Private A New Life

[Sorr Kortu]

Her ankle was that bad huh? Well Sorr needed to get some strength training in if he were to carry Tiaza everywhere. But even though Sorr is a twig, he’ll keep his promise and Tiaza will continue being carried as long as possible. The young man entered the ship looking over the controls and smiling. “It’s pretty roomy,” Sorr said while Tiaza mentioned how she was going to tell her manager that she was going to miss her tour. Sorr raised an eyebrow when Tiaza almost said something before calling him her friend. Strange but Sorr didn’t press her on it.

“I think so,” Sorr approached the cockpit and sighed with relief. “There two seats,” hr said. “Of course there’s two seats one for the co pilot,” Sorr placed Tiaza down as he began to run diagnostics.

“Maybe we can do a 4 month delay,” Sorr chuckled. “I mean your ankle must really hurt and it’ll be nice to spend those 4 months free with you. Carrying you around and exploring the galaxy together.”

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[Vletti'azan'uosus]

Location: Ord Mantell
Tags: Sorr Kortu

Four months was a lot, Tiaza thought to herself. But anything was possible. She really didn’t have any frame of reference, but Sorr was right it did seem roomy. And luckily for Tiaza it was clean. She was quite happy to be in the seat next to Sorr, where she could watch him become the master smuggler she knew he would become.

After being placed in the co-pilot’s chair she gave Sorr a wide smile. “Sorr, four months out in the galaxy with you sounds so very wonderful,” Tiaza admitted. “I don’t know how bad my ankle is. I mean modern science can heal a lot quickly, but I want to heal naturally the right way. So let’s just see what happens.”

She leaned from the co-pilot’s chair across towards Sorr in the pilot’s chair. Her hand reached out and squeezed his knee. “So we’re going to Nar Shaddaa to meet this contact? Is he still friends with your dad? Let’s hope he can help.” She leaned closer still. “And thank you for keeping me safe, and promising to carry me to my ankle is better.” The verbal thank you was then followed by a kiss on the lips. It was a bit on the innocent side, but not a kiss you give just a friend.​

 

[Sorr Kortu]

There was something about Tiazas smile that made Sorr feel weak kneed. It was charming, graceful, and had a tint of innocence. The young man couldn’t help but respond with a dork smile of his own. It was further compounded by the fact that Tiaza leaned over and gave Sorr another kiss but it wasn’t on the cheek this time but on the lips?!

Sorr gulped when he felt her breath against his. Her gentle, soft lips pressing against Sorrs. His body began to tingle he wanted nothing more than to return the kiss but Sorr froze unable to do anything. This was the first serious kiss and Sorr didn’t know what to do. “Umm you’re welcome,” the young man said looking away from Tiaza.

With a shaking hand, Sorr quickly punched the coordinates for Nar Shaada as he began to fire up the engines. “Next stop,” Sorr said getting ready to remove the landing gear. “Nar Shadda.”

The ship rumbled and began to ascend into the skies. “I hope the Cop could help to,” Sorr said. “Otherwise it’s going to be a real struggle, thankfully the planet is under the control of the Silver Jedi Concord.”

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[Vletti'azan'uosus]

Location: Ord Mantell
Tags: Sorr Kortu

Sorr looked around the cockpit avoiding eye contact after she kissed him. He accepted her thanks shyly which made Tiaza smile. It was quite adorable really and had Tiaza wondering how no girl had swept up Sorr. He was smart, cute, strong and the right amount of something else that most boys were missing. Innocence? Maybe. Humility? He definitely had that. Whatever that last bit was, it was something that Tiaza found very attractive.

Sorr announced they were on their way to Nar Shaddaa and before long the ship was up and out into the waiting galaxy. Tiaza didn’t know what to expect from Nar Shaddaa. She knew the moon was once the stronghold of the Hutts in days past. With the rise of the Hutt Space Consortium she wondered if the Silver Jedi Concord were able to keep law there.

