Icicles shattered all around the feet of the Honk-Honk as Anakina rode through the thick fog of the Freeze-Way. Outside, the sun shone brightly and Liddy's army jogged around the track, panting in the late summer heat. But freezing water drops fell from the ceiling to splatter the junior's scalp.
She was half-way to the convent when the goose collapsed, dropping Anakina four inches to the astro-turf.
"The smart thing to do right now would be to get up and walk," Anakina noted aloud wryly, "but the dramatic thing would be to lie here and freeze to death."
She pondered the situation a few more seconds before making herself comfortable against the Freeze-Way wall.
Meanwhile, back at the base, Hanna Due was beginning to get worried about her companion.
"You think she's okay, Chewie?" she asked her furry friend.
"Grr-wah-ah-rrr." was the response.
Hanna and Chewie walked over to the Check Station.
"Lieutenant K'trina, has Commander Gymcutter checked in yet?"
Lt. K'trina scanned her list. "No... she hasn't." She paused and looked up. "But it looks like she's right over there." She pointed down the hall to where Anakina lay.
Hanna made a sheepish face but said nothing as she turned down the Freeze-Way. Narrowing her eyes against the cold mist, she called for the missing Commander.
"Anakina! Anakina, where are you, kid?"
"I'm right here, Hanna." mumbled an unamused voice from somewhere around Due's feet.
"Oh." The bounty hunter looked down at her friend. "Um... if you're cold, we can cut open the goose."
"Nah, let's just walk."
Hanna shrugged. Anakina rose to her feet, and the two walked back to the base.
"Anakina! Hanna! I was so worried!" Princess Gretchen exclaimed.
"Uh... we were just over there." Anakina pointed out.
"Oh... well... it felt like the right thing to say."
Hanna left them and walked over to Chewkindy, who had been preoccupied by fixing the Millennium Penguin.
"Is she done yet?"
"Gra-wha-ahrrr!"
"Well, hurry up!"
"I'm going as fast as I can!" exclaimed the Wookie-girl suddenly, forgetting her native tongue in her fury.
"Uh... okay." stammered Hanna, who was shocked.
"So," said Gretchen, coming up behind Hanna, "you two are really leaving, aren't you?"
"Yep. We'll leave as soon as the Penguin's fixed." said Hanna, forgetting her shock.
"You said you'd stay last year."
"Well, Chewie and I have had the summer to think it over. We feel it's be best if we left."
* * *
"You must take your new position very seriously, Darth Prucnell." Emperor Claire said menacingly.
"Yes, m'lord."
"Your first task as the new Dean is to aid in the destruction of the rebels."
Darth Prucnell nodded and left. She proceeded from the Conference Room to the Attendance Office, where several seniors were searching for traces of the rebels.
"Ma'am, we found something, but it might just be smugglers."
The screen in front of her flashed to the Freeze-Way where many well-known rebels were standing just below a sign that read: Secret Rebel Base.
"That's them." the Darth said firmly.
"Ma'am, are you sure? We can't take chances."
"There's a sign you idiot! Of course I'm sure! Send a squadron down there and finish then off."
"Yes, ma'am."
She was half-way to the convent when the goose collapsed, dropping Anakina four inches to the astro-turf.
"The smart thing to do right now would be to get up and walk," Anakina noted aloud wryly, "but the dramatic thing would be to lie here and freeze to death."
She pondered the situation a few more seconds before making herself comfortable against the Freeze-Way wall.
Meanwhile, back at the base, Hanna Due was beginning to get worried about her companion.
"You think she's okay, Chewie?" she asked her furry friend.
"Grr-wah-ah-rrr." was the response.
Hanna and Chewie walked over to the Check Station.
"Lieutenant K'trina, has Commander Gymcutter checked in yet?"
Lt. K'trina scanned her list. "No... she hasn't." She paused and looked up. "But it looks like she's right over there." She pointed down the hall to where Anakina lay.
Hanna made a sheepish face but said nothing as she turned down the Freeze-Way. Narrowing her eyes against the cold mist, she called for the missing Commander.
"Anakina! Anakina, where are you, kid?"
"I'm right here, Hanna." mumbled an unamused voice from somewhere around Due's feet.
"Oh." The bounty hunter looked down at her friend. "Um... if you're cold, we can cut open the goose."
"Nah, let's just walk."
Hanna shrugged. Anakina rose to her feet, and the two walked back to the base.
"Anakina! Hanna! I was so worried!" Princess Gretchen exclaimed.
"Uh... we were just over there." Anakina pointed out.
"Oh... well... it felt like the right thing to say."
Hanna left them and walked over to Chewkindy, who had been preoccupied by fixing the Millennium Penguin.
"Is she done yet?"
"Gra-wha-ahrrr!"
"Well, hurry up!"
"I'm going as fast as I can!" exclaimed the Wookie-girl suddenly, forgetting her native tongue in her fury.
"Uh... okay." stammered Hanna, who was shocked.
"So," said Gretchen, coming up behind Hanna, "you two are really leaving, aren't you?"
"Yep. We'll leave as soon as the Penguin's fixed." said Hanna, forgetting her shock.
"You said you'd stay last year."
"Well, Chewie and I have had the summer to think it over. We feel it's be best if we left."
* * *
"You must take your new position very seriously, Darth Prucnell." Emperor Claire said menacingly.
"Yes, m'lord."
"Your first task as the new Dean is to aid in the destruction of the rebels."
Darth Prucnell nodded and left. She proceeded from the Conference Room to the Attendance Office, where several seniors were searching for traces of the rebels.
"Ma'am, we found something, but it might just be smugglers."
The screen in front of her flashed to the Freeze-Way where many well-known rebels were standing just below a sign that read: Secret Rebel Base.
"That's them." the Darth said firmly.
"Ma'am, are you sure? We can't take chances."
"There's a sign you idiot! Of course I'm sure! Send a squadron down there and finish then off."
"Yes, ma'am."