Episode 19 - The Rescue (Part 1)

Death Star - Docking Bay 2037

Darth Vader and a commander approach the troopers as an Officer and several heavily armed troops exit the space craft.

"Unlock one-five-seven and nine. Release charges." the voice from the intercom announced.

The officer reported to Vader, "There's no one on board sir. According to the log, the crew abandoned ship right now after takeoff. It must be a decoy, sir. Several escape pods have been jettisoned."

Vader ponders this over a second, then asks, "Did you find any droids?"

The officer answered, "No, sir. If there are any on board, they must be also have jettisoned."

Vader simply went silent and let the operation continue by giving a command to the officer, "Send a scanning crew on board. I want every part of this ship checked."

The officer nodded and responded, "Yes, sir."

Both went separately on their ways as the officer ordered two Stormtroopers to enter the Falcon to check for any life forms left inside, as Vader walked away and stopped on his tracks for a minute and felt an omnimous feeling.

"I sense something... a presence I haven't felt since..." Vader guessed, until he nearly figured out that he wasn't sensing that familiar, but also similar to those of the young magical girls they've imprisoned not too long ago. "Feels... indifferent." then Vader turns quickly and exits the hangar.

The officer commanded, "Get me a scanning crew in here on double. I want every part of this ship checked!"

Millennium Falcon - Hallway

The troopers walks through the hallways, heading to the exit. In a few moments, it was quiet. The muffled sounds of a distant officer giving orders from outside the Falcon can be heard and echoed through the empty hallways until the voice finally fades. Two floor panels suddenly pop up revealing Han and Luke. Ben Kenobi sticks his head out of a locker, then Madoka and Sayaka pop up from another two floor panels away from Luke and Han.

"Boy.. it's lucky you had these compartments." Luke complimented Han as he stepped out from the empty space that he and Han are hiding under the floor.

Han gave Luke a smile and said as he exited the floors, "I use them for smuggling. I never thought I'd be smuggling myself in them. This is ridiculous. Even if I could take off, I'd never get past the tractor beam."

Madoka and Sayaka exited as well, "That was close. We would've been caught for sure if it wasn't for these hidey holes."

Han heard the pink haired girl's words and complimented them back, "Don't mention it."

"So, what's the next plan? I heard about the tractor beam so, let us guess; someone has to deactivate it, right?" Sayaka asked and guessed because they heard the conversation eariler.

Ben replied, "Leave that to me!" as he exited from the locker he's hiding in from.

"Damn fool. I knew that you were going to say that!" Han exclaimed that someone this reckless or foolish enough will do the dirty work on deactivating the tractor beam without a sort of plan.

Ben sarcastically said, "Who's the more foolish... the fool or the fool following them?"

Madoka and Sayaka both giggled at Ben's remark as Han shakes his head, muttering to himself and embarrassed himself from the girls' giggles. Chewbacca even agrees. (Note: even on your best friend too? wow)

Death Star - Main Forward Bay

The crewmen carry a heavy box on board the ship, past the two Stormtroopers guarding the either side of the ship by the exit ramp.

The trooper responds, "The ship's all yours. If the scanners pick up anything, report it immediately. All right, let's go."

The crewmen enter the Falcon and a loud crashing sound is followed by a voice calling to the guard below.

"Hey down there," Han's voice called out from the exit ramp down to the troopers below. "Could you give us a hand with this?"

The stormtroopers enter the ship and a quick round of gunfire is heard, along with a decapitation from Sayaka's blade with a single slash.

At the Command Office...

In a very small command office near the entrance to the Falcon, a Gantry Officer looks out through the window and notices the two guards are missing. He speaks through the small comlink radio, "TX-412. Why aren't you at your post?"

No response. "TX-412, do you copy?"

A short Stormtrooper (Luke under a disguise) comes down to the ramp of the Falcon and waves at the gantry officer, pointing to his ear indicating that the comlink is not working. The gantry officer shakes his head in disgust and heads for the front door, giving his aide an annoyed look.

"Take over. We've got a bad transmission. I'll see what I can do." the gantry officer said.

As the officer approaches to the door, it slides open revealing the towering and tall Chewbacca. The gantry officer was shocked, in a momentarily state of shock, stumbles backward. With a bone-chilling howl, the giant Wookiee flattens the officer with one blow of a punch, knocking the officer out cold. The aide immediately reaches for his pistol, but it was shot by Madoka's pink energy arrow along with Han's blaster fire. An Imperial Stormtrooper (Han under the disguise) enters the scene and was shocked to see the energy arrow from the pink haired girl under the long brown robes/cloak. Ben and the gang entered the room, quickly followed by Luke.

Luke quickly removes his helmet and said, "You know, between his howling and your (Han) blasting everything in sight, it's a wonder the whole station doesn't know we're here."

