Chapter 3

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After speaking with Jacen, Kenan had returned to his conversation with Jaina. This time centered on what he should expect. Then the conversation was brought to an abrupt end.

Jix and Ricx were both standing before him. "Caretaker, the first of the trip wires on the ground floor entrance has been tripped, they've found us."

"Take it easy you two. It may have just been an animal. There is no reason to panic just yet. Stay here with the girl and keep quiet, and that goes for both you." Kenan said directing that last part at Ricx, hoping that the stubborn astro-droid would obey. Taking Jaina's saber in his hand he left.

As he made his way through the many tunnels he couldn't help but wonder what he was going to do once he left his sanctuary. He was now involved, that he could no longer deny. Jaina had been telling him about the Vong and their tactics. That the Vong left no middle ground, that they would either control something or destroy it. The Jedi were not immune. 'I made a mistake once, I am not going to allow this to be done to the Jedi again.'

Just then Kenan heard a sound from around the next corner and slid into one of the many concealed alcoves. As he stood there he watched two Yuuzhen Vong warriors walk by. For once he was glad that whoever had designed this base had been so paranoid. When he had first found the base it had taken him weeks to find everything and even now he couldn't be positive that he had. Now he was going to use that convoluted design to his advantage. Kenan quickly able circumvent the hunters.

Kenan ran the last part all out once he was sure he was past them all. He skidded into the room he had left just moments earlier. "You were right Jix. They are here and heading this way. We are going to hide where they have already searched, till help arrives." Kenan said handing Jix the supply pack and picking up Jaina.

Jaina moaned her eyes fluttering open, "Kenan?"

"Yes, Jaina, nice to hear your voice."

A small smile graced her face. "Where are we going? Is Jacen here yet?"

"No, not yet young one. We are moving to a concealed room. This place is just off of one of the main passages and no longer safe. The Vong are in the base and their search will soon lead them here. We are going to hide where they have already looked." Kenan said as they entered a secret passage. He could tell that Jaina wasn't happy about being carried, making the similarity to another all the stronger. "Don't worry in a couple of weeks and you'll be out there again lightsaber in hand. Right now though you need to conserve your energy and we need to be quiet." He said, as they past where he guessed the Vong would be.

Just before they reached the hiding spot Jaina smiled. "Jacen just entered the system. He wants us to meet him outside."

"Then out we go. Jix, you and Ricx stick close because things are about to go haywire."

o O o

Tatooine

Sabe came walking in not expecting to find anyone but Padme. It took a second for the sight before her to register and when it did Sabe went on full alert. Here was a strange man in the ship with an ignited lightsaber and her Queen standing there in her nightgown. What really scared Sabe was that her friend had been crying and that made the lightsaber just something to get around to get to Padme.

Before Sabe managed to switch gears and get her blaster out good, Padme jumped into action realizing that there was about to be a fight if she didn't do something fast. She reached out and grabbed Anakin's hand with the saber in it and lifted it so that she could get under it. As she did this she slid his finger off of the activation stud. She then used her grip on him to keep him behind her as she held her other hand out to stop Sabe. "Easy Sabe, I can only imagine what this looks like from your point of view but it's okay. Sabe let me introduce you to my grandson, Anakin Solo."

Sabe blinked, "Grandson?" She said as she dropped the blaster so that it was now facing the floor instead of Anakin's head. "Sounds like I missed a lot."

"You could say that again." Anakin said from behind his Grandmother. "And nice to meet you, Sabe." Anakin said gently reclaiming his hand from Grandmother's firm grip.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know. I never would have drawn my weapon on you, had I known." Sabe said, as she put the blaster back in the cabinet she had withdrawn it from that morning.

"That's okay when Aunt Mara first met Uncle Luke she swore she was going to kill him. Aunt Mara didn't joke of that sort thing back then and rarely does now. Look how they turned out, happily married and with a young son, Ben." Anakin said shrugging his shoulders. "Although, you'd probably have to go through Tahiri to get me." Anakin said brandishing his Father's smile.

Padme turned and looked at Anakin. "Why would she want to kill Luke?"

Anakin stopped, trying to figure out how to explain it. "Well, that is a very long and complicated story." 'And she'd probably kill me if I told it to her new mother-in-law.' Anakin thought to himself.

"Well, I don't see any reason why we should stay on Tatooine, so we can fill each other in on the way. So, Anakin where should Sabe set course for?" Padme asked wanting to get to the rest of her family.

