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Year: 10 BBY

Chapter 36: Return from Hospital

A month after the crash landing of the Attack Cruiser near a Bakuran Forest, the clean up of that said crash have all been clean up and trees that was damage from the crashes or explosion have been replaced with new trees Also during that month, Jedi Knight Rachelle Hunter have come out of the Bacta Tank, all healed up from her month long healing.

Her lover, Jedi Master Mark Alan Zane during that month long process is still in dire need of Bacta Tank, since he suffer more injuring coming to saved her from the doomed Republic Attack Cruiser that have crash-landed on the planet. Doing so, he strained his muscle so much that there were about to be ripped to shreds, the bones that was broken before he went to rescue Rachelle was broken the have became more broken and even some became smashed to pieces.

If they did not put Mark in the Bacta Tank when they did, he would lost 3 of his limbs and most likely would have wear a respirator for the rest of his life. Which will severely weaken him, through it might protect him from Darth Vader, since Darth Vader only wants to kill Mark when he is on top of his game, but for someone like Darth Sidious, it will be more of a hindrance. Darth Sidious would use any of Mark's weakness to kill him.

Due to the quick actions of the medical team of doctors and nurses that arrived at the crash site, they saved Mark from to have a respirator and cybernetic limbs. Through they figure, once Mark is out of the Bacta Tank, it might take him awhile to get used to his body after such a dangerous crash and stunt he did.

Since the doctors and nurses were Bakurans, they might thought that the stunt Mark pulled to saved Rachelle's life was stupid, they cannot help but to be proud at the level of loyalty that Mark showed well going through all the pain and suffering as he did to save someone. No one would have fault him for not risking his life, most Bakurans if they were in that much pain, they wouldn't be able to stand let alone work toward a crashes ship, maneuver around that said crash ship and carry out a person. Then again they do are not that sensitive to the Force to uses it, so they figure he might have used the Force to dull the pain or something. What they found out later from some of Mark's Jedi friends was that he was not using the Force at all to dull the pain; he wasn't using the Force until the explosion happen. They also learned that Mark did felt the pain while doing it, but ignore it.

Now that is some strong level of loyalty right there. The doctors and the nurses have never seen, read or heard about such strong level of loyalty such as that. That is one of the reasons why they want to make sure that both Mark and Rachelle come out of their hospital perfect. That is what they wish for everyone that comes in, but they are even more determined to do so, which is way much more then their original high level of determination that they usually have.

If Amelia was so worry about her son, it was nothing compared to how worry Rachelle was when she found out that her lover is still far from recovering from the incident. She is glad that she didn't died, but after learning out why Mark is still far from the condition to be released from the hospital, she feels guilty that Mark went through all that stuff to save her. No ought she most likely would have done the exact same thing.

It seems like the only one who truly knew what exactly happen before the explosion that destroyed the ship happen, was Captain Rex. Mark would have known slightly more, but he is not in a position to talk about it. So that leaves them with only one. She have learned that she would have been burned alive and then exploded into million pieces.

For Mark it took 2 months after the crash for him to recover from the injures that was resulted and than an extra month for Mark able to use his limbs and muscle correctly. Normally Bacta heals all possible injuries, but due to the severity of Mark's wounds and how he strained them, he needed to regain strength in his limbs to be able to walk. So in total it took him 3 months before he was fully recovered.

During those 4 months war have raged on between Darth Sidious, Darth Vader and the Republic. There have been battles when all 3 groups were fighting each other. There have been battles where it was just the Empire going against Darth Sidious, or one of them going against the Galactic Republic. There have been some loses of planets and territory in some of those battles. One thing is, neither Sith Lords team up with the other nor none of them would ever team up with the Galactic Republic.

The war that have remain so long unnamed, have finally been named by the public of the Galactic Republic. The war is called Triad War. The event that leads up to the Triad War with the Empire was called the Republic Imperial Conflict. The public decided since the start of the Republic Imperial Conflict back in 15 BBY, there was only two combatants that leads up to the Triad War. For some reason they do not see it as a war now that the Triad War is here.

Mark has learned all about this during his time when he was getting used to using his body again. During that time he was not allow to have visitors, so he figures when he heads to his mother's house, they would be in for a surprise. A Speeder Taxi pulls into the stone driveway and stop couple feet from the porch. He knows getting to the Taxi was hard from the hospital. Somehow the media found out about the time he was getting release from the hospital and they were on him as if he was some famous actor that is known all over the galaxy. Honestly, he cannot see how actors or actress could put up with it, it driving him insane. Really, he knows there is actor in a town not that far away that would surely being dying to have all the attention that Mark is receiving.

