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AN: Here's part 8! Thanks for all the reviews. Enjoy and let me know what you think.

Origins: A Forever Destined Vignette

Part 8/?

"It's about time you got here," Sal'ma complained, as Day'na and Jay'ma hopped out of the speeder.

"This place isn't close to the Senate district. What's going on?" Day'na asked.

"I told you. Bec'ca is dead and they're probably going to attack any time," Sal'ma hissed.

"If you think they know where we are, then why are we still here? We should get off Coruscant immediately," Day'na suggested.

"No, we're not running from those sleamos. We're ending them," Sal'ma argued.

"We'll be slaughtered. You know how ruthless Blaine is," Day'na argued back.

"She's right Sal'ma. You should listen to her," Blaine's smug voice sounded, as they were slowly surrounded by male Mandalorians.

"Blaine…" Day'na hissed.

"Come on Day'na, don't tell me you didn't see this coming," Blaine spat, as he grabbed her arm. This earned him her right hook, but he only chuckled.

"You killed Al'vez and now you're going to pay," Blaine threatened. She scoffed.

"With Al'vez dead, you have control of your clan. That's not what this is about," Day'na spat. He smirked.

"You're right. The ones I'm really after will be arriving soon," Blaine said, as he came closer to her. She yelped in pain and fell to the floor, as he backhanded her across the face.

"Bane and his partner have been tracking your brat and her boy toy since they left the University today. They'll be here soon," Blaine informed.

"What…do you want with Natalie?" she asked, trying to hide the fear in her voice.

"Nothing with her really. It's the boy. We would have ruled Mandalore with Boba Fett leading us and the brat that cut him down in his prime is going to suffer," Blaine spat, as he kicked Day'na aside.

"I'll let you see me torture your kid and her lover before I kill you, though she'll probably want you dead anyway when she finds out about your involvement in their capture," Blaine goaded.

"You sick bastard!" Day'na spat.

"Kill the others," Blaine ordered simply. Day'na could do nothing and watched in horror, as her sisters were all shot to death, blaster bolts ripping through the other three women. Day'na couldn't keep the tears from rolling down her cheeks, as Blaine put her wrists in a pair of stun cuffs.

"Sit back and watch the fun," he hissed

Natalie leaned against him, as they rode the ferry in the artificial lake of Coruscant.

"Well, it's not a Naboo sunset, but it will do I guess," Jayden said,

"It's perfect as long as I'm with you," Natalie replied, as their lips met in a passionate kiss. There were a few other people on the ferry, but the two teens were oblivious to anyone else and the fact that one was taking holos, because they recognized the youths. However, if Jayden had an inkling to the intrusion, he didn't show, for he was too lost in the petite brunette in his arms.

"I should probably get you home soon," he said, as their lips parted.

"There's no hurry. We're probably both grounded, so we might as well make the best of it," Natalie replied. He smirked.

"I like the way you think," he replied, as he leaned toward her. But just as their lips were about to meet again, a passenger's scream startled them. Jayden whipped around, his senses now going wild, and saw none other than Cad Bane coming at them in a speeder with another man that was of the same species.

"Is that…" Natalie trailed off.

"Bane…" Jayden finished, as he drew his light saber, igniting the azure blade. His partner drove, while Bane hopped onto the hood of the vehicle, before jumping onto the ferry.

"Well, well, someone sprouted up nicely these last few years. It's too bad about the bleak fate that awaits you," Bane goaded.

"I don't know how the hell you got out of prison, but I'm going to send you right back there," Jayden growled, as he guarded Natalie and the other innocent passengers by stepping forward in front of them all.

"Sorry kid, but as much as I would love to engage you in a duel, I've just been paid to deliver you and the girl," Bane said, as Natalie suddenly screamed. Bane's partner had latched onto her with a grappling cable.

"Natalie!" Jayden cried, as he started toward her. But she screamed, as Jaxxis yanked her over the railing and into his speeder. Jayden leapt toward the railing, preparing to sail over it after her, but he felt a searing pain, as something sharp pierced his side. Volts of electricity coursed through his entire body, sending him writhing to the ground in agony. The electricity ceased and Bane tied him up, as he tried in vain to get his bearings through the haze of pain. But his world went black when Bane's boot kicked him in the head. The bounty hunter lifted him up and threw him over his shoulder, grunting in exertion.

