Trandosha Space: Bloodfang

Tiosk winced at the damage reports that came in. “Ooohhhh man….this girl is going to be in the shop for a loooong time.”

“We could always consider it an extended shore leave sir.” One of his officers said.

“But where would we go for such shore leave?” Tiosk countered. “We may have control of the space side of things in regards to our rebellion, but the surface is an entirely different matter. Hyossk may be dead, but there are too many unknown factors down there…the Army for instance.”

“Point taken sir.”

“By the way…any sign of the Gory Teeth? With the battle over she should have showed back up by now…”

“Negative sir…the last known coordinates of the Gory Teeth were just within the zone of influence Trandosha’s gravitational field would have the greatest effects. I have asked the other ships if they had any idea where she went, so far no response.”

“Keep looking…last thing we need is to lose Naosha and her daughter.”

“Sir…incoming transmission from one of the Wookiee ships.” The comm. offider suddenly spoke up. “They say they last saw Naosha’s ship entering Trandoshas atmosphere with no apparent control over itself.”

“’No apparent control over itself’?” Tiosk echoed. “Kazuk…they must have been hit by an ion shot. Get someone to send a fighter squad down to scan the surface of the planet. Let’s pray they survived the crash...”

Trandosha: Cave

After letting out all her frustrations out on the skeleton, Varcanna resigned herself to sitting near the entrance of the cave, watching for potential rescuers. Naosha had borrowed her light and was exploring the cave a bit more: now that the skeleton was destroyed the place wasn’t the least bit scary to her now. She tried to count the number of ‘kill tallies’ on the walls, but kept losing count for there were just too many too count.

At one point as she was moving close to the chamber wall, her foot brushed up against something that was either not solid or wasn’t ‘attached’ to the floor. Kneeling down she dug into the layer of soft soil and dust that covered the floor to reveal what it was. She found a partly rusted metal shaft and as she continued to uncover it she was surprised at what she found.

“Varcanna.” Varcanna heard her mother called to her, sounding excited.

“What is it mother?” She asked, turning around to see her mother run up with something she didn’t expect to see in this cave.

It was a halberd, six feet long from end to end, the shaft solid metal with indications that it once had a leather grip that had rotted away long ago. The ‘axe’ part of the blade was a large crescent that reached down over a foot of the length of the shaft. The other half of the blade reached only a half a foot down the shaft, the last third forming a hooked spike.

“I found this in the dust of the chamber.” Naosha said. “Do you realize what this has to be?”

“The weapon of the founder…” Varcanna said softly. Her hands shaking, she took the ancient weapon from her mother and inspected it closely. The blade itself was badly rusted, but the shaft was unblemished enough for her to see an inscription on it. “’The beginning and end of all things.’” She read out loud. “It’s rather short for a halberd. Trazu could use this…” The mention of her brother’s name stung them both, but it made something dawn on her. She did a quick inspection of the end told her it hadn’t been broken or otherwise cut shorter: it was supposed to be this small. “Mother…I think our ancestor was as short or nearly as short as Trazu…”

“A runt in other words…like Trazu.” Naosha said. “’The beginning and end of all things’…that…sounds strangely ironic, almost prophesy like. Do you think…”

The roar of engines overhead stopped both their musing. Suddenly reminded of their predicament, they huddled close to the wall of the cave tunnel and watched anxiously outside as a fighter craft hovered over the downed hulk of the Gory Teeth not far away. It was only a small measure of relief when they recognized the ship as a ‘fang’ ship, the standard fighter class Trandoshan destroyers had onboard, for there was no telling the pilot himself was on their side. They tensed as the ship turned and flew toward them, following the still evident trail they had left when they walked here, and landed only fifty yards away. The canopy of the bullet shaped craft opened, the pilot hopped out and approached the cave entrance.

“Counselor Naosha.” He called out. “Are you there?”

“Depends on if you are friend or foe.” Varcanna hissed.

The pilot chuckled. “Friend, Captain Tiosk sent a bunch of us out to find you: he’s worried sick. Are you hurt?”

“No, thank the gods.” Naosha said stepping out into the sun, Varcanna following. “My daughter’s skilled piloting saved both our hides. If Tiosk spared fighters to come look for us, the battle must be over…”

“Indeed madam.” The pilot said. “We managed to convert all the Wookiee ships save one. Admiral or should I say former Admiral Buuwa fought to the bitter end. Captain Tzhali had to ram his ship to finally end it.”