Mark shakes his head of the thoughts. He cannot believe how crazy people get around those that they view as famous are nearby. Do they even realize that famous people are just normal people? Then again, Mark realized that some or most of the actors and actresses in the galaxy would want the attention that he is receiving, because it is what they strive for. Unlike actors and actress, Jedi does not strive for attention. No they strive to protect those that need to be protected and prevent the Dark Side ever taking over.

Before he even got to the door, a brown hair missile rockets from the door and tackles him. Mark stumbles over to the railing as he was kissed by the person he loves the most in the world. She must have sensed him coming and waited by the door. It took a little bit longer before Mark could respond to the kisses.

Rachelle was so happy to see Mark she did not only kisses his lips but all over his hairy chin. They kisses for what feel like was a couple minutes, only later, Mark have found out it was literally a couple minutes. Mark never been kissed like this before. If his mind wasn't blown away by the sudden actions that Rachelle is doing, he could understand why she was kissing him the way she is. She has missed him a lot and she was concern for his wellbeing.

"Whoa, Rachelle, you like a dog kissing it owner, whom haven't been home for months." say Mark with a slight smile. Rachelle barks like a dog a couple times, with a smile on her face. "Come on, everyone wants to see you. They have really miss you." say Rachelle pulling the person she loves the most in the whole entire galaxy into the Zane house.

Soon Mark was engulfed in a tight hug from his mother. This was something he did expect to happen, since it has been a long time since she was able to hug him. He always knows she always seem to worry about him. Through the Force he can sense how worry she was about him.

"Oh, Mark!" was the only thing that Amelia keep on saying as she hugs him tightly. Mark just let her hug him as he hugs her back, but he is not hugging her as tight as she is hugging him.

"Mom, I think you going to hug the air out of him!" say Kim coming out into the hall to see what all the commotion was about. Mark smiles a bit as he gives her the thumbs up to show that it is okay. Mark have lost count of the minutes that his mother hugged him. When she stops, Mark saw Obi-wan, Satine, Anakin, Jenna, Dooku and Celestia standing by the doorway that leads to the living room. Padme and the twins were standing by the kitchen doorway.

"So the amazing Hero of the Republic lives. How was your 2 month slumber? Hopes it well worth missing my wedding over." say Obi-wan in a teasing manner. "Well, I guess I slept like a baby, and for your wedding, you could have moved it to a later date." say Mark. "Ah, not such a good idea, Mark. My parents would have me roosted on a stick. Every since I told my mother about me and Obi-wan getting married she have planned every little detail out. So she would have been very mad to hold off my wedding for a friend, she would understand if it was Obi-wan that was injured." say Satine.

The part about Satine's mother made Mark look over at his own mother, who was blushing a bit. It not a secret to the family and friends of Mark that Amelia Zane have been thinking of ideas for Mark's and Rachelle's wedding since they got together.

"You surely missed one great wedding, Mark." say Anakin patting Mark on the shoulder a bit with his left hand. "Oh by the way, the Minster left you something. It in the kitchen." say Anakin pointing to the kitchen. Marks walks over to the table where he saw a gift wrapped object. Due to the obvious shape, Mark can tell what it is. There was a letter on it. Mark took the letter and opening it. The letter reads:

To Mark,

During the Clean up I was giving something that you might want back. I made sure it was in perfect condition; even through I do not know how to fix if it was something wrong with it. Mainly all I did was clean it up; it amazes me that it survived in that explosion and fire for so long. As far as I could get to, it seems like a perfect condition.

I always heard the saying; A Jedi cannot be a Jedi without two things, their connection with the Force and their weapon. So here is your Lightsaber and keep on doing what you do best, because without you and your Jedi Order, the galaxy would have been screwed.

From your friend,

Minster Joseph Lightwell.

Mark picks up the obvious gift and unwrapped it. His sliver hilted Lightsaber was sitting in his hands. There were couples of dents and scratches on it. Mark can tell that it was burnt a bit, but Joseph has tried to clean it up the best he can without destroying.

