Cornered
Delta's POV
"So where to next?" I ask as we all look at the map. Omega, Tech and I are all sitting on a chair each. Hunter points at a planet on the screen.
"Idaflor, that's where we'll go" Hunter states.
"But Idaflor's not even inhabited" Wrecker states.
"Which makes it the perfect place to hide out" Hunter states.
"Hide?" Omega and I ask.
"But we've been stuck on Kamino our whole lives. Can't we explore?" Omega asks.
"What she said" I state.
"Not right now" Hunter tells us. "We have to wait for things to settle down" he states. Omega and I groan.
"Well, we won't be doing either. We don't have enough fuel, and we are also entirely out of rations" Tech tells us. "Without the Republic to provide us supplies, we'll have to acquire these necessities on our own" he states. As Echo appears reading a data pad.
"Well, we got a bigger problem. Comm chatter has our ship's signature on a wanted list" Echo states.
"We can just scramble it right?" I ask Tech and he nods his head.
"Wait, you can do that?" Wrecker asks.
"Of course I can do it. But I need to land in order to perform those modifications" Tech states.
"Well according to this the closest planet is Pantora" I tell them.
"Pantora it is" Hunter states. Omega smiles looking up at the screen. Repeating what Hunter said. As the others set to work altering our course.
"So know anything about Pantora?" Omega asks me.
"It's a moon that orbits a plant called Orto Plutonia in the Pantora system" I tell her. Within an hour we land on Pantora. Hunter and Echo changed. Omega and I are going to the market with them. While Wrecker and Tech stay with the ship. To scramble it's signature.
Anyway we're in the market place right now. Looking for fresh supplies. Echo pretending to be a droid. Omega and I looked around at all the stalls in awe. We soon see a cheering crowd and a parade of troopers. Hunter steered us behind some of the crowd as we watched.
"What are they celebrating?" Omega asks confused.
"Isn't obvious?" I ask.
"The end of the war" Hunter tells her.
"Chain code post like on Saleucami" Echo says pointing to it. Hunter becomes thoughtful as we listened. The crowd still cheering around us.
"Things are changing quicker than I thought" he states. "Let's get what we came for and get out of here" he tells us.
"But the war is over. Isn't that good?" Omega asks confused.
"Depends which side you're on" Echo tells her. We continued on our way. We soon find a place to sell the explosive we had brought. Omega and I were looking at the merchandise.
"Delta!" she calls me and I look over to see her holding two clone trooper dolls. I smile and head over accepting one from her. She accidentally knocks a cup over.
"Hey, kid! You break it, you buy it" the shop keeper tells her.
"Sorry" she mumbles as Hunter gives us a pointed look. I put the cup back onto the crate. Echo then lead Omega and I away from it. We show him the dolls.
"If you're looking to sell something, how about your droid?" the shop keeper asks Hunter looking at Echo.
"Droid" Echo mutters and I hide my smile.
"He's a military prototype" Hunter tells the shop keeper.
"Military, eh?" the keeper asks thoughtfully. "Hmm, I'll give you 2000" he states.
"Give me a minute" Hunter tells him and comes over to us.
"No no, you can't be serious" Echo mutters to him.
"We need the credits" Hunter says throwing an arm over his shoulder. "Once we get the supplies, I'll give you the signal and you can leave" he states.
"Fine, but not at that price. I am worth more than 2000" Echo tells him.
"Right" Hunter says and turns back to the shop keeper. I share and look with Omega. "Make it 4000" he tells the keeper. He thinks it over.
"Three" he says holding up three fingers. Hunter looks at Echo.
"Deal" Hunter says and accepts the credits. I hear yipping and turn with a Omega to see a couple little creatures in a box. One yipping at us as they passed by. We smiled at each other and followed the crate. Maybe we could get a pet. The person stops.
"Hello their" Omega says patting one of the creatures.
"Hi, cutie"I say to the other as it licked my hand. The one Omega was patting licked her cheek and she laughed. I giggle. Suddenly the animal takes her doll and the crate started moving again.
"Hey, wait!" Omega yells running after it. And I run after her. We follow the crate and the creature soon threw the doll. Omega watched it fly.
"Omega, look out!" I shout. But to late she ran into someone.
"Hey! Watch it" the man shouts.
"It was an accident sir, honest" I tell him. As Omega apologizes. I tackle her to the ground as a speeder nearly ran her over. "You need to be more aware sister" I tell her. She nods her head.
"Oh, are you both alright?" a woman asks. "You seem lost" she states crouching to our level. As we're still on the ground.
"We got separated from our friends" Omega tells her.
"And have no idea where we are" I add looking around at the unfamiliar area.
