Hi Everyone! Welcome to my very first StarWars Fanfiction. The story will be a bit different but still sticking to the plot nontheless! Hope you and enjoy and reviews are really appreciated!
Disclaimer: I do not by any chance own Starwars:Knights of the Old Republic
" Aw come on Commander, it wasn't like I planned to bomb the whole entire ship! Honestly it was just a little kaboom!" Kathara Sheng said, shrugging her shoulders and trying to play off an innocent look.
" You think exploding your bunkroom is considered to be little! You could've set everyone in danger if the alarms went off!" Auburn brown hair, sharp hazel eyes and wearing the most bizarre orange coat Kat's ever seen gave her a hard look.
" Not exploding Sir, it was merely a paint grenade I made awhile ago." Kat leaned her weight on the ride side of her leg as she crossed her arms to her chest, giving off a small smile," I thought the bunk room looked a bit too plain for my taste so I decided to test my creation, threw it at the wall and there you go!" She watched her commander's eyes narrow and laughed nervously," You saw it didn't you? It does add a lovely sheen to the metal, no?"
The commander sighed," This is no time for jokes. The paint was also on your bunkmate's bed and now none of you will be able to sleep in that room thanks to the fumes emitting from that grenade!"
" Oh no matter, Trask isn't that angry with me and we'll take the spare bedroom on the other end of the Endar."
The man across from Kat didn't know whether this woman was either insane or stupid…probably both.
" I've expected better potential from you, Kathara Sheng…"
"Just call me Kat please."
" You're in top of all your classes, know more than 40 alien languages and have amazing fighting skills all soldiers possess but it'll all come to waste if you keep up with this childish nonsense. This is a mission, not a playpen for you to have fun."
" I said I was sorry about the paint alright? I'll scrub it off tonight if you want." Kat said, running her fingers through her razor cut, choppy burgundy hair. She was getting tired of this man's two hour lecture. She took a glance at her chronometer slapped on her combat armlet reading brightly her sleeping hours. Now feeling exhaustion sinking in, she eyed the commander with a weary look," It's getting late commander and we have much more work to do tomorrow. Can we pick this up later maybe?…" She had now forgotten this man's name and with a nod coming from him, she saluted and quickly walked out of the office, eager to get to her temporary bunk.
Kathara Sheng wasn't your ordinary soldier of the Republic, no sir. Indeed a full woman with cat shaped eyes that varnished deep teal with distinct colors of silver flecks, a bit of extra baggage on the waist area and no taller than 5'4, Kathara (or Kat) has an attention span of a teenager filled with mischief and energy. Ever since the mission was assigned to carry Commander Onasi and a few Jedi here, everyone was pretty much aggravated to Kat's odd behavior when she came but they unfortunately were forced to get over Kat over the next few days.
Kat craned her neck to the left as she watched utilty droids disinfecting her bunk room and some of them attempting to scrub off the neon green smear plastered on the wall and truth behold to the commander's words, her bunkmate's bed was also stained. She quietly chuckled and walked on ahead, passing by people and a Jedi from the Strike Team she had come with. She always thought the light sabers they wielded were captivating especially how some of them carry different colors. Then again, she carried a engrossment for weapons.
Finally, after walking for another good twenty minutes, she made through the door that lead to her second bunk and blinked in surprise as she stumbled a man much older than her, showing dark pale blue eyes and striking white hair," Oh…hey Trask." Kat said, smiling up at him.
Trask raised an eyebrow," How did it go with Commander Onasi?"
Kat shrugged and walked over to her bed, where her black duffel bag stood and sat down on it," It was okay. I kind of lost track of how long he was raising his voice at me." She then gave a small embarrassed look," You're not mad at me for ruining our room…right?"
" It was really stupid of you to bomb our room…"
" Not bomb! Paint! You have to admit you love the decorations." Kat said, mocking a offended look.
Trask shook his head at the childish demeanor, walked over to Kat and ruffled her hair," Nah, I'm not angry. I'm just relieved you didn't ruin any of my stuff. Just don't try to 'paint' this room too." Kat laughed and playfully punched him in the arm," Don't worry about that, I'll be the good girl I am and sleep here while you go and do your shift."
" I hope you're being honest about that."
She gave Trask a playful side glare as she unzipped her duffel bag and started to rummage through her belongings," Good luck with the 'princess' Trask. May the force be with you." Princess was the code word for the Jedi woman, Bastila Shan, apparently the leader of the whole Endar Spire and known to have a domineering attitude more of a Hutt. Trask's job is to escort her around the Endar Spire, to keep an eye on her just in case. Trask grunted and waved his hand as the door closed behind him. Kat rolled her eyes and carefully took out her contents from her bag. Five hundred credits, three medpacs, five strength stimulants, some crumbled ration bars, a pouch full of grenades, spare clothing, two personal custom handmade blasters, a simple long sword, a comlink, two full bottles of Corellian Whiskey and Tarisan Ale and finally, the thing she was looking for, Kat pulled out her DataDiary.
