An Admiral's Tale - Chapter Seven
Banter
"I can't say I'm pleased to see you either." Bastila's rough voice replied to me. I just flashed her a grin.
"Well gorgeous, I've heard better. Even from you." I brought both my hands up to my face and rubbed my chin thoughtfully.
"Don't flatter yourself." Bastila told me as she shifted inside the cell uncomfortably.
"I love flattering myself." I replied, sneaking up behind her. I started to chuckle softly and she turned to face me, I held my hands outwards for her and gave her a wink.
"Don't you wink at me!" She said, her long black hair flowing gently in its ponytail. I dropped my hands again with a sigh.
"I can do whatever I want." I said defying her, as I winked again.
"Hmph!" Bastila replied, she was getting high and mighty. "You're under my command from now on. Master Revan was most displeased with you getting jailed. I've been sent here to bail you out." She told me. I smirked, this was the perfect opportunity to tease her. I averted my eyes upwards and chuckled slightly.
"I can do whatever I want." I said again. After a long glare and a long silence, I decided to take another chance. "So you're still playing Revan's little lap dog eh?" I asked her, she raised her hand and slapped me across the face. "Man... That's becoming something of a habit for me."
"You deserved it." She said smirking at me.
"Oh, sure I did. Why don't you kill me? Oh wait.. I remember.. haha.. Revan would have you beheaded. She's much stronger than you, you know." I got another slap across the face for my taunting troubles. "ooh. Touchy. Heh. I say.. You are one gorgeous lady when you get angry." My eyes travelled up and down her body.
"Quit it, Carth." She said, her seething jealousy of Revan apparent. But why was she so jealous? I carried on letting my eyes wander her figure, "Stop ogling me too." She let out a sigh. "Why don't you go back to the trembling shell shocked hovel of a man you usually are." She added, anger for me more than showing now.
"Because I discovered that I can get away with it." I told her. I flashed her a satisfied grin.
"You can't get away with it.. With me." Bastila replied to me, I gazed into her brown eyes for a moment. I decided to use my charm to my advantage.
"I'll find out what makes you tick, one day.. Someday.." I smirked at her and softly winked at her again, however this time I didn't get a slap for my troubles. I got a blushing female instead. I lifted my hands up towards her as I carried on smiling, "Do you mind Bastila.. These cuffs really hurt." All she did was smirk at me and put her hands upwards to her hair, I quirked my eyebrows at her. What on Kun's name was she doing? "I get it. You're planning to cuff me to the bed and have your wicked way with me." I said smiling at her, she glared at me.
"My wicked way with you would involve letting you starve to death..." She sighed. "Well.. I didn't get a key, but this should help you pick the lock. See you back at the apartment, tata." She said as her black hair flung from side to side, free suddenly. She threw her hair clip at me, turned her back and walked away. It didn't take me long to pick the lock on my cuffs, even though it was extremely difficult to do so. It wasn't exactly the first time I'd been banged up in a jail and had to free myself anyway.
***
"I smell caffa." I said as I entered the apartment sniffing the air, Bastila appeared with a cup of caffa and shoved it into my hands. She smiled at me. I laughed, "Do my eyes deceive me or did you just grin at me Bastila?"
"I.. heh. Grinned at you, Admiral." Another blush from Bastila. Maybe taming her wasn't so hard after all, I was still interested in that conversation however. I decided to play the dangerous game again.
"Remember that time when you were drunk and you said my voice and Telosian dialect is extremely sexy?" I asked her. Her face suddenly turned to thunder, this was extremely funny for me at the time. She raised her hand to slap me again but I used my right hand to catch her tiny wrist in motion. "I think you walked into that one gorgeous." Silence. She carried on glaring at me, it was stone cold. "So why are you jealous of Revan?" Silence again. She tried to use her other hand to slap me but I used a carefully practiced manuveur to wrap my arm around her waist and prevent her from doing so.
"No force powers? No hocus pocus? My.. I think you're enjoying being grappled by a man like me." Silence yet again. This time she broke free of my grip and that was the last time we talked for a few hours. She turned to look at me once again, blushing before snorting in disgust and leaving. "Figures." I sipped my Caffa and sat down in the apartment, relaxing.
***
"Lord Revan. You requested to have my report and here it is." I gulped softly, not quite knowing how she would take all the news about me being jailed. But surely if she sent Bastila, it was fine. Wasn't it?
