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~Sorry it took so long to post this chapter, I had papers and stuff to write. Now, on with the story..~

Chapter 12: Realization

Jaina awoke with a pounding headache. She didn't know where she was, although she guessed it was a ship, by the looks of it. But how did she get here and who was with her? She shook her head and lay back on the bunk. Then the memories of the previous night came back to her.

She had been on her way to get a wedding dress when she felt a familiar presence behind her. She paused in her tracks, reaching out to identify the person. It was Zekk. Tentatively, she had turned behind to face him, and when she had, he hadn't said a word to her. He just advanced on her. Reaching out a little further to him, she got a flash of his thought.

-Must stop this wedding, mustn't let Jaina marry anyone but me. But what to do? I know.-

She knew in that instant the he was going to do something stupid that she was never going to forgive him for. So she had turned to run, started to call out to Jacen, her family, Kyp. Sith, she even remembered reaching out for Jag, and if she wasn't mistaken she knew that she had felt him reach back before she had been cut off somehow.

She moved her head and neck slightly and finally figured out how and why she had been cut off. Zekk had hit her over the head, knocking her unconscious. Jaina was outraged! How dare he do that to me!! It was almost as if he thought she were a primitive caveman and that the only way to get her to come back to his cave was to clobber her over the head and drag her back to his den. Jaina swung her legs over the side of the bunk, and stood up, only to sit back down again. She would have to go through some healing techniques before she could confront Zekk. She lay back down on the bunk and started to concentrate her energy on healing her head and neck. Thank the Force he had just knocked her out and not seriously hurt her. He could have broken her neck! What in the Sith was he thinking?!

She finished her mini-healing trance and once again stood, only this time without the dizzy side effect. She keyed open the door to the quarters and set out to find Zekk, who had to be somewhere on this ship.

Zekk sat in the cockpit of his ship [i]Kyria[/i]. He didn't really know what had possessed him to hurt Jaina like that, but he knew it would take drastic measures to keep Jaina from marrying that hutt slime. He didn't mean to hurt her, just subdue her. He sat back in his seat and relaxed, letting the Force wash over him. And just then he felt the presence of a very pissed off Jaina Solo.

"Zekk. You will turn this Sith-forsaken ship around right now and take me back to Mon Calamari, do you understand?"

"I'm sorry, I can't do that. I've already made the jump to light speed and they're locked in. You're stuck here until we reach our destination."

"What destination? I'm not going anywhere with you. You're going to take me home and then I'm going to-" She trailed off as realization dawned upon her face. She was supposed to be getting married right now. She was supposed to be exchanging her wedding vows with the man that she was going to spend the rest of her life with. And instead, she was stuck in hyperspace, in the middle of nowhere, with Zekk. Not Jag, but Zekk. She couldn't be madder than she was at this point.

Zekk sensed this and immediately took an involuntary step back.

"Jaina, be careful, we've already gone through this once before."

"Yeah, we have gone through this before. But we went through it separately. And unlike you, I was there for you when you went darkside. I reached out for you and tried to pull you back. You abandoned me when I fell. You know who pulled me back? Kyp and Jag. Not you. I don't know what right you have to criticize me." Jaina turned her back to him and stalked out of the cockpit.

This is going to be a long journey, Zekk thought before turning his attention back to the controls.

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Jacen Solo could not believe that his twin was gone. He knew that Zekk had kidnapped her, but ever since her abduction, he hadn't been able to contact her through their twin bond. Nobody could get through to her. Half a dozen fully trained Jedi couldn't locate one of the most powerful members of the Order. How was this possible? Jacen feared the worst. He knew that Zekk was not as powerful as Jaina, but if he had given into his dark side and done something to her.Jacen didn't want to think about it.

We'll find you, Jaina, he silently promised, we'll find you even if I have to die doing it.