A.N: Guys, Last Jedi, Holy fricken dang! So much balance talk, reminds me of a certain….. Giant…. Heheheh. I'm on winter break so I'll be updating every Friday 'till next semester starts.
TheGreatGodzilla: Holy Frick! You just mentioned exactly what was going to happen to Nitza, but I can't tell you which one of three ideas you had is the right one. We'll just have to see : )
Spector7: Coco is so great!
Mogor: Coming right up!
Melissa: The Star looked good too. LOL I'm dying at "her man, Kanan," pfft that is so true though.
Alejandra: Nitza may like the crew but Bendu almost raised her.
I don't own Star Wars, just Nitza.
Under the Weather
part 1
Nitza returned the next day and did so every other few days for a lesson. It went on like that for a week or two. One day she came to High Trees after having learned a few days before about ranks. She wanted to learn more about what made someone a leader over another. But when she got to High Trees she didn't see the Ghost. It was the second time she came to the base of the large cluster of coral without seeing the giant freighter. "Another mission," Nitza said as she shrugged. Before she turned to leave, Nitza decided instead of going back to Bendu and wait a couple of days, she would find someone she knew. Wedge? Iron Squadron? Housen? Nitza went past a couple of pilots who were around their A-Wings and Bombers. Going up towards the first floor then second, she found herself in the control area. People were walking about as usual. Many busy, many talking. Though there wasn't many who were around as usual.
Nitza walked to the main control panel to see if she knew anyone who was there. There was one.
"Sato…" She said. She liked the man, but she was always intimidated by his poise. Why was he always so… stiff? Was it because of his rank. She learned about it. Commander… Ok so maybe Hera was a bit more relaxed because she was captain, a little bit below Sato. But just because of rank, it didn't mean he had to be so stiff. Right? Nitza took a breath and walked to Sato.
The Commander had his back to her as he stood on the other side of the hologram table. After he was done looking at his datapad, he turned around to look at the map over the table. Sato's eyes skimmed the details but suddenly something on the other side caught his eye. He turned off the map and slightly jumped back to see Nitza's eyes peeking over the edge of the table. The man quickly regained his composure and said, "Miss Nitza… it is… surprising to see you… here…."
Nitza blinked. Sato waited for a response bit when he got none he said, "Well, um, Captain Syndulla and her crew are on an important off-world mission and won't be expected to come back for the whole day. My nephew is with his crew on another mission…." Since she continued to stare, he stopped to say, "I do not think I can help you with anything."
Nitza stepped back and asked, "Are there lots of missions? Lots and lots?"
Sato blinked this time but said, "There are many of our teams on the missions, but some are currently in the med bay of the main cruiser getting checked up."
"Why?"
"After helping establish a base on an ice moon one of our members got a cold and it's spreading to those who aren't used to living in cold conditions."
So much of that sentence was a whirlwind for her, but one stuck to Nitza. "What's a cold?"
"A kind of sickness."
"Sickness…" Nitza pondered. That sounded familiar. She tried to remember, but a gut feeling told her it was bad.
"Sir," came someone, a pilot, with a helmet and visor down. Nitza watched as women stopped just next to her to address Sato and say, "Your presence is needed at the brig of the Carrier."
"Tell them I will be there shortly—"
He was interrupted when the women sneezed. Though she sneezed into the crook of her arm, it was still close enough that Nitza ducked down out of the way. The women stood up and said, "Sorry, sir."
"Accepted but please do get checked out before you continue your day. Don't want that to turn into this cold spreading around."
"Yes, sir." As the women left, Nitza stood up and watched her go.
Sato saw Nitza stand and said, "Best you come back in a few days, wait for this cold to stop spreading. By then the crew of the Ghost will be here for sure."
In the excitement of seeing her friends, Nitza never thought to ask more about sicknesses and what the sneezing was all about. She just smiled excited and said, "Ok! Bye, bye!"
Bendu was surprised Nitza returned to the pit so quickly, but when he saw her on the hill waving to him excited, he never got to ask. She yelled out, "Come on! Let's go play! Let's play! Play!" She was off, never thinking if Bendu wanted to join in on her fun or not. But he had nothing else to do. Not that it matters. The Bendu can't get bored. But he can move around. So up he was.
