A Very Fiery Ally (Lexa Kimene)

[Flint Dexen]

@Lexa Kimene

The Galactic City. The very heart and capital of the Galactic Republic, often referred to as the Queen of the Core. Many space travelers described the planet as looking like a jewel. But anyone who had ventured below to Coruscant's Lower Levels would know that the city was not exactly a very happy or friendly place. Poverty, crime of all sorts, and violence was all too prevalent down here in the lower sectors where many citizens go their entire life almost never getting to see any organic sunlight.

It was apparently sometime in the afternoon (time down here was meaningless, day felt like night and vice versa) when Flint made his appearence in the city streets. There were groups of homeless beings hunched over a fire-lit droid, warming their hands and body. Although he was moving in what could be described as a relaxed manner, Flint was actually in pursuit of a particular pirate that he had some unfinished business with. Flint Dexen was easily recognizable, many slum-dwellers of the sector remembering him for his past fights against local street gangs and pirates. Nobody knew much about him, and did not know exactly to admire him or fear him. Probably both. Nobody knew Dexen's age. Dexen wasn't sure if he knew his age himself. Time was nearly unrecognizable in Coruscant. An hour felt like a minute, and a day could feel like an entire week.

Flint reassuringly kept his grip tight on his electrostaff, which was attached to his back. He had went up against the pirate before, and knew that his enemy was very dangerous. He still had the bruises and scars from his last encounter with the pirate. But that wasn't enough to make Flint tolerate the evil acts committed by the pirate. So he followed the pirate for about half an hour, and at one point entered into a rather dark alley. For a moment, Flint couldn't see anything infront of him in the darkness and cursed at himself silently for losing his target. The next thing he knew there was a blinding pain that hit him fron the side, causing his head to go spinning. Barely managing to keep himself from screaming in agony, Flint dropped his electrostaff and crumpled in the alley, clutching a bruise on his head. There was a clicking sound right infront of his face, and he knew that the pirate that he had been chasing was holding the blaster infront of him and was preparing to shoot his face right off. He could hear the pirate saying something at him, but his head hurt too much to fully understand what he was saying. "D*mn. I guess I'm about to die..." he thought to himself, squeezing his eyes shut.

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa sat up against the wall of a building, Her dark cloak hiding all of her features. The Underworld of Coruscant was cold to anyone normal. But for a Fire Shaper, there was no cold. Or hot, for that matter. She had come down here to meditate beyond the business of above, admiring what little activity there was that night. And then she felt it. Another Force-user. A man walked down the street before her. Not a few minutes later, another man followed him. The second man was the Force-user. Lexa watched them pass into a dark alleyway. She rose from her place. Through the force, she could see the first man's intentions. She made it just in time to hear the first man speak. "You should learn to mind your own business, boy," he said. Lexa could see the glint of a blaster pointed at the second man's crumpled form. She pulled out her lightsaber, igniting it's golden blade. "Back away," She said menacingly. The first man chuckled. "You know, I've killed Jedi like you before." Lexa clenched her jaw. She ran up to him, knocking the blaster from his hand and pinning him to the wall, her lightsaber at his throat. "Last chance," She said through her teeth. The man merely spit on her. Lexa's eyes turned bright yellow. Within seconds, her arms ignited in flames. The man slid to the ground, now a pile of burning cinders. "I gave you a chance to leave," She said to him as he burned. "I don't give second chances." She deactivated her saber.
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[Flint Dexen]

@[member="Lexa Kimene"]

A pile of ashes and cinders.

That was all of what was left of the pirate that only a few seconds ago was about to end Flint's life. He stood up after the mysterious woman suddenly showed up to his aid, flinching as he watched her literally burn down the pirate. Flint simply gazed in awe for a few seconds, staring at the woman's saber that just deactivated. "H-how the... you just burned down......" Flint stammered out, keeping his grip on his electrostaff.

He cleared his throat before speaking. Although Flint was more than grateful for the woman's not-a-second-too-late rescue, he was slightly disturbed by the smoldering remains of cinder that had only a minute ago been a living being. "Thank you for saving me.... But, uh, did you really have to kill that man?" he asked quietely, eyeing the pirate's burnt remains. It was strictly aginst his own moral code to kill anyone else, no matter how evil he may have been.

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa looked at him, raising an eyebrow. "So, you'd rather have had your brains speared across the wall?" She said simply. She removed her cloak, her coal black hair falling down her back. "If he had lived, he'd just be after you all over again. I wouldn't have been around then, and you would probably have been killed." She turned, and began walking back down the alley.
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[Flint Dexen]

@[member="Lexa Kimene"]

Flint gazed emotionlessly at the burned remains of the pirate, then back at the woman who had just saved him. He then shrugged, deciding that what she had said was completely true, and hurried after the woman who had started walking away. Knowing that it was wrong for him to criticize someone who had just basically saved his *ss, he decided that at least he owed her a conversation.

