Guard Duty

[Tristyn]

Tamara hated what Leira was saying, and she really wanted to argue with her, but she was too tired and could hardly speak. If she hadn't been so kind to that poor pirate, she would've definitely been able to handle the remaining assailants, and without killing them. And it was true, she hated the idea of having to kill someone, so she went out of her way to prevent the death of even her enemies,"No....no...you can...don't...don't kill them...you can do that can't you?"

Her eyes widened as Leira ignited her blade and looked as if she was about to kill the pirate, this had Tamara worried to death,"No! No! STOP! What are you-you doing!?" She tried to stand up, but couldn't,"What kind of a Jedi are you!?" Threatening someone in such a way was very un-Jedi like and something she couldn't stand.

 

[Queen]

"I'm a Jedi who wants our damn lightsabers they stole back, and maybe a few relics. So, sue me." Leira said, in a sarcastic tone that almost gave the impression that she thought she was right, and she didn't give a shit what anybody told her. This attitude was probably very irritating to others around her, but Leira had reputation for being pretty blind to the feelings over other's, and understanding mercy, or in general anything that wasn't 'Do what you have to do.'

All Leira wanted him to do was lead them to everything they stole and have him help bury his friends' bodies, and hand over his weapons. What was so terrible about that? Intimidation was another way to get what she wanted done, in her mind.

 

[Rae Anne Jarrus]

Emma sighed as she watched the events before her unfold. This was getting out of control and she was generally one to defuse these types of things, so she stood up from where the man was and looked between Tamara and Leira.

"Look girls, do we have to argue or get angry at each other? We were sent on this mission for one reason. So why don't we get along like big girls and not get our Jedi robes in a wad. Force won't be needed to be able to find out where they hid this stuff. I think it'd be best if I talked to the man about everything. Trust me, I can handle it."

she said in response. It was true and they couldn't deny it. Emma as good with people and she had her ways of being able to get these things from people without harming them to any extent if she didn't have to. She then walked over to Tamara and offered to help her up. Emma swore that if she wasn't here, they'd probably kill each other.

 

[Tristyn]

While the two blabbed on, Tamara had closed her eyes to meditate and hopefully gain some of her strength back. Thankfully she felt less dizzy and tired as a few minutes passed by. She had practiced this enough so her body was a bit more use to it. She wasn't back up to full strength, but enough to take on a bunch of lowlifes such as these pirates. Tamara opened her eyes and got up, unaware that Emma had offered to help, and instead of addressing the two she walked over to the door to the rest of the ship.

Before opening the door, she used the Force to sense and pick out any remaining enemies that might try to attack her, then she pulled out one of her sabers, ignited it and opened the door.

 

[Queen]

"Yea, and I'm just trying to get this guy to lead me to it. I've got my method of going about things, she's got her's. Right now, I'm using mine." She still kept the lightsaber pointed at the man's face. He seemed pretty compliant without her constant threatening, but this would make him even more useful. And now Leira was sure he wouldn't try anything.

But if he did, she'd probably stab him.

Plus, if some of the lightsabers they stole were cool, then she couldn't deny that she'd probably keep one.

 

[Cailst]

Garcia continued to panic as the lightsaber was pointed at him. He was a bit paralyzed as he was supposed to turn over his weapon but didn't want to make any sudden moves that would spook the Jedi.

"Just take my weapon, I don't want it! Uh! Uh! The captain keeps all the Jedi stuff in his room over there! It's bad, really bad! He's got some force crystals, I think they're ammonium or bogan crystals! And he's got some Jedi heads and lightsabers! And sometimes he makes lanterns out of them! And that guy to the right of me that's unconscious right now. He's the worst, he killed Jedi and proctologized them and other weird stuff! Make sure he doesn't get back up, he would have used bad force powers otherwise!" Garcia said in a panic induced rant.

For the most part, Garcia had no idea what he was talking about. But he was pretty sure it would make the Jedi happy. This was his first mission and he owed a lot of money to the guy to his right.


In the gun decks, the men were just about to hear back from the pilot when the door suddenly opened up and a Jedi appeared. Some of the men fired immediately on the Jedi in furious flurry of fire. Others fired on Lorthanc as they didn't like how he made them retreat. It was a crazy mix of fire exploding from every angle.

 

[Rae Anne Jarrus]

"Whoa, who whoa. Just relax ok? I've got this."

she said as she then picked up his weapons and hooked them onto her belt. Emma then stood up and walked over to the captain's room, opening the door and then going in. As the door opened, she grimaced seeing everything in the room. Why would he keep the heads of Jedi? That was just creepy.

