I want to thank all of you for your condolences regarding my grandma's death. It really means a lot to me. It's not that easy to deal with, especially for me. Like I said last chapter, she was always so happy, especially when she got to see her grandchildren and children. I'll never forget when she and my grandpa came for my high school graduation. Sure, it was a traditional one since I got held back another year for whatever reason, but it was nice to see them there. My grandparents meant so much to me and I'm sure the same can be said for everyone else.
But for all you troll's out there who love to put people down and make fun of them, I've got something to say. I JUST LOST MY FUCKING GRANDMOTHER! ALRIGHT! YOU HEAR THAT! MY GRANDMOTHER! YOU! AND YOUR BULLYING! AND YOU FUCKIN' BASTARDS LIKE YOU! CAN GO TO HELL!
Sorry about that, I hate trolls, especially those who try to put everyone down to make themselves feel better and yes, that was a Gears of War 3 reference I used. There's just something about John DiMaggio that I love, as a voice actor I mean.
Alright, time for the first part of the Death Star 'tour'. I'm sure many of you have noticed several changes to the canon already, especially with Yularen's reaction and protest to Tarkin's unnecessary destruction of Alderaan, so you can expect something very interesting happening this chapter.
Now, onto the reviews.
Jack Smith: Thank you for the condolence. I haven't had a chance to check out your Stellar Stories yet, but I can assure you that Yularen won't die like he did in canon.
Monster King: Thank you and I'm glad you liked the chapter.
BlindFaunusGirl: Thank you. If there is one character, I hate in Star Wars more than Sidious, it's Tarkin. That bastard deserves to die. Barriss Offee being the Inquisitor, well I won't confirm anything, but they are a former Jedi. Glad you liked the part with Hondo, Chewie, Ruby and Artoo.
Spartan-626: Like I said, I won't confirm anything about the Inquisitor being Barriss, but they will appear again. Yularen punching Tarkin, that would be awesome, and it might happen. Yeah, I know the name of that guy from going onto the Star Wars wiki site.
Mr. Shades42: You really think that any imperial forces that were from Alderaan would stay with the Empire after they vaporized their friends, family and home planet!? I sure as hell would jump ship and side with the Rebellion instead of those bucketheads.
Luffy L Deathwalker: This one might take a while but thank you.
54godamora: Yeah, I guess she has.
Guest Mooncake: Yeah, 86 is a pretty awesome series, but it would be even more awesome if there were mobile suit like machines, transformable ones like tanks, fighter jets and other military vehicles. It's mostly just ground combat and in the military it's always good to have some CAS aircraft on hand, like the A10 Thunderbolt. And thanks for your condolence.
Guest Reader: I'm sorry for your loss.
Mattysteel: Project Blackwing? You mean that project that created zombies using Sith Alchemy? I don't want to think what would happen if that project was used on the Grimm. But you never know 'who' might be stupid enough to try and use such a project.
Silverfox3456: Thanks for your condolence.
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Alright, reviews are done. Let's get onto the story.
No songs this chapter, but I suggest that you all listen to the soundtrack from A New Hope.
Disclaimers are the same as always, please enjoy.
Chapter 80: A New Hope: Part 4
Stormtroopers stood at attention as the captured freighter was pulled into the docking bay. Tensions among hundreds of imperial personal were high. Only hours had passed after several Imperial Shuttles had taken off with no orders, jumping into hyperspace to parts unknown, save for several dozen that were shot down by the Death Stars turbo laser cannons especially those who were native to Alderaan, many of whom were already planning on defecting to the Rebellion.
Those that remained onboard were loyal to the Empire, the Emperor and Darth Vader, who entered the docking bay just as imperial officer and several stormtroopers exited the Falcon. "There's no one aboard, sir. According to the logs, the crew abandoned the ship right after takeoff. It must be a decoy, sir. Several of the escape pods have been jettisoned." The officer reported.
"Did you find any droids?" Vader questioned.
"No, sir. If there were any on board, they must have also been jettisoned." The officer answered.
