Lordess Chronicles

# 8

A new ally, and the truth revealed!

" " = Talking

' ' = Thinking

(" ") = Talking in different language

(' ') = Thinking in different language

Time Line: 2 months 1 week after the end of the Sith Rebellion

Tricaya is a medium-sized gas planet near the outer rim. As Korvas entered the planet's atmosphere, the space station appeared on the scanners. When it came into view, Linora was shocked to see a Haven for smugglers, pirates, and bounty hunters. It has three rings on the outside, the one on the top being the smallest, the one below that one bigger, and the one on the very bottom being the largest. There were six tibanna gas containers for anyone to buy, but at an price that is a little higher than it should be.

Multiple hangers could be seen throughout the entire space station, too many to count. 'How have the Jedi not discover this place yet?' Linora thought as Korvas landed the Blood Angel in a hanger near the top. As the Blood Angel landed, a Bothan with two Ughnaut's right behind him walked up, stopping at the front of the ship. Fiona, who was standing behind Linora, whispered, "This is the formal welcoming party. There are two hidden turrets above the door, and two wookie guards near our exit, and a whole shit load of guards that will be on our ass before we can even say Sarlaac."

Linora and Korvas stood up after the turned the Angel off, and then walked to the entrance where Garen, F4-T6, and Cyan Dysar was waiting. "Cyan, have you discovered the problem with the stealth field?" Cyan nodded.

"It was a power issue. There was too much power running through the ship, and when that happened whatever system is taking up too much energy, which just so happens to be the stealth generator." Fiona sighed. "But why then? How come it didn't short out when we first use it?" "Well, when we first used it the hyper drive wasn't online, unlike when we used it the second time to try and get out in a hurry. Also, when the stealth system fried, it also messed up our scanner's quite a bit, and unless I can find a new power source soon our weapons will be without any power to shoot. They'll just be there for decoration."

Fiona sighed, and then looked at the ramp. "Alright, here's how we're gonna be doing this."

The loading ramp opened up, and Fiona was the first to step down. Cyan then followed her, but once he was off the ramp, went to the side of the ship to inspect a few big blast scorches. Garen stayed at the top of the ramp, and watched as everyone else left the ship. He then brought the loading ramp up as F4, the last crew member, left. F4 want off to help Cyan as Linora and korvas followed Fiona, the both of them checking her out. When they got to the Bothan, the doorway into the Hanger opened up, and a blue female Twi'lek stepped in. "Fiona!" She yelled, jogging towards them.

Fiona spread her arms, saying, "Lyra, how you doi…" Fiona was then slapped by Lyra. "Okay, I'll admit it." Fiona said, straightening herself. "I deserved that one." Lyra grabbed Fiona, an look of pure anger in her eyes. "YOU HAVE SOME NERVE COMING BACK HERE, YOU SLIME! AFTER WHAT YOU DID LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, I SHOULD KILL YOU WHERE YOU STAND!"

Linora sighed as she placed her hands on her hips. She knew that this was too good to be true. She should have known that Fiona had done something to have pissed off the leader. "Hey, it was just a misunderstanding! I thought you were a lesbian like me!" "WELL YOU THOUGHT WRONG! AND A MISUNDERSTANDING! YOU ALMOST RAPED ME, YOU BASTARD!" Fiona chuckled, saying, "Yeah, the key word in that phase is 'almost.'" Lyra sighed, and then let go of Fiona.

"I will let you stay here, but this is the last time. Now, what do you need?" Lyra said, crossing her arms. "Our ship has lost a lot of power and needs fixing. Cyan will inform your engineers what needs to be done and what is required for it." Lyra then scanned Fiona's crew, and then replied, "What happened to that wookie?" "he's back on the ship to make sure no one smuggles themselves in." "Why is the droid staying behind? I know it's not just for repairs."