"Wait. Before that, I received a communication about a Sith star cruiser entering Republican space. It's getting bombarded, I considered going after it and saving them poor fools.. But what do you think? You *are* Starfleet Admiral after all." She asked of me, it shocked me and I didn't know how to take it.
"Not like you to save them, I say let them burn. If they let themselves get into such trouble like that they don't deserve me to help them with my tactics.. Anyway, my report Revan." I was feeling cruel today.. Then I gave Revan my report, just as she asked.
"Yes... And about the jail incident.. What in Kun's name were you doing?" She asked me, I sighed and stared at her black cloaked figure on the holovid.
"You could say that I.. "Bumped" into an old relation." I told her, being totally honest. I saw her nod over the holovid. "Happy to see me gorgeous?" I heard her groan when I complimented her.
"I'm not in the mood. If I was there the last thing you'd see is your heart in my hand.. Just long enough until it.. Stops beating." She replied to me, I laughed nervously and switched the holo transmitter off.
***
I sat down at the table in the apartment opposite Bastila, their was still an awkward silence between us after our banter from before. I took a sip of my ale before placing it back down on the table top. However, I decided to break the silence and pushed a deck of Pazaak towards her way. "Wish to play?" I asked her, she looked at me then looked at the Pazaak cards as she picked them up and began to deal us four cards each. She placed the remainder in the middle and folded her arms. I was getting the silent treatment obviously.
The game of Pazaak went on for a while under a haunted silence before I decided to speak again "I gave Revan my report" I said as I ruffled my hair gently and yawned, the star that Manaan orbited was just about setting and was streaming into the apartment. Terrible of me to not remember the name of it being a Pilot and all, but such fickle details didn't bother me. Still, their was silence. The whole game went on that way until I won "Heh. Beat ya." I claimed, knowing it would tease Bastila a little.
"The reason why..." Came Bastila's soft voice, I raised my head as I claimed some of her credits for myself. I took a sip of my beer and placed it back on the table.
"Go on." I commanded her. She thumbed the table with her delicate nails gently.
"The reason why I'm jealous of Revan is because she seems to be the centre of attention, she achieves things I want... She has things I want.." She replied, I raised my eyebrow at her and bit my bottom lip carefully. I pondered this.
"Go on.." I said as I took a deep breath.
"Canderous is a brute. He-" Came my hard earned reply from Bastila. I leaned back in my chair and stretched, yawning softly. She was a difficult woman.
"I don't wanna know sister.. Besides, you're not making sense." I told her, trying to get even more out of her.
"I just want to be her, for a night. I know about your agreement with Revan." She replied to me, it was my turn to thumb the table softly, I blushed softly and pondered this. I nodded softly in her direction.
"Do you honestly think that's wise?" I asked her, looking at the Pazaak cards that were dealed in my hand.
"She'd kill us both for betraying her.. But I can make it worth your while, Carth." She told me, Bastila flashed me one of those innocent smiles and stood up walking to the side of the table. She was waiting for my answer. I put my cards on the table, in more ways than one.
"How?" I asked her. She giggled softly at me.
"I know you were listening the other day. I don't like it when people eavesdrop on my conversations" She said as she walked to my side and placed her hand over my hand. "You're interested in the deal, I can let you get involved." I swore she fluttered her eyelashes at me. I reached to cover her hand.
"Yes.. I'd like that very much." I told her, my curiosity gotten the better of me. "I scratch your back, you scratch mine, right?" Even though I knew if what she had in mind was truly what she had in mind then I was going to win anyway.
"Right. Then all you have to do is treat me like a lady tonight." She lifted my hand up now and slid down onto my lap, I wrapped my arms around her waist. In all honesty, I loathed the idea of this because of my feelings and involvement with Revan.. But half of me wanted to live on the dangerous side. Besides, Revan knew nothing of my feelings and I doubted she felt the same way.
"Firstly, about Canderous-" I was interrupted.
"He's a Mandalorian." She replied.
"Ah.. Enough said. It's a deal gorgeous." I brushed one hand over her dark hair, stroking it gently. "It seems as if I've completed my quest on finding out what makes you tick." She giggled, I knew it was time to make a move.
I leaned towards her, my head touched hers. My lips met her lips and we joined that way for what seemed like forever...
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I spoiled you all and submitted two chapters today :(.
