Chapter Seven: And You Thought Things Were Getting Mixed Up In the Sixth Chapter!

While Leia and Elizabeth were running for their lives, Han, Luke and Chewie were following Jim who was taking them on a tour of the city, carrying his solar surfer under one arm.

"Anyway," Jim was saying, "Even though everyone else was panicking, I kept my cool, and grabbed one of the ligtsabers that Vyyk and Tinel made, and I did some awesome moves- they just come naturally to me- and destroyed all the Metal Monsters single-handedly!"

Han rolled his eyes. This kid was even nuttier than Luke! He'd been telling them of his so called 'adventures' where he always just happened to be the hero that saved the day. This was the fifth story he'd told them, and Han and Luke were getting tired of listening. Chewie didn't really care. He was taking mental notes of the place so he'd know where to go if he got into trouble. It was a Wookie thing. Wookies liked to know their territory, and had very good memories, so they could remember anything they needed to remember.

"Uh, that's an interesting experience, Jim," Luke said, carefully.

"Yeah, right!" Han said, laughing. "There's no such thing as Metal Monsters, nor is there such thing as a……."

"Uh-oh!" Jim muttered under his breath.

Han and Luke turned to see what Jim was looking at. There were two attractive looking girls talking to a security guard. They both wore tight fitting clothes that were designed to make their very intriguing figures stand out. One was slightly taller than the other. She had short, pitch black hair, and was wearing black leather clothes and boots.

The other girl looked completely different, but was on the same scale when it came to beauty. This girl had blonde hair and wore blue, silk clothes, and white, velvet boots.

Han and Luke stood there, speechless. Those were the very definition of the word women!

"Who are those girls?" Luke asked. Jim gulped before answering.

"Those are Wesley's girlfriends, though I've never seen them together. They must have discovered one another and want to get back at Wesley. This is gonna be good!"

"What are their names?" Luke asked.

"Well, the one in the black's name is Kattke'. The blonde girl is Calina. I really suggest that you stay away from Kattke'. She can be really mean sometimes!"

"Then why is Wesley dating her?" Luke wondered.

"Luke, you might as well know that our oldest brother likes tough girls. And that is one tough girl!"

Meanwhile down in the hanger bay…

Mara Jade landed her ship down in Skywalker City's main hanger bay. It was such a trusting city. They didn't even ask who she was, or what was her purpose here, they just told her to land in the hanger bay, and to try not to get lost once she entered the city. It was a ridiculous idea! The Emperor's Hand getting lost. But…. this was a big city. And she couldn't simply use the Force to find Skywalker. There were just too many Force sensitive beings on this ship! She would have to inform Palpatine of this once she got back.

Before she could leave the hanger bay, she noticed three other ships landing. She recognized two of them. One was the Stinger, that Prince Xizor character's Human Replica Droid's ship. Mara had met Guri on previous occasions. And the second one was the Slave I, Boba Fett's ship. She wondered what those two were doing here.

The third ship, she didn't recognize at all. It was like a hundred-year-old square of a ship. She couldn't even tell where the cockpit was!

Guri, seeing Mara Jade, walked over to where she was standing.

"Well Jade, what brings you here?" the H.R.D. asked.

"I'm on a mission for my master to destroy Luke Skywalker."

"Really? It so happens that my master also instructed me to kill Skywalker as well."

Jade thought about this. It could work to her advantage. Two people looking for Skywalker were better than one. This ship was huge, and Skywalker could be anywhere!

"Then," Mara said, picking her words carefully. "Perhaps we can work together."

"Yes, that's what I was thinking," Guri said, thoughtfully.

At that moment, Fett approached them.

"Well, what are you two women doing here?"

Fett had crossed both of these ladies enough before to know that 'ladies' was not the proper term to use to describe them.

"We are here to kill Skywalker," Mara answered "What about you?"

"Actually, I'm here looking for Han Solo."

"Really? We'll let you know if we see him. And would you be kind enough to let us know if you see Skywalker?"

"Sure thing. I…. what is that?"

Mara and Guri looked to see a fat thing flying in the air towards them.

"What are you?" Guri asked.

"I'm a toydarian!" the thing said in raspy tones. "I'm 'a lookin' for Lord Vader. You seen him?"

"Uh….. no," Mara said, regarding the creature in disgust. That thing needed a bath!

"Well, you lets' me know if you see 'im uh?"

With that, Watto left for the elevators.

"Remind me to stay away from that annoying thing," Fett said to the women before he too, entered an elevator heading for the higher floors.

Back Upstairs With Elizabeth and Leia...

"Why didn't you tell me that ALL of the battle droids would start up?" Leia asked, as she and Elizabeth ran down halls, and through secret passage-ways.

"Because I didn't know that all of them would start up! What do I look like? An evil genius?"

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Luke, Han, Chewie and Jim, watched Kattke' and Calina argued with the security volunteer. The volunteer was losing his patience. Finally, he threw his hands up in defeat and walked off.

Seeing the guys in the corner, the two ladies walked up to them, their intentions obvious.

"You, kid, where's Wesley?" Kattke' asked, addressing Jim.

"Uhhhh……."