Dibs...

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Here's a good time to bring up what Shaz said again. Please leave a tag if you're writing a post. Also, if I'm putting words into your character's mouth that you feel wouldn't be of their nature, please send me a PM. Just because I have a "shiny" on my chest doesn't mean I'm going to get angry because you dared to say I did something wrong. Actually, I'll apologize profusely and change it.

Rose Thorn

Skylla watched Thaan accept the handshake.  He brought his head down and shook it as though to clear some kind of emotional fog out of it.

“I’m sorry, I generally don’t try to cause confrontation,” apologized Thaan.  “I just officially returned to the Navy today and I still have mixed feelings about it.  I shouldn’t be taking it out on you Nazgul folk because you have nothing to do with it.”  Sion points to the red and grey insignia upon his shoulder.  “Kaph Squadron was my life and now it’s gone.”  Sion looked over at Bread.  “Sorry about getting bent out of shape about the Junior comment.  Obviously we’re all on the edge right now.  Can’t get anything done if we’re ready to snap at the other’s throat.  Nice to meet you all too before I forget.”  Skylla felt the tension leave the room.

It’s interesting how you hid your emotions so well before the squadron was disbanded but now you announce them openly to the world.  I hope you quickly learn how to be tactful about such a sensitive matter again.  Captains can still shoot you out of the air lock.  On the other hand, it’s good that you’re not bottling everything up like you used to.  I just hope you don’t do something stupid like try to storm the bridge.

Girias reminded her of Cyleaf.  Not physically since there was the obvious lack of facial tattooing on Girias and Cyleaf didn’t have any hair.  The similarity was in the fact that they both seemed scary on the outside but were really good, kind people on the inside.  She barely knew Girias, but she could see it in him...

(OCC: Short, but lets me get my two cents in finally.  Lousy seems to have a direction he’s going in so I’m not going to waste his time with filler.  285 Words.)

“Returning? Why did you leave again?”

Thaan could have said that, but Tenharien definitely did not hear him say it. He couldn’t think of any good reason at all to leave the navy.

“Anyway don’t worry about earlier, I really don’t mind at all, Thaan.”

Tenharien then rubbed his head while he looked at Lousy. He always seemed to have something going through his head, and he was right because he began to speak of plans and other such things all at once.

“You’re a nerd, you say? Well I don’t really see any problems with the plan right now. We should go over there, that’s right, though we do need proof, hey-!”

As Tenharien finished speaking, Lousy ran off, yet again, his mind obviously set as it was. But unlike the others, Tenharien walked a fast pace instead of running, still keeping the rest within distance. Girias began to kick at a door in the distance and at that point, Tenharin ran towards them again about to grab him and ask him what the hell he was doing. But it was too late, and again, rash actions had lead to a pointless fight.

“What the ****? What happened to your plan? You said you didn’t want to hurt anyone else? Sweet mercy this guy I swear. You expect anyone to believe us after this?!”

Tenharien quickly took out his gun and tapped his leg with it as he watched from th doorway to cover the others. He rolled his eyes as the man spoke, obvious in agitation and then it was found out who he really was.

“I would listen actually, he has shot about 13 people just under the last few hours. While I’m in the talking mood, are any of you from Soccoro?” One man slowly raised his hand and Tenharien walked over to him, smiling. “Wonderful, so am I!” He cocked his arm back and then slugged the man directly in his eye, knocking him to the ground. Mother******.”

But then another commotion broke out, and an older man had made  run for it.

“What?! You didn’t secure him?”

As the others ran after him, Tenharien took it upon himself to shut the emergency door and lock it to code.

"Well then, thank god for that and for you knowing. That'll make things a bunch easier for us all. Well then, I suggest that we get to moving, he's gaining terrain. My suggestion would be that Sion, you take the point because you seem to have rather good reactions. Following you, and in that order, should be Bread, Krius, Skylla for her height and I'll close the row. Seeing as that my leg won't permit me follow you all so I'll try to stay close and keep enemies off of our tails. If you see the chance to catch that commander, go for it but let us know. Yelling 'There he is, the bastard is running that way is good enough for me. Anyone got any problems with this? Yes, no ? Alright then, lets get going. And lets just hope that he leads us to his base, that would be perfect for us all."

But just before the group gets into motion he lowers himself to the ground, cuts a piece of cloth off of the uniform of one the pirates using a small pocket knife and then wraps it around the wound, to allow for better movement. Standing up and walking is a bit easier now, but still hurts a tad. After taking a few steps he loses balance and falls down, only to see the blaster that shot his leg. After putting it on safety and removing the chamber it makes for a pretty good walking stick. He also quickly grabs one of the blasters that had fallen out of the hand of one of the stunned pilots.  Getting back up he apologises for the delay and starts moving with the others.

For a good half hour the groups gets to a rather steady pace, keeping around 30 feet between the everyone, except a distance of 60 feet between Skylla and Lousy, his wounds is slowing him down a bit.
Although his wound hurts a bit when moving his leg, he hasn't quit smiling, not for a millisecond. And determined not to let the distance between him and Skylla, the scary woman, get any bigger he pushes himself and starts closing the gap. When reaching a crossover point between several corridors the group gets shot upon and ducks for cover. Girias, arriving last, was the first one to have his blaster ready and also the first one to hit one of the pirates in the chest, making him fall backwards, hitting a ventilation shaft with his head. All of a sudden, Bread yells to the group and squeezes off a few blasts from his handgun:

"I can see him, I see the old fart climbing the ladder over there."

