Welcome back and to Chapter Two.
This might be the longest post; I want to get everyone past interpretation
as swiftly as possible.
The twist happens today. Gee, I hope all this talk about it, and then it
finally happens doesn't make it seems so.. dull or lifeless.
I would like to thank all of the lovely reviewers. I must apologize about my breaks. It seems that Microsoft Word has a problem recognizing a giant line. Let's try this again, shall we. :) And here we go!
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"Son of Mine"
Chapter Two
The sound of the slab of carbonite being pushed over and crashing to the floor was the sound of the slab crashing upon and mercilessly smothering Leia's heart in an impossible 'BANG!'. Sticking out of the slab, you could see the pained imprint of Han Solo's face, frozen possibly forever in anguish and death. She hugged closer to Chewie as soon as she heard it.
Thoughts of only a few seconds came back to haunt her. He had been chained behind his back and taken away. *"I love you!"*
He slightly nodded and said "I know." Chewie had cried out in pain as the mist rose up as the platform sank. And there he lay, as Lando, the traitor, told Lord Vader he had survived. Survived only to be shipped of to a ruthless gangster and to prove that Luke could suffer and hopefully survive the same fate.
"Skywalker has just landed my lord." *Oh no.. Gods, no.* "Good. See to it that he finds his way here. Calrissian, take the princess and the wookie to my ship." Sounding very much as protestant, as Han often sounded, the scum replied "But you said they'd be left in the city under my supervision!" in surprise, sounding like a cheated child. Vader was as ominous and intimidating as he had ever been. "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further." Captured by Vader again. *I failed. . .* *I am so sorry father.*
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*Easy now.. Be quiet Artoo!* Luke waved his hand in a quick dismissing motion at the small droid, as to motion to be quiet. He was spotted despite this and two storm troopers immediately began to fire. Luke responded with his own blaster, still staring at what appeared to be a 'person?' in a slab of carbonite, which was being rolled off on a clear cart. The cart was whisked away as a bounty hunter fired at Luke
Boba Fett was somewhat bewildered. If he did not know any better he could have almost sworn he saw a blonde haired, young man with big blue curious eyes look briskly around the corner. *Who the hell is that moron???* Fett saw him again and fired his arm blaster but missed and blew a chunk out of the wall. Luke definitely did not have a good feeling about that slab of carbonite. As he ran further down the hallway, he spotted Leia and Chewie, with C-3P0 on his bac,k being escorted down the hallway by guards. It was a broken picture. There was no Han.
Now he really didn't have a good feeling about that slab of carbonite. Suddenly Leia spotted him and began to fight against the guards. *Luke!!* "Luke, Luke! Don't! It's a trap!!" Suddenly, she was pulled around the corner only to grab on and pull her upper half back. "It's a trap!" Then she was pulled away. As Luke ran after them through a doorway, they were nowhere to be seen. *What the--.." As Luke walked through an opening, a metal door suddenly banged shut behind him cutting his exit and R2 off. He cautiously looked around.
All of the sudden, while he was looking at an opening in the ceiling, a platform from under him brought him up above. He barely had time to look around on his shaky and braced knees, before he heard it and somehow knew exactly what it was... The slow inhale and exhale of Vader's breaths. No one else.
Almost as a challenging statement of facts, Vader spoke his first words to his son. "The Force is with you young Skywalker. But you are not a Jedi yet." Both father and son were thinking the same thing. *I've been waiting a long time for this..*
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It felt good to see Lando on his knees, gasping and stuggling for breath. It was amazing that Vader hadn't done the same thing to him, using what ever power he had already. But it had been bittersweet. The traitor had told them where to look for Han. By the time they got to the East Platform, they were just in time to painfully see Boba Fett's ship, Slave l, take off.
The despair radiated off the young princess's eyes, as if telling Fett where he should land. It had been a slightly pleasant surprise when R2-D2 had appeared seemingly from nowhere, but that meant that something was happening with Luke. Unfortunately, once more, it was a little hard to really worry about Luke when several storm troopers were shooting at you. Calrissian had helped them escape momentarily with his men, but he had cost them Han. Luke might be lost as well.
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Vader was comfortably surprised at his son's potential. He could have easily taken him down at any moment, but it was best to build his confidence then tell him of where he belonged, at his father's side. Unfortunately his son's resistance was pressing his patience. Lord Vader was only used to acting restricted around The emperor and those who the emperor favored, until their purpose was through.
