Private The Warm Up

[Isabeau]

The Warm Up

Location: Ord Tiddell | Northern Regions | Secret Base
Local time: 05:13
Temperature: -21 °C​

In freezing cold temperature, a handful of guards patrolled the outdoors part of the base. Walking from shelter to shelter, the poor Mandalorians who had been picked for guard duty shuddered as they moved from one warm spot to the other. Warm clothing both underneath and on top of their armour did not help as much as one might have wished against the biting cold - it was a perfect location for a secret base - after all, who would care to look here? At least, the sun rarely set around this time of the year, ensuring that the guards outside wouldn't grow too sleepy during their shift.

Inside was an entirely different world. Many warriors were in training and advanced guerrilla tactics were taught in the small lecture halls. Naturally, none of that was happening so early in the morning - for despite the constant light outside, they still kept a reasonable schedule inside. Dimmed lights in the corridors with common areas laying in complete darkness, they were relatively well isolated from the outside world, deep within their mountain sanctuary.

Isabeau was among the luckier ones and was still fast asleep. She had the interesting position of being both a learner and a teacher - she was young enough to still attend lectures by those wiser and more seasoned than her, but she had been through enough to have a few valuable tips and tricks to share with those who were still primarily preparing themselves for what battles the future had to offer. Her primary duty, however, was to scout the surrounding areas and keep an eye on troop movements - especially with both Jedi and Imperial eyes being set on the planet. But that was an issue for another time - because now, she was off duty and desperately trying to gather more warmth in her bed.

The young Mandalorian's eyes shot open as a quiet humming sound could be heard. Far from everyone would hear it, of course, but tasked with always keeping an eye on the enemy, she quickly woke and listened for more of the same sounds. It would only take a few minutes before she could hear it again, a tiny - barely even noticeable - amount louder. And then, she heard it again. Not sure if something was wrong or not, she reluctantly got out from bed. Wrapped in her thick bed sheet on top of her trusty bodyglove, Isabeau slowly started walking. Her soft and tired steps carried her out of her little room and into a corridor with several doors just like hers. Beelining to the opposide side of the corridor and then two doors to the right, Isabeau started to knock silently, careful not to wake anyone else. "Kragr" she whispered "Kragr, are you awake?" she continued and kept going "Wake up, Kragr" Different variations of her words would be whispered to the door as she kept knocking on it gently, hoping that he wouldn't take too long in opening it.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

Kragr had been quite the news on the base when he arrived with his Titan. Kragr didn't mind the excitement of the Titan as it got parked in the hanger along with the other ships, he enjoyed talking about it, not to mention the tales he had with Isabeau, using the armour. Especially when they were all eating at the mess hall.

The cold didn't really bother Kragr very much, yes it could gnaw at the bones when out on patrol and he was stationary for too long, but he still preferred the cold weather. Then again, it did help that he produced a much higher body heat when moving around.

Being in the middle of a dream, the sudden silent knocking on his door made him release a short grunt as he turned around in the bed, subconsciously, trying to find a new position to lay. When the knocking continued, the noise finally woke the red-haired man up, in an early morning haze. Looking around the small pitch-black room, he yawned, "yeah yeah. dinuir ni a t'adyc Haar'chak(give me a second damn it)" he commented as if that would make the knocking go away.

Slowly getting up, still half asleep, he wandered over to the door and pressed a switch, sliding the door open. Facing Isabeau in her thick bed sheet, he scratched his head a bit, making his wild morning hair move a bit. Unlike Isabeau, Kragr only stood in his boxers and nothing else, despite the cold interior. Kragr's body had some pretty heavy scars on his body. A couple of the scars was a mix of gun wounds and bladed weaponry and looked to have been rather deep. Then there were the wide claw marks, some deep one as well. Starting from his left side of the chest and then ran in an inclined over his shoulder, ending at the left shoulder blade.

"What?" Kragr asked with a tired tone, still not completely awake.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

For a moment, the knocking would cease as the girl thought she might have heard her friend wake with a few mumbles and some swearing. Still not convinced, however, she continued knocking, hoping that it would work. Leaning in closer to the door, she kept whispering until it slid open at a moment's notice. Before she knew it, she was staring right into his chest - a result of how close she stood and their height difference.

A surprised look appeared on her face as her cheeks quickly begun to redden. Involuntarily letting her gaze linger, Isabeau eventually managed to tear her eyes away from him. His battle scars were impressive - but what was more important to her was how powerful he looked and how strong he had to be. In a way, she was envious that she couldn't wield the same strength in battle. Now looking up at him with her head at a sharp angle "Can I come in?" she asked, still whispering as she still stood the risk of waking the others.

