"Davis!" Veemon got my attention. "The shop!"

"Thanks, Veemon." I landed in the hangar, most of the ships gone. Only twelve X-wings and a freighter that looked like an ice skate with two blades were inside, aside from the ships for sale.

"Davis!" Corran jogged over with a man, woman and a green and white astromech. "Ready to load?"

"Sure, but keep it quiet. Kari is sleeping inside."

"Why?"

"Personal." Corran raised an eyebrow. "Not that kind of personal!" I added hastily.

"Right. Oh, by the way, this is Gavin Darklighter, Rogue Five, and my wife Mirax. That's her ship over there, the Pulsar Skate. And this is my astromech, Whistler."

"Good to meet you, Davis." Gavin shook my hand.

"Voop!" Whistler said.

"You fly that ship pretty well for a kid, Davis," Mirax said.

"Thanks. Should we get loading?"

"Yeah. Let's go."

We each grabbed boxes until they were gone, and then we took off.

A voice came through the speaker. "Pulsar Skate to Fire of Courage."

"Courage here."

"Care to race to the rendevous?"

"You're on. On your mark, get set, go!"

I hit full throttle at the same time the Skate did. We dodged girders and walkways, making our way to Solo.

"Not bad, Davis. It's gonna be close."

"Not if I can help it."

"You forget, I've been flying a lot longer than you have."

The Skate started to pull ahead, and it looked like she was going to beat us.

"Bweep!"

I glanced down at my screen. Use the tractor beam! It's the one right next to the throttle!

I pushed the button next to a smaller joystick, and the lead that the Skate had got smaller. I saw in my mind the Skate stopping, and myself winning the race because I had turned something off.

"So, Davis, you are good. But I'm better!"

Just like in my vision, the Skate stopped, but I accidentally pushed the tractor beam power and wasn't stopped by her. I flew past, the Skate bringing its throttle back up to catch up.

"Not bad, Davis, good thinking, turning off the tractor beam."

It was an accident, but if I win, I won't say otherwise, I thought. "Beginner's luck?"

"Yeah, right."

"Blaat!"

I looked forward just in time to swerve away from a piece of metal that was about to hit me. The Skate used this diversion to catch up.

But before she could get past me, I locked the tractor on her again, so neither of us could gain a big lead. We got closer. We were half a mile away, a quarter mile . . .

"Voop!"

I looked at the screen again. Push her back with the beam on my beep.

"BEEP!"

I pulled back on the tiny joystick and caused her ship to pull up. I turned off my tractor again, and with her going up, she had to go further to get to the finish. I won, Pulsar Skate a yard behind me.

I heard Yolei's voice over the comlink. "Just like you to show off, Davis."

"Yeah, well, I'd like to see you do it."

"Ooh, you win this one, Davis, but next time watch out."

I turned off the comlink and looked at the radar. I noticed there were one too many ships. I flipped the comlink on again and said, "Solo, who's the extra ship?"

"He's Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight."

"Han has told me much about you, Davis."

I tried to imagine what Skywalker would look like from his voice. As I did, I felt something touch my mind and leave something behind. A man with blonde hair and an orange flight suit came to mind.

This gets weirder and weirder. "I'm ready for the jump to lightspeed, Solo."

"Feeding you the nav coordinates."

Vee gave a confirming 'whoop', so I pushed the lever that sent me into hyperspace. I was dazzled by the stars fading into lines and the tunnel of light that formed. Wow, too bad Kari can't see this. "Vee, Veemon, come on. Solo said that the ship will sound an alarm when we are just about there. Let's play some chess." I can't believe I said that.

But I just watched Veemon and Vee play. I decided to see if Kari was still sleeping. I got up and walked to my room. I peeked in, saw that Kari was still asleep, and started to close the door.

"Davis? Is that you?"

Great, I woke her up. "Yes, it's me. Sorry to wake you."

"I was awake."

"Oh."

"Are we at the hangar yet?"

"We're on our way to Yavin 4 right now. Solo is towing your ship for you."

"Okay."

