~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CHAPTER 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Nine days into basic...
"Recruit Solo, you will trade bunks with Recruit Forrd and bunk with Recruit Leader Ross," Drill Sergeant Morrgin instructed her.
"Yes Drill Sergeant!" Jaina responded.
"Recruit Leader Ross will be directly supervising you from this point on," she informed her.
"Yes Drill Sergeant," Jaina replied as she hurried to her bunk to move her things. In just over a week, she had learned to obey orders practically without thinking.
Eleven days into basic...
"Good afternoon, Doctor Street," Jaina greeted him as she marched into his office.
"And good afternoon to you as well, Jaina," he replied.
Jaina sat down in the form chair, and put her chrono and comlink over the magnets in the armrests. Doctor Street calmly reached over and activated the maglocks.
"So, how has your training been going?" he asked as he stepped around his desk and sat down across from her.
"Well, I'm still having trouble with the weapons and hand-to-hand combat, but I've passed all of my uniform, locker, and bunk inspections," she replied proudly.
"That's good anyway. What do you think is the problem with your combat training?" Doctor Street asked her.
"I don't know," Doctor Street," Jaina replied with a shrug. "I try my best, but I'm just not that into it anymore.
"Well, it's important to find the right place for every Imperial trooper to serve the Empire." He glanced down at his notes, then looked up at her sharply. "You are going to be a TIE fighter pilot?" he asked her in surprise.
"Yes Doctor Street," Jaina replied with confidence. "I've flown X-wings in combat since the Yuuzhan Vong war. I was in Rogue Squadron. I'm Jaina Solo!" she said emphatically. Then she absently pulled against her restraints, as if she just realized they were there.
"I know all that," Doctor Street replied soothingly. Then he glanced back down at his notes. "I just think maybe you should consider serving the Empire another way. You've excelled at cleaning the barracks and your uniform inspections. Perhaps the janitorial or laundry service would be a good fit for someone with your skills?" he explained.
Jaina opened her mouth to tell him what he could do with the janitorial and laundry services, but she closed it just as quickly. "Maybe," she grudgingly admitted.
Doctor Street nodded his head in agreement. "Well, no need to decide that just yet," he said. "How are things going between you and Recruit Leader Ross?"
"Oh, fine, Doctor Street," Jaina replied with a shrug. Then she realized that her response didn't really answer his question. "I can't leave her sight anymore when we're not training, even to use the 'fresher. If she doesn't have time to take me, then I have to wait for her. Unless she's asleep though, in which case I have to get one of the night guards to take me," Jaina explained.
Doctor Street considered that a moment. "What prompted that?" he asked.
Jain blushed slightly. "I got lost on a cross-country march, Doctor Street," she admitted.
"I see. How did that happen, you should only be marching what, five kilometers at this point?"
"Yes, Doctor Street," Jaina replied. "Well, I got distracted, and split up from the other recruits. Then I used the Force to guide me to the rally point, but before I got there the Drill Sergeant found me and said that I was lost."
"Ah, okay. And did you explain that to your Drill Sergeant?"
"Well, I was, but then I decided that I didn't want to be given special treatment. If another recruit had been where I was at, then the Drill Sergeant would say that they were lost, so that meant that I was too, even if I really wasn't, Doctor Street," Jaina explained.
"Well it's good of you to want to be treated like all the other recruits. How does not being able to leave Recruit Leader Ross's sight make you feel though?"
Jaina blushed again. "It's embarrassing to have to ask a woman fifteen years younger than me if she can take me to the 'fresher, but I know it's for my own good. Imperial Recruits don't need to go off on their own, even with the Force as their guide, Doctor Street," she answered.
"That's right, the Empire is just looking out for you," Doctor Street agreed.
"But I think they went overboard though. I mean Drill Sergeant Morrgin told me that they activated the tracking device in my comlink, which I didn't even know it had, so they can find me anyway." Jaina paused a moment, then added, "At least I get to wear it all the time now, though." She didn't resent the tracking device one bit, she knew it was her fault for wandering off on her own.
"Well, I'm glad you've found something to make you happy out of the situation," Doctor Street replied. "Do they let you wear your chrono too?"
Now Jaina smiled. "Yes Doctor Street. It is only turned on during my free time in the evening, and at night, though, just like my comlink," Jaina responded. "Except for the tracking device in the comlink, that is. It stays on all the time," she added.
"Good, I know how much you like wearing them," Doctor Street replied.
Later that night...
Jaina was lying on her bunk, listening to her music and watching the patterns on her spectacles. It was thirty-eight minutes after lights out, and she had to use the 'fresher. Jaina rolled over, stuck her head over the side of her bunk and looked down at the figure on the lower bunk.
"Recruit Leader Ross," Jaina whispered, "I need to use the refresher." Jaina had sensed that she was awake before she had even asked.
"Sure, Solo, no problem," Ross replied softly as she sat up. "I'd be happy to take you." She nodded towards one of the recruits on night guard duty by the front door of the barracks.
"Thank you Recruit Leader," Jaina said quietly as she climbed down. She wondered why she was willing to take her to the 'fresher this time. She usually sensed mostly annoyance from her.
The 'fresher had six toilets side by side, with no walls or partitions between them. The sinks were across from them, and to the right, as they walked in, was a large open shower area with six shower heads. There were a couple of benches in front of the shower area. A small supply closet was on the far left.
Jaina walked to the second toilet, pulled down her shorts and panties, and sat down. Recruit Leader Ross sat on the third one.
"So, how did you get completely hairless down there?" Ross asked her as she glanced at her smooth crotch.
Jaina blushed furiously. "I don't want to talk about it," she replied.
"At least you don't have to shave all the time," Ross told her.
"Yeah," Jaina replied weakly as she wiped herself clean.