If her request would be granted, Isabeau would walk in to his room. The large Mandalorian produced much more body heat than she did and with their relatively small rooms, it seemed to matter as his room felt much warmer than hers. Immediately seeming more comfortable, she walked a bit further in to the room and sat down on a plastic chair. A frown spread across her face momentarily as she felt how cold the plastic felt against her but at least it was better than what she had in her own room. Pulling her legs up but keeping them within her blanket fortress, Isabeau rested her chin on her knees whilst her feet were planted on the same seat upon which she sat.

Then, she heard the very low humming sound again "Did you hear that?" she asked - but truth to be told, it couldn't really be expected of someone who had just woken up and was not her. "It'll come again, just you wait" she said before shuddering "Geez, how can you not be freezing?" she asked as they waited for when the hum appeared next. "It is better in here than it is over in my room anyways. If I knew we'd be living in a cold Iglo, I wouldn't have signed up for this in the first place" she joked whilst forming a slight smile on her lips. Their accommodations were not much to brag about as their rooms included a single bed a table, a couple chairs and some lockers.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

Looking at the smaller framed girl in front of him, he noticed her redden cheeks and lingering stare. How could he not? She did not exactly try to hide any of it. Scratching his cheek, which made a small scratchy noise because of his beard, he stepped to the side and let the woman inside. pressing the button again, the door would slide close as he with tired steps fell in beside Isabeau. While she would find the plastic chair to get as comfortable as she could, Kragr, on the other hand, walked passed her to take the leftover box he had eaten from last night. With a plastic fork, he poked a bit to the leftover meat and nuddles, not the most delicious breakfast he could have picked.

Then again, it was 05:13 in the morning, so there was still a couple of hours before the kitchen served breakfast so this to-go box would have to do. Sitting down on the bed, he stuck his fork into a small meat piece, sniffed it and then put it into his mouth and started chewing. Shrugging to himself he started to eat, half-listening to Isabeau since he hadn't completely woken up yet.

"Hm...? Humming?" Asked Kragr confused. He hadn't heard anything while sleeping and he couldn't hear anything right at this moment. Giving a quick look around the small box of his sleeping quarter to then look back at the petite girl, with her duvet wrapped around her small frame of a body. "I don't hear anything," said Kragr, but Isabeau was sure the humming would return. Taking another bite, he actually smirked at her, as he had woken up a bit more, "Freezing Kih Senaar?" He asked with a teasing tone in his voice. "The cold never really bothered me much. But the trick is to stay active" explained Kragr, keeping his intense matte green eyes on her, giving her a smirk, before refocusing on his food.

"and yet, here you are Kih Senaar" added Kragr to her little joke with a smile of his own. Seeing the woman shudder, even though she was packed in a thick warm duvet, he was still freezing. Placing the leftover on the table again, Kragr then moved his hand to his bed and raised the large warm duvet. Motioning with his head, he ushered the girl to come over to his bed and pack herself in his duvet. "Come on Kih Senaar, you're shaking" commented Kragr as he watched her body shudder again.

While Kragr wasn't under the duvet with her, she would still be able to feel the immense heat emanating from under it and it very much smelled of Kragr if she decided to accept his offer.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

Nodding at him meekly, Isabeau confirmed that she was indeed cold. Of course, he already knew it - that much was made obvious from his teasing tone. But she was not in much of a state to argue or try to give him a tough facade now. "But I do" she said innocently, knowing that she did just as much training as any other Mandalorian - and knew for a fact that she sparred more than most. But then, seeing Kragr's impressive physique gave her a good hint of how much he had to do to maintain it and what he didn't mention was that his much larger limbs probably also helped him retain heat better.

His joking had finally managed to break through to her as she broke into a happy smile "And yet here I am" she said, repeating his words before witfully adding "But your room isn't an igloo." For a moment, she wondered if she was starting to get a cold, seeing how much she was freezing compared to normal - but then, normally she wouldn't stay up so early in the morning and she would also get something hot to drink. Kragr's food reminded her that breakfast contributed to giving the body energy to burn too - something which might also have helped. She had some snacks in her room and would be sure to have some once their troubles were resolved.

A sweet smile formed on her lips as he invited her over. Grateful, she left her cold chair and moved over to take a seat on his bed and wrapping herself in his sheet. Over the years, she had spend many nights tightly packed with her fellow warriors and did not find it bothersome to be so close to her red-haired friend. It was clear that she didn't mind that the sheet smelled of Kragr as she buried her head in it, letting it cover her all the way up until the eyes "This is so nice" she said before looking over to him. While she needed to tilt her head up, it was not far enough to reveal the smile on her lips as she let out a "Thank you"

A short while went by without any more noises which lead her to speak once more "In four hours, I'm going out to scout for troop movements again. I hope this all stops soon so that I can go back to sleep for a few hours" The girl let out brief yawn and then looked over at him again "You know, without those, I'd stand a much better chance against you in our brawls" she said, nodding at his powerfully built arms but obviously referring to his entire form.

