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Background: For those who have not followed the many Star Wars novels, you’re missing out on a LOT, but here’s the basics. Han Solo and Princess Liea get married. They have three children; the twins Jacen and Jaina who are sixteen at the time of this story, and Anakin who is fourteen. Liea is the Chief of State and Han just does whatever he can to keep busy. Luke created a new Jedi Academy on Yavin 4 (the secret rebel base seen in the original 1976 movie) and has slowly begun to rebuild the Jedi order to what it once was. He married an ex-Imperial spy named Mara Jade. If you want to know more: READ THE BOOKS. You won’t be disappointed.

For those of you in the know; this story takes place immediately following the events in SW: YJK -Crisis on Crystal Reef and approximately two years prior to SW: The New Jedi Order series.

 

Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights

The Female Conspiracy

by Stephanie C.

 

Chapter One

Deep within the jungles of Yavin IV along a small stream, Jacen Solo prepared to release the last creature that he had kept in his menagerie. It was an odd thing, and somewhat amusing. During its captivity, the nearly invisible crystal snake had repeatedly tried to escape and sometimes had even succeeded with disastrous results. Jacen had freed it, along with his other pets, just prior to the attack on the Jedi temple by the Shadow Academy, but surprisingly, the snake was found back in its cage afterwards.

Just over a month ago, Jacen, his twin sister Jaina, and their friends Tenel Ka, Lowbacca, and Zeck, had been the center of attention at a grand awards ceremony. They had been recognized for their part in bringing about the downfall of the Shadow Academy, the Diversity Alliance, and the nefarious criminal organization, Black Sun.

Nearly every Jedi Knight, from Master Luke Skywalker’s first twelve students to the newest beginner, had attended. As had the awardees’ parents and several delegates from The New Republic Senate. Jacen and Jaina’s own mother, Chief of State Liea Organa Solo, had passed out the medals in the exact same location that she had given medals to their father Han Solo and Uncle Luke Skywalker over twenty years ago after the destruction of the first Death Star.

It had been a grand time, but the young Jedi's euphoria had been short lived. With nearly every Jedi Knight present, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker made an announcement.

Since it’s founding shortly after the death of emperor Palpatine, the Jedi Academy on Yavin IV had been the sole learning center for the Jedi Knights, but now that was about to change. The Academy would still be the primary learning center for beginning Jedi under the tutelage of the Jedi historian Tionne and Jedi Knight Cam Sullusar. But once the students reached a certain level of skill, they would be apprenticed to experienced Jedi Knights to complete their training on a one to one basis, much like the Jedi of the Old Republic had done.

Master Skywalker had already had a list of students who were ready for that step, and had even already made a few carefully considered master/apprentice pairings, but for the rest, he let the older Jedi’s choose students that they felt compatible with.

Their friend Lowbacca had already left with his new master, the grizzled old former prospector Streen, and their friend Zeck had just left the day before with his. There had been sad goodbyes in both instances. But the one for Zeck had been even more so for Jaina. She had not been at the landing platform to see him off, but Jacen knew that his sister had given the dark haired boy a long private farewell in her chambers the night before. He and Tenel Ka had not had the heart to tell her that she had been rather loud and that she had wakened nearly the whole Academy, nor that they had to stand guard outside her door the whole night as others came running, thinking that she was being attacked.

Jacen and Jaina would be training under their aunt and uncle, Mara Jade-Skywalker and Luke Skywalker. Knowing the hectic schedule that the pair kept, Jacen knew that he would have no time to care for and feed his menagerie. That was why he was releasing his more dangerous pets and giving the gentler ones, like Nikta, the blue furred Gort, to a younger student who had also showed empathy for animals. At least that was the excuse he had given himself and everyone else. The real reason, he knew deep down, that he was giving his pets away, was the scantily clad red haired girl who now stood a short distance away beside his sister.

The daughter of a Hapan prince and a Dothimir warrior, Tenel Ka was raised with wildly opposing heritages; that of the strict protocol of the Hapan Royal Court with all of its plots and intrigues, and that of the savage and brutal wilds of Dothimir with its directness and no nonsense ways of dealing with every day life. Her preference was obvious in the way she dressed. Normally she wore a brief rancor hide armor that reached down to her mid thighs, but recently, she had worn only the supple lizard skin outfit that she usually only wore while doing her vigorous exercises. It revealed quite a bit of her well muscled body, most notably her rear where there was only a thin strip of the material that delved between her cheeks before wrapping between her legs to cover her groin. The inner swells of her breasts were also visible under the loose lacings in the front. Her ever-present utility belt hung loosely on her hips. It held a wide variety of tools and weapons that ranged from a grappling hook and fiber rope to her lightsaber that was made from the tooth of a rancor. The lightsaber was her second one. The first had been improperly built due to the warrior girl’s pride and belief that the warrior was more important than the weapon. Ignoring the slight flaws in the crystals that would direct and control the blade, she had carelessly pieced the weapon together. Her arrogance cost her her left arm. While sparring with Jacen, their blades locked together, the weapon exploded, allowing Jacen‘s blade to pass through the empty space and sever her arm just above the elbow. Tenel Ka had learned a valuable lesson that day, and had refused a prosthetic replacement arm in part to be a constant reminder of that lesson.

But even before that, Tenel Ka had always had a serious, strong willed, matter-of-fact attitude. Jacen had tried repeatedly over the years to get her to laugh by telling her silly jokes. It had taken time, but the warrior girl was finally beginning to loosen up. She had even told a few jokes of her own, but the one memory that Jacen cherished, the one that kept him up most nights, was the memory of her lips on his when she had surprised him with a kiss.

That had been months ago, and true Tenel Ka had become closer to him since then, especially after his nearly fatal fall from Cloud City on Bespin, he had yet to experience the taste of her lips again. And he wanted to so badly.

A crooked smile so reminiscent of her father’s spread across Jaina Solo’s lips. Through the special bond that they shared, she could feel the rush of emotions flowing through her twin, and there was no doubt as to who those emotions were directed towards. Of course, his longing stare at the girl beside her made it pretty obvious. She was happy for her brother and best friend, and was relieved that they were finally on the road to showing each other how they truly felt for one another. At the same time, however, as a sister and as a friend, she felt that it was her responsibility to give them a bit of harmless teasing.

"Come on, Jacen, what are you waiting for? It’s already going to be dark by the time we get back to the Academy."

"This is a..." Tenel Ka began.

"You and Tenel Ka can practice Denubian courtship rituals all you want when we get back." Jaina continued at the same time, anticipating her friend’s common phrase.

"... fact." Tenel Ka finished. Her cheeks then became flushed when she realized what her friend had said. She quickly hid her embarrassment and turned unblinking granite-gray eyes on Jaina.

"What?" The girl asked with an air of pure innocence.

Tenel Ka looked back to where Jacen was kneeling and watched as he released the crystal snake. Its transparent form was just a shimmer across the ground, but once it entered the stream, it disappeared altogether.

"Jacen, my friend, I have a joke for you." She said as he folded up the cage and stood.

Jacen, who was still blushing furiously from his sister’s comment, was caught off guard by the warrior girl’s pronouncement. But of course, her jokes were so rare, they always caught everyone by surprise. "Uhm, all okay." He managed.

Tenel Ka took his arm as they walked back to Lowbacca’s T-23 Skyhopper that they had borrowed. "Why did the Chief of State’s daughter get stranded in the forest?" She asked in her deadpan tone.

Jacen smiled, "because she did not know when to keep her mouth shut."

"Ah. Ahah. You have heard it before."

"No, but the answer was pretty obvious."

"Hey!" Jaina protested. Then, "I think that you two are forgetting just who is the pilot here. So if anyone was to get ‘stranded’, it would be you two." Then added slyly, "but of course, I don’t think that you would mind that all that much, would you?"

"This is a fact." Tenel Ka said sadly to herself in a whisper.

Just then, Jacen stopped, halting their forward progress. Tenel Ka looked at him to see what was wrong only to find him staring at her with a mixture of shock and... something else... love maybe? It was only then that she realized that she had spoken aloud and that her friend had heard her. She pulled quickly away from Jacen so as not to reveal the tears welling in her eyes, unwilling to reveal her weakness to him. "Come. It is already getting dark and we must return to the Academy."

The twins caught up to her at the skyhopper and wrapped her in comforting arms.

"We are going to miss you too." Jaina whispered. Having not heard the girl’s whispered response, she had mistaken the reason for her tears. Or maybe she hadn’t and was just trying to a less painful subject.

Tenel Ka gave a curt nod. "When Mirram Moss returns with Master Skywalker and Jedi Mara next week, it may be years before we are able to see each other again. I will miss you both." As she said this, her eyes never left Jacen.

"But we can still stay in contact." Jaina said, "Jedi Mirram is a reasonable person. I’m sure that she will not begrudge you sending a message or two every once in a while."

Even though her face remained passive, her apprehension was evident in her eyes. "I do not think so. I have heard that she often spends long periods of time in seclusion. Even more so than Jedi Streen. She may take me someplace where it is not possible for me to send a message. I have also heard that she is very strict in her discipline of the force and does not allow for many distractions."

"I have never met her," Jaina admitted, "but Kyp Durron told me that she was dour and a bit too serious at times. Perhaps that is why Uncle Luke chose her for you. Sounds like you two are a lot alike."

Jacen threw up his hands. "Oh great! There goes all of my hard work, right out the airlock. Just when I was finally getting you to start opening up and showing some emotions, Uncle Luke goes and sticks you with..."

Jaina could not help but laugh. She knew that all of her brother’s silly jokes that she had suffered through had been for the warrior girl’s benefit.

Tenel Ka stopped Jacen’s ranting by placing her hand on his cheek. "You have done much for me, Jacen, my friend. You have changed me in more ways than you will ever know. You, I will miss more than all others." She pressed in close and pulled his mouth to hers.

Her taste was even sweeter and more intoxicating than Jacen had remembered. His hands slid gently around her of their own accord, one at her lower back and the other at the back of her neck under the mass of warrior braids. He pulled her even closer, reveling in everything about her. Her taste, her smell, her touch, everything drew him deeper to her. He did not want this moment to ever end, and it was obvious that neither did she.

Off to the side, Jaina watched and felt a stab of jealousy at the extra time that they would get to spend together. It seemed that Zeck had left all too quickly, and although it had only been a day since he had left, she was missing him dearly.

After what seemed like several minutes, she cleared her throat repeatedly until they finally separated. "I hate to be the third mynock on the power core, but we do have to be getting back. We still have a week to spend together and I’m sure that we can find something to do within that time, so..."

"... what are we waiting for?" They all chorused.

 

Chapter Two

The flight back to the Academy was relatively quiet with Jaina at the controls and Jacen in the passenger seat with Tenel Ka in his lap. They were so involved with each other after that last kiss that Jaina knew that final parting was going to be heart wrenching. It was sad to know that they had hidden their true feelings until just before they would be separated for an unknown number of months, possibly years.

The sun had set but the land around the Great Massassi Temple, which was now the Jedi Academy, was bathed in the faint orange light cast off from the moon’s parent planet, the gas giant Yavin. Only a thin sliver of the planet was visible over the horizon. The slanted light reflection cast odd shadows below Jaina, making the terrain hard to read, but she knew this area well enough to feel confident. That confidence was nearly her undoing, as well as that of Jacen and Tenel Ka.

