Not As Expected

[Abigail Meredydd]

Abigail impatiently fiddled with her tumbs as she sat on top of one of the city's many rooftops, her legs hanging over the edge. She was both sitting on the edge and on edge herself, as she knew what was about to happen in this city and she knew that even though the rooftops were the safest place she could be right now- she would be in big trouble should she be found there.

Deadly trouble.

This was the reason she had sent an anonymous message to her master, [member="Alexandra Feanor"] . The message had been silent about why Abigail was where she was, but it had asked Alexandra to come as soon as possible.


While Abigail sat high above staring down at the streets deep in thought, around her the Force was more restless than ever, as if it was aware they could be struck down at any time.

Abigail mind wandered off to her own identity- or more specifically- whether people knew who she was.
No, she had been very careful not to reveal who she was, not to endanger the people she knew and loved and not to endanger her master and the New Republic.

By now, she had already made quite the name for herself. A few -a select few- knew not her name, of course, but about the hooded woman from the shadows. Abigail had been working for quite some time, striking down at slavers across a vast number of planets, sometimes alone and sometimes with help from others. The thought about one of those times where she worked with a rather young nobility made a chuckle escape from her lips.

This was one of the times she was alone, and only a few hours ago she had thought this to be an outpost just like the others.
Oh how wrong she had been. She had already been spotted before she had even made her into the area which was supposed to be holding the cells.

All things considered, Abigail should be grateful she was still alive. She had only received a minor cut on her left upper arm, which had unfortunately colored her cloak dark red on that side.

This was no ordinary outpost. Not only was it much bigger than the others, the security here was unlike anything she had seen before. The question wasn't whether they were guarding something special here, but what they were guarding.

It was this, mixed with the periodic cries from within the facility, that had pushed Abigail over the edge to call her master. She wasn't keen on letting anyone now who she was, and therefore she also didn't want to let Alexandra know, but desperate times called for desperate measures. If Alexandra would arrive, Abigail wouldn't openly share who she was, although she expected Alexandra to recognise her- even with the hood up and the scarf conceiling her mouth.
Maybe her master would and maybe she wouldn't.

Abigail would find out.

If Alexandra came. After all, it had been an anonymous message Abigail had sent, so the possibility of Alexandra not coming was definitely there...

So Abigail just sat there, fiddling with a makeshift bandage for her arm, and waiting with hope. Hope that Alexandra would come.

It was rather foolish.

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Abigail Meredydd"]

Alexandra had landed on the planet a short time ago, moving to the location that had been sent to her with interest. She landed on one of the rooves with her eyes searching over the skyline and wondering how close she was to the location sent to her. She wondered what to do when she found this mystery person that had been able to contact her. Very few people had a direct line to her so this was interesting to her, very very interesting.

Soon after that thought, a figure would come into sight, her eyes staring at the back of this person as she pushed over the rooftops. Her feet contacted with the steel behind Abigail and she sighed as she stretched out her limbs, looking at the cloaked and masked figure with a raised brow.

"Well, you have my attention. Who are you and what is it?"

 

[Abigail Meredydd]

Abigail had watched her master approach through Roger's eyes, or whatever it was it perceived the world through.

"Welcome, grandmaster. I appreciate you coming here", she responded without turning around as she let her hand slide down her arm from her bandage.

"My identity..", she said as she stood up and turned towards [member="Alexandra Feanor"] , "is not something I wish to reveal right now. Although I can assure you I am a friend of yours. I'll even let you in on a secret; I fear you might even recognize me by the way I behave."

She was lucky her voice sounded muffled by the cloth in front of her mouth, otherwise Alex would have guessed who she was immediately. Who knows, maybe she already had anyway. She couldn't know for sure.
Abigail stepped aside as she stretched her arm towards the facility.

"Behold, grandmaster, the reason why you have been called. A slaver's outpost. One of many on both this planet and thousands others. I have.... liberated a few before, but this one...", she sighed.

"This one I barely got out alive, without even seeing what was in it. By now I'm sure you've heard one of the earie screams. They're horrible, aren't they?"

"But, I wouldn't have called you here just because I failed once. I called you here because something isn't right about this place- even less right than other slaver places. The security here is... unlike I've ever seen before. Strange people in strange armours."

She returned her gaze towards her master while she nodded thoughtfully.

"There's something in there which needs extreme protection. Knowing these people, that's more than enough cause to ring the alarm."

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Abigail Meredydd"] would find Alexandra's brow raise after the introduction, her eyes turning to Daeda who was focused on Abigail and seemed to even have what could be taken for a grin. Alexandra still looked confused though, so even if Daeda did recognize who this person is, Alexandra was in the dark. That was fine though and she walked forward, placing a hand on Abigail's shoulder before she even finished talking.

