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Indy entered his friend's house and followed his young son toward the kitchen. "Sallah!" He called out as he approached the kitchen. "Salim here has been telling me that you found-" Indy stopped short when he walked into the room.
Han's jaw dropped further than it ever had. "Minions of Xendor!" he said, using an expression he hadn't in a decade. "I've been cloned!" Before him stood a 6'1" tall man, with brown hair (which was partially hidden by some sort of brown hat), glittering hazel eyes, and a distinct scar on his chin. Han could not believe it. No wonder Sallah had mistaken Han for this man. They looked exactly alike.
Indy cleared his throat. "He told me you found two people in the desert. I uh, assume these are them." he turned to Leia, intentionally breaking his eerie stare with Han. "I'm Indiana Jones." he said with a dashing smile, "and who might you be?"
Leia was silent for a moment. She was still getting over the shock of seeing this man who could easily have been Han's identical twin... or clone. She quickly dismissed that thought. These people didn't even have space travel, little less cloning technology. But it was still a very odd coincidence. Leia finally found her voice, "I'm Leia Organa. But you can just call me Leia."
Jones grinned in reply. "And you can call me Indy." Han coughed a little. He was not enjoying this little exchange at all. Indy turned to Han, "And you... are... well...." Indy was at a loss for words."
Han licked his lips. He was very nervous about this whole thing. It was very weird meeting someone who looked exactly like you, right down to your distinct scars. "I'm Han Solo. And you can call me Han. Or Solo. Or Captain Solo. Or you can call me Indy, and I could call you Han, if we really wanted to confuse everyone."
Indy's weatherworn yet handsome face broke out into a sideways grin. It proved infectious. With a glance to Sallah, who nodded, Indy led the guests into the family room. There, Indy and Sallah sat on one couch, and Han and Leia sat across from them on another. "So, you from around here?" Indy asked.
Han and Leia exchanged an ironic glance, "Hardly." Han said. "We're not even from this planet."
He expected Jones to be utterly shocked by this, but was surprised when he just slowly nodded. "Oh. So where are you from? Mars? Pluto?"
Han hadn't the faintest idea what planets Indy was talking about, but he answered anyway, "Well we're from all around you could say... The Republic is based on Courscant, which is where out apartments are..." Han kept staring at Indy's face. It was like watching a mirror, a mirror with it's own thought, feelings, and actions.
Indy nodded slowly, not really listening to Solo's explanation. "Oh, that's nice." he said simply. Leia leaned forward and stared hard at him seriously, a hard thing to do when he looked just like the man sitting next to her with his arm carelessly draped about her shoulder. "You aren't taking this seriously, are you Indy?" she asked.
Indy sighed, "No, not really. I mean, I've seen a lot of crazy stuff, but aliens?"
Leia shook her head, "We're not aliens. We're humans. We're just not Earthians." she didn't really know what people from Earth called themselves, so she took her best guess.
It obviously wasn't the appropriate term, because Indy started laughing. "Earthlings is the word you're looking for." he corrected.
"Ok, Earthlings. We aren't Earthlings. Technically, I'm an Alderaanian and Han's a Corellian." she explained, adding, "Corellians are a particularly stubborn and self-righteous race." Han raised his eyebrows in innocence.
Indy didn't know what to make of all this. There were two possibilities, both of them seemingly unlikely. Number one, Han and Leia were crazy, and had spent too much time in the sun. But this also meant there was another person on Earth who looked just like himself. Number two, Han and Leia were telling the truth. It was a big galaxy, and somewhere out there was someone who looked just like Indy and had somehow wound up in the same place as him. Indy shook his head. This was very confusing. "Okay," he challenged, "you say you're not from Earth. Prove it."
Leia groaned inwardly. Not only did this man look just like Han, he was just as suspicious. Which probably meant he had about the same temper. This was going to be a long stay. "Han, show him your blaster." she said. Han nodded, and with practiced elegance, swooped his hand down to his right hip where his blaster holster was slung low. He wore it all the time, and he had forgotten about it until now. Still sitting, he casually lifted the blaster and flicked it into stun mode, just to be safe. He fired off a harmless shot at the wall.
