Chapter 6
On Hoth Once Again
It had been six months sence Han's fleet was nearly destroyed and Mala's encounter with Shindor. A red Twi'lek girl dressed in a heavy coat bent down and looked at the snow carefully.
"Master Skywalker! Ton-Ton tracks!" she called over her shoulder to the 3 others behind her. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca follow closely behind her.
"Where do they lead?" Luke asked quickly.
"Over this ridge!" the Twi'lek called back. Before running off in the direction they led. The other three followed slowly but broke into the run when they heard blaster fire. When they crested the ridge the Twi'lek girl Dia Distombe was fighting valiantly outnumbered by nearly 60 snow equipped Storm Troopers. Luke, Han and Chewbacca joined in the fight. Han began blasting trooper after trooper and Luke drew his lightsaber and joined Dia in battle. Chewbacca tore off his snow cloak and reviled a rocket launcher. He quickly loaded it and fired the first shot sending Storm Troopers flying. As the battle died down the few remaining troopers jumped on their speeder bikes and rode off into the distance. Luke, Han, Chewbacca and Dia followed the pursuit lasted only a few minutes as the four crested a hill they were blasted aside by six waiting ATST's Han was injured and Chewbacca killed a Storm Trooper with his bare hands out of rage. Luke managed to disable one of the walkers with a force earthquake that dropped a wall of ice on the enemy vehicle. However the four couldn't fight off the nearly 600 Storm Troopers that had now appeared from a hidden entrance into the planets surface. Loud clapping was heard emitting from the large crowd of troopers.
"Very good Master Skywalker, but all for not I'm afraid," called Mala's voice from deep in the group.
"Who are you?" Luke asked firmly looking hard into the Storm Troopers. Without warning Luke heard the sound of a lightsaber igniting and when he looked he realized the blade was at his neck.
"I my dear boy, am your worst nightmare," Mala whispered gently into his ear.
"You're a Sith," Dia snarled begging to raise her own blade before feeling the pressure of a lightsaber hilt pressing into her back. Jaek stood behind her with his finger on the activation matrix of his saber.
"Yes, what a smart little Jedi Knight you have with you Luke," Mala said pulling her blade away from Luke and walking to Dia. "And your name is?" Mala asked lifting her blade to Dia's neck.
"Jedi Knight Dia Distombe," Dia answered quickly.
"Dia? That's the Twi'lek feminine for Ice is it not?" Mala asked quietly.
"Yes," Dia answered growing weary of the questions.
"A harsh name for such a beautiful girl," Mala said quietly caressing her cheek and examining the girl's body. "You would make a fine apprentice," Mala said taking Dia's lightsaber using the force. "Your blade, it's beautiful, well-balanced smooth, it's not like that of most Jedi dark or otherwise," Mala said handing Dia her saber back. Mala quickly turned to a Storm Trooper. "Sergeant take them below and lock them up I have business to attend to,"
"Yes Ma Lady," the trooper said saluting her and having his men take the four below.