Bought from a junk shop as a teenager, Kat recorded all her daily life, the device keeping all her logs from when she first got it till now. Small to place it on her wrist, plain silver with a small screen showing the date and voice code activated, Kat quietly recite her passcode, placed it on her wrist, and switching it on, a red beam emitting to signal it's recording:
"Another experiment failed. I've tried to attempt to paint my room on the Endar Spire a flashing neon green. The paint grenade really wasn't suppose to make that much noise." Kat frowned as she looked at her combat boots for a moment but then turn her attention back at her DataDiary," And that Commander…Onasi I think that's his name? He reminds me of a laigrek…a laigrek I want to shoot in the head! Although he is quite…and I say QUITE handsome." Kat mentally bonked herself on the head for saying something that ridiculous. She shook her head and continued on, all while stripping off her combat outfit.
" It's been two week now since I've boarded on the Endar Spire and luckily, nothing has happened so far. Just a few asteroids some stars, ships passing by and that's basically it. But for some reason…I'm getting this feeling this isn't going to last too long. And from the looks out the window, we're hovering above Taris." Kat was now in her underwear, shoving her duffel bag beside an empty footlocker and sat back down on her bed," Awhile before my paint bomb incident, I've been trying to hack the Republic computer system…to find out more information of the Mandalorian Wars with Revan and Malak. What was it that made Revan and Malak plunge down to the dark side? When?" Kat now felt drowsy and she couldn't keep her eyes open any longer.
" I've been questioning myself with those for awhile now…they just came up so suddenly." She let out a yawn and place a finger over the stop button," For now, we'll never know. Kathara Sheng out." Kat then switched it off and kicked the blankets off and heavily placed her head on her pillow, falling deep into slumber state.
Kat felt something shaking…it rocked her softly at first…but when a huge explosion was heard along with the alarms going off, a tremendous shake of the Endar Spire woke her up as she was knocked from her bed. She gave out a loud yelp and found herself sprawled on the floor. Snapping herself out of the lackluster spell, she frantically looked around, bewildered as she heard blaster shots from outside. Just when Kat was about to head to the door, it opened unexpectedly as Trask came running in, his face flushed," We're under attack! The Sith Fleet has invaded the Endar Spire." He then eyed her up and down," What on earth are you doing in your underwear! Gear up and grab your blasters!" Trask barked however amused as he watched Kat fumble around, strapping her equipment on
" I told I was sleeping didn't I?" She then grabbed her personal twin blasters and slipped them on her belt as she strapped her duffel bag on her back," Alright, I'm ready. We better move!" Both Trask and Kat head out of the bunk room when all the sudden, Kat's comlink gave a static communication.
" This is Commander Carth Onasi. Can you read me?"
" Loud and clear sir." You responded giving Trask a 'what-the-frack?' look.
" Ensign Trask Ulgo also in presence Sir." Trask said, as him and Kat kept running, heading over to the bridge.
" Sith have invaded the Endar Spire premises, get to the escape pods as fast as you can!"
" On it! Heading over to the bridge right now!" Kat shouted over the loud bombing.
Trask and Kat then encountered a few Sith troopers and together, they grabbed their blasters and shot them down, continuing the process as they ran through the ship. Kat would then quickly scavenge through the Sith corpses or metal boxes lying around and dig out medpacs, credits, grenades, or stimulants, handing an equal amount to Trask and then quickly get back to running. Right before they headed to the bridge, both Trask and Kat happen to stumble upon a fight between one of the Jedi accompanying Bastila and a Dark Jedi, blue and red light sabers clashing together in express motion," Best if we stand back, we'll be in the way if we do anything." Trask said loudly for only Kat to hear as she nodded.
The Jedi then kicked the Dark Jedi and with the flick of her wrist, swung her light saber and slashed around the Dark Jedi's waist. The moment he fell however, a grenade was thrown to her feet before she could glance at Trask and Kat and exploded, causing her to let out a scream and fall over, dead.
"Damnit!" Trask cursed under his breath as he shot a Sith on the head with his blaster," we could've used her help!" Kat didn't pay attention and kept her eyes on her enemy. She felt blood rushing through her body, giving her acceleration to her system and her face flushed with the energy that pumped, sparking up her eyes luster. In the time of battle, Kat took this seriously but laughed in victory everytime she successfuly hit a target. Right when they shot down the last two Sith. Kat fished into her duffel bag and pulled out three grenades: adhesive, plasma, and sonic just in case and placed them on her weapon belt.
