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Author Topic: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Jaina/Jag; Completed
Hann315  637 posts
Registered: Apr '02
Date Posted: 6/15/02 8:04am Subject: RE: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/14
ok Wonderwoman, 2days the day!

~Luv Hann

 

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Jedi-Princess-Solo  4346 posts
Registered: Apr '02
8173_Jaina Solo
Date Posted: 6/15/02 8:04am Subject: RE: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/14
Almost done w/ it, Hann wink

 

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"Love can ignite the stars..." -RotS novelization
"Even the stars die out, Anakin Skywalker..." -RotS novelization
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Jedi-Princess-Solo  4346 posts
Registered: Apr '02
8173_Jaina Solo
Date Posted: 6/15/02 9:13am Subject: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/15 - Date Edited: 6/15/02 9:24am (3 edits total) Edited By: Jedi-Princess-Solo
"We understand your concern, Colonel Fel," General Marxus said.

Jag clenched his teeth. How could you, you arrogant piece of Sithslime? he thought angrily. You don't have children. You don't have a wife. Much less a wife and children who are Jedi. Powerful Jedi.

"I think what General Marxus means," Wedge said evenly. "Is that we understand how badly you want to find a way to stop these attacks on the Jedi."

Jag could believe that his uncle understood. Wedge had two daughters of his own, even if they were practically adults now. Syal was nineteen, and little Myri was just about to turn sixteen. Wedge had gone through trials when they were children, though none as dangerous as this, Jag was willing to bet.

"The Revolutionaries need to be stopped," General Harger, the cool demeanored Chiss Jag had once respected, said coldly. "The Peace Brigade can wait. The government is more important than the Jedi. Let them fend for themselves for now."

Jag felt his temper rise dangerously high, and he had to bite his tongue so hard it blead to keep from throttling the Chiss. "You are playing a political game, General. I am not."

Harger gave him a disapproving look. "You were once a Chiss commander, Jagged Fel. You should know that the Chiss must look out for what is in their best interests first and foremost. Our duty is the most important thing, not personal sentiments." A sneer crossed his lips. "Then again, you did seem to forget that rather quickly once that Jedi sorceress waltzed into the room."

Jag clenched his teeth, his body just about shaking with fury. "Say what you like about me, Harger, but leave my wife out of this. She has done nothing to deserve your scorn, and is not even present to defend herself. If you wish, when she returns to Coruscant, I can arrange a meeting for you to sit down and discuss your opinions with her. I would suggest that you bring a blaster, since my wife never leaves her ligthsaber behind."

Harger's eyes flashed and he opened his mouth to snarl a reply, when Colonel Celchu intervened. "The point, gentlemen, is just this. The Republic has already decided to oppose the Revolutionaries, as well as the Peace Brigade. Chancellor Elyasian has moved for the Chiss and the Remnant to support this decision, but she has made it quite clear that we intend to stop them by ourselves if we must."

Harger glared at Tycho, his eyes cool and dark. "The Chiss will lend support to the elimination of the Revolutionaries. After they have been taken care of, then we will extend our aid to dealing with the Peace Brigade, but not until then."

"That is your decision to make," Wedge said calmly. He glanced at Jag, then said, "But as you can see, emotions are running high in the Republic. The Jedi are an important part of our way of life. Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo have both been instrumental in the founding of the Republic, as the new generation of Jedi have been in the preservation of it. The Jedi won the Yuuzhan Vong war, make no mistake on that. It would be heartless for us to turn our backs on them after they did so much, risked so much, for us."

"That is the opinion of the Remnant, as well," Admiral Pellean said, speaking for the first time. "We are indebted to the Jedi. It is the least we can do to repay that debt by helping to put a stop to the Peace Brigade."

Jag's heart soared at hearing that. Even if the Chiss flat-out refused to help fight the Peace Brigade, the Remnant still had enough strength to sufficiently help the Republic finish off the band of anti-Jedi terrorists.