Mark holds his Lightsaber out and press the button. An electric blue plasma blade hummed to life from the sliver hilt. Mark is amazed it is still working in perfect condition. He would be expecting that the blade will be shorting a bit. Mark twirls the Lightsaber around a little bit before deactivating it. He clips it onto his belt.

Padme walks into the room. "By the way, Master Yoda told me, that when you feel up for it. The High Council wants you back on Coruscant whenever you feel ready. There are things that they need to talk about; also you might have to have a meeting with a few Senators. I have talked to them about your request about the Hyperspace Disturbance. They want what exactly happen coming from the main source." say Padme.

"Are you still the Chancellor?" ask Mark. Padme nods a bit. "Yes, I have won the election by a landslide. So I have another 5 years underneath my belt and then I would be retiring from politics. To be honest, I have enough of it after I stopped being Naboo's Queen, but the Queen at the time wanted me to come back as Senator.

"Sorry that your terms of being a Chancellor were made rough by these wars. I was hoping that after Palpatine was killed that the galaxy would have finally be at peace, but it looks like I was wrong. Instead of bring peace I have created more problems." say Mark rubbing his wrists a bit.

"Mark, there is saying my parents always tell me. For every action there is an equal reaction. So when something good happens something bad will follow it. You came to stop Anakin from falling to the Dark Side and Palpatine from taking over. You did that, you cannot be blamed for him making Darth Vader or for him coming back." say Padme lightly as she looks at Mark.

Mark nods when he hears this. He agrees with her, but it does not make it hurt less when you cannot protect those so well. Sometimes he feels like he is at fault. While he might blames himself for the trouble that the galaxy is in, but it is not actually his fault. His actions was not directly involve with the troubles more like indirectly involve because it was due to his actions that the actions of others have change to make the trouble. Obviously that is always what happens in the galactic history. You do one good thing; it could lead to at least 1 more bad thing to replace it.

"Okay, I say give me a day or 2 and we'll head back to Coruscant. Then we could start figuring out what to do from there. I have this bad feeling our problems might get a lot worst now and that is not only because Sidious is back." say Mark. "Just as long as you do not do it yourself." say Padme.

"When did I ever do something myself?" ask Mark. "A lot." says Rachelle standing in the doorway. "What do you mean?" ask Mark looking at Rachelle. "Oh how about the end of the Clone Wars, you keep most of the information a secret. I do admit you did have help from me and the Senators, but how you done things you were by yourself." say Rachelle as she walks over and holds his right hand in both of her hands. She was looking at him in a loving way.

"I do stuff the way I do it to protect people and prevent the information to get in the wrong hands. Either you will have people betray you or people might get that information through torture. I do not want to see any of that happening." say Mark lightly as he looks at Rachelle's blue eyes.

"That is an obvious answer, tell those you can trust. Everyone that is closed to you are protected they know how to fight and their guards are trained heavily in being armed. I know you will still try to fight as many fights with the minimal risks and try do it by yourself. All I want is you not to forget that you have friends that are willing to back you up when you needed." say Rachelle as she lifts his right hand and kisses it lightly.

"Rachelle, I know that. I am willing to let you and them help me out, but if it becomes too dangerous, I do not want to lose you or my friends. If I think I could handle it, then what the point of putting the lives of those that I am close on line?" say Mark lightly.

The two sides of Rachelle seem to be in debate, the Jedi side of her is willing to sacrifice her life to protect the Jedi Order, the Republic and those she cares about but the lover side of her was in awed about what Mark just said. It makes her feel good inside knowing that he have her best interest in mind at the same time, the Jedi Side of her cannot believe that he is not willing to let her do her duties as a Jedi. She has train long and hard underneath Celestia Aluna and him.

Mark leans forward and kisses her on the lips. "I promise you Rachelle, I will not do this alone, if I do not have to." say Mark. After saying this Rachelle hugs him tightly as she plants a kiss on his lips once more.

Okay in this chapter is basically Mark recovering. As far as I am aware of I think the next chapter might be the last chapter in this story. I am surprised that we do not have another 38 chapters story. Yes, I have notice that it seem like besides my first one, all my stories have been 38 chapters, which I did not do that on purpose, it just happens. Who knows there might be 2 more coming, I do not know it just depends on what I have plan.

Also I have finally put the name Triad War into the story and also named the conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Empire the Republic Imperial Conflict.

All I have to do now is to finish this story and think of a title for the next story.

Until next time, enjoy!