fan fiction scrollHidden Ties Story three

 Bastila ShanCanderous OrdoCarth Onasi

As they land on Manaan Carth pulls Jade aside “look I’m sorry ok I acted like a jerk. I’m just not use to trusting people. I feel so helpless here I’m a solider not a Jedi. I want to get to Saul, but I know what we are doing here is important I just hate feeling so helpless!” “Well if you pull your self-together you wouldn’t be so useless” “ouch man you don’t pull any punches do you? No not that I don’t deserve it so am I forgiven.” “Hmm I don’t know” Jade smiles mischievously “I think you need to work on it a bit..” “Oh.. oh” Carth blushes “I don’t know if I like the sound of that.” “Relax Carth I was just teasing.” “Oh then you except my apology good, good.” He says smiling. “You know you’re not so bad to have around you know that?” “Yeah I know.” she says smiling “I’m charming I’ve been told.” “Well more then that” Carth says flustered “but anyway” he clears his throat “glad we got that out of the way should we umm get back to business?

They leave the ship and walk around Manaan a bit while Bastila and Jade discuss their current vision trying to figure out where on Manaan the Star Forge map could be. Jade looks at Manaan this is such a beautiful planet she whispers I love it here she says dreamily. They then watch as a heated argument between a Repulic solider and a Sith. After it’s over jade walks over to the Solider to which he snaps at her. Carth takes a step forward as if to protect her when the Solider stops and apologizes. I’m sorry Jedi. I lost my temper. What’s going on Jade asked. “Stupid Sith they know they are protect under the Selkaths Neutrality and use it to their advantage.” “Ah” the solider looks uncomfortable “if you have any other questions please feel free to talk to the Republic Embassy.” He then gives them directions on how to get there.

As the group walks to the Embassy, they hear glimpses of conversation around them. Seems the Republic is snapping the mercenaries up left and right. In fact one Selkath is so curious about this he approaches them and ask Jade if she could find out why. Carth is uncomfortable about this but wants to do it to prove the republic’s innocents. Jade warily agrees. After leaving him another Selkaths approaches them about his missing daughter. He says the Sith are involved and does not trust them. “What are we every ones lap dog.” Canderous grumbles Jade can’t help but smile at that. By the time they get to the Embassy the picture of life on Manaan has become quite clear. The Ambassador for the republic seems surprised to see them. “What can I do for you Jedi?” We are on a mission for the counsel can you help us? That depends on what it is. Jade reluctantly tells him. He thinks I might be able to help but.. “But what?” I need your help first ok? Ok Jade says knowing she has no choice. He tells them how they had sent out a droid underwater and the Sith had taken it. Joy, joy Carth says another friggen Sith base. Jade silently agrees with him. So they take over a Sith ship to which the Ambassador gave them a card too. The base is full of dark Sith and robots. They get to the room with the droid in after jade had cracked the computer to find it. “We might as well find out about the missing Selkath while here” jades says tiredly. It takes both Bastila and Jade to convince the young Selkath the Sith are using them along with the medallion of the dead Selkath. The last room reveals a Dark Jedi master and two Selkath apprentices. The fight and long and Jade is injured. Finally they take the Sith out and discover the data pad incriminating the Sith on their doing of trying to turn the young Selkath to the dark side. Carth walks very close to Jade supporting her he can tell she’s close to collapsing. The Selkath arrest them but with the data pad and young Selkath the Siths plans are found out and the Selkath release them.

