A/N: I don't own Star Wars. I just like making things Han and Leia moments. This is a slight rewrite of The Forces of Destiny episode, Beasts of Echo Base.

Princess Leia stormed down the East Passage, eyes scanning for a seven-foot tall Wookiee. She was annoyed, because it seemed that after Chewie showed up to work his shift digging corridors, he'd simply left. It was unlike Chewie to do such a thing. Weirder still was that Han was actually out on a patrol shift, and doing his job. Any time Han was working, and Chewie wasn't was cause for concern.

And Leia was concerned. Luke, Han, and Chewie were her makeshift family now, and losing any of them would be a devastating loss. And if something happened to Chewie, Han would be crushed.

So she made her way down the corridor, the other Rebels she'd questioned quietly returning to their work.

Further down, where Chewie had been posted, various tools and machine parts were scattered around the icy ground.

"Chewie!" She called into the cavern he'd been assigned to expanding and installing a lighting system in.

Her call was answered by the soft warble of Shyriiwook.

"Chewie is that you?"

He quietly growled an affirmative answer.

"Come on R2." Leia said to the little droid at her side.

R2 directed his flashlight's beam into the cave. Leia grabbed a lantern and followed suit, illuminating the uneasy face of Chewbacca.

"Chewie are you alright?" She asked. She'd need help getting to the med-bay if he was immobilized.

"For the moment." He growled.

"Chewie what's wrong ... what is that?" The princess's gaze landed on a giant furry arm trapping her friend.

"An ice creature." She murmured worriedly. It was sleeping, but she wasn't sure how long that would last.

At that moment, her comm went off, Threepio's metallic babbling echoing loudly through the cave.

She turned it off, but it was too late. The wampa stirred, and Chewie's eyes went wild with fright, but managed to get free of the creature's grip and join R2 and Leia.

"We can't let it get into the base! You two go back and seal the door while I distract it!" As usual, her instinct to help others was at the forefront of her mind, and she'd be damned if she let the wampa kill brave soldiers.

Chewie hesitated, not crazy about leaving the princess alone with a monster at least twice her size. If anything happened to Leia on his watch, Han would kill him.

"Hurry!" She ordered. Chewie would take his chances with Han, rather than argued the determined princess. He followed R2, and began working on sealing the door.

Meanwhile, Leia dashed around the wampa, getting its attention. Chewie grimaced as it chased her around a column of ice. Swatting a horrible claw it sent shards of ice raining down on her, forcing her to duck and cover her eyes.

"Chewie!" She yelled, "How's it going with the door?"

"Almost finished!" He howled back, as he welded the last piece of the door into place.

Please don't die. Chewie thought. Han will kill me.

Leia shrieked as the wampa clawed at her, knocking the lantern out of her grasp, and sending her skidding into the wall headfirst.

Knowing that the adrenaline would only last so long, she slid under the creature's legs, ignoring the pounding in her head, and gracefully maneuvering towards the exit.

"Hurry Chewie!"

R2 beeped at the Wookiee, who growled at the droid to be quiet, as he put a button onto the door's panel.

Leia's vision began to blur.

Can't let it out... into the base.

"Chewie, now!" She screamed leaping through the doorway.

Chewie pressed the button to close the door. Nothing happened.

It doesn't have power. Chewie realized after a few more frantic pressing of the door's hydraulic release ended in failure.

R2 beeped, and attached himself to the door's terminal, flooding the system with power.

Chewie grinned as the panel lit up, sealing the door closed just as the beast approached.

Leia sighed in relief, accepting a hug from the Wookiee as he growled his thanks.

"You're welcome, Chewie." She sighed before she blacked out completely, collapsing onto the snow.