Private Explosive Coopuration

[Kragr Krayt]

Cathar ~ 5:35
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Deep within a forest, vast and expansive beyond imagination, were Kragr seated by a campfire, waiting for that special girl. The kind you always can count on to blow shab up and charge headfirst into the enemies. So Kragr waited for Isabeau to meet him, in order for them to begin their mission. While waiting for Isabeau to arrive, or Kih Senaar, as Kragr liked to call her. Kih Senaar meant little bird and was a nickname she had gotten because she was small, yet deadly in the air. Kragr rarely gave people nickname to people he worked a lot with, as only those that had impressed him, earned a nickname from him.

This mission was not only to receive some valuable data from an Imperial Stronghold for the Mandalorians, but it was also to test out his newest armour and who better to show it off to, than Isabeau? However, right now it was hidden away among the many tall and large trees, covering it up surprisingly well. Poking to the fire with a stick to keep it going for just a bit longer, as the flames started to die out from going the whole night.

The timer, it was soon time and if Isabeau didn't manage to arrive in time, would the girl just have to follow his track, since the data they were after, would soon be transferred by convoy out of the Imperial outpost to one of their bigger cities on the planet. Checking his two RP-05A Ripper Pistol, while waiting for Isabeau.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

Silently and at a rapid pace, Isabeau was making her way through the forest, darting between trees and hopping over large roots. She had been on a sprint ever since the left the small town where the shuttle landed. Hopefully, Kragr would offer her a ride on their way out but if he didn't, she would not mind taking the shuttle again. Still, it would be much more pleasant with company than hoping that whoever she would be seated next to on the shuttle would be quiet and keep to themselves.

Her new armour had proven to be quite remarkable - giving her more strength which allowed for more power in her steps and an easier time hoisting herself over fallen tree trunks. While it did take some getting used to, she was adapting quickly. While she would normally wear her crimson cloak over the body-glove, this time, she had opted to leave it since it would not help her in sneaking and keeping a low profile. Instead, she would let the new piece of equipment work its magic, making it much easier to hide from enemies.

Once she got close to their meeting point, the young Mandalorian slowed down, making sure to produce as little noise as humanly possible as she continued stalking through the woods. Eventually, she saw a few sparkles coming from a dying fire. Taking another step closer, she could see her friend sitting there alone. A mischievous smile spread across her face as she got an idea as of what to do. Silently, the girl started moving sideways until she could approach him from behind. Slowly but surely, she closed in on him until she could charge.

Quickly, she would wrap her left arm around his neck whilst putting the right one over his eyes - he was an experienced combatant and she had no doubts in her mind that he knew that no sane assailant would cover the persons eyes instead of their mouth and nose. Hopefully, he would realise that it was not a real attack, but just to be safe, she wrapped her legs around his waist, knowing that they would block his hands from reaching for a knife to stab her with. Clammered on to him in a hug from behind, she leaned her head in against his "Guess who" she asked playfully, speaking in Mando'a

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

It all came so sudden, the arm aorund his throat, hand in front of his eyes and the playful tone from a voice, asking "guess who". Hadn't it been from the recognizable tone of voice, would Kragr most likely hand crushed the person hand with his gauntlets just from pure reflects. Feeling the legs around his waist, kragr guessed almost immediately who it was and did something most likely not even Isabeau could have predicted.

A smirked formed, as he replied, almost in a whisper as if he didn't want others to hear it, "Kih Senaar" replied Kragr with a mix of surprise yet joy, calling her the nickname he's given her.

With a gloved hand, he places it on her neck, holding it in an iron grip, though he made use he didn't use the gauntlet's strength-enhancing abilities and started to turn his head, fighting against Isabeau's hand. And then suddenly, the female Mandalorian would feel the soft lips and bushy beard of Kragr pressed against her lips in a kiss. The kiss was dominating and powerful, yet over before she knew it, but was held long enough for the blond Mandalorian to feel the kiss.

Taking the chance, expecting the female not to expect his sudden "attack" on her, that she would slip up and with the help of his gauntlets and through sheer strength, throw her over his head, using his full body to throw her off of him.

If it had worked, she would land beside the fire, with Kragr looking down at her with a raised eyebrow and a smirk on his lips, before laughing with a joyous laughter. However, if it didn't work, he would keep his gloved hand on her neck and one on her left wrist, holding her locked, making them both locked in place.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

A bright smile formed on her lips as he whispered the nickname he had given her. It may not be the most glorious nickname and certainly not the one she would have picked herself, but it sounded nice enough and by now, it had stuck. Of course he knew it was her - who else would it be? Anyone with truly hostile intentions would probably have either stabbed him or tried to choke him out by now.