She circled the temple, still over the trees until she came abreast the landing field before the cavernous hanger. Feeling cocky, she set the T-23 on its side and dropped into the clearing. She then screamed as a sudden sense of danger felt through the force engulfed her. If she had been going any slower, and if not for her fast Jedi reflexes, the T-23 would have become a permanent fixture in the side of the light scout vessel that was parked on the edge of the clearing. She took the Skyhopper several meters straight up before engaging the repulser-lift generators.

"Wh... where did that come from?" She asked shakily.

The other two could only shake their heads, as they too were surprised that they were still alive.

Ever so carefully, Jaina brought the T-23 down and guided it inside the hanger

"Let’s not tell Lowie about this. Okay?" Jaina asked as they climbed out.

"Agreed." Tenel Ka said, still a bit shaken.

"I don’t know..." Jacen said musingly, looking so much like his father at his most mischievous, "what do you think my silence is worth?"

"Jacen?" Jaina pleaded. She was saved any further debasement by Tenel Ka.

"If you do not remain silent," The girl said in her matter-of-fact tone, "I will not kiss you again."

"Hey, I was just teasing." Jacen said, "Besides, I’m sure he won’t notice the new dent Jaina put in his skyhopper."

Jaina’s eyes flew open when he said this and then looked at the leading edge of the right wing he had indicated. She quickly relaxed when she saw that the dent was barely noticeable. In fact, it could have happened at any time during the sometimes rough handling that she and Lowbacca had given the small craft. She told the other’s as much since she had not felt them actually hit anything, and besides, if they had scraped the scout vessel, it was doubtful that the flimsier atmospheric craft had done any damage to the larger space vessel.

"Let’s not tell Lowie about that either, just in case." She said as they walked away.

When it looked as if Jacen was about to protest again, Tenel Ka silenced him with another kiss.

The rush of emotions that Jaina felt from her brother made her heart soar. Jacen had well and truly fallen and she was not about to pull him back up.

 

With so many Jedi and students now gone, the temple was eerily quiet. The only noise came from the occasional droid and the distant clamor of the younger students as they ate the evening meal. Jaina heard another noise. One coming from a place where their should not be any; Luke Skywalker’s office.

She looked to the others and saw that they had heard the noise as well. As one, they started down the side passageway and were nearly to the door when a woman dressed in a New Republic Fleet uniform stepped out.

There was a momentary flash of surprise, but she quickly recovered and gave them a rueful smile. "Oh, finally! You have no idea how hard it is to find someone in this place."

"Who are you? And what were you doing in Master Skywalker’s office?" Tenel Ka asked, blunt as ever.

"I’m sure that the Lieutenant has a good explanation." Jaina said, putting a calming hand on the warrior girl’s shoulder.

 

Jorel Lynn was silently cursing her luck. This was supposed to be a quick in and out mission with no hassles. All of the Jedi were suppose to be either gone or at the evening meal. What were these three doing out alone? The smear of lip coloring on the boy’s lips was a good indication however. Still, she had not been chosen for this mission without cause. She was a quick thinker and could adapt to any situation just as quickly.

"I’m Lieutenant Sorsha Fenn." She answered and showed them her falsified identicard. "I’m with New Republic Intelligence. Master Skywalker requested some information and I brought it for him, but he’s not here."

"No." Jacen said. He still had a nagging suspicion about her. "He will be back in a week. You can give him the information then, if you want."

"I would if I could." Fenn said a bit exasperated. "As much as I would like to finally be able to meet the famous Luke Skywalker, the life of an NRI currier is never one of rest." She then paused and gave the twins an odd look. "You are Jacen and Jaina Solo. Right?"

The twins nodded.

"Look," Fenn said, digging into her pocket and retrieving a data disc, "I’m sure that I can trust you to give this to him and I know that this is not standard operating procedure, but I really must be on my way."

Jaina took the disc and gave the woman a smile. "It will be no problem, Lieutenant."

"Thank you." Fenn said and then looked around. "Now, if I can just find my way out of here."

Jaina gave the woman directions to the hanger, but after she was out of sight, she noticed that Jacen and Tenel Ka were staring at her.

"What?"

"Something about your lieutenant just does not seem right." Jacen said.

"This is a fact." Tenel Ka agreed.

"Now look," Jaina said, "I can understand that after all that we have been through, that you would expect some mystery or conspiracy lurking around every corner, but come on, don’t you think that you’re pushing it here?"

Tenel Ka’s blank stare and Jacen’s arched eyebrow were their only answer.

Jaina threw her hands up in exasperation. "All right then, what are we waiting for? Let’s go check it out."

 

As soon as they stepped inside the office, it was obvious that Jacen and Tenel Ka’s suspicions were well founded. Nothing seemed amiss at first glance, but a drawer not fully closed and the computer terminal left on drew their attention.

"So she looked around a bit. She’s NRI. That’s what they do." Her defense sounded lame even to her. "Well, let’s see what she was looking at." She added, sitting at the terminal.

"She was going through our personnel files." Tenel Ka said from the open drawer.

"Same here." Jaina informed them.

"But this is just a list of names." Jacen said, looking at the screen over her shoulder.

His sister nodded, "Names of all of the Jedi and the students. You can access their personal data by just selecting their name."

The other two looked at her suspiciously.

"Hey! It’s not like I’ve ever actually gone into these files." She said defensively. "I have the same set up on my computer... for my stuff." She added when they continued to stare.

"Is it possible for you to determine whose files she accessed?" Tenel Ka asked to get back to the subject at hand.

"Sure. Not a problem." She said and quickly set to work.

"That’s odd." She said after a couple of minutes. "The only files that she looked at were those of the female Jedi, and look, she’s copied them. Probably onto a portable reader or, more than likely, onto a data disc."

"Now why would she do that?" Jacen asked, "it makes no sense. Just out of curiosity, what‘s on the disc she gave you?"

"Way ahead of you. I’ve already checked it. It’s blank."

All three looked at each other for just a split second, then as one, dashed from the office and ran towards the landing field. They emerged from the hanger just in time to see a familiar scout craft lift off and rocket towards the sky.

"Oh no you don’t." Jaina growled as she ran back inside the hanger towards Tenel Ka’s Hapan passenger cruiser, the Rock Dragon. "No one makes a fool of me and gets away with it."

"So," Jacen asked Tenel Ka as they helped Jaina do a quick preflight check, "who’s the more foolish? The fool, or the two fools who follow her?"

"I believe, Jacen, my dear friend," She said in her matter-of-fact tone, "that that is a rhetorical question."

"Ah. Ahah." He grinned, imitating her tone.

"Hey! What’s going on? Where you going?" A voice called from the direction of the lift.

Jacen turned to see a tussle haired boy of fourteen running up to them with a slightly younger blonde barefoot girl at his side. Never before had Jacen been more glad to see his younger brother. "Anakin! I’m glad you’re here."

"Why? What’s going on?" Anakin repeated.

Tenel Ka stepped up beside Jacen and put her arm around his waist. "A spy was in Master Skywalker’s office. We are preparing to chase after her."

"We need you to run and go tell Cam and Tionne what’s going on." Jacen added. "Hurry, we’ve not much time."

Anakin barely heard a word they said. He had been taken by surprise by the intimacy displayed by his older brother and Tenel Ka.

"We’ll take care of it." Tahiri assured them, taking her friend by the arm and dragging him back towards the lift tube. "You just be sure that you catch her."

"What’s your problem?" She asked Anakin as they ran back through the passageways.

"Jacen and... Tenel Ka." He answered, sounding dumbfounded. "I can’t believe it."

Tahiri swatted the back of his head. "For someone with an innate ability to solve difficult problems, you should have easily figured that one out. I mean, it’s been obvious to everyone but them two, and you too apparently, for a while now. I say that it’s about time."

Anakin shook his head. "Just never picture Jacen being like that with anyone."

"Why not? He’s a boy just like you. You mean to tell me that you’ve never had those feelings for me?"

That stopped the young man in his tracks. He could do nothing but stare at his friend with his mouth hanging open.

Tahiri gave him a wink and a smile before grabbing his arm again to hurry him along. "Come on. We can discuss that later, but first, we have to find Cam and Tionne."

 

Chapter Three

"Got her!" Jaina cried out as she banked the Rock Dragon and changed directions. "She’s got a big lead on us though."

"Can we catch up to her?" Jacen asked from the communications station behind her.

"I don’t know. Maybe."

"Why has she not yet entered hyperspace?" Tenel Ka asked from the co-pilot’s seat. "Do you think that perhaps she is rendezvousing with someone?"

"This close to the scene of her crime and with a whole fleet of New Republic warships in orbit? I doubt it... Blaster bolts! Her ship’s fast!" Jaina cursed. "She’s seen us and she’s trying to make a run for it."

Jaina knew that it was hopeless. The smaller scout craft was too far away and was just too fast. She was not surprised when, a short time later, the vessel blinked out of sight as it entered hyperspace.

"Well, that is that." Tenel Ka said to no one in particular.

"Not yet it’s not." Jaina said as she jumped to the navigation station across from Jacen.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"Getting her hyperspace vector so that I can figure out where she’s going." His sister answered. "She may have faster sub-light engines than us, but no one builds a better hyperdrive than the Hapans. Not even the Falcon is faster in hyperspace."

"Better not let Dad or Chewie here you say that." Jacen warned. "They may just disown you."

"Or worse." Tenel Ka added in a deadpan. "Never permit you to pilot the Millennium Falcon again."

Jaina swallowed a lump in her throat. "Yeah. You got a point there."

She checked and rechecked the scout ship’s vector and verified it with a sensor tech onboard one of the Republic frigates. They determined that there was only one possible place that the ship could be going.

Jaina quickly plotted her own coarse and moved back behind the flight controls. "Sarrifiss, here we come."

She reached over to the central consol, grabbed a lever, and pulled it back. Star lines streaked past the viewport and then coalesced into a mottled multicolor swirl as the Rock Dragon jumped into hyperspace.

"Well, I’m for the ’fresher and then something to eat." She said a moment later as she stood with a stretch.

"Agreed." Tenel Ka said as she followed her friend back to the crew lounge. "I shall prepare us a meal and we can take turns in the refresher."

"You know, we can save power if you and Jacen shared the ’fresher." Jaina said slyly. She then glanced at Tenel Ka’s left arm where it ended in a stump just above her elbow. "And I don’t mean to be cruel, so don’t take this the wrong way, but Jacen scrubbing your back is the least he could do for cutting off your arm."

Her attempt at levity failed.

"That was uncalled for, Jaina!" Jacen told her. After all these years, he still felt responsible for the accident. It was a guilt that he knew that he would have to live with for the rest of his life.

"I am quite capable of washing my own back." Tenel Ka said firmly. Ever independent, she had learned to overcome her handicap with a determination that only she could posses. She could do more things with her one good arm than most beings could do with two or more.

Jacen took her hand and led her to the small galley. "Come on, Tenel Ka, let’s see what we can find to eat.

 

"Tenel Ka, look," Jacen said as they sat at the small table eating, "what Jaina said was wrong. She should not have said it. I’m sorry... and the galaxy only knows how sorry I am for what I did to you. I..." The girl’s gentle hand on his arm stopped him.

"Jacen, my dear friend, I have never blamed you for what happened. It was my fault for building a faulty lightsaber. I was arrogant and believed that I could do no wrong. I put off building it until the last moment so that I was in a rush and not paying full attention to what I was doing."

"I know," Jacen’s face was pained as he tried to express the guilt he felt, "but I was not fast enough to pull back when your lightsaber exploded. I should have been... If I was only fast enough!"

