Unknown destination - 11 BBY
It was dark. Really dark. Ken's head had been pounding, as if all the blood had suddenly rushed into that one area of his body. To make things worse, the sound in the distance as well as the room itself was rattling so fiercely that made him feel like he was going to throw up. Not only did he wake up from his drowsiness and the rattling, a voice had been whispering in his ear.
"Ken! Wake up!"
It was familiar voice. Something he recognised.
Ken groaned a bit, but by doing that it also confirmed to the person calling out his name that he was awake.
"It's me, Gunn." He whispered, trying to make his words slow and clear.
"Where are we?" Ken replied.
"Whisper! They can probably hear us!" Gunn whispered back. "It seems like we're on some kind of vehicle." He continued. Ken noticed that his hands had been tied behind his back. They were cuffed too. The design had been same ones the empire used.
"I don't think we are on Tatooine anymore." Gunn added.
"How do you know?" Ken whispered.
"I thought you would've been able to tell too," He sighed. "This rattling… It's more like…"
"Turbulence." Ken finished the sentence realising that he'd only just picked that up too. Ken tried looking around from his position. Apart from seeing pitch black, all he could see some small lights glowing in the distance.
"Do you think the others are in the room?" Ken whispered, breaking the five seconds of silence between the two of them.
"Probably. I felt you next to me…"
His answer go cut off by a huge thud that came from the bottom of the ship. They engine had turned off, and the shaking of the room had calmed down.
"Pretend to be asleep." Gunn whispered forcefully.
The both of them closed their eyes, and in the next second a door had suddenly unlocked itself. The smell of burnt oil and gas started seeping into the room as the door slowly opened from one of the sides of the room. Ken had his eyes closed, and couldn't really tell just from his other working senses where exactly he was. The sound of two male figures were conversing with each other among the midst of the strong smell.
"Wake them up." One of the figures growled. The man walked onto the ship's platform and into the room where they were. One by one, the sound of something very painful had clashed over someone, other than Gunn or himself. The high pitched voice belonged to Anthony. After hearing what Anthony had shouted, they both new what they were going to get.
"Ow! Who just slapped me on my pretty face?!"
The next slap whipped across another person. It was Chalbran Holst. The other member of the 7th patrol squad who is notoriously known for having a huge obsession over gambling. He groaned in response to the loud and heavy slap that had suddenly whipped across his face.
"Okay! I get it." He whined as the sound of him making his way onto his feet and moving his legs moved past Ken. The sound of his heavy boots came closer towards him. The shadow of the man lay upon Ken, as he could feel his presence right up to him. Ken needed to try and make this as believable as he could, otherwise these people may get suspicious. The shadow of his hand casted over Ken's eyelids.
The hand collided with Ken's face. The sound was so loud up close, and the aftereffect felt like a wave of hours of stinging. Trying to go with the flow, Ken's head dropped and groaned, trying to create the belief that he had only just woken up.
"Get up." The man yelled. He grabbed Ken's shoulder and pulled him off the bench where he was sitting. The man pushed Ken in the direction where he needed to go. Ken tried looking behind him. It was hard to get a glimpse but really a little peak was all he needed. It was a small imperial storm trooper transport ship. The room that he and his teammates had been captive in was quite small in space. There was one problem though. Gunn was the last person left. He heard two slaps, two male voices before. If Gunn was supposed to be the last person out, then where's Cally?
– ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ –
Bespin, Cloud city – 89 ABY
The three of them; Gisellisandra, Jesse and Rowan, were sprint-walking down the streets of the tall and overpowering city. Rowan was mind was continuously flushed with confusion. The realisation of this happy, easy going family of brothers and a sister had actually been an act to hide from whatever they were running from. Rowan felt betrayed. The two people who looked up to the most kept secrets from him, and a lot of them too. He didn't know where they were taking him, or what they were trying to do, but Rowan had a noticeable guess as to where they were going. The huge central tower in the middle of cloud city. They were heading in that direction anyways, and Jesse and Gi both work there too. After turning about six corners they ended up at the main entrance to the tower. Gi and Jesse looked at each other with deep concern wiped all over their faces. They nodded. Gi turned to look back at Rowan who was standing there, who was clueless of the unexpected situation.
"Just bear with us okay," She pulled on a sweet smile "Everything will be explained later, so just go with the flow." Her smile appeared to express that 'everything was going to be okay', but in her eyes, Rowan knew that was unbelievable. The two elder siblings ran up the stairs with Rowan tagging behind them. The warm air was extreme, but the glistening lights of the city were beautiful.
The three of the walked inside of the tall building, only to be visited by a service droid at the large counter. The room had been decorated in white. Everything was white. The ceiling to the next floor was so high that it reminded Rowan of the height of the entire museum's.
They walked up to the counter. Jesse leaned his elbow onto the counter, while Gi and Rowan laid their hands against it.
"How can I hel…"
"Ackbar."
The droid froze, and gazed its mechanical head towards Jesse.
Jesse winked with his right eye, and pulled on a cheesy smile at the robot.
"Welcome friends. Here are your passes." The droid responded after a quick break of silence. The droid passed over three metallic rectangular discs that had been attached to lanyards. Jesse then passed one over to Gi and another to Rowan.
"Put this on." Jesse said.
Rowan grabbed it out of his hand and pulled the strap over his head. The light metallic disc hung around his neck. Rowan looked up to Jesse and Gi who had their eyes towards the elevator.
"Let's go." Jesse spoke.
They casually walked towards the elevator, trying not to raise any suspicion. There weren't many people around, so they managed to get the elevator to themselves. The door to the elevator opened and the three of them walked inside. The light was even more penetrating than the brightness in the lobby's, but there was no time to think about this. Whatever it was, the secrets to this situation lies in this building… and the minds of Gisellisandra and Jesse.