Lost Jedi
Daughter The modified
clone tank sits in the dark silent vague image of someone is
hid by the condensation of moisture onthe transparisteel viewing
window. The long durasteel housing is lined with sensors and gauges.
They flicker and pulse with the readings of the life inside. From
across the room the sole entrance opens. Two male individuals enter.
One a tall Kaminoan is speaking to the human, his big blue eyes
gleaming as he speaks. His Name is Ja Val. Like most of his people,
he is a scientist. His field of expertise is genetic engineering. As
he glides his long lanky fame across the room, which is a trait of
his race, he spies the readings on the clone tank. A smile comes
across his white face as he types in a few commands into the computer
on the tank. "I'm quite impressed with the genetic
samples you gave us, Sir, considering how old the one was. It was
still very viable and had a strong genetic chain in which to mingle
with the second one you gave me which was very potent itself."
He bows to the cloaked human. "I'm so glad you saw the future of
genetic engineering." The cloaked human draws back his
cowl to reveal his fine chiseled features. His head crowned with
bright blonde hair; cut in a regal style. It is his eyes, however,
that stand out from the rest of "Since the death of my dear wife, I have tried to
live my life through charitable deeds that would have made her proud
of me." He says looking at the scientist with meek eyes, even
though he is " How so?" questions Ja
Val confusingly. " The samples I gave you were from her
family ancestry. As to avoid the rare disease she died of and my
own." He states proudly. Again he is lying. Ja Val bows
his head to honor this man's proclamation of the gift. He has
bestowed on him. " I am so honored, Master Vos. " He
replies. A slight smile forms on the cloaked man's face, as he
walks over to the clone tank, in amusement. For he is not the Master
Quinlan Vos. Vos died in the closing battles of the Clone Wars more
than twenty-three years ago. He in fact is Emperor Papaltine. A
younger clone of himself. That was infused by the Dark side of the
Force to contain his spirit. He barely survived the surprise attack
at the hands of Lord Vader on the Death Star. "
You mentioned something about an anomaly in the process. Is it a
cause for concern?" he asks breaking from his recollection, as
his wipes moisture from the viewing window to look in. "
No, My benefactor, the anomaly is nothing more than a rare eye color
among humans." Ja Val says as he peruses through the data
readout from the tank. " The subject has violet eyes." He
adds. "Interesting . . . " Papaltine says. "
May I ask how well your enhanced sensory depravation technique
works?' " Oh yes! It works very well. With all the senses
nullified; the subject's mind is open to the point that each training
simulation that you supplied seems real." Ja Val explains. "
The subject also Papaltine raises an eyebrow in a quizzical curiosity.
"Really? What kinds of simulations?" he asks. "Mostly
combat oriented . . . " Ja Val trails off as he taps on a
datapad " . . . and then almost always swordplay variations."
Ja Val smiles as he adds "I believe the subject is ready for
your enhanced training simulations. " " You've read
my mind, my friend." Papaltine smiles while producing a small
pyramid-shaped device. It is a Jedi holocron. "Start with this
one; more will arrive shortly." " As you wish,
Master Vos." Says Ja Val as he takes the device and places it in
a small triangular indentation on the clone tank. The holocron glows
at the activation of a button. Papaltine smiles, his eyes
flashing with wicked glee. This will be a sweet revenge he thinks to
himself. With the genetically engineered child of his most powerful
apprentice, Darth Vader and the Ja Val answers "Three days . . .
"
By Jae Lee Atkinson
his rugged good-looking features.
They are an intense blue, so blue that they seem to radiate the
intense cold of his evilly corrupt heart. His tall frame is adorned
in Militaristic uniform but not of
any planet that Ja Val knows
of.
lying. " Your theories caught my interest,
mainly because Genetics was my wife's field of expertise. If you're
successful then I will have a child that will be a tribute to both
our families." He adds.
His Personal Guard
recovered his battered body and escaped to a secret location on the
planet Telos. Where he had secluded a Kaminoan clone scientist, for
the soul purpose of creating a number of Papaltine clones.
has displayed an aptitude to create its own
simulations when one of yours is not running." He proudly
adds.
ancient Sith Master Darth Traya,
he will destroy Luke Skywalker and his fledgling Jedi Academy. He
will destroy the Jedi master and all whom he loves with someone with
his own blood. Papaltine turns to Ja
Val and asks "How long
will it take you to run the subject through thirty simulations . . .
back to back?"
One year
later Luke Skywalker paces the floor the floor without knowing
it. He runs his hand through his tightly shorn, slightly greying,
blond hair as he meditates on the events of the last several weeks.
The Galaxy : Master Skywalker. Found what is evidenced to be a Jedi
Enclave Colonel Velmar Grenn : Telos, as a
whole, has always been a beleaguered planet. After the last Jedi
Civil War led by Revan and Malak. The planet was rendered almost
lifeless. Only through the efforts of the Republic it Luke's wizened blue eyes focus nothing as if to invite a
Force vision. His thoughts are captivated by the thought of having
sent his wife, Mara, and his niece, Jaina, to investigate the matter.
The thought of going with Mara had crossed his mind, but, he was
needed here on Corusant to overlook the assessment of the new Jedi
trainees. Three of which have displayed some mastery of higher level
Force He
projects his thoughts out to the starry sky. He smiles as he turns to
go supervise the training regiment of the new recruits. He feels his
heart warm as if she just touched him lovingly to reassure "Again!" commands
Kyp Durron. The Jedi Knight is putting the three new Jedi recruits,
who have already shown amazing potential, through their paces. He
studies the small group through his piercing grey eyes. Standing
strait at his full 6'2" height he keeps his taunt muscular frame
at ease in a semi-militaristic stance. His light brown hair is
partially hidden by the black service cap he wearing. He is Zaire Lecturine, a green skinned
Twi'lek male, seems to be struggling a little to keep his 5' 11"
medium built body up on one hand. Beads of sweat forming on his
forehead. The twin tentacle-like Anakia, the raven-haired woman with no last name, has
stacked ten stones with ease and has her long 5'10" well-muscled
body perfectly erect with no signs of any duress show on her
softly Jesalyn
Zenn, a native of Dantooine, whose equally long lithe body is as
erect as Anakia's. Her perfectly toned shape is as lovely as her deep
blue eyes, which, are fully focused and determined. While "Concentration is the key
to mastering the Force. " Kyp says loudly trying to startle the
recruits. "Concentration is control. Control is Mastery.' he
explains. " Mastery leads to greater power." he
adds. "Master Durron?" Jesalyn asks. "Yes
Initiate Zenn." he replies. " Seeking mastery for
the sake more power would be the path of the Dark side of the Force;
wouldn't it?" Questions Jesalyn. " That is a very
good question." Kyp says with a smile. He is impressed with the
Initiates probing question. "You are correct, but, only if that
is the only reason for seeking mastery. If you master "
I thought we had only a set access to the Force? That all we could do
is use is what we have and nothing else." Says Zaire with a
wavering voice. " You're a dazed Mynock." Anakia
says harshly. " Learning control and mastery of what you have is
gaining more power." She adds as she stacks her fourteenth
stone. " That is true to a certain degree. I, however,
have seen Master Skywalker summon and use more of the force than five
Jedi combined." Kyp says with a certain awe in his voice. "
You must remember the Suddenly with a loud
thump, Zaire falls over, scattering his stacked eight stones on the
floor. "Sorry Master Durron." He says
apologetically. "There is no need to be sorry. You now
know your limitations, so you now can work to surpass them" Kyp
says reassuringly. " Now pick up your area while we wait and see
who falls next." He adds. " That will be you,
Blondie." Anakia says proudly with a wicked grin. "
Don't count on it" Jesalyn says with a mischievous smile, as she
concentrates lifting four stones a once to stack. Zaire
chuckles. " I think we have a couple of competitors, Master
Durron" " So it seems" Kyp starts to
laugh. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Aunt
Mara!! Come take a look at this." Jaina Solo beckons her aunt
Mara Jade Skywalker. " What is it, Jaina?" She
glances over to her niece. Jaina is tall and slender both with long
dark brown hair that is pulled back into a simple ponytail. She is
examining something intensely with her "It looks like a holocron."
She says as she examines the pyramid- shaped device. "Emperor's
black bones! It is a holocron . . . a Sith Holocron." Mara says
as her emerald green eyes flare with loathing. She sweeps some of her
flame colored hair behind her right ear to examine it better. "There
are a few more over there." Jaina points over to the far back
end of the circular room. " a couple of them look like Jedi
holocrons." She says as she walks over to them. Mara
shakes her head slightly as she states out loud. "This
definitely is not a Jedi academy. Not with this many Sith artifacts
scattered around." She scans the room in a attempt to somehow
see through time. Wondering what actually went on in this
place. "Maybe we should go back through to that control
room and check the databases for clues to what this place is."
Jaina suggests . " That sounds like a wonderful idea. Why
don't you do that? You are far better with computers than I am any
ways. I want to look around here some more.' Mara smiles at her
niece. "Only if I can fly the Jade Shadow back to
Corusant." Jaina smiles back at her aunt mischievously. "
Oh! Your learning blackmail are you?" Mara asks with a
chuckle. " Learning from the Best." Jaina giggles.
Having witnessed Mara blackmail her Uncle Luke numerous times to let
her do something even when he thought she shouldn't. Mara let
out a sigh and rolls her green eyes as she says. " Yes, I guess
you are." She looks back at the young woman mockingly pleading
with a wicked grin. " OH! Alright! If you must." "
Oh! Yes! I must!" Jaina gleefully says as she hugs her aunt,
before ,bouncing for joy down the bridge that connected this room to
an audience chamber that resembled a Jedi council room. Mara
admires Jaina's ability to maintain a positive outlook. She's so
unlike her brooding twin brother Jacen. Even in this time of
uneasiness that permeates the galaxy; Jaina remains upbeat.
Content Mara has never been more pleased
with her life than she has been since she married Luke Skywalker.
Through him she has gained a loving, caring family. Willing to defend
her with their lives. Han Mara
pushes these happy thoughts aside to focus on the task at hand. She
surveys the room with her eyes. Using Jedi techniques that help her
see the room in various ways normal eyes cannot see. Mara ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " Today you will construct
your lightsabers." Luke says to the room of ten Jedi Initiates.
" the lightsaber is the definitive weapon of the Jedi. Not as
clumsy or random as a blaster. It is a more civilized weapon. A
weapon that commands respect from the wielder as from the opponent."
he looks into the eyes of every initiate as he continues. "Your
saber hilt should reflect your character, your background, and the
very essence of who you are. Some will be simple designs. Others will
be complex even ornate, but all should beone very important thing . .
