Here's part 4 of this. hope you like it! Kudos to all who reviewed this so far! *grins*
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Casey stared at me in total shock for a long minute, rendered utterly speechless. Finally she regained her voice as she picked up her discarded lightsaber and deactivated the blade, hooking it back on her belt.
"How did you do that?!" she blurted out, her voice becoming somewhat shrill.
"Do what?" I asked peevishly, giving her my best innocent look as I stopped in my tracks and turned back to face her.
She rolled her eyes. "You know what, Layla. That last move that disarmed me. You've never done that before," she answered.
I shrugged. "I was starting to lose the upper hand, so instead of forfeiting the match, I decided to try to disarm you," I said simply as if this should have been completely obvious to her.
"I don't know about you sometimes, girl," she said ruefully, shaking her head as we sat down.
"I'm surprised you didn't see it coming," I commented.
"What are you talking about?" she asked, a note of surprise in her voice.
I shrugged again, looking at her seriously. "Didn't you notice that we were able to sense each other's movements before we made them?" I asked.
Casey looked thoughtful for a moment, and then nodded. "Yeah, actually I did, now that you mention it," she said.
Just then, we heard a loud beeping coming from the cockpit, indicating that we were ready to come out of hyperspace. Casey and I stood up, exchanging glances as we entered the cockpit and plopped down in the pilot and co-pilot's seats.
"Coming out of lightspeed," I muttered under my breath, pulling back on a lever on the control panel.
Once I had done so, the stars outside became normal again and the Trade Federation's blockade was just visible in front of us. We were still out of tracking range for the moment, but I wasn't exactly willing to take any more chances than we absolutely had to.
"Look, there it is. Are you sure about this, Fox? How are we going to get past that?" Casey spoke up.
I glanced over at her then, slightly annoyed that she had just managed to state the painfully obvious. I was about to say something to her to the effect of *thank you very much Captain Panaka* when a button on the control panel caught my attention out of the corner of my eye. It was labeled 'cloaking device'. A grin slowly crept onto my face as a new plan suddenly started to form itself in my twisted mind.
Casey looked at me suspiciously. I think I was starting to scare her, if the feelings that trickled across our Force-bond were any indication at all. That really wasn't surprising to me though. I usually ended up scaring a lot of people with my insane impulsiveness.
"Okay, I can just see the wheels in your mind turning. What is it now?" she demanded.
I gave her a lopsided grin. "Trust me, Cas. I've got a plan. There's a cloaking device on here. We'll shield ourselves, land on the waterfall side, sneak into the hanger bay, and get to the pit area before the others," I explained, pressing the button that would activate the aforementioned device.
"Cloaking device activated," said a rather prissy-sounding metallic voice. I rolled my eyes.
"Oh, thank you *so* much for stating the obvious, you el stupida bucket of bolts." I paused for a moment. "Okay, good. Shields are stabilized and are up to full power. All right, let's go for it," I muttered.
Taking the ship off of autopilot, I manuevered the transport around the blockade. Neither of us spoke, afraid that even the slightest noise might alert the Federation to our presence there. The tension in the air between us was so thick suddenly that it seemed almost tangible, and it didn't lessen any until I'd managed to land the ship undetected, albeit just a little roughly.
"Okay, that was just a little *too* close for my comfort. Not too bad for your first landing job, though," Casey muttered.
I nodded as I shut down the engines and pressed the button that would lower the boarding ramp. Then we stood up, checked to make sure we had our lightsabers and exited the ship cautiously.
"Thanks, but yeah, no kidding. Has anybody seen my wits? I know I had them here just a second ago," I remarked, only half-jokingly as we secured the ship.
Casey rolled her eyes and whacked me on the arm lightly. "Hey, this whole thing was *your* idea, not mine. If anyone should be freaked out right now, it's me," she commented.
It was my turn to roll my eyes at her. "Oh, come on. Let's go," I said, taking off at a run with Casey following right behind me.
~Please don't let it be too late~ I thought to myself.
TBC...MWA HA HA!!!