 

They take the disk from the droid to the Ambassador. He explains how they have broken the treaty of Neutrality with the main Selkath and made a deal with a smaller group. How they have been hiring Mercenaries to go down to hidden base and find out why they have lost contact with it, but none of them have come back. So he wants Jade and two of her companions to go find out. Carth and Bastila automatically step up. “Dang” mission mutters “I wanted to go.” Jade looks at her with understanding. Poor kid she thinks. “Ok off we go.” They step into the submersible and to the hidden base they head. As they step off Jade looks around at the damage a chill goes down her spine. “any one else got a bad feeling about this?” Yeah both Carth and Bastila agree. Several hours later and many insane Selkath later they find a scientist locked in a locker who won’t get out. He tells them about what they had awoken a huge firaxan shark while drilling for kolto. How thay had drove the Selkath insane. The only way to get to the main section is with an under water suit. The scientist refuses to come out of the locker much to Jades disgust. The group can find only one spare suit and it’s of smaller size, Jade sighs “ok fine I’ll go.” Carth looks at her worried. “No it’s dangerous.” She smiles at him “Gee Carth I didn’t know you cared.” Carth just stares at her and says, “yeah well I do so be darn careful.” Jade for once has nothing to say which makes Carth smile. Getting to the other section was no cake walk the firaxan are scary mean sharks and Jade keeps picturing Carth’s smile to keep her calm. Finally she gets to the door, but instead of being happy to see her the other scientist try to kill her. After she shuts down the auto program. She gets them to calm down. They finally tell her what happen, but they both of different opinions on how to fix it. The male says to kill the Beast and the female says to destroy the machine. Either way Jade has to get back in the suit. Oh goody she thinks why me? Sigh the female scientist looks at her and smiles in understanding “sorry” she whispers. Jade gets to the underwater computer, What to do what to do. Sigh she thinks killing the shark seems wrong. Destroying the machine will tick the republic off, but she just can’t kill the shark. What would Carth approve of? So she programs the machine and the explosion rocks her. She turns and walks slowly toward the beast, but it seems calm now that the machine has been destroyed. There on the other side of the bridge she see it the star map. She walks toward it watching the beast, but it ignores her. She opens the map and records what she sees and walks back. The male scientist is not to happy with her, but Jade knows she did the right thing the female one hugs her saying thanks. She finally gets back to Carth and Bastila. “What happen?” Carth says worriedly. She tells them and Bastila remains quiet. Carth looks at her. He can tell she is worn out. Yet it is not over. They run into Calo Nord who tries to kill them, but Carth and Bastila take him out as Jade collapses. Carth picks her up and they make it back to the surface. They tell the Ambassador what happened and all though he is upset he understands they did what they had to. After another confrontation with the Selkath where they learn that Jade made the right choice not killing the Beast as it a mythical shark they worship for the kolto it provides, They are let go. Carth carries Jade back to the ship where she is treated the best that can be by Juhani. Carth sits by her bed worried. “Bastila” he says “I hope what ever it is you guys are looking for it’s worth it. I hate seeing her like this” he says as he gently hold Jades hand. “I hope so to Carth I truly do” she says softly. Jade wakes up to gentle snoring. She smiles that has to be Carth she thinks sure enough a exhausted Carth is sleeping next to her bed with her hand still being clasped by him. She sits up which wakes him as she groans. “Ouch what happened?” Calo he says ” “ahh yes.” He slowly lets go of her hand. “Well we best be getting back out there.” They report their findings to the Other Selkath and both are grateful. Carth pulls Jade aside. He starts talking about, how he thought the dark side was just a fancy word for corruption for the Jedi, but know he sees it differently how is stalks them and tries to seduce them and turn them and how he is very worried about her. She hugs him with out thinking and he stiffens at first and she starts to pull back when his arms wrap around her tightly. “Please be careful” he whispers in her ear. She listens to his heartbeat for a second feeling his warmth and sent surround her. Then she leans back and looks in his eyes. “I’ll try Carth, I really will.” She gently touches his face and walks off.

Carth watches her walk off and thinks dang I scared I’m falling for her.

As they head back to the ship and old friend of Carth catches up to him. Who tells him he’s sorry about Dustil.” Huh?” Carth says “what are you talking about.” The guy looks uncomfortable. “You didn’t know? He has joined the Sith” Carth is floored. “Hmm” Jades says “guess we need to go to Korriban after we go to Kashyyk.” Carth looks at her gratefully. Thanks he whispers

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