Soon, the humming sound could be heard again, this time a little bit more clearly - it was coming closer. While Isabeau couldn't decipher what it was, a trained ear would be able to tell that it was firebombs impacting on snow, ice and rock which caused the sound. But then, the sound was still very low, meaning that it would still be hard to pinpoint.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

Watching her swiftly tiptoe over beside him, completely covering herself with only an opening for her head. It reminded her of Jawa's clothing. Smiling, Kragr placed a hand on each shoulder and started to rub his hands up and down, generating even more heat for her. Despite being very early, and he often took the opportunity to sleep when not on patrol, this was still very relaxing. They didn't really get to have many moments where they would just sit down and talk, then again they were both individuals who rather wanted a good fight that meaningless downtime.

"Heh, back to your little cosy igloo" teased Kragr, still hugging Isabeau with intervals of heat rubbing. "Didn't you say that last time?" he asked with a raised eyebrow, though she couldn't see due to being completely packed in the duvet. That's when he heard the humming, it was a weird humming as he looked around the room with a suspicious look on his face. Though he didn't think much of it, in all honesty, and was probably just to waterpipes misbehaving again, like they did a couple of days ago.

"That is a rather odd humming, but most likely just the pipes Kih Senaar" guessed the large man, not really feeling like leaving his warm little room. Besides, he was enjoying their small conversation. With the hand, he had on Isabeau's left shoulder, moved up to the top of the duvet and gently pulling it back, revealing the beautiful petite girl. "Feeling better?" Asked Kragr with a gentle voice.

After hearing her answer, Kragr rose from the bed and did a small stretch of his body, releasing a couple of cracking from the body. Walking over to the closet and pressed a button, showing a hidden sink, to which he started to fill up to the glass. Like the front, seeing the back of Kragr, revealed large claw marks hugging the upper right shoulderblade and went down in an inclined curve, ending just above the buttocks. After filling both glasses with a decent amount of water, he walked back and offered the girl one of the glass, while drinking from his own.

Sitting without the warm duvet, started to get a very faint bit of cold, poking him with small pointy needles, prompting him to pack himself in, by open the right side of Isabeau and scoot in beside the girl. Without much of a warning or ask if she would be cool with it, he now sat in just his boxers with an arm around Isabeau while they warmed each other.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

It was becoming increasingly obvious that Kragr had an iron grip regardless of whether he wore his special gloves or not. The larger Mandalorian probably didn't realise how hard he could press as she sometimes had to fight in order to even stay upright, even going so far as to folding once or twice. Still, she appreciated every moment of it as it was an excellent way of stealing some of the warmth which he exuded. While she didn't thank him, she did occasionally let out a low hum of her own, signifying that she liked it.

Her face lit up as he finally heard the humming sound but showed a few slight signs of disappointment as he dismissed it as only being pipes. Her gut told her that something was wrong, but his theory was reasonable. Still, it confused her as it felt slightly different from what she usually heard from the pipes. He soon pulled away part of her cover, causing her too look up at him with wide eyes "Yeah" she said as a sweet smile formed on her lips "But I suppose this means I should return to my place" she said and started to move about under the sheet. But before she got up, Kragr did.

Once again, her impressed eyes fixed on his shape as he turned his back on her to stretch. She studied his battlescars from a distance and realised how many tales he must have in store - and how little armour he must have wore back in the day because with his current set-up, there was no way anything could get deep enough to leave those kinds of marks. Looking on him in silence, the girl remained seated in his warm room until he turned around again upon which she quickly turned her gaze elsewhere. Speed and discretion were among Isabeau's stronger suits and hopefully, she would've been able to hide that she had been looking well enough this time.

With a small shake of the head, she refused to water, knowing that it would probably make her colder. What happened next caught her by surprise as Kragr lifted up both her sheet and his own. Sitting underneath in her bodyglove, Isabeau quickly crossed her arms over her torso, trying to retain heat as the cold flushed in. Before she knew it, Kragr closed it again - but now he sat in it with her. While it was somewhat awkward, being pressed against his side by his large arm did make her warm up quickly - and in the end, it was not like this was a new position for them as he had locked her down numerous times in their sparring sessions already. Unable to move about freely, she once again simply gave in and relaxed. Since she no longer made any efforts to resist the force his arm produced, Isabeau soon found herself leaning in against him with the back of her head resting by his armpit.