. " he pauses seriously engaging everyone eyes then he chuckles
and says ". . . functional." The students all laugh. "You
have emitters, focusing lens, and power cells of different types each
with their strengths and weakness. You also have the choice of single
hilt or saberstaff. But the most important part of " Thank you Master Skywalker, I
will." Jesalyn says with a slight humble smile. "Your
welcome." he replies showing her the way out. Zaire leans
over to Anakia and whispers. "She'll probably come back with a
blue one. The probability of it is two to one." Anakia
looks at Zaire annoyingly. " You'll come back with a blue one.
She'll come back with something . . . surprising."
seems to be at rest even though the New Republic still
is in the grips of war with the Yuuzhan Vong. Even the Jedi Academy
is calmly coming together; the threat of it being torn apart by a
division of
Ideologies is longer a threat. It happened after the
hard won battle at Dathomir. Luke's rivalry with Kyp Durron, his
former apprentice, ceased after some personal revelation that the
latter Jedi still
hasn't made known. With the influx of refugees
from disparaged worlds came new force sensitive candidates for the
Academy. With the recent loss of several Jedi from battles with the
Vong. This is a sorely needed boon. The one thing that is most
concerning to the Jedi Master is the message he received from the
security commander from the planet Telos.
in the northern polar
region. There are signs of recent activity.
Please send a Jedi to investigate; as I have limited personnel
to
do so. Thank you.
was reborn.
For one reason or another it has always been at the center of one
conflict or another. So to find a secluded Jedi enclave is
surprising. Only to the fact that it was never known about by the
Jedi.
powers, which is promising, for it seems the Galaxy is
slowly generating Force sensitives of a higher level. His thoughts
again come back to his wife. Luke hopes to have her in his arms again
soon.
him
that she will.
impressed
with the three recruits, one male and two females, who he has holding
themselves up on one hand with the Force while levitating and
stacking small flat stones.
appendages on his head dangling
down. He has stacked six stones and is slowly raising a
seventh.
featured face or in her intense violet eyes.
she
sweeps her blonde longer than shoulder length hair behind her ear;
she stacks her eleventh stone.
your
thoughts, desires, and emotions more power is the natural reward."
Force surrounds us, penetrates us, and is
the tie that binds us together."
warm brown eyes. All these
traits she takes from her parents Han and Leia Solo. Jaina is a
beautiful young woman of seventeen. It's very hard to believe that
she is a seasoned veteran pilot of the Rogue squadron and a
accomplished Jedi knight.
to let her abilities as a Jedi come naturally through
diligence in her training and growth as a sentient being through
interaction with others. She surely becoming a great Jedi Knight.
Mara thinks to herself.
and Leia Solo and their children Jacen,
Jaina, and Anakin have accepted her with open arms and warm hearts.
Though it has been hard for her to reciprocate at times. Mara has
learned to love them the
same way. Her life before Luke was a hard
and harsh existence. Being the part of the Emperor's Hand meant
keeping things like love, caring, and empathy out of her life. Now
those same qualities inhabit
her soul in such great quantities; it
seems strange to have ever lived without them in her life.
notices
a cool spot on the wall. As she walks slowly toward the cool spot she
undoes her lightsaber from her belt. At the wall she surveys the wall
closer; there is a hidden door. With a gentle nudge of the
force
she slides the door open. The room is dark and cold. With the
familiar snap hiss sound she ignites her lightsaber; it's blue energy
blade providing light to see by. What she finds shocks even
her.
the lightsaber
is the sabercrystal. " Luke instructs. " In the past Jedi
were required to go to the crystal cave on Dantooine to search out
their crystal through the Force. While we have no crystal cave
here.
We do have the crystal room .Each of you will go to and meditate to
search out your first crystal. When you do you will construct your
light saber and present it to me for final inspection." He
smiles at the group of eager students. He paces back and forth until
he stops in front of Jesalyn Zenn. " Initiate Zenn you are the
first student to go. Take your time. Let the Force flow through you
and guide you."
Jesalyn walks with Master
Skywalker across the Room of a Thousand Fountains. The room is filled
with the tranquil sound of rushing water. The sound reminds her of
the rivers that run through the Matale plains on her native planet
of Dantooine. "This is My favorite place in the whole
temple." Master Skywalker says to her. "I come here to
meditate a lot." he added. " I can see why. It's
beautiful and peaceful here." Jesalyn replies with a smile. "
It reminds me " I went over your file last night. It was
interesting to say the least. You spent most of your life on
Dantooine with your adoptive parents, The Zenns, who where
Archeologists assigned to the Jedi Temple there." Luke says "
That must have been dull." He commented. " Not
really. I learned a lot about the Jedi there. I know things most of
the Jedi here don't know of the old ways. Plus I met Master Korr
there. She sensed my connection to the Force. " Jesalyn
explains. " Yes, Jaden spoke very highly of you. She was
very discouraged that your parents didn't want you to become a Jedi
Knight. Though the Force seems to have seen to it that you are here
now."Luke smiles at Jesalyn. " The Force had nothing
to do with it. It was those damnable mercenaries thinking my parents
had some priceless Jedi artifacts that they could take and sell to
finance their next slaughter." Jesalyn says as she cradles
herself in her arms. Her voice trembling with a mix of sadness and
anger. She shakes herself and looks at Master Skywalker. " I'm
sorry , Master Skywalker , It'sstill hard for me to believe their
gone." " I understand. I felt much the same way when
I lost my aunt and uncle on Tatooine. I felt like I failed them. If
it wasn't for Ben I probably would have sunken into despair and done
something foolish." Luke shares. " We can't change the
past. We can only focus on the here and now with hope for the
future." he adds with a smile. " Thank you Master
Skywalker for everything you have done for me. I didn't know if
coming to Corusant and undertaking the training was the right
decision. Now I can't think of anything that felt more right in my
life." Jesalyn says returning his smile. " Your
welcome, Initiate Zenn." Luke replied . " You have been a
real blessing from the Force. We don't get many with your level of
connection to the Force." He added with a smile. " May I
ask you a personal question about your past?" He asks softly. "
Yes of course, Master Skywalker." Jes says looking at the elder
Jedi. " Do you know who your birth parents are? Are the
still alive?" He asks tentatively not knowing how she will react
to the question. Jes smirks at the Grand Master and chuckles
her reply. " That, Master Skywalker, is twoquestions." They
laugh heartily. " Your right. I was just wondering if
your were descended from any family that had produced any Jedi of
recognition. I just wanted to know out of curiosity." Luke tells
the young Initiate. " I have no clue to who my birth
parents are. All I know is my birth mother gave birth to me on a
transport from Tatooine and that since she was on a Dantooinian ship
I became a citizen of "Tatooine?"Luke questions." I was
raised there as I said before. I still have contacts there. If you
would like maybe after you finish up here today you can give me some
dates and I could check for you. " He offers with a smile. "
I would appreciate that Master Skywalker." she smiles. "Well,
we are here." Luke says as they stop in front of a set of
beautifully ornate doors. The frames of the doors are made of
polished durasteel with pearlescent semi-transparent windows. The
doors are set into what seems to be a large grassy hill in the middle
of a beautifully manicured garden of various flowers and plants from
around the galaxies. The bright colors seem to glow radiantly with
each other with an natural but almost ethereal quality. "
Now, Initiate Zenn, behind those doors is the Crystal Room. It is
full of raw uncut crystals that we use for our lightsabers. Your are
to go in and meditate reaching out in the Force to find your first
crystal. Take as much time as you need. I hope you find something
special." Luke states. " Yes, Master Skywalker."
Jes replies as she winks at Luke then turns as walks towards the
doors. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "
Have you seen any of the new students , Jacen?" asks Anakin Solo
with excitment. " Yes, Anakin, some are the usual
cadidates who hope to find adventure and what not, but there a few
who show promise. Especially the dark haired one named Anakia . She
was a bodyguard to a senator from Corellia." Jacen
mused. "Anakia? Alright a girl with a name that sounds
like mine! " Anakin exclaims. The youngesson of Han and Leia
Solo jumps ecstatically up in the air. Jacen Solo looks at his
brother with a smile. He hasn't seen his younger brother show so much
since way before the death of Chewbacca. Life had been rough for the
youngest Solo having witnessed the event and then the subsequent
horrors inflicted by the Yushaan Vong. It was nice to see his brother
acting like his old self. " Yes, Anakin, I think that is
very interesting. Maybe we can get a chance to meet her." he
says to Anakin. "Really? When?" brushing aside his
brown hair with sun-kissed highlights out of his sparkling blue eyes.
" I hope she likes me." he added. Jacen chuckled at
his brothers enthusiasm. "Well all the students have to attend
the Grand Senator's Ball tonight. It's a good possibility you will
meet her there." He says with a smile. " I guess I
better find my best formal clothes, Huh?" Says Anakin. "
I guess you better." Jacen
replied. Kyp
walks up to Luke who is waiting outside the Crystal Room. He notices
that Luke seems to be meditating. As he draws closer Kyp feels The
Force strongly emanating from inside the Crystal room. Kyp stops
beside his Master and friend silently. Without opening his
eyes Luke asks Kyp. "Is there a problem, Kyp?" "
No, Master, I just wanted to see want was taking so long."
Kyp "Obviously Initiate Zenn has not found
her sabercrystal yet." Lukes states opening his eyes while
turning his head to smile at Kyp. " Can you feel how deeply in
The Force she is?" he asks with a look of deep
satisfaction. "Yes, Master , It's almost intoxicating."
Kyp says with a smile. " How long has she been in there?"
He asks quizzically. " Almost two hours ....
a lot of home." she continued. " You can
just feel the peace resonate throughout the whole room." she
adds.
Dantooine at birth. The records of who she
was were lost ages ago after. I tried to find out who
she was in
my early teens but to no avail." Jesalyn tells her
Master.
replies.
Jesalyn is seated on a low
round meditation chair in the center of the large round room. Her
eyes closed lost in a deep trance she searches for her crystal. She
had started by clearing her mind by using the meditative breathing
techniques she had been shownduring her training. Concentrating on
the Force picturing it as a gentle stream flowing along it's path.
Jesalyn then let it fill her spirit letting it cleanse her, revive
her, and strengthen her. As time progressed she reached out as
if to find something , anything that would be there to signal her.
