Jag and Jaina arrived to the Rabun Crystal a few hours later with Ferion, to find an already very drunk Gallian. Gallian came up to them, "Greetings my friends," He slurred out, "Come let me buy you a drink."
A few hours and drinks later Gallian started to become delirious, and seemed to think that he was in a board meeting.
/This is great! He's going to give us the information we nee, and we don't even have to do anything/ Jaina thought through her semi-drunken state.
"So," /hiccup, "as we all know the our main objective is to chapter the Jedi known as Jaina Solo," Jaina could see Jags' muscles tighten and his face harden, she put her hand on his arm and smiled up at him. He looked down and gave her a small smile before looking back up to what Gallian was saying.
"Scuse me Mr. Lark, could you tell me the bases that we should go, say if we capture a Jedi or even Jaina Solo?" Jag asked praying that it would work and that Gallian would come to his senses and have them all arrested.
"Harryn my dear man, you are always losing your memory aren't you?"
"Afraid so sir."
"Well lets see are main base is of course on Naboo, and then we have one on Tynna, Garqi, Anobis, Fzob," While Gallian was busy giving away precious Peace Brigade secrets, Jaina was covertly writing down all of the coordinates and planets Gallian was mentioning. Unknown to her knowledge, of course, Aion was in a dark corner watching every more she, Jag, and Gallian made.
A few minutes later Jaina started to get the feeling someone was watching her. She discreetly put the napkin in her small bag and looked up to see Gallian ordering another round of drinks. /Great just what I need! MORE ALCOHOL! Gods not even the Rouges drink this much! Man am I tired? I think it might be time to go. / "Hey Cal? I'm pretty tired to you think we could go home now. We have to get a decent night sleep before our meeting in the morning."
Jag nodded and got her meaning, "Gallian thanks for the drinks, but I think it's time I got Brin back home she's starting to look a little pale." And he wasn't lying Jaina was becoming unnaturally pale.
"What? Oh Gods! Brin are you all right? Do you need me to call a medic?"
"Why is everyone getting so worked up? I just had too much to drink. I'll be fine once a get to sleep." Jaina started to stand up but couldn't seem to find her balance but before she feel she felt two strong arms go around her waist. She looked up to see Cal/Jag standing there with worry written all over his face. She smiled up at him and nodded slightly.
"Well thanks a lot Gallian, we hope to see you when we get back from our run."
"Yes, we'll see you then. Hope you feel better Brin. Safe travels." With that he walked off to another part of the building.
"Can you walk?" Jag asked his arms still around Jaina.
"I think so." Jaina started to take small steps to the door with Jag's arms around her the hole way. After a few minutes they were in a hover taxi speeding back to their apartment with smiles on both their faces. They had done it, they had gotten the information.
Aion found Gallian with some girl in his lap a few minutes later. "Mr. Lark, I must insist that you not do this."
"Do what Aion?" Gallian said uninterested in anything that Aion had to say.
"Sir you do realize what you did? Don't you!"
"Not really Aion. Why don't you enlighten me."
"Sir you gave them some of the Brigades most valued secrets!"
"Gave who what?"
"Brin and Cal Vestre that who! And you gave them the Brigades largest base coordinates!"
"Aion they're freighter pilots what are they going to do? Plus I like both of them they're both very nice, and Brin isn't all that bad looking either. I trust them and that's all that matters."
"But I do not! I do not think they are who they say they are. I think we should watch them closely if not take care of them right now."
"NO! YOU. WILL. NOT. TOUCH. THEM!"
Aion grumbled something not understandable before stomping off.
/This will not stop me! I know something is not right with them, and I'm going to fins out what. I will use my masters' pet, it should do the job nicely. /
By the time Jag and Jaina got back to their apartment they were ecstatic. They had done it! They had really done it! They had completed their mandate. All they had to do now was send the information to Wedge and Iella and wait for orders.
"So what do we do now? I mean we finished what we set out to do. We've only been here what…3-4 days? This is either a trap or we have incredibly lucky." Jaina said as she grabbed a pair of black sweat pants and a grey tank top.
"So much for a vacation." Jag flopped unceremoniously onto the couch and tossed his boots off.
Jaina came out of the bedroom and stretched out on top of Jag so that her head was resting on his shoulder. "I know, even if stay we'll still be Brin and Cal. Not Jaina and Jag, but then who really is Jaina?"
"Jaina is you. It's that simple."
"Is it really? I mean when was the last time you saw me, be really me, not in my quarters? You, Mara, and Dad are the only ones left who really get to see me. Every one else either thinks I'm a spoiled Jedi or a stuck up Goddess."
