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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Tahiri groggily opened her eyes. The place seemed to swirl around her. She tried to sit up only for a sharp pain in her head to force her to lie back down. "Hello" she yelled out "Hello is anyone out there?" she asked. How did I get here, she asked herself. Where am I? What happened to me? Propping herself up on her elbows, she tried to look around. Blinking furiously she tried to focus her eyes. What happened to me? I was with Jacen and Raynar, and then I was chasing that thing. Tahiri's eyes opened wide, then those creatures attacked me and then that man with a lightsaber saved me, I think. Was it my lightsaber he was using, or his own? Could there be a Jedi on Yuuzhan'tar? Tahiri laid back down, too many questions. Rolling over, Tahiri fell back to sleep.
A loud banging woke Tahiri hours later. Turning over she saw the hermit who saved her. Opening her mouth she tried to squeak something out to him.
"Why your awake?" he said turning around to face her; His large brown cloak covering his face. He quickly handed her a cup of water.
Taking a few sips, Tahiri looked at the hermit, he seemed vaguely familiar. Reaching out with the force Tahiri tried to read him, only to find very powerful shields in place.
"Ah no no no my little Jedi. All will be reveled in time." he told her laughingly
"Thank you for the water."
"Your welcome, you know you should never venture out alone on an unknown planet. There are creatures here that you have not encountered before." He berated her
That voice, Tahiri thought, it's so familiar, where have I heard it before? "I am aware of that now. Master Skywalker always said I was a little impulsive." She admitted to him
"Yes, Anakin said the same thing." The Hermit laughed
Tahiri faced whitened, the hermit new about Anakin, how could he? Anakin? OH No Jacen! "How long have I been out?" she asked hurriedly
"About a week now, those vorknats did a nasty job with you. Vicious creatures they attack in groups, your lucky I found you when I did."
Tahiri scrambled to get to her feet, only then did she realize the searing pain in race up her leg. "OWWW" she cried out, falling back down.
The hermit rushed over to her side, easing her back down to the ground. "Doll, you have a nasty cut to your head, and you broke your ankle. You're not going to be rushing off anywhere anytime soon."
"But I have too", she argued, "I left the rest of my group and there going to be worried about me"
"I didn't see anymore Jedi around." He told her
Tahiri reached out with the force, she couldn't feel them. Panic washed over her face, where are they? What happened to them?
The hermit saw the panic in the young Jedi's eyes. "What is it?" he asked
"I can't feel them, I can't feel them at all." She sobbed
"I'm sure they are fine, yslamari roam all over here. I'm sure there fine, doll." He told her assuredly
"I need to know that for myself." She told him defiantly
"Well your not going anywhere right now." He told her, handing her some soup. "Eat up, when you are better we will go find your companions."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Jaina moved her piece around the board, sipping her 6th glass of Corellian Ale in the last 2 hours. Giggling to herself, she watched as Zekk took another of her pieces off the Dejarik board.
"Hey you can't do that!" she exclaimed in a half drunken stupor. Knocking Zekk's hand away from the board.
Grabbing Jaina's hand he played with her fingers. "I can and I will." He told her
Scooting around to the other side of the table, Jaina wrapped her tiny fists around Zekk's wrists. "There now you can't make any more moves Mister." She told him
Twisting his wrists around, he broke free of Jaina's tiny hands, wrapping his hands around her wrists. "Now you can't make any more moves." He laughed at her the strong stench of alcohol on his breath. Struggling against his hold Jaina tried to beat her fists against Zekk's chest, but his overpowering grip held her firm.
"Not fair not fair" she whimpered at him
"Life's not fair sweetheart." He told her letting go of her wrists
Jaina frowned "Yeah tell me about it." She gulped down the rest of her glass and poured herself another. "My life was so simple, I was a Jedi knight. I had my whole world ahead of me." She took a swig from her glass. "Then those stupid Vong had to come and mess everything up." Tears welled in Jaina's eyes. "Now Chewie is gone, and Anakin is gone, we don't have Corsucant. I hardly speak to Jacen, or Tenel ka anymore. I have an entire squadron to command." The tears threatened to fall down. "This is not the life I planned."
Zekk reached over and pulled Jaina into his arms. "No one planned their lives Jaina. I certainly did not expect to be running cargo ships the rest of my life." He wiped the tear off her cheek. "I'm certain your mother never expected her planet to get blown up, or to marry a smuggler."