Indy stared in amazed silence at not only the blue rings that shot out from the 'blaster', but also at the grace with which its wielder used it. He tried to defend his position, "Okay. So you have some really fancy weapons. Maybe you stole them from some new government experiment." Han set his jaw stubbornly. If this guy wanted to be difficult, that was fine by him. He'd prove it to him anyway. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a holo he always kept of him with Leia, Luke, and Chewbacca. In it, they were standing aboard the bridge of a battleship, with a viewport full of star behind them. Han pressed a button, which quickly projected a full-color, life-size version of the photo. "This is me, and Leia, her brother Luke, and my friend Chewbacca," he paused in pointing out the towering alien, "on board the Home One. It was an Alliance battle cruiser. This is after the Battle of Endor, on the way back to Courscant. You can see the stars outside, so it was obviously before we jumped to lightspeed." Han explained as if it were the simplest thing in the world.
Indy did a good job holding back his thoughts. Obviously, no technology like this existed on Earth. But how could these people be from another planet? It just wasn't possible. "Photos can be faked." Indy said quietly.
Han raised an eyebrow at him, "Oh really? And projected to life-size hologram images?" Indy didn't say anything. "Look, I know it's gotta be hard to except, but it's the truth. Where we come from, it's just a way of life. There are barely any planets in our galaxy without space travel."
Indy sighed, "I guess you're right. But still..."
Leia closed up the holo and handed it back to Han. "If it makes you feel better, barely anyone in our galaxy has ever been outside of it. We've never been out this far. Not even Han, and he's traveled a lot." Leia comforted.
Indy smiled, "Bet he has some great stories."
Leia rolled her eyes, "Oh, I'm sure he could think of some tale to occupy hours upon hours of your time."
Indy laughed, "I have a few stories of my own. I travel all over the Earth, and have been some places no one else alive has ever seen... but I guess it's nothing compared to being all over an entire galaxy."
Indy stood up and crossed over to stand in front of Han and Leia's couch. He extended a hand, which Han took and shook in the universal greeting. He did the same for Leia. He couldn't help his slow grin from spreading across his face. "Welcome to Earth." he said.
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Indy entered his friend's house and followed his young son toward the kitchen. "Sallah!" He called out as he approached the kitchen. "Salim here has been telling me that you found-" Indy stopped short when he walked into the room.
Han's jaw dropped further than it ever had. "Minions of Xendor!" he said, using an expression he hadn't in a decade. "I've been cloned!" Before him stood a 6'1" tall man, with brown hair (which was partially hidden by some sort of brown hat), glittering hazel eyes, and a distinct scar on his chin. Han could not believe it. No wonder Sallah had mistaken Han for this man. They looked exactly alike.
Indy cleared his throat. "He told me you found two people in the desert. I uh, assume these are them." he turned to Leia, intentionally breaking his eerie stare with Han. "I'm Indiana Jones." he said with a dashing smile, "and who might you be?"
Leia was silent for a moment. She was still getting over the shock of seeing this man who could easily have been Han's identical twin... or clone. She quickly dismissed that thought. These people didn't even have space travel, little less cloning technology. But it was still a very odd coincidence. Leia finally found her voice, "I'm Leia Organa. But you can just call me Leia."
Jones grinned in reply. "And you can call me Indy." Han coughed a little. He was not enjoying this little exchange at all. Indy turned to Han, "And you... are... well...." Indy was at a loss for words."
Han licked his lips. He was very nervous about this whole thing. It was very weird meeting someone who looked exactly like you, right down to your distinct scars. "I'm Han Solo. And you can call me Han. Or Solo. Or Captain Solo. Or you can call me Indy, and I could call you Han, if we really wanted to confuse everyone."
Indy's weatherworn yet handsome face broke out into a sideways grin. It proved infectious. With a glance to Sallah, who nodded, Indy led the guests into the family room. There, Indy and Sallah sat on one couch, and Han and Leia sat across from them on another. "So, you from around here?" Indy asked.
Han and Leia exchanged an ironic glance, "Hardly." Han said. "We're not even from this planet."
He expected Jones to be utterly shocked by this, but was surprised when he just slowly nodded. "Oh. So where are you from? Mars? Pluto?"
