The Ascension Of Darth Rasmus- The Rise of the New Sith- Book 1 (Fanfiction)

Chapter II- Blasters & Bombs

Chapter II

Blasters And Bombs

Overall the cheering and shouting, Jaden heard one noise above the rest that immediately changed his mood, one loud, long, and high scream coming from the Eagles who stood behind him, Jai'ir had been shot by a bolt from the imperial garrison that was now storming onto the landing pad, dozens of civilians were instantly killed or injured as they burst through the crowd that had amassed in the entryway. Dax, Gurlan, and Sou all returned fire while Jaden carried Jai'ir onto the shuttle; he rushed her to the only bench on the shuttle laid her down with his jacket as a pillow. He placed a thermal blanket over her body, adjusted the temperature to her specific body type, he knelt by her side and placed his arms around her, in one hand he held her soft head in the other, he put some pressure on her stomach where the blaster bolt had pierced her skin.

"Jai'ir, Jai'ir can you hear me? Please say something!" Jaden cried, tears welling in his eyes. Jai'ir remained motionless he bowed his head over hers and in a whisper spoke to her hoping to get through her unconscious state, he pictured himself reaching into her mind and speaking to her soul directly. If another Jedi had been present they would sense the force radiating from him as he tried to get through to her. Jai'ir's eyes shot open and she gasped for air, coughed, and looked into Jaden's face and she wept with the happiness she felt to see his handsome face again, his short brown hair, his soft lips, and his kind blue eyes. She was overcome with Joy and laughed a little.

"Jaden it's okay I'm okay, I'm here, and you don't need to worry anymore." As she said this she placed her small red-skinned hand on his cheek and caressed it with her thumb. Then moved her hand to his chin to lift his face to hers. She brushed the tears from his eyes and smiled a big smile full of love and relief that she was alive. Jaden lifted his head at the touch of her hands, tears creeping down his cheeks, smiled back at her and moved his arms to her shoulders as she sat up, and Jai'ir pulled his head to hers and kissed him passionately again, much as she had back in front of Master Ur's funeral pyre. Jaden kissed her back and after a long moment pulled away still holding her in his arms. Then she winced with pain and laid her head back on Jadens' jacket and closed her eyes to rest a moment or two her wound still bothered her but they were healing, now that she was awake.

"I'm going to start the engines up and get us out of here," Jaden said releasing his grip from her shoulders and heading towards the cockpit. He sat in the pilot chair in the shuttle and began priming the engines for take-off. The shuttle lifted off the ground a little the boarding ramp still lowered for any of the remaining that wanted to hop on but none did, they just kept pushing back the imperial garrison as it tried to shoot the shuttle down. So he closed the ramp with a sigh and then Jaden looked out the window and tried to catch Dax's eye as the shuttle rotated upwards to take off towards the upper atmosphere. Luckily he did, Dax was crouched behind a pile of crates with Sou and Gurlan on either side of him, Jaden saw Dax raise his hand to his forehead and saluted Jaden with a nod and a look that said; go we will take care of these losers. Jaden saluted back, nodded, and then turned his gaze back to the control panel.

Back on the landing pad, Dax, Sou, and Gurlan saw the engines blaze a bright blue and as the shuttle took off the roar of the engines was deafening. But it was a comfort to know that their friends were on their way to a safer place. Dax turned to Gurlan and Sou, each was out of breath and had been fighting for not only their lives but the lives of Jaden and Jai'ir as well, now that the latter had gone they could stop playing safe and put their all into the battle.

"Alright boys, odds are we aren't coming out of this alive, if we do we are damn lucky but if not then hell let's go down fighting our hearts out," Dax said as the three of them reloaded their weapons, armed their detonators and nodded a silent goodbye to each other fully knowing they would most likely die here and now.