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A.N. Okay, the writer is back. dodges garbage thrown at head Oh I know I was gone for a while! (Half a year! -cough-) But I promise I will finish this! I will! Okay, where were we? Okay, Zekk and Jaina have found their twins, but have been caught by the evil spice-lord named Yurric! What are they going to do? With the Force as their guides...who knows!
NEWEST CHAPTER::::
The nurse adjusted the medical bacta that was being dripped reluctantly into Jaina's vein, and then slowly tilted the medical bed up so that Jaina could see her granddaughter without turning her head.
"Does that make you feel better, Master Jaina?" The nurse said, her soft voice like cool water in Jaina's ears. The nurse was a Durrandid, which were a humanoid species, except that they were green skinned and possessed the most musical voices because of their home planet's thick atmosphere.
"Yes, thank you." Jaina replied, her voice scratchy in her throat. For a moment she simply watched the nurse walk out of the room, and then again felt her eyelids slowly closing.
"You must stay awake!"
Jaina opened her eyes to look into those of her granddaughter's. They were frightened, and wide. Then she remembered that if she fell asleep, she would never wake and die. "I'm sorry dear," Jaina whispered. "What was I saying?"
"You were telling me how you and Grandpa saved my mother and uncle from the spice-lord Yurric. But you were captured." Tyanna sat back in her chair, her face still taunt and worried. "You were captured. How did you escape?"
Jaina laughed. "With difficulty, but what I remember clearly is the dungeon. I don't ever remember being in a worse one. It smelled horribly, and the keepers never bothered to take out the dead things that were down there."
(((((( THE DUNGEON OF THE SPICE-LORD))))))
Jaina awoke with multiple pains screaming at her from different places on her body. Worst of all was her head. It felt like it had been slammed against a brick wall several times, and then her leg, which was just a mass of burning pain, and then finally her back. She seemed to be laying on a rock.
As she opened her eyes, she saw nothing but darkness. However, only seconds later, panic came to her. Zekk! Desperately, she reached out, her hands seeking the form of her husband.
He wasn't too far off, in fact he was closer than she had thought. With a thud, Jaina's arm hit him in the temple.
Zekk let out a groan that was a mixture of a curse and a grunt.
"I'm sorry." Jaina whispered. "Are you alright?"
"No." He answered. Jaina could hear Zekk move and sense his pain through the Force. "I'm lying on something dead."
Jaina didn't move, wanting to let her eyes adjust. She felt Zekk grab her hand, and haul her to her feet. Obviously, he had been awake longer than she had since he already had his eyes adjusted to the dark. "W-what?" Zekk coughed, his thin frame shuddering because of it. Jaina felt like her leg might give out, and rested a hand on his shoulder for support. Slowly, Jaina watched as her eyes adjusted to the sticky darkness of their new prison.
"My guess," Zekk said haltingly, "That it was once a Wookie."
Suddenly, Jaina's eyes took in the dim shades and weak shadows and put it all together. She gasped, taking a step back. It was a Wookie, large and furry. However, it had been down in the cell long enough that it had stopped stinking, and was dried up like a piece of jerky.
Looking around, Jaina could tell that their cell wasn't the only one. With the light of a single low-lit plasma lantern, Jaina could see that they were in fact being held prisoner in a dungeon. The cell they were in was the furthest from the light, but unlike most dungeons which were simply made with iron bars that could be easily bent, their cell was carved into rock. There were several holes in the stone wall that were like windows to the other cells, but they were barred.
Jaina could tell that there were others in this dungeon as well. It wasn't that she could see them, but because she could sense them. Weak life forms that were filled with despair surrounded them, some were alien and a few were humans. However, what shocked her the most was that one of the human life forms was familiar. "Zekk! I think we've found-"
A gruff voice from the adjoining cell suddenly rang through the air. "Will you two shut up so some of us can get some sleep?"
Jaina felt cold and a wave of shock went through her. Could it be? Was it possible? "Anakin?"
