Digi Wars
Disclaimer:
I don't own Digimon, or any of its characters, save any I've created myself. Digimon is the property of Toei Animation.
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Veemon rocketed forward, but the creature caught him before he was hurt.
"Veemon, what are you doing? Sorry," I added to the creature, "but he's very cautious right now. We have no idea how we got here."
The creature roared, and the brown haired man translated. "He says that's okay, but don't let him do it again."
"He won't. I'm Davis Motimiya."
"Captain Han Solo. But don't call me captain unless we're remotely near my ship."
The creature roared, and Solo said, "He's Chewbacca, but you can call him Chewie. He's a Wookiee."
"I'm Veemon, and I'm a Digimon," Veemon put in, his voice muffled. "Could you let me go now?"
"Put him down, Chewie. Now, who are the rest of you?"
"I'm Kari Kamiya, and this is my Digimon, Gatomon."
"Please, no last names, they're hard to pronounce. No offense, though."
"None taken. I'm TK, and this is Patamon."
"I'm Yolei, and this is Hawkmon."
"I'm Cody, and this is Armadillomon."
"Ken and Wormmon."
"Good to meet you. You need a ride home? I can take you, if you need it. I needed to visit Luke anyway, so I could get the Falcon ready to go and drop you off after I visit Yavin 4."
"Do you know where Earth is?"
"No, can't say that I do."
"Then, no. But do you know what these are? Your robot . . . "
"Protocol droid," Threepio corrected politely.
"Yeah, you . . . told us this is a lot of money, but I don't know for what."
Solo whistled. "You could by a pretty nice ship and droid with that!"
"Where could I buy one?"
"Come on. I'll take you to a place where you can buy any ship, freighter size on down. They sell astromechs, too. R2s up through R8s."
"Okay," I said, unsure of what he said. "Let's go."
Solo led us down to a hangar where several ships were parked, and I immediately asked which models I would be able to buy.
"Well, you can buy a YT-2000, like Azzameen's Otana over there." He indicated a ship with two prongs surrounding a cockpit. "Or, you could buy one like the Outrider." He pointed to another with the cockpit on the right of the ship, held by two metal beams. "Then, there's one like mine, the Falcon." He pointed to a third, which was like the last one, except the cockpit was directly attached. "Or, if you like fighters, you could by an X-Wing." He indicated a fighter with a long nose. He went on, showing us several ships, until we finally got in the Falcon. "Hey . . . Davis was it?...could you and Kari hop in the gun turrets? Just in case?"
I was thrilled. "Sure!"
But before he showed us where they were, he gave each of us a headset. "Use these to talk to each other. Then, you won't have to come running to me to tell me if there's anything wrong." He then led Kari down one ladder, and me up another. He showed me how to work the weapons, and then went to the cockpit.
"Davis?"
TK's voice came through the headset. "Yeah?"
"Why did you ask me that question earlier? I want to know."
"Well," I replied cautiously, "the same thing happened to me earlier."
Solo's voice came in. "Everybody strapped in?"
Everybody said they were, so Solo took off.
We were in the air about five minutes, all the while I was thinking of what ship I would get, when Solo said, "Here we are. Leave the headsets here."
We piled out of the ship and into another hangar. Several gleaming ships had 'For Sale' signs over them, so we went to pick out our ships.
"Okay, everybody, go look around. If you need to, ask a clerk for help. Tell them Solo sent you. They'll help you find the best ship you can get."
We all went to find a ship we liked. I personally liked the first one that Han had pointed out, so Veemon and I found one just like it. I asked the clerk if it was in good condition, and I added that Solo sent me.
"Oh, no, it isn't in the best of conditions. But this one over here," he indicated an identical ship, "it is in prime condition. Will you be needing a copilot?"
"I guess so."
"Then I would suggest an astromech, R2 type. We can program it to copilot through a computer link."
"Okay . . . "
"Over here, now. These are our R2 droids. I would suggest R2-A6. Brand new, no character quirks, very loyal."
"Which one is he?"
