STARLIGHT Beautiful Hostage (Episode 8)

In the few seconds that Jag talked to her there was only one thing on her mind. "They have caused all this destruction for a pathetic act of revenge. Killing all those lives for nothing , are they all corrupt, is there not even one Sith that different? Are they all this evil? I feel it, the force... their sick bond is boosting their compatibility to work together, drawing strenght from the other, the corruption getting stronger the closer they get to each other. Let's see what happens... when  that bond gets turned on them." Halfway during her internal monologue, she started speaking out loud. Ending her sentence she boosts her speed and rushes to the nearest enemy in sight. One of the assassins. Approaching him, she starts her attack on him, hacking away and he countering, but like many before her, they couldn't keep up with her, scoring shallow cuts on his arm and back in the fight. The assassin succeeded to finally lock her with his own Staffsaber, now it was a battle of strength, the one who proved stronger would defeat the other. But her sence of justice did not allow defeat, thinking about all those lives lost, about Master Zemalia that laid somewhere below her, needing help, the danger the Senator and everyone else on the roof were in,  all this gave her strenght. Twisting her lightsabers inwards she succesfully pushed him a step away and swung her lightsabers and with one of them blocks the assassin's saber "This is for Master Zemalia." She whispers to him, stabbing her other saber forwards into his body, stabbing him in the heart. Making an end to the vile creature. After this she force jumped away again towards the Diva, ready to intercept any retalitation or a final desperate attempt to injure their target, but hearing the other assassin scream and clutch to his own heart area made her doubt that. 

Dark Side Points
Barracudas +5



Boss defeated, cinematic for finale, nobody suffers any damage in cinematic

Other twin places his hand on his heart as his brother falls, when Barracudas the Knight tears the Force Bond between the two sith brothers apart. Seeing that the battle is lost, Chiss Agent retreats to unknown direction. Still standing twin alone against the Forces of Vigilance Beacon, breathing heavily, decides to perform one of the last feats to complete his mission. He enrages and pushes Barracudas away from the body of his brother, then drains the force energy of his fallen twin to prolong his life long enough to complete the mission. His moments are limited because in Force Bond he will die along with his brother, so he wastes not time. His head turns towards the Diva and Senator, and now with higher amount of force power, he force grips Diva and Senator, separating them in air, moving them away from the roof's surface, and now they float in air thousands meters above the surface. Diva desperately trying to reach for Senator, and him for her. Lianna's camera broadcasts the scene live across entire planet, and Barracudas is the only one who can save one of them. Republic Senator Zarij was so close to his work to expand the range and options available in Republic Market to help the Jedi Order and Republic troopers. Lossing him would leave market in poor condition as it is now. On the other side is a beautiful and innocent Diva, who has touched the heart of many people in galaxy, even the youngest one. One of the kids covers eyes, not wanting to see what will happen. If she dies, just how many young people will be covered in sadness, depression, which could lead them to the dark side.

Barracudas Options:

1. [Force Pull RP] Save Senator
2. [Force Pull RP] Save Diva

2. [Force Pull RP] Save Diva

Sliding on her back from the push of the assassin, she stands up and rushes to the location of the senator and the Diva, but she doesn't make it in time, noticing the assassin dropping down, presumingly dead in the corner of her eye, she doesn't pause. Jumping after them, in free-fall, she closes in the distance, forming a plan on her way down, and placing her 2nd lightsaber away, but notes that if she wants to even have a chance at surviving this she would have to handle now, she would need all the strenght of her dominant hand for her next move. Focusing on the force she reaches out to both trying to slow them down, while when having a hold of them stabbing her still active lightsaber through the combination of walls and windows of the building, cutting through easily it starts splintering the glass, deviding it in thousands of pieces evertime, and everytime her saber encountered glass it created more and more pieces that were cutting open the full right side of her body. But this still wasn't enough, noticing the distance only increased she realised she wasn't able to hold both of them while she was in this state; fatigued, wounded by the glass and getting more cuts every second, and slowly but steadily slowing down because of the resistance her saber met thanks to the wall. She made a choice. A subconcious one, she couldn't save both, she didn't even know if she would survive herself, but she had to make a choice, it was a split second decision. Later on reflecting on this she realised why she selected the Diva, her original mission was to safeguard and protect the Diva at all costs, she had stayed true to her mission, the Diva was a female, both lighter in weight and needing more protection than a male, regardless of the species, it was an almost universal fact. The Diva being of her own species was another factor that subconciously influenced her and another one was that she had danced with her earlier. This all added up to save the Diva. This all resulted her to take the person with the highest chance of survival, she felt her hold on the senator snap and instead focused all her mental focus in holding on to the Diva and all of her Physical strenght to keep a hold on her lightsabe that was slowing her down. Getting at a low enough speed she releases her saber and grabs the ledge of what was just seconds before another window, almost pulling her arm out of its socket and succeeds in completely stopping the Diva, suspending her in the air. Feeling her arm quiver after the heavy assault it just withstood, she used the last of her strenght given to her thanks to her adrenaline fuelled state, to push the Diva towards her into the room she was hanging of the ledge. Now solely hanging hundreds of meters above the ground she attempts to push herself up but lacks the strenght to do it. Feeling one, two and three fingers losing a hold of the ledge she comes to peace. "I fulfilled the mission, she... is... safe, Ca...ptain." Her eyes closing, ready to join unconciousness. Noting the same camera from the reporter hanging just outside, having followed her down and recording everything, sending everything live to everyone. When suddenly a hand grabs hold of her own...

