113-26-06 10:28 EST Gulfonodi, Tiger "Phoenix" Phell's stateroom.
Tiger "Phoenix" Phell sat on the couch, staring at the hangar outside his ship through the faux window of his stateroom, thinking of nothing in particular.
The door behind him opened and admitted a tall blond Amarrian woman. She was wearing a long black coat over brown pants and a brown shirt.
Tiger turned his head as he heard the door open and saw the woman, a smile leaping to his face, "Shana, your back," he stood from the couch and walked around it to Shana, embracing her in a hug, which she returned. "When did you make it back, just now?"
She nodded her head as she held Tiger out in front of her, "Yeah, just got back here, and A'dria tells me that you and that girl, whats her name, Laria." She smiled when Tiger's face lit up at the mention of the name, "You two seem to be really hitting it off."
A smile crept to Tiger's lips at her words, "Yeah, it's only been two weeks since we started being together, and it already feels like I've known her my whole life." He chuckled to himself, "Though I know it would take me a lifetime to really get to know her."
"Well, when do I get to meet her, huh?" She punched Tiger in the shoulder lightly, "Shekear and A'dria already have me...." She stopped mid sentence as they both heard an emergency broadcast over the Phell Clan comms.
"SECURITY EMERGENCY Corvid is down, repeat, Corvid is down SECURITY EMERGENCY""
Tiger started to move towards the door, and Shana grabbing him by his arm, "Tiger, you can't go, it might be a trap, and you know the security procedures, procedures you put in place mind." She held onto him as he struggled to break free, "When a primary asset is attacked, all other primary assets are placed on temporary lock down, unless in pod."
She gestured at the door, "Right now, two squads are coming down that hall, one for me, one for you, to ensure that those orders are carried out." He still tried to break free, but her grip on his arm was tight.
"Shana, I put those orders in place so you, Shekear or A'dria wouldn't try and come rescue me and get hurt, not the other way round." His voice sounded on near panic as he struggled against her hold. "Laria is hurt and I have to get to her, now."
Shana's free hand shot out from waist level as she attempted to hit him in the side, but he saw the blow coming and twisted away just before it struck.
She spun her self to her left, bringing left arm out, a small device springing to her hand from her coat sleeve. As she finished her spin, she brought her arm around, bring the device into contact with Tiger's upper torso, activating it.
Tiger fell to his knees as the taser activated and sent electricity surging through his body, incapacitating him.
"Sorry I had to do that Tiger, but A'dria, Shekear and I knew that you would disobey your own orders and go charging off to rescue any one of us if we got hurt, so we had a plan in case it happened." She stepped around him to open the door and allow the security team that had just arrived into the room.
"Take him to the emergency room and don't let him out until we know whats going on." The squad gave her affirmatives and helped Tiger to his feet and started to lead him out of the room. He didn't try and struggle against their holds on him.
He turned his head to look at Shana as she followed them down the hall. "Shana, at least send a full platoon to her, to make sure she is protected."
Shana smiled at him, "Already done Tiger, they should be arriving there shortly." They had reached the emergency room aboard the ship. Both of them stepped in, with one of the squads entering with them, the other taking up positions to defend the room if necessary.
"Tiger, do not worry. Once the teams give us the all clear, you can head off to help Laria, and I will go back to Nakugard and coordinate the investigation into this from there." She patted his shoulder as she said this.
Tiger just nodded and went to sit in one the chairs in the room, leaning forward and resting his elbows on his knees, his head down and looking at the floor. Shana went to another of the room's chairs and sat down, watching him, a worried look on her face.
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5 hours later
The Cheetah class covert ops ship sped out of the station's hangar, the clamps holding her in place had barely had time to release before she sped off.
The ship aligned to the first gate leading Tiger on his way to help Laria, a squad of his best marines on board to help with security if needed.
To Tiger, it felt like the longest trip in his life, almost feeling longer the the 5 hour wait he'd had to endure while his security forces determined that it was safe for him to head out.
At last he was on the other side of the last gate, in the system where Laria was now lying in regen chamber, unconscious. The thought ripped him to shreds as he sped the ships towards the station.
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19:15 EST Gulfonodi Republic Fleet Testing Facilities, outside Laria Raven's Quarters
The door closed behind Tiger as he stepped into the hallway. He leaned against it and gave a long and heavy sigh, a weight seeming to be settled on his shoulders and crushing him underneath it.
He shook off whatever feeling had overcome him and stood to his full height, walking over to the guard commander of Laria's protection detail. "No one goes into that apartment, except me or her, and if she wants to go somewhere, make sure she has at least one of the squads with her. Is that understood."
The guard saluted, "Yes sir, understood perfectly sir." The guard turned and walked back over to his unit and passed the order on to them.
Tiger nodded to himself, and then proceeded towards a lift that would take him to the hangars where his ship was currently stored, his own protection detail breaking off from Laria's and forming a perimeter around him as he walked the halls of the station.
When his pod was jacked into his ship and he had undocked, he warped to his home station and docked there. Stepping into his hangar, he proceeded to his Typhoon class Battleship, The Raven's Shadow, and stepped onto the lift that would take him on board.
He looked up at the side of his ship, towards the doors to his cargo bays, and watched as a small container was placed in the ship. He looked on that container with malice and hatred, for it bore Laria's attacker, and he wanted answers as to why the woman he loved was attacked.
The lift stopped and he cycled himself through the airlock, and proceeded to the place on his ship where the attacker had been moved to.
When he made to the door that lead into the room with Laria's attacker, he turned to the guard, "Open it, and make sure all recording devices are sending information to our holdings on Nakugard, Shana will need the info to start tracking down the bastards who did this."
The guard nodded and hastened to open the door, not wanting the anger and hate he heard in Tiger's voice transferring to him.
Stepping into the room, Tiger looked at the lone man sitting at the table, his wrists in shield bindings attached directly to the table. "Hello, mister unknown, your going to give me answers, because you don't want to know what happens to you when I don't get what I want."
The mans reply was cut off by the door closing, leaving the guard with no idea what was going on in there.
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