Sorry about the delay folks. I got wrapped up with college and forgot about
this. Reviews would be kind though, : D
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Jaina climbed down from the top of the Lightning rod. Wiping the grease off of her pants, she sighed heavily. There was no way they were going to be able to fix the lightning rod with out some tools. Thinking to herself, she pondered ways to get tools. Maybe we can make some she giggled at herself, that wasn't going to happen.
"Jaina?" She heard Zekk yell from the doorframe.
"Huh?" she looked up at him "I'm sorry I was lost in thought." She told him
Zekk raised his eyebrow "You thinking?" He mocked "I don't know how were going to fix the ship." he admitted to her
"Oh I have an idea." She smiled at him
"And what's that?" he asked her slyly
"Come and find out." She started running off into the woods.
"Jaina wait up!" he yelled at her taking off running as fast as he could Jaina ran faster and harder, making sure not to lose Zekk but far enough to stay out of his reach. Jaina missed playing these games with Zekk. She has let too much of her childhood pass her by worrying about her future. Now she was in her future and all she wanted was to be a kid again. She turned a bend and stopped short, finally arriving at her destination. Turning around she waited for Zekk to catch up to her.
Zekk turned the last bend of where he saw Jaina go and ran smack into her, knocking them both to the ground. Losing her balance, and feeling herself falling, Jaina wrapped her arms around Zekk's neck hoping to steady herself, but ultimately bringing both of them down. Instinctively, he reached around Jaina to protect her head from knocking into the ground, and making sure to cradle her back to soften the blow to the ground.
With a soft Oomph, they hit the ground. For a moment Zekk relaxed laying his head on Jaina's shoulder, releasing the tension from his shoulders he pulled away from Jaina to make sure she was okay. Zekk propped himself up on one of his elbows, as the other one was still wrapped around Jaina's tiny frame, he checked her over.
Jaina blinked her brown eyes open. "Am I dead?' she asked him, her arms still holding tightly around his neck.
Zekk looked her face over; she had a minor scratch on her forehead but otherwise her face looked beautiful. "Nope, your still alive. A little banged up but no worse for the wear. "He told her
Jaina pulled her hand down from around Zekk's neck, laying her fingers on his cheek, and stroking it softly.
"So where were you in such a hurry to go?" he asked her
"Look." She told him
Looking up from his place on the ground he looked at the old hut and wreckage. "Qorl's hut?" he asked rolling off Jaina and getting up
Taking Zekk's hands, Jaina pulled herself up off the ground. "Yeah, I thought we might find some tools here and spare parts to fix the Rod.
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The sharp crack to Jacen's neck sent him pummeling the ground, Raynar soon followed suit.
"This is not the best way to treat Galactic alliance dignitaries." Jacen looked up at the President of Yuuzhan T'ar
"I have no care who you or where you come from. You are trespassers on my planet." The Vong spit on them "You will state what you are doing here, and what you want, and maybe we shall let you live."
Jacen struggled to his feet only to be knocked back down on the ground "We are dignitaries form the Galactic alliance, we were sent here after your ambassador failed to show up for meetings. The alliance was worried about another war. It seems that was inevitable anyways. I stand before you know asking if you would like help in negotiating peace with the other warring faction.
The president laughed deeply, his associates began to laugh with him. "We need no help from you Infidels. We will win this war, and then we will never have to deal with those who cling to the old ways. Those ways are dead, they bring shame on the Yuuzhan Vong by clinging to them."
"Don't they have the right to their own opinion?" Raynar questioned
"No, I will tell them what to believe, I will tell them who is our god know. They are too dim to know what is right." He said defiantly. He turned to the Vong behind him and spoke quickly to them.
Four Vong quickly grabbed Jacen and Raynar dragging them to their feet. The president looked them over and hastily implemented his clawed hand across Jacen's face. Feeling his Jaw snap, Jacen struggled to fight back. The two Vong restraining him laughed gleefully at him. The president again spoke to the Vong restrainers and Jacen and Raynar was drug away.
"They are infidels master president, they do not know the way of the true gods; they will not be problems." The sniveling vice president assured his master
"They are not as stupid as we wish they were. They can cause major problems if we do not take care of them." He told his second.
"What shall we do with them?"
