Chapter three: Bespin
The Jetstream sliced through space, with Dack at the pilot seat and D'looa sitting beside him. R7 was wandering around the pathways of the ship, looking for anything that would need repairing. D'looa was staring at the Jedi-radar, trying to find the next recruit. After taking off from Tatooine, Mace Windu had appeared again, this time before Dack AND D'looa. He trained D'looa to use her lightsaber as well as Dack could, then had vanished into thin air again. After several minutes of finding nothing, a faint blip appeared on the Jedi-radar.
"Dack, the radar's gone off!" D'looa exclaimed.
"Alright! Where's the location?" Dack asked.
"27-75-19" D'looa read.
"27-75-19?" Dack asked, raising an eyebrow. "Isn't that where the cloud city of Bespin is located?"
"Um...Yep." D'looa replied, double-checking the radar.
"Then it's off to Bespin!" Dack said, pressing a few buttons and throwing a few switches.
Soon, the Jetstream had gotten into communication range with Bespin. Dack opened a communication link to the main control center of the city.
"Bespin control center, this is the ship 'Jetstream' requesting permission to land." Dack said into the communication device.
"Please state your crew and cargo." A male voice came through.
"The ship has no cargo and the crew is one human, one Twi'lek and one R7 unit." Dack replied.
The device was silent for thirty seconds, then the voice came back through.
"The leader of the city, Lando Calrissian, has given you permission to land." The voice said. "You may land at landing pad three."
"Thank you." Dack said with a smile as he turned off the intercom. "He then turned to D'looa. "Come on, D'looa! Let's land this thing!"
Dack steered the Jetstream to landing pad three and brought the ship down. Once the Jetstream was on the pad completely, Dack turned the engine off and activated the ramp.
Dack, D'looa and R7 walked down the ramp and stepped onto the landing area. At a door up against a far wall were two guards. The door suddenly opened and out stepped a bald, older-looking man with some kind of machine attached to his head. The machine was a visor-like object that started at one ear, went around the back of his head and ended at the other ear. The man started walking towards the journeyers, joined by the two guards at the door. Dack got a good look at the guards. They were both humans. One was older and had a short beard, but he was also semi-muscular. The second one was younger, had a dark mustache and was wearing some sort of cap. Unlike the older man, he was thin.
"Welcome to Bespin." The man greeted in a semi-cybernetic voice. "I am Lobot, personal assistant to Lando Calrissian. I will show you to your room, where mister Calrissian will greet you personally."
Lobot turned around and started walking back towards the door. The two guards followed him. Dack turned to D'looa, who was looking at the Jedi- radar. She had turned off the noise so no one would get suspicious. It had gone wild when pointing at the group of men that were walking away.
"Looks like it's either Lobot or one of those two guards." D'looa explained.
"Well, that narrows the field quite a bit." Dack replied. "Come on. We'd better get moving."
The trio followed the three men through the city. Dack and D'looa looked around the giant corridors with amazement. Each corridor had five different floors, each with several rooms. Lobot and the guards even led the trio outside, onto a platform that overlooked the some of the city. The outside was more astonishing than the inside. Never in their lives had they been in a city so big.
Lobot led Dack, D'looa and R7 to a door, and stopped. He turned to the trio.
"Your room is in there." Lobot explained. "Now if you excuse me, I have some business to attend to."
Lobot pointed to the younger guard.
"This is Nick Tremboole." Lobot said. "He will be staying outside your door to make sure that no one will come in uninvited." With that, Lobot and the older guard walked away.
Unknown to everyone except Dack and R7, D'looa was looking at the Jedi- radar secretly. Even after Lobot and the older guard and walked away, the Jedi-radar was still silently going wild. D'looa cracked a smirk as Dack opened the door to the trios room.
The room was beautiful. It was white, circular and had a door leading out to a balcony overlooking some of the city. All of the furniture was white, and there was a potted plant on the small table in the middle of the room. There was a man sitting on one of the chairs. He had brown skin, black hair and a small, black mustache. He was wearing a blue shirt, black pants with black shoes and a brown cape. The man smiled as he stood up.
"Ah! Welcome to Bespin!" The man greeted as he walked over to the trio. "I am Lando Calrissian, the leader of the city."
"Pleased to meet you, Mr. Calrissian." Dack said as he shook Lando's hand. "I'm Dack Raltar. This is D'looa and the little droid is R7-G9."
Lando politely kissed D'looa's hand and kindly patted R7 on the head.
