* Letting go *
Tahiri was still curled up in Jacen's arms when Feng Shui was brought into the room. Danni had called him up and met him at the entrance to the lab. He looked, as well as she could decipher, a bit in shock, but his whole presence seemed a little out of whack. She met him with a smile.
"Feng, I know I called you in yesterday for some testing, and I promised you would get some time off, but something unexpected has come up."
If he had eyebrows, he would be frowning. "Explain."
Danni did her best to explain what had happened before taking him to the back where the shaking female and still young Jedi Knight were. Before Danni could stop him, he entered the back lab.
"Wait!" she called out but it was too late. Catching up, she saw Tahiri move to her feet. Her golden eyes were narrowed as if she was ready to kill. As her mouth opened the tongue of Yuuzhan Vong flowed out from it fluently.
Feng answered her back. She spoke. Then he. This went on for a while, when she then pointed at the blob thing. His hollow eyes followed the direction where she was pointing at, finally falling upon the thing. Turning back to Tahiri a worried expression followed quick agitated words.
Danni's face went from the two beings the finally settled on Jacen's form directly in between them. She mouthed, "What are they talking about?"
Responding back, he shrugged.
Breaking the silent discussion Feng and Tahiri switched back to Basic.
"Do it Feng." Tahiri ordered.
Both Jacen and Danni did not have a clue what was going on until they saw the Yuuzhan Vong go to the blob. The three humans encircled around him and the blob, waiting in anticipation to watch what he was going to do. His long clawed hand went a half a meter over the blob. The slick object reached up to grab his hand, but it could not reach. Feng turned back to Tahiri.
She nodded sadly.
Without looking back, he stuck his hand into the blob.
***
Weeks passed and Kyp had not seen Jaina at all. He felt sorry for her, that she felt she needed to stay away from him so what was reality would not cause him pain. That was the last thing on his mind. Jaina did not owe him anything. If she really loved Jag, then she was where she was meant to be. He would find a way to make his heart work.
Not like he needed too. Just knowing Jaina was where she felt happy, made all the difference. He wanted the best for her, even if the best was not him.
She did not need to be that way with him. Keeping her feelings inside and such. If he had been any other man besides whom he was, he might have thought she was perfectly fine, but the Force told him otherwise.
Even without the Force, he had learned a lot from love. From Jaina. And he loved her enough to let her go from the bond they held before.
***
CaRày waited for Nivek to do something. Anything. The anticipation was the worst. It gave her more time to imagine all sorts of possibilities that could befall her. Sometimes coming up with ones more horrific than those in reality.
She watched as he called his couffee back, wrapping around his arm. Never in her life had she seen him refrain from the violence he always rained upon her. He outstretched his arm asking for her hand.
Her muscles froze. She shook her head in fear realizing in another thought, this one yet from fleeting. It stayed with her. Sinking into her heart, and scaring it with the realization of the option he was giving her. CaRày remained where she was.
"You asked for another option. I give it to you."
"Being with you is hardly an option."
"You have no choice now." His deep voice echoed through the chamber.
Shakily, her hand fell into his. He clasped his grip around her hand and felt a shudder run down her back. She had no choice.
***
With one hand, Vergere pulled back the fiber off the bare chest of Khalee Lah. In the other, she held a fist size lambent. It glowed brightly in the darkened room.
Days had passed since she had finally found and grown and coaxed the lambent out of its pod. To the Warmaster's relief, the world ship, which they lived in, hovered just next to Yavin. Vergere had been ordered to go groundside, guarded by a dozen guards to find the lambent. Now she was back.
She had heard rumors among the Shame that the former Anakin Solo had connected with them by using the same plant, which she held in her hand.
How right he had been. she felt so in tune with the creatures she lived all her life with. Even though she could tell by instinct or just knowledge what they were prepared to do next, she felt the bond now clarified.
Khalee drew in a shaky and scratchy breath at her touch. "Father." he whispered hoarsely.
Tsavong came from behind her and placed a hand on his son's forehead. "Be silent my son. You soon shall be healed.
"It's. too-"
His chest fell. Both watched waiting for it to move. Seconds passed to minutes.
It remained still.
