With eyes wide open (a past rp)(complete)

[Garith Darkhold]

Garith was to busy to really notice just how bad of a shot she was. Well he could see she was missing but did not see how much she was missing. He certainty did not know she was missing on purpose. Piloting a ship while dodging other ships firing upon yours was not as easy as some made it look. No he was doing his job and sure the heck was hoping she would do her’s.

“Suggestions”, he asked a bit confused to why she would ask. Why would she not know what to do? Keep firing and hit as many as you can. Right now it is about who lives or who dies. If you don’t want to die then kill.”

Garith turned the stick dramatically to the left trying a missile being fired upon them. The force of the movement made him lurch to his left and the missile managed to miss them.

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[Arianna Organa]

Kill them he said, but were they Corellian forces or kidnappers. She did some quick checking spinning from one console to the other identification beacons blipped at her but they were not official military identification numbers, no these were private.

That changed everything. If they were going to try and kill them she would show them. She sat with the targeting computer and changing the protocols for a direct hit. She held her breath for a moment before commiting to the deed. Something to live with...

She pressed the button, it would lay out first supression fire to disorient them, and then it would lay in the missiles and take them out. Splitting the view to watch the ships following, and the one ahead Arianna determined the two would go first and then focus everything on the forward path.

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[Garith Darkhold]

Garith could tell just the feel of the ship that Arianna was finding her targets. The ship was rocking less from hit and they were being fired on less. The transport tipped out of the atmosphere and Garith smiled. He was starting to fear he would see a blockade with the way these people were coming after them. Hang on. He punched a few buttons pulling up some navs and the transport jolted and speed forward. Just like that stars flashed by and they were in hyper space. Garith sat back in his chair breathing a sigh of relief.

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[Arianna Organa]

Arianna giggled she got up took a breath, laughed again, she then hit Garith's upper arm, "We did it!" And then she headed back to the galley she wanted stimcaf, at least and maybe an egg if he had it, and then maybe toast. She began to look through some things, then she remembered she couldn't make an egg. But she could do toast yes toast. She found something that looked like bread and put it into the toaster, all while peeking to find the stimcaf.

She wanted to do this on her own she could do so many other things why couldn't she do breakfast, what was so difficult about an egg! She huffed as she looked. then she paused and thought about Garith, stepping to where she could look towards the cockpit, "you want some toast?"

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[Garith Darkhold]

The tap on his his upper arm got her that look. He glanced over his shoulder to her and normally most people expected the worst at that moment. She did not however, Garith just took it in that she was to dang excited about escaping whomever was chasing them. When she went back to do what ever Garith checked different gauges. It had seemed everything was alright with the transport. Not everything, he smelled cooking. “What”, he shook his head like oooo no, this can not be happening.

Garith got up out of his chair, ran out of the cockpit, down the hall, and into the kitchen. “Nothing is burning is it”, he looked around and his panic started to settled down seeing that she had not burned anything yet. Key word, yet!

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[Arianna Organa]

She turned around, holding out a plate, "Look I made toast, and it didn't burn!" She smiled as if she had found some great treasure. She had even managed to find some butter and something that she hoped was jelly. "Try a piece, please" She looked up at him her eyes sparkled with her achievement. But would he approve it ran through her mind for a moment.

Then the buzzer went off for stimcaf, she looked over, "and stimcaf, now that I'm a little worried about, the directions weren't real clear" Her shoulders dropped for a moment but she had found it and she had made it. She looked back at Garith holding the plate higher.

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[Garith Darkhold]

Nothing was brunt or burning? He looked around and yes there was no smoke. “Sure I will try a piece”, cautiously he bit into one as he was handed a cup of stimcaf. The toast was toasts and not burnt. So Garith tried to drink some of the stimcaf. His eyes went a little wide. “A bit strong but good”, he smiled, “are you going to have any?”

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[Arianna Organa]

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"Yes I am, it you know like a victory dance thing" She picked up a piece of the toast, then laid the plate aside. Very cautious about the stimcaf, it wasn't thick like molasses, and it didn't smell burned so. She poured some into a cup she needed it to wash the toast down, but she also was thirsty. She smiled nervously slowly bringing the cup to her lips, she could smell how strong it was now. Her eyes widened slightly, "its hot" She blew on it gently pursing her lips,ok she said to herself, and then took a sip. Black as it was.

It made her twist slightly as if uncomfortable, "oohh my" She laughed slightly, "good" She wasn't sure it was good, but it was hot. "I'm glad you like it" she sipped again, this was going to put hair on her chest she knew it.

"So how long before we reach home?" She smiled, as much as she wanted to go home she was finding this adventure a rush.

 

[Garith Darkhold]

Over taken by a compulsion; he was unsure where it came from, he leaned over and went to kiss Arianna. It was a sporadic moment , a action he was even surprised to find himself doing. Unsure and even a little bit fearful he did not find the strength to fight this compulsion.

