The Rising

frozen

Hunter glanced at Nat who was curled into a ball in Crosshair's old bunk.

"How is she?" Alya asked slightly worried.

"Hasn't spoken a word since we left ......." Hunter shook his head trying to clear the image of seeing his brother being run through.

Alya nodded before she turned to look at Bly who was arguing with a very stubborn Tech.

"Is she force sensitive?" He asked slightly worried.

"As far as I could tell no.....but after everything that has been happening lately we need to keep an eye on her.... losing a mate force or no is going to shake her pretty badly" Alya replied.

"I thought their species didn't have mates"

Alya rolled her eyes, "there is an exception to almost every rule Hunter. Like you and the lovely red head".

"Wh-what are you talking about?" Hunter asked confused as she shook her head and walked away chuckling.

Hunter scratched his head slightly confused before a voice spoke behind him causing him to jump out of his skin.

"Um excuse me.... commander"

Hunter spun round as fast as he could drawing his weapon on the unknown assailant.

He was met with the smiling face of the red headed miralukan woman, though this time she was not wearing a blind fold.

Her eyes where what shocked him the most as they where milky white almost like pearls.

She was blind.

"Uhhh yes um....how can I help you?" He fumbled quickly stowing his vibro blade before anyone could see him.

"I'm sorry to startle you, but there are a lot of cold people in this ship and we where wondering if you had any spare blankets" the red head asked him politely.

"Uh no...no I'm not startled.....um ...we should have some in the-"

"Storage closet by the mess area?" The woman finished for him smiling sweetly.

Hunter rubbed his temples as he felt a slight headache coming on from deja vu.

"Apologies, my natural abilities have been enhanced by what they did to us. I didn't mean to be rude." The woman said looking down at the floor ashamed.

"No it's fine I just know someone else who has that ability as...well" he muttered the last part glancing at Omega as she slept on Wreakers bunk while Wreaker played a game with one of the pink Twilek sisters.

"The child does have some Miralukan dna, though I suspect that she has a far stronger connection to the force than I ever will" the red head said slightly nervous as she looked to the ground and shivered. "Apologies, I'm not used to the cold on ships"

Hunter smiled slightly before he grabbed his jacket from his bunk "here this should keep you warm, we have some extra blankets in the cargo bay as well..don't worry um sorry I never caught your name..."

"Damali....my name is Damali..." Damali answered her eyes still focused on the ground.

Hunter smiled at her before he gently wrapped his jacket around her shoulders. Damali looked up slightly her face blushing hard, "this should keep you.....warm" Hunter said as he realized just how close he was to her.

"Thank you...um"

"Hunter......you can call me Hunter" he muttered so only she could hear him.

Damali smiled up at him making him blush hard his mind going slightly blank as he felt that warm wave from the lab wash over him again. He smiled down at her happily before he was pulled out of the trance by a very annoyed Bly.

"HUNTER!!!!"

Hunter jumped for the second time that day as he turned to see a very annoyed Bly with his arms crossed glaring at him.

"You done flirting with your girlfriend vod?" Bly asked more than a little annoyed.

Damali blushed as she looked back down to the ground her hands pulling Hunters coat to cover her face slightly. Hunter on the other hand had nothing to hide his beet red face as Bly glowered at him.

"Tech has received a message from general Yoda......they seemed to have lost contact with General Plo Koon, General Shaak Ti and General Tano........."

"Wait General Tano?" Hunter asked confused.

Bly nodded "yes General Ahsoka Tano, they just recently agreed to make her a general.....but that's not the point.....they lost contact with them right after we came out of the lab...".

"What? That's a really big coincidence" Hunter muttered.

Bly shook his head "there is no such thing..."

Hunter looked at him extremely confused before Bly finished.

"They think that their spy is going to try and blow up the ship".

"So they do have a spy on board the ship" Hunter yelled slightly before he felt a small soft hand grab his hand.

He looked back to see Damali shake her head and point to the sleeping survivors.

"Sorry" Hunter mutter to her before Bly answered.

"Not just one Vod. They tracked the spy signal back to a Droid manufacturer set up by the banking clan it seems as though every astrometric on that ship is playing for the other side.....well all but one"

Hunter looked at Bly confused before Bly continued, "General Skywalker's old astrometric, R2-D2 is currently aiding the senator and General Shaak Ti on the ship.... ".

"So we have a slight fighting chance" Hunter answered smiling at Bly.

"And if memory serves you are extremely good at making that work for you vod" Bly answered.

"Yes, the bad batch is gifted in that area" hunter answered with a grin.

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