A Mercenary's Tale - Chapter Six
Interlude
I stretched as I sat down in the pilots seat and plot a course to Korriban. It wasn't soon before I was joined by Rivu and she sat down in the co- pilots seat, regarding me quizically. I turned towards her and raised an eyebrow in question for her questionable look at me. "Sheesh. Whats gotten into you and Maria since Tatooine?" Rivu asked me, I simply shrugged at her. Rivu had no reason to know of my squabble with Maria nor did she need to know about that force forsaken kiss. I shoved the Freedom's Fate into hyperspace and rested my hands behind my head. "So that's it? Normally she'd be up here.." Rivu said to me.
I turned towards Rivu and rolled my eyes at her. I cleared my throat. "Why, what is she doing?" I asked her.
"She's waving her blades around in some frenzy down in the hold.. Practicin' I guess." She replied, with her own shrug of her shoulders. I stared infront of me, watching the streams of light pass the Freedom's Fate. We were due in Korriban space in ten hours or so and I knew that this was going to be a terribly tense ten hours. "What have you done to her Jaro?" Rivu asked in a surprised and angered tone.
I turned towards her again, laughing this time. "Nothing good old Rancor teeth can't handle, sister." I replied. I reached for my cigarra's and lit one, raising it to my mouth and giving it a few satisfied puffs. It puzzled me actually, I figured that Maria would be able to handle a good old smooch on the lips, but obviously not. Then I pondered something else, maybe Maria letting off steam in the hold was better than letting her steam off on me.
"Seriously brother.." Rivu replied shooting me a desperate look.
"Okay.. Okay already.. Damn you women!" I exclaimed, as I sighed, puffing on my cigarra again. "As you know the story already.. We stumbled on something.. We'd rather not have stumbled upon. Then this argument brewed.. And I just wanted her to shut up!" I exclaimed, shouting rather loudly. I suddenly hoped Rancor-Maria didn't hear what I just said, their was no telling what part of my anatomy may be threatened next and I wasn't going to find out either.
I watched as Rivu raised a careful eyebrow "So you had a physical fight?" She asked. I turned and looked at her, shaking my head in disbelief.
"Of course not! Unless.. Well.. In *her* eyes we probably had a physical fight" I muttered to Rivu, keeping a close eye over my shoulder to make sure Maria was not sneaking up on us. "I can tell you that I certainly didn't enjoy it either!" I exclaimed loudly again.
"Oh?" Rivu asked inquisitively.
"Yeah.. It was bloody awful!" I said to her, taking a deep breath. "I hated it as much as she did, sister. BOY let me tell you, I would have loved nothing better but to leave her stranded under those bloody twin stars! No, no, no! I would have preferred it if *I* dehydrated to death under those stars. That would be much better than what occured!" I yelled excitedly.
"Really, eh?" Rivu asked, letting me rant on.
"Yes, of course it was.. I still hate her, she still hates me. I just wish it never bloody happened." I muttered to Rivu.
"Why?" Rivu enquired, raising a curious eyebrow in my direction.
"It's obvious, isn't it? Maria is a Rancor and I'm never doing that, *ever* again, sister." I said desperately to Rivu.
"Doing what?" Rivu asked, with a huge grin forming on her face. I suddenly realised I ranted about the kiss without even mentioning it happened. I felt my face turn a bright shade of red, I knew I cared about the kiss a lot more than I was letting on.
"I.. Um.. I.." I stuttered, blushing even more. Rivu's eyes widened, urging me to go on but the words would not form. "I.. Heh.. I kissed her." I stated, my blush ever increasing.
"I KNEW IT!" Rivu exclaimed. I jumped out my seat.
"Quiet! It wasn't like that!" I exclaimed in response. "She just wouldn't shut up!" I exclaimed again.
"Hah.. Jaro Kep has the hots for Maria Mortis. I love it, well I'm off bro.. Gonna catch some snooze!" Rivu rushed off, not even giving me a chance to reply. I heard her stop and say "Hey Maria!" before she carried on walking again. I knew that Maria was coming to talk to me.
Maria entered the cockpit, closing the door behind her. I could hear her footsteps as she examined the panels directly behind me. I yawned softly to myself and I heard Maria sigh. "What's up?" I asked her.
"I know how you feel, with tiredness and all." She stated to me. I went to stand up from my seat and felt Maria's small hand push down on my shoulder to keep me there. I looked up at her and raised my eyebrow.
"Oh.. I don't like the looks of this, you're going to kill me, aren't you Maria?" I muttered to her, I really hoped she would not pull any crap with me.
"Yeah old guy.. I'm gonna kill you." Maria replied. I just knew she was going to pull some kind of crap on me, my eyebrows now turned into a frown.
I parted my lips to speak but Maria moved her finger towards me, pressing it against my parted mouth. Suddenly I was confused, very confused. I felt her finger move from my lips to trace the line of my jaw and cheeks. I closed my eyes from the feeling of Maria's touch, it was a long time since I'd been touched like that by a woman. I was more than enjoying it but it still confused the life out of me. "Maria, you have some sweet idea of killing me." I muttered softly to her.
