Bespin Escape

[Krytos]

Karn, still in the stolen Stormtrooper armour, leaned over to Afton and whispered, "And here I thought we were came here to save him, not beat him up." Afton didn't respond to his comments, so Karn just shrugged. Karn couldn't really describe Ulric, his face was badly bruised and swollen, he had many areas on his body with dried blood - it was obvious that his interegation had involved beatings. After the lengthy battering Ulric got from Sib in Ryl, Karn cleared his throught to get there attention.

"I hate to break up the re-union, but we're still in an Imperial prison. Anyone got any ideas on getting out of here?"

Getting in had been easy, though they couldn't go out the way they came - especially with an extra prisoner. Before anyone could talk, in the distance the sound of Stormtroopers marching towards them could be heard. Afton was the first to react, pulling Karn into the cell and closing the door - fortunately not locking it. All four dropped to the floor as they waited for the Stormtroopers to pass. As the body of the Stormtroopers moved by, two voices lingered outside the cell room. Two Stormtroopers had just taken their break outside the room.

Great! Karn began pondering whether they could fight there way out of this one. No, Sib was injurred and they had a fourth person who was badly beaten. Even if they took out the two Stormtroopers, there was a base full of them that would undoubtably get alerted. No, they needed another strategy to escape this one. . .

[UlicHorn]

Sib sighed, "This is my fault." she said quietly. "I can get us out of this one." She stood up, "I'll distract them, try to get a jump on them." She walked quickly outside of the cell. "Freeze, what were you doing in there Twi'lek?" one troop asked. Sib hoped she could pull this off. "I'm a personal slave to the Admiral he arranged a "meeting" for us in a cell so we wouldn't be disturbed." One of the troopers caught what see had said and chuckled as he lightly tapped the other on the shoulder. "But he also overheard you two taking an unathorized break and asked me to request you move on immeaditly or be repremended." The troopers grumbled but moved on...

[Krytos]

With the sound of the Stormtroopers talking dying away in the distance, Karn removed his hands from his mouth - and then began laughing.

"Nice cover Sib!" With that Karn laughed some more, though his laughter was cut short by a quick gab in the ribs by Sib.

"What?" Karn replied, holding his stomach, still with a smile on his face. Finally bringing himself under control, Karn got back on track.

"Ok, we can't walk out the front door - so we need to find a back door. Afton, you seem pretty good at that, unless our new companion has any inside information?"

[UlicHorn]

"No such luck, I was stunned most of my times in interogation. I caused a bit too much trouble." He shrugged. "So any ideas are good ones to me right now." He looked at Sib, "You had a plan getting in but not out?" Sib tried to kick him again but he saw it coming and moved out of the way. He was quick even looking that ragged and tired. His holster was missing and his gray jacket was looking pretty tattered...

[Krytos]

"Well, Bespin is sort of like a very large building - in the sense that there are floors above and bellow us. So, the way I see it is that we can try and find some access shafts or some way of going up or going down and out of this Imperial base" Karn said while stroking his five o'clock shadow. Karn turned to face Afton.

"So, you and your little droid have prooved exceedingly well at this sort of thing - care to do it again?"

[Jess]

Afton smiled.

"Sure."

She pulled her blue max out of her pocket and looked for a plug. There were non in the room.

"Karn I think you will have to take him out into the hall or something and find a place to plug him in. When you've done that juat ask him and he will reply. But you must make sure they are reasonable and that you don't get caught."

She said handing him the blue max.

"Go for it and be back soon we don't want to get interigated."

 

She smiled at Ulic then turned back to Karn.

"Sib, Ulic and I will think something up while your gone."

[Krytos]

Karn took the little droid in his had. Without hesitation, Karn exited the room holding the droid behind him and out of site. He was heading off to find a computer terminal so the droid could find out a way to escape. It took several good minutes to find a terminal - and it was right outside an Imperial service desk.

Oh great, how m I going to pull this off? Karn slowly mooved up to the desk and placed the droid down near the terminal. Without so much of a hint of what to do, the little machine was plugging into the terminal and searching for their way out. The two officers at the desk ignored Karn as the went through records and other files on a series of data pads - from what he could see, they were investigating Bespin cities records - I wonder what Lando was upto?

It was time to act, otherwise they might get suspicious of Karn. Clearing his throat, Karn spoke up over the comm system in the Storm trooepr's helmet. "Excuse me sirs, I was told to inform you that a Stormtrooepr patrol stumbled on a hidden cache of datapads that appear to have records of one Lando Cal . . Calrissian's purchases."

