Chapter Four
**(Mobile Infantry Camp: Bathazan)**
"Captain! Ya got mail!"
Zekk looked up from where he sat on his bunk. Reaching out his hand, the holo-chip the young private held with a bunch of others flew to him.
"Hey, can you get ours too?" The guy named Nathanial asked, who sat on his bunk above him.
"Sure." Zekk mumbled, already opening his the halo, but motioning with his left hand. Filling the air with flying Holo-clips from homes all across the galaxy.
"Thanks, Captain." Nathanial said. "And who is your holo-grammar, Captain?"
Zekk looked up at his friend. "Jaina."
"Jaina?" Nathanial crunched up his nose, "Jay-na? What Kinda name is that?"
"It's a good name." Zekk answered, laughing.
"Well, a name is not a name- till I see a face!" Nathanial said, climbing down. "Let's see your girl than!"
Zekk lifted an eyebrow, than turned on the holo. It sputtered at first, than reveled Jaina's face. Her hair was flowing around her, and she smiled. The small blue image showed that she was in a t-shirt and sweats. Her feet were bare and dangled over an invisible object she had been sitting on.
"Hi Zekk. Holograming from parts unknown, just saying hi-" The image was paused, and Nathanial groaned.
"That's what she looks like, now get lost!" Zekk said, pushing his nosey friend away.
"Alright! Alright!" Nate said, getting back up onto his own bed. "So how long have you known this Jaina, lover-boy?"
"Since I was about fourteen."
"Dang." Nate's eyes rolled, "that's a long time."
"I guess so." Zekk said, leaning back against the durra steal wall. Then he pressed play. Letting the image keep going this time.
"I know I haven't hallowed in a while. But I've been busy. You know what I mean." Zekk smiled as the halo fidgeted nervously, Jaina never did like making holos. "I heard Jason and Anakin are doing well. Jason actually asked Tenil Ka to marry him- and I still don't know if she said yes or not. But I think she said yes." Jaina ran a hand through her long brown hair. "Where I'm set up now is pretty nice. We don't go very many places. Isolated. But nice. They even have a gally here that stays open all night." Jaina laughed, "Well, I gotta go. Sorry this is so short." She paused, and the camera zoomed up on her face as it always does when it begins to shut down. "I love you. No goodbyes." And with that, the message ended.
As soon as the halo switched off, the lights in the room flickered- then died. A tingle went down Zekk's neck. Immediately, he scrambled from his bunk, stuffing Jaina's halo in his pocket. "Incoming! Everybody to your stations! Come on-"
And that- was when half of the base blew up in a blinding white light and fire. Half of the 4009 men who had camped there were obliterated instantly...
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Now roaming through this darkness I'm alive but I'm alone.
Part of me is fighting this but part of me is gone,
So hold me when I'm here right me when I'm wrong,
Hold me when I'm scared and love me when I'm gone,
Love me when I'm gone...
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To be continued?
**(Mobile Infantry Camp: Bathazan)**
"Captain! Ya got mail!"
Zekk looked up from where he sat on his bunk. Reaching out his hand, the holo-chip the young private held with a bunch of others flew to him.
"Hey, can you get ours too?" The guy named Nathanial asked, who sat on his bunk above him.
"Sure." Zekk mumbled, already opening his the halo, but motioning with his left hand. Filling the air with flying Holo-clips from homes all across the galaxy.
"Thanks, Captain." Nathanial said. "And who is your holo-grammar, Captain?"
Zekk looked up at his friend. "Jaina."
"Jaina?" Nathanial crunched up his nose, "Jay-na? What Kinda name is that?"
"It's a good name." Zekk answered, laughing.
"Well, a name is not a name- till I see a face!" Nathanial said, climbing down. "Let's see your girl than!"
Zekk lifted an eyebrow, than turned on the holo. It sputtered at first, than reveled Jaina's face. Her hair was flowing around her, and she smiled. The small blue image showed that she was in a t-shirt and sweats. Her feet were bare and dangled over an invisible object she had been sitting on.
"Hi Zekk. Holograming from parts unknown, just saying hi-" The image was paused, and Nathanial groaned.
"That's what she looks like, now get lost!" Zekk said, pushing his nosey friend away.
"Alright! Alright!" Nate said, getting back up onto his own bed. "So how long have you known this Jaina, lover-boy?"
"Since I was about fourteen."
"Dang." Nate's eyes rolled, "that's a long time."
"I guess so." Zekk said, leaning back against the durra steal wall. Then he pressed play. Letting the image keep going this time.
"I know I haven't hallowed in a while. But I've been busy. You know what I mean." Zekk smiled as the halo fidgeted nervously, Jaina never did like making holos. "I heard Jason and Anakin are doing well. Jason actually asked Tenil Ka to marry him- and I still don't know if she said yes or not. But I think she said yes." Jaina ran a hand through her long brown hair. "Where I'm set up now is pretty nice. We don't go very many places. Isolated. But nice. They even have a gally here that stays open all night." Jaina laughed, "Well, I gotta go. Sorry this is so short." She paused, and the camera zoomed up on her face as it always does when it begins to shut down. "I love you. No goodbyes." And with that, the message ended.
As soon as the halo switched off, the lights in the room flickered- then died. A tingle went down Zekk's neck. Immediately, he scrambled from his bunk, stuffing Jaina's halo in his pocket. "Incoming! Everybody to your stations! Come on-"
And that- was when half of the base blew up in a blinding white light and fire. Half of the 4009 men who had camped there were obliterated instantly...
)()(*****************************)()(
Now roaming through this darkness I'm alive but I'm alone.
Part of me is fighting this but part of me is gone,
So hold me when I'm here right me when I'm wrong,
Hold me when I'm scared and love me when I'm gone,
Love me when I'm gone...
))(******************************)((
To be continued?