The ship lurched and for a moment he thought it was because he felt dizzy. Shaking out of his dazed and confused moment he found that they had just dropped out of hyperspace. Light flickered off and on as if the ship were having issues with power. The ship was going down. Was that gravity? Garith tried to run to the cockpit bouncing off walls and stumbling upon the ground. Once to the cockpit he dove into the chair. His heart thumped as he watch their fast decedent towards the ground. “Buckle in we’re going to crash”, he pull up on the stick. As he did he was able straighten out the transport a bit.

The transport’s nose angled up just at the right time. The ship hit the ground throwing Garith out of his chair. The ship kept on moving forward slowing down bit by bit as it hit trees until it finely stopped. For that last bit of the crash Garith was unconscious. He had several cut and bruises on him but he had a large gash on his forehead. There was quite a bit of blood. He did still have a strong pulse but for how long?

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[Arianna Organa]

She laughed as she looked up why was he getting closer and oh my! She found herself kissing back only to find herself feeling as though she were falling. She felt Garith push past her it was the strangest feeling falling, and yet not falling. What was going on with the ship, Arianna found herself thrown to her knees, and then slammed into a wall. "WHAT'S GOING ON!" She yelled trying to turn to look towards the cock pit.

Crash! CRASH! it took time for the words to register as she crawled across the floor trying to reach the one seat back here with restraints. She reached up grabbing the arm of the chair pulling herself up the ship was making an awful noise. She pulled herself into the chair her arms were sore she may have fractured her arm. She was out of breath.

Then everything really went into a frenzy as the ship slammed into the ground. Arianna screamed as boxes and cases flew from the compartments. And then it was silent. Still. The ship engines were whirling and squealing but she knew they weren't moving. Her body shaking from fear.

Trying to find her voice, "Garith" it came out a whisper, "GARITH" she could barely yell she slid from the chair and began looking. As she looked down where the cockpit was she could see him on the floor.

She grabbed something from the table that looked like a cloth and moved over to Garith, "oh don't be dead, please don't be dead" she dabbed at the wound, "Garith, open your eyes, talk to me...." She dabbed a bit more there was so much blood. Don't cry she told herself. Don't cry big girls don't cry.

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[Garith Darkhold]

The man still had a heartbeat but he was not waking up anytime soon. The gash on his forehead was going to require stitches and that was the only visible damage that would needed to be taken care of right away. What could not be seen under his shirt is the damage to his right rib cage. There was internal bleeding from a cracked rib.

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[Arianna Organa]

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He wasn't waking up. Ok there had to be a med kit of some kind on this ship which meant she would have to leave him alone to find out. He could die, but if she didn't find the kit then he could die. Choices choices. What would her sister do....find the kit.

Arianna still trying to find her own balance her arm still hurting She pushed boxes out of the way good thing they were light. What the heck did he keep on this thing? The boxes contained things she had not seen, and she was sure some of the others were black market. She shook her head, who cared find the kit. Pushing a few more around she looked back at Garith he still wasn't moving she was going to have to move him again.

She growled at this misfortune what had gone wrong and why. Then when she was losing hope of finding the box there it was sitting as if it had been waiting the whole time. She grabbed it and pulled it over to Garith opening it up. It was a mess. "really" She wished he had a droid. She stopped, he probably did if he was alone if he got hurt he'd need help.

Well she'd have to look for it, it was probably in a cabinet that didn't pop open. Arianna knew she had to examine Garith with what little first aide skills she had. She left a bandage on his forehead to absorb the blood and then took the scissors and cut open his shirt. Looking down she could see deep colors of bruises on his ribs, she reached over and touched. She didn't know if they were broken or what. But how do you fix that.

She looked at Garith, "come on tough guy you said you'd take me home. How am I supposed to aggravate my sister unless you do that?" Arianna looked under the bandage the blood was starting to clot. A good sign. But he must have been knocked hard for he had not moved. So. Arianna pulled out the med book and began to read about injuries to the rib cage.

 

[Garith Darkhold]

What does someone normally do when they are knocked unconscious? They could dream! His dreams, thoughts reflected back over the years. Back to a time he was truly not a good man. So much death brought upon his hands. The wars that he was involved with during this time was of his own creation of the group he was with. He started wars and he ended them, so much blood and pain. The dream was more of a nightmare!


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[Arianna Organa]

Arianna found several ways to find out if his ribs were broken, and she read about shock. So. She found something to prop his feet up on to keep the blood near his heart and then she found a flat pillow to put his head on, and thermal blanket to cover him with but she could not move him.

She laid her hands on his ribs trying to feel it felt broken and it was puffy like it was filling up was it blood? What did the book say about that, poke a hole? with what?? She looked into the kit there was something that could do it, but what if she missed. Then. Or worse, what if she was wrong? The book gave her settings, and instructions.

She looked at Garith and realized that he could drown in his blood if he was bleeding internally. She picked up the tool and moved to his side lifting his shirt off this was going to be bad and she'd was scared. Oh goddess please let me be right please.

She set the tool like the book said, she lowered it to the spot that looked like the one in the book. "Forgive me Garith if I'm wrong" she pushed the button there was a click, and then this sucking sound and then blood spewed out of the wound she found the plastic tube and pushed it into the hole, she was sure she would be sick. She whined some as the blood continued did she killl him?

