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p dir="ltr"strongBack to the /strongstrongemStory/em/strongstrong!/strong/p
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p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr"br / Kallus was going over the evidence he found most important on a small holo screen while behind him stood Nyra, the rest scattered about the table voicing their theories as to what happened. /p
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p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Most of the feeds were useless. Whoever took Ezra knew the cameras well. Never showing his face, staying in blind spots wherever he could, but he did slip up at the last camera outside of Ezra's room. /p
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p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Although the cap still hid his eyes, when the kidnapper checked to see if the hall was clear there was a slight red glow across the tops of his sharp cheekbones. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""That Fates forsaken Moron!" Nyra hissed at the security holo in front of her, recognizing the blue-skinned 'lab tech' right then. "Pull up the hangar bay logs for that day. If its who I think it is things just got way more complicated."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""You don't mean..." Jack grimaced./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""Hell yea. I thought that emidiot /emwould know better than to mess with our family. " She hissed, looking over Kallus's shoulder as he scrolled through the records for that day. Most were civilian transports (Nyra called them family cars) but this one ship stood out, an old Naboo royal cruiser, "emDuck/em, it is."/p
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p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""Duck its emWho/em?"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Mith'raw'nurudu. You probably know him better as..."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""Thrawn!?" Zeb exclaimed, "I'd be using a lot more colorful language than emthat/em."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""Would if I could." Nyra sighed, "But I am going to call him about Dr. Rauff once its morning where he is. I would demand Ezra too but that would put my coven at risk."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""So we're on our own."/p
/div
p dir="ltr"br / "I said I couldn't demand, but he did take a patient out of my facilities. At the very least I can get info on how he's doing." Nyra answered, "everyone get some sleep. He wont be answering any calls from me at this hour."/p
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p dir="ltr"strongBedtime timeskip/strong/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"(Nini is cussing him out, t puts Ez on to show he's OK, E calls him a bastard, "I like this kid") Ezra not allowed on screen/p
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p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""If you guys stay quiet I'll put it on speaker"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr"They agreed, and the call was answered by the second ring. Once the holo of him popped up, Nyra barely gave him time to say hello before she went off on him. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""If people found out patients went missing from my medical facilities do you know who would be hired to investigate it? My kids"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr"But," The chiss tried to counter, Nyra was having none of it./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"(strongA/N/strong you can skim the rants they are meaningless)/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""Then how awkward it would be when my kids came to me looking for answers, explain to their employers I messed up, but that I'm their boss too! Then there are questions about why a person owns a hospital And a P.I. group, then they find out about the clubs, then emMagic!/em Do you know how much trouble that would be for yoemu?/em What on earth possessed you to kidnap My Sister in Law, her aid, And a Teenage patient! You have done some pretty crazy things in your convoluted plans but w.t.f this is the weirdest thing yet. emExplain. Now/em."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""Is this a secure line?" Thrawn asked./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Of corse it is idiot. I'm trying Not to get us screwed over."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Thrawn then described what made him take 'Emma', an apparent chiss 'princess' and that he wanted the doctors to make sure 'she' was safe and compatible. Then he went into detail about how well everyone was being cared for, and offering to donate the lab to Dr. Rauff to compensate for being a horrid person./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr"Nyra simply glared at him in disbelief. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""Do you wish to talk to them?" Thrawn asked, "currently I only have the patient with me"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""What do you think?"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""Emma!" He yelled, then turned off his end of the visual feed, "my dear, someone wishes to talk to you."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""Greeaaat, you fell in flipping love. Moron." Nyra sighed, "Hows he treating you Ez? Any complaints?"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""He's a bastard, that's all."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Ha! I like you kid. You're unhurt?"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""He almost drowned me once." Ezra said nonchalantly, "the clothes are taking some getting used to, And he messed with my face a bit."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""Sweetheart," Thrawn chided, "My apologies Nyra, Em tends to exaggerate."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""Oh emreally/em?" 'Em' deadpanned. "She should also know about the energy restraint that gets flicked on whenever you cant keep an eye on me."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"At this point there was a struggle to hold the ghost crew back and out of the frame. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""I mean," Nyra said with a devilish smirk, motioning for the crew to join her on screen. "I know who Ezra is, but did you have no better idea of... I don't even know what you think you're doing."