“So that Wook finally decided to rejoin us only to sacrifice himself…”

“Actually he escaped in a shuttle just as the two ships exploded. Tiosk was a bit peeved the Wookiee muscled in on his gig of daredevil stunts.”

Naosha laughed and Varcanna afforded herself a good chuckle. “That’s Tiosk for you.”

Council of Elders

Rissonik and Russis arrived a short while later, Asri nodding respectfully to Rissonik as he approached.

“A rather…messy way to do the job isn’t it?” Russis said when he saw the remains of the marine, looking slightly disgusted.

“It’s a living.” Asri said with a shrug.

“Russis, glad to see you have made it.” Councilor Shissa said. “And it’s good to see you again Rissonik.”

“A pleasure to see you again as well Councilor.” Rissonik said, bowing slightly. “It seems your plan worked a bit better then expected.”

“Indeed.” The female Councilor said. “It was a surprise to us all when Hyssok went insane and ended up killing himself for us. But that is the past…we need to discuss the future.”

They followed the Councilor’s into the subchamber, Rissonik asked two of the warriors to guard the door and the rest to patrol the immediate hallways: Asri he asked to join them inside.

The first then they quickly desided on was to lit Marshall Law off the planet. Other issues were a bit more tricky to work out however.

“I don’t think we should decide on a new Speaker-Above-All until the last open position is ‘offically’ refilled.” One Councilor said, eyeing Rissonik suspicisiously.

“Why do you think Rissonik is here?” Shissa asked. “He is here as a ‘steward’ for Naosha.”

“But Naosha was removed, thus he has no power at all.”

“But considering the reasons for Naosha’s removal and what we know now…wouldn’t it be a good time to at least reevaluate her position?”

There were a few mumbles in the group. “How do we know if her ideals were just a mask for something more devious?”

“I can assure you my lifemate has nothing but the safety and interest of our people as a whole in mind.” Rissonik said. “If you have been paying attention to what we have actually been doing you would see that all our actions here have been peaceful overall. The acts of violence and lost of life that resulted were purely in self defense and deeply regretted.”

“And remember that the acts of violence were almost completely started by Hyossk himself, not the Separatists.” Russis added.

There were a few solemn nods of agreement. “Very well…we will consider reinstating her.” One Councilor said. “However we would like to speak to Naosha herself to hear her ideas from her own lips. Do you per chance know where she is?”

Rissonik casted his eyes to the floor, looking mildly depressed. “I’m afraid not. Last I heard anything on her was some time ago, when a third party that was assisting us gave me word of her condition. I do not know where she is, or what accomplishments she has made since we split the group.”

“We do know from recent reports that a rather nasty battle had recently taken place in our space.” One Councilor said. “You already likely know about the Sovereign…and it’s subsiquient destruction, but there was another battle not long after. One where it was rumored that Naosha was present at according to my sources.”

Rissonik stared hard at the Councilor, looking hopeful. “Please elaborate.”

“After the Soveriegn exploded, a small fleet of Wookiee ships arrived on the scene. Instead of taking advantage of our fleets confusion due to the sudden demise of the Fleet Admiral and Hyssok, they assisted them in getting the ships back up and tending to any injured.”

“I had yet to hear of this…” Another Councilor said. “Wookiees helping us…after all we have done to them…”

“It is proof that Naosha’s dream can work.” Shissa said, the other Councilors nodding in agreement.

The girl listened in. "Wookies helping Trandoshans?", She said and looked at her 'adult' friend

"Unheard of", the adult said. "What about you're mother?"

"Last I heard she was heading back to Tissuss", the girl said and sighed. "Thing is, I have no idea what happened... when we landed, an informent contacted me and informed me that a few ships where spoted around the planet.. not of the fleet or wookie or trandoshan.. most likely pirates"

"Then lets hope they beat them and are safe", the adult said

the girl nodded and moved a bit, but her movements caused an object that she hadn't noticed to slide out of the vent. It fell from the shaft above and hit the ground with a solid metal 'clatter' that rang echos around the chamber

"Oh shit", She said as she saw two of the chamber guards look up toward the area where the object had fallen from

Space above Trandosha:Soveriegn Debris Field

The pilot of the evac shuttle menavered around the debris field. "This is very dangerous sir", he said

he nodded. "I know", Tzhali said as he checked the sensor logs. "I know for a fact that some aspects of that ship where capible of surviving such a blast", he said and then smiled. "There...", he pointed toward an object that spun in space. The edge's still hot from the blast

