A/N-- Okay, sorry about the long wait for this chapter. I recently seen Episode III again, so I'm revved up for SW again! Hope you enjoy this chapter!


Chapter 10- Come for Me

Lorelei slipped her arms around Luke's neck as he held her close and their kiss continued. They parted briefly to breathe, then kissed several times quickly. Finally, they separated, falling back into a sitting position on the ground. Picking at her dress, Lorelei began to laugh.

"What's so funny?" Luke asked.

"I hope Leia doesn't want this dress back," Lorelei giggled. Luke gave laughed.

The Jedi sighed and glanced up at the sky.

"We should get out of this hole," he said. "I'll climb out, then help you out. Just…don't pull me in again."

The witch blushed and nodded. Luke flashed her a stunning smile that seemed oddly placed with his mud-coated clothing. He turned from her and planted a foot into the soft dirt wall of the hole. Lorelei watched as he hoisted himself up and out of the hole. Then she turned her attention to the sky.

He loved her! Luke loved her! She couldn't believe it! It had been too long since she had felt such happiness coursing through her. She was in a daze, an almost drug induced state. Surely this was what it meant to be drunk on love. Suddenly, an odd flash of light crossed the sky.

Lightning? Lorelei wondered. That's an odd color for it. But perhaps that's normal on this planet.

She waited a few moments, waiting to hear Luke's voice to call for her. When she didn't, she stood and walked to the wall that Luke had clambered up.

"Luke?" she called, starting to climb.

A few foot-holes later, she slipped and reached out over the top for something to catch. She caught a hand. Smiling, she pulled herself up. When she looked up, she gasped. It was not Luke that had helped her. Instead, a man with long, white-blond hair and an evil grin stood before her. She knew him.

"Lucius! Where's--Luke!" Lorelei cried, looking over to see Luke, unconscious, against a tree. "What have you done to him!"

"A stunning spell, Miss Potter," he sneered, pointing his wand at the bewitched Jedi. "Now, if you'll give me no trouble, I'll not harm him more. Come along."

"How can I trust you?" she asked despairingly as two armed guards appeared behind Lucius.

"My dear, do you really have a choice?" he said, his grin widening.

Lorelei hung her head and held her wrists out for the guards to cuff. Then, Lucius--jabbing his wand in her back--led her to the ship he had arrived in. She walked halfway up the gangplank, then stopped to look back at Luke. Grabbing her arm, Lucius took her inside and roughly threw her into a holding cell, taking her wand with him as he left her for the bridge. She listened helplessly as the ship was fired up and was guided far away from Dagobah.

…………………

Anakin landed the ship on the unstable swamps of Dagobah as quickly as he could. Once Harry could see the ground, he had started to threaten jumping out of the ship if it couldn't move a bit faster. Anakin watched as, for the second time, Harry escaped a transport through a half-open hatch. Once it was fully lowered, he followed.

"Quick! Use the damn Force! Find Luke!" Harry said, looking around much as certain small creatures do.

"I'm trying, Harry. We'll find them, don't worry. Wait…Luke…he's unconscious, I think. We may be--" Anakin said.

"Don't say it," Harry interrupted.

"Too late," the former Dark Lord said, pointing past Harry.

The Boy Who Lived turned and muttered some heavy obscenity as he made his way toward Luke. Somehow, Anakin beat him there. He bent over his son and shook him slightly.

"Luke…Luke!" he said.

When the Jedi didn't waken on the third "Luke," Anakin slapped him soundly across the face. Then, when that didn't get a response either, he did it again.

"Move!" Harry said, pointing his wand at Luke. "Ennervate!"

Luke's eyes flew opened, and he immediately rubbed his cheek.

"Ow. What the hell just happened? Father, Harry, what…where's Lorelei?" he asked.

"Oh, Merlin! Luke, tell us what you remember! You were unconscious!" Harry commanded.

"Well…Lorelei and I kissed…then I climbed out of the hole and…Oh no! Lorelei's been captured by that Malfoy!" he said, leaping to his feet.

"You and Lorelei kissed? Luke, that's great! What does this mean?" Harry asked.

"Nothing, Harry, if we don't find your sister!" Anakin snapped.

"Oh, right! Obviously…so, where do you think they're headed?" Harry said as he and Anakin followed Luke back to the cave in which he had been hiding Lorelei.

Luke threw some supplies in a bag and whirled about, heading back out to where the Falcon was hidden. Quite a feat, hiding something that large in some trees, swamp and brush, Harry thought. Lorelei probably helped him do so. Luke turned to them again.

"I think they're heading for Cloud City. We'll go there," he said, then boarded the ship.

"How do you figure he knows that?" Harry asked as he and Anakin walked back to their transport.

As they boarded and fired up the ship, prepared to followed Luke, he responded, "It was where we were held hostage a year ago. It only makes sense that that would be a good starting point. Whether they were stupid enough to stay or not, that's the question."

Harry nodded and fired up the engines. Communicating with Luke through the com system, both ships set the coordinates for Cloud City and were off as soon as they had cleared the atmosphere.


End Notes: Okay, this chapter isn't as great as I thought it would be, but it's one of those dreaded transition chapters. Bleh. Please R & R! Thanks!