Girias looked up, seeing that the distance is runnable for everyone without getting hit except for himself. He also notices that the angle between the walls around the ladder don't allow for the pirates to fire on the people on the ladder. He smiles while thinking that he gets to play the hero and sacrifice himself for the rest of the group. Taking the second blaster out of his pocket he fires off several shots, pinning down the enemies and starts yelling orders.

"Quickly, everyone, run to the ladder while I'll cover you all. Trust me, rely on me. I'll do this thing."

He could see that everyone is having doubts about running past enemy lines but his smile makes them feel comfortable, and they all decide that they could do it. First of all Sion starts running, but also fires several shots that bounce off of the walls and make some nice sputtering sound when hitting an electricity cable. After he made it, everyone start firing just before and during the next one's run, and then the next and so on until only Girias is left. But while everyone encourages him to run over to them he waves and continues to shoot at the pirates.

"Sorry guys, but it would seem that my leg is giving out and that I won't be able to make the run like this. So ... wait a minute, what's that ?"

He looks and sees something that vaguely resembles pipes that transport cold air all over the ship, needed to cool down several of the ships bigger systems. When shooting one of the smaller pipes on the ground a huge batch of air escapes upwards, blinding the pirates standing near it. With just one enemy capable of firing he shoots him in the chest with both of the blasters and starts running as fast as he can. The pirates have recovered from the cold air but before being able to shoot again Girias finally manages to reach the ladder and grabs it with both hands. Climbing would seem hard with only one leg but everyone helps him and quickly pulls him up. After leaving the ladder Sion hits the emergency close button and the hatch closes down with Girias lying next to it gasping for air. But before Girias could catch his breath everyone start moving again, following the tunnel they're in now. Which only has one exit.

After getting to the exit Sion and Bread quickly push everybody to the sides in the darkness with absolute silence while everybody can hear an entire platoon of Pirates running to the room. All of a sudden they hear the cold, bitter voice of a woman.

"Hmmm, it looks like the old fart lied after all. There's no one here, so then, everybody. Lets get back and get us some good food, I'm dieing for some cake."

after the sound of reïnforced boots clanging on the ground dies, everyone lets out a sigh and relax a bit, but with a blaster in the hand. Then Scylla takes the point and starts speaking.

"Well then, I don't know about you all but I think we're in the heart of the lion. And I damn well don't like it. So, everyone watch your back because now we're seriously outnumbered, out manned and out gunned. I don't want to have to carry your sorry dead bodies back because you were too stupid to survive. Thaan and I will be taking point and command now, so don't even think about doing something stupid that could lead to our deaths.

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Well, I got some decent writing done. Gentlemen, it's up to you now.  1048 words. If anyone needs to reach me, you can e-mail me or MSN me at [email protected]

Girias takes a deep breath as he looks at the room filled with enemies, who luckily aren't paying attention to the group of pilots. Skylla and Sion kept showing hand signs to each other with the rest of the group not understanding even the slightest bit of them. Luckily though, Skylla and Thaan translated for the other pilots on their side of the corridor.

"Girias, you and Krius throw your grenades together at the group to the left. Right after that Bread, Thaan and Skylla will throw their at the people who are eating their lunch. Immediately after that Bread and Skylla would take out the 4 guards, standing around the people on the left while the others would take out the rest of the pirates. Got it ?"

The two of them nod at Sion. Girias looks down at his grenade, thinks about how this is going to make a huge sound which will definetely be heard by other crewmen, thus leading to people going down here to arrest us all, better make this plan succeed then.

Grasping his grenade very tightly, he waits for the signal from Sion and, when received, he jumps up and throws the grenade. Two grenades fly through the air, Girias' flies a bit too far and Krius' lacks a feet in distance, weakening the effects of the grenades. Although weakened, the grenades still pack enough punch to take out most of the people on the left while the other grenades are now flying through the air. Before any of the pirates can realise what exactly is happening, 5 grenades have exploded and have taken out most of the pirates. The others are disarmed, confused, damaged or just plain wounded or dead. The added bonus of five people armed with blasters shooting is just too much for most of the pirates. The grenades have killed 7 and have wounded 17 pirates and the first barrage of lasers took out most of the armed pirates. A quick fight later and more pirates are now lying down on the ground, stunned. A few pirates are now sticking their arms in the air, surrendering. Girias steps forwards, points his blaster at the highest ranked one of them and starts threatening him.

"Drop everything that can be used like a weapon, stick your hands up in the air and give yourself up."

A good five minutes later and everyone of the still living and not stunned pirates are disarmed, cuffed and now talking about possible means to decrease their punishment. Then the groups starts disarming and cuffing the remainder of the pirates. When all is done, they all take a break and relax, while Girias goes and finds the Pirate Commander that had ealier escaped them.

"Hello my good pirate man, didn't I tell you you were going to die ? It looks like you won't die, yet, but you Will be imprisoned for a long long time for the smuggling of narcotic goods. You're looking at atleast 15 years in the brig man, I hope you enjoy them."

Laughing he walks away and sees a group of Storm Troopers running inside and pointing their weapons at the pirates and the group of pilots who are now taking a breather and smiling at the Storm Troopers. After the interrogation of the pirates it's the turn of the pilots. After a few hours of interrogation the captain had left the room for information. When he got back Giras was smiling really badly.

"Alright, I take it you already know what I'm about to say. All charges have been cleared towards you and all the other pilots that have been targeted as possible narcotic smugglers. You're free to go, Leading Crewman Girias Bomban."

Girias salutes at the officer, smiles and walks out of the quarters. Going back to get a bite to eat and meeting the pilots he had asked to meet in the mess hall. After grabbing the food he sees the pilots sitting down and joins them, smiling and laughing at the same time.

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674 words. Voila, and This is Done, everyone thanks for the coöperation, I had alot of fun writing in this topic.