Fiona placed her hands on her hips. "You're right. He will use his scanning equipment and communicator to communicate with Garen in case he is needed. Also, before you ask, Korvas won't be coming with us He'll go straight to the bar like usual." Lyra's left eyebrow rose. "What do you mean coming with us? Who say's you're coming with me at all?" Fiona pointed at Linora. "This is Linora Lordess, a new member of my crew. She needs the tour of the place, and I remember you doing that sort of stuff when I last visited here."

"Yeah, that was three years ago." "And you can't let the whole incident slide, even after all this time?" Lyra grabbed Fiona's shirt again, saying, "Listen to me, and listen good. If I hear even one report saying that you or any of your crewmen have done something to make any job here more difficult, then I'm kicking you out, repairs or no repairs, ship or no ship."

Fiona grabbed Linora's hand, saying, "Fine then. Let's go!" Linora's cheeks lit up as her hand touched Fiona's. The contact just felt… right, and very good.

Jedi Master Dac Barris finished reading the message from Coruscant, smiling. Dac has never wanted to be a General, just wanted to fight criminals and put them where they belong. He now has a humoungous chance to do just that. Because of a tracking device put on a damaged smuggler's ship, and from his scouts he can tell that the smuggler went to a safe haven on the planet Tricaya. It was led by a Twi'lek named Lyra Chodo, and has a lot of fire power on her side. Fortunately, so does he.

After the council agreed to his request for more help, he now has eight ships under his control to attack and take over this safe haven. Dac sent out the coordinates for the safe haven to all other ships, and then smiled. This was going to be a glorious day for him.

Linora sighed as she sat down on a couch in Lyra's office as Lyra and Fiona negotiated the price of some sort of blade Lyra had that was supposed to be a lot. Fiona, of course, was using money they didn't have. All money they had left was used up on getting what they needed to make the ship working again. And for whatever Korvas order's in the bar.

To pass the time, Linora decided to continue writing in her journal. Taking out her datapad, she scrolled through the options until she found the option for her journal. Going into it, she wrote what has happened since her last journal, which was about three days ago. When she finally finished, Fiona gave up on the sword.

A knock came at the door, causing Lyra to go answer it. When she left the office with whoever was at the door, leaving Fiona and Linora alone. "So, we're all by ourselves." Fiona said, putting her hands on her hips. Linora nodded as she saved her journal log, and then turned it off. "Well, we should pass the time." She said, grinning. "alright, get naked." Linora's cheeks lit up when she heard this. She brought her robes closer, saying, "N-No way, you pervert!"

Fiona laughed, her head rolling back. "Wow, you should have seen the look on your face!" She then walked up to Linora, who was still blushing, and sat next to her. Who the hell was Lyra talking with anyway?

Lyra was pushed against the wall as her lips and his lips clashed once again. His arms were on both sides of her face, allowing him to stop himself from falling on her. She brought her hands up the man's masculant chest up to his shoulders. She then felt his arms hug tightly around her, bringing her in closer.

She opened her eyes when their kiss was interrupted, allowing her to see her lover, Korvas Hunt. Korvas whispered, "I've missed this." Before he clashed his lips against Lyra's again. When they separated, she whispered back, "I've missed you, Korvas." She then clashed her lips against Korvas's, loving the feel of his lips that she has longed for three years.

She felt his hand go down from her back to her ass, and then a tight squeeze. "No, Korvas." Lyra said, grabbing his arm. "Not right now, we don't have the same privacy like we use to before." She leaned her forehead against korvas's forehead. Korvas grunted. "Why do we need to keep this a secret? All we've done in this relationship is hide in the shadows, but don't you think it's time to bring it out to the light?"

Lyra pushed him off, and then straightened themselves. "If we must, we will, but not right now. We need to keep it a secret, just for a little longer." Korvas didn't like it, but he just put up with it, and planted his lips on Lyra's lips once again.

Dac Barris saw the lines go from long lines back into the dots, and in front of the view window was the planet Tricaya, where the safe haven is. As he turned around to head towards the hanger, he already heard that the ship's personal giving out order's to all the other ships to send out their drop ships to the Safe Haven.

