Ok I intended to make this chapter longer but I decided to post what I have finished and start a new chapter.

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Chapter 10

Han watched as Luke held Leia. He hoped that what he was doing would save her and their unborn child. Han knew that it would destroy him if he lost either of them. Suddenly the machines that were hooked up to her started beeping and wailing. Fearing the worse he was about ready to pull Luke away from her when the young Jedi pulled himself from the trance he was in with Leia.

The doctors and nurses came running into the room and silenced the machines. Her vitals were not good.

Han was enraged, had Luke let her go? He pulled the Jedi to the side and balled his fists. "What did you do to her?"

"Relax, Han. She's fine, she's going to be fine," Luke told him.

"But the machines, her vitals…"

Luke cut him off, "I put her in a healing trance. You can't trust the machines to tell you how she really is. Her Force energy is focused on healing her wounds, which slows down everything else."

"What about the baby?"

"I don't know, I told her as I'm going to tell you, I don't know what effects the healing trance will have on the baby," Luke said.

Han put his fist to his mouth and Luke put his hand on his shoulder. "If I hadn't put her in the trance, you would have lost both of them. When I was with her it was difficult to hold onto her. She was slipping away very fast."

Han nodded, understanding what Luke had to do. If Leia lost the baby it would be tragic but time would heal them eventually and they would eventually have another one. But if he lost Leia any dreams for the future that he had would be lost.

The lady that had been sitting in the room with Han finally spoke, "It's very difficult to lose your children."

Han knew she was speaking of her loss of the two children, who were now the two young adults in the room. He then realized Luke didn't know who she was. "Uh, Luke this is Padmé. She owns the jewelry shop that Leia and I bought our wedding rings at, if it wasn't for her Leia probably wouldn't have made it this far."

Luke walked over to the lady and took her hand in his. He didn't think he invaded her mind with the Force but a flood of memories long forgotten came rushing into his mind. He was suddenly in a room very similar to the one he was in now, he saw a young woman lying on a birthing table, Leia, no it wasn't Leia, but a younger version of the lady. He saw a man with red hair, Obi Wan, he was holding a baby. 'There's still good in him,' the younger version of the woman said.

Luke was suddenly pulled back to where he was now, "Mother."

Padmé smiled at her son, "Luke."

Luke pulled his mother into his arms.

Hours went by and Han wouldn't leave Leia's side. Chewbacca had brought Han a change of clothes but Han wouldn't budge. Luke put his hand on Han's shoulder. "Han you should go get cleaned up, she'll be fine, mother and I will keep a watch over her." When the Corellian still didn't move Luke subtly used the Force to put the idea into Han's head, "You need to go get cleaned up."

"I need to get clea…" Han suddenly realized what happened, "Hey, kid stop that. You know I hate it when you do that."

Luke chuckled; he knew that Han was too strong minded to let a Jedi mind trick fool him. "Just go get cleaned up."

Han let out a heavy sigh then reluctantly went into the bathroom.

"He really loves her," Padmé said.

"Oh yeah, he loved her from the moment they met." Luke then proceeded to tell how they met and what had happened to Leia on the Death Star.

"You mean Anakin tortured his own daughter?"

"Vader did, and he didn't even know he had a daughter until the day he died," Luke told her; "I've only known that Leia is my sister just before the Battle of Endor." He looked at Leia he could sense her Force presence getting stronger, "The day Obi Wan and I received her plea for help I knew there was something about her, but he never told me that we were siblings. At one point I was attracted to her, but over the years we became very good friends, knowing that that was all that we could be. It's like somehow we always knew we were brother and sister."

At that point Han had come out of the bathroom, "Tell the truth kid, you knew with me hanging around you'd never had a chance with her."

"Well who did she kiss in the medcenter on Hoth?" Luke shot back, and then he blushed realizing what he had said.

"Kid I wouldn't go around saying that your sister made out with you."

"Hey in all fairness we didn't know, ok. She was trying to prove a point to you."

Padmé couldn't help but laugh.

"At least it didn't go any further than kissing," Han said. "Or we'd have one heck of a story to tell the kids when they get older." Han then sat back down next to Leia's bed and rested his hand on her belly. He smiled when he felt the baby kick. "Luke can you tell how the baby is doing?"

Luke stretched out into the Force and focused on the life inside his sister womb, "He seems to be doing well, although he's a little confused. I think it's because Leia is shut off from rest of the Force."

"It's a boy?" Han asked.

"That's what I sense, definitely male."

