Boba Fett piloted his speeder to the landing platform, where his ship, the Slave 1 was standing. In the seat, next to him, Mary was laying. She was stunned again.
The speeder landed next to the platform, and Boba Fett jumped out of it. Near his ship there were a few other containers, because this landing platform still belonged to the storage quarter of Tarko-se.
Boba Fett pushed a small a button on a small remote control, attached to his wrist. Just as he pushed the button, the door of the Slave 1 opened. The bounty hunter put Mary on his shoulder, and headed to his ship with his disruptor rifle in his other hand. But suddenly a big, furry creature jumped out from behind a container, and roared very loudly. Boba Fett almost dropped Mary, and he immediately got behind his speeder, to take some cover.
The furry creature, who was Chewbacca, roared again and got closer to the speeder by stepping next to the Slave 1.
Boba Fett raised his blaster, and tried to aim at the wookie, but Chewbacca shot a few laser bolts at him, which hit the speeder, but Boba Fett got down again. He didn't want to shoot his rifle without targeting, because he could easily hit his own ship, and this weapon could have caused some damage to the vessel. And on the other hand, the rifle was only capable of ten shots without recharging it's power cell, and Boba already used it twice.
He tried to think fast to come up with a good idea. He must got to his ship, before other smugglers appear.
Finally he decided to use Mary as a shield. If the wookie was here to rescue her, he wouldn't shoot at Boba Fett, when the bounty hunter was holding her in front of him.
Boba Fett raised Mary, and got to his feet. He looked at his ship, and saw, that the wookie is standing at it's door.
'Get out of there!' shouted the bounty hunter.
Chewbacca raised his laser crossbow, but he didn't shoot. He didn't want to hurt Mary. Instead, he slowly walked down the ramp, and started to round the ship to get out of Boba Fett's sight. He always stayed as close to the Slave 1 as he could, because he knew, that Boba Fett didn't want to damage his own ship with the disruptor rifle.
'Stop right there!' shouted Boba, and he aimed the rifle at Mary.
Chewbacca stopped.
'Now, take a few steps towards me!' ordered Boba Fett.
Chewbacca roared loudly. He knew, that if he got further from the ship, Boba Fett would certainly shoot at him, probably successfully. He had to come up with a good idea, to get out of this situation alive.
Suddenly the wookie raised his weapon, and shot a few times. Boba Fett quickly got down behind Mary, because at first he thought, that the wookie was shooting at him. But Chewbacca only shot at the sky to make Boba Fett scared, and win a few seconds.
As soon as Boba Fett raised his rifle, and shot at the wookie, Chewbacca already got behind a container. Of course the bounty hunter's shot missed the wookie and hit one of the containers, making a huge, melting hole on it's side. From behind the container, Chewie could see, that Boba Fett walked up the ramp, into the belly of his ship, then he closed the door, and started the engines.
Chewbacca jumped out of his shelter, and ran to the speeder. He wanted to get back to the Falcon as fast as he could, and he really hoped, that Han and the others will be there. The speeder took off, just as the Slave 1 did, but they departed from the scene in the opposite directions.
Chewbacca looked after the bounty hunter's ship, which flew suspiciously low over the city. The wookie had a bad feeling about this, and he knew, that Boba Fett was planning something.
Chewie hit the accelerator, and arrived to the Falcon in two minutes. He already noticed Han and Porkins from the speeder, and he hoped, that Derek and Simbad were also there. He lowered the vehicle, and hit the brakes, but he didn't wait until the speeder stopped. Chewie jumped out of it next to Han, and groaned at his buddy. The speeder slowed down, and crashed into a wall near the ship.
Chewbacca ran to the Falcon's ramp, and boarded it.
'What's happening?' asked Porkins, who didn't understand the wookie.
'We don't have time to finish checking the systems.' said Han. 'Get in there! We're taking off!'
Both of them got on board, and Piggy closed the ramp behind them.
'What's going on?' shouted Derek, who was in the main room of the ship. He was checking the life support system and other necessary systems of the ship.
'Later!' shouted Han, and he entered the cockpit. Chewbacca was already there, heating the engines.
The wookie groaned, and sat down into the co-pilot's seat. Han took his place next to him as the pilot, and hit a few switches on the control panel. The Millennium Falcon rose from the airport of Tarko-se, and headed to the clouded sky of Cato Neimoidia.
'Let's see if Lando was right, and this hunk of junk can catch up with Boba Fett!' said Han, as he accelerated. 'Watch the radar, Chewie!'
The wookie groaned as he tried to find the Slave 1. It couldn't be out of the range of their scanners. But the wookie couldn't find it by scanning the higher levels of Cato Neimoidia's atmosphere.
'He's faster than we thought.' mumbled Han.
'Or maybe slower.' added Porkins, who just entered the cockpit with Derek.
