Avengers: Jedi Master (CWAC Book Two)

Chapter 13: Solo and Skywalker

Shea walks beside Tony as they and the other Avengers walk away from the Tempest and towards the landing Millennium Falcon, Tony touches her arm and she looks to him, his eyes begging her to be careful, they've just fought their way through a sizeable force and he's not sure to trust this new ship just yet. Steve jogs to Shea's other side.

"You know this ship?" Steve asks Shea.

"It is legend" she answers. "Among my people, among my family even, you are not a true Skywalker if you no nothing of the Millennium Falcon" the bay doors to the Falcon drops and a pure white, albino Wookiee walks down, crossbow in hand. "A female albino wookiee" Shea whispers amazed. Behind the wookiee a suited and booted figure walks cautiously towards Shea, the wookiee dropping back behind her but eyes up the Avengers. The figure pulls off their helmet revealing a woman, long brown hair, one grey eye, the other a radiant blue. She looks to Shea who turns a little defensive. "If you're flying the Falcon you better be a Solo" Shea states looking over the woman stood across from her, who smiles back.

"Skywalker?" she asks.

"Shea" Shea offers holding out her hand.

"Jacen Jr.....Solo" the woman offers taking her hand.

"Welcome to Earth" Shea teases, Jacen laughs and nods, the two women then hug, as if they aren't strangers. The Avengers share a confused look. Shea pulls back.

"And just like that you're happy to trust her?" Bucky asks, Shea looks to him and nods.

"She's my....third cousin" Shea answers. "Solo and Skywalker are pretty much the same line now, right?" she teases, Jacen Jr laughs and nods.

"Going all the way back to dear old Grannie Leia" she agrees.

"Leia was my great grandfather's twin sister" Shea offers in way of explanation to the others. "What are you doing here?" Shea asks Jacen Jr.

"I heard rumours that the First Order were tracking down the last of the Skywalkers" Jacen Jr answers. "Your brother told me where to find you"

"My brother?" Shea asks. "Cade?"

"Yes" Jacen Jr answers.

"I thought your brother was dead?" Tony asks, Shea looks to him.

"Luke is, yes" she answers. "Cade lives" Tony shoots her a look. "I've never met him" she admits. "I was born here, on Earth, and he was......back home"

"You've never met your own brother?" Steve asks.

"You have to understand" Shea answers and the sighs. "As a race....we are longer lived then humans"

"How long?" Tony asks, worry gripping his heart, Shea looks to him.

"We have the potential to live for 150 years" she admits.

"Chances are that with the war back home" Jacen adds. "Many don't make it past 40 or 50. 150 is rare for our people now. Cade Skywalker is nearing his 70th year...."

"I was born 28 years ago" Shea tells them. "He was already well into adult hood when I came along.....and Luke was 16 when their ship crashed. Time is relative to a Jedi" the wookie makes a noise at Jacen who nods along.

"Right you are" Jacen agrees. "We should get out of the open, if the Order has found you once, no doubt they will again"

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Daysen, the albino female wookiee lifts up one of Tony's antique vases and looks at the bottom, said man watches out the corner of his eyes sat next to Shea, across from Jacen.

"We need you" Jacen tells Shea. "The resistance is loosing....Shea, everyone else is dead" Shea looks to her. "You, me and Cade, that is all that remains of our family. Yes, I came because I heard the Order was searching for you, but I also came to ask for your help"

"My help?" Shea asks.

"We need all the help we can get, and if you are half the Jedi your parents were...." Shea looks down. "I'm sorry" Jacen offers leaning forward onto her knees. "That was insensitive, but I don't have time to sugar coat it for you. It's time for you to join the fight, Skywalker" Shea lifts her eyes to Jacen's. "It's time to defend your people's freedom" Shea looks to Tony who takes her hand, she turns back to Jacen and nods.

"What do you need of me?" Shea asks.

"Honestly" Jacen starts. "We need a final standing point" she answers. "The Resistance is spread out, fighting across worlds, we need....one world, one world to face the complete force of the Order, and we need to find a way to lure them to it"

"What do the Order want most?" Shea asks.

"Our family's surrender" Jacen answers, Shea looks out the window and nods.

"Contact the Resistance" Shea tells Jacen as she stands. "Get them here, every man, every woman, very ship....bring them to Earth" Shea looks to Tony. "Contact your director Fury and anyone else that could help, we need ships, supplies, men" Tony nods impressed, Shea looks to Jacen who is confused. "These are my people too, Earth is my home" Shea admits. "If the Order wins, what is to stop them from coming here? These humans are not as strong as us" She tells Jacen who smiles and stands.

"Such a Skywalker" Jacen teases. "I'll send that message out across the resistance" Jacen touches Shea's shoulder. "Thank you, cousin" they share a smile before Jacen heads to the hanger with Daysen. Tony moves to Shea.

"It's the right thing to do" he assures her, she looks to him.

"It is a selfish thing" she corrects. "I do not wish to leave Earth, so I am bringing danger to it" Tony strokes her cheek.

"But you are controlling this" he corrects. "You are deciding how this goes down, evacuate, protect.....use your allies" he gives her a look, she smiles a little.

"Tony?"

"Yes, Shea" he answers.

"May I use the Iron Legion?" she asks softly, he clasps her face in his hands.

"Yes, you may use the Iron Legion" he offers with a warm smile, he kisses her before pulling back. "I'll make some calls, get Cap off his ass to do the same, bet Selene has some contacts to, we'll make sure we are ready" he kisses her forehead and then walks away, Shea sighs softly.

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Shea and Jacen stand side by side in the hanger, both have their hands held forward, they share a look before they start lifting the junk from the hanger, they are going to need the space, and the hanger is huge, big enough for a small armada of fighter jets, if they park the Tempest and Falcon outside, it will do. Director Fury enters the hanger and watches the two girls working on clearing the hanger. He nods a little. Shea lowers her hand and turns to Fury.

"Director" Shea greets.

"A word" he asks of Shea, who nods and then follows him away, Jacen watches them go before sighing and closing her eyes. She needs this to go well, they need to win, otherwise Shea is right, what's to stop the Order from taking over the rest of the Galaxy.

...........

Fury leaves the hanger as Shea approaches Jacen who stares out through the open hanger, watching the sky.

"The Director is giving us whatever we need" Shea tells her as she reaches her side.

"Good" Jacen relaxes slightly, this is the first time in many years she's felt a win coming.

"How long till the resistance reaches Earth?" Shea asks.

"We have some time" Jacen teases pulling her lightsabre from her belt, she gives Shea a look, Shea smirks and holds out her hand, on the workbench behind her, the lid on a boxes opens and her sabre flies out of it and into the hand, she activates it and smirks. Jacen activates her own, the purple sabre beaming to life.