Mynocks could be seen flying up in the higher atmospheres of Rasapan as Tabus walked towards the hangar holding the Starchaser. With his hip waiting, he could see Resa looking at the ship in her light-grey mechanic uniform. By her side was a red Astromech droid as she turned to look at Tabus irascibly.
"Your ship's repaired. Now leave Rasapan and never return." Tabus tilted his head and gave a crooked smile to Resa as she didn't seem impressed by his attempts to charm. "Why are you so volatile? You got your money." Resa let out a short sharp "Ha!" in response to Tabus' statement. "You think this is about money? You could never care. My mother and father worked their whole lives on Ord Mantell. Decent people who never offended anyone. Then for no good reason they were killed by the Empire. I saw them die! Those emotionless stormtrooper helmets staring over them!" Tears started flowing down Resa's face as a gurgle could be heard.
A grey furball, about one meter tall waddled out from behind the ramp and moved excitedly towards Resa who managed to force a smile. "Wait there, little one." Tabus couldn't quite believ what he was hearing. He was aware of the injustices that The Empire commited. It was one of the reasons for his leaving. But what this woman was tlling him was like something out of a holodrama. He could scarecely believe that even the Empire could be so heartless. Sadly, he would witness the similar heartlessness shortly afterwards.
A Lambda class shuttle soared into vie, firing downwards on Greestal's cantina which detonated in a fantastic array of flame and wreckage. Standing there, wanting to look away but not being able to. His numb state ended when he felt a severe tug on his arm. Resa pulled Tabus up the ramp of the Starchaser. Behind him were the R2 unit and the small furry creature from earlier. Resa flicked her hair from eyes as she assumed controls of the ship and powered out of the hangar quickly. Veering around she looked to see if the Lambda shuttle was still in sight, she let out an annoyed groan realising that the ship must of gone into hyperspace. Putting the ship into autopilot, she turned to face Maneck.
"Some courageous hero you are!" she yelled with sarcasm. The sorrow in her voice almost completely overshadowed with anger. "What the hell was that!?" Was all Maneck could manage to utter as Resa lifted her arched eyebrows. "My guess is your Imperial friends. And now I'm in this mess of yours too." Resa sighed as she sank onto a leather chair in the lounge of the ship.
Maneck sat in an opposing chair. Noticing a gloved hands of hers was trembling he tried to caress it softly in a sign of comfort but Resa pulled it away. "What exactly is your problem with The Empire?" He asked. "Aside from the usual stuff. You seem to have even more hatred for them from them than most."
Resa turned to face Maneck a slightly haunted look in her large eyes. "My parents raised me as a small child on Ord Mantell." she started. "I always knew they were...different. I don't know what it was but they always seemed unique. They never talked about life before me...never talked about this strange "aura" they had. There were rumours that they were part of some strange group. They exiled themselves when my mother fell pregnant and they all got wiped out...it's just that my parents managed to hang on for a few years longer. I was cast from family to family, Greestal's included, and here I am. Fleeing again. All I have of my birth parents is this."
Resa pulled a shiny tube from her belt and placed it on a table. "It was my father's." Maneck lifted the tube and withuot warning, the tube emitted a great flash and a buzzing as a long glowing, pulsating shock of blue light glowed making a strange kind of sword.
In the depths of sorrow, Resa finally collapsed in sorrow as she sobbed openly. The small furry creature and the R2 unit looking on in confusion.