(Author's Note: Okay, here I am again. BACK!)
NEWEST CHAPTERS 2
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Jaina and Zekk lay in the darkness of the cell. They had moved the dead Wookie to the far side, and were now sitting in the cleaner section of the cell. Thankfully, Anakin had fallen asleep about an hour before, and there was silence. Once they had gotten the young Solo to talk, there wasn't anything that could make him stop. Anakin would rant incessantly about what was going on around the cells, down to the individual names of the detainees. All the while his speech was so fast Jaina could only barely understand him.
Now Jaina and Zekk spoke in weary and hushed whispers. No-one else could have heard them, and it didn't seem that any of the other occupants in the other cells really cared.
"What's our next move?" Jaina whispered, looking over her shoulder to where Zekk sat beside her.
"Either Yurric wants to sell us, or make us do something for him." Zekk replied tiredly. "He wouldn't collect Jedi just because he thinks we look pretty."
"Well, it seems that he simply has the twins as a status statement." Jaina leaned her head against Zekk's shoulder. "Why do you think Anakin's been here for so long? And what do you think he's been doing all this time?"
Zekk sighed, and it was obvious that he was on the edges of falling asleep. "Why don't you ask Anakin?"
Jaina groaned, rubbing her forehead. "I couldn't get any sense out of him if I tried. I only wonder how they got him addicted. He wouldn't be stupid enough to simply take spice."
There was a pause, but then Zekk spoke. "Jaina- Have you ever thought that we might not be able escape one day?"
Jaina didn't know what Zekk was trying to say. "I don't know what you mean."
"Ever since I can remember." Zekk whispered, putting his arm around her shoulders. "We always were in trouble, but we never gave up hope that we'd get out of it. It was almost like we knew."
Jaina paused, looking up at him through the dim lighting. "We're Jedi, love."
"But have you ever thought that one day, we might not be able to get out of it?" Zekk whispered slowly. "That one day, we wont escape."
By then, Jaina knew that he was simply speaking his worries. He was tired, and she felt it in him even as she sat encircled in his arms. Leaning up, she kissed him softly. "Maybe one day." She whispered. "Maybe some day we wont be able to escape. But as long as we're together, nothing can stop us. Nothing in the galaxy."
Silently, Jaina looked up at him again. He didn't reply, and she knew he had drifted off to sleep. Soon, she too succumbed to her weariness and dipped into the dreamless sleep beside him.
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SEVERAL HOURS LATER
Jaina slowly opened her eyes. It was the type of awakening that rarely comes to a person, but is the result of when someone is staring at you. Once again her eyes were slow to adjust, but as soon as they did, she met the gaze of two young twins. Her children.
Carefully, Jaina straightened herself. Over the period of their sleep, they had slipped down the wall to lay on the dirty floor. Zekk still lay asleep, deep in the Jedi Healing trance. The little girl didn't seem afraid, her dark eyes taking in these new strangers with more curiosity than fright. However, as Jaina watched, the little boy hid behind the girl, and it reminded her painfully of herself and Jason when they were little.
Reaching over, Jaina shook Zekk's shoulder and he awoke. Slowly, he sat up, gazing at the twins who had miraculously gotten into their cell.
The little girl was the first to speak. "Who are you?"
Jaina didn't know what to say. "My name is Jaina." She whispered, after a moment. "I am- your mother."
This time, the little boy looked up. "You're our mother?"
"But we don't know you." The little girl knelt in front of Jaina, her eyes wide and watchful.
Suddenly, tears started to fall down Jaina's cheeks. "I know." She whispered. "We tried to find you, but you had been taken from us."
"Yurric stole us, didn't he." The little girl's lips drew into a thin line, as if putting the puzzle pieces together.
Finally, Zekk spoke. "How did you get in here?"
The little boy, suddenly realizing Zekk had been there, shied away and behind his sister. Jaina felt Zekk's pain through the Force as he saw that his own son was afraid of him.
"There's a small passageway." The little girl said, motioning to a shadowy part of the floor. "Underneath the bricks." Then, as if she knew what Jaina was going to ask, she said, "But it isn't big enough for you to fit through."
"Do you know what is going on?" Jaina asked. "What is Yurric planning?"
"I think the races are coming up." The little girl said. "And he'll probably take you with him." Then, afraid that they had been there too long, the little girl began to again return to the shadows.
"Wait." Zekk said, rising up further. "Can you bring us our lightsabers? Or a blaster?"
"I'm sorry." The little girl whispered. "We can't. But we'll come back."Then, just like that, they had crawled through the floor, and were gone.
After a moment, Jaina took in a deep breath and touched Zekk's shoulder. There was a tension that had built up in her chest, and she couldn't bare it any longer.
Zekk turned to her, his green eyes catching the dim glow of the plasma lamp. He saw the tears swelling in her eyes, and wiped them away.
"Did you see that?" Jaina whispered, nearly choking on her tears. "They didn't believe me. When I told them that I was their mother- they didn't believe me."
Zekk took her shaking body in his arms, and held her tight. "Well, are you surprised? All these years we've been apart."
"I know." Jaina took in a deep breath. "But somehow I thought that they'd know me. Somehow." For once in a long while, Jaina cried into Zekk's shoulder, her warm tears losing themselves in his shirt, and Zekk felt her warmth against his chest.
To BE CONTINUED!
(Author's Note. So what are these 'races?' and what will Zekk and Jaina do! Reviews are appreciated.)
