Chapter 3- A Bad Feeling Luke Skywalker sat upon his bed as Mara finished primping herself for the meeting that was to take place later on that afternoon. Ben was playing with father, as Luke levitated the child with the force and giggles emitted from young Ben. Mara looked over at the two with a smile. It was something that Luke had rarely been able to do since the start of the war, and now that it was all over, Luke finally had the time to be a father. That was something Mara had been waiting to see for two years now; Luke being able to have fun with his child.

Finally, after Mara had finished preparing for the meeting, Luke stood. He lowered Ben back to the ground leaving him on his two little feet and walked over to Mara. He gave her a kiss upon the cheek and smiled to her brightly. She had not seen Luke in such a fashion for a very long time. It seemed that the darkness that had been within the Jedi Order for the past few years had finally subsided and Luke was allowed to be himself once again.

"You look radiant today Mara" the Jedi Master stated as if it was the first time he had ever seen her "When we get home..." he let his sentence trail off in the wind as he usually did when he was being coy.

"And you look as handsome as ever." Mara once again smiled in return to his statement. It was something she was used to at this point in her life. Luke could be no more complimenting of her if she had been Mrs. Galaxy just days before. It was amazing how far they had come in such short time. She remembered that it was not to long before that she had been trying to kill Luke for a dead Emperor. It felt as if she could simply blink an eye and those times would be back with her. Every moment she had spent with Luke to this day had gone by so quick, she did not think that the rest of her life was enough to spend with him.

"The meeting of the Order won't take long love, we are simply trying to figure out what the rest of the Jedi Knights wish to do now that the war is over, then we have the rest of our day to do with as we wi.." his statement was then interrupted by the beeping of his holonet receiver. Luke shook his head, it always seemed that every time he was trying to say something of any significance to Mara that thing always beeped. It was of no surprise to him when it did the same thing this time. Mara looked to Luke as if expecting him to throw something at the view screen this time. She knew that he was getting irritated with all of the time he spent trying to fix the galaxies problems, and for once would like to get some time alone with his family. Luke walked up to it, showing patience with it once more, and hit the button that activated the receiver.

"Skywalker here, what can I do for you?" Luke said without looking at the screen to see who it was, though Mara did, and her eyes light up with worry when she saw that the Chief of State looked as if he had not slept for days.

"Luke, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but...." Cal Omas started, but Luke instantly spun around to see the screen when he realized who it was.

"Cal! What's wrong my friend, you look as if a bantha ran over you!"

"Luke, it's the Yuuzhon Vong, they have not surrendered." Cal stated bluntly, and instantly the look of wear and tear came back to Luke's face. He wondered how this could be.

"Cal, we sent the warriors into Coruscant's sun ourselves!" the confusion settled over Luke's face as if he instantly had turned back into the warrior jedi that he had been not but weeks ago. Every ounce of rest that he had had seemed to be drained from him in once instant.

"They had a second invasion force waiting outside the galaxy in the wings, its as if they expected the first wave to fail. What I cannot figure out though, is why they would have sent their Supreme Overlord into the first wave, if they expected that it would not succeed?" Cal asked Luke, as if he had the answers.

Mara then walked over to the Vidscreen and looked as if she was about to cry. The first force had almost destroyed that Galaxy, what would the second bring? "Cal, there is no mistake here? It's merely not the forces we had here, returning from Zenoma Sekot for some reason other than war?" Mara asked with a hopeful voice, although she knew better, she had to ask.

"No Mara, I am afraid not, we traced their incoming vectors after they had entered the Galaxy, most of the second wave is at Gyndine right now, facing off against Alliance capital ships and Starfighters."

Luke merely looked at Mara, knowing what was ahead "I've got a bad feeling about this."

The Millennium Falcon exited hyperspace as close as it could to Mon Calamari without being yanked out of it by the planets gravity well, hoping that they could get home as soon as possible and start the luxurious vacation that they had planned. Han and Leia had been planning the trip for the past several weeks, now that the war was "over" they had no worries as to what their kids would be doing and weather or not they would be safe. Han looked over to his wife, the two having been the happiest these past few weeks then as far back as they could remember. Was it simply that they had so much time to spend together, or the lack of worry that kept the two smiling?

"Well princess, only a few short moments and we will be on the trip of a lifetime!" Han looked to her, knowing what her reaction would be. They both had been looking forward to this trip since they started planning it.

"Han, sometimes you surprise even me." Leia stated simply, she knew how much he hated to be involved on diplomatic missions of any sort, and the last one was one for the record books. They had talked several planets that had been deftly opposed to any sort of galactic government into joining the Alliance, and this time, it had been mostly Han that did the talking.

Before Han could respond to her, the com beeped and he gave Leia an expected look, it was just Inbound Control calling them to let them know they were clear to land. He reached forward and clicked down on the button that activated the link and Luke's voice came over. "Han, got some extremely bad news for you, the Vong have attacked once again, and Jaina is in the thick of it!"
Han looked over at Leia, a look of despair on his face. "Don't they ever give up?"