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~Sorry that the last chapter didn't have the PG-13 content like I told you it would. You know how you just get to writing with one idea and you end up with something completely different? That was what happened. There will be no PG-13 content in this chapter, but it is vital in the background of the story. I promised, the next chapter will have PLENTY of PG-13 content! The next few chapters will be Jaina's memories. Read on to find out.~
Chapter 8: Losing Hope
Jaina left Jag's quarters, elated that she was going to marry him tonight. But she was also grateful that nothing had happened. She wanted to be with Jag, but she also respected his wishes. Smiling contently, Jaina thought about when Jag had proposed to her.
Jaina leapt out of her bed and stumbled over to her closet to pull out a clean flight suit. It wasn't until she was halfway zipped into her suit that she finally woke up. Force, does that thing have to be so loud? Jaina punched her door open and stumbled out into the corridor. Shouldn't have had that last round of brandy, she thought, squinting her eyes at the brightness of the overhead lights.
"Wake up, beautiful." Jag murmured as he slid his arms around Jaina's waist.
"Shut up, handsome." Jaina muttered sleepily, sliding out of Jag's embrace.
"Come on, let's get to our ships. I wanna vape me some Vong today."
Jaina laughed. He may have been raised by the Chiss, but he's still one hundred percent Corellian. Jaina's body finally woke up to the point where she could run to the hangar bay without running into walls. She sprinted over to her X-Wing, pausing long enough to give her R2 unit, Cappie, an affectionate pat. She climbed up into the cockpit and ran through her pre- flight routine. She was done within a matter of minutes; all she had to do was wait for the rest of her squad to finish. When the last of them clicked the readiness over the comm, she gave the order to lift off.
As they rose into orbit, Jaina's mind raced with attack patterns and evasive strategies. This particular battle shouldn't have been any different from any of the other ones she had fought, but somehow, she knew that this one was important. Maybe not to the overall war, but it had some significance to her. She just didn't know what that would be yet.
"Twins, into your shield trios. May the Force be with you."
Jaina formed up her shield trio with Kyp and Jag on either side of her. Dead ahead of them was a squadron of coralskippers, and they were coming in fast. Jania reached out for Kyp and drew him into a Force-meld. They moved in perfect synchrony. Jag's movements mirrored their own, even though they were a split second later. One by one, the skips were blasted out of the sky, chunks of coral flying on every side of Jaina. She did her best to evade the onslaught, but they just kept coming.
"Twins, fall back! Fall back and regroup!" Jaina juked her X-Wing hard to the right, looking for a possible escape vector. "Kyp, Jag, get out of here! Fall back!"
"You'll get no such thing from us, Goddess." Kyp's determined voice came over her comm.
"Get out of here! That is an order!" Jaina could see the skips closing in on her, blocking all of her possible escape vectors. Kyp and Jag were just outside of the cloud of skips, trying desperately to fight their way in. Jaina's X-Wing took hit after hit. Her shield were getting dangerously low, another hit and she'd be done for. If only she could reach the button to eject-
"JAINA!!!!!" There was nothing but silence as Jaina's cockpit took a plasma projectile. Jag felt numb, losing hope that she had survived. No, he thought, Jaina's not gone, she can't be gone. The skips broke off and returned back to their control ship.
"Jag? Hey, you still there?" Jag swallowed hard and responded only with a comm click. Jaina couldn't be gone.
Meanwhile, Kyp was desperately checking his sensors. Maybe she had ejected in time,but his sensors showed nothing. Suddenly, he felt Jaina's presence sing through the Force. The transmitter on her EV suit had been damaged in the fight, but she was still alive. He stretched out with the Force and- There! She had ejected! She was still alive, and reaching out to Kyp through the Force.
"Jag! She's still alive!! She went EV in time!!" Jag barely heard Kyp's words. Jaina was alive!!! He switched frequencies to hail ground control.
"Ground Control, this is Colonel Jagged Fel. We need immediate assistance for the retrieval of a pilot that went EV. Requesting shuttle."
"Colonel, this is Ground Control, we are sending a shuttle. ETA: 5 minutes."
Jag clicked a confirmation and switched frequencies back to talk to Kyp. "Tell her to hold on for a few more minutes, I've got a shuttle coming."
Kyp reached out to Jaina, relaying Jag's message to her. He could sense her extreme fatigue and focused his energy on her. Go into a hibernation trance, he sent to her, you'll conserve heat. He felt Jaina pull herself into a hibernation trance. All he could do was sit there and watch. He knew that Jag had to be feeling more helpless than he did.
Just hold on, Jaina. Just hold on.