Jes let her mind go realizing she was trying to analyze what was
going on instead of just feeling her way in the Force. She let
herself follow the flow of the Force letting the stream take her on a
journey. Slowly the stream became a rushing river the sheer magnitude
of it's power almost overwhelmed her. Then it happened the call she
was waiting for. It was like a star going nova in her sight bright,
brilliant, and beautiful. It seemed the Jes that it almost sang to
her; a soft melodic song of joy. Jes reached out her hand and
focused on it willing it to come to her. Slowly a pile of crystals
began to jiggle as they rolled to the sides of the pile as the
chromium metallic green crystal rose from deep underneath the pile
and levitated upwards from the pile. Slowly it inched it's way toward
Jes' beckoning hand. Once Jes felt it touch her hand she closed her
long fingers around it as she opens her eyes. She smiles as she sees
it for the crystal long almost a meter in length. Jes hops up
from the meditation chair and quickly walks out the pearlescent door
of the Crystal room. She feels in the Force she won't have to walk
back to the workstation lab alone as she sees Masters Skywalker and
Durron waiting as she opens the door. She quickly walks toward
them smiling as she waves her crystal. " Finally decide
to just grab one, Initiate Zenn?" jokes Kyp lightly
chuckling. " No, Master Durron, I just took my time
because I wanted a very unique crystal." Jes giggles "
A very unique one indeed, Initiate Zenn. May I see it?" asks
Luke as he smiles at her as he thinks how intoxicating her laugh is.
Mara's laugh is the same way when she lets it. He thinks to
himself. Jes hands her crystal to Master Skywalker as she asks
" What kind of crystal is this ? I've never seen one like this
before." " It's a Viridian crystal, Initiate Zenn,
it is akin to the Electrum crystal that creates the purple energy
blade that Master Wind once carried and my nephew Anakin carries
now." Luke says as he examines the crystal. " It is said
that owners of this kind of crystal can draw strength from it in the
Force as well as the blade becomes stronger as the owner increases in
power. A truly symbotic relationship. Well done Initiate Zenn."
he states as he hands the metallic green crystalback. "Thank
you , Master Skywalker." Jes graciously thanks Luke. "
It looks big enough for two sabercrystals, Luke." Kyp states "
Your right, Kyp." Luke agrees. " I believe that your
ambidextrous. If I remember correctly from your file , Initiate
Zenn." he adds. " Your are correct, Master , I am."
Jes says amazed at Master Skywalker's recall of information. "
I believe Master Nerimandi was hoping for one to come along to teach
his dual saber style to." interjects Kyp. "Yes he
was." Luke confirms. " Would you like to learn to fight
with two blades at once, Initiate?" Luke asks. "
Yes, Master, I would." Jes nods as she replies smiling. "
Very good then I'll notify Master Nerimandi as soon as you construct
your
lightsabers.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Mara
and Jaina are straining the Jade Falcons engines. Squeezing out as
much speed as they can " Are you sure that it is
Papaltine , Aunt Mara? " Jaina questions her Aunt with a look of
sheer " Who else could it be? This stinks
of his handiwork." Mara snaps at Jaina not meaning to. Mara
shakes her head as she says " How many karking clones did he
make of himself?" More to herself than to her niece. "
Cloning is one thing , Aunt Mara, but to genetically engineer a Force
sentient assassin is completely unheard of." Jaina replies
ignoring her aunts snappiness. " Your right and if what
this datapad says is true...." Mara pauses taking a deep breath
" ....we're " That
poor Kaminoan scientist was very unlucky to have found out he was
being duped. By the Force no one should be hacked up like that by a
lightsaber." Jaina says shaking her head as if to shake the
vision of the scientist cut up to practically ribbons away. "
If you ask me he got what he deserved." Mara replies coldly. "
He created an abomination for a very evil man." she adds "No
one deserves to die like that, Aunt Mara." Jaina says to her
aunt with a cold stare. " No One." she reiterates. "
I'm sorry, Jaina, your right." Mara apologizes to her niece.
Amazed now with her courage to confront her head on like this. Most
of the stout hearted men in the most of the known star systems
wouldn't even dare to make eye contact with her; and here her niece
is taking a stand against her view of the situation." It just
bugs me that we have to deal with him again and with the genetically
produced offspring of......" the next words catch in herthroat "
....Vader........ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anakia
stands alone in the training room with her saberstaff held in her
right hand. She looks about the large room beset with columns and
large sturdy boxesconfigured in various ways. Her violet eyes scan
the room mentally taking note of every vantage point in the
room. She slowly raise her left hand and uses the Force to
activate the control Panel on the far wall. With a audible series of
beeps and flickering lights; five workout remotes hover into the room
from various points. Slowly searching the room for her.
back.
get out of them. Hoping to get back to
Corusant as fast as they can.
disbelief.
in for some deep poodoo."
Anakia slowly crouches into a
deep Iron Batha stance , her weight evenly placed on both legs as Rounding a corner just as a remote does she brings
her saberstaff to bear as the remote fires a volley of low strength
laser shots. Anakia quickly deflects them all wasting very little
energy. Simple flicks of her wrists with no gregarious spinning
flourishes. The remote quickly draws a bead on her and moves in
firing two more volleys at her which she quickly dispatches. Just as
she sets herself to attack the remote she hears the swishing
displacement of air of two more from behind her. Simultaneously
all three remotes fire at their quarry. Anakia deflects them all
spinning her body around in a tight circle keeping the same crouched
stance as she cleanly spins her saberstaff about her body. The last
two laser bolts reflected back at one of the remotes which
deactivates on impact and drops to the floor. Quickly she springs
forward as the first remote fires again from behind her jumping over
the third remote with the aid of the Force as she flips and twists
her body in the air striking at it. Her blue lightblade cleaves it in
two. As she lands solidly on both feet in the aggressive Defiant Kath
Hound stance; her right foot forward slightly bend at the knee
holding most of her weight as her left leg is drawn to the rear with
her foot facing left to support her facing the first remote. The
remote swooshs from side to side assessing Anakia's moves as she
moves to counter the remote's position. The remote fires a volley as
it quickly moves in. Anakia deflects the blasts then vaults forward
aided by the Force as she spins with her body parallel tho the floor
holding her saberstaff over her head; the effect looking much like a
fan. The attack came too quickly for theremote to counter as it is
shredded by her saberstaff. Anakia deactivates the blades as she
ducks her head to her chest and she tumbles to the floor rolling back
up to her feet. The last two remotes come at her from either
side flanking her she quickly runs to her right aided by the Force
once again. When the remote she closes in on begins to wildly volley
it's shots she hops up and starts running on the wall to her left
activating her saberstaff again. Anakia deflects the shots as the
remote fires repeatedly drawing a bead in her as it continues to
close the distance between them. The move proves to be the remotes
fatal mistake as it comes into position between the wall and a
configuration squares stacked on each other. Anakia jumps doing
aerial cartwheel as she slashes the remote twice cleaving it into
quarters. She plants her feet into squares long enough to twist-flip
to land facing the last remote. Anakia quickly takes the initiative
by hurling the remains of the last remote at it. The remote counters
by shooting the remains away only to be sliced in half by Anakia's
saberblade as she has ran to the remote as it fired at the
debris. Standing calmly above the remains of the last remote;
Anakia powers down her saber staff as she looks up at the observation
booth and asks " Time?" "Three minutes
twenty-three seconds" replies Kyp. " Not bad, Anakia , not
bad at all." he adds with a tone of being impressed. Anakia
looks at the booth with a stern look as she replies " The
remotes are too slow." Kyp's Jaw drops in udder shock. "
Those remotes were set at Master Skywalker's training regiment."
he states. " Then Master Skywalker needs to work out more
often." Anakia says flatly as she exits the training
room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zaire
stands outside Jesalyn's room waiting for her to open it. He is
dressed in an elegant black Zaire still cannot
believe that Jesalyn had agreed to accompany him to the Grand
Senators Ball. Jesalyn stood before him dressed in a white linen
two piece dress. The top was a fitted bodice Zaire
takes a slow breath and says " You look absolutely breath
taking." Jesalyn blushes and replies " Thank you,
Zaire , you look very dashing yourself." " Why thank
you, Milady, I have something for you that I hope you will wear
tonight." he says as Jes gasps " Is
this the left over fragment from my sabercrystal?" "Yes
. I made this for you. I value your companionship a great deal. Your
kind to me even after finding out that I was an assassin for Kylo
Nord." Zaire says with gratitude gleaming in his eyes. "
May I put it on for you?" he asks. " Yes." she
replies lifting her hair off of her neck as she turns. Zaire
fastens the necklace around her neck and briefly squeezes her
shoulders. " Shall we be off, Milady?" He asks offering his
arm. " Yes, we shall." she hooks her arm through
his. As they walk down the corridor she says " Why did you wait
so long to ask me to The Ball?" " I just assumed
that you would want to couple with another human." Zaire said
flatly. Jes giggles and says " Zee, they only asked me so
they could say that they had me. You asked because you care for me."
she stops and turns to look into his dazzling crystal green eyes. "
That is why I chose to wait for you to ask. You care for me and I
care for you. You always have my back and your completely honest with
me. These past weeks would have beena nightmare if it weren't for
you. The others only want to bed me, to dominate me , or to find out
my flaws so that they can debase me in front of the Masters. You
treat me as an equal." She says tenderly. " Jes,
we're not equals. You are more powerful in the Force than I am. Your
right however; I care for you a great deal. I promise you that I'll
never let anyone hurt you as long as I'm around." Zaire replies
as he softly brushes his hand across her cheek. " Now let us go
before I decide to take you back to your room and ravish you."
He adds with a wicked grin. " That is a tempting offer.
But your grades can't handle another blow after your lightsaber
fiasco." Jes says with her own wicked grin. " Your
not going to let me live that down are you?" He asks "
No." she says smiling as they start to make their way to the
Ball. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
she
activates her sabersatff. With a loud snap-hiss followed by a low hum
, her saberstaff generates to blue blades from both ends. She slowly
shift all her weight on her left leg as she silently slides her right
foot toward the left. Carefully crossing the left she suddenly shifts
her weight onto her right one and slowly hunts the remotes
herself.
silk tunic that has long flowing
sleeves which is opened to show off his well toned chest. The
shirt
is held closed by a deep blue sash wrapped about his waist.
His pants ,which are fitted tightly
around his butt but hang
loosely at is legs, match the color of his sash. He is wearing knee
high highly polished boots. His lekku are tied back with a black
silken cord that is woven between the two in an intricate pattern. He
shuffles his feet nervously as he waits.