"Looks like a reactor block", The pilot said

Tzhali nodded. "The ship was able to go nova but for some reason, it was made to survive it's own destruction"

"But I thought the marine's placed the explosive's ON the reactor itself", the pilot

"The soveriegn had 3 reactors, only one is needed to operate in a nominal fashion.. two are required for reguler battles... and three for planetary bombardments", Tzhali said

"For someone who's served with wookiee's, you sure know about a ship you haven't been on", The pilot said as he eyed Tzhali

Tzhali smiled. "It helps to know people", he said. "When our fleet arrived I figured we'd have to take this ship on... funny that we hadn't", he sighed. "it's a relief really"

"I've marked this reactor core, along with a few systems that can be salvaged"

"In that case", Tzhali said. "Lets head back to Tiosks vessel.."

Trandosha: Cave

“Mam, a shuttle is on it’s way to pick you up and take you back to the Bloodfang.” The pilot said after briefly returning to his ship to report in.

“No. Not the Bloodfang.” Naosha said sternly. “Have them take me to the Council of Elders.”

“Are you sure about that madam? Things may not be ‘stable’ there yet…”

“I am sure. With Hyssok gone, the other Councilors may be more willing to listen to reason.” Naosha explained. “thus now would be the prefect time to make my return.”

Council of Elders

“However shortly after another Wookiee fleet arrived…” The Councilor continued. “One that not only wanted to blow us to bits but take the Wookiee’s that helped us into custody. It was reported that Naosha arrived on the scene to help with negotiations…and most of the second fleet were convinced and switched sides. However…despite the fact they were now outnumbered, the opposing Wookiee fleet opened fire.”

“Their Admiral taking the ‘all or nothing’ stance…” Rissonik muttered.

“So it seems. There’s a nasty little rumor going around that the Admiral of that fleet was a T’Doshok himself.”

“What!?” Rissonik screeched, the other Councilors looking shocked as well.

“That is definitely a rumor to have verified.” Shissa said with a low hiss. “Not only is that treachery at the highest level, but it certainly stood to undermine everything Naosha worked for.”

“If it is true, he was no doubt an old warrior that feared our people would move away from the old ways, thus joined the other side to keep the hate going…to keep a ‘reason’ for the blood feud going.” Asri said. “Just so they would have a purpose.”

“Sad sad individuals.” One of the Councilor’s muttered.

It was then they hard a loud ‘clang’ and nearly everyone jumped to their feet, blasters whipping out of the holsters of those that had them.

“What was that?” Russis asked, looking around nervously.

“Rats?” A Councilor offered.

“The object that fell sounded to heavy to be easily knocked over by a mere rat.” Asri said, snarling and looking at the vent.

“Sha’tor.” One of the door guard said, poking his head into the room. “I think we have eavesdroppers in the vents.”

“We’ll see about that…” Rissonik hissed. “Asri?”

“Yes?”

“Chock it eat. If it’s unything sontiont I wunt thom ulivo.”

“Understood.” Asri said and after a brief bow she leaped up to the vent and slipped in.

“Why hor?” The warrior asked, looking a bit insulted.

“Can you fit into the vent?” Rissonik said plainly.

“Point…” The warrior admitted reluctantly. Asri may be seven feet tall, but she was a lot thinner and flexible then most male Trandoshans of any height.

…

It didn’t take her long to find the source: Asri quickly found herself face to face with an adult human and a smaller, looked to be an adolescent, human female. She didn’t recognize them visually, but their spore was familiar. It took her but a moment to remember where she smelled it before.

“You were the one that killed the other marines.” She said in a near whisper. “I know of the weapon you used to slay them…so I must know, are you with the Dark ones?”

Trandosha space: Bloodfang

“Sir. Good news. Naosha has been found uninjured on the surface.” The comm. officer reported. “The Hollow Tooth has already sent a shuttle to pick her up.”

“Thank the gods.” Tiosk said, breathing a sigh of relief as he sat back in his chair. “Rissonik likely would have had my hide if he found out I had lost her while under my watch.”

“Another thing to report is that the Fanggore and RedClaw have decided to join us here. They reported a brief skirmish with pirates over Tissuss but all is clear now.”

“Since the pirate factions now know there is valuable ruins on that moon they will continue to try to take it.” Tiosk mused. “Sounds like it will be a hotbed for a while.”

