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IT ENDED WITH A HANDSHAKE
+++ Chapter 1+++
LOST AND FOUND
"Gone..."
Jessie struggled to keep her eyes open; she had never been in space before, but excitement was not the word to describe her feelings. For the past two hours she had been avoiding the strange 'people' that had taken her family hostage. Her emotions were raging and trying to take control of her.
Remember, father said, 'never let your emotions rule your actions'
Jess fought the urge to break down and cry.
'Never, show any weakness,' she gasped 'Always stay strong...' "I will," she whispered "For father's sake..."
She had been hatching a plan of how to escape 'the deathtrap of a ship', but tracking the enemy's positions while staying hidden was taking its toll.
"I'll just rest my eyes for a minute," she muttered, regretted it almost instantly. Haunting images flashed through her mind as she drifted into sleep.
The capture of her family, The demands and threats,
An army of robots that carried guns, and knew how to use them.
A man/creature covered in a robe and a hood hiding his face, ordering the robots, and threatening her and her family. Jess shivered in her sleep, pulling the cloak closer.
Jess chancing escape, only to be unable to help her family... Jess's face burned, yes she had escaped; but at the cost of her family's lives.
Why had these 'things' come and taken everything from her? Anger welled up in her, Jess's emotions had fought there way into her dream They had taken everything: Her family, home, dreams, everything she held close...
More Images flashed through her mind: The 'things' pulling her mother and brother's limp bodies, the creature leader ordering them to search everywhere for her. Jess had cowered in the shadows at his voice. Now she reddened with sham.
'Show no fear... ...trust no one.' Her father's deep voice rang in her ears... He had died protecting them, while Jess had run and hid.
A blurry image of Jess destroying a small group of robots, taking the guns, and crawling into the ceiling flashed through here mind.
'Never use anger as a weapon...' The words of her late father cut deep.
Her father's last words to her rang through her head 'I love you...'
"I love you to daddy," she suppressed a sob "I'm so sorry." Jess wasn't aware crying in your sleep was possible...
" ...But Not Forgotten"
As Jess woke up the feeling of emptiness slowly enveloped her; the blanket of comfort, her family was gone. All that was left was darkness that threatened to swallow her up. Fuzzy images still clouded her mind, I need to get moving, come on slowpoke . Jess pushed the images to the back of her mind. So what's the next step JessGirl? The girl asked herself as she started crawling around in the ceiling
How about getting of this ship?
Works for me...
Talking to myself?
You really are losing it, next thing you'll be talking to shadows. Jess shook her head, causing her to smack her head against a low hanging pipe, a hollow thunk echoed around her.
Nice move, I really hope you didn't wake the entire ship
That's sure going to leave a mark, she gingerly touched the swollen bruise
That really hurt, Her head was spinning
Well if your going to run it to things, expect it will hurt. Jess rolled her eyes, her head had cleared, but something tugged at the back of her brain; she sensed something, closing her eyes she concentrated. Two somethings were coming her way,
I don't think they're from around here. Footsteps came closer, Forming a plan in her head rapidly. Jess pulled the hood over her face and prepared to remove the ceiling tile.
"This could be my ticket of this thing, don't fail me now" Fishing in her pocket she pulled out a small box containing a small dart.
'Never use this, unless your life depends on it..."
Her father's voice broke Jess's planning, "You know, your worse than a conscious." She spoke to the voice echoing in her mind
...Jess, did you hear me never."
Jess let out an irritated sigh. "Fine, you win." Jess shook her head, her father never lost an argument, OK almost never lost an argument.
The footsteps stopped a few feet in front of Jess, "Okay, let's shoot for plan B."
"We're Jedi"
"Perfect" Jess was ready to put her plan into motion, when parts of the faint conversation below her filtered through the thin ceiling.
"We must move quickly..."
"If they ..."
"No, I don't think..."
"But if we...."
"Rex and the other clones should be here soon so we must..."
Good, Jess thought to herself, They're to busy arguing, but with this Rex 'person' I need to act quickly
Moving the tile silently she prepared to jump...
Below her, and slightly in front the two somethings stood, there backs turned to her. Both were wearing a cape and hood.
