37 Trevi IV (1/2)
The Mutineers didn't see it coming. BX-series commando droids stormed their compartment in the dead of night, in the middle of curfew. The doors of the other rooms were locked, so no one could interfere or see what was going on.
There wasn't much of a ruckus though, since the would be mutineers were asleep to begin with. The droids hog tied them and gagged them, being as quietest as could be. They'd be brought to the escape pods where the navigation equipment had been removed, along with the relativity field generator which kept them safe in subspace environments during lightspeed travel.
This was generally akin to killing them, but in this case making it much worse than insta-death.
”You can't do this!” The lady screamed, her voice muffled within the gag. She squirmed like a worm, the fierce expression on her face was yet just a farce. Being in the arms of a droid, she was powerless.
The others gave up the same facade, acting fierce, as if the man had fallen low in terms of morals. Yet it didn't seem to make Valad flinch nor wince one bit. He didn'tcare.
His face was stoic as he watched them, the expression in his eyes was that of a gold fish. Forever reflecting and spacey, but the gaze was also as unforgiving as a mother rancor's.
”Do you know what they used to do in the early days to dogs whom became rabid back at my home?” They all stared at him from the opening of the pod, his voice had become rather dark and sinister. They could see it was an act, but it very much matched what he was about to do to them. ”They'd be taken out the back, and shot.”
All of the people in the pod paled, especially the woman as she was paying attention more to the lack of control panels within the pod. There was only twelve hours of life support within the pod. It seemed he customized their casket.
”Rebels will be shot. Survivors, will be shot again.”
With a swift bang, the hatch to the pod smashed closed, luckily none of their extremities were caught in it. That would have been most uncomfortable and deadly to everyone on board.
The pod would then proceed to launch from the Lucrehulk's collective orifices, their muffled screams drowning out into the open sea of stars. No one would ever hear them, their distress beacon had been removed. They couldn't even navigate. The pod vanished from sight as soon as it came in contact with the wall of blue light. Assumed to be lost forever, or entirely lost in time with the lack of a relatively shield.
His students were not present at this offing, they were still being taken care of up on the bridge. The only one who accompanied him was Leia, as she wasn't of any use when training a force sensitive. In addition she didn't want to be separated from him.
Having witnessed something dark come from a man seemingly brimming with light, Leia's bright blue eyes traced over him. Scrutinizing his behavior, yet still finding compassion and admiring him.
He took action, he was a man of action. He didn't wait for them to mutiny against him or cause damage, or deaths amongst the people. She knew he wouldn't stand for it.
Moistening her lips she walked over to him from amongst the number of droids which joined them. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders as the sinister expression had disappeared.
He just practically killed unarmed people who weren't even able to defend themselves. There was no thrill in it. His heart was sinking and when he felt her warm embrace, he almost let himself fall into it. An image of Maddie appeared in his mind and he closed his eyes. How he missed his love of his past life. How angry she had been when she found out she had lost him. That he had died fruitlessly and his own sister had abandoned him.
Fighting didn't seem to be as much of a problem as just straight up destroying the life of someone unarmed. He'd turn around in her grasp and cup the sides of her head, placing his forehead on her own.
His ocean green eyes stared through her blue reflective orbs. Swallowing softly, he tilted his head up slightly to pressing his nose against hers. The movement of her cheek muscles allowed him to assume she was puckering up, he let his lips brush her own. Her face turned red and she almost melted into him just from the touch.
She was becoming hypersensitive, she had never been with a man. He felt her heart beating through his own hands which were rested on her jawline below her ears.
He pressed into her, she stumbled back. Her legs had become jello and she wasn't able to hold up very much, so his arms moved down and caught her. His arms wrapping around below her waist, taking her feet from the floor as he pinned her to the wall. Her white bottleneck shoes swaying to and fro.
”Valad...” Leia murmured as she reached up to touch his face, cupping it with both her hands. There wasn't guilt or regret that she read on his face, it seemed he was just disappointed.
Just as they were about to smash their lips together, the sound of pattering feet could be heard. Valad's brows furrowed and he glanced to the side, seeing a little orange Togruta with a heart shaped hairline coming around a corner, dressed in her dark red pajamas.
The two mutually separated from one another and held their hands behind their backs, though only Leia was remaining flushed at the face.
”Katman~” It seemed she came up with a nickname for Valad, since she had learned that his last name was Katsure, she started calling him Katman.
Like a shoved herself off the ground with the spring of her toes and leapt into the air. Her face found itself right into his ribs and her arms wrapped the best they could around the torso. There was just enough force behind it to make him stumble a few steps back, while holding his hands out to make sure she didn't fall off him.
With wide eyes, he stared down at her until she tilted her head up to look at him with this reckless smile across her lips. ”So, where are we going!?” She was rather excited since she began her training a few hours ago. She learned how she could use the force to sense and feel things normal people couldn't. On top of that, with the help of his intricate knowledge he had inserted into her mind, she was incredibly mindful of the uses of the force.
All she had to do was believe in it.
”Trevi IV, it is currently an uninhabited planet. I plan on terraforming it before anyone else finds the planet.” The planet he was speaking of was a terrestrial desert planet close to the trade route connecting to Naboo. The planet itself was discovered between the clone wars and the galactic civil war and was used as a colony by a crash landed convoy of traders. ”We will settle there and use it as our forward base of operations.”
Tano didn't exactly understand what he meant by forward base of operations, but she knew what settled meant. They were going to live on a desert planet!? It also seemed she didn't know what terraforming was, she was only four years old, so there was still some learning for her to do.
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