I was sitting in a training room in the Errant Venture,waiting for Anakin.Normally,I would be out fighting,but Tahiri is an emotional wreck from her Vong imprisonment.Me and Anakin are staying with her to help her heal from her mental scars.Finally,Anakin came walking out with a suit of Beskar armor.He glanced at me,"How did you get this suit."I smiled,"I know a guy.He hooks me up with armor if I ask.Before you ask,you are wearing the armor for protection."Anakin grunted,"Why are we fighting with lightsabers know?Didn't you always say that hand to hand combat is the most important thing ever?"He was about to put on his helmet,but I grabbed it and threw it in the corner where mine is."You need the exercise,and I do," I said without missing a beat.He shrugged,and unclipped his lightsaber.I twirled my lightsaber in a slow arc,"No aiming for the joints or the head.No Force use,and I won't use my gun."He nodded at me,and his blade meet mine.He faked an overhead shot before thrusting at my stomach.I rolled to the left and slashed horizontally along his stomach,which he narrowly blocked.Our blades meet again in a dance of faked,counters,and parries.Finally,he made the mistake of thrusting at my chest.I grabbed his wrist,and was about to stab him in the stomach when a chair came flying at me.I grunted as the impact his my head,and I stumbled back,bleeding.I turned to see Corran Horn standing there,"What the shab was that for?"Corran looked bemused,"You could have killed him."Anakin started taking off his armor and threw the breastplate at him,"Not with this."Corran looked a little guilty know,"Oh,sorry about that,Strill.Anyway,I was going on a supply run,and I was wondering if you guys want to come."I grabbed my helmet and smirked,"Yeah,I will go in this,'simply supply run.'"Corran ignored my sarcasm,and Anakin nodded,"I will come too."Corran smiled,"Great!Meet me at the hanger after breakfast tomorrow."

I was finishing up my repairs on the supply ship,and I decided to find Anakin or Tahiri,depending on who I run into first.It didn't take long for me to find Anakin and Tahiri on the other side of the ship,talking.I smiled,glad I have a helmet to mask it,and slowed my pace.You would have to be an idiot to miss the spark of passion between the two of them,yet they have missed it themselves.Ikrit knew what they would become,and I do to.Anakin mused Tahiri's hair,and that is when he noticed me,no men's feat for a man as big as me in mandalorian armor.Anakin quickly pulled his hand away,"Umm..Hello Strill."Tahiri smirked at his reaction,"We were just talking about my participation on the supply run."I snorted,"Maybe for once it will be just a supply run.And yes Tahiri,you coming in this mission is acceptable."Tahiri smiled,"Great!"She bolted off,and I sighed.Anakin looked at me,a little red,"No sarcastic lovebird jokes."I eased off my helmet,"I won't this time."I didn't tell him that I think,very soon,that Tahiri and him will be lovebirds.

Corran looked back at us from the pilot ship,"Welcome to Eriadu,people."Tahiri wrinkled her nose,"Oh!It stinks."Anakin glanced out the window,"I have seen prettier landscapes."Tahiri looked at him,"It is not that bad,"she said defensively.I rose an eyebrow at the fact that she was obviously lying,probably due to the Vong brainwashing.Corran landed the ship and walked over to us,"Me and Strill will look for supplies,and Tahiri and Anakin will stay on the ship."Anakin opened his mouth to complain,but Tahiri beat him to the punch,"I get here but I don't get to explore?"I took off my helmet and smile at them,"You will get to explore after we get the supplies.Don't be dirty,you two."I quickly left before and flying projectiles hit me.Me and Corran was putting are supplies in a bag when Corran suddenly said,"Strill,did you know my grandfather?"I smiled at him as I took off my helmet and grabbed a box,"Of course I did.Nejaa Halcyon was an okay fellow.I didn't like him,but I didn't hate him."Corran nodded and we started walking toward the ship.When we got to the ship and started putting the bags down,I say a speeder charging at us.I put on my helmet,"Speeder,four a'clock."I armed my gun and was ready to blow them up,but Corran put a hand on my arm."That is Anakin and Tahiri!"I sighed,"Of course it is."We let them park the speeder in the ship,and Corran exploded on them,"What were you guys doing?"Anakin glanced behind him,and I saw what was going on.I cursed,"Peace Brigade tracked them down.Why they didn't stay on the ship isn't important right now.Tahiri,get the guns.Corran and Anakin,help me pilot."Everybody did what I told them for once,and I ran to the pilots seat.I powered up the engines,and Corran and Anakin went in the cockpit to help me.I launched the ship into the space and started to maneuver around the firing of the ships.I glanced out the window and saw ships getting blown up by laser fire.Corran muttered under his breath,"The kid can shoot."I swerved the ship to the left and glanced at Anakin,"Put the coordinates in the navicomputer.Corran,use the Force to tell me where to go."They both nodded and Anakin went to the computer while Corran closed his eyes.It went like that for about five minutes,then Anakin shouted,"Hit it!"I punched the button,and we ejected into hyperspace.I sighed in relief and Tahiri came running down,"That was fun!"Anakin smiled at her,"Good shooting."Corran turned to them both,"Alright,tell me what happened."I took out a ration bar,and took off my helmet,"I have a good guess,but I want to hear it."Tahiri glanced at Anakin,and Anakin sighed,"Alright,here it goes."

