So I forgot the disclaimer: All characters and places, except for Rynna
Sunni are the property of Lucas films. It's the flannelled god's sandbox;
I'm just playing in it.
************************************************************************ Rynna just contacted me from Mon Calamari. Zekk didn't show up for work this morning and the manager is pissed," Raynar told Jacen.
Jacen crinkled his nose. "You don't think Jaina and Zekk ran off together? Do you?"
Raynar thought for a moment. "I don't think so. Last time I noticed, Zekk and Jaina were not getting along well."
Jacen sighed, "I just hope Jaina didn't do anything drastic. She doesn't seem to think things through about Zekk, there's too much of our dad in her. I'm sure they'll show up somewhere." Jacen decided to change the subject. "So who is this Rynna girl?" he inquired.
"Rynna is Zekk's date from the party. She's tall, blond and beautiful. She's got this body that is amazing and her personality is great."
"She's Zekk's date from the party?" Jacen looked at Raynar. "And she's beautiful? I have the feeling Jaina didn't take that too well."
"Well, it seemed to me that Rynna and Zekk were just friends, but you're right, who knows how Jaina took it."
"Probably not too well," a female voice spoke up from the back. "Your mother just Holo-messaged me. It seems Jaina didn't show up for lunch today, she wasn't in her room, and no one has seen her for days, not even Kyp."
Jacen held his head in his hands. "Okay, if Kyp hasn't even seen her, I know she's done something stupid."
"Jaina is a big girl Jacen, she can take care of herself. We just have to trust that she's thinking," Tahiri comforted him.
Jacen snorted. "With Jaina, that could be a problem."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A loud beeping went off as the two of them were standing there in silence. Both of them had said what they wanted to say, but no resolve had been made, and Jaina was more determined now than ever.
The loud beeping woke Zekk from his thoughts. "Jaina, what in the name of the Force are you doing to my ship?" he yelled at her.
"I'm not doing anything! There wasn't an asteroid field here last time I visited," she yelled back. Jinking the controls, she pulled a tight roll starboard to avoid an asteroid only to pull up quickly to avoid clipping another.
Zekk sat down in the copilot's chair. "Jaina, let me fly this."
"No," she replied.
"Jaina, this is my ship!"
"And I'm the better pilot."
"Even if you are, I know my ship better, and I've flown dozens of asteroid fields."
"I had the longest time at Lando's Folly, and if I give you the controls you'll just take us home."
"Dammit Jaina! These are our lives here, let me help you for once!" He yelled. Why did it seem that he was always yelling at her?
Jaina grit her teeth. "Fine, help me out Zekk."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Well, no real problems so far," Jacen muttered under his breath.
"One minor problem, oh Captain. There's no one here to greet us," Tahiri pointed out
"You'd think that if they're meeting Galactic Alliance dignitaries, they would send someone to greet us," Raynar said smugly.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The Lightning Rod landed safely in the landing zone outside of the Jedi Temple. The asteroid field had been complicated to fly through, but once Jaina and Zekk had opened themselves to the Force and to each other, they managed to get the ship down without too many bumps and bruises. However, major repairs were going to have to be made before they could go home.
Walking down the landing ramp, Jaina looked to where the Jedi Temple used to be. In its place were Damuteks, large ones. They must have kept growing after the shapers left the planet, Jaina thought.
"Wow," she heard in a soft whisper behind her. Turning around, she saw Zekk gasping wide-mouthed, looking at the place where he had been taught, and had grown into a Jedi. The place where he had nearly killed her, the place that managed to keep calling him back. It felt like eons ago, Jaina thought. He's changed so much, from the boy that couldn't kill me, the one who loved me then, just as I know he loves me now, she reassured herself.
"Its changed a lot since the last time I was here."
"It's been a long time Zekk."
"I wish I hadn't come back," he snapped at her.
Jaina chose to ignore that comment. "We need to get camp set up before nightfall, which will probably be in four hours," she said, looking up at the sky.
"Camp? I thought we were sleeping on the ship," he questioned her.
"We are, but we need to get a fire started. Otherwise, we're going to have all of Jacen's old pets on the ship with us." She giggled at the memory.
"Well then, you'd better get to work."
"You're not going to help me?" She looked in shock.
