Chapter 6
Cilghal and Tekli sneaked into the room to check on Master Harris, Cilghal laid hands on Ben and Luke and putting them both into Healing Trances, so they could sleep. Then walked over to Shelley and did the same to her she had started to rouse from the force being used in her presence.
"The babies are doing fine, and Master Harris is as well, there are some cramped muscles in her back and side, probably from laying on her side for so long. Maybe we should roll her on to her back, help give her some comfort before she wakes, maybe a mild relaxant as well."
"Rolling her is a bad idea she broke her back years ago, she put herself in this position because it was comfortable for her, but the mild relaxant might be a good idea."
"Do you think she'll take Master Skywalker's name or be like Mara and be Master Harris Skywalker?"
"She was a Queen so logically I'd say she will probably go by Harris Skywalker."
"How long was she Queen?"
"Well only about a year give or take."
"Plus there will be a lot of Skywalker's here in the next few years. Think Ben, his wife, and all the children and so on."
Master Cilghal gave Shelley an injection of relaxant.
"Alright let's, get them out of the trances. We need to do it only part way. That way the Master's know what happened but Ben won't." Master Cilghal told her.
She put her hand on Shelley's forehead pulled her part way out, any Master could pull themselves out all the way the only reason they hadn't was because they knew whatwas going on. She did the same to Luke and then Ben. Just as she was walking out.
"Is everything alright?" Ben asked
"Yes, son everything is alright, go back to sleep." Luke looked over his shoulder at Cilghal nodded.
"But I felt like I was in a Trance, I had to pull myself out it was weird."
"It was just a dream. Go back to sleep."
10 minutes later. "Why did you lie to him?"
"He would have just worried that anyone could sneak up and put him into a trance; only a few of us have that power. When he reaches Master he will be informed just like the rest of them, we already knew, we trained them how to do it."
"It's hard watching him know things are happening to him but not tell him the truth."
"We wrote the code, the rules, you and I, but he is our legacy he will rule the Order next if you want us to tell him then let's."
"I don't know, Luke he's mine in spirit but he is yours by blood, it's your decision."
"You may not have given birth to him, but he will always be yours, you have almost died for him. It's our decision."
"That was a very long time ago; he does not need to know about that, all he needs to know is that I would happily lay down my life for him."
"I'm sorry but he already knows, at least what Leia and I could tell him, he was conflicted, so I told him. He didn't know how he could call you and Mara, both Mom, he was confused, he couldn't move Mara's things, he couldn't move his mom's things to be replaced by his mom's as he said. So I told him one part, and Leia and I were talking and he overheard, I didn't tell him you imbued your body. But he heard Leia talking about it."
"Why would you tell him, I asked you all never to tell him, you could have told him any number of things."
"Because it was a one true absolute time when your life was put up for his, you imbed yourself you keep him alive and almost died doing it."
"Luke, it's too late. I'm not going to fight with you about this, I understand. Luke I need the fresher, I need to have help standing, my back is killing me we may need to get Cilghal to come in and give me something for the muscles spasms." Luke got up and walked to the other side of the bed pulled the pillow out she let out a little gasp, he rolled her over slowly and she was taking deep breaths, and then once she was on her back he pulled her up gentle with his whole body, but she was in so much pain and not just her back, she cried out before she could stifle it. Ben shot out of his chair like there was a needle pocking him.
"What wrong? What are you doing? Do you need help?" he was at their side.
"I just need to use the fresher, and I hurt everywhere, maybe you can get Cilghal and tell her I need a stronger relaxant."
"So it was her, I had thought it was dad. Can any Master do this, put another Jedi in a trance before they can do anything about it?" Luke and Shelley shared a smile he was a smart one.
"No, a Master can fight it, a powerful Jedi such as you can fight their way out."
Luke finished pulling her up she cried out again.
"Oh God , Force help me, it's not just my back, I've done this before for other women I never heard any of them complaining this much."
"That is because you were a virgin and still are to a degree, if we needed help getting pregnant we would have tried to have a child first natural, that's why."
"Oh my God, Mom your bleeding bad." As she looked down, blood began to pour down her legs.
"Ben get Cilghal right now." Luke ordered. Ben left the room with a force assistance to make it faster.
"Luke I'm getting dizz…"and she lost consciousness. He was beyond terrified now.
Hapes
Queen Mother Tenal Ka, had been up late working and before she went to bed she wanted to write to Allana, and tell her how much she loved her. When she was hit with pain the like of which she hadn't experienced since Allana's birth, she reached out in the Force trying to determine where it was coming from, then she felt them, Shelley in pain terrible pain, Master Skywalker terrified, and Ben scared out of his mind. She shot out of her chair, looked at the security officers who were alarmed by the sudden action.
"Get me something for a few day, do it now you have no more than five minute, GO."
She ran down the Hall and banged on the door to Taryn Zel and Zekk's room, just seconds before Zekk opened the door.
"Did you feel it?" she asked
"Yes, we're losing her." he answered.
She thought for only a second.
