The Package (Closed)

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She brings the ship down descending to the surface heading for the secret hangar of her old days after finally locating it through the Force. She just hopes her old contact is still there....*

*She tries to figure out how to send a message to the surface but can't seem to figure it out. She looks around trying to make sense of things....does she just talk?*

[Triune]

*The very thought of looking for the comm unit brings the heads up display into view in the visor, there's even a place to put in frequency and channel with but a flick of her fingers.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She laughs at this and smirks* "Oh, Rav....you're not getting your ship back, dear."

*She flicks her hand and watches the screen come alive. She feels like a child with a new toy. After setting the frequency, she sends the message.*

****************COMM*********************

Foxxy to Rabbit, over. Need permission to land. Open the docking doors. The Fox is hungry.

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*She hears nothing but static at first and frowns going to blast the doors open but then hears the familiar voice.*

The rabbit is fat and ready to be eaten. Good to see you again, Foxxy.

*She chuckles not replying to him.* "Oh, you have no idea how hungry this fox is."

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She sees the doors on the countryside open up and leands the ship into the hangar. The Rabbit won't know he is taken until it is too late. She chuckles an evil laugh and heads for the ramp. The door lowers and Selae still disguised as Lirreka steps out. The technicians look upon her with fascination and awe.*

Tech: Where's Kyra?
Selae: Dead as you all soon will be; however, first you must do something.
Tech: You're mad!! *tries to run*

*She lashes out with Force lightning sending him to the ground going into convulsions.*

"Are there any more objections? I promise you this is just a taste of what to come if you don't follow my orders."

*Rabbit steps forward glaring at her.* "How about we make a deal?"

*She crosses her arms smiling as she takes the helmet off and shakes out her silver tresses.* "Lets...."

*Rabbit shifts nervously* "We help you and charge you nothing and you let us all go."

*She taps her finger on her lips.* "Tempting offer. Let's see how good you are first."

*Rabbit shakes his head clearly not understanding how this woman got in here or how he knew the secret codes.* "Who are you anyway?"

"My name? The Ebon Matron of the Ebonclaws. More than that you need not know."

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

Rabbit: *Sighs knowing that there is no other alternative. He and his compadres are trapped.* What must we do?

"This ship...I want you to examine every portion of it. It has a special kind of technology that I'm interested in. You tell me how it works, then we can negotiate your future and...." *waves her hand indicating the other 4 techs* "...theirs as well."

*He narrows his eyes at her considering the offer while she looks around nonchalant.* "It will take time..."

*She laughs* "Time is a commodity that you have very little of. I would work fast....but efficient if you want to live longer. You have 4 hours."

*He looks at her with wide eyes.* "Do you know what you are asking? It takes 2-4 hours to do simple repair on a ship and you want us to be able to tell you how it all works in that amount of time?" *His voice is pleading for her to understand.*

*She runs her fingers through her hair and speaks to him in the same purr like tones.* "Now you've got 3. Are there anymore questions?"

*She sees the men scurrying around frantically grabbing their equipment while Rabbit stares at her then defeatedly nods his head.*

*She smiles.* He hasn't changed one bit. It's going to be a shame to kill him. His death and the death of the others will send a message back to the Ebonclaws that something is amiss in their blissful take over of the galaxy. Things might just happen and they take the blame for it. A shame really. What would the Jedi? Ebonclaws stretching out their claws to snatch and kill innocents to prove their strength.....

