"I will never leave you....." (a Tenel Ka vignette)

TITLE: I Will Never Leave You (Tenel Ka vignette)

DISCLAIMER: All these characters belong to George Lucas, and some of the dialogue comes from the book 'Star by Star' written by Troy Denning. I don't own any of the characters and am not making any money off this fic.

SPOILERS: There are some SBS spoilers.
RATED: G
FEEDBACK: Yes, please. Criticism - good or bad - can always be helpful

Italics equal thoughts.

Thank you so much to my beta reader, Amidala Skywalker! She helped me embellish this fic greatly and alot of it comes from her. I could never have done this without you.

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Tenel Ka felt as if her heart had been ripped out of her chest. Right before her eyes, the Worldship continued to shrink and form a small circular ball in space - a speck amongst the blankets of stars. However, she kept her face as calm and serious as ever, never permitting her expression to turn sour; yet inside she was like a hurricane of emotions.

How can I be so calm? How can I just leave Jacen behind? Oh, Jacen...

Tenel Ka thrust out her hand to steady herself, as the ship shook from several plasma ball impacts, beating the living exterior.

"Jaina, what do you want to do?" Zekk voiced stridently, his voice hoarse and drained.

Jaina ignored the question, and continued to shoot plasma balls at the incoming coralskippers, ripping them apart. The Ksstarr proceeded to drift further away from the Worldship, at such a steady pace it made Tenel Ka yearn. She was separating herself from Jacen.

Turn back, Jaina. Tenel Ka wanted to scream. We have to rescue him.

But she knew they had to face the inevitable.

"Jaina!" Zekk bellowed again, this time even louder than before.

"I-" she managed to choke out.

The anguish rolling off Jaina was...excruciating. Even without the battle meld, the whole team could sense it, although each one was experiencing similar emotions.

"Better for Jacen if we flee," Tenel Ka heard someone say. "With only one twin, perhaps they will delay the sacrifice until we can organize a rescue."

She was furious. How could someone even suggest leaving Jacen behind? Then, Tenel Ka realized that the words had come out of her own mouth, and she knew them to be true. She knew this to be fact, though could not deem it to be.

She took a few deep breaths and forced back tears.

"That's what we?ll do," Ganner decided, for the sake of everyone. "Best for Jacen."

Were they really thinking about Jacen now? Who represented the one they were now so willing to leave behind? All of them had been foolish as to blast their way in, head held high, and enticing the commencement of a killing spree; by now, the losses were too great.

Still Jaina was silent ? but each member understood. She couldn't do it. She couldn't bring herself to simply leave her twin behind.

"Jaina?" Zekk questioned, prodding her with his sense. "Your brother."

Even though the coginitin hood hid Jaina?s face, Tenel Ka could imagine the look on her face. A similar expression resided on the Dathomiri girl's own. It was a look of fear, of defeat, and of fury.

They will pay. Tenel Ka vowed. They will pay for what they've done to Anakin, to Jacen, and for the thousands that they've killed. They will pay.

"All right." Zekk shifted into the controls, turning the ship around, and fleeing like a bantha with its tail tucked between its legs. "I think I understand."

"This one thingkz you do," Tesar nodded, almost regretfully. "We all do."

Tenel Ka barely heard - or cared - what the Barabel voiced. She was too occupied by keeping her eyes planted on where Jacen Solo now resided. Concentrating on Jacen's constant presence in her heart, she poured as much comfort and love as possible to him.

Don't worry Jacen, We'll return for you. Just hold on. I may not be there physically, but I'll always be there for you in spirit. And in love. In that sense?I will never leave you.

THE END
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Very nice display of emotions from Tenel Ka.

 

Awwww...

You captured Tenel Ka's feelings so well. It was like I was reading her mind, and not just reading something off of a computer screen. Great job!!!

 

Thanks! This is the first time I've ever posted any fic so I was really nervous. I'm glad you liked it.

 

There arn't enough Tenel Ka stories out there. This was nice.

 

Well done... Am pointed me to this fic, said it was well-written... she wasn't wrong! I AM IMPRESSED! It's official! Good show!

 

Thanks for the comments everyone! You've encouraged me to write another one.

 

That was very well done. I enjoyed it, even if I'm not that big of a Tenel Ka fan. You really made me feel for her!

 

awwww . . . see I like Tenel Ka if you hadnt noticed in my fic. though she might eb goign through a littl mroe anguish soon. oh look i just gave myself an idea!

 

Thanks once again. I'm glad you all liked it.

 

Very good! Hopefully you'll write more Tenel Ka fics.

 

Wow! it was like a trip into her very soul. You wrote her very well.

Jez

 

*blushes* Thank you.

Super, Janel! I agree with the others; we must persist in encouraging you to branch into a full-blown fic

Am

 

Great fic. There arent many Tenel Ka fics out there. Good to see another one.

 

I'm working on that fic Am. Unfortunately, a little something called Darth Real Life has recently attacked and I've been swamped with stuff. I am working on it though.

I never expected this vignette to get so much feedback and I really appreciate it. Thank you to everyone!

~Janel

 

*sob**sop* WAAAAAAAAAAAA!*sniff*

 

*sniff sniff*

That was beautiful!

Oh poor Tenel Ka!

*sniff sniff*

I'm adding this to the Jacen/Tenel Ka resource thread for sure! PM me with a tag line!

PS, Were you Balance_Point at one time JTK?

 

Beautiful.

DRAT that NJO!!!!!!!!


Sorry, just came back from a "fight thread"................. topic was TK or Danni for Jacen?

Oh, I REALLY don't know...................

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