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Chpt. 14: The Day After

When last we left our heroes in chapter thirteen, Han and Luke had finally "succeeded" in their mission of bra shopping with Jaina. Although, to be fair, victory was really due to Padme's influence than anything else. (Sorry guys.)

Little do our two heroes know that Leia Organa Solo is less than two days away from Coruscant.

"She's what?" Han asked.

Okay, now they know.

"Han, Leia must never know about yesterday," Luke said. They both nodded and looked over at Jaina, who was busy scarfing down their bribe. Chocolate ice cream with chocolate sprinkles and syrup, hopefully she won't breathe a word, right? Right?

I guess we'll just have to wait. But meanwhile...

"CHEWIE! WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?" A certain outraged Corellian bellowed.

"Arrowwww graawwwww." (I was busy.)

"BUSY DOING WHAT?"

"Grrraaaa wraaa." (I took Jacen to the zoo.)

"DON'T GIVE THAT YOU LYING SON OF A..."

"HAN!" Luke yelled. The red faced Corellian turned to glare at him. The Jedi Master held up his hands in defense before continuing. "He's not lying." The Wookiee gave a snort. Han glared at him.

"Convenient excuse," Han muttered. Chewbacca made a show of innocence as sauntered into the back room.

"I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU YET!" Han bellowed. The angry Corellian bolted after the Wookiee, who tried to hide (unsuccessfully) behind a couch. What resulted was a brief game of cat and mouse around the piece of furniture until the Wookiee finally picked up the human and shoved him in a closet. Then he took the opportunity to make a convenient escape from the Solo residence until Han calmed down.

Of course, Han wasn't going to calm down for a while.

"WHY YOU DIRTY SON OF CENSORE CENSORE CENSORE!"

Umm, I think we should leave Han for a moment as we check on Lando and Karrde.

Currently our destructive duo are just waking up after their long, alcohol filled night. (Karrde's crew was reluctant to remove the unconscious two from the main bridge and instead left them alone. Without their knowledge, many holopictures have been taken for future blackmail.)

"Sithspawn," Karrde muttered. "It's so bright."

"Head hurts, speak later," Lando grumbled.

I think we'll come back when they're a little more human. Back to Han.

"I'LL TEAR THAT WOOKIEE FUR OF HIS OFF ONE PIECE AT A TIME UNTIL..."

Han's not quite human yet either. I wonder how Anakin and the others are doing?

"How was your trip to the living world?" Mace Windu asked. He, Yoda, and a few others of the Jedi Council were floating somewhere in the oblivion of the netherworld. Anakin, Obi-wan, and Qui-Gon bowed respectfully before the dead Jedi Masters.

"It was...fruitful," Qui-Gon said.

"Yes, fruitful," Anakin echoed.

"Very fruitful," Obi-wan repeated.

Mace Windu raised an eyebrow and wondered if he should question Padme about it later. Was it his imagination, or did Qui-Gon just smirk then? Before he could ponder this, a certain, small green creature at his side drew everyone's attention.

"Hmm, trip very good then methinks, hmm? Congratulations in order they are," Yoda said. Obi-wan and Anakin fidgeted (slightly) at that, but said nothing. Several more pleasantries were exchanged before Anakin, Obi-wan, and Qui-Gon turned to leave. However, Yoda had one more piece of infinite wisdom to expound.

"Master Kenobi, if lady friend you desire, plenty here there are. Yes, yes, many Twi'leks here in fact."

Obi-wan's face turned a lovely shade of red.
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Several hours and many migraine pills later:

"Just how are we going to manage this Calrissian?" Karrde asked. "Skywalker's a Jedi, he'll know something's up."

Lando thought hard for a moment as he stared at the computer console. They had hit a snag with their plan. The Force.

Damn the Force.

However Lando, being Lando, soon latched on to a solution to their problem.

"We need a third advocate," Lando said. (A THIRD advocate?) Karrde gave him a curious look befor slowly catching on.

"Someone who doesn't know what's in there," Karrde finished. Lando flashed a sparkling smile as he turned back to the computer. He wondered if the guy he had in mind was on Coruscant. Thankfully, he'd just returned to the planet early this morning.

Karrde smirked as he realized who Lando had in mind. The business man flashed another evil smile as he picked up a comlink. A short time later, the man on the other end answered.

"Hello Wedge, how's your day going so far?" Lando asked.

Wedge Antilles stared at his comlink. What did Lando Calrissian want NOW?