A new kind of pain

[Gherron Dragovalor]

Gherron woke up with the worst hangover. Trying to pry his eyes open, he stared at the ceiling for a few seconds before trying to sit up, and immediately getting dizzy, falling back down. "Yeah... that's not gonna happen. Giving himself another full thirty seconds, he tried to get up again, this time succeeding. What he saw immediately confused him, and he began looking around. "The hell is this? The hell is that? The hell are you??" He pointed to a tiny rat, which on cue, stopped what it was doing, perked it's ears up, and stared at the man for a moment before dashing off through the bars with a small protein bar, which looked oddly like one from Gherron's pockets. Looking up at the barred door, he cock ed an eyebrow. So... he was in some kind of jail. Clearly, there'd been a mistake. A mistake he intended on fixing. Getting up, he sauntered to the bars and placed his hands on them, yelling. "Hello in here! I don't belong in this cell! GET ME OUT!" The man was obviously not handling his first hangover very well. However, anybody nearby would think it was his hundredth, as his eyes were bloodshot, his hair messy, and his beard a wild mess. His hoodie had a few holes in it, and frankly, he looked like a bum. It was a very good thing he hadn't touched his lightsaber in a while.... Things could get ugly if he got out of control with it at this point. After noticing that his yelling did absolutely nothing, he walked back over to the small cot and kicked it softly.

[member="Ray Black"] [member="Eclipse"]

 

[Eclipse]

Eclipse had been in this ship's jail for at least a day. She wasn't sure on this as there was no way of making an accurate measurement of time in the bare cell rooms. All she had to keep herself company for the past day was a hard metal bed and a poorly made toilet. Although loneliness seemed like it was going to end. A few hours ago the unconscious body of a young man was dragged into the cell besides hers, and from the interference of the silence which was emulating from the same cell it was apparent that he was now waking up.

It didn't take long for the now awoken man to begin shouting for help. Understandable really, did anybody really like being caught and locked away by pirates? Eclipse certainly didn't. "No mater how much you shout, nobody is goin' let you out." She told the man, making her presence known to him as well. "The only we're going to get out any time soon is by escapin' and from where I'm sitting that doesn't entirely possible." Eclipse's negative attitude probably didn't assist the situation, but she was only stating facts. These jail cells were designed to keep prisoners inside, so the likelihood of anyone escaping was drastically reduced.

[member="Gherron Vael"] [member="Ray Black"]

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

Upon hearing the woman's words, Gherron jumped. Once upon a time, it would have taken more than that to startle him, but... Things were different now. He was different. Listening to her words, he instantly cracked a smile. "Breaking out, huh? Well I'll show you how to break out of a jail cell. Done it a few times before." Smirking to himself, he put his hand over the door for a few seconds. Seconds turned into minutes, and he stared at his hand, puzzled. Why wouldn't it open? He'd opened locks several times using the force... Trying again, he concentrated harder this time. Only... he couldn't feel the steady flow of energy within him. It was unexplainably very dim. He felt like the biggest thing he could pick up with the force was a toothpick. Sitting down in exasperation, he looked wide-eyed at his hands, trying to make sense of the situation. Meanwhile, the woman probably thought he was some sort of druggie, in which case she wasn't entirely wrong... Maybe he had been trying a death stick or two last time he was conscious. Maybe that's why he was losing his grip even quicker than before. His mind raced. What as he going to do without his powers?

[member="Eclipse"] [member="Ray Black"]

 

[Eclipse]

From her position in the adjacent cell, Eclipse could only get a glimpse of the man's fingertips latching around the barred door. What came next had to be some sort of joke, "Are you seriously trying to pull the bars apart? And I thought you might've been someone who could help me escape." The fed up girl took at position on her bed, staring the up at plain grey ceiling. "Looks like I was wrong... again." She finished, closing her eyes and wishing she was somewhere else. Who would've known that trying to fulfil one bounty on a pirate captain would lead to this? This situation really put her life into perspective, she had effectively just lost her freedom, maybe even life, to make a quick ten thousand credits.

