Disclaimer- I do not own any of the characters within this story all belong to Lucasfilm. That being said , the only thing I own is the idea for this story, the ship chosen, and any OC's I might throw in.
Sorry it took so long. At the end of the story is a couple links of the ship I'm giving Jacen and basically an idea of what hes wearing, just make his hair longer like in the picture of the Joiner King. And if you cant access the links, they are in my profile.
Set that Navi-comp and engage Hyperdrive, for its time to return to the Galaxy far far away.
"Nar Shadda reached, dropping out of hyperspace"
The cool tones of the computers synthesized voice came over the com unit. Jacen walked out of the room he was given and walked over to the hidden panel and tripped the switch, unveiling the storehouse of weapons. Reaching in he took out 2 heavy blasters with elongated barrels and upgraded firing mechanism as well as heavier power distribution. Sliding them into the holsters at his sides, he pulled out a small holdout blaster and slid it into a holster on his forearm. Finally grabbing two vibroblades and 2 concussion grenades he strapped them to his sides and sealed the compartment. Looking up he saw Ben, Luke and Vestara staring at him, Ben opened his mouth to speak first.
"Planning for a small war Jacen?"
Smirking Jacen donned the wide brimmed hat and looked at them.
"Well considering I am a shipless smuggler on a ship full of Force users, I have to be prepared don't I? I'm not Jacen currently, call me….Raido, Raido Corh."
Nodding his head at the choices Jacen made Luke smiled and patted Bens shoulder and threw a glance at Vestara, motioning for her to follow him. Looking back and forth between the two cousins, she finally began to move when Luke leveled a glare unto her, leaving Jacen and Ben alone in the hold. Jacen finally broke the silence.
"So, how have you been Ben? I see you've become very powerful and much more confident in the Force."
"I've been…good, as best I can be. There was a rough time in which I was in the Embrace of Pain…"
This statement actually caused Jacen to frown and think about the experiences he had within the Embrace. Ben seeing this realized he had made a mistake and quickly spoke to correct himself.
"It wasn't that bad, I mean, yeah it was rough but the thing is that it was a learning experience one that well made me realize things."
"That's not something I would ever want anyone I know or care about to experience." He sighed and looked up at the ceiling of the cargo hold before continuing to speak. "I have no idea how long I was held in that blasted thing, all I saw was light, and I kept passing out, until I finally made a decision and made the pain my own and accepted it. It was the only thing I did that allowed me to be free of it."
"You embraced the pain and accepted it?"
"Yes it actually freed me, it didn't break me like most thought. I probably earned the respect of a few of the Yuuzhan Vong that day. Well lets get going Ben, mom and dad and the others should be here in a couple."
"Right."
With this statement Jacen and Ben left the cargo hold and went into the main hold and descended the ramp where they saw the Millennium Falcon descending onto the rather large landing platform they were on.
Looking out of the viewports as Han brought the Falcon in, everyone caught the sight of Luke and Ben, with the mysterious Sith female that they had picked up, along with the figure of Jacen, who was standing just a bit away from everyone else.
Leia looked at Han and Jaina and their expressions.
"You know its going to be a bit of a shock actually seeing him for the first time in a few years and it not be a clone."
Han nodded and breathed out slowly as he moved his grip on the controls, as he made an effort to hide how nervous he was. Despite being happy that one of his sons was back, he still couldn't forget or shake the image of Cadeus, and that made him worry.
"Dad its going to be ok. I can tell its Jacen and not another clone or attempt by Cadeus to worm his way back."
"Yeah grandpa, that's daddy. Its how I remember from when he would come and see me. He feels calm, and relaxed, but he's nervous. Why is he nervous?"
"It's because he hasn't seen us for a few years and add into the fact that there was a clone running around doing things in his name that destroyed him so he thinks that we may still hate him or don't want anything to do with him for that."
Slowly the boarding ramp of the Falcon lowered to the ground, allowing its passengers to disembark. Standing a few feet away was Jacen, his hands clenching and unclenching, truly showing how nervous her really was.
"Daddy!"
With a loud cry, Allana ran down the ramp and straight to her father into whose arms she jumped and buried her face into his neck and wrapped her small arms around it as he wrapped his arms around her, tears running down both of their faces as he fell to his knees and held her close.
" I'm sorry Allana, I am so sorry for everything that happened to you and that I couldn't protect you and be there for you."
"It's ok daddy, I forgive you it wasn't your fault that the bad man and woman did that. I love you daddy."
"I love you too Allana."
Leia stood there for a few minutes before both she and Jaina ran forward and grabbed onto Jacen and Allana and held them close, crying as they felt their family become healed a bit more with their true son and true sibling there in their arms. Han stood there for a few more minutes before he to walked forward and stood nearby. Standing up Jacen looked at him and handed Allana to his mother and walked forward to stand in front of Han.
"Hey Dad."
"Hey Jacen. I see you definitely decided to emulate your old man huh? Looks good and those look to be a nice pair of blasters."
"Yeah, I figured they might be needed, I mean its not like I can just easily announce that hey Jacen Solo is alive and the one you all thought was me was a clone. So I've decided I'll be a smuggler and see what happens from now on."
"Alright you two, stop beating around the bush and acting like men. Show each other how much you've missed one another."
Both men looked at Leia and back at each other before embracing tightly both trying to fight and hide the tears that leaked out of their eyes. Han held tightly onto Jacen in fear that his son who he just found out was alive still and the other was a clone, would disappear again and he would never have one of his boys back again.
"I've missed you boy. I am so glad you're here and its not a dream."
"I've missed you too dad."
Vestara looked on as a pang ran through her heart, knowing that her father never acted like that and a part of her wanted some type of comfort like that.
Releasing each other the two men wiped their eyes quickly hiding any evidence or trying to at least of their emotional breakdown. Shaking their heads, Leia and Jaina grinned and looked at each other before laughing, while Luke was leaning against the struts of the Shadow with slight shimmering tears in his eyes as he covered his mouth in barely suppressed mirth. Ben on the other hand had no compulsion to hide his laughter and let everyone know it as he laughed loudly. Draping his arm around Jacen, he held him close to his side.
"So you need a ship eh kid?"
"Yeah I just dont know what I should get."
"You should get a YT-1300 just like Dad's. Kind of runs in the family don't you think?"
Luke shook his head at Jaina's comment. Everyone looked at him in question.
"That would be a bad idea. Despite not looking how he used to the YT-1300 is a rare ship and very few are associated with it other than the Solo's. Plus knowing that Jacen can fly, and the both of you picked up your fathers style, it wouldn't be hard to believe that a Solo was flying it and if you were seen in another part of the galaxy, well it could end up being bad. Granted sticking with the make is fine but a different model."
Thinking about his words, Han slowly ran through the different models he knew about. The first one that came to mind was a YT-2400 like the Outrider, but dismissed that out of hand quickly due to who was associated with it. Thinking a little bit further he thought of one, that looked weird and ugly, but was still a well built ship.
"How about a YT-1930? Granted its a weird ship, but it was solidly built and very similar in design to the Falcon, though the cockpit was between the mandibles. Plus it was designed to have more cargo space than the 1300. Basically an upgraded version of the Falcon with more room and a center cockpit."
Everyone gave him a look and just stared at him blinking.
"What?"