"Jacen, the force wills as the force will." Tenel Ka said sternly. "If you had been faster, I would not have learned my lesson as well as I have." She held up the stump of her left arm. "This is a reminder of my arrogance and pride. It is true that you gave me this reminder, but I do not condemn you, I thank you. We have had this conversation many times. Let us not have another competition to determine who is more responsible." With that said, she leaned over and kissed him.

At that moment, Jaina emerged, cleaned and wearing a fresh shipsuit. " ’Fresher’s open." She announced, looking chastised. Then, "guys look, I just want to apologize for what I said earlier. I know I shouldn’t have. I wasn’t thinking."

"Well, as long as you realize it now." Jacen said with a lopsided grin. "I mean, we should have known that you were not in your right mind when you insulted the Millennium Falcon."

"This is a fact." Tenel Ka agreed.

"Jaina looked from one to the other. "So... I’m forgiven?"

"Of coarse you are, Sis." Jacen said as he and Tenel Ka started to pull her into a hug.

Jaina backed away and held up her hands defensively. "Uh-uhn. I’m clean. You go hop in the ’fresher first."

Jacen and Tenel Ka looked at each other and then simultaneously said, "you first."

 

Chapter Four

The Rock Dragon sat motionlessly in orbit around the planet Sarrifiss. By Jaina’s calculations, the scout ship should be exiting hyperspace any time now.

In the cockpit, Jaina sat anxiously watching the scopes. Behind her, at the communications and navigation stations, Jacen and Tenel ka waited even less patiently. Jacen, of coarse, passed the time telling jokes in which Jaina only groaned in response while Tenel Ka seemed to not be able to find any humor in them.

Jacen had won the ‘fresher argument with Tenel Ka. A first, he thought wryly. She had used the ’fresher first, and he last. However, since this had not been a planned excursion, he had no clean clothes in which to change in to. To his dismay, and Jaina’s amusement, he had no choice but to accept Tenel Ka’s offer to borrow some of hers. The outer clothes were not so bad. Utility trousers that were lose in the hips but snug at the waist, a matching jacket that he left unfastened, and a tight fitting sleeveless shirt that molded itself to his chest. It was what he wore underneath that caused him the most embarrassment and was the cause of his sister’s relentless teasing. Having no clean underwear, Tenel Ka had given him a pair of her own.

By the end of the voyage, Jacen had begun to ignore what he had on, and to ignore his sister, but he could not ignore what Tenel Ka was wearing. She wore a sleeveless body mold fabric shipsuit reminiscent of the one his aunt, Mara Jade, often wore. True, her rancor hide armor was more revealing, but the tight, form fitting shipsuit hugged every curve of her body without squeezing or flattening any part of her. To Jacen, it was far more provocative than her armor.

"What is it, Jacen, my dear friend?" She asked when she caught him staring.

He looked away hastily, color rising in his cheeks. "Uhm... nothing. Sorry."

Tenel Ka’s face was passive, but her eyes shined with delight. She was well aware of what he was looking at. That was the reason she had chose to wear this outfit in the first place.

With just the hint of a smile on her otherwise calm face, she stood and leaned across the back of Jaina’s seat, which was right in front of Jacen. "Any sign of your Lieutenant yet?"

"Nope." The brunette asked as she glance over her shoulder with a sour expression for the warrior girl’s subtle reminder of how the spy had fooled her. "Either her hyperdrive is slower than I thought, or she’s not coming here at all."

"Ah. Aha. It is a small craft, so it is possible that it may not have a powerful hyperdrive." Tenel Ka reasoned.

Jaina nodded. "Makes sense. She probably sacrificed her Hyperdrive speed for the enhancements to her sub-lights."

Jacen paid little attention to their conversation. Instead, he was focused on the sight directly before him. He had never fully admired this aspect of Tenel Ka before. It was compact, yet very well rounded. Her body mold fabric shipsuit delved deeply into the center crease until it came to the small mound visible between her slightly parted legs. Even the mound had a bit of an indentation. He was really beginning to enjoy the view when Jaina’s exclamation brought his attention back to the broader galaxy.

"There she is!" Jaina yelled triumphantly.

Startled, Tenel ka fell back and found herself sitting in Jacen’s lap. She sat there a moment trying to comprehend what exactly had just happened. Jaina was talking excitedly, but the warrior girl’s attention was drawn to what was pressing against her in Jacen’s lap. There was no denying what it was.

Jacen’s eyes were still wide in surprise when she turned in his lap and kissed him. For all its brevity, it was their most passionate yet. He was still breathless when she finally stood and took her position in the co-pilots seat.

 

By now, Jorel Lynn was not surprised by anything. First, she runs into none other than the infamous Solo twins, an encounter which she felt that she had barely escaped from, then her hull mounted hyperdrive flux actuator failed above Yavin as she had tried to make her escape. She had to do some rapid rewiring and the Jedi had almost caught her then too. Now, the very Hapan passenger cruiser that had pursued her was now sitting there in Sarrifiss orbit waiting for her. She would not have even known that it was there if she had not taken the time to put tracking devices on the few ships in the Jedi Academy hanger.

Well, there was no hope for it. She could go no further without repairs to her ship. She had barely made it here as it was. She had contacts down on the planet below so her best chance was to enlist their aid while she continued with her plans.

 

Chapter Five

The majority of Sarrifiss was one vast savanna broken only by the occasional low mountain range and two mid sized fresh water oceans. A temperate rain forest banded the equator like one enormous belt. It was here, on the shores of one of the oceans, that the capital and primary starport that bore the same name as the planet stood. This is also where the young Jedi tracked the spy to.

"How are we ever going to find her in this?" Jacen asked with a wave at the crowded pedestrians.

"Hey, we’re Solo’s." Jaina smiled crookedly. "It can’t be that hard."

Jacen rolled his eyes. "I think you’re putting to much faith in Dad’s supposed ‘Solo Luck’.

"Ah, but you forget," she held up a finger for emphasis, "we not only have the Solo Luck on our side, we have the force as well. With a combination like that, we can’t go wrong."

Jacen looked over at Tenel Ka who was trying to look anywhere but at the twins. "Oh no! We’re doomed."

 

To everyone’s surprise, and probably Jaina’s as well, Jacen suspected, they quickly found the docking bay that the scout ship was berthed in. Even better, the pilot was still with it. Jorel Lynn was standing on the top hull talking with a dockside maintenance worker. They were both looking over a mangled protrudence that looked to have once been cylindrical in shape.

"Looks like someone to a sledgehammer to your flux actuator." The humanoid was saying.

"Could it have been a meteor or some kind of space debris?" The woman asked.

The being shook his narrow head, causing the loose folds of skin hanging from his jowls to sway. "Not at this angle. See? It was sharp edged and hit from the side. There are white paint smears too. You collide with someone maybe?"

Jacen and Tenel Ka gave Jaina an accusing look. She ignored the looks and pulled them out of the alcove and across the duracrete road.

"Okay. We’ve found her. Now what do we do?" She asked.

"We should take her into custody and return to the Academy." Tenel Ka answered practically.

Jacen disagreed. "I think she’s working for someone else. I say we keep following her and find out who it is."

"We should be present at the Academy for when our masters arrive." Tenel Ka countered. "It would be inappropriate if we were not there to greet them."

"But it would be an even worse judge of our character if we were to cut this investigation short when we know that there is more that we can do."

Tenel Ka considered his words for a moment and then looked at her left arm. "This is a fact," she answered. "nothing is gained by being hasty. We shall continue to follow her."

Jaina looked at them and smiled. "There, now that wasn’t so bad for your first lover’s spat. Now was it?"

"Jaina!" Jacen protested.

"We are hardly ‘lovers’." Tenel Ka said pointedly.

"Yet." Jaina added, and then left the two staring as she walked over to a nearby street vendor selling food and drinks.

 

The woman who called herself Sorsha Fenn emerged from the docking bay a short time later. Tenel Ka and the twins followed at a discreet distance as she made her way through the throng of pedestrians. She seemed to be in no hurry as she walked at a leisurely pace down several streets, stopping occasionally to inspect the wares sold by street vendors or to look at her portable data reader as if checking directions.

"Why did the eopie cross the street?" Jacen asked at one point when they crossed a major thoroughfare.

"Perhaps it was carrying a burden for its owner." Tenel Ka said reasonably.

"Come on, Tenel Ka. It’s a joke."

"Ah. Ahah. Very well. Then I should ask: ‘Why?’ Correct?" The girl asked in a deadpan.

Jacen looked at her plaintively but nodded.

"Okay then. Why did the eopie cross the street?"

Jacen grinned. "Because ’e -’ad- ’o- pee."

As usual after hearing one her brother’s jokes, Jaina gave a groan.

"Ah. Ahah." Tenel Ka said as if in consideration. She did well in hiding the slight smile on her lips, but her eyes sparkled with mirth. However, she had to add, "An eopie is but a beast of burden. Why did it not just pee where it stood as others of its kind usually do?"

"It was a joke, Tenel ka." Jacen said in exasperation. "Ahhh... never mind."

They walked for what seemed like several kilometers before Fenn arrived at her destination. It was a plain duracrete building like all of the others about, but what set it apart from the others was the large dish antenna on its roof that stretched high into the air. It was a public holographic communications kiosk.

"Ten to one she’s contacting her employer." Jaina reasoned and then took on a thoughtful stance.

"Don’t you remember all of those lectures from Dad about talking about odds?" Jacen asked only to find himself alone. The girls had disappeared down the alley beside the building. By the time he caught up with them, they were already halfway up a service ladder leading to the roof. Although it would have been great following up right behind Tenel Ka, he decided to return to the front and watch for Fenn in case she came out of the building while the girls were doing whatever it was they were going to do.

"What are you doing?" Tenel Ka asked as she watched her friend break out her ever-present tool pouch and then use her multi-tool to open an access panel at the base of the antenna.

"I’m going to see if I can tap into her communication." Jaina answered, retrieving a portable scanner and running leads from it to the electronics board she had revealed.

"These ports, "she explained, pointing to where her wires were plugged in, "are used to test the antenna's frequency ranges. If I can find the right frequency that our friend is using, we should be able to listen in on her conversation."

"How will you do that? It could be one of billions of frequencies."

"Never tell me the odds." Jaina scowled and then gave her friend a wink. "Actually, it’s pretty simple. First, I just have to find out which frequencies that the antenna is currently broadcasting, then it’s just a simple matter of narrowing those few down to the one we want."

"Ah. Ahah." Tenel Ka nodded in understanding.

Jaina had been working the whole time they had been talking so it was not long before she had found the correct frequency, but no sound came from her portable scanner. She puzzled over it a minute before retrieving her comlink from her breast pocket and plugging it into the scanner’s external audio jack.

"... have your shipment, but I’m afraid that there’s going to be a slight delay." They heard Fenn say.

"What sort of delay?" Another female voice asked, sounding staticky.

"I received some damage to my ship. Looks like vandals or something. The mechanic said that it will take three days to repair.’

"That is not as bad as I feared then. The conference is in two weeks and I will need those samples on hand to show our associates."

"Don’t worry," Fenn assured her, "you will have them long before then."

"See that I do. Otherwise you will have to seek employment elsewhere."

"I understand, Mistress Fie-el." There was a brief pause. "I do have one other bit of news for you. Some potential customers from a well know company have asked for a meeting with you. I told them that I would inform you, but they were adamant. I apologize for not informing you sooner, but they should be arriving there around the same time that I do."

"I see." The woman said. "Well, I am never one to pass up a lucrative business transaction. I will have everything ready for their arrival... Actually, their timing could not be better. I’m sure that I can persuade them to attend the conference. Was there anything else?"

