Little Lost Girl
Star Wars/Stargate CrossoverDisclaimer: I don't own star Wars or Stargate
Timing: Early season 7 of Stargate, after Daniel has returned. Post the New Jedi Order arc.
Summary: Sequel to the Healer. Sg-1 goes to investigate a downed starship on an uninhabited planet and encounter a lost woman.
Author's Notes: Hope you like this chapter. And I say, Review, Review, Review! I cannot say that enough times, ReviewJ And finally, REVIEW!
Chapter 8 The Feast of answers after the famine.Barriss Offee and her children had retired to the VIP rooms that had been set up for them leaving the members of the SGC to talk alone about the ramifications of the deep dark secrets she had revealed to them after answering a few questions and giving a few more explanations.
"Now we have two extragalactic threats hanging over our heads? Aren't the Replicators enough?" said Jack O'Neill mock-cheerfully.
General Hammond just scowled at him darkly; Jack's humor was misplaced as always.
"At least they don't know about us or the Ancient device that brought Master Offee and her group to this galaxy," commented Daniel trying to look on the bright side.
"Indeed," said Teal'c in a deadpan.
Carter looked thoughtful, "Sir, what she's told has raised even more questions than we had," she stated evenly.
"Yeah, we still squat nothing about Jaya-or whoever she is," added Jack.
"There is a strong possibility she is a Jedi Knight, O'Neill," Teal'c stated firmly.
"Master Offee said she was going to wake up in the morning with all of her memories," Carter pointed out.
General Hammond could feel his headache getting worse, it had started after Master Offee had told them about the Empire and Palpatine and it didn't look like it was going to get any better anytime soon.
"What about the device that Master Offee mentioned?" asked General Hammond, "Major do have any theories?"
"Well sir, judging from how Master Offee described it. It could be a stargate, albeit one much larger-"
"Carter she said she'd seen smaller worlds, I think humongous is the word you're looking for," quipped Jack interrupting Carter's theory.
Carter just shrugged nonchalantly in response.
Hammond just looked before the two before speaking, "Do you have anything else to add, Major?"
Carter just shook her head.
Hammond let out a long suffering breath then said, "Look people, get some rest now and hopefully in the morning all our questions will be answered by Jaya," he stood up, "Right now I have to call the president and tell him about this new threat, dismissed." He barely heard Jack and Carter's yes sirs as he walked away from the table and went to his office, where he went looking for the box of aspirins he kept for special occasions.
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Meanwhile in the VIP quarters of the SGC Barriss Offee was sitting cross-legged on the floor as she discussed events with her children. Luminara was sitting in a chair while Barakis was sitting on the couch, but both had sorrowful looks on their faces.
"Mother, I'm sorry I kept pestering you about the past…I never realized just how bad it was," commiserated Luminara guiltily.
"You could not have know child, I sheltered you all from the truth of things, even many of the other refugees from our galaxy did not know or understand how bad things had become back home," said Barriss calmly and evenly.
"You always did put your foot in things," teased Barakis, "and you always had to get what you wanted."
Luminara glared at her brother and answered in kind as Barriss looked at them with a sad smile. They had something that she never had had back at the Jedi Temple. All these years a part of her had always wondered what Master Luminara Unduli, her mentor and the closest thing she had to a mother, would have thought of Barriss's defiance of the Jedi Code. Jedi weren't supposed to have attachments…or children, but Corellian Jedi had flaunted this rule and they had still been considered Jedi. She wondered if Master Yoda would still consider her a Jedi and be proud of her continuation of the Jedi way, teaching her children and others on Miraan.
She hoped the all would be proud and approve.
Her musings were cut short when she realized Barakis had asked her a question, "Well mother, who do you think this Jaya is? Could she be another Jedi?"
"Yeah but who trained her?" added Luminara.
She thought about it for a few moments before answering her son, "I don't know. It is possible that others survived the Jedi Purge. The last report Alpha received before the others realized he had gone rogue was that several Jedi were still unaccounted for, including Masters Obi-wan, Vos, and Yoda. And if Master Yoda survived then anything is possible, you don't get to be eight hundred plus years without learning a few tricks, at least, to evade pursuers," Barris mused. This was a hopeful assumption that had helped center her and prevent her from spiraling into deep depression at the prospect that she was the Last of the Jedi.