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Even though Nyra couldn't see him, she knew Thrawn would have flinched under the hateful glares of the ghost crew. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr"The witch also knew he couldn't do anything about her rebel dealings without getting screwed. Best case scenario Thrawn would be kept in the same prison cell as Ezra as some crewl joke./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""Now" Nyra commanded, "Turn back on the visual feed."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr"Thrawn mindlessly complied, his brain churning to come up with something to keep Ezra by his side. emNot now, /emhe thought, emEzra and I have only just started to bond./em "Max is excited to meet Emma, you know he has been encouraging me to date." He bluffed. "Should be here tomorrow. And you know the pattern. I tell Max I'm seeing someone and its a matter of time before the Emporor knows." /p
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div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Ezra looked incredibly confused, having only heard the name a couple times before as Thrawn's good friend./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""You're lieing." At this point it would be a mistake introducing Ezra to people. If he slipped out of character, even with someone Thrawn planned to trust with the truth. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr""I will be seeing him tomorrow. I promise that." Thrawn confirmed, shutting off the call before anyone could argue./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"strongHow does your favorite crewmember react?/strong/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="center"
p dir="ltr"strongPlace change/strong/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr"Ezra was filled with a renewed rage for being cut off from his family. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr"The first punch nearly collided with the chiss' jaw before Thrawn dragged Ezra by his wrist to lock the padawan in the bathroom. /p
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p dir="ltr" /p
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p dir="ltr"Thrawn raced back to the holo comn and immediately dialed Max's comn channel, thankful that the general's leave actually did start at the end of this shift. Thrawn was even more greatful when Max answered on the first ring./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Good evening General Veers," Thrawn said with an almost relieved smirk, "there is someone I want you to meet." /p
/div
p dir="ltr"br / strongA/N 1097 words this ch!/strong/p
p dir="ltr"strongstrongThis chapter needs major editing. /strong/strong/p
p dir="ltr"strongstrongWhat do you think of the word count? Stole that idea from a couple good Danny Phantom stores. /strong/strong/p
p dir="ltr"strongstrongDo you mind the way Thrawn speaks? /strong/strong/p
p dir="ltr"strongstrongOr is this too much ocs?/strong/strong/p
p dir="ltr"strongstrongEither way a vote/comment goes a long way. Next 2 chapters are started (one practically ready to publish) so there may be another by Halloween (/strong/strongstrongstrongOct/strong/strongstrongstrong 31st) if we are lucky./strong/strong/p
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p dir="ltr"strongstrongSee you soon! Bie!/strong/strong/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" /p
/div
div align="center"
p dir="ltr"strongBack to the /strongstrongemStory/em/strongstrong!/strong/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"br / Kallus was going over the evidence he found most important on a small holo screen while behind him stood Nyra, the rest scattered about the table voicing their theories as to what happened. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Most of the feeds were useless. Whoever took Ezra knew the cameras well. Never showing his face, staying in blind spots wherever he could, but he did slip up at the last camera outside of Ezra's room. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Although the cap still hid his eyes, when the kidnapper checked to see if the hall was clear there was a slight red glow across the tops of his sharp cheekbones. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""That Fates forsaken Moron!" Nyra hissed at the security holo in front of her, recognizing the blue-skinned 'lab tech' right then. "Pull up the hangar bay logs for that day. If its who I think it is things just got way more complicated."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""You don't mean..." Jack grimaced./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Hell yea. I thought that emidiot /emwould know better than to mess with our family. " She hissed, looking over Kallus's shoulder as he scrolled through the records for that day. Most were civilian transports (Nyra called them family cars) but this one ship stood out, an old Naboo royal cruiser, "emDuck/em, it is."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Duck its emWho/em?"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Mith'raw'nurudu. You probably know him better as..."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Thrawn!?" Zeb exclaimed, "I'd be using a lot more colorful language than emthat/em."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Would if I could." Nyra sighed, "But I am going to call him about Dr. Rauff once its morning where he is. I would demand Ezra too but that would put my coven at risk."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""So we're on our own."/p
/div
