Private Needing A Hand Or Two

[Alina Tremiru]

Alina watched Darth Strosius in that hungry daze, seeming confused for a moment. Concerned? No. She didn't flinch away from his touch, just curiously watching him. Ah. He must be just as hungry. Why were they so hungry? Her gaze drifted to her arms after a moment. She could feel it. Something was happening there. Growing? Very faintly, but they were. Healing. Blood healed them.

But made her hungry all the same.

She leaned close to her friend, trying to catch his attention. She'd of used her hands to get his attention, but she didn't have those. Yet. "I'm hungry." They both needed more. "We should find more. C'mon."

 

[Darth Strosius]

Each little sliver of blood that he managed to scavenge seemed to only fuel the hunger within him rather than putting it down. He wanted more, he needed more. Thankfully, the blood did lift the haze from his mind a bit. A surprised, almost embarrassed, look spread across his face as he realized what he had been doing, glancing back at Alina Tremiru when she spoke. "Yes...we need more."

He nodded, resisting the urge to try and look for any remaining blood from the corpse as his head swiveled around in search of something...someone to take a bite out of. "This planet is infested with crime...we would do the populace a favor by relieving them of that burden don't you think?" Alisteri offered a small smirk at the thought, perking up as he finally caught the scent of someone.

More than one someone.

"A group...three of them. Over that way." He gestured down the way, towards one of the many alleys between the warehouses.

 

[Alina Tremiru]

"Clean up the streets?" She honestly didn't care who she ate at this point. The hunger wanted to be sated. And her hands. She wanted to feel them again. Her gaze followed Darth Strosius 's gesture, a small nod offered. "Three.." For a moment she didn't even want to share any of them, but she knew she couldn't just hog it all. Not from him. Alina walked towards the alley, much more sure of her steps.

The scent of blood. No, she could feel it. It was.. Different. Not just blood. The Force? The realization that she could actually feel something was a bright spot, but it was quickly lost as she rounded the corner to more directly smell the blood. Her pointed teeth flashed, still dripping with blood. Food. She stumbled to the first one, a Rodian. Whatever he was doing didn't matter, cause as soon as Alina stumbled into him her teeth sunk right into his neck, drinking him immediately.

Her gaze lifted to the two others who were watching in horror. Once her teeth let go of the Rodian, the bloodless corpse dropped. "Hunger."

 

[Darth Strosius]

"Indeed, a few criminals going missing won't be anything new here." Perhaps he was right, perhaps he was wrong. Either way it didn't matter, they had hunger to sate and anyone that was nearby had plenty of blood to give. Alisteri was all too eager to follow after Alina Tremiru as she headed towards their next meals. He wasn't sure who these people were, or what they were up to, but right now he had more pressing concerns. After all, he hadn't gotten to drain a full person yet like she had.

He turned the corner right after her, his hungry gaze sweeping over the three miscreants before them. A Rodian, a Human, and a Twi'lek seeming to be doing some sort of deal. For what purpose, he had no idea. Not that he cared of course, his friend certainly didn't. Out of the corner of his eye he watched her drain the Rodian, his gaze snapping to the Human as he fumbled around. Probably reaching for a weapon of some sort, but Alisteri didn't give him the chance.

In one quick move he had pounced and pinned the other man down, not even bothering to acknowledge his new strength and speed as he tore into the neck of his victim. He could see why his friend had left such a mess before, it just too hard to try and hold oneself back from drinking in as much as they could.

 

[Alina Tremiru]

The Twi'lek just watched on in horror. A younger face, young enough to turn their life around if given the chance. But they'd have no such chance. Once the Rodian was dropped Alina stalked towards them. Almost all of her body wanted to pounce and take them for herself, but that wasn't fair. No, Darth Strosius only had one to himself. So she circled around. Cut off any way to escape.

The shot of a blaster at her sounded off. Missed. No, Alina dodged. Easily ducked out of the way as she saw the weapon being drawn. It was like it had been pulled in slow motion. Her bloody grin widened as she licked her lips clean. "We need more. Hurry with this one."

 

[Darth Strosius]

It did not take long at all for Alisteri to get all that was worth getting from the Human, barely even registering the taste after the first few drops as he greedily drank from his prey. After he was done, his gaze immediately landed on the Twi'lek as he missed a shot at Alina Tremiru . If only these people had been somewhere else or at a different time, then they would have been spared. Oh well, I suppose it's not my problem now.

"Of course."

The Twi'lek's eyes widened as he was caught off guard by Alisteri's hand suddenly catching his arm. In the next moment the Twi'lek was not standing of his own volition either, instead he was shaking and struggling as he was drained of the blood that flowed through his veins. The corpse dropped to the pavement to join the others as the young man licked the remaining blood from his fangs and grinned at his friend. He felt much better now, stronger and faster than ever before.

