Lordess Chronicles
# 2
Deceived
" " = Talking
' ' = Thinking
(" ") = Talking in different language
(' ') = Thinking in different language
Linora sighed as she sat down on a chair. She looked around the room she is in, which the pirates call the meeting room. In one corner is a small table that could be used for dejarik and also for food and drinks(Which seem to be all over the table), a few seats attached to the walls on the opposite side, a small console in the corner, and there were probably tons of secret compartments to hide whatever the pirates smuggle.
Linora has already searched the ship, and tried to talk with the crew members, but they either didn't talk with her, or just told her that they were too busy. So she was left all by herself, unable to talk with anyone for such a long time.
What was surprising was that Fiona hasn't exited her office yet and tried to seduce her again. Surprisingly, she wouldn't mind that. Linora wasn't a lesbian, but she would at least enjoy talking with someone.
She has been on this boring, dirty ship for about two and a half hours, and she has nothing to preoccupy herself with. Well, at least she wasn't in danger.
Captain Ratha Carn looked out of the bridge of the Justicar, seeing the planet Halm. The Jedi knight Linora Lordess is supposedly coming here with the help of her pirate companions. Looking over to her left, Ratha saw Jedi knight Voba Jade staring intently at the ice planet.
"Captain," Voba finally said. "Hide the Justicar behind that moon." Pointing at the closest moon, the captain nodded. Voba Jade has been the Jedi in charge of the Justicar ever since the ship was made, and if she gives a command, they all know by now that she has a good reason.
Once the ship was behind the moon, Voba continued. "Get the bombers prepped and ready, but don't launch them until I give the word. Also, once the bombers are sent off, send the fighters out to surround the planet and bring us out of hiding.. We'll have them stuck on the planet's surface being bombarded, and if they try to escape, then they will have to fight through our small fleet."
Ratha gave out the orders, remembering them using this strategy when they assaulted the planet Garhol during the Sith Rebellion to try and capture an important Sith scientist who had plenty more forces than this Jedi.
"Also, have half our fighters carry mines, and then, captain, you decide where the mines will best be placed, and then have the fighters drop them off there once they're launched. Understood?" Ratha nodded, saying, "Yes, General Jade."
Ratha quickly left the bridge with a datapad, inspecting the best places to place the mines. The Traitorous Linora will not get away from them, and that is for certain once they land on Halm.
"Dropping out of hyperspace." Korvas said as he prepped the blood angel for exiting hyperspace. As Linora stood up, she gasped. Something felt wrong here, almost like she was in terrible danger, but when she tried to find that danger, it seemed to disappear.
Linora quickly put her hand on her Lightsaber, feeling a little relieved to feel its familiar features under her hand. "Entering Halm's atmosphere." Korvas yelled while Fiona emerged into the meeting room, Garen right behind her with his bowcaster out.
"Well, once the Republic picks you up, Jedi, we'll probably never see each other again. I'm sad you didn't come and see me the entire trip." Linora crossed her arms, and then walked towards the loading ramp. She would've visited Fiona, but she knew that, if she did, she would probably be pressured into having sex.
Linora walked down the boarding ramp, instantly feeling the dry air hit her face. The humid planet was really unbearable, and the fact that Linora didn't hear anything about any sightings of Republic ships only made her mood worse. Staying on this backwater planet with these pirates that not only bugged her, but were also the most unsocial people she have ever met made her wish that the Republic will get here very soon.
As Fiona and Garen exited the blood angel, Linora heard the sound of incoming Republic bombers approaching them at an incredible speed. Linora looked up into the sky, and was confused when she saw five bombers approaching them in an attack formation. The blood angel then generated a round, visible shield around it, Linora inside it.
The bombers dropped their first load unto the shields, which looked like it didn't even affect the shield. Korvas ran down the boarding ramp, yelling, "What the fuck was that? Did those Republic bombers just try and kill us?" Fiona looked at Korvas, saying, "First off, good job, getting the shields up. Second of all, get the blood angel. Third of all," Fiona looked over at Linora. "Why did they just try to bomb us?"
"How should I know?" Fiona walked up to Linora, and then said as the bombers dropped another load, "Because we're in this situation because of you and the freaking Republic." Linora looked back at the bombers as they made for a third attack run. "Because they tried to kill me too, in case you didn't see, and why would they waste a Jedi just for a small group of pirates that I could kill in my sleep."
Fiona seemed like she was offended, but it was tough to tell since her face was wrapped up. "Fiona, we can't lift off." Korvas said as the shields were hit with another round of bombs. "Why. Not. Korvas." Fiona was obviously pissed off, and for good reason. "The shield will be deactivated once we start lifting off, and that will make us open targets, but we can't stay here forever since our shields could only last for so long." The bombs hit the shields again, but they all ignored them as a background noise right now.