The two officers stopped as soon as Karn purposely struggled with Lando's name, looked like he was right about what they were looking for.

"Well, were were they found?" One of the officers asked hastily.

"Sector 4, subsection 21, sirs."

"What, that's over the other side of the ship and in a maintanance area!" The second officer yelled. Karn began too sweat - had he just screwed up his lie? Did they now realise that he wasn't a trooper?

His mind was quickly put to rest as the first officer spoke again, "Of course. Calrissian would have hid those files, no wonder they were hidden in a maintanance area. Good work trooper."

Both quickly headed off towards Sector 4 - or at least he thought it was sector 4, Karn actually had no idea where or even if there was a sector 4.

A small object bumped into his leg, and he could see that Afton's droid had finished its job. Picking it up, Karn began heading bak towards the cell as fast as he could without being suspicious.

[Krytos]

OOC: Been busy lately with Uni, so this post is short and also to bump it up

 

IC: Kanr reached the cell again. Checknig to see that there were no gaurds near by, he crossed the corridor to the cell door and entered the room.

As soon as Karn had entered the room, he could see that the group had been busy. Ulric had several bandages on now to cover his wounds, Afton was in deep thought and Sib was tending to Ulric. He also noticed an unfamilur blaster at Ulric's side - undoubtably, someone had gone to retrieve his blaster for him.

"Ok, what have you been up to while I've been gone - it was only twenty minutes!"

Karn waited for a responce . . .

[UlicHorn]

Ulic sat up, "Well Sib filled me in, and I've got my blaster but the Imp's weren't nice enough to charge it for me. So unless you've got a plan I'm out of ideas." Sib was resting her bad leg on Ulic's cot and her Lekku were twitching, hopefully she was formulating a plan...

[Krytos]

"Well," Karn said putting the Stormtrooper helmet on the ground, "Afton - your droid has found a way out. But, you guys aren't going to like it . . ."

A few minutes later, Karn was ripping off a grate leading to a sewerage system that travelled the length of Bespin - it would allow them to get to the other side of the city if need be, and if they could stand it.

Karn turned to see the faces of his colleges. All had the same grim expression.

Sib spoke up first, "You're kidding right?"

"Told you you wouldn't like it, " Karn replied. Before he could laugh, a sizzling red blast ripped into his right sholder, knocking Karn to the ground. A squad of Stormtroopers was heading down the corridor they had just taken, blasters raised and some firing.

Karn had the wind knocked from him thanks to the bolt, though he would only have a minor injurry thanks, ironically, to the Stormtrooper armour he was wearing. The Imperials must have watched them with survalance cameras - and Karn had left the helmet behind.

Even with her injurred leg, Sib took the initiative. "Time to go guys!" Soon she was diving through the hole and into the sewers. Ulric followed straight after, though Afton seemed content on covering their escape. She had a blaster raised in the air, and was firing wildly - already the lead trooper lay on the ground with serious injurries. "Go on Karn!" She yelled.

Karn half lifted himself up on his left arm, and quickly pushed himself down the tube. He slid down the pipe head first, and for a few seconds couldn't see anything except darkness - until he landed into what he hoped was water. Quickly moving out of the way, Karn let out a cry of pain as he used his right arm to hoist himself. Before Karn was completely out of the way, Afton came crashing down ontop of him. This time, Karn used his left arm to push himself up.

Without a word, the group moved away from the entrance and into the darkness.

[Jess]

OOC: Sorry I haven't posted much, but I've been really busy. I'll post when I can.

 

IC:

 

Afton followed the others into the sewerage system rather distastefully but she had no choice. After some time they came to a intersection.

"Which way now Karn? I dont wont to be here for longer that i need to be."

[Krytos]

Karn, holding his right arm, turned to Afton, "Me? Right, I looked at the plans . . ."

Karn looked at the intersection - he knew where both went, though which would be best? He was injurred and the others didn't like the sewers, so going left would get them out quikest. Of course, that meant they'd be closer to the Imperials they had just escaped from.

On the other hand, heading right would take a long time - though it would get them out of any imediate danger.

So which way should they go?

Karn's mind was made up for him as the distant sound of Stormtroopers splashing through the sewers could be heard.

"We've gotta go! Down the right path" Karn yelled as he could waved the group down the left tube and followed after them. Karn pulled out his blaster and kept an eye focused on where they'd just come from incase they were followed - hopefully they wouldn't be . . .

[bobandrubert]

OOC I f anyone wants to take me over that is fine I don't think I will post

[Jess]

Afton moved down the left tunnel with a broad smile on her face. She liked Karn for all his cunningness in sendiong them down the left tunnel while yelling 'the right'. She continued moving down the left tunnel in the lead, as she was the fittest. She pulled her gun out of it holder and held it ready just in case they ran into trouble.

