The Rebel Faction

Rob smiled and sat down beside Cierra as she spoke with the droid. He actually enjoyed watching her concentrate on her work and felt that she was really happy taking part in it.

"Morning Cierra. It is going very well, thank you. How about yourself? I can see your keeping busy." He smile and looked over her holoprojection curiously before looking at her.

"I am so glad your enjoying yourself. Nothing like doing the job you love right?" He took a glance at the breakfast plates and grinned.

"I would love to join you for breakfast. That was actually the reason I came by." With that he leaned over and pulled to glasses towards him before pouring an juicy tasting drink into both and handing Cierra one of the glasses.

"Breakfast if the most important meal of the day...so I hear." He let out a laugh and leaned back in his seat.

Rob enjoyed listening to Cierra through breakfast as he had very time they talked. She was a very smart and full of incite into all things.

"I'm very pleased that things turned out myself." He admitted with a smile before looking down towards the datapad to read its contents.

As she mentioned his revivals Rob laughed slighted while reading down the data. "No I was not, but I wouldn't be surprised. Stellar Enterprises has many revivals out there in the galaxy. However, I haven't heard that any large company had invested into the planet...."

His voice quickly trailed off into nothingness as his eyes swept over one of the sentences on the page. Rob was so surprised that he had to reread it again. The sentence mentioned the company that had not thought about in over seven years. A company long forgotten by him because of all the pain he had put him and his family through. GalCorp was that company.

Rob's mind almost completely flooded with memories of the past. Memories of himself working on the company's board and rising quickly through the ranks. Those old men had wanted everything for themselves and were after it strictly for the money and recognition. He had been groomed to take over GalCorp...and that was reason we he had been deemed a threat.

He quickly looked away and pushed the pad aside, fighting back the tears that he was sure to come and tried to control his breathing. Why was this effecting him so much? Rob asked himself, but the answer was clear. They had taken the woman he loved away from him. He didn't have any proof, but inside he knew... it had been them that poisoned her. It had been those old bastards that had made his wife suffer for a full year before finally dieing in his arms.

As he Cierra touched him and turned his face to her's, Rob was fighting for control of his body. A fight he was clearly loosing. His hands were tight in fists as he tried to look away from Cierra, facing his eyes down and away.

"They.. I had.. I had once worked for them. That's all. It was...very long ago."

Rob slowly tried to compose himself. He knew that after all that time, he should be more used to it. He should have probably gotten over it soon, but for some reason it still hurt. With a few deep breathes, Rob straightened and looked towards Cierra. He took a sip and set the glass down, running one hand through his hair slowly.

As he looked at Cierra, he knew she was curious. His answer would not fool a person of her intellect. She wanted to ask him question and if he was in her position, he could want that as well.

With a deep breath he stood up. "Of course... I'll show you around."

He paused and turned to her again. "Don't be sorry, please. It was along time ago and I don't really know why it makes me react this way."

As they started to walk out of the door, Rob made the decision that he should tell her what happened and how he felt. He did not know why, but he thought she should know and she might understand him. It was more for himself than anyone else. He needed to get this out of his chest and into the open.

While the walked Rob opened up almost completely to Cierra. He told her about his past life, his job with GalCorp, his meeting of Amanda and falling in love. He her about how one day she had fallen ill and he suspected it had been the GalCorp board that had done it to her. About how she had suffered for a year in pain and agony from the poison as it moved through her slowly, shutting down one organ after the other. In the end he explained how he had resigned from the company to take care of his wife and at her request moved into the depths of the galaxy to try and live out the remainder of their life together.

Her question actually made Rob laugh and all the tension inside him seemed to vanish instantly. He looked down a little at Cierra with a pleasant smile and nodded.

"No we did not huh? Well I can't break a promise, can I? Tonight would be perfect. Would you like to go into the city?"

Rob smiled and nodded as Cierra told him she had work to complete. Had some himself and so let her go to do what she needed. Six would be a great time he thought to himself since most of his work could be taken care of by that time.

When six arrived, Rob stood outside Cierra's room in a prefect black suit with a cream colored shirt and a tie that was a mixture of the two colors. As the door parted before him, he was almost speechless at the sight before him. Cierra looked radiant in her red dress and he gave the her a bright smile.

"Wow, you look beautiful Cierra." Rob commented when words started to come to mind again. "I have to say, this dinner is starting much better than our last one on Denon."

He laughed softly and reached out to take Cierra's hand, kissing it top of it before leading her out of the room and towards the turbolift that would would take them above ground. There a speeder awaited them and Rob let Cierra get inside first before sitting beside him and smiling into her eyes.

"We are going to a restaurant of course. I'm sorry that it is not as fancy as the ones on Coruscant or Denon, but it is the best one I could find on Belgaroth."

As he smiled, the speeder pulled away and climbed into the sky towards the planet's capital city. Along the way Rob inquired about the astromech facility and was glad all the work had been going smoothly. Soon, however, the discussion turned a little more personnel and Rob grew interested in Cierra's life. He was very interested to find out who she was and where she came from. Rob wanted to know her better as a woman. Of course he knew that she couldn't reveal everything, on the count of her job, but he was still glad to learn more about her.