He slashed at Luke's feet and watched as the boy brought up his hands to protect himself but fell into the freezing chamber. He casually flipped the switch with the Force. Somehow, he was slightly disappointed at his son's 'failure'. He could have done better, himself as a child.
"All too easy. Perhaps you are not as strong as the emperor thought." What Vader didn't see, before the mist rose, was the light and sickly greenish blur soar upwards, behind him. *CLANG CLANG* Vader looked up sharply to see Luke half hanging and the other half climbing up tube pipes of the freezing process. "Impressive.. Most impressive." His son definitely had potential.
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Vader grew weary of this partial battle of wits. It should have been easier to get his boy to turn. He was almost through toying with him, and Luke was weakening. He had had equipment hurled at him using the Force and his son had narrowly escaped death by flying, bursting, out of a window and hanging on the gantry railing. Vader had looked out of the window in mild surprise after he had created the hole that had sucked his son through. That was not a true part of the plan, but nothing ever did stay true to plan..
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"AHHHHHH!" was wrenched from the young man's throat in both surprise and the sheer agony of exploding pain. A severed right hand, still clutching an ignited blue lightsaber, flipped over the railing as Luke Skywalker let out a scream of scorching and searing pain. He then placed his stub. which was too charred to bleed, under his right armpit, willing the pressure to protect and impossibly defeat the pain.
Slowly, he backed up onto the end of the gantry, which was dramatically and forebodingly decreasing in width. Vader's tall and intimidating form followed faithfully. "There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you.. Luke, you do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power. Join me and I will complete your training. With our combined strength we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy." Vader spoke the last word with his clenched fist, but his son continued to stay with the weak side of the Force.
"I'll never join you!" Kenobi would stand in Vader's way no longer. He would have his son with the truth.
"If only you knew the _power_ of the darkside." Then more probingly, not a question, almost a musing, Vader moved in.
"Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father." Vader knew immediately he had hit a sore spot and a spark of hatred flew from Luke's mouth and eyes. "He told me enough." Luke said ragged, disgustedly at Vader with conviction as he swung over to a small clear platform which seemed to be the end of the line.. The boy narrowed his eyes with loathing and hate, almost forgetting. "He told me you killed him."
*Very clever indeed Kenobi. What is this? A different point of view?*
"No. I, am your father."
Horror, anger, and pain slapped and stained Luke's battered face. He spoke in denial, shaking his head through clenched teeth, sweat from battle, seemingly now cold, drenched his face and hair.
"No; No. That's not true.." Luke's half screamed his next words with anger and anguish. "That's impossible!"
"Search your feelings. You _know_ it be true." Then Luke it all. He was the son of Vader. "NO!!!!! No.." The ending was added more weakly.
"Luke. You can destroy the emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me and we can rule the galaxy, father and son. *We will no longer be under the reign of that old fool.*
Luke looked up at his newly found father's hand, outstretched to him.
He had given his word to Master Yoda. And he would not fail him like he did himself, Han and Leia.
In that moment Luke simply let go, and Vader watched as his only son fell down a seemingly endless void, yelling towards the end, only to have his voice swept away by the wind as he was sucked down an exhaustion pipe.
Things were not supposed to go this way.
He couldn't believe it. And some old teaching words of Yoda's came back. *"_That_ is why you fail"*
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She positively had to be out of her mind. "But what about those fighters?" he asked, incredously. Even Chewie backed him up with a growl. Leia wasn't going to take no for an answer. She had felt Luke call out to her, and he was somewhere back there. She wouldn't lose another friend. "Chewie, just do it." Lando couldn't believe it. This was ridiculous! They were as good as blasted out of the sky.. or choked. "But what about Vader??" This time, Chewie made it quite clear that they were going back for their friend. "Alright, alright, alright.." Lando spoke almost with a sigh giving in. What was so special about this Skywalker guy, anyway? *I can't wait to meet this fool.* he thought with a sigh, setting course.