Banter
"I can't say I'm pleased to see you either." Bastila's rough voice replied to me. I just flashed her a grin.
"Well gorgeous, I've heard better. Even from you." I brought both my hands up to my face and rubbed my chin thoughtfully.
"Don't flatter yourself." Bastila told me as she shifted inside the cell uncomfortably.
"I love flattering myself." I replied, sneaking up behind her. I started to chuckle softly and she turned to face me, I held my hands outwards for her and gave her a wink.
"Don't you wink at me!" She said, her long black hair flowing gently in its ponytail. I dropped my hands again with a sigh.
"I can do whatever I want." I said defying her, as I winked again.
"Hmph!" Bastila replied, she was getting high and mighty. "You're under my command from now on. Master Revan was most displeased with you getting jailed. I've been sent here to bail you out." She told me. I smirked, this was the perfect opportunity to tease her. I averted my eyes upwards and chuckled slightly.
"I can do whatever I want." I said again. After a long glare and a long silence, I decided to take another chance. "So you're still playing Revan's little lap dog eh?" I asked her, she raised her hand and slapped me across the face. "Man... That's becoming something of a habit for me."
"You deserved it." She said smirking at me.
"Oh, sure I did. Why don't you kill me? Oh wait.. I remember.. haha.. Revan would have you beheaded. She's much stronger than you, you know." I got another slap across the face for my taunting troubles. "ooh. Touchy. Heh. I say.. You are one gorgeous lady when you get angry." My eyes travelled up and down her body.
"Quit it, Carth." She said, her seething jealousy of Revan apparent. But why was she so jealous? I carried on letting my eyes wander her figure, "Stop ogling me too." She let out a sigh. "Why don't you go back to the trembling shell shocked hovel of a man you usually are." She added, anger for me more than showing now.
"Because I discovered that I can get away with it." I told her. I flashed her a satisfied grin.
"You can't get away with it.. With me." Bastila replied to me, I gazed into her brown eyes for a moment. I decided to use my charm to my advantage.
"I'll find out what makes you tick, one day.. Someday.." I smirked at her and softly winked at her again, however this time I didn't get a slap for my troubles. I got a blushing female instead. I lifted my hands up towards her as I carried on smiling, "Do you mind Bastila.. These cuffs really hurt." All she did was smirk at me and put her hands upwards to her hair, I quirked my eyebrows at her. What on Kun's name was she doing? "I get it. You're planning to cuff me to the bed and have your wicked way with me." I said smiling at her, she glared at me.
"My wicked way with you would involve letting you starve to death..." She sighed. "Well.. I didn't get a key, but this should help you pick the lock. See you back at the apartment, tata." She said as her black hair flung from side to side, free suddenly. She threw her hair clip at me, turned her back and walked away. It didn't take me long to pick the lock on my cuffs, even though it was extremely difficult to do so. It wasn't exactly the first time I'd been banged up in a jail and had to free myself anyway.
***
"I smell caffa." I said as I entered the apartment sniffing the air, Bastila appeared with a cup of caffa and shoved it into my hands. She smiled at me. I laughed, "Do my eyes deceive me or did you just grin at me Bastila?"
"I.. heh. Grinned at you, Admiral." Another blush from Bastila. Maybe taming her wasn't so hard after all, I was still interested in that conversation however. I decided to play the dangerous game again.
"Remember that time when you were drunk and you said my voice and Telosian dialect is extremely sexy?" I asked her. Her face suddenly turned to thunder, this was extremely funny for me at the time. She raised her hand to slap me again but I used my right hand to catch her tiny wrist in motion. "I think you walked into that one gorgeous." Silence. She carried on glaring at me, it was stone cold. "So why are you jealous of Revan?" Silence again. She tried to use her other hand to slap me but I used a carefully practiced manuveur to wrap my arm around her waist and prevent her from doing so.
"No force powers? No hocus pocus? My.. I think you're enjoying being grappled by a man like me." Silence yet again. This time she broke free of my grip and that was the last time we talked for a few hours. She turned to look at me once again, blushing before snorting in disgust and leaving. "Figures." I sipped my Caffa and sat down in the apartment, relaxing.
***
"Lord Revan. You requested to have my report and here it is." I gulped softly, not quite knowing how she would take all the news about me being jailed. But surely if she sent Bastila, it was fine. Wasn't it?
