Chapter 12 : New Faces
Rozella: So . . . . . . I know it's been a while and I apologize. I have two jobs now and Tala . . . -_- Tala procrastinates like Arcas shoots imperials.
Tala: HEY! … Eh… Actually that's true… I'm terrible…
Rozella: So ANYWAYS! Read, enjoy, burn an imperial base, all that good stuff . . .
Tala: We don- -.- Stop it Bob… Stop giving me that look… FINE! You can do the disclaimer! xI
Rozella: YAY!
Disclaimer: We don't own Star Wars Rebels, that belongs to Disney. We do however own the OCs . . . Well most of them. Hass was a given to us by Guest. . . . DON'T TOUCH OUR BRIDGER BABIES!
Lara smiled as she looked up at Freighter, T-6 Shuttle and Imperial Shuttle hybrid that was painted like the night sky.
"What in the name of tech is that?" Jem asked as he looked at the ship in discuss.
"That is Hybrid, Bridgy's ship." Crevil smile. "Custom designed and built just to cause trouble."
"It looks like someone took a pile of scrap metal and welded it together." Jem eyed the ship.
"Don't insult my ship." Lara warned with a kind smile.
"I thought the Ghost was your ship." Kya eyed the ship, admiring the paint job.
"This baby can not only lap the Ghost, she also out guns the Ghost." Lara began to sound like a proud mother showing off her child's collection of skills. " And besides the Ghost technically belongs to Henan ."
"How so?" Hass asked as he looked to Nova.
"The Ghost was my mother's." Nova explained absentmindedly as she stared off into the corridor.
"Is that- No! Ghost?" A scruffy looking Mirialan man questioned as he entered the room.
His black hair hung halfway down his back. He wore dark brown pants and black boots but was shirtless. He was tall and his lean body was laced with with scars. His warm green eyes were accompanied by a mischievous smirk. He had one arm hooked around a Mirialan woman's slender waist. She had short curly hair that curled around her face, framing it perfectly. She was slender but not without musal. She wore a large black shirt that hung loosely off one shoulder and nothing else.
Lara turned and her smiled spread. "Cutter! Tippy! Finally came up for air eh?"
The woman smiled. "You're just jealous because you can't get any."
"If you want, you can join us next time little darling." The man smiled.
Lara rolled her eyes and the twins made a gagging noise. "You two are despicable."
"Try disgusting. Honestly, everyone can hear what you two are doing." Crevil glared at the two.
Before the two could respond Lara cut them off. "This is Cutter and Tippy. Guys this is my crew."
"Nice to meet the lot of ya. Now which of you would be willing to-" The man didn't finish.
Lara tackled him to the ground and pointed her blaster at his head. "One more word Cutter, I dare you." Cutter smiled and playfully zipped his lips closed. "Good boy."
"Ghost, off of my Cutter. Only I'm allowed to sit on him like that." Tippy smiled. "And you know what always follows." she winked.
"Ugh." Lara exclaimed in disgust as she rolled off Cutter. "You two need a better hobby."
The two laughed and stood back together, wrapping their arms around each other waist.
"Ghost!" Myth yelled across the room as she stormed in. "Ew! Put some clothes on you two! Ghost I need you to settle this!" Myth was followed by Arcas, the two were clearly arguing.
"If this is an argument about who collection is bigger the answer is Shabang's."
The unmistakable scream of Kya filled the room. Within second the Ghost crew had pulled out their weapons and was running to Kya's aid.
"THEY HAVE EXPLOSIVES! REALLY REALLY COOL EXPLOSIVES!" Kya screeched.
The crew slowed their pace and found Kya whirling in the middle of piles of open crates, an ecstatic smile across her face. "Thermal detonators! Cluster bombs! Sonic detonator!" Kya bounced in place and squealed joyfully. Kya continued to name off the different types of explosive, growing even more blissful with every crate.
The gang members, unsure of what to do, continued to bring out more crates for Kya to dig through.
"And we've lost her." Arcas smiled as he put his blaster away.
"I haven't seen her like that since she made her first successful paint bomb." Jem chuckled.
"Girl's gone bomb crazy." Nova laughed. Platt only nodded in agreement, but smiled nonetheless.
Lara laughed at the terrified looks Kya was receiving. "Don't worry everyo-" Lara didn't get to finish as she was tackled to the ground by an over excited Kya.
