Disclaimer: Star Wars, of course, belongs to George Lucas. He refused to give it to me for Christmas. Something about Solos always losing things in sabacc games. (little does he know that I never play, and if I do, I never lose, heehee)
I've taken some liberties with the E-wing because I really had to get everyone off and I didn't want to take two ships. So even though it's impossible, I tried to make it as plausible as I could with the lean info I could find on E-wings. Blech.
A/N: Does anyone know how to transfer cassette tapes into a computer into something I can put on the Internet? Because I was going to record an unabridged edition of Dancing with Stars and put it on the 'Net. (I'm an actress, you see, and I can usually do good voices and accents and I've always wanted to narrate a Star Wars book, heehee)
A/N: I'm so sorry it's taken so long to update! I'm trying to work on Chapter Seven, but it's hard because I've got so many ideas for Fast Forward (my Ella Enchanted story), but I'm getting more ideas for how to write Dancing. I'm still looking for Betas, so YES, DathomiranAuthorRoamer, I would love to have you as a Beta! If you email me, make sure you say it's for JainaEowyn, otherwise it won't get forwarded to the address I can reply from (really complicated, so I won't try to explain it here).
DathomiranAuthorRoamer: Yes, I find it very annoying when Jacen is referred to as the older twin, especially in official books! Grr... But I'm such a Jaina freak, I've read too many not to know that, hehe.
Update: Thank you SO much for all your comments. They are MOST helpful! Okay, let's see...
I know, Jacen doing the other kids' voices may be slightly far-fetched, but he's a Solo, heehee.
I think I might have called them 'security' once (probably not), but I'll change it when I update the story. (once I finish my stories, I edit them again and update all the chapters)
Well, you have to remember that Jaina's been to plenty of political things where she had to wear dresses and stuff, so she probably wouldn't object as strenuously as I would (I NEVER wear make-up and I hate dresses, except Eowyn dresses and that kind of stuff).
I know it seems like they've forgotten their lessons, but they don't have much other way to get back. If they went and tried to get back by some other way... oh, I dunno. See why I need a Beta, hehe? But they'd have to forge fake IDs because they'd broken out of jail and that'd take a while, even with Zekk, and by that time, I guess they'd already left or... something. Cough. I still need a Beta.
Oops, missed the typo. Thanks. I'll change it in my edit. I'm the kind of person who is VERY technical with my spelling and grammar and stuff, and I hate it when I miss stuff, so thanks for catching that.
And I don't exactly know when this takes place because I just started writing it because I was bored and it ended up actually having a semi-plot so... yeah. I'm taking a poll on that, hehe.
TheAlmightyMasterT-Chan: I have my reply to all your comments stashed in my other chapter, which is still in my laptop in my room, so I'll reply to them in the next chapter, or I'll update this one to include them. Sorry 'bout that.
Chapter Six: Take OffWhen the two men left the restaurant, Jaina and Zekk made a quick get-away. They grabbed the first air taxi they came to and got to the house they were staying at about an hour after Jaina first heard the men talking.
Jaina burst into the house out of breath, face flushed. "Jacen! Morring! Gemeia! We've got to go! Get your things together! Gemeia, can you help me get out of this sharding dress? Thanks!" She added as the other girl nodded and they ran into another room.
The four young people got together their things quickly enough and only had to wait an extra minute or two for Jaina to finish changing. Soon they were all rushing down the stairs to the door. To their surprise, they found Zekk waiting for them.
"Zekk! What's with the bag?" Jaina asked in confusion.
Zekk raised an eyebrow. "What does it look like? I'm coming with you."
Jaina was still confused. Why did Zekk need to come with them?
She was going to ask, but Jacen beat her to it. "Why, Zekk?" He asked.
Zekk rolled his eyes. "Well, duh! I'm wanted too!"
"For wha..." Jaina started, and then trailed off. "Oh. But what about the others?"
"I've been on the police record for a while, so they have my picture and I forgot to put on my disguise, so they have me on evidence on their security cameras. The others were already wearing their disguises and they changed out of them right after they escaped, so they can't track them."