'Do you think, he's still down there?' asked Han. 'Why would he be?'
'I don't know, but we must be careful!' said Piggy. 'I bet they still have some surprise for us.'
'If they team up, and come to chase us with three or four ships...' said Han, but suddenly he realised, that they couldn't hold on long against the bounty hunters if they have three or four ships. Or more.
'Seems we have a little problem.' groaned Porkins. 'I suggest heading to that moon. Try to stay out of sight. If we have a little luck, their sensors can't detect us there.'
'Good idea.' nodded Han, and he manoeuvred the Falcon closer to the moon. 'Chewie, charge the deflector shields!'
'Good.' said Derek, as they got behind the dark side of the moon. 'But now how can we find them, once they'll be out here?'
'Chewie, try to find some object, which you can use to reflect our airwaves, like a satellite, or something. This way we could detect them, however you must set the radar to maximum sensitivity, and even with that, the signal will be very weak.' explained Han.
Chewbacca barked appreciatively, because he never thought of that.
'Solo, you're a genius!' laughed Piggy. 'How do you get these ideas?'
'My old friend told me, I have to think radically in desperate situations. According to Chewie, I usually have insane ideas.' smiled Han. 'But until now, these ideas all worked.'
Han stood up, and headed to the door of the cockpit.
'Where are you going?' asked Derek.
'I'll turn on the laser turrets of the ship.' replied Han. 'If we have to fight, I wanna be the first who fires.'
'I see.' nodded Derek. 'I'll handle the other cannon.'
'Right. Piggy, you able to cope with the ship?' asked Han.
'No problem.' said Piggy, and he sat down into the pilot's seat.
Han and Derek ran to the main corridor of the Falcon. From there they could enter into a tube, where a ladder took them to the two laser turrets of the ship, one on the top of it, and one on the other side.
In the compartment of the two gunners, the artificial gravity field of the Falcon turned, which surprised both Han and Derek. They fell right into the seats of the two gunners.
'What the...?' shouted Han, as he realised what happened. 'I should have known that.'
Now, as they were sitting in their seats, looking out through the windows, they could see each other, like they were sitting on the same level, with their backs turned to the tube, which also seemed to be horizontal now, however, in real the tube was vertical, and Han was sitting a few meter higher than Derek.
'Let's see this!' mumbled Han, as he turned on the laser turret. Now he saw how much power was in the energy cell of the turret, and as he estimated, it was enough for more than two hundred shots.
As Han looked out through the window, he could see the four barrels of the laser cannon. He grabbed the rod control in front of him, and tried to turn it. The whole turret started to move, and Han tested how fast and how precisely he can aim with it.
'That would do.' he said.
'Man!' shouted Derek. 'These things are better than a Star Destroyer's cannons.'
'Check your energy!' said Han.
'I've already checked.' replied Derek. 'About two hundred shots. And you?'
'The same.' said Han.
Suddenly Han heard, that Chewbacca was roaring in the tube behind him.
'Of course, buddy.' replied Han, then he put the headphone on his head. 'Derek! Use the headphone!'
'Can you hear me?' asked Piggy through the headphones.
'Loud and clear.' replied Han into the microphone.
'Then prepare yourselves!' said Porkins. 'They're coming.'
'Head to the Slave 1 first!' commanded Han.
Chewbacca returned to the cockpit, and looked at the radar. He could see three weak signals, coming out of the planet's atmosphere. It seemed, that they were searching for something, which they couldn't find. They didn't have an exact destination.
'They'll figure out, we're here.' said Derek.
'Chewie, use the satellite to keep an eye on them. Then try to get behind them once they got close to the moon.' said Han.
The wookie groaned as a response.
Just as they expected, the three ships soon headed to the moon. Unfortunately they split up, and rounded it from two different directions. From one side, two ships were coming, from the other, only one.
'What now?' asked Derek.
'Engage the two ships!' ordered Han.
'What?' shouted Derek.
'They're expecting us to escape. And if we are escaping, we're trying to find the easiest way to break through. So they expecting us to head to the direction of the one ship.' explained Han.
Piggy turned the Falcon to the two closing ships. They were now close enough to have visual contact with the Falcon, however, they were still out of range.
'The Slave 1 is one of them.' said Piggy. 'The other is a modified gunship, with pig frontal fire-power, but weak rear shields.'
'Good.' said Han. 'You'll manoeuvre, Piggy! Try to keep us in one piece. I take care of Boba Fett, while you shoot the other, Derek!'
'Han! Be very careful!' shouted Derek. 'Mary's on that ship! Please target only the engines!'
'They'll be in range in a few seconds!' said Piggy.
Han looked at his targeting computer. The computer indicated the two ships, and Hand tried to move the cross-hairs on them. It was easy to turn the turrets, and move them fast, but it was hard to keep them on target. Han couldn't lock on any of the two closing ships.
