"Tava." Kayylla swore in her native language as she dropped a small crate on
her foot. "Why did I shot that droid on Sluis Van?" She questioned while she
turned the crate upright. Scanning the crate with a trained eye she checked for
breakage. Picking it up once more Kayylla placed it on top of the other crates
aboard the repulsor sled. She could have had the Imperials do this work but
that would mean they would see her ship, and that would give away her scam.
They would know her small ship would not be able to hold all of these crates.
That would lead them to opening the crates and discovering most of them were
empty bottle and other junk instead of the labeled articles from Alderaan. And
that would not be good.
Looking over the crates one last item Kayylla caught a glimpse of movement off
to her right. Slipping her blaster from her left hip holster she crept
noiselessly to one of the dark corners in the bay. Searching in and around the
abandoned crates she was surprised to find nothing there. To be safe she
checked the remaining corners. In the end they all ended up the same as the
first. Holstering her blaster she set about maneuvering the sled to the
entranceway. Waiting for the prearranged time. Kayylla paid close attention to
the darkened corners. The time was close enough, doing one last once over of
the bay Kayylla opened the entrance and guided the sled threw.
He waited a few moments after the strange female alien left the docking bay
before the Deveronian removed the cover plate to the ventilation shaft, where he
hastily hid himself. Placing the cover plate back in place he set about the
work he came to do. Setting his pack down by the closest landing gear, he
proceeded to unpack his explosives.
Working quickly the Deveronian had placed his explosives in critical areas on
her spacecraft. Stepping back to admire his handy work the Deveronian set the
timers then crawled back threw the ventilation shaft to a safe distance away.
Leaning against the doors of the docking bay 1038, Kayylla waited for the
Imperials to come. She checked her chrono every few moments. Finally she had
had enough of this waiting, grabbing the controls to the repulsor sled Kayylla
started turning the sled around when she heard the familiar echoing clip of
Stormtroopers. Letting out a sigh of relief Kayylla cut power to the sled and
waited for the troops to round the corner. Her let hand never left its place at
her side, you could never be too careful when dealing with the Empire.
The echoes of the footsteps were getting louder, Kayylla could see many shadows
scurrying or darting out of the way of the on coming troops. Twelve troopers
came around the corner of a dilapidated building off to her right. Kayylla was
amazed at the number of troops the Imperial had brought with him. Behind the
troopers was a troop transport, hovering on repulsors a few meters above the
durocrete floor. 'That is probably the transport they will be using to haul the
cargo away with.' Kayylla thought to herself as she came around to the front of
the repulsor sled. There she waited for the Imperial to approach her.
He took four long strides to reach her, clasping his hands at the small of his
back, he puffed out his chest and said. " I can see you have brought the
merchandise."
"Yes, I have. Have you brought the payment?" Kayylla asked him as she reached
into her hooded vest pocket and retrieved her data pad.
"Of course, is your data pad capable of down loading a payment/" The Imperial
asked her as he brought out his own data pad.
"Of course it is capable to down load, what data pad is not capable of that?"
She said as she set her jaw at his insult to her and her equipment. Flipping
open her data pad she punched in her access codes to her account. He got the
holo with that, punching in his own access codes. He showed her the amount in
the account and then proceeded to transmit the amount into her account. The
data pads beeped with the completion of the transfer. Once the transfer was
complete Kayylla punched in a new set of access codes that sent the newly
deposited amount to another account only accessible by her.
Kayylla handed over the controls to the repulsor sled after she placed her data
pad back into her pocket. The Imperial nodded to two stormtroopers who stepped
forward and guided the sled to the transport. It didn't take the dozen
stormtroopers long to unload the sled, once the unloading was finished the same
two troopers guided the sled back to Kayylla's side.
"The transport is ready when you are sire." The closer of the two stormtroopers
said.
"That will be all then." The Imperial said. With that the troopers turned and
marched off towards the transport. Turning back to her the Major spoke, " I
wish you well on your future trades."
Kayylla thought she detected a slight smile on the Imperials face. But before
she could be sure a shock wave from the docking bay swept her and the Imperial
off their feet. Kayylla couldn't remember their landing at all, when she
finally came to she was lying in a blasted in doorway on top of the Imperial.
He was still out cold; a small puddle of blood was forming on the durocrete
under his head. She had to get him to safety, whether he was an Imperial or
not. She didn't feel any pain herself, glancing over her body she checked for
any serious cuts or injuries. Finding none Kayylla stood slowly to her feet,
making sure her own blood didn't rush to her head.
Looking around Kayylla noticed the stormtroopers and their transport had left,
or they were buried in some of the debris. The later didn't seem possible; they
were too far away from the blast to affect them. Looking around for any being
to help but finding none. Kayylla decided what she had to do; she struggled to
pick the Imperial up. That was not an easy task; he wasn't fat but very
muscular in build. 'What do they do in their spare time, bench nerfs?'
