The young woman took another slow sip of her drink, the ice cold liquid leaving a comforting burn down her throat, making her hum in contentment. The kolto and alcohol mixed well, she found. Rather than listen to Carth if he had anything else to say, Mira snuck out of their base as soon as he stepped into the shower, snagging a new set of fresh black form fitting clothes from the vendor in their apartment building before heading straight for the bar. Though she refused to admit it just yet, his suspicion hurt her. It had hurt her pride her honor and her feelings.

The guy had saved her life but he couldn't trust her? What kind of logic was that? She dug her teeth into her bottom lip, worrying it as she stared into the dark golden liquid in her glass and letting her mind drift.

His large warm hand sent a comforting wave through her, he had only lightly grabbed her hip to slightly move her as they both struggled in the small space to get seated. Evacuating a ship that was going down didn't leave them time to properly get into the seats and get buckled in. "Trask?" She snapped the question at him, her jaw clenched but her eyes pleading as she looked at captain in front of her. Carth frowned, looking genuinely sorry as he shook his head before averting his gaze back to the controls while trying to buckle himself in. Mira froze for a moment, the pain rolling over her as she mourned the man who had given up his life for her. For no damn reason!

Had he just seen a young girl, not ready to die? Had he looked at her tanned face and seen a child looking back at him, fear and frustration in her eyes making him pity her?

Or had he seen someone who needed to live? Someone that the republic needed, someone who could make a change in the tide and give them a chance at surviving this mess and make it right?

Mira would never get to know, the man was gone and the man in this itty bitty pod with her seemed to not give two tac tails that she was tormenting herself over the death of her bunk mate that she didn't even know. Carth opened his mouth to say something to her when suddenly the escape pod rattled violently, causing her to lose her footing and crash into his chest.

If not for the fear of her life draining the blood from her face, she may have blushed. He had such a comforting aura about him it was throwing her off and distracting her from the real danger. She pushed herself off him without looking at his face, another shudder rippled through the pod and this time she stumbled backwards into her seat.

"They're firing on the escape pods." Carth stated, she could easily tell he was struggling to contain the anger and fear in his voice. Though she wasn't sure which was stronger at this moment, as her attention was drawn to the belts that were not working like they should.

"No…" she breathed out, pushing the clips together as hard as she possibly could, her eyes widening in fear as she realized once again they weren't locking, just sliding apart again. "Damnit!" She hissed, getting jerked around in her seat and almost slipping to the floor as the pod rattled.

Carth seemed to finally notice her struggle "The button!" he growled out, pointing at the red button on the side of the clips to her belt and harness. "Oh for fracks sake!" Mira cried out, pushing the buttons before jamming the clips together once more, feeling her heart suddenly clench and release. The pod shook again, this time she stayed put. But the pod felt like it was being shredded from the outside, everything shaking as alarms and lights began to go off.

Everything was shaking, she was shaking. A glance out the view port gave way only to flame. Her heart lurched up in her throat in fear, wondering if this would be her last moments if not from the pod collapsing surely her heart would give out. A grunt from in front of her made her look at the man that had accompanied her, Carth, his wonderful dark chocolate eyes focused on the clasp that held her straps in place. It jiggled a bit more while the pod shook, and came apart with a barely audiable click. "Hey-!" Carth gasped, leaning forward as if his arms could stretch across the pod to grab her, or her harness straps. His warm comforting hands just inches too short to reach and help her now.

Her hands were already locked on the two clips, struggling to get them at the right angle to snap them back into place. She glanced at him for help, sure that there were tears in her eyes from witnessing the flames outside their window. She didn't want to die like this! Not after everything she had been through, not after Trask gave his life for hers! Not. In. Space. Carth's dark eyes met her's, and he seemed almost stunned by the look on her face, or afraid, one of the two. "Pleas-" Before she could finish or pull the connectors together, the pod jerked, launching her straight up from her seat, her head slamming into the metal above her. "Mira!" Before she could respond, her sight faded and everything went silent.

Mira felt her nose twitch, her eyes watering at the memory. There were a few other flickers that remained. Dark liquid pouring over her eyes, hot, thick. Blood most likely. It was pouring fast too. The soft voice of a frightened man, a voice that warmed her chest and made her head sing. As much sense as that made. And of course large comforting hands that danced over her head, gripped her arms and wrapped around her to carry her. One or two flickers of dark eyes watching over her, almost black with worry and concern.

Pressing her palm to her forehead, Mira tried to shake the memories from her mind. The shots and kolto that the doc had given her had helped not only the pain but helped clear her mind of the crash. And revive the weird vision she had afterwards.

The woman seemed familiar, those robes and pigtails kind of stood out. That obnoxious accent ringing in her ears with promise. For the life of her Mira could not recognize her and it only caused her frustration to rise. Mira downed the rest of her glass and paused in ordering another as she felt eyes on her back, getting closer.

Not really wanting to throw herself into another fight, but also not willing to back down, Mira let her scowl set on her face as she turned around to snap at Carth. Only finding herself slightly slipping as it wasn't Carth standing behind her but a sith soldier with a smug look on his face.

~Short update, but I wanted to get it written out and down! And a cliffy! Anyways, I promised I didn't forget about this, and I think that I might be able to get another chapter in this week too! Thank you all for being patient and please leave reviews! ~