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Looking In A Mirror (JZ post LOTF)
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jedi_imp
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7/18 6:55am
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Looking In A Mirror (JZ post LOTF)
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"Sometimes the force holds up a mirror" Jaina Solo-Revelation
In the Mirror
JZ-post LOTF
summary: Jaina runs away after the deaths of her brother, parents and Jag. She is guided by the force to a cloaked planet where Zekk soon follows. The two meet a new world, a new people and new characters but two of those characters are a mrror for their own relationship.
PROLOGUE
"Jaina your lightsaber-"
"NO JAG I DONT WANT IT ANYMORE!"she snapped angrily
"Jaya-"
"Throw it away, Jag"with that she stormed from the room
Jag didnt know what to do, but he thought he knew someone who did. He packaged the weaopon and sent it to someone who he had to grudgingly admit could probably help Jaina when he couldn't.
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Date Posted:
7/18 7:18am
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RE: Looking In A Mirror (JZ post LOTF)
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Jaina was healed. Physically, at least. She was better of than her brother. Her twin brother. Jacen was dead. So he had been Darth Caedus, Jacen was still the one who died in her arms. Of a blow she dealt. She had killed her own twin brother. She was so tired of everything.
Jag had tried to talk to her but she just couldnt face anyone, not Jag, not her Mother, or even her Father. Luckily they had left together on some scouting. She was working on the ship, burrying her emotions in mechanic-ing. The pain hadnt hit her hard yet-she was numb. She was thankful to the Force for letting her be numb. The numbness was what was allowing her to function. She was just turning around when pain ravaged her, she fell to her knees as she felt her mother, father, and Jag die through the force.
Jaina couldnt believe what her Uncle Luke had said-the ship had just imploded-a new sustem had malfunctioned. She felt sick. It was too soon. She had barely woken up from a coma and a week later her parents were dead as was Jag. She rejected all efforts to comfort her. She knew her Uncle was as griefstricken as she as was Ben, but she was...past caring. The numbness was gone, it had not been present long enough.
She finished throwing a couple of bags into the ship as Luke came out. She stilled, she had expected him to be alseep she had intentionally waited to leave in the dead of the night, trying to avoid everyone.
Luke held out a calming hand "It's ok Jaina, I know you need to leave. I just wanted you to take something with you" She waited knowing he would finish.
"You can't internalize all of this and it's not even about turning to the darkside you need and out. Write in this-I know it seems stupid but it will help"he gave her a leatherbound book and before she could even say anything he had hugged her and left.
A book? A diary? Jaina sighed, remembering when she had been given a diary with the same suggestion by the shrink that her mother had dragged her, Jacen, and Anakin to. The memory brought a wave of pain but it was like blue on black and not noticed because she was always hurting so much. Everyone other than Uncle Luke and Ben was dead now, she was alone.
She didnt know where she was going so after lifting into space she gave herself over to the force, letting it guide her and was surprised when she felt her fingers press in cordinates she didnt recognize
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Zekk had felt the pain from Jaya even though she had been more or less blocking their connection since she had decided to kill her brother. Part of him thought it was a very unfair decision made by the Council, and even her own Uncle to give her the responsibility of ending her twin's life. Or perhaps it was unfair of the force. He remembered how he'd confronted Luke about it, guilty for adding to the tired Master's problems. Lukw had replied that Jaya was the ONLY one who could succesfully take Jasa down without turning to the dark side herself and replacing him. Zekk closed his eyes, he could feel amazing pain in her-he started to try and help but he felt her shut down their connection in the force. Whatever it was she was shutting everyone out, he could feel it.Jaya what has happened now.
He picked up the package that had arrived from him. He opened it to find Jaina's lightsaber. He felt a bit of confusion, and picked up the folded letter his confusion growing as he read the note in none other than Jagged Fel's writing.
Zekk-
Ok this is really strange, I know but Jaina is refusing to ever touch a lightsaber again. She threw it away and was furious when I picked it up for when she felt ready. She says she'll never again pick it up. She says that she's done with being a weopon, and besides that she'll never again take another life with the weapon she used to take her own brothers'. I'm not a jedi. You are. Also if she finds I have yet to destroy it she'll be angrier-an emotion useless to her. She will probably want it one day-its a part of her, like you are. She'll need both of you.
