Jax lowered his head again. I never thought I'd be giving a Sklinth mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in an Imperial pen.
That crazy Nelkf had really fried herself this time. She had gripped the bars and screamed until she had nothing left and passed out. When she had fallen, Jax didn't know what to do at first. He had met girls before, but none of them ever seemed to need his help. Nelkf hadn't been breathing, and well, that was a red flag that he should help. But the fact of the matter was, if Nelkf were awake now, she would deny needing any help at all. But if she were awake, stupid, you wouldn't have to be trying to make her start breathing again! Jax shook his head in a confused way and returned to his task. Actually, this was probably the closest Nelkf would ever let him come to kissing her.
That brightened his mood a bit.
A moment later, Nelkf flicked open her eyes. To awaken with someone only a few millimeters from your face is not a nice thing, and Nelkf's mood was far from pleasant. She swung‚ an angry palm at Jax, but he dodged and backed away.
"What's the big idea flyboy?" she snarled, standing up.
"You weren't breathing," he told her, matter of factly. If the Sklinth wanted to start an argument, that suited him just fine.
"I would have started again," she sniffed, "I told you, the Sklinthi immune system is more effective then the Human's," deep inside she knew Jax meant well...or did he? Humans were nasty beings with dirty minds. He could have done a despicable thing while she was unconscious. In which case, he must die.
No, the humane voice sang again, He wouldn't do such a thing. He's your friend. Come on, you know it. You trust him. You're just frustrated that you needed help.
Nelkf sniffed. Okay, it was true, but that didn't make her trust all Humans. She just trusted Jax. Marginally. "Sorry Jax, I'm just not used to needing help. Usually, I can go it solo." "Hey, it's okay. I'd rather be snarled at then slugged by you anyway."
Yeah, that was bantha fodder. She knew it. No one wanted to face her, tongue or fists. She had dirt on everyone. Even people she had barely met, like Jax. She could whip up an insult so awful, it could make a stormtrooper cry. She was nasty.
At this point, perhaps for the better, the cell door slid open and a stormtrooper marched in. He brandished a blaster rifle with enough firepower to turn a Wookiee to charcoal, Nelkf guessed. He pointed it directly at the Sklinth's chest and motioned for her to move. "Put these on," he ordered, casting a pair of restraints at her feet. "Let's go. We haven't got all millennium."
Nelkf snarled in his face and dropped into a fighting stance. Her fighting instinct had total control. She could have killed him, but she felt a Human hand grip her shoulder.
"Nelkf, just go with him. If you kill him, twenty more will be ready to take his place. You can't win this one."
Nelkf sighed and picked up the restraints. "This once, I listen to Human advice. But that worm owes me blood," she snapped the restraints shut around her wrists. She walked reluctantly over to the trooper, letting it be perfectly clear that she would kill him the instant she got a chance. She could feel his rifle barrel digging into her spinal cord. One shot and I'd be flickodog meat.
She began to walk, slowly and reluctantly down the hall. The trooper's soulless voice penetrated her anger and sent her spiraling into a much deeper emotion -fear.
"You're about to be interrogated."
Her eyes shot open and she tried to lunge back into the safety of her cell. "Jax! Jax, help! I'm going to be interrogated! Help meeeeeeeee!"
Jax looked up, hearing her screams. He leapt for the closing door, too late. "NO!" the door slid shut, sealing him inside. He pounded on it with his fists. Still, it did not yield. He leapt at the bars, forgetting the electric current. "Nelkf!" his cry was cut short as he was thrown back against the wall. Nelkf was on her own now. Wait, maybe not...
