Disclaimer: I don't own the characters. I wish I did, but I don't. Not making money from this. I don't have any money, so if you sue me, you'll probably get a couple of movies, and that's it, unless you want my cat, Anastasia.
Author's Note: I'll only be able to update on weekends. I got a job (ugh!!) and I have to work Mon-Fri, so I won't have any time. I guess I'm lucky to have weekends off, but I'm still going to hate it. Anyway, if you haven't figured it out yet (which you should have) Jaina and Jacen are in Cloud City during the Rebellion {Empire Strikes Back time period}. Now, we have to find out what is going to happen to Han, don't we? Then let's.....
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Han slowly faded back into consciousness. He knew that if he appeared awake, he would be beaten again. That had been the routine for the past week. He would be beaten until he fell unconscious, or worse, until the blackness loomed just behind his eyes, teasing him. His captors would leave him for just long enough that when they came back he could sustain another beating. Meanwhile, Jabba would stand by and watch, at least he thought he was watching, his eyes had swollen shut after two days.
Han knew he wouldn't last much longer. The beatings actually should have killed him by now. They must have been doing something to him while he was out. Even if he could take more physically, he was about to fade out mentally. The strain of trying to focus on something other than the pain was just creating more in the form of massive migraines. When he did manage, his thoughts turned to his wife and son, Anakin, who were wondering where he was, they turned to Chewie, who was probably wondering why he hadn't come back yet, they turned to Jaina and Jacen, his twin children, his children who he couldn't save. Here he was thinking of them again. Jabba had meant it when he said he was going to torture him.
The thought of what Jabba had done enraged Han. His heart rate increased and his breathing quickened. It did not go unnoticed. "Inform Jabba that the prisoner is awake." a mechanical voice blared. The sound of feet, or tentacles, or something scurrying away soon followed. Then a loud rumbling and scraping, followed by shouts from an angry Hutt. The commotion quieted for a moment.
'Maybe I'll be okay for a little while longer. Maybe they think the guard is wrong.' Han's thoughts where abruptly ended when Jabba shouted again and the dragging and scraping began anew. By the time they had ended again, he could tell there were more entities in the room with him, though it was silent.
The chilling quiet was ended when Jabba decided to speak, " Aydsf sadjosd surnb. Isfnsu sdfh, Solo, sdfhsdfk. Husdndf sdfgdf? Owifbvc sdfbzub, sdfu ssf, saifdutf as. Bdfdj sduds jsdo?" ( I am growing bored of this. We are through beating you, Solo, enough. But what to do with you now ? We can't kill you yet, but I tire of the beatings. So what to do with you?)
"Let him go," a calm voice replied.
Everything turned to look at the newcomer--newcomers.
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Five days ago....
'Where are they? They've been gone two days. Han said they'd be one at the most. They haven't use the com link to talk to me. Something's wrong, seriously wrong.' Chewbacca thought to himself as he sat in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon. He decided to go out and find what had gone wrong, hoping that all he found was a yelling from Han for leaving the Falcon unwatched in the desert.
He managed to trail them as far as the dune where the three Solo's had been attacked, but the wind must have erased their tracks from there. Or there weren't any. Chewie stood up out of his crouching position and looked over the next dune. What he saw made his blood run cold. Speeders going into what he thought was Jabba's abandoned palace (if you can call it a palace).
Chewie's immediate reaction was to get down to keep from being seen. He got flat on his stomach on stretched himself out on the burning sand. His left paw-hand hit something that was half buried in the sand. He picked it out of the sand and brought it closer to his face for better inspection. What he saw was an empty dart that had contained something. With a quick sniff and a taste of the residue he found it had been some kind opiate-one probably used to knock a person-or three-out cold. He ran the entire way back to the ship.
Once back inside he headed strait for the transmitter and sent Luke a message, then he sent one to Leia.
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"Ha ha ha!! Ksfhui fs sadfiug, fdnb fdf! Husdf dfhun?" (Ha ha ha!! Silly boy, you can't be serious! What do you think you are doing?)
"Let him go, or this will be the last mistake you make." Luke said with the same eerie calm.
"Hasfdg fdsfg sadfi bausdf djf, asjfd?" (You've said that to me before, haven't you?)
"This time you will be dead for sure."
"Hsduf sdkjfh dfbdg dsufh dfdkjsdfiosfd sdn!!!" (Get them!!)
"Whoa!! Wait a minute! What's going on here?" Han asked bewildered, the situation not sinking in. Before anyone could answer, laser blasts and the slight hum of a lightsaber were heard. Screams of pain came from bounty hunters, servants, robots, and blaster toting aliens (the ones who thought helping Jabba would be smart, not all of them). It took only a few moments of fighting to clear the room of those who would inhibit their rescue mission. The only threat left in the palace was Jabba.
"Jabba, you are coming with us. Bring the restraints." Luke said to Chewbacca.
"WAIT A MINUTE!! Luke is that you?"
"Yes, old buddy, it's me."
"How?"
"Chewie."
"Oh."
"Leia, go help him out of his chains and back to the ship, please."
"Why do you think I need to ask?" she asked her brother indignantly. She turned her attention to getting her husband out of his restraints. "Han, where are Jaina and Jacen?"
"Not here."
"What do you mean, 'Not here'? Where are they?" Leia asked, fear creeping into her voice.