Jaina nodded in comprehension before uttering her famous line: "Well then, what are we waiting for?"
The five teenagers piled into the air taxi. It whizzed away to the space port where Jigger (Zekk's gang's mechanic and all around tinkerer) had stowed their E-Wing a few days earlier. Somehow, he had managed to make some extra room in the droid compartment to make it so four people could sleep there in near comfort, or two could sleep in front and three in back. They couldn't figure out how he did it, but they were more than happy with this development.
Jigger had put the E-Wing in a special private port that was only used occasionally when it's wealthy owner had friends who were visiting. Jigger had checked to make sure no one was due in and, seeing that there wasn't, had gotten the gang's hacker to get into the computer and make an entry so that they could leave. The owner wouldn't be able to see it, and it would be erased once they left, but it would allow the E-Wing to leave Coruscant without trouble.
Zekk, Jacen and Gemeia piled into the expanded rear section of the little ship while Jaina and Morring fiddled with the controls. Slowly, the little craft lifted off and went forwards. Jaina took a deep breath and held her hand above the coordinates locker.
"If this thing goes on auto pilot again, I'll scream," she muttered.
Once they were out of the space port, she quickly punched the coordinates they wanted into the ship.
Jaina screamed.
"AAAAAAHHH! Its on auto pilot AGAIN! AAAAAAAAHHHH!" She screamed again, banging her fist on the seat and then sucking it.
Everyone stared at her. Jaina was usually calm and collected, even in crisis's. Maybe she's just frustrated because she can't get machinery to work for once, Jacen thought with a mental grin.
She kicked her foot against the console a few times, then quietly folded her hands into her lap and stared calmly out the cockpit window. She seemed to suddenly feel everyone looking at her and she turned around.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" She asked, unable to think of anything else to say. There was a pause. "Oh, nothing I guess," she said in a quiet little embarrassed voice.
The all sat in an uncomfortable silence for a few minutes before Jacen spoke.
"Um, lets play a game." Everyone stared at him.
"Like what?" Zekk asked skeptically. "Its not like we brought cards or anything."
"Um, well, then how about a joke?" Jaina tried to stop him, but she was too late. "Um... um... oh, I know! What do you get when you have Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and C-3PO together?"
Zekk sighed, knowing Jacen would answer his own question if someone didn't ask. "I don't know, what?" Zekk asked in a monotone voice.
"A really bad rescue mission!" Jacen laughed. "Not bad, huh? I made it up just now." Jaina didn't even groan. They were all staring at him. Jaina finally broke the silence again.
"Um, yeah, I think we all noticed that."
Jacen sighed. "No one's ever gonna laugh at my jokes, are they?" He asked in both desperation and exasperation.
"No!" Jaina and Zekk emphatically answered in unison for them all.
"Especially not Tenel," Jacen added to himself under his breath, but Jaina heard and stared at him for several minutes.
There was an uncomfortable silence for at least ten minutes as everyone tried to think of what they might be able to do to pass the time. Suddenly, Morring snapped his fingers.
"Hey, ya know, we did bring cards!"
Everyone looked surprised except for Gemeia who was smiling secretively.
"Yeah, I packed a few little games and Gem got some disk books and a couple readers! We can take turns playing and reading!"
"Why didn't you mention it before?" Jaina cried in frustration.
"Well, I forgot about it after your, uh... outburst." Morring looked sort of sheepish and embarrassed.
"Oh, uh, yeah," Jaina said uncomfortably. There was an awkward pause before Jaina broke it again. "So, what are we waiting for?"
Everyone laughed and Morring dealt out the cards.
A/N: Sorry it's so short, but I'm having a bit of writer's block on this because I've got so many ideas for my Ella Enchanted fic and I know what's going to happen in this story for a while (sort of), but I can't figure out how to write it. So if you know what you want to have happen (nothing 'adult', though), email me or suggest it in your review and I'll see about adding it. Thanks to all my great reviewers!