"Excuse me Padme, I don't know if it is as important as I thought it was, but there are rumors of a Jedi on Tatooine." Sabe said before Anakin could speak. "The people I heard speaking of this Jedi said something of a group called the 'Peace Brigade.'"

"They probably spotted me and that makes it all the more important to get out of this system." Anakin said looking at Padme. He could tell that she was the leader here.

Sabe smiled at that. "I doubt it. Their description was of a blond teen age girl with a lightsaber and no shoes."

When Sabe said 'no shoes' Anakin's head snapped around at light speed and a smile spread across his face. "They want to catch Tahiri, on Tatooine. I'd like to see the person that could pull that trick. She was that friend I spoke of, born on Tatooine and raised by Tusken Raiders. The problem is how do we find her."

Padme cocked her head to one side. "Sounds like she might be more than a friend."

Anakin blushed embarrassed that his grandmother had read him so well. "Yeah, well she probably thinks I'm dead and my Force talents are still to drained for me to reach out even to her." Anakin said trying to reach out to Tahiri and hitting a brick wall. His reach was growing slowly but it still didn't reach all the way to where it should. "She must be outside of this city. She maybe heading back to her clan, to her roots back there. Some of them won't be happy but they won't be interested in handing her over to the enemy." Anakin said walking over and pulling up a map of Tatooine. He centered it as best as he could recall the range of Tahiri's tribe. He then pulled up the public reports of Sand People sightings and overlaid the results. There were two tribes in that territory. One of them was to small; the other one was about the right size and about a mile within the search grid on Mos Eisly's side. "There, that's where she is heading. That is the tribe that raised her."

Padme reached over and tapped a few keys. "There you go Sabe. The coordinates are transferring to the nav computer. Try not to raise too many eyebrows as you make your way there, best possible speed."

"Yes ma'am." Sabe said heading to the cockpit.

Padme turned to Anakin. "You said that you accompanied her on some unfinished business. I have a feeling that it involved returning to her clan. Will they accept you or her?"

Anakin stopped as he evaluated the chances. "We both passed their rite of passage test. So technically they should. I do know that some disliked the fact that her 'father' had taken her in though I don't know why."

Padme winced. "I fear that has something to do with my Ani. He was from Tatooine and when he was about eighteen a Tusken hunting party took his mother. He was still an apprentice and he managed to find her only to have her die in his arms." Padme paused and looked down before continuing. "He slaughtered the whole tribe not more than a three hour trip from the Lars place." She said looking up at Anakin. "That is why we saw Tatooine as a safe place for Luke. Ani even as Vader would never return to Tatooine. He might send someone to free the slaves but he would not return himself."

"That would explain their aversion to the Jedi," Anakin said.

o O o

Tahiri looked around the horizon from atop her bantha as she took a drink of water. Something had drawn her to Tatooine and she needed to take a breather, to figure out who she was again. She decided that she would return to her tribe for a visit even though she feared that her 'father' was dead.

As she scanned the horizon she spotted a ship gliding over the dunes heading straight for her position. Focusing on the ship she sensed the Force presence of the three occupants, two of them quite strong. As she concentrated on what she was sensing she noticed that one of them was so familiar but she couldn't believe it. "That's impossible 'Anakin?'" For a moment there was no thought then the part of her that had kept her alive went to work. "Could this be a Yuuzhen Vong trick…? No."

"Anakin." She said turning her bantha toward the oncoming ship. Before she could make out the details of Anakin's ship, even with the Force sharpening her eye sight she saw another ship coming in high and out from between her and the suns. The ship came in for a quick landing and out poured three Peace Brigadiers two of which had yasimari on their backs.

"Hurry up Anakin." She said as she pulled her saber loose and turned toward the men. "You really don't want to do this." She said as she slid her hand behind her back and pulled loose a thud bug she had procured on Coruscant as well.

o O o

Padme and Sabe were piloting the ship with Anakin standing behind them. Padme felt when Tahiri reached out to them and the shock of her recognition. What really hit Padme was the intake of breath from Anakin. Turning to look at him she saw the last of the color fade from his face. "Anakin?"

Then Sabe pointed. "She isn't alone."

Anakin's voice was very quiet, concerned. "Peace Brigade, they have yasimari. The Force can't reach her. We have to hurry three to one, they are unlikely to succeed, but..."

