"I have a confession!" Jag shouted over the blaster fire and the humming of lightsabers. Jacen's sweaty face risked a small glance back towards Jag who was clumsily trying to wield the lightsaber with as much technique as Jacen. Unfortunately Jag did not have the force to help him.

"And what would that be?" Jacen shouted back.

"There is NO way I'm marrying into this family if this is how you guys intend to start every fight!" Jacen grinned and looked towards his father who was ducking behind a crushed building, picking off the Vong one by one. Jacen now had a good view of Jaina. She was being dragged towards one of the larger growth structures. Actually, Jacen though it looked more like she was dragging the Vong, instead of them dragging her. She was fighting with all her might to get to Jag, and Jag was fighting as hard as he could to get to her. Jacen thought they had been pretty lucky, since Jag had picked off the few Vong who actually could have made it out f the clearing, at least more Vong weren't coming there way. Unfortunately, there were a good 100 in the clearing when they started. As Jacen fought, he noticed the numbers going down, and he also noticed that he couldn't see his father any more…

"What the!?" Jacen heard Jag say. Swinging his head around, Jacen saw the funniest and most horrifying site he had ever seen.

Han Solo, running blindly into the group of Vong that were guarding Jaina, was firing his blaster like a mad-man, taking down the enemy left and right, and almost shooting Jaina herself. Jacen saw a few shots randomly zoom off their path, and assumed Jaina still was in good enough concise to not let her get shot.

Nodding over to Jag they both started running once more towards the old man. Jacen got there in time to decapitate one Vong who had five blaster shots through him already and was about to throw himself onto Jacen's dad. Another one's head rolled onto the floor who was attempting to kill Jaina, before jag killed it.

About 15 Vong were still standing but jag paid all his attention to Jaina, leaning down and scooping her into his arms, jag stared to run back towards shelter, letting Jacen and Han take down the rest of the Vong.

When the clearing was smoking with dead bodies and no more were alive, Jacen ran back to where jag was tending to Jacen.

"She's got 3rd degree burns all over. Her legs are still healing from being broken and her right arm is fractured, with a major bruise covering her left." Jag said this all very fast, frantically trying to do something, anything to ease her pain. Jacen saw that she was unconciess but she moaned out with pain ever once and a while. Jacen felt through her, reconnecting to her bond and trying to pull her out of her stupor. When that didn't work and the sounds of Vong were being heard louder and louder, Jacen vetoed to plan B and put Jaina in Jag's arms, motioning for him to run towards the ship while he and Han covered Jag from behind.

Muttering a prayer under his breath, Jag fought to steady his breathing as he ran towards where the Millennium Falcon had been cleverly hidden. He tried not to jostle Jaina too much, but he was still worried about her condition. Jag had had several emergency medical classes and it was clear to him that if Jaina didn't become conscious soon, she could very well…

No…Jag thought to himself. I won't let that thought get into my head…

Turning a corner he came to the outcroppings of the old senate building. With his heart still pounding furiously, Jag turned around, shouting for Jacen.

"Jacen! Take the force shield off!"

Jag still didn't see Jacen but he did see the Millennium Falcon dissolve into existence right before his eyes. Not thinking twice, he hoisted Jaina firmer into his grip and ran the remaining distance to the ship.

As he reached the door, he felt a tickling sensation in the back of his mind, one that his training told him was important. A presence seemed to be following him. He carefully set Jaina down on the ground next to him and pulled out his blaster. Taking one last glance around, he started punching in the acceptance codes that Jacen had placed in him mind.

3

7

f

4

h…

Jag was about to press the last letter (y) when he felt the point of a blaster gently prod itself in his back. Gasping, Jag's eyes darted down to Jaina who was still lying perfectly still next to the ship. Trying to calm his breathing, he waited for his attacker to speak.

"Hands up… now."



As Jacen mercilessly took down Vong after Vong, he stopped just long enough to take the shield off the Falcon, Jag's voice booming from around the corner. Glancing over to his father, he saw the old Solo finally showing the years weighing down on him and becoming heavy with fatigue and weariness.

Let's end this…Jacen though as his mind drifted to his twin sister and what they had put her through.

Gathering strength from the force, Jacen flew his hands out in front of him, giving a light force shove and sending all the charging Vong into the next galaxy.

Han Solo swayed as he watched them all fly away. Turning to Jacen he grinned at his oldest son.

"You could have done that in the first place, couldn't you?" he asked with a smile.

"It was too dangerous with Jaina there. She wouldn't have had enough power to hold on. Let's go." He nodded his head towards the Senate building and started jogging towards the corner of it.

Before he turned, his danger sense flared and made his feet stop moving. Putting out a hand to stop his father, Jacen sneaked his head around the corner.

Jaina lay unconscious near the ship, her wound had stopped bleeding but her presence still was dwindling in the force.

Jag, however was a different story. Jacen saw a man pointing a blaster to Jag's back. He said some words to Jag that Jacen couldn't hear. He saw jag slowly start to raise his hands in the air, then whipping around, Jag grabbed the barrel of the blaster, flung it from the man's hands and decked him out with two solid blows to the face. The man fell hard and Jacen couldn't hide his gawking face as he walked up to Jag.

After a moment, he realized that Jag hadn't even notices the Solo's approach. As soon as the man had gone down, Jag punched one more button on the acceptance screen, the hatch dropped down, and Jag scoped Jaina into his arms, carrying her into the ship.

Jacen and Han both stopped, glancing at each other. Jacen raised his eyebrows at his father, who replied with a shrug.

As the walked past the now unconscious man, Jacen couldn't resist the urge to kick him one more time.