"The Republic welcomes your support in this matter, Admiral," General Marxus said evenly, looking to Harger expectantly.

He may have agreed to help fight the Peace Brigade, Jag thought, watching Marxus. But he doesn't want to. He's only going along with what his superiors decide.

Still, with the Republic in complete agreement to move forward on the matter, and with the Remnant offering their support, the Peace Brigade was not going to find it so easy to wreak havoc on the Jedi.

Apparently his uncle realized this, because the grim set of his mouth relaxed. It was unnoticeable to most, but Jag knew Wedge's facial expressions almost as well as Tycho. Years of working with his uncle had taught him to watch him carefully, and now Jag had memorized most of the man's mannerisms.

Right then, the set of Wedge Antilles' face told Jag that they were going to play hardball. "General Harger," he said slowly. "You realize, of course, that the Jedi are not part of the Republic. They are allies, friends. We cannot tell them when to help and who to help. They repay their debts, but only to those who have shown them the same kindness."

In other words, Jag translated with a smirk. Don't expect Skywalker to send Jedi to help the Chiss next time you have a problem if you won't spare a few troops to help the Jedi.

Harger's face twitched, and Jag was pleased to see the message had gotten through. "May I ask, General Antilles, if the Jedi are in such dire need of military help, why are they not present? Why have they not sent a representative to this meeting?" He narrowed his eyes at Jag coolly. "Or is Colonel Fel that representative?"

"I represent Rogue Squadron, General," Jag replied. "Not the Jedi. Not even my wife. Jaina is more than capable of representing herself, but she is elsewhere on Jedi business, trying to uncover the head of the Revolutionaries."

Harger made a dismissive sound, suggesting what he thought about Jaina's abilities to do so, and Jag clenched his teeth. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tycho stiffen, and saw his uncle make a fist under the desk.

"You seem to underestimate Colonel Solo Fel, General," Wedge said evenly. "She defeated Lord Shimmra, she manipulated the Yuuzhan Vong into hailing her as their goddess, and she has planned more successful strikes against the Vong than any other commanding officer, including everyone gathered in this room."

Silence hung over the conference room like a vibroblade about to drop from the ceiling. Finally, Admiral Pellean spoke. "General Harger, I have had the pleasure of meeting many brilliant and talented pilots and commanders in my career, Colonel Fel here being one of them."

Jag felt a blush of pride creep onto his cheeks at the compliment, but he managed to keep a straight face.

"However, Jaina Solo Fel has continued to amaze me and go beyond what I had assumed possible. She is an astounding pilot, a skilled commander, and, from what I have seen, a very powerful Jedi Knight," Pellean said. "I have every confidence in her and in her abilities, as I'm, sure General Antilles does."

Admiral Pellean could not have known how much those words meant to Jag. That someone Jag had looked up to all his career, someone who was both a brilliant tactician and an adept commander, someone who was not even with the Republic, saw his wife's true potential and did not seek to diminish it.

"Perhaps," Harger said after a pause. "I was rash with my opinion. Colonel Solo Fel has proven to be a proficient commander in the past. Perhaps she will prove to be so again."

Jag hardly thought that proficient was the right word to describe what Jaina had accomplished, but he wisely kept his mouth shut and let his uncle do the talking.

"I believe you will be pleasantly surprised," Wedge said calmly. "Now, gentlemen, there is a small matter of where to send our forces to investigate and put a stop to the Revolutionaries' attacks. It seems to me that our best chance would be to deploy small groups of squadrons to do preliminary scouting, and as soon as they report in a find, we move on it before the Revolutionaries can change locations."

Jag's interest perked up at the words "small squadrons", and given the glance his uncle had given him, Jag was certain that Rogue Squadron would be one of those small squadrons sent out to investigate. Good, he thought. It will give me something to do while Jaina is out fighting. It will help me keep my mind off of her and the children.

"Colonel Fel?" Tycho asked, drawing Jag's gaze to the older man. "When can Rogue Squadron be ready to deploy?"

