HAHA! Chapter sixteen! Wipes away a tear I'm so proud of myself. Oh, and just to warn ya, there is gonna be some mushy romance. Such as: Poetry, declarations of love, etc. in the next few chapters. I hope you enjoy. The poem in here is Never Have I Fallen by Rex A. Williams.
The Twin Suns landed in the bay, and the five stepped out.
"Ah, Fresh Air" Jaden commented, and they all chuckled.
"Oh, look, an welcoming party" Mara said dryly as six black robed people walked up to them.
"I am Marius Kroan, the Prime Minister. I welcome you to Corran, and hope you have a pleasant stay." He told them, and the five bowed.
"Torm Lee will show you to your rooms while you are here on Corran." Marius told them, and another led them to an apartment building.
"Ladies, you may stay here, gentlemen, here. Please enjoy your stay. A narrow hallway that may be locked connects your rooms. Good day." Torm left.
"When do you think we should start looking?" Jaden asked Mara, who was standing at the window.
"As soon as they get here" She replied, and Jaden threw a puzzled look at Jaina, who shrugged.
"And that would be?"
"Now. An Imperial Shuttle just landed in a hangar across the city." Mara disappeared through the hall that separated their rooms.
"Katarn, Durron, lets go. They're on Corran."
Mara barked, and turned around.
They met outside the rooms five minutes later, each prepared for business.
"They could be anywhere in the city, Mara. Not to mention they could be in the forests."
"You all forget that I had a link to Sidious. I could track him with my eyes closed. Even if he closes off his end I can still find him. That I made sure of." Mara 'borrowed' a speeder, and everyone piled in.
"Milord, they're on planet. Even Jade-Skywalker."
"I will deal with her myself. I trust you can handle the others?"
"Yes Milord."
"Good. Then bring them here, and finish them!"
"I've got a bad feeling about this" Kyle commented, getting looks from the rest of the party as the traveled on foot through a fortress like building.
"What?"
"Kyle, do us a favor, and keep your thoughts in your head" Jaden smirked, and walked ahead.
A solitary figure dropped from the ceiling, and four lightsabers hummed to life, casting the eerie red glow on the walls.
"Ah. This must be Alora. You've killed a friend of mine."
"It isn't like Jedi to seek revenge, Jade-Skywalker" Alora commented.
"Its not revenge. Just Justice." Mara replied.
"Justice, Mara? Justice is what the Empire was" Sidious stepped up behind Alora.
"The empire was Tyranny. The New Republic is justice."
"Hey, Palpatine!" Jaina, Kyle, Kyp, Jaden and Mara turned to look at the speaker.
Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Amara Naberrie, and Banastre Moorland stood there, lightsabers activated.
"Ooooh…Your in over your head now" Jaina smirked. Alora threw herself at Jaina, and activating her sabers, Jaina parried the blows.
Mara stood a few feet in front of Sidious, confidence on her features.
"Your Republic will fall!" Sidious activated his lightsaber, and Mara hers.
Reborn rushed in the room, and Kyle and Jaden rolled their eyes.
"And here I thought I was through with these creeps" Jaden activated her saber staff, and leapt forward.
Anakin, Obi-Wan, Amara and Banastre also ran forward, and a brutal fight ensued. Kyp stood there for a moment, confused, before he too, leapt into battle
"Have I gotten faster, or are you getting slower?" Jaina questioned, angering Alora.
Mara put every bit of her training to use, force jumping over lightening attacks, force whirlwind to knock him back.
"You've gotten weak, my old Master" Mara said with a sneer. She attacked in a flurry of moves, knocking him back even further.
Jaden and Kyle fought side-by-side, lightsabers flashing simultaneously. They watched each other's back, moving as if in a dance.
Wedge walked down the halls of the Star Destroyer Rebel Dream. It was lonely around without Jaina stirring something up.
Sometimes he wished she wasn't a Jedi, so she'd be able to spend time with him. But he knew he was just being selfish. Jaina would get bored. She'd go out to save some one, even on her birthday.
'Birthday? Its today!' Wedge took off down the hall towards his room, planning on sending her a message, at least, to let her know he remembered.
He sat down in front of his computer terminal, calling up the message program. Then he realized he had no idea what he wanted to say to her. Happy Birthday was too overused.
An idea popped into his head, and he began typing.
Alora and Sidious retreated and disappeared. The Reborn were finished, and everyone stood for a moment, breathing heavily.
"That was…fun," Anakin muttered, getting a glare from Obi-Wan.
"Well, at least they're leaving the system. They're going to go hide on the outer rim for a while." Anakin commented.
"Yeah. Melida/Daan, from what I sensed from them" Mara added. Obi-Wan shuddered, remembering that awful planet.
"Well, let's get back to Yavin, then. We're of no further use here." Jaina turned and strode away, ignoring the many corpses on the ground.
"Trouble, on my birthday too…" Jaden complained as they boarded the Twin Suns.
"That's right, it is, isn't it?" Kyle asked, sitting down in the cockpit.
Jaina sat in the rec room of the ship, tinkering around with a droid motivator.
She noticed there was a message in the system, addressed to her, so she opened it.
Jaina, Happy Birthday. I know you were expecting to spend it with me, but I guess this'll have to do, for now at least.
Your lips speak soft
sweetness
Your touch a cool caress
I am lost in your magic
My
heart beats within your chest
I think of you each morning
And
dream of you each night
I think of your arms being around me
And
cannot express my delight
Never have I fallen
But I am
quickly on my way
You hold a heart in your hands
That has never
before been given away
Jaina smiled through her tears. She didn't know what a wonderful poet Wedge was. She prized this over all her other gifts.
"Hey, Jaina, you okay?" Mara asked, coming into the room. She noticed the tears, but not the smile.
"I'm fine." Jaina managed. She showed Mara the poem, and saw Mara blink back tears. It was so sweet.
"Reminds me of when Luke proposed." Mara told her, and sat down to tell her the story.
"Hey, Antilles!" Wedge turned to see Jacen running down the hall. Wedge decided to ignore the lack of title because neither of them were on duty.
"Yeah?"
"You've got a message waiting for you. I've sent it to your quarters. I think it's from Jaina. It was using her code."
"Thanks, Jacen." Wedge hurried to his room. He wanted to see what Jaina thought of his poem.
Hello, Antilles. Nope, not from Jaina. She'd use his title and last name. That was a pretty sweet thing you did for your girlfriend. Who was this? I bet your wondering who sent you this, right? You think? Meet me in Hangar bay 23 if you'd like to know.
Wedge sat back. He didn't like this. He may not be a Jedi, but he had a bad feeling about this. He decided not to go. If it was someone he knew, then he could apologize later. But for some reason, it just screamed 'trap' to him. It could be his frazzled nerves, though, with all the battles and his wedding, and the everyday stress of being a general.
He wondered sometimes, how Jaina felt. She was a junior assistant to her mother in the senate, a Jedi Knight, and an admiral in the New Republic Navy. Plus, she's got to deal with her father and her wedding. He understood now why she just wanted to drop her titles.
He walked to his window, and stared out. The beautiful orb of Coruscant shone with unnatural light.
/Twin Suns this is the Rebel Dream. Do you have permisson to land/
/Rebel Dream, this is Admiral Solo. They have my permission to land./
/Welcome home, Twin Suns./
Jaina landed the shuttle in Hangar bay 23, and stepped out, along with the others.
An explosion rocked the ship, and the hangar.
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