This is it, the chapter you've all been waiting for, the one where Mara and
Luke find out everything (and I mean *everything*) about what Jayde has
been up to. But the story is still far from over.
Child of the Light: Chapter Twenty-Nine
By Jayde Star
It was five days later and Wedge was in a Coracaunt hospital room, watching over the unconscious form of his son. He had been found on his ship in the same state four days ago. He had been badly beaten up and everyone was waiting anxiously for him to wake up, especially the Skywalkers, because Jayde was missing and he was the only one who might know where she was.
Four days earlier:
"Jaina, stop stalling and just tell us what you're so worried about." Her Aunt Mara told her.
Jaina had asked the entire Skywalker and Antillies families to come talk to her, she had something urgent to tell them. Only Wedge, Luke, Mara and Ben were on planet, and they were now sitting in Jaina's office wondering what was so important that it couldn't wait a few hours.
Jaina sighed, she hated what she was about to say, "Sorry everyone, I don't mean to stall but this is not going to be easy to say and I don't think anyone will be happy after I've said it."
"Jaya, relax. It can't be that bad." Ben said, trying to reassure his cousin.
"Well it is. David Antillies has been found unconscious, in an abandoned ship only an hour ago."
Wedge looked shocked, "Is he okay?" He managed to get out.
"He will be."
"So why did you need us here?" Luke asked. "You really should have told Wedge in private."
"The reason the rest of you are here is because he was on an undercover mission with Jayde." Jaina was relieved she had finally said that part.
"What?!" Everyone was surprised.
*This is going to be fun* Jaina thought sarcastically, before continuing. "About six months ago, Jayde joined Rouge squadron under the alias Jayne Star."
Wedge looked up, "David mentioned that name a few times when I talked to him, I never realised….."
"Why didn't you tell us?" Luke demanded, cutting in.
"Because telling you should have been up to Jayde. I gave her six months otherwise I was going to tell you. I guess I'm doing that now." Ben started to speak. "Let me finish." Jaina interrupted him. "Jayde volunteered for the mission and I convinced David to go with her. The mission wasn't going too successfully, but they were safe. That is until we found Dave and now Jay is missing and until Dave wakes up we'll have no idea where to start looking for her. But we won't wait before we start the search and I promise to find her." Jaina took a deep breath.
"I understand why you didn't tell us." Mara started, "But why did you ask David to go along when Jay volunteered? Surely someone else would have volunteered." Through the force she added #How could you do that to Wedge? He recently lost his wife, what if Dave hadn't survived?#
Jaina answered both questions out loud. "I asked Dave to go because in a way it was his fault that Jay even wanted to volunteer."
"What?" Ben looked confusedly at his cousin. "How could Dave cause Jay to do something that stupid?"
Jaina took another deep breath. "Dave didn't recognise Jay when she first joined the squadron and she didn't volunteer the information to anyone. They got close, but then Dave realised who Jay was and got angry she hadn't told him, then his mum died and he was pretty crushed. According to Jay he said some pretty nasty things to her when drunk and she was upset about it all, so she thought doing something dangerous would take her mind off of it. Plus, she was really the best person for the job, so I had no way to say no, she would have just gone over my head and volunteered again."
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Present day:
And now Wedge watched his son. The medical droids watching over him had told Wedge that David had woken up briefly during the night, and now he was merely sleeping and should wake up soon. He would be able to go home once had had woken up and been given the all clear.
"Wake up, Dave." Wedge said to his son, "Luke and Mara are frantic with worry about their daughter and you're the only one who might know where she is. Her brothers and sister have already gone to the planet you were on, but there is only so much they can do, even with the force."
Slowly, David's eyes fluttered open. He groaned and turned his head, noticing Wedge for the first time, "Dad?"
"Hey, son, how are you feeling?" Wedge asked with concern.
"I feel like a herd of Banthas have tap danced over my body." David joked. "What happened to me?"
"We were hoping you could answer that one for us, you were found adrift and Jayde Skywalker is still missing."
"Jay….? Jay is missing? Has anyone tried to find her? How long have I been out? I need to help find her." David tried to get out of bed, but he was still too weak.
Wedge grabbed David's shoulders and pushed him back into bed. "You are going nowhere until you're better. Her brothers and sister are on planet looking for her, but, although they can tell she's there, they can't pinpoint the exact spot for some reason. They need any clues you can give them."
David fell back onto the bed and groaned again. Just then Luke and Mara came into the room.
Luke was first to speak, "Dave, good you're awake. We need to know everything you remember, because we're heading out to help with the search in an hour's time and the more information you can give us the more likely we will be in finding her."
David thought for a moment, "I remember Jay and I leaving the club we were at and then we were attacked from behind, Jay screamed and I blacked out. I never saw who attacked us."
"Is that all? Nothing odd happened before this happened?"
David thought for a moment more. "Now you mention it, there was this one old guy who showed way too much interest in Jayde. She was posing as a slave, you see, and he seriously offered me three million credits for her, but I refused. He left without argument, I thought it was strange at the time, but I had other things to think about."
