* In a Fallen Angel's Arms *
Scanning the hanger bay, she saw nor felt any signs of life other than her. Without looking back, Jaina rushed to her X-wing. She need some time alone, where no one could find her.
Climbing up the ladder she scrambled to the top, but her foot slipped causing her to loose her balance.
Jaina hadn't been paying attention, and was unable to use the Force in time to guide some balance back to her body. She fell harshly backwards to the floor, but surprisingly she didn't feel the hard impact.
Instead she felt two warm strong arms scoop her up like an innocent child. The muscular arms cradled her, holding her tightly against its body as one would do an innocent baby. She didn't realize till after the being had done so how fast her heart was racing and how much her head was spinning. All vision turned into one huge swirl of colors causing her to fall into an unknown abyss that swallowed her down.
It seemed like only moments later when Jaina came back to her senses. Her eyelids flew open filling up with the image of a dark silhouette. Blinking a few times her eyes finally adjusted to the contrast of light, and she saw who loomed above her. She wanted to scream at him, but couldn't work up the nerve. Something stopped her.
"Are you alright?"
She made no move to answer. Her body felt limp and for some odd reason she had no control over her muscles. All she could do was slightly nod.
His hand moved up to brush some loose strains of hair out of her face. The touch of his hands sent electric shocks down her spine causing her heart to accelerate into hyper speed. Why was he doing this?
Looking deep into her eyes, Kyp's eyes looked almost sincere. "Jaina, please hear me out." He begged. "I'm not sorry for what was accomplished in the Sernpidal system, but I am sorry for hurting you."
"If you were so sorry then you wouldn't have done so." Her energy began to slowly revive in her body, filling her soul up with liveliness once again. A tear fell down her face. Using her hands she braced herself into a sitting position, glaring into the Jedi Master's eyes on the same level. "Give me the reason that made you lie to me, and then maybe, if it's legit, I might think about forgiving you."
"Because… I love you."
Without another moment's hesitation, his lips were upon hers kissing her with a fiery passion causing her mind and heart to spin in confusing. Taking her right hand she smacked him hard across his face pushing her body away from his as she scrambled away from him and back onto her feet.
"YOU HUTT!" She screamed not caring who heard. Jaina believed everyone should hear what he really was.
He rubbed his face as he stood up. "What? W-why did you do that?"
Disgust filled her expression. "Kyp," she said as she shook her head in revulsion. "I love you with all my heart, and I'd die to be in your arms. But you lied to me, you made me kill innocent lives for nothing."
"It wasn't for nothing…"
"Then what did murdering their children gain us? Kyp, you don't understand. We're not on the offensive side… we're on the defensive. Do you even know what that word means? It means protection, Kyp. Resistance. And right now, that's what I'm doing with you. What I have to do. If I were ever to fall into your love what would happen if I became pregnant with our child? Could I trust you enough that you would want that living breathing being alive?" She paused. "I'd rather be the one to die by your hand than millions of innocent children."
"You'd die for those aliens?"
The racist view she was getting from him shocked her to the bone. Advancing on him she eyed him. "I'd rather marry and bare a child from one of them rather than you."
With that Jaina stormed out of the hanger bay.
Scanning the hanger bay, she saw nor felt any signs of life other than her. Without looking back, Jaina rushed to her X-wing. She need some time alone, where no one could find her.
Climbing up the ladder she scrambled to the top, but her foot slipped causing her to loose her balance.
Jaina hadn't been paying attention, and was unable to use the Force in time to guide some balance back to her body. She fell harshly backwards to the floor, but surprisingly she didn't feel the hard impact.
Instead she felt two warm strong arms scoop her up like an innocent child. The muscular arms cradled her, holding her tightly against its body as one would do an innocent baby. She didn't realize till after the being had done so how fast her heart was racing and how much her head was spinning. All vision turned into one huge swirl of colors causing her to fall into an unknown abyss that swallowed her down.
It seemed like only moments later when Jaina came back to her senses. Her eyelids flew open filling up with the image of a dark silhouette. Blinking a few times her eyes finally adjusted to the contrast of light, and she saw who loomed above her. She wanted to scream at him, but couldn't work up the nerve. Something stopped her.
"Are you alright?"
She made no move to answer. Her body felt limp and for some odd reason she had no control over her muscles. All she could do was slightly nod.
His hand moved up to brush some loose strains of hair out of her face. The touch of his hands sent electric shocks down her spine causing her heart to accelerate into hyper speed. Why was he doing this?
Looking deep into her eyes, Kyp's eyes looked almost sincere. "Jaina, please hear me out." He begged. "I'm not sorry for what was accomplished in the Sernpidal system, but I am sorry for hurting you."
"If you were so sorry then you wouldn't have done so." Her energy began to slowly revive in her body, filling her soul up with liveliness once again. A tear fell down her face. Using her hands she braced herself into a sitting position, glaring into the Jedi Master's eyes on the same level. "Give me the reason that made you lie to me, and then maybe, if it's legit, I might think about forgiving you."
"Because… I love you."
Without another moment's hesitation, his lips were upon hers kissing her with a fiery passion causing her mind and heart to spin in confusing. Taking her right hand she smacked him hard across his face pushing her body away from his as she scrambled away from him and back onto her feet.
"YOU HUTT!" She screamed not caring who heard. Jaina believed everyone should hear what he really was.
He rubbed his face as he stood up. "What? W-why did you do that?"
Disgust filled her expression. "Kyp," she said as she shook her head in revulsion. "I love you with all my heart, and I'd die to be in your arms. But you lied to me, you made me kill innocent lives for nothing."
"It wasn't for nothing…"
"Then what did murdering their children gain us? Kyp, you don't understand. We're not on the offensive side… we're on the defensive. Do you even know what that word means? It means protection, Kyp. Resistance. And right now, that's what I'm doing with you. What I have to do. If I were ever to fall into your love what would happen if I became pregnant with our child? Could I trust you enough that you would want that living breathing being alive?" She paused. "I'd rather be the one to die by your hand than millions of innocent children."
"You'd die for those aliens?"
The racist view she was getting from him shocked her to the bone. Advancing on him she eyed him. "I'd rather marry and bare a child from one of them rather than you."
With that Jaina stormed out of the hanger bay.