“Sir, this just in. Naosha has requested not to return here, but to go to the Council of Elders.”

Tiosk blinked. “Sounds like a ‘why not’ decision to me, since she’s already on the surface.” Tiosk mused. “But then again, with the Council now in a bit of disarray now would probably be the best time to show back up. Tell her I approve.”

She looked at the trandoshan and, for a moment, she felt the urge to go for her weapon. But after a brief conversation she decided against it, "Dark Ones?", she said in a confused tone

"I think", the adult female said. "She mean's she mean's The Sith", she said in almost disgusted tone

The girl laughed mentally. "No", she said. "We are but freelancers making sure this part of the galaxy stays safe...", she said. "Beside's, there is someone we wish to speak with in that council but we notice'd she is not present, only her mate", she said

"We wish to ask them a question.. perhaps to help them in some way", The adult said

Trandoshan Space:Debris field

Tzhali's command shuttle made it's way toward the group of ships. "This battle is over", said one of the officers

"No", Tzhali said. "It's only just begun", he said with an almost certain tone. "The skirmish around Trandosha has possibly ended... but it'll take years to mend the wounds inflicted"

"Perhaps", the pilot said. "What about us? Our government probably won't allow us back for quite sometime"

"It's up to us to convince our own government about what has gone on.. and to end the blood war", Tzhali said

One of the officer stared out the window. "What was surprising was the person in charge of that fleet"

"I know", Tzhali said. "Even I was surprised.. I had heard only rumors.. didn't think it was actually TRUE", he mumbled

"You know", another officer started as he turned in his seat. "That council down there is going to have a lot to talk about"

"Yes, they will", Tzhali said with a grin. "But.. I feel there's more thats going on"

"What do you mean?", another officer said

"Think about it.. no one knew we where around Tissuss"

"Point"

"No one knew that that Trandoshan was in charge of that fleet

"Point"

"And, every fleet that came into this system was attacked"

"Point"

"I have this feeling our own government is involved in this..", Tzhali said

"You think they might want to continue this war?"

"Possibly"

"Where back to square one then", The supply officer said as he placed a crate of medical items on the ground, opening the crate he checked ot make sure everything was ok

"Yea... I know... only time will tell", Tzhali sighed

Trandosha: Council of Eldiers

Asri mulled over the humans words for a moment. “If what you say is true, then the Sha’tor would like to hear what you have to say.” She said. “As her mate, he is the closest you will get to her until she returns. Come with me.”

…

He was expecting to hear a fight of some sort echo in the vent shafted and was mildly surprised, and grateful, to see Asri return with no hint of bloodshed.

“Two eavesdroppers.” She reported. “Ones that wish to speak with your lifemate and desire to help you with your cause.”

“Do you know who they are?” Rissonik asked.

“No, but I recognized their spore as belonging to the ones that knocked off those marines from before. They should be climbing down any minute now.”

Once they had climbed down Shissa spoke up before Rissonik could greet them himself. “Speak your business human and quickly.” She said. “In these times of trouble we are not ones for patience.”

“With all due respect Councilor Shissa.” Rissonik said. “That is not the way to treat possible allies.” Without waiting for a response he continued. “What is it that you wanted to talk to my mate about? I may not be her, but I can be her ears and voice in her absence.”

“There is no need for that my love.” A voice said. Rissonik, and everyone else in the room for that matter, turned around sharply toward the door to see Naosha standing triumphantly in the doorway. “I have returned.”

Trandosha space: Bloodfang

“Do you think it’s really over?” One of the bridge officers asked.

“No…” Tiosk said softly. “We may have tamed our Fleet, and likely soon the surface, but the Wookiee race as a whole is still a fight to be won.” He sighed. “If just one of Kashyyyk’s government officials is like Buuwa…we are in for a long hard fight still.”

“Agreed sir, but shouldn’t Tzhali and his group being heading that instead of us?”

“Tzhali will no doubt lead the ‘charge’ so to speak, but as they helped us we will help them how ever we can. However, if the Council was smart, which if they actually listened to Naosha this time they would be, we would fix our own problems first before lending full support. Can’t help someone very well when you haven’t regenerated all your limbs first after all.”

“Of course sir.”

“Captain. Tzhali’s shuttle has docked in hanger bay 3.” His comm.. Officer announced.

“Sir, the Fanggore and RedClaw has arrived.” The sensor officer announced.