She was about to speak when she saw his arm go up and suddenly, an iron grip had taken hold of her neck. "Hey" she said with a hint of cation, letting her cheek brush against his. Slowly and carefully, she tried to move and while her legs and arms were free, she could feel how moving her head would be an impossibility when his hand was still there. He then started turning his head towards her - while she didn't know what he wanted to do and didn't really mind, her arms instinctively worked against it with one hand tugging at the side of his head and the other maintain its hold around his neck. Her efforts were, however, futile as he steadily overpowered her.

The struggle continued as she tried to hold his head still and escape his grip simultaneously. Suddenly, she felt his lips touch against hers - surely, it must have been a miscalculation on his part and with that, she continued but made little progress. Eventually realising that it was quite intentional, confusion struck her. Before she knew it, the kiss was over but it seemed like he was not done with her there and with that, he started pulling at her until he eventually managed to throw her over his shoulder and down onto the ground next to the fire pit.

Time felt as if it passed by in slow-motion when she laid there on the ground. She had never really though of Kragr in any other way than a good friend and ally - somewhere among all the anger and rage over what had just happened, she knew that there was a sense of enjoyment in there as well. That part would not show now, however, as she got back onto her feet. Instead, she looked up at the large Mandalorian with scared eyes after his recent show of force - and the fear could be seen in her body language too as she slowly took steps backwards with a slight tremble. Kragr was laughing joyously but her fear of him was turning into anger. All of a sudden, she charged at him, slamming into him with her shoulder. If he lost enough balance for his feet to leave the ground momentarily, she would utilise her superior speed to move her entire body down low and use it as a leverage to cause him to trip, even going so far as to yank the foot the left the ground in the wrong direction to ensure that he fell.

If that was a success, the girl would quickly crawl out from under his feet and scramble to get to sit on top of his stomach in order to gain a definite advantage.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

Kragr almost stopped immediately with his joyous laughter, when he saw actual fear in her eyes and body language. Tilting his head to the side and was about to ask her why she was so afraid when anger flared like wildfire in her, he could see it in her eyes. And then she charged him, going with a shoulder slam, and just let her as they collided with each other. Feeling his whole body gets pushed off the ground, he actually tried to plant his feet, acting too slowly this time to fix his error and fell as long he was tall.

It wasn't all bad, Kih Senaar sat on top of his stomach that he actually just laid there, giving her a wicked grin, "ha, good to see that feistiness is still in you, Kih Senaar" smirked Kragr as he just lay there with Isabeau on top of him. He didn't really have any trouble getting the girl off of him if he wanted. He was both stronger and larger than him and could probably just roll over and pull her with him, getting her beneath him. But for now, he enjoyed himself and he wanted to see what the girl thought she would get out of this tackle.

They were alone, out in the middle of the forest, and they still had time left, before they had to head out, so why not play catch up, from last time they saw each other.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

After all her effort of making the giant fall, he still laid there, looking undeservedly satisfied. Against most foes, she would have a definitive edge in this position, having a steady seat on her opponent with superior mobility and reach along with gravity working very much to her advantage. Against Kragr, however, it was not the same. His strength was more than enough to bail him out of most situations and as soon as she reached for his wrists, she realised that it included this one too. His large arms covered by heavy armour were too heavy to manage which caused her to give him a frustrated look before pulling her own arms back again, leaving both of his arms free.

"Stop grinning" she said, almost whining as she slammed both fists against his chest which probably hurt her more than it hurt him. Looking at her poor fists for a few moment, the girl crossed her arms whilst sending him a grumpy look. From her point of view, the older Mandalorian seemed almost invincible, but then, they were refraining from using weapons. Still, she would have liked to find some form of weakness in him, but so far, there seemed to be none.

A mischievous grin suddenly appeared on her face as she thought of the best way to get to him. Leaning back, she looked down on him as her hands delicately went behind her back and moved up along his utility belt, methodically searching for the bottle of tihaar she was sure that he carried. After a while, her eyebrows furrowed "What?" she asked, genuinely surprised. "I was sure you would have some tihaar around for me to steal"

With that, she got up, raising her ass from his stomach but letting her knees remain on the ground around him. She then leaned forth, placing both arms on his shoulders, fully extended. Looking down on him she spoke in Mando'a "Next time, I'll bite" she said before getting up and turning to look in the direction they were going to go "So, when's that convoy coming through?" she asked - fully back to business as if nothing had happened.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

There they were, Kragr laying in the dirt and Isabeau sitting on top of him, it was also romantic in a sense. Well in the Mandalorian kind of way. It was rather a humourist to see Kih Senaar try and do exactly what Kragr had done to her, the first time they met. And yet, she clearly lacked the muscles to bring his hands over his head, almost causing Kragr to help her by placing his hands over his head himself.