"Well we might as well get close; I have a feeling we'll be here for a while. What's you name?"

[member="Gherron Vael"]

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

Gherron sighed and closed his hands into small fists, still staring at them before te woman's words finally registered. "I'm Gherron. Nobody special, just someone trying to get away from everything." Looking over to the woman in the next cell, his gray eyes looked somewhat distant, like a lost animal struggling to find its way. He was broken. Not that she would know, but he had tried to pick the lock with the force, which now seemed to have left him. At a time, he was able to do so physically, with pretty much anything. However, his mind was so shattered now that the most productive thing he was capable of was sulking in his own misery. Looking back down, he pulled a few scraps of metal from his pocket, tinkering with them. When they turned out as just a piece of junk, he threw it to the other side of the room in frustration. As it skidded to a stop some distance away from the woman, she would see a small, disfigured lens that was supposed to be able to zoom in and out. He just couldn't do it anymore. He was losing his touch.

Not a moment later, a guard came in, clad head to toe in a leather suit, his reptilian skin and eyes just barely visible under the mask. He carried two tiny trays of some strange food Gherron couldn't recognize, but two things caught his attention: A set of keys attached to his belt on one side, and his custom blaster Animus hanging on the other. Seeing the weapon made his chest burn with hatred. He'd spent a month making that thing, he was not going to lose it to some pirate scum. As soon as the tray slid into his cell, he grabbed it and slung it sideways at the guard, smacking him in the temple and knocking him to the ground. Gherron was up in a flash, grabbing the keys and his weapon. Once he had his cell open, he checked the pistol, noting that there were still three rounds inside, a shock round, a flare, and a .357 caliber round. He'd have to find the pouch with the rest of the ammo; if he couldn't remember how to create them, he'd need all he could salvage. Strapping the pistol to his side, Gherron turned to open his neighbor's door.

Spoiler

Pistol:
http://starwarsrp.net/topic/50026-animus/

[member="Eclipse"]

 

[Eclipse]

"Away from everything out 'ere? Good luck." She replied to her new acquaintance. Even if he was an idiot who was full of himself, at least she'd have someone to talk to. "You can call me Eclipse." Soon after their brief exchange of words Eclipse noticed a small lens slide over to the end of her bed. What was that? She got up from her bed to inspect the item to try and figure out what it was. "What is tha-" Her whispered question was cut off by the sound of the durasteel doors to the cell block sliding open and then closed, followed by the repetitive sound of heavy footsteps. It was food time.

Eclipse heard the slide of the food tray as the guard pushed it into Gherron's cell. She expected a similar sound to pursue and then her food to arrive. Instead, all she heard was a violent clang of metal on skull and then the sight of the guard falling face first onto the ground in front of her cell. Did Gherron just do that? This speculation was proven to be correct soon after as he appeared at the door to Eclipse's cell with the keys. He proceeded to unlock the door. "Hey, thanks for this." The door swung open, her freedom was only a step away. This was an exaggeration, there was still a ship full of pirate between her and Gherron's freedom.

"Be careful. These pirates are packing a lot of weaponry." She warned her accomplice, "We need to start gearing up as well." From head to toe she began to check the guard's body for any type of equipment or weaponry.


[member="Gherron Vael"]

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

Instead of offering a response, Gherron simply kept his weapon close and set the next round to the .357. He wasn't taking any chances, and taking lives wasn't really a bad idea to him anymore. Plus, he'd always had a grudge on pirates, slavers, and the rest of their kind. It was finally time to let off some steam on them. Walking out the door that lead to the hallway, he fired the bullet into the skull of the first guard he saw, then walked over quickly, throwing the pistol to the woman. "No talk. The sooner we get out of here, the better. Now cover me while I look for a terminal." With that, he began scanning the area with his eyes, once again regretting the fact that he was devoid of the force. This wasn't his first breakout without his abilities, and he wasn't as helpless as he was that last time, but now his actions were clouded by irrational thinking and a serious need yo just be left alone. Also, he needed a drink, badly.

