Disclaimer:George owns starwars.
Thank you to Red Two and Jodi smith who made suggestions :-) I hope this
is a bit better.
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"Hey Kid." Han called, greeting his brother-in-law.
Luke shook his head. "You're going to be still calling me that when I'm
sixty years of age."
"That's if Han hasn't got himself killed by the time he's fifty-five,"
Mara chipped in before Han got a chance to say anything.
"Haha Mara, real funny."
Leia stepped of the ramp into her brother's embrace.
"Good to see you again", Luke said.
Leia looked over to where Mara was standing and gave her a quick hug. Leia
was glad when Luke and Mara got married; they'd needed each other. One of
them was slowly going to get killed if they had continued on the path they were leading.
Han had gone back into the falcon to get the bags when he remembered that he
had wanted to ask Luke something. They had been walking back towards the
Temple and the conversation had lulled a bit when he decided to ask.
"I know, I usually say the conversation is over when we start talking about
this, he began, but we were getting some strange weather reports as we made
our way over."
Both Mara and Luke stimulatingly grimaced at that.
"Yes, Luke said with a sigh, I need to talk to you about that, we have a
slight problem."
Han looked shared a look with Leia.
"How slight is slight?" he asked.
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Austen waited till the droid left the room and then slowly sat up in the bed.
Swinging her legs over the side of the bed she gingerly put one foot down in
front of the other. She stood up and the room suddenly swayed in front of her. She quickly sat back down again.
Taking a deep breath she forced herself to sit back up.
"Come on Austen, she muttered to herself, there are harder thing than walking."
She stood up more slowly this time and held onto the bed for support. Spying
a closet across the room, she carefully made her way to it.
She opened it and was glad to find that there appeared to be some form of
jumpsuit in it. As she pulled it on she quickly glanced around the room;
two doors, one possibly an exit. She ran her hands through her hair and
found a small-concealed weapon.
Austen as quietly as humanly possible opened the door. The droid had chosen
to check on its patient and was more than surprised to find her out of bed.
"Ms, I really don't think you should be out of bed, I'm going to have to ca-."
Austen had stabbed out in one swift move and knocked the droid to the floor.
"I don't think so," she said and stepped over the lump of metal.
Austen felt fear prick her. She didn't view been surrounded by Jedi a good
idea nor the safest. She moved down the corridor cautiously, her senses alert.
Each footstep she heard, she was convinced that it was someone after her.
Eventually she was out of the compound but she felt no safer. Leaning
momentarily against a ruin she wiped away the sweat that was forming on her
brow.
(Get a grip, you have been in worse situations before) she thought. But then
she realised she had never been hunted before.
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Kyp walked towards the medical bay. Luke had asked him to keep an eye on
their visitor. He sighed at the sight that met him; the droid lay in a
mangled heap on the floor outside her room and he didn't need to guess that
its occupant would be gone.
A quick glance in the room confirmed that and the open closet door told him
she had changed her clothes.
Thumbing his Comlink on he contacted Luke.
"Master Skywalker, he began, I think our visitor has escaped."
He could hear Luke sigh at the other end.
"Look Master Skywalker, I'll go after her now, she doesn't appear to be gone
long, I'll have a better chance of finding her."
When Luke agreed to that Kyp set of after her. It shouldn't be too hard he
thought to himself. At the moment she is the only non-force sensitive person
here other than Han.
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Austen hated jungles, hated them with a vengeance She could never get a sure
footing in them. They seemed to be always changing and it was impossible to
know if someone was following her. By now she was positive they knew she was
gone. It was also beginning to dawn on her that she had no idea what she was
doing.
Suddenly she stumbled over some roots. Rolling forward a bit she tumbled into
a crouching position.
"Austen get a grip, you are not going to let this forest get the better of
you." she muttered.
Night was slowly beginning to fall and Austen continued on trekking deeper
into the jungle. She paused and looked around her, this was the third time
she had passed that clump of vines. Sounds were beginning to fill the forest
and it was unnerving. A sudden movement near her caused her to start running
again.
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Luke frowned when he got Kyp's message.
"Look like our problem just got worse," he commented to the others.
"Anything we can do to help," Leia offered.
Mara had begun pacing.
"Mara what are you doing?" Han asked.
"A bad habit I picked up from Skywalker," She bit back.
"Luke, we are going to have to find her before it gets dark, Yavin isn't the
safest place at night for someone who isn't force sensitive."
"Her?" Leia queried.
Luke nodded his head. "Come on, I'll fill you in on the way."
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Sorry that it was still short. Please R+R!
