FINALLY! HAN AND LEIA MEET! (Well, Luke meets Leia too actually, but... yeah.)
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"You'd better be right about this." Han continued, pointing an accusing finger at Luke, who turned away, rubbing his hands together nervously. "What's your plan?"
"Oh, this should be good." Leia murmured.
"Umm…" Luke said uncertainty, looking around the room for inspiration. "3PO, hand me those binders."
"Real smooth, Luke." Wes snorted.
"Well it's not like I was expecting to have to rescue a princess!" Luke snapped back.
"Kay…" Said Luke determinedly, as soon as he had the binders. "Now, I'm gonna put these on you –" He attempted to shove the binders on Chewie's wrists. The Wookie was not impressed.
"Weren't you listening when I said he rips arms off, kid?" Han asked him.
"Nah, he was learning about the incredible power of the Force." Wedge said sarcastically.
"Kay…" Luke said, nervously backing up. He shoved the binders at Han. "You… You put those on."
All present, with the exception of Luke bust out laughing. "Our fearless Jedi knight." Hobbie grinned teasingly. Luke blushed.
Han put the binders on Chewie, who actually stayed still. "I'm not sure about this." He growled.
"Ah… Pardon me sir, Master Luke." 3PO asked nervously. "But what should R2 and I do if we are discovered here?"
"Lock the door." Luke called back as he ran out of the room.
"Smart one, Luke." Leia commented.
"And hope they don't have blasters." Han added as they left.
"That isn't very reassuring." 3PO said woefully.
Two 'stormtroopers' marched Chewie along the dark corridor. They stopped in front of the door to a turbo lift, looking uncertain. Luke bounced up and down nervously on his heels.
"Hurry up, please." Leia grumbled.
"And maybe act slightly more… stormtrooperish?" Lando suggested.
Finally, the door hissed open and they entered. "I can't see a thing in this helmet!" Luke whined to Han.
"I agree with Lando." Leia told him.
Just after the door hissed shut gain, a squad of stormtroopers marched past in a different hallway. As soon as they had gone past, Obi – Wan ran out from a side passage.
"Oh good, I always wanted to know how he did this!" Luke shouted, bouncing up and down on the couch.
Suddenly, the scene changed, and Vader stood in another part of the ship.
"What's he doing?" Asked Hobbie.
"Looking for Ben." Luke frowned.
In the turbo lift again, Luke was trying to remove Chewie's binders. "This is not going to work." Han told him.
"Have some faith in me, Han." Leia told him.
"Why didn't you say so before?" Luke whined.
More laughter. "He did." Wes sniggered.
At the same time as Han said angrily, "I did say so before."
"He's got you there, Lukie." Wedge yelled. Luke glared.
They exited the lift and walked straight into a group of officers monitering the control room in the detention centre. For a moment, both groups stared at each other."
"Oops…" Hobbie commented.
One of the officers came over to them. "Where are you taking this… thing?" He asked snidely.
"OI!" Chewie growled from next to Lando.
"Prisoner transfer from cell block 1138?" Luke told him cheerfully. Leia shook her head at him.
"They aren't that cheerful, Luke. Trust me."
"I'll have to clear it." The officer replied, motioning one of his fellows over to him. As soon as he was within range, Chewie knocked him flying.
"Look out! He's loose!" Han yelled, jumping back as he and Luke began to fire at the Wookie, 'accidentally' missing and taking out the Imperials.
"WOOOO!" Screamed the Rogues at once. Even Leia had to laugh.
As soon as all the officers were dead, Han hurried over to the control screens. "We gotta find out which cell this princess of yours is in. Here it is – 2187. You go and get her, I'll hold them!"
He yanked off his helmet and ran over to the intercom. Leia could hear Chewie guffawing quietly. "This is funny."
"Ah, everything's under control. Situation normal." He said.
"What happened?" Came the voice on the other end.
"Ah… We had a slight… Weapons malfunction –" Everyone, including Han, had started to laugh. "But – Ah – Everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine, we're all fine here… now… thank you." His voice trailed off slightly. By now Leia was having trouble breathing. She wasn't the only one.
"How are you?" Han said cheerfully into the intercom. Right then, Leia lost what little control she had and fell over, tears streaming down her face.
"You – actually – said - that?" Wes managed between gasps.
"He did." Chewie rumbled.
"We're sending a squad up." Said the now slightly worried voice on the other end. Han winced.