“Good good. Someone get that wook a clean cabin and some food, gods know he probably needs it.”

“At least Wookiees don’t bathe…I’d hate to be the service man that had to clean out all that hair out of the drain…” One of the crew said.

“I wouldn’t want to smell a wet wookiee anyway…” Another quipped, prompted laughs around the cabin.

Tiosk shook his head, allowing himself a few chuckles. “Now now.” He said. “No making fun of their hygiene. After all, they probably think the fact we shed our skin every year as rather disgusting themselves.”

The girl looked at Rissonik then at Naosha. "Does she always make such an entrance?", she said with a slight chuckle. But quickly realizing something, she used the hood of her cloak to conceal her face, she had been around Naosha a lot back on Tissuss and the one thing she didn't want was for her to reconize her, at least not yet

The adult girl knelt down and whispered to her, she just nodded

She bowed and knelt down. "With you're permission", she spoke to Naosha. "I'd like to disguss this in Privacy", she said. "Even my guardien here won't enter"

The adult girl sighed and helfted her large blade and put it in a shaft that was on her back, that same shaft HAD NOT been there before

---

Tzhali smiled at the accomidations. "Gotta thank Tiosk when I greet him", he said and noticed a bed. He laid down, "Ahhhhhhh", he said and was about to fall asleep when his stomach began to rumble. "A full day goes by without food", he smiled. "Guess it's nothing new"

He walked over to a table with some food on it and began to eat

Meanwhile, elsewhere

"You think Tzhali will be alright?", Asked one of the wookie officers

Another wookie chuckled. "He's survived this long", he said. "I doubt even a good for saken plague will bring him down"

"Still, he lost his family", another wook said. "it seems rather heartless for him not to grief"

"Well don't forget, he was gone for quite some time", another wook pointed out. "And when he arrived, he looked stronger than he was before"

"Perhaps a new resolve?"

"Perhaps"

Meanwhile, back on Trandosha

"You think she's here?", A male bounty hunter said while holding his blaster rifle

"Bounty is over 2 mill", A female bounty hunter said

Another bounty hunter approuched him. "She's just a little girl, so this should be a cake-walk"

"Watch it, children can be very pissy when there backed into a corner", The male BH said

The female chuckled just slightly. "I'll wager that she'll be dead in under 10 seconds of me finding her", the girl grinned

"Yea.. well.. still, the fact that there is a 2 mill bounty on here should donate to something, she was listed as being very dangerous", The male said

Trandosha: Council of Elders

Rissonik, overwhelmed with joy at seeing his lifemate again, had immediately rushed over and embraced her tightly.

“Riss…Not in front of them.” Naosha said softly, sounding embarrassed.

“But…” Rissonik started to protest but Naosha silenced him by putting a finger on his lips.

“I know, I missed you to. We will have time enough to celebrate our reunion once this is over.” With a sigh, Rissonik nodded with agreement and stepped aside so she could enter the room fully.

Naosha looked over at the small human and could’ve sworn she looked familiar, but it wasn’t clicking.

"With your permission." The young girl said to Naosha. "I'd like to discuss this in Privacy. Even my guardian here won't enter."

Naosha looked over at Rissonik with a puzzled look, but it was Asri that answered. “She has a question for you madam.” She explained. “And wishes to offer possible assistance if possible.”

The former Councilor looked at Asri with a hard stare: why was she completely covered with a cloak? Again she looked at Rissonik, who simply nodded: he seemed to be alright with her. Very well, she will ask about her later. She then turned her attention back to the young girl.

“Have we met before?” She asked. “You’re voice sounds familiar, but I can’t place from where.” The girl just shrugged. “Very well, it will come to me in time I suppose. Time’s have been rather stressful.” She looked at the other Councilors. “The subchamber next door is still in service I take it?”

“It is.” Councilor Shissa said. “It’s a good time to take a recess anyway, so you can use this chamber if you wish instead.”

“Thank you Councilor Shissa, in that case I will remain here. Riss, I suggest you and Varca go to the other subchamber. There is something important she needs to tell you.”

Rissonik did not miss the hint of sadness that was in her voice and he felt his heart drop slightly. As he and the Councilors filed out he stopped Asri for a moment right outside the door. “Guard the door.” He said. “Make sure no one but those you have seen in this room enters and only when they are finished.”

“Understood Sha’tor” Asri said with a slight head bow.