She had the pick of all the human men in the class,
some of the Jedi Knights, and one or two Jedi
Masters. Still she
chose him. A arrogant man would say that his charms won her over, but
Zaire
knew better. For all his confidence and bravado; he was very
doubtful that his vast array of
amorous comments of either her
beauty or her skills won her over. He knocks again thinking she
has
gotten sidetracked and hoping she hasn't changed her mind. The door
slides open.
that tied in the
front low cut tastefully revealing her cleavage. The bodice stops mid
torso
revealing her very toned stomache. The sleeves flowed from
the bodice stopping just past her
elbows. The skirt hangs low on
her hips and flows elegantly to just above her ankles. She opted
for
comfortable open toed white flats but they went well with her dress.
Jesalyn's hair was braided
in the front in farmers rows that
stopped at the crown of her head. Then tied off with little
clear
elastics laced with little white flowers. The rest of her
long blonde hair flowed down in curls the
back of her neck falling
just below her shoulders. The only make up she wore was a pale blue
eye
shadow that enhanced her deep blue eyes and lip gloss.
he takes her right hand and places a
thin silver chain that has a metallic green crystal ring about two
centimeters in diameters attached to it.
"What do you mean he can't be disturbed?" Mara yells at
the view screen. " I am sorry, Jedi Jade-Skywalker, but
he is currently attending the Grand Senators Ball with the other
Masters and the new students. He left explicit instructions not to be
disturbed. I don't even think he has his comlink on." states the
communications officer at the Jedi Temple. " Sithspit!!!"
she curses. If it weren't for her chastising him about keeping a
comlink on during political affairs; she would be able to warn him
about the traitor in his midst. " Fine, then I need a small
contingent of Jedi to be at the landing pad when we arrive in five
minutes." " Yes, Ma'am. Will do." the officer
replies. Mara strokes her temples to relieve some tension. She
would try to project a thought of danger to " On it , Aunt Mara." Jaina replies typing
in the frequency for her mothers top aide. " Let's hope
we can get a hold of some one quick. I got a bad feeling about
this....... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anakia
watches the room from her table. Everyone seems to be enjoying
themselves. The other The Jedi Temples image has taken
a beating all throughout the Yuushan Vong War; not that it Anakia
smirks to herself. This is the reason the Jedi will always be weak.
She muses to herself. Anakia feels a presence in the Force approach her.
She looks in the direction of the young man "
Hello, I am Anakin Solo. I hear we have something in common." He
says holding out his hand. " Oh really?" Anakia
smiles as she replies and shakes his hand. "Want would that be?"
she further asks. " Our name of course." comes his
bubbly reply. " You are Initiate Anakia, correct?" he asks
suddenly unsure of himself. Anakia chuckles " Of course I
am. So you're the famous Anakin Solo. The Hero of Yuushan "
Oh! So you have heard of me." Anakin replies standing a bit
straighter. " I was wondering if I could have the pleasure of
the next dance with you?" he pours on the charm. "
It would be my pleasure." she replies smiling. She offers him
her hand. As he takes her hand she stands he finally notices
her black evening gown. It is sleeveless wrapping around her neck.
The torso is form-fitting and daringly low cut revealing her breasts
quite seductively. The rest of the gown flows over her shapely hips
falling just barely below her ankles. From what he can tell she is
wearing black inch high heels. As he places his hand to her back the
escort her to the dance floor he notices her gown is also
backless. They make their way to the dance floor he turns her
to face him. In her heels Anakia stands about " You have lovely
eyes. I have never met anyone with eyes your color." he says
smiling at her. " Trying to charm me out of my dress so
soon, Jedi?" She asks teasingly. " No! Umm!.. I..I
..just love the color of.... your eyes." He stammers as he
blushes. " What?! You don't fine the rest of me
appealing?" She continues to tease. Enjoying working the
him in the Force, but
with so many people there a the Ball it might not be beneficial to do
so. Not
knowing exactly who the traitor is or even what they look
like would cause Luke to overcompensate and tip his hand. "
Jaina, I need you to try to reach your mother. She always has an aide
with an open comlink." she says as she prepares the landing
sequence.
students are mingling with members of the
Senate. The whole exercise is designed to be nothing
more than a
public relations cooperative.
was
their fault to begin with. The Jedi have forever been the scapegoat
for the Senate. It's the main
reason recruitment for potential new
Jedi has been slack. Who wants to protect the New Republic
if your
going to be blamed every time something goes bad.
The fact that none of the supposed Jedi
Masters have even noticed the fact that she holds her Force
aura
around her so tightly; that they can only feel that she has a
connection to the Force.
She relishes in the fact that soon they
will fall to her Master and she will take her place at his side
as
apprentice.
approaching her. Her
is barely fifteen years old with sun kissed brown hair and bright
eyes. He is
dressed in the traditional robes of a Jedi.
Vong
War. The one who taught the Jedi how to overcome their ability not to
be sensed by the
Force." she faints admiration.
two inches taller
than he does. Making sure he that his perception of being an
honorable man is not
missed he locks his blue eyes to her violet
ones. As they begin to sway with each other to the soft
slow
music; he tries to make small talk.
young
Jedi up.
" Oh! Then I must commend you on your restraint."
she purrs. " Thank you. Can I say that you're the most
beautiful woman here without sounding like a " Yes you may. May I ask if you are
into older women in general or just me?" she asks seriously. " Of course. Just you." he stops
as the music ends. " Would you care to continue this
conversation out on the terrace? I mean It is a lovely night and we
could talk more privately." He says succeeding in making his
voice seductive. " That would be nice." she says
even more seductively as she offers her hand to him.
" Yes I do." He says smiling widening his eyes
realizing she teasing him. " I would like to
continue this
dance privately, but I don't want to seem too forward." he adds
trying to make his
voice sultry. Very close to succeeding thinks
Anakia.
scoundrel?" he
pursues her verbally.
Not
really caring in the least, but he has presented himself as a Mynock
for the slaughter.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Luke
watches the festivities from his table with the other Masters. The
purpose of the exercise is to see how the Initiates carry themselves
in a political setting. The various events the Senate holds are
nothing more than a informal way to debate current issues in the
Senate. Deals and compromises are performed at these gatherings then
usually cemented in the Senate Chambers. All the Initiates are
carrying themselves quite well. The five women among the students
where told to dress in gowns. The all looked beautiful but two stood
out among them. Anakia and Jesalyn. Arguably the strongest students
over all with Zaire a distant third. The two women were competitive
amongst themselves; each pushing the other to be better. Each woman
contrasted the other in almost every aspect of their personality and
talents. Anakia is a solitary person driven to excellence. Her
Force abilities are mostly physical in nature. She has an affinity
for security, espionage, and likely due to her having
been a bodyguard for a Senator. Her mental abilities seem to be
limited to telekinesis and total recall. Anakia is highly intelligent
in regards to mechanical design and piloting starships. Jesalyn
is more a people person. She seems to elevate the mood around her.
While she is intensely driven to succeed; she is more laid back then
the others. Her Force abilities are well balanced. Evenly distributed
between physical and mental disciplines. Jesalyn is also highly
intelligent in mechanical repair and archival research. Her
affinities as a linguist and healing are awe inspiring. Luke
smiles as he ponders Jesalyn. If he were a younger man and not
married he'd do anything to just be around her. She made him feel
alive again; they way he felt when he was first learning the ways of
the Force. Before all the hardships of trying to recreate the Jedi
Order. He shakes these thoughts from his mind. He loves his wife,
Mara, passionately. She has given him a son, Ben , who is bright and
strong in the Force. They have forged a bound through hardships and
love that could not be taken lightly. He would not cross any lines
that would destroy that bound. Besides it seems Zaire has captured
her favor. They look as if their having the time of their
lives. Arm in arm talking to the various senators and dancing
together. They haven't left each others side all night. Zaire has the
look of a man enraptured. Luke knows the feeling all to well. Jesalyn
looks at Zaire with the same look that Mara gives him when she thinks
he is not looking. Jesalyn is in
love. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "
What is this pertaining to?" Namick Falstaff asks. The top aide
to Leia Organa- Solo, Namick, is not a man to just let just anyone
talk to the senator. " I have to talk to my mother
immediately about something of great importance." Jaina
impatiently says. " How do I know you are even who you
say you are? The Senator's daughter was at last report on Telos."
He replies evenly as her runs his hand through his graying brown hair
in frustration. " Listen, I am Jedi Knight Jaina Solo.
Priority code XJO 4561 JS Alpha. If you do not get my mother on this
comlink in less than a minute I will arrest you for impending a Jedi
of her duties. AM I UNDERSTOOD?" Jaina says in her best
threatening voice. "Senator your daughter in on the comm
for you." was is quick answer. " Jaina, how are
you?" Leia asks. " Mom, I need you to get a message
to Uncle Luke quickly. It's important." Jaina hastily says. "
What is it?" Leia asks in return noting the urgency in her
daughters voice. " Tell Uncle Luke that Aunt Mara is on
the way with a squad of Jedi. There is a imposter among the
students." Jaina quickly relays the information. "
Imposter? Who? " Leia quickly makes her way across the grand
entrance where she was waiting for her always late husband. "
We don't know. Just tell him to keep an eye out." Jaina
says. Zaire
holds Jes close to him as dance slowly together. His hand
respectfully cupped to the small The son of a
brothel dancer who died giving birth to him; Zaire never knew who his
father was. After an especially good night of thievery he
was relaxing in a luxuriant hotel room on Nar For five long years Zaire did Kylo's bidding. Stealing
what needed to be Kylo's at first, but slowly it evolved into taking
care of his opposition. Killing people doesn't seem as harsh when
your told do it or die. Zaire was just waiting for the opportunity to
run. It came the day he first met Jesalyn. Jesalyn had come to
Nar Shadda with Master Jaden Korr. Jaden was there to procure a
specific item that Kylo had come into the possession of. The item was
a prototype shield generator that alternated the shield frequencies
randomly to offset the advantages of the Vong coral skippers ability
to shut down shield generators. Jesalyn was there simply because she
had contacted Jaden after her parents were slain by mercenaries. Jes
was going to the Jedi temple to become a Jedi. Kylo Nord was a
man to be trifled with. He had single handedly become leader of all
the petty Now as he looked back on it; the Force had to have
arranged his chance meeting with Jaden and Zaire's part of the plan was easy. He knew
where the prototype was and how to get it. Jaden and Jes pleaded with him
to come and train to be a Jedi. She told him that chances to redeem
oneself " What are you thinking
about? " Jes asks as she nudges her body into his smiling. "
You of course." he replies. " That you are an Angel sent to
save me. If it weren't for you I probably still be back on Nar Shadda
or under it." he added. " I'm just a girl; who saw
some one who needed someone to have a little faith in him to pursue
something he obviously wanted." she says with a bright
smile. " You're more than just a girl. Your
intelligent, brave, strong, and very, very beautiful." Zaire
says a he leans his face in closer to hers. " I hope I can find
a place in your world after we become Knights." he adds resting
his forehead on hers. Jes looks into his amazing crystal green
eyes and says, "You already do. Right here." She takes his
hand and places it on her heart. Zaire's heart jumps. His
mouth seems incredibly dry. He stammers asking " Are you sure?"
he pauses " You deserve better than me." " I
deserve the man I want. I want you." Jes says as she brushes her
lips against his. " I want you...."
