They reach Mos Eisley after a while.
Ben looks over at the boys, "Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."
Aiden looks at Ben, "Ah, my favorite." He smiles, so does Luke, and they continue down the street.
The are stopped by a group of stormtroopers. One of them steps forward and asks Luke, "How long have you had these droids?"
"About three or four seasons."
"They're for sale if you want them." Aiden says.
"Let me see your identification." He asks.
Luke fumbles for his ID, while Aiden and Obi-Wan look calm.
"You don't need to see his identification." the white-hair man says in a ver controlled voice.
"We don't need to see his identification." They trooper says.
"These are not the droids your looking for.""These are not the droids we're looking for.""He can go about his business.""You can go about your business." "Move along.""Move along. Move along." The stormtrooper says, waving his arm.
Luke drives the speeder away. He parks it where Obi-Wan tells him to, in front of a bar located on the outskurts of the space port.
Luke looks at Obi-Wan astonished, "I can't understand how we got by those troopers. Ithought we were dead."
Obi-Wan smiles and replies, "The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded. You will find it a powerful ally." Aiden smiles behind him.
Luke looks at the bar, "Well, most of the best freighter pilots can be found here. Onlywatch your step. This place can be a little rough."
"I'm ready for anything." Luke says.
"Let's go." Aiden says and starts off to the bar, Obi-Wan and Luke follow him.
"Come along, R2." C-3PO tells the droid behind him.
They enter the bar, loud music is playing, and they can hear the conversatios trying to be held over the music. The bar has a stench of body oder and verious smokes of things. There are aliens of all different verities.
Ben head over to the right where there is a empty spot at the bar. Aiden moves to the end of the bar at the left. Luke heads straigh but is stopped when the bartender yells, "We don't serve their kind here!"
Luke, who is still staring at the different creatures, doesn't catch what the bartender says, "What?"
The bartender looks pissed, "Your droids. They'll have to wait outside. We don't wantthem here." He shoots said droids a glare and goes back to work.
Luke turns to 3PO, "Listen, why don't you wait out by the speeder. We don't want anytrouble."
"I heartily agree with you sir." The gold robot replies and walks out of the bar, R2D2 follows behind.
Luke makes his way to the bar, he looks over at Obi-Wan who is talking to a Giant thing that is covered in fur, a Wookiee. It let out a growling sort of a laugh and Luke looks away. He turns to look at Aiden. Aiden is talking to a blue creature with abnormally big eyes.
Luke accendently makes eye contact with a creature beside him, who gives him a shove and starts yelling at Luke with a different language, obviously drunk. Luke looks cofused and tries to ignore the creature.
A more human creature comes up to him, "He doesn't like you."
"I'm sorry..." Luke says.
"I don't like you either!" he says in a gruff matter-of-fact voice. Luke ignores him, "Don't insult us. You just watch yourself. We're wanted men. I have the death sentence in twelve systems."
"I'll be careful then." says Luke.
The other beast growls and yells in his different language. Aiden moves closer to Luke, so does Obi-Wan.
Aiden moves behind Luke, putting an arm around his waist(which startles Luke), while Ben moves foward, "This little one isn't worth the effort. Come let me buy you something..."
The alien creature tries to hit Luke, but Aiden pushes him away in time, the boy and Obi-Wan both go to their lightsabers, the two creatures go for their blasters and the two Jedi are on the move, Aiden's green saber takes the human creatures hand off, and with fast reflexes that you wouldn't expect an old man to have, Obi-Wan's blue saber cuts the alien in half, long ways.
The bar goes quite for a moment and all of the occupants of the bar take a look then they go back to their drinks and conversations. Luke looks from the floor amazed at the Jedi's abilities, especially Obi-Wan's.
Aiden moves towards the boy on the ground, he turns off his sword and replaces it on his belt moving the light brown cloak to shield it. He offers his hand to Luke, who takes it and helps the boy up. "Thanks." Luke says.
"No problem." Aiden smiles, showing off his white teeth.
They walk over to Ben, who is with the Wookiee. "This is Chewbacca. He's first-mate on a ship that might suit our needs." he says.
Chewbacca leads them to a table. Aiden notices since the fight the occupants at the bar have made sure there was a good distance between them.
The table is occupied by a man who looks about thirty with shoulder length brown hair. Aiden lets his eyes sweep over the man. The brunette hold himself in a confident way. Again he thinks, this man is very attractive.
The man notices them and introduces himself, "Han Solo. I'm captain of the Millennium Falcon. Chewie here tells me you're looking for passage to the Alderaan system."
Obi-Wan answers, "Yes, indeed. If it's a fast ship."
Han looks at Obi-Wan as if he's crazy. "Fast ship? You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?"
"Should I have?"