“He is putting a lot of trust in that one…” Naosha muttered to herself, having heard the order. “Never seen her before either, must have done something impressive to gain his trust so quickly.” Rissonik was an easy going T’Doshok, but cautious as well. He didn’t just trust anyone at the get go.

She shook her head and turned her attention to the girl, who was still kneeling on the ground. “You don’t have to kneel before me. At present I am far from royality or nobility of any sort.” Naosha said. “Now, what is it you wanted to ask me?”

….

Once in the other chamber Rissonik looked up at his niece expectantly. Varcanna, who still had the halberd, looked hesitant and unsure as to how to put it. When she finally said it, it was rather blunt.

“The K’Satizitus has taken over Trazu’s body…”

This was the worse news he could have possibly heard. He was so overwhelmed he had to sit down. “How? When?” Was all he could say.

“A few days ago…at the most.” Varcanna said, hanging her head. “It must have struck when he was at his weakness mentally, but I have no way of knowing for sure as I hadn’t had any solid connection with him for months.” She started babbling. “I’m sorry Uncle…I should have told you I hadn’t been able to sense him from the start…we could have searched for him…prevented this…Now…now that thing has a body to itself again and who knows how many innocent lives have already been lost. It’s my fault…it’s all my fault….”

“No Varca…” Rissonik said as he pulled himself up to his feet and embraced her. “We all share the blame for this. We shouldn’t have let him be when he ran away after the kids hatched. All we can do is hope Trazu is still in there some where and we can save him.”

“But how Uncle?” Varca said, pulling away. “No one has found a way to banish the thing and many of the old records have been lost.” They were both silent for a moment, then Varcanna remembered the halberd. “Uncle, that reminds me. We found the beasts lair while stuck in the wilderness.”

“The K’Satizitus’ lair in life?” Rissonik said. “How can you be sure it was the place?”

“There were kill tallies all over the walls.” Varcanna explained. “And…there was a skeleton of a giant of a T’Doshok…with no head.”

“It still exists!? After all these eons!?”

“Well…the skeleton doesn’t anymore, I kind of destroyed it.”

“For the love of god Varca…why!?”

“I was angry. Angry at what the thing took from us. The ‘presence’ in that cave didn’t like me attacking the skeleton though, kept getting colder and colder in there…until it was completely destroyed.”

“Interesting…that may mean something that could be useful to us.”

“We also found this in there.” She handed him the halberd. “It has to be the weapon our ancestor used.”

“But why did he leave it in the cave?”

“Look at the size of it Uncle. It’s too short for you and me to use, which means our ancestor had to be very short.”

“Like Trazu. From the scraps of journal that have survived the times, we know the founder was very weak when he killed the beast. He must not have had the strength to carry both the head and the weapon back to town. But why didn’t he not come back for it later?”

Varcanna sighed. “Just how it is, isn’t it Uncle? We find one answer only to find more questions along with it.”

The girl got up and looked over at her guardien, who left the room. "Forgive her", she said. "Ever since awhile back, she hasn't left my side", she said and walked over toward one of the walls. Then back at Naosha

"While away, I heard of a young boy", she began. "His name escapes me, but while hearing about it, I heard he was going around killing people indiscriminantly. She stopped, then continued. "I also heard from some people out on the street about some odd monster", she shruged. "No idea what", she said and walked back over to Naosha. "However, if you gave me any information on what this monster is I might be able to help"

"Perhaps not to destroy it", she said. "Since I have this odd feeling that is best handled by someone with more experience", she nodded and looked away. "Merendez would have a hissy fit if she ever found out I was doing this", she said under her tongue. "or if she ever found out I was still alive", she smiled childishly

The girl glanced up at the vent for a split second. Someone's watching me, she said before turning away. I better leave soon, I don't want any citizens to get injured all because some idiots want my head

Outside the city

The female smiled. "Not sure if she noticed it or not"

"You mean she looked up at the vent?"

The girl shruged. "I don't know, all I know is that she glanced up for just a second"

"We should ambush her inside the city", another hunter said

"To many unknowns in that city, and quite frankly, our employer told us to mimimize any civvys"

"Bull", The other hunter said and made her way to the city

Back in the building

The droid hovered there for a few seconds before receiving an order to return, it began to make it's way out of the narrow vent

(ooc: my bro has edited his last post, you may want to reread it.)

