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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 2586804" data-attributes="member: 10079">Chapter 279: Floating in SpaceEven without a plan, certain precautions were taken without second thoughts. In a matter of minutes, Tobias had been moved into Loki’s hold with the X-Wing, and then after a heated, but short, talk, was convinced to stay there. When they were out, Loki’s interior shifted slightly, and soon there was no entrance or exit to the hold at all. That was definitely an advantage of Kanyaks: the ability to reshape their interiors(within reason, of course) and resize rooms. Taking away doors was even easier than that, and it looked to be nothing special at all.    “Alright, now what?” Jyren asked after stashing his belt and blaster pistol under their bed.    “Now we wait and hope they don’t come in shooting,” Shadow said flatly, now leading the way back to the cockpit where they could get a good view of what was going on.    [There is a transport that is on an intercept course to us.] Loki chimed in right on time. [We have about...two minutes.]    “Thanks, Loki,” both Shadow and Jyren said at the exact same time.    When they were in the cockpit, neither sat down, but instead leaned forward to peer out the viewport and see if they could spot the ship. They couldn’t. There were too many moving dots out there to pinpoint just one. Jyren sighed, then a thought came to his mind, “What exactly is this bounty on us for, again?”    “You think we can talk out of this,” Shadow idly commented, but took a moment to think, “I’m an Imperial weapon, remember? And you...well, you stole an X-Wing.”    “Borrowed.”    Shadow stared at him, rolled her eyes, then tried to ignore he’d said that, “You attacked New Republic fighters and broke me out of a cell, remember?”    “Ah, right...that is bad, isn’t it?”    Again, Shadow rolled her eyes, “Its also something I doubt we can talk our way out of.”    “Then what are you planning to do?” he asked, again turning back out to see Coruscant dominating most of the viewport.    “Going to try to talk our way out of this,” she said simply, not even a hint of a grin on her face.    “They aren’t going to be sending negotiators,” Jyren grumbled, “In fact, I doubt we’re going to have the chance to encounter any at all. They’re going to come in her with security troops, probably heavily armed considering the whole breakout issue, and they’re going to try to arrest us. And then, we’ll be thrown into cells and probably won’t have a chance to say a damned thing to anyone for at least a month!”    Shadow thought on this, then finally nodded, “We can still talk.”    “Yes, but—“    She silenced him by raising a hand to get his attention, “Let me try again. I can still talk.”    That was let hang in the air as they could finally see the assault transport nearing their ship. It was the usual box shape that all of them seemed to be, and flanked by four starfighters...newer E-Wings from the looks of it. As ugly as the transport they were escorting. And as Jyren watched them close, he realized just what Shadow meant, “Are you sure you can do that? I’ve never seen you try it before and I know it isn’t eas—mmmph.”    She shut him up, this time, with a quick, but unexpected, kiss. She pulled back and revealed her trademark grin, “Trust me.”    “Buh...” Jyren mumbled, still shocked by her actions. He was still a little jumpy about the whole situation between them, too, but Jyren knew full well she was even more lost. But, obviously, she was finding advantages here and there. Namely that it was much easier to shut him up that way(and at least a couple others) than yelling at him or even ignoring him.    “Good,” Shadow laughed and patted his shoulder before heading back out and towards the only section of Loki that could be docked to. Hopefully the New Republic idiots would figure that out and not attempt to blast a hole in the poor ship’s hull. Loki wouldn’t like that, and the last thing they needed was an injured ship. With that thought, she ‘said’. [Loki, try to pull around to angle the hatch to their course. But do it slowly do it doesn’t look like you’re trying to run.]    The mental equivalent of a nod was felt as Loki did his best to comply. Jyren caught up as this was starting. He stood next to Shadow and then asked a question even she was wondering about, “Human?”    It would be interesting. Probably confuse them, too. But...no. No, they probably had at least some knowledge about them as shapechangers already, and it was best not to make the security people any more suspicious than they already would be, “No. This is going to be interesting enough, as it is.”    There was a loud click outside, and Jyren glanced over to her again, “I’m amazed you’re wanting to do it this way.”    Shadow allowed herself a short laugh, but then, with a smile still on her face, she said, “You’re the one who runs in shooting. I’ve decided the best way to train you is to set an example.”    “Oh, thank you,” he grumbled, “Good to know how you think of me.”    Again, she laughed, but this time also reached over(...and up) and ruffled his hair, “Awww...don’t look so depressed! It doesn’t suit you,” she paused, grinned as they listened to the airlock on the other side opening, and added, “Look afraid, though. Might help us out just a bit if they think you’re terrified of me.”    “You mean I’m not?”    The grin faded from Shadow’s face as she prepared for Loki’s hatch to open, but her voice still held the same un-Shadow-like happy quality to it, “Well, you were never a good actor. Decided its best to just have you be real.”</blockquote>

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