"Get Taryn, I need to speak to her right now."
"I'm here cousin what's wrong?"
"Taryn you are in charge until I get back, there is a problem only a few of us can fix and this is one of them. Zekk will be here to protect you. Be safe." She hugged her, gave Zekk a meaningful look. Turn and was out the door when she heard him call.
"May the Force be with you."
She ran to her room grabbed her bag and the little one that had all of Allana little surprises and headed toward the Falcon. When she was almost there when the ramp lowered. She walked up it, then sealed the boarding ramp and locked it, set her bags down and headed up front.
Hapes on the Millennium Falcon
Leia sat bolt upright in her bed. Luke was terrified and Ben was scared and Shelley was in pain.
"Han get up, we have to get to Luke, now. There is something wrong terribly wrong."
"Hum, What?" Still half asleep but sitting up as well.
"Let's go Han, Tenal Ka is on her way, and Luke needs me now. Let's go, get a move on."
They were both up and dressed in seconds Leia ran to the ramp lowering it, as Han shot passed to get the ship started. Leia ran after him, they were almost ready when the boarding ramp closed sign came on, and Tenal Ka slipping in and sat down in the Navigation seat.
Bastion Jagged Fel and Jaina Solo's Suite
"I am going to be in SO much trouble." She moan in to the fresher.
"Jaina it can't be that bad, come on, let's go back to bed." He helped her off the floor over to the sink, gave her, her tooth brush and tooth paste, rubbing her back while she brushed. She had been dry heaving for a half hour now. They walked back to bed and lay down.
"Oh, it can and will be, that bad believe me, I know my Uncle and my Aunt, whether were marrying in two day or two months I'm pregnant now, the only reason Tenal Ka got away with it was because she wasn't part of the Order anymore, me on the other hand am a crucial part of it, Mom told me yesterday we would be summand when the High Council Convened to take our rightful places within the Order. Now not only will I not be on the Council I might get kick out of the Order as well."
"I won't let that happen even if we have to go to the Grand Master tomorrow and have him say the words over us, we will."
"I don't know, he and my Aunt are going to be so disappointed in me, I don't think I can face them." She had tears streaming down her face, he kissed them away.
"Well I've never seen you run away from something scary before and I won't let you start now. Now come on let's get some sleep."
They were both asleep in a few minute. That is until a blue glow fell over their faces and.
"Jedi Solo wake you must, need you we do." Jaina and Jag shot up. Jaina's hand went instinctively to her lightsaber on the night stand and Jag's to his blaster on his. That is until they noticed who they we're talking to or more accurately Jaina did.
"Master Yoda? What are you doing here?"
"Come to tell you I have, needed at Kessel you are, feel not the pain I could let you hurt your children it might." Jag and Jaina shared a worried look.
"What wrong why am I needed at Kessel the High Council hasn't convened yet."
"Master Shelley Skywalker needs you she does, go you must meet with other there, you will."
"Alright I'm going, I'll be there as soon as I can."
"See you soon I will, and you as well Jagged Fel, speak the words I do, declared Husband and wife you are, feel no fear from your Uncle or Aunt did the same too them, I have. But needed you are."
And Yoda disappeared.
"I need five minute to make two calls you go fire up your x-wing and my claw craft."
"Alright." Jaina and Jag climbed out of bed and dressed quickly in flight suites. "You know this reminds me of all the times we got the alarms during the war when we were asleep or should have been." With a Solo smile that would have made her dad proud.
"Okay, well talk about that little innuendo in route Jedi Solo-Fel for now we have things to do and not much time to do them in. Break." He shot toward his comm station and she toward the closet and packed there pilots bags quickly. She then ran outside to their personal hanger where there ships were berthed.
"Sneaky fire up the ship." She Force leaped into Jags craft, and began the pre flight sequence. And fired it up. She leaped out of his craft. And went back inside. Jag was on the comm with his Dad. She quickly commed Tahiri to tell her she would be back in a few days.
"I need you to come to Bastion, to act in my stead for a little while, Jaina and I are need with the Jedi High Council."
"Alright, I'll head out in just a little while. I need to get your Mother and brother and sister ready to go as well. Jag where is Grand Master Skywalker, I have a few people that need to contact him so he may lead them to someone else, I believe she maybe on the High Council as well from the way they describe her, but I've been asked to not tell names of the people involved in this, other than they mean the Jedi no harm, in fact two of them are Jedi from Palpatine's time."
"Alright, um." He looked over his shoulder to Jaina watched as she fell into the Force smiling and then began to nodding vigorously. She mouthed 'tell him.'
"Were headed to Kessel, that's where the High Council has been stationed since there withdraw from the GA. Tell them that they need to be careful when they come out of hyperspace because the Smugglers' Alliance will have begun to arrive."
"I should have known Luke has been friend with Lando for a very long time. I will let them know, son, and good luck. And tell that pretty girl in the flight suit Hi for us she looks alright for being a Solo. Just don't tell her dad that it will ruin my reputation." Jaina started to laugh, and Jag just shook his head. "Clear skies, Jagged. And you as well Jaina."