"Send a scanning crew aboard. I want every part of this ship checked." Vader ordered.
"Yes sir." The officer replied.
"I sense something, presences I haven't felt since…" Vader murmured to himself, looking at the Falcon. He recognized one of the presences as Galen and the second was Jaune who's name he didn't know, the third one was Ruby who he remembered all to well from their fight on Beacon tower. But the last one, was a presence that brought him much anger. Vader turned and left the docking bay as the officer ordered a scanning crew to carry out Lord Vader's order.
Though they believed the crew had ejected after takeoff, the group was actually hiding in several compartments underneath the floorboards. "Boy, it's a lucky thing you had these compartments." Luke remarked with a sigh of relief as he emerged from the compartment, as did Han who had his blaster out.
"I use them for smuggling. I never thought I would be smuggling myself." Han explained. "This is ridiculous. Even if I could take off, I'd never get past the tractor beam."
"Let me guess, it holds the ship in place?" Jaune questioned.
"Yep." Han answered.
"Great. Just great!" Jaune groaned.
"Leave that to me." Obi-Wan stated.
"Damn fool, I knew you were gonna say that." Han cursed.
"Who's the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?" Obi-Wan asked as the group scrambled out of the compartments.
"So, how are we going to disable the tractor beam? If we walk out of the ship, we'll be spotted before we can even do anything." Ruby remarked.
Galen peaked around the corner at Stormtroopers outside the boarding ramp. "I think I've got an idea." He grinned and explained it to the others. They waited until the scanning crew entered the ship before he and Cody grabbed them and knocked them out while Han dropped one of the panels, creating quite a loud noise that got the attention of the Stormtroopers outside the ship.
"Hey down there! Could you give us a hand with this?" Han called out. The four Stormtroopers, plus the officer that was with them boarded the Falcon, only to be knocked out and stripped of their uniforms.
Galen, Jaune, Luke and Han now wore the armor of the troopers they knocked out while Ruby wore the uniform of the officer that was with them, the rank insignia on her borrowed uniform identified her as a officer. Luke, Han and Jaune wore the standard Stormtrooper armor while Galen's armor was that of the Stormtrooper Commander due to the pauldron on his armor.
The bodies of the knocked-out imperials were dumped into a smuggling container by Chewie while Cody, Obi-Wan and the droids waited.
Up in the control room in the hanger, the officer in charge of security in the hanger noticed the guards were missing. "TK four-two-one why aren't you at your post?" the officer demanded, but there was no reply. "TK four-two-one, do you copy over!?" the officer demanded again. Yet again, there was no reply, and the officer went to the window to check the situation.
He watched as a Stormtrooper Commander and a female officer exited the ship along with said trooper who waved to the officer and tapped the side of his helmet, indicating the commlink in their helmet was malfunctioning. The officer bought the bluff and turned to his aid. "Take over, we got a bad transmitter. I'll see to it." the officer replied.
They were about to leave but were met by Chewbacca and two of the other Stormtroopers before the mighty Wookie swiped the officer aside into some barrels while the second guard reached for their pistol only to be downed by a shot to the chest by one of the troopers.
Obi-Wan, Cody and the droids followed in after them, followed by Ruby, Galen and a very angry Luke who closed the door behind them before removing his helmet. "You know, between his howling and you're blasting everything in sight, it's a wonder that the whole station doesn't know we're here!"
"Bring 'em on! I prefer a straight up fight to all this sneaking around." Han retorted.
"We found the computer outlet, sir." Threepio announced.
"Plug in. He should be able to interpret the entire imperial computer network." Obi-Wan instructed Artoo. The astromech droid did as instructed and found what they were looking for Threepio then translated what Artoo found.
"He says he found the main computer to power the tractor beam that's hold the ship here. He'll try to display the precise location on the monitor." The golden droid translated as the schematics appeared in green on the monitor. "The tractor beam is coupled to the main reactor in seven locations. A power loss at one the terminals will allow the ship to leave."
