Dr. Rauff POV
In her office on the research vessel
Thrawn barged into my office again, this big blue bastard has banned me from answering any incoming transmissions and tiger has been freaking out for about an hour and i'm stuck sitting here listening to his voicemails become increasingly panicked. My nephew needs me to help a recent patient of mine that's… lactose intolerant, I've only seen one person with that in the last six months.
Ezra Bridger.
The boy that Thrawn was forcing me to capture for him was in my nephew's care and needed immediate medical attention. True he was probably being cared for by Quiveran medics, but they are only trained to stabilize a patient for transport, not treat an allergic reaction. The only way for me to get to Ezra would be to tell Thrawn my nephew is harboring at least one fugitive. That's the last thing my family needs, to give thrawn more to blackmail them with.
Nyra can deal with the consequences, he needs help soon before permanent damage is caused to his digestive track. If only i could contact Tiger and tell him whats going on
A call for me came from the main desk over the intercoms. I stood up and started walking towards the door until Thrawn stepped ahead of me, he was wearing Kevin's grey tec uniform, with a cap pulled forward to hide his face. the scrub shirt was stretched tightly across his chest as he put his hand on my shoulder making me wish for a moment that we were still together, going to my brother's wedding with him was fun… put yourself back together, he was using you! I thought sighing "I can miss personal calls, but if I don't report back now it's going to cause you a lot of trouble. Let me answer and who knows, it might be your crush or prey" he scowled before responding. "Fine. But i'm staying with you"
We hurried down the main corridor to the front office, about halfway there I noticed Kuma Lisa, one of Nyra's students. I tried to signal her to call someone, but she looked straight at Thrawn and nodded towards me as if to ask his permission to act. Did he manage to turn a Quiveran? No way would my sister in law let one of her kids work for him! "Keep moving" Thrawn whispered, shoving me forward just lightly enough that I didn't visibly stumble.
Increasing our pace we arrived at the meeting room behind the front desk and I answered the holo- call. The Quiveran mark hovered for a second before my Nephew stepped into the frame. "Sorry to make you walk all the way to the front desk but I needed to see you Auntie, is there any chance you could come to Drummond Kas or send over a doctor? I forgot the first rule of entertaining and now a blue haired guest of mine currently locked himself in the Medbay restroom with a growing rash and swelling. He ate Dad's pizza so… yea… (grunting in the background) what's the fastest way for you two to meet up?" Thrawn cleared his throat to get my attention "I'll be right back sweetie, I just have to ask if we can afford to move the ship. Love you tiger"
I stepped out of frame and muted my mic. "What" I asked angrily, now he has me lying to family again "something tells me that this blue haired guest is my Ezra, he seems to match your file. Have Tigris bring him here, and tell him that the child will likely need to stay overnight or longer, once you patch him up I'll take my pet home." He chided, and I couldn't help but laugh at him, "it hasn't even been 24 hours since you 'discovered' your lost heir, no way in hell are you ready to capture a rebel who escaped my brother's grasp." I said leaning back. Thrawn smiled,"you forget I have been looking for this person for months now," he responded "I already have a Valeran slave transport cage, and i'm assuming your nephew still wears that special bracelet? I have one just like it to control my prey's force sensitivity." Thrawn pulled out the thin silver bracelet to prove to me that it existed. "Nyra's coven may be able to survive the backlash from dealing with rebels, but lying about not completing a project to the Emperor? The Quivera wouldn't even be a memory, nor would your facility exist." He stepped back. No way I was thinking straight that entire relationship.
I recomposed myself before "Tiger is not to be harmed" I said before returning to my Holo-call and un-muting the mic. "I wish I could come a little closer but we are currently dealing with a lot of patients. I can reserve a bay for him but you have to drop him off. Most likely he's going to need his stomach pumped and a few days of rest. There are some imperials nearby so choose your ship carefully." Tigris brightened up, knowing I meant for him to come in his cruiser, "of course Auntie, I'll be there soon. Just need to move Ezra and prep for takeoff. Love you! Bie!" the call went dark and Thrawn chuckled, "This really has been my lucky week! Now all that's left to do is wait."