Chapter 6
Lord Garinoska stood in the observation room at the top of the tower at Star's End. He had had it rebuilt immediately after he gained power. Most of the prisoners were opponents of his that had gone on leave and had just 'disappeared.'
"You know Captain Derner, that right now there is a Rebel fleet somewhere in the Corporate Sector? And do you know who is a prominent member of that fleet?"
"Anakin Skywalker, my lord?"
"Yes, he is and everything is ready. I meant for them to escape, you realize that, correct?"
"I had my theories, my lord," replied the Captain.
"Good. I had them implanted with tracking devices."
"My lord, they must certainly have found them-"
"No they haven't. They're not electronic." Garinoska opened his palm and revealed a small rock. "This is a Yuuzhan Vong creature. They pinpoint the locations of their siblings. They were mostly used during the war on a smaller scale, but I bribed a Shaper of the Shamed Ones to shape this for me. It shows wherever the it's counterpart has traveled through hyperspace."
"I see my lord."
"They are at Kamar."
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Anakin Solo sat in his quarters on Borleias. Tahiri had gone off on a Jedi mission, so she was nowhere to be found. He had spent some time exploring Temple, but now he was just bored. He decided to go to his Uncle Luke's quarters and find the holos of Jaina's wedding, the one he never saw. He found R2-D2 wandering the halls of the Temple on his way there. Anakin brought the little droid with him, hoping that Artoo could bypass Uncle Luke's security measures.
He got to Uncle Luke and Aunt Mara's room and rang the room's buzzer. No one answered after few moments so Anakin told Artoo, "Open the door please Artoo."
Artoo whistled a reply.
"They won't mind. I'll tell them the next time I see them. I'm just going to borrow their holos of Jaina's wedding."
Artoo beeped the equivalent to 'fine' and opened the opened the locks. He saw a shelf with a bunch of holo player discs on it. He found the ones of Jaina's wedding and was walking out the door when he ran into Mara.
"Oh, hi Aunt Mara."
"Anakin. Snooping around?" She looked at him and then smiled.
"No, not really. I'm just borrowing Jaina's wedding holos, that's all. There was no one here, so I had Artoo unlock the door for me. I was going to tell you the next time I saw you, since I figured you might be busy."
Anakin marched back to his quarters and played the holos, watching his family celebrate and be happy. Jaina and Jag were in bliss, and even Jacen who had been extremely somber and quiet in the few years before Anakin had died was happy, once again telling bad jokes and grinning the lopsided grin that the Solo clan was famous for.
As he watched, he felt out of place, like he didn't belong. It was strange. He had usually been in the middle of things, but now he was more of an outsider.