"Listen to me, Korvas. We better find a way to get off the ground and get out of here without being bombarded into dust, or else the bombers will be the least of your worries." "Fiona, our guns are placed forward, and they can't be aimed upward. If we raise the ship, not only would we be vulnerable to bombing, but we also won't be able to fire back at them until we're at their same height, so they only have to stay above us and bomb the hell out of us while we can only run and hopefully hide."
Goren roared loudly at Korvas, wailing his arms above the air. As the three continued to fight, Linora started counting down. 'Three… Two… One.' She was surprised at what happened then. "Guys." She said, but they didn't stop yelling. "Guys!" Linora said louder, but her voice fell on deaf ears again. "GUYS!" She yelled as loud as she could, and this time the three heard him.
Garen growled a question, and Linora's response was, "The bombing stopped." Realization struck their faces. They looked up, and then around, and did not catch sight of the bombers. "Why did they stop?" Korvas said as he scratched the top of his head. Linora answered his question.
"You see, they probably see how strong our shields are, and now are stopping to save the useless waste of bombs, and where does the power for this shield come from?" Korvas spoke up. "Well, from the…" He stopped a frightened look on his face. "Ship." "Exactly. They're letting us use up the ships power systems to keep the shields up, and then we'll eventually lose the power to not only operate the ship correctly, but to also just wait until our ship weakens its shields by itself. Whoever is commanding them is a genius."
She realized that the three were now not looking at her. "What?" She asked as she looked behind her, and then gasped when she saw an old man walking towards them, and in his hand was a long Lightsaber hilt. Linora knew this man, too.
"Master Abraxis Carlon." Abraxis walked through the shields, looking at the group with a small smile on his face. "Linora Lordess. I am so surprised to see you here." He held both his hands behind his back, continuing with his sentence. "Last time I saw you, you were coming out from under my wing into the wonderful world of the Jedi."
Fiona looked at the man even more closely as she reached for her small DF-67 blaster pistol. She was having a bad feeling about this man, and it seemed like Garen was having the same feeling. Linora smiled, absolute delight flooding her body.
"Master, what are you doing here?" Abraxis brought his hands out from behind his back, saying, "I'm training my new apprentice, Linora." Two green blades popped out of both sides of his Lightsaber. "I wish that it didn't have to come to this, Linora, but this is out of my power."
As he lunged towards Linora, she brought her Lightsaber out, and blocked one of Abraxis's green blades with her blue Lightsaber blade. She stood her ground, blocking her old master's attack after attack. "Get back in the ship and take off!" Linora yelled as she blocked an attack aimed towards her left leg.
The three of them ran back into the blood angel, and soon the engines started up. Korvas looked at the co-pilots seat, which Fiona is now sitting in. "We can keep our shields up, but not the one that is able to stop their bombs fully. Right?" Korvas nodded, and then flipped a few switches and then pressed a few buttons. "I'm rerouting all power from our weapon systems to shields and engines. That should help out our situation."
Fiona looked behind her when Garen made a low, growling sound. "The Jedi is not technically one of us. We won't risk our own necks for her, especially since she's the reason we're in this mess." As she drew power from emergency batteries hidden in the hyper drive, she rerouted those powers to both shields and engines.
Fiona looked at the scanners, checking for the power readings of a Republic bomber. There were none. "All right, hold on everyone." Korvas said as he flipped a switch, and the shield around them disappeared while the ship started to rise.
Linora leaped backwards, avoiding her master's Lightsaber by mere inches. She smiled when the shield started disappearing and the sound of the ship rising up could be heard. With a surge of the force, Linora pushed her master back several feet before turning around and jumping unto the closing boarding ramp.
As the boarding ramp closed, Linora was already on the move, heading towards the bridge. Cyan stepped in front of her, saying, "I understand we're being bombed, Jedi, but you better tell me by whom." Linora pushed him aside while replying, "The Republic. I guess they decided that its best we were out of the picture." Cyra looked at her, and then yelled, "What!"
As she stepped into the bridge, she saw they were now leaving Halm's atmosphere. And right into a heap of trouble. Republic Fighter's started flowing in, firing at the ship. What was worse was that their maneuvering was lessened due to mines being placed all over. "Fiona, get those coordinates in. I'll keep us in one peace."
"What the hell do you think I'm doing? Looking at a video about Rancor mating rituals?" Pressing a button, multiple rockets flew out of the bottom of the blood angel, hitting mines which, with the mines explosion, took out a few fighters, leaving enough room for them to get through. And that was when the Justicar appeared in frontof them, firing their turbo lasers.