For a moment, he even thought that he could feel his hand and his eye healing as he fed. That wasn't his concern for now though. He was still hungry. "Where to next?"

 

[Alina Tremiru]

"Criminals make nests, right? Let's go poach the eggs." The hunger wasn't fully sated. Wouldn't be, until her wounds were completely healed. But they'd regrown. She could see her arms now. She almost had elbows. The thought made her laugh before her gaze flicked back up to Darth Strosius . She stepped over to him, getting right into his personal space. Alina felt high. This experience was something completely different from what she thought it to be.

"Do you feel it? The flow?" Her curiosity was all she wanted to feed right now. Was this how it felt to know the Force? He was the only one she could trust to not lie to her. Her eyes searched his, looking for anything in his gaze. Anything.

 

[Darth Strosius]

"Oh yes indeed..." A small smirk adorned his face as he looked over his right hand, admiring how much it had healed. He almost had fingers again, idly moving the numbs that were there around. His palm had completely reformed and he could feel that the burn wounds from his face were still healing as well, but his eye had yet to come back to him. He couldn't wait to see with two eyes again.

He blinked in surprise as Alina Tremiru was suddenly right in front of him, a small flush flaring up as he looked at her curiously. At first her question confused him, but then his expression shifted to one of surprise. "You can feel it can't you?" A wide grin spread across his face, seeming to bounce in place for a moment before he suddenly hugged his friend. "Blessed are we Alina! Welcome to the wonderous embrace of the Dark Side!" That had been his greatest sorrow for his friend before, that she never got to feel the Force around her and experience the ever-present sensation of it. And now that had been remedied evidently.

 

[Alina Tremiru]

Alina leaned right into the hug Darth Strosius gave her as best she could. The only thought in her mind was the want to actually hug him back. At least for a little bit. But the hunger always won out. She pulled back, grinning happily up to him. "Let's go eat." She turned on a heel, crouching beside the human. The most she could do was look over the corpse, but eventually she nodded to one of the pockets.

"There. Datapad. Take it, we'll see where he's from."

 

[Darth Strosius]

The few brief moments of joy for his friend didn't last too long of course, not when the hunger called. He knelt down and fished the datapad from the pocket of one of the bodies, quick to get into it and start looking for information. "He didn't even have a password. Rather dangerous to have all this...contraband with no password to keep it secret." He muttered under his breath, furiously flicking through various things on the device until he finally stumbled upon what he was looking for.

"Ah well well well, would you look at that." He turned the datapad around to show Alina Tremiru what was on it. It was an address to a warehouse a couple of blocks away, evidently the location of the base for the criminals. "I believe we've found our buffet location."

 

[Alina Tremiru]

She hovered by Darth Strosius 's shoulder, scanning over the datapad. It hit her how alright she was with eating people. How alright he was with it. Was that part of the change? Or did they both already hover close to that line of not caring about life? The thought didn't linger. Nothing did when all she wanted to do was eat and heal.

She gave a nod, starting to walk in the direction. Walk, at first. Then grinned. "You felt it too, right? The speed? Power? Why don't we race there?"

 

[Darth Strosius]

He glanced over the datapad for a few more moments out of curiosity before simply tossing the device aside, the need to sate his hunger flaring up again. With each feeding his mind grew clearer, but he still needed to heal and that required blood. Evidently a good bit of it too, but he doubted that he would have any trouble getting what he needed.

This planet was full of blood.

A chuckle escaped him as he returned to Alina Tremiru 's side, stretching as he spoke. "I have felt it indeed. Between that and your Matukai training however, I don't know how much of a race this will be." He returned her grin and gestured ahead with a nod. "But let's see how it goes regardless!" Without waiting for a response he leapt forward and hit the ground running. Running far faster than he had ever gone before.

 

[Alina Tremiru]

"Oh, don't worry. I want to see how much faster I am without it." She flashed a grin, but Darth Strosius had already rushed off without her. Alina laughed, quickly following. The raw speed this new body had was something she hadn't expected, but quickly loved. The wind in her hair without needing to focus on Matukai made it something to truly appreciate.

She could look around for once, see what she was passing by.

Before she knew it though they'd arrived, her stopping immediately. Easily. Everything was being processed faster. It amazed her just how weak humans actually were.

"So, quiet, right? Can't have them run away."

 

[Darth Strosius]

The cool wind rushing past him, the warehouses and lampposts passing by as a blur, and the unmistakable scent of blood that had yet to slip free of its confines. The sensations were amazing, and they only spurred him onward to get more blood as if it would grant him more power. Perhaps it would, perhaps it wouldn't, but right now all he knew was that he needed more.

