A/N: Hello, I forgot to hit upload, so that's why it took so long. That, and the fact that i had no idea what i was doing for this chapter so it's just filler.
Sorry
P.S. I don't own star wars.
I was strange really, one moment Chase was dreaming about free-market capitalism; the next he felt like someone was choking him.
The choking wasn't part of the dream. Chase quickly opened his eyes and grasped at his neck. However, instead of his neck, he felt two arms. He was in a choke hold. Chase thrashed viciously, trying to knock off his attacker.
But that didn't work and their arms only got tighter. Chase managed to somehow get his hand beneath the arms of his attacker, and push out. This lessened the force on Chase's throat and allowed him to get some air. "Help, Elena!" Chase choked out.
Suddenly the arms around Chase loosened. Chase rolled off the bed and does to his hands and knees, coughing and rubbing his neck.
"BY THE FORCE!" Chase heard, what sounded to be Elena yell. "Are you okay?" She asked, picking him up from the floor.
"What happened?" Chase asked, still taking in the air.
"That was me, sorry." Elena said. "I sometimes fight in my sleep." She said, feeling disappointed in herself for hurting Chase.
"It's fine… I'm fine." Chase said finally catching his breath. "What time's it?" he asked.
Elena looked at her, what Chase could only assume to be a clock and got a surprised look on her face. "It's ten minutes late, that's what it is." Elena said, rushing to put on her gear.
"Great, this is the best." Chase said sarcastically through his teeth. Chase also started to put on his gear.
The two ran out of their room, and started towards the bridge; still putting on their equipment as they ran.
As they were running they passed by two clones who stepped out of the force users way, completely baffled at the sight.
The two Jedi, after a bit of running, arrived at the lift to the bridge and got in. Chase hastily hit the top button on the list of labeled floors. And the elevator started to move.
Chase, after that tremendous amount of physical exertion, was out of breath. He bent over leaning his hands on his knees and taking deep breaths.
"Are you okay?" Elena asked Chase, worried about him.
"Yea." Chase said, starting to calm down. "Why?" He asked.
"We didn't even run 100 meters and you're out of breath." Elena explained. "
"It felt longer." Chase said, leaning against the wall of the lift.
Elena gave Chase an "are you serious" look.
The door of the lift opened and the pair came face to face with… no one. Well, almost no one, there wasn't anyone else on the bridge, say for a clone or two.
Chase looked out and saw that they were still in hyperspace. "Are you sure we're late?" Chase asked, turning to Elena.
"Yes I am, it's currently 3:47 standard. We were supposed to meet here at 3:30 standard." Elena said, hitting a button on her bracer.
"Are you sure?" Chase asked, not convinced.
"Yes, I am." Elena said confidently. "Hedge." Elena said, calling over one of the clone troopers on the bridge.
"Yes General?" Hedge asked, turning to face her and saluting her.
"What time are we arriving?" Elena asked.
"Ma'am, we are to arrive at Christophsis at 13:30 hours, ma'am." Hedge said.
Chase looked at Elena with an 'I told you so' look on his face. "Are you sure?" Chase asked sarcastically to Elena.
Elena sighed heavily, knowing that Chase will never live this down. "I admit that I was wrong, but it was also clearly your fault." She said.
"My fault?" Chase asked surprised. "How is this my fault? Last time I checked, it was you who attacks people in their sleep." Chase said accusingly.
Elena was quite after Chase's backlash. "Fine." Elena said, annoyed. "Come with me." She said, pulling Chase into the elevator.
"Where we going now?" Chase asked, tired of going from one place to another.
"We are going to do some physical training." Elena said, energetically.
"P.T., why P.T.?" Chase asked, not liking the idea.
"A Jedi must not only train their mind but also their own physical ability in order to have full control of the force." Elena explained.
"You gotta be kidding me." Chase said.
"I assure you that I am not joking." Elena said. "There have been many stories of Jedi, who don't train their bodies, falling in battle." She said.
"That's dark." Chase said.
"But it's true, and I don't want you to have the same fate." Elena said.
"Aww, it's so sweet that you worry about me." Chase said, gently nudging Elena with his elbow.
Elena looked at Chase sternly.
"I'm gonna regret this, aren't I?" Chase asked, reading Elena's face.
"You have no idea." Elena said menacingly.
Meanwhile…
"Guys." Vinny said, staring at the bottom of the bed over him.
"Yea?" Adain asked, wondering what Vinny wanted.
"Do you ever wonder why we're here?" Vinny asked.
"Someone shoot me." Jon said, tired.
"I don't know man, but it keeps me up at night." Adain said, adding the punch line.
This conversation has been going on for the better part of two hours. Someone would say something stupid, Jon gets annoyed, and then someone else says something else equally stupid.
"I wonder how Chase is doing." Rob said, trying to break the cycle.
"I'm sure he's fine." Vinny said, confidently "He's probably just sleeping." He said.
"Probably." Jon said repeating Vinny. "However, I think you are forgetting the fact that Chase is currently, alone with Elena, in her room, at night." He said, stating the facts.
"That asshole." Vinny said, referring to Chase.
"What's wrong?" Rob asked.
"He's gonna steal my woman from me." Vinny said, angry.
"What do you mean?" Jon asked. "We agreed to help Chase get Elena to love him." He said.
"I know, but that doesn't mean I can't get my shot with her." Vinny said. "I mean have you seen her, she's smokin." He said. "Plus, her rack's just like the right size. She's like a C, I think." Vinny added.