When Dac finally reached the hanger, all ships except for one drop ship was left. The ship has nine troopers in it, all fully armed to the bone. Dac entered the drop ship, the nine troopers saluting him. "Alright, let's move pilot!" Dac yelled as the Drop ship's doors closed and became air sealed.

Dac couldn't wait to get down there and arrest all of those smuggler scum and all those evil doers.

Linora swore when she saw two Republic Drop Ships fly by the window in Lyra's office. Fiona shot up from the couch she and Linora were sitting on, pulling out her communicator. "Garen, this is Fiona. We've got incoming drop ships, not friendly. Get those engines primed, and…" Linora grabbed the communicator out of Fiona's hand, and then spoke into the communicator.

"Delay that order, Garen! They will most likely try to land their troops in hanger bays where there are any ships, so as long as they don't detect our ships, we should be fine." Garen replied back in a low growl. "No, I'm not sure if it will actually work, but at least there will be less of a chance of them detecting you. Stay with the ship though, and and get Cyan and F4 back into the ship if they're done repairing the ship. Linora out."

Linora deactivated the communicator, and then handed it back to Fiona. "Call Korvas, get him back to the ship! I'll stand guard outside!" Fiona nodded, and then put in Korvas's com frequency. She stopped when the door opened with Korvas yelling, "We've got Republic, incoming!" Fiona stopped the call, and then put it away.

"Yes, we saw." She was surprised when Lyra came in right after him, and then realized something. "Wait, you're not drunk off your ass yet? And what are you doing with Lyra?" Korvas pulled out his hidden blaster, saying, "No time, we have to get back to the ship!" Normally Fiona would try to find out more, but this was not the right time nor place for it.

Linora stood guard outside, her Lightsaber out but inactive, ready to defend herself, but she was not sure if she was ready to actually kill Republic soldiers, but she would try to disarm them at least. She'll only kill if she has to. Meanwhile, Fiona, Lyra, and Korvas were looking at a map of the Safe haven, trying to find the safest passage to the Blood Angel.

"If we take the vents and they take control of the defense systems, they'll just simply turn on the fans and let us all get gutted. If we take the most direct route, it would be tough, but we can possibly get through." Lyra looked back at the door where, on the other side, Linora stood guard. "That is, if your Jedi can handle it."

Fiona mentally cursed. She knew that Linora wasn't going to kill the Republic soldiers unless it was absolutely necessary, so she studied the map even closer. "How about through here?" Fiona said, pointing at a tunnel that could be accessed from inside her office, and while it was the longest path, it was the safest.

"I would take about an hour to get through to our ship, but while there are no defense systems in there, you missed something." She crossed her arms, leaning on her left leg. "That tunnel is known as the no man's land since it is one big TRASH COMPACTOR! With how big this station is, we needed an equally big system to get rid of all the trash, and so we made this long ass tunnel! With all the walls that could crush us, the rotaters that would snap us in half, and with all of the different ways to get rid of any excess trash, we would be lucky to get even a third of the way through!"

Fiona chuckled, and then said, "That's why we have Womp rat." Fiona turned towards an air vent while Lyra looked confused. "What do you mean 'Womp rat?'" Fiona walked up to the vent, and then yelled, "Womp rat, I know you're in there! Come out!" She stepped to the side as a voice came out. ("Alright, alright, I'm coming out! No need to get your panties in a knot!") The ventilation cover came undone, and out popped a Ugnaught.

As he stood up, he patted his clothes. "What the hell do you want with me? I'm not going to be much help here." Fiona looked over at Lyra, saying, "Womp rat here knows a safe way to go through the trash compactor's in a safe and fast way. He's been known to a few of your guests here as a means to get out of here when they need o get away from you in case you get mad at them. Right now, he is our only hope of escape."