Laughing at the thought, she snuggled closer to Zekk. "You know when I was a kid, all I wanted to be was a mechanic. All I wanted to do was work on ships the rest of my life; Funny how that worked out." She yawned, "What did you want to be when you were a kid?"
"When I lived on Enneth I wanted to be Apaz diver. Apaz is this jewel only found on Enneth, but they can only be found in our oceans. So you had divers that's would go down to search for them. If you found one stone, you would be rich for life." Zekk sighed, "Guess that didn't work out for me either." Gulping down the last of his ale; He made his last move on the djark board. "Game over" he told her
Spinning around to face him, Jaina looked at him in shock "How did I miss that?" she said giggling throwing her hands around
"Well I think you're a little drunk Ja-ya." He told her, tapping her nose.
"And your not zee-kie." She giggled at him
Sliding out of the booth, Zekk watched Jaina fall back onto the cushions. Yawning, he scooped Jaina up in his arms "I think its time one Jedi princess goes to bed." Stretching her arms, she yawned and wrapped and wrapped her arms around Zekk's neck. "Okay, my Jedi knight in shining robes." She snuggled her face into Zekk's neck, breathing softly.
Zekk carried her into the spare bedroom and laid her in bed. "Good night Jaina." Standing up, Jaina reached out for him grabbing the bottom of his shirt. Half asleep she mumbled, "Please.....stay..."
Kneeling down, he brushed a single lock of hair out of Jaina's face. "What do you need Jaina?"
"Tell....me...a" she yawned "a..story."
Sitting down at the foot of her bed, Zekk yawned. "Okay, a story." He said, "Well there once was a urchin, who didn't have a family, and he was very sad. And he roamed all over the galaxy looking for someone to love him and a place to call home. And he found a place that he thought would be good, but the people didn't like him except for one silly princess. So he left and it broke the urchins heart to leave the princess but it was for the best. The princess forgot about him in time, but the urchin never forgot about how kind she was to him. And he finally found a place he belonged and got a job. Then miraculously the princess reappeared, but she was betrothed to another. So the urchin ran away, because he couldn't take the pain, and worked really hard and one day he became very rich. And he went out and found his princess, and rescued her from marrying the prince, and they sailed out into the sunset."
Zekk looked down at the sleeping Jaina. Getting up quietly, he planted a soft kiss on the sleeping Jedi's forehead. "I love you Jaina." He whispered as he closed the door.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Staring at the wall of his cell, Jacen waited. They can't keep us in here forever, they have to do something with us soon enough, he thought. I wonder what happened to Tahiri, I hope she's alive. Jacen swung his head around as he heard the door open.
"Human, you are to come with us. The president wishes to see you." The Vong guard told him, as two others came into the room and pointed Ampistaffs at him. Jacen stood up slowly, laughing to himself, and followed the guard out of the room.
~*~*~ Raynar demanded once again to be let go. "Do you know who my parents are? Your going to be lucky if they even let you keep the planet after we tell the GFFA what you have done to their diplomats." He was silenced once again by a clawed hand.
Jacen walked up to the Alderrain boy. "Still trying to negotiate our way out of here?" he asked. Raynar looked at him.
"How's that working for ya?" Jacen asked sarcastically.
"Silence" the President, commanded, "You infidels talk to much." He spit at them. "It seems that you are more helpful than we have thought." He tapped his clawed fingers on the chair. "It seems the GFFA would go through great lengths to get their diplomats back, all three of them. Seems we are missing one? Where is your third companion?" he demanded
"We don't know." Jacen admitted to him
The president tapped his clawed fingers once again. Nodding to a guard, an amphistaff whipped out and struck Raynar's back. Falling to his knees, Raynar howled out in pain through the force, but showed no outward signs of pain. Jacen winced in the force, sending soothing thoughts out to Raynar.
"I think you do know."
Jacen sighed deeply. "She died" he lied to them "we got attacked and they killed her. We thought it best to leave her body there."
The president looked between the two Jedi and nodded again. The Guard raised his amphistaff to swing again, but Jacen was ready. The amphistaff swung its head around and stuck its tongue out at the guard. The guard shrieked in terror, dropping the amphistaff. Jacen held in his laughter, a small smile creeping on his face though.
The president scowled. "We shall see if your story is true. If you are lying to us, I don't expect the GFFA will get you back alive. Take them away." He commanded.
Jacen ran over to Raynar, and helped him up. "Don't worry my friend, she'll get us out of here" He whispered "But lets not overplay our hand just yet." He told him before the guards dragged them away from each other.