He takes her hand and leads her to the
terrace......
of her back while the other holds
her hand next to his heart. He can't imagine a more perfect
evening
in his life. This beautiful vivacious woman has brought an immense
amount of joy into his
otherwise bleak life.
He was raised by an uncle who was always into trouble.
Get rich quick schemes that always seem
to yield less than they
were suppose to, bad decisions that led them to have to flee in the
middle of
the night, and cons that always seem to backfire were
the staple of Zaire's life. His uncle died when
he was sixteen
leaving him with little money and no home to speak of; Zaire took to
stealing as a means of survival. Surprisingly he was quite good at
it. Too good.
Shadda; when a knock
came to the door. Thinking it was his meal from room service, Zaire
opened
the door to a group of enforcers sent by Kylo Nord. Though
he put up a decent fight he was subdued and taken to Kylo; where he
was offered a choice. Work for him or perish. The choice was
simple.
gangs on Nar Shadda. Through guile, intimidation, or
straight out killing all those opposed to him
he became the only
human crimelord that the Hutts even feared. There was no way he was
just
going to hand over the prototype to the Jedi. Not without a
fight.
Jes. Jaden came to him
seeking information on Kylo's whereabouts. Knowing a little about
Jedi
through stories swapped with bounty hunters and smugglers at
the Starchaser Lounge; Zaire saw
his opportunity to get off of Nar
Shadda and out from under Kylo's iron fist. Quickly a deal made
and
a plan was formed. Zaire stole into Kylo's stronghold and reclaimed
the prototype as Jaden
along with Jes distracted the security of
the stronghold.
Jesalyn had
to take on a virtual army of enforcers. He was in and out before
anyone realized that
Jaden was simply a ruse. Back then he thought
he was a natural thief; now he knew better. After
the retrieval of
the shield generator; Jaden had pointed out to him that he was Force
sensitive and
that all those years of thievery and assassinations
were aided subconsciously by the Force. With
that revelation came
the offer to be trained as a Jedi. He was going to decline because he
felt he
had no right to be a Jedi after all the blood he spilt for
Kylo. It was Jes that changed his mind.
rarely come along. Jes convince him that he could become a
better man and set right all the things
he had done just to merely
survive; by helping those that were like him. The downtrodden,
the
helpless, the abused, and the ones with no guiding light to
see a brighter day. He knew she was
sincere; a tad too idealistic,
but sincere. What made is decision was those beautiful blue eyes,
the
ones he's staring into right at this moment, they offered then
what they still offer now. Hope for
something better and a promise
of unconditional companionship.
Anakia plays enamored to the hilt. Letting the youngest Solo
regale her with compliments of her beauty. She thinks to herself this
couldn't have worked out better for her. Letting her Force sense
heighten so she can sense the operatives she hired approach. She
senses them move into place. She shivers acting like she is cold. "
I'm sorry I should have asked you to grab your shawl." Anakin
says apologetically. He goes to take of his outer robe. Halfway
through the attempt his Force sense flares alerting him to danger. He
drops his outer robe and calls forth his lightsaber activating it. It
flares to life with the familiar snap-hiss the purple blade humming,
Five beings clad in black and red leather-like armor reveal
themselves. Their faces covered with full face masks each one
activates their own crimson bladed lightsabers. "Anakia go warn
the others." he tells her as he goes to move forward. He was so
intent on protecting her and playing hero that he didn't see it
coming. The sharp pain at the back of his neck is all he feels before
the numbness takes over and he blacks out. " Silly boy,
you actually thought your vain attempts to charm me were succeeding."
she laughs as she moves toward the largest being. Pointing at two of
them she commands. "Hurry bind him with the
Force-inhibiting binders and get him to the safe house." she
looks at the large one. "You have my gear, Ja'Kal? " she
asks. "Yes, Mistress." is his only replies as he
hands her the gearbag. Anakia quickly strips in front of them
not caring what they see. She slides into and identical uniform the
rest are wearing. She pulls out two lightsabers and attaches them to
her waist. She nods at Ja'kal as she stuffs her gown and shoes into
the bag and tosses it over the railing. " Are the others in
place." She asks as she slides her full face mask over
head. "Yes, Mistress. Twenty men stationed as you
ordered." Ja'Kal replies. " Good we go in ten."
Anakia
says. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "
What?!" Mara explosively asks. " I know you have told me
about all your lovers, Luke, but I never thought about you having a
child." she says with her arms crossed holding herself. "
Luke, are you sure about this?" Leia asks looking quizzically at
her brother. " Yes, Leia. Look at this datapad. The DNA
comparisons are of my blood and hers." Luke says as he hands
Leia the datapad. Leia's eyes widen as the revelation sets in.
She looks at Mara as she hands the datapad. "Mara, she is his.
The DNA results are 99.9%." Mara takes the datapad and
looks for herself. She looks back up into Luke's eyes and takes a
deep breath to center herself. "Well okay then; we have a
daughter." she says with a nervous smile. "Does she know
yet?" she asks nervously. " No. I just found out
myself. Mara, I love you. I know this is not something you or I ever
thought would happen in our lives. I'll understand if you don't want
to meet her." Luke says to his wife compassionately. Mara
glares at him and states. "I married you for better or worse.
This isn't the worse thing that has ever happened to us. You have a
daughter by another woman. Big Pazak. It's not like it hasn't
happened to anybody else in the universe." she moves in and
embraces him tightly. "I love you and if she's anything like you
I'm sure I will love her too." She says then kisses him full on
the lips. " So where is our daughter?" she asks "Yes,
Luke where is my Niece?" Leia asks as she smiles feeling
relieved that this went better than she thought it would. Mara has
come a long way from her early days, Leia thought, when she didn't
trust any of them really. Leia worried for the first few years of her
brothers relationship with her; but when they married she had already
saw the changes in her attitude that only a true strong love can
bring. All of a sudden the lights go out. The loud thunderous
sound of several flashbang grenades go off simultaneously. The crowds
becomes a chaotic mass of screams and shouts as they all
haphazardly Luke yells, " Masters search the perimeter.
Knights help with the wounded. Initiates form up on me!" "
Uncle Luke, Jesalyn and Zaire are not here. They left about a half
hour ago." Jacen reports to his Uncle as he moves toward his
mother hugging her. " We'll have to find them after we
get this situation under control." Luke shakes his head.
run for the exits. Only to find several masked
individuals waiting for them. The Jedi Masters and Knights try to
calm the crowd and protect them, but the crowd is too frenzied. It
becomes a massacre when the masked individuals open fire without
mercy on the crowds. The attack lasts only a few minutes but is
devastating. Several senators, aides, and waitstaff are killed in the
onslaught. Only two Jedi are injured in the fray, both Initiates.
With all the confusion of protecting so many people both the security
and Jedi members including Luke, Mara, and Leia never get a chance to
engage the infiltrators. With another set flashbangs they all
disappear.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They
walk hand in hand down the corridor to Jes' room. Her eyes full of
joy as she looks at him. Zaire is very handsome to her, his face is
made up of soft angles that would on anyone else make them seem
feminine. The thing that attracts Jesalyn the most are his crystal
green eyes. They are not too dark or too light for his complexion,
they just seem to her to be two perfect light emerald gems that seem
to capture the light just right from any angle to dazzle a person.
Dazzled she is. His kiss at the danced proved to her that he
completely feels the same way she does for him. Zaire loves her
completely, with his whole being. The frightening thought in her mind
is that she isn't experienced in the art of lovemaking. She wants to
be able to pleasure him that way but is not sure how to do so. "What
is going on in that pretty head of yours, Mi Vanna." Zaire
whispers into her ear. He calls her Mi Vanna the Twi'leki
phrase for My Love. It sends a shudder down through to the "Trying to seduce me are you?" he
chuckles softly. " You have done an excellent job of that.
I'm " I'm serious." she lightly
elbows his ribs." I have something for you. A present. I was so
nervous about getting ready I forgot to give it to you." Jes
says nervously biting her lower lip. " Nervous? Why would you be
nervous, Jesalyn?" he asks. " I wanted to look
beautiful for you. I've never worn a dress before in my life. I've
never had to do my hair and apply make up before. I felt like a
complete fumbling nerf herder doing so." Jes explains. "
You done a marvelous job at it, but you could have worn a cargo sack
and still been beautiful to me. Jes you are a very beautiful woman
physically, but your heart ... that beautiful soul of yours is what
makes you shine brighter than the stars themselves." Zaire says
to her. His voice full of emotion and sincerity. Jes could
feel her cheeks blush. " I'm not that beautiful. You have me
confused with someone else." she says humbly. " Not
at all. I believe you don't understand how very attractiv you are.
That just adds to your beauty. Your very nature is what draws people
to you. It's what I love best about you." Zaire says as he draws
her close to him. Wrapping his arms around her waist as he does. "
Zaire, I want you... to know... that I never felt this way about
anyone... before. I'm so totally... lost about how.... to show you
how much I care." Jes stutters nervously. She is so nervous that
she is actually shaking in his arms. Zaire looks at her not
knowing exactly what she means. " You have shown me already how
much you care. Tonight has been the most wonderful night of my life."
