Thanks for all the reviews, they were great! Here's Chapter 2 . . .
Han Solo walked over to the room balcony and looked out. Nothing. He felt nervous. He didn't know why. He just had a slight feeling of unease, as if something bad was going to happen. He walked back into the room, although his hand was on his blaster pistol.
"What are you so jittery for, Han?" Princess Leia Organa asked him. "The Empire won't find us here."
Chewbacca growled in agreement. Han sat down.
"There's something here, I know it," he replied.
"Move out," Darth Vader told the stormtroopers. "Search in every building you find. If the door is locked, get in, I don't care how you do it. Rip all of Theed apart if that's what it takes, I want that ship."
The stormtroopers nodded, and separated. Darth Vader found himself alone in the square. He sensed something. Strange.
Luke Skywalker was not in the hotel room. He needed to clear his head, and so, he was walking through the deserted Theed streets, not too far from the hotel. He looked around sadly at the destruction, the devastation that had been caused by the Empire when they had first landed on Naboo. It was one of the first planets they had invaded in the Galactic Conquest, and they had overtaken it easily. The Naboo Royal Guard had been overrun with countless Imperial Stormtroopers blasting their way through the planet. The Gungans had raised an army against them, but they had been easily beaten and very nearly wiped out in the process. Now there were very few Gungans left in the Galaxy. Most of them had fled to distant Outer Rim planets such as Tatooine.
Luke walked along a little further until he came to a dead end. Sighing, he turned back.
Meanwhile, the Naboo Royal Guard was putting up little resistance. They had been scattered widely all over Theed, and the stormtroopers were making short work of them, easily blasting their way through the capital city. When they had got through the last one, the stormtrooper commander shouted out.
"Alright men, set your weapons to stun, Vader wants them alive!"
The group ran down the empty street.
Luke was walking back to the hotel when he first heard them. Footsteps. He turned the corner to see, in horror, about five stormtroopers advancing towards him. He quickly pulled out his blue lightsaber, given to him by Obi-Wan, and raised it confidently. The troopers saw him.
"He's one of them. Alright men, set for stun."
They shot several blasts at him, but he deflected them with his lightsaber. One ran up to him, still shooting, but Luke dodged the blasts and swung his lightsaber at his waist, cutting through the trooper. Two ran up to him, he cut one down, but the other raised his gun.
"Freeze!"
Luke saw that it was hopeless. Three of them remained, and they were all pointing their guns in his direction. Unless . . .
He suddenly had an idea. An old piece of piping was hanging loosely off the wall just a few feet behind the stormtroopers. He just might be able to do it.
Summoning up all his strength, he commanded the pipe, he willed it . . .
And it did. Under the control of the Force, the pipe swung through the air, knocking down two of the stormtroopers. They fell to the floor as the third one fired several shots at Luke. Luke deflected these easily, and stabbed his lightsaber through the trooper's chest.
The clone fell to the floor as the other two stood up. But Luke was ready. Dodging and deflecting their shots, he jumped towards one, tabbed him and, at the same time, lashed out with his foot, knocking the other one to the floor. He fell back against the wall, unconscious.
Luke put his lightsaber back in his belt and started to run back to the hotel. The Empire was here, and the others needed to know.
As he turned the corner, he hesitated. A shiver went down his spine. He unsheathed his lightsaber. Something was behind him.
He spun round, and nearly shouted out loud with surprise. His lightsaber had clashed with another lightsaber.
Darth Vader stood in front of him.
"We meet at last, Skywalker," he hissed.
Another short one, I know, but I think the next one should be longer. Hope you like it again, please review!