"I understand. Sabe let me take the controls." Padme said as she pushed the ship to its maximum atmospheric speed aided by the Force in skimming over the dunes. "Head toward the back I am opening the rear door now. I'm going to do a low flyby it should give her no trouble but the Peace Brigaders will be a different story I hope." Padme said to Anakin's back as he ran out the door.

o O o

K429

As Kenan made the run from the entrance of the cave he heard the alarm go up behind them. They had been spotted. He knew there was nothing he could do while he had Jaina in his arms but run and hope. He threw on all the speed he had and directed all that the Force would give him to making it to an outcrop of rocks nearby. Once there he sat Jaina down so he could deflect the creatures that they flung his way. The Vong were starting to come closer. When the two droids got there he lifted them to safety next to Jaina. Doing this gave him an idea.

'You want to throw things, okay. Two can play that game.' Kenan thought. Closing his eyes for a moment he reached out and found ever pebble and stone and rock on the outcrop. All of which sprang in the air, leaving only those that were concealing Jaina. To Kenan there was only one thought, to protect. Anger had no place here. The bugs that had been flung collided with what seemed to be a wall of stone. Then the wall started flying at those that were trying to reach him and the one under his protection. He didn't know where to aim the rocks but they still had the desired effect. Several Vong were taken out of the fight and those that were left withdrew to sheltered positions to regroup.

o O o

When the clouds parted before Jacen he could just make out someone standing holding Jaina's lightsaber. They were pinned amongst an outcrop of rocks. At first Jacen had wondered why the Vong had let him be when he entered the system. The carrier analog didn't launch even one skip. Then it hit him. They think I'm here to back them up. 'Think again,' Jacen thought as he settled the now open hatch right over the outcrop and started peppering the ground around him with plasma balls.

o O o

As soon as Kenan saw the mouth like hatch iris open he grabbed the girl and jumped using the Force to pull the startled droids along with them. "Go," he yelled both aloud and through the Force as soon as they hit the deck. He found the cockpit just as Jacen flew them out of the atmosphere. He quickly placed Jaina in on of the back seats and was surprised when it morphed up around her securing her in the seat. Once he knew that she was safe he took the seat next to Jacen and hoped that the droids had gotten themselves secured. The scene that unfolded before him was like none he had ever seen. They were surrounded, but the strange part was the ships. They looked like nothing he had ever seen before and the Force told him nothing.

Jacen quickly told him how to aim and fire the weapons, and then the fight was on. "May the Force be with us." He said as they entered the fray. Two squadrons of ships were heading their way. Jacen knew that their best chance was to head for space and jump to the Vong equivalent of hyperspace. "Keep them off our back and we might have a chance." Jacen said as he commanded the vessel they were on to go full speed. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the stranger taking out skips every other shot as he wove his way through them. Luckily the ship they were on had a separate dovin basal for shields, unlike the skips which meant he was faster. Jacen knew the stranger was doing all he could. But Jacen was starting to find it hard to keep up with both the shields and not crashing into either a plasma projectile or a coral skipper. Then all of a sudden while he was managing the shields. The ship spun out of the way avoiding the remains of the skipper the stranger had just destroyed. Jacen glanced back and had his hunched proved true. Jaina had figured out how to rout helm controls to her station. He smiled and shook his head and returned to the shields.

They finally broke through the other side of the blockade with minor damage and having disabled half of the skippers. Jaina chose a quick and random set of jumps and asked the ship to comply as she sagged back into her seat exhausted. As soon as Jacen was sure that they hadn't been followed he went back to check on his sister. Kenan had his chair turn around and watched.

"Jaina?"

Jaina smiled and forced her eyes back open. "I'm fine Jacen, just tired. Getting rescued is rarely a restful matter." She said smiling. "Let me introduce you to Kenan. He saved my life back there, Jacen."

"Thank you for your help Kenan." Jacen said shaking the older man hand. "The question is where do we go now. I don't think it would be wise to go through Vong occupied space right now. If we got caught we would all three of us need to be at our best and they will be looking for us."

Kenan thought for a moment. He knew a place but... "I know a world that will still welcome you as Jedi. It's called Naboo." Part of him wanted nothing more than to go but to the rest it was the last place he would have chosen to go to for himself. That was the difference. This wasn't for him, he could tell from the looks on their faces that they knew nothing of the world. This was for Naboo and for the Jedi, that neither group would find themselves alone.