Nitza ran down a spacious path between two forests of coral trees on either side of her. She soon felt heavy footsteps catching up with her and she looked back with a smile. She was met with Bendu's face down right behind her. She laughed. He did too as he raised his head up and looked on as he lumbered quickly behind her.
Soon she went into the forest on the left and tried to hide among the trees. She giggled and looked out into the path. She didn't see where Bendu went, but she knew he couldn't have gone far. Nitza hid behind a trunk of a coral tree and smiled. She tried to stay quiet, but suddenly, she sneezed. Quickly she covered her nose but it was too late. Suddenly, the tree next to hers moved and Nitza noticed it was a giant arm. She gave an excited yelp as she saw more of Bendu through the camouflage. She looked up at his head and saw him smile and say, "Found you."
"The sneeze gave it away," she pouted.
"Not entirely."
Nitza giggled and closed her eyes. "Now you hide." After ten seconds of silence, Nitza opened them and looked around. She tried to find him within her reach, then she decided to look further on. She came to a small clearing and saw random clusters of coral bushes. Large ones, as big as Bendu. She giggled, going up to one that was more oddly shaped than the rest. She ran up to it, and was about to say something when she sneezed.
Bendu moved, making Nitza step back as the giant began to stand up from his curled position. He looked down and asked, "Are you all right."
"Yep," Nitza said, sniffing. "Just… lots and lots of boogers."
Bendu winced at Nitza words, "Nitza…"
"Heheh, sorry."
Bendu wondered how Nitza could be sneezing so much all of a sudden. There wasn't much dust or pollen. He was distracted when Nitza said, "My turn, I hide! Yep, yep, yep!" she ran to the trees
Bendu shook his head but smiled. He disappeared to follow her.
After an hour or so, Nitza suddenly began to get tired. A little too tired for just an hour of play. As Nitza rode on Bendu's head on the way back to the Pit, Bendu asked, "How come such a short day at High Trees?"
"Ghost wasn't there. No, no, no. Big mission."
"Anyone else?"
"Never got to ask. Never, never." She laid down on her back to look at the sky. "They said I had to go because of sickness."
"Sickness?" Bendu asked surprised, his lumbering slowed down.
"I don't know what it is. It's bad. Yep, yep, yep."
"But you must know what it is, to know why it's bad."
"Oh, do you know?" Nitza asked surprised as she laid down on her stomach again to look over Bendu's head.
Bendu snorted. Of all the things they didn't teach her…. "Of course," he said in a matter of factly, "Sickness is when you feel ill, you feel weak, bad."
"Oh, then many people at High Trees are feeling bad."
"Many?"
"Some. Sato said they are being checked up." Nitza gave a small sneeze before continuing. "What is check up?"
"They are making sure they get better." And they better be, Bendu thought. Because it seemed Nitza had gotten sick now. Bendu had always made sure Nitza was healthy so he didn't have to deal with her getting sick, but of course… beings…. All he could do was one thing, hopefully it was enough. When they got to the Pit, Bendu said, "Off to bed."
"But the sun is just setting…" Nitza said, lazily. "It's not bedtime yet…" Bendu used the force to lift Nitza off his head. She exclaimed, "Hey!" He set her down on her leaflet outside her hollow. Nitza stood up. "I could have gotten off."
"I know, but rest now."
"Why?"
"Because you might be sick."
"I am? How do you know?"
"Did Sato mention sickness could be contagious?"
"He said spreading… is that what contagious means? Sickness spreads? Does it, does it?"
"Yes, now bed. Resting will keep it at bay."
"Ok,"
A.N: if the tittle didn't give it away yet, yes im doing exactly what you think im doing. Bendu is gonna have a lot in his hands, or will it be just Bendu? Perhaps a certain crew of special rebels? Yes, so around this time its the Geonosis episode so that makes it about six months since Phoenix Squadrons been there. Ok enough talk, more next week. Im KikaKatTIOI, peace out.