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Luke was in despair. He should have listed to Yoda. Hell, he should have just listened to Ben. But if Ben was his friend.. why did he lie? He could only hope that Leia had heard him, and and that he could hang on. He had slipped even more and was practically hanging upside down. So dizzy. So much pain-ugh. He was nearly unconscious. *No.*
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Lando could not believe it as he saw a small figure hanging on the weather vane, on the underside of Cloud City. "Look. Someone's up there!" *WAY up there.. Now who the h-* Leia spoke up. "It's Luke. Chewie, slow down. Slow down and we'll get under him. Lando, open the top hatch." Lando didn't waste any time.
Luke looked down and saw-- the Falcon! Leia had heard him. He watched as a small circle of light opened beneath him and a man he had never seen before appeared. Who ever he was, Luke just didn't care anymore. He was too tired to hang on and was almost to the point of unconsciousness. He just let go and felt himself being caught by the man. Lando felt as if he should say something. "Hello. I'm Lando Calrissian and you must be Luke." *So you're Skywalker..*
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"Lando?" Leia held her breath as she waited a split second for Lando's reply over the intercom. "Okay; Let's go." The veered the Falcon of with three TIE fighters in tow.
Leia had never seen Luke looking worse, as Lando brought him through the door, swathed in a brown blanket. He was battered, sweaty, seemingly holding his right arm and he had a haunted look in his eyes that she had never seen in any man that had faced The Empire, before. What had Vader done to him? He whispered her name in thankfulness as she took him into the sleeping quarters.
What ever had happened, Luke just didn't want to talk so Leia didn't ask many questions. She had stared in horror at where his right hand used to be and had immediately cleaned it and placed it in a med cuff. Lying on the cot, he still looked miserable and she gave him a small kiss on he face as she said "I'll be back." after she felt the ship shake, yet again.
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Leia knew that familiar, fading whur all to well. They were in trouble now.
Lando was in disbelief and spoke with that and conviction. " They told me they fixed it; I trusted them to fix it! It's not my fault!" If the situation wasn't so grave, she would have rolled her eyes. This was truly one of Han's friends.. *Han..*
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Admiral Piett did not at all like being in the presence of the Dark Lord of the Sith. "They'll be range of our tractor beam in moments, my Lord." "Did your men deactivate the hyper drive on The Millennium Falcon?" "Yes, my lord." "Good. Prepare the boarding party and set your weapons for stun." *There is no escape this time* "Yes, my lord."
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C-3P0 was tired of his friend's delusions. "We can't? How would you know the hyperdrive is deactivated?" A few bleeps followed. "The city's central computer told you? R2-D2 you know better than to trust a strange computer!" Artoo was tired of his friend's know-it-all nature. If he moved his spark welder just a bit... "Ouch!" C-3P0 cried out in surprise. "Watch what you're doing!"
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Luke was very uneasy. He felt.. *No..* Vader was coming for him and he was far too close. He should never have come. Now he could do nothing. "Luke." It could only be him.. He was reaching out to him through the force. Luke was more alert. "Father." He stated, wide eyed. "Son, come with me."
Luke just whispered half to himself. "Ben.. Why didn't you tell me?"
Shortly afterd Leia saw Luke walk out into the cockpit to see what they had already, the Super Star Destroyer. He confirmed what they already knew, in a breath. "It's Vader."
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Artoo had had enough. He could do this. He wheeled off and left C-3P0 whining in his dust, holding up his dismembered leg. "Artoo, come back at once! You haven't finished with me yet! You don't know how to fix the hyperdrive. Chewbacca can do it! I'm standing here in pieces and you're having delusions of grandeur!"
Artoo quickly began work on a panel and to his surprise. it lit up! As the ship shifted, he rolled into the pit and right onto Chewie.
Threepio was joyous. "Oh, you did it!"
Unfortunately, Artoo was one second too late..
In the cockpit, Lando and Leia had jerked in their seats from the abrupt movement. Lando was confused. "What the--?" Back in the back of the ship C-3P0 came to a realization. "Wait a minute! We're moving--" Back in the cockpit Leia was shocked and wide-eyed. "Backwards?"
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Back on the Star Destoyer, Admiral Piett was deathly pale. At the very last moment, they had captured the Falcon in their tractor beam. He had thought surely they would get away.
Back in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon, Luke just closed his eyes with defeat.
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This is the end of Chapter 2. Please remember, if you know anything about how to center, italicize, or use bold font with This site's HTML, please don't hesitate to tell me.