"Jaina, not everyone thinks that! What about Wedge and Iella? What about all your friends? Jaina, what about your mother?"
"Wedge and Iella haven't seen the real me since I was 15, we've both been too busy with this damn war to see each other outside of a work setting. My friends…the only ones I see are you and Lowie, and I can only be myself inside a locked door. Tenel is busy running Hapes, Zekk…Zekk left us, left me. Tahiri went on the Coruscant mission and has kept pretty much to herself since then. Jac…Jacen and Anakin,"
"You don't have to finish."
"No! I need to. Jacen and Anakin died almost a year ago. My mother… my mother? We haven't exactly gotten along in the past, she never really understood me. She was more like Jacen, she understood Jacen. I was always like my Dad. And with this war, we hardly see each other for more then a few days every couple of months."
"You gotta give her more credit Jaina. She understands better then you think."
"I know, I know. You're right, and before you say it, I know I know, you're ALWAYS right."
"Now you're getting it. I always new you were smart." He leaned down and kissed her.
"Mmm…I'm going to miss this."
"Well we could tell Wedge that we've decided to take our vacation now, while there's a break in the fighting. Think about it, we could move into your uncles apartment after they leave, get new disguises and we could do what ever we wanted for a week or so."
"Seriously? Wow, a vacation, I haven't taken one since I was 14."
"WOW! Man that's along time."
"Tell me about it! When was the last time you took a vacation?"
"You mean besides this one?" She punched him on the shoulder and glared at him, "Okay, okay, um…I think I was about 16."
"See that's about the same amount of time as me. We're both due for a good vacation."
"Good, now come on we need to write our report and send it off to wedge."
"Then we should probably talk to Luke and Mara and make sure it's okay that we stay at their place. But we should make sure that my dad isn't anywhere near us when we ask."
"We'll go over there in the morning and ask."
"Alright but that's in the morning, I can think of a few other things that I'd rather do tonight. Jaina turned around so that she was facing him.
"So could I, but we do have a report to write." Jag stood up but Jaina refused to let go and rapped her legs around his waist so that she was still looking him in the eyes.
"Yes but that won't take but a few minutes."
The next morning Jaina woke with an unusual excitement. She looked over next to her to see Jag sleeping soundly with his mouth open slightly. /Man, he's hot when he's asleep. Who am I kidding he's hot all the time, even if he doesn't look like himself. / She rolled out of bed carefully and headed to the fresher. She was taking her shower when she heard the door open. "What are you doing in here?"
"I need to brush my teeth. This IS my bathroom too, you know."
"Whatever, could you hand me that towel please."
"This one?' Jag ripped open the curtain and held out the towel,
Jaina screamed, "Jag! Don't do that! You scared me half to death!" She grabbed the towel and rapped it around herself.
"Sorry. Are you going to let me apologize?"
"Hmm…maybe…" Jag pulled her to him and kissed her passionately when they pulled away Jaina looked at him and started to crack up, "Your soaking wet now."
"Whatever, I don't really care I'm on vacation."
"Wow! I hadn't really thought about that, we are now officially on vacation. Damn this is a nice feeling!"
"Yes it is, now get out so I can take a shower."
"Ohhh—so you can be in here while I'm taking my shower but I can't be in here when while you take yours."
"Exactly, now out." Jaina shook her head and left the room. She found a pair of plain khaki pants and an olive tank top. She put he hair in a French braid and headed out onto the balcony.
From the balcony she could see miles and miles of ocean. "Beautiful isn't it?" She hadn't felt Jag come outside, but didn't let her surprise show.
"Yea it is." She turned around and noticed that Jag didn't have his shirt off. It took all of her self-control to keep her composer.
"Your parents just called, they wanted to know if we'd come over for breakfast."
"Sure I'll be ready in a few minutes."
"Good cause that's what I told them." She shook her head and went back inside. A few minutes later they were standing in front of Luke's apartment, waiting to be let in. "Brin! Cal! Come on in." Luke greeted them never missing a beat and playing along with their identities.
"Thanks." Jag and Jaina walked into the apartment completely unaware of the manolis recording their every move.
Luke closed the door behind Jag and Jaina and showed them into the sitting room. Han was sitting there still looking half asleep watching holovision. Jaina could hear muffled curses coming from the kitchen, when she saw smoke drifting out from under the door she decided to do something. "I think I better go help mom and Mara."
"That may not be the best idea, considering that the last time you tried to cook, we had to redo our kitchen." Luke smiled at the thought of a thirteen-year-old Jaina in his and Mara's kitchen attempting to make shrimp etoufee.