NEWEST CHAPTERS 2
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Jaina and Zekk lay in the darkness of the cell. They had moved the dead Wookie to the far side, and were now sitting in the cleaner section of the cell. Thankfully, Anakin had fallen asleep about an hour before, and there was silence. Once they had gotten the young Solo to talk, there wasn't anything that could make him stop. Anakin would rant incessantly about what was going on around the cells, down to the individual names of the detainees. All the while his speech was so fast Jaina could only barely understand him.
Now Jaina and Zekk spoke in weary and hushed whispers. No-one else could have heard them, and it didn't seem that any of the other occupants in the other cells really cared.
"What's our next move?" Jaina whispered, looking over her shoulder to where Zekk sat beside her.
"Either Yurric wants to sell us, or make us do something for him." Zekk replied tiredly. "He wouldn't collect Jedi just because he thinks we look pretty."
"Well, it seems that he simply has the twins as a status statement." Jaina leaned her head against Zekk's shoulder. "Why do you think Anakin's been here for so long? And what do you think he's been doing all this time?"
Zekk sighed, and it was obvious that he was on the edges of falling asleep. "Why don't you ask Anakin?"
Jaina groaned, rubbing her forehead. "I couldn't get any sense out of him if I tried. I only wonder how they got him addicted. He wouldn't be stupid enough to simply take spice."
There was a pause, but then Zekk spoke. "Jaina- Have you ever thought that we might not be able escape one day?"
Jaina didn't know what Zekk was trying to say. "I don't know what you mean."
"Ever since I can remember." Zekk whispered, putting his arm around her shoulders. "We always were in trouble, but we never gave up hope that we'd get out of it. It was almost like we knew."
Jaina paused, looking up at him through the dim lighting. "We're Jedi, love."
"But have you ever thought that one day, we might not be able to get out of it?" Zekk whispered slowly. "That one day, we wont escape."
By then, Jaina knew that he was simply speaking his worries. He was tired, and she felt it in him even as she sat encircled in his arms. Leaning up, she kissed him softly. "Maybe one day." She whispered. "Maybe some day we wont be able to escape. But as long as we're together, nothing can stop us. Nothing in the galaxy."
Silently, Jaina looked up at him again. He didn't reply, and she knew he had drifted off to sleep. Soon, she too succumbed to her weariness and dipped into the dreamless sleep beside him.
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SEVERAL HOURS LATER
Jaina slowly opened her eyes. It was the type of awakening that rarely comes to a person, but is the result of when someone is staring at you. Once again her eyes were slow to adjust, but as soon as they did, she met the gaze of two young twins. Her children.
Carefully, Jaina straightened herself. Over the period of their sleep, they had slipped down the wall to lay on the dirty floor. Zekk still lay asleep, deep in the Jedi Healing trance. The little girl didn't seem afraid, her dark eyes taking in these new strangers with more curiosity than fright. However, as Jaina watched, the little boy hid behind the girl, and it reminded her painfully of herself and Jason when they were little.
Reaching over, Jaina shook Zekk's shoulder and he awoke. Slowly, he sat up, gazing at the twins who had miraculously gotten into their cell.
The little girl was the first to speak. "Who are you?"
Jaina didn't know what to say. "My name is Jaina." She whispered, after a moment. "I am- your mother."
This time, the little boy looked up. "You're our mother?"
"But we don't know you." The little girl knelt in front of Jaina, her eyes wide and watchful.
Suddenly, tears started to fall down Jaina's cheeks. "I know." She whispered. "We tried to find you, but you had been taken from us."
"Yurric stole us, didn't he." The little girl's lips drew into a thin line, as if putting the puzzle pieces together.
Finally, Zekk spoke. "How did you get in here?"
The little boy, suddenly realizing Zekk had been there, shied away and behind his sister. Jaina felt Zekk's pain through the Force as he saw that his own son was afraid of him.
"There's a small passageway." The little girl said, motioning to a shadowy part of the floor. "Underneath the bricks." Then, as if she knew what Jaina was going to ask, she said, "But it isn't big enough for you to fit through."
"Do you know what is going on?" Jaina asked. "What is Yurric planning?"
"I think the races are coming up." The little girl said. "And he'll probably take you with him." Then, afraid that they had been there too long, the little girl began to again return to the shadows.
"Wait." Zekk said, rising up further. "Can you bring us our lightsabers? Or a blaster?"
"I'm sorry." The little girl whispered. "We can't. But we'll come back."Then, just like that, they had crawled through the floor, and were gone.
After a moment, Jaina took in a deep breath and touched Zekk's shoulder. There was a tension that had built up in her chest, and she couldn't bare it any longer.
Zekk turned to her, his green eyes catching the dim glow of the plasma lamp. He saw the tears swelling in her eyes, and wiped them away.
"Did you see that?" Jaina whispered, nearly choking on her tears. "They didn't believe me. When I told them that I was their mother- they didn't believe me."
Zekk took her shaking body in his arms, and held her tight. "Well, are you surprised? All these years we've been apart."
"I know." Jaina took in a deep breath. "But somehow I thought that they'd know me. Somehow." For once in a long while, Jaina cried into Zekk's shoulder, her warm tears losing themselves in his shirt, and Zekk felt her warmth against his chest.
To BE CONTINUED!
(Author's Note. So what are these 'races?' and what will Zekk and Jaina do! Reviews are appreciated.)