 

Turning slightly she whispered over her shoulder,

"Don't talk. If we don't want them to follow we need to stay quiet."

She kept moving, making as little noise as posible, hoping that the others would follow suit.

 

Finally she reached a 'trapdoor' like door in the roof. Pointing up she grinned at Karn.

"Is that it?" she whispered, as not to draw attention to them...

[Krytos]

OOC: This'll be quick as I've got a bit of work to do

 

IC: Karn looked up at the door in the roof. It was a maintenance hatch leading to a small room close to the surface of Bespin. And most of all, it was their exit.

 

"Yeah, this is it," Karn whispered back to Afton. He quickly slung the E-11 blaster over his right sholder, and used his good left arm to climb the ladder to the top.

Open the hatch went off without a hitch. No code was required and when he exited the sewers, the room was empty and dark - perfect.

Karn dropped on all fours as he put his head back down the hole and spoke as loud as he dared.

"Everyone, it's clear - get up here quick."

[Krytos]

OOC: This'll be quick as I've got a bit of work to do

 

IC: Karn looked up at the door in the roof. It was a maintenance hatch leading to a small room close to the surface of Bespin. And most of all, it was their exit.

 

"Yeah, this is it," Karn whispered back to Afton. He quickly slung the E-11 blaster over his right sholder, and used his good left arm to climb the ladder to the top.

Open the hatch went off without a hitch. No code was required and when he exited the sewers, the room was empty and dark - perfect.

Karn dropped on all fours as he put his head back down the hole and spoke as loud as he dared.

"Everyone, it's clear - get up here quick."

[UlicHorn]

Sib climbed up the acess latter followed closly by Ulic, the room was practically pitch black. The group ventured in and Sib was first to find the door leading out. Twi'leks had improved vision in dark places and it was certinly a gift right about now. She opened the door it was only locked from the outside. She moved outside the room and the door entered into a large hallway. "I've got a bad feeling about this..." Ulic muttered as they walked into the hallway.

[Krytos]

Karn turned to Ulic and patted him on the back, "Ha, you're beginning to sound like me! And we've barely met!"

Karn walked to the front of the group, next to Sib. His arm was still saw, but now it appeared to only be a mild flesh wound. Karn also had the same bad feeling Ulic was having.

The hall way was dark, not the pitch black of the maintance room, though still hard to see in. Still, even through the darkness, the group could see the battle scarred walls, rubble and debris litterd the corridor, though there were no dead anywhere to be seen.

Karn moved to one of the scarrings on the wall to look at it, "This is fresh - it looks like someone put up one hell of a fight in here before being over powered."

No one in the group answered with words, instead they all clutched their weapons tighters. What had ever caused this much destruction had to be Imperial, and probably close by as well.

 

The corridor was long, though wide enough for a hover transport to move down. The further down the corridor the group went, the darker it appeared to get - and the more nervous everyone got. The Empire had fought here with ferocity - and high explosives.

Karn could now see a large door at the end of the corridor. It was the only thing not damaged and was the only obvious way out. As they reached, Karn inspected the large metal door - it had been sealed shut. Why had the Imperials sealed the door? What could they have hoped to achieve with it?

Karn turned to face Ulic and Afton, "Any of you know why the Imperials would seal this room after such a big fight, and leave the lights off?"

Before either could answer, a deep rumble resonated down the hall. Karn's eye's widened as he clutched his blaster harder than ever while trying to figure out if the rumble was mechanical or biological. The sound resonated again from down the hall, this time closer. Whatever it was was too far to see down the long, dark corridor - though was getting closer.

"Never mind - I think we're about to find out!" Karn said, eyes still wide, as he rested the stock of the E-11 against his sholder and bit back the pain of his injurred right arm.

[Jess]

OOC: OH NO what could it be....I will post as soon as I can.

[Jess]

OOC: Just thought this would be a good time to tell you guys that Afton uses the force for several things. She does it without knowing mind you. These are what she uses the force for:

She is able to jump high, she has very quick reflexes, she can sometimes scense danger, and her most important thing is that she can bend light to make shadows darker than what they are, thus causeing stealthiness. That is why she can hide so well...

 

BIC:

Afton spun round with her gun up at the sound that was coming from down the hall.

What the hell is that, she thought as she looked into the dark hall. Moving into the shadows, she made her way back up the hall not knowing what she might find. Making sure she stayed in the shadows, she walked towards the sound. She did not want to wander to far from the group so she only went a small way up the hall. She found nothing.