She staggered off with the Imperial propped up with his arm draped around her shoulder and trying
to carry his unconscious body as best she could. She could wait for the patrollers, but she didn't
want to have to answer any questions. Besides who knows what creatures might come out of their
hiding places to pick over the remains of the craft.
Finding an abandoned building Kayylla was able to examine the Imp. She had
stopped the bleeding from his head with the lining of her vest the first time
she was able to rest. Making him as comfortable as supplies permitted, she was
able to make a bed out of an old blanket and a waded up piece of cloth for a
pillow. It wasn't much but it would have to do.
Kayylla searched the small building for a medical kit. She was able to salvage
one from supplies found in the refreshers cabinets. It wasn't much but what she
did find she was able to use. Stepping over to the imperials side she placed a
strip of bacta over the head wound. 'Hopefully with that he will come to soon.'
She thought to herself. To keep herself busy Kayylla searched the building
again, this time though she went looking for food supplies and other items they
may need.
Another thought came to her mind, 'Why am I even doing this for him? For all I
know his people planted that bomb.' She knew that wasn't true, the Imperials
were nowhere near her ship to plant it. Besides she would have seen something
wrong with her ship if it had been planted. A strange thought entered her mind.
'If the Imperials did not plant the bomb, then it must have been the movement in
the shadows of the docking bay. Who was it? And why would they attack my
ship?' She wracked her brain for anyone she knew who would hold a grudge
against her. Her rebirth had only happened a month ago, the Alderaan job had
been her first job since then. There was not away for her to offend anyone in
that short amount of time.
"It must have been someone from the 'Headquarters'." Kayylla voiced to no one.
"I will have to go back and obtain any information I can about the individuals I
met with." With that said she turned back to the Imperials. His eyes were
fluttering and his head was moving. She let out a sigh of relief that he was
going to be all right. Stepping to his side she grabbed one of the bottle of
water she found. His eyes snapped open with the sound of her boots on the
crumbling floor. Shock registered on his face when she knelt by his side.
"Here, drink this, it will help." Kayylla said as she held the bottle up to his
mouth. Refusing her offer she became more persistent in the battle to get him
to drink. "If I had wanted you dead I would have left you in the rubble from
the explosion."
With that said he finally took a sip of the water. Realizing it was good for
him, he took the bottle from her and drank slowly.
her foot. "Why did I shot that droid on Sluis Van?" She questioned while she
turned the crate upright. Scanning the crate with a trained eye she checked for
breakage. Picking it up once more Kayylla placed it on top of the other crates
aboard the repulsor sled. She could have had the Imperials do this work but
that would mean they would see her ship, and that would give away her scam.
They would know her small ship would not be able to hold all of these crates.
That would lead them to opening the crates and discovering most of them were
empty bottle and other junk instead of the labeled articles from Alderaan. And
that would not be good.
Looking over the crates one last item Kayylla caught a glimpse of movement off
to her right. Slipping her blaster from her left hip holster she crept
noiselessly to one of the dark corners in the bay. Searching in and around the
abandoned crates she was surprised to find nothing there. To be safe she
checked the remaining corners. In the end they all ended up the same as the
first. Holstering her blaster she set about maneuvering the sled to the
entranceway. Waiting for the prearranged time. Kayylla paid close attention to
the darkened corners. The time was close enough, doing one last once over of
the bay Kayylla opened the entrance and guided the sled threw.
He waited a few moments after the strange female alien left the docking bay
before the Deveronian removed the cover plate to the ventilation shaft, where he
hastily hid himself. Placing the cover plate back in place he set about the
work he came to do. Setting his pack down by the closest landing gear, he
proceeded to unpack his explosives.
Working quickly the Deveronian had placed his explosives in critical areas on
her spacecraft. Stepping back to admire his handy work the Deveronian set the
timers then crawled back threw the ventilation shaft to a safe distance away.
Leaning against the doors of the docking bay 1038, Kayylla waited for the
Imperials to come. She checked her chrono every few moments. Finally she had
had enough of this waiting, grabbing the controls to the repulsor sled Kayylla
started turning the sled around when she heard the familiar echoing clip of
Stormtroopers. Letting out a sigh of relief Kayylla cut power to the sled and
waited for the troops to round the corner. Her let hand never left its place at
her side, you could never be too careful when dealing with the Empire.
The echoes of the footsteps were getting louder, Kayylla could see many shadows
scurrying or darting out of the way of the on coming troops. Twelve troopers
came around the corner of a dilapidated building off to her right. Kayylla was
amazed at the number of troops the Imperial had brought with him. Behind the
troopers was a troop transport, hovering on repulsors a few meters above the
durocrete floor. 'That is probably the transport they will be using to haul the
cargo away with.' Kayylla thought to herself as she came around to the front of
the repulsor sled. There she waited for the Imperial to approach her.
