Rancor Slam
Part 9
At two hours every one was packed and against their chosen wall.
Five clans had elected to go to the Eastern Continent. Three had decided to go to the City. The Singing Mountain Clan was split down the middle.
Even after Cas had assured them they would have ways to transport between the City and the Eastern Continent they stayed that way. Strangely, the same argument only made the other Clans more comfortable with their choices.
Well, that and the assurance that they could use Cas's House to make any purchases they might need until they got settled into what was right for them.
Of course their honor demanded they would have to pay her back for the purchases they might make. Which they would do, but only when they could.
Two hours later the scouts had found a flat, open place for the pick-up, about an hour away from the camp on foot.
Before they moved out Cas had the Warriors make their final arrangements with their Clans. Making quick wills, or the like, in case something should happen to them.
During that time Cas was busy at work.
She rode out to the Landing spot with Vua and Uun on Rancors and checked it out for herself. There was a chain of nine caves in line of sight, not too far from removed Landing. She decided that would be where the Clans would leave their belongings, while they were all moving materiel.
They then rode out to the hidden stock. StarFighters. Parts for StarFighters. Parts for Capital Ships. Ship artillery. Ship armor. R2-XJ's. Ship electronics in general. Ground artillery. Ground Troop Transports. Lightsabers and Lightsaber parts.
A huge cave full.
But what was best was that some wise person had piled a hundred or more hoversleds in the corner, with Rancor harnesses.
She then Rode back, leaving Vua and Uun to start moving things to set up a perimeter around Landing.
She found who she was looking for easily. Jak was tending Cree, Klik's newest daughter.
He just looked up at her when she stood in front of him.
She nodded. He was upset.
He probably never expected to play second fiddle to ex-enemies. She grimaced to herself. He won't like it when he finds out he's actually third.
"What's wrong?" She asked. Her voice so soft she couldn't really hear it.
He looked at the sleeping baby Rancor in his lap. "You remember when I was given to you?"
"Yes."
"They told you I was sterile, because of an accident when I was younger."
She nodded as she sat, of course she knew. He had had to be sterile. She couldn't except him until after she had had her heirs if he could have made her pregnant.
"Later as some unseen possible answer to one of your quests. You took your own seed and made me fertile again. You even played with it so that while it was in me it would be Force strong…what? Sperm, at the cost of your own fertility while I have it."
She nodded again, remaining silent. He would come to a point soon.
"I was able to father daughters on Singing Mountain Warriors, like a Force-strong breeder."
She nodded. She knew that. She had only the X-chromosome so by reason he would have only daughters. And she was Force strong, and that usually bred true.
"I had a son." She felt her eyes open wider. She could feel her own shock like a foreign force.
He just nodded. He looked up at her, the first tears falling from his eyes. "The raided the Mountain Citadel. They raided from the forest behind the Slave camp."
Her mouth fell open, as the implication hit her. "He was killed by Yuuzahn Vong?"
Jak nodded. "His name was Jas. After the two of us."
She slid her arm around his shoulders, pulling him near. She held him as he left his grief and mourning go. She held him as he wept himself to sleep. She let him sleep for the next hour.
When the six hours was up and all the Warriors were gathered with Cas, she gave them orders.
The separate Clan Warriors would protect their Clan's until they all got to the Caves. They would stand guard as their belongings were left in the Caves.
Then Cas would lead them all back to the Supply Cave and they would join Vua and Uun in moving the stuff to Landing.
When she got the Five-minute warning from Vo she would order everyone to stop what they were doing and go to the caves.
They would get their stuff then go back to Landing.
When they reached Landing the Warriors would take positions at the perimeter around the Landing field and the place the slaves, children, and materiel were waiting.
When she got the one-minute warning they would set off homing beacons for the transport pilots.
If everything went according to plan, they would be on Dagobah in four days. Everyone would start getting settled and Cas could leave orders with her House as to what they were to do if contacted by any of the Clans.
Cas would be back in action and married to Kir inside a week. Lyn would be her newest Padawan. And Jak?
Well, she was sure she could find something for him…