Chapter 8: the Prison
"Ok," Luke said breaking
Han's reverie, "here we are."
Han looked up, he saw a tall
building. "It looks unguarded, but that could very well be a trap."
Han said.
"No, it isn't a trap."
Han looked at Luke, but then he saw
that look on Luke's face that said he had used the force to come to that
conclusion, and the force hadn't lied to Luke yet, so why would it start now.
They went into a window, where they saw a man doing the laundry. "Hey,
open up." Luke called.
"I don't know how, or I would
have done it ages ago, since all the people who guard us are gone. " The
man replied.
"Hey, let me see if a blaster
would help." Han said.
Han blasted the window hinge off.
"Hello, I am Han Solo of the New Republic and this is Luke Skywalker, Jedi
Knight. You were in here because...."
"I am a political prisoner,
just like all of the others in this facility."
Luke shot Han an I-told-you-so look,
and said, "What Han isn't telling you is that he is a General of the New
Republic and owns this planet, after winning it in a hand of Sabbac."
When the man chuckled, "And you
are all free to leave and go wherever you like, I will arrange for shuttles.
And could you possibly help us free all the other prisoners."
"I would be GLAD to." the
man said simply.
Luke and Han walked around opening
all the cell doors, and letting everyone free. Then they reached a cell door in
the way back. Where there was a woman locked behind the bars. Something about
her struck Luke...then, as he was looking at her outfit it struck him, she had
the house of Alderaan crest sown on her outfit. "Ma'am," Luke asked
as he walked over to her cell, "I am Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight, and this
is General Han Solo of the New Republic-."
"So, the Empire has finally
fallen."
"Yes, Ma'am, Han owns this
planet, now and he wants to set everyone free, but you are from Alderaan, are
you not."