"If you'll excuse me, I have...Uh...An important meeting to attend to." Lando said as he left the room and walked down a corridor. As soon as Lando left, Dack turned to D'looa.
"Did you find out who we are to recruit?" Dack asked.
"Yep." D'looa replied with a smile. "Nick Tremboole is our man."
R7 suddenly squealed loudly and frantically.
"What is it, R7?" Dack asked his small companion.
R7 continued beeping and whirring. Realizing what R7 was trying to say, Dack spun around to face the open door. A small group of Stormtroopers was passing by the door!
"Stormtroopers!" Dack whispered not wanting to get their attention. "What are they doing here?!"
Dack turned to D'looa.
"D'looa stay here and try to convince Nick that he is to become a Jedi." Dack instructed. "I'll follow those Stormtroopers and see what they're up to." D'looa nodded as Dack quietly left the room and looked at Nick, who was standing at the door. "Nick, D'looa would like to speak with you for a second."
As Dack quietly followed the group of white-clad soldiers, Nick walked into the room with D'looa.
Dack followed the Stormtroopers for ten minutes, trying his hardest not to be seen or heard. Sometimes, one or two Stormtroops would turn around, but Dack would always get behind a pillar or just around a corner. Eventually, the Stormtroopers led Dack to the center of the city and went into a door. Dack saw that there were some windows close to the ground that overlooked the room. Not wanting to risk getting seen, Dack went over to the window and peered in.
The room was some kind of chamber. Dack was surprised to see Han Solo, a pilot that Dack had met on Hoth, being lowered into a circular pit of some kind. Surrounding the pit were Lando, princess Leia, Hans buddy Chewbacca, the ruthless bounty hunter Boba Fett and several Stormtroopers. Although Lando looked calm, Dack could tell that he was feeling guilty about something. Suddenly, Dack saw a figure that he hadn't noticed before because all he was wearing was black, allowing him to blend into the dark atmosphere of the room. Dack's eyes widened. Darth Vader!
Dack knew right away that he and D'looa were in danger. Dack quickly turned around and started running back towards his room. It took Dack five minutes, but Dack managed to get back to his room, where D'looa was still talking to Nick. As soon as Dack appeared at the doorway, he quickly got the attention of D'looa, R7 and Nick.
"What's wrong, Dack?" D'looa asked.
"He's here!" Dack exclaimed, trying to regain his breath.
"Who?" Nick asked.
"Darth Vader! Second-in-command for the Galactic Empire!" Dack replied. "Come on! We have to get out of here!"
Dack, D'looa, Nick and R7 left the room and started running down a corridor which would eventually lead to landing pad three. Suddenly, Lando's voice came through the intercom and rang out throughout the city.
"This is Lando Calrissian! The Empire has taken control of the city! Escape the city at all costs!" Lando's voice ordered.
Hearing this, every civilian walking down any of the corridors was now running and screaming.
The quartet of heroes rushed through the corridors as quickly as his or her legs could carry them. Even R7 was rolling along faster than usual. The four entered an empty corridor, and landing pad three was just on the other side of the door on the far wall!
"Come on! Let's go!" Dack said as he and his three friends continued towards the door.
D'looa looked back. Entering the corridor from behind was ten Stormtroopers!
"Dack! Stormtroopers!" D'looa cried as she came to a halt. Dack, Nick and R7 did the same.
"Time to put our training to the test!" Dack smiled as he pulled out his lightsaber and activated it. D'looa did the same.
"Uh oh. Jedi!" The lead Stormtrooper said. "Blast them!" All Stormtroopers opened fire on the two Jedi fighters.
Dack and D'looa used their lightsabers to deflect the blaster shots fired by the Stormtroopers. While they were doing this, Nick grabbed his laser auto-rifle and started firing at the Stormtroopers.
"Hey! This is easier than I thought it would be!" Dack said as he deflected another laser bolt, which in return, struck a Stormtrooper in the stomach.
"I think I'm gonna LOVE being a Jedi! This is fun!" D'looa added as she deflected a bolt shot at her.
Soon, all ten troopers were lying on the floor, defeated. Dack and D'looa put their lightsabers away as the four resumed rushing towards the door.
"Nick, will all of the civilians be gone by now?" Dack asked the guard.
"I'd assume so." Nick replied. "If Lando gives a order to evacuate, everyone complies almost immediately."
