| New Jedi Order 17: Force Heretic 3: Reunion - Part 2 |
Page 2 of 5 Tahiri is indeed literally battling with Riina. The two sides can here Jaina's voice in the wind and Riina runs away with Tahiri following. Han and Leia along with Twin Suns reach Esfandia and find it is under Yuuzhan Vong attack. An Imperial fleet jumps into the area as well and Pellaeon tells them that they've been chasing this batch of Vong out of the Imperial space. They decide to join forces to stop them. Han takes the Falcon closer to the surface where they encounter a large object on their screen, but it disappears before they get a look at it. The intercept some sort of digital signal, but they also run into a few squadrons of Vong dipping into the fog. On Zonama, the visitors along with their welcoming committee arrive at a village where they are left to make themselves at home for the time being. Jason encounters a young girl and the two talk, but she’s scared of this lightsaber. She tells him that she'd seen lightsabers used in bad ways when Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi visited the planet. At Esfandia, Pellaeon orders Jag to take his wing mates and destroy the yammosk. Perturbed at this new mission, which seems nearly impossible, Jag decides to think like Jaina and comes up with a radical plan. Jaina is still trying to help Tahiri, but the mind meld becoming so overwhelming that she attempts to break free but is unable to. Luke is stunned by the news that his father had once murdered someone on this planet. Thoughts are swirling in his head as they go to meet the Jabitha. She points out that they've had to defend themselves three times in their history and all three times Jedi were in the vicinity. Luke recounts the history of the current Vong invasion. Jabitha recounts that while they were able to hold off the Vong the planet had received severe damage. They've been attacked twice by Vong and once by a group lead by a man named Tarkin. Tahiri and Riina continue their physical and mental battle and Tahiri cuts Riina's hand, but the pain is also hers. 3PO translates the digital signal as it is actually series of conversations from the beings living in the planet. He is able to communicate with them, but they say they will not tell them where the communications signal is because they murdered their friends! It seems that the large object they had encountered was actually many small living creatures and the Falcon's engines had killed them. Jag uses a fancy, seemingly suicide maneuver, but it pays off and the Twin Suns and the Imperials begin to gain the upper hand. The aliens, known as Brrbrlpp, had surrounded the Falcon and thus they were not able to start the engines without killing them. They devise a plan that will draw all the Vong ships to their location so as to present a nice big target for the Alliance and Imperial capital ships while the Falcon and the aliens nearby are safely hidden under the Falcon's shields. During the night, Saba and a few others are attack by several Ferroans in masks. One brandishes a weapon with a crystal that can blast lightening, but Saba is able to fend them off and they go back to find the others. They find Luke, Mara, and Jason arguing with some other Ferroans as they had also been attacked. Danni Quee has been kidnapped and Jacen and Saba going after her. After Jag finishes off several ships using a decoy ship as a weapon, he receives a word of congratulations from Pellaeon for being able to surprise even him with that feat. His happiness is short lived as he hears from his own capital ship that Jaina is in a coma and they've also lost contact with the Falcon. Jacen and Saba track the kidnappers to a clearing. While the kidnappers think about fighting, Jacen assures them that they will probably die trying and instead he suggests that they take he and Saba with them back to their camp so they can talk about this with those in charge. Reluctantly, the group agrees. |
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