Room 527, Friday night

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Jaina had not had a great couple days. Between getting kidnapped, electrocuted at random but persistent intervals for two days, turning on a fellow classmate and then having to drag her uncle to the clinic, she figured she was about done for the week. She stopped off at her room long enough to clean up, threw her still-damp hair back and headed upstairs to knock on John's door. Just because.

[For the room's occupant!]

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He'd fallen asleep 'reading' so John was sporting some terrific bed head when he opened the door.

Rubbing his eyes, he took in her appearance. "Hey," he said, keeping it simple until his brain started working.

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"So how's your week been?" she asked, and okay, maybe she hadn't gotten rid of all her frustration yet.

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"I take it yours sucked?" he asked, deciding that was an interesting tone of voice. John opened the door wider and gestured for her to come in.

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"Good word for it," she decided, stepping inside and waiting for the door to close. "People really need to stop kidnapping me, it's gotten old."

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John stepped away from the door, surprise evident in his face if not his voice. "You were kidnapped?"

He thought they'd just discussed that this wasn't something he should worry about.

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"All the Jedi on the island, actually. It's more annoying than impressive," she said, redoing her ponytail for no other reason than needing something to do with her hands.

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"Who would even do that?" John was trying to focus on the part where she wasn't currently kidnapped.

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"Victor," she said, her voice pretty much proof of how much she hated that guy right now. "He honestly thought he could harness the Force to use for his own purposes. And didn't understand why it doesn't work that way."

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"Victor?" John had enjoyed partnering with him last semester. "What an idiot! But more importantly, are you okay?" He had this sudden urge to check for himself, but held back.

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"Fine," she said, shaking it off. The scratched-up hand from trying to get free and the bump on the head from Wednesday and, you know, the electrocution didn't actually make for 'not okay' in her book. "We had to take Luke to the clinic. A wall fell on him, but he's okay."

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John shook his head, wondering how he'd managed to miss this. "Let me get this straight, you were all kidnapped by crazy Victor, but Luke's 'okay,' and you're 'fine,'" he really hated those responses. "So what happened to Victor? And when did all this go down and why are you still standing?"

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"He's not crazy," Jaina countered. "I don't know what I'd call him, but it's not crazy. Let's just say he's the last person I'd trust with any power over the Force." She sighed, finally starting to feel a little calmer now that she had to explain rather than rant. "He got me on Wednesday night, and Luke and Jolee were already there, he got Grandfather yesterday, and everything else was... today sometime. Once Victor was depowered and disarmed, though, we had to let him go."

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Staring at her, he wasn't sure he'd heard right. "Let him go? Like you took him to the station and now he's in jail, right?"

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"He's got too big an ego to flee the island and he can't go back to his lair yet. If we'd kept fighting him, it would have gone really wrong, and we had to get Luke checked out," she replied.

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"I get that, I do," John said, grabbing a sweatshirt off his desk chair and pulling it on over his head. "But now he's just hanging out on the island, biding his time and recouping before kidnapping you again and not letting you off with a 'fine.'"

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"He won't go after us again. It didn't work the way he wanted it to and Grandfather wouldn't tell him why. The next time he goes back to his lair, I'll have completely demolished his machine so he would have to start all over anyway. And if he ever tried it again, I'd kill him," Jaina said, sounding pretty damn serious.

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"You shouldn't have to even wonder if he'd do it again," John said, sounding equally serious as he sat down on the bed and started putting his shoes on.

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"I know his type," Jaina said, frowning at the shoes. "What are you doing?"

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"I am going to find him," he said, tying the laces tightly.

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"No, you're not," she said firmly.

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"Yes, I am," he said, avoiding looking up at her.

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"And what are you going to do, John? It's not like you can hit him with that suit, and he's not going to take any threats seriously," she told him.

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He hadn't really thought that far ahead yet. "Fine, but I can't just sit here and let him get away with it."

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"He's not going to. He managed to cross Anakin Skywalker. You know, that other guy who left Fandom and came back in a big specialized suit. I don't think he's getting away with anything."

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"Except for the fact that he got away with it!" John was not happy.