A few minutes later,Anakin finished telling the story,and Corran looked mad.I tried not to laugh as Corran started berating Anakin and Tahiri about not being reckless,then I thought of something.I leaned toward Tahiri and rose an eyebrow,"The Jedi told us to go to Yag'Dul,right?"She nodded,and I turned to Anakin,"Where are we going?"He smiled nervously,"Near Yag'Dul."Corran's face grew red,"You-You-"We were spared from a stream of expletives when we suddenly went out of hyperspace.We nearly got smashed by an asteroids,and I ran to the pilot seat and started to maneuver around.Tahiri leaned forward and turned to Anakin,"You had to land us in an asteroid field?"Anakin looked surprised,"There wasn't supposed to be an asteroid field."Me and Corran cursed,as the same thought hit us.I turned to Anakin and Tahiri,"Strap in!We landed smack dab in a Vuuzhon Vong fleet!"Tahiri started running to the turbolaser,but I grabbed her arm,"Stay here.I have an idea."Corran glanced at me,and I smiled reassuringly,"Listen up,this is the plan..."

We were observing the ship from a nearby asteroid,watching it get creamed.We were in space suits,except for me because my armor doubles as one.Corran sighed,"Guess we are stuck here."I shook my head,"Not really.If push comes to shove,I can call somebody."Anakin looked at me,"Like who?"I shrugged,"I know a lot of clone deserters.I will probably call Sev over."Corran glanced at Anakin,"By the way,does that lambent really help with sensing Vong?"He nodded.I smirked,"I have a theory about his "Vongsense",but I will tell him about it later."Tahiri looked at me,"Can you tell me.?"I shook my head,and Corran glanced at Anakin,"Foes that mean every Jedi can bond with a lambent?"He shook his head,"We would probably need to do some raids on Vong planets,and that is probably too aggressive for the Jedi."I winced at his sarcastic tone,and noticed that Tahiri did the same.Corran glanced at him,"Private conversation,me and you."Tahiri was about to say something,but I grabbed her arm and shook my head,letting her know that we need to let this conversation happen.We went to a different part of the asteroid and sat down.Tahiri glanced at me,"Strill,were you ever captured?"I gave her a smile under my helmet,"Once,but that made me who I am."Tahiri looked around before leaning forward,"If you tell anybody about the thing,I swear.."I put my hands up in mock surrender,"That is no way to talk to you godfather.Beside.I don't need to.Something tells me that you too will.."My speech was interrupted by Anakin walking in,"Tahiri?I need to talk to you.Strill,you're included too."We sat down and Anakin and Tahiri touched leaned forward and touched their suit's forehead together.I am not going to mention that all they need to do is turn around.Anakin spoke,"Tahiri,I need to tell you something.Strill already knows this,but I had a dream about the future."I sighed,not wanting to say anything.Anakin took a deep breath,"My dream was you were all scarred up and tattooed like a Vuuzhan Vong,and you were about to kill somebody.A Jedi,I guess."Tahiri grabbed his hand,"Anakin,I am no longer mind washed.Beside,I will never hurt you."I could hear Anakin frowning,"Who said anything about hurting me?"I sighed,"You kiss beat around the bush a lot.Tahiri,may I?"Tahiri nodded,no mean feat when your head is touching somebody else's."Tahiri had a dream that she was cutting something with her lightsaber,and it was you.I heard her screaming,and K talked to her about it.She wants to keep it a secret."Anakin just squeezed her hand.I turned back on the comms and heard Corran screaming,"...Vong ship landing!"