"I love this! There's so many options! And I can fuse them all with mom's paint bombs! Can I keep them? Please?!"
"Ask Crivel." Lara smiled.
Kya was up and gone before anyone could stop her. She tackled Crivel and he laughed. "Of course you can keep them you hyper little bomber!"
"Yay!" Kya hugged Crivel and skipped back to the crate singing, "I'm going to paint the Empire! I'm going to blow something up! I'm going to paint the Empire!"
"I have never seen anyone get that excited about explosives." Myth smiled.
"I like her." Crivel smiled as he joined the others. "She likes explosives more than I like watching things explode."
Lara's head snapped up as if she had just remembered something. "Bay 15."
"What?" Arcas asked looking at her.
"Crivel, show Astor bay 15. It'll keep him busy until I come up with a plan for Storm Razor."
Crivel smiled mischievously. "Me, your tech boy, alone in bay 15. Sounds perfect to me."
"Good point. Henan, go with them."
"Why do I have to go?" Nova complained.
"To keep Crivel from getting any dirty ideas."
"Oh I already have them Bridgy." Crivel smiled. "And I can't wait to tease the boy."
"Oh, how so?" Jem inquired.
"I have my ways." Crivel whinked.
It was Jem who smile mischievously this time. He grabbed Crivel by his waist and pulled the fair haired man against him. Jem caught Crivel's chin and lifted his face. Lightly, Jem brushed his lips across Crivel's causing him to stiffen and blush. Jem moved his lips to Crivel's ear and whispered. "That's how you tease someone." Before moving away.
Crivel, still flushed and bewildered, looked at Jem. "Yo-" Crivel struggled for words. Instead of speaking he threw his arms around Jem. "Mine!"
Had Kya not been distracted by explosives she'd have tackled Crivel and punched him for daring to claim her twin brother. Nova and Arcas tried to blink what they had just seen out of their eyes, Lara however was laughing. "And thus the notorious Silver King falls prey to a greasy, dark haired, brown eyed little man."
"Well now I know why I have to go with them." Nova said in annoyance. "Come on lovebirds! Let's go to bay 15."
"Now that they're distracted. Shabang, Jingle, I need you to go on a quick supply run."
"No way!" Arcas hissed.
"Yes way." Lara argued.
"Bridger, normally I would agree with you but this time I must disagree." Hass stepped in.
"Too bad! You're going! Here's the list. Be back in two hours. Take your communicators. Speeders are over there!." With that Lara grabbed Myth and the two walked away.
Hass walked along the street cursing Arcas under his breath. They had gotten separated again and Hass was forced to haul blackmarket goods through the streets of the city they were in."You there! What are you doing here?! This is a recited area!"
Hass froze mid step, unsure of what to say or how to continue. Hass opened his mouth to reply to the stormtrooper but was cut off by a familiar voice . "There you are!" Acras called from an alley to Hass's left.
Arcas walked right up to Hass and hooked his arm around Hass's waist. "You naughty boy, wandering off like that. You ought to be punished." Arcas hooked his finger under Hass's chin and pulled his face closer to him. "The things I'm going to do to you when we get home chiss."
Arcas's eyes were lustful and the way he held Hass didn't help the idea that the Bridger was just acting.
"T-this is a recited area! M-move along you loth-rats!" The stormtrooper stammered.
Arcas looked over at the troper and smiled. "If you're that jealous love you could always join us." Arcas slide up the the stormtrooper and hooked his arms around the man's neck. "I'd love to rip you right out of that armor and make you mine."
The buckethead shuddered and jerked away from Arcas. "G-go home you loth-rat! Or I-I'll place you under arrest!"
"Handcuffs are always fun." Arcas smiled.
"Last warning!" The stormtrooper cringed back, sliding further away from Arcas.
"Oh very well. Just me and chiss tonight." Arcas once again hooked his arm around Hass's waist. "Come on Pet, let's go."
Arcas dragged Hass down the street and around the corner before releasing him and bursting out into laughter. "Ah man! I haven't done that in a while!" He pulled his com the his mouth. "Chiss found and petrified."
"What'd you do?!" Lara demanded over the com.
"Oh nothing really. Just my favorite blaster-free getaway plan." Arcas smiled.
"Shabang! You just had to try to seduce another trooper didn't you?"
"One, we all know I'm as sexy as sexy can be. Two, you're the one who came up with the seduce technique!"
