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Annikin finally came to a few hours after his life-pod crash landed into the dense jungles of Yavin. Rubbing his head, the young Jedi tried to get his bearings. No sooner did Annikin step out of the life-pod was he attacked.
A meter long, black spider-like creature with giant fangs and six blood red eyes attacked Annikin. The spider-like creature had Annikin pinned down. Annikin tried to reach his lightsaber or his blaster but couldn't move with the massive spider-like creature on his chest. All Annikin had left was the Force.
"Watch out!" shouted R2.
"I'm not dead yet." said Annikin.
Calling upon the power of the Force, Annikin shoved the spider off his chest. The spider fell from the branch, falling to the ground hundreds of feet below. Annikin pushed himself up on the branch. The young Jedi looked up to see R2 hanging by his emergency cords from a branch.
"A little help?" requested R2.
Suppressing a laugh, Annikin called upon the Force to lower the silver astromech to the branch beside him. When R2 was safely on the branch, the young Jedi knelt down to steady the astromech.
"Did you see where Leia's pod went?" asked Annikin.
"It landed on the other side of those trees, approximately eight hundred meters from here." informed R2.
Gathering what he could from the life-pod, Annikin and R2 headed out to try and find Leia.
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General Skywalker, Han and C-3PO had briefly taken shelter in a hollowed out log. Han was holding Windy in his arms. The young prince's pod had run low on power and they had been forced to take shelter in order to treat him.
"Windy doesn't look good." told Han.
Skywalker grabbed the medical kit he salvaged from the life-pods. He pulled out a defibrillator. Han gently placed the young prince on the ground so Skywalker could get a better look at him. The general held the defibrillator over Windy's chest.
"We'll need more power. Tap off Biggs' unit—quickly!" exclaimed Skywalker.
Han did as his old friend asked. Instantly the defibrillator was active. In a moment Windy was conscious. A smile nearly split the general's face as Skywalker embraced the young prince in a hug. Windy just looked over the general's shoulder, dark eyes locked on the pod that still contained his sleeping brother. Skywalker noticed Windy's wandering gaze and quickly reassured him that everything would be alright.
"We'll get Biggs out of there, too. He shouldn't be a problem." assured Skywalker.
Han took that as his cue to start awakening Biggs. The Ureallian quickly got to work extracting the second twin from the other pod. As Skywalker was waking Biggs, his mind briefly wandered to thoughts of his apprentice and the princess. He prayed to the Force that they were alright and that nothing happened to either of them.
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Annikin and R2 finally reached Leia's life-pod but there was no sign of the princess.
"Perhaps she went searching for us?" suggested R2.
Annikin didn't think that was the case. He noticed the clear signs of a struggle scattered all around the life-pod's crash site.
"No. Someone's got her. It's an easy trail to follow. She put a quite a fight. If they've hurt her… C'mon, Leia needs us." stated Annikin.
Annikin began following the trail left by Princess Leia's captors. The young Jedi could fell his rage and anger boiling to the surface. The Empire had taken everything from him. First his mother during the Jedi Rebellion, then Deak and finally his father. He wasn't about to let the Empire take someone else who mattered to him. He would find the ones who kidnapped Leia, and when he did Annikin swore by the Force he would make them pay.
The Force warned Annikin that something was up ahead. Annikin stopped R2, the silver astromech coming to a halt at his side.
"There's something ahead. Wait here. If I don't return by zero two hundred, find General Skywalker and come looking for me." instructed Annikin.
R2 beeped in understanding. Moving slowly, Annikin crept through the dense foliage until he came upon a horrific sight. There were four men, obviously bounty hunters by their dress and weapons, sitting in front of a large transportation vehicle. From one of the trees behind the four hunters hung three massive, hairy humanoid figures. The hairy humanoid figures had their limbs bound and were hanging from their feet. And, what was worse, they were all still alive.
Suddenly, one of the bounty hunters, a red reptilian like alien, went into the vehicle and pulled something out. He returned a moment later with the struggling form of Princess Leia over his shoulder.
"Leia!" shouted Annikin.
Not wasting another second, Annikin ignited his lightsaber and charged. The brilliant light of Annikin's red blade stunned the hunters long enough for Annikin to take down one of the hunters. The remaining bounty hunters raised their blasters and fired at the young Jedi. Annikin deflected the blaster bolts with his lightsaber, sending them back at the bounty hunters.
One of the bounty hunters loaded a bazooka and fired at Annikin. The shot exploded before Annikin had the chance to deflect in, but he still managed to cocoon himself in the Force before the initial explosion, saving his life. The red reptilian alien dragged the princess into the vehicle during the fighting and managed to drive away with one other of his fellow bounty hunters.
The bounty hunter that had fired the bazooka realised that Annikin was still alive. He was about to kill the young Jedi when someone or something grabbed him from behind. It was one of the hairy humanoid creatures the bounty hunters had caught. Their must have come loose during the explosion and now they were free.
The formerly imprisoned creature killed the bounty hunter with one punch of his giant fist. With the bounty hunter dead the three decided to return to their village. That's when they spotted Annikin. The three inspected the Jedi, unsure of what to make of him. He was not like their kind or that of those who captured them. His actions however had allowed them to escape. The three decided to bring the strange creature back to their village and have one of the healers look at him. Hopefully once they told their leader how this strange creature helped free them he would be allowed to stay in the village until his wounds healed.
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