"I don't know. Get me to the ship. I'll explain there."
Author's Note: I'll only be able to update on weekends. I got a job (ugh!!) and I have to work Mon-Fri, so I won't have any time. I guess I'm lucky to have weekends off, but I'm still going to hate it. Anyway, if you haven't figured it out yet (which you should have) Jaina and Jacen are in Cloud City during the Rebellion {Empire Strikes Back time period}. Now, we have to find out what is going to happen to Han, don't we? Then let's.....
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Han slowly faded back into consciousness. He knew that if he appeared awake, he would be beaten again. That had been the routine for the past week. He would be beaten until he fell unconscious, or worse, until the blackness loomed just behind his eyes, teasing him. His captors would leave him for just long enough that when they came back he could sustain another beating. Meanwhile, Jabba would stand by and watch, at least he thought he was watching, his eyes had swollen shut after two days.
Han knew he wouldn't last much longer. The beatings actually should have killed him by now. They must have been doing something to him while he was out. Even if he could take more physically, he was about to fade out mentally. The strain of trying to focus on something other than the pain was just creating more in the form of massive migraines. When he did manage, his thoughts turned to his wife and son, Anakin, who were wondering where he was, they turned to Chewie, who was probably wondering why he hadn't come back yet, they turned to Jaina and Jacen, his twin children, his children who he couldn't save. Here he was thinking of them again. Jabba had meant it when he said he was going to torture him.
The thought of what Jabba had done enraged Han. His heart rate increased and his breathing quickened. It did not go unnoticed. "Inform Jabba that the prisoner is awake." a mechanical voice blared. The sound of feet, or tentacles, or something scurrying away soon followed. Then a loud rumbling and scraping, followed by shouts from an angry Hutt. The commotion quieted for a moment.
'Maybe I'll be okay for a little while longer. Maybe they think the guard is wrong.' Han's thoughts where abruptly ended when Jabba shouted again and the dragging and scraping began anew. By the time they had ended again, he could tell there were more entities in the room with him, though it was silent.
The chilling quiet was ended when Jabba decided to speak, " Aydsf sadjosd surnb. Isfnsu sdfh, Solo, sdfhsdfk. Husdndf sdfgdf? Owifbvc sdfbzub, sdfu ssf, saifdutf as. Bdfdj sduds jsdo?" ( I am growing bored of this. We are through beating you, Solo, enough. But what to do with you now ? We can't kill you yet, but I tire of the beatings. So what to do with you?)
"Let him go," a calm voice replied.
Everything turned to look at the newcomer--newcomers.
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Five days ago....
'Where are they? They've been gone two days. Han said they'd be one at the most. They haven't use the com link to talk to me. Something's wrong, seriously wrong.' Chewbacca thought to himself as he sat in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon. He decided to go out and find what had gone wrong, hoping that all he found was a yelling from Han for leaving the Falcon unwatched in the desert.
He managed to trail them as far as the dune where the three Solo's had been attacked, but the wind must have erased their tracks from there. Or there weren't any. Chewie stood up out of his crouching position and looked over the next dune. What he saw made his blood run cold. Speeders going into what he thought was Jabba's abandoned palace (if you can call it a palace).
Chewie's immediate reaction was to get down to keep from being seen. He got flat on his stomach on stretched himself out on the burning sand. His left paw-hand hit something that was half buried in the sand. He picked it out of the sand and brought it closer to his face for better inspection. What he saw was an empty dart that had contained something. With a quick sniff and a taste of the residue he found it had been some kind opiate-one probably used to knock a person-or three-out cold. He ran the entire way back to the ship.
Once back inside he headed strait for the transmitter and sent Luke a message, then he sent one to Leia.
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"Ha ha ha!! Ksfhui fs sadfiug, fdnb fdf! Husdf dfhun?" (Ha ha ha!! Silly boy, you can't be serious! What do you think you are doing?)
"Let him go, or this will be the last mistake you make." Luke said with the same eerie calm.
"Hasfdg fdsfg sadfi bausdf djf, asjfd?" (You've said that to me before, haven't you?)
"This time you will be dead for sure."
"Hsduf sdkjfh dfbdg dsufh dfdkjsdfiosfd sdn!!!" (Get them!!)
"Whoa!! Wait a minute! What's going on here?" Han asked bewildered, the situation not sinking in. Before anyone could answer, laser blasts and the slight hum of a lightsaber were heard. Screams of pain came from bounty hunters, servants, robots, and blaster toting aliens (the ones who thought helping Jabba would be smart, not all of them). It took only a few moments of fighting to clear the room of those who would inhibit their rescue mission. The only threat left in the palace was Jabba.
"Jabba, you are coming with us. Bring the restraints." Luke said to Chewbacca.
"WAIT A MINUTE!! Luke is that you?"
"Yes, old buddy, it's me."
"How?"
"Chewie."
"Oh."
"Leia, go help him out of his chains and back to the ship, please."
"Why do you think I need to ask?" she asked her brother indignantly. She turned her attention to getting her husband out of his restraints. "Han, where are Jaina and Jacen?"
"Not here."
"What do you mean, 'Not here'? Where are they?" Leia asked, fear creeping into her voice.
"I don't know. Get me to the ship. I'll explain there."