"I wouldn't had had to come up with it if you had followed the plan."
"I would have followed the plan had you listened to my objections."
"I would have listened to your objection if you were sober."
"I would have been sober had you come with me on the supply run."
"I would have gone with you if you hadn't gotten Henan sick."
"I wouldn't have gotten Henan sick if you hadn't run off in the middle of the night."
"I wouldn't have run off is you hadn't screwed up the supply run."
Arcas hesitated. "You got me there."
"You're damn right I got you there! Now hurry up and get back to the base! We're leaving soon!"
"And you say I'm the creep." Hass shuttered.
Arcas pushed Hass up against a nearby wall. "Oh I'm more than just a creep deary. We could always run a little late for the mission if you really want to see just how much of a creep I am."
Hass shoved Arcas away from him and the Bridger laughed. "Learn to act Ass. It could save your life." With that Arcas began to walk back to their borrowed speeder.
Lara sighed reconnecting her com to her belt, shaking her head at Arcas. "That little jerk is going to be the end of me." she whispered to herself as she went over the map of the base they were attacking. With every little detail the projection held she formed another part of the plan. She already noted five different escape routes and seven critical points they'd need to hit.
Myth had wondered off to pick what guns she was going to use leaving Lara to her plotting. She had forgotten what it was like to be among the carefree members of the Dead Moons gang. She didn't feel the same as she did the last time she had joined them. However last time she had just lost her life long mentor and needed to find a way to get credits without flying the Ghost. She reconnected with some of her allies but was looking to the briefing on the plan. Lara knew she'd see some of her comrades then, but had to wait a little longer.
There was a soft knock at the door of the small room Lara had been in. She turned and smiled at the scruffy Keshiri man whom Lara knew only as Wires.
"Wires, it's been awhile." Lara smiled up at him.
"Yeah, that's true enough. When I heard we were pull'n a Storm Razor I thought old Crivs had gone mad." He chuckled. " Pulse nearly threw a fit thinking you ain't here."
Lara laughed lightly. "Leave it too Pulse to try and spoil surprises. She's going to love my little girl."
"Your little girl? When'd ya have a kid Ghost-a-roo?"
Lara hadn't realized that she had referred to Nova as her little girl until Wires had pointed it out. "I didn't. Just helped raise her from birth is all."
"Hmp." was the only reply Wires gave. It became quite for a moment. "Rumor has it ya brought in a few folks. Anyone of my taste?"
"Yeah, my little brother. He's in bay 15, probably having a hayday with all that old tech." Just as Lara said that two strange droids came rolling into the room, followed by an exhilarated Jem.
"They have shields, blasters and they roll instead of walk!" Jem beamed. "can I-"
"If we keep those things they're staying at the stash. Our ship doesn't need any more occupants."
Jem pouted but nodded. "And who is big, tall and smelly here?" Jem thumbed to Wires.
Lara narrowed her eyes. From somewhere in the base Lara could hear Nova."This is my new castle! I'm queen of the castle! I'm Queen of the castle! "
"My castle you trat!" Myth yelled.
"Not anymore!"
"Die!"
"Make me!"
"I'll kill that no good barvy bugslut!" Lara hissed. Jem tried to curl away from her but to no avail. Lara grabbed Jem by his ear and dragged him down the corridor.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" Jem exclaimed the entire way. When Lara found her, she grabbed Nova the same way she had Jem.
She found a corner and deposited the two drunkens there. "If either of you move I'm going to make the Inquisitor look like a sweetheart!"
Crivel ran from the other side of the room and plopped down next to Nova and Jem knowing she was going to give him hell later. Lara turn to Myth. "Give them water the flush it out of their systems."
With that Lara turned on her heels and marched away. Most of the gang members chuckled but few remained in her determined path.
Arcas and Hass walked into one of the many bays to fine Lara. They didn't find her, however they did find Myth forcing Jem, Nova and Crivel to drink water.
Arcas snickered. "You dumbasses drank too much and the party hasn't even started. Now where's the rest of it?"
"Why do you want to know?" Nova glared.
"So I can join you babyface."
"It's in bay 15 meathead."
Arcas smiled and left the bay, Hass at his heels. "You're not seriously thinking about getting drunk are you?"
"Oh hell no! Listen, I may not be the brightest star in the outer rim but I know better than to get drunk if she's drowning the others."
"- then we hightail it out of there. Got it?" Arcas heard Lara's voice and began to followed it.
