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EBON HAWK

It had been two weeks, two long weeks since the incident on Dantooine and Telos. Two weeks since the destruction of the Ravager.

And it had been one week since the second destruction of Malachor.

Just one week since the deaths of Kreia and Hanhar, since the near death of Caleb. He would have died there in the heart Malachor, at the Treyus Core, right along with Kreia.

He would have died, had Brianna not come and drug him out to the Ebon Hawk, which had just landed near by as the core began to collapse.

Caleb remembered lying there, half dead, half wishing he was dead, as the core began to collapse around him. Then he heard a low rumble in the distance, the Ebon Hawk! Out of it came Brianna and Visas.

Brianna ran to him and began to drag him towards the ship, despite his protests to let him die, as Visas ran for help back on board.

They placed him in the med bay and attended to his grievous wounds. He remembered the immense pain, and he also remembered her staying with him, just as he did for her.

She stayed throughout the night and had fallen asleep in the chair next to the bed. She truly loved him, as he did her. And now she had saved him, as he did for her.

"You are distracted, my love." Said Brianna, moving herself into an attacking position with a kick aimed at Caleb's chest. He barely parried the attack, and punched and missed at her head.

They were training together in the cargo hold, in their underwear. Even after Caleb offered to let her stay in other areas of the ship, she agreed to stay in the cargo hold where Atton told her she would be for the remainder of their mission. Even after they completed the mission, she still resided there.

"I know, but I'll be OK." He said. She again made a kick at his chest and he rolled out of the way. He jumped up and kicked her square in the chest, right where her injuries where still healing.

Brianna doubled over in pain and fell to the floor. "Oh force, are you all right?" He asked, his face and voice showing his concern as he ran to her. "I'm fine," she said, "but it is unwise to lower your defenses!" She kicked his legs out from under him and soon he was lying next to her in a great deal of pain.

"Why did you take it easy on me? I told you I would hurt you if you did." She said.

"I thought you where hurt." He said, confused. "I am, but you should have attacked." She said, sometimes Caleb had a hard time getting used to the way Brianna thought in battle and her customs in battle.

She sat up and placed a hand on her aching abdomen, which was still healing from her battle with Atris. He crawled over to her and wrapped an arm around her with one hand resting on her healing wound.

Caleb gently rubbed it and used the force to sooth the pain away. "Thank you." She whispered. He nodded at her and removed his arm from her chest and placed it around her waist.

"Is something wrong? You are distracted, I can sense it."

"I can't stop thinking about what happened back there, back at Malachor. Three factions of the Sith are gone, dead. Brianna, I can't believe I trusted her! You were right about her, and I didn't listen."

"Can you really blame yourself for trusting your teacher? She was bonded to you. She guided you. I trusted Atris, look where that got us!" Said Brianna.

"But Kreia, she was a Sith this whole time!" He said in despair.

"So was Atris, Kreia only showed her that she truly was. Atris was already on the dark side for years; a lot of people trusted her. It's not your fault for trusting your mentor." Brianna said with a frown, painful memories surfacing at thoughts of Atris.

She walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his chest in a warm embrace. Caleb wrapped his arms around her waist as she laid her head on his chest.

"It's over, it's finally over." He whispered into her short, white tinted hair.

Although she was barely twenty-four, she had white hair, a sign of her Echanti heritage.

"It's not over just yet," she whispered into his chest mournfully, "not completely."

"How can it not be over?" He asked angrily, a little more harshly than he intended to, dropping his arms.

Brianna took a frightened step back and shied away from the wild look he had in is eyes.

"The Sith Lords themselves are dead leaving the remainder of the Sith scattered, Kreia is dead, the force isn't in danger any more. We can be together now. Whom would you like me to kill now?" He demanded of her.

"I don't want you to kill anyone, that's not what I asked. You said yourself we have to find Revan. You said we needed to gather his and your crew, any of them willing to go, and search for him. Help him stop the true Sith." She said softly, fighting back frightened and hurt tears.

He felt her hurt and fear at him, him! She loved him, and what did he do? He screamed at her, and all she did was remind him of their next mission. Force what was the matter with him, he thought. I love her! Why did I do this to her.

