Discalimer: Lucas owns the Star Wars Galaxy, but my crystal ball says I'll innherit it...in a million years.

A/N Nerwen Aldarion: This story was my idea and how I came up with it is quite interesting. I had been reading the Courtship of Princess Leia and I was sitting in my Geometry class not really paying attention. My teacher was talking about surface area and he said that to find the amount of surface area on an object you must add up the sum of all faces. But since I was not paying attention I heard 'The son of all faces' I actually asked him that. I figured out he meant sum but I couldn't get it out of my head. "It sounds like the name of a god or the son of one" And before I knew part 1 to this story was born. But that is just it, part 1. I could never finish this story that is until my brilliant sister came along with an idea that helped me save this story and is in fact part 2.

A/N Tinuviel Undomiel: Kudos to my sister for coming up with this idea, kudos for me to saving it. I figured I'd start this now because Shanesnest is driving me crazy with Jan and Kyle and Blaze and Galder so we decided to show him how it's done. This is how you ruin a relationship.

The Son of All Faces

Part I

Chapter 1: Silent Watcher

Imperial Officer Grayson swore as a low hanging branch swatted at his eye. He hated tress, he hated nature and he hated this planet. His newly promoted commanding officer was too lazy to do the scouting job himself, so he had sent him to do the job. At least he had succeeded, when the Admiral heard that he had succeeded that would wipe the smirk of Dirks' face. The thought of that made Grayson smile.

Something hard hit him on the side of his head, "Hey what the...?" he grabbed the object, and identified the cold metal in his hands. A blaster.

"Hello there," there mockingly cheerful voice of the black male cocking the weapon said, "What have you been up to?"

Grayson swore again. He didn't know how, but the Republic had found them.

"Hey that's not such a bad sight," Jan commented as she stared at the planet filling her cockpit window. It had been a long flight from Coruscant to the Outer Rim, so she was anxious to stretch her legs a little. Mon Mothma had given few details on what was going on here at this pretty gem of a world, another thing she wanted to know, what she was supposed to be doing.

Puffy white clouds surrounded the Hero's Dream as she broke atmosphere. Carefully Jan landed the ship into a clearing. Everything seemed to check out okay. She looked at her sensors, and confirmed that the Republic camp should be nearby.

"Okay, Ors, let's figure out what's going on," Jan said to herself as she tucked her blasters into their holsters.

She stepped onto the ground and was amazed by how beautiful Tinuuv was. A cedar forest swept with green, and the sweet scent of wildflowers reminded her of her lost home world, Alderaan.

"Hey!" A man's voice called, "You that Ors person?"

"Yes," Jan said half tempted to shoot the man for calling her that.

"Good," he said, "I'll lead you to the camp; the General's been waiting for you."

Tucked into the forest was the Republic camp. Jan was pleased with the way the temporary shelters and supplied were hidden by the trees and bushes. Clearly the commander was intelligent and knew what he was doing.

"General is over there," He guide pointed to a tall black man.

"You've got to be kidding me," Jan said.

"About time you arrived," Lando Calrissian smiled as he turned to greet her.

"I thought that these sort of assignments were for responsible people," Jan replied.

"Ow, that hurt," Lando feigned agony.

"Not enough," Jan smiled, "What's going on here that required for me to leave my apartment and baby-sit you kids?"

Land laughed a little, "Funny, actually we have already confirmed that the Empire has been doing something here."

"Really," Jan said, "How?"

"We caught one."

"And have you figured out what they've been up to?"

"Now that's where we have a problem," Lando said.

"So what do you need me for?" Jan asked.

"Well he's kind of shy, I was hoping he would open up to a motherly figure, but seeing as you're the only woman here, you'll have to do," Lando teased.

"Watch it, Calrissian, or I'll have to put you in the corner," Jan said, "Alright where is he?"

Lando brought her to large shelter set up away from the others with two men posted at the opening.

"In there," Lando pointed, "You think you can get him to talk?"

"I think I have something," Jan said.

"Kyle'll kill me if you try and flirt it out of the guy."

"I wasn't thinking about that," Jan said, "and I was most certainly not thinking about flirting with you."

"Blast," Lando snapped his fingers, "Guess I'll have to come up with something else."

