Chapter 3 has arrived. Took me long enough.
Disclaimer: I unfortunately do not own Star Wars. I do own Kea and Jett though, or at least I think I do.
Chapter 3
The Lightning Rod came out of hyperspace at the edge of the Yavin system. Behind the controls, Zekk smiled as the familiar orange planet and moons came into view. He couldn't wait to get back to the jungle moon and surprise all his friends with a certain someone. Three weeks ago, Zekk got a surprise transmission from a very old friend. Jett Wilder used to be his best friend back on the planet Ennth. But that was before Zekk's family was killed and he ran away to start a new life. Somehow, Jett had found where Zekk was staying and contacted him. So Zekk returned to Ennth to reminisce. Both bad memories and good ones flowed back into his memory as he walked around the surface of the planet with Jett. It was great to see his old friend again, and he decided to bring him back to the Jedi Temple with him, because Jett's family had died in one of the latest destruction sequence.
A noise in the doorway snapped Zekk out of his memories. "So which one's Yavin 4?" Jett asked, sitting down in the co-pilot's chair.
"That green one right in front." Zekk told him. "It should take about another hour to land, and then I can introduce you to everyone I have been telling you about."
"It's about time. You have got to be the slowest I've ever flown with." He kidded Zekk. Zekk got back at him by punching him in the gut. "Damn that hurt. And just for that, I'm gonna do a little flirting with Jaina while I'm there."
"You wouldn't dare." He tried to suppress it, but you could see the anger flaring up in Zekk's eyes.
"Relax, I was joking. Man, you must really like her if you won't even let your best friend think about her." Jett's ice blue eyes shown as he laughed.
"No, it's not like that. She's just a good friend." Zekk said, trying to cover up the fact that his face had just gone bright crimson.
"Sure. Whatever you say Zekk." Jett answered, not believing him one bit. He let the subject drop, waiting to use it against him at another time. "So what's this moon like again?"
"It's green." Zekk answered, staring out the viewport to the moon the grew larger. "A whole lot of green, like an ocean of trees, with a stone building popping up here and there. The trees are great for climbing or just sitting in and thinking." His mind wandered back to the last time he was in one of those large Massassi trees. He was sitting on a large branch, with Jaina next to him, watching the stars twinkle overhead. He had just put her arm around her, and was deciding to kiss her when Jacen bounded up the tree to them, ruining the moment.
"Hey Zekk, snap out of it." Jett waved his hand in front of Zekk's face. He blinked, and looked up as Jett said, "would you stop with the day dreaming about your love life? Whatever, just wake me when we land." He then sat down in the co-pilot seat, put his feet up on the consol, leaned back, and promptly fell asleep.
"Wish I could do that." Zekk remarked, looking over at his friend. Then he turned back and started preparing the ship for landing.
About an hour later, the Lightning Rod touched down on the landing field. Zekk took time to shutdown the ship and then opened the hatch. He was about to wake up Jett when he heard something. A moment later, a brown haired figure ran at him, encircling him in a powerful hug.
"Zekk, you're back!" Jaina Solo had waited all morning for that ship, and it was finally here. Zekk smiled at the girl in his arms and hugged her back fiercely.
"Would someone please lower the volume?" Jett had woken up. "I was trying to finish a very good dream. Oh, hi there, you must be Jaina Solo." He said, noticing the girl in his friend's arms.
"Yep, that's me, but who are you?"
"I happen to be the famous Jett Wilder." He said taking her hand in both of his.
"Yeah, famous at getting us in trouble back home." Zekk put in, snatching back Jaina's hand for himself.
"That was not entirely my fault, you know. Part of it was yours and my brother's."
"Yeah, but it was you who got us to go for it. What happened to your brother anyway?"
"I'll tell you later, ok? Right now I wanna see where I get to crash tonight."
"I'll show ya." Jaina said, amused at the exchange between the two older boys. "C'mon." The two of them grabbed their bags, and followed Jaina off the ship.
They were walking through the field when Kea emerged from the building reading a different book. She didn't seem to notice the three of them as she walked right by, almost running into Zekk. He quickly jumped out of the way, but that caused him to drop one of his bags on his foot. It just so happened to be the bag with all his heavy tools in it. She didn't notice this either, and continued into the forest.
"Damn! That hurt." He shrieked, hopping up and down on one foot. "Who was she, and why did she have to cause me so much pain?"
Jett broke out in laughter as Jaina tried to suppress it enough to explain to Zekk.
"So she's Mara's daughter?" He asked trying to understand what Jaina had just told him.
"Yeah, from Terra, and she hasn't spoken much since she first arrived."
"Oh, ok." Zekk then smacked Jett to get him to stop laughing.
"Ouch, what'd ya do that for?"
"It's the only way I know to get you to pay attention. Let's go unpack."
Jaina walked with them to Zekk's room and then left, saying she had to go talk to her Aunt about something. The boys said goodbye and went into the room
"So I'm rooming with you?" Jett asked as he put his bags down and surveyed the small room.
"Yeah, it's the only option we've got right now, all the rest of the rooms are full."
"That's fine with me." Jett said, lying down on the bed with his hands behind his head.
"No way. You get the floor." Zekk threw a few blankets at him.
"That's not fair. I am the guest after all." He said, getting up of the bed, and spreading the blankets on the floor.
"As much of a guest as a taun-taun." Zekk kidded.
"Are you implying that I stink?
"Exactly."
"Well, you don't smell like a flower yourself." Jett joked back, unpacking some of his stuff. "Time for new topic. That girl was cute."
"Jaina? Yeah, I know, she's…"
Jett interrupted his fantasies. "No, not your girlfriend, although she isn't that bad looking herself. I'm talking about that Kea girl."
"You, my friend, are strange. You've been here for how long and you're already acting like you live here."
"For this moment on, I do."