“First in many adventures,” Tiaza said with a smile as she looked out at the stars. “I can’t wait.”​

 

[Kig Mortuuga]

Location: Ord Mantell orbit | Modified YV-865 Aurore-class freighter Euphoric Toxin
Accompanied by: Mortuuga Marauders
Tags: Sorr Kortu | Vletti'azan'uosus

“Dixi love,” Kig Mortuuga called out from the captain’s chair on the bridge of the Euphoric Toxin. “Do yer captain a small favor and get me info on dat freight dat be makin’ its way to an exit point towards Hutt Space.”

The young Togruta woman nodded and started hitting keys on her computer station. “Registration is faked, not well enough for it to belong to a major syndicate. Looks like a nice catch for Lady X. If the captain be wishing to make up for the bust of a run this has been. Might at least pay fuel costs.”

Kig gave a boisterous chuckle. “Dis captain ain’t never run away from a good little catch. If dis ship be leavin’ Ord Mantell good chance it be carryin’ some valuable cargo.” There was another laugh from the Nautolan. “If’n we collect somedin dat we shouldn’t have. Lady X can be de one makin’ amends.”

He shifted his chair to the other side of the bridge. “Bang Bang. De ion cannon and mag cables be ready for use?” the Rodian woman sitting at weapon systems mere gave a giggle and a nod of her head. “Very well. Luche bring us in slowly. Bang Bang fire when ready.”

A moment later, just before the Toxin would ping the proximity alarm for travel this close to a busy system like Ord Mantell, the ion cannon pulsed and hit its target. This rendered Rory’s ship without power. Before the occupants of the ship would know what was going on mag cables clanged onto the hull and the marauders’ ship pulled it in. “Zebkar, Dixi, Gal, ready to board. Let’s see what our net has pulled in.” ​

 

[Sorr Kortu]

Just as Sorr flew into the Exosphere, the alarms started to ring. "What the-?" Sorr checked the radar the ship's sensors indicated an unknown contact flying an YV-865 Aurore-class ship was converging on their location.

"Oh no, no, no....." Sorr's heart began to thump loudly he remained rooted in his chair stunned at the ship heading towards he and Tiaza. "Snap out of it Sorr!" The young man slapped himself on the cheek only to moan a bit when he found out that he was aggravating his injured side.

"Just calm down Tiaza!" Sorr yelled though he was saying that to reassure himself. "Let me try to talk to them."

Just as Sorr was readying the communications, the ship fired an Ion blast effectively shutting down all power. "No!" Sorr eyes lit up in fear. This was definitely NOT like the simulations. Loud thumps were heard from the right side of the hull while Sorr desperately tried to activate the emergency power. "No....." Sorr mumbled. "The power is shut off too unless....."

This was an older ship so access to the emergency power could be in engineering. Sorr's heart skipped a beat, did Rory's men intercepted them so soon? He did not want to find out. "Tiaza," Sorr said picking her up into a bridal carry. "We're going to have to reactivate the emergency power, the problem is it's located way in the back. I don't know who these people are, but we're going to have to turn on the emergency power if we hope to escape."

And they needed to hurry before these people get here.

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[Vletti'azan'uosus]

Location: Ord Mantell
Tags: Sorr Kortu | Kig Mortuuga

The first adventure continued at about the same level as everything about Sorr’s new occupation. Of course smuggling was bound to have bumps in the road. One can’t expect that you take on a job that’s outside the law and everything just goes smoothly. “It’s not bounty hunters Rory has sent after us already are they?” Tiaza questioned as things seemed to be going wrong fast. She gasped instinctively when Sorr slapped himself on the bad cheek. She wanted to help him, but wasn’t sure what to do.

Sorr told her to be calm. She wasn’t panicking outwardly yet, but the advice was good and she started to take count of her breathing to ensure she didn’t make anything worse as Sorr did his work. When Sorr tried to talk with the approaching ship, everything went dark. Sorr was talking through the situation to himself, she was pretty sure, but Tiaza took comfort in him telling her what was going on. Even if that wasn’t his intention.