("Son of a bitch!") Korvas yelled in his natural tongue as he maneuvered the ship to the left, flying away from the Republic ship but right into a batch of fighters. "Launching last bunch of missiles." Korvas said as more missiles flew out from the bottom of the ship, destroying many Republic fighters.
Linora now felt a sense of dread in her heart. They were killing Republic pilots, who fought for their freedom against the Sith rebellion and still fight for them today, or so Linora thought. Still though, she doesn't feel right killing them.
"Coordinates locked in. Jump whenever you're ready." Making a sharp turn to the right, Korvas pushed a lever, and the stars stretched into long lines as they entered Light speed.
Voba Jade and Captain Ratha Carn were disappointed at what they saw. Not only did they lose a lot of good men, but they didn't even stop the traitorous Jedi and her pirate gang. Voba decided to break the silence. "Do we have the coordinates?" A female Ithorian answered her. "Yes ma'am. They are going to Tatooine." Voba nodded with a grin on her face. "Alright, call in all fighters and then make the jump to Tatooine." Receiving a positive feedback, Voba looked back at Ratha.
"Get our ground troops ready for a ground assault. They will probably land on the ground to make repairs and refuel, and make sure you call the Republic high command about this." With that, Voba walked off the bridge, heading towards her quarters.
She knew that Linora and her pirates won't last long against the full might of the Republic, and soon they will see what happens once they betray the Republic.
The blood angel exited light speed in the middle of nowhere. Linora looked out the view port, saying, "What's going on?" Korvas turned the ship to the left, saying, "We're getting out of hyperspace before we get to Tatooine, and making another jump. This is one way to lose an enemy, and it has worked very well over the years. Right now we are going to one of the moons of Nal Hutta."
Linora's jaw dropped. "Nal Hutta? That's the home world of the freaking Hutts! Why the hell are we going there?" Fiona looked up at her, saying, "We're going to the moon Natuviin. You see, this moon is where the huts put all the waste that they don't want on their already polluted, swampy planet. This planet has nothing but mountains of junk, and is the perfect place to hide from anyone. Not everyone even knows the name of this moon, you know."
Fiona looked back at the controls, and then quickly entered the coordinates for Natuviin, and then they all watched as they made the jump to Light speed.
Horuck Falco and Sarli Falco snuggled with each other as their faces were only an inch away from each other. Sarli never felt so safe and secure as she does when she is in Horuck's strong and masculine arms.
She loved feeling this safe, loved being held by her lover while she's cuddling with him. It didn't last longer due to Horuck's communicator going off. Horuck groaned as he reached behind him, and then grabbed the communicator.
Horuck sat up, and then let his legs dangle over the edge of the bed. As he pressed the button, a hologram of Gaz Skywalker appears. "Horuck, I hope I wasn't interrupting anything important." Horuck rubbed his eye with his free hand while yawning. "Yeah, I was only sleeping with my wife."
Gaz chuckled. "Well, that is very important, but I have something else more important." He pressed a few buttons that was out of view, and then the image of him disappeared and was replaced with an image of a woman in her thirties with long, blue hair, and was dressed as a Jedi with a single bladed Lightsaber on her belt.
"This was Jedi Knight Linora Lordess, a well-known Jedi that is an expert in negotiations, and has gained a great reputation among the senators as the miracle negotiator. Bad news is, though, she betrayed the Jedi and, with a small group of pirates, and are now on the run. They were last seen heading towards Tatooine, but they managed to avoid us. Right now, their location is currently unknown, but we do have an idea of where they could be, and we want you to help search for them." Horuck stood up as the image of Linora returned to the image of Gaz Skywalker.
"I'll start right away." Horuck said as he grabbed his pants with his free hand. "Alright, I'm expecting some good results with you on the job now." With that, the hologram disappeared, and Horuck put it down on his bed as Sarli started to sit up, exhaling a long breath as she held her stomach.
It was getting harder and harder to move the more her baby grows, and moving with a baby inside of your stomach is really difficult. Horuck, seeing Sarli start sitting up, quickly ran over to her, and then placed his hand on her shoulder. "Sarli, you shouldn't get up. You need your rest, and I don't want you to over exert yourself."
Sarli sighed, and then said, "Horuck, it will be a sad day when a Jedi is having trouble setting up." Horuck planted a kiss on Sarli's forehead, and then whispered, "Well, it's a different story when the Jedi's pregnant."
