The Runaways

The Plan Continues

Ryloth, 21 BBY

Detta pinned Nobesh's arm behind his back, kicked him between the legs, then flipped him over her shoulder and onto the ground. He groaned in pain. She stood over the top of him, flushed with anger.

"Detta-." I walked behind her and put my hand up. With no words spoken between us, we did our secret handshake.

***

The tailor had just finished measuring Detta when her comlink beeped. She looked at me, raising her brows. I shrugged. She answered.

"Detta Vann. Where are you?"

"Busy." She replied, shifting the blue skirt-tails that were attached to her belt.

"Get back to the Jedi Temple. NOW! You are breaking direct orders. We need every Jedi we can get right now. We need you." Detta smirked softly at the communication device. "That is an order." It was Master Windu.

"Master Windu? Sorry, you're breaking up, I can't-" She dropped her comlink on the ground and shattered it with the heel of her boot.

"General!?" Kittyhawk put his hands on his head. His signature freakout mode.

"What?" She shrugged. "They're the reason my family is 'doing great'!" She used quotation marks for emphasis. She gave a wildly fake smile to the tailor, who just kept sewing. He did ask her a few questions about her outfit, and she responded so quickly. Like she's had this planned.

***

It wasn't the only thing she had planned. We were in the ship at sunset, going over the plan.

"I'm going to have three of you with me. You're going to play the part of the slaves." I looked away. Was this going to turn out like a low-budget holovid? I hoped we were all good actors.

"Who?" Kittyhawk asked. Detta began drawing on the floor of the ship. She drew nine symbols. A breeze of wind for Breezer, A claw for Picker, A set of sharp teeth to show Kittyhawk. A straight line for Crack-up, and a lightning bolt for Verity. She drew a simple 'X' for Rider, because he never touched his armor or hair. She drew a Spiral to represent Ranahan, and Zig-zags for me. 

"What?" I can't draw curly hair!" Then, she drew a circle for herself. She then connected lines from herself to the Zig-zag, the spiral, and the teeth. We were the three to go with her to Zygerria. Awesome. I stayed with her. That's all I wanted.