-Jagged Fel
Zekk was bemused. It bothered him a bit, bewildered him maybe that Jag was being so...magnanimous. But then the two of them had become....well not friends exactly. But they grudgingly respected each other and both cared for Jaya-and its hard to constantly go on death defying missions with someone and not have some kind of..understanding. He was also saddened that Jaya was feeling what she obviously was. Does she think she's done being a Jedi? He wondered knowing that being a Jedi was not something you could just quit-knowing from experience.
He picked up the lightsaber, that felt so much like Jaina, and then hung it with his own. Jag was right she would need it later, he didnt contemplate the other part of that statement-His heart couldnt take it.
Just then his com beeped. He answered it, and was surprised to see a griefstricken Luke Skywalker. The master didnt even greet him "Is she with you?"he asked
Zekk's brows drew together in confusion, but he knew who She was. "Jaina? No she isn't"
Luke sighed "Zekk, Leia, Han and Jag were killed in a system malfuntion of their ship off planet" Master Skywalker's voice broke."She's left-shes shutting Ben and I out and shes just gone"
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Neo-Paladin
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Hey, I found this an intriguing start. Heavy, but still compelling. I'll keep my eyes open for more. 
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SilSolo
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looks like a pretty nice start. good work
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jedi_imp
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7/22 11:07pm
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YAY! I have reviewers.......*claps happilly and jumps up and down* Thank you both so very much...see I have this illness called "wont continue if no one likes it" syndrome.....But you commented and said you liked it and whats more you ignored all the many typos I apparently made!
SilSolo-THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Neo-Paladin-THANKS SO VERY MUCH! And after this...exuberant post I shall post the more!
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Jaina wasn’t sure where she was going. She had let the force guide her far enough to key in the coordinates, but then she had felt HIM reaching out and had shut down. She had closed her connections with everybody. Everybody still alive, she amended bitterly in her own thoughts. She just didn’t want to deal with them, especially not HIM.
He would not have condemned her. He would have shouldered some of her pain, tried to comfort her. She knew that. He loved her. Or rather, she thought, a bitter smile stretching her lips in a mocking imitation of a lopsided grin, he loved the girl who had been his infatuated best friend. But that was lifetimes ago. That Jaina Solo, the naïve child who refused to spar with her Wookie friend even in practice was a long time ago in a galaxy far away. She had died in the Vong war.
There was nothing left to do until she came out of hyperspace, so Jaina took the small diary and began to write. She wrote furiously, she wrote until exhaustion overtook her and she slept in what was a type of numbness, of relief.
That is until the dreams came. Or nightmares. Jacen and She fighting, but with glowing red light sabers, and he behind Darth Vader’s mask. Brakiss’s Voice, and the mask disappeared but this time she kept fighting. This time Jacen’s face became Vader’s and she stunned him as force lightening came from her hand and the other bore the red blade through his heart. As he died his face became his own again, the now sightless gaze identical to her own.
Then the imagery shifted to the faces of the latest deaths, the latest losses. Jag. Her Dad. Her Mom. Then another face one she couldn’t bare to count among the lost. Emerald green eyes with dark corona’s stared at her and she screamed his name as she awoke, heart pounding, body shaking, one word, one name screaming from her lips, “ZEKK!”
She realized that the entire ship was shaking, and rushing to the cockpit saw that she was crashing in deep green forestry.
That’s all for now folks, hope every one liked it. Up next: Jacen’s force ghost and Jaina meets my OC people…well their Empress at least.
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Hmmm. I like how you touched on the changes that Jaina's gone though. By extension you acknowledge that Zekk has gone through less radical changes. I hope he can resurrect her a little, if he can find her.
The nightmare had shades of The Empire Strikes Back, which is always worth points. 
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Thanks again to Neo Paladin...one of my two favoritest reviewers......*blatantly ignores logic*
Back to the story
Light and dark seemed to explode as Jaina Solo lost consciousness
(And now, meet Eve and the Aniani)
Evening Venus Anian saw the thing fall out of the sky. Well fall was not the right word for it; the thing seemed to hurtle to the planets surface, hellbent on self destruction.
Eve’s emerald eyes widened inside their dark charcoal coronas as she realized through her bond with Chi, that there was a person in the meteor-like thing. Enhancing her speed instinctively through the energy that surrounded all and was all, the young girl raced towards the crash site, praying to the Gods that the Balen had not noticed the crash.
Thankfully the being had crashed in the jungle near the temple; else, the Balen shocktroops would have swarmed the area already, thought Eve grimly. She felt a familiar tingle as she reached the crash site and barely managed to pull the vessel’s passenger from its crushed metal when a thunderous explosion shook the air.