"Within the next two standard hours, sir," Jag replied. "My men just need time to pack, check out their fighters, and then we're ready to ship out."

Right after I send word to Jaina, Jag added silently.

"Very good," Wedge said, nodding. "You are dismissed, then, Colonel."

Jag stood and bowed to his uncle. "Thank you, sir."

"And Jagged?" Wedge called as Jag reached the door. Jag looked over his shoulder at him curiously. Wedge flashed him a small smile. "Be sure to tell Jaina and Luke I said hello."

Jag nodded and slid out the door. He wasn't surprised Wedge knew he was going to call. He was, however, surprised to find Colonel Celchu had slipped out into the hallway behind him. "Colonel," he said in surprise.

Tycho smiled. "I am to give you your mission. Your uncle didn't want me to do so in front of Harger and Pellean."

"I see," Jag said. "And what is our objective?"

"To escort the Lusankya back to Coruscant," Tycho replied. The Revolutionaries have been active in the Minos Cluster, and we need for you to go to Bespin and bring her home."

Bespin, Jag mused to himself. What in the Sith's name is the Lusankya doing there?

But that was not something he needed to know. If the need arose, he would be informed, but for now, it was not his concern. Aloud, he said, "As you wish, sir. Rogue Squadron will see the Lusankya safely back to Coruscant."

Tycho nodded. "I know that, Colonel." He gave Jag a sharp salute, which Jag returned wholeheartedly. "Good luck, Colonel," Tycho said.

"Thank you, sir," Jag replied. "But if there's one thing I've learned being married to Jaina Solo, it's that there's a whole lot more to it than luck."

 

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Jade243  4618 posts
Registered: Mar '02
6345_Wraith Squadron
Date Posted: 6/15/02 9:40am Subject: RE: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/15
Great post, JPS! grin

 

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Jedi-Princess-Solo  4346 posts
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8173_Jaina Solo
Date Posted: 6/15/02 9:42am Subject: RE: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/15
Thanks Jade grin The next one will be up sometime this afternoon wink

 

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PROPHEToftheCOUNCIL  3127 posts
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7994_Peter Cushing
Date Posted: 6/15/02 10:04am Subject: RE: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/15
Excellent ....



Just what is the Lusankya doing at Bespin?

Playing point for a recovery mission at Hoth?

 

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Lt_Jaina_Solo  9263 posts
Registered: May '02
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Date Posted: 6/15/02 10:19am Subject: RE: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/15
two great posts! please post more soon!! you're doing a great job w/ this....

 

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Jedi-Princess-Solo  4346 posts
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8173_Jaina Solo
Date Posted: 6/15/02 10:38am Subject: RE: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/15
Thanks LtJS blush

More will be up in an hour os so, got some stuff to do around the house first wink

 

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Hann315  637 posts
Registered: Apr '02
Date Posted: 6/15/02 11:42am Subject: RE: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/15
oh good, i should still b on in an hour.

~Luv Hann

 

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Lt_Jaina_Solo  9263 posts
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24167_Padme
Date Posted: 6/15/02 1:42pm Subject: RE: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/15 - Date Edited: 6/15/02 1:43pm (2 edits total) Edited By: Lt_Jaina_Solo
upping this from the second page.

if i get my new post up, will you please post your next chapter?

 

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Lt_Jaina_Solo  9263 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15/02 2:01pm Subject: RE: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/15
i posted another chapter! is anyone on here? is anyone on JCF period?

 

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Jedi-Princess-Solo  4346 posts
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8173_Jaina Solo
Date Posted: 6/15/02 2:51pm Subject: RE: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/15 - Date Edited: 6/15/02 3:49pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Jedi-Princess-Solo
Next post will be up shortly, sorry about the delay, had a very crazy day! grin

 

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Leah-Beth  1006 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15/02 4:04pm Subject: RE: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/15
Great couple of posts, JPS. I'm looking forward to the next post!

