No Light

[Olan Teff]

[member="Reno Jendir"] [member="Vassara Raxis"] [member="Harli Hayes"] @La'kuus Quelin

Everything seemed to slow down after the explosion for Olan, the smoke turning the once big, clear bar into a misty haze of smoke. Music started to play at the back of his mind as he watched the room slowly light up in a hail of blaster bolts of varying colors, sparks of flame from the muzzles of slug throwers. It was a veritable lightshow to him. Then everything sped back up. Giving a small tug on Harli, trying to get her down from the fire if she had been still in the way, and motioning towards the exit out with his free hand. The one Rass had mentioned.

"Take care, La! Keep in touch! And I suggest getting out of here!" He shouted over the din of combat and began to quickly make his way towards the back of the room, Reno sticking close. Olans right hand going into his jacket to pull out his blaster and begin to fire into the cloudy mess towards the last spot he saw the Suit's. Only barely making it near the doorway when he noticed Reno had been hit. Stopping midway from the door he began to give what covering fire he could for his newfound allies.

The heavy blaster pistol recoiled sharply in his hands several times, the bright green bolts flying into the smoke-hitting someone, as a loud grunt and scream responded out of the mess of others suffering the same fate. A sudden sharp jolt to his right side and a searing pain was all he felt for a few moments. Putting his left hand over where he felt the pain, he could feel something oily through the gloves he wore. It was dark. It was his blood.

Biting back the pain he continued to fire, hoping his allies would get out in time before they ended up more worse for the wear.

 

[La'kuus Quelin]

If La'kuus was on duty she'd be so fired. Luckily, she managed to get her pay before all the Chaos started to happen. She walked out the back as the shouts began, then went to the front door to wait for Olan so she could follow him to whatever it was he was doing. She may not be a good friend, but she liked to push her limits with people she knew.

After adjusting the straps of the bag onto herself, La La took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Listening, feeling... Listening... Sadoo.

 

[RC 212]

[member="Olan Teff"] [member="Harli Hayes"] @La'kuus Quelin [member="Reno Jendir"]

Whatever happened Vassara usually had a plan. While loss of life would be regrettable they had brought it upon themselves. No one told them to shot each other. Still slightly torn about her decision she reached the group, and laid both hands on the shoulders of her compatriots, feeling through the dark. She shoved them hard to ground.

"Stay down, stop shooting, you're giving away our position."

She would need a second for the next part of the plan. She could easily pull her lightsaber and put it to work deflecting and slashing. But now was not the time nor the place. Besides a huge glowstick gave you away in a darkened smoke filled room.

It was time to use an application of the force she hadn't used in some time, since the Expeditionary Fleet days of roaming and plundering space stations. As the battle raged she closed her eyes, crouching low and began to breathe deeply. The smoke burned hr lungs and he head swam as the chaos began to face away. Her mind became quiet, still and serene. She was back on Alderaan now, sand between her toes, warm breeze and sparkling blue water.

The force began to flow freely, strengthening her body, revitalizing her. She gathered it now, a spinning wheel in her mind compressing the energy and outstretched her palms, letting it fold layer upon layer, into a solid wall before her. She just needed a little more time!

 

[Kiber_Thaxton]

Kiber Thaxton stood amongst the carnage and pulled out his customised Baragwin assault gun and his helmet's thermal imaging picked out Olan Teff amongst the chaotic scene. He had been detailed to retrieve the star map from Teff, thanks to a tip off from someone he had met previously.

"Olan Teff?! I'm here to retrieve something you have in your possession," he shouted above the noise, before making his way towards Olan.

 

[Harli Hayes]

@La'kuus Quelin [member="Olan Teff"] [member="Vassara Raxis"]

Harli listened to each person in turn as others began to grow in conversation. She began to tune the others out as she watched the number of personal in business suits started to grow. Sliding her drink across the bar, she braced for what was about to happen next. The explosion rocked the bar, and her ears, but that didn't phase her. Drawing out her OM-P 376 blaster pistol, she fired off a few shots into the smoke. She didn't pause to see if she hit anyone, instead stayed on Olans heels. It looked like she was part of this now.

 

[Reno Jendir]

He nodded to Vassara, just about hearing her through the noise. He grabbed Olan, and flung him, and himself, over one of the flipped tables nearby.

'No point in getting killed if the chick has a plan!'

He kept his S-5 on hand all the same, holding it in his lap. He heard Olan's name being called out through the smoke and looked at him.

'Looks like someone wants to go on a date with you'

He said, readying his blaster pistol. With his other hand he rummaged and got out some bandage from one of his side pockets. He tore a piece and very hastily wrapped it around Olan's wound.