Tahiri groggily opened her eyes. The place seemed to swirl around her. She tried to sit up only for a sharp pain in her head to force her to lie back down. "Hello" she yelled out "Hello is anyone out there?" she asked. How did I get here, she asked herself. Where am I? What happened to me? Propping herself up on her elbows, she tried to look around. Blinking furiously she tried to focus her eyes. What happened to me? I was with Jacen and Raynar, and then I was chasing that thing. Tahiri's eyes opened wide, then those creatures attacked me and then that man with a lightsaber saved me, I think. Was it my lightsaber he was using, or his own? Could there be a Jedi on Yuuzhan'tar? Tahiri laid back down, too many questions. Rolling over, Tahiri fell back to sleep.
A loud banging woke Tahiri hours later. Turning over she saw the hermit who saved her. Opening her mouth she tried to squeak something out to him.
"Why your awake?" he said turning around to face her; His large brown cloak covering his face. He quickly handed her a cup of water.
Taking a few sips, Tahiri looked at the hermit, he seemed vaguely familiar. Reaching out with the force Tahiri tried to read him, only to find very powerful shields in place.
"Ah no no no my little Jedi. All will be reveled in time." he told her laughingly
"Thank you for the water."
"Your welcome, you know you should never venture out alone on an unknown planet. There are creatures here that you have not encountered before." He berated her
That voice, Tahiri thought, it's so familiar, where have I heard it before? "I am aware of that now. Master Skywalker always said I was a little impulsive." She admitted to him
"Yes, Anakin said the same thing." The Hermit laughed
Tahiri faced whitened, the hermit new about Anakin, how could he? Anakin? OH No Jacen! "How long have I been out?" she asked hurriedly
"About a week now, those vorknats did a nasty job with you. Vicious creatures they attack in groups, your lucky I found you when I did."
Tahiri scrambled to get to her feet, only then did she realize the searing pain in race up her leg. "OWWW" she cried out, falling back down.
The hermit rushed over to her side, easing her back down to the ground. "Doll, you have a nasty cut to your head, and you broke your ankle. You're not going to be rushing off anywhere anytime soon."
"But I have too", she argued, "I left the rest of my group and there going to be worried about me"
"I didn't see anymore Jedi around." He told her
Tahiri reached out with the force, she couldn't feel them. Panic washed over her face, where are they? What happened to them?
The hermit saw the panic in the young Jedi's eyes. "What is it?" he asked
"I can't feel them, I can't feel them at all." She sobbed
"I'm sure they are fine, yslamari roam all over here. I'm sure there fine, doll." He told her assuredly
"I need to know that for myself." She told him defiantly
"Well your not going anywhere right now." He told her, handing her some soup. "Eat up, when you are better we will go find your companions."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Jaina moved her piece around the board, sipping her 6th glass of Corellian Ale in the last 2 hours. Giggling to herself, she watched as Zekk took another of her pieces off the Dejarik board.
"Hey you can't do that!" she exclaimed in a half drunken stupor. Knocking Zekk's hand away from the board.
Grabbing Jaina's hand he played with her fingers. "I can and I will." He told her
Scooting around to the other side of the table, Jaina wrapped her tiny fists around Zekk's wrists. "There now you can't make any more moves Mister." She told him
Twisting his wrists around, he broke free of Jaina's tiny hands, wrapping his hands around her wrists. "Now you can't make any more moves." He laughed at her the strong stench of alcohol on his breath. Struggling against his hold Jaina tried to beat her fists against Zekk's chest, but his overpowering grip held her firm.
"Not fair not fair" she whimpered at him
"Life's not fair sweetheart." He told her letting go of her wrists
Jaina frowned "Yeah tell me about it." She gulped down the rest of her glass and poured herself another. "My life was so simple, I was a Jedi knight. I had my whole world ahead of me." She took a swig from her glass. "Then those stupid Vong had to come and mess everything up." Tears welled in Jaina's eyes. "Now Chewie is gone, and Anakin is gone, we don't have Corsucant. I hardly speak to Jacen, or Tenel ka anymore. I have an entire squadron to command." The tears threatened to fall down. "This is not the life I planned."
Zekk reached over and pulled Jaina into his arms. "No one planned their lives Jaina. I certainly did not expect to be running cargo ships the rest of my life." He wiped the tear off her cheek. "I'm certain your mother never expected her planet to get blown up, or to marry a smuggler."
