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No, the pairing is not accidental. Although it's more friendship or platonic love rather than the other kind, at least for this fanfic.
Tahiri is not swimming in pain because it's set in around 42 ABY. Pain doesn't bother her at all, but for this fanfic she's not going to go out of her way to hurt herself.
Also apologize for not update earlier.
Chapter IV Tahiri Veila
There was pain where the blaster bolt hit Tahiri. The droideka advanced quickly, pressing its advantage. Moving like a lightning speed pillbug, it's dual arms pumped with green bolts of death toward her. Tahiri's arms moved faster than she thought possible to deflect them. The Force flowed through her, yet she was calm. She hasn't felt calm like this in a long time.
Suddenly a strings of sonic booms sounded near the building. The heat was overwhelming, everyone and everything was either off the ground or on its way to the ceiling.
The whole building shook. It's no earthquake, but it feels like it's happening right now on Jakku. Tahiri was actually grateful. Giant boulders came crashing down on the droideka. The droideka dodged the biggest boulder, but it was right on top of Tahiri now.
The two weapons arms were still puming none stop, but no blaster bolt came out of them. Moments later anothe part of the building crashed toward them. Tahiri used Force push to move it tactically. It succeeded in taking the droideka's eyes clean off as well as part of it's head. The projectile went on its way to crush the dead twilek's corpse.
Blind, the droideka rolled away.
Tahiri was able to open her left eye, but her right stubbornly refused to move. The world swam, when it stablized, she realized a half of a dead roly poly droideka was holding her fast to the floor. They were the only thing keeping Tahiri alive. Gingerly crawling out from bottom of the giant dead droid, Tahiri stood up. It wasn't an earthquake, an entire side of the building was gone, in its place was the remains of a kind of pleasure yacht.
The entire scene in front of her was burning.
Her erstwhile Bounty was still on the floor, miraculously untouched by the crash, and the droideka battle that almost killed Tahiri. Lees wasn't moving. Probably dead.
Tahiri took stock. Her lightsaber was nowhere to be found. Her greenish bounty hunter attire was frayed in more of a couple of places. She was going to have to favour one legs for the time being, and her right hand throbbed. But she was otherwise unhurt. Honestly she enjoyed the experience. She hasn't felt such pain since before she became a bounty hunter. It was a feeling to be savoured. Or maybe it's the Dark Side talking, but Tahiri decided it was more likely the Vong inside her. She sighed, and walked
She found what was left of the main airlock. Actually where the main airlock was supposed to be, was just a giant, irregular shaped hole now. She entered the yacht.
The bridge was gone, twisted into something else. Someone was definitely inside when the whole thing decided to transform. She could tell by the ground meat still dripping red. She limped toward the sleeping quarters. Thankfully the walls there was still beige, lacking any sign of blood. Continuing her walk inside the crash, she reached what she thought of as the engine room. She felt the prescence before she saw him.
"Ben? Is that you?" Tahiri asked.
"Ta, Tah, Hiri?" A weak voice called. "We're here. Hurry".
This would be easier with a lightsaber, thought Tahiri as she moved the boulders. Even with the Force, it was almost an hour before she found a unconscious Master Tor Lahim. Blood covered his entire face, but he was still alive, despite double compound fracture on both of his legs . Tahiri found Ben hugging a black bundle, and only after removing the last of the rubble and helping Ben up did she realize the bundle was the of a girl. Tahiri felt annoyance creeping up on her, an uncomfortable feeling, and repressed it quickly.
Ben blinked his eyes quickly and said, "Tahiri," He smiled, "Help her." and he fell unconscious.
Tahiri stared at the unconscious girl, clad in a strange cut, all in black, with a cape.
She tried what Master Luke taught her almost a life time ago, on Yavin. She tried the technique for a long time, trying to let the Light Side of the Force flow through her.
Sometimes later, still performing the technique, Tahiri felt a weak prescence getting stronger, right below her. Then she experienced pain in her mouth. Then there was hot liquid on her cheek. She quickly stopped.
The auborn gortch bit her, bit the tip of Tahiri's tongue and the kriffing gortch spat it out, at her!
Tahiri would have screamed her head off if she wasn't part Vong. As it is, she still had to grimace at the uncomfortable feeling in her mouth. That'll be another 1 million datari gone. She tried to slap the gortch, but the girl had somehow came off the floor with such speed Tahiri never thought possible and slammed against the bulkhead. The auburn girl's head split with a unhuman sound. Pinkish brain matter spilled from the nostrils, and ears and mixed with reddish strands.
The girl girl's right eye was closed, her left half open. In a perverse way the girl looked peaceful and full of hatred at the same time.