*She chuckles an evil laugh that is bone chilling causing the workers to stop what they are doing and stare at her. Oh she could taste their fear and it made her hungry for more.*

[Triune]

*Many hours have passed since the faux Matron gave orders to keep Raviel under watch effectively placing him under a form of 'house arrest'. During this time the Danthiri agent has spent in slumber-like meditation restoring himself and removing the effects of the drugs the Medical staff pumped into him to keep him sedated. His memories of what had actually happened were intact despite his comments, only the period after Selae rendered him unconscious in the ship until he woke up here in the Obroa-skai shipyards remained a mystery. Seeing the Matron here had been a shock for him but not telling her what happened was the only way to fullfill his goals. Admitting to failure was tanamount of commiting suicide. 'Failure means Death' one of the many maxims of the Ebonclaws. It only became failure upon admitting it. Refraining from doing so made it only a setback. Silence served him best for now. Now that he was fit Raviel decided to 'spring' himself from lockdown. He waited until one of the attendants came in to check on him. As she leaned closer to check his monitor Raviel reached out and gently touched her hand. Contact made his force gifts stronger.*

"Sleep." The only word he said.

*Her violet eyes rolled into the back of her head as she tumbled to the bed atop him. He got out of bed, quickly putting her in his place. Taking off her simple attentant uniform he shoved her under the blankets and began to carefully hook her up to the machines before their idiot lights went off. He injected her with a large dose of the sedative to ensure her continued slumber. Putting three fingers on her forehead Raviel bent his will reaching deeply into the force, he had learned long ago an exploitable weakness in the Danthiri ability to sense the force. Nearly all Danthiri 'saw' the force thusly it affected their sight. By putting a shadow of his aura over hers they would see Raviel still in the bed unless of course they peered closely. The same would allow him to walk right out of here. He donned the uniform and did just that. It would buy him time, time to find out where Selae was and get back in control of this 'game' between them then there would be no failure only strategy. History is written by the Victors and he planned to be one*

[Triune]

*Raviel makes his way through the hallways avoiding the ones with active surveilance. He knew the pattern because he helped set it up. He gave up trying to find his clothing or equipment but instead made his way to a secret cache he had. Preparation made the unexpected less disconcerting he found and this was no exception. Eventually he was once more garbed in familiar clothing with a duplicate wrist-launcher in place. He would have to leave his sabres behind for now. With skills well honed he became a veritable shadow as he slipped through the shipyard. Finding his own vessel gone through a kink into his plan but eventually he obtained access to a Corellion YH-500 Light Freighter. A few minutes was all it took for him to override the lockouts and convince the control booth personell he was just there to move it for an incoming shipment. Minutes later he was in space scanning for the trail his ship left. He would find it and Selae then there would be some explainations and other things.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*As techs look around the ship they are amazed at what they see. They have never seen such a combination of biotech and hardware in a ship before. They hadn't even heard of such a thing. It was understood that such technology was still years away. Also, the Republic fought any research into the biotech industry still debating the morals of such hybrids.*

*Rabbit watches them from the outside downloading some of the programs in the computer but having trouble hacking into the system from the terminal. He gets ready to enter the ship when he hears this horrible scream followed by one of the techs running out of the ship grasping his throat and convulsing. He goes to the man trying to see what is wrong and sees him fall to the ground. Blood and white fluid starts to flow out of his ears and nose. He twitches a few more times and then grows still as his last breath escapes.*

*Selae watches this with somewhat fascination. The ship must have some kind of defense set up. Rabbit gets up from the man and runs over to her mad.*

Rabbit: What just happened to my man?!

*She looks at him and shrugs* "I guess he wasn't careful enough. The others seem to be fine. You might want to be more careful."

*He runs his fingers through his hair clearly disturbed by this and sees the men turn around looking at him horrified. He barks orders to them and they go back to work. He glares at her and she just looks him back in the face calmly.*

"2 hours left. I would hurry. You've barely even gotten into the ship." *She chuckles at him as she walks around the facility coming to stop in front of the console monitoring the workers inside the ship.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*Some progress is made an hour later when all of a sudden screams are heard inside the ship again. She walks casually over to the console and looks at the cameras to see two workers being sprayed with some kind of acid. Fascinated she watches as they struggle to leave the ship and head to the showers in the facility. However, the acid released is too strong. Slowly their clothing and their skin just melts away. She laughs enjoying this little show very pleased with this technology.*

*Rabbit hears the screams and thinks about going inside when he sees the acid still being sprayed. Somehow the ship itself is not affected by the acid. It seems to be designed specifically for flesh if such a thing was possible. He turns around and runs at Selae yelling at her.*

Rabbit: That's it!!! I've had enough!! Three of my men are dead by that ship and no one else is going to touch it!! I sure as hell am not going in there! You're on your own lady. Now get that ship out of my hangar!!