"They certainly feed you well, kid," he grimaced.

"Nothing more to see here folks, though I hope you got lots of good holos for his mommy and daddy," Bane goaded to the passenger with the holocam, before he sailed over the railing and into the speeder. Natalie started checking Jayden for injuries, her eyes tear filled, as the speeder resumed flight at top speed.

Luke, Jenna, and Marcus staked out the place that Day'na and the other woman had gone into. Just when it looked like nothing was going to happen, it got interesting when several male Mandalorians arrived and went in.

"Something big is definitely going down. I can feel it," Marcus whispered. They heard Jenna gasp suddenly.

"Jen…what is it?" Luke prodded.

"Jay…he's in danger…" she whispered. Marcus and Luke glanced at each other, knowing that their twin bond had alerted her to the plight her brother was in.

"Mandalorians…they want revenge on Jay for Boba Fett's death," Luke said, piecing it together.

"Day'na planned on using Natalie to get to him?" Marcus wondered, trying to make sense of it.

"I'll kill her if that was her plan," Jenna growled, as she started toward the warehouse. But Luke stopped her.

"We can't go in there, light sabers blazing, until we know everything. If Jay and Natalie have anything to do with this, then we'll know really soon. We need to play this right or we'll all end up prisoners," Luke reasoned. Jenna silently fumed, but held her place.

"Turn on your tracking device. This place is a maze and we want dad to be able to come straight here," Luke told her. She nodded and pressed her comlink, as Luke raised his own to his lips.

"Skywalker," his father answered.

"Dad, we followed Day'na down to the works and we think something big is going down. Jenna is also sensing that Jayden is in trouble," Luke explained.

"I'm picking your sister's signal. We're on our way, but it will take us a while to get there. Don't move in until we get there, unless you're forced to," Anakin told him. Luke nodded.

"Got it," he replied, as they waited impatiently. It was all they could do and the part they hated most.

Padme sat at her desk in her office, fidgeting nervously, as she tried in vain to concentrate on the legislation she was reading. But finally she pushed it away, after reading the same line three times, and stood up, looking out at Galactic City from her window. Her eyes immediately locked on the JedI Temple. She had the familiar feeling in the pit of her stomach. The same feeling she got each time her husband and children had gone out to stop some new evil that had cropped up. Another evil that wanted to tear her family apart. She heard her office door open and saw her oldest daughter come in with the same look on her face. Leia could likely sense the danger her siblings were in ever more than she could. But Padme was comforted by her husband's strong tremor and unbridled determination to take down anyone and anything that threatened their children.

"Come on sweetie, let's go to the Temple," Padme told her, as they quickly left together. In these times, when all they could do was wait for their loved ones to return, they felt most at ease surrounded by their JedI family.

As the speeder slowed, Natalie finished tying a piece of cloth that she had torn from the skirt of her dress around Jayden's wound in his side. During the trip, she had carefully pulled the barbed spear out and wrapped it as best she could. She shook her boyfriend gently, trying to rouse him.

"Jay, please wake up," she whimpered, but she was interrupted when Jaxxis Ord yanked her out of the speeder.

"Come along Princess. We have a ransom call to make to your mommy and daddy. Be grateful that all we want from you is money," Ord hissed.

"Yeah, because they have revenge in mind for this one. And this Blaine character is as sadistic as I've seen…and I've come across some sadist sleamos in my day, darlin'," Bane goaded, chilling her to core. The Mandalorians. They wanted revenge on Jayden for what happened aboard the Death Star. She watched helplessly as Bane dragged her beloved's dead weight out of the speeder.

"Having trouble?" Jaxxis asked, poking fun at his partner.

"This kid isn't slight. He weighs way more than he looks," Bane complained, as he started dragging him toward the entrance. But even as Jayden's eyes remained closed, he dug his heels into the ground. Bane jerked him along, but suddenly found himself being flipped over the young Jedi's shoulder. Jayden stumbled unsteadily toward Jaxxis Ord.

"Let her go," he growled.

"You better stay back, boy," Jaxxis warned, as he raised his blaster menacingly.

"All be damned. That much electricity should have knocked you out cold for hours, brat. You're a chip off the old block for sure," Bane joked, referring to Anakin.