"Keep them in cells for right now, separately. They are Jedi, they are stronger together, which means they are weaker apart."
"Would you like me to find some Yslamari?" he asked his master
"Very good idea, my child, yes find some and keep them in the cells. These two Jedi might be very useful in the future." The president thought out loud.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hand me the hydro-spanner please?" Jaina asked from her section under the lightning rod. It seemed Qorl had left most of his tools behind when he evacuated Yavin 4. Except for a few parts and some engine fluid they had almost everything they needed to fix the Rod, now all they needed was the time.
Crawling out from where he was, Zekk walked over and crawled under where Jaina was to hand her the hydro-spanner. "How are you doing?" he asked her watching her reconnect some tubes. Taking the Hydro-spanner from his grease covered hands; she went about tightening the tubes in place. Zekk watched her adoringly. How she connected each tube perfectly, how she tightened them one at a time to make sure they were secure, how she twirled the hydro- spanner in her hands. Jaina's hands, even covered in engine goop were beautiful, her long fingers and smooth skin.
"This just about done." Jaina voice broke him out of his revere. "But it's going to have to sit overnight, with no engine gel I'm not sure how the tubes are going to hold. Brushing back a piece of hair she also managed to get goop on her forehead. Zekk let out a little laugh.
Waving the hydro-spanner in at his face Jaina asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Zekk flashed her a smile. "Oh nothing."
"Yeah sure." She said wiping her hands across Zekk's face covering then in green engine goop.
"Oh that's how you want to play it." Zekk picked up some dirt and rubbed it on Jaina's face. Jaina's eyes widened. Before she even knew it she had thrown herself on top of him and was rubbing dirt through his hair. Not to be outdone, Zekk wrapped his arms around her and started tickling her.
Laughing Jaina managed to get out "Zekk... stop it...this isn't fair." Pulling herself upwards to get out of Zekk's grasp she hit her head on the underside of the ship.
"OWW" she exclaimed quickly
Crawling out from under the ship she held her hand to the back of her head.
Following her out Zekk called out to her. "Jaina let me see it." Catching up to her, he grabbed her arm. Prying her hand away from her head he inspected the damage. "Well, it not bleeding; it just going to be a little black and blue for a while. Don't worry your hair should cover it." He teased her.
"Yeah but it still hurts." She batted her eyelashes at him
Softly kissing the lump on her head. "There all better" he told her. Scanning her over he laughed again. "I think were both going to need showers."
Smiling at him "I have a better idea. How long has it been since you've had a swim in a real lake?" she asked
"Too long." He smiled back at her
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Swimming around Jaina found a nice rock to sit on. Plopping herself up on it she watched Zekk dive in and out of the water. Running his hands through his hair he shook the last of the dirt out of it and dunked it back in the water. Shaking his head the water droplets flew off of his hair, spraying Jaina.
"Hey watch it!" she yelled at him
Swimming over he propped his elbows up on the rock Jaina was sitting on. "I haven't felt this free in years."
"Its nice, not to have all that pressure and things to do. Just to have fun again. I always have fun when I'm with you." She told him, smiling softly.
Zekk sighed, "So what really happened with you and Jag?" he inquired
Jaina smile faded. "I won't lie to you Zekk, I loved him. I loved him very much, but our worlds were just too different. He was called back to chiss space after the war, he asked me to come with him." Jaina shook her head; tears were welling up in her eyes. "But I couldn't, I just couldn't. I didn't want to leave everything I knew behind, my family, my friends, and my life. So I asked him to stay, and he couldn't, his duty to his people came first. So I told him it was over, that our worlds just couldn't combine." Jaina wiped the tears from her eyes. "But I'm okay, Jag actually holo-messaged me the other day, he's doing great, and I'm happy for him."
Zekk climbed up onto the rock and wrapped Jaina up in his arms. "I'm so sorry Jaina." He rested his head on her shoulder.
"Its okay Zekk, I'm over him." Jaina sighed into his warm embrace. "So what about you, who have you been dating while I've been preoccupied for the last 5 years?" she asked him
"No one, I've been busy hauling cargo. Don't really have time to get out and date. I mean there is Rynna, but she's not my type." Zekk admitted
"Oh" was all Jaina could get out, before Zekk threw her in the water. Diving in after her, the splashing match began.
