"The Scene" - A joint venture of S'Bien, t'Aehjae, t'Shia and tr'Pexil

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After leaving the dry cleaners, Koga, Demi and Shibae headed for the Hall’Mark store.

Koga walked along with his new-found escorts. Perhaps it would’ve been a more wiser decision to wait a bit longer, he mused to himself. Originally thinking that the worse of his PR nightmares were over, Koga was proven mistaken in the streets of the shopping district.

 

Demi was anxious to get to the card store, and then back to pick up Shibae’s uniform, since they promised it. Dressing was going to take the longest, and it annoyed her that suddenly her Daise wanted her to assist in this Dheno matter. She followed behind them, back in work mode, keeping her eyes on anyone that approached.

 

tA walked with the group anxious to get a gift for Ksa. As they walked she thought of the bonding of tRexan and then began remember the woman. actually missing her.

 

A woman stared at her ISD for some time, glancing around as she switched back and forth. She spotted someone out of the corner of her eye, but could scarcely believe it. She held up her ISD to eye level. ISD...Koga....ISD...Koga...IS... “Koga? Koga! Elements. It is au! Wait up...” she cried as she rushed up to Koga.

 

“Are aus buying a gift? I do not know the people getting married, and was thinking of a card only.” Demi was attempting not only to get the group moving, but to end this Dheno detail as quickly as it started.

 

In the background of the noise of the shops and people, she could barely hear some sort of a disturbance. It wasn’t clear or close enough for her to be alarmed, but she was alert, only half listening tot he group now.

 

“I fear that might have helped set up my recent troubles, not knowing much about the good maenak. But, I was planning to buy her something generic like a blender or a c’Offee machine” Koga replied. In the background, he heard someone shouting at him. He looked around to see who it was, instinctively taking a defensive posture. t’Shia and t’Aehjae also perked up, knowing the hairs on the back of their necks were standing up.

 

A mysterious woman rushed over and was beginning to approach. “Is it really au Koga? I’ve watched au for years. Don’t go!” She finally came to a stop less than a meter from him. She brought up her ISD to his face and showed him the recent news shot of him. “What are au doing out?”

 

“Koga do au know this person?” t’A says looking between him and the women.

 

Demi stepped between them, and took point, both of her arms out, “HALT!” she said quickly, catching the woman by surprise.

 

“Can’t say that I do” he responded. He looked at the woman and the news shot she was holding. “Hm, Page 29. I’m really coming up in the world. Say, I’m sorry, but do I know au from somewhere?” he asked as politely as he could to the woman.

 

Demi continued to hold her arms out, stopping the woman from getting very close, though allowed her to chat with Koga. t’Shia also keep an eye on t’A, just in case her Daise gave different orders for securing the scene or backing off.

 

She backed off as his women stopped between them. “I don’t suppose au would know me. I’ve been to all of your tournaments, read all about au in the news feeds. Too afraid to contact au. I’m Betha t’Uch.”

 

“Well, I appreciate the sentiment. So, what can I do to help au?” he asked, wondering if standing there an accepting a pie in the face was the answer.

 

“Oh,” clearly embarrassed, “I don’t need anything. But au are in danger here. Au have been geo-located. I’m sure someone has gotten into the cams all around.” She looked up at Koga.

 

“What is she speaking of Koga?” t’A asks. “When have au been here?”

 

 

“They take your picture in the news feed, positively identify au, then any cams will post your location. They use it to follow dissidents.” An older woman stood to the side, listening in on their conversation, but studying holographic greeting cards.

 

 

“That means, we will have a mob here soon, of dissidents that either want to cause harm, or whatever. We should get you out of here, or get a disguise.” t’Shia stepped to the side, hoping they would make a very quick decision.

 

Koga sighed inwardly. “I was hoping my troubles would have been over by now. I am wondering if this is beyond my little gaffe, or if someone out there really has it in for me? The new guy the media is now picking on isn’t even getting this much flack” he turned over to t’Shia. “I suppose for a Dheno standpoint that would be a wise decision.

 

We’d either best get what we need quickly or find me something to wear to disguise my appearance,” he said.

 

Demi pulled Koga’s arm quickly, and slipped him into a men’s clothing shop. “Quickly, pick some things out to cover yourself.” She stayed outside of the shop, keeping an eye on anyone strange trying to enter.

 

Koga slipped inside the shop, and quickly changed into the new clothing in the changing room. Looking in the mirror, the new set of clothes looked baggy on him, but did a decent job of hiding his appearance. He slipped a long hood over his head to further hide his face and stepped out of the changing room.