Remembering something, I walked in and took Kari's hand. "Kari, come with me. I want to show you something."

"What is it?"

"Just trust me." I helped her to her feet. "Come on. But cover your eyes."

I led her to the cockpit with her eyes closed. I opened the door, led her through, locked it so we wouldn't be disturbed, sat her down in the pilot seat, and let her open her eyes.

"Look."

Her eyes filled with wonder as she looked at the space around us. "It's beautiful."

"Yeah, it is. It reminds me of someone."

She looked up at me. "Who?"

"Er . . . "

I didn't have time to come up with a person, though, because we were pulled out of the blue and white tunnel right then. I felt an evil presence I had felt once before, about a year ago. I heard voices over the comm unit. "It's an ambush!" Solo yelled.

"Sithspit! Rogues, scramble! We've been pulled out of hyperspace by an Interdictor Cruiser accompanied by a Super Star Destroyer, the Vampire's Bite. Incoming eyeballs, dupes, and squints, enough for at least two squads of each!"

"Vee! Hurry up here! We're under attack!"

"We can't get into the cockpit! It's locked!" Veemon cried.

I'm an idiot! "Then get to the guns, Veemon! Have Gatomon man the bottom gunwale!" I turned to Kari. "Get in the copilot's seat. We can't waste time unlocking the door now. Our lives depend on it."

But she had already moved up to the copilot's chair. "Let's go, Captain."

I sat down and grabbed the yoke. "Vee," I called. "Strap yourself down! It's gonna be a bumpy ride!" I yanked the ship downward to avoid several laser blasts coming at us. I targeted the smaller ship and keyed the comlink. "Digi-destined, follow me! We're going in with our guns blazing! Let's hope we make it out again! Maybe we can scare the smaller ship away!"

"Roger, Davis."

"We're right behind you!"

"Rogues, form up on the Courage. We're going, too," I heard Wedge Antilles instruct the Rogues. Twelve of thirteen X-wings formed up with the six freighters.

"Those Imps don't stand a chance!" The Pulsar Skate dropped next to the X-wings.

"Right behind you kid!" Solo's slightly slower ship also came in behind us.

"May the Force be with us all!" Skywalker joined us as well.

"All right, people, let's hit the shield generator first, and once it's down, we should be able to make it run," I said, thinking back to some movie I had seen. "Veemon, Gatomon, Falcon, Rogues One, Two, Three, and Four, keep the fighters off us!"

We roared toward the smaller, less able Interdictor Cruiser, and let loose with innumerable laser blasts, firing repeatedly. Sensors showed the generator was failing, it was down to 25% integrity, we kept firing, and it was finally destroyed after our third pass. The fighters wouldn't leave us alone, though. They came in, pummeling our shields, firing relentlessly. The enormous Super Star Destroyer fired too, and we witnessed a light show that would have been better than the Fourth of July, except that the lights were deadly beams of energy.

A tractor beam latched onto my ship as the Interdictor ran to the safety of lightspeed.

"Davis! Kari!" TK yelled.

"Get out of here while you still have the chance!"

"Everybody, do as Davis said." Skywalker sounded determined. "Davis, I'm going to drop my lightsaber out of my X-wing. Grab it with your tractor beam and pull it aboard. You'll know what to do with it. To get free, you will have to enter the ship and destroy the tractor beam generator."

A small object floated toward my ship. I clutched it with my beam and pulled it onboard. I looked out the cockpit window as the other ships left into hyperspace.

Skywalker left me one last message before he left. "May the Force be with you, Davis."

I got out of the seat and unlocked the door. Then, I killed the power and went to the cargo bay, Kari not far behind. I saw an object, much like a simple metal rod. I flicked a button on it, and a green beam forced its way out of the end with a snap-hiss. I pushed the button again, and the beam disappeared.

I ran to the gunwales. "Veemon, get ready to fight!"

"I'm coming!" Veemon climbed down and stood in front of me. "Let's do it."

"Digi-Armor, energize!"