"Shut up." Jaina walked into the kitchen to find a catastrophe, "What happened?" Jaina asked looking around the smoke filled room.
"Well, as you can see, your mother and I are more suited to saving a the galaxy in a ship, not a kitchen." Mara said attempting to put the fire out that had erupted on top of the stove.
"Well do you want any help?" Jaina waved her hand over the smoke detector, and shut it off.
"From you?" Leia asked with her eyebrow rising up.
"Thanks for your support mom." Jaina said dryly. "Besides I wasn't talking about my help anyway."
"Who exactly were you talking about then?"
"Yesterday I woke up to one of the most wonderful breakfast I have ever had."
"Wow, I wish Luke would do that once and a while."
"Are you kidding? I wish Han would just take me to breakfast once and a while."
"See what getting married does to your relationship."
"Oh shut up, and go get your boyfriend."
Jaina blushed slightly at the comment and walked out into the uncomfortably silent sitting room. Han had fallen asleep and was snoring slightly. Luke was reading the paper, and Jag was sitting perfectly straight on the edge of the couch.
"Jag? Could you come here for a minute?"
"Sure." Jag got up and followed Jaina back into the kitchen. "Thanks, I don't think I could have taken the silence for much longer." Jaina grinned, and Mara choked down a laugh. "So what do you need?"
"Well, as you can see, things in here aren't going too well," Before Jaina could finish Jag cut her off.
"So you're telling me that you want me to make breakfast?"
"Pretty much, yes, or at least help my cooking inept mother and aunt."
"Sorry! I'll remind you that we had to redo my kitchen last time you cooked anything." Jaina just glared at her aunt.
"Yeah, your uncle mentioned something along those lines. Care to enlighten me?"
"Not really." Jaina began to clean off the counter, "Now get your butt over here and help me."
"Coming dear." Leia and Mara shared knowing glances before helping starting to help Jaina and Jag. They spent the next hour or so making breakfast and embarrassing Jaina with different stories.
"Hahaha, now that we've all had a good laugh, Mara could I have a word with you and uncle Luke please?"
"Sure, what's the matter?"
"Nothing I just need to ask you and Luke for a favor."
"All right--" Mara left the room after Jaina still look skeptical.
"So Jag," Leia began after Jaina and Mara left the room. "How are you?"
"I'm fine." Leia raised her eyebrow.
"Jag, I've been raising kids for almost twenty years, I know when they're not telling the truth."
"Mothers," Jag muttered under his breath, "All right to tell the truth, Jaina and I have been up late every night working on our mission. We've only had one or two meals that didn't consist of glass upon glass of alcohol. And to top it all off this is supposed to be our vacation."
"Your vacation? How can you have a vacation when you have to be Brin and Cal twenty-four seven?"
"That's just it. We can't."
"Uncle Luke? Could you come here for a minute?"
"Sure Jaina. What is it?" Luke asked once Jaina had closed the door to his and Mara's office.
"Jag and I want to ask for a favor. As of right now we're on vacation." At Luke and Mara's surprised faces she continued. "I know, I actually took a vacation. Amazing isn't it? Any way we can't have much of a vacation if we're staying in the apartment we're staying in. If we continue to be Brin and Cal we're going to be continually bothered by the Peace Brigade. So I, we were uh…we were wondering if we could stay here after you leave?" She had a somewhat pleading look on her face that made it hard for Mara to keep a straight face.
"I take it that you didn't want your father hear when you asked? That's why you wanted to speak privately?"
"Yeah."
"I can see your logic, Han can get pretty scary when he gets mad." Luke shuddered at remembering the last time that Han was mad at him.
"Imagine this, the great Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, hero of the Republic afraid of Han Solo." Mara said trying and failing to keep a straight face.
"Oh shut up, and yes Jaina, you're welcome to stay here."
"Thank you." Jaina practically knocked Luke down when she hugged him. "And PLEASE don't tell dad."
"Tell me what." Jaina jumped and spun around.
"Oh nothing dad. I need to go help mom in the kitchen." Jaina left the room as quickly as possible leavening a very confused and tired Han behind.
"What was that about?" Han asked the very guilty looking Jedi masters. Luke and Mara just shrugged their shoulders before leading Han back into the main room.
Aion sat in his office watching, on a villip like creature, as none other than Luke Skywalker open the door to allow Cal and Brin through the door. / I knew it! There's something going on her, all I have to do is figure out what, and to do that I need Cal and Brin. This is going perfect, before long I'll have old Gallian's job! Life is good. /
End Chapter 6