Obi-Wan studied the schematics with a deep expression before he turned back to the others. "I don't think any of you can help. I must go alone." He said gravely.
"Sir, with all do respect, let me come with you. I tried to stop you from getting shot by one of my brothers and failed. I should help you and make up for my failure." Cody insisted.
"No, Commander. You have your own mission to attend to. I sense that Yularen is onboard the station and will need a rescue. You'll have to rescue him; I believe he will be a powerful ally for the rebellion." Obi-Wan told his old friend.
Cody wanted to protest, feeling as if Obi-Wan wasn't going to come back alive. But he knew the general had a point and with Yularen on the side of the rebellion, the Empire would suffer greater losses. "Artoo. Transmit Yularen's location to my gauntlet, I'll go rescue him. General, make sure you come back after your mission." The clone Marshal instructed the droid who transmitted the Colonel's location and the highlighted route to his gauntlet, while he spoke to Obi-Wan for what would be the last time.
"Whatever you say old man, I got more than I bargained for on this trip." Han said while Cody left the control room to start his own mission.
"I want to go with you." Luke protested.
"Be patient, Luke. Stay and watch over the droids." Obi-Wan told the young Skywalker who again protested, saying he could help Obi-Wan. "They must be safely delivered to the Rebellion or other worlds will suffer the same fate as Alderaan. Your destiny lies along a different path than mine."
"Alright." Luke admitted as Obi-Wan opened the door and left on his final mission.
"The Force will be with you, always." Obi-Wan assured the young boy before Luke closed the door.
Chewbacca made a growl. "Boy you said it, Chewie." Han commented before he turned to Luke. "Where did you dig up that old fossil?"
"Hey! Don't call him old!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Ruby's right. Ben is a great man." Luke said in agreement.
"Yeah, great at getting us caught." Han answered sarcastically.
"I didn't hear you give any idea." Luke argued.
"Well, anything's better than just hangin around waitin for 'em to pick us up." Han said giving his own point.
"Do we need to separate you two?" Jaune asked before Artoo started to beep in glee, catching everyone's attention.
"What's up with Artoo?" Galen asked.
"I'm afraid I'm not quite sure, sir. He says 'I've found her' and keeps repeating 'she's here'." Threepio answered.
"Who?" Luke asked.
"Princess Leia." Threepio answered.
"The Princess? She's here?" Luke exclaimed.
"Princess? What's going on?" Han asked, clearly out of the loop.
"Where? Where is she?" Luke asked Artoo ignoring Han's question. Artoo beeped and soon gave his answer to Threepio who translated.
"Level five. Detention Block AA twenty-three." Threepio said before Artoo gave some disturbing news. "I'm afraid she's scheduled to be terminated."
"Oh, no! We've got to do something!" Luke panicked.
"What are you talking about?" Han demanded.
"The droids belong to her. She's the one in the message. We've got to help her!" Luke explained.
"Now, don't get any funny ideas. The old man told us to wait right here." Han replied.
"But he didn't know she was here." Luke protested before he turned back to Artoo. "Just find a way into the detention block."
"I'm not going anywhere!" Han said stubbornly.
"But their gonna execute her. Look, a few minutes ago you said you didn't just want to wait here to be captured. Now all you want to do is stay? Would you just make up your mind?" Jaune remined.
"Marching into the detention area is not what I had in mind!" Han snapped.
"But they're gonna kill her!" Luke exclaimed.
"Better her than me!" Han shouted.
"It's pointless to argue with Han. He won't move unless he gets something out of all this. He is a smuggler after all." Galen remined before he sensed someone approaching the control room and pulled them through the moment the door opened.
"Jaune?" the arriving Stormtrooper questioned much to the confusion of the group. "Oh, right. You don't recognize me with the helmet on." The trooper than removed their helmet and revealed themselves to be none other than Pyrrha.
"Pyrrha!" Jaune exclaimed and ran towards her, wrapping her in a hug. "What are you doing here? And why are you dressed as a Stormtrooper?" Jaune questioned.