~Sorry that the last chapter didn't have the PG-13 content like I told you it would. You know how you just get to writing with one idea and you end up with something completely different? That was what happened. There will be no PG-13 content in this chapter, but it is vital in the background of the story. I promised, the next chapter will have PLENTY of PG-13 content! The next few chapters will be Jaina's memories. Read on to find out.~
Chapter 8: Losing Hope
Jaina left Jag's quarters, elated that she was going to marry him tonight. But she was also grateful that nothing had happened. She wanted to be with Jag, but she also respected his wishes. Smiling contently, Jaina thought about when Jag had proposed to her.
Jaina leapt out of her bed and stumbled over to her closet to pull out a clean flight suit. It wasn't until she was halfway zipped into her suit that she finally woke up. Force, does that thing have to be so loud? Jaina punched her door open and stumbled out into the corridor. Shouldn't have had that last round of brandy, she thought, squinting her eyes at the brightness of the overhead lights.
"Wake up, beautiful." Jag murmured as he slid his arms around Jaina's waist.
"Shut up, handsome." Jaina muttered sleepily, sliding out of Jag's embrace.
"Come on, let's get to our ships. I wanna vape me some Vong today."
Jaina laughed. He may have been raised by the Chiss, but he's still one hundred percent Corellian. Jaina's body finally woke up to the point where she could run to the hangar bay without running into walls. She sprinted over to her X-Wing, pausing long enough to give her R2 unit, Cappie, an affectionate pat. She climbed up into the cockpit and ran through her pre- flight routine. She was done within a matter of minutes; all she had to do was wait for the rest of her squad to finish. When the last of them clicked the readiness over the comm, she gave the order to lift off.
As they rose into orbit, Jaina's mind raced with attack patterns and evasive strategies. This particular battle shouldn't have been any different from any of the other ones she had fought, but somehow, she knew that this one was important. Maybe not to the overall war, but it had some significance to her. She just didn't know what that would be yet.
"Twins, into your shield trios. May the Force be with you."
Jaina formed up her shield trio with Kyp and Jag on either side of her. Dead ahead of them was a squadron of coralskippers, and they were coming in fast. Jania reached out for Kyp and drew him into a Force-meld. They moved in perfect synchrony. Jag's movements mirrored their own, even though they were a split second later. One by one, the skips were blasted out of the sky, chunks of coral flying on every side of Jaina. She did her best to evade the onslaught, but they just kept coming.
"Twins, fall back! Fall back and regroup!" Jaina juked her X-Wing hard to the right, looking for a possible escape vector. "Kyp, Jag, get out of here! Fall back!"
"You'll get no such thing from us, Goddess." Kyp's determined voice came over her comm.
"Get out of here! That is an order!" Jaina could see the skips closing in on her, blocking all of her possible escape vectors. Kyp and Jag were just outside of the cloud of skips, trying desperately to fight their way in. Jaina's X-Wing took hit after hit. Her shield were getting dangerously low, another hit and she'd be done for. If only she could reach the button to eject-
"JAINA!!!!!" There was nothing but silence as Jaina's cockpit took a plasma projectile. Jag felt numb, losing hope that she had survived. No, he thought, Jaina's not gone, she can't be gone. The skips broke off and returned back to their control ship.
"Jag? Hey, you still there?" Jag swallowed hard and responded only with a comm click. Jaina couldn't be gone.
Meanwhile, Kyp was desperately checking his sensors. Maybe she had ejected in time,but his sensors showed nothing. Suddenly, he felt Jaina's presence sing through the Force. The transmitter on her EV suit had been damaged in the fight, but she was still alive. He stretched out with the Force and- There! She had ejected! She was still alive, and reaching out to Kyp through the Force.
"Jag! She's still alive!! She went EV in time!!" Jag barely heard Kyp's words. Jaina was alive!!! He switched frequencies to hail ground control.
"Ground Control, this is Colonel Jagged Fel. We need immediate assistance for the retrieval of a pilot that went EV. Requesting shuttle."
"Colonel, this is Ground Control, we are sending a shuttle. ETA: 5 minutes."
Jag clicked a confirmation and switched frequencies back to talk to Kyp. "Tell her to hold on for a few more minutes, I've got a shuttle coming."
Kyp reached out to Jaina, relaying Jag's message to her. He could sense her extreme fatigue and focused his energy on her. Go into a hibernation trance, he sent to her, you'll conserve heat. He felt Jaina pull herself into a hibernation trance. All he could do was sit there and watch. He knew that Jag had to be feeling more helpless than he did.
Just hold on, Jaina. Just hold on.
