Chapter 2: New and interesting people and situations
It was several minutes before Andronotham gave a count down and they shot. The next few minutes were a blur in Numai's adrenaline filled mind. She remembered shooting the trooper, the transport stopping and her helping unload the transport into a speeder as well as seeing new people but then things just blanked.
When she started to come to again she was sitting in the galley of a ship with multiple people around her. A tough looking Rattataki man, and a rather well dressed human women sitting at the table, and in her mind the most beautiful Mirialan woman sitting on the floor next to her with a needle in her arm. "Am I dead?" Numai asked.
"Fortunately you aren't. Your body crashed hard when with adrenal enhancer stopped. My name is Siv by the way, not sexy doctor lady," the Mirialan said.
"I said that‽" Numai asked panicked.
"You said a lot while you were unconscious." Numai recognized the voice as Andronotham and turned towards the sound of the voice to see a Chiss man standing at the kitchen counter.
"So that's what you look like," Numai said.
"Are you surprised?" Andronotham asked.
"Not really, there were subtle things about your voice that gave me a Chiss vibe," Numai said. Andronotham hmmed in response.
"Sooo, I guess can I get introductions?" Numai asked.
"I need to give you a proper check up not just an injection after they dumped you on the floor. Come with me, I'll also give you the real explanations so they can't go into their spiels," Siv said followed by mumbling by each of them about how it was perfectly acceptable for them to be dramatic. Numai followed Siv to a different room on the ship. It seemed like fairly regular crew quarters save for an additional be and medical supplies strewn everywhere. "Sit down there and I'll find the things I need." Numai compiled and sat the waiting. Siv gathered several thing and began her check up. "The Rattataki is named Ell, he's our sniper and basic muscle of the crew. His problem with the empire is similar to our mechanic's. You haven't meet her but she's a human named Kestral. She and Ell are together and they're both abominations in the eyes of the empire you having a different gender than the one they were born with. The well dressed women is Lizel. She is...well that I can't really tell you yet but she's a good fighter and has just as much reason to hate the empire as the rest of us. Also she and Andronotham are together. Andronotham is our leader in the sense that he comes up with the plans but we all sign off on our parts and aren't really under his control in any way. Oh and the astromech is H3-F9, Lizel is removing the imperial paintjob now, he's usually got a dark blue body with gold accents, and a dark red dome with gold accents" By now Siv had finished the check up.
"And what about you?" Numai asked.
"I was a rebel against the empire for a while. I grew up on Alkrisha and when the empire came we fought back hard. I had a few year of medical school under my belt before the rebellion started which made me one of the most qualified medics in the planetary rebellion. I learned quickly through experience and I am the skilled doctor I am today because of it. Don't think I'm not a good fighter though, I..." Siv paused sifting through her memories thinking about what to say. "The leader of the rebellion was badly injured and I was the only one that could operate on him, I obviously did but our positions was being over run. When the troopers entered the room I was operating on her in I pulled her pistol and started shooting...Turns out a surgeon's steady hands make one a pretty good shoot. I finished the operation and we managed to retreat alive. She gave me the pistol to keep. To date I think I'm over the hundreds in successful surgeries and imperial troopers killed."
"Oh come on Siv we both know you keep close count of the numbers," Andronotham said from the doorway.
"Fine," Siv sighed, "183 successful surgeries, 158 imperials killed. And I intend to keep the first number higher. I take it you need Numai for something?"
"Obviously," Andronotham said.
"Well she is physically healthy although I'd highly recommend deactivating the automatic adrenal enhancer on any stormtrooper armor she has to wear in the future, also a set of clothes that isn't an imperial prisoner jumpsuit."
"Noted. Follow me," Andronotham said.
Main Character images (even a only half decent character creator made picture convey way more than I feel I can describe):
Due to ff .net's lack of links the images can be found at my tumblr Mandalore-the-Gamer and searching the tag "the dance of the shadows of devils and angels"