Corruption

[Adam Sergo]

"Oh g-g-god", Adam muttered as he staggered out of the prison doors and into Coruscant, gripping his cracked ribs. "S-s-someone...h-help m-me!". He collapsed to the filthy ground, lying face first in the metallic sidewalk in full prison guard uniform. He looked up, his helmet gone and his brown hair showing. "H-HELP M-M-ME!" He managed to yelp, rolling onto his back with pain frozen on his facial features. "H-help...". Now, he just had to pray that someone or anything would come and assist him or he may indeed, die.

[member="Switch"]

 

[Switch]

Switch gritted her teeth as her boots hit the durasteel. Rolling into the landing would save her back and knees any lasting damage, but the impact sure didn't feel nice for her feet.

Dammit! What the hell kind of solution was that?!

The woman cast her eyes up at the retreating tram she had just been on. She hadn't paid her passage, and when her nap was disturbed because of this, things progressed as they typically do.

With a huff, Switch turned on her heel, taking off in a random direction when- "What the-!!"

The slicer's foot caught onto something, bringing her tumbling to the floor. Lying in an unceremonious heap for a moment, a wave of embarrassment washed over her. Nobody better have seen that...

Pushing herself off the ground, Switch gave a frustrated kick behind her, venting her frustration on whatever she'd tripped on. It came as a shock when her kick was met with a stifled grunt of pain.

[member="Adam Sergo"]

 

[Adam Sergo]

His grunt turned to a loud, long, and disturbing groan. "P-Please, y-y-" Yet, the corrupt warden stopped himself mid-sentence. He somehow managed to recognize the figure. It seemed as if it had been years since the attempted jailbreak and yes, Adam and his men stole some of [member="Switch"]'s possessions for their own personal entertainment. "N-n-n-no!" The warden barked. "Y-y-your h-h-here?!"

 

[Switch]

Standing up, the woman turned around, facing the body she'd just tripped over.

Something was familiar about this man. It wasn't his face she recognized, but his uniform. It vaguely reminded her recent incarceration, the guards wore something very similar, didn't they?

Regardless, he hardly seemed capable of causing her any trouble at this juncture. To be frank, he looked like over-trampled crap. Rising to her full height, Switch leaned over the heap at her feet.

With a slightly sadistic grin, she couldn't restrain a knee-jerk comment. "You look like hell... Lose a bet?"

[member="Adam Sergo"]

 

[Adam Sergo]

"H-h-help me, p-please!" The man pleaded, reaching out towards Switch. "H-h-help m-me!" He begged, obviously in serious pain. Fear was frozen on his face as he saw [member="Switch"]'s grin, which sent fear creeping up his spine. "Y-you gotta h-h-help me, you got t-too!" The man groaned in agony, before attempting to stand up but quickly collapsed back to the alleyway floor with a thud.

 

[Switch]

Switch looked down at the crumpled man before her. He really looked like he'd had a rough time of it lately. He made an attempt to rise, only to fall back down with a resounding thud. With a sigh, she turned on her heel, presenting her back to the man.

Her first instinct was to just leave him. She hadn't been having so cheery a day herself, and somebody else was likely to come wandering by at some point or another. Be that as it may, the former pirate was having the strangest difficulty taking that first step.

A groan escaping her lips, Switch brought her hand up to her face, pinching the bridge of her nose tightly.

Karking headache's getting worse too... Come on! Get going! idiot! Her feet weren't moving.

Call it morality. Call it empathy. Hell, call it temporary insanity. She had to help him. She knew what it was like to be left broken in the dirt.

A frustrated, almost childish cry forced its way through tightly clenched teeth. The slicer turned around, dropping lightly to a knee beside the man.

He just looks so... pathetic... right now, anyway...

She lightly flicked the man's cheek to get his attention, taking hold of his wrist with her other hand. "I'm sure as hell not carrying you." She heaved his arm over her shoulder, getting the taller man's feet back under him. "You don't just get to dangle, get moving!"

While she was willing to help him stand, she had absolutely no idea how to get... anywhere from this particular spot.

The sooner this lump wakes up, the sooner we can get somewhere... On that note, she shook him lightly.

She needed directions.

[member="Adam Sergo"]

 

[Adam Sergo]

He gritted his teeth in pain as he managed to stand up. He felt the pain from his cracked ribs and whatever else the traitorous karking guards managed to do. He slowly managed to take a step backward, the pain returning. "Y-yo-you got to follow...the a-alleyway down to L-L-Liberty...S-s-street!" He moaned pathetically. "N-not like a woman w-w-will be able t-to follow it a-a-anyway!" He went silent after a moment, realizing that he probably shouldn't have blurted out the sexist comment.

(Sorry if I offended you, this is completely RP, nothing else)

[member="Switch"]

 

[Switch]

"N-not like a woman w-w-will be able t-to follow it a-a-anyway!"

Coming to a sudden halt, the woman snapped her gaze towards the man hanging heavily off her arm. Affecting a high-pitched, feminine voice, the the slicer wailed out obnoxiously. "Oh my stars! How ever will I find my way through the scary, scary streets?"

As big as her words were, Switch came to a halt at the entrance of the alley-way. Lips trapped between her teeth, the woman peered into the shadowy expanse. She couldn't even see a light at the end.

He's not worth it...

Readjusting her grip on the man's wrist, Switch quickly turned, walking parallel to the street. They were taking a different route.

"We're going this way." The poor guy would just have to deal.

[member="Adam Sergo"]

 

[Adam Sergo]

"W-wait, we got to go down Liberty S-Street! What are you d-d-doing?" He helped, once again, frantically looking from side to side for possible escape. "W-w-we gotta t-turn...a-a-around!" He then looked ahead, obviously panicking. "P-please, you c-can't do this!" He pleaded.

[member="Switch"]

(Sorry for these very, very, very short posts. I am mostly replying from my phone)

 

[Switch]

Gritting her teeth, Switch did her best to ignore the desperate please of the injured man. She Picked up speed, attempting to shuffle them along a bit faster. She knew it was selfish; she knew this guy needed her help but...

I'm sorry... She couldn't expect him to understand.

Suddenly taking a knee, the slicer allowed her battered cargo to fall across her back. Taking a firm grip of an arm and a leg, she brought herself back to her full height. Biting harshly into her lower lip, the woman powered forward, walking forward with the man on her back.

By the time they made their way around the edge of the building complex, Switch was shaking at the knees. Her shoulders hurt; her back was straining. Where the hell was this clinic?!

"How... much further?" It's been like fifteen minutes... Can't go much further...

They had to be close. She was going to collapse under this guy's weight...

[member="Adam Sergo"]