"Jayden…look out!" Natalie screamed, as Bane and Ord fired at him. He flipped out of the way and used the Force to pull his light saber from Bane's belt. Hope lit up Natalie's face, but was quickly dashed when she saw an electro whip wrap around Jayden's wrist. He struggled against the weapon, as another one wrapped around his other wrist and then another around his neck, choking him. He fell to his knees, as Blaine approached menacingly. Jayden cried out, as the Mandalorian leader grabbed a fistful of his sandy brown hair. Natalie cried out in despair, as Blaine viciously kicked his foot into the young Jedi's rib cage. He spent several kicks, leaving the young man coughing in pain and gasping for air.

"Get him inside and into the restraints. It's time for you to pay," Blaine hissed, as both young teens were dragged inside.

"Damn it," Jenna swore, as she prepared to make her presence known. But Luke held her back.

"What are you doing?" she demanded, ready to rip her brother's hand off her shoulder.

"If we go in there sabers blazing, then we're going to end up captured too!" Luke reasoned in a hushed voice.

"He's right Jen. If they have the stuff to take Jayden out, then they can take you out too," Marcus agreed. She huffed, but agreed silently. It was hard, but they had to endure watching Jayden and Natalie be dragged into the warehouse.

"Please tell me you have a plan. Dad is still probably an hour away, even if he is breaking all the speeding codes," Jenna whispered.

"Yes and you two are going to find a back way in. I'm going to see if I can get in from the roof," Luke said.

"What do we do once we're in?" Marcus asked.

"Take out anyone you can as quietly as possible and then we watch until Dad gets here if we can. If they make a move to hurt Jay or Nat, then we'll have no choice to intervene. We'll just have to hope we can hold out until dad and uncle Obi-Wan get here," Luke replied. Their plan was set and with JedI stealth, they approached the compound, preparing to infiltrate…

Obi-Wan felt his stomach lurch, as his younger brother punched the throttle down again, squeezing far more speed out of the yellow open cockpit speeder than Obi-Wan deemed possible. The other passengers, his young son and Riley didn't seem affected in the slightest. Glancing at Will, he wondered where the boy had inherited his iron stomach and glared at the back of Anakin's head. It certainly wasn't from him and obviously his reckless uncle. He shook his head and tried to focus at the task at hand. This one would be rough and now he was questioning his decision to let his youngest come on this. But he knew Wil was on his way to becoming a capable JedI and knew he would never get any experience if Obi-Wan left him at the Temple all the time. He imagined his wife was pacing a hole in the med bay back at the Temple right about now. He sighed. For a family that really didn't bother anyone, they sure found themselves in plenty of predicaments. He supposed it was their lot in life to be the constant barrier between the innocent and those that wished to do harm to all that was good in the name of power and greed.

"Bane and his friend Ord are going to beg me to put them back in prison when I get done with them," Anakin growled.

"Riley, do you think Day'na is involved in this at all?" Obi-Wan questioned.

"I would love to say no, but in my experience with the Mandalorian faction and all splinter groups of Death Watch, I would have to say that it wouldn't shock me. Natalie is a princess and if Day'na's clan is at war with Boba Fett's former clan, then worming her way into her daughter's powerful, rich family would be in her benefit. She probably has no interest in killing Jayden or Natalie, but they're caught in this war, because of her manipulation and Boba Fett's clan's need for revenge," Riley stated. Anakin's jaw clenched in determination. He knew his father-in-law was right. His former experience with the criminal world made him a fantastic investigator. Over the years, there had many cases that he and Obi-Wan might have never solved without Riley's insight.

"Normally, their squabbling would work in our favor, but it will be deadly to Jay and Nat if they're caught in the crossfire," Anakin said, as he weaved dangerously through traffic. They had no time to lose.

Jayden's eyes snapped open, as his unconscious state was broken by Natalie's scream. He found his arms and legs suspended by plasma restraints. He was suspended in the plasma ring, on display for his captors, who we were watching him like prey. They wanted his blood. That was clear in their eyes. But he didn't care about his predicament and only about her safety. He struggled in vain, as his eyes locked on her struggling form.

"Get your hands off her!" Jayden roared, as he saw Blaine signal his men. Two electric charged staves were put through the plasma barrier and touched his skin, causing him to scream in agony.