He took four long strides to reach her, clasping his hands at the small of his
back, he puffed out his chest and said. " I can see you have brought the
merchandise."
"Yes, I have. Have you brought the payment?" Kayylla asked him as she reached
into her hooded vest pocket and retrieved her data pad.
"Of course, is your data pad capable of down loading a payment/" The Imperial
asked her as he brought out his own data pad.
"Of course it is capable to down load, what data pad is not capable of that?"
She said as she set her jaw at his insult to her and her equipment. Flipping
open her data pad she punched in her access codes to her account. He got the
holo with that, punching in his own access codes. He showed her the amount in
the account and then proceeded to transmit the amount into her account. The
data pads beeped with the completion of the transfer. Once the transfer was
complete Kayylla punched in a new set of access codes that sent the newly
deposited amount to another account only accessible by her.
Kayylla handed over the controls to the repulsor sled after she placed her data
pad back into her pocket. The Imperial nodded to two stormtroopers who stepped
forward and guided the sled to the transport. It didn't take the dozen
stormtroopers long to unload the sled, once the unloading was finished the same
two troopers guided the sled back to Kayylla's side.
"The transport is ready when you are sire." The closer of the two stormtroopers
said.
"That will be all then." The Imperial said. With that the troopers turned and
marched off towards the transport. Turning back to her the Major spoke, " I
wish you well on your future trades."
Kayylla thought she detected a slight smile on the Imperials face. But before
she could be sure a shock wave from the docking bay swept her and the Imperial
off their feet. Kayylla couldn't remember their landing at all, when she
finally came to she was lying in a blasted in doorway on top of the Imperial.
He was still out cold; a small puddle of blood was forming on the durocrete
under his head. She had to get him to safety, whether he was an Imperial or
not. She didn't feel any pain herself, glancing over her body she checked for
any serious cuts or injuries. Finding none Kayylla stood slowly to her feet,
making sure her own blood didn't rush to her head.
Looking around Kayylla noticed the stormtroopers and their transport had left,
or they were buried in some of the debris. The later didn't seem possible; they
were too far away from the blast to affect them. Looking around for any being
to help but finding none. Kayylla decided what she had to do; she struggled to
pick the Imperial up. That was not an easy task; he wasn't fat but very
muscular in build. 'What do they do in their spare time, bench nerfs?'
She staggered off with the Imperial propped up with his arm draped around her shoulder and trying
to carry his unconscious body as best she could. She could wait for the patrollers, but she didn't
want to have to answer any questions. Besides who knows what creatures might come out of their
hiding places to pick over the remains of the craft.
Finding an abandoned building Kayylla was able to examine the Imp. She had
stopped the bleeding from his head with the lining of her vest the first time
she was able to rest. Making him as comfortable as supplies permitted, she was
able to make a bed out of an old blanket and a waded up piece of cloth for a
pillow. It wasn't much but it would have to do.
Kayylla searched the small building for a medical kit. She was able to salvage
one from supplies found in the refreshers cabinets. It wasn't much but what she
did find she was able to use. Stepping over to the imperials side she placed a
strip of bacta over the head wound. 'Hopefully with that he will come to soon.'
She thought to herself. To keep herself busy Kayylla searched the building
again, this time though she went looking for food supplies and other items they
may need.
Another thought came to her mind, 'Why am I even doing this for him? For all I
know his people planted that bomb.' She knew that wasn't true, the Imperials
were nowhere near her ship to plant it. Besides she would have seen something
wrong with her ship if it had been planted. A strange thought entered her mind.
'If the Imperials did not plant the bomb, then it must have been the movement in
the shadows of the docking bay. Who was it? And why would they attack my
ship?' She wracked her brain for anyone she knew who would hold a grudge
against her. Her rebirth had only happened a month ago, the Alderaan job had
been her first job since then. There was not away for her to offend anyone in
that short amount of time.
"It must have been someone from the 'Headquarters'." Kayylla voiced to no one.
"I will have to go back and obtain any information I can about the individuals I
met with." With that said she turned back to the Imperials. His eyes were
fluttering and his head was moving. She let out a sigh of relief that he was
going to be all right. Stepping to his side she grabbed one of the bottle of
water she found. His eyes snapped open with the sound of her boots on the
crumbling floor. Shock registered on his face when she knelt by his side.
"Here, drink this, it will help." Kayylla said as she held the bottle up to his
mouth. Refusing her offer she became more persistent in the battle to get him
to drink. "If I had wanted you dead I would have left you in the rubble from
the explosion."
With that said he finally took a sip of the water. Realizing it was good for
him, he took the bottle from her and drank slowly.