Silence descended on the group as each thoughtfully mused on what Barriss had said.
The silence was broken when Barriss smiled slyly and looked at her daughter, "Though one think Luminara…it's not like you, you seem to have stopped throwing yourself at Dr. Jackson."
Luminara colored slightly and looked away from her mother's knowing gaze in embarrassment.
"He did not seem averse to your advances the last time you met," Barriss simply stated.
Flustered, Luminara answered hesitantly, "It's just that…well you sensed how he had changed and heard what they said about him, he ascended, he was floating around the universe as a non-corporeal being of power…then he was forced to become human again because he tried to save his friends and former family."
"And so?" prompted Luminara as Barakis just listened thoughtfully.
"Well I feel like I'm not good enough for him anymore, I'm just a Jedi-and not a very powerful one at that," Luminara said bitterly.
"Should you not let him decide that?" Barriss said to her daughter pointedly.
Luminara didn't have an answer to that.
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The next day in the infirmary; awareness came slowly for Jaina Solo. Very slowly she swam back to full consciousness. She took a second to remember and mourn the passing of the innocent façade that had been Jaya, the girl that SG-1 had met.
Gone was the innocent little girl and the war-harded veteran of the Vong invasion was back. The Sword of the Jedi was once more fully aware.
Never shall she know peace.
Her Uncle's prophecy came back to haunt her. This incident had dredged up so many repressed memories, that Dr Mackenzie was lucky he was alive, if he'd reacted any further into her memories he'd have awaken her Rage…and with no Vong around she'd have taken it out on him. It was something that she could not tolerate thinking about.
Slowly she opened her eyes and took in her surrounds. The light was harsh at first but her eyes quickly adjusted, she was lying on a bed in the primitive infirmary of the SGC. She could here voices around her talking.
Jaina slowly sat up in her bed.
"Good morning Jaya," came Dr Frasier's warm voice.
Jaina winced, "Don't call me that," she said sourly, it evoked too many memories, only Anakin had called her that and he was gone now.
Janet froze at the cold tone that Jaya's voice held, "What would you prefer me to call you?"
The coldest pair of brown eyes Janet had ever seen on someone so young turned towards her and said, "Call me Jaina Solo, or Jedi Solo."
"Okay Jaina. Do you mind if I check you over once more? Just to make sure that nothings wrong." Janet asked.
Jaina nodded, "As you wish, but inform General Hammond that I wish to speak with him and the others, including the Master Offee. They all need to hear what I have to say. Especially Master Offee."
"Of course, Jaina," replied Janet, she turned to call the SF on duty, "Call the General tell him Jaina is awake"
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They were all once more gathered together as yesterday in the conference room awaiting Janet who was bringing Jaina to them.
Janet and Jaina arrived in the room and Jack froze with one look at Jaina. He almost didn't recognize her, a whole different person stood there and surveyed the room like a predator waiting to pounce. It was very unnerving the change form innocent girl to cold predator.
General Hammond stood up form his chair and gestured to one of the empty chairs, "Welcome Jaina, please take a seat."
Jaina nodded and said, "Thank you general," once she they were all seated again Jaina spoke up, "I wish to thank you for your hospitality this past week and making me feel comfortable and your help in regaining my memories," she smiled and the coldness seemed to regress somewhat.
The General smiled in return, "You're welcome Jaina. How are you feeling now?"
"I am fine general, thank you for asking," Jaina replied with respect for the portly man.
"Then maybe you could introduce yourself, Jaina?" Jack requested, "If that's not okay with you."
Jaina smiled, amused at how that sounded, he really was as irreverent as her father, "Okay course Jack, all you had to do was ask," she replied mockingly.
Daniel snickered and Carter hid a smile at this byplay between the two of them while Jack just arched a Teal'c-like eyebrow at her sarcasm.
Jaina took a deep breath, "I am Jedi Knight Jaina Solo of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances."
Free Alliances? thought Barriss with alarm. Barriss had been eyeing her all the time with some uneasiness, the girl was a lot colder than she had expected her to be,
"Then there are still free systems battling Palpatine?" she asked urgently, perhaps Palpatine's takeover of the Republic did not go as smoothly as she and Alpha had thought? Was Barriss's hopeful thought.