"Maybe we'll discuss about all of your old girl friends when I'm through here," Jan said with a grin.

Lando shook his head as he followed her inside; she always knew how to get him speechless.

The Imperial was sitting in a chair with a neural restraint at his collar. Another Republic officer stood off to the side, his rifle cocked.

"I'm not saying..." The Imperial looked up, "Hello," He grinned at Jan.

Inwardly Jan groaned. She'd seen that grin hundreds of times, none of them wanted, "Hi, I was wondering if you would speak with me."

"Sure, I'd love to do whatever you want sweetheart."

Jan shot a look at Lando that said, "Do I have to do this?" The black man kept his gaze on the ground trying not to laugh.

"Thank you, what I want is to know what you have been up to," Jan said.

"Come on, that's not interesting," He said, "Let's talk about something else."

"Actually I find it very interesting."

The Imperial wasn't fazed. All he did was frown a little in disappointment, "It's a shame you're not a part of the Empire. I'm sure I have a better offer than any of these Rebel Dogs could cook up."

Jan gritted her teeth at the insult, "I'm afraid it's the Republic now. Look I'm tired of these games; tell me what has been going on here."

"No," He said simply.

"All right then," Jan pulled out her blaster and aimed it at his head.

He raised an eyebrow, "You think that'll scare me?"

"Actually I'm quite certain it won't," Jan said, "Let me try again." The nose of the blaster dipped down, and was now aimed directly at the man's crotch. The Imperial stopped smirking.

"Now you've got three seconds to be nice and cooperate or you can kiss away your dreams of reproduction."

"I'm…I'm not gonna say anything," He replied with less determination.

"One," Jan counted.

"It's not gonna work on me doll."

"Two."

"Uh, you wouldn't dare do this," The guy said, little beads of sweat glistening his brow.

"You think so?" Jan smiled, "Three."

The Imperial stared as her grip on the trigger tightened, "Alright, alright I'll talk."

"Now there's a good boy," Jan grinned, lowering her blaster, "Tell these men what you are doing here and you won't get another visit from me."

Lando followed Jan out, "Geeze, Jan, are you nuts! I nearly felt sorry for the guy!"

"Come on, I only aimed at his brain."

"His brain is not way down here," Lando pointed.

"Most men seem to think with that though."

"Hey, don't be putting that on my record," Lando said.

Jan laughed, "It worked didn't it? So lighten up will you?"

"I better warn my men not to grope you," Lando said as he sauntered off.

"They would lose more than that if they tried."

He grimaced at the thought of that. How the heck does Kyle work with this girl and come out all in one piece?

The Imperial led the Republic squad through the green forest and brought them to a rocky section of the planet. "It's over there," He pointed to several caves.

"Alright, three of you stay and watch him," Lando said, "The rest of you let's move in."

The caves were pitch black, and even with their guiding torches, it was still nearly impossible to see.

"Man I'm feeling uneasy about this," Lando said to Jan on his right.

"Hmm, I've been through worst," Jan replied.

"Why doesn't that surprise me?"

"Lando look," Jan pointed to a strange glow up ahead.

"What the heck is that?"

They ran ahead to get a closer look. The cavern ended in a large chamber of stone. Growing from the stone floor, the walls and the ceiling were thousands of crystals. Some were pale blue, yellow, green, violet, and even a rosy colored red. The crystals seemed to pulse with light as they illuminated the cave.

"Wow," Lando said, "I think we've found something here."

Jan left the cave while Lando and a few of the squad stayed behind to investigate.

"What did you find in the other caves?" Jan asked the leader of the next team.

"Crystals, lots of em."

"So did we," Jan said, "Did the prisoner say what they were?"

"Said they were energy crystals that could be used for all kinds of things: weapons, shields, transportation, you name it. I don't think I have to say how big this could be for the Republic."

"You don't," Jan said, "We'll send a transmission to Mon Mothma when we reach the camp. Until then we'll wait here for Lando."

"Jan is that you?" Someone from behind her asked.

"Derran," Jan smiled, "it's been a long time."

"Yeah, I haven't seen you since we were attacked on that base," Derran said, "I remember you standing up to that Imperial, telling him that it would be murder to kill all of us. I thought for sure you were just hastening out deaths."