"This is your mess Jaina, I'm just along for the ride." He winked at her and strolled back into the ship
Fire grew in Jaina's body; she wanted to scream at him. But could she really blame him? She had technically kidnapped him. He was here under duress. He's just trying to make it hard on me, well I'm not going to crack, I love him, and we'll be on this planet until he loves me in return. With that, she clipped her lightsaber on her hip and went off to find firewood.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Grinning to himself, Zekk walked back into the ship, if anyone knew how to push Jaina's buttons it was him. Walking into the flight deck he sat down in the pilot's chair. He punched in the codes for a readout of what's broken, not really expecting it to work. Surprisingly the readout printed and scanning all the pages, Zekk let out a deep groan.
"Jaina does more damage than good." The list was going to take at least three days to fix, and all his tools were back in his dock at Mon calamari.
Looking up to the ceiling of the ship he groaned once again. "Why me? How do I keep getting into these messes?" He knew how he kept getting into them and it could be summed up in one word: Jaina. She managed to get him in and out of trouble all the time. But it's worth it, he thought, just to see her smile.
Watching from the veiwport he had a though, she hadn't blocked him from printing read outs, maybe she had forgot to block him from the Holonet. Punching the codes in for it the screen came up to ask him whom he wished to contact.
Zekk sat back for a minute, whom could he contact? Rynna would be running her shipments right now, she could be halfway around the galaxy, and she was probably mad at him for stranding her at the party. Jacen and Raynar would be on Yuuzhan T'ar; they couldn't just leave on a diplomatic mission. Tenel Ka was ruling Hapes, and he didn't want to bother her with his problems. He certainly couldn't call the Solo's, Han would shoot first ask questions later. That left the Skywalkers, they were awful busy running the Praxuem, and with Jade and Ben running around, they already had their hands full. But whom else could he call? Punching in the codes for the Maw, he sat back and a broad smile grew on his face. Jaina thought she was so smart locking him from the controls of the ship, so that he couldn't fly. But she had forgotten to lock him out of the other stuff; He chuckled at the thought. Just then a screen popped up asking for a pass code to call, the grin fell off his face.
"Dammit Jaina!"
Gathering firewood, a smile grew on Jaina's face. Thinks he can get over on me does he?
************************************************************************ Rynna just contacted me from Mon Calamari. Zekk didn't show up for work this morning and the manager is pissed," Raynar told Jacen.
Jacen crinkled his nose. "You don't think Jaina and Zekk ran off together? Do you?"
Raynar thought for a moment. "I don't think so. Last time I noticed, Zekk and Jaina were not getting along well."
Jacen sighed, "I just hope Jaina didn't do anything drastic. She doesn't seem to think things through about Zekk, there's too much of our dad in her. I'm sure they'll show up somewhere." Jacen decided to change the subject. "So who is this Rynna girl?" he inquired.
"Rynna is Zekk's date from the party. She's tall, blond and beautiful. She's got this body that is amazing and her personality is great."
"She's Zekk's date from the party?" Jacen looked at Raynar. "And she's beautiful? I have the feeling Jaina didn't take that too well."
"Well, it seemed to me that Rynna and Zekk were just friends, but you're right, who knows how Jaina took it."
"Probably not too well," a female voice spoke up from the back. "Your mother just Holo-messaged me. It seems Jaina didn't show up for lunch today, she wasn't in her room, and no one has seen her for days, not even Kyp."
Jacen held his head in his hands. "Okay, if Kyp hasn't even seen her, I know she's done something stupid."
"Jaina is a big girl Jacen, she can take care of herself. We just have to trust that she's thinking," Tahiri comforted him.
Jacen snorted. "With Jaina, that could be a problem."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A loud beeping went off as the two of them were standing there in silence. Both of them had said what they wanted to say, but no resolve had been made, and Jaina was more determined now than ever.
The loud beeping woke Zekk from his thoughts. "Jaina, what in the name of the Force are you doing to my ship?" he yelled at her.
"I'm not doing anything! There wasn't an asteroid field here last time I visited," she yelled back. Jinking the controls, she pulled a tight roll starboard to avoid an asteroid only to pull up quickly to avoid clipping another.
Zekk sat down in the copilot's chair. "Jaina, let me fly this."
"No," she replied.
"Jaina, this is my ship!"
