Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Imperial Civil War. Enjoy the 700-word chapter. I don't own Star Wars, Disney and Lucas Films do.
Tierius hung in the shadows as he followed Hera and Erza, cloaking his presence from the Stormtroopers with the force.
"Hera, grab the Kalikori and let's go." The Sith Lord whispered before grabbing a passing Stormtrooper that was about to question them and killing the man with a slash of his light sabers, Tierius looked at Hera before he leapt into the lift as it descended.
"So, did you guys used to play here?" Hera laughed and looked at Tierius as the Sith Lord nodded.
"Yep, Hera became my best friends during the clone wars after I saved her from a pack of Battle Droids." Hera smirked.
"You couldn't stand being kissed by me." Tierius looked at Hera while Erza laughed.
"Because I didn't know how to respond, you did it so much and I was barely a teen when you did it." The lift reached the bottom as the group disembarked the lift.
"Where is it, the thing should be right…. Here." Tierius said before noticing a portrait and shaking his head from the memories.
"Is that…" Hera and Tierius nodded.
"Her mother, died because of those damn droids." Hera looked at Tierius as the Sith Lord's hands shook.
"Damion, it isn't…" The lift cut them off as Tierius dove behind it, he watched as a Chiss and human entered. Hera began to speak in her native tongue as the Kalikori never left her hands.
"I forgot she sounds like an angel sometimes." Tierius leapt over the officers and landed in front of Hera.
"Ah, you must be Tierius, Lord Vader mentioned you." Tierius looked at the Chiss and remembered his name from a data report that was stolen from the Empire.
"Thrawn, I should have known the Twi'leks wouldn't be fighting tooth and nail if you weren't involved." Erza was stunned by Thrawn before Thrawn spoke once more.
"I hear you are quite fond of Captain Syndulla." Tierius pulled Hera to him with the force.
"You are mistaken, I am Sith, I care for nothing." Thrawn looked Tierius in the eyes through the mask.
"Prove it." Tierius looked at Hera before using a saber to seemingly impale her.
"I see I was mistaken." Tierius lashed out with a kick that sent Thrawn crashing into the lift as he grabbed the Kalikori.
"Well, it seems I won't be defeating you personally, I leave you to your business, come Captain, we have things to discuss." Tierius bent down to Hera as the girl looked at the singe on her flight suit.
"Sorry, my love I had to be convincing, did the slash hurt?" Hera looked at the cut that had seemingly cut her before looking down to see that no damage had occurred.
"I used the force to make it appear as if my attack killed you, I in all reality merely hit you with some of my lighting to knock you down." Hera looked at Tierius.
"Please warn me before you do that, dear, it still hurt a bit." Tierius nodded in apology before looking at the lift as Erza woke up.
"We have to cause a distraction or Thrawn will use my 'death' to try and capture my father." Tierius looked around.
"Blow up the house?" Hera nodded.
"Sorry about that still." Tierius turned to walk towards the lift before Hera grabbed him by the cloak and pulled him to her before pulling off his mask and gently kissing him. Tierius blushed before cupping Hera's chin and gently kissing the Twi'lek back as he hugged her to him.
"I love you, Hera, I cherish you and will never abandon you again." Hera put her hands on his chest plate and put her forehead against his.
"Just remember that I love you, I know you wouldn't willingly hurt me or anyone innocent.
"Um, can you two kiss and all that after we get out of here? It's starting to get a bit too mushy." Hera and Tierius laughed and pulled away before they ran to the lift, Erza followed, trying not to gag.
Author notes
And so Tierius and Thrawn have met. Before anyone tries and says Thrawn is too smart to fall for that, Tierius did knock Hera to the floor with a shock of lighting, not enough to hurt her, more like a zap you get from a spark. As for the romance, I wanted it to be more like Hera assuring Tierius that she loves him and knows he would never willingly harm her. Next chapter will be soon, I don't know when. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
