Ladies Night
An Imperial Captain slapped his Twi'lek escort in the face. He started shouting at her his alcohol tinged breath making the escort nauseous as she placed her hand on her cheek grimacing in pain. The Captain was furious at how she humiliated him in front of the other officers. He ordered her to dance in front of them but she refused. She was uncomfortable doing favors in front of a crowd but would open to any requests along away from the other officers she said. This cost the Captain dearly. Roughly 1,000 credits.
The Captain lost his bet to his highest ranking Junior Lieutenant who reported directly to him. The escort's tearful apologies just made him more enraged. He clenched his left hand into a fist. Then the Captain grabbed an empty beer bottle near his foot with his right hand planning to throw it at her. Before he could throw the bottle a short blond woman struck him in the back of the head.
"Leave her alone." The blond woman with a Russian accent said
"Are you kidding me? Who do you think you are you witch? This doesn't concern you so leave!" The officer demanded
"I've convinced my friend that you deserve a warning because you are drunk and stupid. Call me naive but I don't think someone as crude as you would be stupid enough to waste an opportunity to walk away unharmed with only a warning." The blond woman explained
The Captain smirked, "What are you talking about? It's just you here."
Another Twi'lek wearing combat gear jumped from a nearby balcony and struck the Captain in the back with a strong kick. He pulled out a knife after he landed on the ground but it was no use. The Twi'lek quickly disarmed him of his knife while the blond woman unstrapped his holster that held his blaster. Then the two woman beat the Imperial Captain until he laid in a pool of blood covered in bruises.
"We should kill him Yelena." The Twi'lek said
"No! Just...just let him lay there. You proved your point. Please." The Twi'lek escort said
"She has a point Ishval." Yelena added
The Captain groaned, "The special operatives assigned to this area are coming. They'll make you pay for what you did to me."
Isval kicked the Captain in his ribs which caused him to cry out in pain. Isval screamed at him, "Shut up you disgusting piece of garbage! You're weak. Picking a fight with a defenseless woman but helpless against someone who fights back! You Imperials are all the same!"
"Um...Isval? We need to take this defenseless woman and run. Taskmaster is the operative assigned to protect high ranking Imperials in Ryloth/Algeria."
"Who is Taskmaster?"
"Me." Taskmaster said
Taskmaster leapt down from a rooftop kicking Isval in the chest just like Natasha used to do. Yelena noticed Taskmaster did a three point landing exactly like her adopted sister Natasha. Yelena assumed Taskmaster died in the battle at the Red Room facility where General Dreykov's office exploded. Yet in the back of Yelena's mind she had a feeling Taskmaster survived.
Yelena pulled out her blaster and fired it at Taskmaster before she could draw her sword and kill Isval. Taskmaster dodged the attacks in a manner similar to the former Jedi Ahsoka Tano. Taskmaster's armor adopted the movements of more individuals connected to the Clone Wars than Yelena thought. Yelena flipped over the slashing attack attempted by Taskmaster and did a leg sweep to get Taskmaster on the ground. Just like the Winter Soldier Taskmaster pushed herself to her feet by thrusting her hips and pushing off the ground by her shoulders in one fluid motion.
Taskmaster pulled out her shield which was a smaller version of Captain America's shield.
Instead of Vibranium this Shield was made out of the metal Doonium which was used to make starships. Taskmaster hurled the shield at Yelena but Yelena did a backflip to dodge the shield remembering the angle Captain America was shown throwing his shield United Republic propaganda. However the Shield ricocheted off the wall and struck her in the back. Yelena lay sprawled on the ground as Taskmaster aimed her blaster to kill her. Ishval shot her blaster at Taskmaster's helmet and a piece of it broke off.
"You people are fools. Just like I was. I thought I could count on Shield and the United Republic but it was all a lie. You people are fighting for a lie." Taskmaster said her face partially exposed dark red bruises on the left side of it
Taskmaster dropped a flash grenade before Isval could fire her blaster again and when Isval opened her eyes Taskmaster and the Imperial Captain were gone.
"What the galaxy was that all about?" Isval asked Yelena.
"Taskmaster was a former Shield Agent named Kara Lynn Palamas assigned to investigate a growing relationship between a specific faction of Hydra lead by Baron Von Strucker and the Red Room during the Clone Wars. This relationship was arranged by former Separatist leader Count Dooku. I helped a Hydra Agent code named Viper to capture Kara. Kara was brainwashed by Hydra and then rescued by an Inhuman named Raina. Kara faked her death and stole the Taskmaster armor back from Hydra. She's been seeking revenge against me and the other Widows who worked for the Red Room."
"Wonderful. Cham is not going to be happy that Taskmaster is aware of your involvement with the Free Ryloth Movement. That enslaved Twi'lek escort is gone. She ran off. We failed to save her." Isval observed dejected
"If you and Cham's plan succeeds then she'll be free." Yelena reassured with a smile
"It will succeed." Isval replied with a determined look
"One more thing. That Hydra Agent named Viper. That was Bobbi's cover identity when she infiltrated Hydra on Shield. Taskmaster is going to want to kill Bobbi Morse in revenge and Bobbi has the most important role in our Operation to kill the Emperor and Vader." Yelena added
Isval frowned.
"Dank Ferrik." She muttered in frustration.