Chapter 14 Han and Luke V Sith Leia

Luke was on a mission, to hunt down his sister, Leia who had fallen to the darkside. For the moment he didn't understand why or how it happened; it just did. He wanted answers, as she had left Coruscant, and was headed to one of the darkest places in the known galaxy; Korriban. She had fallen to the darkside, and in her wrath she had killed two young Jedi Knights. She needed to be brought back to the light, to reason before she caused any more trouble.

Luke at this very moment was sat in the co-pilot seat of the Milennium Falcon sat with Han Solo. Han had wanted to come with Luke to track down Leia, but Luke doesn't want Han to be involved with the confrontation with Leia. If she is still there, that is. Luke was tense, about what he might find on Korriban but he was trying to remain focused and concentrate unlike Han was even more tense, uneasy about this whole thing.

The Millennium Falcon dropped out of lightspeed. The desert planet of Korriban was ahead of them, through the Force, Luke could sense the planet was very strong in the darkside of the Force. It was hard to pick out a single person like Leia in the Force, that could and should be down on the surface, somewhere.
"Can you sense her down there?" Han said, Luke could sense his anxiety in his tone of voice.
"No," Luke admitted, shaking his head, he didn't really want to lie to his best friend.
Han piloted the Falcon down into the plane's atmosphere. They could soon see the canyon that was called the Valley of the Darklords ahead through the cockpit view. Further ahead in the valley they could see the shuttle that Leia had taken from Coruscant.

Han landed the Millennium Falcon down safely on the ground. Luke got up from his seat.
"Stay here and look after the ship, Han," Luke said, looking at him, giving him a brief smile.
"Sure thing," Han replied.
Luke walked out of the cockpit, and made his way to the exit ramp. He opened it, the ramp moving downwards then touching the desert ground. Luke walked down the ramp and onto the planet's surface. He walked around the side of the Millennium Falcon. Hot air hit Luke in the face, the ground beneath Luke's feet was sand and stones; not the best terrain in the galaxy. Luke looked around at the huge tombs around him. There were tombs of dead Sith Lords on his left and right, the distance between them was quite large as well. In front of him were some ruins, beyond that the shuttle that Leia had taken and beyond that more desert. The first and best place to start looking for Leia would be at the shutte, though it would be unlikely she would still be in it. But it may give Luke some indication of where she went.

Luke walked over to the shuttle, he saw that the ramp was still down, suggesting that Leia had left it in a hurry, for whatever reason. Luke climbed onboard. He walked a number of feet till he reached the front of the shuttle. He sat down in the pilots seat. He looked around for anything that would specify which tomb she'd gone to. He checked the records on the computer, but as he flicked through them, he found nothing. He then heard a blood curling shriek from outside. He instantly looked up, he couldn't see anything. There was silence again. He shook his head. He closed his eyes, he submurged himelf into the depths of the Planet. The whole planet was alive, dark and evil but alive. He sense there was something outside, a creature, but he couldn't tell how far it was away. He then sensed the presence of a second creature. Luke got out of the seat, and got to his feet and walked out of the shuttle.

He walked around the side of the shuttle. He saw the two animals about ten feet away, approaching him. Luke took out his lightsaber, just as a precaution. He walked about five feet away from the shuttle. He thought he could somehow calm the creatures by using the Force, but he soon realised that it was futile trying to do that; the creatures themselves were tainted with the darkside of the Force, twisted and evil. He could see that they were lizard like creatures, or maybe reptillian, with huge heads, curved horns on the top of their heads, four feet, clawed toes, a tail and a rather long scaly body. Luke ignited his lightsaber and engaged the animals. The two creatures raced forwards, their jaws opening and closing, saliva spraying from their mouths. One came in towards Luke on his left and the other on his right, a bit like a pincer manoeuvre. Luke lashed out with his lightsaber, going for the first creature that came close enough. The creature backed off, and roared defiantly. Both creatures this time moved towards Luke. Luke Force jumped into the air, and flew over both animals heads. He didn't know how quick they would be to turn around; so it was worth a shot.