Horuck placed his left hand on her inflated stomach, feeling his son, X'lor, kick. Sarli then felt his hands move up to Sarli's shoulders, and then pushed her back down unto the bed. After Horuck gave Sarli one last kiss, he walked towards the door, as the door slid open, Horuck looked back at Sarli, and their eye's meeting. Horuck took one last step, and the last thing that Sarli saw of Horuck was his wonderful smile as the door closed.
Linora groaned as she felt four fingers grab and then shake her shoulder. She looked up to see a Cyan's face looking down at her. "Get up." He said as he straightened up. Linora sat up, stretching her back. She wasn't use to this type of bed. It felt like she was sleeping on rocks.
"Are we almost to Natuviin?" Linora said as she put her legs over the side of the bed. "We've already landed." She looked up at him with a surprised look on her face. "Wow, I didn't feel us landing." "Yep, that's because you were fast asleep. We've been on Natuviin for three hours." Cyan was about to turn around, but was stopped when Linora grabbed his arm. "Three hours?"
Cyan yanked his hand out of her grasp, responding, "Yes, three hours. Fiona wanted you to sleep since we didn't have any use for you with ship repairs, so we just let you sleep." Linora stood up, brushing her bed hair behind herself.
"So, I slept through the entire repairs?" "Well, not really. We are about to change the transponder codes so they won't recognize us as soon as we enter another system, and we are also about to change the color from a grey paint outer layering to a green paint outer layering. It will be more difficult to recognize us if our ship color looks different, and with our transponder codes changed, we will be a little harder to recognized.
Cyan turned around, and was about to leave the room until he stopped at the door. "By the way, Fiona want's to meet you in the meeting room as soon as you are able to." With that, he left Linora all to herself in the rest chambers, and then she hugged herself. Her world was flipped upside down for reasons unknown, and she does not have anyone that she knows and her only companions are a bunch of pirates that seem like they would betray her if given the chance.
Fiona didn't look up from her sniper rifle that lay on the Brejik board as Linora approached from behind her. "What do you want?" Linora asked as she looked over Fiona's shoulder. "I want to know what skill your good is in." She said as she put away a small mechanical part that she took out of her sniper rifle while she reached with her other hand towards a similar piece, but was smaller and looked a little different.
"After all, if you are going to be sticking with us throughout this adventure, then I'm sure it will be good to know what skills you're good in." Linora crossed her arms as she continued to watch Fiona mess middle around with her sniper rifle. "I'm a good negotiator, one of the best. Of course, I don't think I that's a very good skill in our situation."
Fiona looked up at Linora, replying, "Oh, you think?" Fiona looked back down at her Sniper Rifle as she picked up a Hydrospanner. "The Republic tried to kill us without warning, and as far as we know, without reason." Putting in the last piece, Fiona closed the gap in the Sniper she made to improve it. Linora continued to talk.
"I am also a pretty good cook, and an amazing pilot. I am also good in repairing land vehicles and small fighters, and even though I'm not the best swordsman, I am in the same skill as a normal Jedi." Fiona looked up at her, saying, "Well, I guess you're not completely useless." Fiona stood up, and then, placing her right hand on Linora's shoulder while leaning her forehead against Linora's, whispered, "Of course, since we're gonna both be wanted fugitives, and since we're staying here for a week, I'm gonna be very lonely all isolated here, so how about it?" She then smiled. "Wanna give me the best week of my life?" She said as she brought her hand up, and then squeezed one of Linora's breasts.
Linora immediately kneed Fiona in the stomach, and then pushed her unto the table. "Whoa, calm down." Fiona said as she sat up on the table. "You know, if you wanted to do me on the table, all you had to do was ask."
Linora leaned in until she was only a few inches from Fiona's face. "Listen to me, you lesbian pervert. I am not a lesbian, and I swear that, if you try to molest me again, then I will cut off every body one of your body parts and then feed them to a Sarlacc one piece at a time. Do you understand me?"
Fiona pushed Linora off, saying, "Whatever. You know, the only reason why we're helping you is because they think that we are working together since we just rescued you." Fiona stood up, continuing. "Korvas said that we should turn you in and clear our names since he say's they're after you, but then I reminded him of a few of our jobs that we've done, so it is possible that they are after only us, and this whole business was just a trap, and since you could only have been the bait to draw us out, I decided that one of us should keep an eye on you."
Linora sighed, and then looked away from Fiona for a few seconds. She then looked back at Fiona, saying, "Well, who did you guys decide is going to watch over me?" Fiona did a quick, fake laugh into the air, and then replied with a tone of evil in her voice, "Who else? Me."
To Be Continued in # 3 A day in the life of a pirate