Snapping out of her healing trance, Tahiri looked towards the hermit. "I think my ankle feels much better now." She told him

"Well let's see if you can walk on it. Walking over to the fair-haired Jedi he offered his hands to her. Taking his hands she pulled herself to her feet. Taking the first few steps Tahiri wavered, not entirely sure if her ankle would hold her. There was minor pain, but Tahiri felt good as new.

"Well, I feel strong enough to fight those vorknats again." She giggled

"I highly doubt you want a repeat performance of that." He told her "So I guess you are off to find your friends?" he asked her

"Yes, I have to find them. I can't feel them, something feels wrong in the force. I'm sure there in trouble, I'm just not sure what kind." She admitted

The hermit laughed "Always with that Solo finding his way into trouble and needing someone to save him."

Tahiri looked at him. She still couldn't put her thumb on where she knew this hooded man, but she knew she needed him. "Will you help me find them?" she pleaded, her eyes shinning.

"Why of course, my young one. The force did not bring you here for nothing." He advised her

"Are you saying that the force brought me here, to have those creatures attack me?"

"Well not exactly. The force brought you here, to bring me back from the dead." He enlightened her

Tahiri swirled around to look at the hermit's eyes; she knew them. She knew them from a different place. Reaching out with the force, she felt his presence and she knew.

Stunned she whispered "Ganner!" Rushing into his arms she hugged him "We thought you were dead."

"The force had other plans for me, my little Tahiri.

Jaina awoke to the smell of nerf sausage and eggs, rolling over she fell out of bed still in the wrinkly clothes from the night before. Making her way out of the bedroom she slid into the booth.

"Good morning sunshine." Zekk greeted her

"Muurnigs" she mumbled to him rubbing her eyes.

Zekk plopped a glass of Blue milk and aspirin in front of her. "Drink up, breakfast will be ready in a minute.

"Thank you," she squeaked out while popping the pills into her mouth. Zekk sat a plate of food in front of her and sat down to eat his own.

Scooping some food into her mouth, Jaina chewed slowly. "How much did I drink last night?"

"I'm pretty sure you out drank your father last night." He admitted to her

Jaina groaned, "last time I let you talk me into playing Dejarik."

"I didn't make you drink." He noted, suddenly a loud thud was heard from under the ship

"What was that?" Jaina asked, not really expecting an answer

"I don't know but we better find out." Zekk ran to his bunk and grabbed his lightsaber, Jaina shortly followed suit

Walking down the plank, Zekk looked out in all areas, stretching out with the Force he didn't see or feel anyone around. Jaina peered over his shoulder.

Zekk motioned to Jaina to stay up the plank, his feet reached the ground, and he turned to walk under the ship, when a bolt of light hit him and knocked him out. Jaina ran down the plank to Zekk's side, sliding on her knees she shielded him from the barrage of bolt flying towards them. Igniting her lightsaber, she deflected as many as she could; one was took quick for her and nicked her shoulder. Jaina screamed out in pain, trying to regain her purpose, she lifted her lightsaber up again, but the bolts kept coming. Reaching out with the force, she tried to find where they were shooting from, but she felt no one.

"Zekk," she yelled at him, nudging him with her hip she tried to wake him up. "Come on Zekk."

A shot got Jaina in wrist, screaming out in pain she dropped her lightsaber, and then she was out.

A man walked out from behind Jaina, "Round these two up, see if anymore are on the ship," He barked to the other men. He walked up to the two limp bodies, and plucked the lightsabers out of their hands. Jedi, he thought, master will be most pleased.

Jaina blinked her eyes open furiously, Where am I, she thought to herself. The lighting in the room was vastly inadequate and she could barley make out her own hand in front of her face. Wobbly she picked herself up off the floor, her legs felt weak under her, and her shoulder throbbed in pain. Rubbing her forehead, she scantily made her way to what looked like a couch at the side of the room. Plopping down on the cushions, she used the force to concentrate on relieving the pain in her shoulder.

The door suddenly opened and two guards threw Zekk onto the cold hard floor. Jaina rushed over to him.

Lightly tapping his face Jaina tried to wake the raven haired Jedi. "Zekk, Zekk wake up, wake up Zekk" she whimpered shaking him, the emerald-eyed orphan stirred. "Zekk babe, come on."

"Jaina..." the young man moaned, "Jaina is that you."

Reaching under his arms, Jaina lifted him up slightly. "Yeah, its me, are you okay? Come on lets, gets you off this floor." Zekk staggered to his feet. The two inadequately made there way to the couch, falling down in a heavy oomph onto the cushions. Jaina stroked the soft ebony hair of the young man. "What happened? Where are we?" he nervously asked

"I'm not sure." She admitted "We were ambushed outside of the Lightning rod, I couldn't see who was attacking us, I couldn't find them in the force."

"Yuuzhan Vong?"

"I don't think so, they were using stun guns and blasters, that's not the way the Vong work."

Blinking his eyes, Zekk tried to focus on Jaina. "I'm having a hard time seeing you." He admitted.

Shakily taking his hand in hers, she brought it to her cheek "I'm right here, and I'm so sorry. I should have never have brought you here. I should have never had kidnapped you. I didn't mean for this to happen. I don't even know what's going on." Tears lightly fell from Jaina's eyes.

Zekk pulled Jaina into his arms, "Jaina its okay, its okay." Taking her face in his hands, he stroked her cheeks, wiping away the tears. "Listen there is no one I would rather be trapped by unknown hostile forces with." Jaina let out a small chuckle.

The doors swung open and six guards rushed in the cell. Pulling the two apart, they drug them out of the room, Jaina in full fury.

"Where are you taking us!" she commanded "I demand you tell us why your holding us!"

Pulling them into a large throne room, a booming voice sounded from the front "Silence", the voice commanded.

The guards released there hold on the two Jedi, and Jaina rushed over to Zekk's side, grasping her hand in his, they turned towards the voice.

A tall man, in a black robe strolled towards them. The only things visible in his surly demeanor were two evil blue eyes.

Zekk swallowed hard, something seemed wrong about this man, like he shouldn't exist.

Reaching out he grasped Jaina's face, his fingers digging into her cheeks. "Well well well, the Jedi Princess and the street rat. Shouldn't you two be out doing good for your precious Master Skywalker." The man spit at the name

Jaina looked at the man's eyes, something seemed familiar. "Who are you?" she squeaked out

"Oh I thought it would have been obvious, to two precocious Jedi." The man lifted his arms and pulled back his hood. Jaina gasped at the site

Awestruck Zekk tried to make a coherent thought "I... I... I thought you were dead.