"But that didn't happen," Jan said, thinking back.

"No, it didn't." Derran replied, "Instead he let us go."

"Yeah," Jan said.

"Hey, I heard you've been up to lately," Derran said, "You foiled that Dark Trooper project."

"Yeah, but that was years ago."

"It doesn't seem that long," Derran said, "It still feels like yesterday we were working at that base together."

"Well you know all about my accomplishments, what have you been up to lately?" Jan asked.

"Oh the usual, fighting the bad guys, trying not to get killed."

"Isn't everyone doing that these days," Jan said with a smile.

"Uh, Jan do you think that when we get back to Coruscant I could look you up sometime?" Derran asked, "You know, go for drinks maybe have some dinner."

"Um, Derran," Jan sighed, "I don't know."

"Why not?" He asked, "Are you dating anyone?"

"No I'm not," Jan said.

"Then why not go out with me sometime?"

"Derran, it's…" Jan said with exasperation.

"It's someone else, isn't it?" He asked.

Jan shook her head, "No, I already told you I'm not dating anyone."

"I didn't ask that," Derran said. Now Jan was speechless "Is it that friend of yours? Kyle Katarn?"

Jan knew she couldn't lie to him on this one; he already knew. She nodded, "I guess I'm that transparent."

"But he's a Jedi, right? And they're not supposed to have feelings." Derran said.

"I know," Jan sighed, "But I can't help the way I feel. It's never gonna happen, but…I just…hope."

Derran just nodded. He knew there was no way he could win.

"I'm sorry," Jan said as she turned away. Her feelings for Kyle were strong, too strong. I doubt any man will ever be able to replace him.

A red dart struck the ground next to her feet. Jan jumped out of the way as another shot rang out.

"We're under attack!" Someone cried.

Jan pulled out her blaster, "Return fire!"

All of the squadron pulled out their weapons and fired at the Imperial forces in the dense forest. The Republic squad was out in the open with no cover, and while the Remnant forces were in the forest, their white armor stood out. The odds were close to even.

Jan pulled out her comlink as she ran closer to the trees, "We're under attack. Lando, stop admiring the pretty jewels and get out of there!"

A trooper fired at her with his rifle. She ducked in time, and fired a shot at his chest. Two more Stormtroopers targeted her. Jan ran behind a fallen log and used it for cover. Most of the squad was still at the caves. As far as Jan could tell they vastly outnumbered the Imperials. This shouldn't take too long.
She leapt from her hiding place, and shot both troopers before they saw her coming. Jan sprinted behind a tree and waited for her next target. Another Stormtrooper shot at one of her men. With a cry of agony as he died, he fired one last shot at the Imperial, and missed.

Jan aimed at the trooper from behind, and blew off his helmet. Someone struck her hard from behind her. She sank to her knees, a little woozy from the pain. Another blow struck her in the face. She tasted blood on her lip, salty and metallic. Now it was personal. She leapt up, and grabbed her attacker by the leg and flipped him over.

It wasn't a trooper but an Imperial Officer. Apparently he had lost his weapon and was now using hand to hand combat to get the job done. He climbed to his feet quickly, and punched at her again. This time she blocked it, and aimed her blow at the stomach. He doubled over, and she drove him to the ground by a hard blow to his back. He officer's hand found her dropped blaster. He stood to his feet and aimed it at her. Jan kicked it out of his hand right as he cocked it. They both moved to get the blaster, but Jan slid on the ground, and retrieved it before he could get it again. She aimed and fired at him. The Imperial sank to the ground when the bolt hit him between the eyes.

Jan sighed with relief. Out of breath, she waited a few moments before getting off the ground. She wiped the blood from her split lip, and trudged back to the caves.

Hidden in the growth of the forest, two eyes had watched the fight between the woman and the officer. He had been watching her since she had landed. As she left the forest, he finally emerged from his hiding place. He tiptoed over the fallen branches, and upraised roots and stared at the corpse she had left behind. After looking at it for few moments, he looked back at her disappearing form, and smiled.

At last he had found her.

A/N: So did you like? Guys are you wincing at the thought of Jan and her bad side? heheheheh that was fun to write, next chapter we meet the evil man himself.