Stepping Stones

[Matron Malgus]

Mugg Fallow System

It's been two weeks since she began her travels to find the lead on a hidden space station; apparently it had been built in the system to prevent notice to its purpose, but eyes seemed to have found their way to its shiny hull anyway. The rumors had been vague on the whereabouts of the station, but she had been able to get a hold of a supposed location through forceful negotiations with a twi'lek smuggler. The twi'lek had fought her tooth and nail to get free from Minerva, but in the end, all attempts of escape ceased.

The twi'lek told Minerva that rumors were said that a station belonging to the One Sith sat on the furthest reaches of the Mugg Fallow System, which meant that she would have to bypass Mugg Fallow itself - it was a dead planet. But, she didn't trust looks; after all, her own 'sisters' sold her to some slaver for a few credits. Ever since, she didn't trust anyone easily, especially those that tried to get close to her. No one was to be trusted.

After several more hours of searching, Minerva had eyes on a space station sitting on the edge of the Mugg Fallow system. Well, the rumors appeared to be true so far, but outwardly it appeared as though the station were empty. The very hairs stood up on her neck as she neared the station, it certainly gave off an ominous vibe as she piloted her ship closer to the station. It was only then that she stopped the ship in its entirety, sending out a signal through her comms to the space station.

If anyone happened to be on the station, she would know soon. She looked apprehensively at the station, her eyes scanning the hull for movement, her hand sitting clenched on the hyper drive - ready to jump at a moments notice. Coming to this system would certainly provide her with quite the amount of credits if she could manage to scavenge something off the station; especially if it belonged to the Sith. Either way, perhaps she could find the truth behind the matter when she boarded the station.

If she made it that far...

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Minerva Do'ral"]

The massive Treyus was for many the first thing found when they entered the system. with its position on the far side the sisterhood of the sith had sought to ensure it was secured away from the view of outsiders. Inside the room though that looked more like an arcane lab with the large bed for the zeltron giant in the center. of black sheets that led to massive posts with twisted designs and chains on them. She was moving through the room wearing the zoosha dress Raven had given her and it was different now, better made to handle the stresses of the sith lords with the small fabric hardened from absorbing the blood of the two sith lords to create a lightweight alchemical armor of the less subtle variaty. She walked out of the room and it clung while the sensors displayed a ship was approaching. She was still working on the dresses for herself and Raven as slowly more blood was hardening the thin strands of fabric that was tight and fitted around her showing itself in the right light. "Send out ships to identify who that is if they do not use a beacon. Then bring them inside before the planet stirs." The Sisterhood troopers were standing there looking at her as they moved off into the hanger to do as told. Get a beacon and direct the ship in or destroy it if it proved hostile

 

[Matron Malgus]

It wasn't long before movement began to make itself evident on the station, the briefest flickers of movement in the plated viewports lent credence to the fact that there was indeed someone on the station. She picked up a response signal, but her ship was not outfitted to make out what it said in full. She caught the last few words through her comms and signaled that she was a neutral party with a brief press on her communication panel. It wasn't the most graceful way to announce her intent, but it should save her ship from the fighters that were coming out of the hangar now.

She waited silently, not wanting to make them think that she meant harm to the station, for the squadron of fighters to arrive near her ship. When they did arrive, she found herself being directed, no - escorted, to the hangar bay that they had exited the station from. She piloted her ship rather easily into the hangar and landed it with little incident, aside from almost knocking over a rather large stack of crates labeled "Explosive". When she had properly landed, she shut down her engines and opened the cargo bay doors.

She was sure that they would come aboard without permission and find her themselves, and not wanting to anger them, she chose to wait in the cockpit for their arrival.

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Minerva Do'ral"]

Balaya continued forward while she had moved from her dress to Raven's, letting the netting catch the force energy while she was watching on the screens with the troopers going to escort the one on the ship into the large meeting room where the sisterhood had they meeting room. Laid out like a council chamber with chairs all around as she took her place on the largest seat made for the massive near fourteen foot zeltron leaving space for the one to come and join her. "Bring them into here." She wanted to see what came from it and watching a number of things in her hands while she was working on some of the projects for the Sisterhood.

 

[Matron Malgus]

As she expected, she found that a squad of troopers had entered her ship and found their way to the cockpit, to her, and now they were escorting her off of the ship and onto solid ground once again. As she passed through the cargo bay, she noticed other squads searching her ship for materials that could be potentially devastating to the station, and she smiled slightly knowing that she had nothing to hide. They could search the ship in its entirety, and still find nothing to use against her since the ship didn't really belong to her anyway. She had stolen it after all.

As she stepped off her ship, and to the cold floor of Treyus, she found herself being ushered forward from the Hangar bay and towards a turbolift that would take her up to the higher levels. She was aware of the cameras following her every movement lending credence to the fact that this station was far more than it appeared to be, a thought to which her smile deepened. The more dangerous the situation, the greater the rewards if she could manage to get something valuable from it. She paused as they entered the turbo-lift and stiffened as they shot upwards at a rapid speed towards the higher levels.

The life began to slow as it neared its destination, and when it stopped entirely and the doors opened, she was ushered out yet again. When she stepped out of the lift, she found herself in a rather empty corridor with a few doors on either side of the hall, and she followed the troopers silently as they led her to the furthest door on the right side of the corridor.

Her bare feet made little sound that was entirely muffled by the footfalls of the troopers around her as they led her to the door. They paused once again before opening the doors and revealing a large table with chairs surrounding each side with one chair at the head of the table. Her amethyst eyes met the massive form of a Zeltron woman, her pink skin making her heritage quite plain in the dathomirian's eyes.