"Thanks and for you as well. May the Force be with you."
He picked her up and was just about to put her on the bed when the door burst open and Cilghal and Tekli running in with Ben right on her heels. He went to his dad and stood there, it was obvious he wasn't leaving her, so Luke didn't bother he just put his arm around him trying to comfort him. Cilghal put her legs up and draped a blanket over her, made sure she was covered, began to work. About thirty long agonizing minutes later, she looked over to them.
"I saved the pregnancy, she lost a lot of blood, but she will be okay. I've given her some pain meds and started a catheter, she'll need to rest I suggest a Healing Trance; I will start an I.V. to resupply her blood lost and pain management. But there is still the possibility of death for them all, if she hasn't woken or hasn't stopped bleeding in the next half at the most then we may have to.." She looked down at Shelley swallowed hard. "Have to use the circle of life, it may be the only thing that brings her back. Right now before we go to such drastic measures, let try these others first. Put her in a Healing Trance, we'll get started on everything else."
Luke nodded and put his hand on her forehead and she was in a Healing Trance.
"Dad what is this Circle of Life, I've never heard of it before."
"That's because only the High Council can do it, there is a possibility of death to the Master's trying to perform it, in the 35 years we've had the Jedi Order we've only done it six times, thankfully we've never lost anyone, but the old order lost many doing it. If the time comes you must step back and watch, do not try to interfere."
25 minute later there was still no change what so ever. Luke looked at Cilghal, who looked at him, they both nodded in agreement. Cilghal slipped out to summon the other Master's Luke pulled Shelley out of her Trance.
Suddenly she was standing there again, and Ben thought he was going to pass out.
"Luke Skywalker, you will not even try it. This is the time to trust the Force, I'm strong enough to fight it, I will not allow any of the Masters to possibly sacrifice themselves to save me, these children are destined as are others, if for some reason, something happens to me then they can be transferred into someone else body, and I will be one with the Force there is no death, there is only the Force." By the time his Mom had finished dressing his father down the whole High Council was in the room surrounding the bed in a Circle. "You will not do this, if I have to fight you, you can just transfer the babies now, I won't survive it, don't make me choose between following my heart and the will of the Force, and you Luke, there is nothing any of you can do, my life is in the hands of the force."
"As the Grand Master I'm Ordering you to allow us to do this and you will follow orders."
"Then you have sealed my fate, Cilghal you will only have a half hour to transfer before there not viable. I will see you all when the council convenes, I will be joining Mara." She looked at Ben. "Ben know I love you and always will, but I won't let someone else sacrifice their lives for me, I have seen the currents of the Force and you will be a strong and powerful leader, take care of your dad and the twins for me, and remember I will be with you always." She disappeared and even Ben could feel the walls going up around her body it was like nothing he'd ever felt in his life, it was so powerful he couldn't even sense a life force when he saw her lying there.
"Master Skywalker we can still try, she might not be able to fight us all off she is weak right now." Kyp said
"No, do it you must not, other coming there are be here soon they will, flying fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy and the best star fighter pilots of two lines joined twice, unable to do it you will be, only they that have had children and have had been trained by her to a percent can do this now, the will of the force this is, live she will." Yoda said as he appeared. Floating over to her body he touched her head and all of the walls came down. "Healing Trance, she's in, cocooned the children she has, safe they will be until the other get here." He then floated over to Luke. "Fear do not, live she will. Niece coming she is, angry at her you cannot be, spoken the words I have, free are they, will of the force it was by no mistake on their part, it was."
Just then Lando walked in because the Masters had left the door open.
"Luke, what's going on? Suddenly Saba appears with Amelia asks for us to watch her that she is needed, and then Amelia starts cry about hurting what's going on?"
"Hurting?" Then he understood that's how the master came so quickly they felt the pain and alarm in the Force. "Saba go hurry, close her off from it now." Saba nodded before running out the door. "There have been some complications, we will have incoming in the next few hours, so let anyone know that's up there to send them down, there needed now."
"Alright old buddy, will she be okay?" he asked looking down at her.
"Yes, will of the Force this is, brings many things with it, enjoy her family she will." Yoda gave them all a meaningful look. "All of her family, found her brother Mara did told him to find her, she did, Jedi protectors coming as well, come they must finish training they will, brother will marry within the Order, family he will have, strong line he will have, almost as strong as, the Skywalker line it will be." Yoda disappeared. All the Masters were looking at each other, a lot of revelation in just a few short minute. Lando nodded his head to Luke and excused himself.
The Jedi High Council stood Vigil over her for almost a day. Ben was holding her hand and had fallen asleep on the chair with his head on her bed.
"Millennium Falcon, Jedi Solo, Jagged Fel and a ship called Harris Legacy are all requesting clearance to land."
"Granted."
Yoda reappeared.
"Remove all medical things, you must. Free of all, only clothes and a blanket, she must be. Instruct them you must, easier it will be then you think powerful are they." And he disappeared, again.