In a way, it was ironic as he was probably more sturdy in his current state than she was in her current apparel - the same outfit that she wore to battle. At least to a degree as her body glove was designed to withstand blaster fire and blunt force - but then, judging by his scars, maybe Kragr was too. Not having felt as warm in quite some time and having woken up at an awkward time, Isabeau slowly started to fall asleep again when the struggle to keep her eyes open became harder and harder.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

Sitting with Isabeau under two duvets, making everything even more heated, the large Mandalorian enjoyed their closeness. Feeling the girl lean her head up against his armpit, he just let her dose off, as they sat, keeping each other nice and warm. Looking up against, he heard the humming, now a bit louder, though still faint. It was a rather weird sound actually, now that he thought bit more about it.

Then again, it could easily be something wrong with the pipes in the base. For now, he decided to ignore it and focus on caress Kih Senaar and of course, slowly dose off himself after a bit. Slowly struggling to keep his own eyes open, the same humming returned, now annoying him actually. In fact, he would investigate the humming sound, but firstly, he would let Kih Senaar continue to sleep. Slowly and gently, surprisingly for how violently and strong he was, Kragr started to creep out from under their shared duvet cover. Meanwhile, he also made sure not to do anything that would wake the girl up from her sleep.

He really didn't see any reason for waking her, was probably nothing. Laying Isabeau quietly down in his bed, she got snuggled with both duvets on her. Pulling some pants on and a hoodie, he quietly made his way towards the door. Before he would press the button to slide the door open, he took one of his RP-05A Ripper Pistols with him and made the door slide open. Luckily, the door made a very low woosh sound when opening or closing. Looking back at Isabeau, if she was sleeping, he would give her a small, but warmly smile and leaving. But if she woke up, he would tell her to go back to sleep as he would just check out the odd humming noise and leave.

Kragr entered the corridor, looking at the identical doors in the whole area and started to walk towards the sound. Turning right, he entered the corridor that would lead him towards the mess hall and other locations in the base, specifically access the pipes on the base. Right before he got to one of the maintenance room on the base, the humming stopped. And even if the humming hadn't stopped, it came from behind him when he could still hear it.

Okay, this was getting very weird and turned around, only just to see an armed individual just turning into the corridor with all the sleeping quarters. Realizing that everyone was at danger, so he silently moved back and stopped by the corner. Peeking out, he saw 5 men, all armed with vibroblades. Each man was dressed in warm clothes, matching in white and they were starting to pick out a door to slice open.

Doing his typical Kragrness, he held his blaster behind his back and walked with fast steps and drew his blaster, ready to end the man trying to slice the door open. Unfortunately, another one was ready, having noticed the incoming Kragr from the corner of his eyes and grabbed Kragr's wrist, pushing his hand high above their head, causing Kragr to fire at the ceiling.

Being a loud blaster pistol normally, firing it inside a quiet corridor, would surely wake everyone up. Realizing the plan for doing things quietly had been busted, prompted many of the men, to not do things quietly. Kragr got jumped by four guys, one wrestling him for the blaster, another tackling the large Mandalorian to the ground, a third threw his arm around Kragr's throat, attempting to choke the man out.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

Her eyes shot open. Being drenched in his smell, it only took moments for Isabeau to remember that she had fallen asleep in Kragr's room - but he was nowhere to be seen. Faintly, she remembered him saying something about checking out the humming noise.

She stood up and removed the blankets - feeling warm enough after all his efforts and having a hunch that she might need to move more quickly to find him before too long. With a deep breath, she moved to open the door and was immediately faced with the sound of a struggle Looking out, she found herself behind a party of five people where four had all piled on top of Kragr, just a few meters away from her. The fifth was communicating with someone via comlink, saying that they had been discovered and that they should move on to phase four.

Taking her chance as the man stood with his back against her, Isabeau quietly moved up to him and wrapped her arms around his head and neck. While Kragr had overpowered her in a similar position in the past, these people were far weaker than he was. After a short struggle, she managed to snap the man's neck. Quickly moving on to the others, she quickly kicked a man who was trying to choke Kragr between the legs, casing him to fold over in pain and curl up in a ball on top of Kragr. The fourth one had gone over to help the second one take Kragr's blaster by now and from what she could see, the weapon was being torn apart from all the pulling - it would be possible to repair it, but it would probably stop functioning until that point.

