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"Chewie, the stabilizers! Activate the stabilizers! The retros won't be enough, you know that!" Chewie growled back a frantic reply.
"What do you mean, they can't be activated! I just worked on them yesterday! Great, it's too late to use them anyway. Chewie, you cut the power to the main engine. I don't want her blowing up if we hit too hard."
Han fought to control the Falcon's rapid decent and landed right next to the same rock Indiana was seated on with an ungraceful thump. He looked out of the cockpit and observed the rolling dunes of the desert they were in.
"This planet sure looks a lot like Tatooine. Hey, Luke!" he called through the door of the cockpit. "Come in here!"
Luke entered and gasped in amazement at the sight that greeted him. "Are you sure we're on the right planet? You didn't mix the coordinates up, did you?" he asked. Han checked the coordinates. "Yeah, this is the right planet. So where's your friend we're supposed to pick up?"
"Well, how am I supposed to know? Come on, lets check outside. You need to look at those stabilizers anyway."
"Yeah, good idea. C'mon, Chewie." They walked to the boarding ramp and strolled to the back of the ship. Meanwhile, Indiana was crouched on the other side of the rock, gun ready. When he saw the small party leave the ship, he quietly went to the other side and began examining it.
He still couldn't believe it. A spaceship- an actual spaceship- had just landed right in front of him. What's more, it was the same ship as the one in the carving on the rock! He heard voices and immediately ducked behind one of the landing gear, listening attentively.
"Hey, Chewie, come look at this. I found out why the stabilizers aren't working." The answering rumble made Indy snap his head up. Whoever this Chewie was, he definitely wasn't human. He peered underneath the ship and saw a pair of feet join the first two. A new voice spoke.
"But how could the wiring be fried? I thought the Falcon was heat resistant."
"Not resistant enough for the atmosphere of this planet. We're lucky the wires didn't catch fire. This will be easy enough to- hey, what was that?"
"What was what?"
"I thought I saw something move at the other side of the ship." Indiana's blood ran cold as he heard that sentence and saw the pairs of feet start heading over to his side of the ship. He slowly stood, bullwhip and gun at the ready, and waited for them to come around the ship.
Han came first. Seeing the intruder standing next to his ship, he yelped in surprise and fired his blaster, missing Indiana by inches. Both instinctively rolled behind a landing gear, Indy firing his gun and Han his blaster. Alarmed by the shots, Luke and Chewie came around the ship and ran towards the battling men. Chewie picked Han up and took away his blaster while Indy was pulled upright and had his gun confiscated. They stared at each other, breathing hard. Luke took one look at Indy's face and smiled. Turning to him, he asked, "Are you Indiana Jones, the archaeologist?" Jones nodded as Luke turned back to Han and said, "Han, this is Indiana Jones, archaeologist, and the whole reason we're here in the first place. Indiana, this is Han Solo, captain of the Millennium Falcon. I'm Luke Skywalker, and this is Chewbacca."
"Pleased to meet all of you." Indy gazed up at the Falcon. "What's it like, where you're from? Is it mostly humans or are there more aliens there?"
"Well, its kind of even, to tell you the truth," Luke said thoughtfully. "Some of the planets are only populated by humans, though most have both aliens and people on them. Come on, we'll tell you more on the ship. We need to fix that wiring and get out of here."
"Oh, I don't think you'll be getting out of here any time soon, my friend." They swung around and came face to face with Lichtermann at the front of his band of Nazis, a smug smile on his face.
Told you ch. 5 would be the last mini-chapter. RR, people!