Lis sat back down in the chair she had currently be restained to and crossed her legs, one over the other. She looked calmly up at Logan and just shrugged,

"It is not I that hate you, Father. Not really, that is. Alden, is the one who loathes you more than the stench of a bantha's sh....well....he isn't as fond of you as I am." The sarcasim practically dripped from her voice.

Logan narrowed his eyes.

"I don't understand you" He said flatly.

He couldn't beleive it. His own daughter hated him. And she had never even met him.

"Look. This is all new to me. I was never told. Keira never told me. I do not know why she would have hidden you from me" He said.

Now Alissa was confused...

"Never told you? Hidden? We were not embarassments to be kept secret. We were your children. When our mother died we were sent to a Orphan's Home, and told every day that our father would one day come get us. But you never came. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Never!<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->"

Lis stood to her feet, just a half inch from beign eye level with Joren. "You never came. Alden would sit on the steps of the orphanage and look to the skies every day! <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Every day!<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> And you never came! Damn you, you never came! Surely you knew of us....they said you did. They said you'd come. But you never did. I and my brother stayed in that..that...child labor hellhole till we were 18 and free. Then and there, Alden vowed to hunt you down and kill you like the horrid son of a bantha you were!"

She was fumeing, lethal, a female pirate with a lifelong grudge to a father she yearned to have but couldnt help but hate. The pure hated for what he'd done to them flamed in her eyes. And yet, she wouldn't lash out, she wouldn't try to hurt him...she couldn't...something held her back...

Logan stood up and didn't move. His face was emotionless. He was an easy target.

He waited for a few long minutes.

Nothing happened.

Finally he pressed his hands together and paced the room.

"Timeline" He said to the air.

"My wife, and your mother, Keira, becomes pregnant. A few days later the NAS <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Keerow<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> leaves Almania, bound for Myrkr. Nine months later, Keira has twins. 1 month after that, she is killed and you and your brother were sent to a orphanage. A month after that, the NAS <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Keerow<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> returns."

He turned and stared at her.

"I was told she had died in a fire. I never knew she had children."

He came up closer to her.

"If I had known, then I would have come. I would have taken you two away from that place and we could have been a family."

Then, a single tear made its way around Logan's cheek.

"I am so sorry" He said.

She couldn't tell if she should believe him or not. Was he lying? It was so hard to tell. She searched deep, and something far inside her told her that he couldn't lie to her. Not now. Not now that he knew the truth.

"We can still be a family, you and I. Alden is too bitter....but....I knew....well....I hoped that it was all a mistake. I told him that if you really knew, that you would have come."

For the first time in his presence, Alissa smiled softly, makeing her look so much like her mother.

Logan smiled, his eyes distant.

"I remember the last time I saw that smile" He said.

"It was on Keira's face, just before I entered the shuttle to go up to the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Keerow<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->. She told me to hurry back, so we could get on with our lives. SHe tried constantly to get me to hand over command of The New Alliance to someone else. She just wanted to settle down, have some children...and live out the rest of our lives"

He lowered his head.

"But she also understood what I was doing. She accepted that I was doing what had to be done. She understood it was my duty" Logan said quietly.

He looked up at Alissa and smiled again at her.

"Now I wish I had. I wish I had turned over command to someone like Vonta or Arthorn. It would have been so much better" He said.

"You can not change the pa..."

"Alissa! Alissa Keira, answer me! Now, I say, you fool woman."

Lis rolled her eyes and grabbed the comunit off of her belt, "Yes, Brother?"

"Where the frell are you? Where's the Old Man?"

"I'm am aboard a ship...and he's right here."

"Aha, so you have him. Good work."

"No, Alden...he has me."

"Stop messing with my head."

"I'm not, Alden."

".....................you idiot."

Lis winced as the com squealched and the transmission was cut off. She sighed, "I have a feeling that he isn't pleased."

Logan sat down and stared at the comm. He son sounded so much like him when he was young.

"We need to get to him. Where is he?" Logan asked.

"The <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Saber's Claw<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->...orbiting a good ways away from the planet. But..you won't get close without me. He'd kill me, himself, and every member of the crew before he'd let you board his ship."

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"My sister is an idiot"

The Trandoshan turned around and growled at him, not wanting to hear any more of his ,as the Trandoshan called it, "bantha manure'. Alden just scowled at the huge reptile and sat back down, studying his console.

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> How could she? we have waited years for this! finally, we have our chance! and what does she go and do? She messes it up!<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

"I've got it. I have established the link" Alden said.

He gave his most villianous smile and looked at the sceen.

"Hello father. I am glad you have met my dear sister. She always was a screwup, never getting anything right. But we can catch up on old times later. Come to the Alderaan system and meet me on the biggest asteroid. If you don't show, you will regret it"

He cut the transmission and turned to the Trandoshoan.

"Set course for the Alderaan system. Enter hyperspace at your convienience"

He got up and left the bridge, ignoring the snort and growl he received by the Trandoshoan.