Ties that Bind, Chapter fourteen

Chapter fourteen already! I can't believe it. I thought this was going to be one of those stories I was never going to finish. The reason on why I hadn't updated in a while was because writer's block, and then school...it started in August! I hate living in the south!

Shanesnest-You know what, I agree with you. I posted it then reread it. I thought it went to fast, but then maybe it was because I was sleepy. Or on a sugar high. That's usually when I write.

Lady Kagewaki-Thanks for the reviews! Hope you like this chapter, seeing as how it took me forever to write...

Chapter Fourteen.

"Hey Mom." Jaina greeted, sitting on a workbench. Wedge said something from under the hyperdrive, but it was muffled due to his position.

"Sorry, Wedge, What was that?"

He came out from under the hyperdrive, grease and dirt covering his face.

"Hello, Leia." He repeated, and she shook her head, muttering about Corellians and their ships.

"Did you need anything? Or were you just lookin' for us?" Jaina asked, while Wedge excused himself to go wash his face.

"Actually, I wanted to talk the both of you about your plans. For the wedding and all." Leia replied.

"Dad stop being a jerk yet?"

"Jaina.."

"What? It's the truth. You know it. I'm not gonna to plan anything until he apologizes to Wedge and me"

"I know. Its just with this war and all, he's unsettled. He'll calm down soon enough."

"He better." Jaina growled, and looked back up and saw Wedge walking back into the room.

" So, where do you guys wanna have it?"

"Corellia would be nice. Or maybe Hapes." Jaina told her, the roar of a ship landing filling the Skate.

"Nobody had clearance to land. I'm the commanding officer here..." Jaina walked out of the ship and saw another Corellian Stock Freighter in the hangar bay. She recognized it immediately as

The Valkyrie Profile.

Erin walked out, her long ebony hair tied up, away from her face.

"Hey there. Luke around?" She asked, and Jaina nodded towards an open door.

"He's in the Meditation gardens." Jaina walked over to the Valkyire Profile's door control, and entered in a code.

"Landing bay clearance code for the Yavin and Corellia systems. Your ship now no longer needs clearance to land on any planet or Spacedock in those systems." Erin nodded and walked into the Mediation gardens.

Jaina walked back into the Skate, and found Wedge and Leia in conversation.

"Master Skywalker?" Erin asked, looking around. She brushed her hand along a fallen statue. She walked further into the gardens and found three students deep in meditation. She walked on, and found Luke sitting in a small alcove.

"Hello, Erin."

"Hello, Luke. I've found out where the Sith are hiding." Erin sat on a tree stump, and watched Luke calculatingly.

"Empress Teta system?" Luke asked, not moving from his position.

"Yep. So close to the Capital. They're thinking we won't expect it there. I've warned the Governor of the system. She said she's prepared for any attack." Erin replied, looking at the pair of eyes staring at her through the dense brush.

"Miss Caballa, can I help you?" Luke opened his eyes as the girl walked out, her eyes downcast.

"Master Skywalker, I'm worried. My sister is on the Empress Teta system." The girl said, her petite form shaking slightly.

"Don't be. We wont let any harm come to the system. And besides, your sister is a battle-hardened Jedi Knight. A few Sith won't faze her." Luke assured the girl.

"Yes Master Skywalker." The girl left, leaving Erin and Luke in silence.

"Well, lets get started then. We don't need another system falling."

"Well, I was kinda plannin' on havin' the engagement party on Coruscant. Like, in the ball room, or something." Jaina informed her mother, who rolled her eyes.

"Everyone has their party on Courscant these days. How about Naboo?"

"I've never been to Naboo. That'd be an interesting experience." Wedge told them, and Jaina stared at him.

"Never been to Naboo? You don't know what you're missing. That place is beautiful. We've got family on Naboo too, don't we? Ryoo Naberrie? She's my grandmother's niece."

Jaina's comlink beeped. She sighed, taking it from her pocket and flipped it on.

/Solo here/

/Admiral, this is General Darren Onasi aboard the Korriban. I'd like to meet you sometime./

/I take it you were just recently promoted/

/Yes, ma'am./

/I'll be aboard the Korriban in a few hours. Solo out/

Jaina sighed. She loved her position, but then she hated it.

"I'll go if you want me to. I'll take some of the-"

"No, Wedge, I need to go. I'm the commanding officer in the system."

"Jaina!" Jaina turned and saw Luke and Erin walking toward her. Both had business like expressions on their faces and Jaina stood taller.

"Master Skywalker. Erin" Jaina bowed respectfully.

"We need you and Jaden to go to the Empress Teta system. Alora, and Darth Sidious are hiding there. I'd advise you to take Master Katarn and Master Durron with you. They won't fall to the dark side as easy."

Jaina nodded, and looked for Wedge, who had disappeared again. She looked for her mother, who was also gone.

"I've got a few things to take care of, but I can leave in six standard hours." Jaina told him, and Luke nodded.

"I'll notify Kyle and Kyp. You can take the Twin Suns. It's a good ship." Luke and Erin turned and walked away, and Jaina sighed. She walked back aboard Wedge's ship, to find no one there.

She sensed pain. She ran out and into a hall, where she found her father and Wedge in a fight. Leia was hopelessly trying to break them apart.

"HEY!" Jaina screeched, and pulled the two apart. Han looked livid. Wedge wiped blood from his lips, breathing heavily.

"What is wrong with you, Dad?" Jaina asked, holding her father back.

Luke and Erin appeared in the hall, Luke's lightsaber in hand.

Erin's eyes narrowed, and she lifted her hand. Using the Force, she lifted Han into the air.

"Alora, leave this place at once!"

"What's going on?" Leia cried.

Jaina put two and two together. Her father was possessed.

"Make me, Sister!" Han's voice said. Jaina closed her eyes, focusing on her father. She found the dark spirit there, and withdrew. It was cold.

She then remembered all those years ago, when Kueller tried to kill her family. How she and her brothers pushed the cold away with warmth.

"Leave my family alone!" Jaina bellowed, using the same technique. She could see the spirit leave, and Han's body went limp in the air.

Erin gently set him down, and Jaina and Leia ran over to him.

"Thanks, sweetheart" Han told her weakly, and passed out.

Jaina smiled and backed up as Erin and Luke took him to the medbay. She then turned her priorities to her fiancé.

"I'm fine." He told her, as if he could read her mind. She reached up and brushed a lock of hair from his forehead, looking at the cut.

"You're bleeding."

"I know. I'll be fine."

"Let me look at it"

"Jaina, I'll be fine."

Jaina pouted, and Wedge sighed. She was impossible. Jaina grinned, and set her index finger over the cut. It began to scab over and close.

"Thanks. Don't you have something to do?" Wedge smirked as she cried out in shock.

"I'll see you all later!" Jaina called as she ran out, then ran back in, hugged her mother and Wedge, and ran back out to her private ship, Fallen Star.

Finally! Another chapter finished! Alright, you know the drill. Review, please!