Eclipse Bound: (for lack of creative genius in naming the chapter ()
"We're arriving at Eclipse. ETA about 3 and half minutes, Jaina." Kyp called back to the cabin.
"Gotcha!" she shouted back. "Be right there!" Jaina quickly tugged on her sand colored Jedi robes, before combing out the unruly knots of hair and retying it all into a ponytail. She tossed the rest of her stuff back into her bag, and slung it over one shoulder. She smiled as she watched the familiar base loom nearer in their viewports.
"Short trip, wasn't it?" Jaina asked.
"Sure was. Shaved off three parsecs, though, to my flying expertise." Kyp replied, grinning as he flipped switches.
"Yeah. Flying expertise. Right." was the unladylike snort coming from behind him.
"Watch it, Solo, or you may end up walking back to Hapes." He shot back, still grinning lopsidedly. He set the transport down smoothly, and, much to the relief of both, there was no welcoming committee or fanfare of anysorts. Just a lone Master, standing there in his dark Jedi cloaks.
"Jaina, Kyp." Luke nodded sagely to both of them. Jaina bowed, but Kyp remained standing. "Master Skywalker." Jaina said respectfully. Kyp just nodded.
"Master, if you wouldn't mind, I need to use the comm center here. It's important. The one on the 'Daughter' was malfunctioning." Jaina said.
"Jaina, I would under normal circumstances, but what has required both your presences here is so dire and urgent, we can't wait."
Jaina's face fell. She tried to block out her feelings of disappointment, but she knew Luke had sensed it.
"Is Colonel Fel onboard still?" Luke asked.
"No. Why?" Kyp asked, confusion lacing through his voice.
"I sent for him to come, also." Luke said, frowning. "Did he choose not to?"
"He never told me anything!" Jaina said.
"Please, excuse me I need to use the comm. We have to get him here, even if it will delay everything for another day or so. Wedge will understand." With that, Luke headed off to the comm, and left the two Jedi standing there. Jaina stared after his retreating form.
"Uh, you wanna go grab something to eat?" Kyp asked.
* * *
Jag terminated the sim, and freed his comlink. "Fel here."
"Hey, Jag, we got a high priority flagged comm waiting for you here. Hurry up. It's live." A voice said, Jag belatedly realizing it was Gavin Darklighter. "Oh, yeah, and your uncle wanted me to say bye to you for him, he was leaving for some top priority mission. Hurry to my office, ok?"
"Will do. Fel out." Jag bolted up out of his sim and dashed to Gavin's office. He paused outside the door, before entering in the outside office.
"Greetings Colonel Fel. Colonel Darklighter is waiting." Said Emtrey, the Rogues' Quartermaster.
"Thanks." Jag stepped through the door into the office. Gavin waved him to the private comm set up in the corner of the room. Jag saw the Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, Jaina's uncle, waiting on the holo.
"Master Skywalker." Jag said.
"Colonel Fel." Luke acknowledged him. Then he began. "Listen, Colonel, your uncle left late last night. Do you know why?" Jag shook his head. "He was headed out on a mission. And, we need someone of your piloting expertise to assist us. Would you be interested?"
"Of course. When do I leave?" Jag said.
Luke laughed. "Eager, too. That's good. Right away. If you prefer, you can take your clawcraft. I'll have Colonel Darklighter get you the coordinates. The jump is about half a day. We'll see you soon, then?" Luke asked. Jag nodded. "See you soon then, Master Skywalker."
Luke nodded, and switched the transmission off.
"Well, there you go. A new assignment." Said Gavin. "I have a feeling we will be seeing each other soon, though. May the Force be with you."
Jag nodded, and then he left the office. When he had entered the corridor, he took off at a sprint to the hangar bay. He pulled on his flight suit, and started his preflight checks. He pulled on his helmet, and leaned back in his pilot's couch. Moments later, he got clearance from Control, and he got the all systems go. Jag nudged the craft forward, and he was off.
* * *
Jaina was busy chewing a bite of nerf when her Uncle Luke strode into the mess with a smile on his face. She waved him over to where she and Kyp were sitting. She hastily swallowed, and said, "Hey, Uncle Luke."
"Hello, Jaina, Kyp." Her uncle replied. He leaned back in his chair. Jaina stared at him expectantly.
"Well?" she demanded.
"What?" Luke asked, feigning confusion.
"Uncle Luke!" she cried. "What did Jag say?"