I glanced at Tahiri,"I thought you could fly this thing!"She grunted as she made a hard left,"It takes some time to fully understand the ship."I sighed and walked over to where Corran and Anakin were,who were trying to interrogate the Vong prisoners.We took over the ship and killed the warrior,and spared the shapers and Shamed Ones.Corran glanced at me,"No luck.These guys hate Jedi with a passion."One Shamed One looked a little interested when Corran said Jedi.I glanced at Anakin,and he nodded at me.Corran seemed to notice to,and he walked over to the Shamed One,"What is your name?"The Shamed One glanced at him,"T-Taan," she said.I walked over to her,"We noticed your interest when we said Jedi.Why is that?"She pointed a trembling finger at Anakin.Anakin pointed at himself,"Me?"She nodded,a human gesture,"You are the Jedi that helped the Shamed One Vua Rapuung.Is the Jedi Who Was Shapes Here?"Anakin looked vaguely confused,but it clicked for me.I turned to Anakin,"You can't understand Vuuzhon Vong,can you."He shook his head,"Only Tahiri and you can."I nodded,"What he is saying is that your helping of Vua Rapuung made the Shamed Ones look up to you and Tahiri."Anakin smiled,"You mean we can start a revolution?"I shook my head,"It is too early to tell."I looked to Taan and switched to Vuuzhon Vong,"Follow me."Me and Taan walked to the cockpit,with a very confused Anakin and Corran behind us.

When we arrived at the cockpit,Taan took one look at Tahiri's scars and fell on her knee.Tahiri looked at us,"Umm,what's going on?"Corran huffed,"Asked Strill.I have no clue."I told Tahiri what I told Anakin,and she rose a eyebrow,"Really?Maybe Anakin can show are new followers the following finer point of life."Anakin tilted his head,"What?"I smirked,"Forget it."I switched to Vuuzhon Vong and spoke to Taan,"Can you get a message to the orbital station near Yag'Dul?"She nodded,and went to a random chair.Whatever Taan did worked,and a Givin popped up.He looked at us,"Hello,what is your business."He then spoke in Vuuzhon Vong,and his words made me grunt and Tahiri gasped.Anakin grabbed Tahiri's arm,"What is it?"Corran shook his head,"Nothing good."I nodded,"You got that right.He said,'Welcome.We have been expecting you."Corran widened his eyes,and I spoke to the Givin in basic,"I am Hul Lah,your speaking of the sacred language disgusts me.Infidel,have you done what I have asked?"

"Of course,Great One.The orbital shield will collapse in 13.116246 hours."

I smiled,safe that I am under my helmet,"Good job,infidel.For Yun-Yuuzhan and the glorious Supreme Overlord Shimrra!"He cut the comm,and I sighed with relief,"At least we know there grand plans now."Tahiri rubbed her eyes,"What should we do?"Corran looked up,"I have an idea,but you're not going to like it."Anakin smiled,"If we attack the station,the people who stop use will be the people to talk too."Corran glanced at him,"You thinking of a career at intel?Yes,that is what I thought."I nodded,and Tahiri nodded as well.Taan was looking at us with wide eyes,and Tahiri smiled at her,"Do not worry.We will keep you safe."I grunted,"If we survive."

We were all set up,with everybody in the cockpit,and Tahiri piloting the ship.Taan went back to where the other Vuuzhon Vong were,leaving just us.Tahiri gave us a nod,and we came charging in.I heard Anakin curse,"The comm is broken.I need to fix it!"Corran nodded frantically,"Please do,or we are toast."I looked at Corran,"We have weapons,don't we?"Corran shook his head,"We do,but we will not use them."The ship shook and Tahiri yelped,"That hurt!Can a please shoot back?"I shook my head,"Corran had a point,don't use the guns."Tahiri glared at me,"The ship wants to.It is hurt."I glanced at Anakin,and Corran spoke up,"Anytime know.."Anakin let out a cheer,"Got it,patch them through."I activated the comm and a grim faced Givin popped up.He glanced at Corran,"Surrender or die."Corran put his hands up,"We surrender."The Givin's eyes narrowed,"You are not Vuuzhon Vong."I stepped into range,"No,but we have information that may interest you."The Givin looked thoughtful,"We will let you board,but try anything and you die,got that?"I nodded,and we docked onto the station.

We were walking down to the command center,surrounded by Givin guards,when I banged my head on the ceiling.I had my helmet off,so it actually hurt.Corran glanced at me,"Stay low.This was an old rebel base,remember?"I grunted,"But why so low?It is annoying."Anakin and Tahiri snickered,and I glared at them.The Givin guard turned around and opened a door."Go in there," he said roughly.We walked in,and there was another Givin.He glanced at Corran,"Hello Corran Horn.My name is Dodecian Illiet."Corran gave him a puzzled look;"How do you know my name?"

"The computer said there was a 98% chance of you being Corran.I admit,I was nervous with such a high chance of failure,but your reaction proves my point."

