The Falcon began to lift off as Luke carefully made his way back to the cockpit where the others were seated. "Get yourself strapped in kid," Han said without glancing up from the controls. Luke silently took a seat and exchanged a sorrowful glance with Leia. She gave him a small empathetic smile.

"So Han," Indy said after clearing his throat, "You've figured out a way to fly us back to Earth?"

The pilot glanced briefly at his friend, then refocused on the controls as he muttered, "Well, not exactly."

Indy looked skeptically at Leia, whose own expression indicated she was wondering the same thing he was. "So what exactly is your plan?"

"Well, uh," Han coughed a little. There was a pause. "I'm working on it. Right now I'm just gonna get us off the planet if you don't mind." Below them, Alderaan's features were growing smaller and more indistinct. Before long, they were out of the atmosphere, and the planet quickly became a bright blue orb below them. Leia's breath caught in her chest as she stared at it. Out of the corner of his eye, Han saw her, and the hard look on his face softened.

"It's just as I remember it," Leia said quietly. No one said anything for a few minutes, allowing her time to take in the planet one last time. Her face grew red, but she didn't cry. After a while she let out a sigh, drew in a deep breath, and composed herself. "Let's go," she said solidly.

Han nodded then stopped. "Um," he said uncomfortably, "I don't really know how we're going to get back."

"So I take it," Indy began slowly. "You don't really know much about travelling through black holes, even with all your technology." Han grimaced slightly and shook his head. Indy nodded and leaned back in his seat. "So we could be stuck here?"

Shaking her head, Leia said, "We can't stay here. We've already seen the potential for changing the course of events." She exchanged grim looks with Han and Indy.

Finally, Luke spoke up in a confident voice. "No we haven't." The others looked at him. "We couldn't change the past even if we wanted to. Don't you see, whatever we've done on this trip already happened in our past. So whatever we've done already had its effects, we just didn't know it. Maybe without us being here, Bail would have been killed, or Obi-Wan."

Han looked a little confused, but Leia seemed to understand what Luke was saying. "You're right. Whatever decisions we make have already been made. The only people it effects now are us."

"Could we please be less philosophical," Han interjected. Luke looked like he was about to explain it in other terms, but he was interrupted.

"Look," Indy said, "I understand what you're saying, but that doesn't change the fact that I'd like to get back to Earth. Any ideas on how to do that would be great."

"Well, we could try going back through the black hole and just taking our chances," Han said with a slight shrug.

"Then we'd have to take our chances getting back to our own galaxy," Leia pointed out. "That's a lot of chances to take."

A silence fell over the group. It seemed like they were out of options and would be stuck. Luke tried to think of a solution. There had to be something he could do. He thought of all they would be leaving behind if they never got back to their own places. No one would know what had happened to them. They had to get back. But how? Then he remembered a voice echoing softly in his mind- "Let go Luke." He drew in a deep breath, closed his eyes, and reached out with the Force. After a moment, a sudden blur of images flashed through his head. His eyes snapped open, and he asked Han, "Do you have an escape pod?"

"Yeah," the pilot said slowly. "Why?"

Luke's eyes settled on Indy. "I have an idea."

******

"So I've programmed the coordinates into the guidance system. It will fly itself and land itself," Han said as he showed Indy the navicomputer on the escape pod. Indy was back in his own clothing and holding his fedora in one hand. The two exited the small pod and stood up in the Falcon's hallway.

"And you're sure this will work? Your part, I mean," Indy said to Luke. Without faltering or a hint of uncertainty, the young Jedi nodded. Indy drew a deep breath, "All right, I've seen enough of you Jedi to trust you on this sort of thing." He paused, then added, "And you can do the same thing for the Falcon? Get yourselves back?" Luke gave another nod.

An odd silence fell over the group as they stood around as if waiting for a signal to go. No one looked each other in the eyes until Leia finally addressed Indy in a solemn tone, "Indy, you've been a great friend." The sorrow on her face was reflected in her voice. "I'll never forget you."

"Even if you wanted to you couldn't," Indy replied with a lopsided grin. "You still have to look at Han all the time, don't you?" Leia smiled back. Indy turned his attention to Luke. "Kid, you are something else. I still don't understand all that Jedi stuff but there area lot of things I don't understand."

Luke smiled, "I think you understand more than you think."

"Yeah, well until it gets me one of those laser swords it's not any good," Indy said, causing Han to smirk and nod in agreement. The two locked eyes a moment of unspoken camaraderie passed between them. But both men's faces fell into seriousness after a few seconds. Both paused for a while, then the two embraced without a word. When they separated, Indy began to back towards the escape pod. "Han," he said as a simple address with a nod.

Returning the gesture, Han replied respectfully, "Indy." There was nothing to be said.

Indy climbed inside the pod, then paused before adding. "It's Henry, by the way."

"What?"

"My real name is Henry. Just thought you'd like to know," Indy said as he put on his fedora.

"What's with Indy then?"

Jones shrugged. "A nickname. Actually, it was my dog's name originally."

A confused look passed Han's face. "What's a dog?" he asked, getting confused looks from Luke and Leia as well.

Indy smiled and laughed. "Never mind. You take care of yourselves."

"Same goes for yourself," Han replied. "I know I'm not the only one of us who's constantly getting into trouble." The two exchanged identical smirks, then the door the escape pod closed. Han turned to see Luke entering some information into the panel. Then he hit a button, and with a hiss, the pod detached itself from the Falcon.

Luke closed his eyes and did his best to calm himself and focus on the Force flowing through him, just as he had been taught by Obi-Wan and Yoda. Han and Leia remained quiet to give him the concentration he needed. It wasn't long before the images he had seen before recalled themselves to his mind. Only this time he got the sense that they were happening in the present. He saw the escape pod accelerating towards the black hole and entering into a maze of whirling tunnels. He could feel the Force guiding Indy towards the right one, the one that would take the pod back to Earth. The small craft shot out at a tremendous speed, hurtling towards a blue- green planet. It caught the pod in it's gravitational field, and the navicomputer kicked in. Luke opened his eyes slowly.

"So?" Han asked apprehensively. "Did it work?"

Luke smiled. "It worked."

Han let out a shout of joy and slapped his brother-in-law on the shoulder. "I knew you'd pull through junior."

"I thought the Force was just useful for fighting with lightsabres?" Luke replied with a wry grin. The pilot smiled and rolled his eyes slightly.

"I don't know about you two," Leia said, "But I'm ready to get home myself." She was met with nods of approval, and the group moved to the cockpit, taking their seats once more.

Han piloted them near to the black hole, starring at it in apprehension. "Think you can work your magic one more time, kid?" Han asked Luke with a mischievous grin.

"Of course," Luke replied with a smile. "I learned from the best."