"Jayden!" Natalie sobbed, as the monster before her let it go on for several agonizing moments, before he signaled his men to pull back.

"Shut up vermin. I'll deal with you soon enough," he snapped. Tears streamed down Natalie's face, as her chocolate eyes glared daggers into the woman who had come into her life claiming to be her biological mother.

"How could you do this?" Natalie hissed. Day'na opened her mouth to speak, but she was cut off by her daughter.

"I was so stupid to actually believe that you wanted to get to know me. I should have known I was just the means to you getting whatever it is that you want," Natalie spat.

"No…you have to believe me. I have nothing to do with this sick bastard's vendetta. I've been trying myself to stop him for years and bring peace to Mandalore. That's why I need you Natalie. I sought you out to get your help to free our people. I do love you, make no mistake," Day'na tried to explain. Blaine scoffed, chuckling in amusement.

"Forever the deceitful wench…all that's a load of Bantha poodoo. You desire to rule Mandalore as much as I do. We both want to bring Duchess Satine down. Peace was never part of the plan. You're just a tool for her to use, girl," Blaine spat.

"Shut up," Day'na growled.

"I'll do whatever you want…give you whatever you want if you just let him go," Natalie pleaded. Blaine chuckled.

"No Nat…" Jayden groaned.

"Sorry Princess, but I don't need your help. And your boyfriend has to pay for killing Boba Fett. An eye for an eye. That's the way we do things," Blaine said, as he drew a vicious looking curved blade from the scabbard at his waist.

"And I'm going to really enjoy watching you squirm in pain, Jedi whelp," he hissed. Natalie screamed, as Blaine raised the blade, preparing to drive it into her beloved's flesh.

Luke's breath hitched in his throat, as he watched the scene from the rafters above. Blaine wasn't wasting any time. The coward had his brother suspended in plasma restraints, because he knew he wasn't sure he could take him on at full strength. Natalie's scream pierced the air and he knew that they might be captured by acting this soon. But he wasn't about to let them murder his baby brother before his eyes and not try and stop them. If they were going to kill Jayden, then they would have to kill Luke first. But just as Luke prepared to drop into the fray of the battle, he watched as the petite princess tore away from her captors with unexpected strength. The look in her eyes startled Luke, as she ran up to Blaine and clawed at him with a ferocity that he had never seen in her. But he had seen it before. He'd seen that look in his mother before. He had seen her do the same things to enemies that were far stronger than her in times where his father had been facing mortal danger. He knew that she wouldn't last long against someone like Blaine, even in her rage, but she had unknowingly given him the exact distraction that they needed. He signaled Jenna and Marcus. And they made their move.

"Leave him alone!" Natalie scream, as she kneed the man holding her arm in the groin, before tearing away for Blaine.

"Nat no…stay back…" Jayden called, as she clawed at punched at their lead captor. He chuckled and slammed his arm into the side of her head with terrible force. She hit the floor hard with a crack, blood slowly trickling from her cracked skull.

"Oops…I think I broke the little princess. She's a feisty one, kid. I can see why you like her. I bet she's a real wild Nexu in bed," Blaine hissed. Jayden's eyes were wide, as he watched her blood start to create a small puddle on the floor.

"Natalie…" he cried, as he swallowed the rising bile in his throat.

"NATALIE!" he screamed when she didn't move. He felt her life signature slowly dissipating, as he touched the Force around her. And his world came crashing down. Pain enveloped him, like his heart was literally being ripped from his chest, and he let out an anguished cry of sorrow. He was supposed to protect her! He had promised her! And breaking a promise to his beloved princess broke him inside. This couldn't be happening. The simple phrase repeated itself in his head, over and over again, like a broken holodisc. She was everything that meant anything to him, besides his family. She was the other half of his soul. If she died, he died. It was as simple as that. He wasn't being over dramatic. It was just the way he worked. The realization that Natalie was dying hit him like a ton of permacrete bricks and he felt the power stirring in his being. He usually shied away from it, as he had only sampled it a few times. He had yet to truly, fully embrace it like his father. He was wary of it. He had seen the mysterious Force powers erupt from his father and lay waste to anything evil in his way. Though he had never truly admitted it, he was slightly frightened that he had the potential to do the same. But whatever inhibition had held him back before was gone now. His anguished cries grew in volume, as his chest heaved. He convulsed with rage that threatened to swallow him up. Blaine took a few involuntary steps back from the plasma ring, as hit began to shake.