Laughing at the thought, she snuggled closer to Zekk. "You know when I was a kid, all I wanted to be was a mechanic. All I wanted to do was work on ships the rest of my life; Funny how that worked out." She yawned, "What did you want to be when you were a kid?"
"When I lived on Enneth I wanted to be Apaz diver. Apaz is this jewel only found on Enneth, but they can only be found in our oceans. So you had divers that's would go down to search for them. If you found one stone, you would be rich for life." Zekk sighed, "Guess that didn't work out for me either." Gulping down the last of his ale; He made his last move on the djark board. "Game over" he told her
Spinning around to face him, Jaina looked at him in shock "How did I miss that?" she said giggling throwing her hands around
"Well I think you're a little drunk Ja-ya." He told her, tapping her nose.
"And your not zee-kie." She giggled at him
Sliding out of the booth, Zekk watched Jaina fall back onto the cushions. Yawning, he scooped Jaina up in his arms "I think its time one Jedi princess goes to bed." Stretching her arms, she yawned and wrapped and wrapped her arms around Zekk's neck. "Okay, my Jedi knight in shining robes." She snuggled her face into Zekk's neck, breathing softly.
Zekk carried her into the spare bedroom and laid her in bed. "Good night Jaina." Standing up, Jaina reached out for him grabbing the bottom of his shirt. Half asleep she mumbled, "Please.....stay..."
Kneeling down, he brushed a single lock of hair out of Jaina's face. "What do you need Jaina?"
"Tell....me...a" she yawned "a..story."
Sitting down at the foot of her bed, Zekk yawned. "Okay, a story." He said, "Well there once was a urchin, who didn't have a family, and he was very sad. And he roamed all over the galaxy looking for someone to love him and a place to call home. And he found a place that he thought would be good, but the people didn't like him except for one silly princess. So he left and it broke the urchins heart to leave the princess but it was for the best. The princess forgot about him in time, but the urchin never forgot about how kind she was to him. And he finally found a place he belonged and got a job. Then miraculously the princess reappeared, but she was betrothed to another. So the urchin ran away, because he couldn't take the pain, and worked really hard and one day he became very rich. And he went out and found his princess, and rescued her from marrying the prince, and they sailed out into the sunset."
Zekk looked down at the sleeping Jaina. Getting up quietly, he planted a soft kiss on the sleeping Jedi's forehead. "I love you Jaina." He whispered as he closed the door.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Staring at the wall of his cell, Jacen waited. They can't keep us in here forever, they have to do something with us soon enough, he thought. I wonder what happened to Tahiri, I hope she's alive. Jacen swung his head around as he heard the door open.
"Human, you are to come with us. The president wishes to see you." The Vong guard told him, as two others came into the room and pointed Ampistaffs at him. Jacen stood up slowly, laughing to himself, and followed the guard out of the room.
~*~*~ Raynar demanded once again to be let go. "Do you know who my parents are? Your going to be lucky if they even let you keep the planet after we tell the GFFA what you have done to their diplomats." He was silenced once again by a clawed hand.
Jacen walked up to the Alderrain boy. "Still trying to negotiate our way out of here?" he asked. Raynar looked at him.
"How's that working for ya?" Jacen asked sarcastically.
"Silence" the President, commanded, "You infidels talk to much." He spit at them. "It seems that you are more helpful than we have thought." He tapped his clawed fingers on the chair. "It seems the GFFA would go through great lengths to get their diplomats back, all three of them. Seems we are missing one? Where is your third companion?" he demanded
"We don't know." Jacen admitted to him
The president tapped his clawed fingers once again. Nodding to a guard, an amphistaff whipped out and struck Raynar's back. Falling to his knees, Raynar howled out in pain through the force, but showed no outward signs of pain. Jacen winced in the force, sending soothing thoughts out to Raynar.
"I think you do know."
Jacen sighed deeply. "She died" he lied to them "we got attacked and they killed her. We thought it best to leave her body there."
The president looked between the two Jedi and nodded again. The Guard raised his amphistaff to swing again, but Jacen was ready. The amphistaff swung its head around and stuck its tongue out at the guard. The guard shrieked in terror, dropping the amphistaff. Jacen held in his laughter, a small smile creeping on his face though.
The president scowled. "We shall see if your story is true. If you are lying to us, I don't expect the GFFA will get you back alive. Take them away." He commanded.
Jacen ran over to Raynar, and helped him up. "Don't worry my friend, she'll get us out of here" He whispered "But lets not overplay our hand just yet." He told him before the guards dragged them away from each other.