shada meets some new friends, this is probably my last one for a while sorry, don't forget to read and review
Chapter five: The ship and it's Contents
It looked like a YT series hybrid part 1300 part 2400, only bigger with its cockpit between the support arms. It was painted orange and had the classic top and bottom lasers. It was about fifty meters long and had a small landing pad, just enough for Shadas' Defender to dock on the inside. It looked like it was a little less then eight meters height, which both the landing pad and the engines took up, otherwise it split up to four on top and four on bottom. The top was meant for cargo and emergency room, "I'll figure it out", Salima said to the droid before it started to spout off about specs and the like. "There she is" Lando started off "Consider it an early wedding present you two, your guide and help is right over there" he said pointing to a gray Kushiban it was obvious he was confused. "Perit" she screamed over the normal traffic all the normal "Get your color changing tail over here". The Kushiban immediately turned orange at the sound and bounded over to where they were standing, He stood up and offered his hand "Perittra Kushar Rah, It's a pleasure to meet you all" he said as they all bent down to shake his hand "Peri for short". "This is Shada Montrim and his student Petro Jaxbun Itan" Salima introduced "It's so good to see you again, you're coming with us aren't you? She asked. If I didn't who would you rely on to do repairs, this one" he said pointing to the Lepi. "I don't blame you for that I'd be lucky if I didn't confuse a hydrospanner from a fusion cutter, maybe you could teach me something later on?" He asked. "Ooh, I like this one, willing to learn, knows when he's met a master repairman and probably a quick learner too. Am I right?" he asked "That you are, just make sure not make a joke about those ears" Shada joked as he patted Petro on the back. "I don't recognize your type Shada, where you from?" he asked, "We can talk about that when this bird of ours burns sky, you think you can take us aboard before they load our things?"
As they walked in Petro felt something inside, like a black spot moving around the ship. "Do feel that" he asked Shada, "I do it's here for me" he responded. Quickly in the blink of an eye Shada scooped up Peri and Salima and transported them out side the ship flashing back he grabbed Petro as he parried a slash from a scarlet blade. Taking him outside with a flash he saved him from a dangerous lunge, going inside he turned off the lights and switched to inferred to see his foe in the dark at the same time he focused on his surroundings in about a thirty meter radius. "I see you turn on your blade and fight me like a warrior and not some scared assassin" he said goading him into an attack. Flipping on his two blades he got ready for the inevitable attack, "your smell says you are afraid of me, is it my appearance or that you think me to be a jedi. Miss, I know of the Farghul why are you doing this?" he asked the Farghul. "Because, I need your help, it must stop", she said as she charged, powering the blade she swung it at him. Blocking it he flashed behind her and held her in a sleep hold, he held her till she passed out.
He brought her out in his arms, "She needs our help", Shada said heading to Landos' medical facilities on his ship. She woke up a few minutes after she was set down, reaching for her blade she discovered she had none. She was about fifteen or sixteen, he could sense he darkness bleeding out of her. "It's okay you are safe now, what's your story little one?" he asked, "I have a name! Cindra Farlan Stin, call me Cindy. My story what's it to you, Oh right me attacking you". She said before anyone could interject. "The Sith conditioned me with a split personality, making me more rude and tough than me, and that's saying something" she finished. "If you want Cindra I can try something that may help you…" "Please anything I can't take it she is eating me from the inside out" She pleaded with Shada. "Okay, but we will need to be alone?" he said asking everyone, sitting himself cross-legged on the floor. Shada started to breathe deep and let himself slither into her mind; he searched through her being.
