An Impulsive Act Leads to a Rescue

Entry by Miya, Chief Medical Officer of the Liberty II


We had a mission to do.  Simple and straightforward - go in, find a young teen girl that had been captured and forced to work in a brothel on Nar Shaddaa, and get her out. 


I was sent in undercover.   The plan was to find the girl, get outside and then comm Jared and Talon to come get us.  I'd watched holos of her to make sure I'd recognize her.  I went in and found her fairly quickly.  She'd been hurt - some beatings, maybe roughed up by clients, too - but she was alive, and she was able to walk.  We started to leave.


But then....I saw all of the other girls.  Twenty or so....all so young.....all hurting in one way or another.....my heart went out to them.  I couldn't just save one and leave the rest to suffer. 


I commed Jared, speaking in Chinese in case I was overheard.  (He has a Universal Translator, of course.)  I told him I was bringing more girls, and to be ready.


I started quietly telling the girls, one by one, that I was here to help them.  That we were going to escape.  To stay close to me.


Things went fine for a while, but....one girl panicked.  She looked like she had just had a harsh beating - fresh facial injuries, bloodied, sobbing - and when I told her why I was there, she panicked.  She was so afraid of being caught that she started screaming, saying no.  


I tried to calm her, but the guards overheard.  I shouted for the girls to run, and ran myself.


I was caught by one of the guards - beaten, thrown to the ground and viciously kicked repeatedly.  Suffered a concussion, broken ribs, punctured lung.  But I at least got Jared on the comm right before.  


He and Talon burst in, phasers shooting.  They took out the guards and helped me and the girls to the shuttle.  We got back to the ship in one piece.


Now we are in the process of treating the girls' injuries and...health issues, plus getting the girls back home.  Bail and Leia are helping us.  


Bail.....*sighs*  Jared commed Bail and told him I was hurt.  Bail saw me....battered.  It breaks my heart to think of what he went through, seeing me like that.  


Still....we both have dangerous jobs....we both take risks....


We'll just have to deal with the repercussions.