mention of the blaster says.
Maybe we can find it. It should be near here. Like I said they are pretty predictable as far as the way they treat prisoners.
Confiscated weapons usually are kept near the guard station in the detention center. And that should be around here close somewhere. In fact... *She points to a nearby door.* I think that might be it. You want to look and see if it is in there?
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Post by Mara Jade Skywalker on Sept 19, 2010 20:01:09 GMT -5
"I know prisoners' weapons are usually kept near the guard station, but I assumed the Sith would keep a Jedi's weapons someplace more secure." Mara heads toward the station and spots a familiar hold-out blaster and sleeve holster.
"Apparently I gave the Sith far too much credit," she says as she straps the holster to her wrist, the familiar feel of it giving her a sense of ease. Then Mara's eyes catch something else in the guard station. "My clothes!" But her clothes are ripped and bloody from the fighter crash, and Nick had already given her a fresh set of robes. "Well at least I have my boots."
After putting her boots back on, she slips Cait's dagger into the left boot and draws her hold-out. She smiles at Cait. "Shall we?" Then heads through the door into the cell block.
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Post by Pappy-Wan Kenobi on Sept 19, 2010 21:45:47 GMT -5
He watches the two Sith and knows the longer this takes the better the chance the child can be taken away or worse....killed. He won't allow that so he decides the best course of action is to Force their hand so to speak. He draws on the Force and sends a Force push at both of them and ignites his saber and advances on them.
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Post by Caitlin Windancer on Sept 19, 2010 22:25:58 GMT -5
You would think they would wouldn't you? But they are too arrogant. They don't think Jedi are much of a threat. Cait laughs. These Sith I would say aren't too bright even more so than most. If they had any sense they wouldn't have started all this in the first place. But they arrogantly thought they could control someone like Markon. It has backfired on them big time. *shakes her head* The fools. Now he is out of control and a threat to all. *She sighs* Let's hope that the safe return of his son will stop his rampages.
She chuckles when Mara finds her clothes and sees their condition. Nice air conditioning. You aren't plan on wearing them I hope. You mean you have running around this place without footwear? It's a wonder you haven't burnt your feet.
She follows Mara out of the weapons locker and through the cell block door. Let's do this.
When you were near Tristan did you get a chance to talk to him? Because if you did it might be better if you talk to him he would be more apt to trust you than someone he has never seen before in getting him to come with us without scaring him.
She looks around the cell block it seems deserted. The guard station is empty of guards. There are a couple of bodies of stormtroopers nearby. Also a body of a robed figure of a Sith Acolyte is lying some distance away.
I think Gert has been here. Shall we catch up with her?
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Post by Lord Ire on Sept 20, 2010 21:14:58 GMT -5
The one Sith Master takes the full brunt of the force push from Pappy-Wan and goes sailing back towards a wall. He goes with the flow and lands on his feet, sliding to a stop not to far away from the other Sith Master. rising to his feet, the one Master walks over to the other Master and stand defiantly as they face-off against the Jedi.
Sensing that besides the four remaining Sith assassins they are the only two Sith left alive, the Sith Masters look at each other in the thralls of defeat. Their anger is boiling over as they realized that this was an ill fated attempt to come back to the galaxy; all that time in hiding and seclusion to prepare has turned out to be for nothing. The two masters stand across from each other thinking about how to salvage this moment, maybe they hadn't lost after all.
"Options?" one Master asks.
"We are out of options." the other master replies. "Our forces are crushed."
"We are never out of options, the Jedi will die!" the one master decrees while talking like they aren't in the same room. "We shall crush them, we are not impotent fools, we are Sith."
Staring away in thought briefly, his mind wondering through anything they could possibly do. The one Master thinks of something that would test these Masters of the Dark Side true strength. "We shall truly crush them."
"What do you mean?" the other Master asks.
"Better to die the way we chose as opposed to the way the Jedi chose." the one Master says as he enters back into meditation but its more than that, its a doom that is clearly sensed by the other Master. The one Master is drawing deeper and deeper on the dark side, drawing on his anger and the fear of his impending death to further fuel what he has instore for the Jedi. The other Master re-enters his meditation and begins to draw on the dark side much like his companion Master and together they envision the whole Mensix within the Force and begin to envision it collapsing under the crushing pressure of the dark side. They feed all their anger, hatred and fear into this vision and slowly the facility begins to shake and creak as the Master seek to destroy the facility and all within it. The shaking begins getting more violent and violent, indicative of pending doom. The Sith assassins look around them as the room itself begins to shake and decide hold their ground; they gather themselves and take up defensive positions around the remaining Sith Masters with their lightsabers. Even thought the assassins know that if there was ever a time to begin an exit strategy, it's now or never.
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Post by Pappy-Wan Kenobi on Sept 20, 2010 21:46:19 GMT -5
He stops as he feels the building start to shake....He wants to finish this but he gets an idea of what they are attempting to do....he stares at them. The Jedi in him wants to bring them to justice, But the soldier in him knows he has to finish the mission and save the child. He raises his saber in front of him in a mock salute. Then he turns and runs back towards Luke and Nick. "Run you two head for the ships and make sure all of them are ready to go. I'll get the ladies in gear and help them get the child." He senses Mara and Cait through the Force and using burst of speed makes his way to them.