She wouldn't even get to point out that it was a Slaver outpost, before Alexandra was smiling wide with her lips crawling from end to end. She looked like she was going to have some fun tonight and her words seemed to match that feeling as Daeda crawled his way up to Abigail's other shoulder, looking at the mask closely.

"Daeda seems to trust you, so I am in, no matter what is in the way. You seem like an interesting person, and like I said before, my little friend seems to know who you are."

She let her hand leave Abigail's shoulder and started to stretch her limbs, listening if Abigail continued with her explanation even after Alexandra accepted. She had not gotten to have some good fun in a long time. She wanted to know if something important was in there as well, seeing what was going on and seeing what was hidden in this outpost that she had been called to.

 

[Abigail Meredydd]

Abigail seemed to forget about her not wanting to be recognised the moment she saw the little wolf again. It had been a while since the two had seen eachother, so it was a nice surprise to see the little wolf, who was sitting on her shoulder by now.

"Hello again, Daeda. It's been a whi-", Abigail said in a happy voice as she scratched the little wolf's chin. She quickly stopped however before she cleared her throat.
"I mean, nice to meet you, little wolf", she tried, already knowing she wasn't fooling anyone.

Abigail quickly ran over everything she knew about the place, which wasn't much, before she turned back towards her master.

"I called you here to so that we could take care of this together, for I am not skilled enough to tackle this problem alone. So, considering Daeda likes me, you will help? That's good, then let us be on our way."

Abigail then turned around as she pointed towards a set of rooftops leading towards the perimeter of the facility.

"That's the place where I entered last time, and I don't think they know about that spot yet. We could jump from the rooftops to one of the trees there, which we can then slide down. If we do so," she explained," we will find ourselves in the most outer section of the outside area. From the trees, we need to move the opposite direction of the perimeter wall for about 50 meters. There will be a hole in the wall... somewhere. Unless they have blocked it off by now. Might have seen me escape through there..."

Abigail shook her head as she ran a few plans through her mind.

"Actually, perhaps it would be more wise for you to lead, master... Feanor. You might see entrances or possibilities I would never be able to think off."

[member="Alexandra Feanor"]

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Abigail Meredydd"]


Alexandra just stared with an absolute look of humor on her face at how hard Abigail was trying to act like she didn't know Alexandra or Daeda, something Alexandra quickly figured out. And now that she knew that she figured it would not be long to place the voice she heard, especially considering the fact that she karked up her disguise a few moments before when she saw Daeda and reacted normally. The first thing that ran through Alexandra's mind was the woman's height and that she knew Daeda, something very few knew. Next came her place in the force and finally, something a bit extra, a tie that Alexandra recognized.

She looked at Daeda, who looked back and the two had a mental debate on whether to just have Abigail end the little act or continue it for a while, but in the end they decided not to spoil her fun. This way she could see her student act the way she did when she thought Alexandra didn't know who she was. The show had been entertaining thus far, so why ruin it for Abigail.

It was then that she looked on and thought over what was happening, curious as to what might be the best option and she listened to Abigail's description of her plan but Alexandra did not intend to change anything. Instead, she looked at the young woman and smiled.

"How about we follow your lead, there is plenty that I am certain you would think of that I would just be repeating." She waved her hand, motioning for Abigail to lead the way.

 

[Abigail Meredydd]

"They always do this", Abigail muttered under her breath as she nodded.
In her mind she wasn't surprised by Alexandra answer, as it was the exact same one the Jedi Knight Lilla had given her so many times during their time on Coruscant. It appeared she would probably be leading this little mission once again. How fun.

"Very well, then let us be off", she spoke as she started walking.

She walked a slight distance ahead of Alexandra, and she had motioned Daeda to come with her.

"I know you know.. but does Alex know? She..she has to ...right? I kind of, gave it away thanks to you... It's just that I kind of missed you..hehe.. so..does she know?", she asked the wolf silently. When the only response she received was the little wolf's tilted head, Abigail chuckled. "Right. Maybe she does, maybe she doesn't. We'll see"

As she hopped from rooftop to rooftop she eventually arrived at the spot they would be entering. "See that branch there?", Abigail whispered to Alexandra. "It's sturdy enough.. Wait here", she then said as she suddenly leaped onto it without warning. After taking a second to find her balance, Abigail moved to the center of the tree, where she would then proceed to climb down.

Once she had reached the ground, she crouched down in some bushes before motioning Alexandra and Daeda to come down as well. It all looked clear so far, which was good. They still had quite the way to go, after all.

[member="Alexandra Feanor"]

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Abigail Meredydd"]

Alexandra looked at the woman as she asked Daeda a question, smiling as she did know quite well who it was that had called them here by this point. Inside her head Hel was more active than normal, something Alexandra had found curious every time they were around Abigail. Something about Abigail had Hel oddly talkative and interested in the young woman. Alexandra was interested in what set Hel so on edge but for now there was nothing Alexandra could figure out.