The second one who had made the same analysis as Isabeau then turned around and swept at her with his vibrosword. Being quick and nimble, Isabeau jumped over the blade and when the man thrusted at her, she stepped to the side and turned around to pull the sword away from him. While she succeeded in that, he wrapped his other arm around her waist and before long, held her in a tight grip. Flailing with her arms and legs, Isabeau hoped that the guy would loose his balance as he held her suspended in the air. It was working, but he was countering it by turning himself and her around to slam her into a wall. The guy who had first tackled Kragr was now trying to hold down the big Mandalorians arm by sitting on it whilst throwing punches at his face. On her way to being slammed against a wall, Isabeau managed to kick him, disrupting him for a few moments.

The battle was then interrupted by a series of big explosions. The sound told them of both normal explosives and EMP ones, causing serious structural damage as well as taking out most electronics. An analogue alam system went off but they would soon her people banging on their doors - they were trapped in their rooms.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

Bringing the opponents down to two, it made things much easier for Kragr. However, the constant punching from the man sitting on his arm did make things a little difficult and the large Mandalorian. Kragr was tired of getting punched by the same guy and moved his head to the side, and heard bones break in the hand, followed by the man screaming in pain. With his left arm free, Kragr delivered a powerful haymaker, getting the last person off of him.

With blood slithering down from his eyebrow and blood mixed with his already red beard, Kragr came in, putting his whole weight into the punch and actually managed to crack the man's jaw enough to dislocate it. He immediately dropped Isabeau, followed by Kragr getting over to the one he punched to get up. Kneeling down, Kragr just started to lay it in on the man, making a bloody pool out of the man's face. With bloody hands and face, Kragr was pumped for action and faced Isabeau with a grin.

Hearing the very large explosions, he looked to the either dead or damn well might as well be dead. With his blaster destroyed and all of their gear is locked away in the armoury, there was little option for them. They could try and get the doors open, but by the sound of the type of explosions that detonated, they wouldn't have the time.

Wiping some blood away from his eyes, "two options, we find the armoury, break-in, or we go for my Titan, it has a restart system that will let me get it back in action" explained Kragr and was ready to move.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

The man looked at her, anger flared up in his eyes for being kicked and with another burst of energy, he began the same movement again in order to throw her into the wall. Isabeau was not surprised at all when he suddenly let go of her and collapsed - Kragr was there to bail her out. "Nice hit" she said, just after gracefully dropping down on the floor, not struggling with balance for a moment.

A mischievous smile spread across her face "As if that's a real choice" she said, turning to the left which is the direction where the Titan was stored. Knowing that their foes was probably much better armed than herself and Kragr, Isabeau made sure to stay a meter or two in front of him. While he could walk normally, she would remain quiet and keep a keen eye on the front and listening for sounds that would indicate the presence of an enemy. But as it turned out, they would not face more foes just yet. After rounding a corner and being faced with a long corridor that was pretty dark as the EMP took out most of the light sources with only a few emergency ones coming back to life, the girl slowed down a little and assumed a more normal walk "What's happening?" she asked, not having been in a scenario like this before. Their base was secret and all of a sudden they were under attack with most of their allies locked in their rooms. It seemed extraordinarily well planned.

Once they reached the end of the corridor, Isabeau pushed her back against the wall, allowing the small sliver of a wall next to the door to work as cover. When Kragr indicated that he was ready, she pushed the button to open it. They had reached an elevator maintenance area. It was still under construction as command had started working on deepening the base so for now, there was only a service elevator in the corner while much of the other space was just a large gaping hole. Walking out on the small platform in front of the door, Isabeau looked over to the other side and noticed how there was only a small platform between them - the service bridge which was usually in use was retracted. With a whistle that produced an eerie echo, the young Mandalorian walked over to the command console and pressed the button to get the bridge to come out but the lack of power meant that it wouldn't do much good. "Blast it" she mumbled before looking to Kragr "The are we supposed to get over there?" she asked, first eyeing the small platform in the middle, and then the one by the entrance at the opposite side of the room. "There should be a manual override on the middle platform, but..." she trailed off with her gaze falling down to the ground. She was beating herself up for storing away her jetpack at the armoury. Summoning whatever courage she could, Isabeau prepared to make the jump, moving back a few meters to get some momentum. It was far from sure that she would be able to make it over the large distance, but at the moment, it looked like their best bet.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

Seeing Isabeau's smile spread into a mischievous smile when he mentioned his Titan armour, Kragr felt his heart skip a beat. That woman really knew what to say to get his heart raising. Following the woman, he let her take charge, holding the rear clear. He did mimic her quiet steps, maybe not as perfect as the girl before him, but he had never been one much for stealth.