" That door will lead us to the bridge, come on, we haven't much time!" He then raised his blaster over his head and shouted," For the Republic!" They then sprinted toward the bridge and shot the door open. Four more Sith popped out, each holding melee weapons as they charged for the two of them. Kat let out a war cry and now took out her long sword, sparred metal to metal with each Sith as Trask shot from distance. Right when she stabbed the Sith in front of her, she felt a pain shooting up from her shoulder blades. Reacting quickly, she turned around, kicked the Sith trooper on the chest and stabbed him through his helmet with a force. Blood sprayed through and as she pulled her sword out, crimson dripped from it.
" None of them made it either…." Kat whispered, dejectedly looking at the corpse covered bridge, the majority of them Republic soldiers. Trask grasped Kat's shoulder in comfort and nudged her forward," Come on…we have to keep moving." He said softly, keeping his gaze on her, away from the surroundings. Keeping onward, they opened another door from the bridge and suddenly stopped. The door on the left leading them to their escape but the other in front of them held something…something dangerous. Trask put away his blaster and took out his vibroblade," What's that over there?" As he took a step forward, the door swung open, revealing a broad, bald looking man, carrying in his hand an active red light saber and walked toward the both of them slowly.
Kat immediately took out her three grenades," I'll take care of him! Get to the escape pods now!" Trask yelled. But before he could even take another step, Kat yanked him by the back of his collar,
" The hell I'm not leaving you here!" She snarled and thrust the grenades toward the Dark Jedi. Explosions and smoke trapped him inside and she shoved Trask to the other door on their left," Move it Trask! Now!" Trask stumbled in and Kat threw another three frag grenades before she leaped at the door, punched the codes on the wall beside the door and automatically sealed it shut. Trask grabbed Kat by the shoulder,
" Why in the Force did you do that! You could've killed us both!" He shouted, shaking her.
Kat seized his arms and pushed them off of her," I saved our asses! I refuse to abandon you just so you can get hacked into pieces by a fracking Dark Jedi!" She then shook her head," We'll argue about this when we're not running for our lives, come on!" Commander Onasi's voice came through the comlink again
" You're almost there! Bastila's escape pod is away! You two are the only survivors on the Endar Spire, there's not much time to lose, get going!"
" At least Princess is safe." Kat muttered. Trask nodded in agreement and stabbed their way as more Sith troopers bombarded in front of them. She then savaged more equipment as they reached into a room.
" Be careful. There's a whole fleet of Sith troopers in there." Commander Onasi said. She and Trask can hear computer typing on the other end of the comlink," There may be computer spikes in one of those metal boxes or you can spare some parts to an inactive droid that'll help the both of you."
" This will take about a minute then." She responded and looked at Trask," Got any computer skills? Be best if you do it." She help up five computer spikes she took from the footlocker next to her.
" You're telling me you don't know how to use the terminal?" Trask snickered, taking the computer spikes from her and typed into the terminal. Kat puffed up her cheeks in mortification and kicked him lightly on the leg," Oh shut up! Technology is a kick to a gamorrean's equipment if you know what I mean."
He only laughed and worked his way, hacking into mainframe system," Just a bit more…and got it!" Trask scooted his way a bit for Kat to have a look at the camera feed. An electric explosion aroused in the room and screams could be heard from the room next door. None of them definitely survived, being crisped to roba steak. Giving Trask a good pat on the back, the two of them rushed through the room of burnt Sith and ran into Commander Carth who's face washed over in complete relief," You made it! There's no time to explain but we need to get to the escape pods quickly!"
" I hear you on that." Trask said, and looked at the only escape pod left," There's barely enough room for all three of us to squeeze in!" He exclaimed after taking a second worth glance.
Without further hesistation, Kat motioned Carth to enter the pod," Alright, Commander, you enter in first and I can squeeze in between your legs and then Trask can go in. There should be enough room if we settle with the seating arrangement." Anther blast rocketed the ship, this time, the vibrations stronger,
" We don't have much time, lets go before they bomb us in this ship!" Carth climbed in quickly and provided space between his legs with Kat squeezing in along with Trask. As the escape pod door closed, Carth slammed his fist on the eject button and with a huge rattle, they took off just in time before the entire Endar Spire was completely destroyed.
A loud thunk was heard inside the pod along with a groan," Kat! Are you alright?" Carth carefully cupped Kat's head and lean it back to see she was knocked out with blood protruding from a darken bruise on her upper forehead," She's knocked out!" Carth said, pressing his hand on her forehead to prevent anymore blood from flowing
" Hang on, Commander, this is going to be a rough landing!" Trask shouted, ducking his head using his arms to shield himself. Carth did the same, pressing his head against Kat's, having a surged feeling coming from his stomach. Being crammed into a escape pod and gravity pressing you down wasn't comfortable and he prayed all of them would make it in one piece.