 

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Jedi-Princess-Solo  4346 posts
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8173_Jaina Solo
Date Posted: 6/15/02 4:05pm Subject: RE: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/15
Almost done w/ it LB wink

 

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Jedi-Princess-Solo  4346 posts
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8173_Jaina Solo
Date Posted: 6/15/02 5:22pm Subject: Serenity (Sequel to Devotion); Updated 6/15 (#2)
"Here, let me get that for you," Jacen said, reaching onto the top shelf and pulling down a stack of plates.

Jaina smiled at her twin brother. "Thank you, Jacen."

He grinned. "No problem." He studied her appraisingly, a slight smirk creeping onto his lips. "You know, for my twin you sure are short."

Jaina smacked him playfully. "And for my twin you sure are..." she trailed off, looking for the right word.

"Patient?" Jacen suggestive with a grin. "Calm? Good tempered?"

Jaina narrowed her eyes at him. "I was thinking more along the lines of dumb."

Jacen rolled his eyes. "Whatever you say, Sis." He kissed her cheek, then took the plates into the other room and began to set them out on the table.

"Thank you, Jacen," their mother called from the kitchen, where she and Tenel Ka were gathering the platters of roasted nerf sausage and smoked nerf steak. The aroma wafted through the house, and Jaina felt her stomach growl hungrily.

"Hungry, honey?" her father said, coming up behind her with Owen in his arms. "That smells great, sweetheart," he called to his wife.

"I didn't cook it, Han," Leia replied.

Han winked at Jaina. "I can tell. Like I said, it smells great."

Jaina smiled, shaking her head. For as long as she could remember, her parents had been teasing one another. It was sort of nice and reassuring to see that it had not changed over the years. "Mom's cooking isn't that bad."

Han raised an eyebrow. "Why do you think we always had a food processor or chef droid around?"

Jaina rolled her eyes. It was true that her mother had never cooked very often, but it was not because she couldn't cook. Leia had just always been busy with politics, or they were racing around the galaxy solving one crisis after another.

"Jaina, honey, can you help me with this?" Leia called, balancing a heavy tray on one hand.

Jaina hurried over and took it from her mother, carrying it over to the table.

"Thank you, honey," Leia smiled at her. She touched a hand to Jaina's cheek. "It's so nice to have you here."

Jaina smiled. "It's nice to be here."

"Don't wanna!" Anakin's voice carried through the hall.

"Anakin, you have to wash up for dinner!" Tahiri's voice replied sharply.

"Don't wanna!" Anakin protested.

"Me, too!" Padme cried.

Jaina groaned, throwing her mother an exasperated glance. "I'll be right back."

"Dinner will be ready when you get back," Leia told her.

Jaina followed the sounds of protest to the refresher unit at the end of the hall. She stuck her head in the door and cleared her throat loudly. All three looked up at her, startled. "Anakin, Padme, wash up for dinner," she ordered. "Listen to Tahiri."

"Yes, ma'am," Padme said softly, holding out her hands to Tahiri to help her reach the running water. Tahiri smiled at Jaina, then focused on getting the little girl's hands clean.

"But Mama," Anakin whined.

"Anakin," Jaina said sharply.

Anakin sighed, grumbling under his breath. He stepped over to the water bath and stuck his hands under the faucet.

Satisfied, Jaina leaned against the wall while they finished up. She missed this, this sense of family and togetherness. She missed having her children home with her, to argue with, to play with, to just be with. She missed her parents and Jacen and Tahiri and Kyp. She missed her Uncle Luke and Aunt Mara. She missed being part of a family, and the daily struggles and joys that came with it.

"Mama?" Anakin asked softly.

Jaina looked down to see her son looking up at her, his pale green eyes wide with concern. Realization hit Jaina like a hammer, she had been broadcasting without knowing it. She smiled down at her children, both of whom were looking worried. "I'm alright," she told them. "I was just thinking about how much I miss you both when we're apart."

