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Chapter 1

Luke dove out of the way as the sharp point came down. It, the Sharpe leg, which was attached to a bug looking creature, a very big bug, followed to where he landed and he rolled under it and kicked. The creature let out an angry cry and raised its weapon for the kill. Luke force leaped away on to the mountain of jagged rocks.

The creature followed with murder in his eyes. Luke gave a grim smile at it. He was running out of ideas. With no lightsaber it was going to be hard to kill. The razor sharp leg came up again but before it had the time to strike it was cut off.

Mara now stood next to Luke, lightsaber ablaze. She looked him up and down studying him to see if he was hurt. The only visible wound he had was a large cut on his left thigh. This confused her as she thought of her vision. He didn't have any of the same injuries.

"Hey Mara! What brings you here to this lovely area?" His voice was dripping with sarcasm. Mara's eyes narrowed at him but she didn't say anything as she turned to the creature and severed another leg. The giant creature let out another howl and fell to the ground. Mara put away her lightsaber and pulled out her blaster silencing it.

She turned again to Luke brows raised. " Where's your lightsaber Skywalker?" He gave a slight blush and looked toward the dead creature then to R2 who was only a few meters away.

" Well me and R2 tried that one thing we did on Jabba's sail brigade, only this time it didn't work. He got to it before I could and ate it." R2 beeped a few times to confirm his sad story. Sad and pathetic Mara thought with a snort. Why he even hid it in the first place was beyond her.

" So why are you here anyway?" He asked beginning to make his way to the creature to retrieve his weapon. " Isn't it obvious? To rescue you of course! Again." He rolled his eyes as his lightsaber flew to his outstretched hand. It was covered in green slime and Mara's lips rose in disgust. " Eww..."

"I thought it was going to be more of a challenge though," she continued on as she explored the dry, dusty area that they were in. It was the second part of her vision. Luke gave her a curious look and she explained, " I had a vision of you dying."

Luke brought a hand to his heart, " Awe...Mara I didn't know you cared." She snorted in reply but didn't get a chance to comment as her danger sense flashed in warning. She was too late, however, and the creature flew at her swiping her along the side of the back. She flew backwards and landed against the jagged rocks, instantly knocking her unconscious.

Luke ran to her side flipping on his lightsaber to keep the creature at bay. The creature paced back and forth while Luke took in his surroundings looking for an escape route. Nothing! There was nowhere to go. He looked down at Mara she was out cold.

" Well at least things can't really get worse," he said watching the creature lick its lips while flying creatures surrounded them. " Great!"

" Daddy can I fly?" Jaina asked eagerly from the Copilots seat.

Han smirked down at his 7-year-old daughter. " Maybe later," he answered as he flew through the mountain planet. Jaina pouted knowing her daddy would never let her fly his prized ship.

" We're on our way to rescue your uncle," Han continued. Jaina sighed, it seemed as though they were always going after Uncle Lukie, and usually with Mara Jade. Jaina smiled then, she liked Mara. Maybe she would let her fly her ship. Hey you can't dislike a kid's optimism. Of course it would probably never happen.

Leia came through the door with Jacen and Anakin trailing behind her bickering over some silly thing. " I can sense Luke around here so be on the look out." Han nodded and right after it was said they saw Luke, surrounded by odd-looking creatures.

" What has he gotten himself into this time?"