He landed in the small space between the animals. The animals roared, and turned their heads around, looking at Luke. They started shifting their bodies to turn around. Luke stabbed th lightsaber into the side of one of the animals. It screeched loudly and black liquid oozed out. While the lightsaber was stabbing into the body, he ran along the body going up the tail and to the tip. He then pulled out as the two animals had finally swung their bodies around. Luke then decided to try a new tactic as the two creatures came lunging towards him again. This time Luke Force threw his lightsaber into the air, aiming for the creature on the left's front legs. The lightsaber swirled through the air, and cut into both legs. Black liquid came out of it again. The animal howled. The second creature stopped running and looked at it's injured companion and growled. It then turned its attention back at Luke. It roared again.

Luke was holding his lightsaber again, and he ran forwards, the creature opened its mouth wide. Luke thrust his lightsaber right threw its open mouth, and stabbed it upwards; it went through the top of its mouth. Luke pulled the lightsaber out quick just as more black liquid came running out, and then in a swift motion cut open its neck. It dropped down to the ground and went quiet. The other animal was still alive, barely, but it was in pain. Luke put it out of its misery. After that Luke, headed over to the nearest temple on his left, an walked up the stairs to its entrance doors.

From the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon, Han saw a small figure going up to the stairs of one of the temples on his far left, he assumed it was Luke. Han was still on edge, anxiously waiting for his bestfriend to bring back his wife. He was sweating from the tension. He couldn't stand all this wait. After a few more moments, he saw from a temple to the far right another figure appear. Oh no, Han thought to himself. Luke would be trapped in the temple, if that person goes up to the other temple. Han got to his feet, took out his blaster and a stun gun and clipped it to his belt and then made his way off the Falcon as quickly as he could.

Han came around the side of the Falcon, he saw the figure running towards the shuttle, and he realised it was Leia! Han aimed his blaster at her from a far distance and fired two warning shots, as he still kept on running to close the distance between them. He saw the figure stop running, and turn to look in Han's direction. He stopped running when he was about five feet away from her.
"Leia," Han said, panting, pointing his weapon at her.
"Put that down," Leia warned him.
In the corner of his left eye, he saw Luke emerge from the temple. Luke immediately saw what was going on, and he came rushing down to join them.
"You can't stop me," Leia said, she raised her right hand and sent Han a Force push. He went flying a few feet and fell on his back.
Leia was about to start running towards the shuttle, but Luke had arrived, and was holding his lightsaber.
"You don't have to do any of this," Luke said as Leia took out her own lightsaber. "You can come back with me now." He looked over at Han who was getting to his feet.
"Never," Leia shook her head. She ignited her lightsaber. Luke activated his own.

Han stood watching as the two siblings engaged in a lightsaber duel. He watched as the two lightsabers kept on clashing against each other. In Han's eyes, as expected, it looked to him as though Luke didn't really want to hurt his sister. Han took out his stun gun, he was planning on stunning Leia.
"If you don't let me go, your going to die," Leia said.
"You must come back from this path," Luke replied as both lightsabers interlocked against each other.
Leia took a step back, and swung the lightsaber towards Luke's neck, Luke brought his lightsaber up and used it as a shield to protect him. Her lightsaber hit against his own weapon.
"You aren't strong enough to defeat me," Luke told her.
Leia struck out again, her lightsaber heading towards his chest. Again with ease, Luke parried the strike, pushing her blade away from him, using only one hand. With his free hand, he sent her a Force push, sending her a few feet away from Luke. She was thrown against the ground. Before she got up, Luke signalled to Han to shoot her. When she got to her feet, Han fired the stun gun, several shots poured into her. She collapsed back down onto the ground. Han walked over to them.
"Good work, Han," Luke said.