"Yeah I got it. Just one question. These newbies you put'n as the leads, think they can handle this?"
"The newbies are my crew, they can do more the just handle this mission. We could run this op on our own but it'd be more fun with the gang."
"It t'aint ah mission! This ain't no army!"
"Calm down Wires."
At this point Arcas and Hass entered the room. "Yeah Wires," Arcas started, making his presence known. "Calm down and quite yelling at my captain."
"Cool it Shabang, this coot is Wires. Wires this ship-rat is my second in command. What took you so long? I sent you to keep him out of trouble." Lara peered around Hass to Arcas.
Hass flashed an Acras-like smile and proceed to hook his arms around Arcas's waist. "Sorry dear, got caught this little savage out of his armor took too long."
Lara choked on air. "What?! You're kidding right?"
Arcas reached up and hooked his arms around Hass's neck. "You're just jealous because I hooked up with your boyfriend before you." Arcas teased.
Lara could hardly believe Arcas got Hass to mess with her in such manner. Hass's smiled spread as he stepped away from Arcas. Hass grabbed Lara by the waist, pressed her against him and tilted her chin up. "If you're truly jealous after the mission we could-" He didn't finish. Arcas grabbed Hass collar and threw the other man against the corridor wall so hard the sound echoed through the base.
Wires began to burst out laughing. "Oh yeah! Your boy can definitely handle the eggys!"
"Are you okay?" Lara darted around Arcas, her voice full of concern.
Hass sat up and rubbed his head. "I think I may have gone too far."
"Yeah no kidding." Arcas hissed.
Lara glared at Arcas. "When we're done here I want the ship spotless."
Arcas smiled. "Okay, I'll just tell our little sister you said that Art Destroyer Clone."
"That was a weak one." Lara said as she helped Hass to his feet. "What's the matter forceless, running out of insults?"
"Oh it's on man-hands."
"Bring it Sir No-skills."
"Oh I already did little miss can't-fly."
"Oh I'm sorry, your rank is so low I didn't even realize you had stepped into the arena."
"That would be your ego, maybe you should deflate your ginormous head."
"No I'm pretty sure you're just too pathetic for me to bother fighting. Seeing is how I can whip you out in ten seconds flat, you want to stand down."
Acras let out a sharp laugh. "Seeing is how I can just sit on you to win I suggest you stand down!"
Hass and Wires looked between the two, both smart enough not to step into the argument.
"Sit on me all you like little brother, I can still beat you."
The two glared at each other for a moment before they started laughing.
"Love you jerk."
"Love you too bossy."
"Well now that that's over with. Imma call the gang, you best get ready for the mission." Wires smiled before walking off.
Lara grabbed her com. "All Ghost brats to Bay 7."
Wires looked over the crowd of confused faces. There was roughly fifty people gathered in the room.
A young green twi'lek smiled. "This plan is crazy, barely understandable and almost impossible. I have one question. Where is that mad trat Bridger hiding?"
At that moment Lara and the rest of the Ghost crew entered the room. "Bridgy!"
Tala: BOB! Whats with all the flirting and stuff?!
Rozella: To put it simply Tala. I WANTED TOO! They all need a little flirting in theirs lives . . .
Tala: I get a little… BUT THIS MUCH?! V.V Excuse me, my forehead has an appointment with that wall over there.
Rozella: XD Tala! OH! Shippy! . . . You are welcome. ;) Wrote the bit about Arcy and Hassy just for you. Why? Because I can and you wouldn't drop the ship that's why.
Tala: Ow… Ow… Ow… Ow… Ow… Ow… Ow… Ow… Ow… Ow… Ow… Ow… -rubs forehead- Bob… I think I became a unicorn… Ow… Ow… Ow… Ow… Ow… Ow…
Rozella: Tala, quit that. You'll break your skull open . . . . Again.
Tala: Ow… Ow… Ow…. Again? When did I break it open last time?
Rozella: . . . . OH YEAH!. . . . XD Nevermind that was me.
Tala: O\_/O
Rozella: Don't make me go sith on you missy! Because you know I wi- . . . Tala . . . . It's been four months since we posted a chapter . . . . . FOUR MONTHS! DX I'm sorry to all our readers! I have 2 jobs so it's hard to find time to write!
Tala: I have no excuse… I am just a terrible procrastinator with a hit of writer's block.