Lyra looked at Womp rat, and then said, "So he's been getting people out of here under my nose?" Womp rat shrugged, saying, ("Don't worry, I always get paid, and I give half of my income to you. That way, this station could stay running and I can continue getting money. Also, don't worry about me stealing anything from your shops here, I pay for everything. So you get quite a lot of my money.")

Lyra scowled, but didn't say anything. She must have seen some more income in her account that wasn't from her shops, bars, or anything else she might have here. She looked at the vent, and then sighed. "Obviously, we won't be able to fit in there." She walked over to her disk, and then pressed one of many buttons underneath her desk. A seven foot wide hole appeared on the wall behind Womp rat, who didn't seem phase by the sudden appearance. ("Ah, yes, I've been trying to find the entrance to this tunnel ever since I discovered it years ago. I had my theory the entrance was in this office.")

Womp rat jumped into the hole, and then looked behind him ("I'll be ready when you are.") Fiona quickly went out and brought Linora back into the office. Once she locked the door, she blasted the controls while Linora sealed the door shut. That should keep the Republic busy.

They all quickly entered the hole, Fiona locking the door and Lyra pressing a button on the side that short circuited all the power to the buttons under her desk, including the one that opens the entrance into this tunnel, and then they started following Womp rat towards their ship.

Garen, Cyan, and F4 all looked at the ship controls, the empty pilot seat, and then at the galaxy map. Cyan looked over at Garen as he growled softly. "No, we are not to go and search for them. The Republic must have soldier's crawling all over this place, and we were only so lucky to get the doors locked and reroute all our power to the stealth generator, or else they would have found us by now."

F4 strolled up to the console on the wall, and gave almost all of its power into the ship. Once it did so, F4 shut itself off. Cyan pulled out the portable charger, and plugged it into F4. "If he keeps doing this, then I fear that his power core will short circuit with all of this charging and then sending out all of it into the ships stealth system."

Cyan stood up, leaving the c harger in F4. He has about forty five minutes before F4 turned itself back on, meaning that they have forty five minutes before it would give the ship more power. Hopefully Fiona and everyone else will get here in time before that happens.

Womp Rat was leading the group with Linora right behind him. Behind her are Fiona, Lyra, and Korvas who was guarding their rear. The tunnel was dark, the only lights being the dim lights on the ceilings every ten feet. They haven't gotten to the Trash compactor yet, but they could definitely smell it. When Linora first smelled it, her first impression was that they were back on the garbage planet Natuuvin, where they spent a week in hiding after they found out the Republic was after them.

("We're at the entrance.") Womp rat said, stopping. They all stopped walking, and looked around. There was no door, hatch, or anything around. Womp rat turned around, saying, ("Jedi, use your lightsaber to cut a hole right… here!") Womp rat said, pointing at an area in front of him.

Why? Can't we just go and find the closest way in there that doesn't involve cutting our way in?" Womp rat sighed, and then said, ("The closest door in from here is through a long series of tunnels. It will take us just a hour to get through them, and I rather leave as quickly as I can.") Fiona pushed Linora aside at those words, and then grabbed Womp rat's shirt. "Who said you're coming with us? I don't want to keep picking up people to go on my ship for a joy ride!"

("Listen, Pirate, I am going to eventually get caught by the Republic if I stay here, and if you would rather navigate these tunnels by yourself, then good luck. I'm going to get my way one way or another.") Fiona scowled, but then stayed silent for another five seconds. "Fine, you can come on my ship, but unless you have skills that I need." Womp rat nodded, and then looked over at Linora. ("Well? Start cutting away, Master Jedi.") Linora walked to the spot that Womp rat previously pointed to, pulling her Lightsaber out. Activating it, she dug the Lightsaber in, and then started to cut a hole in it. When she was three fourths of the way done, they all stopped when they heard voices from far away.

