The Rebel Faction

Tce slowly released his breath and walked the rest of the way down the stairs. Reaching the bottom, he took one glance at Raven and almost turned away; her robes were badly torn and her body was showing through in some areas, some bleeding and others just cut on the surface. "Excuse the language, Raven, but this is a damn fine mess I've gotten you into." Tec ran over to where she sat and pulled off his cloak to quickly cover her body. "Your lightsaber is in the front pocket on the inside, and...there's a med pac somewhere in there, along with a blaster or two." From the frown he received, he just grinned and added, "Hey, a man's gotta be prepared!" Slowly he helped her up and then he walked quickly around the room to see if there were any traps awaiting. "Alright, let's go. We can go as slowly as you want, or need. And don't worry bout giving back my robe, you keep it; that one looks good on you." He grinned at her dangerously and then walked back to her and let her balance on his body as they walked up the stairs. "If you don't want me to take you on any more trips, I'll uderstand."

Tec grinned back at her and said, "That sounds good to me, but while you sleep, I think I'll come back here..." A moment later, Raven's legs gave way and she fell onto Tec, but Tec was quick and he caught her, easing her into his arms lightly so as not to hurt her tender body. "In fact, I think I might just go to sleep out in the hallway, cause I think my room's across from yours." As he walked out of the building, he sighed heavily and kept walking. Almost a half an hour later they reached the hotel, and Tec noticed that she had fallen asleep in his arms, so he climbed the stairs slowly and got one of the maids to wash her and cloth her and then put her in bed. Tec left a note on the stand beside her bed just before he left, and as soon as he got out of the room, he walked down to the bar and ordered some food, and waited on one of the others to show up.

ooc: Sorry if I did too much on your part Raven....

ooc: Lol. Well, it depends. If you want, you can go back in time a bit and do something about picking up the folder with your name on it and coming to the hotel and then go on from there, or something else, such as what Raven and I did, but if you do that, come get Tec first; he feels a bit sad at taking Raven, a Knight, to an imperial building and she get hurt more than he.....

Raven's eyes opened, with the view slowly drifting from a blur to that of normal clarity.

But, where was she?

It took her a couple of minutes to run through a review of what had happened, and she realized that Tec had got her to her own hotel room.

Didn't he also mention that he was across the hall, or would be just sleeping out in the hall?

But, something wasn't quite right. Something in the back of her own recent memory that she couldn't quite recall. Something important.

Right then a piece of paper on a nearby table, caught her eye, and she reached for it, groaning when she felt her aching body protect as she grabbed the paper.

She took one glance at the written scrawl, and her face went white, her grip loosening on the paper, letting it drift to the floor.

"Oh no." Raven moaned, shaking her head in disbelief.

All the paper said was that Tec was returning - to the old Imperial outpost that the had barely escaped from in the first place.

Sighing, Raven pulled herself out of the bed to get dressed, ignoring the aches and sudden sharp pains the movement had caused.

It had taken her annoyingly longer than she would've normally, but, the beating she had taken earlier had slowed her down.

Strapping her lightsaber to her belt, and wrapping Tec's robe about her, she set off to find where the old outpost was.

Using the robe wasn't her choice, considering she hadn't packed a spare one of her own.

ooc: this post takes place a few minutes before Leia runs into Raven, just so you guys know....

ic: "Not much Hopper." Slowly Tec rotated his neck and heard it pop loudly. "Ah, well." Slowly Tec rose and slipped a few credits into WT's hand and said, "Get yourself something good," and he left a few credits on the table to pay for his food and drink. "I'll see you in a bit, I have some unfinished business here on Coruscant. If you wouldn't mind, keep an eye out for Raven and help her out if she needs anything." He winked at the small creature and then walked off.

His long legs carried him fast as he ran from the hotel and through the streets, ducking his head now and then, heading towards the old imperial building where his newest friend had gotten hurt because of him.

Almost five minutes later he reached the building and just broke the doors to get in because his slicer was in his cloak, which was with Raven. He walked slowly around the holes that were in the floor and kept warily away from the walls. After he had reached the first hallway he opened himself to the Force, and concentrated hard on his surroundings. Slowly, ever so slowly, he walked around the corner where he had killed that...thing...earlier, and the body was still there, but the stench was not anywhere as bad as it had been....