All comments/criticisms/thoughts welcome. Adire_Rse@hotmail.com for anything else, just in case.
To Be Continued in Chapter 3
I would like to thank all of the lovely reviewers. I must apologize about my breaks. It seems that Microsoft Word has a problem recognizing a giant line. Let's try this again, shall we. :) And here we go!
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"Son of Mine"
Chapter Two
The sound of the slab of carbonite being pushed over and crashing to the floor was the sound of the slab crashing upon and mercilessly smothering Leia's heart in an impossible 'BANG!'. Sticking out of the slab, you could see the pained imprint of Han Solo's face, frozen possibly forever in anguish and death. She hugged closer to Chewie as soon as she heard it.
Thoughts of only a few seconds came back to haunt her. He had been chained behind his back and taken away. *"I love you!"*
He slightly nodded and said "I know." Chewie had cried out in pain as the mist rose up as the platform sank. And there he lay, as Lando, the traitor, told Lord Vader he had survived. Survived only to be shipped of to a ruthless gangster and to prove that Luke could suffer and hopefully survive the same fate.
"Skywalker has just landed my lord." *Oh no.. Gods, no.* "Good. See to it that he finds his way here. Calrissian, take the princess and the wookie to my ship." Sounding very much as protestant, as Han often sounded, the scum replied "But you said they'd be left in the city under my supervision!" in surprise, sounding like a cheated child. Vader was as ominous and intimidating as he had ever been. "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further." Captured by Vader again. *I failed. . .* *I am so sorry father.*
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*Easy now.. Be quiet Artoo!* Luke waved his hand in a quick dismissing motion at the small droid, as to motion to be quiet. He was spotted despite this and two storm troopers immediately began to fire. Luke responded with his own blaster, still staring at what appeared to be a 'person?' in a slab of carbonite, which was being rolled off on a clear cart. The cart was whisked away as a bounty hunter fired at Luke
Boba Fett was somewhat bewildered. If he did not know any better he could have almost sworn he saw a blonde haired, young man with big blue curious eyes look briskly around the corner. *Who the hell is that moron???* Fett saw him again and fired his arm blaster but missed and blew a chunk out of the wall. Luke definitely did not have a good feeling about that slab of carbonite. As he ran further down the hallway, he spotted Leia and Chewie, with C-3P0 on his bac,k being escorted down the hallway by guards. It was a broken picture. There was no Han.
Now he really didn't have a good feeling about that slab of carbonite. Suddenly Leia spotted him and began to fight against the guards. *Luke!!* "Luke, Luke! Don't! It's a trap!!" Suddenly, she was pulled around the corner only to grab on and pull her upper half back. "It's a trap!" Then she was pulled away. As Luke ran after them through a doorway, they were nowhere to be seen. *What the--.." As Luke walked through an opening, a metal door suddenly banged shut behind him cutting his exit and R2 off. He cautiously looked around.
All of the sudden, while he was looking at an opening in the ceiling, a platform from under him brought him up above. He barely had time to look around on his shaky and braced knees, before he heard it and somehow knew exactly what it was... The slow inhale and exhale of Vader's breaths. No one else.
Almost as a challenging statement of facts, Vader spoke his first words to his son. "The Force is with you young Skywalker. But you are not a Jedi yet." Both father and son were thinking the same thing. *I've been waiting a long time for this..*
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It felt good to see Lando on his knees, gasping and stuggling for breath. It was amazing that Vader hadn't done the same thing to him, using what ever power he had already. But it had been bittersweet. The traitor had told them where to look for Han. By the time they got to the East Platform, they were just in time to painfully see Boba Fett's ship, Slave l, take off.
The despair radiated off the young princess's eyes, as if telling Fett where he should land. It had been a slightly pleasant surprise when R2-D2 had appeared seemingly from nowhere, but that meant that something was happening with Luke. Unfortunately, once more, it was a little hard to really worry about Luke when several storm troopers were shooting at you. Calrissian had helped them escape momentarily with his men, but he had cost them Han. Luke might be lost as well.
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Vader was comfortably surprised at his son's potential. He could have easily taken him down at any moment, but it was best to build his confidence then tell him of where he belonged, at his father's side. Unfortunately his son's resistance was pressing his patience. Lord Vader was only used to acting restricted around The emperor and those who the emperor favored, until their purpose was through.