Womp rat pulled out a datapad, and then started to key something in. When he finished, Linora was done cutting her way through. Linora stood back from the hole as Fiona looked in. There was a moving walkway with trash on it, the walls moving in and crushing the trash. Fiona saw a ten second overall before the walls came back in between, and in between the walls was a gap just big enough for them to stand in single file without being crushed. "Looks like it won't be too easy." Linora looked back at where the voices were coming from, swearing. "I'll stay behind, hold them off. You all go and keep the ship warmed up for me." Womp rat gave Linora the datapad he was yping something in. ("I knew that you would do something like this, Jedi, so I left instructions on how to safely get through the compactor's. Good luck Jedi.") Then, with that, Womp rat jumped down the hole, followed by everyone else.

Once they were all in, Linora turned around, her Lightsaber out in an offensive position. She was ready to hold the Republic forces off until her friends could escape. And, most importantly to Linora, Fiona to escape as well.

Jedi Master Dac Barris led several troops through the tunnel that he found in Lyra's office. He was very persistent in finding it when he saw how much effort they put into locking and sealing the room off but nothing was in there. It was just by luck that he found the tunnel, but he knew there was no such thing as luck. There was only the force, and for some reason it wanted him down here in this tunnel.

After turning a corner into another tunnel, he couldn't believe his eyes. Standing halfway in the tunnel was the Jedi fugitive Linora Lordess. "This is my very lucky day." Dac said, pulling his Lightsaber out. "Troopers, go back out of the tunnel to warn the rest of my forces what I have found."

"Yes sir!" A male Rodian trooper said, and then, with the rest of the troopers, left them. "I never imagined myself to take you down, but I guess the Force has great plans for me indeed." Linora pulled out her datapad, and then tossed it at Dac When he grabbed it, he looked at it. "That journal has MY side of the story, not just Abraxis's."

Dac put it in his pocket, and then activated his Lightsaber, a yellow blade popping out. "I will make sure that we read it, but first I must capture you." Linora held her active Lightsaber in place, ready to attack Dac. Then, all in a flash, they lunged at each other, their Lightsaber's clashing. Linora and Dac seem to be equal in Lightsaber combat, which is a nice surprise for Linora. Ever since her duel with Abraxis, whenever she has been in combat with someone that includes Lightsaber dueling, she always seem to be outmatched. But now she has an actual fighting chance against this Jedi.

As the two exchanged blows, trying to get past the others defenses, but they were failing. As the duel continued, Linora knew that she had to get going out of there. "Master Dac, I need your assistance. I need someone representing me back on Coruscant, and I want that to be you."

Dac jumped back, avoiding Linora's blade as it swept where he use to stand, but it wasn't aiming towards anything vital. "Why me?" Dac asked as he twirled his Lightsaber, and then locked his Lightsaber with Linora's. "I haven't been able to get the chance to actually talk with anyone else in the Jedi Order that hasn't done the whole 'shoot first, ask questions later', so I want you to do this for me."

She pushed Dac back, and then, stretching out with the force sent him flying. She turned around, and then jumped down the hole into the trash compactor. Pulling out the datapad that Womp rat gave her, she started to navigate the dangerous terrain.

Fiona was glad to see Linora come up the boarding ramp, her heart thumping at the sight of her. She has always felt this way, and she quite enjoyed the feeling. "We're good to go, let's gets out of here. Did we fix the problem with the power overload?" Cyan walked up to her, saying, "No, so we can just fly by them, and once we're out of the Republic ship's scanners, we'll deactivate the stealth generator so we can go into Light speed." He looked behind himself where Womp rat was inspecting F4 with a type of magnifying glass that has four lens. "With a few new guest's, of course."

Dac heard the report only a hour after his fight with Linora. She was nowhere to be found, the same as with the Blood Angel and its crew. Gaz Skywlker, himself, has called him and personally congratulated him in capturing the safe haven and for pushing Linora out of this Safe Haven. When Dac mentioned the datapad, Gaz asked that Dac would send in the information that has Linora's side of the story, and Dac gladly agreed. Dac will still be out here, hunting down scum and villainly, but at least Gaz was going to possibly defend Linora. He has a much louder voice than Dac did, and more people would pay attention to him.