"Then why don't you move here?" Anakin asked, but it was a question this time, not a demand.

"Your father can't move away from Coruscant yet," Jaina told him. "But we want to. Your father and I want to be with you all the time. It's just complicated."

"S'okay, Mama," Padme said, taking her hand in her little one. "You here now."

Jaina smiled. "Yes. I am." She scooped Padme up into her arms, balancing her on her hip, and took Anakin by the hand. "And there's nowhere I'd rather be."

Anakin grinned. "Me neither."

"Dinner's ready!" Leia called.

"Come on, you guys," Jaina said. "Let's go eat before Granpa eats all of the nerf steak, okay?"

"Then we'd better hurry," Tahiri said dryly.

The four of them walked back into the dinning room to find everyone else seated already. Luke and Mara had arrived, with Ben sitting in between them, and Kyp sat beside Jacen, with four empty seats to his right.

"You're on time," Jaina commented wryly.

"Someone said food, I came running," Kyp replied with a grin. He looked at Anakin and Padme. "Did you two remember to wash up?"

"Yes," Anakin said, rolling his eyes.

"Good," Kyp said. "Wouldn't want you to get dirt all over my food, kid."

He'd make a good father, Jaina thought to herself, somewhat saddened that Kyp had never married. She saw how good he was with her kids, and how much they adored him, and it was sort of sad knowing he wasn't going to have any of his own.

Then again, 'the future is always in motion', Jaina reminded herself. There was no telling what the future held for Kyp. Although Jaina was determined to make sure it was nothing but good things.

"Mom, can I sit next to Anakin?" Ben asked Mara.

"Not tonight, Ben," Mara replied.

"But, Mom-"

"Jaina is only here for tonight, Ben," Luke said firmly, but in a gentle voice. "Let her sit beside her children tonight, okay? You can sit next to Padme and Anakin tomorrow night."

Ben sighed dramatically. "Fine."

I miss this, too, Jaina sighed to herself. I miss having everyone together for dinner and being just a few minutes away.

"Where is the Council sending you, Jaina?" Tenel Ka asked.

Jaina looked up at her sister-in-law. "We're going to go undercover on Ord Mantel first to scout for information on the Revolutionaries. See if we can't uncover who their leader is."

"Ord Mantel?" Jacen groaned. "Another planet I don't plan on visiting again anytime soon."

"You just be careful out there," Han said sternly. "Ord Mantel isn't a place for a nice kid like you, Jedi or not. I don't want to have to come out there and ring someone's neck for hurting my little girl."

Jaina smirked. "Dad, I'm hardly a little girl anymore. I have a little girl of my own now."

"Me," Padme said with a grin.

Jaina chuckled. "Yes, you, Padme." She looked back at her father. "Don't worry. I've got all our disguises planned out, and we're going to split into groups once we get there. Between the cosmetics I borrowed from Mom and Tionne, and our Force disguises, I don't think even you would recognize us, Dad."

Han scoffed. "I doubt that," he muttered, but he did look more at ease.

"Cosmetics?" Kyp asked skeptically.

Jaina grinned. "Color crawlers, some costumes Mara and I rigged up, and some synthetic facial hair for some of the younger boys. Nothing too drastic."

"Color crawlers?" Kyp asked. "Oh Force, don't you even think about dying my hair pink or something."

"Purple!" Padme cried. "Do your hair purple, Uncle Kyp!"

Jaina laughed at the mental image of Kyp Durron, Jedi Master, with pink and purple hair. Apparently the others thought about it, too, because they all started to snicker and chuckle. "I was thinking of making you have light brown hair," Jaina admitted. "Danni found a bunch of synthetic eye lens, so you can take your pick of eye colors."

"I guess brown is better than pink," Kyp said. He eyed her cunningly. "Can I pick your hair color?"

Jaina hesitated, reaching out with the Force to see if he was up to something sneaky. He wasn't, he just wanted to make her into a blond. "Sure," she said, shrugging. "But I have to warn you, I'm not going to act like a blond just because you dye my hair."