"Um… Ah… Negative, negative! We have a… a reactor leak here now, give us a few minutes to lock it down!" He glanced over his shoulder towards where Luke had gone, as if hoping he would hurry up. "Ah… Large leak, very dangerous!"
"Who is this? What's your operating number?"
"Uh…" Han grabbed his blaster and shpt the intercom. "Boring conversation anyway… LUKE! WE'RE GONNA HAVE COMPANY!"
By this point, Leia, Wes, Wedge and Hobbie were rolling around on the floor in hysterics. Finally, Han kicked her gently. "Come on! You'll miss the rest!" Wiping her eyes, she took a few calming breaths and sat back down on the couch.
Luke stumbled down the hall and palmed open a door to a cell that Leia knew all too well.
"Dun dun DUN!" Her brother yelled, as Leia, sleeping curled on the hard ledge, was revealed.
Luke ran into the cell, and then stopped, cocking his head to the side as Leia awoke. Resting her hand on her hip, she asked, "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"
Luke poked his head forward. "Huh?"
Leia and the Rogues began to lose it again. The others weren't doing much better.
"Oh!" Said Luke, as if he had suddenly realized Leia had no idea who he was. "The uniform!" He pulled off his helmet.
"Hurry up, you two, we are expecting company!" Han grumbled, but he was grinning.
"I'm Luke Skywalker! I'm here to rescue you!" He said excitedly, nodding furiously at Leia. Han joined the others in their hysterics.
"Did he say that, Leia?" Lando asked.
"Yup."
Leia stood up, looking confused. "You're who?"
"You know, that wasn't quite the reaction I was expecting." Luke told her.
"I'm here to rescue you! I've got your R2 unit! I'm here with Ben Kenobi!"
Leia rushed to the door. "Ben Kenobi? Where is he?" They ran out of the cell. The group of people in hysterics on the floor got themselves under control once again. Unfortunately, Leia knew what was coming next.
"This next bit is good." Chewie told Lando. He translated it for the others. Leia groaned.
Suddenly the scene changed again. The door to the Council Room opened, revealing Vader. "He is here." He said dramatically to Tarkin.
"Obi – Wan Kenobi? What makes you think so?"
"A tremor in the Force."
His intercom beeped. "We have an emergency in cell block AA23."
"Oh, shit." Groaned Han.
"Put all sections on alert!"
"Obi – Wan is here." Vader told him again. "The Force is with him. Escape is not his plan. I must face him alone."
"Oh, no." It was Luke's turn to groan.
They were back with Obi – Wan. Checking for Imperials, he ducked across a passage. Then Chewie was back on screen, roaring at the top of his lungs. Just then, the stormtroopers shot a huge hole in the wall and began to pour through. Han and Chewie picked off a few, retreating into the passage where Luke had gone to get Leia.
"Now do you see what I had to deal with?" Han asked her. She winced.
He met up with Leia and Luke, coming the other direction. He stopped and began to fire at the oncoming troops.
"Looks like you managed to cut off our only escape route!" Leia told him angrily.
"Ah… I feel just like we're back on Hoth!" Wes said blissfully. Leia threw a pillow at him.
"The first of many arguments to come." Wedge continued.
"Well, Leia, at least you got the first line." Hobbie grinned.
Han turned on her. "Well, maybe you'd like it back in your cell, your highness!"
"It's seriously hard to believe they got past that." Chewie growled.
Once Lando had translated – Han and Leia were both scowling at the Wookie – Luke grinned. "Yeah, if someone had told me that they would be like… You know… back then, I would have sent them off to an asylum!"
Luke was attempting to call 3PO, but couldn't hear him over the noise of the blasters.
"I said, all systems have been alerted to your presence, sir!" They were back with the droids. "The main entrance seems to be the only way in or out."
"Oh, is that what he was saying!" Luke said triumphantly.
A sudden banging on the door cut off 3PO. "Open up in there!"
Back in the detention block, they were still trapped. "There isn't any other way out!" Luke yelled.
Han glared at him. "I can't hold them off forever!"
"Does anyone else notice that I'm the only one doing something?" Han asked.
"Hey I'm about to save us all!" Leia retorted.
"This is some rescue!" Leia yelled. "When you came in here, didn't you have a plan for getting out?"
"He's the brains, sweetheart!"
"Love at first sight." Wes said dreamily. Han smacked him with a pillow. Hard. "Ow!"