Looking around in the corridor as they walked side-by-side, going in and out of the shadows. "A guess? Imperials" was Kragr guess, though he really had no idea and could easily be somebody else. Another yet of rumblings could be heard above them, cause Kragr to look up at the ceiling, "they're not kraking around" commented the red-haired man.

Following Isabeau's lead, he placed his back against the opposite wall and gave her a nod, ready to enter the next room. Expecting the worse, Kragr was prepared to go down fighting, but they arrived at a wide and large gaping hole. Hearing Isabeau speak, he did remember the manual override, the once of twice times he passed through here, quite ironic that he would have jumped to get to it. Giving Isabeau an elevator look, almost making him out to be checking the female Mandalorian's appearance out. However, he suddenly looked back at the gap and a plan formed in the large Mandalorian's head.

Turning to look at Isabeau, a grin formed and walked over to the edge, went down in a squat. With hands gathered into a bowl, he made sure to have a strong position, before nodding to Isabeau, "run at me, step into my hands with your foot and I'll launch you over" explained the large Mandalorian, flexing his impressively tight muscles.

If Isabeau trusted him and did as he explained, she would feel herself getting launched over and over Kragr with insane speed, flying directly towards the middle platform.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

At first, she looked at him quizzically, not seeing why he would block her way like that. If she tried to run past him, the risk was that they'd get entangled and fall down, causing both of them to risk dying rather than just her. She walked closer to him and was about to ask what he was doing - but as time went on, it became clear what he had in mind. Especially after the explanation. Her eyes watched as his impressive muscles flexed as he prepared himself. Running a finger over his shoulder, she walked back to the door again and let out a short "Ready?"

Once given the go-ahead, she would charge towards him. Looking down to ensure that her footing was right, she noticed how his hands seemed to dwarf her foot as she stepped in them. It was but a fleeting thought, seeing as he then launched her high into the air. She was unsure of if she would have been able to make the jump on her own - but with his boost, she almost flew too far. Still, she landed safely on the platform and could quickly turn around to open a hatch in the wall. Looking around in it for a bit, she eventually started pulling a lever, but it felt impossible for her to budge it.

Fortunately, the lever she was trying to pull was the wrong one, since it would only activate the bridge on the opposite side from Kragr. The next lever she pulled was still hard to the point where she had to use her body weight in order to get it to come down. As the lever lowered, the bridge was extended from her end over to Kragr until it locked in place with a heavy metallic sound. When he was finally over, she gave him a smile and a quick hug "Thanks for the boost" she chirped before giving him an awkward look. "So, we might have a problem. I couldn't make the other one budge" she said, looking at the other lever that controlled the second bridge, hoping that he would have an idea.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

Watching her fly through the air, for just a minute, he fear he placed too much power into her boost. Luckily, that wasn't the case and a small breath of release came from him. With crossed arms, Kragr leaned up against the wall, waiting for Isabeau to pull the leaver. Seeing her really struggle with some of the leavers, a thought pop into Kragr but wanted to test before he spoke out about it.

Taking a step back, he saw the bridge fall and just grinned while crossing the bridge. "Oh no" commented Kragr dissatisfied and pulled Isabeau into a big warm, though still careful enough to no crush her small frame, "anytime Kih Senaar" winked Kragr teasingly. Letting the female Mandalorian go of his warm bear hug, Kragr walked past her and over to the lever she couldn't pull.

"This base is built on an ice planet, in a mountain. The lever is more or less frozen in place" commented the large Mandalorian as he examined the lever in the console. With a few tug to the lever, without much luck, he dropped getting it to work, not feeling like snapping it off the console.

"Improvicing is much more fun anyway," said Kragr with a short burst of laughter. Going down in another squat like before, he also automatically started to flex his muscles. WIth a bowl-shaped palm, Kragr stood ready by the edge, "round two," stated the red-haired Mandalorian with a grin as he stood ready to boost Isabeau a second time.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

As she disengaged from the quick hug, she felt his strong arms wrap around her tightly. He had decided that they were going to hug for a little bit longer and she was going to enjoy it. Leaning her head against his large chest, the girl relaxed. Despite knowing that he could break her if he decided to squeeze just a bit harder, she felt safe in his embrace, knowing that the same strength would easily be turned against his enemies and those who tried to harm her.

She let her hands linger on his arms after he let her go. Smiling at him, the young Mandalorian was happy about having been given some of his warmth and let out a sweet "Thanks" before moving to the side to observe if Kragr could get the lever to work. She gave him a surprised look as he failed to pull the thing down. Smirking, she gave him a nod before taking a few steps back. Eyeing him and then his hands, she once more rushed forth, using his boost to get thrown high up in the air. This time, however, she reached upwards instead of forwards and managed to take hold of one of the many beams that were a few meters above their heads. Using her arms, Isabeau climbed along it, moving forwards until she found a cable. Pulling herself up, to sit on the beam, she carefully tied the cable to the middle of it. Fortunately, she also found a locking magnet up there and used it to truly secure the cable to the beam.