He says as he leans forward and kisses her full on the mouth. The
kiss was meant to be one of adoration and affection, but when Jes
kissed back something flares up deep inside her. Jes' adoptive mother
had once explained that a kiss is like it's own form of language. A
kiss should say things that were hard to put into words. Wants,
desires, dreams, and even flaws of a person. It should convey the
totality of the people who share it. Jes was pouring herself into the
kiss physically, emotionally and through The Force. Zaire feels it in
deep in his soul. Jes loves him completely with everything that she
is. They hold on to one another fiercely as they kiss each
other not wanting to break this moment. Their tongues mingle with
each other as they explore each other's mouths. Zaire's hand
wanders across Jes' back as he engulfs her in his embrace. Jes' hand
caress his face as she pours herself more into the kiss. Slowly they
end up against the wall in the corridor; Jes' back up against it. As
they pour themselves into each other their bodies start to react. Jes
can feel her body heat rise as well as Zaire's as she lets her hands
roam across his bare chest that is opened to her by the style of his
shirt. Zaire's right hand is against the wall holding him back enough
not to crush Jes against it completely as his left wanders down to
the bare arched small of her back. The moment threatens to explode
into deep passion, but is stifled by the sound of someone clearing
their throat. " Ahem! You two might want to go somewhere
more private." The security guard says with a smirk. They
both break the kiss and look toward the security guard. Jes cheeks
blushing as she tries hard to make her mouth say something. Zaire
angles his body to shield Jes' even though she is clothed from the
security guard. He smiles at Jes then says to the security guard. "
I believe you're right my good man. Sorry about that." The
security guard smiles and chuckles. " No apologies necessary."
he says as he starts back on his security check. Zaire grabs
Jes's hand and leads her to, amusingly enough, the very next door
which happen to be her room . Only five meters from where they where.
They both look at each other and laugh as Jes keys in her security
code and she turns to him and kisses him again passionately as she
draws him in. The door closes behind them. They immediately
find where they left off outside. Their bodies Zaire breaks the kissing of her neck to
look into her eyes. "Mi Vanna, I want you badly, but I Jes
looks into his eyes as if to search his soul. " Zui, Mi
Vanna, Zaire lifts her off
her feet and carries her to the long Jes lets out a moan of pleasure at his passionate
assault on her Zaire flicks his tongue out tracing
a wet trail down the center "It's not fair." Jes says
smirking " You get to see me, but you "I can remedy that, Mi
Vanna." Zaire says with a wicked grin. He Jes's heart races as she examines Zaire's body. His
chest and Zaire moans as she does. The feel of her petal soft lips
on his Jes' heart is
beating so fast and hard. Half out of the rush of " What is it, Jes? " He asks with a
smile. " I'm not sure I can go through with this."
Jes says tears already " Why is
that? Have I done something wrong? Or is it because I'm " No. No, Zaire nothing like
... that." she pauses taking a deep Zaire's jaw drops and eyes widen
in shock. He looks at her. She " I... I.. I want you. Only you."
she says between shuddered " Are you sure?
With all your soul are you sure? Your purity isn't " I love
you too. I feel the same way about you. I believe I've " What are you doing?" she asks
whispering in his ear. " I think our first time making
love should be in a bed. Call me Jes looks into his crystal
green eyes and shakes her head. " Good." he says as
he lowers her to the bed. Laying her down. He He
is a vision of beauty incarnate. Jes examines his body taking "Would you care if I play some music?" he
asks her softly " Be my guest. I only have Corellian
smooth jazz loaded on my "Perfect." Zaire replies as he
pushes the play button. The soft Jes giggles slightly then says, " I believe
your right. You wanna "
I would be honored." he says as he slowly undoes the tie
that Zaire lay down beside Jes and
leaned in to kiss her as he softly Slowly Zaire starts tracing kisses
down Jes's neck and chest as Jes moans at the touch of Zaire's hand
on her womanhood. She runs Feeling Jes was ready
Zaire positioned his body to trail kisses Jes's body felt alive in a way she never
experienced before. It Zaire knew Jes's was getting close to a
orgasm when she started The
wave of release that happened to her body was amazing. The Zaire
slowly crawled his way back up Jes' body slowly kissing Jes looks into
his devastating eyes and replies in his native Having already
positioned himself between her legs; he slides his Jes
takes a deep breath centering herself then biting her lower Zaire chuckles softly as he says, "Yes,
Mi Vanna, the worst is They make love to each other. Expressing
themselves not only As they move
closer and closer to their climax Jes's eyes mirror Zaire half collapses onto Jes. With one last
final show of Jes
caresses Zaire's chest as she weakly raises her head to gaze
core of
her soul. One of complete udder joy. Jes looks into those
devastatingly beautiful eyes of his
and says. " I was
wondering if you would come in for a bit. I have something for
you."
totally enraptured by you already." Zaire says looking
into her deep blue eyes.
colliding against
each other as
they embrace and let their hands roam across each
other's backs. Zaire
takes the initiative and
breaks the kiss
to trail small kisses down her chin onto her neck.
Jes' rapidly
warming skin feels
like silk against his lips. She gasps in
pleasant surprise at Zaire's
forwardness as she cups the back
of
his head with her right hand as her left slides down his bare
chest.
His skin is hot to the touch
indicating to her that he is just as
aroused as she is.
need
to know you want this too." he says half panting
Zui dona vata meechu." she says to him in his native
language. Yes, My Love, yes I want you.
oversized lounger and sets
her down as he
lowers himself into Jes' open waiting arms and they
fall into a
maddening passionate kiss. He
again trails kisses
down her chin and neck going much farther now.
His one hand
caressing the
small of her back as his other boldly massages her
breast.
body. Her hips instinctively
grinding into his;
though he is still fully clothed she can feel his
full erection
through his pants. She
claws at his shirt from the back loosening
it from the sash. Pulling
it up enough for her to run both
her
hands across his hot skin.
of her chest driving it down the
space
between her breasts. He nimbly unlaces her bodice freeing her
breasts
from it confines. As he
slowly raises his body up enough to slide
her top up over her head.
He looks at her lovingly taking
in
her beauty. His smile is not one of conquest or any other
debased
reason; it is one of sheer
adoration. Zaire notices
Jes's cheeks are flushed with passion and her
deep blue eyes are
full of
love. His eyes lower down her now bare torso. Her breasts
are not
overly large; in fact they fit her
frame almost
perfectly. Her stomach is very well toned, but in a very
feminine
way with soft lines.
still have your shirt
on." she adds
giggling.
slowly raises up
onto his
knees and slowly undoes his sash; making a show of it.
Jes' eyes
intently watch as he sexily
gyrates his hips as he
pulls his sash off and let's it drop to the
floor. He opens his
shirt and rolls his
shoulders to shrug it off. " Now we're
evenly in a state of undress."
He says with a roguish
smile.
torso are well muscled from all his
physical
training. The effect of his pale green skin over the
chiseled
clean lines of his muscles
make him seem to be sculpted out of
fine jade. She whistles a cat
call as she raises up and
embraces
him. Jes then kisses him on the mouth then duplicates his
process
of trailing kisses down
his chin slowly moving down his
neck.
flesh driving him into ecstatic bliss.
He watches her
trail kisses down his chest as she tenderly runs her
hands up and
down his sides.
His longing for her increases the ache of his
erection. He tenderly
caresses the side of her face as
she
continues to drape kisses across his chest.
passionate
adrenalin coursing
through her body and half out of the sheer fear
she does really know
what she's doing. She stops
and looks into
Zaire's passion filled eyes." Zaire, Mi Vanna, I have
to tell
you something
important." she says with a nervous quiver in
her voice.
misting in her eyes.
not
human?" Zaire asks the
tone of his voice having a weak
undertone of dread in it.
breath. She looks into
his eyes
fearing she has hurt him and is afraid to tell him why. "
I...I've
never... made love... to a man." she shudders weakly
looking away from him ashamed of herself for letting it get to this
point and now
hurting him.
looks so dejected... ashamed
of
what she just said. He tenderly places his hand on her face and
lifts
it back so he can face her. He
looks her square into her
tear filled eyes and says " There is
nothing to be ashamed
of, Mi Vanna,
all lovers have had to start somewhere." he
smiles at her as he
tenderly caresses her face softly
brushing
away the tears from her eyes. " If I'm the one you choose to
be
your first, I am honored, if
not then I won't hold it against you.
It would be petty of me not to
be understanding at this
moment."
he whispers softly.
breaths.
something you
should ever
hand away casually. I should know. I did and now
regret it. You
should only give it to someone
you love with all
your heart." Zaire says calmly as he shifts his
body to sit
next to her. " Do you
love me like that?" he asks with a
tint of fear in his voice.
" I do love you with everything
that I am, Zaire. I love you so
much I want to crawl inside
you
just to be closer to your heart." Jes replies her lips
trembling. " I
have never been so sure of
anything in my
life. I love you. I can feel it down in the very core
of my being.
I can feel it in The
Force." she adds.
known since
the first time we met. I
just was too scared to let you know."
He says tenderly as he draws
her face close to his and kisses
her
tenderly on the lips. Then he scoops her up into his arms and
walks
toward her bed.
old fashioned, but I still
believe
that." he says smiling at her. " Unless you have
changed your mind?" he asks.
kisses her lips as
he kicks off
his boots and slowly undoes his pants lowering them
to the floor. He
stands and lets Jesalyn see his
nude body.
in
every muscle as he moves to
the side of the bed. Even though his
erection has somewhat diminished
he still is quite big. He
sits
down beside her as he leans forward to the lighting controls
beside
her bed and dials them down to a
soft romantic
setting.
sythplayer though." She
says
smiling.
sounds of the saxophone music
fill
the room. Zaire traces his finger down her stomach to the
waist of
her skirt. " I believe now you are
too dressed."
He smirks.
help a girl out?" she replies in a
very
sexy voice. A voice filled again with love and passion.
holds the skirt in place. Gently he
loosens it from around
her waist and slides it down her shapely hips.
Jes helps by
lifting her butt
and then bending her legs at the knees so he can
take it off. Zaire
is shocked to find out that she
wasn't
wearing any panties. " I see someone was prepared for
tonight."
he chuckles looking at her.
Jes's only reply was nodding her head
as she nervously bit on her
lower lip. Her pubic area was
clean
shaven and it shined in the romantic lighting showing that she
indeed
had been aroused
earlier.
caressed her body with his
hand.
As she kissed back her hands roamed his. They spend a long
time just
kissing and caressing each
other letting the tension
build between them again.
he softly caresses her breasts.
Jes's
body heat starts to rise; she gasps as Zaire takes her left
nipple
into his mouth and suckles it
for a moment the traces his hot
tongue around it. Her nipple becomes
so erect it actually
aches.
After a few moments Zaire moves his attention to her right
nipple
giving it the same attention.
While he does so he runs
his hand down Jes' flat toned stomach to her
pubic area and
gently
massages it.
her hands down his lekkuv
softly as
she watches him suckle at each of her breasts repeatedly.