Thank you to Red Two and Jodi smith who made suggestions :-) I hope this
is a bit better.
**************************************
"Hey Kid." Han called, greeting his brother-in-law.
Luke shook his head. "You're going to be still calling me that when I'm
sixty years of age."
"That's if Han hasn't got himself killed by the time he's fifty-five,"
Mara chipped in before Han got a chance to say anything.
"Haha Mara, real funny."
Leia stepped of the ramp into her brother's embrace.
"Good to see you again", Luke said.
Leia looked over to where Mara was standing and gave her a quick hug. Leia
was glad when Luke and Mara got married; they'd needed each other. One of
them was slowly going to get killed if they had continued on the path they were leading.
Han had gone back into the falcon to get the bags when he remembered that he
had wanted to ask Luke something. They had been walking back towards the
Temple and the conversation had lulled a bit when he decided to ask.
"I know, I usually say the conversation is over when we start talking about
this, he began, but we were getting some strange weather reports as we made
our way over."
Both Mara and Luke stimulatingly grimaced at that.
"Yes, Luke said with a sigh, I need to talk to you about that, we have a
slight problem."
Han looked shared a look with Leia.
"How slight is slight?" he asked.
*******************************************************
Austen waited till the droid left the room and then slowly sat up in the bed.
Swinging her legs over the side of the bed she gingerly put one foot down in
front of the other. She stood up and the room suddenly swayed in front of her. She quickly sat back down again.
Taking a deep breath she forced herself to sit back up.
"Come on Austen, she muttered to herself, there are harder thing than walking."
She stood up more slowly this time and held onto the bed for support. Spying
a closet across the room, she carefully made her way to it.
She opened it and was glad to find that there appeared to be some form of
jumpsuit in it. As she pulled it on she quickly glanced around the room;
two doors, one possibly an exit. She ran her hands through her hair and
found a small-concealed weapon.
Austen as quietly as humanly possible opened the door. The droid had chosen
to check on its patient and was more than surprised to find her out of bed.
"Ms, I really don't think you should be out of bed, I'm going to have to ca-."
Austen had stabbed out in one swift move and knocked the droid to the floor.
"I don't think so," she said and stepped over the lump of metal.
Austen felt fear prick her. She didn't view been surrounded by Jedi a good
idea nor the safest. She moved down the corridor cautiously, her senses alert.
Each footstep she heard, she was convinced that it was someone after her.
Eventually she was out of the compound but she felt no safer. Leaning
momentarily against a ruin she wiped away the sweat that was forming on her
brow.
(Get a grip, you have been in worse situations before) she thought. But then
she realised she had never been hunted before.
********************************************************
Kyp walked towards the medical bay. Luke had asked him to keep an eye on
their visitor. He sighed at the sight that met him; the droid lay in a
mangled heap on the floor outside her room and he didn't need to guess that
its occupant would be gone.
A quick glance in the room confirmed that and the open closet door told him
she had changed her clothes.
Thumbing his Comlink on he contacted Luke.
"Master Skywalker, he began, I think our visitor has escaped."
He could hear Luke sigh at the other end.
"Look Master Skywalker, I'll go after her now, she doesn't appear to be gone
long, I'll have a better chance of finding her."
When Luke agreed to that Kyp set of after her. It shouldn't be too hard he
thought to himself. At the moment she is the only non-force sensitive person
here other than Han.
*********************************************
Austen hated jungles, hated them with a vengeance She could never get a sure
footing in them. They seemed to be always changing and it was impossible to
know if someone was following her. By now she was positive they knew she was
gone. It was also beginning to dawn on her that she had no idea what she was
doing.
Suddenly she stumbled over some roots. Rolling forward a bit she tumbled into
a crouching position.
"Austen get a grip, you are not going to let this forest get the better of
you." she muttered.
Night was slowly beginning to fall and Austen continued on trekking deeper
into the jungle. She paused and looked around her, this was the third time
she had passed that clump of vines. Sounds were beginning to fill the forest
and it was unnerving. A sudden movement near her caused her to start running
again.
*********************************************
Luke frowned when he got Kyp's message.
"Look like our problem just got worse," he commented to the others.
"Anything we can do to help," Leia offered.
Mara had begun pacing.
"Mara what are you doing?" Han asked.
"A bad habit I picked up from Skywalker," She bit back.
"Luke, we are going to have to find her before it gets dark, Yavin isn't the
safest place at night for someone who isn't force sensitive."
"Her?" Leia queried.
Luke nodded his head. "Come on, I'll fill you in on the way."
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Sorry that it was still short. Please R+R!