Maria slid down onto my lap and straddled me. Suddenly my pulse was racing and my heart was pounding, maybe Maria wasn't so bad after all. I felt her hands all over my torso, caressing my chest through my shirt and my mind could think of nothing but her. Maria Mortis was wicked, which in turn led me to think about Revan. As soon as Revan entered my mind, I knew that what I was letting Maria do to me right now was a complete mistake and it had to be stopped no matter how much I was enjoying the attention.
"Maria.. I.. I think this is a huge mis-" I stuttered but was stopped as I was met by Maria's lips. Maria kissed me with passion and hunger. The shock of feeling her lips on mine stopped me from reacting in any other way but surprise. I tried to reason to myself that I wouldn't let such an attractive woman win me over but as soon as I felt her hands bury themselves in my hair I stopped resisting passion. I moved my hands to her hair and kissed her fiercely but passionately.
Our lips parted to meet each others tongues awaiting a competitive duel. I let Maria dictate the pace but it soon became apparent that the only pace we were going to have was a fast one. My mind began to wander to the kisses I've had in the past. I thought of Morgana, but her kisses were too sweet to match up to this one. I thought of Bastila, but her kisses were far too tentative. Then I thought of Revan and I realised that Maria was as good of a kisser as Revan was.
She pulled away from me teasingly and gazed at me. Maria had a victorious smile plastered all over her face and all I could do was smile back at her. Her hands went to my shirt and I gladly let her remove it from my body. Maria shot me a glance, moving her hands to my chest as she began caressing. All I could do was let out a sigh in contentment and her reaction was to further teasing me by bringing me into another passionate kiss. I gladly responded to her kiss again, sighing softly into her mouth this time.
I reached for her shirt and tried to tug it off her. I heard a little shriek in my mouth as she pulled my hands away from her shirt and winked at me. I grinned at her. "Maria, you're gonna kill me if you don't-" I was interrupted again as I was brought down into another heated kiss. I closed my eyes and groaned in passion as yet again I went towards Maria's shirt. Again my hands were pushed away and I gazed at her, confused by her actions.
"You're a bad man, Jaro." Maria muttered as she got up from my seat.
"Wait a minute, I thought we were-" I was interrupted yet again.
"You thought wrong." Maria answered, she shot me a gaze of disgust. "That was what you get for calling me Rancor teeth." She added before turning and walking out the cockpit.
I wanted to scream. Maria Mortis had successfully pulled some crap on me again and I couldn't stop it.
I really hate that woman..
Interlude
I stretched as I sat down in the pilots seat and plot a course to Korriban. It wasn't soon before I was joined by Rivu and she sat down in the co- pilots seat, regarding me quizically. I turned towards her and raised an eyebrow in question for her questionable look at me. "Sheesh. Whats gotten into you and Maria since Tatooine?" Rivu asked me, I simply shrugged at her. Rivu had no reason to know of my squabble with Maria nor did she need to know about that force forsaken kiss. I shoved the Freedom's Fate into hyperspace and rested my hands behind my head. "So that's it? Normally she'd be up here.." Rivu said to me.
I turned towards Rivu and rolled my eyes at her. I cleared my throat. "Why, what is she doing?" I asked her.
"She's waving her blades around in some frenzy down in the hold.. Practicin' I guess." She replied, with her own shrug of her shoulders. I stared infront of me, watching the streams of light pass the Freedom's Fate. We were due in Korriban space in ten hours or so and I knew that this was going to be a terribly tense ten hours. "What have you done to her Jaro?" Rivu asked in a surprised and angered tone.
I turned towards her again, laughing this time. "Nothing good old Rancor teeth can't handle, sister." I replied. I reached for my cigarra's and lit one, raising it to my mouth and giving it a few satisfied puffs. It puzzled me actually, I figured that Maria would be able to handle a good old smooch on the lips, but obviously not. Then I pondered something else, maybe Maria letting off steam in the hold was better than letting her steam off on me.
"Seriously brother.." Rivu replied shooting me a desperate look.
"Okay.. Okay already.. Damn you women!" I exclaimed, as I sighed, puffing on my cigarra again. "As you know the story already.. We stumbled on something.. We'd rather not have stumbled upon. Then this argument brewed.. And I just wanted her to shut up!" I exclaimed, shouting rather loudly. I suddenly hoped Rancor-Maria didn't hear what I just said, their was no telling what part of my anatomy may be threatened next and I wasn't going to find out either.
I watched as Rivu raised a careful eyebrow "So you had a physical fight?" She asked. I turned and looked at her, shaking my head in disbelief.
"Of course not! Unless.. Well.. In *her* eyes we probably had a physical fight" I muttered to Rivu, keeping a close eye over my shoulder to make sure Maria was not sneaking up on us. "I can tell you that I certainly didn't enjoy it either!" I exclaimed loudly again.
"Oh?" Rivu asked inquisitively.