"Thank you, Dave. We'll let you know when we find her." With that Mara and Luke turned to leave.
"Wait!" David said attempting to get out of bed again. "You have to let me go with you."
They looked back at him. Mara spoke, "You can barely stand up, you won't be able to help us."
"Yes I will." He argued, "I know what the guy looks like. I also know, at least by sight, a lot of the people who work and go there. Besides, I can't just leave Jayde there, I have to help rescue her."
Luke looked annoyed. "From what I hear, if it wasn't for you, she wouldn't need rescuing. She wouldn't even be on the mission."
"I have a right to go." David said angrily, finally standing. "I want to protect her."
"How do you have a 'right' to go? She's our daughter and from what I can see you haven't done a very good job at protecting her so far."
"I have a right to go because she's my……she's…..I……I mean…." David didn't know what to say exactly.
"She's your what?" Luke crossed his arms over his chest.
David looked at the annoyed Jedi Master and decided that he was just going to have to risk his anger. "She's my love and she's pregnant with my baby and I would never be able to live with myself if anything happened to her." He got out with a rush. He had barely said it all when he found himself slammed against a wall. He cried out in pain.
"You got my daughter pregnant and you think that gives you any right towards her. You don't own her." Luke was furious.
Wedge automatically went to help his son, but Mara got there first. "Luke, put him down. We can discuss this later, we have more important things to worry about at the moment." She put her hand on his shoulder.
Luke calmed himself and let go of David. "You bet we're going to discuss this later." He glared at David for a moment before saying. "Okay, you can come. But stay out of the way, you've done enough damage for now."
David suddenly exploded. "I've done damage?! I'VE DONE DAMAGE?! You're the one who was so overprotective of her and made her feel like she wasn't good enough because she didn't have the force. She should never have felt the need to prove herself to you in the first place. And, if you hadn't made her so wary that people only wanted to know her because of her name, she might have felt able to start a relationship with someone who wasn't the son of a 'hero'. She might have never felt the need to use the alias. But you know what? I'm glad it happened, because if it hadn't I might never have realised how much I love Jayde."
Luke just looked at David, then said "Are you coming or not? Because we're leaving now. As I said before, we can discuss this later, now we have more important things to worry about. Wedge, are you coming too?"
"You think I'm letting my son go without me when he's in this condition? Of course I'm coming. Besides, I want to make sure you don't do any more damage."
tbc
They know everything now, isn't that exciting? At this rate the story will be finished in no time. Or I could throw in a few more plot twists and see how confusing and complicated I can make the story. I guess you'll just have to wait and see, won't you?
Child of the Light: Chapter Twenty-Nine
By Jayde Star
It was five days later and Wedge was in a Coracaunt hospital room, watching over the unconscious form of his son. He had been found on his ship in the same state four days ago. He had been badly beaten up and everyone was waiting anxiously for him to wake up, especially the Skywalkers, because Jayde was missing and he was the only one who might know where she was.
Four days earlier:
"Jaina, stop stalling and just tell us what you're so worried about." Her Aunt Mara told her.
Jaina had asked the entire Skywalker and Antillies families to come talk to her, she had something urgent to tell them. Only Wedge, Luke, Mara and Ben were on planet, and they were now sitting in Jaina's office wondering what was so important that it couldn't wait a few hours.
Jaina sighed, she hated what she was about to say, "Sorry everyone, I don't mean to stall but this is not going to be easy to say and I don't think anyone will be happy after I've said it."
"Jaya, relax. It can't be that bad." Ben said, trying to reassure his cousin.
"Well it is. David Antillies has been found unconscious, in an abandoned ship only an hour ago."
Wedge looked shocked, "Is he okay?" He managed to get out.
"He will be."
"So why did you need us here?" Luke asked. "You really should have told Wedge in private."
"The reason the rest of you are here is because he was on an undercover mission with Jayde." Jaina was relieved she had finally said that part.
"What?!" Everyone was surprised.
*This is going to be fun* Jaina thought sarcastically, before continuing. "About six months ago, Jayde joined Rouge squadron under the alias Jayne Star."
Wedge looked up, "David mentioned that name a few times when I talked to him, I never realised….."
"Why didn't you tell us?" Luke demanded, cutting in.
"Because telling you should have been up to Jayde. I gave her six months otherwise I was going to tell you. I guess I'm doing that now." Ben started to speak. "Let me finish." Jaina interrupted him. "Jayde volunteered for the mission and I convinced David to go with her. The mission wasn't going too successfully, but they were safe. That is until we found Dave and now Jay is missing and until Dave wakes up we'll have no idea where to start looking for her. But we won't wait before we start the search and I promise to find her." Jaina took a deep breath.
"I understand why you didn't tell us." Mara started, "But why did you ask David to go along when Jay volunteered? Surely someone else would have volunteered." Through the force she added #How could you do that to Wedge? He recently lost his wife, what if Dave hadn't survived?#
Jaina answered both questions out loud. "I asked Dave to go because in a way it was his fault that Jay even wanted to volunteer."
