This is too easy, Jaina thought as she shot down yet another
pilot. She checked her wrist chrono and swore when she saw the time. She
turned on the comm and hastily said, "So sorry guys. Gotta go to a
meeting." She ended her simm, opened the cockpit, took off her gloves and
helmet and dumped them in a locker at the other end of the room.
She raced down the halls towards Wedge's office and ran her fingers through her sweat-drenched hair.
On the way, she ran headlong into someone and jumped up quickly. She helped them up, apologized, and then was off. She hadn't even looked to see who it was.
She was at Wedge's office door five minutes later even more sweat drenched than before. She checked her wrist chrono, it said 1600. She knocked on his door and it whooshed open.
"So the Goddess decided to show up," Wedge's voice greeted her.
"Well General, I'm here and if I may say so, I'm not late." She sat down in the only other empty chair.
"You're not late but pretty close. By the way, nice look," he said grinning.
She glared at him, "With all due respect, sir, I was simming for an hour than I had to run to get here on time. Sorry I don't look like the Princess of Alderaan."
His grin widened if that was even possible. "Actually, the last Princess of Alderaan and you have a quite striking resemblance."
She glared at him harder, "Na, you don't say? Can we get back to business now?" Just for good measure she glared at the rooms other two occupants, Jag and some Chiss she didn't know.
Jag smiled slightly and that surprised her. Jag never shows his emotions in public, I must look terrible. The Chiss squirmed in his seat a little. Interesting, she thought.
"Alright," Wedge began all business again, "You know why you're here. Your squads were chosen to go to Chiss space to receive the Supes."
All three nodded.
Wedge continued, "You will go to Csillia and there Commander Surandu and his squadron will be in charge of negotiations. Lt. Colonel Solo and Colonel Fel- your squadrons will be on leave until the negotiations are through. Although I highly advise telling them to stay somewhere very near to their ships. After the negotiations are through and everything is worked out Lt. Colonel Solo will be in charge of the Supe Goddess and Colonel you will be in charge of the Supe Spearhead. I'm sorry but you two won't get to fly your own ships on the way back to our base, you have to stay on the SSD's in case there are complications.
"You both will get another member for your squadron. They will only be for this mission. I'll give you both lists and you can choose who you want. I haven't gotten the lists from Colonel Celchu yet but as soon as I get them I'll send them to you. The mission will begin in two weeks time. You can brief your squadrons two hours before you leave and they are not to have contact with anyone outside the squadron until they are on leave on Csillia but I advise they don't say why they are there. Your squadrons are on leave until this mission, although Vanguard was already on leave. You will only have to do a patrol once and we'll tell you when you're scheduled. Any questions?
Jaina's hand went up immediately.
"Yes Lt. Colonel?"
"You said this was especially important to me, why?"
"You'll find out on the mission," Wedge said grinning. "Is that all?"
They nodded.
"Alright you're free to go. Oh, Jaina, wait." The other two left.
"Yes General?"
"Your parents are arriving soon. They asked me to tell you to meet them at the Falcon when they set down. They really want to see you. Thought I'd let you know."
"Thanks," Jaina said smiling. Then she thought about it, [i]Oh no! What about my date with Jag? [/i]
She left his office and instead of heading to her own quarters she headed to Jag's.
She reached it quickly and knocked. Almost immediately it was answered. She smiled, "Hey, can I come in?"
"Sure," he said stepping aside so she could step into his room. She stepped in and he closed the door swiftly.
"What wrong Jaina?" he asked. [i]Sometimes he's so smart! [/i]
"Wedge told me my parents are coming in tonight."
He gave her that smile she knew was only for her, "That's great!"
"They'll probably want me to stay with them and tell them what I've been doing while they were gone. I'll tell them I'll discuss it tomorrow at breakfast with them but I still don't know how long it'll take me to get away from them. I might be a little late, is that okay?"
"Yeah, it's fine," he said. "Are you going to tell them about us?"
"Ahh," she said thinking, "I'm not sure that'd be a good idea since they just got back and my dad is a little, overprotective shall we say? I'll tell them later, I don't know when. I should probably tell my mom first so she takes away my dad's blaster."
He swallowed hard, "Um, okay. Well you better go."
