"Sing a Sad Song" 
Part 1
By Leigh Wiley   
This story takes place, let's see, I guess after Trouble on Cloud City. 
These  aren't my characters,and everything like that. The song isn't mine 
either, it's Green Days.   

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Czethros had everything planned out perfect. Nothing could stop him. He 
had  already taken control over Cloud City and three of the middle 
levels held his  prisoners. The Solo/Skywalker family, and all thier little  
friends. He knew  his next plan of action for his revenge on Captain Solo.   

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"So Captain Solo," Czethros hissed as he finished his speech on how his
revenge was finally being completed, "I will hurt you in a most effective 
way.  You will feel no pain from the outside but it all from the inside. 
For I'm  not going to touch you. I'll get my revenge by hurting..." 
Czethros turned  around to face to group "your daughter."   At that 
moment three of Czethros gaurds bagan to drag Jaina off. Even  trusting 
the Force and fighting back nothing stopped the guards. Blasters had  
been pulled on the group so no one dared moved.   "She will be sent 
to the spice mines of Kessel, most 
likely 
she'll be dead in  a week."   

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Jaina made friends quickly in the spice mines. Almost everyone knew 
who she  was and loved talking to her. They made jokes as they worked, 
Jaina knowing  the most thanks to Jacen. However the work was far 
from fun. Feed almost  nothing but fungus and unclean water, dozens 
of workers died each day.  Somehow, they kept replacing them all, 
with people who had betrayed the  Black Sun or had just mad them mad. 
One of Jaina's quickest and best friends was a girl named Enica. She was 
from  Tatoonie, and had come into the spice mines the day before Jaina. 
She was amazed at Jaina's stmana, and they often talked while they 
worked, telling one  another about what 
they 
had accomplished and about friends. "I wish I could meet Zekk. You must 
really love him, you never shut up about  him."  

"We're just friends."  Enica laughed and got back to work. She kept 
talking,  
"So, did you hear they're sending a group to Bespin to work on repairs?"  
Jaina spun around and looked like she might pass out.  "They're what!?"  
"Sending a group to Bespin. Why is that important?"  
"That's where they're keeping my family and ...."  
"And Zekk?" the young woman finished for her.  Jaina blushed and nodded. 
Right then a guard came over and said,  "Are you Enica?"  
"I am."  
"Your on the Bespin team. What's your name sweetheart, I'll tell you if your  
on the team," the guard said with a glance at Jaina.  
"Jaina"  
The guard laughed and said,  "Jaina Solo? I know your not on the team."   

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Zekk paced up and down the halls. Jaina had been gone for a week, 
the amount  of time it usually took for someone to die in the spice 
mines. Yet he melt  like she wasn't dead, she couldn't be dead. That 
was impossible.   The army of ships landed with the crew from the 
spice mines to fix the overall  overseeing room that Czerthos had 
blasted to peices. Zekk was hopeful that at  least someone had to of 
known Jaina. From the look on Jacen and Han's faces  he could tell they 
were thinking the same thing. Leia couldn't even bare to  remain on the 
landing platform, thinking that only bad news would come. Luke  and 
Anakin were with her. Tenel Ka and Lowie waited with the men, but 
Zekk  couldn't tell what they were thinking.   Czeroths came down 
the plank of the ship and gave the small group that had  gathered 
a look that said. 'You think I'm actually going to tell you anything?'  
anc started right into.
"Captain Solo I'm leaving the committed under your comand. If they 
have not  finished clearing the debris from the sight or if you try 
anything else fishy  I'll, um, shot you're son."   
"Which one?" Jacen croked. 
"Oh, um that one," Czreroths said pointing to Zekk.  
"Great," muttered Zekk.   The crew, half a dozen half dead teenagers, 
stumbled off the ship. Zekk saw  with a disapointed look that none 
of them were Jaina. "First things first," Han said, 
which 
at this the kids looked at him like he  was going to hit them, "did 
any of you know Jaina Solo?"  
One girl stepped forward and said she did. She then walked right up to 
Zekk  and countinued with, "You must be Zekk. You are as cute as Jaina 
made you sound." Which made Zekk  blush and Han 
get a 
look on his face that said 'I'm going to kill that boy.'  Enica continued, 
"She's fine, well not fine, but not dead. I'm Enica. And  you must be 
Jacen, Tenel Ka, Lowie and her father?"   
"Yea," 
Jacen said.   
"I loved that joke about the TIE fighters, Jaina looked surprised 
when I laughed." Enica went on.   
"Someone laughed!!" Jacen said as he held his hands above his head.   

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"Miss Solo," Czrethos first guard said, "you've been recruited, for a 
most  important task. We must take you to the freezing section of the 
spice mines  and have you turn the heat generaters off for the lower 
sections, otherwise  the spice will melt, and that would be a problum 
for your comrades."   
"That weather is freezing, a person would die before they could get back 
to  the ship." Jaina replied.   
"That's why you were chosen."   
Jaina sat huddled in a corner of the space ship. She had been told that 
if she did the task correct, and by that they meant turning off the  
heater and then dying, her family and friends would be released. Now, 
she was going to die for Jacen, Uncle Luke, her parents, Anakin, Tenel 
Ka, Lowie, and Zekk. 
Zekk. Jaina mumbled the name to herself. If she could only see one of 
them once she would pick him to see. 