"Woah, hey, wait! How exactly did you do that? How did you know, burn down that man?" he asked, jogging to keep up with the woman.

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa slowed a bit so he could keep up with her. "Let's just say it's a talent of mine," She said, grinning slightly at her own little private joke. Talent had nothing to do with it. Being a Fire Shaper was something one attained from birth, not from skill. The only thing needed was to learn how to control it.
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[Flint Dexen]

@[member="Lexa Kimene"]

Flint nodded slightly, although he did not have the slightest idea of what that could've meant. He had never encountered in his life somone who could utilize fire like the woman had. He decided that at least it would be nice to introduce himself to someone that had just saved his life. "My name is Flint, by the way. Flint Dexen. Do you live here or are you just passing through here? Who exactly are you?" he asked, walking beside the woman.

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa grinned. "I'm Lexa. Thankfully, I'm not a native of this hellhole." She said as she walked. "If you're wondering, no, I'm no Jedi. I'm not a Sith, either. I don't follow a set of codes, I follow whatever path that keeps me alive." She looked over at him, and his get-up. "Let me guess. You're a vigilante, fighting crime and saving innocent lives," She smirked. He wasn't the first one she'd ever met...
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[Flint Dexen]

@[member="Lexa Kimene"]

Flint watched the woman grin, and listened as she told him that she did not follow a certain code but did what allowed her to survive. He couldn't exactly blame her. In this tough universe, one could have his or her hands full just focused on survival. He gave a small grin to the female's last comment on what he was doing. "Yeah... or at least I'm trying to." he said, then asked a question. "So where do you come from, then?"

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa thought for a moment. "I think I'm from Dxun. I don't really know...." She said. The only thing she remembered of her childhood was waking up in the deepness of the jungle when she was fourteen. Anything before that was lost from her memory...
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[Flint Dexen]

@[member="Lexa Kimene"]

Flint simply nodded once more. He felt it was best to not further explore the topic of the past as for now. He led the woman into a nearby bar that he knew well. "So do you know where exactly you're headed from here..?" he asked, offering her some beverage from the bar.

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa took a small sip, shaking her head. "I go wherever the next cargo shuttle takes me," She said simply. "I don't have a ship of my own. Or anywhere that I need to be, for that matter."
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[Flint Dexen]

@[member="Lexa Kimene"]

Flint closed his eyes and gulped down some coffee before saying anything. It was interesting. What would it be like to have no other purpose in life expect to survive? It'd be awfully boring, he thought. "Have you ever thought about settling down somewhere? Getting you know, like a job or something?"

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa chuckled. "I'm not really the settle-down kind of girl...." She traced the rim of her mug with her finger.
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[Flint Dexen]

@[member="Lexa Kimene"]

Flint nodded silently, finishing what was left of his cup of beverage.

He suddenly took out a small datapad out of his pocket and showed it to the young woman, which displayed images of a local street gang that Flint was going after. "Well if you're going to stay here a bit longer, maybe you could consider helping me out take down a gang... Lexa?" he asked.

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa took the datapad from him, sliding through the images. "Affiliated with the murder of five families, the burning of three factories, and a mass distributor of spice and related illegal drugs....." She handed the pad back to Flint. "I guess I could, if you needed me to." She smiled.
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[Flint Dexen]

@[member="Lexa Kimene"]

"Yep. Someone's going to have to subdue those villains. And I know there's no one down here but us to do that." he remarked.

Flint stood up, paying the bar tender the cost for the beverage that both Flint and Lexa had. Although in no way was Flint a rich guy, he still had the decency to pay for a lady. He led Lexa out of the bar. "So do you have any past experience in tracking down people?"

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa grinned, laughing a little. "More than you could possibly know," She said. Tracking was easy for her. All she had to do was latch on to someone's Force signature and follow them from there.
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[Flint Dexen]

@[member="Lexa Kimene"]

Flint snorted. "Yeah?" There was suddenly a very audibile blaster sounds, and suddenly the air was filled with smoke, and sounds of panic filled the air. Another street gang seemed to have attacked a nearby store, only a few blocks ahead of the pair.

"Well, that's how I usually find my targets." said Flint, and sprinted towards the commotion.

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa sprinted beside him. "I think I'll tag along on this one. Who knows? I may have to save you again," She smirked.
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