Watching quietly in the bushes, a man watched them. Master will be pleased, he thought, new recruits.
Jaina climbed down from the top of the Lightning rod. Wiping the grease off of her pants, she sighed heavily. There was no way they were going to be able to fix the lightning rod with out some tools. Thinking to herself, she pondered ways to get tools. Maybe we can make some she giggled at herself, that wasn't going to happen.
"Jaina?" She heard Zekk yell from the doorframe.
"Huh?" she looked up at him "I'm sorry I was lost in thought." She told him
Zekk raised his eyebrow "You thinking?" He mocked "I don't know how were going to fix the ship." he admitted to her
"Oh I have an idea." She smiled at him
"And what's that?" he asked her slyly
"Come and find out." She started running off into the woods.
"Jaina wait up!" he yelled at her taking off running as fast as he could Jaina ran faster and harder, making sure not to lose Zekk but far enough to stay out of his reach. Jaina missed playing these games with Zekk. She has let too much of her childhood pass her by worrying about her future. Now she was in her future and all she wanted was to be a kid again. She turned a bend and stopped short, finally arriving at her destination. Turning around she waited for Zekk to catch up to her.
Zekk turned the last bend of where he saw Jaina go and ran smack into her, knocking them both to the ground. Losing her balance, and feeling herself falling, Jaina wrapped her arms around Zekk's neck hoping to steady herself, but ultimately bringing both of them down. Instinctively, he reached around Jaina to protect her head from knocking into the ground, and making sure to cradle her back to soften the blow to the ground.
With a soft Oomph, they hit the ground. For a moment Zekk relaxed laying his head on Jaina's shoulder, releasing the tension from his shoulders he pulled away from Jaina to make sure she was okay. Zekk propped himself up on one of his elbows, as the other one was still wrapped around Jaina's tiny frame, he checked her over.
Jaina blinked her brown eyes open. "Am I dead?' she asked him, her arms still holding tightly around his neck.
Zekk looked her face over; she had a minor scratch on her forehead but otherwise her face looked beautiful. "Nope, your still alive. A little banged up but no worse for the wear. "He told her
Jaina pulled her hand down from around Zekk's neck, laying her fingers on his cheek, and stroking it softly.
"So where were you in such a hurry to go?" he asked her
"Look." She told him
Looking up from his place on the ground he looked at the old hut and wreckage. "Qorl's hut?" he asked rolling off Jaina and getting up
Taking Zekk's hands, Jaina pulled herself up off the ground. "Yeah, I thought we might find some tools here and spare parts to fix the Rod.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The sharp crack to Jacen's neck sent him pummeling the ground, Raynar soon followed suit.
"This is not the best way to treat Galactic alliance dignitaries." Jacen looked up at the President of Yuuzhan T'ar
"I have no care who you or where you come from. You are trespassers on my planet." The Vong spit on them "You will state what you are doing here, and what you want, and maybe we shall let you live."
Jacen struggled to his feet only to be knocked back down on the ground "We are dignitaries form the Galactic alliance, we were sent here after your ambassador failed to show up for meetings. The alliance was worried about another war. It seems that was inevitable anyways. I stand before you know asking if you would like help in negotiating peace with the other warring faction.
The president laughed deeply, his associates began to laugh with him. "We need no help from you Infidels. We will win this war, and then we will never have to deal with those who cling to the old ways. Those ways are dead, they bring shame on the Yuuzhan Vong by clinging to them."
"Don't they have the right to their own opinion?" Raynar questioned
"No, I will tell them what to believe, I will tell them who is our god know. They are too dim to know what is right." He said defiantly. He turned to the Vong behind him and spoke quickly to them.
Four Vong quickly grabbed Jacen and Raynar dragging them to their feet. The president looked them over and hastily implemented his clawed hand across Jacen's face. Feeling his Jaw snap, Jacen struggled to fight back. The two Vong restraining him laughed gleefully at him. The president again spoke to the Vong restrainers and Jacen and Raynar was drug away.
"They are infidels master president, they do not know the way of the true gods; they will not be problems." The sniveling vice president assured his master
"They are not as stupid as we wish they were. They can cause major problems if we do not take care of them." He told his second.
"What shall we do with them?"
"Keep them in cells for right now, separately. They are Jedi, they are stronger together, which means they are weaker apart."