"Stop grinning" was what she said, coming off as more whining than threatening or even demanding. He wouldn't help his smugness as he gave her a clear lustful yet teasingly look. Her punches to his chest did nothing really as he was too heavily armoured and he did look to hurt her more. Feeling the pulling and rummaging around his utility belt, caused him to just raise an eyebrow, only increasing the smirking, "hahaha, no tihaar, Kih Senaar" joked the red-haired Mandalorian and just enjoyed their position.

Not at least bit scared of her comment of biting next time, "oh I'm counting on it" he answered in Mando'a. However, she didn't get very far off of him, before feeling his strong arms around her waist, getting pulled back down, though this time she ended up being at the bottom. Her hands placed with a commanding force above her head. Just as their first rumble on the floor, Kragr held her wrist with one hand, using the gauntlet's strength to keep the wrists locked in place without hurting Isabeau.

Suddenly they had changed position, now Kragr was sitting on her with a knee on each side of her. His smug grin and teasing look told Isabeau everything she needed to know. He was playing with her. Testing her. He was enjoying her feistiness. Moving his head closer to Isabeau's while still keeping a foot apart. His dominating presence shined like the sun as he looked down at Isabeau.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

There was little she could do to free herself once he had managed to take hold of her and as soon as his hand had got a firm hold around her waist, Isabeau lost most control of which direction she would move in. Both of her hands instinctively went down to his arm and tried to remove it from her whilst her feet sprattled about in an attempt to break free from the hold. It didn't seem to slow him down the least as she soon found him sitting on top of her. Not too keen on getting captured again, she threw a quick and hard punch at the left side his head - probably strong enough to cause some bleeding if it connected.

Realising what was going to happen as soon as she felt his hands warp around her wrists, Isabeau desperately tried to free her arms, squirming a little as she struggled. Letting a tired breath of air out of her mouth, Isabeau looked up at him when he wrapped a single hand around both of her wrists and held them over her head, making it impossible for her to both move arms and torso freely. She looked around, but nothing she saw in their surroundings would be able to save her. Her mind momentarily went to her shoulder mounter blaster that was currently folded in - but those thoughts soon dissipated since she had no desire to actually hurt him.

The struggle went on but just as earlier, the one on top had a rather clear advantage, and this was no exception. It was obvious that she was tiring herself out while all he had to do was to lean down on her to hold her still or even injure her if he felt like it. Feeling more and more desperate after such a long struggle, her eyes started to water, making her fight to keep herself from tearing up. Her once fierce features had long since turned more desperate and were now slowly shifting into a more submissive state. The girl wanted to beg him to let her go, to admit that she simply couldn't defeat him - but her pride was still strong enough to keep her from doing it. Instead she looked at him with wet eyes for a few more moments before her head fell sideways in shame. She now stopped struggling, letting her arms and legs fall limp whilst waiting to see what would happen next.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

It's all fun and games when Isabeau showed her might and prowess. In truth, it was one of the greatest things he fancied about this girl, her feistiness, however, when he overpowered, she looked more scared than a fighter. Tilting his head, he examined the girl, "why the tears little bird? Have I really found the limit of your feistiness?" He asked curiously, saying her nickname in basic. "No, no, no, you are a fighter! You are Kih Senaar! You are one of the toughest warriors I've ever met" Cheered grinned the red-haired Mandalorian. And he meant it all. She was just a crazy as he was, charging a stupid high number of enemies and with less armour than what he wore and it was one of the things he admired about her. Then again, might also be the fact that she fancied him more than other women, not that he would notice any advantages if any came.

Believes, Kragr had a surprise he wanted to show her, not to mention she would be the first-ever to see his latest armour. "I got something to show you Kih Senaar," he told her, releasing her wrists and then got off. As he got up, so got Isabeau pulled up from the ground to then place one hand on the side of her head and another on her shoulder. With a thumb, he dried some tears away, giving her a cheerful smile as he started to lead the younger Mandalorian towards some very wide and large trees.

Letting go of Isabeau, he walked over to the trees and disappeared among them. Sudden mechanical noises came from the trees, followed by something big, no massive, turned on. The first thing she saw, was two large metal hands, grabbing each a tree and tore them from their roots, letting them fall to the ground, sideways.

What came next, was what looked like a massive robot, standing over four meters tall. Thick red and silver colours, armed with a 40mm Slug Cannon by its hip and a Grenade Launcher on the back. The really crazy thing about these guns was that they were the size of a heavy manned cannon often placed on bases. Looking down at Isabeau, the head of the massive colossal and the chest, started to open up, almost as if it was merging together in the site, while the head flew back into the neck.

And there, inside of the colossal of a machine armour, were Kragr, sitting and grinning down to Isabeau. "Well? Don't just stand there Kih Senaar, come on up!" Encourage Kragr, waving her to come up to him.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

His kind words brought her spirits back up - naturally, it was nothing instantaneous, but she did feel better about herself. Eventually, a soft smile started growing on her lips, even in her vulnerable and exposed state. She was surprised how much a few words of encouragement could do to her, even when being held completely at Kragr's mercy. The girl wanted to speak, to thank him, but no words escaped her mouth - instead, she just gave him a another soft smile whilst both arms were locked still in his grasp above her head.