 

[Olan Teff]

[member="Reno Jendir"] [member="Harli Hayes"] [member="Kiber Thaxton"] [member="Vassara Raxis"]

Olan got yanked down by Rass, only to be tossed behind some a table by Reno. Spitting up a little vlood as he looked up, a pained grin on his face. "Sorry, bad habit of mine; I like to shoot at people who shoot at me." A playful tone to his voice, though a bit if pain laced those words. Getting to a knee up, he dropped the Plug N Fire cell in the pistol and put a new one from his jacket in.

A look of relief crossed his face as he noticed Harli had stayed close. The voice made him perk up and then Renos response. "Hes busy at the moment, please try again later!"

Looking to Reno. "Not my type, unless that is a very manly female. Even then..."

Keeping his left hand firmly placed over the wound near his ribs. Leasing the grip on his pistol a bit, he pulls out his commdisk and activates it. "Tosk, we need a pick up. You know where. Sand is hot." And then turned the comm off, returning it to his pocket in his jacket.

Reno would find Olan easy to bandage, like his body knew to just get out of the way when he began to wrap up the wounds. "Thanks!" His left hand coming free now from the wound, usable once again, instead of stemming a slug wound.

 

[Reno Jendir]

'Well, ya never know!'

He said, chuckling loudly to himself. Reno slowly hoisted himself up, his head peeking over the table. It seemed, through the smoke, that someone, a very ominous figure at that, was making their way towards them. Reno shot a few times towards them, mostly to scare them away, before ducking back behind the table.

'I think this may be a forced date very soon'

he said, peering back at Olan. He got out a dehydrated energy pudding from another pocket, stuffing it into his mouth. He smiled at Olan, trying to make the most of the situation.

 

[Kiber_Thaxton]

[member="Olan Teff"]

Kiber walked slowly towards the turned up table and his thermal imaging sensor picked up three strong heat sources.

"I know you're there Olan. Come up slowly with your hands up and no one will get hurt. I want that star-map, no questions asked!!"

 

[RC 212]

[member="Olan Teff"] [member="Harli Hayes"] @La'kuus Quelin [member="Reno Jendir"] [member="Kiber Thaxton"]

The pressure was building now. Still lost in the deep meditation, holding the spinning wheel as it were Vassara leaned forwards, intensifying the barrier. The force pressed against the wall, invisible and heavy. Crack began to appear. It was working! Behind her she was dimly aware of a threat, some new presence working in toward them closer and closer. The Glare Ice Crystal in her saber began to buzz with the energy of the lightside, pulsing and feeding her. It soothed her, calming her nerves further.

With renewed vigor she pushed again, placing all her might behind it, blasting the wall with a force barrier. Under the onslaught it gave way, exploding as if by some invisible force. Durarcrete chunks rocketed outwards into the street as the blast smashed a man sized hole straight through the foot of wall. An exit!

That precise moment she jumped, shifting her focus, taking in everything at once. Her limbs moved almost as if their own will carried them. Her focus shifted to battle meditation, making her much more swift, allowing the force to guide her and nothing else. One hand extended, a black cylindrical object flew from deep inside the folds of her coat, smacking into her palm with a zealous force.

She growled, and the lightsaber sprang to life, a pure orange blade emerging, casting it's light upon the room.

"Now!"

 

[Reno Jendir]

'Olan, can you make it?!'

Reno shouted over the explosions and various loud sounds. He pulled Olan to him, letting him put his weight onto himself.

'We have to go, there most likely won't be any other chance, and not to alarm you but your date is closing fast!'

He shouted, getting a little breathless. Him and Olan began shuffling quickly towards the newly created exit, Reno firing random blasts at various targets.

 

[Kiber_Thaxton]

[member="Reno Jendir"] [member="Vassara Raxis"] [member="Olan Teff"] [member="Harli Hayes"]

Kiber watched as the wall exploded and saw a figure leaping from the hastily created exit. He leapt over the table and held his assault rifle at point-blank range, covering Olan and Reno.

"I suppose you did not hear me the first time Olan. I want that star-map, no games!!"

 

[La'kuus Quelin]

While explosions and shouting happened in the room behind La'kuus' back, the woman with long hair gently pulled out her comlink and briefly spoke into it while a secondary remote was working on having a certain new ship fly around and over to the entrance of the small pub. "Olan, can you hear me? I wanted you to check out my new ship real fast. It's only a one passenger, but I feel like you deserve fifth ride." She looked down at her comlink again, then to her ship closing distance.

[member="Olan Teff"]

 

[RC 212]

[member="Kiber Thaxton"]

Whoa! This Mando closed the distance fast, attacking in a frenzy. As he leaped over the table Vassara moved in fast as lightning with a counter. There was no deflecting his blasts, but there was other alternatives. Non lethal option, as enough blood had spilled on her account today. She closed the distance coming in from the right and slightly off to the side, out of the Mandos firing path.

