I dont own star wars, george lucas does. I dont own the young jedi knights... the author of the young jedi knights does. I dont own jaya, zekk, or anyone else to come. i dont own any of them so dont sue this poor author starting out in life. thanks a bunch!

Zekk woke up, bleary eyed, swollen, and bloody but alive. Most of him was in one piece. He couldn't say the same for the skin that had been gouged by numerous shoves of a vibroblade. His hair was stiff with crusted blood but was still intact. Oh how Zekk loved his hair. Zekk loved his hair, peckhum, and… Jaina. Oh how her brandy colored eyes compelled him. Zekk closed his eyes and imagined her long brown hair against his neck, her eyes stuck by the complexion of his own, the curves and slenderness of her body and how she bulked when he blew beneath her hair and in her ear. Zekk shook away his own sullen images and attempted to get up only to find that the terrorizing he had been dealt came with a harsh price… a broken ankle that had been harshly shackled to the wall. Zekk groaned and leaned back against the wall finally letting out a vicious howl. Where was Jaina? Had she been caught too? Whos turn was it to rescue who? Zekk stifled a reluctant giggle at the last idea and finally laid his head against the bench. Sleep came only to easy thanks to the poison that had been on the vibroblade.

Jaina flew through the sky in her x-wing. Oh how she felt Zekk's pain! She just wanted to find him. Just wanted to get to Zekk and get back to the Jedi academy and on with her next mission. The pack of 'wings that followed her didn't want her to find him though., they wanted her to surrender, and then they wanted her to die. Which was exactly why she wasn't going to surrender. Jaina let out a long string of Wookie curses as her shields fell and missile after missile hit her wing. The cockpits door burst off and a steady rain of fire seared through Jaina's shoulder. With an agonizing scream she melded her own pain with Zekk's as she took her x-wing towards the ground, feeling the blood trickle down her back. She couldnt just go out like this, she needed to helpZekk! Jaina fought, foughtthebone dizzying pain that racked her lungs, and heart, making her breath to the rythm of herheart... too fast. Jaina was freaking out,she was a fighter yes, but she couldntfight thejedi of death. Jaina pulledherjoystick back and arched her neck and screamed, howled in pain. "AH SITH SITH SITHHHHHH!" Jainalet out an ironic giggle... "I hope Zekk heard that!" Jaina's vision blurred and theDizziness overcame Jaina and she knew nothing but blackness.

Zekk's eyes flew open and his back arched in pain. Now Jaina was in trouble too. They were in a whole lot of trouble. Zekk crawled to his knees. Now he realized it was his turn to save Jaina… So he had to get his pathetic butt off the ground and find an escape… After he escaped his shackle. Zekk pulled and pulled to no release. The shackle was firm…Zekk collapsed again. His pain and Jaina's subconscious pain was just too much for his wounded pride. If only it were Jaina's turn to rescue HIM. He had never told Jaya he loved her but he did. he loved her more than anything else. "Your a jedi Zekk. Pull yourself together. Do it for Jaya." Zekk got to his knees once more.