DARK FORCES (Thrawn x Reader)

9. Ozyly-Esehembo

There is a loud knock on the door. They are not just two courtesy knocks, somebody hit that door at least five times. You both startle and Kallus checks the time on his datapad. It is oh-two-three-five yet. It is too early for the day shift to start. A chill runs down your spine, you may have been in combat. You turn on your datapad and look at it, nothing, there is no message. The emergency alarm hasn't sounded either. Kallus looks at you strangely and scrambles to get out of bed. He quickly puts on pants and a T-shirt. The bed is right in front of the door so he asks you to stay close to the wall where the entrance is located. You wrap yourself in the blanket and do what he asked you to do. The door opens. You listen carefully. It is a woman escorted by two stormtroopers. You recognize the voice, it's Karyn Faro.

"I'm sorry for waking you up commander" she begins to say in a formal voice. You start to believe that this woman does not sleep. Although working on the bridge, it is the most common thing "I come to find agent 026. Don't bother to deny that she is here, nothing will happen about that. However, her datapad indicates that she is here. The Grand Admiral requests her presence in his office. He said that she will know what it is about. Good night"

She has not given Alexsandr a chance to say a single word. The door closes in front of his face and he is stumped. It is certainly not very normal for the Commodore herself to appear in an officer's bedroom. You come out of your hiding place staring at the man with your frown. You don't want to see the chiss after what happened with the girls. Kallus folds his arms waiting for an answer. One you can't give him.

"I can't tell you why I have to go. It's something I don't understand yet" you say approaching him. You separate your arms from him and grab both of his hands "Trust me. Please"

Your look is sincere as are your words. You don't want to worry him about something you don't know, nor understand, yet. Furthermore, those girls deserve to remain anonymous. Of course the Chiss will have to give you an explanation. But he owes it to you, not to Kallus. He caresses the palms of your hands. Always so delicate. Well, usually.

"I've always trusted you and I always will" he says in a soft voice. Although you know that he is worried and somewhat upset "Just be careful. Please"

You nod and move away from him to get dressed. You go to the bathroom and wash your face. You can still see the tiredness, but you look more presentable. You tie your hair in a bun as usual and try to remove the wrinkles from the clothes with your hands. You go back to the room. Kallus is lost in his thoughts. You grab your things and kiss him as a goodbye. You leave the room knowing that Alexsandr won't stop wondering why the Grand Admiral wants to see you. You have no idea where the Chiss office is. It must be near the bridge though. You go there without much desire to arrive. You meet an officer and ask him, he also don't have much idea about where it is.

At least he has any idea of where it may be.

You walk in silence for a few minutes until he sees a colleague and asks him. He, luckily (or unfortunately), knows it and wants to show you the way. The first officer says goodbye and the other one accompanies you there. Your heart beats like a drum in an empty room. At the entrance, a stormtrooper asks for your ID. You hand it over to him and he runs it through the scanner. The door opens and you step inside. The Grand Admiral's office is quite sober. It has a gate on the left side and then the reunion area in front of the entrance door. You meet Ar'alani, Thrawn, and Vah'nya. There is no sign of Vader. Even so, you intuit that he is still in the Chimaera because the corridors are quite empty. That means that the crew don't want to meet them or the First Legion. And the truth is, you can understand it perfectly. If Thrawn is here, the Commodore must be running the Chimaera.

"You weren't in your quarters" he says. It seems that he even reproaches you that. Even tho you can be wherever you want in your free time" You consider inventing a lie "The Commodore has already informed me where you were. I have asked to trace your datapad because this is important"