Her jaw clenched as she unleashed a rapid blast of the force from her outstretched pal, aiming to smash him back with a wall of invisible energy. The force blast was sent dead center, and as it went out she twisted, whirling the orange blade and striking with the full force of her roundhouse movement, aiming to cleave the tip of his blaster in two....

 

[Riley Reese]

@La'kuus Quelin [member="Reno Jendir"] [member="Vassara Raxis"] [member="Olan Teff"]

Harli peeked around the table at the Mandalorian making his way towards them. The sound of another explosion shook the room as a nearby wall blew out. When Vassara told them to move, Harli moved without hesitation. She cleared the distance to the hole in a heartbeat. Turning as she passed through the wall and began to open fire at their assailants, in an attempt to cover Olan and Renos retreat.

 

[Reno Jendir]

Reno put his hand with the blaster in up, he did not want to die just yet.

'Hey woah, I'm sure we can work something out'

But before he could continue talking, Vassara, seemingly out of nowhere, attacked the bounty hunter, giving Reno and Olan time to begin shuffling towards the human-sized exit again. He cursed loudly as another projectile skimmed him, this time on his shoulder, but he continued waddling with Olan.

 

[Olan Teff]

[member="Kiber Thaxton"] [member="Reno Jendir"] [member="Vassara Raxis"] [member="Harli Hayes"]

With Renos help, he got up quicker, but he was functioning...mostly. After the third time Kiber spoke, Olan reached into his pocket. Twisted the silver ring on the map holodisk. And then shouted; "You want it so bad, take it!" back, hitting the activation button for the map and tossed it at Kiber. It leapt to life brigbter than ever before, and bigger. Making it stand out against everything going on in the smoke. The little disk bounced on the ground a few times if Kiber didn't get to it in time to catch. Also, the shooters inside, they started to focus fire near where the disk was throne.

"He's got the map, have fun kiddies!" Olan shouted into the firefight and with Renos help, got through the hole Rass made. It just dawned on him, she was a Jedi.

It was like his brain was taking information in at a slower pace on a intellectual level, but his wits were sharp enough to know when he saw a hole-go through it.

Out in the bad air of Shadda now wasn't all that much different than in that smoke filled bar! He would make sure once on the other side he would help Reno out with him, and do what he can to help Harli out. Though it turned out Harli was the one helping him! And would hope that Rass wouldnt need his help, because that means something really wrong occurred.

They could see down the way was a hoverbus with a Toydarian at the helm, his wings flapping frantically as he waved them over. It was their ride.

His comm went off all of the sudden. Taking it out quickly he looked at the message and stared at it a milisecond before sending a quick reply:

@La'Kuus Quelin

"La, suge', I'm gonna have to hold off for now. Would love to, but in the midst of a firefight right now. If you want, you can swing it by the ship and head out with us! Putting it in the cargo bay and warm the Avalon up! You know the codes! Also, hello to you too!"

Olan said brightly into the comm. Obviously happy.

To onlookers he probably seemed like a madman. Leaving a voice message at a time like this. Maybe he was just insane after all.

 

[Kiber_Thaxton]

[member="Vassara Raxis"] [member="Olan Teff"] [member="Reno Jendir"]

Kiber moved out of the way at the last moment, but he was blown over by the force. Staggering onto his feet, he saw his target getting closer and closer to the exit.

He watched as Olan threw the star-map back into the smoking ruins of the bar. Picking it up, Kiber placed the disk inside his belt pouch - he had completed his end of the bargain.

"Thank you very much Olan," Kiber said to himself, as he began to make his exit from the bar.

 

[Reno Jendir]

When they got outside Reno looked at Olan for a second.

'Didn't we need that map, or?'

He said, not waiting to hear the answer. He limped over to the hoverbus, nodding and smiling at the driver. He sat in one of the seats in a slump, exhausted, for the moment. He held his S-5 close to him, just in case, his eyes closed.

 

[La'kuus Quelin]

Hmm. Didn't take the hint. La'kuus quietly walked off the ledge and fell.

Right into the cockpit of her shuttle. She buckled in and gave a tiny grin. "Thanks R. We're going to the Avalon." She took control of the device and started for the ship bay, instantly finding and entering the cargo bay without trouble, thanks to the codes her good friend Olan gave to her. After hopping out of the ship, she gave it a pat to the side. "R, reserve energy but keep the engines partly ready. I want to be able to jump if I have to." Without listening to the excited beeps it emitted behind her, she walked into the ship's interior.

It looked just like she remembered it. Prettier, maybe, too. After making her way to the pilot's chair, she entered in the activation codes and started up the engines, just as requested. A single sigh left her lips. A new adventure would be nice. Maybe if it could give her a few more credits, too. She needed a better ship than the one she had, at least something that didn't JUST carry her astro-unit.

Pulling her comlink back to her wrist, she spoke in to re-message [member="Olan Teff"]. "I started up the Avalon. How many people are you expecting to join you on the trip, and further-more, follow?"