It was the could grasp of a force form "Not this time ... I have other plans for you." It was the Twisted Zemalia who caught Barracudas. Diva was rolling in the room as she was tossed in, still unaware of the dark figure standing behind her at the broken window, that pulls Barracudas inside. And when Twisted Zemalia notices that Diva will turn around in her direction, she disappears into the dark mist to not be seen, and all what Diva saw is that Knight Barracudas was in the same room with her.

[Affection +10]

Jag runs to the edge of building's roof to see what did Barracudas just do, that crazy pink twi'lek who went this far to make sure that mission is successful. When her and the people she jumped after disappear from his line of sight, by entering inside the building through a window at unknown floor, Jag quickly attempted to reach Barracudas via holo call: "Barracudas are you alright? Please answer if you are." While the Captain was trying to reach for Barracudas via holo call, he signals Jedi Knight Ceviran to go and check on Barracudas, because Ceviran would naturally be faster as a jedi, and they are known for performing crazy stunts and using Force to aid them.

Second twin finally closes his eyes and life fades away from his body, by killing one, they are now both dead through the Force Bond. He prolonged his life by draining force energy from his brother's body, to stay alive long enough to kill Diva or Senator, and now he is dead too. DJ Chiss Agent Sniper disappeared. The camera could not capture presence of the Twisted Z, but it captured Barracuda's heroic stunt, and is followed with massive applauds and happy screams, not just on Coruscant planet, but also through the galaxy that had access to this channel. They did not care much for Senator Zarij, who likes politicians today anyway? They do not like each other either. Diva comes to herself and she quickly runs towards the broken window to look down where is her love now. But there was no trace of Senator Zarij, the building was tall enough that the ground could not be seen from the traffic. She fell on her knees next to Barracudas, and started to cry.

Barracudas lies unmoving on the ground, her eyes closed. Hearing her commlink and Captain Jag speaking she flutters her eyes open tries to reach it, but fails doing so, she groans both in annoyance and pain, only having the strenght to move her hand a few centimeters, not even close to activate the device attached to her belt. Although the Diva should be able to.

When Diva sees that Barracudas is alive, she smiles, happy that at least she made it, if not the Senator. She helps numa to get back on her feet. When Ceviran destroys the camera, broadcasting stops for a moment until it switches to second camera near Lianna Tak, who is concluding the program with final words. Sicilia and Axo evacuated some people, but most of them wanted to stay and watch, that's what people do unless danger appears right in front of them. In meantime they were able to find console and manually unlock platforms and set Vigilance Beacon free from the holders. Diva hugs Barracudas, ignoring any injuries that Barracudas may has: "You saved my life, that's one of the craziest stunts I've ever seen."

Barracudas's eyes flutter open fully now, and she groans, her right side of her body feeling aflame because of all those cuts thanks to the glass. But she finds the strenght to hug the Diva back. "I'm sorry... I... I could not save you both. I didn't even know if I would survive, you saved me too, if you hadn't pulled me in I would have fallen down."

"You were already here when I got up. I don't know what am I going to do now without Zarij." Diva moves to the window again, and as she speaks it looks like she carves for revenge: "I will make Empire suffer for what they they have done to me."

Crew Options:

1. This will not bring Zarij back.
2. Your connections will be useful in our war against Empire.

1. This will not bring Zarij back.

Barracudas slowly walks over to the Diva and places her hand on her shoulder. "This will not bring Zarij back." She tells her. "Do not lose yourself in hate and vengeance or you will become what you hate. Focus on what you did have and fight for that, fight because you want to prevent this from ever happening again, not out of a feeling of revenge." She tells her gently.

Light Side Points
Barracudas +5


"You are right. He loved me exactly for what I was." Diva moves away from the window. "I think I could write a song, or two, about Jedi, and how they are ready to sacrifice themselves for the safety of the people, so I can inspire my fans and increase faith in the Jedi Order. Would you like to be in the video spot, with me, numa? You are the only jedi I personally know, and with who I would be happy to record a song."

"I would be honored." She comments, hugging her. Again feeling the stings of the cuts. "But I need some time to heal. I look messed up." She tells her. Remembereing something, she reashes over to her belt."Captain, I'm alive, I was able to save the Diva, but I coudln't resque the senator. I'm sorry." She tells Jag through her commlink. "Master Zemalia still needs medevac, I suggest having Axo and Secilia hacking the security system to locate her, I'm not able to in my current state, while they are at it, I could use one too."

