She stared at him, her eyes narrowing greatly as he just stood there. Ulic stood close by, shifting from one foot to the other, his worry permeating through the Force, knowing how volatile Kenna Helikias could actually be if nudged in the wrong direction.
He hoped it didn't come to anything. He didn't want to step between his agent and his old one night stand. His leg smarted, his body ached, and his head was killing him. All he wanted was to take a dip in one of the Kolto tanks that they had for a couple of hours before rolling into his bed and sleeping off his massive migraine.
But he didn't want to leave the two alone for even a second. He knew the dangers it would cause, especially since Quaylish had taken a liking to Je'lie the moment he had seen the Cipher agent. "Can we all sit? How about some nice warm tea or coffee?" He asked, rubbing his face for a moment before moaning. "Let's do something other than a staring contest, alright?"
"So. You're Ulic's new play thing, are you?" Kenna hissed at Je'lie. To Je'lie's credit, the Miralukan just stood there, his lips pursing into a thin line. "You know once he's done with you he'll just walk right out, don't you? Mandalorians are like that..."
"Hey!" Ulic yelled out, feeling slightly hurt. "If my memory serves me correctly, you're the one that walked out on me!"
"After you stole the Darkblade!" She growled at him, allowing her Force to ripple out from her. Ulic winced slightly from the edge it had, but Je'lie just stood there. She threw her hands into the air, "Ugh! Don't you talk?"
"I do, only when someone earns my respect," the agent countered onto her, and if he could, he would have glared. He was not pleased. As she growled at him, clenching her fists, he smirked slightly, "And you call yourself a Jedi? I thought Jedi were supposed to not have any emotion..."
"I'm no longer a Jedi, agent," she countered onto him, pointing at Ulic. "The moment he ruined me..."
"Wait a minute!" Ulic yelled out, feeling as if she'd injured his pride. "I did no such thing... You're the one that ruined me!" A small smirk came to his face at his next words, "You thought I was... what did you say... 'Dashing eye candy that you wanted a piece of.'"
Kenna blushed greatly before pointing at him, "The decent thing you could have done was walk away..."
"Back then I wasn't decent," he shrugged, knowing that no matter what he said it wouldn't be good enough. "I didn't become decent like you think for a couple more years..."
"Mother," Quaylish's voice entered their ears, and Ulic quickly snapped his mouth shut as the boy came walking into the room, looking at all of them. A smile seemed to come to the boy's face as he looked up at Ulic, "Father! I was just coming to ask mother where you were..."
Kenna frowned greatly, "Your father is too busy to do anything with you, Quaylish. Why don't you go see if your uncles will train you..."
"But mother," Quaylish sighed.
"Hey! I'm not busy," Ulic countered, only to go quiet at Je'lie's next comment.
"You don't want his son near him, do you?"
Kenna narrowed her gaze at both of them, "You're damned right I don't want my Quaylish near that sperm donor! He's nothing but dishonorable and unfit to be a parent..."
Her words stung. They cut deeply at his heart. And he swallowed the lump that was in his throat. "He has a right to see his son, to teach him what he knows," Je'lie argued, and Ulic could just feel the anger radiating from the agent.
A head peeked into the lounge, and Ulic moaned as he saw Reilik looking slightly confused, "Je'lie? I felt..." His words stopped dead as he saw the situation. "Kenna, what..."
"He wants Quaylish to spend time with the sperm donor!" Kenna rounded onto him, turning to face him with anger in her eyes.
"Oh," the Dark Jedi replied, seeming a little out of place, and hating himself for even asking. He looked from Quaylish to Ulic and back. "Kenna, I don't really see a problem with Quaylish spending time with his father..." He then shrugged, "Quaylish, you want to spend time with your dad, don't you?"
"Of course Uncle Reilik!" Quaylish smiled.
"There you have it!" Reilik nodded before smiling to Ulic, "And Ulic. You want to spend time with you son, don't you?"
"Of course, but..." The bounty hunter started, only to stop as Reilik beamed.
"Done! Go ahead, Quaylish! Spend time with Ulic!"
"Reilik," Kenna growled, her eyes narrowing at Ulic as the Chiss gulped slightly, looking from his son that was a spitting image of himself to Kenna.
"Hm?" The Dark Jedi asked, not seeming to notice the awkward position he had placed Ulic in.
"This isn't like your situation with Asha..."
"Sure it is!" Reilik beamed once again. "If you want to get technical, little sister, then I was a sperm donor as well... At least Ulic made an attempt many times to see Quaylish and give him a life. You just decided it wouldn't be the best for your son and denied him that fact!"
Ulic moaned before placing his hand over his face. "Alright, that's it..." Everyone turned to look at him. "I'm hurting, I'm tired, and I've got one of the worst migraines I have ever experienced. Now that I feel so out of sorts from everyone... I'm going to put myself in a Kolto tank for a few hours and then I'm going to go train..." He looked at his son, who was looking a little let down, "Kid, as soon as I'm out and cleaned off, you can join me and I'll teach you how to shoot a blaster, how about that?" As Quaylish seemed bursting with joy, he jabbed a thumb towards Je'lie, "Until then, hang out with this burly guy, would you? He's technically your daddy in a sense too..."
Je'lie blushed slightly as he turned to look at the Chiss, "Ulic..."
"And now the tables have turned," Ulic beamed before leaning in and kissing Je'lie's cheek. "Alright, husband, I'm going to be in the med bay in one of the tanks. If I don't come out of there in a few hours, come and release me." He then looked back down at Quaylish, who was eying Je'lie with a new found wonder, "Go ahead and call him dad or daddy, kid. It'll please me to no extent and make him feel great!" With that, he started walking away.
"Ulic!" Je'lie called to him.
"And now you're in the awkward moment!" The bounty hunter yelled back to him before he was gone, leaving the other three adults looking at each other, before feelings gone. Confusion only remained.
"So... dad..." Quaylish smirked at Je'lie, causing the man to shift in his place. "What do you want to do?"
"You're not going to call me anything other than that, are you?" Je'lie sighed, and Quaylish shook his head.
"Nope. Father wants me to call you that, so I will."
Reilik snickered slightly before waving to the agent, "Have fun, Je'lie! I'm going back to Torian! Asha was keeping him busy..."
"No! Reilik! Wait!" Je'lie cried out, holding his hand out as if that would stop the Dark Jedi from leaving. But of course it didn't, and he was left in the room with Kenna and Quaylish.
The former Jedi smirked at him evilly, "Enjoy your time with my son... He'll eat you up and spit you out." And then she was leaving.
Quaylish snickered for a moment before shaking his head and sighing before slipping into a seat and sitting down. "Alright dad, why don't we just sit here and talk. I want to know more about the man that my father loves..."
Why was it Je'lie just felt as if he had been chained to a chair and left for the worst torture the galaxy had to offer?
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Another short little story. This time with a few characters that Ulic and the group pick up on Corescant. Kenna Helikias is Reilik and Zeik's younger and boisterous sister. She had a one night stand kind of thing with Ulic during the sacking of the Jedi temple that he was a part of. That resulted in Quaylish, Ulic's son. The boy, Kenna hates to admit, is a spitting image of his father in looks and in attitude.
Kenna hates Ulic with a passion, even though Ulic made plenty of attempts to be in Quaylish's life. Kenna denied every single one of them. And even when Ulic had sent his friend Jilly, a smuggler for the Republic, to talk Kenna into coming with her so that Ulic could meet his son, Kenna refused.
Quaylish, on the other hand, loves and adores his father, and has taken a liking to Je'lie as well. He tends to tag along after the two of them whenever he can and whenever his mother does not force him to train with his uncles.
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