Just then Leia grabbed the blaster off of Luke and shot a huge hole in one of the grates in the wall. "What are you doing?" Han screamed.
"Somebody has to save our skins." She snapped back, letting off a few shots with Luke's blaster before ripping the remains of the grate off of the wall. "Into the garbage chute, flyboy!" She disappeared into the wall. Chewie growled at Han.
"It smells bad!" The Wookie moaned. Leia twisted around to look at Chewie.
"Are you serious?" He looked sheepish.
"Get in there, you big furry oaf!" Han was yelling. "I don't care what you smell!" He and Luke continued firing. "Wonderful girl!" He yelled at Luke. "Either I'm gonna kill her, or I'm beginning to like her!"
The Rogues burst out laughing again. "Yeah, that's we were all wondering!" Wedge snickered.
Leia looked at Han. "Was that a compliment?"
"I think so."
Luke and Han both dived head first into the garbage chute, landing in a pile of muck. Chewie was attempting to force the door.
"Garbage!" Han called to Leia, climbing up. "What a good idea. What a wonderful smell you've discovered!"
"And you wonder why I didn't really like you." Leia told him.
"You did." Han said cockily.
Before Luke could stop him, Han fired his blaster at the door. It rebounded, sending them all ducking for cover. When the shot had stopped, Luke and Leia both began screaming at him simultaneously.
"I had everything under control until you led us down here!" Han growled at Leia.
"No you didn't. You just don't like the fact that a girl was smarter than you." Leia smirked.
"Could be worse." Leia retorted. Just then a huge growling filled the room.
"It's worse." Han said grimly.
"Ooh, I hate this bit." Luke groaned.
"Look!" Said Luke, pointing to a snake – like creature in the water. "Did you see that?"
Behind them, a small head poked out of the water, looked around and disappeared again.
"Aww, it's cute!" Wes cooed. Han stared at him.
"Cute? That thing almost got us killed!"
Just then, Luke was pulled under the water. Han and Leia both began yelling his name. Han ran over to the spot where he had gone under, but there was nothing there.
Luke suddenly surfaced near Leia with a tentacle wrapped around his neck. She and Han attempted to pull him out, but as soon as he was standing, he was pulled back under.
"Damn, that thing is persistent." Lando observed.
Han continued to search the water for Luke, but could find no trace of him. He and Leia exchanged worried glances. Just then, several things happened at once: Luke suddenly exploded out of the water, spluttering, and there was a huge grinding noise.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Growled Han, gripping his blaster.
"The walls are moving!" Luke shouted. Indeed, they were moving inwards.
"Don't just stand there! Brace the walls!" Leia heard herself yell. She and Han had already grabbed long metal poles and were attempting to hold the walls apart.
"3PO! Come in, 3PO!" Luke yelled into his commlink. The scene switched back to the droids. His voice, frantic was coming out of the commlink lying abandoned on a table. Just then, at small squad of stormtroopers burst in.
"Good thing you stopped yelling." Leia told him.
The stormtroopers looked around in confusion, and then heard a tapping coming from a cabinet.
"What the hell is he doing?" Han asked angrily.
The door opened to reveal 3PO, gesturing wildly. "The madmen! They went that way! If you hurry, you might catch them!" The stormtroopers took off again, leaving one to stand guard. 3PO picked up the commlink and walked up to him with R2.
"All the excitement has overrun the circuits in my counterpart here. If you don't mind, I would like to take him down to maintenance."
"All right." Replied the stormtrooper.
"Wow! Goldenrod actually did something smart!" Han drawled in disbelief.
"I think the stormtroopers are just unbelievably dumb." Luke replied.
Meanwhile, the walls were still closing in on the three. None of their efforts were slowing them down in the least. Luke began to yell for 3PO again. Leia began to sink down beneath the rubbish. Han grabbed her. "Get on top!"
The two droids stood near the Falcon, looking around worriedly. "They aren't here! Quick, see if they have been captured." 3PO told R2.
"Just turn the commlink on, 3PO." Luke groaned.
Back in the garbage masher. "Well, one things for sure." Han yelled. "We're all gonna be a lot thinner!"
"Helpful, Han." Hobbie remarked.
Han and Leia were attempting to climb to the top of the pile. Leia slipped, but Han grabbed her and pulled her back up. "Get to the top!"
"I'm trying!"
Just then, the droids came into view. "Thank goodness they haven't been captured." 3PO told R2. "But where could they be?"
