Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Invincible by Troy Denning

Author:Troy Denning
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Space Opera, General, Science fiction, Adventure, Fiction, Media Tie-In
ISBN: 9780345477460
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2008-05-13T07:00:00+00:00

"Fine with me," Garsi said, raising his arms. "Thanks for the choice."

"Don't make me regret it," Ben warned. He glanced up at the corners of the room and noted that the status lights on all four of the security cams were dark. "How come those monitors aren't active?"

Wyrlan and Garsi turned their helmets toward each other, then Garsi said, "You saw what was going on in here. Would you want someone sneaking a holo of that to HNE?"

Ben considered this, recalling how Tahiri had locked the door behind them, and realized there was a very good chance that central security did not know he had just freed himself.

"I see your point." He motioned at the processing chute. "Would someone alive survive a trip through there?"

"Sure," Wyrlan said. "It's just a repulsor track that carries bodies down to the collection docks."

"But they have escape safeguards," Garsi warned. "It wouldn't be smart to try leaving that way."

"And I won't be," Ben said. He motioned at Tahiri. "Put her in the stun cuffs and drop her down the chute."

The two troopers obeyed, then Wyrlan motioned at Shevu's body. "What about him?"

"He's leaving with me," Ben said. "Take off your armor."

* * *

A LONG TIME AGO:

JAINA SOLO AND HER BROTHER JACEN ARE WANDERING THROUGH the shadowy halls beneath the Jedi academy on Yavin 4, keeping to the musty subterranean passages where no one else ever goes. They are fourteen, and they are walking because their friend Tenel Ka has just lost her arm in a lightsaber accident, and they have to do something, even if walking is all they can do. They are in pain, and they wish it could be the same pain their friend is feeling. Maybe if they could share it with her, it wouldn't seem so horrible. Maybe it would feel like things hadn't changed so much after all.

But Jaina knows that can't be true, because Uncle Luke has promised to call when Tenel Ka is ready to see her friends, and they have been walking for hours. Still, there has been no summons. They can only keep wandering, alone together, trying not to be overwhelmed by their shock and despair. And Jaina senses through their twin bond that Jacen has other, more painful emotions. He is filled with shame and self-loathing because it was his lightsaber that removed Tenel Ka's arm-because he was so intent on proving himself to her that he failed to notice when her blade blurred with static, and half a second later her arm was lying on the ground.

So Jacen has lost something, too. And all Jaina can do is walk with him, to let him know through their twin bond how she sees him: a kind, thoughtful young Jedi who would never hurt a friend deliberately-a brave, resourceful brother whom she would rather have at her side than anyone:

Chapter 11

What time is it when an Imperial walker steps on your chrono? Time to get a new chrono!

-Jacen Solo, age 14

The stain ran across Jaina's

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