He was gone.
Tahiri was still curled up in Jacen's arms when Feng Shui was brought into the room. Danni had called him up and met him at the entrance to the lab. He looked, as well as she could decipher, a bit in shock, but his whole presence seemed a little out of whack. She met him with a smile.
"Feng, I know I called you in yesterday for some testing, and I promised you would get some time off, but something unexpected has come up."
If he had eyebrows, he would be frowning. "Explain."
Danni did her best to explain what had happened before taking him to the back where the shaking female and still young Jedi Knight were. Before Danni could stop him, he entered the back lab.
"Wait!" she called out but it was too late. Catching up, she saw Tahiri move to her feet. Her golden eyes were narrowed as if she was ready to kill. As her mouth opened the tongue of Yuuzhan Vong flowed out from it fluently.
Feng answered her back. She spoke. Then he. This went on for a while, when she then pointed at the blob thing. His hollow eyes followed the direction where she was pointing at, finally falling upon the thing. Turning back to Tahiri a worried expression followed quick agitated words.
Danni's face went from the two beings the finally settled on Jacen's form directly in between them. She mouthed, "What are they talking about?"
Responding back, he shrugged.
Breaking the silent discussion Feng and Tahiri switched back to Basic.
"Do it Feng." Tahiri ordered.
Both Jacen and Danni did not have a clue what was going on until they saw the Yuuzhan Vong go to the blob. The three humans encircled around him and the blob, waiting in anticipation to watch what he was going to do. His long clawed hand went a half a meter over the blob. The slick object reached up to grab his hand, but it could not reach. Feng turned back to Tahiri.
She nodded sadly.
Without looking back, he stuck his hand into the blob.
***
Weeks passed and Kyp had not seen Jaina at all. He felt sorry for her, that she felt she needed to stay away from him so what was reality would not cause him pain. That was the last thing on his mind. Jaina did not owe him anything. If she really loved Jag, then she was where she was meant to be. He would find a way to make his heart work.
Not like he needed too. Just knowing Jaina was where she felt happy, made all the difference. He wanted the best for her, even if the best was not him.
She did not need to be that way with him. Keeping her feelings inside and such. If he had been any other man besides whom he was, he might have thought she was perfectly fine, but the Force told him otherwise.
Even without the Force, he had learned a lot from love. From Jaina. And he loved her enough to let her go from the bond they held before.
***
CaRày waited for Nivek to do something. Anything. The anticipation was the worst. It gave her more time to imagine all sorts of possibilities that could befall her. Sometimes coming up with ones more horrific than those in reality.
She watched as he called his couffee back, wrapping around his arm. Never in her life had she seen him refrain from the violence he always rained upon her. He outstretched his arm asking for her hand.
Her muscles froze. She shook her head in fear realizing in another thought, this one yet from fleeting. It stayed with her. Sinking into her heart, and scaring it with the realization of the option he was giving her. CaRày remained where she was.
"You asked for another option. I give it to you."
"Being with you is hardly an option."
"You have no choice now." His deep voice echoed through the chamber.
Shakily, her hand fell into his. He clasped his grip around her hand and felt a shudder run down her back. She had no choice.
***
With one hand, Vergere pulled back the fiber off the bare chest of Khalee Lah. In the other, she held a fist size lambent. It glowed brightly in the darkened room.
Days had passed since she had finally found and grown and coaxed the lambent out of its pod. To the Warmaster's relief, the world ship, which they lived in, hovered just next to Yavin. Vergere had been ordered to go groundside, guarded by a dozen guards to find the lambent. Now she was back.
She had heard rumors among the Shame that the former Anakin Solo had connected with them by using the same plant, which she held in her hand.
How right he had been. she felt so in tune with the creatures she lived all her life with. Even though she could tell by instinct or just knowledge what they were prepared to do next, she felt the bond now clarified.
Khalee drew in a shaky and scratchy breath at her touch. "Father." he whispered hoarsely.
Tsavong came from behind her and placed a hand on his son's forehead. "Be silent my son. You soon shall be healed.
"It's. too-"
His chest fell. Both watched waiting for it to move. Seconds passed to minutes.
It remained still.
He was gone.