"No need," Kyp retorted. "You already act like one."

Jaina opened her mouth to make a reply, when Threepio placed a metallic hand on her shoulder. "Mistress Jaina, Master Jagged is on the holo-comm for you. He says it's urgent."

Jag's on the screen? Jaina thought, her heart leaping with surprise. Some part of her wondered what was wrong if he was calling on an urgent matter, but the rest of her was so eager to hear her husband's voice and see his face that she ignored the worried voice in the back of her mind.

"Excuse me," Jaina said to her family, standing.

"Can we talk to Papa?" Anakin asked. "Please, Mama? Please?"

"We'll behave all day," Padme promised.

Is that possible? Jaina smirked. "Alright," she told them. "Just let me speak to him first. When I'm done I'll call you two in, okay?"

Both children nodded, eager smiles on their faces. Jaina patted their arms, then hurried to the comm-center in the back of the house. She made her way over to one of the consoles, where a red light was flashing. She slid her hand over the access pad and Jag's face leapt onto the screen.

"Jag," Jaina said, though it came out a breath.

Jag smiled, his pale eyes bright. "Hello, Jaina. I see you made it to Naboo in one piece."

"Amazing, isn't it?" Jaina asked dryly.

"I'd say so," Jag replied. "How are the children?"

"Eager to speak to you once we're done," Jaina answered. "They're both excited to hear from you. They actually promised to behave for a full day if they could talk to you."

Jag let out a soft whistle. "A full day? I think I've reached a higher demand status than you, sweetheart."

Jaina snorted. "That's because I'm here, dummy."

Jag smiled. "Well, then, if the kids are waiting, I'll make this quick. Uncle Wedge is sending Rogue Squadron to Bespin to escort the Lusankya back to Coruscant. We're deploying in an hour."

Jaina let out a hiss of surprise. It had been comforting to think that while she was out on her mission, Jag would be safe on Coruscant, but now he had a mission of his own. "Is there trouble in that area?" she asked.

"Reports of it," Jag responded. "It's only an escort mission, no real danger, but I wanted to let you know where I would be."

Jaina nodded. "Thank you. I appreciate that."

"Do you know where you're headed yet?" Jag asked.

"To Ord Mantel," Jaina replied. She saw Jag wince slightly and gave him a small smile. "Don't worry, we're going undercover. We're just going to poke around a bit for information."

"Knowing you, you'll do a bit more than poke around," Jag accused gently.

Jaina grinned. "You know me too well."

"I can never know you too well," Jag replied with a smile. "I miss you."

Jaina felt her heart constrict tightly. "I miss you, too, Jag. Be careful, will you?"

"Who, me?" Jag raised an eyebrow. "I think it's you we have to worry about. I tend to be the rational one, remember?"

"Hey, I can be rational," Jaina protested. "Just not very often."

Jag chuckled, the deep, rich sound that Jaina adored carrying across the signal loud and clear. "I love you, Jaina."

"I love you, too, Jag," she said. "Let me get the kids." She reached out with the Force and gave both children a mental summons. She heard chairs crash into one another and tiny feet padding down the hall quickly. She smiled as Anakin burst into the room, Padme a stride behind him.

"Papa!" Anakin cried, his eyes going wide.

"Papa!" Padme echoed, grinning happily.

"Hello, children," Jag said with a grin. "Anakin, I think you've shot up another inch since I saw you last! And Padme, you look even prettier than your mother!"

"Thanks, Papa!" Anakin grinned.

"Mama's much prettier," Padme said with a blsuh.

Jaina smiled to herself, listening to her children talk eagerly with their father, their faces lit with smiles and waving their hands excitedly. Jag was smiling and laughing and Jaina relaxed into one of the hoverchairs, settling back to watch her family.

She couldn't wait until this mission was over, so that she could take the children back with her to Coruscant, and the four of them could be together again.

 

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