He slashed at Luke's feet and watched as the boy brought up his hands to protect himself but fell into the freezing chamber. He casually flipped the switch with the Force. Somehow, he was slightly disappointed at his son's 'failure'. He could have done better, himself as a child.
"All too easy. Perhaps you are not as strong as the emperor thought." What Vader didn't see, before the mist rose, was the light and sickly greenish blur soar upwards, behind him. *CLANG CLANG* Vader looked up sharply to see Luke half hanging and the other half climbing up tube pipes of the freezing process. "Impressive.. Most impressive." His son definitely had potential.
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Vader grew weary of this partial battle of wits. It should have been easier to get his boy to turn. He was almost through toying with him, and Luke was weakening. He had had equipment hurled at him using the Force and his son had narrowly escaped death by flying, bursting, out of a window and hanging on the gantry railing. Vader had looked out of the window in mild surprise after he had created the hole that had sucked his son through. That was not a true part of the plan, but nothing ever did stay true to plan..
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"AHHHHHH!" was wrenched from the young man's throat in both surprise and the sheer agony of exploding pain. A severed right hand, still clutching an ignited blue lightsaber, flipped over the railing as Luke Skywalker let out a scream of scorching and searing pain. He then placed his stub. which was too charred to bleed, under his right armpit, willing the pressure to protect and impossibly defeat the pain.
Slowly, he backed up onto the end of the gantry, which was dramatically and forebodingly decreasing in width. Vader's tall and intimidating form followed faithfully. "There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you.. Luke, you do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power. Join me and I will complete your training. With our combined strength we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy." Vader spoke the last word with his clenched fist, but his son continued to stay with the weak side of the Force.
"I'll never join you!" Kenobi would stand in Vader's way no longer. He would have his son with the truth.
"If only you knew the _power_ of the darkside." Then more probingly, not a question, almost a musing, Vader moved in.
"Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father." Vader knew immediately he had hit a sore spot and a spark of hatred flew from Luke's mouth and eyes. "He told me enough." Luke said ragged, disgustedly at Vader with conviction as he swung over to a small clear platform which seemed to be the end of the line.. The boy narrowed his eyes with loathing and hate, almost forgetting. "He told me you killed him."
*Very clever indeed Kenobi. What is this? A different point of view?*
"No. I, am your father."
Horror, anger, and pain slapped and stained Luke's battered face. He spoke in denial, shaking his head through clenched teeth, sweat from battle, seemingly now cold, drenched his face and hair.
"No; No. That's not true.." Luke's half screamed his next words with anger and anguish. "That's impossible!"
"Search your feelings. You _know_ it be true." Then Luke it all. He was the son of Vader. "NO!!!!! No.." The ending was added more weakly.
"Luke. You can destroy the emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me and we can rule the galaxy, father and son. *We will no longer be under the reign of that old fool.*
Luke looked up at his newly found father's hand, outstretched to him.
He had given his word to Master Yoda. And he would not fail him like he did himself, Han and Leia.
In that moment Luke simply let go, and Vader watched as his only son fell down a seemingly endless void, yelling towards the end, only to have his voice swept away by the wind as he was sucked down an exhaustion pipe.
Things were not supposed to go this way.
He couldn't believe it. And some old teaching words of Yoda's came back. *"_That_ is why you fail"*
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She positively had to be out of her mind. "But what about those fighters?" he asked, incredously. Even Chewie backed him up with a growl. Leia wasn't going to take no for an answer. She had felt Luke call out to her, and he was somewhere back there. She wouldn't lose another friend. "Chewie, just do it." Lando couldn't believe it. This was ridiculous! They were as good as blasted out of the sky.. or choked. "But what about Vader??" This time, Chewie made it quite clear that they were going back for their friend. "Alright, alright, alright.." Lando spoke almost with a sigh giving in. What was so special about this Skywalker guy, anyway? *I can't wait to meet this fool.* he thought with a sigh, setting course.
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Luke was in despair. He should have listed to Yoda. Hell, he should have just listened to Ben. But if Ben was his friend.. why did he lie? He could only hope that Leia had heard him, and and that he could hang on. He had slipped even more and was practically hanging upside down. So dizzy. So much pain-ugh. He was nearly unconscious. *No.*
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Lando could not believe it as he saw a small figure hanging on the weather vane, on the underside of Cloud City. "Look. Someone's up there!" *WAY up there.. Now who the h-* Leia spoke up. "It's Luke. Chewie, slow down. Slow down and we'll get under him. Lando, open the top hatch." Lando didn't waste any time.
