"Jesus Christ Canderous, don't you know where we're going?" I whispered harshly as we moved out of the room in search for the Ebon Hawk.
"Look toots--"
He was cut off by the guards squawking in the hallway. Canderous jumped into a nearby room, which was actually a closet, and motioned for me to do the same. I frantically jumped in and Canderous drew me close to him, covering my mouth with his enormous hand.
"Just stay quiet and we'll be fine." He whispered.
I wondered about Bastila and Carth, who were behind us and if they would be able to take out the guards. I sighed and pushed my way out of the closet just as Carth and Bastila were walking by. My jaw fell open at Carth's expression.
"Well..uh sorry to ruin your moment."
"There was no moment!" I quickly replied.
Canderous then wrapped his arm around my waist and drew me uncomfortably close.
"You're damn right you ruined a moment!"
"Canderous!" Bastila and I scolded at the same time.
I tried to flip my hair in the flirtatious way I used to, but the lack of it prevented me from doing so.
"You only wish there was a 'moment'." I chuckled.
Apparently Bastila and Carth killed the guards in the hallway because they were dead on the floor as we skulked by. Well, as best skulking as Canderous can do anyway. I found a terminal and easily sliced into it, laughing.
"What's so funny?" Carth asked.
"Their security is terrible. I'm hacking the mainframe…done."
"Done with what?" Canderous asked impatiently.
"Cameras. There's someone in what's called the 'Guest Room'. I can only imagine it isn't good, considering the guy's in a force cage and there's some torture droids hanging around." I replied, my face glowing slightly from the light on the terminal.
"The guy's probably in there for a reason." Carth said cautiously.
"With Davik Kang? I highly doubt it." I replied coyly.
"In any case," Bastila sighed, resuming her authority tone, "We need to get to that ship. So Zerstoren, let's talk to this 'prisoner'."
"That was the plan whether anyone liked it or not." I replied and walked out of the room.
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Several minutes and dead guards later, we found the room where the guy stood in a force cage. Canderous immediately went for one droid while Bastila sighed in frustration and moved to help him. Carth and I took on another one, and before long, I heard Canderous grunt in pain. When the droids were dealt with, I moved to Canderous to help him.
"Get away from me," He grunted painfully, "I don't need your help."
"Yes you do," I sighed and thrust him down, "Now stay still."
I tried to straddle him, but he wasn't going to have it.
"I don't think so." He replied and arched his back and rolled over.
This caused me to fall over with a hard thud, so when he struggled to get up, I straddled him again and forced him to stay still.
"Where were you injured?" I asked as Carth helped the man out of the force cage.
"Like I would tell you princess. Now get off."
"Tell me, or I'll find it myself."
Somehow Canderous translated this as seductive and grabbed me hands, pinning me to the ground.
"Go right ahead and look."
I smiled as he released my hands and I lifted his shirt, finding a nice sized burn. I smiled coyly at Canderous, whose face held disappointment.
"What's the matter? Figured I'd look somewhere else first?"
Canderous opened his mouth, but Carth intervened before he could give an indecent answer.
"The guy gave me the codes for getting past the Hawk's security system." He sighed, waving a data pad.
I snatched it out of his hand and gave him a big kiss on the cheek.
"I owe you one Carth!" I giggled and skipped out of the room and to a nearby terminal.
I hacked into the mainframe again, this time unlocking the door to the hangar. I snickered to myself, considering this went off without a hitch. Well, pretty much without a hitch if you don't count dead guards. I rounded the corner and opened the door, finding two things I didn't want to see. Well, three now, as the building was coming down around Davik and Calo's ears.
"Well, look here," He mocked, "Thieves in the hangar!"
"You're damn right Kang. I don't appreciate being cheated, so I suggest you let us leave here now before I get nasty."
"As if," Davik retorted, "Kill them all Calo."
"With pleasure." He replied in what could be misconstrued as a chuckle.