Chapter 21-Rescue
"Kyp, Ralya's alive!" Jaina exclaimed, just as Kyp said, "Jaina, you were right!"
"We have to go find her," Jaina said, getting up.
"We don't know where she is!"
"Somewhere with ysalamiri. It's not that she's dead, they're just blocking the Force."
"Then who was the dead body?"
Jaina looked away and whispered, "I don't know."
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A short while later, Kyp and Jaina were on a speederbike, zooming through the jungle, not knowing where they were going, searching for a place where the Force was not. And then they found it.
The initial sensation was not unlike being suddenly and unexpectedly plunged into ice water. Jaina momentarily lost all sensation in her mind and body. Then, when some but not all of it returned, she quickly realized that something was wrong.
She could no longer feel her baby.
"We need to go out!" she said to Kyp.
"What's wrong?" he asked as he turned around.
"I cant feel the baby! He'll be--"
They left the Force-empty bubble, and Jaina stopped as she reached out with the Force to comfort her frightened unborn child. "Kyp, I can't go," she said. "The baby won't be able to sense me, and he'll be scared. You have to find Ralya and Brekk. I'll walk back."
"You can't walk back--"
"You can't find them quickly enough if you're on foot," Jaina said, cutting off his protests. "I'll be fine." She gently pressed her lips to his. "I'll see you again soon." I hope.
Kyp heard the added thought that she didn't want to say out loud, and belatedly realized that he had been thinking the same thing.
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What was Ralya thinking? Brekk wondered. She couldn't keep them believing something like that for too long. If she had to bluff, couldn't she have thought of something better?…
Unless it wasn't a bluff.
But it had to be a bluff. Ralya wouldn't do something like that to him. She must have been trying to get him to escape on his own. But he couldn't do that. He had to think of a way to get her out, too.
Even if it killed him.
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Kyp had been all over the area of the jungle that was inside the ysalamiri's bubble, but he did not see any sign of Ralya or Brekk. Then, all of a sudden, he felt the Force; but just as suddenly it was gone.
He stopped, hopped off the speederbike, and walked around. He found it again. But it was impossible. A place within the ysalamir's Force-empty bubble where the Force could still exist…
Kyp looked all around, and his wandering gaze stopped at the pack on the ground in front of him.
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Koori was angry. Not just angry, she was infuriated. She hated the girl. The boy too, but the girl much more. She knew she wasn't a human replica droid about to blow up, but Yrbel wouldn't listen. He wouldn't know about these things, he wasn't a Jedi. And she hadn't done much to earn his trust. Well, she would have to disobey him once again.
She would have to kill Ralya herself.
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"Kyp, Ralya's alive!" Jaina exclaimed, just as Kyp said, "Jaina, you were right!"
"We have to go find her," Jaina said, getting up.
"We don't know where she is!"
"Somewhere with ysalamiri. It's not that she's dead, they're just blocking the Force."
"Then who was the dead body?"
Jaina looked away and whispered, "I don't know."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A short while later, Kyp and Jaina were on a speederbike, zooming through the jungle, not knowing where they were going, searching for a place where the Force was not. And then they found it.
The initial sensation was not unlike being suddenly and unexpectedly plunged into ice water. Jaina momentarily lost all sensation in her mind and body. Then, when some but not all of it returned, she quickly realized that something was wrong.
She could no longer feel her baby.
"We need to go out!" she said to Kyp.
"What's wrong?" he asked as he turned around.
"I cant feel the baby! He'll be--"
They left the Force-empty bubble, and Jaina stopped as she reached out with the Force to comfort her frightened unborn child. "Kyp, I can't go," she said. "The baby won't be able to sense me, and he'll be scared. You have to find Ralya and Brekk. I'll walk back."
"You can't walk back--"
"You can't find them quickly enough if you're on foot," Jaina said, cutting off his protests. "I'll be fine." She gently pressed her lips to his. "I'll see you again soon." I hope.
Kyp heard the added thought that she didn't want to say out loud, and belatedly realized that he had been thinking the same thing.
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What was Ralya thinking? Brekk wondered. She couldn't keep them believing something like that for too long. If she had to bluff, couldn't she have thought of something better?…
Unless it wasn't a bluff.
But it had to be a bluff. Ralya wouldn't do something like that to him. She must have been trying to get him to escape on his own. But he couldn't do that. He had to think of a way to get her out, too.
Even if it killed him.
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Kyp had been all over the area of the jungle that was inside the ysalamiri's bubble, but he did not see any sign of Ralya or Brekk. Then, all of a sudden, he felt the Force; but just as suddenly it was gone.
He stopped, hopped off the speederbike, and walked around. He found it again. But it was impossible. A place within the ysalamir's Force-empty bubble where the Force could still exist…
Kyp looked all around, and his wandering gaze stopped at the pack on the ground in front of him.
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Koori was angry. Not just angry, she was infuriated. She hated the girl. The boy too, but the girl much more. She knew she wasn't a human replica droid about to blow up, but Yrbel wouldn't listen. He wouldn't know about these things, he wasn't a Jedi. And she hadn't done much to earn his trust. Well, she would have to disobey him once again.
She would have to kill Ralya herself.
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