"Yeah.. It was bloody awful!" I said to her, taking a deep breath. "I hated it as much as she did, sister. BOY let me tell you, I would have loved nothing better but to leave her stranded under those bloody twin stars! No, no, no! I would have preferred it if *I* dehydrated to death under those stars. That would be much better than what occured!" I yelled excitedly.
"Really, eh?" Rivu asked, letting me rant on.
"Yes, of course it was.. I still hate her, she still hates me. I just wish it never bloody happened." I muttered to Rivu.
"Why?" Rivu enquired, raising a curious eyebrow in my direction.
"It's obvious, isn't it? Maria is a Rancor and I'm never doing that, *ever* again, sister." I said desperately to Rivu.
"Doing what?" Rivu asked, with a huge grin forming on her face. I suddenly realised I ranted about the kiss without even mentioning it happened. I felt my face turn a bright shade of red, I knew I cared about the kiss a lot more than I was letting on.
"I.. Um.. I.." I stuttered, blushing even more. Rivu's eyes widened, urging me to go on but the words would not form. "I.. Heh.. I kissed her." I stated, my blush ever increasing.
"I KNEW IT!" Rivu exclaimed. I jumped out my seat.
"Quiet! It wasn't like that!" I exclaimed in response. "She just wouldn't shut up!" I exclaimed again.
"Hah.. Jaro Kep has the hots for Maria Mortis. I love it, well I'm off bro.. Gonna catch some snooze!" Rivu rushed off, not even giving me a chance to reply. I heard her stop and say "Hey Maria!" before she carried on walking again. I knew that Maria was coming to talk to me.
Maria entered the cockpit, closing the door behind her. I could hear her footsteps as she examined the panels directly behind me. I yawned softly to myself and I heard Maria sigh. "What's up?" I asked her.
"I know how you feel, with tiredness and all." She stated to me. I went to stand up from my seat and felt Maria's small hand push down on my shoulder to keep me there. I looked up at her and raised my eyebrow.
"Oh.. I don't like the looks of this, you're going to kill me, aren't you Maria?" I muttered to her, I really hoped she would not pull any crap with me.
"Yeah old guy.. I'm gonna kill you." Maria replied. I just knew she was going to pull some kind of crap on me, my eyebrows now turned into a frown.
I parted my lips to speak but Maria moved her finger towards me, pressing it against my parted mouth. Suddenly I was confused, very confused. I felt her finger move from my lips to trace the line of my jaw and cheeks. I closed my eyes from the feeling of Maria's touch, it was a long time since I'd been touched like that by a woman. I was more than enjoying it but it still confused the life out of me. "Maria, you have some sweet idea of killing me." I muttered softly to her.
Maria slid down onto my lap and straddled me. Suddenly my pulse was racing and my heart was pounding, maybe Maria wasn't so bad after all. I felt her hands all over my torso, caressing my chest through my shirt and my mind could think of nothing but her. Maria Mortis was wicked, which in turn led me to think about Revan. As soon as Revan entered my mind, I knew that what I was letting Maria do to me right now was a complete mistake and it had to be stopped no matter how much I was enjoying the attention.
"Maria.. I.. I think this is a huge mis-" I stuttered but was stopped as I was met by Maria's lips. Maria kissed me with passion and hunger. The shock of feeling her lips on mine stopped me from reacting in any other way but surprise. I tried to reason to myself that I wouldn't let such an attractive woman win me over but as soon as I felt her hands bury themselves in my hair I stopped resisting passion. I moved my hands to her hair and kissed her fiercely but passionately.
Our lips parted to meet each others tongues awaiting a competitive duel. I let Maria dictate the pace but it soon became apparent that the only pace we were going to have was a fast one. My mind began to wander to the kisses I've had in the past. I thought of Morgana, but her kisses were too sweet to match up to this one. I thought of Bastila, but her kisses were far too tentative. Then I thought of Revan and I realised that Maria was as good of a kisser as Revan was.
She pulled away from me teasingly and gazed at me. Maria had a victorious smile plastered all over her face and all I could do was smile back at her. Her hands went to my shirt and I gladly let her remove it from my body. Maria shot me a glance, moving her hands to my chest as she began caressing. All I could do was let out a sigh in contentment and her reaction was to further teasing me by bringing me into another passionate kiss. I gladly responded to her kiss again, sighing softly into her mouth this time.
I reached for her shirt and tried to tug it off her. I heard a little shriek in my mouth as she pulled my hands away from her shirt and winked at me. I grinned at her. "Maria, you're gonna kill me if you don't-" I was interrupted again as I was brought down into another heated kiss. I closed my eyes and groaned in passion as yet again I went towards Maria's shirt. Again my hands were pushed away and I gazed at her, confused by her actions.
"You're a bad man, Jaro." Maria muttered as she got up from my seat.
"Wait a minute, I thought we were-" I was interrupted yet again.
"You thought wrong." Maria answered, she shot me a gaze of disgust. "That was what you get for calling me Rancor teeth." She added before turning and walking out the cockpit.
I wanted to scream. Maria Mortis had successfully pulled some crap on me again and I couldn't stop it.
I really hate that woman..