Chapter Ten

Roxie turned on a light inside the junk room and Ferus noticed that there was only one light.

"That's all the light?" Ferus asked.

"No," Roxie said as she pushed open the door to let in more sunlight.

Roxie pushed another button and opened the garage door. She pushed her blue and silver speeder outside into the bright sunlight.

Roxanne saw her father with Siri.

"You should be very thankful for having a wonderful daughter," Siri said as she looked at Orlando.

"I am every day," Orlando said with a smile. "That child is my world. She gives without any thought of reward."

"I noticed she can see things before they can happen," Siri said.

"Yes," Orlando said as he avoided her gaze.

Siri sensed Orlando's weariness and asked, "Has Roxie been able to predict something that was about to happen before?"

Orlando closed his eyes and said, "I never told anyone this but she has predicted the first attack on my life."

Then he looked at Siri suspiciously and asked, "What does any of this have to do with Roxie?"

"She may have a trait that a Jedi has," Siri answered.

"What makes you think that?"

"It is a common trait in Jedi," Siri said. "She has a strong connection to the Living Force. Who was her mother?"

"I am not her biological father," Orlando said. "Her mother gave her to me when she was a year old. Destiny Keira Solo Flax married and left her husband and son before Roxie was born."

"Did her father ever see her?"

"After I got her he did," Orlando said. "Roxie recently found out that she is adopted."

"Roxie does not know that her father is even here?" Siri asked.

"No," Orlando replied. "He thought it was best for her not to know who her real father is."

Orlando looked at Siri and asked, "Can you help her?"

"I may be able to bring her with me when I return to the Temple back on Coruscant," Siri answered. "The only way I can even do this is by getting your permission to let me get a sample of her blood."

"You have to ask Roxie," Orlando said.

Roxie jumped inside her speeder and Ferus handed her a power charger.

Roxanne was shocked and asked, "Where in the blazes did you find this? I've been looking all over for this."

"I found it in the junk room," Ferus said as he smiled at her.

Roxanne inserted the charger and held her breath as she ignited the switch. The engine purred and she smiled and said, "It works!"

They worked into the night and Ferus threw the last coat of paint on it. It was past Roxie's bedtime and Orlando was hinting that she'd better go to bed.

Roxanne agreed to go to sleep. Before she went to bed she sat down on the front porch swing. She looked up at the sky. Siri was cleaning a cut on Roxie's arm. She watched Siri put her blood on a comlink chip and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I am checking your blood for infection," Siri said. "You better get some sleep."

She watched as Roxie went back inside the house and made contact with Ferus on the ship.

"Yes, Master?"

"I need a midi-chlorian test on Roxie's blood sample," Siri said.

He put the sample on the scanner and said, "The reading is off the chart. 25,500. Not even Master Yoda has an account that high."

"No Jedi does," Siri said.

"What does that mean?" Ferus asked.

"I'm not sure," Siri said as she ended communication.