"Who? Jag who?" he continued. Jaina rolled her eyes. "C'mon. I'm dying to hear it, and you know it, so just tell me already!"
"Yes,O Great One." Luke replied. "He's on his way." Luke sensed her excitement through the Force, but one did not need to be a Jedi to tell she was thrilled. But, then, it was as if someone had poured water on a fire, and Jaina sobered immediately.
"Did he ask about me?" she asked.
"No." Luke said simply.
"Oh."
"Oh?" Luke repeated.
"You heard me. Oh." Said Jaina.
"Oh." Luke grinned.
"Ok, you two, this is getting confusing." Kyp spoke up.
"Sorry." Jaina said sheepishly. "Are you sure he didn't ask about me? Not even mention me?"
"Jaina, he didn't say anything close to anything about you. He barely said anything. Well, he sounded really eager to get away from Hapes, but other than that…" Luke trailed off, seeing how Jaina's face fell.
"So, in other words, he didn't care?" she asked.
"Just because he didn't ask about you doesn't mean he doesn't care, Jaina. Just means he might be mad." Said Kyp. Jaina glared at him, before she got up, and headed to her temporary quarters.
'Please…' she thought as she rushed through the metal hallways. 'Please, Jag…I love you…don't be mad at me…I love you…' She thought over and over again as she fell, still exhausted from her trip, since she hadn't got much sleep, onto her bunk. She drifted asleep.
* * *
Jag stared out the viewport. For almost the whole trip, his thoughts had been on Jaina. And he couldn't get them off of her, no matter how hard her tried. Her and Kyp had been his focus the entire trip so far. 'I wonder where she is…' he thought, 'Does she miss me? Why did she not tell me? Didn't she think for a moment…but, gods, I love her…I hope she's ok…gods, she's so perfect…my angel, or at least I thought, maybe she's Kyp's angel… I sure hope not…' Jag stiffened in his seat. 'The whole time,' he realized, 'I've been assuming she ran of with Kyp! This is my Jaina…she'd never ever do that to me…I bet she left because it was a Jedi mission…or, maybe not…well, whatever the case maybe, I'll have to talk to her, the next time I see her…and I hope that's soon…' Jag drifted off to sleep, smiling as he thought of Jaina.
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well, what did you think? It will get better in the next chapter! read on! :D
"We're arriving at Eclipse. ETA about 3 and half minutes, Jaina." Kyp called back to the cabin.
"Gotcha!" she shouted back. "Be right there!" Jaina quickly tugged on her sand colored Jedi robes, before combing out the unruly knots of hair and retying it all into a ponytail. She tossed the rest of her stuff back into her bag, and slung it over one shoulder. She smiled as she watched the familiar base loom nearer in their viewports.
"Short trip, wasn't it?" Jaina asked.
"Sure was. Shaved off three parsecs, though, to my flying expertise." Kyp replied, grinning as he flipped switches.
"Yeah. Flying expertise. Right." was the unladylike snort coming from behind him.
"Watch it, Solo, or you may end up walking back to Hapes." He shot back, still grinning lopsidedly. He set the transport down smoothly, and, much to the relief of both, there was no welcoming committee or fanfare of anysorts. Just a lone Master, standing there in his dark Jedi cloaks.
"Jaina, Kyp." Luke nodded sagely to both of them. Jaina bowed, but Kyp remained standing. "Master Skywalker." Jaina said respectfully. Kyp just nodded.
"Master, if you wouldn't mind, I need to use the comm center here. It's important. The one on the 'Daughter' was malfunctioning." Jaina said.
"Jaina, I would under normal circumstances, but what has required both your presences here is so dire and urgent, we can't wait."
Jaina's face fell. She tried to block out her feelings of disappointment, but she knew Luke had sensed it.
"Is Colonel Fel onboard still?" Luke asked.
"No. Why?" Kyp asked, confusion lacing through his voice.
"I sent for him to come, also." Luke said, frowning. "Did he choose not to?"
"He never told me anything!" Jaina said.
"Please, excuse me I need to use the comm. We have to get him here, even if it will delay everything for another day or so. Wedge will understand." With that, Luke headed off to the comm, and left the two Jedi standing there. Jaina stared after his retreating form.
"Uh, you wanna go grab something to eat?" Kyp asked.
* * *
Jag terminated the sim, and freed his comlink. "Fel here."