"No, Mistress. That was all."

"Very well. I look forward to your arrival within the week. Safe journey, Jorel."

Jaina quickly wrapped up her gear and secured the access panel. "That communication was to someplace called Rhenda’s Haven." Jaina said, tapping the screen of her scanner where the information was displayed. "Ever here of it?"

Tenel Ka started to answer to the negative, but Jaina pressed on. "And who are these ‘potential customers’?"

Again Tenel Ka was not given the opportunity to answer.

"And ‘Jorel’? I thought her name was Sorsha Fenn."

"She prob..."

"And who is this ‘Mistress Fie-el’? I bet she’s Fenn’s... no, Jorel’s employer."

"That is..."

"And where is Jacen?" Jaina asked as they finally set foot back in the alley.

"Well?" She asked when Tenel Ka did not answer.

The redheaded warrior girl crossed her arms and arched an eyebrow. "Are you finished speaking?"

When Jaina nodded, Tenel Ka pointed to a dark area near the end of the alley. Jacen waved cheerfully at them, but was keeping his eye out for the spy.

"Oh." Was all Jaina could manage.

 

Chapter Six

"Wow. That was quick." Jaina said, sitting back from the terminal in the crew’s lounge on board the Rock Dragon. She had tied into the spaceport’s information exchange center to find out what she could about Rhenda’s Haven and had only just begun.

"What?" Jacen asked, "you already found it?"

His sister nodded. "Turns out that Rhenda’s Haven is a moon based resort in the Carboa system."

"Carboa? That’s clear out on the outskirts of the Outer Rim." Jacen mused, recalling his lessons in stellar geography. "Who would want to travel all that way just to go to a resort? A moon based one at that."

"Some very wealthy people." Jaina answered as she continued to look through the information. "These prices are exorbent."

"It may be possible that the ‘resort’ is actually a secret base. Tenel Ka said in a reasonable tone. "The high prices may be just to prevent customers from actually wanting to go there."

Jaina thought that over, but then shook her head. "No. Remember Jorel mentioned customers and that Mistress Fie-el definitely sounded like a businessperson... Hmmm... That’s odd." She added as something on the screen caught her attention.

"What about her?" Jacen asked, "can you find out any information on this Fie-el woman?"

"Hold on. I’ll see." Jaina said, dismissing what she had been looking at and setting back to work. I t took several minutes but she found the information. She turned back to her companions with a frown. "Yeah, I found her. Sahla Fie-el, age thirty-eight. She’s the owner of a club on the resort called ‘The Restitution’. But get this; her father was Admiral Pien Fie-el, Imperial. He was killed during the Battle of Endor."

"That was almost twenty years ago." Jacen said. "That’s an awful long time to wait for revenge. If that’s what she’s up to."

Jaina shrugged, "maybe she’s just now able to get the resources needed to carry out her plans."

"I believe that we should visit this ‘resort’." Tenel Ka suggested.

The side of Jaina’s mouth quirked in a rueful smile. "There, we have a problem, or at least Jacen does. As I was checking out the information on the resort, I found a large disclaimer stating that Rhenda’s Haven is ‘Female Exclusive’. No males of any kind are allowed to even set foot on the surface."

All three sat in silence for a moment until Tenel Ka stood. "Well, that is that. Since we are unable to go to Rhenda’s Haven, we should return to Yavin IV. But what are we to do about Jorel?"

"We can’t just give up this easily." Jacen protested. "I can stay on board the Rock Dragon while you two check out the resort and Fie-el."

Jaina shook her head. "I’m sure that they’ll do a custom’s inspection of the ship and this is not the Falcon, we have no hidden compartments. They’ll find you and arrest you. And we’re not going to leave you here on Sarrifiss by yourself either. We’ll get back the data that Jorel stole, return to Yavin, and turn everything over to the real NRI."

"I have an idea." Tenel Ka said into the silence that followed. "Jacen, my dear friend, are you serious about continuing on with this mission?"

"Of coarse." He answered, wondering where this was leading.

"Then I may know of a way to get you into the resort. Jaina, may I use the terminal please?"

Jacen looked over at his sister after she and Tenel Ka had exchanged places. "I’ve got a bad feeling about this."

 

Sarrifiss was an agricultural world so the majority of the businesses catered to the farmers, but like all starports across the galaxy, it had establishments that catered to those with peculiar tastes, and of coarse, these were usually always found in the seedier sections of the cities.

"Are you sure that we’re in the right area?" Jaina asked with a weary glance the gang members that watched them as they passed by.

"Yes." Tenel Ka answered simply.

Unlike the rest of the city, this area was nearly deserted. The buildings were run down and covered in graffiti. Stripped land speeders sat rusting along the curbsides and bits and pieces of unusable droid parts and other machinery lay scattered about. The few being they saw were poorly dressed and scurried about with nervous glances all around them. The only ones who seemed at ease were the gangs and the prostitutes. One of these, a Twi’lek woman dressed in only an embroidered loin cloth and a thin, gauzy top sauntered up to them as they approached and pressed her body seductively against Jacen.

"Speak standard, yes?" She purred.

"Uhm... uh... yes." Jacen answered nervously as her near fully exposed breasts rubbed against him and her hands wandered over his body.

"Thought so. How about you come with Tili and we have some fun. Okay?"

"Uhm..."

"He is spoken for." Tenel Ka said in a tone that brooked no argument and took Jacen’s arm to try to pull him away.

Tili just smiled at her, still firmly attached to Jacen. She reached over and ran a caressing hand down the girl’s body, admiring what she saw and felt. "Ah, you can join too, but I think you two are inexperienced as yet. No?" Come with Tili and she will show you everything."

She then looked at Jaina who was dressed in her baggy shipsuit. "And you come too. Tili run special just for you. Three for price of two."

Jaina, who had been enjoying her friends’ discomfort until now, just barely managed a ‘no thank you’.

"We are on business and do not have time to accept your generous offer." Tenel Ka told the prostitute while trying to ignore the hand resting on her lower abdomen. "Perhaps some other time."

The Twi’lek was obviously disappointed, but with a shrug, she gave Jacen a final hug and Tenel Ka a caress. "Here is Tili’s card. You call her when you have time?"

Jacen could only nod as he watched her slide the card into the breast pocket of his jacket before she strutted away with a provocative swing to her hips.

A sharp blow to his arm brought his attention back to his companions. Jaina was staring wide-eyed at Tenel Ka who in turn was staring fiercely at Jacen.

"What did you do that for?" He asked, rubbing the growing knot on his arm.

Tenel Ka turned away from him and began walking down the street. "If you do not know, Jacen Solo, then you have a lot yet to learn."

Jaina smiled at his look of confusion and then said in her best Tenel Ka imitation, "come Jacen, my dear brother, I suspect that you will soon be learning all that you wish to know about women."

"Not even a droid could hold all of that knowledge...Oww! Now why did you hit me?"

 

They soon came to a narrow street that was lined by adult stores that displayed various novelties of intimacy for a wide range of species.

"Where exactly are we going?" Jacen asked. Tenel Ka had yet to explain her plan and had refused to answer every time her friends had asked.

"Here." She answered, stopping before a windowless building with a partially operating scrolling advertisement under the store’s name. She did not give Jacen a chance to read it before pulling him through the door.

The inside was a stark contrast from the worn and dilapidated looking exterior. It was clean and sterile and looked more like a medical ward or a physician’s office than a store.

"May I help you?" A female Sullustan receptionist asked from behind a counter.

"Yes." Tenel Ka answered, stepping up to the counter. "Your display says that you manufacture skin forms. We would like to purchase one."

The receptionist looked from one teenager to the other and was obviously not satisfied with what she saw. "One moment please." She said and then disappeared through the doorway behind the counter.

A few minutes later, another being, male and dressed in a clean lab coat, entered the lobby through another door. He was small, standing no higher than the young Jedi’s shoulders, and very thin and smooth skinned. His head was shaped like a bird’s, but with forward facing eyes and with fleshy lips on the end of his beak like snout. He held out a six-fingered hand. "Identificationsss pleassse."

"You do not need to see our identifications." Tenel Ka said, waving a hand dismissively.

The doctor blinked and shook his head as if clearing it of a bad thought. "I doesss notsss needsss to seesss yoursss identificationsss."

"We are old enough to receive your services."

The being nodded, "Humansss aresss so hardsss to judgesss. I suposesss yousss aresss of agesss."

"We are interested in purchasing a skin form." Tenel Ka informed him.

"Ahsss! Skinsss formsss. I makesss bestesss skinsss formsss than any one elsesss. Madesss from Latestsss technologiesss in synthafleshesss."

He was referring to synthaflesh, a highly durable synthetic flesh compound that was undetectable from real skin. It was used primarily as small bandages for light wounds in portable medikits, but it was also used extensively for burn victims and was used as a covering for prosthetic limbs, much like Luke Skywalker’s hand.

"Nowsss," the doctor said, looking Tenel Ka up and down, "whatsss kindsss of skinsss formsss yousss wantingsss?"

"It is not for me." Tenel Ka told him. "It is for my friend here. He needs to look like a human female and be able to pass as one under a bio-scanner. Do you have that technology?"

"What?" Jacen exclaimed. "Now wait a minute. No one said anything about me having to dress as a girl."

"Jaina laughed, "well, you are wearing her panties."

"Jacen, my dear friend," Tenel Ka said calmly, "do you wish to continue with our mission?"

"Yeah, but..."

"Then you must do this if we wish to go to Rhenda’s Haven. I know of no other way."

Seeing that he was still not persuaded, she stepped into his arms and whispered, "if you do this, I vow that I will repay you... with more than ... more than a kiss." She could not believe that she had offered herself in such a way to him. She wanted to be with him like that, more than anything in the galaxy, but she wanted their union to come natural. This way, it was more like he they were having to trade favors. It curdled her stomach, but if this was the way it was meant to be, then so be it.

"More?" Jacen asked nervously.

"Much more." She said, her granite-gray eyes staring intently into his brandy-brown ones.

Jacen had never felt so overwhelmed before in his young life. He could feel his heart beating frantically in his chest, but at the same time, this felt so wrong. He knew that Tenel Ka would not have offered him such a reward if she did not feel the same way about him as he felt about her, at least he hoped so. He also knew that her offer must have cost her more than she was willing to show. She did not surrender easily at anything, whether it was a simple game of holo-chess or a fight to the death, but here, she had willingly offered to surrender her body in exchange for his cooperation. If anything, it was a sign of her determination to see this mission through and not a sign of her feelings for him. He decided that his participation was not worth such a high price. "Okay. I’ll do it, but not because of your promise. I’m doing this only because you asked me to and no other reason. So I will not hold you to your vow, Tenel Ka. Understand?"

Tenel Ka looked down so as to hide the emotions evident in her eyes. She was overjoyed that he did not want their union to be in such a way either, but at the same time, she felt disappointed. She fought to get her emotions back under control before looking back up into his eyes. "Yes, Jacen my very dear friend, I understand, but I would not have minded if you had accepted my offer."

"Really?" He asked, truly surprised.

In answer, she leaned in and kissed him before turning away to face the doctor again.

"Well?" She asked expectantly.

"Technologiesss I havesss, but willsss costsss extrasss." He answered.

"Credits are not a problem." She assured him since she would be paying from her own royal annuity funds. After all, aside from drawing from it to pay for all of the parts Jaina used to repair and modify the Rock Dragon she had hardly touched it so there should be plenty to draw on.