p dir="ltr"br / "I said I couldn't demand, but he did take a patient out of my facilities. At the very least I can get info on how he's doing." Nyra answered, "everyone get some sleep. He wont be answering any calls from me at this hour."/p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"strongBedtime timeskip/strong/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"(Nini is cussing him out, t puts Ez on to show he's OK, E calls him a bastard, "I like this kid") Ezra not allowed on screen/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""If you guys stay quiet I'll put it on speaker"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"They agreed, and the call was answered by the second ring. Once the holo of him popped up, Nyra barely gave him time to say hello before she went off on him. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""If people found out patients went missing from my medical facilities do you know who would be hired to investigate it? My kids"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"But," The chiss tried to counter, Nyra was having none of it./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"(strongA/N/strong you can skim the rants they are meaningless)/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Then how awkward it would be when my kids came to me looking for answers, explain to their employers I messed up, but that I'm their boss too! Then there are questions about why a person owns a hospital And a P.I. group, then they find out about the clubs, then emMagic!/em Do you know how much trouble that would be for yoemu?/em What on earth possessed you to kidnap My Sister in Law, her aid, And a Teenage patient! You have done some pretty crazy things in your convoluted plans but w.t.f this is the weirdest thing yet. emExplain. Now/em."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Is this a secure line?" Thrawn asked./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Of corse it is idiot. I'm trying Not to get us screwed over."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Thrawn then described what made him take 'Emma', an apparent chiss 'princess' and that he wanted the doctors to make sure 'she' was safe and compatible. Then he went into detail about how well everyone was being cared for, and offering to donate the lab to Dr. Rauff to compensate for being a horrid person./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Nyra simply glared at him in disbelief. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Do you wish to talk to them?" Thrawn asked, "currently I only have the patient with me"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""What do you think?"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Emma!" He yelled, then turned off his end of the visual feed, "my dear, someone wishes to talk to you."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Greeaaat, you fell in flipping love. Moron." Nyra sighed, "Hows he treating you Ez? Any complaints?"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""He's a bastard, that's all."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Ha! I like you kid. You're unhurt?"/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""He almost drowned me once." Ezra said nonchalantly, "the clothes are taking some getting used to, And he messed with my face a bit."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Sweetheart," Thrawn chided, "My apologies Nyra, Em tends to exaggerate."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Oh emreally/em?" 'Em' deadpanned. "She should also know about the energy restraint that gets flicked on whenever you cant keep an eye on me."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"At this point there was a struggle to hold the ghost crew back and out of the frame. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""I mean," Nyra said with a devilish smirk, motioning for the crew to join her on screen. "I know who Ezra is, but did you have no better idea of... I don't even know what you think you're doing."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Even though Nyra couldn't see him, she knew Thrawn would have flinched under the hateful glares of the ghost crew. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"The witch also knew he couldn't do anything about her rebel dealings without getting screwed. Best case scenario Thrawn would be kept in the same prison cell as Ezra as some crewl joke./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Now" Nyra commanded, "Turn back on the visual feed."/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Thrawn mindlessly complied, his brain churning to come up with something to keep Ezra by his side. emNot now, /emhe thought, emEzra and I have only just started to bond./em "Max is excited to meet Emma, you know he has been encouraging me to date." He bluffed. "Should be here tomorrow. And you know the pattern. I tell Max I'm seeing someone and its a matter of time before the Emporor knows." /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Ezra looked incredibly confused, having only heard the name a couple times before as Thrawn's good friend./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""You're lieing." At this point it would be a mistake introducing Ezra to people. If he slipped out of character, even with someone Thrawn planned to trust with the truth. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""I will be seeing him tomorrow. I promise that." Thrawn confirmed, shutting off the call before anyone could argue./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"strongHow does your favorite crewmember react?/strong/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="center"
p dir="ltr"strongPlace change/strong/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Ezra was filled with a renewed rage for being cut off from his family. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"The first punch nearly collided with the chiss' jaw before Thrawn dragged Ezra by his wrist to lock the padawan in the bathroom. /p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr"Thrawn raced back to the holo comn and immediately dialed Max's comn channel, thankful that the general's leave actually did start at the end of this shift. Thrawn was even more greatful when Max answered on the first ring./p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p
div align="left"
p dir="ltr""Good evening General Veers," Thrawn said with an almost relieved smirk, "there is someone I want you to meet." /p
/div
p dir="ltr"br / strongA/N 1097 words this ch!/strong/p
p dir="ltr"strongstrongThis chapter needs major editing. /strong/strong/p
p dir="ltr"strongstrongWhat do you think of the word count? Stole that idea from a couple good Danny Phantom stores. /strong/strong/p
p dir="ltr"strongstrongDo you mind the way Thrawn speaks? /strong/strong/p
p dir="ltr"strongstrongOr is this too much ocs?/strong/strong/p
p dir="ltr"strongstrongEither way a vote/comment goes a long way. Next 2 chapters are started (one practically ready to publish) so there may be another by Halloween (/strong/strongstrongstrongOct/strong/strongstrongstrong 31st) if we are lucky./strong/strong/p
div align="center"
p dir="ltr"strongstrongSee you soon! Bie!/strong/strong/p
/div
p dir="ltr" /p