Han hadn't the faintest idea what planets Indy was talking about, but he answered anyway, "Well we're from all around you could say... The Republic is based on Courscant, which is where out apartments are..." Han kept staring at Indy's face. It was like watching a mirror, a mirror with it's own thought, feelings, and actions.
Indy nodded slowly, not really listening to Solo's explanation. "Oh, that's nice." he said simply. Leia leaned forward and stared hard at him seriously, a hard thing to do when he looked just like the man sitting next to her with his arm carelessly draped about her shoulder. "You aren't taking this seriously, are you Indy?" she asked.
Indy sighed, "No, not really. I mean, I've seen a lot of crazy stuff, but aliens?"
Leia shook her head, "We're not aliens. We're humans. We're just not Earthians." she didn't really know what people from Earth called themselves, so she took her best guess.
It obviously wasn't the appropriate term, because Indy started laughing. "Earthlings is the word you're looking for." he corrected.
"Ok, Earthlings. We aren't Earthlings. Technically, I'm an Alderaanian and Han's a Corellian." she explained, adding, "Corellians are a particularly stubborn and self-righteous race." Han raised his eyebrows in innocence.
Indy didn't know what to make of all this. There were two possibilities, both of them seemingly unlikely. Number one, Han and Leia were crazy, and had spent too much time in the sun. But this also meant there was another person on Earth who looked just like himself. Number two, Han and Leia were telling the truth. It was a big galaxy, and somewhere out there was someone who looked just like Indy and had somehow wound up in the same place as him. Indy shook his head. This was very confusing. "Okay," he challenged, "you say you're not from Earth. Prove it."
Leia groaned inwardly. Not only did this man look just like Han, he was just as suspicious. Which probably meant he had about the same temper. This was going to be a long stay. "Han, show him your blaster." she said. Han nodded, and with practiced elegance, swooped his hand down to his right hip where his blaster holster was slung low. He wore it all the time, and he had forgotten about it until now. Still sitting, he casually lifted the blaster and flicked it into stun mode, just to be safe. He fired off a harmless shot at the wall.
Indy stared in amazed silence at not only the blue rings that shot out from the 'blaster', but also at the grace with which its wielder used it. He tried to defend his position, "Okay. So you have some really fancy weapons. Maybe you stole them from some new government experiment." Han set his jaw stubbornly. If this guy wanted to be difficult, that was fine by him. He'd prove it to him anyway. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a holo he always kept of him with Leia, Luke, and Chewbacca. In it, they were standing aboard the bridge of a battleship, with a viewport full of star behind them. Han pressed a button, which quickly projected a full-color, life-size version of the photo. "This is me, and Leia, her brother Luke, and my friend Chewbacca," he paused in pointing out the towering alien, "on board the Home One. It was an Alliance battle cruiser. This is after the Battle of Endor, on the way back to Courscant. You can see the stars outside, so it was obviously before we jumped to lightspeed." Han explained as if it were the simplest thing in the world.
Indy did a good job holding back his thoughts. Obviously, no technology like this existed on Earth. But how could these people be from another planet? It just wasn't possible. "Photos can be faked." Indy said quietly.
Han raised an eyebrow at him, "Oh really? And projected to life-size hologram images?" Indy didn't say anything. "Look, I know it's gotta be hard to except, but it's the truth. Where we come from, it's just a way of life. There are barely any planets in our galaxy without space travel."
Indy sighed, "I guess you're right. But still..."
Leia closed up the holo and handed it back to Han. "If it makes you feel better, barely anyone in our galaxy has ever been outside of it. We've never been out this far. Not even Han, and he's traveled a lot." Leia comforted.
Indy smiled, "Bet he has some great stories."
Leia rolled her eyes, "Oh, I'm sure he could think of some tale to occupy hours upon hours of your time."
Indy laughed, "I have a few stories of my own. I travel all over the Earth, and have been some places no one else alive has ever seen... but I guess it's nothing compared to being all over an entire galaxy."
Indy stood up and crossed over to stand in front of Han and Leia's couch. He extended a hand, which Han took and shook in the universal greeting. He did the same for Leia. He couldn't help his slow grin from spreading across his face. "Welcome to Earth." he said.
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