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A/N: This story was in Young Jedi Knights for a while, but I decided to move it to the Star Wars section. See what you think and review. Thanks.

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Chapter 12: The Search

"Anakin, slow down for a second." Jacen pleaded. Anakin slowed down to a slow run, barely.

"Anakin, please try to relax, breathe. Do we even know if she's on planet?" As if to answer Jacen's question two orbs of light flashed once in the sky then disappeared.

"I don't think she is anymore," Zekk reasoned. The whole group rolled their eyes in Zekk's direction.

"Thanks Zekk, I think we can see that," Anakin retorted.

Jaina spun her brother around to look at her, a fire blazed deep within her liquid honey-brown eyes. "Anakin, if you don't calm down, we'll never get Tahiri back. You aren't the only person hurt by this. This whole incident reminds me only to well of when I lost both you and Jacen to the Vong. I felt completely alone. I fell to the dark side, no one could come near me. I ran to try and revenge your death. I was blinded by the anger of losing you. Don't make the same mistake I made. Don't close us out. If you go after Tahiri with the anger I feel in your heart then you will fall to the Dark Side. Make no mistake about that little brother." Anakin could see that Jaina spoke the truth. He knew she was right and that scared him more than anything.

"All right, all right. Sorry Jaya. I just don't want to lose Tahiri again." Anakin lowered his head. "I didn't mean to worry any of you."

"We know Anakin. I didn't mean to scare you." Jaina looked around. "Come on guys we need to get back to the Academy so that we can get a ship and get after Tahiri." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Let's get going then!" Jaina screamed and darted head long into the underbrush toward the Academy.

An hour later the group reached The Academy.

"Should we tell Uncle Luke?" Jacen asked.

"Probably a wise idea Jacen," Tenel Ka remembered only to well what happened the last time they didn't tell Luke what they were doing, someone had gotten killed that time. Tenel Ka shuddered at the memory.

"All right, Zekk, you, Anakin and I will do the pre-flight check on The Dragonfly. Jacen, you and Tenel Ka go wake up Aunt Mara and Uncle Luke to tell them what's happened and what we're doing. Meet back at The Dragonfly in fifteen minutes." Jaina ordered, trying to keep everything under some sort of control. Everyone ran off to do their jobs. Everyone knew that the longer they waited the farther Tahiri was getting.

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"Uncle Luke!" Jacen yelled as he shook his uncle to consciousness.

"Master Jade Skywalker, wake up!" Tenel Ka shook Mara to semi-consciousness.

"Jacen? Tenel Ka? What's wrong? What's happened?" Luke was now fully awake.

"Tahiri's gone." Jacen could barely say the fact to his uncle.

"Gone? Gong where?" Mara was now fully awake. Tahiri had become very close to Mara during the war.

"She got snatched. I think Anakin might know by whom, he hasn't said though." Jacen attempted to answer his aunt's questions.

"How long has she been gone?" Luke asked. The Jedi Master was trying his best to figure out how best to get Tahiri back.

"Nearly three and a half hours." Tenel Ka answered.

"Where are Jaina, Zekk, and Anakin?" Mara asked, realizing that those three were missing.

"Doing the pre-flight check on The Dragonfly. We just came to tell you what had happened we're leaving in a few minutes to go after Tahiri. We aren't going to leave her where she is." Jacen answered this time.

Luke and Mara both knew is would be pointless to argue with these two Jedi. All had inherited and unbreakable stubbornness from their respected parents. They had decided to go save Tahiri and they would do that with or without Luke and Mara's permission. Luke sighed heavily.

"All right, just remember to check in. I have a bad feeling about something. Something dark is going on. Just watch your backs." Luke rubbed his temple. He didn't understand how this could have happened. He should have felt this.

"Thanks Uncle Luke we'll find her." With that Jacen and Tenel Ka left the temple and headed for the hanger bay.

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"It's about time you guys got her. We were done fifteen minutes ago." Anakin was getting worried. Tahiri was beginning to be blocked from him somehow and the only way that that could happen was with a dark Jedi interfering. If they didn't get going soon he'd lose her. That thought made him feel as though Hoth was sitting in his stomach. He blenched, but straightened quickly.

"Ok Anakin, now that we have clearance from Uncle Luke we can go and find Tahiri." Jacen said as he neared The Dragonfly which was prepared to take off.

As soon as Zekk entered the sleek Wookie made craft the door closed and the group took off. Once again into a danger they didn't even know was there to begin with.

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