The brunette look appalled. "It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelveparsecs! I've outrun Imperial starships, not the local bulk-cruisers, mind you. I'm talking about the big Corellian ships now. She's fast enough for you, old man. What's the cargo?"
Obi-Wan knows that Han has exaggerated quite a bit, "Only passengers. Myself, these boys, two droids, and no questions asked."
"What is it? Some kind of local trouble?""Let's just say we'd like to avoid any Imperial entanglements.""Well, that's the trick, isn't it? And it's going to cost you something extra. Ten thousand in advance." Han looks smug, thinking he's going to make a chunk of change."Ten thousand?! We could almost buy our own ship for that!" Luke says shocked.
"But who's going to fly it, kid?! You?!" Han chuckles"You bet I could! I'm not such a bad pilot myself! We don't have to sit here and listen..." Luke says. The group can tell that Han and Luke are going to be trouble together."We haven't that much with us. But we could pay you two thousand now, plus fifteen when we reach Alderaan." Obi-Wan tells him."Seventeen, huh?" Han ponders for a moment, "Okay. You guys got yourself a ship. We'll leave as soon as you're ready. Docking bay Ninety-four."
Obi-Wan repeats the number to himself.
Han looks over their shoulders. "Looks like somebody's beginning to take an interest in your handiwork." The three men look behind them at the stormtrooper talking to the bartender, who points the trooper their way but the three men are already gone.
"I like him." Aiden said with a smirk.
"I don't." Luke grumbled.
Aiden laughed as they walked towards the red speeder and the two droid who were standing by it.
"You'll have to sell it." Obi-Wan said referring to the speeder.
"That's okay. I'm never coming back to this planet again." Luke says quietly.
~*~
The group stood by a insect like alien, it was flying around Luke's speeder looking for its worth. It flew back and Luke tried to haggle the deal. The insect creature was having none of it. Luke sighed and nodded his head at the insect's price, it drops some coins in Luke's hand. "He says it's the best he can do. Since the XP-38 came out, they're just not in demand."
"It will be enough." Obi-Wan says.
They don't notice the darkly clad creature that's following them...
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The group meets Chewbacca, who is waving at them to hurry up. They pick up their pace and follow the furry creature to the hanger.
The creature that has been following them speaks into a small transmitter.
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Chewbacca leads them into a hanger. A huge ship is sitting there, it is made up various mismatched pieces holding it together.
"What a piece of junk." Luke voices what the other two are thinking.
At the same time Han Solo comes from the ship down the boarding ramp. "She'll make point five beyond the speed of light. She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've added some special modifications myself."
Luke still looks unsure of the thing. The hear Chewbacca from the ramp urging them to get on.
"We're a little rushed, so if you'll hurry aboard we'll get out of here." Han says.
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In front of the hanger the strange creature shows a group of stormtroopers to the hanger.
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"Stop that ship!" A stormtrooper cries. The group is already up the ramp. Han grabs his gun and fires off a couple shots as he runs up the ramp.
Han shouts at Chewbacca, who's in the pilot's chair to get them out of the hanger.
The group straps themselves in.
"Oh, my. I'd forgotten how much I hate space travel." C-3PO states.
Aiden giggles. He loves this kind of stuff.
After take-off Ben, Aiden, and Luke un-strap themselves and head to the cockpit.
Two Imperial starships fire at the Millennium Falcon.
"Stay sharp! They're going to try to cut us off." Han shouts at Chewbacca
"Why don't you outrun them? I thought you said this thing was fast." Luke asks"Watch your mouth, kid, or you're going to find yourself floating home. We'll be safe enough once we make the jump to hyperspace. Besides, I know a few maneuvers. We'll lose them!" Han shouts at Luke.
There's an explosion just in front of the cockpit.
"Here's where the fun begins!" Han smiles, Aiden smiles with him."How long before you can make the jump to light speed?" Obi-Wan says, looking kind of shaken.
"I forgot you were afraid of flying, Master." Aiden points out.
"I am not afraid of flying!" Obi-Wan defends himself.
Aiden just looks at the two weirdly and says, "It'll take a few moments to get the coordinates from the navi-computer."The ship begins to rock violently as lasers hit it."Are you kidding? At the rate they're gaining..."
"Traveling through hyperspace isn't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?"
The ship is hit again and again. a red light starts to flash in front of everyone. Luke points to it, "What's that flashing?"
Han smacks his hand away, Aiden snorts when Luke cradles his hand. "We're losing our deflector shield. Go strap yourself in, I'm going to make the jump to light speed." Han informs everyone.
The backseat drivers go back to their seats and do as their told. The ship goes into light speed.
Yay part 2!
Thanks, Wistful-Dreamer, for being my lone reviewer!
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