Eve threw up various chi shields rapidly as shrapnel and flaming scraps rained around her and the woman she had pulled free of the wreckage.
After a matter of fact chi inspection that only plagued the younger girl’s conscience for a moment, Eve decided that the woman would not wake up for a very long time. The woman’s bodily damage was nothing compared to the damage her Soul had taken. Some scars were obviously old but had yet to heal. Others were new and fresh.
Eve quickly and with practiced ease put together a litter for the woman, who was rather pretty, Eve decided. She was smaller even than Eve, but her hair was the same chocolate of Eve’s own. That gave the girl inspiration for an explanation of the woman’s presence should she need one.
As Eve neared the secretive camp several ladies in waiting came to greet her “Empress Goddess” Eve waved a hand towards the comatose woman to distract the three annoyances from the long list of titles that was sure to follow and the ladies stopped mid curtsy.
Eve spoke “This woman is my older sister sent from heaven to help us by the Chi force. She will be given a bed in my own dwelling, and she shall be cared for by Nikea my healer” she knew that her order would not be refused. For now at least.
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Zekk sighed. No word had been heard from Jaina and she was still blocking as hard as she could. It had been 6 weeks. He tried to reach past her block but their were so many dangerous emotions.
He couldn’t sleep any at all now. He needed to try and rescue her, but he couldn’t he just couldn’t.
(thanks for reading-next twin matchmakes from the grave)
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"Hey just out of curiosity isnt it your turn to ride to my sister's rescue?"
That teasing tone startled Zekk so badly that he sprang up and away from the fresher unit his orangey blade blazing as he looked into a pair of eyes the color of corelian brandy.
"Jacen?" he asked hoarsley his blade already above the brown haired boy's neck, hovering there.
"Umm Zekk? I'm dead...in case that somehow escaped your notice. SO you can put the blade away and tell me why you arent going after Jaya....if you dont mind" his voice sounded just like it had before everything had happened.
Zekk shook his head slowly. Jacen kept talking "Look I know you are probably really upset with me and I know I did a lot of wrong things but my sister needs you badly right now."
Zekk finally spoke "Jacen....I cant help Jaina anymore, I cant rescue her. Not anymore."
Jacen sighed "Zekk, Jaina wont survive this one get it? I'm serious. She has saved everyone else, but she cant save herself. Thats your job"
Zekk shook his head, even though the pain in his heart was searing him. "Not Anymore Jasa" he replied.
Jacen blinked "Zekk she called out for you"
Zekk flinched "No she didnt"
Jacen glared at him "Hello, I'm one with the force 'member. She called out for you but she couldnt reach through her own pain to reach you before she lost conciousness"
Suddenly Zekk saw Jaina her skin pale and damp with prespiration as she sat up in the bunk of her ship. He heard her screan his name and felt the ship crash.
His eyes filled with tears. She had called him. But was it to late?
Jacen sighed "Sorry but you didnt believe me"
Zekk didnt understand onething "Why not just appear to her yourself Jasa? Why me?"
Jacen groaned "FOrce, Zekk you and Jaina have changed so much but neither of you have gotten any less stubborn. Seeing me right now would do more damage than good. Irreparable damage. SHE. NEEDS. YOU." with that the force ghost dissappeared leaving Zekk in more indecision than ever.
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Zekk closed his eyes-he was going after Jaina. Of course he was. He threw his bag into the ship's cargo. He let the force guide him-he should have gotten cordinates from Jacen. Well. he had always had a knack for finding things.
He just hoped he was able to find the most important thing before it was too late. Jaina, oh Jaina he thought.
He had known she was hurting, she had just killed her twin. But to have her parents and Jag die... Sometimes the force seemed incredibly cruel.
His thoughts were of Jaina for the majority of the trip. He came out of Hyperspace to find that in front of him was darkness, just empty space.
Zekk's mind flashed back-Or something cloaked. His ship's sensors saw a planet.An entire planet. Letting the force guide him he came entered the planet's atmosphere. Right over what seemed to be a huge metropolis.
Suddenly dozens of ships seemed to swarm him. "Follow Us In To Land Now-Unidentified AirShip-Land so we will not have to shoot"
For a moment Zekk hesitated, but with the force guiding him he landed where the other ships guided him to.
He had just stepped off the ramp when a stung in his neck startled him, and he lost consiousness.
(yeah I just realized...I seem to be find of people geting knocked out-sorry necesarry redundant plot device...next up Zekk get thrown into prison with an overconfident force weilding street rat....and then they get rescued by an irrate dark goddess)
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