"And I'm the better pilot."
"Even if you are, I know my ship better, and I've flown dozens of asteroid fields."
"I had the longest time at Lando's Folly, and if I give you the controls you'll just take us home."
"Dammit Jaina! These are our lives here, let me help you for once!" He yelled. Why did it seem that he was always yelling at her?
Jaina grit her teeth. "Fine, help me out Zekk."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Well, no real problems so far," Jacen muttered under his breath.
"One minor problem, oh Captain. There's no one here to greet us," Tahiri pointed out
"You'd think that if they're meeting Galactic Alliance dignitaries, they would send someone to greet us," Raynar said smugly.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The Lightning Rod landed safely in the landing zone outside of the Jedi Temple. The asteroid field had been complicated to fly through, but once Jaina and Zekk had opened themselves to the Force and to each other, they managed to get the ship down without too many bumps and bruises. However, major repairs were going to have to be made before they could go home.
Walking down the landing ramp, Jaina looked to where the Jedi Temple used to be. In its place were Damuteks, large ones. They must have kept growing after the shapers left the planet, Jaina thought.
"Wow," she heard in a soft whisper behind her. Turning around, she saw Zekk gasping wide-mouthed, looking at the place where he had been taught, and had grown into a Jedi. The place where he had nearly killed her, the place that managed to keep calling him back. It felt like eons ago, Jaina thought. He's changed so much, from the boy that couldn't kill me, the one who loved me then, just as I know he loves me now, she reassured herself.
"Its changed a lot since the last time I was here."
"It's been a long time Zekk."
"I wish I hadn't come back," he snapped at her.
Jaina chose to ignore that comment. "We need to get camp set up before nightfall, which will probably be in four hours," she said, looking up at the sky.
"Camp? I thought we were sleeping on the ship," he questioned her.
"We are, but we need to get a fire started. Otherwise, we're going to have all of Jacen's old pets on the ship with us." She giggled at the memory.
"Well then, you'd better get to work."
"You're not going to help me?" She looked in shock.
"This is your mess Jaina, I'm just along for the ride." He winked at her and strolled back into the ship
Fire grew in Jaina's body; she wanted to scream at him. But could she really blame him? She had technically kidnapped him. He was here under duress. He's just trying to make it hard on me, well I'm not going to crack, I love him, and we'll be on this planet until he loves me in return. With that, she clipped her lightsaber on her hip and went off to find firewood.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Grinning to himself, Zekk walked back into the ship, if anyone knew how to push Jaina's buttons it was him. Walking into the flight deck he sat down in the pilot's chair. He punched in the codes for a readout of what's broken, not really expecting it to work. Surprisingly the readout printed and scanning all the pages, Zekk let out a deep groan.
"Jaina does more damage than good." The list was going to take at least three days to fix, and all his tools were back in his dock at Mon calamari.
Looking up to the ceiling of the ship he groaned once again. "Why me? How do I keep getting into these messes?" He knew how he kept getting into them and it could be summed up in one word: Jaina. She managed to get him in and out of trouble all the time. But it's worth it, he thought, just to see her smile.
Watching from the veiwport he had a though, she hadn't blocked him from printing read outs, maybe she had forgot to block him from the Holonet. Punching the codes in for it the screen came up to ask him whom he wished to contact.
Zekk sat back for a minute, whom could he contact? Rynna would be running her shipments right now, she could be halfway around the galaxy, and she was probably mad at him for stranding her at the party. Jacen and Raynar would be on Yuuzhan T'ar; they couldn't just leave on a diplomatic mission. Tenel Ka was ruling Hapes, and he didn't want to bother her with his problems. He certainly couldn't call the Solo's, Han would shoot first ask questions later. That left the Skywalkers, they were awful busy running the Praxuem, and with Jade and Ben running around, they already had their hands full. But whom else could he call? Punching in the codes for the Maw, he sat back and a broad smile grew on his face. Jaina thought she was so smart locking him from the controls of the ship, so that he couldn't fly. But she had forgotten to lock him out of the other stuff; He chuckled at the thought. Just then a screen popped up asking for a pass code to call, the grin fell off his face.
"Dammit Jaina!"
Gathering firewood, a smile grew on Jaina's face. Thinks he can get over on me does he?