[member="Eclipse"]

 

[Eclipse]

"Cheers." Eclipse said as she caught the blaster pistol. It was a standard issue DH-17 and a severe victim of wear and tear. Sure it was nothing special, but at this moment in time it was all she had. She followed Gherron very closely and covered his rear as he had instructed. One guard, who must've heard the shots, came sprinting around the corner with his weapon drawn. He was hesitant to shoot and this was his greatest mistake. With a single shot into the torso of the man his life was ended. A crack echoed throughout the corridors as his head hit against the hard durarsteel floor. Eclipse hadn't killed anybody in days, maybe even weeks. However, she was glad to see that she still had it in her.

The armed girl would follow Gherron as he searched for a terminal. Their back-to-back positioning would prove to be a very effective strategy in these long hallways.

[member="Gherron Vael"]

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

Looking around, Gherron's went through the hallway, checking each room like clockwork until he found a utility room. "Stay by the door. This should take only a few minutes to get the schematics and find our gear and the hangar. I'm sure you had some stuff on you that you'd rather not lose." With that, he walked inside and accessed the main terminal within, his fingers working furiously at the keys. He may have been somewhat of a drunk now, but he still knew his technical stuff. In about a minute, a three-dimensional model of the ship glared up at him, and he began going over the plans. "Okay... I found the holding area where our gear should be. Says here there's also a shipment of something... I think we should check that out too. The hangar is a little farther down, we'll need to take the elevator."

[member="Eclipse"]

 

[Eclipse]

"You lead. I got your six." With that the pair would continue down the corridor. Various branches came off the main hallway that they were currently travelling down. Eclipse made sure that she checked each of these passage ways for any pirates. Hopefully Gherron was doing the same in front of her. The last thing she wanted was have her back blown open because of her partners incompetence. Every so often Eclipse would glance over he shoulder to check Gherron was still there. It was no secret that she had trust issues, the idea had already crossed her mind of taking off on her own and letting Gherron fend for himself. If the idea had crossed her mind, it had most likely crossed his. It was natural for someone in the same employment as Eclipse. Survival of the fittest.

"I don't like this. For a pirate ship, its awfully quiet..."

[member="Gherron Vael"]

(Sorry, forgot to tag you in the original post. My bad.)

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

Gherron couldn't help but notice that Eclipse had continued to get a look at him every time she got the chance. She was right to. After all, he wasn't feeling very trustworthy. A small frown made it's way to his facial features anyway. "I'm not going anywhere. We need each other to get off this ship, whatever it is. As soon as we reach the hangar though, I'm hauling ass." Continuing down the corridor, he kept glancing at the data pad he'd swiped and had stated using as a map and radar. Shaking his head at the woman's words, he replied. "You don't gotta worry about it being quiet. Three signatures coming down from the path on the left." Sticking the data pad in his back, he pulled out his pistol and set the next round to the flare. He intended to blind and disorient the pirates coming to investigate. If Eclipse wanted to end them after that, it was her choice. Raising the weapon to the column, he waited a few seconds until he saw the first pop his head out, an ugly transdoshan with a scar across his nose. His eyes widened in surprise at the escapees, and raised his own weapon, but not before Gherron shot his flare straight at him and whoever was behind him. "Shield your eyes!", he yelled to his partner, immediately doing as he said. The pirates weren't so quick however, and screamed in pain as the brightness pierced through their eyes.

[member="Eclipse"]

(OOC: All's good)

 

[Eclipse]

"Sure you won't..." Eclipse whispered under her breath in response to what Gherron had said. After a brief warning, the young man shot round from his weapon which seemed to contain a miniature sun. Even when covering her eyes, the light managed to pierce her finger and partially blind her. If this intense was this effective with a hand over her face and her eyes shut, one could only imagine what the targets were feeling. It was likely that they were feeling their eyes dry up and the darkness take over their view. A terrible fate. Once Eclipse had recovered, and the pirates had not, she fired a full charge of blaster bolts down the corridor. One pirate attempted to return fire by following the sound of the blaster shots. However this attempt was in vain as the red plasma harmlessly hit the floor in front of the pair. "Clear. Let's get out of here." Eclipse would continue to follow Gherron to the hangar bay.