"Stabilize it and turn up the power!" he barked, as Day'na sunk to her knees beside Natalie. Her intentions had never been pure, but in the short time that she had known the girl she had brought into the world, she grew to care for her.

"What have I done?" she whispered, choking back a sob.

"I suggest that you either help your daughter or get away. She can still be saved and I won't let you hurt her," Luke said, as his feet landed solidly on the floor and swiped his blade through her stun cuffs.

"She's my daughter," Day'na hissed, even though he had freed her.

"Then act like her mother," Luke hissed back. Day'na tore some fabric from Natalie's dress and applied pressure against her daughter's head wound, while Blaine turned to the elder Skywalker brother.

"Well…come to save baby brother, have we?" Blaine goaded with a sadistic smirk.

"Too bad I'm about to slice him open," Blaine hissed. But it was Luke that smirked this time.

"You'll have to go through me first. And believe me…you're going to feel really lucky that you're facing me instead of Jayden in a few minutes," Luke goaded back. Blaine's smirk faltered slightly.

"He's not getting free, if that's what you're thinking. They'll contain him and I'll dispose of you both," Blaine replied confidently. Luke's smirk didn't disappear.

"Nothing can hold him now. Not after what you just did to Natalie, but I'll be happy to take a crack at you and throw him your pieces," Luke snapped back. The statement had the desired effect the young Jedi wanted and Blaine brought his blade up, swinging it down at Luke, who expertly blocked with his azure blade. As Luke dueled Blaine, Jayden flailed angrily against his restraints. His screams were in rage and pain, as Blaine's men tried to subdue him with electrified staves, but as he let all the power inside him go, the restraints finally snapped, his eyes now a startlingly bright blue. He fell solidly to his feet from the plasma ring and glared at Day'na. She seemed to be helping his Natalie and so with warning gaze, he turned his attention to Jaxxis Ord, who had confiscated his light saber. Ord fired his blaster at the young Jedi, but Jayden simply held out his hand, absorbingly the blaster bolts like they were nothing, and continued his purposeful stride toward the mercenary. Jaxxis felt the light saber fly from his belt and ignite in the teen's hand.

"You want a fight, brat?" he goaded, as he fired his flamethrower. But his mouth hung open in disbelief, as a glowing shield blocked the flames and he cried out, as they were sent back in his face. Cad Bane could hardly believe his eyes, as his former partner was now engulfed in his own attack, his agonizing screams filling the warehouse.

"You never showed any of your victims mercy, but I'm better than you, so I'll grant you a far swifter end than you deserve," Jayden spoke calmly, as he ended Ord's suffering with a swipe of his now silvery white glowing blade.

"Stop that brat!" Blaine screamed, as his terrified men, as continued his duel with Luke. His men began to fire their electrified barbed cables at the young Jedi, but their weapons bounced off his shield like nothing. Jenna and Marcus cut their way through the onslaught of armed Mandalorians when Cad Bane cut them off.

"I ain't gonna be so easy to get past, kids," Bane growled. Jenna glared back at him.

"Marcus, go get Natalie. I still don't trust Day'na. I can handle the bounty hunter," Jenna said. Marcus nodded, knowing she would fare better against the experienced mercenary than he would.

"Don't bite off more than you can chew, little girl," Bane goaded, as he drew a long, heat resistant.

"You don't scare me," Jenna retorted, as she ignited her light saber and charged at him.

Blaine knew he was going to lose if he didn't pull out the weapon he had stolen in one of his many exploits. He flipped the switch on the peculiar looking device around his wrist and it hummed, as he charged up. Smirking evilly, as Luke brought his light saber down, he fired the weapon. A beam of golden energy erupted from the output of the weapon, hitting Luke squarely in the chest. He was violently thrown back into a pile of storage bins, stunned, as he could barely breath. Whatever that weapon was, it was powerful.

"Jayden…watch out!" he cried, as he collapsed into a coughing fit, trying to get air into his lungs. Blaine smirked and turned up the power on the device.

"Stop this, brat," he sneered, as he fired point blank at the young Jedi…