It was then that Abigail dropped onto a Tree and found her way down to the ground, something Alexandra took a step off of the roof and dropped down to with a quick flash of movement, standing by the base of the tree once Abigail motioned for her to proceed and soon crouching beside the young woman. Alexandra did not bother with the choice of path that Abigail had showed her, instead getting to her as quickly as she could.

When she was kneeling beside Abigail, her eyes found Daeda and she motioned with her head. From that point on the wolf would remain with Abigail, watching over her for Alex and Hel, who had actually suggested the idea. Alexandra was surprised but agreed, knowing that this was the better choice for them and that it would give her a pair of eyes on Abigail.

"Shall we continue?"

 

[Abigail Meredydd]

Abigail waited for her master to reach her before she spoke to her again.

"Alright.. now, this will take a bit of skill. Or at least it's difficult enough for me. You'll probably do it with easy... Anyways before we reach the skill requiring part, we will need to make it inside the facility. Enough babbling. Let's go", she mumbled as she vaulted out of the bushes and moved ahead. She carefully eyed her surroundings, but oddly she couldn't find anyone guarding the place. This made her walk a little bit faster as it made a shiver run down her spine. Not only had there been guards here when she first entered, she literally escaped through here after possibly alarming half of this facility. Why were there no guards here? That couldn't be real, right? Perhaps they were all inside, checking to see if there are any other intruders or if anything has been stolen. Yeah, that must've been it. Hopefully.

Whether she believed herself about the whereabouts of the guards didn't matter, as she picked up her pace nonetheless. She now reached the wall which had the hole in it, the hole Abigail had used before and intended to use again.

Actually, it really was the wall which HAD the hole in it, because now, as Abigail stood before it, she realised it was gone. Or well, the bricks were still missing, but the passageway had been blocked with some sort of metal from the inside.

It was at this moment that Abigail heard noises coming from behind her- and she was sure they weren't originating from Alex. As she turned around, she started to sense multiple life forms appear. It felt like they just came to be then and there, which she found to be extremely odd. They must have been hiding all this time, waiting for Abigail and Alex to get stuck at the wall. But why would they assume that she'd come back..?

They were boxed in now, with walls and closed gates surrounding them and their opposition. This battle would most likely be fought out here, without the rest of the facility knowing about it, with a bit of luck anyway.

Abigail then saw a man standing on top of one of the walls. He wore a messy cloth outfit, and crawled out from behind a few boxes placed on the wall.
The man picked some form of rifle up from behind the crates. At first glance it seemed to be a normal rifle, but after taking a proper look it appeared to be some kind of flare gun, no doubt to alarm the rest.

"That won't do", Abigail spoke as she simultaneously raised her own small gun, which had been cleverly hidden up her sleeve, and aimed it at the flare wielding man as he aimed it upwards. You could say they both had the intention to fire at the same time, yet the smaller gun was slightly faster in the end. Just before the man was able to raise the alarm, a blue-ish bolt appeared from the small blaster, hitting the man and incapacitating him. The unfired flare gun fell on top of the wall beside the now unconscious man.

"Alright", Abigail whispered as she stored her gun away again, as it only had one shot before it had to recharge for a few minutes.

During the few seconds all of this took place in, the thugs inside the small courtyard they were at were now significantly closer and had their weapons drawn.

Giving Alex a somewhat nervous look from under her mask, she spoke to her master. "So this would be the part where you, uh, help me."

[member="Alexandra Feanor"]

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Abigail Meredydd"]

Would handle the first quite well, leaving Alexandra with a show as they got moving and Alex could only watch her student continue the work that she had set about to accomplish. It was the others that were getting closer that made Alexandra curious on if Abigail would react. Alexandra had felt their presence some time ago, and now waited, wondering if that was something Abigail would notice but soon she got her answer.

The problem was that Abigail neglected to dispatch of the flaregun itself and that could prove to become an issue if the young woman did not consider it. First though, there was the matter of their new guests and Alexandra raised a brow when Abigail made mention that now was when alexandra was suppose to help out.

The little moment of panic made Alexandra smiled and look for the weaknesses in these men. They were all different beings, no one the same but a rather interesting mix of weapons that seemed to be of higher grade. So Alexandra removed the staff from her robes and extended it out to its full length.

Then, with a quick set of movements she stepped back, raising the staff over her shoulder before then stepping forward and launching it like a spear at the first man close enough. It would react just like a spear on impact too as the man's chest caved in and Alexandra's face grew darker, looking towards the man with a blaster as he leveled it on the two.

"I would suggest sticking to the ones with slower reaction time... and those that don't have blasters." She told Abigail and with a smile moved forward, launching herself up and hidden into the area above the grunts, the man with the rifle shooting in her direction as she moved up and disappeared. He looked around, trying to find her but Alexandra would not be seen again until she came down onto him, tearing the rifle from his fingers and placing in his chest a long dagger.

The woman would smile at the others, seeing who was next.