"So what happened back there Lassie?" Peri asked, "Yeah, I've never seen him do that before" added Petro. "Well, he did it through the force, he told me it's like opening a door and walking through, except the door leads to somewhere else in our direct universe" Salima explained. "But still, I don't get it?" "Then ask Shada" She responded to the both of them. "I have a feeling I will, isn't she interesting" Petro said changing the subject, "Oh, sounds like some rabbit-boy's got a crush on a kitty girl" Salima said making his dark blue fur turn purple on his cheeks. "Yeah, cuz I'm going to date a girl whose ancestors ate mine", 'Although she is intriguing' he added to himself
Meanwhile Shada found the dark trail and followed it back to the source, already the home of it was falling in disrepair. Quickly he exited the Farghuls' mind, "you'll be fine just get some rest, you have a strong mind" he said showing his exhaustion, "Looks like your going to need it more than I will" She said stubbornly. "I haven't done a search like that before, you're mental blocks are indeed rival to some masters" He said ready for a nap. "So what was it" she asked, "A dark spirit of the force, your mind is driving it off as we speak, I think hounding isn't a pleasant experience for it so it'll leave to someone more will to except their/his darkside. I'm pretty sure it got through during your torturing experience, although I think you may lose your connection to the force… When we leave will you give us the honor of accompanying us, I think my student has taken a crush after you" he finished. "Who? Rabbit ears, we'll see, mixing out of the gene pool isn't one of those things I do, but never say never. "Thanks, for the help Mister, I think I'll get that sleep now" she said motioning for him to leave "It's Shada, pleasant dreams".
After that they took their tour of the ship the top 'deck' of the ship was in fact used for cargo and whatever it needed to be converted to. The bottom consisted of a docking ring, six cabins including for the captain and his mates, a machine shop, a research lab, galley, refresher, stowage, a living suite, three escape pods one behind the cockpit. The docking bay, engine room, and main cannon hold spanned both floors. On the outside their was an "M" railing for two blaster sets on the top of the engine compartment, which easily concealed looked like hull. Along with a set of transmitters and sensors, and three defensive blasters along the bottom. "Just as I imagined," Salima said starting to show Peri her plans for the ships modifications. "I'm going to get started on my room" Shada said to Salima as he kissed her on the cheek, grabbing one of the fusion welders and a bunch of scrap metal. He set to work building himself a jungle gym to the roof of his room. 'This is nice, got a ship, a girlfriend…' 'No a Fiancée, a student and maybe another, a room full of stuff and it's next to Salimas' to boot' he answered back. 'Yep soon I'll have to go to practice,' he said finishing up the last of the welds to the protection shield generator he installed to the bars.
Petro showed up about that time, walking out side they saw a Barabel. "Shada this is Drala Danpau", Petro introduced "Miss Danpau it is an honor for you to accompany us in our training today" Shada greeted as he shook her hand. "The honor isss all mine never have I met one so young who had taken on an apprentice" She greeted. "He is only a student, he learns what he learns from what I teach, but yes I am young but that has never stopped others before from doing the will of the force is it", he started elaborating the tail of Petros' rescue as they walked to the shuttle. "You see if he had said 'no I'll pass on the whole training thing' I still would have saved him. No, I believe that he was guided to me, as I was guided to where I am in life." Shada finished "Where do you come from Shada?" She asked, "You know a lot about customsss and civilizations, but nothing of recent hisssstory". "Well I was raised on the outskirts of the known galaxy, where I needed to know local customs to blend in and such. As for my ancestry I have no idea, as would hardly anyone, short of a geneticist" Shada answered. "Why would you have to blend in?" she persisted in her questioning, "Well, after somebody has been murdered they always blame the new weird being in town, disappearing was a necessity" Shada answered. "So, you were a bounty hunter?" "No more like a dark emissary for a Sith Lord" Shada said as her eyes got wide. "So that'sss where you get your saberss and your combat experience, but then why have you not sought power like your master?" She asked. "I've seen the way him and dark jedi became drunk on the dark side. I vowed that the only time I'm ever to be that way is with love, and I have found it. Plan and simple" Shada explained leaving her to ponder his comments "Shada you are wise beyond your yearsss, it is a true honor to train with you". "Thank you but all I have learned is from watching others not wisdom at all" Shada explained, "Isss it not wisdom to watch and learn from othersss" Drala countered "We are here Blastech industries testing lab arena". They came upon a wide open maze pit that had targets positioned around the field from droids to other members, battling in stun wars. "Okay get ready everybody, get your equipment out and lets get started. Here is other team" Shada said showing them a holo of about eight different species of twenty or so on the other team. Shada walked to the entrance his tail flicking with anticipation, "Please set all weapons to their lowest setting?" an announcer voice said over a commspeaker. Petro pulled out his four blasters and set them for a stun mode, pushing the butt ends of two of his blasters together he felt a click and holstered them and did the same with the next set. Bringing both sets out he got ready for the inevitable, "Are you all ready" Drala asked. Shada and him nodded, walking forward into the arena. Drala split off from the group and started hunting; Shada sat behind a bunker and searched. "A group of three our coming down the hallway in front of us" Shada informed "I've got a good idea".