[member="Gherron Vael"]

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

As they ran off through the corridor, Gherron headed past the hangar and into the direction of the holding area. He wanted the rest of his stuff back. Surprisingly, they didn't meet too much opposition on their way. Perhaps the others were all heading for the cells, or maybe there just wasn't that big of a crew. Once at the holding area, Gherron opened the door and began rifling through boxes, trying to find his gear. There wasn't much, but he valued his stuff. What self-respecting guy didn't? Pulling out his disheveled robe, he slipped an arm through it, when he spotted his lightsaber. Eyeing Eclipse for a moment, he tried to nab the weapon without her seeing, and pocketed it instead of clipping it to his belt. If she knew he was a Jedi... Well, she didn't seem to him the kind of person who really liked Jedi. Picking up a slug scattershot, he hefted it over his shoulder and headed for the door, waiting for the woman to finish while he stood guard.

[member="Eclipse"]

 

[Eclipse]

Eclipse raided the various boxes of the holding area, grabbing everything and anything that may be of use or worth. The truth was she didn't bring much with her onto this ship; only a blaster and her wits. Obviously this combo didn't work the first time, so instead this time she would grab a large rifle which sat against the wall. It was too large to fit in any of the boxes and too large for it to be comfortable when carrying. Comfort wasn't why the girl had chosen this weapon, she was a very skilled marksman when it came to rifles, and this one looked like it could drop a rancor in a couple of shots. Her excellent marksmanship and sheer power of this weapon would make for a devastating duo. By the rifle were a few boxes of ammunition. "Strange..." She told herself as she inspected the rounds; they seemed to be no more than metal cylinders. This rifle must've actually been a railgun. Still, caused no worry for Eclipse.

Sensing that she had already taken too long she emerged from the holding area to meet Gherron. The small girl seemed laughably ridiculous when accompanied by the massive railgun, but nobody on the other end of this weapon would have time to even smirk at the sight. "Whatcha think?" She asked, smirking as she did so.

[member="Gherron Vael"]

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

Gherron had half a mind to head back into the room and tell Eclipse to hurry the hell up, when she finally poked her head back out, hauling with her a huge monstrosity of a weapon. When asked about it, he nodded. "Not bad. But I prefer close range." He demonstrated by hefting his shotgun, racking the pump back and forth once. "Let's go." Heading back down towards the hangar, they were still in the clear, or so it seemed... Everything was quiet. Then, upon opening the door, several clocks, whirrs, and lasers could be heard as a small army, Gherron supposed the rest of the fighting crew, readied their weapons. Stepping back a foot or two, he motioned for the lady. "Well, I'm not gonna argue with a girl that has the biggest gun in the room. Let's see if they agree."

[member="Eclipse"]

 

[Eclipse]

If the two were to run through the open doorway, there was no doubt that they'd be run down by a full salvo of red plasma. The two would have to play it safe. Peeking around the corner, Eclipse saw that the pirates had fortified their positions about 15 meters down the corridor. Eclipse definitely had to the range to eliminate these targets, but Gherron may not have the necessary range or accuracy as it seemed he had obtained a scattershot from the holding room. "I have an idea." Eclipse began, talking to Gherron "I'll stay here and distract them with this beauty, you try and find a maintenance shaft or another way around them. Once behind them, put that fire power to good use." She finished, referring to the scattershot he was using. To make sure that the pirates weren't getting bored, or were thinking about pushing up, Eclipse quickly stepped out of the doorway. She only took a second to aim before she squeezed the trigger. All that was heard was the hum of the energy being transferred into the electromagnets before the metal cylinder was propelled from the extended barrel. If the pirate she had been targeting had blinked they would've missed the journey of the projectile which create a clear hole in the centre of his forehead. The velocity of this weapon was immense. This was definitely a keeper.

[member="Gherron Vael"]