Pyrrha took a moment to vomit the vocal emulator she swallowed several days ago, restoring her natural voice before she explained how she stripped a stormtrooper of their armor onboard the Tantive IV and sneaked into the Imperial Ranks in an effort to free Leia from Imperial custody. Sadly, the trooper who's uniform she was wearing didn't have the clearance for the detention center so she couldn't do anything. Jaune however, was just glad to see Pyrrha was still alive and not dead.
Luke while happy for Jaune and Pyrrha soon had an idea on how to convince Han to help him. "She's rich."
Chewbacca growled as Han looked at Luke. "Rich?"
"Rich. Powerful. Listen, if you were to rescue her, the reward would be…" Luke explained.
"What?" Han asked.
"Well more than you can imagine." Luke finished.
"I don't know. I can imagine quite a bit." Han said unsure, at least until Luke assured him that he would get the reward for rescuing Leia. "You better be right about this. So, what's the plan?" Han asked.
Luke looked around and found his plan. "Threepio, hand me those binders there, would you?" he asked. The protocol droid handed him the binders and was about to put them on Chewie who growled in anger. "On second thought, Han you put these on."
Han did as the kid instructed and assured Chewie that he had a pretty good idea what Luke had in mind. "Don't take it personally, Luke. Wookie's and binders don't mix well. Considering that the Empire has enslaved much of the Wookie population. Right big guy?" Galen told the young Skywalker, while Chewbacca growled in agreement.
"Master Luke, pardon me. But… what should Artoo and I do if we're discovered?" Threepio asked nervously.
"Lock the door." Luke answered.
"And hope they don't have blasters." Han added as they put on their helmets and left the control room, leaving the two droids behind them.
Meanwhile, Cody snuck through the maintenance corridors that Artoo had determined to be the best way to Yularen's quarters, where he was kept under guard after an 'incident' with Tarkin over the destruction of Alderaan. Cody knew that Tarkin always believed a show of brute force would show the Empire's intentions to both the rebellion and other star systems who would try to defy the Empire.
He had a feeling that Mandalore would still fight even with the stations firepower, but he knew that there would be many groups that would give up and surrender to the Empire. He also knew that Tarkin would make an example of those groups and probably execute them. "That man hasn't changed since the war. I'll personally see that he gets his ass kicked." He said to himself as he made his way through the corridors.
The Clone Marshall then stopped and remembered something. "Tarkin was close to Palpatine both during and after the war. What if Palpatine actually helped frame Commander Tano for bombing the temple? It would make sense since he held a great dislike for the Jedi, so what's to say he wasn't already planning on overthrowing the Jedi before Order 66?" he asked himself as he moved further down the corridor.
He reached a maintenance hatch that was close to the colonel's location and waited for the right moment before he exited the corridor, checked for hostiles before he moved to the door of the colonel's quarters. He then began to slice the control panel of the door, a task that took him a few seconds before he entered the room and found a surprised Colonel Yularen. "Looks like time hasn't been very kind to you, Yularen." Cody mused as he removed his helmet.
"Commander Cody?" Yularen asked in confusion. "I had heard reports that you were fighting against the Empire, but I didn't think you'd be foolish enough as to infiltrate this battle station." He chuckled. "I assume you are here to eliminate me?"
"Quiet the opposite. I'm here to recruit you for the Rebellion." Cody replied. "You're not the kind of person who would support a station that can blow up an entire planet with a single shot or execute millions of people. You're a seasoned naval man who's had more than his fair share of battles and knows naval combat better than most Imperial's do. That will be an asset to the Rebellion. They're not terrorists, there brave men and women who are fighting to end Palpatine tyranny and oppression to the galaxy. Do you honestly believe that ruling through fear is the direction the galaxy needs?"
"Garuda 2 told me something similar to that months ago. She asked me if terror and an iron fist was worth all the death that the Empire has caused." Yularen answered, thinking back to that day. "It does not matter, even if I joined the rebellion there is little, I can contribute to them."