"I've never heard of it, where is it?" Jacen said with a perplexed look on his face.

"It's this side of Sullust and a little Core-ward." Kenan spoke knowing that if need be he could give the exact coordinates.

"How do you know that it is still safe for Jedi there?" Jaina asked gently.

Kenan closed his eyes for a moment both caught up in the past and trying to figure out how to explain it. "Long ago Naboo was unlawfully blockaded and the Jedi were sent to mediate the matter. There was more going on than the Jedi knew and the attack began. The Jedi escaped an attack on their lives and made their way to the planet hiding on the ships taking the battle droids to the surface. They found their way to the Queen and freed her. Their actions gave her the time she needed to come up with a plan. Because of their actions Naboo remained free and the two species that inhabited Naboo entered into a more harmonious relationship." Kenan locked his eyes on Jaina's. "Even if everyone else has forgotten there is one person that could never forget. As of two week ago she was there. She will take you in, I guaranty it."

'Take you in,' Jaina thought to herself as she sat back and watched the men agree on Naboo being their destination. Something about the way he said what he said and what he didn't say, 'us.' 'I wonder what the history is there.' Jaina thought to herself as they jumped back into hyperspace.

o O o

Tatooine

As Anakin reached the door he saw one of the attackers duck for cover and jumped igniting his saber on the way down. He managed to land right behind Tahiri guarding her back. One of the Brigadiers was down at best unconscious but the other two were still going strong. Anakin saw a swing flying at him and at first he thought that Tahiri didn't realize he was there till he saw the knife she deflected from its course toward him. The glint he saw in her eye as she returned her attention to her side of the battle told him all he needed to know, that she had missed him and was so glad he was back. As he fought he was still able to wonder at how much feeling that look in her eye had conveyed.

While they were fighting Tahiri was able to see the ship Anakin had been aboard as it swooped over the Peace Brigade vessel. It fired a weapon at the ship that she had never seen the likes of before. It launched a blue glowing sphere about one foot in diameter. When the sphere hit it turned into goo that sprayed over the ship. As Tahiri watched she saw the goo fry many of the ships electrical systems.

Turning as much as she could toward Anakin and still hold off the Brigadier on her side she asked. "Who are your new friends?"

Anakin laughed, "Not new, just rediscovered." Anakin said batting away several blaster bolts.

While they were talking Padme landed the ship so as that her main weapons were pointed at the enemy vessel and her rear hatch was facing her Grandson. As the ship settled down the Peace Brigade back up that was just about to run out to join the fight had to duck for cover as Sabe peppered the ship with antipersonnel fire.

When Anakin saw the distraction caused by the ships landing he knew it was time to act. "Now!" He said as he charged his man knowing even without the Force that Tahiri would be doing the exact same thing. He quickly took out his attacker and turned to see Tahiri take out hers. Then he saw something behind her that she couldn't sense because there was still one yasimari bubble. The Brigadier that had been unconscious was awake and about to fire. Anakin knew he couldn't get to her in time. All he could hope to do was make the man miss. He spotted a blaster on the ground just outside of the Force bubble and flung it at the man's weapon. It worked, though not as good as he would have liked, instead of hitting her in the back of the head it just grazed her. The shock of it took Tahiri to the sand even as Anakin leaped over her to tackle the guy. For a moment all he could think of was what this man had done and what he and his friends might have done had he not been there. Inside the bubble for a moment his control slipped. Then he realized what he had been about to do and returned to Tahiri leaving the man unconscious once more.

Anakin scooped her unconscious form up in his arms and headed back toward the ship. The rear hatch closed right behind them as the ship started heading for the stars. Anakin took Tahiri back to one of the rear cabins and laid her out on the bed so that he could take a closer look at her wound. As he looked over the wound Padme walked in.

"We just left the atmosphere and Sabe will have us in hyperspace shortly. I told her to retrace our path to Alderaan since we know it was clear when we passed through there yesterday." Padme said as she walked in and handed Anakin a med. pack. "Do we need to head somewhere to get her medical treatment or can you handle it?"

"She's going to be fine. I think it was just enough of a shock to her system to knock her out." Anakin said distractedly as he cleaned the wound and put a bacta patch on it. "Come on Tahiri, wake up." Padme realized that he wasn't paying any attention to her; that all that existed to him at this moment was Tahiri. 'That must be how Ani and I acted when we were together all those years ago.' Padme thought with a bittersweet smile as she returned to check on Sabe. Anakin didn't even notice she had left. "Come on Tahiri. You aren't going to let a little thing like a blaster bolt keep you down, are you?" She took a deep breath but wouldn't open her eyes. "Open your eyes and look at me."