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Two weeks later the crew had completted the task. Han smiled to himself.  
Czrethros would bring Jaina back now. 'If she isn't dead.' he thought, 
then shook the thought out of his mind. She couldn't be dead. 

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It was six months before Czrethros returned to Cloud City. The crew 
was long gone, and only Czrethros guards had remained. The group had 
no idea about Jaina. Jacen couldn't tell if she was 
dead 
or alive or what. But suddenly one day Czrethos came into Cloud City 
all excited and worked up and was actually smiling. The smile wasn't 
a pretty site though. 
The group gathered around the ramp as it decended, even Leia. 
"How's Jaina?" Zekk asked, the first to speak. 
"Jaina?" Czrethos asked. He laughed. "Long dead. But that's 
not the best part..." 

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Zekk felt like he had been punched in the stomach. Czrethos voice 
drowned out and Zekk just fell down. Dead. The word echoed in his 
mind. How? No! Then he just curled up on the floor and cried, 
not caring 
what anyone thought. 

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Jacen responded a lot like Zekk, and so did Han. The three men that 
loved Jaina the most reacted the same. Leia began to cry and Luke 
hugged Leia. Leia and Han had driffted apart since Jaina hadleft. 
Luke always comfortted Leia, telling her everything would be alright, 
but what could he say now. Anakin, Tenel Ka and Lowie all began to cry 
quietly. They just stood there using the Force to try to calm themselves, 
but with little success. Czrethos stopped with what he was saying. 
He got the feeling, that with everyone crying no one was listening. 
"Stop crying or I will shot one of you!" he barked. 
All the crying stopped or slowed and Zekk got up and looked Czrethos 
in the face. 
"Yes, what were you saying?" Zekk whispered. 
"The young woman who know has the number one hit in the whole galaxy 
is coming here." 
"Why?" Jacen replied. 
"She has always wanted to be in the clouds. She's a very good singer, 
I brought the song, you should of at least heard this song by the time 
she arrives." 
Czrethos slid a disk into the player and a holographic image of a girl 
of about 16 or 17 came on. Her long blond hair fell to her waist and her 
blue eyes shown clear. There was something fimilar about her, but no 
one could say what. They were still grief stricken. 
The girl began to play the guitar while she sang:  
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road. 
Tongue grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go. 
So make the best of this teson known as why, 
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time. 

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right. 
I hope you had the time of your life. 

So take the photographs and stillframes in your mind. 
Hang them on a shelf to get off in good time. 
Tattoes and mermories and askin' on trail. 
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while. 

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right. 
I hope you had the time of your life. 

The girl at this point burst into tears and sang the chorus a few 
more times. "Her name is Alderaan, after the planet," Czrethos explained. 
The rest nodded, but Zekk had a look of terror on his face. He knew 
that song. He knew every line. He didn't dare say anything about it in 
front of Czrethos or his men, but if he got a minute alone with any of 
his friends.... 

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The ship landded with Alderaan on board. Much to Zekk's despair, Czrethos 
or his men had not left any one of them alone yet. Alderaan glided 
off the ship and right to the group. She wore flowers in her hair that 
Zekk had only seen once before. When Alderann saw Zekk she almost 
cried she was so happy. She couldn't believe it. She was here. Zekk 
stepped forward and kissed Alderaan's had lightly and then looked 
up into her eyes. Jacen followed suit, with a strange expression. 
He felt something weird from this girl, but he pushed it aside, he had 
not used the Force since Jaina had died, none of them had. Aftter 
grettings and welcomes all around, Alderaan had her two men, who were 
dressed so you couldn't tell who they really were, follow her onto 
the elevator along with Czrethos. She picked the largest elevator, 
that could easily hold 20 and motioned for the rest to follow her Zekk 
was first, then they all did. 

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Alderaan took a deep breath. 'This better work.' she thought. Quickly she 
pushed the emergency stop button and both her men pulled out their 
guns on Czrethos. She grabbed the com link and broadcast all over Cloud City 
"Begin the take over." 
Czrethos pulled out his gun, but, using the Force, Alderaan quickly 
took it. "Czrethos, I believe you lose," Alderaan said in a dangerously 
sweet voice. 
"What!!" 
Right at the moment Zekk rushed forward and picke Alderann up. He spun 
her around and around (this is one big elevator). She put herd legs around 
his waist and when he stopped he pulled back a little while still holding 
her. 
"I liked you better the other way," he whispered 
"Me too," she wispered back. 
Quickly she removed fake skin from all around her face and her blue 
eye's were uncovered and finally the wig taken off. All Zekk could say 
is, "I love you Jaina Solo." 
"I love you too Zekk." Then they kissed, softly and then with so much 
passion that Zekk dropped Jaina against the wall. They didn't stop untill 
Han, the first one to realize what was 
going on, 
and quick to protect his "little baby girl" pulled Zekk away, almost a min. later. 
"OK kid what do you..." then Han realized his little girl was standing 
there, back from death really. Han picked her up in the biggest hug 
Jaina had ever recieved. Soon everyone was hugging Jaina, and crying. 

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"so, I gave Jaina those flowers, and I had written the song for her. 
That's how I knew she wasn't dead," Zekk finished. Everything was 
back to normal. Jaina's parents had practaclly fallen in love all 
over again. Everything was back to normal. At least as normal as it could 
get. The kids would be returning to Yavin 4 along with all of Jaina's 
friend's from the spice mines. Everything was perfect. Well, almost. 

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There you go, I hope you like it. Please email me back about what 
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