He sighed and took a few slow steps towards her, wrapping his arms comfortingly around her. "I'm sorry," he said, as she rested her head against his shoulder and closed her eyes.

"I shouldn't have done that, I really don't even know why I did. You were right." She hugged him tighter as he rubbed her back. "I'm sorry," he said again, softly.

"I forgave you five minutes ago when you yelled at me." She said softly, opening her eyes. "I was scared, you had this crazy look in your eyes, like you would hurt me or something."

"I would never hurt you." He said truthfully, adding emphasis on the word never. "I know, but you did look rather frightening."

"I'm sorry I scared you." He apologized again to Brianna. He supposed that they were now dating, and that she was his girlfriend, but he hoped someday she would become more.

"Please stop apologizing," she said with a laugh, "I forgave you, was it ten minutes ago now?" Brianna stood on her toes to give him a kiss on his lips, her being only 5'4" and him being nearly 6 feet tall.

So small, he thought returning the kiss, but so powerful. She was quickly becoming a very powerful Jedi. Which did not surprise Caleb due to her Jedi and Echanti Heritage.

But that wasn't the only thing growing stronger, so was their mutual attraction, as well as their force bond to each other.

As they trained and traveled together and spent more time together getting to know each other, their love for each other grew as well.

"I love you way too much for it to be healthy." He murmured into her hair. She snorted at his comment, "That is all right, this is one unhealthy obsession neither of us has a problem with."

They both shared a laugh at his expense. She loved it when he laughed, in fact, she couldn't remember the last time he had laughed.

It always brought a smile to her face.

She had never loved anyone before, not in the way she loved him. Caleb was her one true love.

They had met in one of the galaxies darkest times, and fell in love while trying to bring a little light back into it. Now they had to find and help the former Sith Lord, Revan.

She was unsure of what the future held, but one thing was certain, when you have someone who loves you, that future looks a whole lot brighter

It was getting to be late, midnight almost, and she started to feel a bit tired. Caleb sensed it through their bond. "Your tired, I should get going."

She nodded her head and asked softly, "Will you stay here tonight? Not to do anything other than sleep," she said blushing, "But I would feel better if you stayed." She admitted.

Recently, Brianna hadn't found sleeping easy. Not since her fight with Atris, and her own half-sisters. She felt extreme guilt weigh on her heart when it came to their deaths. It haunted her dreams almost every night.

But in her dreams, things happened differently. In her dreams, she was a murdering Sith that had killed her sisters and Atris in cold blood. At other times, in her dreams she just relived the horrible day over and over.

"Of course I'll stay." He said softly, giving her a gentle kiss on her forehead. He stood up and held out his hand for her to help her up. They walked over towards the corner where a few blankets and pillows where laying on the ground.

Caleb remembered the first night she came on board. She had said she had slept in worse, but he still felt bad and gave her blankets and pillows off of his own bed.

She was wearing her brown pants from her Jedi robes and a black bra as she lay down on her side under the covers. He was only wearing a pair of pants from his Ossus Jedi robes.

He lay down beside her and she snuggled next to him touching her back to his stomach. Caleb draped his arm around her middle as she laid her head near his.

"Brianna, when you said you slept in worse conditions what did you mean?" He asked her. "When I was younger, my sisters once locked me outside the academy on Telos. It was rather cold and started to snow. Being used to it was probably the only thing that kept me alive that night." Brianna said quietly.

Caleb didn't know what to say to that so he just quietly hugged her tighter in the darkness of the cargo hold. He could feel her steady heart beat next to his own. He realized at that moment that he could sit there for eternity, just watching her chest rise and fall with each quite breath, and truly be content.

She couldn't deny that she loved the way her body fit just right next to his, how good his warm hand felt against her burnt abdomen, or how his soft breath tickled her neck as he drifted into sleep.

Brianna lay there wondering if nightmares of the past would haunt her dreams that night. Or if Caleb's loving presence would keep them at bay. Soon she drifted into a deep sleep in his arms.

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