She started to open her eyes then clamped them shut as tight as she could. "No, if I open my eyes the dream will end and you will be gone again." Tahiri said in a voice that Anakin had never heard her use before.

He took her hand in his and squeezed it. "I am not going anywhere Tahiri. I don't know how but I am back. I love you and I so want to see those green eyes of yours." A tear slipped down her face as she shook her head in defiance. "I'll tell you what, if I disappear then the next time I appear in your dreams you can beat me up and I won't even fight."

"Promise," came her voice oh so small.

"I swear. I've been trying to get back to you since I woke up after the battle." Anakin said to her as he waited.

"Deal," she said as she opened her eyes. At first she didn't move, her eyes just searched his face as if to ingrain it in her memory in case he did fade away from her sight. Then she sat up in a flash wrapping her arms around his neck with such ferocity that he couldn't breath.

Anakin was so glad that he was with her that breathing was the farthest thing from his mind. Luckily, Tahiri chose to lean back and look at him before the oxygen deprivation became too much of a problem. Anakin could see and sense the words that she wanted to say but couldn't get to come out. "I missed and love you too." He said pulling her into another, not quite so intense hug.

"We... I thought you were dead. Everyone thought that you died in killing the Voxyn Queen." Tahiri said leaning back and looking him in the eye. "Weeks have passed."

Anakin smiled at her realizing that she was worried that they might have done to him what they tried to do to her. "The last thing I remember was losing consciousness then I woke up on Tatooine. My powers were exhausted and I have no clue how I got here, all I could think of was getting home to you and the rest of my family. My powers are just now getting anywhere near normal. I only just learned you were here on Tatooine. When Sabe told me that she had over heard some people plotting to capture a young Jedi, a young Jedi with blonde hair and no shoes. I had no doubt that it was you and I knew where you were heading. We came as soon as we could."

"Speaking of your new friends, who are they and where did you find them?" Tahiri said looking around the cabin of the ship they were in.

"Who are they?" Anakin said with a laugh. "Padme Skywalker and Sabe, I haven't caught her last name." Tahiri turned in shock. "Yes, she is a Skywalker, to be more specific my Grandmother." He said chuckling again. "Both her personality and the Force confirm this. No, Tahiri, I didn't take her word for it I figured it out and called her by the name Skywalker before she got anywhere close to figuring me out. The Emperor sealed them up on a world called Naboo." He saw her face scrunch as she took a closer look at the ship and spoke before she could say a word. "Yes, the ship has some living components. They were developed in the Naboo star system to make up for the lack of resources." Tahiri raised her eyebrow at him. "Don't give me that look. I trust them."

"Okay I'll trust you on this one." Tahiri said.

o O o

Sabe turned to Padme as she entered into the cockpit. "How is our new guest?"

"Anakin said she would be fine and considering how he is acting I don't think he would say that if he wasn't sure. Watching him with her makes me wonder if that is what it looked like when my Ani would watch over me." Padme said, as she started a system diagnostic because she needed something to do to keep herself at least partially distracted.

"He must really love her then if his love can hold a candle to yours and Anakin's. It surprised me how long it took the Jedi Council to see in him what many of your friends saw immediately in you. The only question we had was who the lucky man was. Then again we now know that at that time the Council missed a lot." Sabe said turning to look at her friend. She was trying to figure out how to ask the question that had been burning in her since she had come back aboard the ship. "Padme, when I came in on you and young Anakin I noticed that you had been crying. Why?"

"Too much emotion, joy and sadness all at once. I had just learned that My Ani had returned from the darkside to stand against the Emperor to save our son's life." Padme said with a sad smile. "He died in killing Palpatine. Anakin died a Jedi once more." Padme said as she fought the tears. Tears that were once again trying to force their way between her eyelids to spill down her cheeks. Sabe placed her hand on her friend's knowing that her words could only fall short in providing comfort. Padme took a deep breath smiling bravely. "I did find an Anakin though."

Sabe couldn't help laughing at that one. "Does he know that he is a prince yet?" She said with a smirk.