The three walked forward and inspected the bunker, "No, one here party leader" he reported, all of a sudden a blackish shadow streaked across the walls. "What was that, I think we have something here". Passing down the hallway cautiously, Shada appeared right out from behind the corridor drawing their attention, without a word all three of them collapsed. Behind them stood Petro with two blaster silencers equipped on two muzzles. "Okay now we take their clothing and…" Shada was cut off by blaring sirens "Warning unauthorized beings entering compound, and have not switched to stun setting. Proceed to…" the announcer was cut off. "This isn't good" Petro feared "Can you tell how many there are, and where is Drala?" he asked Shada who was already working on an answer. "About thirty more, Drala has been taken captive at the opposing base. There are only about five there but they are going to get up eventually, I say we rescue her and then escape" Shada recommended. "You're the teacher" Petro replied, "I hope you've been studying your force techniques?" Shada asked.
They reached the base in no time, as the others were being cautious, checking every hallway before moving on making sure not to be surprised. Shada and Petro switched to more powerful settings and sneaked into the complex building. Searching for Drala they found her being watched by all five soldiers, "Here we go, don't forget to trust your instincts" Shada cautioned. "Hold it one second" Petro asked in his nasally voice, his small bracers popped out two little arms a piece and connected with the blasters reinforcing his hold. "I'll praise you later okay," Shada said with a smile as he busted through the door, holding a guard as a shield three blasted at him scoring the walls. Drala called her blade to her and ripped the stun cuffs apart, she immediately went through two guards. Shada took out two more dropping the one last. Pressing a button a sword ejected from each blaster tripling the length of the blaster, he pointed at the dropped man who had a blaster in hand "Don't think about it" Petro warned.
When they left all five were tied up, suddenly on top one of the walls stood three men, with jet-packs and automated rifles. Drala pushed them causing them to stumble Petro picked them off three shots. Pushing forward they came to a small encampment of seven soldiers, Petro jumped out guns blazing dropping three with his first shots, the others responded with shotguns of blaster fire. Picking is movements he weaved through most of the shots and took down the other four. "Okay there is another encampment on the other choke point, and the final one at exit I'll go to the exit and take out the twenty or so there and you go take out the other encampment". With that Shada ran off in the direction he pointed and left Drala and Petro to their business.
Shada ran down the corridors on all four of his primary appendages, jumping off of walls and to the other one running perpendicular to the floor. Every once in awhile he'd have to take out a guard or get past a bunker, nothing too unexpected. He came upon the last choke point before the camp already listening to the sounds of mayhem his friends were causing. All of a sudden five Blaster Jumpers appeared on the wall, Shada brought out two sabers and started to deflect their shots, parrying in an almost graceful dance. Scampering up the wall he grabbed the last two and threw them into the corridor knocking them out. Grabbing ones jetpack, he put it on himself and checked their belts. Both had bandoleers of three flash bang grenades, "Perfect" he said to himself as he strapped them around his shoulder. Just around the corner came running three soldiers immediately Petro dove behind them blaster blades drawn dropped all three. "Good to see you could make it to the party" he said motioning for him to put on a jetpack. "Both men flew above the walls and started with their barrage, Shada using his grenades to sow confusion among the camp while Petro picked off most of the targets. Drala ran up and finished the rest all of a sudden two red flying Stenax similar to the one Shada saw a couple days before, flew out of the small tent in the center and ignited two light sabers. Shada drew their attention and landed, while Petro landed behind the tent and took care of most of the minions. Shada dodged while he talked with them "What do you want" he said dodging a swipe at his torso. "Our master fears a threat that came upon the known regions some eight months ago. He located you and discovered your plan to head to Corellia and sent one of his minion ships to intercept you. You escaped with an untrained force-sensitive of his, another of his minions forged by the master himself was sent to stow away on your ship and destroy you. She unfortunately failed and was rescued by you, we have come to finish the job, and if we fail others will take our place you are hopeless. Shada now flicked two of his silent black blades to life, "Then I'll have to protect myself from them too" He said striking back with his tails blade. Shada readied for another barrage; suddenly he pulled out one of his Straka blades as both blasted lightning at him using the force. Taking all their efforts and storing it he felt his blade warm a little, pointing the blade at the leg of the smaller one he let loose a storm that caused him to crumble onto the durasteel floor. Shada was about to remove the winged beings sword arm when eight or so shoots launched from Petros four blasters, causing it to collapse. Drala ran up from the right with her light saber ignited, obviously outmatched the second flew into the sky and enter a small shuttle. "Well that could have been better," Shada said with a grin.
