Four remotes hovered about the small room calculating vectors and targets.
Two fired simultaneously at Tahiri. She blocked low sending the bolt back
to the remote, deactivating it. Faster than could be seen she swung the
blade of her lightsaber up and caught the second bolt deactivating the
remote.
She had stripped down to her tank top keeping her hair tied back. Her back pants were long and flowing, looking like a liquid with her fluid movements. Perspiration covered her brow and soaked through her shirt. The other Jedi watching her were awestruck. She had been at this for the past several hours without a break
The two remaining remotes had been deactivated and she was calling for more. "Send out eight this time," Tahiri said.
"Maybe you should take a break," Alema offered.
"No, I want to be ready next time we take on the Vong. Now, send out eight remotes."
Alema shrugged letting out a slight sigh and pushed the button that would release eight more remotes.
* * *
The warm water cascading down her body felt refreshing. Her muscles ached and throbbed but the water released some of the tension and made her feel much better. The steam from the hot shower entered her lungs and made her warm from the core outwards.
She stared down at her toes and wiggled them in the water collecting below, creating small ripples and splashes. As she became transfixed on the patterns her toes created she felt Anakin standing out in the Force.
She reached for him and created a link with him, sending him reassurances and helping to recharge his spirit. You've got good timing, Jedi.
Huh?
It's a good thing you can't see me right now.
Oh, gotcha.
Tahiri could feel embarrassment crossing their link, but the embarrassment was mutual; him for having caught her in the shower and her for letting him. She chuckled.
Anakin had tried to shroud himself from the Force; he didn't want everyone to know he was alive yet. At least, that was his excuse. Tahiri didn't buy it; she knew he was trying to keep her from worrying about him, unlikely as that was.
Tahiri could sense that Anakin was in relative safety. He was still somewhere in Vong territory but he was away from his captors and they would not find him.
When are you coming back, she asked.
Well, I have to make a stop at Coruscant but after that I should... Anakin could sense a change in her emotions.
Anakin, Coruscant has been captured. You can't go back.
Anakin was saddened by this revelation but he had known for awhile now that Coruscant would fall if attacked, the New Republic hadn't played its cards right and it would pay for the mistake.
I have to. Jacen is there and he needs me.
With that said Anakin began to sink back into the Force vanishing from Tahiri's senses and breaking their link.
"Damn you Solo child," Tahiri said as she pounded on the wall of the shower. "Damn you and your heroics."
She had stripped down to her tank top keeping her hair tied back. Her back pants were long and flowing, looking like a liquid with her fluid movements. Perspiration covered her brow and soaked through her shirt. The other Jedi watching her were awestruck. She had been at this for the past several hours without a break
The two remaining remotes had been deactivated and she was calling for more. "Send out eight this time," Tahiri said.
"Maybe you should take a break," Alema offered.
"No, I want to be ready next time we take on the Vong. Now, send out eight remotes."
Alema shrugged letting out a slight sigh and pushed the button that would release eight more remotes.
* * *
The warm water cascading down her body felt refreshing. Her muscles ached and throbbed but the water released some of the tension and made her feel much better. The steam from the hot shower entered her lungs and made her warm from the core outwards.
She stared down at her toes and wiggled them in the water collecting below, creating small ripples and splashes. As she became transfixed on the patterns her toes created she felt Anakin standing out in the Force.
She reached for him and created a link with him, sending him reassurances and helping to recharge his spirit. You've got good timing, Jedi.
Huh?
It's a good thing you can't see me right now.
Oh, gotcha.
Tahiri could feel embarrassment crossing their link, but the embarrassment was mutual; him for having caught her in the shower and her for letting him. She chuckled.
Anakin had tried to shroud himself from the Force; he didn't want everyone to know he was alive yet. At least, that was his excuse. Tahiri didn't buy it; she knew he was trying to keep her from worrying about him, unlikely as that was.
Tahiri could sense that Anakin was in relative safety. He was still somewhere in Vong territory but he was away from his captors and they would not find him.
When are you coming back, she asked.
Well, I have to make a stop at Coruscant but after that I should... Anakin could sense a change in her emotions.
Anakin, Coruscant has been captured. You can't go back.
Anakin was saddened by this revelation but he had known for awhile now that Coruscant would fall if attacked, the New Republic hadn't played its cards right and it would pay for the mistake.
I have to. Jacen is there and he needs me.
With that said Anakin began to sink back into the Force vanishing from Tahiri's senses and breaking their link.
"Damn you Solo child," Tahiri said as she pounded on the wall of the shower. "Damn you and your heroics."