"That's not true, sir. You may not have trusted the Jedi during the war, but Commander Tano trusted you and still does. She's still alive and despite everything she learned, she's still fighting the Empire. Same goes for me, General Plo and the rest of my brothers. We'll keep on fighting so that all those who died before us will know that we never gave up when things look tough. We'll keep on fighting." Cody said.
"Commander Tano's alive?" Yularen asked.
"She is, same goes for Rex." Cody replied. "And there's something else you should know about General Skywalker. He didn't die at the end of the war, he's Darth Vader." Cody revealed.
"Vader… is Skywalker?" Yularen questioned. "Are you serious?"
"I know you didn't like Skywalkers recklessness during the war, but his son is anything but reckless. He doesn't even know about his father so it would be best not to tell him about it. So, Colonel Yularen, what are you going to do?" the Commander asked.
Yularen clenched his fists in anger. While it was true he didn't admire Anakin's reckless nature, he did admire his confidence and talents, the same was also true for Ahsoka, who Yularen saw as somewhat of a niece to him. "I'm through with the Empire." Yularen began, throwing down his insignia to the ground. "To rule the galaxy with terror, that is something only a dictator would do. I believe in democracy, not a dictatorship. I fought for the Republic and I will fight for it again."
Cody smiled and put his helmet back on. "Let's head to the hanger where the Falcon is locked down. General Kenobi should have the tractor beam disabled soon, so we'll need to secure the ship before they can destroy it."
"Agreed. It will be nice to see General Kenobi again." Yularen agreed and pulled out a DH-17 pistol from his desk. "One question, Commander. What do you know about the Demon Lord?"
"All I can tell you is, he's just as skilled as General Skywalker but not as reckless as Skywalker." Cody replied before he led the Colonel back to the maintenance corridors before a patrol of Stormtroopers missed them.
As this was going on, Luke, Galen, Pyrrha, Ruby, Jaune, Han and Chewie had made their way to the turbolift that led to the detention area, only to find that Chewie's binders weren't fitting around the Wookie's wrists. "This is not gonna work." Han stated.
"Why didn't you say so before?" Luke growled.
"I did say so before." Han answered before he noticed Galen had turned around. "What are you doing?"
"The door opens on the other side." Galen answered as the lift came to a stop and the group stepped through, surprising the guards on duty.
"Where are you taking this… thing?" the officer asked.
"Prisoner transfer to cellblock 1138." Luke answered.
"I wasn't asking you, private. I was asking the Commander." The officer said.
"It's like the private said. We're transferring this Wookie to cellblock 1138." Galen said.
"I wasn't notified of this. I'll have to clear it myself." The officer answered and motioned for two guards to 'deal' with Chewbacca, drawing their blaster pistols. One guard got to close and was knocked aside before 'grabbing' Han's DLT-19.
"Look out he's loose!" Han shouted.
"He'll tear us all apart!" Luke exclaimed.
"I'll get him!" Han shouted and started to shoot the Imperial forces, the security cameras and gate controls while under the pretense of trying to shoot the Wookie. Galen and the others followed suit, giving the same pretense.
"Look out!" Luke warned, firing at the guard who was coming down the hall, sending them tumbling down the stairs. Once everything was destroyed, Han moved the officers dead body of the console, pressing a few buttons as it started beeping.
"Alright, we've got to find out which cell this princess of yours is in." Han said after he removed his helmet before he scanned through the records on the console. "Here it is… cell 2187. You go get her while I hold things here." Han instructed.
Luke was quick to run down the hall with Galen and Ruby beside him while Han pressed another button on the console. "Everything is under control. Situation normal." Han said, trying to bluff to those on the other side of the console.
"What happened?"
"Uh… we had a slight weapons malfunction. But, uh, everything's fine now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?" Han replied, trying to act nervous hoping the officer on the other side would buy it.
"We're sending a squad up."
"Uh, uh, negative. We had a reactor leak here now. Give us a few minutes to lock it down. Large leak… very dangerous." Han lied.