"Good." Dack replied as he turned to R7. "R7! Plug into that panel and change the security code! We don't want any Stormtroopers running onto the pad and delaying our flight!" R7 whirred in response as he rolled over to a panel beside the door, plugged into it and started changing the security code while Dack, D'looa and Nick ran out onto the landing pad where the Jetstream was parked. Almost instantly, R7 had the code changed. The droid rolled out the door and onto the landing pad just as the door shut behind him.
Dack rushed up the ramp of the Jetstream, followed by D'looa, Nick, and finally R7.
Meanwhile...
"The security code's been changed." Lando said, confused, as he started pressing some buttons on the panel beside the door leading to landing pad six.
"R2! See what you can do about it!" Leia told the small R2 unit. R2 beeped as he rolled over to the panel, plugged in and started decoding.
(Author's note: I don't recall the movie saying that the EMPIRE was the one to change the security code)
Back on the Jetstream, the ship was flying through space. Nick looked at Dack.
"D'looa tells me that I am to become a Jedi." Nick said. "Is this true?"
"Every word of it." Dack replied with a smile. He told Nick about everything that he had been through, starting with him getting out of his Snowspeeder and ending with he and D'looa arriving at Bespin. He looked over at D'looa. "D'looa, would you like to do the honors?"
"Certainly." D'looa replied as she picked up the case of lightsabers, brought it to Nick and opened it. "Choose your lightsaber, Nick."
Nick couldn't decide which of the two lightsabers he should pick. He finally pulled one from the case and activated it. A blue beam emitted from the weapon.
"I think I'll take this one." Nick said, satisfied. Dack spoke to D'looa again.
"D'looa, activate the Jedi-radar! We've only got one more recruit left!" Dack said.
Meanwhile, on Corosant, a cloaked figure was watching a holographic message from Emperor Palpatine.
"My faithful servant, some of my Stormtroopers tell me that there is a young man named Raltar out to defeat you and your henchmen." Palpatine said. "I want you to make sure that you are prepared for him and anyone he brings."
"I will, master." The cloaked figure replied as the image of the emperor vanished. The mysterious Jedi turned to his three henchmen: Darth Dread, a humanoid with a third eye on his forehead; Darth Yazuk, an older humanoid with a deformed face; and Darth Ibuki, a mysterious Jedi dressed as a ninja. "Boys! Start training hard! We have a Jedi and some of his friends coming to take us out!"
Well, Dack's halfway through his adventure. Who will this last recruit be?
To be continued...
The Jetstream sliced through space, with Dack at the pilot seat and D'looa sitting beside him. R7 was wandering around the pathways of the ship, looking for anything that would need repairing. D'looa was staring at the Jedi-radar, trying to find the next recruit. After taking off from Tatooine, Mace Windu had appeared again, this time before Dack AND D'looa. He trained D'looa to use her lightsaber as well as Dack could, then had vanished into thin air again. After several minutes of finding nothing, a faint blip appeared on the Jedi-radar.
"Dack, the radar's gone off!" D'looa exclaimed.
"Alright! Where's the location?" Dack asked.
"27-75-19" D'looa read.
"27-75-19?" Dack asked, raising an eyebrow. "Isn't that where the cloud city of Bespin is located?"
"Um...Yep." D'looa replied, double-checking the radar.
"Then it's off to Bespin!" Dack said, pressing a few buttons and throwing a few switches.
Soon, the Jetstream had gotten into communication range with Bespin. Dack opened a communication link to the main control center of the city.
"Bespin control center, this is the ship 'Jetstream' requesting permission to land." Dack said into the communication device.
"Please state your crew and cargo." A male voice came through.
"The ship has no cargo and the crew is one human, one Twi'lek and one R7 unit." Dack replied.
The device was silent for thirty seconds, then the voice came back through.
"The leader of the city, Lando Calrissian, has given you permission to land." The voice said. "You may land at landing pad three."
"Thank you." Dack said with a smile as he turned off the intercom. "He then turned to D'looa. "Come on, D'looa! Let's land this thing!"
Dack steered the Jetstream to landing pad three and brought the ship down. Once the Jetstream was on the pad completely, Dack turned the engine off and activated the ramp.
Dack, D'looa and R7 walked down the ramp and stepped onto the landing area. At a door up against a far wall were two guards. The door suddenly opened and out stepped a bald, older-looking man with some kind of machine attached to his head. The machine was a visor-like object that started at one ear, went around the back of his head and ended at the other ear. The man started walking towards the journeyers, joined by the two guards at the door. Dack got a good look at the guards. They were both humans. One was older and had a short beard, but he was also semi-muscular. The second one was younger, had a dark mustache and was wearing some sort of cap. Unlike the older man, he was thin.
