[center][h2][b][i]MEANWHILE ON DANTOOINE[/i][/b][/h2][/center]

[center][h2] Theron Shan [/h2][/center]

My eyes slowly flutter open, and a bright overhead light blinds me for a moment. It takes several seconds for my memory to catch up with me, and I realize I am in a hospital on the Dantooine mainland. There is an IV of kolto in my arm. I must have been unconscious for at least a day. Maybe more. I try to sit up, but a shooting pain goes through my abdomen, and I fall back with a groan of pain. Out in the hall, I can hear people talking. One of them is an older woman, and the other is a man speaking through a helmet microphone. I lean over to look out the open door into the hallway, and I can see a nurse (the woman) standing with her hands on her hips. She is speaking to a Republic Trooper in full armor.

Nurse: "You can't just barge in here! This is a hospital!"

Trooper: "We have reason to suspect there are fugitives hiding among your patients, ma'am. We're conducting a search of the wards. Please stand aside.

Nurse: "Fugitives? There is nobody here aside from wounded men and women! If there were fugitives here, I'd know about it!"

Trooper: "Don't interfere, ma'am. We're only doing our duty to the Republic."

Nurse: "And my duty is to protect my patients!"

Trooper: "....Very well, ma'am." He takes the end of his gun and smacks her in the head, knocking her out. "Turn this place upside down! I want those rebels found!"

I roll over, hissing with pain as I pull the kolto drip out of my arm and slide off the bed. I am weak on my feet, but I manage to swiftly sneak across the room and duck behind a cabinet. With a blink, I activate my neural implant over my eye and pull up the built in comm. "Charlie, you read me?" I whisper.

[center][h2] Charlamagne [/h2][/center]

I am a few levels above, in the maternity ward. I pull out my commlink when Theron buzzes. "Yeah, boss. I read you. The Pubs are swarming all over this place. It's a miracle it took them this long to get here. Glad you're finally on your feet again. We need to get the hell out of here before they find us."

[center][h2] Theron Shan [/h2][/center]

"Syn. Is she there too? First priority is to get here out." I try to stay quiet while also conveying the urgency of the situation. I can see out in the hall the troopers heading my way.

[center][h2] Charlamagne [/h2][/center]

"Right, well, that isn't going to be so easy anymore. You see... She isn't alone anymore. Know what I mean? That uhh... extra height she's been carrying?"

[center][h2] Theron Shan [/h2][/center]

"In Basic, Charlie. Please!"

[center][h2] Charlamagne [/h2][/center]

"She had the kid. They did an emergency C-section last night. Ryder must have hurt her worse than we thought. Syn's resting in her room, but the baby is in the ICU. So..."

[center][h2] Theron Shan [/h2][/center]

"Son of a bitch. Just... hold on. I'll be there soon."