Han smuggly said, "Bring them on! I prefer a straight fight to all this sneaking around."

Sayaka rolled her eyes as she looked around the metallic, cyber-looking and armored room. "Wow..."

C3PO responds, "We found the computer outlet, sir."

Ben feeds some information into the computer and a map of the city appears on the monitor. He begins to inspect it carefully. C3PO and R2-D2 look over the control panel. Artoo finds something that makes him whistle wildly.

At the other corner of the room, Madoka stopped and her gaze looked weirdly empty as she looked like she saw a ghost. But to Sayaka's attention, she looked at her best friend, nudged Madoka gently to snap out of it.

"Hey. Madoka. You alright?" Sayaka said to her best friend. Madoka didn't respond.

Sayaka snapped her fingers right into her face to scare her, "Hey. Earth-to-Madoka. Are you there?" No response again. Suddenly the familiar voices were called out to the two young girls, a voice that they never heard in a long time before.

It was the voices of Kyouko, Homura and Mami.

The two nearly forgot that they can communicate to each other even if they're on the same level, but they can only pick out of what the voices are saying into their heads.

"H-Homu.. you h-here..? H-How.."

"No... time to... e-explain..."

"I.. thought we'd... see you again..."

"We s-should get... out of here.. quick!"

"W-Why are we... here?"

"Kyubey did..."

Suddenly the voices were silenced right after Luke approached to them by asking, "Hey, you two are alright?"

Madoka came into her senses as she noticed Sayaka and Luke looked at her with a worried look, making sure that she is not sick or anything.

She shakes her head and places a hand behind her head, "Ah, it's nothing."

Sayaka suspiciously looks at her best friend's face, "Doesn't look like it's nothing."

Luke agreed and added, "Yeah.. what was that about?"

Madoka stared at the two for second, and said, "Someone.. they're here."

Sayaka was stunned for a moment until she figured out what Madoka is up about, until she answered, "It's... our friends, isn't it?"

Luke was confused and asked, "Friends?"

Madoka responded, "Sayaka's right. It seems that our friends are here too. It seems that we're not alone after all."

Luke saw the two young girls as their eyes spark with a bit of light and hope that they are not alone in this universe after all.

Back to Ben, Han, Chewie and the two droids, Ben is inspecting through the computer as he responds to R2, "Plug in. He should be able to interpret the entire Imperial computer network."

R2 punches his claw arm into the computer socket and the vast Imperial brain network comes to life, feeding information to the little astromech droid. After a few moments, he beeps, "(Found the main computer to the tractor beam.)"

C3PO responds to Ben after what R2's beeping translated to him, "He says he's found the main computer to power the tractor beam that's holding the ship here. He'll try to make the precise location appear on the monitor."

Madoka, Sayaka and Luke walked over to the group as they looked to the monitor, until the computer monitor flashes the readouts.

"The tractor beam is coupled to the main reactor in seven locations. A power loss at one of the terminals will allow the ship to leave." C3PO explained the readouts.

Ben studies the data on the monitor readout.

"I don't think you boys and girls can help. I must go alone." Ben insisted Luke, Han, Chewbacca, Madoka and Sayaka to stay behind and watch on guard with the droids in the office.

"Whatever you say. I've done more that I bargained for on this trip already." Han lazily responded to the old man.

Madoka and Sayaka simply rolled their eyes on Solo's words.

"I want to go with you." Luke asked Ben before he was about to exit the room, but responds wisely, "Be patient, Luke. Stay and watch over the droids."

"But he can.." Luke's sentence was cut when Ben said again, "They must be delivered or the other star systems will suffer the same fate as Alderaan. Your destiny lies along a different path than mine. The Force will be with you, always."

Before Ben left again, he was stopped when he felt a tug on his brown robes when Madoka tugged him and pleaded him for her and Sayaka to come with him, but he said, "Madoka, no. This is dangerous. Stay with the others and keep guard-"

Then Sayaka tugged him again and said, "Our friends are in this place. Me and Madoka heard their voices in our heads. Don't you feel their presence too?"

Ben was stunned by both of the girls as they did point out the presence of their friends; the other magical girls on board the Death Star. He also heard the voices as it sounds like they're going to escape the chamber room. He let out a sigh, and said, "Very well. But we must be careful and quick. We don't have to hang around much longer."

Madoka and Sayaka heard the old man's acceptance to their request as they smiled proudly and both of them exited the room. Ben adjusted his lightsaber on his utility belt, while Madoka prepared her magical wooden staff on hand, and Sayaka's single cutlass sword and holding the hilt with two hands. Both of them disappears down a long grey and metallic hallway.

Author's Note: You guys and gals are waiting for this, so their adventure has finally begun. 'Till next chapter!