"Ahsss. In thatsss casesss, maysss I suggestsss adding a layersss of bio-neural stimulatorsss. It isss samesss asss used in prosssthetic limbsss. Yousss touchesss, he feelsss. Only five hundredsss creditsss extrasss."

Tenel Ka thought it over a minute, but realized that it was a good suggestion. They did not know what kind of situation they were going into and it would not be safe for Jacen to be without his sense of touch for however long a time they would be spending at Rhenda’s Haven. She agreed to the addition.

"Ahsss. Goodsss." The doctor said, rubbing his long fingered hands together. "Nowsss which of yousss femalesss will providesss the moldsss?"

"Mold?" Tenel Ka asked.

"Of coarsesss. I cansss makesss the skinsss formsss withoutsss the moldsss, but is fastersss with a moldsss." he explained.

The two girls looked at each other, at the nervous boy, and then back at each other before Jaina turned to the doctor. "We will decide after you have shown us the procedure for making the mold."

"This is a fact." Tenel Ka agreed and then followed the doctor through the door with Jaina.

 

" I usesss the Calrissiansss techniquesss." The doctor explained as they stepped into a relatively large room with a twelve-foot by five-foot box hung suspended within a gyro sphere.

"The Calrissian Technique?" Jaina asked.

"Carbon freezesss." The doctor said. "It isss very Safesss. Havesss used it severalsss timesss."

Jaina rubbed her temple. With all of his money making schemes, she was not surprised, for some reason, to learn that her adoptive uncle had found a way to exploit the use for carbonite in which the Imperials had with her father so many years ago on Cloud City.

"I shall be the one to do it." Tenel Ka announced.

"What? Why?" Jaina asked, "I mean..."

"It would not be proper for Jacen to see his sister’s body, and I am closer in size to him than you, so it is the only reasonable solution." Her look of determination suddenly became demure. "Besides, Jacen will be seeing my real body soon anyways so I will feel no discomfort in him knowing what it looks like before hand."

She ignored Jaina’s open-mouthed look of surprise and began undressing. "Well, what are we waiting for, Doctor?"

 

Chapter Seven

They waited in the lobby for nearly three hours while the doctor prepared his materials and the new mold. Jacen did not know which of the girls had provided the mold and he doubted that they would have told him even had he asked. They both looked more nervous than he felt and Tenel Ka’s hand on his was beginning to squeeze painfully. It was a mixture of relief and nervousness that he felt when the door finally opened and the receptionist stuck her head out.

"The doctor is ready for you now." She announced.

The Jaina and Tenel Ka gave him a hug in encouragement before he left them to follow the Sullustan back to the same room in which the girls had been.

The doctor was there with an out dated 2-1A medical droid. The box within the gyro sphere was open with both sides of the mold facing up. Jacen could see a flesh colored substance covered with billions of tiny dots lining the dual female shapes.

"Disrobesss and followsss me." The doctor instructed.

When Jacen had removed his clothes, the doctor led him to an adjoining room where a tight fitting skullcap was placed on his head and a sealed blindfold put over his eyes. He was then placed within a chamber where he was soon drenched by a spray of thick fluid that seemed to adhere to his body. He could not see anything, but he knew that whatever the stuff was, it stank worse than bantha poodoo. Thankfully, after several minutes, he was assaulted by another spray of liquid, but this felt like nothing more than hot water. Just when he thought that his ordeal was over, he was covered with the smelly stuff again and then again rinsed off before finally being dried by jets of warm air.

After He was taken out of the chamber and allowed to see what had been done to him, he saw that he was now completely hairless except for what was on his head, lashes and eyebrows.

"I’d hate to see a Wookie stumble into one of these." He commented.

The doctor blinked at him several times and then broke out in the awfullest screeching cough that Jacen had ever heard come from a living being. It was some time before he realized that the doctor was laughing.

"Wookie!" The doctor squealed as he led Jacen back to the first room and laid him down on a bench.

He watched as the doctor inserted what looked like a short fleshy catheter in the head of his penis and then roll down the attached sleeve that was covered with more of the little black dots over the full length of his shaft. He then injected something into his member that made it shrink smaller than Jacen could ever remember it being before somehow pressing it and his testicles completely inside his abdomen. After that, he used a medical adhesive to hold everything in place. He would have to pause occasionally as another fit of laughter over came him. All Jacen could see of that area was a flat nothingness except for the three-centimeter long fleshy tube that was sticking out of the head of his hidden manhood. To say that it was uncomfortable would be an understatement. His conviction to continue on with the mission, and more importantly, his desire to not disappoint Tenel Ka were the only reasons that he did not jump up and bolt for the door. The doctor then stood him up and coated his entire body from the chin down in a clear liquid that did not run or evaporate. He was told not to touch any parts of his body together or else they would be chemically bonded for a time. Jacen was careful to do as he was told.

Once the doctor had completed that task, Jacen was finally ready to be placed within the mold. He lay face down in the ‘front’ mold while the doctor and the droid worked all around and under him, ensuring that his body contacted the appropriate areas of the bio-neural connections. Wire leaden suction cups were adhered to his nipples. They also made sure that the tube sticking out from his groin, or clitoris as the doctor called it, fit securely within the hole provided for it on the mold. Jacen was then turned up on his side as the two halves were brought together and then rolled over onto his back. The doctor, still caught up in his mirth, and droid repeated their procedure on that half of his body before sealing the mold together and standing it upright.

Since the two halves had been joined, Jacen had been completely entombed within the female form, unable to see or hear anything through the thick carbonite, but just after he was stood up, he felt the air pressure around him build evenly across his body and then he began to spin. He quickly lost all sense of direction as the gyro sphere smoothly changed rotations and began to speed up. Only the force had kept Jacen from becoming overly nauseated throughout the ordeal.

It seemed an eternity before he was released from the mold and carried back to the bench feeling dizzy and disoriented.

"Are yousss well?" The doctor asked after several minutes.

Jacen opened his eyes and was relieved to see that the world was no longer spinning around him. He gave the doctor a shaky nod.

"Then Standsss and I will completesss the proceduresss." He instructed.

Jacen stood and immediately became aware of the extra weight on his chest, hips, thighs, and rear. He tried to look down at himself, but the doctor instructed him to look straight ahead and remain perfectly still while he held a device over his left breast that activated the electronics hidden within.

"Nowsss yousss femalesss insidesss as well as outsidesss to any scannersss." He said and then began adjusting some dials until the skin form matched Jacen’s natural complexion.

He then picked up another device. "Youss will feelsss some tinglingsss as I activatesss the bio-neuralsss in the skinsss formsss."

It was more of an itch than a tingling sensation that Jacen felt as the doctor ran the device over every inch of his body.

"Nowsss yousss cansss looksss and get dressedsss." The little being announced. "I will tellsss the othersss that yousss are readysss."

Jacen waited until he was alone before looking down at himself. There was no trace of a seam where the skin form ended at his wrists, ankles and neck. The size of his breasts were his first clues as to which girl had provided the mold, but it was the narrow tuft of red pubic hair above the realistic virginal vagina that made it a dead give away. His cheeks grew flushed as he realized that he was actually looking at Tenel Ka’s nude body.

"I thought he said that you were ready." Jaina exclaimed from the doorway.

Jacen instinctively moved to cover himself, but the rush of sensations that erupted from his breasts and groin as his hands brushed those areas made him gasp and sent him to his knees.

The girls were at his side immediately and tried to help him stand, but he flinched away from their touch.

"Jacen, my dear friend, are you okay?" Tenel Ka asked worriedly.

"I will be... in a minute." He said, trying to catch his breath. "I think that the bio-neurals are just a bit too sensitive."

"That will Passs." The doctor said, returning to the room. "It will takesss twosss to thresss hoursss for yoursss bodysss to adjustsss."

"Great." Jacen groaned as he finally regained his feet and ever so gently began dressing.

Jaina, who had overcome her initial shock of seeing her brother nude, albeit in Tenel Ka’s body, began looking him over. If she had not known better, she would have sworn that he was a real girl. Then her eyes fell on the erect nipples.

"Tenel Ka," she whispered aside to her friend, "just what were you thinking about when you were casting that mold?"

The warrior girl followed Jaina’s pointed look. He cheeks darkened, but she maintained a matter-of-fact tone. "The carbonite was cold."

"Remembersss," the doctor said, "The sealantsss will beginsss to wearsss offsss in thresss monthsss, but yousss can reactivatesss it by soakingsss in bacta indefinatelysss."

"Thr... three months?" Jacen asked incredulously. The girls looked just as shocked "I can go around like this for threesss... I mean, three months!"

Tenel Ka was especially stricken. After all, the skin form had been her idea in the first place. "Jacen, my dear friend, I am truly sorry. I did not realize that it would remain on for so long. I thought only for a few days."

She wrapped her arms around him in a hug, but quickly jumped away when he cried out at the contact. "Sorry. I forgot."

Jacen sighed, "just remember, both of you, that you owe me big time for this."

"The blame is mine alone, Jacen, my dear friend." Tenel Ka said, "I have already offered payment once, and you refused. I now offer it again"

"And I refuse again, Tenel Ka." Jacen told her. "Nothing is worth the kind of payment you are offering me, not even this. If it were under different circumstances, I would love to accept it, but only if it is freely given. Not in the form of payment. I don’t want that, and I know that you don’t either."

"This is a fact." Tenel Ka said and leaned and kissed him without touching the hyper sensitive parts of his body. When she pulled back, she said, "I will hold you to your vow, Jacen, my dear friend, and I will never let you forget it."

"Forget what?" Jacen asked innocently.

Tenel Ka’s eyes sparkled and the corner of her lips curved in a smile as she tried to maintain a calm front. No matter how serious a situation got, Jacen could find a way to cheer her up, not that she would ever let him know, of coarse. "Ah. Ahah. I can see that you will have to be reminded quite often."

Jaina had listened to them hedge around talking about making love and she was reminded of her last night with Zeck. It had far from been their first time, but it had been their most passionate and the one that she would always remembered. She tried to visualize that night in her mind, but an image of Tenel Ka and Jacen having sex with him wearing the skin form kept intruding and she had to fight to keep from laughing.

"I don’t think that I will repay you in quite the way that Tenel Ka has offered," Jaina said as the pair finally separated, "but if you want, Sis, you can have free reign over anything in my closet."

Even the stoic Tenel Ka could not help but give a wide at that.

 

Chapter Eight

No taxi would dare to venture into that section of the city so the young Jedi Knights found themselves having to walk again. Jacen gritted his teeth against the hyper-sensations that coursed through his body with every step as they made their way down the street. Every caress from the fabric of his clothes was magnified a hundred fold. The press of his now perfectly fitting pants against his groin and the seam that delved between his cheeks was a torment, but it was not nearly as bad as his breasts. He felt every miniscule bounce and jiggle they made and their weight was dragging uncomfortably on his chest. The body mold fabric shirt he wore pocketed the breasts without flattening them in the least, but did little to actually support them. His nipples were not even flattened, instead the material followed their every contour, right down to the slight puckers on the tips. As a result, even those little knots bounced with each step and became the focal points of overly erotic sensations.

Tenel Ka was aware of his plight and yearned to reach out to him in support, but she dared to not even touch him.

Jaina, who was closer to him than anyone else through the special bond that they had shared since before birth, found herself gritting her teeth as well as his emotions flooded into her.

It had grown dark while they had been in the skin form shop and the streets were even more deserted than before, but Tenel Ka began noticing moving shadows all around them. She stretched out her awareness through the force and felt the presence of the gang members as they quietly moved into positions to surround the young Jedi. Their intentions were foremost in their minds; rape and murder.

"We have company." She told the others quietly."