Sailing around the final corner sweat from his brow mixes with the blood on his face from the foes he has eliminated making his face a gory visage. a bit out of breath he replies to them "OK.......time to......go. The Sith are set on dying their way and taking.......us with them. Let's get the kid and and get out of here." He pulls out his data pad and scans the blue prints......he has 4 detonators left and two kilos of detonite. it will have to do. He makes his way to the wall and places the first detonator and a chunk of detonite in place. "OK we are taking the short way out as soon as you are ready."
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Post by Gert Yonsz-Kenobi on Sept 20, 2010 22:03:39 GMT -5
Gert sprinted down the hall ways, following the Force to the child's cell. She skids to a halt in front of a double reinforced durasteel door with an alusteel outer casing. "Sheash. Overkill much?" she shakes her head in disgust and pulls out her standard Shadow issue lock pick set and gets to work decoding it. With a little nudge from the Force when needed, the lock eventually disengages and the door slides silently open.
A kid, a few years younger than Luke and Mara's son is huddled in the corner, his knees pulled up and his head buried down into his lap as though keeping his face hidden will make it all go away.
"Tristan." she says softly, gentleness in her voice and a small amount of force persuasion and a great deal of the sense that she could be trusted in her projection in the force.
the boy looks up, his face is dirty, there are streaks down his cheeks as he's obviously been crying. He cringes back against the wall.
"It's all right, I'm here to take you to your mom." she says gently and slowly advances on him as she would a skittish akk. The boy swipes black hair out of his eyes and gives her a look of fearful hope. "That's right' she says gently. "You want to see your mom? I'll take you to her if you want."
The boy's green eyes show some suspicion but there is hope in them as well and the fact that he can sense in the force that she is telling him the truth even without training.
"Come on sweetie, I'll take you to her." and she puts out her arms as she gets close enough to pick him up and he falls into her arms, clutching at her besker weave vest as he begins to cry silently. "Well hey now, enough of that, you're safe with me, I won't let anything happen to you now. I swear it on my grandfather's name." he voice holds the conviction of someone who means every word she says and she stands and carries him out of the cell.
She feels the building shake as she walks through the door. "Uh oh... I think we better get going don't you?" the boy nods emphatically much as Ben once did at his age and she smiles at him. "You're a good little sprout kiddo." she says and smiles in amusement as Cait and Mara round the corner. "Nice of you ladies to join me. Anyone interested in a speedy exit?" she shifts Tristan to her left hip, her arm settles against his back.
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Post by Mara Jade Skywalker on Sept 20, 2010 22:32:25 GMT -5
Mara skids to a halt as she turns the corner and nearly barrels into Gert. She notices that Gert is holding Tristan just as the floor begins to violently shake. Mara returns her sleeve blaster to its holster and deactivates her lightsaber.
"I think that's our cue to leave." Mara turns to leave but stops suddenly and turns back to Gert. "Ah, Gert, if you're heading for Yavin IV, can I catch a ride? I'm afraid I'm without a ship."
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Post by Gert Yonsz-Kenobi on Sept 20, 2010 22:42:53 GMT -5
She laughs in spite of the situation as Mara almost uses her as a pin in a bowling match. "Nice fashion statement there boss lady. Are those Nick's robes? They smell like him. He always wears too much cologne..."
She grabs Mara's sleeve as she heads down the hall. "Heading for Concord Dawn but if you don't mind a pit stop at your niece's house for her husband's birthday we could swing you through." She jogs as the building shakes. "Tell me you remember how to do a wall of light to disrupt sith combining their ability to do their version of force meditation."
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Post by Nick Cousland on Sept 20, 2010 23:21:05 GMT -5
Nick's eyes widen and he shakes his head in disgust as he realizes what the Sith Masters are futiley trying to do. "Oh you've got to be kidding me." He mutters and deactivates his sabers and places them on his belt. He looks at Pappy and nods his head. "I agree. I'll head out now." Nodding to Luke, he turns and begins to sprint back to the entrance of the facility.
As he runs, he taps a few keys on his wrist computer and engages the beck and call of the Redemption up in orbit. Dodging falling debris and jumping over fallen troops, he finally dashes through the exit and jumps through as part of the ceiling narrowly misses him. He rolls to his feet just as the Redemption comes in for a landing. He then uses the Force to load his Stealth X-wing on board and then boards as well. He sits and waits for the others to make their exit.
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Post by Caitlin Windancer on Sept 21, 2010 0:45:26 GMT -5
Cait rounds the corner after Mara just as Gert comes out of the cell carrying Tristan and they nearly run into each other. She chuckles when Mara nearly runs into Gert. Thank the Force, you found Tristan. Let's get off this rock. Before anything else happens.
She then senses the build up of the dark side in Force just before the building starts to shake. She puts away her weapons in preparation to move fast.Uh-oh I think I spoke too soon. We need to get out of here NOW! Mara you can use hitch a ride of my ship if you want, there is plenty of room. You could even fly it if you want. You are a better pilot than I am. I'm parked next to the Rose, Gert.
When Pappy shows up Cait is already on the move. On our way Pappy.
To Gert: I do Gert. You want to do a wall of Light on the Sith masters Gert? Well that would certainly make things interesting. But we need to be prepared to move real fast when we do. Because this place will start to erupt literally.
Cait searches with the Force to see who is left in the building and then senses that Nick has already left. She senses that he is on the Redemption. She sends through the Force to him.
Nick? Can you hear me? I need you to com Geenine and have her start up my ship. We are going to be in a hurry when we leave here. We are going to try using the Wall of Light on them.
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