Bending down to the point where she was lying down on the beam, she would then start to push the cable backwards so that it would swing over to Kragr. Calling down to him, she asked "Do you think this will do?" The girl hoped to get an honest answer as she would be glad to go find another route - one thing was for sure, there was no manual override on the side they were going to, so an alternate solution like this was needed. If he approved of it, she would remain seated at the top of the beam until he was on the other side at which point she would slowly scootch forwards until she could drop down on the last platform with a door leading into the next area.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

This was nice actually, them working together. While fighting battles was always his choice of fun and the best way to pass the time. With that said, team working with Isabeau did make him grow closer to the woman he have had his eyes on for a long time now. Watching the woman do impressive acrobatics and then land on a beam and even manages to hoist down cables for Kragr to swing over. Okay not exactly what Kragr had in mind, but it beat jumping the gap, that's for sure!

Deciding to scare Kih Senaar a bit, he took a couple of steps back on the middle platform, "Only one way to find out!" he replied her and dashed towards the edge and jumped without fear in his eyes. Grabbing the cable, he swung over safely and without a scratch on him, however, the magnet wasn't exactly made for carrying Kragr's weight and while he made it over, the magnet did wrestle itself free and fell into the wide hole.

Kragr just managed to let go of the cable, before hearing to cable and magnet crash into the ground in the hole with a loud metallic sound. Looking up at Isabeau, he gave her a wide grin, "ha! Nothing like a bit of terror, to keep your sense heighten, eh?" joked Kragr, waving the fact like it was just a small silly error on his part with a joke.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

Her heart sank as she saw how the magnetic seal was starting to give way. Quickly, her arms shot out to the cable, trying to hold it in place but even with her help, the seal and her knots wouldn't hold Kragr's weight and before long, the magnet wrestled free from the rest of the device.

Letting out a horrified "No!" she took hold of the cable but quickly discovered what was already known - she was not strong enough to hold his weight. In fact, the momentum and pressure that was already created was strong enough to pull her down along with the cable instead of letting her remain on the beam. At first, she didn't make a noise as activating the jetpack would be simple enough. But then she realised that she didn't have it on her and with that, she called out for him "Kraaaagr!" as she fell down deeper into the hole.

While this would have been problematic on its own, the noise they made had attracted some attention. The door behind Kragr swooshed open, sending bright while light from the corridor into their dark chamber. What was worse was that two dark figures armed with shock-sticks stood in the doorframe, ready to launch at the big Mandalorian who stood on the platform alone.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

This had gone completely off the rail from what Kragr had planned in his head in how to get over. Yes, he managed to swing overdo his little prank, but it backfired big time and soon Isabeau would scream his name and plumage towards the pitch-black ground. "Krak!" Cursed Kragr and quickly swung the caple around his arm and braced for the caple to try and pull him down as well.

Oh boy, he felt the pull, it was almost enough to make Kragr tip over and fall into the hole with Isabeau. Luckily, that wasn't the case, but he could feel the strain placed on his arms, for holding the caple and Isabeau from falling deeper into the hole. If the female Mandalorian looked down, she would be able to just barely see the bottom in the darkness below her.

"hngn! I got you, Kih Senaar!" Called Kragr, standing firm really pushing his strength, given that the cable wasn't exactly light in weight.

Hearing the door swoosh open, Kragr glanced at the two men with shock-batons, oh this was not going to be fun. Hearing the crackling effect of the shock-batons, the two men walked towards the large Mandalorian and planted the tip of the baton into the back of Kragr. Kragr released a furious scream of pain, feeling the voltage course through his body. It was enough to make him fall to his kneel, which made the caple drop a bit further down but not fully. No matter how many times the two men shocked Kragr in the back, he would not let go of the cable, no matter how many times the two men tortured him with electricity.

Why the two men hadn't pushed him into the hole with Isabeau, was unknown to Kragr, not that he could think of anything else than not to let go of the cable. They probably enjoyed toying with a Mandalorian, seeing as he couldn't fight back and hold on to the cable. Another set of painful filled roar filled the room as another series of strong electricity coursed through Kragr's body.

It wouldn't take long, after the third shock attack from the men, before Kragr would succumb to the electricity frying him for the two men's pleasure.