"Yeah, okay. See you later." She left his quarters not looking back. [i]I have a date with Jagged Fel tonight! [/i] Jaina was almost giddy with excitement.
She raced down the halls towards Wedge's office and ran her fingers through her sweat-drenched hair.
On the way, she ran headlong into someone and jumped up quickly. She helped them up, apologized, and then was off. She hadn't even looked to see who it was.
She was at Wedge's office door five minutes later even more sweat drenched than before. She checked her wrist chrono, it said 1600. She knocked on his door and it whooshed open.
"So the Goddess decided to show up," Wedge's voice greeted her.
"Well General, I'm here and if I may say so, I'm not late." She sat down in the only other empty chair.
"You're not late but pretty close. By the way, nice look," he said grinning.
She glared at him, "With all due respect, sir, I was simming for an hour than I had to run to get here on time. Sorry I don't look like the Princess of Alderaan."
His grin widened if that was even possible. "Actually, the last Princess of Alderaan and you have a quite striking resemblance."
She glared at him harder, "Na, you don't say? Can we get back to business now?" Just for good measure she glared at the rooms other two occupants, Jag and some Chiss she didn't know.
Jag smiled slightly and that surprised her. Jag never shows his emotions in public, I must look terrible. The Chiss squirmed in his seat a little. Interesting, she thought.
"Alright," Wedge began all business again, "You know why you're here. Your squads were chosen to go to Chiss space to receive the Supes."
All three nodded.
Wedge continued, "You will go to Csillia and there Commander Surandu and his squadron will be in charge of negotiations. Lt. Colonel Solo and Colonel Fel- your squadrons will be on leave until the negotiations are through. Although I highly advise telling them to stay somewhere very near to their ships. After the negotiations are through and everything is worked out Lt. Colonel Solo will be in charge of the Supe Goddess and Colonel you will be in charge of the Supe Spearhead. I'm sorry but you two won't get to fly your own ships on the way back to our base, you have to stay on the SSD's in case there are complications.
"You both will get another member for your squadron. They will only be for this mission. I'll give you both lists and you can choose who you want. I haven't gotten the lists from Colonel Celchu yet but as soon as I get them I'll send them to you. The mission will begin in two weeks time. You can brief your squadrons two hours before you leave and they are not to have contact with anyone outside the squadron until they are on leave on Csillia but I advise they don't say why they are there. Your squadrons are on leave until this mission, although Vanguard was already on leave. You will only have to do a patrol once and we'll tell you when you're scheduled. Any questions?
Jaina's hand went up immediately.
"Yes Lt. Colonel?"
"You said this was especially important to me, why?"
"You'll find out on the mission," Wedge said grinning. "Is that all?"
They nodded.
"Alright you're free to go. Oh, Jaina, wait." The other two left.
"Yes General?"
"Your parents are arriving soon. They asked me to tell you to meet them at the Falcon when they set down. They really want to see you. Thought I'd let you know."
"Thanks," Jaina said smiling. Then she thought about it, [i]Oh no! What about my date with Jag? [/i]
She left his office and instead of heading to her own quarters she headed to Jag's.
She reached it quickly and knocked. Almost immediately it was answered. She smiled, "Hey, can I come in?"
"Sure," he said stepping aside so she could step into his room. She stepped in and he closed the door swiftly.
"What wrong Jaina?" he asked. [i]Sometimes he's so smart! [/i]
"Wedge told me my parents are coming in tonight."
He gave her that smile she knew was only for her, "That's great!"
"They'll probably want me to stay with them and tell them what I've been doing while they were gone. I'll tell them I'll discuss it tomorrow at breakfast with them but I still don't know how long it'll take me to get away from them. I might be a little late, is that okay?"
"Yeah, it's fine," he said. "Are you going to tell them about us?"
"Ahh," she said thinking, "I'm not sure that'd be a good idea since they just got back and my dad is a little, overprotective shall we say? I'll tell them later, I don't know when. I should probably tell my mom first so she takes away my dad's blaster."
He swallowed hard, "Um, okay. Well you better go."
"Yeah, okay. See you later." She left his quarters not looking back. [i]I have a date with Jagged Fel tonight! [/i] Jaina was almost giddy with excitement.