"Sit.", was the only word that ever left any of the troopers lips as the captain of the squad motioned to an empty chair a few feet away from the massive woman at the head of the table. Minerva only followed their orders because she was at a disadvantage with so many potential enemies in one place. There was no way that she could take on the mountain of a woman and the troopers at the same time. So, she settled for a slight ice-breaker.

"Not a very sociable lot, are you?" she questioned the Zeltron before her.

[member="Darth Praelior"]

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Minerva Do'ral"]

Balaya looked over the woman who was brought before her and she leaned forward slightly in her seat, hands clasped together while admiring at least that the woman had survived getting here unlike others. She didn't feel or present herself like the hardened pirate or treasure seeker wanting to try and lay claim to the world with all of its untold riches. "Out here on the edge of the galaxy with a planet full of one of the most dangerous creatures in the galaxy... no we are not." No need to reveal they were sith yet this was a special place after all and moving forward more so she was leaning still looking over the girl. "So what is that has brought you out here?"

 

[Matron Malgus]

[member="Darth Praelior"]

The smile that graced her features never left, even as the massive Zeltron woman spoke to her, leaning ever closer towards her. Perhaps, this was a test to measure the fear in her heart; the zeltron would find very little fear. She had abandoned that emotion long ago, on her home world. The rituals and practices of the Dathomir Witches were horrifying in itself, and then being sold into slavery did little to dissuade her lack of fear. If anything, fear was replaced with anger and a burning hatred for the Dathomir Witches.

"There are many dangerous creatures in the galaxy, some sentient and others not. That is no reason to abandon common courtesy. I would expect more from a Sith." she replied in kind to the zeltron's first statement. There was a hint of annoyance in her voice, but if that was what she was feeling, it did not show. The smile remained plastered to her face, raven-colored hair falling to her shoulders as she shifted in her seat. She was aware that the woman was a Sith, it was evident by the aura of power that she commanded, an aura that one did not need to be connected to the Force to feel. Her shoulders shifted once again as she drew in another breath to answer the next question from the Sith lady.

"There are many reasons why a person travels to a desired destination, mine happens to be in the interests of entrepreneurship - in a manner of speaking - and I have heard tales of experiments that go on in this sector..." she paused to gauge the reaction of the woman across from her, eye registering how the woman edged closer to her than before with each sentence she spoke, ".... and I seek to know if I have the potential to connect with the Winged Goddess and Fanged God (referring to the Dathomir deities of the Nightsisters)."

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Minerva Do'ral"]

She was looking at her with a grin on her face while leaning back and bringing her hands up. The fabric in them being worked on while she spoke to the girl with a grin on her face. She looked down at the woman. "Interesting, and perceptive but one does not need to be a sith to command the darkside. It is just something people like to label you to give themselves a sense of comfort. So now that I know why you are here well the real question is what to do with you. This station is not generally known by many and we seek to keep it like that. the creature on the world will stir with more sentient being coming near it." She motioned for her to come closer. "It is possible, though there is a price."

 

[Matron Malgus]

[member="Darth Praelior"]

The dathomir girl only gave a stiff incline of her head in response to the Sith lady and her words, before she responded, "No, one does not need to be Sith to command the aspects of Bogan. But, to have your particular aura of power... Well, I have not felt it on any others save for those who belong to the Sith. Therefore, logically leading to the fact that you are indeed a Sith, and this installment is an extension of their power." Her words were frank and honest, it was clear that she was getting to the serious bits.

"I believe that this installation is kept away from Sith space so that it remains a secret to the galaxy, and I can respect that sentiment. You do not have cause to worry that I will reveal your location to those I come in contact with, for I plan to purge it from my memory when my business here is done. As for how I found this station, well I can be pretty persuasive when I need to be, and you can rest assured that the soul who informed me of your existence will never again utter a word... You're Welcome.", again Minerva paused and studied the woman across from her as she reflected on the final words from the woman.

"There is always a price on everything in the galaxy. I'm sure that if one could manage it, they'd place a price on the stars themselves. Thankfully, no one has been foolish enough to try... Rest assured, I will pay the price." her voice echoed in finality as she finished her words. She was exhibiting confidence in the face of the Sith woman, but it was waning. She didn't want to press her luck with the situation, and wanted to find what she came for and get off the station before she ended up dead.

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Minerva Do'ral"]

Balaya held the dress with one had as it was gleaming and she watched the girl motioning them forward while she spoke. "Then come closer." Balaya was looking at her as she was giving the dress to a soldier. "See that that is secured in a case for Darth Raven." She turned her attention back to the girl while she was waiting. "There is a way to give you what you want but the price is if you are not strong enough it can control you and you'll be a broken puppy. Others who have had their force powered enhanced said it was akin to a drug." She offered her hand opened as force energy compressed and created a ball of energy for her to grab.

 

[Matron Malgus]

Minerva would only nod and retrieve the ball of energy from the Sith Lady's hand. She truly believed that she was strong enough to resist the side-effects of what the Sith woman was giving her, and in doing so, she would unlock her potential in the force; or so she hoped, "I believe that I will have the strength to overcome any potential side effect that this may have on myself. But, I do ask that you kill me if things do not go the intended way, if it somehow alters me to something akin to a monster." She knew that it wouldn't likely be altered into some force-fiend reliant on the substance that the Sith was giving her, but she still wanted to ensure that she had her fallback plan should something like that begin to happen to her.

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Minerva Do'ral"]

She looked at her as she smiled sitting there and closing her hand when the spell of energy was taken. "If that is what you want but we'll have to see what happens first." She was curious, aside from her apprentices within the darkside she had not seen it on others. The smile remained as she sat back and motioned the girl towards the center of the room with her fingers steepling in front of herself.