"What?" Ben looked confusedly at his cousin. "How could Dave cause Jay to do something that stupid?"
Jaina took another deep breath. "Dave didn't recognise Jay when she first joined the squadron and she didn't volunteer the information to anyone. They got close, but then Dave realised who Jay was and got angry she hadn't told him, then his mum died and he was pretty crushed. According to Jay he said some pretty nasty things to her when drunk and she was upset about it all, so she thought doing something dangerous would take her mind off of it. Plus, she was really the best person for the job, so I had no way to say no, she would have just gone over my head and volunteered again."
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Present day:
And now Wedge watched his son. The medical droids watching over him had told Wedge that David had woken up briefly during the night, and now he was merely sleeping and should wake up soon. He would be able to go home once had had woken up and been given the all clear.
"Wake up, Dave." Wedge said to his son, "Luke and Mara are frantic with worry about their daughter and you're the only one who might know where she is. Her brothers and sister have already gone to the planet you were on, but there is only so much they can do, even with the force."
Slowly, David's eyes fluttered open. He groaned and turned his head, noticing Wedge for the first time, "Dad?"
"Hey, son, how are you feeling?" Wedge asked with concern.
"I feel like a herd of Banthas have tap danced over my body." David joked. "What happened to me?"
"We were hoping you could answer that one for us, you were found adrift and Jayde Skywalker is still missing."
"Jay….? Jay is missing? Has anyone tried to find her? How long have I been out? I need to help find her." David tried to get out of bed, but he was still too weak.
Wedge grabbed David's shoulders and pushed him back into bed. "You are going nowhere until you're better. Her brothers and sister are on planet looking for her, but, although they can tell she's there, they can't pinpoint the exact spot for some reason. They need any clues you can give them."
David fell back onto the bed and groaned again. Just then Luke and Mara came into the room.
Luke was first to speak, "Dave, good you're awake. We need to know everything you remember, because we're heading out to help with the search in an hour's time and the more information you can give us the more likely we will be in finding her."
David thought for a moment, "I remember Jay and I leaving the club we were at and then we were attacked from behind, Jay screamed and I blacked out. I never saw who attacked us."
"Is that all? Nothing odd happened before this happened?"
David thought for a moment more. "Now you mention it, there was this one old guy who showed way too much interest in Jayde. She was posing as a slave, you see, and he seriously offered me three million credits for her, but I refused. He left without argument, I thought it was strange at the time, but I had other things to think about."
"Thank you, Dave. We'll let you know when we find her." With that Mara and Luke turned to leave.
"Wait!" David said attempting to get out of bed again. "You have to let me go with you."
They looked back at him. Mara spoke, "You can barely stand up, you won't be able to help us."
"Yes I will." He argued, "I know what the guy looks like. I also know, at least by sight, a lot of the people who work and go there. Besides, I can't just leave Jayde there, I have to help rescue her."
Luke looked annoyed. "From what I hear, if it wasn't for you, she wouldn't need rescuing. She wouldn't even be on the mission."
"I have a right to go." David said angrily, finally standing. "I want to protect her."
"How do you have a 'right' to go? She's our daughter and from what I can see you haven't done a very good job at protecting her so far."
"I have a right to go because she's my……she's…..I……I mean…." David didn't know what to say exactly.
"She's your what?" Luke crossed his arms over his chest.
David looked at the annoyed Jedi Master and decided that he was just going to have to risk his anger. "She's my love and she's pregnant with my baby and I would never be able to live with myself if anything happened to her." He got out with a rush. He had barely said it all when he found himself slammed against a wall. He cried out in pain.
"You got my daughter pregnant and you think that gives you any right towards her. You don't own her." Luke was furious.
Wedge automatically went to help his son, but Mara got there first. "Luke, put him down. We can discuss this later, we have more important things to worry about at the moment." She put her hand on his shoulder.
Luke calmed himself and let go of David. "You bet we're going to discuss this later." He glared at David for a moment before saying. "Okay, you can come. But stay out of the way, you've done enough damage for now."
David suddenly exploded. "I've done damage?! I'VE DONE DAMAGE?! You're the one who was so overprotective of her and made her feel like she wasn't good enough because she didn't have the force. She should never have felt the need to prove herself to you in the first place. And, if you hadn't made her so wary that people only wanted to know her because of her name, she might have felt able to start a relationship with someone who wasn't the son of a 'hero'. She might have never felt the need to use the alias. But you know what? I'm glad it happened, because if it hadn't I might never have realised how much I love Jayde."
Luke just looked at David, then said "Are you coming or not? Because we're leaving now. As I said before, we can discuss this later, now we have more important things to worry about. Wedge, are you coming too?"
"You think I'm letting my son go without me when he's in this condition? Of course I'm coming. Besides, I want to make sure you don't do any more damage."
tbc
They know everything now, isn't that exciting? At this rate the story will be finished in no time. Or I could throw in a few more plot twists and see how confusing and complicated I can make the story. I guess you'll just have to wait and see, won't you?