Commander of Wolves

Chapter Two: Trapped

A/N: As usual, I recommend listening to the song while reading. Enjoy!

Two months after Jedi Master Plo-Koon and his padawan learner, Nya Kryze, took charge of the 104th, they receive a holocall from the Jedi Temple. The three commanding officers of the 104th, Plo, Nya, and Wolffe, gather around the holotable. Within a few moments, the blue of a holo was projected. Once again, it was Master Yoda. And one of the many officers that Nya couldn't stand. Captain Wilhuff Tarkin.

A man strictly against the Jedi principles, and staunchly against the clone troopers. He once remarked to a senator, in Nya's earshot, that the clones were mere mindless meat droids who were no better than the droids used by the Separatists. In the exception that they were made of flesh instead of metal. It took both Senator Organa, who was the Senator that Nya was meeting with, and Wolffe, who was escorting her, to keep her from attacking him. She often called him 'haar skanah, di'kutla jag ori'buyce, kih'kovid'. Which roughly translated to 'the hated, stupid man with a big head'.

"Master Yoda," Plo says, with a bow.

Nya follows him in the bow, but stays quiet. Wolffe also remains silent and stands at parade rest with his helmet on.

"Hmm. Master Plo, needed, you and your padawan are. Go to Lothol, you must. An occupation there, the Separatists have."

"While Lothol isn't very monetarily wealthy, it is still of great importance to this Republic. You must force the Separatists off and reclaim Lothol."

"We will do our best," Plo says, sending a wave of calm toward his padawan.

The padawan takes a deep breath, and attempts to release her anger to the Force. She is not quite all the way successful. Wolffe though, takes a different approach to calming the padawan down. He nudges her foot with the side of his own. When she glances over at him in confusion, he does it again. When she nudges him back, Nya realizes what he was trying to do. He was distracting her so that her anger would dissipate. And it had worked.

When Master Yoda and the captain disappear, Plo turns to Nya and Wolffe, and says, "Please inform the Wolfpack of our next destination. I will comm the The Morut."

"Yes, sir," Wolffe says, with a sharp salute.

"Of course, Master."

Wolffe and Nya leave and go to find the rest of the Wolfpack. It was likely that the command company was in either the training room or the rec. room. Or possibly in both.

"Want to split up? I'll take the rec., you take the training room," Nya asks.

"Sure, Commander."

"Wolffe..."

"Sorry, I mean Nya."

Nya gives a grin. "Thank you. I-"

"Much prefer your name, not your title. I know."

"Then why don't you use it?"

"Force of habit," Wolffe says with a shrug.

"Of course," Nya says with a laugh, rolling her eyes.

When the two come to a split in the hallway, they turn and Wolffe goes left, while Nya turns to the right. Nya soon makes it to the rec. room, and when she does, she first knocks on the door.

Bouncer answers the door, and gives the Jedi padawan a fond, yet exasperated, look.

"Commander, you do know that you don't have to knock, right?"