"Dammit." Swore Aliisza, when she tried to open the door. "This fucking thing is stuck."
Atton grabbed her hand and pushed her calmly.
"Wait. I'll take care of it."
Aliisza turned around just in time to shoot down one of the bodyguards of Voga.
"I thought that they will go and fuck themselves when we killed Voga." Jaq muttered. The consol started to flash and the door were open. "Pure pazaak."
Aliisza smirked when a bunch of bounty hunters ran into them when they proceeded down the hall.
"That's enough. I lost my patience." She made a smooth gesture and a wave of energy pushed all foes behind. "This is the main corridor. We need to get to the hangar. Silver Zephyr is there."
"Another Swoop?"
"Nope. A hyperspeeded ship with a cloaking device."
"Wow, it must be worth a fortune."
"It's worth one destroyed planet." Said Aliisza and opened one of the doors. Behind them was a main bay control. "Perfect. Now, Mr. Hacker, slice into it and open the bay door."
"Okay, but where IS the ship?"
"It's on the orbit of course."
Atton stood in shock for about a minute.
"And how do you want to get to it?"
"Relax. Just open the door. I'll take care of the rest."
He sighed but turned around and started to fight with the consol. The security was heavy and he used all his computer spikes on it, but he finally made it. "Got it!"
Aliisza pushed him away from the consol and grabbed her medallion. The consol started bleeping and in the end just burned itself. Atton tried to stop her, but she already destroyed the computer before he got the opportunity to save it.
"And what the hell was that for?"
"Wait and watch." She answered and look at the window in front, which showed the empty docking bay.
They stood there for about five minutes when Aliisza used her medallion to melt a way to the bay through the wall.
"Wait, what are you doing?" asked Jaq.
"Your really senseless, you now? The ship just arrived."
"What?"
She was right. When they crossed the bridge and got near the docking area, he spotted a beam of light coming from out of nowhere.
Aliisza again made use of her medallion. "Voiceprint: Silver Zephyr 011. Deactivate cloak field."
The ship that reviled itself was awesome. It's shape resembled the Ebon Hawk's, but better armed in turrets and side blasters. The ship was ALL silver, even the cockpit, which was visible through the windscreen, had white chairs. The Star Map was framed in moonlight.
"Wow, that's really something."
Aliisza looked at Atton.
"You know how to pilot this slice of Paradise?"
He nodded.
"I haven't piloted one of those for some time, but I can handle it for sure."
"Good."
OOO
On board there was a little problem: a T3 unit. Atton intended to just gun it down, but Aliisza prevented it.
"Only T3-M3 knows the codes to Silver Zephyr. Let me do something with it."
Jaq sighed.
"You had the password and the voiceprint recognized your voice but you don't know the codes? Is that a kind of joke?"
"No. Voga let me on his ship a few times on special demand of Goto, but he changed the codes frequently. The ship is too valuable for…"
"You WORKED for Goto?" spat Atton. Aliisza realized that she already said too much. She approached T3-M3 and started to change his programming. Meanwhile Jaq was trying to find the meaning of all this.
"Answer me. You worked for him, or not?"
"I AM working for Goto, Atton. And I do it for more than money and luxury. But there are things about Goto that you don't realize, and that make him something more than just a ruler of the Exchange."
"Yeah, right. Like what?"
"I can't tell you, because if I did it, I would betray him." She said calmly and gave T3-M3 a pat.
Dwwooo deeet! Answered the droid.
"Good to hear you're all right. Now T3, go to the control room and activate the cloaking device. Set final destination on Peragus mining facility."
Deewoodet
Atton glared at her in a look that demanded answers. Aliisza ignored him and, when the ship left Nar Shaddaa orbit, she gently pressed the hyper drive button. The stars on the windscreen turned in tiny lines and soon she ship entered hyperspace.
"Wait just a minute!" Jaq grabbed her shoulder. "I didn't want to…"
"We're going to Peragus. You did want to go there, remember?"
He shook his head.
"We need to talk. Seriously."
Aliisza chuckled and wrapped her arms around his neck. He quickly managed to get by his shock and realized the various bits of her anatomy that were pressing into his chest. He gasped when she nuzzled his neck.
"Do we?" she chuckled and let him go. She wanted pass by him but he stopped her with his arm.
"Look, just explain me, why you are so selfish and keep your plans ONLY to yourself?"
She smiled.
"Because it's not needed. It already started."
"What?"
"T3 will hold us in hyperspace for as long as needed. On Peragus, right now, the main control is picking up a signal from the Ebon Hawk. In few hours a former Jedi will arrive there…"
Dwoooooot.
She narrowed her eyes. "But there will be no Atton Rand in a force cage that will help her to get off the station. She and Kreia will remain on it until the Harbinger and Sion kill her. What a beautiful thing." She chuckled grimly. "But I must make sure she WON'T survive. She can't."
Atton gazed at her with confusion on his face.
"You want her dead so badly? Why? And who is she?"
Aliisza slowly shook her head and stroked his cheek with her fingers.
"That 'she' is the Exile. I want her dead because her presence is a threat to the Republic, to the Galaxy. She must die if we are to survive. And now, Atton, don't think about it." She smiled and went by him.