Upon hearing about something he wanted to show her, the young Mandalorian simply nodded. As soon as he let go of her wrists, she let out a full breath of air before taking several deep breaths, letting herself recover after having her torso stretched up for a bit. She didn't like showing how much it had affected her when it seemed so simple and easy for him to accomplish. Still, considering the circumstances, it was rather hard to avoid. Once he had helped her back up on her feet, he continued showing a great deal of empathy. Feeling a sense of gratitude as his strong hand was placed on her shoulder and the other one along the side of her face, she leaned in and hugged him.

Smiling back at him, she then let herself be lead to the spot he had planned for her to be at and watched as he disappeared between the trees. Waiting for a bit, she got worried and called out for him with a careful voice "Kragr?", obviously unaware of what was going on and if he was in trouble. Soon, the saw the large metallic hands by the tree, tearing it away. With that, she dashed for nearby cover whilst screaming out his name, afraid that something had happened.

Battle plans started forming in her mind as the thing emerged. She couldn't tell if it was a walker or a droid - regardless, she prepared to fire her rocket when the helmet went off and her friend appeared "Blast it, Kragr! You scared me" she exclaimed, walking forward towards him as if mesmerised. "That's an impressive toy you've got there" she said, coming closer and closer. Even after he told her to come up, she continued walking, letting her hand brush against his leg as she felt the metal under her fingers. Suddenly looking up at him she asked "Can you even feel me?" she asked. Regardless of the answer, she would immediately after put it to a test. The massive walker was more than twice her height which allowed her to walk normally between his legs and finally arrive right behind him.

She was a skilled scout and didn't encounter any real difficulties climbing up on him, even though he was now more than four meters tall. Finally, she found a nice spot to put her feet by his back whilst her arms held on to his upper shoulders, feeling that it might be a better cover position than most others "This is amazing" she commented before continuing "How did you get your hands on one of these?"

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

Isabeau received a big heartfelt and warm hug in return from Kragr. It was good to see her smile and get her spirit back as he encouraged her greatly to see how much of a badass warrior she really was. Kragr could stop grinning from her exclaim as he sat and looked down on the woman. "hehe, glad you like it Kih Senaar. But, you going to love what it can do in combat" stated Kragr with a smirk and followed her with his eyes until she went right by the legs.

"No, but the armour will tell and show on holographic screens where it has been hit and so on" explained the red-haired Mandalorian, leaning back up against the backrest. Looking up, another wide grin spread across the Mandalorian, seeing her reaction. "Get my hands on it? Oh no Kih Senaar, I've built this titan!" laughed Kragr joyfully as he started to walk away from the small firepit.

What Isabeau would notice instantly, was how big and noisy the titan was, not that the armour itself made huge amount of sounds, but the sheer size and weight when it took a step, was loud. However, fortunately, it wasn't so loud that it would be impossible to actually hear each other talk, from where Isabeau sat.

Closing in on the Imperial base, Kragr stopped the Titan and looked up at Isabeau, "here's the plan, I will draw all the attention and you will sneak in and receive the data we need" explained Kragr pointing in the direction of the base that they could see of in the distance. If Isabeau agreed, Kragr would continue walking closer, being able to take some rather long steps, letting them cross a lot of ground while still technically walking.

When Kragr came as far as it allowed him, without given them away, he looked up to Isabeau, "round of Tihaar on me, if you manage not to get notice Kih Senaar" he said with a smirk. Waiting for Isabeau to drop off of the TItan, before he made the Titan's helmet snapback, along with the chest part. With that, Kragr sat in a sprint, completely ruining and digging up a large chunk of the forest floor in the process. Soon the Titan were hitting over 70km/h charging the highly armed Imperial base. A gigantic explosion could be seen from where she stood, followed by the sound of a battlefield.

The cause of the massive explosion, that been an upscaled frag grenade, fired from the Titan's Grenade Launcher, hitting a fuel tanker. The next thing was that the wall around the base had a Titan size hole, followed by multiple buildings standing in flames. Kragr switched to the 40mm Slug Cannon and tore everything in its path. Imperials that had survived the first few explosions and didn't make it into the safety of the main building, were shredded to pieces.

A loud bang came at the back of the Titan, launching it forwards, tipping it over from the impact. Crashing into one of the already burning and destroyed buildings, Kragr got up again and stood face to face with an AT-ST. Kragr raised his arm, which the titan did as well and a round hatch opened up, which an anti-tank armour-piercing rocket was, which normally were fired from a rocket launcher, were fired at the AT-ST. To Kragr's surprise, whoever was controlling the AT-ST, knew their shab and not the typical AT-driver.