"The blue one with black trim. R2-A6! Come here!"
A blue droid with a dome head trundled over to us. "Bweep-doop whoop?"
"This is R2-A6. This will be your new master, R2-A6."
"Wow!" the droid screamed. He opened a compartment on his body and out came an arm with a sort of hand. I bent down and shook it.
"I'll take him," I said. I stood up, and asked the price.
"15,000 credits for the ship, and 1,000 credits for the droid."
"Is this enough?"
The clerk's eyes widened, and said, "Why, that is the exact amount . . . "
"Hold it." I turned and saw Solo coming over. "Davis, that's 50,000 credits. Here," he said. He counted some out, handed it to the clerk, and gave the rest to me. "Keep 34,000 of it."
The clerk looked disappointed, but he accepted the money and handed me the licence of my ship, and my droid.
"You know, you can name your droid. You don't have to use the number," Solo said after the clerk left.
"Okay, how about . . . Vee?"
The droid rocked back and forth in what looked like a nod, so it was settled.
"All right, the others are still choosing, and they aren't going to pay until I make sure they are paying a fair price. So, come on. I'll teach you how to fly your ship."
We got in my ship (wow, that feels great to say), and he started showing me the controls.
"This one is the yoke. It works like a joystick. These pedals down here are the rudders. They let you roll. But don't do that unless you're in space. This is the targeting, this back here is the startup, and this is the throttle. Here's the startup checklist. The repulsors are over here . . . "
"The what?" Veemon asked.
"The repulsors. They make your ship float in midair when you aren't moving."
"Oh."
"The hyperdrive is here. And the navicomp is over here. That lets you decide where to go and tells the hyperdrive how to get there. Vee will probably take care of that. So, let's take off. Hit the startup."
I got out of the pilot seat and went back to hit the startup. When I pushed it, the ship gave a gentle thrum.
"Good. Let's go through the checklist."
We went through each item on the list, from the engine power to the gun charge.
"Now, turn on the repulsors," Solo said as I got back in the pilot's seat. I flipped the switch, and the ship rose off the ground.
"Now, slowly hit the thrust and watch for obstacles."
I put my hand on the thrust and the yoke. As I put some throttle into the engines, I gently pushed the yoke to avoid the other ships.
"Good, Davis. Now, put on more thrust and pull up into space."
I brought us up above the buildings, and started through the atmosphere.
"Always remember to check the radar for incoming ships," Solo reminded me.
I checked the radar, making sure there weren't any ships, and continued on up.
"Call Coruscant Control for clearance."
"Right. How do I call them again?"
"Sorry, I didn't show you that." He pointed at a button.
"Coruscant Control, this is Davis Motimiya of the YT-2000 . . . " I looked at the ID tag the clerk had given me. "...Nine-Four-Six-Two."
"Requesting flight clearance," Solo whispered.
"Requesting flight clearance," I said.
"YT-2000 Nine-Four-Six-Two, this is Coruscant Control. We do not have you in our records, please stand by."
"See-See, this is Captain Han Solo. I am accompanying Davis on his first flight. It is a newly purchased ship."
"Acknowledged, Captain Solo. Clearance granted."
I hit the thruster, and we zoomed up into space. I easily dodged some debris, as a test of my piloting skills. Then, after Solo showed me some of his favorite moves, we flew out past the space junk to have some fun. I played around in space, doing figure eights, stuff like that, when an alarm sounded.
"What's going on?" I asked Solo.
"Not sure, check the radar."
As I looked at it, Vee screamed in terror. "Woow!"
Veemon was equally scared. "Davis, look!"
I looked out of the window and saw five fighters, with three wings that looked like solar panels. I glanced at the radar. It showed them as hostile.
"Sithspawn! TIE Shadows!" Solo cried.
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Author's Note: Sorry it took so long to get the second chapter up, real life came and tried to bite my head off. I'll make sure to get the next few chapters up soon. Also, I know that the chapter is short. Bear with me. The next ones will get longer, I promise.