~*Celestia Vitaria*~
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Casey stared at me in total shock for a long minute, rendered utterly speechless. Finally she regained her voice as she picked up her discarded lightsaber and deactivated the blade, hooking it back on her belt.
"How did you do that?!" she blurted out, her voice becoming somewhat shrill.
"Do what?" I asked peevishly, giving her my best innocent look as I stopped in my tracks and turned back to face her.
She rolled her eyes. "You know what, Layla. That last move that disarmed me. You've never done that before," she answered.
I shrugged. "I was starting to lose the upper hand, so instead of forfeiting the match, I decided to try to disarm you," I said simply as if this should have been completely obvious to her.
"I don't know about you sometimes, girl," she said ruefully, shaking her head as we sat down.
"I'm surprised you didn't see it coming," I commented.
"What are you talking about?" she asked, a note of surprise in her voice.
I shrugged again, looking at her seriously. "Didn't you notice that we were able to sense each other's movements before we made them?" I asked.
Casey looked thoughtful for a moment, and then nodded. "Yeah, actually I did, now that you mention it," she said.
Just then, we heard a loud beeping coming from the cockpit, indicating that we were ready to come out of hyperspace. Casey and I stood up, exchanging glances as we entered the cockpit and plopped down in the pilot and co-pilot's seats.
"Coming out of lightspeed," I muttered under my breath, pulling back on a lever on the control panel.
Once I had done so, the stars outside became normal again and the Trade Federation's blockade was just visible in front of us. We were still out of tracking range for the moment, but I wasn't exactly willing to take any more chances than we absolutely had to.
"Look, there it is. Are you sure about this, Fox? How are we going to get past that?" Casey spoke up.
I glanced over at her then, slightly annoyed that she had just managed to state the painfully obvious. I was about to say something to her to the effect of *thank you very much Captain Panaka* when a button on the control panel caught my attention out of the corner of my eye. It was labeled 'cloaking device'. A grin slowly crept onto my face as a new plan suddenly started to form itself in my twisted mind.
Casey looked at me suspiciously. I think I was starting to scare her, if the feelings that trickled across our Force-bond were any indication at all. That really wasn't surprising to me though. I usually ended up scaring a lot of people with my insane impulsiveness.
"Okay, I can just see the wheels in your mind turning. What is it now?" she demanded.
I gave her a lopsided grin. "Trust me, Cas. I've got a plan. There's a cloaking device on here. We'll shield ourselves, land on the waterfall side, sneak into the hanger bay, and get to the pit area before the others," I explained, pressing the button that would activate the aforementioned device.
"Cloaking device activated," said a rather prissy-sounding metallic voice. I rolled my eyes.
"Oh, thank you *so* much for stating the obvious, you el stupida bucket of bolts." I paused for a moment. "Okay, good. Shields are stabilized and are up to full power. All right, let's go for it," I muttered.
Taking the ship off of autopilot, I manuevered the transport around the blockade. Neither of us spoke, afraid that even the slightest noise might alert the Federation to our presence there. The tension in the air between us was so thick suddenly that it seemed almost tangible, and it didn't lessen any until I'd managed to land the ship undetected, albeit just a little roughly.
"Okay, that was just a little *too* close for my comfort. Not too bad for your first landing job, though," Casey muttered.
I nodded as I shut down the engines and pressed the button that would lower the boarding ramp. Then we stood up, checked to make sure we had our lightsabers and exited the ship cautiously.
"Thanks, but yeah, no kidding. Has anybody seen my wits? I know I had them here just a second ago," I remarked, only half-jokingly as we secured the ship.
Casey rolled her eyes and whacked me on the arm lightly. "Hey, this whole thing was *your* idea, not mine. If anyone should be freaked out right now, it's me," she commented.
It was my turn to roll my eyes at her. "Oh, come on. Let's go," I said, taking off at a run with Casey following right behind me.
~Please don't let it be too late~ I thought to myself.
TBC...MWA HA HA!!!
~*Celestia Vitaria*~