One of a kind find

Getting the info

Will and narti continued to walk down the path, narti was a little curious as to where they were going. *hey will, where exactly are we going?* she asked a little concerned about the area, as there were less and less people. "We're going to the one person that has the info we need. Verno, he runs a public bar where he also assigns people jobs." Will said, as he walked carefully knowing that there were some dangerous people in this part of the traders post. *wait you mean verno, as in the galra who betrayed zarkon! I thought he was dead.* she said, shocked to find out that someone and evaded the emperor for so long. "Yup, that's the one. Before he left the fleet though he stole a ship communication device, with it he receives ever ship command and flight schedule sent from the empire. I need him to give me the frequency code so I can access the same info for our mission." Will said as he continued walking, his hand ready to pull his pistol out. Narti however grew a little nervous, she was sure that verno had heard the transmission on lotor and his generals. By now there was probably a bounty on all their heads, meaning if she was discovered it would be trouble. She was broken out of her thoughts as she bumped into Will, she looked up to see a very fancy looking building almost like a night club. Will the pulled her to the side to talk in private so the guards wouldn't hear them. "Ok here's the plan, I'll go in and get the codes from verno. While you keep an eye out for anything suspicious ok, unfortunately we won't be together when I go talk to verno so we'll both be on our own." He said as narti looked up at him. *actually I might be able to keep a telepathic link between us, it might be hard but with it we can communicate through our thoughts* she said as kova yawned on her shoulder. "Alright, then we'll try it. Here take these just in case things go south ok." Will handed her the bag of stuff he got her, she nodded as she equipped the gear to her belt. Will let out a sigh as he and narti walked towards the entrance.

Will walked up to the guards and whisper something, and after that they opened the doors for them. The both walked in to see a large group of people, all dancing and drinking to some music. Will looked over at narti to see her helmet was hiding her face, as he turned around and began to walk narti followed. *so this is what verno has been doing, throwing parties and drinking?* narti said through their mental link. 'Yup, and looks like our link works. How far can this link last?' He asked as he began to move through the crowd with narti. *im not sure, I've never really done this before.* after a bit, a repurposed galra sentry approached them. "Are you William Moore?" The drone asked in a monotone voice, as Will looked back to narti nodding to her to be ready. "Yes that would be me." He said to the sentry. "Verno is waiting for you in his main office, please follow me." The sentry the turned and began walking. As Will followed it up the stairs, while narti stayed behind. Will continued up the stairs, soon reaching the upper floor where verno's office was. As he walked he looked down at were everyone one was partying, he saw narti and unfortunately she stuck out like a sore thumb amongst the many other people. All Will could hope for is that no one would notice her, as he turned back around he saw the large door leading to verno's room. "He is waiting inside." The sentry said as he opened the door. Will walked in to see a large room, decorated with gold and velvet with expensive painting on the walls. He then turned to look at the far end of the room, he saw verno sitting there on a large couch with two girls at his side. They were both giggling as they admired his physic, both wearing very revealing clothes. As verno blew a puff of smoke he turned and noticed Will, a large grin forming on his face.

"Will it's good to see you, haven't seen you in a while. Please come and sit." He said in a deep gravely voice. Will decided to accept the invitation rather than deny it. As he sat down, he got a better look at verno. He had large and well toned muscles, he must have been busy since the last time Will saw him. As he blew one more puff of smoke, he had the two girls scoot to the side since he was about to do some business. "So hows the scrapper life treating you will, I've heard not many galra fleets are being destroyed. Might be a problem for you, but I'm guessing that why you're here." Verno said as he tapped his sigar in the ash tray on the table. "Something like that, recently I've been requested for a job and-" he said before verno interrupted. "Wow, you took a job? William the scrapper who hates getting into trouble, heh must be on hell of a pay if you're doing willingly. Anyway continue." He said as he put his sigar back in his mouth. "As I was saying, for this job I need access to the galra fleet flight schedules and to all fleet movement orders." Will said as verno's expression turned more serious. "And why would you need all that for a simple job." Verno said as he blew another puff of smoke, his yellow galra eyes now focusing fully on Will. "The person who gave me the job needs me to take them to a certain location, however they're considered a fugitive to the galra. So I need that information so I can go the safest possible route, I'll make it worth your while I promise." Will said, as he began to sweet a little under his helmet. Verno blew another puff of smoke, as he closed his eyes and began to think.

We now see narti sitting by the bar trying to not draw too much attention. Unfortunately her black armor stuck out amongst the multiple people here. She had been waiting for Will for about 15 minutes now, she was hoping that nothing bad had happened. *will, is everything alright you been gone for a while* she communicated but unfortunately there was no answer. She began to worry until she felt someone grab her shoulder, turning to see a galra with a sly smile. "Hey baby, what's a girl like you doing sitting all alone here." He said in a smooth tone. Narti scoffed to herself, she had already faced galras like this most of them drunk. She simply turned her head in an attempt to ignore him, but instead he sat down next to her. "Hey how about I buy you a drink, and in return you show me that pretty little face of yours." He said with his face very close to her helmet. She could feel her anger building up, she hated men like this, only after the looks and body and never the person. As she sat there though, she felt the mans hand rap around her waist and begin sliding down to he thighs. She instantly back handed him in the face causing him to stumble of the chair, and using her tail to make him trip and fall over. With a satisfying thud, she smiled to herself. As she did she focused more on the mental like, while kova got up and went on watch for her. While narti was skilled in hand to hand combat, she would always be vulnerable when focusing on her abilities. *will are you there? Please answer me.* she said again through the mental link. This time she got a response, 'it ok narti I'm fine, hows everything down there?' He responded which made narti relieved. *everything is fine, a guy tried to feel me up but now all he's feeling is pain* she said in a satisfied tone. 'Wait, what! Narti you can't make a scene. If you draw attention to yourself people might get suspicious.' He said in a furious tone. She wasn't sure why but it caught her off guard, it also made her feel guilt for her previous actions. *i-im sorry* she said in a nervous tone. 'It's alright just be more careful. I have to go I'll see you soon narti.' He responded, as narti turned off the mental link. She sighed as she slumped a bit in her chair, she felt bad for her actions. Sure it happens to everyone, but for some reason this felt different to her. As she sat there sulking, a drink was passed to her which caught her attention. She saw it was the bare tender, a galra with a thick beard and a prosthetic arm. He nodded his head, as if confirming it was for her. She sighed as she opened her helmet just enough so she could drink.

Will was sitting in verno's room still, a little angry but it wasn't showing from his helmet. He had just finished talking with narti, learning that she had just hurt someone. Sure they deserved it for trying to touch her, but still she needs to be more careful. As verno cleared his throat Will was snapped out of his thoughts. "Alright will I'll help you, but only if you help me. You see the empire will be changing their communication frequency codes, they do this ever few years. If they change those codes I won't have access to any galra intel." He said with a sly smile as he tapped his sigar. "So you want me to get you those codes." Will said in stern tone, worried of what he was going to say. "Bring me the new codes, and I'll let you have all the fleets flight schedules." Verno said as he smiled at Will. Will sat there silent, he wasn't sure what to do. Infiltrating a galra base would be way to risky, but he needed that intel so he could get narti to where she needed to be safely. That when he had an idea, it was risky but it might work. "Alright verno, I'll get you those codes but you have to swear you get me that intel." Will said as he held his hand out to verno. Verno smiled as he took wills hand, "it's a deal Will, and I never break a deal." He said as the two sat there, and verno tossing his sigar in the ash tray.