*She pulls her glove on tighter and smiles turning to face him. Her face shows no emotion.* "The deal was that the technology would be studied. You and your men have failed."

*She reaches out grasping him by the throat lifting him up into the air as she pulls out Adu'dhaera pointing it at him. His feet start kicking madly as she holds him.*

"You will remember this moment. Failure is death. BUT you will not die quickly....no. You must tell those that find you who did this to you. Do you understand?"

*The man looks at her wide eyed not responding until she puts the blade to his throat and he nods yes. She smiles*

"Good. The name's Lirreka...tell them who did this to you!"

*Without another word she begins to skin his flesh off of his body. She leaves his face and neck alone so he can attempt to form words. The job is tedious and messy. She's not as skilled as she had hoped and some flesh comes off with the skin. The man lies on the floor in a pool of blood. His muscles are exposed as he begins to go into shock. The only name he repeats over and over again is Lirreka. She smiles at this and trims the flesh off of the skin before folding it up to take with her.*

*She grabs the helmet putting it back on her head and walks into the ship finding it amazingly to have already have been cleaned or so it seems. There was no trace of what had occurred inside. She heads to the cockpit and waves her hand at the controls starting the ship and leads the ship out of the hangar slowly. Soon, there is no trace of her in the sky. She orbits the planet and begins to set the coordinates for hyperspeed for an unknown location.*

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*Rabbit's son enters the shop to help his dad when he sees him lying there in the blood exposed. He cries out hearing his father's dying words.......Lirreka....Lirreka.... He runs from the room yelling out hoping someone will come and try to help. However, it is too late for the man.*

[Triune]

*The YH-500 comes out of hyperspace in the Ord Mantell system. The trail the Ghost left was easy for him to follow but then again he's the one that put the tracker leech on it. He's decidedly shocked when the sensors detect that very ship making for a Hyperspace vector. He pushes the aged Corellion engines to their max and streaks towards his pride and joy grumbling under his breath.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She sees the ship approaching and smiles. She waves her hand to open a comlink up.*

*****************COMM********************

Raviel, you have disobeyed my orders! You have alot of explaining to do. Failure is death!

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[Triune]

*Raviel almost leaps out of his skin at the sound of her voice, what in the name of Sathor's Rim was she doing in the Ghost? He calmed himself and toggled the comm*

******COMM******

"Greetings Illharess. I did not disobey your orders, you told Thorn that I was not to leave, you never told me that I had to stay there. I live to serve you Matron, when I found your creation, my Ship was gone I sought to find it incase it had been stolen. What orders have you for me Illharess?" His voice is calm and composed but inside he's worried and very concerned.

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

****************COMM********************

Meet me on Anobis.

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*She says no other words than this and makes him wonder if she is mad or what. She left no indication while on the frequency. He watches her ship head for nearby Anobis.*

[Triune]

******COMM******

"As you command Illharess."

******COMM******

*He puts in the coordinates so is several minutes behind her, his mind is a whirl of what awaits him. He would have to be cautious around her. Facts of his unconsciousness must never come out at least not yet. He grumbles over the thought that Selae may have out foxed him again by taking another ship.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She brings the ship in for a landing in a remote area and tries to think how best to do this. She should make the man pay a little...yes, indeed....she chuckles as she unstraps herself and exits the ship waiting for Rav. She takes her helmet off and shakes out her hair once again and puts on a stone face so he can't read her expression.*