While the AT-ST couldn't doo particularly much in terms of damage to the Titan, its shots were, however, powerful enough to push Kragr back.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

Isabeau's grip on her Titan friend's back tightened as he walked, producing a huge amount of sound through sheer mass and weight alone. She could feel the vibrations as his foot set down on the ground. With an excited smile, she imagined the sheer power he had in the suit. Agile and with a good balance sense, Isabeau quickly started getting more and more comfortable on him and even started moving around whilst he was walking. Getting more playful by the moment, she gently stroked a hand along his back "Can you feel this?" she asked before climbing a little higher.

Raising a hand, she pretended to fire off a blaster and then going back into 'cover' behind him. "I won't have you - my cover - run away from me again if I'm attached to you" she joked, thinking of their encounter on Taris when he charged right into battle whilst she was using him as cover. Continuing on her exploration tour, Isabeau climbed even higher until she could sit down on his shoulder and let her feet dangle by his upper chest, demonstrating that she had no trouble keeping steady even when he was moving.

Once they got closer and he told her of the plan, Isabeau nodded and let out a chuckle "Sure thing. I can't help but to think that I'd be safer here with you though." Both her eyebrows raised in a rather happy surprise when he told her what she would be awarded with if she managed to retrieve the data without being detected. She eyed him suspiciously "Why?" she asked. But before he got the chance to answer, she shrugged "Hey, as long as I get free Tihaar."

Climbing down, but this time in front of him with her front against his, she put herself right in front of him and gave him a smile "See you later" she chirped cheerfully before letting go and falling down into the underbrush below. Her armour ensured that she would be next to impossible to see whilst in cover - both by plain eyes and by sensors - making it hard for her giant friend to tell if he would squash her underfoot or not with the next step. It would only take a few moments before she appeared again - but this time a few meters up ahead, crouched behind a log, looking to him with a wink before turning back to the base with her rifle aimed carefully at one of the towers. Once Kragr charged in and drew their attention, the girl fired off two shots, killing two enemies - one lookout and one commander.

With Kragr in the thick of the fight and the enemy ranks in scrambles, the girl moved up towards the large hole he had created and watched for a few moments until she was sure nobody was looking. With that, she snuck into the base and made her way to the designated building. First crawling under a truck, then climbing up onto a roof where she laid low so that no one could see her from below. Once again, she started crawling forwards until she reached a more open area with a few guards lingering. With that, she decided to wait, either for them to be pulled away as reinforcements against Kragr, or for an opportunity to present itself for her to slip past.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

The guards never managed to reinforce the rest in the courtyard, because the AT-SE came crashing into them, splattering them across the ground, followed by the AT-SE blowing up from hitting a tanker. The sheer heat of the fireball was enough to shatter the windows and blow a hole in the building.

Looking at the wreck of the AT-SE, it was missing a leg, thorn out after getting thrown through the air by Kragr's Titan. It was absolute carnage outside in the courtyard as the Imperials desperately tried to fight Kragr. A guard tower blew up when a grenade fired from Kragr's grenade launcher connected with the tower.

The sound of something roaring in the sky, followed by Kragr getting lit up by a TIE-Fighter's blaster fire. Landing with a crash, the TIE-Fighter flew by and into the air again, going around for another attack on the Titan. The sky immediately lit up with slugs as Kragr started to fire at the TIE-Fighter, as any opposition in the courtyard had more or less been taken out.

Missing the TIE-Fighter again and again, it went into a dive and started to fire at the Titan's position. However, Kragr was ready this time and moved back only to launch himself into the air with the jetpack and jump boosters, grabbing on to the arms that held the wings and cockpit together. As Kragr held up, almost crushing the neck that held the wing, but only just managed to hold itself together from breaking from the weight.

With one powerful punch, Kragr's Titan shredded through the hull and crushed the pilot while doing so. In other words, the TIE-Fighter blew up in the air, while Kragr held the fighter. Dropping the destroyed TIE-Fighter, he landed again, gun at the ready for more enemies.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

Slowly Isabeau started to rise from her lying position on the roof into a crouched one, allowing her to see much more and move at a much shorter notice. Her head quickly snapped to the AT-ST as it fell in towards the area she had to sneak past. The shockwave that was created as it blew up had her struggling to even stay upright and eventually forced her back down to lie down. Even now, when they were so far apart - not even in range to see each other - did his actions affect her rather heavily and even now, had he managed to force her down onto the ground again.

Not wasting a moment, Isabeau was soon on the move, making her way form cover to cover as panicked voices could be heard by the AT-ST. Most of the voices were new one - more Imperials who had come out from the building she was set on infiltrating. While they were unsure as of what to do, their main objective at the moment was to save the poor souls who had survived the explosion. With the distraction that was provided for her and her natural talent, the girl didn't even need a stealth suit to make her way to the building.

