Story: Forever
Author: Starlan
Timeframe: After TUF
Main Characters: Jag and Chak Fel, Jaina Solo, some others
Disclaimer: I don't own Star Wars, its characters, they all belong to Lucasfilm, Del Rey, Bantam Spectra, etc., etc. You all know how the drill goes.
This is my first fanfic, and I'm nervous. You all can bark all you want, just please don't bite. Now, without further ado, here is my attempt at entertainment.
Chapter 1
Colonel Jagged Fel stood stiffly in front of his father's desk, his gaze fixed on the wall above the Baron's head as was proper. The way Jag stood reminded General Baron Soontir Fel of a different office on a different frozen planet. There were several distinct differences, however. This time, his son wasn't arguing for permission to go back to the Known Regions. Instead, he was reporting back to the so-called Unknown Regions. Jag seemed distracted, his mind parsecs away from his body, not focused on what was happening around him as he normally was.
"I would like to know why you stayed in the Known Regions long after you should have reported back as ordered, Colonel," the Baron said.
"I felt my presence was needed more there, in the fight against the Yuuzhan Vong, than here, denying that they where ever a threat to the Chiss," Jag said, then amended silently, iAnd I couldn't stand to be here and not know what was happening to Jaina./i
Baron Fel noted his son's use of "the Chiss". Before he had left, Jag would have said "us". "Why do you think that your presence was needed there?"
iTo keep Jaina from getting herself killed, because trouble seems to find her far too easily./i Jag thought. Instead of saying that, however, he said "I believed that any damage done to the Vong there was damage the Vong couldn't do when they finally came here."
The elder Fel regarded his son quietly. While he was certain that the young Colonel was telling the truth, he had a feeling that there was more to it. Unfortunately, he doubted his son was likely to tell him what that more was. He suppressed a sigh. Soontir could tell that Jag had spent a lot of his time with Wedge Antilles and the Solos. He was not only distracted, he was also becoming very adept at lying by omission.
"Very well. Dismissed , Colonel," he said.
An exchange of salutes later and Soontir Fel was left alone to ponder the changes in his son and wonder just what the full reason for his long absence was.