Chapter 6

"Jaina, wake up." A quiet voice sounded in Jaina's head. She opened her eyes to see Zekk staring at her. "You were having a bad dream." He said. He picked her arm up, showing her where she had dug her nails into it. Jaina's head relaxed into her pillow. She smiled at Zekk.

"I did have a bad dream." She said, almost to herself. "It was about Jacen. He was walking away from me. Tenel Ka was there. She stood with her back to him. Just before Jacen was out of sight, a blinding flash appeared and he was gone.I don't know what it meant."

She looked around her, as if trying to find the answer. Zekk pulled her into a hug. "It's ok. I'm sure it was nothing."

"Yeah." Jaina sighed, wanting to believe him, but she couldn't shake the feeling off, something bad was going to happen- no matter what she thought.

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Jacen, Tenel Ka, Jaina, Zekk and Lowie walked towards Luke, who was going to tell them their missions.

"Jaina- you are to fly an x-wing, as well as Tenel Ka, in order to create a diversion from the army." Tenel Ka stared at Luke. She hadn't the slightest clue how to pilot an x-wing. She looked at Jacen, who she knew could fly better than she ever could.

"Why me?" Tenel Ka asked.

"I need Jacen to go with Zekk and me, we have a mission of our own to undertake. Jaina will guide you in piloting the ship." Luke promised. He explained the rest of their part of the mission, and told them to get prepare the ships.

Tenel Ka caught Jacen's eyes staring at her. Her heart burned, as if someone was holding it over an open fire. 'I will see you again.' She thought to herself.

Tenel Ka followed Jaina through the hangar towards the two x-wings waiting for them. She was handed a flight suit, just like the ones they used to wear when they were training there. Tenel Ka changed into the suit, and hopped into the cockpit of the x-wing. She turned her communicator on, listening intently to Jaina's instructions so as not to miss a detail. The ships were soon fired up and, one after the other, they blasted out of the hangar. They were soon headed out of the atmosphere of the small moon and headed in the direction of the army.

"You set this up, didn't you?" Tenel Ka accused.

"So what if I did?" She replied.

"You know I cannot fly this thing! You are going to get me killed out there."

"Maybe."

Tenel Ka closed her eyes, trying not to think of the one person that was occupying her mind. It hurt to think of him, because she felt that she would never see him again.

"Tenel Ka? Are you ok?" Jaina's voice came over the communicator.

"What? Oh.yes. I am fine. How long until we get there?"

"Just a few standard hours. This shouldn't be too bad." Jaina said. Tenel Ka didn't like the daring tone in her voice. It meant that she was planning on danger, whether it is already in waiting or if she was going to create it on her own.

Tenel Ka tried to stretch out, but the small cockpit restrained her from moving very well. She kept thinking of Jacen, about how scared she was for him, about how badly she wished he had been in the cockpit instead of her, about how much she loved him.

Like Jaina said, they came upon the Vong army after about three hours of their flight. "Are you ready Tenel Ka?" Jaina asked.

Tenel Ka swallowed hard, and managed to mutter a small 'yes.'

"Luke, we're here. Ready when you are." Jaina said, boldly. Tenel Ka noticed three smaller ships flying up closer behind them.

"On your mark." Luke told her.

"Let's go." Jaina addressed Tenel Ka in a low voice.

Jaina's x-wing sped up, followed by Tenel Ka's. Jaina held her finger on the triggers, flying fast towards the army. "Tenel Ka, go straight! I'm going around, just shoot the bad guys." Jaina said, hastily.

'I do not know what I am doing.' She said to herself.

"I do."

That was it. Tenel Ka's other side knew everything about flying ships and fighting enemies. "Fine, you do it; just this once. If I let you do this, will you leave me alone?"

There was no reply for a while. Suddenly, there was a sharp, "Ok."

It was settled, and Tenel Ka let go of everything. Her mind went blank as the exchange began. She no longer felt her body; she couldn't see or hear anything but her other self, talking. "Happy?" Tenel Ka asked.

"Yes." She said, pulling the trigger, firing at the enemies. She fired many shots, until she saw her ultimate target. Smiling, she fired a warning shot.

"Tenel Ka! What's wrong with you?" Jaina's voice came over the communicator. "Shoot at the enemies."

She fired another shot in the direction of her target, making sure not to hit it.

"She's gone insane!" Zekk exclaimed. He flew his ship towards Jaina's. "Jaina. what is she doing?" He asked.

"I'm not sure, but something is definitely wrong." Jaina said.

"Zekk! Get back over here!" Jacen yelled, frantically.

"Uncle Luke, what's wrong with Tenel Ka?" Jaina asked.

Luke was silent. He concentrated on her. "I don't know. Try to avoid her, and just focus on what we need to do."

She shot a few more lasers in their direction. "Jaina, take the enemies. Zekk, try and avoid getting hit for just a few minutes. Jacen, stay with Zekk. I'm gunna see what's wrong with her." Luke yelled, trying to stay calm.

Another shot was fired towards Zekk and Jacen. "Zekk, she's firing at Jacen.get over here, Jacen get out of the way!" Luke yelled into his communicator. Jacen blasted out of her line of fire as Luke and Zekk surrounded her ship. "Tenel Ka, what do you think you're doing?" Jaina screamed.

She smiled. She looked out the window towards Jacen's ship. It blasted away from her. "Perfect." She whispered.

"What are you doing to him?" Tenel Ka screamed.

"What I told you I would do."

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