Once having arrived at it, she climbed up to its roof and made her way to a hatch. Opening it quietly, she was able to sneak in undetected. The Imperials in the room were scrambling, most of them armed with blaster rifles or rocket launchers to face the new threat. Seeing the local commander, Isabeau shook her head as she was quite tempted to abandon Kragr's offer of free Tihaar just to get some action herself and the commander was a high value target. Ultimately, she decided to maintain her low profile and continued crawling on one of the metal beams by the roof.

A smile spread across her lips as she saw the computer console - the only guardsman - a very large Aqualish was busy packing his bags. Taking the chance, Isabeau dropped down and plugged in her datapad to the console to begin the download. Within minutes, she was ready to go again but her timing couldn't have been worse as two more Imperials entered the area from a room, making it much harder for her to stay hidden. Sticking close to the walls and hiding in the shadows, Isabeau soon managed to slip away. But she was not free yet as the only way she could go without being seen was into the room that the two guys had just come out from.

Having a quick look around, she could see a row of beds and a large bag in front of each bed, some closed, some filled with armour, weights, electronics and personal clothing and some which were empty. The room was much longer than it was wide and at the far end of it, was another Imperial, frantically packing his bag. The sound of an Imperial TIE-fighter could be heard from outside, causing her to whisper "Shit" under her breath. They had really caught the Imperial's attention now since they were starting to bring in the really big guns. While looking for ways out, she wondered if they'd send Sith or AT-ATs next - but her thoughts were cut short as voices from behind the door could be heard coming closer and closer.

Not seeing any other choice, the girl hopped into one of the empty bags and closed it, glad that it had auto-seals instead of a zipper. Isabeau was lucky that she only wore her bodyglove and was relatively light herself as she could soon feel the bag she was in being picked up and the person who did it did not notice anything different with her bag. The Imperial held the Isabeau-bag in one hand and another bag in his other as he started running. Envious and deeply impressed, Isabeau heard the crashing sounds of a TIE-fighter, imagining how much fun and glory Kragr must have found while she was hiding in a bag, being carried by an Imperial who had mistook her for his personal belongings.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

Completely unaware what Isabeau is up to, he sure as hell, hoped she would hurry up. The Imperial would have called for more reinforcement and while Kragr was pretty comfortable in being able to take the heat, he was still just one Titan and if AT-AT's started arriving he might in over his head with how big a knock back the fire is on those walkers.

A holographic screen came up in front of Kragr inside of the TItan while he kept on firing and killing new Imperial firing at him. "Kih Senaar, where the hell are you? Don't tell me you got caught!" commed Kragr to Isabeau. Another guard tower got blown up by missile from the Titan's wrist, followed up by Kragr turning around and fired his grenade launcher two times, sender a stack of 6 upscaled frag grenades off. Most hit the buildings and soldiers, but two exploded danger close to the Imperials fleeing the outpost, sending the man flying into a concrete wall, which made the Isabeau-bag fly a little into the air, before landing with a heavy thud on the ground.

Unknown to Isabeau's location, Kragr started to move further away from the courtyard and unknowingly in the direction of where Isabeau in a bag, was hiding. Completely crushing the open gate between the courtyard and open area where Isabeau in the bag was. A loud boom could be heard when something hit Kragr behind, actually stopping Kragr from walking right into Isabeau.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

She was not trapped, no - getting out of the auto-sealed bag was easy if she just applied some force - besides, she had plenty of tools with which she could break out with if needed. But she had a challenge to conquer and had no intentions of disappointing Kragr, even if it meant her rather humiliating trip in being carried around like a piece of luggage.

Carefully, she pressed her commlink button, allowing her to speak to him as she held it in. She was silent for a few moments whilst considering how quietly she had to speak in order to not get discovered. Finally, she whispered in a low voice, barely audible to even herself "No, I-" The girl was cut off mid-sentence as a loud explosion went off, throwing her carrier into a wall and her into the air. Trying to keep balance and protect her head, Isabeau let go of the commlink button which meant that Kragr would only hear static, just as if she had just been blown up.

The young Mandalorian's ears were ringing after the explosion and rough landing whilst the arm she landed on felt weak. Thankfully, her bodyglove and the bag which held her offered relatively good protection which prevented serious damage. Still, for some time, she just laid there an agonising pain as the battle outside the Isabeau-bag raged on with Kragr facing the Imperial forces.

Slowly regaining more and more of her senses, Isabeau heard a familiar sound of heavy footsteps coming closer. She felt how the asphalted ground shook as her friend walked closer to her. On the one hand, she was terrified of him coming closer - remembering how he could've crushed her without armour and knowing that he might be able to do it by accident now. At the same time, she felt a weird sense of safety as he approached, knowing that her fellow Mandalorian would look out for her. Still, the prospect of being crushed under his foot was an unpleasant one.

