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Just a reminder, this is AU.
Never the Same Again: Part Six
By Jessika
Organa Solo
(Luke has just returned from the Outer Rim with an unconscious Mara Jade. She is seriously wounded and has to be put into the Bacta tanks immediately. Han and Leia received news of Jedi Skywalker's return at an insane hour of the morning, and the pair rushed to the hospital to find Luke…)
"Dammit, Han! Why did we let him go there?" Leia said
angrily. Han ran behind her in an attempt to keep up with the determined
Princess as she hurried to her brother. Luke! Where are you?! she Force-sent
to him, her eyes darting to the left and to the right. General Reeikan had
contacted Han's apartment regarding Luke; Leia hadn't talked to Luke since he
had left, and now that their reunion would take place in a hospital, she was
more than a little bit worried. An eerie silence surrounded her for a brief
second, and then she was suddenly filled with Luke's voice. Go to the third
floor. I am outside room 351, his voice said in her head. "Third floor," she
said to Han, running to a lift. "I am not even going to ask," Han mumbled,
throwing his hands up and following Leia into the lift.
Breaking into a sprint as soon as the door opened, Leia
found her twin brother sitting on a bench outside of a door. The windows were
reinforced with metal bars, and the door had several locking devices. "LUKE,"
she said, gasping for breath. The Jedi stood up with great effort and wrapped
his arms around the small woman. "Good to see you, kid," Han said, patting Luke
on the back while he leaned on Leia. "I almost didn't make it back," Luke said
quietly, looking through the window at the large tank of Bacta. Leia sat down
on the bench next to Luke and wrapped her arm around him. "She almost
succeeded," he said, looking down at the floor. "Almost," he said, looking up
with a sparkle in his eyes. Han smirked at Luke and said, "What about you? Did
you succeed?" With another sparkle and a smirk, Luke looked up at the General
with his blue eyes and said, "Have I ever failed? I turned Darth Vader, and no
one said I could. And now, I have turned Mara Jade too…"
After Han returned with three cups of kaffe, Luke began
to tell the story. "…So after I fought her in the cantina, I followed her out
to the slave quarters where she hid in some shop. She didn't stay hidden for
long. Of course, we ended up battling right out in the open where everyone
could see. They all knew what was going on. We fought more and I could feel the
Dark Side slipping from her. She was weak, and she knew it. I took advantage of
this and Force pushed her a few times, and this took a lot out of her, but she
just kept coming at me. She got me several times with her saber, but nothing
serious. Eventually, I had to make a move or she would kill me; so, I got her
right through the stomach, just below her heart." Both Han and Leia gasped,
staring at Luke. He continued, "And she thought she was going to die. She just
laid there on the ground, screaming in anger at the Emperor. I felt the final dark
strands fade away, and then I ran to her. She was so pale… All she could say
was 'I am sorry, Luke Skywalker. I am sorry. Please forgive me,' and then she
passed out. She thought she was dying, but I put her in a healing trance." All
were silent for a few minutes, and then finally, Luke said aloud, "She turned
Leia. I felt it. She turned, just like the Force showed me."
Han and Leia stayed at the hospital until the Coruscant
sunrise around 0500. "You two go back to bed. I am fine here," Luke said,
looking over at his sister's bloodshot eyes and dark circles. Nodding sleepily,
she stood up with Han's help and hugged Luke as a goodbye. "We will see you
later on this afternoon," Han said as he led Leia to the lift.
After a short speeder ride to Han's apartment complex,
they once again crawled into bed. "Han," Leia said groggily. "Leia, honey, go
to sleep," he groaned, just knowing that Leia was going to talk forever about
Luke and Mara. "But Han," she said, sitting up to look at him, "I think I felt
something else in Luke at the hospital. Almost like…" She struggled to find the
words, but Han finished her sentence. "Like he's in love with her, huh?" he said,
pulling the covers over his eyes. Sighing loudly, Leia said, "I don't like this,
Han." The covers flew back to reveal Han's face and a look that said, "Leia,
you of all people…" She sighed again and began to speak her mind but Han interrupted.
"Look sweetheart, you know that people think that you and I shouldn't be together,
but we know better, don't we?" Han said, pulling her down on top of him. Her
mouth in a tight line, Leia said, "So, if he wanted to be with her, you wouldn't
have a problem? Are you forgetting that she was the Emperor's hand and her
final task was to kill Luke?" Staring at her for a second, he retorted, "So,
you're saying that you are better than her, and people like her don't deserve
love too? Have you forgotten that you are Darth Vader's daughter?" A gasp
escaped Leia's mouth, as her face grew redder. "Han Solo, how could you say
that to me?" she said, stunned at his words. He did not reply; he simply rolled
over to face the wall and attempted to sleep.
A few minutes later, he heard Leia sigh loudly. He ignored,
knowing full well that she was trying to get him to talk. She sighed again and he
almost laughed. "I know you are awake," she said impatiently. He still remained
silent, using a technique that he had found quite useful. All I have to do
is keep quite and make her think I am really mad, and then she will change her
mind, he thought, smirking to himself. "Han?" Leia said, more softly this
time. Here it comes, he thought. "Han, I am sorry. I know what you were
trying to tell me, about Vader," she began, snuggling up to Han's back. "I know
that I shouldn't judge, I am just worried about Luke because he is my brother.
I mean, he is the only family I have," she said, her voice cracking. "Oh, Leia,
don't cry now sweetheart," Han said, rolling over and taking her in his arms. I
knew the tears would get him, Leia said, smiling, Even Han Solo can't trick
me.
Dinner was quiet for Han and Leia until there was pounding
on the door. Instantly thinking the worst, Leia ran to the door yelling, "Luke!"
However, when she opened the door, she saw a mob of teenage girls wearing Luke
Skywalker t-shirts. "He is not here! Go away!" she bellowed, shutting the door
in a fury. She turned around to return to the table and saw Han's trademark
smirk. "What?" she asked cautiously, sitting down across from him. "What do you
think the kid is up to right now?" he asked, setting down his glass of ale.
Leia shrugged her shoulders and then watched Han get up from the table. "Maybe we
could, uh, play a little trick on Mister Skywalker later on tonight," he said,
holding up Teen Beat magazine. "What are you suggesting?" Leia asked,
getting a devious look in her eyes. "My, my, Princess. You sure are cute when
you look sneaky," Han said, sauntering over to her. She giggled uncharacteristically
and said, "Why, General Solo, are you making a pass at me?" Han laughed a snooty
laugh and said, "You think I would be seen with a woman such as you? What would
the press say?" Standing up to wrap her arms around Han's neck, she seductively
said, "What the press doesn't know won't hurt them." She pushed him toward the
bedroom while kissing him. "But what about our plan? You know, show Jedi Skywalker
just how popular he is," Han mumbled through their kisses. "Luke can wait,"
Leia said, unbuttoning Han's plain white shirt. "I love you, sweetheart," Han said,
pulling her closer to him so he could hold her. Her body relaxed and she said, "I
know, you sneak. I love you too."
To be continued…
(Anybody have any good ideas
of how Leia and Han can trick Luke? Leave them in your review! Thanks ~JOS)