 

Afton walked back to the others quite puzzled. Without moving out of the shadows she spoke.

"I have not idea what that noise is but I don't like it. I think we should look for somewhere to hide."

Clearly the others could not see her by the surprised look on their faces but they knew it was her.

[Krytos]

OOC: YEAH! I'm back on line! A tree fell across my road (a dead end, dirt road) and took out my telephone connection and the telephone company finally got it back on today!

 

IC: "Ah, ok . . . is that you Afton?" Karn replied dumfounded after hearing Afton, but not seeing her. He was clutching his E-11 so hard that there was little feeling left in his hand. After hearing the noise, Afton went off to see what it was - though no-one saw her come back. Yet it sounded as if Afton was next to them.

The same roar echoed down the corridor again, and again it was closer. The group stared down the corridor waiting to see a Rancor step out of the shadows - but nothing happened. Karn turned back to the group to speak, when he did Afton was standing next to him. After his little pause, Karn started to speak.

"Afton's right - we need to get out of here. I saw a droid maintenance shaft a few metres back - that should get us out of here."

Without a word the group headed in the direction of the roaring noise. It didn't take long for them to reach the shaft, and with an almost deafening roar from what seemed like only a few metres away, the group disappeared down the shaft.

"Has anyone noticed that we're always being chased?" Karn asked in a smug tone, though before Sib behind him could take a swipe - the all to familur sound that had been plaguing the group started again, from within the mainenance shaft.

"Whatever it is can't be much bigger than us to fit down here!" Karn said as he quickened his pace. The roar came again, this time closer than ever, it sounded as if it were right behind Sib who was the last in the group. Next came her scream.

"Argh! It's got me! It got my leg! Help help help!"

Karn dropped onto his back and lifted his blaster expecting to see some monstorus creature attacking Sib. Instead he only saw her jump over him and run down the shaft. Karn quickly tried to get up when his leg was hit hard by some dense object. Without hesitation, Karn pulled the trigger of his blaster sending a wave of energy bolts down the maintenance shaft. All he hit was air, none of the blasts hit an attacker.

The group turned and ran to help Karn. Before they got very far, they stopped as he began to hear laughter.

"Hahaha, here's our Rancor!" Karn said as he lifted a Mouse droid with a large speaker attatched to it back. Karn's laughter was cut short as the Mouse droid's speaker bloated out the sound of a Rancor roaring. Karn quickly ripped the speaker off the droid's back before letting it go on its way.

Everything was now clear. Some resistance movement had set up the corridor to stop the Imperials following them - turning off all the lights and having an almost un-noticable droid move around making sounds of a Rancor. The Imperials would have been scared out of their minds just like Karn and the other's had been - which also explained why there where blaster burns and explosive creators all over the hall way and no dead. Clever, very clever

It had been so effective the Imperials had sealed the corridor. Whoever had set up this bloackade for the Imperials would be very happy to know it went off without a hitch.

"Ok then, back we go. That little diversion would have been set up by some resistance group trying to evade the Empire. I suggest we find out who and where they are, and better yet: Can they help us."

[Jess]

When Afton heard Karn's laughter she spun around to see what her was laughing at. There in his hand was a mouse droid.

"Great," she said chuckling as well.

"Well lets find the people behind this noise," she said trying to contain her laughter. She did not prevail though, and she burst into a fit of laughter the made her stomach hurt.

 

Regaining her composer she spoke again.

"Lets...find...them...then."

[Krytos]

OOC: I'm going to slow my posting here until things settle down. I know I've got exams coming up, Jess has exams coming up. I'll still post, but until we all get free time, it just makes the story very one sided - which I think I've been doing too much

So, I'll lay off this for a while - though I'll keep my eye on it, and hopefully soonish (probably mid-november) we can all get back into the full swing of the story

[UlicHorn]

OCC: I've actually been waiting to see how everything plays out, I'm eager to see where others take the story thats why I havent posted much. But I think putting it on hold for a bit wouldnt be a problem.

[Krytos]

OOC: Ok. I figured that you were very busy with something like the last year of high school or equivalent.

Hmm, well I'll post later in the week when I get some more time - though I just realised a few things: 1) If we find this other faction, we've got no-one to play them. 2) In essence, there's no real enemy, as we play them we know what's going to happen - and I havn't seen ADarkJedi44 in this thread for a long time

And 3) I had planned on getting back with BobandRupert's character - though after reading through the last few pages he's left this RPG

 

So, I guess we can improvise and play multiple characters? ?