This news made Han smile a half smirk, "A boy, wow. I knew it."

It had been two days since Leia had been shot. Han rarely left Leia's side. Much to the staff of the medcenter's dismay Han would sleep in the bed with Leia and hold her. They would often have to wake the Corellian man to do their checks on the Princess. Of course Han wasn't happy to be woken up; he was less than happy to have Leia poked and prodded every he turned around.

The nurses came in and checked on Leia, although they couldn't get any readings from her vitals they could still draw some blood and check her chemistry. An hour after drawing the blood the doctor came into the room.

"General Solo," the doctor said, "I don't know much about Jedi healing trances and how they do what they do. The princesses CBC result shows that her H and H are still low, but have increased since she was brought in. It's quite amazing; it usually takes two or three units of blood to raise it as much as it did in a person her size."

"So you would say she's healing well?" Han asked.

"Yes I would. I also noticed that her blaster wound has nearly healed. The only thing that has me concerned is her hCG level. The hormone that is produced during pregnancy, you said she was nearly five months into her pregnancy when she was brought in."

"Yes, she's just a few days short of being five months."

"Is it possible that she may have conceived earlier? Often the gestational times can be miscalculated."

"No it's not possible," Han looked at Padmé and Luke he was a little embarrassed to have to discuss his sex life with Leia in front of her mother and brother. "We were only together for a few weeks. She thinks that we conceived our first time."

"Are you sure you're the father then?"

Luke could feel his friend's anger rising.

"You've got to be godsdamned joking, I'm the father of the baby. There is no possible way that he could be anyone else's."

The doctor knew the Corellian man was getting angry and he knew he'd better explain quickly. He hated to tell a man that the unborn child was potentially not his, "Well you see General Solo, hCG level's change from week to week, her level suggests that she is no less than six and a half months gestational."

"There's no possible way. No possible way." Han said.

Luke suddenly realized what was going on, and it wasn't that Leia had cheated on Han, "I think I might know what's going on."

"Well someone better explain this to me," Han said, "'Cos I can tell you I'm the only man that she had been with."

"The Healing trance must be accelerating the baby's development."

Padmé looked at her son, "Do you think it's safe for the baby to develop that quickly?"

"We can run tests to ensure that the baby is developing properly. If not we may have to remove the Princess from the trance before she is fully healed. Her chemistries show that none of her levels are in the critical range any longer, but she's not out of the woods yet," the doctor told them.

"You better run those tests," Han said.

Han cringed at the size of the needle that was going to be inserted into Leia's abdomen. Even though Luke had assured Han that Leia wouldn't feel a thing due to being in the trance, Han still insisted on the doctor using something to numb her belly from the needle. They used scanning equipment to ensure that the needle was inserted into the correct area. The doctor then left with the fluids to have the tests run.

Luke put his hand on his friend's shoulder, "Mother and I are going to head back to Naboo."

"What you can't leave, you have to stay and wake her up when it's time."

"Actually she wants you to wake her up," Luke said, "We need to return to do some investigations, we need to do what we can do to find out who did this."

"How am I supposed to wake her up?"

Luke grabbed a piece of flimsy and a stylus and scribbled something on it then handed it to Han.

Han took a look at what was written, "Oh cute princess, cute."

Luke laughed, "She figured you'd like that."

"And just sayin' this to her will wake her up?"

"Yes, it's like a passcode. Whatever one sets it to will be the only thing that can bring them out of the trance. When Leia learns to put herself into a healing trance or just a trance she can set a passcode for you to wake her up or she'll be able to bring herself out of it. Since she is still untrained she still needs someone to take her out," Luke explained.

Padmé came up to Luke, "Are you ready to go, Luke?" She smiled at her son. She was glad to have her children back and couldn't wait to get closer to both of them.

"Yes, mom, I'm ready," Luke said. He smiled back at Padmé, it was still a little strange to have a mom but it felt right. "If everything doesn't come back well on the baby, it may be safer to take Leia out of the trance. It'll just be a lot longer healing process."

"I'll do whatever I think is best for Leia. It's important that she comes out of this alright."

Luke gave his friend a hug. "Take care of her."

Han watched as Luke and Padmé left the room. It was going to be a long couple of hours waiting for Leia's test results to come back. Thankfully Chewbacca was still there to keep him company. Han moved to sit next to Leia's bed and took her hand into his. He kissed her palm, "Gods sweetheart, I love you so much." He rested his head on her bed and fell asleep.