"Elena's fit, yes. However, I don't believe that's what Chase is after." Jon said, thinking it over. "You know him, he is probably doing it for the joke." He speculated.
"Yea, but it's what I'm after." Vinny said. "So that's it, I'm gonna get her to like me more." He said confidently.
"And if you can't?" Adain asked.
"Well, there's a whole bunch of women out there, right?" Vinny asked. "I'll hook up with one of them." He said.
"You are an idiot." Jon said, tired from all of this.
"I'm gonna see what they're up to." Vinny said getting up from his bed and running out the door.
"How long is it going to take until he hurts himself?" Rob asked.
"Not long enough." Jon said, falling back to sleep.
Meanwhile…
"You gotta be kidding me?" Chase asked, deadpanning at what Elena just said.
"I am not joking, you are going to run the whole length of the main hanger until you can't run anymore." Elena said.
After the two went and changed into more appropriate clothes for exercising, Chase and Elena maid their way to the beginning of the hanger.
Chase, not having anything else to wear, only took off his jacket, leaving his white t-shirt exposed.
Elena, on the other hand, wore a gray sports bra, and a pair of blue pants. Elena also wore the same boots as she did before.
"I'm going to die." Chase said, looking at Elena.
"You won't die from running." Elena said assuring Chase. "The hangers only about half a kilometer." She estimated.
"Only half a kilometer." Chase said mocking Elena.
Elena took out her hologram and hit a button on it. It projected a timer that started to count up. "By the way, you are on the clock." Elena said, nodding over to the timer.
"Why's there a timer?" Chase asked annoyed.
"To see your progress, now move." Elena said, pushing Chase forward.
Chase started to run. He ran for a while; however, he started to slow down around the 100-meter mark.
"I what am I doing with my life?" Chase asked himself.
"I don't know, what are you doing?" A voice behind Chase said. Chase looked behind him and saw Elena running too, catching up to him. "You'll need to move faster than that." She said.
Chase started to move faster, as fast as he physically could. His breathing increased and Chase could feel his lungs start to burn. Around the 350-meter mark Chase could feel his legs hurt too.
The strange thing was that this was the furthest that Chase ever ran continually. He didn't know that someone could run for this long.
"You are doing great." Elena said, running next to Chase. "You are almost a three fourths' mark." She encouraged.
"I'm gonna die." Chase said to Elena, trying hard to not waist a breath talking.
"No, you are not." Elena said, not seeming tired or out of breath at all.
At this point, the two were approaching the end of the hanger fast. Chase did not know how he was going to slow down. This was due to the fact that he couldn't feel his legs anymore.
So Chase, in all of his geniuses, devoted that the best course of action would be to slide into the end of the ship, and hope he didn't hurt himself. As the end got closer, Chase violently turned his hip to the side. This caused Chase's left foot to trip over Its right counterpart, and make himself fall to the ground.
Elena slowed down at a much more reasonable rate. This allowed the Jedi Knight to watch Chase trip himself, and tumble and roll to stop.
"Ahhhh ha haaa!" Chase screamed in pain, as he finally stopped moving.
Elena ran over to him and started to help Chase back up. "Why would you do that?" Elena asked concerned.
"I don't know, I needed to stop." Chase said between breaths. "I think I'm dying." Chase said, still out of breath.
"You're not dying." Elena said.
"This is it." Chase said. "I see the light, it's so warm… what a world … what a world." he said as dramatically as he could, passing out from exhaustion soon after.
Elena sighed in frustration. She didn't understand how someone could pass out as much as Chase could, and still somewhat function properly.
Elena lifted chase on to her shoulders and began walking back to where the two started.
It took a while, but Elena managed to get back, even with the extra weight. Right outside the door that leads to the rest of the ship Elena saw Vinny leaning back on the wall next to said door.
"What you do to him?" Vinny asked.
"Chase ran a little." Elena explained. "How did you find us?" she asked.
"I donno, I was walkin around and saw you two talkin and stuff." Vinny said, not giving a clear answer.
Elena looked at Vinny suspiciously, because she knew that he was up to no good.
"So, how's it going?" Vinny asked.
"Fine, all things considered." Elena said. "What are you getting at?" she asked, curious of Vinny.
"I'm getting at nothing." Vinny replied.
At this point, the two have been walking in the corridors of the ship for some time now.
"I take it you don't trust me." Vinny said, out of nowhere.
"How did you make that assumption?" Elena asked, still carrying Chase on her shoulder.
"Eh, no one really does." Vinny said, shrugging.
"He's a donkey ditch." Chase mumbled, still passed out.
"Care to explain that one?" Elena asked Vinny, nodding to Chase.
"He's Chase, I don't know." Vinny said.
Some more time passed before they reached the door to Elena's room.
"You're welcome" Vinny coughed out.
"For what?" Elena asked, unsure what Vinny was referring to.
"For getting you back to your room safely." Vinny said, as a matter of factly.
Elena sighed. "Well for that, I thank you." She said, knowing that that was the only way she could get rid of Vinny at the moment.
Elena opened her door, entered with Chase, and immediately after, closed the door on Vinny.
"Nailed it." Vinny said to himself, as he turned from the door and started to head back to the barracks.
A/N: Like I said filler, not the best chapter, but it works.
Anyway, remember to like it and stuff.