Luke looked down and saw-- the Falcon! Leia had heard him. He watched as a small circle of light opened beneath him and a man he had never seen before appeared. Who ever he was, Luke just didn't care anymore. He was too tired to hang on and was almost to the point of unconsciousness. He just let go and felt himself being caught by the man. Lando felt as if he should say something. "Hello. I'm Lando Calrissian and you must be Luke." *So you're Skywalker..*
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"Lando?" Leia held her breath as she waited a split second for Lando's reply over the intercom. "Okay; Let's go." The veered the Falcon of with three TIE fighters in tow.
Leia had never seen Luke looking worse, as Lando brought him through the door, swathed in a brown blanket. He was battered, sweaty, seemingly holding his right arm and he had a haunted look in his eyes that she had never seen in any man that had faced The Empire, before. What had Vader done to him? He whispered her name in thankfulness as she took him into the sleeping quarters.
What ever had happened, Luke just didn't want to talk so Leia didn't ask many questions. She had stared in horror at where his right hand used to be and had immediately cleaned it and placed it in a med cuff. Lying on the cot, he still looked miserable and she gave him a small kiss on he face as she said "I'll be back." after she felt the ship shake, yet again.
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Leia knew that familiar, fading whur all to well. They were in trouble now.
Lando was in disbelief and spoke with that and conviction. " They told me they fixed it; I trusted them to fix it! It's not my fault!" If the situation wasn't so grave, she would have rolled her eyes. This was truly one of Han's friends.. *Han..*
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Admiral Piett did not at all like being in the presence of the Dark Lord of the Sith. "They'll be range of our tractor beam in moments, my Lord." "Did your men deactivate the hyper drive on The Millennium Falcon?" "Yes, my lord." "Good. Prepare the boarding party and set your weapons for stun." *There is no escape this time* "Yes, my lord."
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C-3P0 was tired of his friend's delusions. "We can't? How would you know the hyperdrive is deactivated?" A few bleeps followed. "The city's central computer told you? R2-D2 you know better than to trust a strange computer!" Artoo was tired of his friend's know-it-all nature. If he moved his spark welder just a bit... "Ouch!" C-3P0 cried out in surprise. "Watch what you're doing!"
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Luke was very uneasy. He felt.. *No..* Vader was coming for him and he was far too close. He should never have come. Now he could do nothing. "Luke." It could only be him.. He was reaching out to him through the force. Luke was more alert. "Father." He stated, wide eyed. "Son, come with me."
Luke just whispered half to himself. "Ben.. Why didn't you tell me?"
Shortly afterd Leia saw Luke walk out into the cockpit to see what they had already, the Super Star Destroyer. He confirmed what they already knew, in a breath. "It's Vader."
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Artoo had had enough. He could do this. He wheeled off and left C-3P0 whining in his dust, holding up his dismembered leg. "Artoo, come back at once! You haven't finished with me yet! You don't know how to fix the hyperdrive. Chewbacca can do it! I'm standing here in pieces and you're having delusions of grandeur!"
Artoo quickly began work on a panel and to his surprise. it lit up! As the ship shifted, he rolled into the pit and right onto Chewie.
Threepio was joyous. "Oh, you did it!"
Unfortunately, Artoo was one second too late..
In the cockpit, Lando and Leia had jerked in their seats from the abrupt movement. Lando was confused. "What the--?" Back in the back of the ship C-3P0 came to a realization. "Wait a minute! We're moving--" Back in the cockpit Leia was shocked and wide-eyed. "Backwards?"
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Back on the Star Destoyer, Admiral Piett was deathly pale. At the very last moment, they had captured the Falcon in their tractor beam. He had thought surely they would get away.
Back in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon, Luke just closed his eyes with defeat.
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This is the end of Chapter 2. Please remember, if you know anything about how to center, italicize, or use bold font with This site's HTML, please don't hesitate to tell me.
All comments/criticisms/thoughts welcome. Adire_Rse@hotmail.com for anything else, just in case.
To Be Continued in Chapter 3