"Welcome to Bespin." The man greeted in a semi-cybernetic voice. "I am Lobot, personal assistant to Lando Calrissian. I will show you to your room, where mister Calrissian will greet you personally."
Lobot turned around and started walking back towards the door. The two guards followed him. Dack turned to D'looa, who was looking at the Jedi- radar. She had turned off the noise so no one would get suspicious. It had gone wild when pointing at the group of men that were walking away.
"Looks like it's either Lobot or one of those two guards." D'looa explained.
"Well, that narrows the field quite a bit." Dack replied. "Come on. We'd better get moving."
The trio followed the three men through the city. Dack and D'looa looked around the giant corridors with amazement. Each corridor had five different floors, each with several rooms. Lobot and the guards even led the trio outside, onto a platform that overlooked the some of the city. The outside was more astonishing than the inside. Never in their lives had they been in a city so big.
Lobot led Dack, D'looa and R7 to a door, and stopped. He turned to the trio.
"Your room is in there." Lobot explained. "Now if you excuse me, I have some business to attend to."
Lobot pointed to the younger guard.
"This is Nick Tremboole." Lobot said. "He will be staying outside your door to make sure that no one will come in uninvited." With that, Lobot and the older guard walked away.
Unknown to everyone except Dack and R7, D'looa was looking at the Jedi- radar secretly. Even after Lobot and the older guard and walked away, the Jedi-radar was still silently going wild. D'looa cracked a smirk as Dack opened the door to the trios room.
The room was beautiful. It was white, circular and had a door leading out to a balcony overlooking some of the city. All of the furniture was white, and there was a potted plant on the small table in the middle of the room. There was a man sitting on one of the chairs. He had brown skin, black hair and a small, black mustache. He was wearing a blue shirt, black pants with black shoes and a brown cape. The man smiled as he stood up.
"Ah! Welcome to Bespin!" The man greeted as he walked over to the trio. "I am Lando Calrissian, the leader of the city."
"Pleased to meet you, Mr. Calrissian." Dack said as he shook Lando's hand. "I'm Dack Raltar. This is D'looa and the little droid is R7-G9."
Lando politely kissed D'looa's hand and kindly patted R7 on the head.
"If you'll excuse me, I have...Uh...An important meeting to attend to." Lando said as he left the room and walked down a corridor. As soon as Lando left, Dack turned to D'looa.
"Did you find out who we are to recruit?" Dack asked.
"Yep." D'looa replied with a smile. "Nick Tremboole is our man."
R7 suddenly squealed loudly and frantically.
"What is it, R7?" Dack asked his small companion.
R7 continued beeping and whirring. Realizing what R7 was trying to say, Dack spun around to face the open door. A small group of Stormtroopers was passing by the door!
"Stormtroopers!" Dack whispered not wanting to get their attention. "What are they doing here?!"
Dack turned to D'looa.
"D'looa stay here and try to convince Nick that he is to become a Jedi." Dack instructed. "I'll follow those Stormtroopers and see what they're up to." D'looa nodded as Dack quietly left the room and looked at Nick, who was standing at the door. "Nick, D'looa would like to speak with you for a second."
As Dack quietly followed the group of white-clad soldiers, Nick walked into the room with D'looa.
Dack followed the Stormtroopers for ten minutes, trying his hardest not to be seen or heard. Sometimes, one or two Stormtroops would turn around, but Dack would always get behind a pillar or just around a corner. Eventually, the Stormtroopers led Dack to the center of the city and went into a door. Dack saw that there were some windows close to the ground that overlooked the room. Not wanting to risk getting seen, Dack went over to the window and peered in.
The room was some kind of chamber. Dack was surprised to see Han Solo, a pilot that Dack had met on Hoth, being lowered into a circular pit of some kind. Surrounding the pit were Lando, princess Leia, Hans buddy Chewbacca, the ruthless bounty hunter Boba Fett and several Stormtroopers. Although Lando looked calm, Dack could tell that he was feeling guilty about something. Suddenly, Dack saw a figure that he hadn't noticed before because all he was wearing was black, allowing him to blend into the dark atmosphere of the room. Dack's eyes widened. Darth Vader!
Dack knew right away that he and D'looa were in danger. Dack quickly turned around and started running back towards his room. It took Dack five minutes, but Dack managed to get back to his room, where D'looa was still talking to Nick. As soon as Dack appeared at the doorway, he quickly got the attention of D'looa, R7 and Nick.
"What's wrong, Dack?" D'looa asked.