Corran coughed,then spoke,"We are here to warn you of an in coming Vuuzhan Vong invasion.It will be here soon,so be ready."Dodecian Illiet frowned at us,"The Vong will not come here.We have nothing they want.And who says they will wipe us out?"I clipped my helmet to my belt and rubbed my temples,"Why do people say that?They will kill you,destroy civilization,and conquer your planet.Why is that so hard to take in?Just use shabla head for once!"Anakin nodded,"He is right.Listen to us,the planetary shields have fallen."Dodecian Illiet typed in a computer,"You are right,the planetary shields have fallen.I will try to vouch for you,but in the meantime,stay in a room we have assigned you.Bad things might happen if you don't"He was obviously threatening us,and Tahiri flinched in anger.I put a hand in her shoulder,and we did what we were told to do.

We were sitting in the room,bored.Anakin was meditating,and Corran and Tahiri were arguing about something.I had my helmet on,and was tuning everybody out.I was trying to listen out the door because something was off.Then suddenly Anakin winced in pain,and I turned back in the audio."...We have to get out of here," Anakin was saying,"Mara is in danger!"Tahiri quickly stood up,"About time!"Corran shook his head,"They are going to get rid of the air in the station,remember?We have to wait."I nodded at Corran,"Corran is right.We have to wait."Anakin huffed,"Alright,but..." Whatever he was about to say was cut short when two Givin soliders walked in,with Dodecian Illiet in front.He looked at us,"We must leave.These soliders will accompany you to hanger 16,which is where a ship is.Thank you for trying to help us."We nodded,and raced after the jogging Givin soliders.When we were following them,I noticed one of them was walking slightly differently,and his eyes flickered a lot in are direction.Before I could make out anything,we ran into a Vuuzhan Vong patrol.I cursed as me,Corran,and Tahiri charged the group.Anakin was about to,then turned around.He got punched in the face by the Givin soldier,and he shot his partner.I tried to shoot him,but he rolled out the way and took off his ooglith masquer,revealing to be Nom Anor.He fixed us with a smiled,"You three fight well for infidels.If you weren't Vuuzhon Vong,I might even call you warriors."Corran fixed a glare at him,"How about a duel?One between me and you?"Nom Anor smiled at him,"Like you did with Shadeo Shai?I will not accept."Actually,I killed Shadeo,but the line Aj that Corran did,with only a few people knowing the actual truth.Suddenly,Tahiri turned to the warriors and barked,"Nom Anor disgraces the gods.He refused to duel against an honorable opponent," in Vuuzhon Vong.I quickly caught in what she was trying to do,and whispered to Anakin and Corran what she did.The soliders were having a full blown argument with Nom Anor,and the largest warrior stepped up.He glanced at Corran,and spoke in Vuuzhon Vong,"I will accept.I am Shok of domain Choka."I relayed the information back to Corran and he nodded.Before he could anything,Anakin stepped up,"I accept the duel.Tell them they are a disgrace to the gods if he declines."Tahiri told Shok this,and as an answer,he pulled out his amphistaff,Anakin pulled out his lightsaber,and we stepped out of range.And the dance began.

Anakin and Skok Choka were fighting,but something was off.Anakin was fighting wild,with Walsh's and parries going everywhere.Shok forced him to go to the wall,and when he counterattacked,his lightsaber cut two grooves in the wall.I looked at the grooved,and I realized Anakin's plan.I glanced at Corran,and the look in his eyes told me he knew too.Anakin got tripped by Shok,but he used his leverage to pull him down and chop off his head.He glanced at us,"Know!"I quickly pulled out my lightsaber and finished the triangle on the wall.Anakin ran through the gap,then Tahiri.Corran jumped in,then I did.A Vong soliders threw a thud bug at me,but it hit me in my helmet.Corran glanced around,"We have to get to the hanger."Anakin frowned,"Do you feel more winded?"My eyes widened,"Blast!The stupid Givins must have released all the oxygen."Tahiri rubbed her head,"We just have to get to the hanger."Corran shook his head,"By the time we get there,we will be dead.We have to find a vac suit or repressive the station.I glanced at the row of lockers,"We might have a few vac suits in there.I don't need one.My helmet will keep me alive for about two hours."We searched the lockers, it could only find one vac suit.Tahiri started giggling,and Anakin looked a little lightheaded.Corran scratched his head,"I will put on the vac suit and try to find some more.Anakin,Tahiri,go in that lockers,it should help conserve air.Strill,you guard them."I nodded,and threw Anakin and Tahiri into the locker.Corran ran off in a direction,and I sat down.

It had been about five minutes,I was bored.Anakin and Tahiri weren't talking,so I just sat near the locker sharpening my viroblades on my gun.Finally,I heard Anakin say something,"I am scared too."I sighed,maybe finally they will talk.Tahiri's voice ran out,"You are never scared.And when you are,not by any rational human's standards."