Tiaza gave a bit of a grunt when she was picked up this time. She wasn’t expecting to be on the move again so quick, or for Sorr to remember her injury when he had so much more going through his head. Tiaza gave him a supportive kiss on the cheek that was probably still burning a bit from the slap he’d given himself. “You let me know if I can do anything,” Tiaza said, though she had to admit it sounded a bit stupid. She knew nothing about ships. “And if you have to put me down to get to it faster I understand.”​

 

[Kig Mortuuga]

Location: Ord Mantell orbit | Modified YV-865 Aurore-class freighter Euphoric Toxin
Accompanied by: Mortuuga Marauders
Tags: Sorr Kortu | Vletti'azan'uosus

The mag clamps from the Euphoric Toxin attached easily to the drifting ship that they had chosen as their prey. Luche, the Duro at the main controls of the ship, was a talented pilot and brought the marauder crew into position with grace and ease. Bang Bang at the weapon system control was on the lookout for any sense that the old freighter they were pursuing was able to reactivate power before her captain and the boarding party could do their thing. She cursed under her breath at the fact that she wouldn’t be able to go along and blow something up.

Kig gathered the rest of the crew in the cargo hold right in front of the bay doors they would use to board the G9 freighter. As Luche maneuvered the Toxin so that they were nose to nose with their target Kig gave instructions to the boarding party. “Gal,” he spoke to the Aqualish first. “You be in charge of assessing de cargo hold once we be on board. Don’t let de crew of dat ship get back in. Search for anything being of value.”

The Aqualish gave a nod of his head and Kig turned to the Dowutin next. “Zebkar. You be ordered to go hold down de cockpit. Make sure you keep de controls in your sights at all times. Dis ship starts moving wit us onboard and I’ll have you hide. Got dat?” The Dowutin gave a nod as well. These two were the silent muscle most of the time. Kig was lucky to have them. They were good tools, but the least involved of the crew.

“Dixi love,” he said lastly turning to the young Togruta who was already twirling her two blaster pistols around her finger boredly waiting for some action. “You be checking on crew quarters. Lock anyone you find in a room and meet me in engineering. Dis ship has emergency power and I’m sure her captain knows dat. Engineering be the only place I’m sure we’ll be finding someone.”

There was a clanking sound as the two ships were locked together and Kig reached out to open the bay doors. “Stun only!” he barked out at the last moment. “Lady X don’t pay us for dead crew members.” The three marauders grumbled but nodded their acceptance of the order. ​

 

[Sorr Kortu]

As soon as Sorr carried Tiaza out of the cockpit he could hear more noises it sounded like the hostile ship already latched itself onto the ship. Sorr imagined it was like a Sarlacc wrapping its tentacles around its prey. His heart began to race but Tiaza's kiss to his injured cheek calmed him down a bit. "There has to be some hidden mechanic around this ship." Sorr said his head darting around rapidly. "Rory is a Smuggler so he has to have a smuggling compartment."

Stomping the floor, Sorr felt a flimsy metal tile, placed Tiaza down, and immediately pulled it off. "Hah!" Sorr smiled looking at the hidden cargo hold. "You go first," Sorr said gently pulling the young Chiss inside. "Don't worry I'm right behind you."

The young man heard a muffled voice about setting weapons to stun. They weren't going to kill them? What did Rory want with Sorr now? Did he change his mind in giving him back to his Dad? There wasn't any time to think about it as Sorr went inside the compartment while covering the tile above.

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[Vletti'azan'uosus]

Location: Ord Mantell
Tags: Sorr Kortu | Kig Mortuuga

Tiaza heard the doors opening, she wasn’t sure what it was, but she was pretty sure it wasn’t good. Sorr changed his mind about where they were going and that cemented the thought in her mind that someone was coming. Sorr quickly found the secret compartment. Tiaza suspected it was for hiding the really bad stuff from authorities. Some skeptical beings might find the fact that Sorr found them so quickly to be a bad omen. Tiaza was an optimist though and instead of assuming that the bad people who cut the power and boarded their ship would find it just as easily, she thought Sorr found it because he was so smart and destined to be a smuggler of great fame.