"I can help with that" the woman tells us. "Don't worry, we'll find them" she assures us. And helps me up. We set off. She had a hand on my shoulder as I hold Omega's hand.
"Thanks for helping us look for our friends" Omega says.
"It's no trouble at all" the woman states.
"We never caught your name" I tell her. As Omega held her stomach. My stomach growls to and I touch mine.
"You kids, hungry?" she asks us.
"Yeah, but we don't have any credits" we tell her. The woman bumps into someone and they drop some fruit. We helped the person pick them up.
"Thank you. You're so kind" the woman says.
"My mistake" the woman tells her and the fruit woman left. "Here" she says handing Omega and I a fruit each.
"But we didn't pay for these" Omega states.
"It's okay to break the rules sometimes" the woman tells her.
"Are you a soldier?" I ask her curious.
"Not exactly" she tells me.
"Then why do you have a blaster?" Omega asks.
"To protect myself" the woman states. "The galaxy's a dangerous place to be on your own" she tells us.
"Yeah. It's a good thing we have our friends" Omega states. I nod my head in agreement as I take a bit of the fruit. It's juicy, but a bit tangy. Omega takes a bite of her fruit.
"Aren't you both lucky" the woman says.
"I know. If you're alone, you should come with us" Omega tells her.
"Though Hunter and the others would have to agree too" I add.
"Now that's the best offer I've had in a long time" she says with a smile. We smile back. "Come on, this way" she tells us. She heads to the right and we go to follow her. When we hear our names called by Hunter.
"Oh there's one of our friends now" we say with a smile. As Omega waves at Hunter. He stops.
"Omega, Delta step away from her" he tells us.
"Why?" we ask confused.
"She was helping us look for you" Omega states.
"Yes, Omega, Delta and I were getting to know each other" the woman states. Placing a hand on Omega's shoulder. As her other hand went for her blaster. I notice Hunter going for her knife. What's going on? Suddenly she fires at Hunter.
"Hunter!" Omega shouts she pulls on the woman's arm holding the blaster.
"Let go of my sister!" I shout and pull on the arm holding my sister. I free Omega. As Hunter starts to fight the woman.
"Omega, Delta run!" he tells us. I grab Omega's hand and we take off running.
"Keep running Omega, don't look back! Keep running!" I yell at her as we run through the streets We soon found an entrance to a tunnel system and enter it. Closing the door behind us. We continue to run.
We soon run into Wrecker. Who gives us a hug. "You both had us worried" he tells us.
"Can we get out of here?" I ask him as Omega rests her head on his shoulder.
"You beat" he tells me. I walk beside him as he carries Omega. "I'm with Delta and Omega. We're on our way" he tells the guys. I hear Omega gasp and turn to see that woman again. Wrecker puts Omega down on a platform and lifts me onto it. He tells us to get back to the ship, saying he'd deal with her. So we climbed the ladder.
We get to the top and lock the door. Only to discover we're on a tower with no exit route. I walk away from Omega leaving her by the door. To try find a way off the tower. When I hear her shout. "Omega!" I cry and rush to her aid as she hangs off the side of the building. "Hold on" I tell her and grab her arms.
Another arm appears as Omega's hands slip. "You can thanks me later" the woman states. "Tuck and roll when you land, kids" she states letting go of Omega. Who takes me down with her and we land on a ship. After I flipped us to protect Omega. The woman lands beside us.
"Delta" Omega says shaking me.
"I'm fine, though that hurt" I mutter rubbing my head. We see the woman firing at Hunter. I then see a lever. Omega follows me to it. "Hold on tight" I tell her and she nods her head. I pull the lever and it starts to dump it's cargo. We hold on the straps for dear life.
"Delta, I'm scared!" she cries.
"Don't worry, Hunter will save us" I assure her. He saves her first. But before he could grab me the woman appeared on a ship. I shout at him to look out and he moved to avoid her hitting him. While Omega held on tight. I start to lose my grip on the strap. "Hunter!" I shout. He takes care of the woman's ship and catches me as I fell.
We got back to the ship. "We need to go, now" Hunter states. Tech commed Wrecker, telling him to pick up the pass. As he appeared. We all board the ship and I helped Tech power it up. And we took off. "She has to be a bounty hunter" he states once we were in space.
"A what?" Omega asks.
"Someone hired to retrieve targets and we appeared to be the targets" I tell her.
"Agreed" Tech says.
"Us?" Omega asks.
"Hey don't scare the kids" Wrecker states.
"We need to find out who she is and who hired her" Hunter states. We all agreed. We jump into hyperspace as Hunter gave Omega her doll.
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