"Wait. Before that, I received a communication about a Sith star cruiser entering Republican space. It's getting bombarded, I considered going after it and saving them poor fools.. But what do you think? You *are* Starfleet Admiral after all." She asked of me, it shocked me and I didn't know how to take it.
"Not like you to save them, I say let them burn. If they let themselves get into such trouble like that they don't deserve me to help them with my tactics.. Anyway, my report Revan." I was feeling cruel today.. Then I gave Revan my report, just as she asked.
"Yes... And about the jail incident.. What in Kun's name were you doing?" She asked me, I sighed and stared at her black cloaked figure on the holovid.
"You could say that I.. "Bumped" into an old relation." I told her, being totally honest. I saw her nod over the holovid. "Happy to see me gorgeous?" I heard her groan when I complimented her.
"I'm not in the mood. If I was there the last thing you'd see is your heart in my hand.. Just long enough until it.. Stops beating." She replied to me, I laughed nervously and switched the holo transmitter off.
***
I sat down at the table in the apartment opposite Bastila, their was still an awkward silence between us after our banter from before. I took a sip of my ale before placing it back down on the table top. However, I decided to break the silence and pushed a deck of Pazaak towards her way. "Wish to play?" I asked her, she looked at me then looked at the Pazaak cards as she picked them up and began to deal us four cards each. She placed the remainder in the middle and folded her arms. I was getting the silent treatment obviously.
The game of Pazaak went on for a while under a haunted silence before I decided to speak again "I gave Revan my report" I said as I ruffled my hair gently and yawned, the star that Manaan orbited was just about setting and was streaming into the apartment. Terrible of me to not remember the name of it being a Pilot and all, but such fickle details didn't bother me. Still, their was silence. The whole game went on that way until I won "Heh. Beat ya." I claimed, knowing it would tease Bastila a little.
"The reason why..." Came Bastila's soft voice, I raised my head as I claimed some of her credits for myself. I took a sip of my beer and placed it back on the table.
"Go on." I commanded her. She thumbed the table with her delicate nails gently.
"The reason why I'm jealous of Revan is because she seems to be the centre of attention, she achieves things I want... She has things I want.." She replied, I raised my eyebrow at her and bit my bottom lip carefully. I pondered this.
"Go on.." I said as I took a deep breath.
"Canderous is a brute. He-" Came my hard earned reply from Bastila. I leaned back in my chair and stretched, yawning softly. She was a difficult woman.
"I don't wanna know sister.. Besides, you're not making sense." I told her, trying to get even more out of her.
"I just want to be her, for a night. I know about your agreement with Revan." She replied to me, it was my turn to thumb the table softly, I blushed softly and pondered this. I nodded softly in her direction.
"Do you honestly think that's wise?" I asked her, looking at the Pazaak cards that were dealed in my hand.
"She'd kill us both for betraying her.. But I can make it worth your while, Carth." She told me, Bastila flashed me one of those innocent smiles and stood up walking to the side of the table. She was waiting for my answer. I put my cards on the table, in more ways than one.
"How?" I asked her. She giggled softly at me.
"I know you were listening the other day. I don't like it when people eavesdrop on my conversations" She said as she walked to my side and placed her hand over my hand. "You're interested in the deal, I can let you get involved." I swore she fluttered her eyelashes at me. I reached to cover her hand.
"Yes.. I'd like that very much." I told her, my curiosity gotten the better of me. "I scratch your back, you scratch mine, right?" Even though I knew if what she had in mind was truly what she had in mind then I was going to win anyway.
"Right. Then all you have to do is treat me like a lady tonight." She lifted my hand up now and slid down onto my lap, I wrapped my arms around her waist. In all honesty, I loathed the idea of this because of my feelings and involvement with Revan.. But half of me wanted to live on the dangerous side. Besides, Revan knew nothing of my feelings and I doubted she felt the same way.
"Firstly, about Canderous-" I was interrupted.
"He's a Mandalorian." She replied.
"Ah.. Enough said. It's a deal gorgeous." I brushed one hand over her dark hair, stroking it gently. "It seems as if I've completed my quest on finding out what makes you tick." She giggled, I knew it was time to make a move.
I leaned towards her, my head touched hers. My lips met her lips and we joined that way for what seemed like forever...
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I spoiled you all and submitted two chapters today :(.