"I know." Jaina answered, her fingers discreetly wrapping around her lightsaber. "So, do we use forceful negotiations, or try and make a run for it?"

"Jacen, my dear friend?" Tenel Ka asked.

"I could definitely use a distraction right about now." He answered.

The girls looked at each other and smiled at Jacen’s almost pleading tone.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Jaina asked.

As one, the three stopped and formed a defensive circle and drew their lightsabers without igniting them. The hoods were caught by surprise at having being discovered, but with shouts and screams, they charged their victims from all directions.

The Jedi waited until they were almost upon them before activating their weapons. Again, the gang was caught off guard and just barely managed to stop out of the range of the glowing weapons.

"You don’t want to mess with us." Jaina warned. "You had better leave us be and go about your business."

"You’re our business." The obvious leader growled.

"I doubt you even know how to use those things." Another yelled out.

"Care to find out?" Jacen taunted, being in no mood for talk.

"Even if you can," the leader said, "you can’t get us all. There are twenty of us and only three of you."

"Then you are vastly outnumbered." Tenel Ka replied as if stating a fact.

With a roar, the gang rushed in, but the fight was over before it truly had begun. The young Jedi managed not to kill any of them, but those who had stubbornly refused to relinquish there weapons when the Jedi used the force to try and disarm them lost fingers and hands. The leader lost his arm from the shoulder down.

"Perhaps you and your friends should find another line of work," Tenel Ka suggested, "because you are obviously not qualified for the one you are currently pursuing."

"Die, Bitch!" He spit, pulling out a small one-shot holdout blaster and firing.

Jacen’s emerald-green lightsaber blade crossed with Tenel Ka’s which was a rich turquoise and together they deflected the bolt back at the shooter.

The ricochet scorched across the man’s cheek and evaporated his ear. He sat there in stunned silence for a moment, and then with a yell, threw the useless blaster at them and took off running for the shadows.

"You forgot your arm!" Jaina called after him.

Another anguished scream was his only response.

Seeing their leader defeated, the others lost confidence and fled as well.

When they were once again alone in the street, Jacen extinguished his lightsaber and stood shaking uncontrollably. Concerned, Tenel Ka lifted his chin and saw that his face was pale.

"Jacen, my dear friend, are you okay? Are you injured?"

"I’m fine." He answered between gritted teeth. "This is just too much at one time. I just need to get somewhere where I can stand without anything touching me."

She gave a curt nod. "Then we shall get a room at the first hotel we come to once we return to a safer area."

As they started off once more, Jacen said, "you know, usually I would be thinking up some joke about this, but right now, I just can’t find anything funny about it."

Tenel Ka’s sudden burst of laughter surprised the twins. They had never seen her laugh so hard before.

Jacen feigned a hurt expression. "Oh, so now you laugh. You don’t laugh at my jokes but you do when I’m in misery."

Tenel Ka wiped the tears from her eyes. "No, Jacen, my dear friend. I am not laughing at your misery. I am laughing at what you said."

 

Jorel Lynn closed the connection on the vid-phone and began pacing about her small hotel room. She had spotted the three young Jedi right off. They had been so obvious. They followed he all the way to the communications kiosk but had disappeared right afterwards. She at first thought that they had just wanted her to know that they were there and then began following her more discreetly. So discreet in fact that she, a trained professional observer, could not spot them. She made her call to the local liberation cell and had received assurances that they would put people on the three Jedi. It had not been long when she started to received return calls that explained why she he had not seen them following her. It was for the simple fact that they were not. The prostitute reported that she had encountered them in Low Town and had even managed to slip a tracer on the boy. That had been good news indeed, but this latest report had her troubled and very concerned. The Sullustan reported that the boy was now wearing a very sophisticated skin form in the guise of a female, and she said that she overheard one of the girls mention something about a mission and Rhenda’s Haven.

"How in the Hell did they find out about the Haven?" She asked aloud to herself. "They were outside when I contacted Mistress Fie-el and I had a privacy screen up. There was no way they could have heard our conversation unless... Damn! They’re better than I thought."

She made a quick decision then and there. Mistress Fie-el needed to know about this, but she was going to have to get someone from the local cell to take the information to her personally. In fact, they could take the data that she had retrieved from the Jedi Academy as well.

 

Chapter Nine

The young Jedi Knights spent the next day completing Jacen’s disguise and acquiring ones for the girls. Tenel Ka suggested that since they would be arriving at Rhenda’s Haven in the Rock Dragon, a Hapan passenger cruiser, they should go as young Hapan nobles. It made sense to the others and so, by the end of the day, they all had a collection of expensive clothing and a couple of gowns apiece. All of it purchased by Tenel Ka. The girls had their hair dyed blonde and Jaina had her eyes colored a vivid blue-gray.

Despite being a nervous wreck, Jacen was feeling better than the evening before. His body had adjusted to the bio-neurals in the skin form so his sense of touch was somewhat back to normal. There were still a couple of areas that troubled him however; His breasts, or more accurately his nipples, and his groin. The sensations he felt from those areas were arousing and were very distracting. The only good thing was that his breasts had settled. The nipples still looked like they were fully erect, but the breasts themselves no longer stuck straight out like they had before. They now had a natural slight sag to them and the silicone-saline solution within them had softened considerably. The only draw back to that however, was that they were now more pliable and looser, bouncing and shifting with Jacen’s every slightest movement. That in itself was disconcerting, but Jacen was also having a time adjusting to the extra padding on his hips, thighs, and rear. It was not that it was uncomfortable, in fact it felt natural. It was just that he was not used to having the extra dimensions and was having to constantly adjust his movements to account for them. Like the simple act of sitting, for instance. He had to get used to encountering the seat at least an inch sooner than he normally would. Another thing, with the embedded bio-neurals, he was able to feel the lightest brush of his hand against his thighs, and once, he felt the head of a nail sticking out of a wooden bench pressing into his padded rear as if it had poked his real skin.

What the girls had made him endure that day was nearly as bad as his experience from the day before. Along with them, he had spent hours in a salon where long, strawberry-blonde hair was woven into his own. He was also given a manicure and a pedicure and had his ears pierced. And on top of having to sit calmly while cosmetics were applied to his face, he had to endure the slow process of having his brandy-brown eyes dyed a rich, turquoise, the same color as Tenel Ka’s lightsaber, he noted. But since she was paying for all of this with her own credits on his behalf, he did not utter one complaint throughout it all.

Unknown to the young Jedi Knights however, there every move was being watched. Several of the female beings and a couple of the beauticians were members of the local chapter for the Female Liberation Movement. They reported the teenagers’ every move to Jorel Lynn.

After shopping, Jacen and the two girls decided to move on to the next phase of their plan. They needed to recover the stolen information from Jorel before she could give it to Mistress Fie-el. A thorough search of her scout ship an hotel room proved fruitless, however they did find plenty of other incriminating evidence as well as some obscure information about something called the Female Liberation Movement.

With nothing left to go on, they sent a coded message to the Jedi Cam Sullusar and Tionne on Yavin IV, giving them what information they had so far and notifying them of their plans to go to Rhenda’s Haven. They also sent apologies to Luke, Mara, and Mirram Moss for not being there to greet them when they arrived. After that, Jaina pulled back the levers and the Rock Dragon winked into hyperspace.

 

Chapter Ten

The journey to Rhenda’s Haven was just long enough for Tenel Ka to grow weary of the confines of the ship. She preferred the outdoors with wind in her hair and dirt under her boots. She preferred being ACTIVE, and not closed in with nothing to do. So it was a relief when Jaina finally announced that they would soon be arriving at their destination.

"I shall go wake Jacen." She told her friend.

Jaina gave her a mischievous smile and winked. "Take your time. We’ve still got three hours before we reach orbit, but I can prolong that if you want me to."

"Why would I need you to do that?" Tenel Ka asked.

Jaina giggled at her friend’s naiveté and turned back to the flight controls. "Never mind."

Tenel Ka shook her head in confusion and started aft. She was nearly to Jacen’s quarters when it dawned on her what her friend had been implying. Color rushed to her cheeks as thoughts of her and Jacen together filled her mind. "Now is not the time to for that." She firmly told herself and continued on to Jacen‘s room.

She opened his door and stepped in. Jacen lay along the narrow bunk uncovered and dressed in only a light, sleeveless shirt and panties. He was on his side facing her so that his new curves were well defined as his cleavage was visible above the low neck of his shirt as one breast rested atop the other. The position of his arms and legs made him look for all the galaxy like a sixteen-year-old girl in sleep.

"No. Now is definitely not the time for that." She repeated with a sigh as she gazed over the one she hoped to be her first an only lover. She sat on the bunk and brushed away the stray wisps of hair from his brow and cheek.

He slowly opened his eyes and smiled up at her. "I could get used to this."

"What is that, Jacen, my dear friend?

"Waking up and seeing you before all else." He replied and then pulled her down to him for a kiss.

Tenel Ka fell into the kiss with passion, but then she felt his breasts pressing into her and she quickly pulled away and stood, feeling very uncomfortable. "W... we have emerged from hyperspace. We will be arriving at Rhenda’s Haven shortly. I... I just thought that you should know."

She started out the door, but Jacen jumped up and stopped her with a hand on her own. "Tenel Ka, what’s wrong? Did I do something or say something to upset you?"

The warrior princess could not look at him less she reveal the tears welling in her eyes. "No, my dear friend. It is not you. Well, in a way it is. I am sorry, but I am uncomfortable kissing you like you are now. It... it just does not seem correct. Forgive me."

Jacen turned her to face him and lifted her chin with a gentle finger. She still averted her eyes but he leaned his head into her view and smiled. ’There is nothing to forgive, Tenel Ka. I understand. I know that I would feel the same way if you were wearing a skin form of me." He brushed away her tears. "But I want you to know that I will miss your kisses."

Even though her face remained passive, her eyes lighted in a smile, but then quickly hardened and narrowed. "That had best not been another of your jokes, Jacen Solo. Because if it was..."

Jacen silenced Tenel Ka with a kiss, forcing her mouth open with his tongue.

Tenel Ka tensed up. Her warrior instincts cried out to lash back at the unprovoked attack, but the girl within her cried out for more. She slowly succumbed to that desire and was consumed by Jacen’s passion. Her fist was balled up between their bodies, but as she relaxed, her hand opened and went instinctively to his chest only to come to rest on his breast with the hard nub of his permanently erect nipple in the nook between two fingers. She could feel her own nipples becoming aroused against the back of his hand and against his other breast.

The hand at the small of her back traveled lower, cupping her rear and pulling her groin against his. His other hand gently caressed the back of her neck and teased the small hairs there. At that moment, Tenel Ka did not care what Jacen’s body looked like. Her heart, her very being, was filled with nothing but her love for him.

"This is no joke." He said with a grin.

"This... is a fact." Tenel Ka breathed, trying to restore her emotions to some semblance of control.

Jacen still held her tight as he looked deep into her eyes that seemed wide with wonder. "Another thing that is not a joke is that I love you, Tenel Ka."

Tenel Ka felt as if her heart would burst. Tears of joy wanted to flow from her eyes, but more than anything, she hated showing weakness. She had built up and strengthen her emotional shields while training on her mother’s home world of Dothimir, but over the past few years that she had known Jacen, those shields had been slowly weakening and now he had totally destroyed them. However, she still had a stubbornness within her that would not allow Jacen to escape this victory completely unscathed. She gave him a small smile and a peck on the lips and simply said; "I know."

