Private A Call For Help

[Kiana Ti]

"Hey, Juniper..."

It had been a while since the two had met for the first time, but Kiana couldn't think of anyone else to contact in the situation she found herself in. Thinking the gig would be just like any other, she had gleefully accepted when the band of pirates asked to hire her. Pirates had a lot of wealth, after all. Who knew things would go wrong when dealing with pirates?

As she cowered away in a cupboard she sent her coordinates through to the sorceress, a plea for assistance from the only badass she knew. It wouldn't take long for the pirates to find her hiding place and she would be dragged off to one of their holding cells, but in the meantime she had a chance to call for help.

"I'm in a bit of a situation here... Do you think you could lend a girl a hand?"

As she finished the call over her comlink, the cupboard door flung open and one of the pirates hands reached in to grab her by the arm. She let out a shriek as the pirate pulled her out of the cupboard and to her feet. Snickering he hollered to the other pirates, "I found her!"

The pirates searched her to find all her valuable possessions to claim for themselves, including her gold headpiece and the necklace Juniper had stolen for her. Both of which meant a lot to Kiana, she couldn't stop the stream of tears as she was separated from her precious items. They also found the comlink and tossed it to the side, stepping on it with the heel of their boot to destroy it.

Then she was dragged away to a holding cell, waiting for her rescue that she prayed would come soon.

Juniper Le Fey

 

[Juniper Le Fey]

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The frantic message had found Juniper over a glass of whiskey, sitting at a bar by herself, wondering if she should try to salvage the rest of her night. The comm startled her, taking her out of her self pitty depressive spiral. Kiana Ti was in trouble, and Juniper was not going to let something happen to her. The little Songbird was far too pretty to know how to defend herself. She was an easy target for the pirates...it was always pirates.

Finishing her cigarette and pitching the the butt, Juniper rose from her seat and made way back to her ship. She had already started trying to trace the frequency to see if she could pick up any information. But without being on her ship she was limited to the scans she could do. She still had the location, however, and that was enough for now. Le Fey was going to go and rescue her friend.

As she boarded the ship, Misch greeted her by rubbing against her leg, a subtle way of him asking for a snack. She patted him lovingly but firmly, he was able to understand her speech, an inherent trait of the Noctua species. She told him what was going on and he understood, he chuffed as he curled up next to Juniper in the cockpit. He'd wait till they got there.

While endless hyperspace flashed by the windows, Juniper prepared. She had fought pirates before, killed many of them in her lifetime. They were more nuisance than threat, chaotic, unpredictable, quick to kill each other if treasure was in sight. Collateral damage was always on the table. Hostages usually weren't.

Juniper went over the schematics that her slicer squeezed from the transmission from Kiana. She had a way into the building, but she'd have to fight her way through.

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She armed herself carefully. Pathbreaker in hand, multiple bandoliers of Hexfangs crisscrossed her chest, each row promising a different effect. Juniper slipped toward Kiana's last known location with Misch skittering off into the airducts above, wings silent. He would fight if pressed, but for now he was her eyes in the walls.

Approaching the building, one of the pirates spoke up, nearing Juniper. "What are you doing he-" He was immediately cut off by a twist of her hand, his neck snapping quickly and quietly. She tossed his body effortlessly to the side with the Force and was off before it even had time to slump down. She ducked into a doorway and weaseled herself into the building. Now she just needed to find Kiana.

In the distance she could hear a faint chirp from Misch in the vents, letting her know the coast was clear.

 

[Kiana Ti]

Kiana was midway through telling the pirate her whole "Do you know who I am?" spiel when they rudely walked away from her, covering their ears as they did so. "Hey! Get back here! I'm not done talking to you!" But they were already gone. "You will regret this!" She continued into the empty prison block. "My friend is on her way and she will make you pay!"

She let out a sigh. It was useless to continue, they weren't going to listen to her. So she retreated to the back of the cell to take up seat on the cot in there. Placing her elbows on her knees, she sunk her head into her hands and sulked. Kiana had never been in this kind of trouble before. She also wasn't sure Juniper would respond to her call for help, after all they'd only met once before. But the sorceress was her only hope.

How long would those dirty pirates keep her locked away? And what exactly did they want from her anyway? They're already taken all her valuables, what more could they take? These were the questions rolling around in her mind as she sunk her back into the cot with a gentle thud. She closed her eyes and scrunched her nose. It smelt so bad in there, and there was something slimy on the walls. The filth, the pirates and the confinement was all to much for poor little Kiana. Her eyes had lost their bright sparkle. She felt the tears well up in her eyes. Then she let them flow.

Juniper Le Fey