Isabeau

 

[Isabeau]

Letting out a high pitched and short-lasting scream, Isabeau felt the cable stop. Looking down, she still only saw black nothingness - it was a shame as she could otherwise have just jumped off. The girl was surprised by the fact that he didn't hoist her up, but she quickly realised that the cable probably weighed more than she did and suddenly, it dawned on her what a tremendous effort her vod was making.

Making use of her good capacity of moving unnoticed, Isabeau ensured that he wouldn't feel uneven pressure as she climbed up the cable. Progress was steadily being made when Kragr was attacked. As he fell to the ground, her lifeline fell too, but she still held on to it. Her life or death was now being determined by his willingness to keep her alive alone and with more determination than ever, she speedily started to climb up. It didn't take a genius to figure out what was happening up there.

Some time had passed and they had already been allowed to shock him way more than she would have allowed - the limit was at 0 and they had surpassed that. Finally getting a grip on the edge of the platform, Kragr would feel how much lighter the cable became - meaning that she had either fallen or got to safety. Not waiting for a moment, Isabeau pushed off against the wall with the feet and pulled herself upward with her hands, resulting in her quickly being propelled upwards. Landing next to the attackers on both of her feet instead of having to climb up, her attack against them was sudden. Three quick jabs against the guy who stood closer to her, all aimed at his head and then an elbow to his arm - the quick and powerful assault resulted in him verging on the edge of consciousness whilst dropping his weapon.

Pushing him to her left, the young Mandalorian managed to use it as a shield to absorb his friend's shock baton and with that, her leg shot up to her right, kicking the guy hard by the neck, causing him to loose balance and fall over. The deed was done within a matter of seconds - but Isabeau was not done here. Running over to the one who had just fallen from her kick, she quickly threw away his weapon and pulled him by the ear to follow. With a kick, she made the other guy fall into a kneeling position facing Kragr. Once the guy being pulled by the ear was next to his friend, she let out a short "Kneel" Her voice sounded like a whisper - but it was still as menacing as ever. Then the man refused, she took hold of his right arm with one hand on the forearm and the other by the upper bicep. Just as soon as her hands touched him, she would pull hard with the lower arm and push with the upper - forcing him to kneel whilst also breaking his arm. The two attackers were near each other, so Isabeau crouched down behind then, leaning her head forth to almost be between theirs "This is the only lord who matters to you from here on out. Now beg" she whispered, assuming that they were Imperials and clearly furious about how they had treated her saviour.

Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

The moment Kragr felt he only held the cable, he dropped it and almost dropped into the hole himself from how much electricity his body had just taken. Hearing Isabeau go to town the two men, ending up having them on their knees, would have brought a smile on his face, but frankly, he was past that. With a bit of struggle, having to use his knee to push himself up, Kragr had a fire in his eyes.

Cracking his neck, Kragr looked down at the first man and shoved his hand into the man's face. A thundering crack filled the room when the man's helmet hit the floor and almost cracking in two from the impact. A loud crack could be heard after Kragr's heel connected to the man's law, followed by blood and teeth shooting out of the mouth.

With the man now actually trying to get away, he was quickly outmatched by the large red-haired Mandalorian who half sat, half leaning over the man. Still having a bit of self-control left in his rage-filled mind, he didn't even glance at Isabeau but spoke to her. "Look away Kih Senaar, won't warn you again" and with that, the man underneath Kragr released a bone-shaking scream of pain to the very core. wailing frantically with his arms, trying to get Kragr to stop, but the Mandalorian only continued. Slowly but surely he popped the man's eyes like a balloon, which then in a true showcase of strength, Kragr made his head explode in the back like a watermelon.

Having blood-splattered in his face and bits on his chest, Kragr tried to stand up, but almost fell over, but managed to catch himself. Unless Isabeau, of course, was there quicker. The other man, shaking in fear for his life but was too afraid to run, which was his downfall.

With either the help of Isabeau or himself, from falling, Kragr grabbed a shock baton and swung with all his remaining strength, landing a bone-cracking hit on his nose. Broken nose and laying flat on him back activated the shock baton and kneeled down, forcing the man to open his mouth. With a desperate plead for his own life, "please", the man saw Kragr shove the active shock baton as far into his mouth, that it had to be forced out again.

Screaming in a muffled voice, the man writhed in agony while being fried alive. However, when Kragr tried to stand up again, he felt a pain as his weaken body fought violently against the electricity damage the shock batons had done to his body. Finally opening his mouth again, "krak!" Cursed Kragr furious, hating feeling so weak after getting electrocuted. He should be able to take more, but right now he had trouble standing upright and had to fight the pain, still causing through his body.

Isabeau