Even with his head start, Alisteri arrived about the same time as Alina Tremiru , having nearly tripped once or twice as he attempted to get used to his new speed. Going from a respectable run to supernatural sprinting was an adjustment.

"Yes quiet." He nodded, looking over the warehouse and pointing to the entrances. The main one being the warehouse door as well as a side door and several high windows.

"We work our way in through the entrances, put down the secluded guards there and then work our way to the middle."

 

[Alina Tremiru]

"I'll need you to give me a hand getting inside." Alina waggled her eyebrows, smirking wide. It was the sort of pun a day ago that would of made her incredibly depressed. But now? Her arms were regrowing. She was healing. So little by little she was returning to how she had been. Her gaze turned up to the roof. That'd probably be the best place to go. Start from up top. She crouched down, readying herself to jump before doing just that.

In a quick movement she was on the roof, though without her arms she started stumbling back. Her balance was all messed up. "Chit."

Darth Strosius

 

[Darth Strosius]

Alisteri smothered a chuckle at that remark, jokingly holding up his still-healing hand. "How about this one?" His sense of humor had turned a bit more macabre ever since becoming a Sith, but even he was a little surprised by the joke. One had to keep up some humor in their line of work he supposed, couldn't be grim and gloom all the time.

He glanced at Alina Tremiru as she prepared to jump, holding up a finger to say something right as she left the ground. His gaze followed her path up to the roof as she landed, his eye widening as he saw her beginning to tip back. Chit. Thankfully he reacted fast and jumped up to try and catch her, but wound up accidently tackling her to the roof due to him going up a bit faster than he had anticipated. A small groan and a wince escaped him, pulling himself to his feet and offering her the same assistance.

"Sorry about that..."

 

[Alina Tremiru]

Alina actually laughed at the joke Darth Strosius countered with before she jumped. In a twisted way, this was actually proving to be quite the date. When they were properly healed she'd have to mess with him about that. First though.

She groaned too, as he rolled off of her. Well, they still felt pain. But it turned quickly into a laugh as she used him to get back to her feet. Having the speed and strength was handy. Hands were handier. She nodded to the door, already smelling the blood of the guard on the other side.

"You first."

 

[Darth Strosius]

He shared in her laughter after a moment, idly dusting himself off as he sniffed for their next target. Even without all of their body parts, he had no doubt that this little collection of miscreants would be an easy meal. Hopefully they would be enough to sate their hunger, but there was a whole planet to scavenge from if need be.

"Of course."

Getting inside the building was almost too easy, as if any lock could withstand a hungry Sangnir. The guard was none the wiser right up until Alisteri had clasped his hand around his mouth and drained him dry. He gently lowered the body to the ground, glancing back at where he had left Alina Tremiru with a nod. One down.

 

[Alina Tremiru]

One down.

It was an odd sensation, the hunger that made her want to rush in after Darth Strosius and help drain the body he was feasting upon. But that wasn't.. She wasn't sure what it wasn't. There was a lot to figure out now. But first was the feast. She didn't hold back, not like she had to before. Matukai how she used it tended to be self destructive. Her body wasn't capable of handing the raw strength she was forcing her body to make. Bursts of strength or speed were all she could do safely.

Now, she could be a bit more reckless.

The next guard didn't even know what happened as she found him. All she had were her fangs as a weapon, but the strength in her jaw was bone shattering now. She cracked his neck before drinking him dry and setting him softly on the ground. Then looked around. They'd have surprise for a little bit longer. Who knew how organized the gang was, either. Depending on how much so would say how long they could go under the radar.

More of her arms regrew as she drained the next body. And the next. She rushed through the shadows, using her speed to get close enough while keeping them from even realizing she was there until it was too late. That's how they'd be able to feast uninterrupted.

 

[Darth Strosius]

There were to advantages that the new Sangnir had in regards to staying unseen as they feasted upon the guards. The first was that the building was too big for all of their guards to manage, meaning that more than one was often left alone as the small patrol went around. The second was that the rest of the gang not on guard duty was evidently having some sort of celebration, so they would be distracted unless an alarm went up. Unfortunately, said alarm would have to be triggered by someone that had managed to escape the pair of hungry acolytes.

Of course, Alisteri and Alina Tremiru were far better than a bunch of small time gangsters.

Speed and silence were their weapons as they picked off the guards one by one, each one seeming to be even easier than the last as the ranks of the gang began to slowly shrink.

The patrol, a group of four, did pose a problem as they went around of course. Thankfully, misdirection was not something new to Alisteri. A couple of well placed fallen boxes and odd noises, and the group was spreading out to try and find out who had broken in and stolen some of their product. This left them vulnerable, easy to drain.

Soon enough, all of the guards had been efficiently put down. All that was left was the little party in the center of the warehouse, the rest of the gang still being none the wiser as to the fate of their comrades.