"No, I want them to know me as Padme before they learn of my place as Amidala. Maybe I will tell them of having been the Queen in the past or at least of being a former senator. I want to find the twins first, then and only then will I tell them that I am the ruling Queen and head of the Jedi on Naboo." Padme said definitively.

"You will have to work fast." Sabe said looking to her friend and trying to keep her stubborn streak out of this. "Rabe will only be able to work in the dark so long and with a war out here that time is almost nonexistent. We have to be ready for the fight and if we are not careful the Vong will take the fight to Naboo before we are ready. We cannot risk sending any messages over the comm which means we will have to physically go to Naboo." Sabe said trying to get her friend to see the practical side of the matter even though it would be harder on her and the children.

"I know Sabe and I will tell them when we reach either of the children, till then I am going to enjoy my time with my Grandson." Padme said heading back to the rear cabin to find Anakin.

Anakin was sitting there contentedly watching Tahiri as she ate. She was trying to fill him in on what he had missed and eat at the same time. Anakin spotted Padme watching them from the door. "Padme let me introduce you to my friend Tahiri Velia. Tahiri this is my Grandmother Padme Skywalker."

"Nice to meet you, Lady Skywalker." Tahiri said dipping her head out of respect.

"It is nice to meet you, Tahiri but please call me Padme. Nobody calls me Lady Skywalker back home." Padme said smiling to Tahiri who she expected would be part of the family soon. 'Yeah they usually call me Queen Amidala.' She thought to herself. "Tell me Anakin, what did your Mother and Uncle do with their lives?"

"Mom was an Imperial Senator, till they found enough evidence to prove that she was a part of the Rebellion that she had to leave. Then she dived headfirst into the Rebellion and afterwards helped to form the New Republic. She severed as the Chief of State for a long time. Just about my whole family were heroes of the Rebellion." Anakin said with a smile.

"Yeah, except your Aunt Mara." Tahiri said.

Anakin shrugged his shoulders, changing to a safer subject. "Uncle Luke then started the Jedi Academy. With our potential my siblings and I really needed to be trained how to control our powers. When I look back at some of the things we did." Anakin chuckled thinking back to some of his antics. "To us telekineices was really child's play to us. Mother had two choices of ways to keep us from messing with something put in a room we couldn't get in. Which come to think of was quite hard in and of its self. Either that or just give it up because the minute her back was turned it was in the floor with us. Between the three of us we were a handful or five."

"You have two siblings?" Padme asked excitedly. Her family was growing by leaps and bounds and she was enjoying the ride while she had a chance. She knew that soon she would have to step back into the role of Amidala. That the enemy that was hunting the Jedi would not wait forever. No, matter how much Padme might wish it.

Anakin laughed. "I am so used to everyone knowing my family and me that I keep forgetting to fill you in on the details. My two elder siblings, Jaina and Jacen they are about nineteen now. We are all Jedi Knights." Anakin dropped his head for a moment. Tahiri reached across the table between them to take his hand and give it a comforting squeeze. He looked up giving Tahiri a slight smile of thanks before continuing. "Jaina and Jacen were on Myrkyr with me. So far they haven't shown up. I don't know how I got to Tatooine from there, let alone if they could have gotten away like I did. So the best guess is that they are missing somewhere behind enemy lines."

Padme all of a sudden realized what her daughter must be going through, thinking that she has lost one child, possibly all three. "Then we are going to head to Leia right now. Where would she be?" Padme said and again Anakin heard that voice that wasn't to be questioned. 'Now I know where Mom got it from.'

Tahiri blinked for a moment trying to remember where they had been preparing to go when she left. "They were going to look for Jaina and Jacen."

Padme reached over and placed her hand on the ship's intercom. "Sabe set a course that will take us over the most likely path to still be clear between Mon Calamari and Myrkyr. Myrkyr is our secondary destination whereas Leia is our primary and be aware that we will be going through enemy held space."

"Dropping out of hyperspace and setting new course. Here we go again." Sabe said closing off the comm.

o O o

Millennium Falcon

"I am afraid the famous Solo luck has finally run out." Threepio moaned to Artoo. "I always knew I would meet my end in space and with high odds of being on this ship." He said as several corral skippers caught the Falcon in an unavoidable crossfire. They were surrounded and still weren't far enough away to jump to hyperspace.

"Don't count us out yet, Golderon." Han yelled back over the blaring warning alarms.

"Han another ship just got pulled out of hyperspace, maybe we can work together." Leia said as she took out another coral skipper.

o O o