"I was scared when I thought I lost you in Yavin IV."

I quickly had an idea of where this conversation was heading,and under my helmet,I smiled a genuine smile.My smile was filled with light,the first in a long time.Tahiri's voice came next,"Don't say that.I know you just think I am a kid and..."Whatever she was going to saw was cut short.I could not see what was going on,but I knew.The sun of your parts,is greater than your whole.Ikrit was right,and has earned his spot as one of the few Jedi I respect.Finally,Tahiri spoke,"That was surprising."

"Sorry."

I could practically hear Tahiri smile,"No,come here."A little while later she spoke again,"We have to figure this out later,you know."I tuned out there conversation,and could hear the station slowly get sit back.Whatever Corran did worked,but I didn't want him to know what has happened.They wouldn't want him to know too.I knocked on the locker door to get there attention,and just then Corran ran in.He opened the door and Anakin and Tahiri stepped out.He glanced at them,"You okay?"Tahiri nodded,"Yeah,of course."Anakin glanced at Anakin with a raised eyebrow,"Was it wise to leave you two unchaperoned?"I raised my hand,"I was chaperoning them,and they didn't even talk.It was boring."Corran rose his eyebrow,and I could tell my excuse didn't work.He gestured at us to follow him,and we did.

When we arrived at the hanger,Corran sighed with relief."Good,the ship is still there," he said.Anakin nodded and ran in the ship.We followed him in,and Anakin cursed,"Blast!There is a whole Vong blockade out there!"I looked around,"Is there any weapons on the ship!"Tahiri shrugged,"I got a good look at it.No turbolasers."Corran looked at a screen,"We have two proton torpedoes.I nodded,doing some drought calculations,"Alright,I have a plan.Corran and Tahiri,sorry,but you just sit in the ships strap in."Tahiri was about to argue,but Corran grabbed her arm and dragged her with him.I sat at the pilot's seat,and gestured at Anakin to sit at the copilot seat.I glanced at Anakin,"Alright,here is the plan.I will drop the torpedoes,and you will launch them with the force in different direction.This will hopefully make a distraction."Anakin frowned at me,"There is only two torpedoes.How is it going to work?"I smiled and turned on the engine."We crash."As the ship went into the air,Anakin's mind caught up to what I was saying,"What,did you say crash?"I didn't respond as I made the ship going straight at the nearest hole in the blockade.I dropped the torpedoes,and Anakin did what I asked.The torpedoes went in all different directions,and it confused the ships just enough to let me go through the blockade.I heard Tahiri and Corran cursing in sync,and I chuckled as I went into hyperspace.Anakin's eyes were wide,and he turned to me,"How did that work?"I took off my helmet and smiled at him,"This was a trick Mara showed me.If you put a high electric frequency on the torpedoes,ships will confuse the torpedo as the ship.The torpedo will be going to fast and be to bright for pilots to figure out."Anakin scratched his head,"How did you that that will work on a Vong ship?"I shrugged,"I wasn't.I had about a 31% chance of working."Before Anakin could say anything,Tahiri and Corran barged in.Corran glared at me,"What was that about?!I thought Anakin was reckless,but you make him look like a Nemodian accountant!"Tahiri gently punched my arm,"Not a nad maneuver."Tahiri's eyes meet Anakin's,and they both blushed,obviously thinking about the locker.Thankfully,Corran was too busy ranting about me to notice."You could have killed us," Corran was saying,"You are to reckless!Eventually something will..."Anakin suddenly buckled in pain,"Aunt Mara!"

When we arrived at the Errant Venture,me and Anakin bolted out the ship and ran to the medical bay.Anakin went over to Mirax,but something caught my eye.I took off my helmet and walked into the medical bay,to see Mara and Luke,looking happy,holding a baby.Anakin just stepped in,and was gaping at it.Mara smiled,"Hello Strill,Anakin.This is Ben.Would you like to hold him?"Anakin nodded and held the baby,"Why is he so ugly," he blurted out.Luke chuckled as Mara glared at him,"Please rethink those words,seeing at what I had to deal with."I smiled,"At least I wasn't here for this.I already helped one baby get birthed."Anakin,Luke and Mara bursted into laughter,as a brief moment of peace and hope came into this war.

A/N:That is this chapter.Next chapter will be a lighter,humorous chapter about Strill,Anakin,and Tahiri.It will be a little short story,but I may take a break on this to work on an alternate Revan ending.The Revan story might tie into this story,and may be part in the alternate Star Wars universe.Please read and review!"