Trandosha: Council of Elder

Lavality? Naosha thought, thinking she had pinned down why this individual seemed so familiar to her. Can’t be…she’s dead. But then again…I’ve seen and heard of other impossibilities. If it was really her, it made her curious as to why she didn’t reveal herself to her, considering they did have past interactions back on Tissuss. She must have her reasons for not being upfront with her indentity. She thought, deciding not to press the issue. If this was indeed Lavality, she knew she could trust her.

Her tale however, was disturbing. It reminded her too much of her son Trazu and the K’Satizitus. “As much as I hope it is just as you say…a rumor…but I fear this rumor has truth to it. The ‘boy’ you speak of can only be my son, who is a bit…short…for his age. Normally he doesn’t kill without good reason…but lately…he’s been under the influence of a monster. That monster is a spirit called the K’Satizitus, which has possessed one male of our family nearly every generation for countless eons. Recently…my daughter, who has a strong mental connection with him, discovered that the K’Satizitus has taking my son’s body over completely.
“It is a thing that kills for the sake of killing, feeding off the death and chaos it causes, becoming strong with each death of an innocent. It has been suggested that the spirit is a Force user and being my own son is Force Sensitive…it may very well take a Jedi of sufficient skill to even have a chance against it. And I can tell you right now that destroying my son will not stop the K’Satizitus. No…it will only hop to the next generation, to one of my two grandsons and begin the take over process anew. To stop it…we must find out how it is managing to remain a presence in the realm of the living.”

…

She doesn’t trust me. Asri thought as she leaned against the wall, her arms folded: she couldn’t help but notice the look Naosha had given her when she saw her. But considering what she’s likely been though can I blame her? She could only hope Rissonik’s obvious trust of her would stem any…violent…reactions Naosha may have when Asri finally revealed what she was.

A faint humming caught her attention. Looking up, her eyes widened when she saw a droid float out of the vent: she knew immediately what it was and what it signified.

The last thing that droid saw was the blades of a K’Zur penetrating it’s camera module.

“What the heck was that?” Rissonik said as he and Varca ran out of the room, having heard the small explosion that resulted from Asri’s attack on the droid. Naosha was sticking her head out of the room with her own questioning look of her own.

“Bounty Hunter probe droid.” Asri said bluntly as she freed her weapon from the droids remains: she looked a bit singed. “Came out of the vent. Must have been there the whole time as I certainly didn’t see it go in there.”

“Great…that means someone here has a bounty on their head.” Varcanna said with sigh. “Here I was hoping this running stuff was over and done with.”

“The one with the bounty could be anyone here.” One of the K’Satikur warriors said. “Even the Akisi.”

“Akisi….what Akisi?” Naosha said with a look of concern, then she looked at Asri and took a step back in shock. Asri, without thinking, had rolled up one of the sleeves of her cloak to check the straps on her K’Zur, exposing her white scales for everyone to see.

“Uncle…why do you have a…demon spawn…in your company!?” Varcanna demanded.

“’Demon spawn’?” Asri echoed. “Really dear, your attempt at insulting me would have more merit if I was actually born like this: you can thank a powerful unethical faction for my freakish apparence. If I was born like this…I wouldn’t be standing before you right now.”

“Besides.” Rissonik said sternly. “She has proven her worth to me by warning us of the Sovereign when it was still…whole. Plus she has also eliminated a certain thorn in our side for us. You do remember Besk correct?”

Varcanna shuttered, remember all too well the close brush with death she had due to that mercenary. “She offed Besk? I find that hard to believe.” She said.

“It wasn’t easy I admit.” Asri admitted. “Took a lot of patience and using certain situations to my advantage. But who I am and what my credentials are is not important right now. This was a short range droid, meaning the Bounty hunter is likely in this very city heading this way right now.”

She looked concerned. Damn, she said under her breath she was tempted to bolt out of the room but knew full well if she had they'd know it was her, but she couldn't help but get the feeling the Akisi and Naosha knew who it was. She looked away from the group and up toward the ceiling, So, I evaded them a bit but apperently not forever, she sighed and looked back at Naosha. "Tell me, is there any place on this planet where I can find any information on this monster?", she said while trying to ignore her own fear and nervessness

Inside the city somewhere

"Damn bot must've broke down again[/i], the girl said with an angered look

The male sighed. "Told you you shoulda made a new one", a grin formed on his face

"Cut the chatter you two", another hunter said. "That drone showed sometype of chamber of sorts", the hunter began to think. "I believe I know of only one place here that has a chambre, but the information is scetchy but lets see"