But then he stopped. Letting out a sigh of relief, Isabeau started to push the suitcase open and was welcomed back into the world seeing Kragr's back and a few burning buildings in the background. A smile grew on her lips as she immediately knew that she was safe and that the challenge had been won. Just by looking at his back, she could see that something big had just hit him - but it would not stop her. With light feet, finesse and some familiarity with his armour, she quickly jumped back up to her feet and started climbing. it seemed likely that he would not even notice, seeing as the sensors were probably already going off like crazy at his back since he had just been shot.

She could easily hide her entire body behind his back and as soon as she stood steady there, she started to whistle, trying to make it sound like a chirping bird. "I've got it" she whispered and proudly added "And nobody but you knows that I've even been here". Wherever Kragr turned, Isabeau would be quick to climb to a spot where his body would block anyone from seeing her - allowing them to escape with the Sith only being aware of the lone Mandalorian in a Titan attacking and remaining completely unaware of the possibility that their data could have been stolen.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

Grinning widely behind his Titan and helmet, Kragr had expected Isabeau to do the challenge with flying colours. However, it was a good thing she told him when she did, cause a smaller cruiser had arrived and an AT-AT transport ship was heading for the outpost. "Never doubted you for a second, Kih Senaar!" laughed Kragr as he took a few steps towards the self-made hole in the wall and fired the last remaining 6 grenades from the grenade launcher and turned around tp dash towards the treelines.

Isabeau would feel a heavy pull when Kragr went into a sprint and then hear the massive explosion, which finally collapsed the building Isabeau had been inside of. With the amount of chaos and death everywhere, it became impossible for the Imperials to follow the duo. After running for half an hour to an hour, Kragr stopped up and scanned the area for any Imperials that might have tracked him.

After the scanning came up empty, the Titan's helmet disconnected from the chest and swung back, disappearing down in the neck. "That was glorious, Kih Senaar! Never felt so alive!" cheered Kragr with his heartfelt laughter and started to walk through the forest in a much more normal speed. "I guess I owe you a Tihaar Drink," grinned the Red-haired man, not at all mad that she beat the challenge.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

"Good" she replied whilst holding on to him tightly, prioritising not being seen over doing damage to the enemy. It was odd for her to take on such a passive role, especially considering her thirst for honourable combat. But then, their mission required the Imperials to be clueless of her stealing their information and that was what would be prioritised - for even a young and eager Isabeau knew that war was about more than just killing bad guys.

As Kragr moved about, the girl quickly moved too, nimble with a strong grip and flexible limbs, she quickly climbed from his back to his side, and finally to his front - the best spot to hide when he was running away from the Imperial base. With her feet clinging on to the side of his lower torso, her hands held on to the side of his chest. While she initially tried to keep some distance between them, she quickly noticed that it was hard to maintain a good position like that whilst he was sprinting, and with that, she went in a bit closer, pushing herself against him and resting her head against his chest armour.

They were on the run for a relatively long time, allowing her to grow accustomed to travelling by the Kragr-Titan transport. When he finally stopped, she let out a heavy breath and leaned back whilst still staying on him. Taking off her helmet shortly after he took off his own, Isabeau looked up at him and smiled whilst trying to look insulted "Says you!" she joked, accusingly staring at him whilst attaching her helmet to her side. "You got to do all the fighting! The most action I got was being c-" she continued, sparring with him jestfully before growing silent. Finding herself almost revealing that she was carried around in a bag, Isabeau considered herself lucky to have stopped herself in time.

When he started walking, Isabeau hopped down from him and walked a little in front of him to the side "You most definitely do!" she exclaimed, raising her voice so that he would hear her as their heads were way more than two meters apart, both because of how far away she was from him, but also because he was so tall in his armour. Chuckling whilst shaking her head, Isabeau quickly hopped on to him - now seeming very familiar with his suit and quickly finding where to put her foot and where to grab with her hand. Within mere moments, she sat on his shoulder, letting her feet dangle idly at his front.

"I think you owe me way more than one Tihaar" she said, smiling brightly as her feet kicked against his armour gently whilst he walked through the forest "Getting in and out undetected is waaaay harder than you think" she said, pushing to see how far he would be willing to budge. "If you're nice, I'll even clean your grenade launcher for you" she said, encouraging him further. Her smile ceased for a moment as she remembered that she had no idea where they were going - but it returned soon after, as she trusted him enough to just come along.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

"And it was glorious! First time taking down a TIE-Fighter, what a rush Kih Senaar!" cheered Kragr, not questioning her silence as they enjoyed the silence mixed in with the Titan's mechanical noise.

Being the only two in the vast forest, Kragr guided them towards where he parked his spaceship. Looking up at Isabeau as she sat on his shoulder, an eyebrow rose, "oh? Is that so?" Asked Kragr humorously and wanted to throw his arm around her shoulder, which wasn't exactly possible. Nevertheless, he released heartfelt laughter as the woman had the gall to encourage him further, to see how far she could push her own luck.