"He's here!" Dack exclaimed, trying to regain his breath.
"Who?" Nick asked.
"Darth Vader! Second-in-command for the Galactic Empire!" Dack replied. "Come on! We have to get out of here!"
Dack, D'looa, Nick and R7 left the room and started running down a corridor which would eventually lead to landing pad three. Suddenly, Lando's voice came through the intercom and rang out throughout the city.
"This is Lando Calrissian! The Empire has taken control of the city! Escape the city at all costs!" Lando's voice ordered.
Hearing this, every civilian walking down any of the corridors was now running and screaming.
The quartet of heroes rushed through the corridors as quickly as his or her legs could carry them. Even R7 was rolling along faster than usual. The four entered an empty corridor, and landing pad three was just on the other side of the door on the far wall!
"Come on! Let's go!" Dack said as he and his three friends continued towards the door.
D'looa looked back. Entering the corridor from behind was ten Stormtroopers!
"Dack! Stormtroopers!" D'looa cried as she came to a halt. Dack, Nick and R7 did the same.
"Time to put our training to the test!" Dack smiled as he pulled out his lightsaber and activated it. D'looa did the same.
"Uh oh. Jedi!" The lead Stormtrooper said. "Blast them!" All Stormtroopers opened fire on the two Jedi fighters.
Dack and D'looa used their lightsabers to deflect the blaster shots fired by the Stormtroopers. While they were doing this, Nick grabbed his laser auto-rifle and started firing at the Stormtroopers.
"Hey! This is easier than I thought it would be!" Dack said as he deflected another laser bolt, which in return, struck a Stormtrooper in the stomach.
"I think I'm gonna LOVE being a Jedi! This is fun!" D'looa added as she deflected a bolt shot at her.
Soon, all ten troopers were lying on the floor, defeated. Dack and D'looa put their lightsabers away as the four resumed rushing towards the door.
"Nick, will all of the civilians be gone by now?" Dack asked the guard.
"I'd assume so." Nick replied. "If Lando gives a order to evacuate, everyone complies almost immediately."
"Good." Dack replied as he turned to R7. "R7! Plug into that panel and change the security code! We don't want any Stormtroopers running onto the pad and delaying our flight!" R7 whirred in response as he rolled over to a panel beside the door, plugged into it and started changing the security code while Dack, D'looa and Nick ran out onto the landing pad where the Jetstream was parked. Almost instantly, R7 had the code changed. The droid rolled out the door and onto the landing pad just as the door shut behind him.
Dack rushed up the ramp of the Jetstream, followed by D'looa, Nick, and finally R7.
Meanwhile...
"The security code's been changed." Lando said, confused, as he started pressing some buttons on the panel beside the door leading to landing pad six.
"R2! See what you can do about it!" Leia told the small R2 unit. R2 beeped as he rolled over to the panel, plugged in and started decoding.
(Author's note: I don't recall the movie saying that the EMPIRE was the one to change the security code)
Back on the Jetstream, the ship was flying through space. Nick looked at Dack.
"D'looa tells me that I am to become a Jedi." Nick said. "Is this true?"
"Every word of it." Dack replied with a smile. He told Nick about everything that he had been through, starting with him getting out of his Snowspeeder and ending with he and D'looa arriving at Bespin. He looked over at D'looa. "D'looa, would you like to do the honors?"
"Certainly." D'looa replied as she picked up the case of lightsabers, brought it to Nick and opened it. "Choose your lightsaber, Nick."
Nick couldn't decide which of the two lightsabers he should pick. He finally pulled one from the case and activated it. A blue beam emitted from the weapon.
"I think I'll take this one." Nick said, satisfied. Dack spoke to D'looa again.
"D'looa, activate the Jedi-radar! We've only got one more recruit left!" Dack said.
Meanwhile, on Corosant, a cloaked figure was watching a holographic message from Emperor Palpatine.
"My faithful servant, some of my Stormtroopers tell me that there is a young man named Raltar out to defeat you and your henchmen." Palpatine said. "I want you to make sure that you are prepared for him and anyone he brings."
"I will, master." The cloaked figure replied as the image of the emperor vanished. The mysterious Jedi turned to his three henchmen: Darth Dread, a humanoid with a third eye on his forehead; Darth Yazuk, an older humanoid with a deformed face; and Darth Ibuki, a mysterious Jedi dressed as a ninja. "Boys! Start training hard! We have a Jedi and some of his friends coming to take us out!"
Well, Dack's halfway through his adventure. Who will this last recruit be?
To be continued...