All she could do was watch as his body hit the floor. Her hand reached out as if she tried to grab the air in front of her. As if she could grab him from that far away and hold him close to her face. But as she pulled back her hand, the body shifted and Jigual looked directly at her. She couldn't hesitate, not now. She rushed to her feet, pushing herself up and slamming down the trigger for the Dragon Hawke's ramp. All she could hope was that Jigual would not be able to get her and that Vex was not dead. But hope was just an emotion, an empty glass waiting to be destroyed.
"R4 get this ship started right now! We need to leave!"
The droid beeped several times as it started up the ship and the engines of the Hawke roared. The black YT-1300 lifted off its platform and turned in a 180 degree and shot out of the hangar with speed. Jigual and his goons began to open fire, with shots flying past but barely hitting the ship's hull. Crystaall couldn't move as she sat down in the pilots chair and tried to get back up. She couldn't do it. She kept telling herself this was another bad dream. She had a dream within a dream and that she would wake once more in her room and actually see daylight pierce her blinds on the only window she had. But this wasn't a dream. For this was anything but a dream, a nightmare at best, but even a nightmare wouldn't give you the rush of adrenaline, the loss of emotion. It took away your emotion so you could feel it when you exited your own mind. The pain in her heart struck out, breaking her mind's paralysis, having her realize that this could not be a dream or a nightmare. That she was being chased, not by Jigual, but by Imperial TIE Fighters. Her anger rose for Jigual, hoping he was in one of those fighters, but she knew he was too much of a coward to bargain with the Empire. Her droid beeped furiously as Crystaall woke from her stance and rushed into the turrets.
"So much for a subtle escape."
She started up the turrets and began to unload a massive burst of laser fire at the TIE Fighters, with them retaliating in full as she dropped in and out of each turret, firing in short bursts and taking them out one by one. The explosions weren't pretty but she felt satisfied, unleashing her anger upon fools who would chase her down. They would feel her untamed wrath.
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