When she was placed down Tiaza scooted into the cargo compartment. She trusted that Sorr wouldn’t leave her there alone to rush off and do something stupid. But he was protective so she held her breath for a moment until Sorr was next to her and she let out a sigh of relief.

The compartment was designed for hiding small shipments of contraband, not people. Two people in this one compartment was a tight squeeze. Tiaza’s heart was beating quite fast. Mostly because she wasn’t sure that someone wasn’t going to be opening the tile in the floor at any moment, but also a bit because she was pressed so close to Sorr.

She could hear footsteps above them. Tiaza held her breath and pressed herself into Sorr’s chest, wrapping her arms around him in the process. The footsteps got louder and louder until they passed over the tile that covered their hiding place. “Come out, come out little shag(slave),” a feminine voice called out just after the footsteps past over them.

“Do you think they will find us here?” she whispered into Sorr’s chest too afraid to move her head from that spot. ​

 

[Sorr Kortu]

The cargo hold was a little too tight for Sorr's liking, already he could hear many footsteps from the boarders. Sorr wrapped his arms around Tiaza's slender body feeling her breath while she sank her head into his chest. "I don't know," Sorr whispered back looking around. They couldn't be here for long and Sorr knew that Rory had to be clever enough to evade any Galactic Alliance or Imperials who would try to board his ship. Looking around, Sorr noticed a subtle green beep behind Tiaza.

"What's this?" He whispered in Tiaza's ear while he reached out to touch it. As soon as his thumb brushed against the beeping green light a soft hiss was heard behind Tiaza. The wall split in two revealing a small tunnel. "Bingo," Sorr whispered smiling. "Alright Tiaza you crawl first and I'll follow you it should lead to the engineering room but if not we could be halfway to it."

He did the unthinkable and kissed her forehead. "Go," he whispered. "You can do it; you know I'll protect you."

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[Kig Mortuuga]

Location: Ord Mantell orbit | Rory’s stolen ship
Accompanied by: Mortuuga Marauders
Tags: Sorr Kortu | Vletti'azan'uosus

Blaster out Kig made his way quickly through the target ship. The Naulotan captain was not dependable for very many things. Whenever he found spice he used it, that made him unreliable for almost everything. But he seemed to have a second sense about finding his way through any ship. Knowing where to make sure it stayed disabled and where the precious cargo was hidden almost as if he’d memorized the schematics of every ship ever built.

He quickly found his way to engineering and was a bit astonished to find no one there and nothing out of place. No attempt had been made at all to restore power. Were they really on point this job? Or was this ship crewed by a negligent crew? Something else? Were they so smart that they had some sort of ambush waiting for the marauders?

“No one in engineering,” Kig reported to his crew. “Status report.”

“Cockpit is empty boss,” came the gruff voice of Zebkar.

“No one in the cargo bay,” Gal reported, though they all came through the cargo bay so Kig knew that unless the crew had doubled back. “Keeping my eyes on the stuff in here. Doesn’t look very promising.”

“Not your job to assess,” came Dixi’s hissing voice. “Crew quarters are empty. Are we sure someone didn’t just autopilot this thing out of Ord Mantell for some reason?”

Kig groaned. “Bang Bang. Scan for life signs.” It would take a while. The captain waited intrigued as to what the explanation of the empty ship was.​

 

[Vletti'azan'uosus]

Location: Ord Mantell orbit
Tags: Sorr Kortu

Sorr’s ‘I don’t know’ wasn’t very comforting. Tiaza guessed it probably wasn’t supposed to be as Sorr instantly started to search around the compartment. He gave a whisper that buzzed in her ear. ‘This place wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t for the intruders above us,” Tiaza thought as Sorr’s whisper sent a shiver down her spine. As he reached out for whatever he had found his hand grazed her arm sending another tingle through her. She’d never felt like this around a boy before. Tiaza wondered if Sorr knew what she was feeling.