"Who is this? What's your operating number?"
Han answered with a shot to the control panel, destroying it. "Boring conversation anyway." He said.
"That's done it now. They'll probably be sending up three squads, maybe four at the most!" Pyrrha exclaimed.
"We can't hold off that many troopers!" Jaune added.
"Took the words right out of my mouth kids! Luke! We're gonna have company!" Han shouted to the three running down the hall to Leia's cell.
Luke pressed a button and opened the cell to find Leia seemingly laying peacefully before she woke up and saw the imperials standing in front of her. "Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?" she asked.
"What? Oh, the uniform." Luke realized before he removed his helmet. "I'm Luke Skywalker. I'm here to rescue you." Luke said.
"You're who?" Leia questioned.
"I'm here to rescue you. I've got your R2 unit! I'm here with Ben Kenobi!" Luke explained.
"Ben Kenobi! Where is he?" Leia demanded.
"We can talk about that later! We've got Stormtroopers coming out way!" Ruby shouted.
"Ruby?" Leia questioned before she saw the Stormtrooper Commander beside her, their helmet off. "Galen?"
"Hey, Leia. We'll explain later." Galen told the princess and started to lead them out of the detention center.
At the same time, Vader met with Tarkin in the conference room. The Grand Moffs face had a large bruise on his right eye from Yularen had punched, following the destruction of Alderaan which the colonel planned on reporting to high command before he was imprisoned in his quarters for striking an officer. Vader noticed this and didn't care. "They are here." Vader said.
"Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ruby Rose and Galen Marek? What makes you so sure?" Tarkin questioned.
"Three tremors in the force. The first one I felt the last time I was in the presence of my old master. The last two were when I fought them on Remnant along with Cinder Fall." Vader answered.
"Surely Kenobi must be dead by now. And those two are lightyears away dealing with mindless creatures." Tarkin scoffed.
"Don't underestimate the power of the Force." Vader warned sharply.
"The Jedi are extinct. Their fire has gone out the universe. You, my friend are all that's left of their religion." Tarkin answered surely as he paced on the conference table as the commlink buzzed. "Yes?"
"We have an emergency in detention block AA23 and Colonel Yularen has escaped from confinement." The officer on the other side of the commlink reported.
"The princess? Put all sections on alert." Tarkin ordered.
"Obi-Wan is here. The Force is with him, and the other two." Vader stated once more.
"If you're right, he must not be allowed to escape." Tarkin said.
"Escape is not his plan. I must face him, alone. We will worry about the other two later." Vader declared. With that, he turned around and walked out of the conference room.
Back in the detention block, blaster fire echoed through out block as Stormtroopers poured out of the turbolifts and opened fire at the group of intruders forcing them back down the cell block. "Can't get out that way!" Han said bluntly as he joined up with the others.
"Look like you managed to cut off are only escape route." Leia said, unimpressed.
"Maybe you'd like it back in your cell, your highness." Han suggested sarcastically before a blaster bolt flew past him, forcing him to take cover and returned fire while Luke pulled out his commlink.
"C3P0! C3P0! Are there any other ways out the detention area? We've been cut off!" Luke shouted as his companions fired back at the imperial forces, killing a few of them. The blaster fire also overshadowed Threepio's answer to his master. "What was that I didn't copy?"
"I said all systems have been alerted to your presence, sir. The main entrance appears to be the only way in or out. All other information on your level has been restricted." Threepio admitted before he was suddenly cut off.
"There's no other way out!" Luke exclaimed before he too started to fire back at the imperials.
"Argh! I can't hold them off forever!" Han growled after he downed another Stormtrooper. Pyrrha, Jaune, Ruby and Galen were able to down a few troopers as well but more kept pouring in.
"This is some rescue! When you came in here, didn't you have a plan for getting out?" Leia asked annoyed.
"He's the brains sweetheart!" Han shouted, gesturing to Luke who had his blaster yanked from his hands by Leia who fired a shot at garbage chute near them. "What the hell are you doing!?" Han exclaimed, not happy about the situation.