On the way home was doing the best he could to repair the few burns he had received, as he put on the stinging alcohol not even flinching when he applied it. "You see Miss Drala, pain is only a sign that should be acknowledged and help you learn" He was telling her about one of the lessons he learned during his days with the Sith Lord. "And what did you learn from this 'lesson' today" She asked, that their is always an enemy, a foe that wants to get you. That I should never drop my guard, now learning a lesson and putting it into practice is different" He responded. "More often then not you learn more in defeat than victory, take Petro for instance. What did you learn from your duel with Miss Drala yesterday?" Shada asked; "I thought about it all night and determined that I should never underestimate someone, no matter how many times I have defeated him or her" he answered. "Good I'm glad you learned something other than what I taught you. I must say those blades were a little unexpected they are definitely interesting weapon, very good you've done well" He commended as they set down at the docks. Cindra was up and about sheering off a section on the front with a laser cutter.
"Good to see you up and about" he said to her as she finished, "Mister Shada, you've seen better days before" she said jumping down from the ship, "I'm sure I have Cindy". "Mister Shada I have a gift for the assistance today I'm not sure I would have escaped today had it not been for the both of you" She said pointing to a pair of droids. The two were chatting away in binary, a destroyer droid and a short droid similar to an HK and A-series assassin droid. "If you don't accept them at least consider them a wedding present, from what Petro tells me that is an inevitable," she said waving them over. I thank you for them I'm sure they will be a welcomed edition. "I've had a number of modifications done on these old droids and planned more but I'm sure you will do the rest just as well. The 'assassin' droid has a computer port insert, a Holo-shroud, I've also hooked up carbonite spray and a flame-thrower, I switched the red Photoreceptors to green, and a few they slight things other that, all the rest is programming and identical stance reproduction equipment. It lets him copy certain moves and execute them as perfectly as he remembers them; also there are repulser lifts in its feet. The destroyer droid I've made a little more flexible, and increased it guard, sensor, and aim protocols. It's shielding sensory has increased, to help to prevent the overload problem" She explained. "Thank you, but it's not necessary", "Well I'll see you later, I have other things to attend to".
Shada took the droids inside and started to clean them up, he finally got a chance to look at the assassin droid. The droid was about two meters tall; its rounded head had spikes coming out of it similar to that of a Zabrak. The four green photoreceptors on its extremely narrow face surveyed the ship, its upper body was compartmentalized under the grayish armor with most of it taken up by an odd-looking power generator. Its arms were heavily "muscled" or at least looked like muscle and contained various dangerous weapons from the carbonite spray, to duel vibro blades, to miniature assault cannons, to dart missiles. The lower section had the rest of the generator along with the holo-shroud. The legs were like the arms and probably held the stores of blaster gas and everything else. The feet contained a repulser technology and even a little rocket set for flight, "Were you built like this umm… what was your name?" He asked, "SHD5, you may call me Shade, a lot of me is modified but the humanoid frame is original, along with the generator in the inner compartment, the movement tools, and the arm blades" the droid said with a dark numeric sound. "I think there could be a little work that can be done to your hidden compartments but other than that it is just a matter of programming. Salima can look at it later," he said moving onto the other one. "Hey, what's your name?" he said looking at the almost classic looking destroyer droid "This is W-D9, he has been optimized for defense purposes", Shade said translating for the droid. "Great, all you need is a magnetized hull and you'll be perfect for bay defenses" Shada said giving the droid a pat. "Until then I need this built" Shada asked, "It's similar to a comlink, but it's silent only appearing in the users head" he said handing the SHD droid a small piece of circuitry. "I'll be right on it" the droid stated as he and his counterpart left for the other part of the ship.