Jaina gave her a weird look, "Who are you?"
Barriss quickly answered her, "I am-was Jedi Master Barriss Offee of the Galactic Republic."
Jaina's eyes widened with surprise, "You were a Jedi of the Old Republic?"
"Yes," was Barriss's succinct reply.
Realization dawned on Jaina, "You-you don't know anything that's happened back in our galaxy do you?" she said in wonderment.
"I have lived in this galaxy for decades now," was Barriss's non-specific answer, she did not wish to tell Jaina about Miraan yet.
Jaina looked at her and said simply, "We won."
Barriss looked at Jaina in confusion not understanding the full import of Jaina's words, she shook her head in confusion, "What do you mean 'we won'?"
Jaina looked at Barriss in all calmness and repeated slowly knowing that this would be a lot for the old woman to taken in at once, never mind the aftermath of the Vong war and Jacen's discoveries of the true nature of the Force, "We. Won."
Barriss's brow furrowed not understanding. Suddenly the light went off in her head and understanding flooded through her. She closed her eyes and repeated Jaina's words softly, "We won…by the Force…"We. The Jedi. We won. Joy filed her being and tears began to slide down her cheeks. Tears of Joy.
"Mother? Are you all right?" came Luminara's concerned voice.
Barriss opened her eyes and looked at Jaina, "Palpatine? And Ana-Vader?"
"Both dead. They died half a decade before I was born and the Empire's gone," Jaina revealed.
"And the galaxy?" she continued to insistently question Jaina.
"At peace," was Jaina's answer.
Barriss's body shook with emotion, both gone and the galaxy at peace, she couldn't believe it. More tears of joy steamed down her cheeks.
She sat there in silence trying to come to terms with so many revelations at once and compose herself, Jedi weren't supposed to loose control of themselves like this.
But at the same time that she felt joy she also grieved for all the Jedi that had fallen and for her lost friend Anakin Skywalker.
Jaina sensed the emotions going through Barriss, she could understand the joy but not the grief she felt, then she remembered Barriss's slip, "Did you know Ankain?" began Jaina slowly.
Barriss wondered at the strange tone in Jaina's voice, "He was…he was a friend, a good friend."
"It was him that killed Palpatine in the end," Jaina explained.
Barriss snorted, "As is the way of the Sith, the Apprentice kills the Master and takes his place."
"Actually no, he turned back to the Light at the end. He died shortly after killing Palpy," Jaina corrected.
Barriss's eyes flew open in disbelief, "Impossible, once the dark path has you. forever we will you be in its thrall."
Jaina shook her head, "He truly turned back at the end. He found his Redemption in the end. He killed Palpy to save his son."
Barriss's jaw hit the floor, "Anakin had a son?"
"Hmm, I take it you didn't know he was married? Damn, I thought that mystery was just about to be solved-you never saw him with a some female back then?" Jaina asked frustrated that Barriss hadn't know anything about that. Jaina had hoped that was one more Skywalker mystery that was about to be solved, "Well actually he had twins, a girl and a boy," she added nonchalantly.
Jedi twins! Barriss eyes wouldn't focus properly and she felt like she was being overloaded with too many revelations at once. She tried to compose herself once more as questions began to flash through her mind at an increasing rate, "What about the rest of the Jedi who else survived the Purge?"
Jaina didn't answer immediately and when Barriss focused on her, she found Jaina's face frozen and she quickly realized as a sickly feeling began to trickle into her that she; Barriss Offee was the last of the old Jedi. None of the Jedi, her friends, and colleagues had survived.
Barriss cursed the day Palpatine had been born and stopped, something didn't add up, "Then who trained you?" she demanded.
"My master was trained by Palpy and Anakin's son but she never went over to the Dark Side," she held up a hand to forestall any questions, "Just a sec, I'll explain, there was a prophecy about the children of Anakin Skywalker, they would be the down fall of the Empire. They were hidden away at birth by-I think-Masters Kenobi and Yoda. They trained Anakin's son. He was and still is a Jedi, he even defeated Vader in battle, before refusing to serve the Emperor, that's what led to Anakin's heroic end."
