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[Bastian smith]

Bastian set the droid back down as he walked when the two other men came around the corner. He grabbed one by the head and easily crushed it the other got on the radio which was connected to the speakers with which he spoke to the two in the cargo bay as cords secondary hacker.

if Zack failed came over the comms "the big guy has abandoned us" he screamed as there was sound of breaking ribs then silence. As bastian crushed his ribs into dust and ruptured his heart. He knew this meant he would now have to take care of cord so he began sprinting full pase towards the bridge of the ship blue would register the whole ordeal between bastian and the two men then see him run off with in a blur. He knew he could get to the u-wing before they did or when they did. And would be able to get away with or without the two other men.

Max Wayne Adonis Angelis IV

 

[Adonis Angelis IV]

In all of Adonis’s years of surviving, from living on Jakku, watching his father die, joining the Alliance, none of that was quite as nerve racking as the situation he faced now. In those situations, he really hadn’t had any control of the outcome of his fate. This situation was different in the sense that this time he was not only in control of his fate, but by proxy he was in control of the fate of someone else entirely. By being the older of the two, it naturally fell on Adonis to take charge and make sure Max made it out safely. If he couldn’t, Adonis would never let himself live it down.

The Jedi taught of not making close personal connections, that they were to fight for justice and peace only. Those teachings, mixed with his military career meant most of the fighting he had done had been with a clear enemy. It was black and white. This would be different than killing Imperials or Sith, though, this was even different than war- this was personal. Anger swirled in him for a moment. He held anger toward Cord for his actions, he held anger toward Gatto for allowing Max to take a job like this, he especially held anger toward himself for not being able to fix the situation sooner.

Adonis took a deep breath and grounded himself back in the moment. He exhaled as he turned toward Max, “Please, Max, you bought us enough time to make a plan. That’s all that matters.” Adonis put his hand on Max’s shoulder, squeezing it, hoping to show him he was sincere. “We’ve got this.” He nodded his head slowly while looking into his eyes. It was important that the two of them worked together to get out of this.

His attention would be broken by the incoming chirps from their friend Blue. His help was turning out to be invaluable to the two of them. It also felt good to know that after they escaped this, Max would have a companion like Blue to help keep an eye on him. Though, Blue wasn’t the only one who had proven themselves to him, and Adonis needed to stop comparing Max to a normal eighteen-year-old, he had shown himself to be far more than that during their short time together.

“What are we waiting for?” The antsy soldier asked as he skimmed over the layout of the airlock. He handed the datapad back to Max. It was show time, and they were going to have a hell of a ride whether they lived or not. Adonis was standing at the ready to follow Max when another sound came over the comm systems. This time it was much more sinister than just a voice. Adonis was fairly certain that the two of them had just heard a murder. Whatever was on the ship with them wasn’t there to help anyone it would seem, and that was far more dangerous.

Adonis drew his blaster back out, taking up a defensive stance. He would lead in front of Max, turning where Max told him to, checking each room they passed for their enemies. This would ensure they would not get caught by surprise. If there were something on this ship who wanted to kill them, they would have to go through Adonis first.

Max Wayne Bastian smith

 

[Max Wayne]

"What in the name of Chaos was that?" Max gasped out as the ship's com system filled with the sound of what Max thought was crushing bone. Not that he had ever really heard that sound in person, just the effects approximation on the holonet shows he sometimes watched, but the animal instinct for survival in his brain made sure he knew that is what he was hearing. Someone had been murdered already, multiple someones if he guessed, which meant whatever was supposed to be happening on this ship had gone completely wrong. It seemed nothing Cord had planned for this so-called 'easy job' had gone right from the very moment they left the spaceport. Was Cord some kind of psycho murderer who had lied about the whole thing just to get a bunch of people onto a doomed ship to kill them? That didn't match up with the tech or intel Cord had, and despite his gruff anger COrd wasn't insane, he was a murderer just not the psycho lock people in a ship to kill them kind of murderer.

'This place is insane,' Max thought to himself shaking his head. He was done. Done with this whole mission, and done with murderers in general. It was well past the time they go. The only good things that had come out of this whole mess were purchasing Blue and meeting Adonis, someone he now thought of as a friend, and he wasn't about to let them die here. It was time to leave.

Entering a few last commands into the military com unit, Max downloaded all the information he could, then quickly disabled the entire system. The ship's com system would still work, and sadly so would any security system, but they couldn't use the com unit to disable the U-Wing or to track their movements in the ship. Max was done being played by some puppet master, let whoever it was fiddle around with Cord, Max wasn't going to allow himself to be toyed with any longer. "Good to go," Max reported standing up and following Adonis out of the cargo bay.

The trip to the airlock was thankfully uneventful, mostly because Adonis was quick and efficient, easily leading them to their destination by clearing corners and rooms so no one could jump them. Max was both impressed with the soldier's efficiency and skill and grateful at the same time. He wasn't sure he would have survived this whole thing if Adonis hadn't decided to join him. He was grateful that Gatto had told Adonis to follow him, even if he would have to kick the floating Toydarian's butt for giving him this job in the first place.

When they arrived at the airlock, Max was surprised to find nothing was locked or secured. The spacesuits were just tossed around haphazardly, barely in their storage lockers. The weapons appeared to be in the same state, just tossed into the weapons locker with little care for attention to safety or organization. 'Who doesn't lock a weapons locker?' Max thought to himself, grateful they had the weapons now but also annoyed with the carelessness of it all. If and when he had his own ship he would not be so careless, he would take care of it.

"I magnetically locked down the U-Wing and changed the access codes," Max said as he started to pull on the smaller of the two available space suits, glad they both looked they would easily fit in them. "They can cut the magnetic locks, but that will take time, and should give us enough time to spacewalk to the hanger doors before anyone can steal the ship while avoiding whoever it is out there crushing people."

Once dressed Max pulled on his helmet and checked all the seals, then quickly did the same for Adonis. While this would be the first time he had even been on a spacewalk, he knew the process. He had been studying everything there was to know about ships and life aboard one. It had always been his fantasy to have a ship and fly off into the galaxy. It was a dream that he hoped would become real one day, but he didn't know when. Credits were always an issue, he hadn't been able to save like he would have liked, but he would eventually get a ship. He would be free. "Ready?"

Adonis Angelis IV Bastian smith