Walking in, Emma opened a drawer to find the crystals along with other lightsabers. Luckily she had her backpack and she opened it up, putting the lightsabers inside and the crystals in the front pocket of her bag. When she finished, she walked out of the room, closing the door.

She then walked back over to the pirate ad nodded to him.

"Thank you for telling us where this stuff was. This was one sick man, including.. that guy."

she said giving a disgusted face at the man next to him. Then she heard blaster fire and immediately pulled her bag over her back before she then ignited both lightsabers blocking the blasts back into the room, standing beside Tamara helping her block the blasts.

 

[Queen]

Leira happily snatched the man's weapon, also stuffing it in her own bag she brought along. That was a keeper.

"Woah. Woah, woah, woah, holy shitttttttttttt." Leira also went through the lightsabers, and picked up one with a strangely long handle. When she ignited it, she figured out it had two blades.

And, it was a dark cerulean blue, just like her's. There was no way she was passing that up.

"Hell yes, don't mind if I do." She said, putting her old one in Emma's backpack, and putting the one she found on the slot on her belt. She was pretty excited to use the thing, because she loved the idea of a double bladed one. Leira just waited for one of the other padawan to tell her to put it back, when she heard more blasts.

She immediately turned around, swinging her new lightsaber, blocking blasts and deflecting them back pretty effectively, and more or less on purpose was able to hit a pirate in the chest with one.

The movements seemed to come more naturally to Leira with the new one, and she moved surprisingly fast in response.

"Surrender, or we'll kill more of you. Eight are already dead." She demanded.

 

[Tristyn]

Before either of the two padawans could kill anymore of the pirates, Tamara dashed straight at them, cut their weapons in half and used the Force to blast them out the way and knock them out. Quick, easy, efficient and without any deaths. What was so difficult about that? It puzzled her greatly, but she would think about it another time, as it seams she ended up in a room full of pirates, possibly the command deck.

She ignited her second blade and used them both to deflect their blaster bolts, and when she felt a brief opening between their fighting, she slamming her hand down into the ground and sent a Force wave that reached out to everyone in the room and sent them flying into the bulkhead. She, however, fell to her knees. She was pushing her own limits by performing such a feat after only just healing someone.

 

[Cailst]

Ugh, what an idiot. That Garcia guy though those statues were Jedi heads? Jorik wished he could have just told Mugizu that hiring him was a bad idea. That and wasting lots of money on lightsabers. Apparently, it did no good when actually fighting them.

Jorik continued to wait in the pilot's seat. He'd kept quiet and was so glad that the comm link was set to vibrate and not ring. The Jedi might have found him. But he did get to hear Mugizu give his last shot and Garcia's "confession". And things weren't looking good. With time, the Jedi would find him unless they took absolutely no interest in the ship. And that was unlikely. So, with a dead or surrendered crew, he figured he'd try some other career. While Ilum was potentially hostile territory, maybe he'd find a job and start a new life and forget he ever was a pirate.

He quietly crawled over to the captain's escape pod, crawled in, closed the door, and jettisoned into space. Looking back, something in the closing didn't work quite right. There was a small leak in the ship and air was leaving. Not enough to be noticeable at first and there was no real sound to it. But it'd eventually drain the air from both ships.


The pirates in the gun bay were quickly dying. While of the Jedi didn't want to kill them. Some of the others did. Between their own fratricide and the force push into the bulkhead, at least four were already dead including Lorthanc. The others were largely unconscious and definitely not moving.

 

[Queen]

"I think there's something wrong with the ship." Leira could sense it somehow. She held a finger up, signaling the other Padawans and the two remaining conscious pirates to be quiet. She closed her eyes, trying to concentrate and use the Force to tell her exactly what she was sensing.

After a good thirty seconds, she knew. Air was leaving the ship. Slowly, but it was draining. That wasn't good.

"How inconvenient..." She murmured, grabbing her bag and throwing it over her shoulders. "I was actually interested in this hunk of metal." Leira said. "Alright. You guys want to live? Because, we need to get out of here. Air's draining." Leira said. "As much as I actually hate this, we might not have enough time to get all these bodies out and give them a proper burial. So, my personal plan is to get on the ship we took, and drop you guys off on Ilum. Then I guess you'll figure out what to do with yourselves, ay?" Leira said.

 

[Rae Anne Jarrus]

Emma definitely noticed a change in the ship when something had happened. And when Leira even mentioned it, Emma knew it was true. When she came back and mentioned that air was leaving the ship, Emma panicked a little bit on the inside, but appeared calm on the outside.

She watched Leira as she picked her bag up, throwing it over her shoulder. The only thing she wasn't sure about was who Leira was talking to, so she just kept her mouth shut.