Barriss couldn't believe what she was hearing, "Obi-Wan and Master Yoda? But you said that no Jedi survived the purge."
"I meant none are currently living, they survived for a while-a long while. Master Yoda died of old age at nine hundred and Obi-Wan died few years before him, he…he died at Anakin's hand. My parents saw it happen," clarified Jaina.
Barriss clenched her jaw, Anakin killed Obi-Wan? They had been like brothers! Obi-Wan had been like a father to him! She felt angry with Anakin now, and then she remembered something downright disturbing!
Sometimes I feel like you're going to be the death of me, Anakin.
She remembered Obi-Wan clearly stating that several times to Anakin, Kenobi had always know who was going to kill him!
Barriss shook herself, this day was turning out to be very stressful.
Jaina tried to make her feel better, "If it helps other Jedi survived even longer, I mean old featherbag, Vergere died around six, seven years ago."
Barriss stood up in surprise, "What! Vergere? The far Outsiders have appeared?"
It was Jaina's turn to be supremely surprised, "The Far Outsiders? So her warning did reach the Council," she said to herself.
"Yes, she said that they might pose a great threat to the Republic…" began Barris.
Jaina rose up in anger, her chair clattering to the floor, "May? May!" She growled, she began to pace next to the table and began muttering about understatements and old bitter birds.
The watched her pace as a tiger paces in a cage. She stopped and looked Barriss, "Of they posed a threat alright," she went and rightened her chair and sat back down, "That old bitter bird was in the habit of understating things-she could win a prize for understatement of the millennium," bitterness and venom oozed in her tone.
"What happened?" demanded Barriss.
"They're not a threat now. Let's just leave it at that, I'll explain later," Jaina suggested rather forcibly, "And I'm sure these nice people here would like to move onto more pertinent matters-besides I don't think you could take anymore surprises today," she said gesturing towards SG-1 and Hammond.
"No, no this is all very entertaining, right sir?" Jack quipped to Hammond.
As far as Jack was concerned, the two Jedi could continue talking for a few more hours. Ever since the words the Empire's gone had passed Jaina's lips, he'd felt like getting up and cheering-he could do a pretty good impression of a cheerleader given half a chance, some of the stuff they had said was a little over his head but otherwise, he'd gotten the impression that things were looking up for them.
Hammond on had felt relief but on one level he had been extremely annoyed when he'd heard the Empire was gone…he'd spent the entire night briefing the President than talking with the Pentagon about more funding and contingency plans for if the Empire attacked.
"Be quiet Jack. Perhaps you can tell us what happened to you and your ship?" Hammond asked.
"I was doing a recon of the system looking for pirates that were plaguing that sector, the Goa'uld showed up, from what Daniel's descriptions they were a pair of Alkesh. They shot me up but not before I destroyed them in return," she paused, "I crashed and ran into some Jaffa and I defended myself. Then I set up a camp. After that was when I loss consciousness and my memory."
"Okay…you took out two Alkesh all by your lonesome?" asked Jack.
She shrugged, "Yes."
"Cool," Jack was impressed.
"You said, you were reconing the sector, cause there were pirates in the area?" asked Carter with interest.
"That system is next to one of our main shipping lines," Jaina explained simply.
"Really? Is your world there?" asked Daniel with curiosity.
"The Galactic Alliance controls twelve worlds in that area, and that includes a major shipyard and a Sector Fleet HQ situated nearby," Jaina corrected.
A sudden thought struck her and she began talking slowly and slyly, "The Galactic Alliance has laws that prevent worlds from becoming members unless they have a unified world government," she saw the look of hope shattered in their eyes or at least Daniel's, "but there are no laws against conglomerates from trading with said planets…and I happen to know a friend, a very close family friend, he owns a very large corporation, that just happens to build-as Jack would say, big honking space guns and he wouldn't be averse to doing business with you, I might even be able to convince him into giving you some free samples…" as she had been speaking a very large grin had worked its way onto her face and now it got even bigger, "Oh and did I mention, he's just branched out into ship-building. He currently owns the shipyard that's in this galaxy."
Jack couldn't help himself, he started grinning like a fool.
Author's Notes: Hope you like this chapter. As always, Read, Enjoy and Review! Next time Sg-1's and Hammond's reactionsJ