The voice from the cell beside them paused. "What?"
Jaina and Zekk raced to the small window-like opening between the two cells. "Anakin! It's me! Jaina!"
There was movement in the deep shadows in the cell beside them, and out of the darkness came a figure in tattered clothes and a shaky walk. "Jaina?"
All of a sudden, she was face to face with a younger man had a shaggy beard and dark hair. "Anakin! I knew it was you!" Tears sprang to Jaina's eyes as she reached through the bars.
After a moment, Anakin laughed. Not like the soft-spoken laugh Jaina remembered, but a comical laugh that was not like Anakin at all. It chilled her.
"So you finally figured out that your brats were here huh?" Anakin laughed again, but this time it wasn't comical at all, but insane.
"Anakin?" Jaina's voice shook, but she resisted the urge to take a step back. Instead, she peered into her little brother's face. It was as she suspected, reaching out, she touched his shoulder and felt that he was shaking. All of his muscles were tense, and he shivered as if he had so much energy and nowhere to put it. Peering into Anakin's face, Jaina could see that his eyes were wide, and that his pupils were huge and diluted. It all became perfectly clear in an instant.
"We'll be right back." Jaina said, smiling at her younger brother. Quickly, she grabbed Zekk's arm, and almost dragged him away from the bars and across to the other side of the dank cell. "Do you remember back when we were both at the academy and were invited to visit Lando at Cloud City?"
Zekk was silent for a moment, but then nodded.
"And that girl, Anja?"
Again Zekk was silent, after all, it was a good ten years ago that they had both graduated from the Jedi Academy on Yaven 4. Back then, things were a lot simpler, and all those years seemed to mesh together. "Anja Gallandro?"
Jaina nodded.
Suddenly, Zekk got what his wife was trying to tell him. "Spice-addict."
TO BE CONTINUED!!!
(A.N. AH! dodging lunch box Okay, I'll update soon! I promise! After all, I have a lot of time now. My boyfriend went back home to New Mexico, and school is out.)
A.N. Okay, the writer is back. dodges garbage thrown at head Oh I know I was gone for a while! (Half a year! -cough-) But I promise I will finish this! I will! Okay, where were we? Okay, Zekk and Jaina have found their twins, but have been caught by the evil spice-lord named Yurric! What are they going to do? With the Force as their guides...who knows!
NEWEST CHAPTER::::
The nurse adjusted the medical bacta that was being dripped reluctantly into Jaina's vein, and then slowly tilted the medical bed up so that Jaina could see her granddaughter without turning her head.
"Does that make you feel better, Master Jaina?" The nurse said, her soft voice like cool water in Jaina's ears. The nurse was a Durrandid, which were a humanoid species, except that they were green skinned and possessed the most musical voices because of their home planet's thick atmosphere.
"Yes, thank you." Jaina replied, her voice scratchy in her throat. For a moment she simply watched the nurse walk out of the room, and then again felt her eyelids slowly closing.
"You must stay awake!"
Jaina opened her eyes to look into those of her granddaughter's. They were frightened, and wide. Then she remembered that if she fell asleep, she would never wake and die. "I'm sorry dear," Jaina whispered. "What was I saying?"
"You were telling me how you and Grandpa saved my mother and uncle from the spice-lord Yurric. But you were captured." Tyanna sat back in her chair, her face still taunt and worried. "You were captured. How did you escape?"
Jaina laughed. "With difficulty, but what I remember clearly is the dungeon. I don't ever remember being in a worse one. It smelled horribly, and the keepers never bothered to take out the dead things that were down there."
(((((( THE DUNGEON OF THE SPICE-LORD))))))
Jaina awoke with multiple pains screaming at her from different places on her body. Worst of all was her head. It felt like it had been slammed against a brick wall several times, and then her leg, which was just a mass of burning pain, and then finally her back. She seemed to be laying on a rock.
As she opened her eyes, she saw nothing but darkness. However, only seconds later, panic came to her. Zekk! Desperately, she reached out, her hands seeking the form of her husband.