She swallowed hard and kept following the directions she started to cry the tension was so great soon the blood slowed but there was still bleeding, what now? He'd bleed to death. She took a shot of bacta and sent it down the tube into his lungs then pulled everything out hoping that it would work. She waited....

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[Garith Darkhold]

The pain did not even wake him. Blood poured through the tube as she had applied the relief. Yokuni was now not bleeding internally because the blood was pouring out of his body. He was still breathing but it was steadily describing. Now Arianna just needed to stop the bleeding. Would a small amount of bacta work?

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[Arianna Organa]

It felt like hours and Arianna felt like she had aged years sitting here watching Garith for every breath she had checked him now from head to foot for broken bones feeling along every one. She was glad he did not wake up then it would have been embarassing and she was sure he would of had some smart remark about it.

Course now there was that kiss. This was the first time she had taken a moment to think on that.

She looked down at him he could be sleeping looking like that if it weren't for the blood. She pulled sanitizer from the box and began to clean the blood away, she looked down at the wound near his ribs, she took a bacta pad and put it over the bruising, the ribs might mend but she didn't know she only knew that this stuff could heal and if any one needed healing it was Garith.

Arianna put her hand on his chest, "you know this is almost as bad as my first date" She wasn't really watching him, she was just feeling the rise and fall of his chest while he breathed. If he was breathing he was alive. "a boy came to the house asked to see my father, well stepfather, and asked if he could take me skating" Arianna remembered it was a time ago, and that boy had been really scared.

"Did you ever have a first date Garith?"

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[Garith Darkhold]

It was always the most awkward moments in life it made you feel the most alive...

Out of all the work and her touches upon his body it was her hand upon his chest. He was still asleep yet awake. He was in the transition of waking and he still though he was a asleep. First date was two words that cut through into his slumber. My father was the second two words. Then he had the question, Garith did you ever have a first date.

Still asleep and dreaming be started to talk in his sleep. The first words was in his native language and not the galactic common. The words in Aritisian accent and it all flowed out of his mouth. What he said translated to this. That was such a long time ago. Nine hundred and eighty two years ago.

His eyes lids closed; his eyes moved as he dreamed of that day. “Such a long time ago”, he began to speak in the common tongue again but this time with a Aritisian accent. "Nine hundred and eighty two years ago. So many life times ago”, he continued to speak. Was he delirious or actually remembering another time. “She was of the house of Maramuto. She and her parents were guest of my family’s house, the house of Togashi. It was not what commonly the galaxy would call a first date.” His dream played out as he spoke allowed, “Traditionally for my people it was, our parents announced over tea we were to be wed. Tea had not gone as planned as the plant was started to be shelled from space. She and my parents died but I yet lived. War had come and the Emperor called. I took my father’s sword in hand and with the Emperor’s blessing I killed any and all that apposed his devine authority.” His eyes still sifted as he dreamed but he stopped speaking. Remembering a past that he wished he could forget.

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[Arianna Organa]

Arianna listened but noticed his eyes fluttered but did not open was he dreaming? Or was he so hurt that he could not open his eyes and then he said something that caught her off guard.

982 years old she knew her mouth was open she looked again at him from head to foot he did not look that old. But then what often happens in war there is loss. He lost not only his family but he also lost a woman who would have been his wife. A sadness came over Arianna she leaned down putting her head on his chest putting her other arm around the uninjured side, "i'm sorry Garith" No matter how long it had been it had to still hurt him.

She lifted her head up and drew her hand back across his chest to rest once more over his heart, "Sometimes people are put into positions they aren't ready for, but they do what they must, and they survive. Without your family you did what you had to, and you were probably very angry at everyone because your family gone. Killing probably seemed the best way to get rid of the memories." She shrugged, "Or I'm full of it" She made a face.

"982 years don't you get lonely?" She talked to him as if he were awake, and as if he could hear her and understand.

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[Garith Darkhold]

Falling back into a deeper realm of sleep Yokuni did not hear Arianna’s words. Sadly he did not know what knowledge he had given her. He had been so careful throughout the years and was just caught at a vulnerable moment. He just needed some rest. He would wake after while and be just fine.


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[Arianna Organa]

The problem was Arianna understood if he was angry she shared in that kind of anger when her parents were killed the knowledge of it made her angry enough that she often though she could kill. But she had something that Garith did not, she had Rianna. While Garith had no one to survive.

She didn't know what to do she was tired and it had already been hours, her toast which she had gotten one bite of was buried under a box she could try to sift through everything but what if Garith needed something. She stretched out next to him resting her head on her arm keeping her hand on his chest so she could monitor his breathing, so far everything looked good his color was better.

And his ribs not so puffy but the bruises were still bad.

As she laid there looking over at Garith something that he had said was finally filtering through he said House of Togashi, his family house. So that meant he changed names during his life time. How many other names had he had? She didn't know and right now she was so drained she wasn't sure it mattered. All that mattered was that he continued to improve.

Arianna yawned again, "ok Garith...I'm power napping so don't go no where" Her eyes shut she lay in a light sleep.

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