Her body
heat is now to the point
that her skin is starting to glisten with
perspiration. His continual
massaging of her vagina caused
her
to instinctively grind against his hand.
down her stomach. He
playful
nibbled at her skin as he kept massaging her vagina. He
could hear
her moaning and looked up to
see her watching him
through half shut passion-filled eyes. Zaire
kept kissing downward
finally
getting to her womanhood he stops massaging it with his
and began
kissing it. He felt Jes' body
shudder as he did. He
slowly parted her labia and flicked his tongue
on her swollen
clitoris. He
spend long moments tracing circles around it and
suckling it at
times. He orally pleasured her
watching her
watch him.
felt as if she were on fire yet it
also
felt as if she was being prickled with electricity. She
moaned every
timed Zaire lashed his tongue
around her clitoris.
Her body seem to have a mind of it's own as her
hips started
grinding her vagina
into his tongue. Her hands ran all over his
head as he continued to
orally pleasure her. She felt a
pressure
deep inside her vagina that kept building and building. She
didn't
understand what was
going on with her body yet she didn't care .
It felt wonderful.
to grind her vagina against his
tongue.
So he slowly and gently slid his middle finger into her
vagina. It
rebelled at first but with a
flick of his tongue across her clit
it relax enough to allow him to
slide it in deeper, slowly he
worked
his finger in back and forth as he continued to lash her
vagina with
his tongue. Then he hit it. The
hymen. The wall of
her purity. He gently nudged his finger against
it; testing it to
see how strong it
was. If he could break it now it would be less
painful for Jes. Much
to his dismay it wouldn't break.
He was
brought back from his thoughts when Jes started to tense and
gasp
in shallow spurts. He
looked up as he still orally pleasured her
and slide his finger back
and forth inside her. Jes' head
was
thrashing back and forth as she looked down into his eyes. She
was
going to pop. With one last
thrust of his finger and flick of his
tongue Jesalyn's body tensed
and then shuddered violently.
pressure
that had built up in
her vagina exploded sends a wave of never
felt before pleasure
coursing all over her body. She
stifled a
scream to the best of her ability. Jes' body quivered as
the lasts
waves of her first orgasm
abated. All she could think of is how
blessed she was that Zaire was
the one who gave it to her.
sensually
back up her stomach. For
long moments he paid homage to her body.
The gift of her love alone
was more than he expected.
He would
have been content just to be her friend, but now he can't
fathom
being anything less than
her soulmate. Finally he is back
face-to-face with the object of his
affections. He kisses her
fully
and passionately on the mouth gently sliding his tongue into
her
mouth. They kiss for long
moments. Just kissing and holding
each other tightly. After a few
long lingering moments he looks
to
her and asks " Are you ready, Mi Vanna, to consummate our
love?"
caressing her face as he does.
tongue. " Zui,
Mi Vanna , dona mata treyu. Mazana chuta va." which translated
is Yes , My Love, I am ready. My body is yours.
hand down
between them and
guides his erection into her vagina. Slowly he
enters her not wanting
to be too abrupt. Her vagina
gives
slowly around his thick erection. She gasps slightly at the
pressure
of his entry; holding on to
him and looking deep into his eyes to
show her love and confidence in
him. Zaire slowly rocks his
hips
back and forth slowly entering her deeper each time; letting
her
become accustom to his
erection inside her until he feels
her hymen. He stops. Looking into
her eyes as he caresses her face
he explains, "Jesalyn, I love you with all my soul,
but this will
probably hurt as I break the wall of
your
purity." he kisses her then asks " Are you ready?"
lip
she nods. As Zaire pushes
through her hymen she gasps deeply and
her body tenses as the sweet
blissful pain courses through
her
body. Zaire holds him self back from driving deeper; he just
holds
Jes in his arms until she
relaxes. Her eyes misting with tears of
joy she kisses him deeply,
soulfully for a long moment then
breaks
the kiss to look into his eyes and asks, " Is the worst
is
over?"
over. Nothing but pleasure now."
he
smiles as he brushes away her tears and starts to rock his
hips
slowly.
physically but emotionally and
spiritually.
Soft kisses exchanged and words of love whispered to one
another.
They move as one
together forging a lasting memory that will not
soon be forgotten.
The fire of their desire starts to
burn
intensely after long moments as they lose their individuality as
the
open themselves up to each
other in the Force.
over becoming
like two blue
chrome-like disks. She projects into Zaire
everything she is without
holding back. The sheer
intensity of
it rocks Zaire to the core of his soul as he willingly
opens
himself to her and does the
same. Moans of pleasure now drown out
the soft music of the
sythplayer. The pace of their
lovemaking
quickens as they get closer and closer to the final moment
of
release. In that final
moment just before they climax
simultaneously; the world seems to
stop. They get lost in
that
moment together being totally consumed by their love for one
another.
After what seems a lifetime
they burst. The sweet
unadulterated bliss over their mutual orgasm
washes over them
completely as
both their bodies tense and quiver
uncontrollably.
strength that he has left; he rolls over
with her
to have her laying on top of him. His manhood still inside
her,
but rapidly fading. They lay
there breathing hard trying to catch
their breaths. Their skin
cooling because it is no
longer
generating the passionate heat of lovemaking.
at
him her eyes still mirrored over
to see that his green eyes have
the same mirrored effect. I love you
she says but not vocally;
she
speaks from her mind. I love you too, Mi Vanna. Was his reply
from
his mind. They caress each
other and trade small kisses
until sleep finally over takes them.
Laying in each other's arms
and
bodies intertwined.
The lovers rest peacefully.
Part 6
Luke looks over the scene of the attack. Meditating on the " Luke, It seems
as this was a very highly orchestrated "
How do you come to that conclusion, Grey?" Luke says with
a " The assailants in
the main room weren't the only assailants. "
Then whoever did this were prepared for Jedi. They definitely "Yes."
was Grey's only reply. Sensing Grey was holding something back
Luke looks him squarely in "
It's about Anakin and the Initiate Anakia. Their missing. We Luke's eyes dim.
They almost lost him on the attack of Coruscant " Yes. She was the one who found
his robes. Han and Mara are with "
So everyone is accounted for except Anakin and Initiates Anakia, "
Actually, Luke, Lecturine and Zenn have been spotted at the " What? " Luke asks impatiently. "
Two sentries reported two different times on them. One said he " OH!" Luke replied. His
mouth somewhat dropping in shock." Well I " Well from what I've seen
of both of them; I'd say their a good Luke smiles at him. " I know your
right. Just find it hard to " Well you have to tell her you're
her Father first. Then just take Zaire
awakens from his restful sleep still entwined with Jes stirs and opens her eyes slowly. Her head
lay on his chest; He embraces her tightly against
him and replies " Good morning, "
Your Angel, huh?" Jes giggles. " I like the sound of that."
she " Are you okay, Jes?"
Zaire asks with concern. Jes looks at him and says, " I'm
a little sore... umm down there." Zaire chuckles as he squeezes
her gently. " That was to be Jes watches him move taking notice of how
broad his shoulders are Zaire emerges from the refresher
with a basin and a washrag. He The warmth of the rag eases the soreness. Jes looks at
Zaire as " What?" he chuckles
with her. " It's nothing. Just a stupid thought."
Jes replies as she " No secrets, Jes. I don't
want any secrets between us. I want us " Okay but don't laugh." she says. "
I promise." Zaire replies. " Am I always gonna be
sore after we make love?" she asks. Zaire smirks. "
I don't think so; maybe the first few times." he Jes looks at him and snickers. " You're
just saying that to make me "
Yes, I know, but you gave all of yourself to the lovemaking. Jes looks at him not knowing
what to say she gently uses the Zaire looking at her
confused asks " What's the matter, Mi Annja?" Jes
looks at him frantically and says " It's the Grand master at " We
didn't. This was our off weekend." Zaire replies as she
Force Mara
stifles her laugh by placing her hand over her mouth. Luke
looks at her and asks "What?" " She's thinking
she's in trouble. Poor girl." She replies as she Luke looks down and shuffles his feet.
" I'm not trying." He Mara holds his hand and leans in to him. " I
understand. It's got They hear the door swoosh open behind them. Mara
turns " Initiate Zenn. How are you this
morning?" Luke asks with a look Jes who is nervously biting her lower lip replies,
" I'm fine " It is. You did
nothing wrong. We're just glad you weren't at the Jes clasps her hand to her mouth in
surprise. " Is anyone hurt?" Mara looks at Luke and elbows him
in the ribs somewhat gently. " Jes moves out of the way and
beckons the couple in. Zaire standing Luke looks at them and smiles
" Relax. Neither of you are in any Jes looks at Luke and
says " Yes, Grandmaster." she leans into "
Yes. Initiate Zenn. I found out quite a bit. I would like for " Surprising." Mara interjects with a smile. "
In a good "
My friends call me Jes. You may call me that if you would
like, " You
may call me Mara, Jes." She replies. " Luke,
please " Jes, your Mothers name was
Cammie Darklighter. She was a native " You knew my mother?"
Jes asks her voice quivering with a mix of " Yes. I knew her quite well." Luke
answers letting a nervous " Can you tell
me about my mother? What she was like? What she Luke looks at Jes.
Sensing in the Force her reasoning for all the "
Then how is it that I'm Force sensitive, Grandmaster?" Jes
asks " Well, Jes that is were it becomes
... Surprising." Luke " My father was."
Jes interjects then realizing she interrupted "No
need to apologize, Jes, but not was... is a Jedi." Luke says
as " My Father is alive and a Jedi? Who is he?"
she asks excitedly. Mara who has sat quietly shifts on the
couch toward Jes and wraps Jes looks at Mara quizzically. " Why,
Mara?" Then it hits her. The Luke moves toward Jes and kneels before her placing his
hand on Zaire looks at Jes his
eyes filled with tears of joy for his Jes looks at Zaire " No, Mi Vanna, they
obviously know were " Yes, Zaire, please stay. I need to get to know
you better since The next few hours are filled with
questions and answers. Laughter Jes stands up
and walks over to the sliding transparisteel doors "
Beautiful view isn't it?" Mara asks " Yes, Mara, it
is." she replies as she turns to the red headed Mara
studies the young woman. She's so much like her husband it is Jes smirks at her. " Anything?" she
replies. "Yes. Anything." Mara replies with a smirk
of her own. " So talk Jes blushes as she replies " Well last night was
my first time... Mara smiles and nods."