"Veemon, Armor Digivolve to . . . Flamedramon, the Fire of Courage!"

"Kari, get ready to run. We're bound to be attacked when we land. Our disadvantage here is that we don't want to kill, only hurt. So be prepared."

"Right. Gatomon?"

"Let's go!" Gatomon said as she got off the ladder.

"Digi-Armor, energize!"

"Gatomon, Armor Digivolve to . . . Nefertimon, the Angel of Light!"

At that moment, we heard the main door open. "You two, search the ship. Report if you find something."

"Yes, sir." Booted footsteps came toward us.

"We'll rush them. Ready?"

"Yeah."

"Now!" I ignited the lightsaber. We ran, the lightsaber's green beam ready to cut through anything in its path. I saw two people in white armor turn to me. "AHHH!" I slashed at the first one, and succeeded in cutting his blaster in half. The other backed away, and fired at Kari. My body reacted instantly, sending the lightsaber toward the bolt. They intersected, and the bolt was reflected back at the trooper. It hit him in the stomach, and he fell. "Come on!" I yelled at Flamedramon, Kari, and Nefertimon. They followed me out the door and into ten more of the troopers.

"Blast them!" The leader of them yelled. But before they could attack, Flamedramon did.

"Fire Rocket!" Fireballs erupted from Flamedramon's fists and hit three of the troopers. They dropped to the ground, unconscious.

"Rosetta Stone!" Nefertimon threw several stones at the troopers, and hit three of them with enough to knock them unconscious, too.

The remaining four fired at me, seeing my lightsaber. But again, my body became liquid, and I blocked each of the beams in succession. They, too, fell to the ground when they were hit by their own weapons. I ran over and grabbed the utility belt off of one of them and put it on.

"Get on!" Nefertimon cried. Kari and I climbed to Nefertimon's back. "You, too, Flamedramon! We have to hurry!"

Flamedramon reluctantly got on, and we flew on. I opened my D-Terminal and found a map of the ship. An X marked the place that held the generator for the tractor beams.

"Turn left, Nefertimon!" I said. "Right! Straight! Right, left, left, right, straight!"

Tseew! Tseew! Tseew!

A laser blast hit Flamedramon and Nefertimon. We fell to the ground. The Digimon returned to their in-training and rookie forms.

"Come on!" I grabbed Kari's hand in one hand, Demiveemon and Salamon in the other, and ran. I went through a doorway, and found that I was on the edge of a metal cliff. "I think we took a wrong turn!" My voice echoed several times.

A blaster bolt sizzled toward me. I turned, fired back with a blaster from the utility belt, and Kari hit the door controls. The door closed quickly.

"There's no lock!" Kari said.

I shot the controls. "That oughta hold it for a while."

"We've got to find a way to get across. Find the controls to extend the bridge!" Kari said.

"I think I just blasted them."

"They're coming through!"

I was cut off from replying by a laser blast nearly hitting me. I backed next to the controls, where I was sheltered from the blasts. I shot up at the enemy, hoping to make them fall from the catwalk above to the pit below. I hit one in the leg, and he plummeted down. I hit the ceiling above another troop, but that didn't scare him. I accidentally hit him in the stomach, and he dropped to the ground. I felt a spang of guilt as the rest of the troopers took shelter behind the wall. I gave the blaster to Kari. "Here, hold this."

Kari took over on the suppression fire. I looked in the utility belt, and found a grappling hook. Then, I looked up for something to hook it on to. I saw an energy pipe that looked strong enough, so I threw it up there. Luckily, I got it on snugly the first time.

"Here they come!" Kari said as the door behind us rose four inches. I held onto the rope, and motioned for her to get on.

Kari paused for a moment to kiss me on the cheek. "For luck."

Then, she put both arms around my back and held onto me tightly. Demiveemon held onto my leg, while Salamon held onto Kari's. I jumped, and we swung across to the other side as our tormentors shot at us from under the door behind us. When we landed, I let go of the rope and we ran. I opened my D-Terminal to see if we were going the right way. We were off to the left, but it was about a football field away.