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Chapter 37
That same night…
Luke rang the doorbell of Han and Leia's suite for the third time. He had called them several times throughout the night, and they had neither answered the phone nor called him back. He pressed the button again, and when there was no response, he began to worry. He had first called them over five hours ago, wanting to talk to them about a new idea that he had for the agency. It was not important, but when they had not responded to any of their coms and the privacy filters were not turned on, he began to suspect the worst. They were both important figures in the Alliance, and it did not require a huge stretch of the imagination to think of what could have been done to them.
One more time, he thought. I'll ring one more time, and if they don't answer, I'm going to get in myself.
He pressed his forefinger to the button, hoping that one of them would open the door and save him from the anxiety, but after waiting for two minutes he knew that they would not respond. Luke closed his eyes and shoved upward with the Force, opening the apartment door with ease. He carefully walked inside with eyes half shut, hoping that he would not see anything that would scar him forever.
He surveyed the apartment and saw that nothing was really out of the ordinary. The apartment was fairly neat, with the exception of a few rags and containers strewn around (undoubtedly by Han). He saw no notes, and there was no evidence of any sort that someone had broken in. He did not feel anything suspicious with the Force, either, but his fear for his family made him all but disregard that useful asset. He made his way to the bedroom, and cautiously peeked through the open door. He saw some of Leia and Han's clothing on the floor, which was not all that unusual, until he saw ominous red stain on the carpet. That was all that took to get him to call Alliance Security. Luke was not usually this paranoid or suspicious, but anything in regard to his family made him act unusual.
The Security came about ten minutes later, finding an unusually scared Jedi Knight in the apartment. They surveyed the room, and quickly decided to deploy searchers to look for the missing couple. This was the first incidence of this sort in the history of New Alderaan, and everyone was bound to be overly suspicious. Within a half hour the city was frantic in their search for the two Alliance heroes.
Meanwhile, Han and Leia were happily asleep in their new bed. Han had left all their coms at the apartment and no one was aware that they were here, so they were guaranteed to not have any disturbances. Leia rolled in her sleep, bringing herself closer to Han's body. They were an image of peace, unaware of the chaos that was happening outside.
Suddenly, a screeching wail tore through the walls of the home, unceremoniously wrenching them away from sleep. Han jumped up, instincts still honed from years of living as a smuggler, and he quickly threw some clothes on to go see what was going on. Leia was quick on his toes, and the two robed figures walked outside to an almost eerie sight.
Ships flew high above the city, shining their lights on everything in their path. Alarms rang, broadcasting fear to anyone within a ten-kilometer radius. There were thousands of lights glowing near the main part of town, and it seemed as if the entire planet was awake. Han and Leia had no idea what could have caused this. They knew, however, that they had to go see what was going on. The two of them hopped into the speeder that Han had parked nearby and flew into Capital City. A few kilometers into their flight they saw a person searching, and they stopped to see what was going on.
"Excuse me," Han said. "Do you know what's goin' on around here? Why's everyone searching?"
"Well, it seems as if Senator Organa Solo and General Solo have gone missing. No one knows where they are, and people found blood in their room. They think that they've been abducted."
"Are you serious? They're looking for us?"
The man laughed uncomfortably. "I don't think so. They're looking for the Solos."
"But we are the Solos!" Han said.
"Ha! Nice one, pal. It's not funny, though. They might be abducted, and you're here makin' jokes. Get outta here, before I com someone important."
"It's okay, Han. Let's go back to the apartment and straighten everything out. We need to stop this searching before it becomes a galactic emergency," Leia said.
"Okay," Han replied, and then he drove off at top speed toward the apartment.
Once they reached the building, they jumped out and saw that the area was surrounded by Security. They approached them, and saw Luke talking to one of the officers.
"Luke!" Leia cried. "Luke!"
Luke turned around, and ran toward Leia, grabbing her and holding her in his arms.
"Leia, where were you? Everyone was so worried."
"Han surprised me with a new house a few kilometers away from the city. He left all the coms at the apartment so we could have some peace and quiet for a while. Can we not go away for a little while without it being a planet-wide emergency?"
"Obviously not," Luke responded, laughing a bit. "Let me go fix this mess and then you can tell me everything. I can't believe you two are all right."
After Luke had told some very testy Security officers what had happened, he turned to Leia and Han.
"So, Han, you really went and got Leia a new house? And didn't tell anyone?"
"Well, I really didn't think Mr. Jedi would overreact so much. And, yeah, I did get her a house. Figured we needed one, with the new kid and all."
"Well, you sure have come a long way, buddy," Luke mused. "But what about the blood on the ground?"
"What blood? I might've spilled some of Leia's red nail polish on the carpet or something when I was getting her stuff together to bring to the house. No big deal."
"Wait…Han, you spilled nail polish on the carpet? You do realize that doesn't come out, right?" Leia asked.
"It doesn't? Oh well, at least we won't be living there anymore," he replied.
"That doesn't matter. It'll have to be completely re-floored if anyone is going to buy it!"
Han merely shrugged. Leia was not quite capable of being mad at him yet, so she decided to change the topic of conversation.
"Luke, tomorrow we're going to go to the doctor's office to find out the sex of the baby. Do you want to go with us?"
"I would love to, Leia. Are you sure you want me to go?"
"Of course! You are going to be the uncle, after all," Leia said, causing Luke to grin from ear to ear.
"Well, now that everything's perfect, why don't Leia and I head back to the house and sleep a bit? It's not like there's anything here for us to do."
Just as the words came out of his mouth, a group of frantic people saw them and ran over.
"It's them! Where were you? What happened?" they asked all at once.
Han had a feeling that it was going to be a long night, whether or not they wanted it to be.
