Part 5
The spy smiled as the insect dropped the viewbug into Jaina Solo Fel's hair. Through the animal, he could see in detail the corridor Jaina Solo Fel was traveling. The spy waited for a fourth of a standard hour, but nothing was worth reporting.
Just as the Yuuzhan Vong was about to close his eyes, something gray and much taller than Solo Fel caught his attention.
By the sacrifices of Yun-Yuazhan! This is an outright insult to the gods! The spy thought as his vision cleared. That tall, gray blob was a young warrior, most likely in his early twenties.
"Commit this picture to memory." The spy ordered one of his pets. "Now, show me the young man."
The spy studied the picture of the warrior closely. The young man had the muscular body of a fully trained warrior, but he wore the cloak of a Jeedai over a robeskin instead of the vonduun crab armor and loincloth of the average warriors. The spy spotted the traditional amphistaff, but instead of being wrapped around the warrior's forearm, it served as a belt around his waist.
"Show me his marks." It was time to find out the domain of this young man. The only tattoos on the young man's body were nearly faded beyond recognition. The man was likely a Shamed One, but this was one occasion in which nameless things much be identified.
The spy gasped. Faded as the tattoo on the back of the warrior's hand was, it was the unmistakable mark that Domain Lah imprints upon its members at birth. Next to that was the mark of the female, meaning that the young man's mother was from Domain Lah and ranked higher than his father. He could see the symbol for the warrior's father's domain beneath the one of the Lahs, but he did not recognize it. Once the spy was back on Yuuzhan'tar, he would use the warriors' database to match a domain to the small scar. Then, the mating records would identify this unusual warrior.
The spy returned his attention to the display before him. The Yuuzhan Vong on display was now speaking with Solo Fel. The conversation was brief, and it ended when the Yuuzhan Vong gave a courteous bow to Jaina in return for her twin's location. It was a shame that the viewbug had to stay in Solo Fel's hair.
Only a few seconds after the Yuuzhan Vong walked off in the direction from which Solo Fel came, the woman stopped to shout to another.
"Oh, I am spending a few hours outside."
"Have fun, then!" Solo Fel replied.
The intendant had to play around with the controls before he had a decent view of the person Solo Fel was speaking to. He was about to identify the other speaker when another voice was heard.
"Commit the picture of this girl to memory." The spy ordered so as to be able to eavesdrop on Solo Fel once again and have a close look at the person whom the general stopped.
"Jag." Solo Fel spun around. Before he could gather any further information, one of Fel's hands picked the viewbug out of his wife's hair, killing the minute creature in the process.
"Curse you, Jagged Fel." The spy muttered as his displays went blank. There was still one thing left to do. "Show me the girl."
It was hard to believe, but Sil Chume Ta Djo was the one Solo Fel had stopped. Even more surprising was the appearance of the Hapan, who had on none of her usual makeup and hair things. Without the layers of makeup, jewelry, and hairdos, the Hapan heir was identical to the known Solo women. Perhaps the rumors were correct and the queen had mated with Solo fifteen years ago, though the majestic queen never revealed the father of her daughter. That would explain why a crown princess owed Solo Fel explanations.
The spy could not consider his mission a complete success, but he did not fail his master, either. While that dratted Fel had killed his viewbug before he could gather information on the rumors of Jaina carrying twins that erupted almost a decade ago and information on the elusive Ben Skywalker, the warmistress would certainly be interested in information about the Yuuzhan Vong amongst the Jedi and reward him for proving that Jacen Solo was the father of the Hapan princess.
Between the princess and the Yuuzhan Vong warrior, the girl, especially without her usual array of guards, was by far the easiest for him to capture. The muscles and the amphistaff on the Yuuzhan Vong warrior was more than enough to kill the spy and his entire crew and the princess, if she were to struggle, would find herself battling those who knew everything about her Hapan style.
The agent called for one of his crew, and the one he summoned appeared immediately.
"Find and take the Hapan princess, but make sure she doesn't make a commotion like most Jeedai children do. I want her to be able to answer questions after we arrive on Yuuzhan'tar. When you have her, bring our shaper her blood for a DNA test." He ordered his crewman.