Wasting no time she sprung onto them knocking them both down.
Quickly before they had time to react she took the strange weapons on there belts. The older one recovered quicker and sprang to his feet. Jess put her foot warningly on the other's throat.
Still holding the strange weapons tightly in one hand she pulled out the gun. Slowly he put his hands up and pulled down his hood. Jess was surprised to see a middle aged man's face.
Glancing down she could see the other one was a young man, who was just coming around. He glared up at her. Seeing his weapon in her hand he began to struggle. Jess put pressure on his throat and watched him from the corner of her eye.
"What are you doing here?" she asked turning to the older man.
Form the corner of her eye she could see the boy flicking his wrist and looking baffled. She rolled her eyes. The clanking of the robot troops around the corner warned her of the incoming danger.
"This way," she pointed the gun an motioned them into a nearby room. They followed obediently and Jess closed the door behind them.
The robots past, and Jess turned to the two men. "Now, I need answers, Who are you, What are you doing here, and what have you done to my family?"
You know there dead, what are you thinking? Her mind logically argued with her
I want information, and my families bodies they... deserve a proper burial
You know we're in space, what makes you think they didn't just toss 'em out? Jess shut her mind to the possibility
The younger of the two had started moving threateningly in Jess's direction, The older held him back. "I'm Obi-Wan Kenobi , This" He motioned to the boy, "Is Anakin Skywalker."
"We're Jedi." Anakin put in, crossing his arms and glaring at her
Congratulations, Jessie's mental voice was sarcastic
Obi-Wan glared at Anakin
"Why are you here." Jess interrupted the silence, her eyes steely Remember show no weakness
"We followed the enemy through, what we thought was a black hole," Obi-Wan paused, "Anakin ended up crash landing on the plant earth?" Jess ignored the friendly tone, and kept her voice harsh.
"How did you get on the ship?"
"We sneaked on board. We needed a way off the planet, and plan to close the connection between that planet and our universe."
Why are you in such a rush to destroy the connection?" Jess's mind was processing the new information Another Universe hu, what did father say...
Obi-Wan looked confused, "Your from that planet aren't you." he looked almost hopeful.
Jess couldn't ignore the tugging at her mind, "Yah," she answered distracted with her senses.
The man looked thoughtful, Anakin just rolled his eyes
"But you didn't answer my question," Jess pointed out, snapping back to the matter at hand.
"Well" Kenobi seemed hesitant to answer "It's a little difficult to explain, but from what I've researched on your planet, your ..."
"Technology is ancient." Anakin smirked "Were way ahead of you."
Great a smarty mouth, he sounds like my brother
Jess glared at him, turning to Kenobi she asked "What does that have to do with it?"
"Even though your technology is *cough* old, we believe that some of the humans here could be used..." his voice trailed off
Used? Is that why they took my family? But why just us? Not that I'd wish this on anyone...
The room went deathly silent, the two Jedi seemed to be waiting for some kind of response from Jess...
I may have an idea...
"Point of No Return"
(Three Days Ago, Jedi Temple)
"Just what I needed," Obi-wan ran his hand through his sweat dampened hair. The Jedi Master had just finished a rather heated conference with the Jedi Council. From an unknown resource, information of a new planet was discovered. They wanted to send Obi-Wan, on what he believed was a wild goose chase, they called it a secret mission.
The Council believed there was a Jedi who could potentially sway the war, in there favor.
Many years before, a young Jedi knight was sent to find the the location of the current Sith apprentice, who at the time was holding 'something of great value'. The last they heard from him was he was going to follow her ship through what seemed to be a black hole.
Obi-Wan rubbed his temples, he remembered the man, he himself had been only a small child. The young man was to be one of the most powerful Jedi. But most impressive was his ability to calculate, and strategize. Obi-Wan had looked up to him for a short while... but, it was almost to long ago to remember.
"I Better get Anakin, and get packing. Tomorrow is going to be a long day." Obi-Wan told himself with a sigh.
Especially if Anakin is driving...
AN: I know pretty poor, but you don't get better if you don't practice, 'write'? ;-)
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