Jacen was left standing in the doorway with his mouth open as she sauntered back towards the cockpit. Even with the way he looked now, he did not understand women, and Tenel Ka least of all.

 

He went to the refresher and showered only to find both girls waiting for him in his room when he got out. They had decided that they were responsible for ensuring that he was properly dressed since he was clueless when it came to women’s apparel. They spent a good deal of the time just try to decide which outfit for him to wear for their first day on Rhenda’s Haven. He told them that he would not be comfortable in a dress quite yet, so he ended up in medium blue pants that felt like they fit tighter than the skin form. Gold vine embroidery traced up the outer seam of the legs and then curved around to the front where it formed an inverted triangle over his groin. It also curved around the back where it traced the upper contours of his rear and then became a smaller triangle with the point delving between his cheeks. A darker blue bustier was cinched tightly around his torso and squeezed his waist to a smaller diameter than the skin form already did. His breasts were held up and together in perfectly symmetrical globes by the cups that exposed all but the lower half of his breasts from just above his nipples down. It felt like the cups were not really containing his two new acquisitions. It was more like they were just resting in pockets, and he knew that if he bent over even slightly, they would come spilling out. A long sleeved jacket made of the same material as the pants went over the bustier. It was completely open in the front. A clasp fastened at his neck, but from there, the gold vine embroidered inner seams back around the outer swells of his breasts before continuing down his sides and then ended at the hem at his waist. Black knee-high boots with two-inch heels, a gold pendant that rested on his cleavage, and earrings completed the outfit. His strawberry-blonde hair was held up by a gold brace and done up in a high ponytail where it was put into a broad braid with gold chain weaved all throughout. He was quite the picture of a wealthy aristocrat’s young daughter.

When they had finished with him, the girls left him to get themselves prepared. When Jaina emerged, she was dressed in a simple, but elegant dress made from expensive shimmer-silk in the same blue-gray of her eye coloring. The halter-top left her back completely exposed clear down to where her back arched into the swell of her bottom. A teardrop shaped opening in the front exposed the inner curves of her breasts and a smaller one exposed her navel which Jacen was surprised to see was pierced and adorned with a sapphire mounted on a thin silver ring. Her silver jewelry and belt were accentuated with other blue gems, and she wore simple high-heeled sandals that were laced up to her knees. Her hair was piled atop her head in stylish curls and held in place by a be-gemmed beret.

So as not to ruin her dress, she spread a blanket over the pilot’s seat and donned a jacket before buckling herself in.

"Where’s Tenel Ka?" Jacen asked from his usual position behind her.

"She’s still getting ready." Jaina answered offhandedly as she checked the instruments to ensure nothing had gone wrong while she had been away. Then, "why don’t you take the co-pilot’s station and help me land."

"We still have a few minutes before we reach the moon." He said, looking out the viewport and watching as they approached a planet with billowing yellow and green gases.

"I know, but I wanted to talk to you alone while we had the chance."

Jacen arched an eyebrow. "Is it about me and Tenel Ka? Because if it is, let me assure you before hand that Dad has already had that discussion with me."

"Jaina popped his shoulder with a backhand. "Would you shut up and listen? I’m serious."

"Okay. I’m sorry." Jacen said, holding up a hand to ward off any more blows. "Go ahead. What do you want to talk about?"

Jaina was quiet a moment as she gathered her thoughts. "It’s about you and Tenel Ka." She silenced her brother with a dark look before he could speak and then continued. "I’ve been thinking about this ever since you two have... become closer, and I’ve finally decided that I’m going to do it."

"Do what?"

"I’m going to asked Uncle Luke and Aunt Mara if they will allow me and Tenel Ka to switch masters so that you two can stay together." She said in a rush.

Jacen sat back hard in his seat until the initial shock had passed. "You’re really serious about this? I mean, you would actually do that for us?"

Jaina nodded. "I love you both and I want you two to be happy, Jacen. And besides, it’s the least that I could do for what you’re having to go through right now."

Jacen was silent for a long time. "I don’t know what to say, Jaina... Thank you."

She reached over and squeezed his hand. "Your welcome... Sis."

By then, a small airless moon had come into their viewport. As they drew nearer, they could make out vast domed structures peppered all across the surface that were connected by a series pressurized covered roads that spider webbed across the moon. The largest dome looked to be over fifty miles in diameter and was situated on the northern pole. It was here that the Rhenda’s Haven Resort traffic controller directed them.

 

Chapter Eleven

Tenel Ka met them at the airlock where an umbilical connected the Rock Dragon to the docking ring that surrounded the base of the enormous dome. The sight of her took Jacen’s breath away.

She wore a green dress similar to Jaina’s only that it was split up the sides well past her hips. Her back was exposed like Jaina’s as well, but the opening in the front was larger and far more revealing. The large diamond shape exposed a good majority of her breasts with the side points coming to just under the outer bottom swells of the milky white orbs. The bottom point plunged to well past her navel and Jacen found himself slightly disappointed that hers was not pierced like his sister’s. Gold jewelry adorned her neck, arms and ears, and her honey-blonde dyed hair was done up in a more elaborate style than his and Jaina’s.

She blushed at her friends’ stares, but quickly recovered her serious demeanor. "You know how I dislike wearing these costumes, Jacen Solo, so do not become accustomed to seeing me this way."

She then pushed a blue handbag into his hands. "You will require this. You’re lightsaber is inside."

Jacen gave Jaina a confused look as Tenel Ka abruptly turned on her heal and strode out through the airlock. She just gave him a shrug, gathered her own handbag, and followed her friend out. He hurried to catch up only to nearly run over them just on the resort side of the umbilical. The reason they had stopped was immediately obvious. They could no longer feel the force.

They all looked at each other in stunned dismay. None were able to talk until Jaina spotted a meter long reptile perched on the branch of a nearby decorative tree.

"Yslamiri." She whispered. "They have yslamiri here."

The reptiles, a native of the planet Myrkr, had a natural defensive ability to repel the force in a diameter of at least ten meters. Their abilities were a closely guarded secret known only to the Jedi and a few select senators who were on the Republic Defense Committee. Either the secret was out, or the people here did not know of the yslamiri’s abilities.

"I’ve got a bad feeling about this." Jacen murmured.

"We should not stay." Tenel Ka added with a touch of unease.

Jaina shook her head. "We have gone without using the force before, and we can do it again."

"But what if they set the yslamiri for us? What if this is a trap?"

Jaina put a hand on her friend’s shoulder. "Would you relax? How can this be a trap when no one knew we were coming?"

"This is a fact, Jaina." Tenel Ka said with a great sigh. "I am being foolish."

Jacen smiled, "well then, what are we waiting for?"

Jaina nodded to a holographic sign mounted in the middle of the terminal. In various languages it clearly stated that all visitors were to remain by the docking port until they were greeted by a resort representative.

"Oh." Jacen said, a bit chagrined.

They did not have long to wait. A woman in a snug fitting uniform and carrying a large handheld data reader approached them. "Welcome to Rhenda’s Haven, honored Hapan guests. May I please see your identifications?"

The three quickly handed her the fake identicards that Jaina had made for them. The woman plugged them into her reader one by one, but gave no sign if she recognized them as fakes. However, the young Jedi Knights grew nervous when she frowned.

"Everything seems in order, but I do not have any of your names listed for reservations."

"I apologize, Ma’am," Tenel Ka said, acting her part as Jacen’s handmaiden and bodyguard, and seeming a bit exasperated with him. "The Lady Cenja decided to visit here on impulse and was unaware that she would need reservations."

"That is quite all right, My Lady." The woman smiled at Jacen. "You do not really need one. It is just that the customers who come here usually have their itineraries planned out months in advance. It is refreshing to finally meet someone as impulsive and carefree as yourself."

Jacen smiled a thank you at her compliment.

"Now, before I let you go," the woman said, returning to business, "I will need to get your thumbprints on some forms. Just the usual paperwork, and you will have to read our rules."

Tenel Ka passed the reader on to the twins after she had signed the necessary documents by pressing the built in thumb pad. before facing the receptionist again. "Where can we see about arrangements for rooms and transport for our luggage?"

"I can do that for you here after the lady and her friend are finished." She said cheerfully. "And once you are in your rooms, you can inquire about the resorts other accommodations and activities on the provided terminals."

Jacen was the last with the reader. He signed where he had to and started on the rules, but stopped at the first one that was displayed larger and bolder than the others. "Why are males not permitted here?" He asked.

The woman smiled at the disguised boy, mistaking his sound of confused interest with disappointment. "I am sorry, My Lady, I know how interested a young woman such as yourself would be interested in meeting a temporary companion, but I am sad to say that Rhenda’s Haven is not the place for that. You should read our history. You may not find it as interesting as young men, but it is essentially this; Rhenda’s Haven is first and foremost a refuge for runaway slaves and abused wives and their daughters. Many of which stay on to assist Rhenda in her efforts. The resort and businesses help provide for the funds needed to run such an enterprise. But to answer your question, the rule, which is also a heavily enforced law, was originally put into place to protect the refugees from their husbands or whoever else seeks to do them harm. Now, the law is mainly there so that women of every species can have a place where they can come together and interact without having to put up with those who think less with the head on their shoulders and more with the other."

"I see. Thank you." Jacen said as he handed her back the reader. "It is always a joy to hear that some good is being done somewhere in the galaxy."

 

The woman was very accommodating. She had arranged for them a suite of rooms in a hotel the city, called The Hub centrally located under the dome. She had also provided them with rental hover-scooters and a droid to drive the flatbed dolly with their luggage. She had also highly recommended ‘The Redemption’ as a place to dine and enjoy various forms of evening entertainment. Of coarse, that came after Tenel Ka had provided her with a generous tip.

The interior of the dome was not what one would expect on an airless moon. A lot of time, effort, and credits went into construing the planet-like terrain. Lush grass covered the ground wherever there was not a building or paved path. Numerous shrubs and trees of all varieties were planted all throughout as well as a multitude of flowers with exotic and intriguing scents. There were even several ponds and streams spread across the park-like outer circle of the dome. And, to Jacen’s delight, there were all kinds of wildlife. Insects, birds, small mammals, and of coarse, the yslamiri. The only thing that saddened him was that he could not sense the presence of any of the creatures.

"I believe that if it were not for the mission, a stay here would be enjoyable." Tenel ka said as they rode their scooters down a tree lined path.

"Jaina quirked a smile. "Perhaps you and Jacen could come here on your honeymoon."

Tenel Ka’s cheeks darkened. She was still tormented by the emotions she had felt during her earlier encounter with Jacen. His words, as well as the press of his breasts and the taste of his lip coloring were still very fresh in her mind. As was her own body’s reaction. Had Jaina seen us? She wondered. No. She was still in the cockpit.

She hid any sign of emotion that she might reveal to her friend, and answered in a matter-of fact tone, "I do not believe that would be wise." She then glanced at Jacen where he rode a short distance ahead, his attention on the animals around him. "Nor would it be practical."

Jaina looked at her feminized brother and remembered that he could only be here as a woman. She laughed. "No I guess this wouldn’t be a good place for you to consummate your marriage after all. Would it?"

 

After putting their belongings away and resting for a bit, the three left their hotel suite and set off into The Hub. It was late afternoon by the resort’s time, so with the intentions of maintaining their cover as tourists, they went on a quick tour of the centralized cluster of shops, eateries, clubs, and other venues of entertainment before making their way to ‘The Redemption’, Mistress Fie-el’s club.