Captain was happy with Ceviran's information already, but hearing Barracudas' voice was also refreshing. One thing captains hate and have to deal with is when they lose men on the field. However he decided to show zero emotions and continued for mission ending, by telling his crew next orders: "Everyone retreat back to our ship and keep eye on Diva. I will find Zemalia and bring her to ship to med bay."

Mission was successful but at what cost? Wasn't the main purpose to have Senator Zarij so that Republic resources can be stronger? Republic resources remained limited for now, how will that affect Republic and Jedi Order in future? We can only find out when we get there. But for now let's just go one week after this event, when heat disappeared, and everyone is safe and recovered. Barracudas signed the contract to record a video song with Diva Sadaria Kem. What will be her stage name? (Chose stage name, can be same as character's name, and roll perform)

Gida will be Barracudas her stage name, it means Female Warrior in her home language. (perform)

Ayy ft. Gida


On black screen a pink beam like lightsaber appears, with sound of saber activation, standing vertically connecting top and bottom of the screen, and then intro music starts playing. Except it's not a lightsaber beam, its a dancing pipe that twi'leks use to dance around that looks like lightsaber beam. Lights turn on and Sadaria and Barracudas are standing, both of them holding for the "pink lightsaber beam", wearing expensive rare dancing uniforms for the video, and the two of them start doing the pipe with twi'lek sexy moves, each taking half side of the screen in the spot, sometimes they switch sides, and rotate around the pipe without touching the ground with their feet.

Ayy:
When a new night falls down ...
You'll make your way to a club, with steps made of dance
To fit you must drown ...
With the mass of people, and with their fragrance.

But you'll never know when your life is in danger!
You could be the target of the Empire!
They could have sent an assassin ranger!
And your life could easily expire ...

Gida:
But that cannot happen because I am here!
From the Jedi Order I arrived rescue to do!
We'll bring peace and make life persevere!
Because that's what we should all do! (Ayy: We should all doooo!)

Gida deflects few bolts from a ranger assassin back to his face and he falls down defeated. Gida then starts walking front, stepping over ranger assassin, and soon other people come to join the walk with Gida, and when Gida starts to dance with fast moves all the people that follow her repeat every her move in a sync. Most of the group is made of other twi'lek and zeltrons. But soon a sith with red lightsaber arrives and fires lighting at the people. Gida pulls out her two lightsabers from her breasts and blocks the lighting. However lighting destroys her jedi robes, revealing her in new dancing uniform. Gida checks herself out and likes how she looks, then she sends force push at the sith. When TK hits him, it destroys dark robes revealing sith (who is actually zeltron with little digital coloring to look more red like sith pureblood, but at same time sexy) into a dancing uniform as well. And then a red saber beam appears between them spiting the screen on two. Gida and Sith grab the dancing beam and start to spin around it to see who will win in dancing competition.

Ayy:
When a new day arrives ...
You'll make your way to streets, for a walk
It's part of everybody's lives ...
You could make some graffiti with chalk

But you'll never know who you mess with!
You could be the target of the Empire!
They could have sent an assassin sith!
And your life could easily expire ...

Gida:
But that cannot happen because I am here!
From the Jedi Order I arrived rescue to do!
We'll bring peace and make life persevere!
Because that's what we should all do! (Ayy: We should all doooo!)

Gida wins the dance and Sith leaves the beam that turns into yellow now as Ayy arrives to the scene. Gida offers her hand to sith to help him get up, and as he does he spins Gida under his arm and then lifts her above his head, she extends herself and shows all her perfect shapes, then he gently puts her down and Gida runs back to Ayy. They took each other's lekku and sing into them as if they were microphones for the last words of the song.

Ayy and Gida:
But that cannot happen because I am here!
From the Jedi Order I arrived rescue to do!
We'll bring peace and make life persevere!
Because that's what we should all doooo!

Perform Success: Barracudas earned feat Diva's Voice, along with 100 000 credits on her account.

Sicilia was cleaning her equipment when one of her monitors notified her that Zemalia's neuron activity was going down, in other words, she was waking up. Standing up and leaving everything as it was, she made her way over to the medbay. Arriving there she saw Zemalia looking around and took the nearby clipboard for appearance sake. Already knowing what stood there. "You know, even if your a jedi, you should avoid colliding with walls. It's not healthy. You're lucky your not paralysed with all the bruising on your back or have a head trauma while you we're at it." She says looking her over. "As a jedi she should know not to hurt something you cannot defeat." She thinks. "Oh, and if you wanted to know, your not inside a kolto tank because one, I hate cleaning it and that takes alot of time and two, your Twi'lek companion was worse for wear. Having arrived with all those cuts on her." She informs her, "Other than some pain on your back for a couple of days you'll be fine. If you need more kolto salve for your back, you'll have to ask me or Axo for it." "It seems like you Jedi have some kind of death wish." She muses in her head.