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[Terra Lanris]

Terra headed back to where he pointed, frowning at the idea of hiding in the cargo hold. But also, it made some amount of sense.

Good call, she agreed as he mentioned switching to stun. She reached down and pulled the blaster from her holster, flipping a switch to set it to stun as took cover behind some of the empty cargo containers.

She could hear rustling and noise as the hydraulics of the door kicked in, snapping it open and allowing the dug and his companion to enter.

You shoulda seen the look on his face! I cleaned him out! Full sabacc and the idiot never even saw it coming. Thought he couldn't lose! she heard a male voice speaking loudly as footsteps started rummaging through the ship.

She heard the engines of the ship fire up and her eyes went wide. Were they... stealing the whole ship? Or just moving it somewhere else? She didn't fancy the idea of being stuck in someone else's ship when that someone was decidedly an enemy.

We need to take control of the cockpit, she said, motioning with her blaster for the two of them to move while they still had the element of surprise.

@Versok

 

[Khalid Din]

Khalid steeled himself as he heard a man talking. It seemed like they didn't suspect a thing, so if all went according to plan they would be able to get the drop on them before they realized that they had been caught. However, the sound of the engines firing up would catch him by surprise as he suddenly looked at Terra and realized what was happening. Wasting no time to take out his blaster and leading the way towards them.

Thankfully, Khalid had developed his ability to sneak around as a result of a life of mischief in a house with a mother that made throwing chanclas a Matukai art, so the Tiefling would hardly make a sound as he led the way to the cockpit. Carefully peeking around corners in order to locate all three of them before giving Terra a nod and drawing out his blaster pistol. The Tiefling would waste no time and shoot at one of the two people that weren't piloting the ship, aiming to knock him out as his blaster was set to stun while leaving the other one to Terra. "Howdy" He would simply greet with a smug smile on his face "Mind tellin' us where ye are takin' tis 'ere ship?" The Tiefling asked, pointing the blaster at the man piloting, assuming Terra had taken care of the other one.

@Phoenix

 

[Terra Lanris]

Terra trailed just behind the gunslinger, making her way toward the cockpit and quickly stunning the other man that Khalid hadn't gotten.

The pilot shrieked, turning from the controls and starting to reach for his blaster.

Ah, ah, ah! Terra tutted, pressing the blaster against his temple. The fact that it was set to stun probably lessened the fear it instilled, but he couldn't be sure it wasn't on lethal.

The man put his hands back on the controls and thought better of things.

We know you work with the pirate. The easier you make this for us, the easier we make this for you, she said.

Y-y-yeah, we were going to take it and clean it over. Scrap the whole thing so there wasn't any evidence, he said.

Terra huffed in annoyance.

Take us back to the port, she growled in anger. And in the meantime, spill everything you know about these pirates, she added.

He seemed to hesitate for a moment before she - with intentional noise - flicked the switch on the blaster from stun to lethal. That got him talking, and he didn't stop until they were back.

As security came to collect them, Terra finally had an opportunity to turn to Khalid again.

Nice work, I'll have the rest of your payment wired over immediately, she said. She wasn't going to press the issue of him joining Crimson Dawn again, but time would tell what the future held. She would, however, keep his name on a short list for independent contractors.