Ties that Bind, Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Thirteen. Already. It seems like only yesterday that I started this. Oh well. I love it all the same. I hope you do too. Enjoy! Oh, and seeing as how I have no idea how old Wedge Antilles is, he's 34 in this fic, kay?

"Lieutenant, contact the Jedi Academy, and ask them to prepare evacuation. As a precaution." Leia ordered, her voice high pitched.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Jaina piloted the Falcon through the Death Star, spinning and swerving around obstacales. More than once, Chewbacca roared in fear, while Jaina smirked.

She watched the power core come into veiw, arming the concussion torpedos.

/Okay, gents, this is our goal. Take out the towers, I'll get the main reactor./

/Roger that, Admiral/

'Hurry up, Jaina' Leia thought, watching the thing finally face the moon. She saw ships leaving the moon, and prayed that everyone was off.

Jaina launched two torpedos at the main reactor, and it exploded in a specatular display.

"Nice shot, Jaina" Han called from down the hall, victory in his voice.

"Its not over yet" Jaina yelled back, pushing the Falcon to her limits, trying to outrun the explosion. She looked at her scopes, at the fighters following her.

Leia saw the Death Star begin it's firing process, and she shut her eyes, not willing to witness another planet's destruction.

All of the crews onboard every ship held their breath, waiting for the shot. Or an explosion.

Just as Jaina and her fellow pilots left the Death Star, it exploded in a spectacular fireworks display.

All through the fleet there, a collective sigh was released.

"We did it!" Jaina yelled, running to hug her father and brother. Chewbacca joined them.

Later that night...

There was a party down on the moon, with plenty of Corellian ale for all. Han was sitting in a corner watching the younger pilots dance.

Jaina got herself a drink, and walked over to her father. "You alright there?" She asked, and he nodded.

"I hope that's the last Death Star I ever see. Its got to be the fourth one. I've had enough."

"Join the club" Wedge sat down next to Jaina, holding a glass of ale in his hand.

"There's a club?" Han replied, downing his glass. Wedge smirked, and Jaina rolled her eyes.

"Excuse me everyone, but Kyle and I have an annoucement to make." The room looked at the pair, the chatter dying down.

"Kyle and I are getting married two months from now."

All of a sudden, the crowd exploded into cheering.

"About time, Katarn!" Jan yelled, and Kyle rolled her eyes at her, getting a grin in return.

"Fine, Jaden, Steal my thunder!" Jaina yelled, and the room turned to look at her. She immediatly regretted saying that.

"You're getting married too? To who? Jaden asked, and Jaina looked around, but Wedge had disappeared. Probably a good thing,too.

"Yes, Jaina, why don't you tell us." Han said, no humor in his eyes.

"Well, he seems to disappeared, but I'm getting married to Wedge Antilles, like it or not." She told him, and Han started muttering under his breath.

"Well, congrats, Jaina. I think we should have a double wedding." Jaina nodded, then looked around. Her father had also disappeared. Jaina saw her mother dash out of the room, and Jaina followed.

She tried to find Wedge, with no avail. She stretched out with the force, and found him on his ship The Skate. She ran there, and found him sitting in the back, messing with the hyperdrive.

"Why'd you leave like that?" She asked, making him jump.

"I didn't want your dad to embarrass you by trying to beat me to a pulp." He said, sliding out from under the contraption.

"Do you honestly think I'd let him try? I am a Jedi Knight, you know" She replied, and he sighed.

"Han. Han!" Leia yelled, running after him. He whirled around, his fury evident on his face.

" That man is thiry-four years old. Jaina will be nineteen in two weeks. He's way too old for her. He tricked her into this."

Leia closed her eyes and counted to three before responding, hoping she wouldn't sound angry. Yeah, right.

"Jaina is old enough to make her own choices. She's an Admiral, and a Jedi Knight. Do you think she's not capable of seeing deceit in a man who can't sheild his mind? Why don't you stop treating her like a ten year old, and treat her like the very capable young woman she is?" She growled at him, and his flinched, sensing the anger coming from her. He's been in enough arguments to know.

But he was a Corellian. And they never give in. Corellians are always right.

"She's still my daughter. And I will not have her marrying a man fifteen years older than her."

"You nerfherder! She's legally old enough to decide if she wants to get married. I'm happy for the two of them. It's not often you see two beings with Corellian blood in them get along. I'll pay for the whole wedding, if I have too. And I'll go. If she was seventeen, all she'd need is one parent's consent, and she could get married. But she's almost nineteen, so she doesn't need it. So why dont you go sit in your ship and think about this. When you can think about it in a civilized manner, then you can talk to them. I'm going to find them and talk to them about what they are planning." Leia stormed off, and Han blinked, knowing everything she said was true.

Leia walked into the hangar and found Wedge's ship sitting there, the ramp lowered. She could feel her daughter's force signature onboard the ship, and decided to let the two of them know she was coming.

/Wedge, is it alright if I come onboard/

/Uh, Yeah. I'm in the engine room/

Leia walked onboard The Skate.

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