He wasn't too far off, in fact he was closer than she had thought. With a thud, Jaina's arm hit him in the temple.
Zekk let out a groan that was a mixture of a curse and a grunt.
"I'm sorry." Jaina whispered. "Are you alright?"
"No." He answered. Jaina could hear Zekk move and sense his pain through the Force. "I'm lying on something dead."
Jaina didn't move, wanting to let her eyes adjust. She felt Zekk grab her hand, and haul her to her feet. Obviously, he had been awake longer than she had since he already had his eyes adjusted to the dark. "W-what?" Zekk coughed, his thin frame shuddering because of it. Jaina felt like her leg might give out, and rested a hand on his shoulder for support. Slowly, Jaina watched as her eyes adjusted to the sticky darkness of their new prison.
"My guess," Zekk said haltingly, "That it was once a Wookie."
Suddenly, Jaina's eyes took in the dim shades and weak shadows and put it all together. She gasped, taking a step back. It was a Wookie, large and furry. However, it had been down in the cell long enough that it had stopped stinking, and was dried up like a piece of jerky.
Looking around, Jaina could tell that their cell wasn't the only one. With the light of a single low-lit plasma lantern, Jaina could see that they were in fact being held prisoner in a dungeon. The cell they were in was the furthest from the light, but unlike most dungeons which were simply made with iron bars that could be easily bent, their cell was carved into rock. There were several holes in the stone wall that were like windows to the other cells, but they were barred.
Jaina could tell that there were others in this dungeon as well. It wasn't that she could see them, but because she could sense them. Weak life forms that were filled with despair surrounded them, some were alien and a few were humans. However, what shocked her the most was that one of the human life forms was familiar. "Zekk! I think we've found-"
A gruff voice from the adjoining cell suddenly rang through the air. "Will you two shut up so some of us can get some sleep?"
Jaina felt cold and a wave of shock went through her. Could it be? Was it possible? "Anakin?"
The voice from the cell beside them paused. "What?"
Jaina and Zekk raced to the small window-like opening between the two cells. "Anakin! It's me! Jaina!"
There was movement in the deep shadows in the cell beside them, and out of the darkness came a figure in tattered clothes and a shaky walk. "Jaina?"
All of a sudden, she was face to face with a younger man had a shaggy beard and dark hair. "Anakin! I knew it was you!" Tears sprang to Jaina's eyes as she reached through the bars.
After a moment, Anakin laughed. Not like the soft-spoken laugh Jaina remembered, but a comical laugh that was not like Anakin at all. It chilled her.
"So you finally figured out that your brats were here huh?" Anakin laughed again, but this time it wasn't comical at all, but insane.
"Anakin?" Jaina's voice shook, but she resisted the urge to take a step back. Instead, she peered into her little brother's face. It was as she suspected, reaching out, she touched his shoulder and felt that he was shaking. All of his muscles were tense, and he shivered as if he had so much energy and nowhere to put it. Peering into Anakin's face, Jaina could see that his eyes were wide, and that his pupils were huge and diluted. It all became perfectly clear in an instant.
"We'll be right back." Jaina said, smiling at her younger brother. Quickly, she grabbed Zekk's arm, and almost dragged him away from the bars and across to the other side of the dank cell. "Do you remember back when we were both at the academy and were invited to visit Lando at Cloud City?"
Zekk was silent for a moment, but then nodded.
"And that girl, Anja?"
Again Zekk was silent, after all, it was a good ten years ago that they had both graduated from the Jedi Academy on Yaven 4. Back then, things were a lot simpler, and all those years seemed to mesh together. "Anja Gallandro?"
Jaina nodded.
Suddenly, Zekk got what his wife was trying to tell him. "Spice-addict."
TO BE CONTINUED!!!
(A.N. AH! dodging lunch box Okay, I'll update soon! I promise! After all, I have a lot of time now. My boyfriend went back home to New Mexico, and school is out.)