 

“This should be adequate. It’d be harder to pick me out in the mob of people” Koga admitted. Outside of the shop, he could see a crowd forming outside. He walked over to t’Aehjae. “Just to be on the safe side, can au scan for any tracking devices I might have, or if my ISD or comm badge has been compromised?” he asked, wondering if that’s what causing him to be geo-tracked.

 

t’A scanned him with her ISD . “It appears au had something on aus other clothing. These are free of any tracking device.” Koga looked at the device in his other clothes. “The woman was right after all. Hany’yyo,” he replied.

 

Demi was getting more and more concerned, as people were starting to gather in a few packs around various stores in the general area. She considered going inside and alerting them, maybe even sending them out the back way for safety. She pulled out her scanner, and ran a covert scan of the packs for weapons, only find a couple but tagged them in her mind to keep an extra careful eye on.

 

The old woman from the card shop held a bag of items close to her. She stood outside of the clothing shop waiting for a ride from a flitter. While she waited she spoke into a small ISD. “Lerak. Au and aur sister spent so much time getting that damned uniform pressed and cleaned au forgot the cards and such. Don’t be surprised if I this holocard says get well soon. I could hardly understand your instructions.” A pause while someone on the other end spoke. “What? I can’t hear au too well. A mob of people have shown up. Why do au do these things to me Lerak?” She yelled into the ISD now, the crowd noise growing slowly louder.

 

Koga could see the crowd getting larger, and louder. “We should probably try to head out the back” he suggested. “I don’t think it’s safe for us to head out the front, unless au and t’Shia can help push people of out our way.”

 

Up above a large metal ship because its descent down to the street below. “My ride is here Lerak. I will speak to au soon, if this crowd does not get me.” She shielded her eyes as the transport crossed over the sun. The crowd saw the ship too, and looked up in tandem. One man brushed up against her. “Get away from me.” The ship continued to drift down.

 

Koga looked at the back of the men’s shop, and left his old clothes in a pile in one of the changing rooms. He headed back out to the shop. “It looks pretty poor out there” he said.

 

“We need to go before it gets real bad.”

 

Demi kept peeking into the store to make sure everyone was ok changing and getting a disguise together for Koga. She catches t’A waving her into the shop, so she closes the shops doors as she comes in, hoping to fool the packs of people gathering around. She pulled a couple shades down to make as if the shop actually was closed, then ran back to where the rest of the group was. “What’s the plan?”

 

“Demi whats it looking like out there?” tA asks looking behind her out the door.

 

“It’s packed with people, and I scanned a couple weapons in the crowd. I think the back door is our only safe way out.” She pointed in the indicated direction, hoping they would quickly head that way. “We must go NOW!”

 

Koga looked at the door. “I certainly won’t argue with au there. We’d best get out of here.” he said and headed towards the back door.

 

“Lets go. We do na get in trouble and na be at Ksa’s bonding. I do na want a repeat of tRexans bonding.”

 

 

 

With everyone in agreement, Demi let them all go first, and followed up the rear, grabbing the door and closing them behind everyone, turning locks and shoving dead bolts for some lead time.

 

The flitter finally made it to the surface, but not after the old woman grew more and more upset at the crowd gathering. They appeared not to be going after her, but somewhere around the building. “Finally...”

 

At the back of the building, everyone got out - t’A and t’Shia got the idea at the same time as Koga, while all three ran right towards the old woman’s flitter. She opened her door just as they approached, so they kindly helped her out of her craft, then hopping in.

 

“What the elements! Au let go of me or I’ll get my son Lerak after au. Hey don’t I know au,” she asked, starting at t’A.

 

“IE I am t’Aehjae from the Talon, Leraks ship. We need aus help to get Koga out of here.”

 

“Lerak? Lerak tr’Pexil? He’s our friend, he said Au’d help us keep our crew-mate safe!” t’Shia hopped that ruse helped.

 

“Who are au? And what business of au with my son?” The crowd did what crowds do, crowd around. This time it was the flitter. “What kind of friends does he keep... get in now or I’ll push au all out myself. Is he in trouble again?” She sat down hard onto the less than comfortable seat.

 

“I think that I am the one more in trouble it would seem. But hany’yyo for aus help in getting us to safety.” Koga replied. “I’m not sure why there’s such a big crowd out there but I am sure it hasn’t anything to do with au’s son.”

 

“We will discuss it later we need to move out now.” t’A said with certain urgency. Demi was right in after t’A, securing the door.

 

To the driver, “Let them in and get us out of here. Go to the Lerak tr’Pexil residence.” She turns to the motley crewmates of his. “Dinner is on my son.”

 

Koga glanced out the window. “Looks like I owe him an ale. I’ll just have to complete my shopping online, I guess”

 

“I will have to come back later to get my uniform.” tA says in a low tone.