So you had never made love with a man "
No." Jes replies, " It was so romantic though I almost blew
it." " How do you mean?" Mara asks Jes
looks at Mara with an embarrassed look on her face. "
Really "
Well obviously you did. So what's the problem?" Mara asks
placing " He
did most of the lovemaking. I mean I had to follow his lead. " You're making perfect sense. You
want to know how to contribute to
events
during the attack. Searching out in the Force for an image that
would
give him insight to who was behind the attack. Nothing is all
he
finds. It's if the attackers were never there at all. Luke is
brought
back from his thoughts by Grey's voice.
attack." Grey says.
slight tense tone indicating a sense that Grey was stating
something
already obvious to him.
The Balconies were hit
as well. We lost several Jedi to there
protection." Grey
states sorrowfully. " The twins most notably." He
adds.
are
not amateurs." Luke replies with a detachment.
the eyes and asks. " What else is
there? You're not telling me
everything."
found
Anakin's robe on one of the balconies and we can't seem to
locate
him in the Force." Grey reports grimly.
to the Vong. The
fact that they haven't returned was a great relief
but the haven't
left the galaxy completely. They still hold several
planets
hostage. The War was far from over. He looks at Grey and
asks. "
Does Leia know?"
her." Grey replies.
Lecturine, and Zenn?" Luke asks as calmly as he can.
Temple."
Grey says with a smile and a bit of embarrassment showing on
his
cheeks.
found
them in the hallway... Ahem... kissing. The other sentry said
he
passed by Initiate Zenn's room and....." Grey said his
cheeks
brightening.
guess `the Talk' is
irrelevant now." he adds.
match." Grey states
with a big smile.
figure out how to deal with having a
twenty year old daughter that I
virtually know nothing about."
He confides in Grey.
it slowly from there." Grey
advises with a smile and a reassuring pat
on the back. " Go
get Mara. I'll take care of the rest of the cleanup
here. You guys
go to her. I, however, suggest your knock first." He
adds
with a hearty
laugh.
Jesalyn. He
smiles looking down at her peaceful face. His mind
recalls last
night in all its wonderful detail. The ache in his
thighs is a
testament to just how good a lover she already is.
Zaire's smile
widens at the realization that if last night was any
indication
they will be spending long nights perfecting their love
making
with each other.
she gently looks up toward his smiling face and
those devastating
green eyes. She smiles back and says. "
Good morning, Mi Vanna."
Mi Annja."
says as she snuggles her naked body close to his. She winces a
little
as she shifts her legs.
She says as she motions
with her eyes to her womanhood.
expected. Give me a minute I'll
be right back." he says as he
reluctantly slides out of the
bed. He stands and smiles at her as he
gracefully
walks into
the refresher room.
and how his muscles flow down his back to
his very firm butt. She
watches him until he disappears into the
refresher. She rolls onto
her back and smiles. Jes couldn't have
asked for a better evening or
a more understanding lover. She
hears water running and wonders what
he's up to. She feels him
coming back in the Force.
sits on the bed and dips the
washrag in the steaming water. He looks
at with a sincere smile as
he says. " This should help ease the
soreness." He
gently places the hot wet rag on her womanhood and
holds it
there.
she sighs in relief she feels. The a funny thought runs
through her
mind she laughs.
blushes.
to be completely honest
with each other. To share in everything." He
says with a
serious look.
takes the
washrag away, wrings it out, reheats it in the basin, and
then
reapplies it on her womanhood. " You're a very passionate
young
woman. Last night was amazing." He looks at her with a
loving smile.
feel at ease. I really didn't know
what I was doing." as she places
her hand on top of his.
Most
people in the Galaxy don't do that the first time. To tell you
the
truth, Jes, last night was the first time I ever let myself do
the
same." Zaire looks at Jes. His eyes revealing the fact that
he's
being completely honest.
Force to pull him to her and
kisses him deeply. Again pouring all of
herself into it. They fall
into the passion again caressing each
other, kissing deeply, and
exploring each other. Then her door chime
beeps. Jesalyn looks at
the door reaching out with the Force trying
to sense who is on the
other side. She gasps and sits up quickly in
the bed Force
grabbing her skirt from the floor.
the
door." she says as she Force grabs his shirt from the floor
and
tosses it to him absently mindedly hitting him in the face.
She
cringes a little and apologizes then asks. " Where we
suppose to be
somewhere this morning? I didn't think we had
anything to do today."
Putting on her skirt as she opens a
drawer in her dresser to get a
sythcotton tee.
grabs his pants from the opposite side of her bed and slide
them
on
..........
looks at
Luke raising her eyebrow quizzically and asks " You can't
feel
it in the Force?"
says. " I didn't want to
intrude if they were.... " He falls silent
with his
reply.
to be hard for you; she's a grown woman and
your daughter. Plus you
missed out on her whole childhood."
she says as she turns from his
side to face him. " Luke we'll
take it one step at a time." she adds
as she kisses him on
his lips.
around to see Jesalyn for the first time. The young blonde
woman
standing before her stands about an inch an a half taller
than she
does. Her general build is of a lithe but athletic body.
Mara studies
her face she looks a lot like her husband most
notably her eyes.
more of concern than
politeness.
Grandmaster. Ummm I'm sorry I missed whatever I
did miss. I thought
this was my off weekend." she adds
shuffling nervously side
to side.
Ball when the
surprise attack by some unidentified terrorist
happened."
Luke answers back.
She asks with concern on
her face and a bit of shame.
Yes, Initiate, but that's not
why we're here. We're here to make sure
you and Initiate Lecturine
are okay." Mara says politely. Jes's face
blushes and holds a
look of someone having been caught in the act.
Mara asks, "May
we come in?" adding with a reassuring look." Your not
in
trouble or anything."
by the window on the far
side of the room. He has the same `Busted'
look on his face. Jes
motions to the one couch that is supplied to
every dorm room. Mara
sits down but Luke remains standing. Luke
motions to Zaire to come
over. Zaire complies quickly moving to Jes'
side. They stand side
by side facing the Grandmaster.
trouble. I'm glad you two
have finally realized your feelings for
each other." He
watches both of them visibly relax. He turns to Mara
and then
looks back at the young couple. " This is my wife, Mara
Jade
Skywalker, she has brought news of a infiltrator in your
class of
Initiates; but that is not why were here. Jesalyn
remember when I
promise to use my contacts on Tatooine to find out
the identity of
your mother?"
Zaire and
grasps his hand tightly. Her nervousness and excitement
flood into
the Force as she asks. " Did you find out anything?"
you
to sit down, please; because what I have to say is...." Luke
lets
his reply trail off trying to search for the appropriate
word.
unexpected way. For you, Jesalyn." She pats to the
empty seat beside
her and asks, "May I call you Jesalyn?"
Master Skywalker." she smiles and moves with Zaire to
sit on the
couch. Her fingers interlaced in his.
continue." she looks at her husband feeling his
nervousness in the
Force.
of Tatooine. She also was the
sister to my best friend, Biggs
Darklighter. I lost track of her
after my escape from Mos Eisley, a
week before the destruction of
the Empire's first Death Star. That
day I lost Biggs in the
mission to destroy it. I tried hard to find
her, but I became so
busy in the Rebellion that it was months before
I could start to
located her." Luke pauses and looks at Jes softly.
The looks
on her face was that of shock and awe. Her blue eyes
gleaming with
tears at what he just said.
grief and
nervousness.
exhale of breath usher from his lips.
Just as he starts to speak Jes
speaks.
looked like? Do
you have a holopicture of her?" she nervously fires
the rapid
succession of questions at him. Her heart is on overdrive.
To her
she's not asking the questions fast enough. She tried so hard
to
find out about her mother when she was younger. To fill the void
that
just seem to be there after her adoptive parents told her that
she
wasn't their daughter by birth. The Zenns were kind and loving,
but
they couldn't give her the sense of self that she needed. "
Was
she a Jedi?" was the last question she asked. It was the
most
important question to her. Her mother had to be. It would
explain
why she was Force sensitive.
rapidly fired
questions. He looks at her lovingly. The way a Father
looks at
inquisitive child and is overjoyed at the fact that his
child is
thirsting for his knowledge and insight. " Yes to all
your
questions except the last one, Jes," he replies then
seeing the
confusion on her face that the answer brings about. "
Your mother was
quite a unique woman. You remind me of her in a
lot of ways.
Beautiful, intelligent, strong-willed, and carefree.
You have her
nose and lips." Luke says with a smile.
fully focused on him but squeezing Zaire hand tighter than
she
intends it.
stutters . " Obviously if your
mother wasn't a Jedi then your..."
the Grandmaster
rudely she says " I'm sorry, Grandmaster."
he pulls the Datapad containing the DNA comparison of her blood
and
his.
her arm around her shoulders with a
reassuring pat on her left
shoulder and says " Your gonna
need to take a deep breath, Jes. This
is going to be a real
shocker."
revelation hit like being
slammed into a durasteel wall by a charging
Bantha. She looks at
Luke. Her eyes widen as both her hands clasp her
mouth the dropped
wide open in shock. Her blue eyes filled with
streaming
tears.
her knee in one fluid graceful motion. " It's true,
Jesalyn, I am
your Father."
lover. Thinking to himself
this was probably more joy than she has
had in awhile. He was glad
that he could be apart of it. He looks at
the Grandmaster and says
" Maybe I should go and let you three get to
know each other
better."
together. You're as much apart of my life as
they will be, I hope." she
says as looks at both Mara then
Luke.
My Daughter is in love with you." Luke adds
with a reassuring smile.
and tears of joy. Promises are
made and a familial relationship is
forged. They all collectively
moved the discussion to Luke and Mara's
apartment in the Temple.
Jesalyn was introduced to her half-brother,
Ben. The connection
between them was instantaneous. The five year old
took to her like
mynocks take to energy couplings. When dinner time
arrives Luke
asks Zaire to accompany him to get take out. Mara takes
Ben, who
has fallen asleep in Jes lap to him to his room.
that lead
outside to a balcony of her newly found Fathers apartment.
She
opens the door and walks out to the rail of the balcony taking in
the
awesome Coruscanti sunset. She cradles herself in her arms
thinking
about how wonderful these last few days have been.
woman.
almost
scary. She moves other beside Jes resting back on the railing
with
her hands on either side of her. " You know if you need to
talk
about anything I'll always be here to listen?" Mara
asks.
already." she says with a
laugh.
you know?"
before?" she asks.
didn't know what I was doing and when things got heated I
got so
nervous I wasn't sure I could go through with it."
her hand on top of Jes' on the railing.
I
dunno. I'm not making any sense am I?" She asks with signs of
being
flustered.
the lovemaking. It's only
natural to feel that way with someone you
love who is more
experienced." Mara says reassuringly.
" I have something that might help......