"Somebody has to save our skins!" Leia declared, firing off a shot from Luke's blaster before she tossed it back to him. "Into the garbage chute, flyboy!" she shouted before jumping down the chute.
"Pyrrha! Jaune! Ruby! Go! We'll be right behind you!" Galen instructed as he fired off a couple more shots while his friends jumped down the garbage chute before he followed after them. Chewie, with some pushing from Han followed suit, then Luke and finally Han all of whom landed in the dirty water.
"The garbage chute was an incredible idea! What an incredible smell you've discovered!" Han complained before he turned his attention to the door that his copilot was trying to open. "Get away from there…"
"No wait!" Luke protested but Han had already aimed his blaster and fired at the door, only for the shot to bounce off the walls, forcing them to duck. "Will you forget it! I already tried the door is magnetically sealed!"
"Put that thing away you're going to kill us all!" Leia snapped.
"Absolutely, your worship. Look I already had everything under control till you led us down here! Ya know, it's not going to take 'em very long to figure out what happened to us." Han snapped back.
"It could be worse." Ruby admitted, only seconds later something let out a horrible and inhumane moan from the murky depths. "Oh come on, seriously!" she complained.
"I think it's worse now, Ruby." Jaune told her.
"There's something alive down here." Luke said in a frantic tone as he glanced around the room, while Pyrrha, Galen and Chewie tried to find a way out of the garbage pit.
"That's just your imagination." Han dismissed.
"No, Luke's right. There's something down here." Ruby said in agreement with Luke who noticed a tentacle or something moving through the water past his leg. "Something just moved past his leg! Look! Did you see that?"
"What?" Han questioned before a tentacle wrapped itself around Luke's leg and pulled him under.
"Kid! Luke!" Han shouted.
"Luke!" the others shouted in concern as Luke was pulled under the disgusting water for a few moments before he emerged once again, this time the tentacle was wrapped around his throat and Leia tried to pull him out with a pipe.
"Grab this!" the princess shouted.
"Blast it, will you! My blasters jammed!" Luke urged.
"Where?" Han asked.
"Anywhere!" Luke exclaimed as Han fired a shot into the water before whatever had a hold of Luke pulled him back under. The group searched the water for any signs of Luke when they heard a metallic sound before Luke emerged once more, completely drenched in the murky water as Leia helped him up.
"What happened?"
"I don't know! It just let go and disappeared!" Luke answered, gasping for breath and coughing as another metallic sound was heard all around them.
"I got a bad feeling about this." Han admitted.
"I think we all do now, Captain Solo." Ruby agreed just as the walls started to close in around them.
"The walls are moving! We're in a trash compactor!" Pyrrha exclaimed in worry.
"Don't just stand there, try and brace them with something!" Leia ordered and grabbed a pipe with Pyrrha and propped it up against the walls while Ruby, Jaune and Galen called on the force and tried to hold back the walls.
As they did, Luke remembered his commlink and pulled it out. "Threepio! Come in, Threepio! Threepio! Where could he be?" Luke shouted into the commlink as Han helped Leia and Pyrrha with the pipe, along with Chewie.
"One thing's for sure, we're going to be a lot thinner." Han declared as he tried to push Leia and Pyrrha on top of the trash pile. Ruby and Jaune also started to help them after they became exhausted from using the Force on the walls, leaving Galen to deal with the wall before he started to feel tired as well.
"Are you there, sir?" Threepio asked over the commlink.
"Threepio?" Luke questioned as the protocol droid began to explain the situation. "Will you shut up and listen to me? Shut down all the garbage mashers in the detention level, will you? Do you copy? Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level!" Luke frantically shouted as the walls continued to come closer and closer.
Only mere seconds later, the walls finally stopped, and everyone cheered excitedly while Threepio thought they were all dying and blamed himself, that is until Luke cleared things up to the protocol droid while Artoo opened up the doors on the garbage chute.
And that's that.
Tell me what you think and we all know what is coming next.