Tiaza felt the air flow increase as the panel behind her parted. Sorr was excited about the outcome of his discovery so Tiaza turned to see the small tunnel that led somewhere else in the ship. He urged her to crawl through the passage, that he would be behind her and he suspected it would lead to engineering where they in theory would be able to turn the power back on. She hesitated however and Sorr answered the hesitation with a kiss on her forehead.

Tiaza hugged Sorr tightly before letting go and turning around carefully. She gave a slight hiss when she bumped her injured ankle in the process. “Guess crawling won’t affect my ankle much,” she whispered with a nervous giggle. “Alright, I’m heading in there. You better be right behind me.” And then she started into the tunnel, injured foot lifted a little higher than her healthy one, shimmying in an unfamiliar manner. She found herself for the first time wishing she hadn’t worked so hard to get out of all military training on Csilla.​

 

[Sorr Kortu]

As the two crawled through the tunnel, Sorr could hear one of the people say to activate the scanners. That was not good, the scanner will detect them unless this ship had an alloy that blocked scanners. Reinforced Durasteel can do the trick, but he wasn't so sure that Rory had it installed onto his ship. It would've made the ship slower. "Don't worry," Sorr smiled trying not to stare at Tiazas firm yet perfect rump. "Once we're out I'll make sure to carry you until your hearts content."

He saw Tiaza's ankle wincing a bit when he saw how swollen it was. It'll definitely be a while before it fully heals but Sorr did enjoy carrying Tiaza around and she didn't seem to mind clinging onto him when things went bad. "You know Tiaza," Sorr chuckled nervously. "I kinda like when you purr like that it sounds cute and it reminds me of my cat."

The young man gulped. "I'm not comparing you to my Cat or anything," he said quickly. "I'm just saying that when you purr it makes me feel warm and happy just like how you cheer me on, hold on to me, and kiss me. It....." He sighed. "Thank you Tiaza you can always cling onto me anytime you want."

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[Vletti'azan'uosus]

Location: Ord Mantell orbit
Tags: Sorr Kortu

While Sorr was actively listening to what was going on in the ship, Tiaza was just trying to make her way through the tunnel and hoping that their luck would continue. They’d escaped Rory’s thugs, his droids, and Rory himself. Some of that had to be luck, but she knew that Sorr was good at what he was doing too. She heard something about scanners, but didn’t know if that was good or bad. After a moment, Sorr said that he would be willing to carry her again. She assumed that would be as soon as they were able to stand. Tiaza was grateful for that, and not only because it took pressure off her ankle.

She continued down the tunnel, not totally sure where they were going, but trusting that Sorr had a better idea than her. He said that he liked when she purred. A blush quickly rose to Tiaza’s cheeks. She hadn’t realized she was purring. It wasn’t really intentional just a sound that came from her when they were close and she was comforted by him.

Thankfully she was sucked out of her own embarrassment when Sorr tried to backpedal his comment about cats. His momentary stammering made her giggle. Then he said she could cling to him whenever she wanted. She took in a deep breath and stopped her crawling. She turned so that she was sitting on her butt and facing him. She scooted back towards him, and wrapped her arms around his neck. Tiaza purred flirtatiously in his ear, hoping that the purposeful noise was as good as what he liked when it just came out of her. “Cats are quite cute. And they purr when they are happy. You comparing my purring to a cat is a compliment.” After whispering that into Sorr’s ear she moved her face so that she could look into his eyes. This meant that she couldn’t be quite as close at the moment, but that was ok. He mentioned that he liked it when she kissed him. She wondered if she stayed this close if he’d be the one to kiss her.​

 

[Sorr Kortu]

Sorr gave an awkward smile when Tiaza turned around and wrapped her arms around him. He gulped when she purred in his ear saying that the Cat comment was a compliment. "Good," Sorr said looking into her brilliant crimson eyes. "I do miss Mister Snuffles; I just hope my Dad takes care of him now that I'm gone. Pretty doubtful though, he hates Cats."

The young man looked behind Tiaza and saw the exit ahead. Gulping, Sorr gave Tiaza another kiss on her cheek hoping that it'll calm her down. "I-I hope I'm not violating your personal space," he whispered. "I'm just trying to calm you down but the exit is right behind you, just open the title and I'll get to carry you again."