Jaina was impressed with her brother’s ability to follow the girls’ lead. It did not take him long to lose his self-conscious nervousness and take on the mannerisms and air of a wealthy young woman. In fact, he pushed it a bit further by acting as if he had been spoiled all of his life and used to getting things his way. It was funny watching him give the shop clerk’s conniptions by complaining about the shoddy stitching and poor materials on clothes that were actually very well made and expensive. But before too long, it started to become embarrassing. Tenel Ka agreed.

She took him by the arm and led him a short distance outside one of the shops. "Lady Cenja." She said, using his assumed name in case anyone over heard. "You are going too far. If you continue as you are, there will be no one here willing to do business with you."

Jacen’s face scrunched in an exaggerated pout. "I’m just trying to have fun."

Jaina could not help but laugh. Tenel Ka kept a calm expression on her face, but her eyes danced with mirth.

"Besides," Jacen added in a whisper, "I’m trying to make the best of this situation as I can. Being out like this and being so... exposed," he glanced down at the pale orbs on his chest, "is pretty stressful."

"You are not feeling nearly exposed as I." Tenel Ka said pointedly. "The design of this dress does not allow for undergarments. Perhaps you should wear it tomorrow instead."

"Uhm... no thanks." Jacen stammered at the thought.

"Oh, come on. Where’s your sense of adventure?" Jaina teased. "That dress would look great on you."

"This is a fact." Tenel Ka agreed.

"I think I’ll stick to pants, thank you."

Both girls eyed each other and shared a common thought.

"The teal one?" Jaina asked, referring to a very immodestly cut dress they had purchased on Sarrifiss.

"Agreed. Tomorrow." Tenel Ka said with a curt nod.

Jacen groaned. "Sometimes I think that it’s best if I just keep my big mouth shut."

"This is a fact." Tenel Ka said crisply, but could not keep hidden the fact that she was suppressing a grin.

 

Chapter Eleven

"We have reservations for three." Jacen said haughtily to the female Bimm matre’d at ‘The Redemption’. "The name is Lars, Cenja Lars. I expect that our table is ready."

The Bimm checked her screen and gave him a bow. "Of coarse, My Lady. If you and your companions would be kind enough as to follow me."

 

"That is them." The Sullustan told the woman standing beside her as they watched the three young women from behind a broad pane of one-way transperasteel.

"Which is the boy?" Sahla Fie-el asked. She was a tall woman and slim. Her sharp features and straight black hair gave her a professional look, and she had an air of authority about her that commanded devotion.

"The one not wearing a dress." The Sullustan answered.

Sahla grimaced. Of coarse. She should have known. That was the one which had led the way in and seemed to be in charge, expecting the real women to follow behind at her heels.

"He is putting on an act." Tili said from her other side as if she had been reading her thoughts. "On Sarrifiss, he was quite shy and took directions from the one-armed girl in the green dress."

The Sullustan nodded in agreement. "It is she who also arranged for the skin form he now wears, and she provided the mold as well. He submits to her commands."

Sahla looked at the girl in question. She did have a regal-ness about her that the others lacked. So, what her two informants were saying could very well be true. As she continued to watch, she noticed that the disguised boy kept glancing at her as if expecting instructions.

"Very well then." She said after a long pause. She then turned to the fourth being in the room. "Allarri, after our new guests have dined, bring them to me so that I may thank them personally for their patronage."

The Diminutive Tryanill bowed, her lithe human-like body made the action as graceful as a ballet. "Of coarse, Mistress."

"Oh. And Allarri?" Sahla called as her assistant practically danced towards the door. "Ensure that they receive the ‘house special’. On the house, of coarse."

The young Tryanill smiled and gave another graceful bow. "I will, Mistress."

One of the first things that Jaina noticed was the large hologram of an Imperial class Star destroyer at one end of the club. It was the Redemption, the vessel that Pien Fie-el had commanded when it was destroyed above the moon of Endor. Seeing the other Imperialistic decor, she was beginning to think that Jacen’s suspicions about revenge were correct.

Despite the decor, the club was obviously popular. It was crowded with female beings from all across the galaxy who were either dining, gambling, or dancing in the zero gravity dance sphere high above. A live band played on a recessed stage along one wall and was occasionally replaced or joined by singers, dancers, or other performers. It was a very relaxing and enjoyable atmosphere.

Jacen was savoring each bite of the grilled poola fish he had ordered. He was having a pleasant time despite the nature of their visit and was completely at ease when both girls let out a gasp of surprise and their cheeks reddened. He gave them a questioning look and then jumped from his chair with a startled yelp. A thumb-sized section in the center of the seat he had been sitting in was slowly pistoning in and out right where his womanhood had been. He blushed as nearby patrons who knew of the hose ‘special’ laughed at him.

"Is there a problem, My Lady?"

Jacen turned to the speaker, but his angry retort stopped at the back of his throat. Before him stood the most beautiful being he had ever seen. Her features were that of a human except for the long whit and yellow feather-like hair. She stood about as high as his shoulders and was thin, yet had curves in all of the right places. She had the body of an acrobat or a dancer.

Tenel Ka found herself becoming jealous. She didn’t know why, but Jacen’s continued open-mouthed silence increased the feeling within her. She decided that she had better say something before the situation got out of hand. "Forgive Lady Cenja, she is not accustomed to such... attentions."

"Oh, I see." The being said with feeling. "It was not my employer’s intentions to cause you any embarrassment, My Lady, I assure you. She meant only to make your dining experience more enjoyable. Perhaps you will let me make it up to you by sharing a dance or two while your companions continue to enjoy Mistress Fie-el’s hospitality."

Both girls blushed because the woman was right; they were enjoying the ‘hospitality’.

"Uhm... I thank you for your offer, but it is not necessary." Jacen said after having time to regain his composure. "There was no harm done, except to my pride."

"Then let me heal your pride." She smiled and took his hand. "Come and dance with me. I am called Allarri."

"Cenja." He replied as she led him up a spiral set of stairs that ended at a platform within the dance sphere.

Tenel Ka gritted her teeth. Dance indeed! That harlot was walking so light that she was already dancing.

"Look Allarri," Jacen said as she pulled him out into the weightlessness of the dance sphere, "this is really not a good idea. I can’t dance very well and I’m afraid that I would only make you look bad."

"Then I will teach you how to dance. I am a very good instructor."

They found an open space apart from other dancers and as if on cue, the music changed to a slow melody.

"Put your hands like this." Allarri instructed, placing one of his hands on her breast and the other on her rear. She then placed her hands in the same positions on his body and pressed in close until they were in full contact. "This is a simple dance. Only five steps. I will lead, Okay? And relax, there is no need to be nervous."

Jacen tried to relax as she led him through the dance, but it was hard. He could not ignore the closeness of her body and her hands were constantly moving, caressing his body. By the second dance, her fingers had slipped inside the top of his bustier and were teasing his nipple.

Tenel Ka could not see all that was happening above her, but she was not liking it regardless. She was feeling an unexplainable need to protect Jacen from the diminutive female. Jaina had to restrain her several times from going up and interrupting them.

 

"Just what does that child think she is doing?" Sahla asked as she watched Allarri dancing with the boy.

"I do not know," Tili said with a note of envy, "but I do hope that she saves some of him for me."

The third son was a little faster and Allarri taught Jacen another dance that called for a lot of intimate touches. The next song was much faster and Allarri guided him through the moves slowly at first, but then rapidly picked up the pace. The dance was very provocative and called for a lot of body contact. Jacen could not help but be pulled along as their bodies spun weightlessly while moving as if they were making love.

Jaina’s hand tightened on Tenel Ka’s wrist as she held her friend seated. Her friend’s face was its usual passiveness, but she could see the fire building in her eyes. Jaina desperately tried to think of something to say to draw her attention away from the two dancers above.

"You know, if my mom ever found out that I had been in a place with seats like these, she would kill me." She commented. The actions of the chairs had followed the rhythm of the music. She had climaxed twice now and another was rapidly building. If Tenel Ka had, she had given no indications.

"Then she will be left with only Anakin," the Hapan princess gritted, "because Jacen will be meeting his end long before you."

Jaina tried to respond, but all that escaped her lips was a muffled whimper as her third orgasm struck. It was several minutes before she realized that the music had stopped, as had the motions of the chair. She was barely aware of Jacen and Allarri approaching.

"I enjoyed dancing with you, Lady Cenja. You are a fast learner."

"Thank you, Allarri, and thank you for teaching me." Jacen said, still a bit winded. "It was fun."

"Perhaps we could continue your lessons tomorrow." Allarri suggested. "I could be your personal instructor during your stay here at Rhenda’s."

"I would like that." Jacen said before he knew what he was saying.

They stopped a short distance from his table and her hand slid down, cupped his groin and squeezed as she gave him a gentle kiss. "Then until tomorrow, Lady Cenja."

Jacen did not see the polite nod she gave Tenel ka as she walked away. His attention was on his sister’s flushed expression and he feared that she may not be well.

"Are you all right?" He asked, checking to make sure his seat was once more safe before sitting.

Jaina concealed her embarrassment by dabbing her lips with her napkin. "I’m fine." She assured him and then quickly changed the subject. "Did you enjoy yourself?"

He was about to say that he had, but then he saw the fierce expression on Tenel Ka’s face. "Uhm... how do I answer that?"

"Very carefully, Cenja Lars." She answered in her matter-of-fact tone.

It was then that he realized just how mad she was at him. He was going to have a time getting out of this one. Maybe. He leaned over and whispered in her ear. "Would it help if I said that I was imagining being with you the whole time?"

"Yes. That would help... even though I doubt that it is true." She said, softening up some.

"Well, what if I was to show you some of the dances she taught me? Particularly that last one."

As much as she wanted to, she could not stay mad at him. "I will accept your bribe, Cenja Lars... this one time."

"Then you won’t mind if I learn a few more dances from her?" He asked, knowing that he was still treading dangerously. "Allarri offered to give me lessons and I... uh... kind of accepted."

"Kind. Of. Accepted?" Tenel Ka bit out each word.

Jaina patted her arm to calm her. "Actually, this is just the break we needed."

"How so?"

"Well, Allarri works for Mistress Fie-el right?"

"Yes."

"Then I just might have a plan. I will explain when we get back to the room."

 

"Allarri, explain yourself." Sahla Fie-el demanded when the young Tryanill entered the triangular office.

The diminutive being knelt as if in a pose for a sculptor. "Forgive me, Mistress, I did not mean to overstep my bounds. I know that you wish to learn more about the Jedi and perhaps recruit them to our cause. I thought that maybe I could achieve both if I were to gain their trust."

"I see." Sahla said as she paced around the young woman. She stopped just behind her left shoulder. "And just when did this idea occur to you? Just now?"

"Yes, Mistress... I... I mean no, Mistress. When the boy took offense to the love seat. That was when." Allarri said hastily. "I was afraid that they would leave at that moment so I had to think of something quickly to make them to stay."

Allarri let out the breath she was holding when Sahla walked to the window with a light laugh. "Relax, child, you did well. I may make a decent operative out of you yet. So... did you learn anything from him?"

"Not yet, Mistress. He was very apprehensive while we danced, but he agreed to come back for more lessons."

"He has a good reason for being apprehensive." Sahla said as she watched the exchange between Jacen and Tenel Ka. "Perhaps he is not the one you should be dealing with."

"The one armed girl?" Allarri asked.

"She does seem to be the one in charge." Sahla pointed out. "But that may be too difficult. I do not believe that you are her favorite person at the time being."

"I shall try nevertheless." Allarri promised. Then, "they are preparing to leave. Shall I still bring them to you?"

"No. Let us wait and see what you can learn from them first."

(continued)

 

 

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