"I got an even better idea, Kih Senaar. How would you like to learn how to repair and work on the Titan?" Asked Kragr, curious how her reaction would be to his suggestion as a treat for her successful steal. They soon came to a clearing, which opened up to a very large open field of untouched grass and right there in front of them, stood a large heavy freighter. "You wouldn't believe the numbers of fights I had to do to have enough credits to buy a ship that could be outfitted for my Titan. It turns like shab, but it let me outfit it with a work station for my Titan and blacksmith for mobile armour crafting" explained Kragr, walking towards the large ship.

Once they got over to the heavy freighter, the ramp descended and blast-gate opened, to which Kragr entered along with Isabeau. Once they were inside, the ramp collapsed into the ship again and the blast-gate shut behind the duo. Quite a few crew members were around them, all busy doing their job. Walking over to a flame larger than the Titan itself, with a lift to the side and walkways built into the large yellow frame, so it was possible to get all around the Titan armour.

Kragr soon exited the Titan, when it had been powered down and stood now in his normal heavy shock trooper beskar'gam. Removing his helmet and clipped it to his belt, Kragr looked at Isabeau with a wide cheerful grin and just sweep her up in a warm bear hug. When Isabeau got placed down again, Kragr placed an around the girl's waist, "ready to learn how to repair the Titan?" Asked Kragr joyously, because he was ready to teach.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

The nickname Kih Senaar seemed to become a bit more true by the moment as she, who could move quietly with and without the jetpack, sat on top of his shoulder, ready to dart away at a moments notice. Looking at him eagerly, she hoped to hear him budge and agree to treat her to more Tihaar - but instead, he offered her to do maintenance on his armour. She was excited by the prospect of being able to work on the beautiful creation he walked around in but decided to hide it for the moment. Instead, she furrowed her eyebrows "Hey!" she exclaimed "I ask you to treat me to another drink and you offer me to fix your armour?" Squinting her eyes, Isabeau spoke with a low voice which might have come across as threatening to someone who didn't know her "You are a brave one, Kragr Loc"

Unable to keep the facade up, she started giggling but looked away trying to hide it. Soon, she turned back to him "Of course I'd like to work on the Titan!" Her voice was friendly and happy as she accepted his offer. On their continued way to the destination, Isabeau would once again move about on him as Kragr walked, carefully examining different parts of his armour, sometimes even going as far as to knock on it to see how thick the plates were and if it was hallow underneath.

When they arrived at the ship, Isabeau was kneeling on his shoulder whilst examining the neck area of the armour. But when she saw the vessel, the young Mandalorian immediately dropped down - not onto the ground, but instead to hang on his back. It was a better hiding spot and if Kragr got any ideas, she would be able to support him better. It took several moments for her to realise that it was actually his ship upon which she grumpily climbed back up to his shoulder "You should've told me that it was yours!" she exclaimed before extending an arm to mess up his hair a little as revenge. Still, she did say "Nice ship though" at the same time.

She looked around curiously as made their way through the ship and its impressively designed interior - apparently capable of holding the Titan and allowing Kragr to walk around in it. But while it was an impressive ship, what the girl truly looked forward to was to work on his armour. When he finally stopped, she hopped off, barely even making a sound as she was used to softening her landings as much as she could. Kragr, on the other hand, followed shortly with his already large frame carrying his usual heavy armour. Taking a couple quick steps back, she skillfully avoided being hit as he made his way down too.

Instead of being able to hug him back, Isabeau found her arms stuck against her body as he hugged her so tightly, making her feel like a dainty lady from the core. It was not a feeling which she enjoyed - but then, being caught in his bear hug would've made most people feel like she did and with that, she tried to brush the feeling away, knowing that it wasn't an insult directed at her. Continuing the theme, she fell in toward him as he released the hug, feeling a bit weak from the lack of air that his tight grip had created. Her head fell in to lay on his chest whilst her hand landed on it to support herself. Realising how it made her look, Isabeau fought through the lack of air and quickly stood up straight again, crossing her arms whilst trying to look as tough as possible.

The act was quickly foiled as Kragr joyfully pulled her in by the waist, plastering her body to his. Rolling her eyes in secret, Isabeau finally decided to just enjoy the ride and leaned in against him as resisting was obviously futile. "Ooh yes" she said with a voice filled with anticipation. While her fingers were relatively small and delicate, this was one of the areas where she might excel because of it but to know for sure, she would have to wait patiently for Kragr to show her. Assuming the role of the dutyful assistant, she looked up at him whilst still held against his side by the waist "Just let me know if you need anything and I'll fetch it for ya" she said, hoping to be shown as much as possible, even if it meant being his assistant for a little bit.

Kragr Krayt