'Here they come!' shouted Piggy.
Han pulled the trigger. As he said, he wanted to be the first, who shoots. The Slave 1 and the other ship also opened fire at the Falcon, and it seemed, that they targeted much more precisely.
Han scored only one hit, which didn't cause any significant damage to the Slave 1, while Derek didn't hit the enemy ship. Unfortunately the Falcon was hit by a few times.
'You'd better shoot 'em, or we'll be dead in a minute!' groaned Piggy. 'Frontal shields on fifty percent.'
Han tried to target the Slave 1 again by pulling the rod control of the cannon, but the bounty hunter's ship moved too fast. Han couldn't score another hit, while Boba Fett shot the Falcon four other times.
'Use auto-target!' shouted Derek, who already hit the other enemy ship, which was now trying to get further from the Millennium Falcon.
Han searched for the switch of the auto-target, and turned it on. Now he only had to point the cannon at the enemy ship, but he didn't have to target it precisely. The computer could lock on the target, and find the best adjustment of the cannon, but that took a bit more time, so it was better, if the enemy ship flew a bit further from the Falcon.
Han successfully hit the Slave 1 again, this time with four laser bolts, and according to his scanners, the bounty hunter's ship was losing shield power. Han was lucky enough to hit the shield generator system of the ship, and in a few seconds, the Slave 1 lost it's deflector shields.
Boba Fett turned his ship, and tried to leave the scene.
'After him!' shouted Han, and Piggy immediately turned the Falcon to the escaping ship.
Suddenly the Millennium Falcon shook, as the other ship hit it's rear shields a few times. Chewbacca groaned loudly, as he noticed, that the rear shields were now working only at thirty percent.
'Watch out! Here comes the third one!' shouted Piggy.
The third enemy ship caught up with the fighting ones, and it got in range. Suddenly a very bright laser bolt flew from the bounty hunter's ship at the Falcon, and completely destroyed it's rear energy shield.
'We have a little problem back here.' groaned Han, as he targeted the closing enemy ship, and shot a salvo at it.
'It can't be!' yelled Piggy. 'That's the Black Crow! That's my ship!'
'Now it belongs to Bossk.' said Han. 'And you'd better try to get out of it's way, before it'll shoot us into tiny pieces.'
Piggy suddenly turned the ship around, and headed towards the enemies. The frontal shields were still working on fifty percent, so it was better to show that part of the ship to the enemy.
Han pulled the trigger, just as Derek did. Many light, fast laser bolts left the Falcon's cannons, and a significant number of them hit the enemy ships. Both of them turned to get out of the crossfire, and Piggy decided to follow the weaker one. Derek aimed at the backside of the enemy ship, and from a short distance (at least, in the space, for those cannons it was short) he shot it a few times.
'The enemy lost it's rear shields.' said Piggy. 'Finish them off!'
'Watch out for the Crow!' Han warned the others, because that ship turned to the Falcon again, and successfully got behind it.
'Shoot!' shouted Piggy.
Han and Derek pulled the trigger together, and their laser bolts hit the escaping enemy ship, which finally blew up, and only burning metal chips were left behind it in the dark space, over the moon of Cato Neimoidia.
Piggy immediately turned the Falcon around, just in time, to get the Black Crow's shot in their front instead of their back. Now the frontal shields were also damaged so much, but apart from that, the Falcon was still in good condition, and now it had one enemy down.
The Falcon and the Black Crow flew towards each other, and in the last second, both pilots pulled the rod controls, and avoided the crash.
'Hit the accelerator!' shouted Han, as he noticed, that they were heading just after Boba Fett's ship.
After the successive evasive manoeuvre, the Falcon didn't have to modify it's course, but the Black Crow had to stabilise itself again, than take a 180 degrees turn, and follow the enemy. By the time Bossk managed to set the Black Crow on the same course, as the Falcon was flying, the corellian ship was already too far to get a certain hit.
'Derek! Keep Bossk engaged with the laser bolts. Chewie, prepare the tractor beam!' ordered Han.
Derek opened fire at the Black Crow, however, almost every single one of his shots missed the target. But that was enough to make sure, that Bossk's gunner won't be able target the Falcon, and shoot it again with that very powerful cannon.
'We're closing to Boba Fett.' reported Piggy.
Suddenly the engines of the Slave 1 gave some kind of very bright light, then the whole ship disappeared into the hyperspace.
'No!' shouted Derek.
'Blast it!' swore Han.
Chewbacca groaned loudly into his microphone, then he quickly explained something to Han.
'You're great, buddy!' said Han. 'Let's see if the Falcon can catch up with Boba Fett even in the hyperspace. Is the hyperdrive ready?'
Chewbacca barked and nodded, then he hit the switch, which sent their spacecraft through the hyperspace immediately.