Dac was looking at a long list of prisoner's that they caught, surprised to see so many in this far, there were well over two hundred prisoners, and there could be even over three hundred captured, but that wasn't what was bothering him. What was bothering him the most was what was on Linora's datapad.

He knew that the Blood daggers couldn't be trusted, and that they could have lied to them, but this just but helps his theory. He also sent his theory along with Linora's side of this story. Was she telling the truth? Was Master Abraxis really working with the crimson daggers? Does he really have an secret apprentice? If so, then why? He won't be able to keep her a secret for very long, and it will be interesting to see how he will respond.

Womp rat sat on a chair in the living quarters, Lyra, Fiona, and Linora standing in front of him. "Lyra is a good pilot and is better in a fight than Cyan or Korvas, but we don't know anything about you. Unless you tell some good skills you have, and if they aren't good enough, then you are being thrown out the air lock!" Womp rat started thinking for five seconds, then said, ("I'm a amazing mechanic. I saved that Safe Haven a dozen times over from mechanical problems, I am also good in stealth, in case that wasn't obvious enough, and I have… um…") He clasped his hands together, and then continued. ("I haven't always given up half of my profit. Sometimes I keep everything, but I then put it in an account on the twelfth moon of Twoferq, where two billion credits wait for me to come and pick up.")

Fiona must've have died and gone to heaven. "Two billion! Is that what you just said?" Fiona said, her shoulder's slumping and her head drooping. He nodded, obviously happy that he now has something to use against them. ("Yes, but that was only the last time I checked. Two weeks ago, I think. I got some more business, so I will have probably a bit more.")

He then smiled. ("Of course, before I give you all of these credits, I want something in return.") Linora cocked her eye brow. "What is that?" He pointed ta Linora, saying, ("You have caught my eye, Jedi. Your will to put yourself in danger for your friends, your will to go through hell and then some more just for the mission to be completed. Not many people would do that.") He then started rubbing his hands. ("Also, your beauty is quite angelic. I have rarely seen beauty like yours before." )

Linora groaned. "So what? Do you want a kiss or something?" Womp rat's smile seemed to become… sinister. ("Or something, yes.") He pointed at her chest, saying, ("One look, one squeeze.") Linora's right eye twitched. "What?" ("It's either this, or you don't get me AND my money.") Fiona pushed Linora to the side, saying, "Of course she'll do it!" Linora pushed Fiona back. "No way! Pick another prize!"

("Sorry, but it is either this, or I'm gone, and the same with all my money.") Fiona hooked her arm around Linora's, and then dragged her to the corner. "Listen Linora, I know how much you're gonna hate this, but we really need this money! We're practically broke! Just do it for us!" Linora grunted. She walked over to Womp rat, her arms crossed. "No squeezing, just looking." ("How about one look, and squeeze only one?") "One look for ten seconds!" ("One look for TWENTY seconds.") "One look for fifteen." ("How about one look and one lick?") "You're pushing it. One look for fifteen seconds, and that's that."

Womp rat thought about it, and then said, ("Not much point if I can't even ouch at least one touch") Linora was gonna continue arguing when Fiona stopped her. "Linora, he has the upper hand and what he wants is real simple for just about all of our money problems disappear." Linora sighed. "I'll show you ONE boob, and then I'll give you ONE touch. Not squeeze, not fondle, just touching."

("Deal.") Womp rat said, rubbing his hands together. Linora looked at Lyra and Fiona. "Also, you two should GET OUT!" As Fiona and Lyra was thrown out, Linora looked back at Womp rat. Was a Ugnaught really about to touch her chest?

Linora sucked her breath in as she turned around to an excited Womp rat, grabbing the right part of her robe, and then pulled it back, revealing her breast to the pig.

To Be Continued In # 8 Day of death, night of love