"Hey, Jag, we got a high priority flagged comm waiting for you here. Hurry up. It's live." A voice said, Jag belatedly realizing it was Gavin Darklighter. "Oh, yeah, and your uncle wanted me to say bye to you for him, he was leaving for some top priority mission. Hurry to my office, ok?"
"Will do. Fel out." Jag bolted up out of his sim and dashed to Gavin's office. He paused outside the door, before entering in the outside office.
"Greetings Colonel Fel. Colonel Darklighter is waiting." Said Emtrey, the Rogues' Quartermaster.
"Thanks." Jag stepped through the door into the office. Gavin waved him to the private comm set up in the corner of the room. Jag saw the Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, Jaina's uncle, waiting on the holo.
"Master Skywalker." Jag said.
"Colonel Fel." Luke acknowledged him. Then he began. "Listen, Colonel, your uncle left late last night. Do you know why?" Jag shook his head. "He was headed out on a mission. And, we need someone of your piloting expertise to assist us. Would you be interested?"
"Of course. When do I leave?" Jag said.
Luke laughed. "Eager, too. That's good. Right away. If you prefer, you can take your clawcraft. I'll have Colonel Darklighter get you the coordinates. The jump is about half a day. We'll see you soon, then?" Luke asked. Jag nodded. "See you soon then, Master Skywalker."
Luke nodded, and switched the transmission off.
"Well, there you go. A new assignment." Said Gavin. "I have a feeling we will be seeing each other soon, though. May the Force be with you."
Jag nodded, and then he left the office. When he had entered the corridor, he took off at a sprint to the hangar bay. He pulled on his flight suit, and started his preflight checks. He pulled on his helmet, and leaned back in his pilot's couch. Moments later, he got clearance from Control, and he got the all systems go. Jag nudged the craft forward, and he was off.
* * *
Jaina was busy chewing a bite of nerf when her Uncle Luke strode into the mess with a smile on his face. She waved him over to where she and Kyp were sitting. She hastily swallowed, and said, "Hey, Uncle Luke."
"Hello, Jaina, Kyp." Her uncle replied. He leaned back in his chair. Jaina stared at him expectantly.
"Well?" she demanded.
"What?" Luke asked, feigning confusion.
"Uncle Luke!" she cried. "What did Jag say?"
"Who? Jag who?" he continued. Jaina rolled her eyes. "C'mon. I'm dying to hear it, and you know it, so just tell me already!"
"Yes,O Great One." Luke replied. "He's on his way." Luke sensed her excitement through the Force, but one did not need to be a Jedi to tell she was thrilled. But, then, it was as if someone had poured water on a fire, and Jaina sobered immediately.
"Did he ask about me?" she asked.
"No." Luke said simply.
"Oh."
"Oh?" Luke repeated.
"You heard me. Oh." Said Jaina.
"Oh." Luke grinned.
"Ok, you two, this is getting confusing." Kyp spoke up.
"Sorry." Jaina said sheepishly. "Are you sure he didn't ask about me? Not even mention me?"
"Jaina, he didn't say anything close to anything about you. He barely said anything. Well, he sounded really eager to get away from Hapes, but other than that…" Luke trailed off, seeing how Jaina's face fell.
"So, in other words, he didn't care?" she asked.
"Just because he didn't ask about you doesn't mean he doesn't care, Jaina. Just means he might be mad." Said Kyp. Jaina glared at him, before she got up, and headed to her temporary quarters.
'Please…' she thought as she rushed through the metal hallways. 'Please, Jag…I love you…don't be mad at me…I love you…' She thought over and over again as she fell, still exhausted from her trip, since she hadn't got much sleep, onto her bunk. She drifted asleep.
* * *
Jag stared out the viewport. For almost the whole trip, his thoughts had been on Jaina. And he couldn't get them off of her, no matter how hard her tried. Her and Kyp had been his focus the entire trip so far. 'I wonder where she is…' he thought, 'Does she miss me? Why did she not tell me? Didn't she think for a moment…but, gods, I love her…I hope she's ok…gods, she's so perfect…my angel, or at least I thought, maybe she's Kyp's angel… I sure hope not…' Jag stiffened in his seat. 'The whole time,' he realized, 'I've been assuming she ran of with Kyp! This is my Jaina…she'd never ever do that to me…I bet she left because it was a Jedi mission…or, maybe not…well, whatever the case maybe, I'll have to talk to her, the next time I see her…and I hope that's soon…' Jag drifted off to sleep, smiling as he thought of Jaina.
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well, what did you think? It will get better in the next chapter! read on! :D