"Would you like me to find some Yslamari?" he asked his master
"Very good idea, my child, yes find some and keep them in the cells. These two Jedi might be very useful in the future." The president thought out loud.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hand me the hydro-spanner please?" Jaina asked from her section under the lightning rod. It seemed Qorl had left most of his tools behind when he evacuated Yavin 4. Except for a few parts and some engine fluid they had almost everything they needed to fix the Rod, now all they needed was the time.
Crawling out from where he was, Zekk walked over and crawled under where Jaina was to hand her the hydro-spanner. "How are you doing?" he asked her watching her reconnect some tubes. Taking the Hydro-spanner from his grease covered hands; she went about tightening the tubes in place. Zekk watched her adoringly. How she connected each tube perfectly, how she tightened them one at a time to make sure they were secure, how she twirled the hydro- spanner in her hands. Jaina's hands, even covered in engine goop were beautiful, her long fingers and smooth skin.
"This just about done." Jaina voice broke him out of his revere. "But it's going to have to sit overnight, with no engine gel I'm not sure how the tubes are going to hold. Brushing back a piece of hair she also managed to get goop on her forehead. Zekk let out a little laugh.
Waving the hydro-spanner in at his face Jaina asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Zekk flashed her a smile. "Oh nothing."
"Yeah sure." She said wiping her hands across Zekk's face covering then in green engine goop.
"Oh that's how you want to play it." Zekk picked up some dirt and rubbed it on Jaina's face. Jaina's eyes widened. Before she even knew it she had thrown herself on top of him and was rubbing dirt through his hair. Not to be outdone, Zekk wrapped his arms around her and started tickling her.
Laughing Jaina managed to get out "Zekk... stop it...this isn't fair." Pulling herself upwards to get out of Zekk's grasp she hit her head on the underside of the ship.
"OWW" she exclaimed quickly
Crawling out from under the ship she held her hand to the back of her head.
Following her out Zekk called out to her. "Jaina let me see it." Catching up to her, he grabbed her arm. Prying her hand away from her head he inspected the damage. "Well, it not bleeding; it just going to be a little black and blue for a while. Don't worry your hair should cover it." He teased her.
"Yeah but it still hurts." She batted her eyelashes at him
Softly kissing the lump on her head. "There all better" he told her. Scanning her over he laughed again. "I think were both going to need showers."
Smiling at him "I have a better idea. How long has it been since you've had a swim in a real lake?" she asked
"Too long." He smiled back at her
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Swimming around Jaina found a nice rock to sit on. Plopping herself up on it she watched Zekk dive in and out of the water. Running his hands through his hair he shook the last of the dirt out of it and dunked it back in the water. Shaking his head the water droplets flew off of his hair, spraying Jaina.
"Hey watch it!" she yelled at him
Swimming over he propped his elbows up on the rock Jaina was sitting on. "I haven't felt this free in years."
"Its nice, not to have all that pressure and things to do. Just to have fun again. I always have fun when I'm with you." She told him, smiling softly.
Zekk sighed, "So what really happened with you and Jag?" he inquired
Jaina smile faded. "I won't lie to you Zekk, I loved him. I loved him very much, but our worlds were just too different. He was called back to chiss space after the war, he asked me to come with him." Jaina shook her head; tears were welling up in her eyes. "But I couldn't, I just couldn't. I didn't want to leave everything I knew behind, my family, my friends, and my life. So I asked him to stay, and he couldn't, his duty to his people came first. So I told him it was over, that our worlds just couldn't combine." Jaina wiped the tears from her eyes. "But I'm okay, Jag actually holo-messaged me the other day, he's doing great, and I'm happy for him."
Zekk climbed up onto the rock and wrapped Jaina up in his arms. "I'm so sorry Jaina." He rested his head on her shoulder.
"Its okay Zekk, I'm over him." Jaina sighed into his warm embrace. "So what about you, who have you been dating while I've been preoccupied for the last 5 years?" she asked him
"No one, I've been busy hauling cargo. Don't really have time to get out and date. I mean there is Rynna, but she's not my type." Zekk admitted
"Oh" was all Jaina could get out, before Zekk threw her in the water. Diving in after her, the splashing match began.
Watching quietly in the bushes, a man watched them. Master will be pleased, he thought, new recruits.