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[Vletti'azan'uosus]

Location: Ord Mantell orbit
Tags: Sorr Kortu

Tiaza giggled when Sorr brought up Mr. Snuggles. ‘He is so shy,’ she thought to herself. ‘Well, maybe he’s just smart. This isn’t exactly the place to start making out.’ Sorr finally gave her a kiss, on the cheek. She wanted to just hold onto him, but knew that wasn’t a viable thought at the moment. She gave a bit of a sigh and loosened her hold on his neck.

Her heart was slowing down. She’d hoped for more than a peck on the cheek, but even that was enough to make her forget about the situation they were in, if only for a moment. When he said something about violating her space she tilted her head to the side and gave him the most innocent smile. “Sorr, I’m not sure you’ve noticed. But I like you too. A lot more than any boy I’ve only known for just a few hours. Maybe more than any boy ever. It makes my heart rush when you hold me close. I don’t think you are capable of violating my space. I want you in my space.” She turned again to look over her shoulder to the exit that Sorr spoke about.

“If you’re sure they won’t just be sitting there waiting for us,” Tiaza joked with a giggle. “I can’t wait to be back in your arms.” She slowly made her way to the exit. Hands moved to push the tile out of the way and let them back into the open part of the ship.​

 

[Sorr Kortu]

Sorr remained frozen stunned by Tiaza's revelation that not only that she liked him, but she liked, liked him? Nah it wasn't love but it was definitely something more than just: "I like you and let's be friends kind of thing."

The young man came closer to Tiaza nodding nervously. "I like, like you as well," he said. "Like I said you can cling onto me any time you want to if you want to feel safe."

Sorr helped Tiaza up before climbing out of the Smuggler hole. The young man quickly covered the tile and picked up Tiaza. "Looks like your ankle is worse than I thought," he whispered. "You can barely walk but it's okay we can figure things out." He carried Tiaza in a bridal carry as he began to sneak through the hangar. "I think we're halfway to the engine room," he whispered.

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[Vletti'azan'uosus]

Location: Ord Mantell orbit
Tags: Sorr Kortu

Tiaza was relieve that Sorr didn’t retreat from her admission. In fact he returned the statement. Tiaza was a little less shocked than Sorr seemed that she admitted to liking him, but that wasn’t because she thought she was more worthy of his admiration. No, she just had been around a couple boys that she knew were interested in her. A little more life experience in this matter it seemed. Another endearing quality as far as Tiaza was concerned.

They were now out of the tunnel and there was nothing Tiaza could do to hide the fact that her ankle was still hurting quite a bit. Sorr let it be known that he knew she was hurting. “It’s not so bad when you’re carrying me,” she whispered. It was a partial lie. It was certainly better than when she tried to do stuff for herself, but even with his support it still was painful. Pain that probably wouldn’t go away until they had time to stop rushing from one danger to another.

“When we get to the engine room you can turn back on the power?” Tiaza questioned. That was the original plan, but that was before the visitors arrived. “What if they are there waiting for us? If you knew where to get the power back on it’s possible they know too right?” She hugged close to him. If one of the intruders (a little ironic to call them intruders on a ship they stole) found them, Sorr would have to put her down for sure. She’d take the closeness while it lasted.​

 

[Sorr Kortu]

"Hopefully Rory's ship has a couple more tricks up its sleeve," Sorr whispered carrying Tiaza close to him. "I'm guessing he has some failsafe in the back, don't know who these people are but I don't think they're aware of the defenses."

He looked down at Tiaza. "They also trying to scan us," Sorr whispered looking around. "Hopefully we can turn on the power before that happens looking over the schematics, Rory's ship has an AI controlled turret. The ship that boarded us had to shut down their shields leaving them vulnerable If I can reactivate it, it'll reduce the ship to cinders and hopefully we can open some airlocks to space these guys."

Sorr shook his head. "Can't believe I'm going to kill people," he moaned. "I don't think I like that idea."

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