Womanne lay on the cot in the Captain's Quarters. So far they had not been able to get a response from the rebel ship. She lay there hoping that when they did respond it would help show her what path lay before her. She lay there happy to be where she was - not on an Imperial slave ship, not on her home planet, not anywhere worse. Happy to be alive and traveling the Outer Rim.
She exited her room and overheard one of the boys telling Dorge that he could probably boost the COM's with the right power source. Yes! Perfect. She could tell it was going to be a great day. A group of them headed out and ran into a kid Dorge could lean on for info. Yes! A great deal on renting a power unit. Shaping into a fantastic day. Womanne smiled as they walked back through the entrance of the ship yard, estimating they should have word from the rebels within the day.
Looking ahead they saw a couple of big guys on speeder bikes as they hear the J-9 droid's warning over their COM. Hmm. A slight damper to the day. They tried to flank the guys but the kid's scared looks to them both only helped to point them out. These guys were waiting on them. One look at Dorge and you could tell what they were here for.
Looking them over Womanne could tell one was human, the one holding a blaster and yelling towards Dorge. The other a trandoshan, no blaster, but they didn't need one to cause a lot of hurt. Womanne flashed back to the gambling fights back at the Hutt's.
Shots were fired, Womanne drew her weapon and shot towards the Trandoshan as he seemed the scarier target. Chaos ensued as the space port erupted into screams and running. The trandoshan scrambled off his bike and towards Dorge. Womanne kept an eye on him as she dodge bolts from the human. She dodged most of them, taking a couple in the shoulder. Finally the reptile slumped to the ground but the human jumped on his bike and tried to escape.
Quickly Womanne evaluated her options. If this guy brought reinforcments they would be done for. If they took off now they would void the rental of the power supply and probably end up fried in space. The only option left was to grab the other bike and run this guy down. The boys in the ship took off trying to back her up and keep this guy from getting away.
He stopped in a blind alley. Womanne was very hesitant to follow him in, knowing he was trying to get the upper hand. She rode to the other end and tried to walk in behind him but this place was full of trash and every step seemed to crunch. Then she saw him right as she caught another bolt in her chest. She pulled her blaster but it hurt to hold it up. Her shot hit the wall above him and he looked up to make sure nothing was going to fall on him. When he looked back all he would see was her back as she got outta there. She could hear the ship hovering ahead and only hoped they would stay and finish this. She was in no shape to stick around.
She jumped on the speeder and headed back to the space port. It was pretty much the only place to land a ship near here so this is where they would come back. She drove slow trying to not draw much attention. The ship was back as she pulled into the port. Dorge waited outside the landing ramp and told her that they got him and were bringing him back, alive. She gave the speeder to him and walked in and collapsed on her bed.
She was still alive. Yep, today was a great day.
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