Chapter Two: Keep Doing Whatever You're Doing
When Jacklin got to Ord Mantel, she shivered with excitement. This was it! She was going to actually meet Han Solo and Luke Skywalker! Hurrrrrrrrrrrn! And Chewie. She had once read that Luke, Han and Chewie went to Ord Mantel to pick up some torpedoes for the Rebellion. She also read that the Rebellions' contact, who was going to get them into the warehouse that the torpedoes were in, was going to get them into a lot of trouble. She decided to use this situation to her advantage.
Jacklin knew were to find them, a cantina called Pirates' Paradise. She headed in that direction. When she arrived there, she went inside and looked around. She couldn't see them at a first glance.
If I remember correctly, there is a waitress who has a crush on Luke. If the guys are here, she'll know.
She looked for the waitress. She didn't have to look far.
"Hay, waitress, is Luke here? You know, the handsome blonde kid?"
"Oh, Yeah, he's over there!" she pointed at a table in the corner to Jacklins' left. Jack was about to head in that direction when the waitress stopped her.
"Wait! You're not his girlfriend are you?"
"I wish!" After a second, she realized what she'd just said, and tried to cover up. "Who said that?" she said, looking around. "Not me!"
"Whatever." The waitress left, uninterested.
Jack approached the guys table. She waited for them to notice her before she spoke.
"Hi. I'm Jacklin Gezra Kar. You can call me Jack. I thought you'd like to know that your contact is going to betray you guys."
"Give us one good reason to trust you," Han said.
"I ran into some imperials yesterday, and I could have told them exactly where you are, but I didn't give them a clue."
"How do we know any of that is true?" Han said, still suspicious.
"Well if you don't want to believe me, you can let the stun bomb go off and leave Luke blind for three weeks if you like. It's none of my business."
Luke finally spoke up.
"What did you say about me getting blind?"
"You'll be blind for three weeks if you don't listen to me."
"We're listening!" Luke said.
"Okay, so the cover's blown for you Luke, and Vader is personally looking for you. If I understood correctly, he wants to take you back to Couriscaunt for public execution. Your contact will help any bounty hunters who are willing to pay for information. I can get you guys into the warehouse to get the 'cargo'."
"Why are you so eager to help us?" Han asked.
"I don't want to see the Alliances'' new hero killed or worse, blind. So are we in?" Jack held out her hand."
"Sure," Han said, shaking her outstretched hand. "When do we start?" He asked.
"Now."
They got to the warehouse, and true to her word, Jack got them in. She helped them transport the cargo to the Falcon all day. They finished at Midnight.
"Come on, guys, we gotta go." Jack said.
"What makes you think you're comin' with us?" Han said. "We don't have time to baby-sit you."
"You don't have to. I can take care of myself."
"We'll see."
"Guys, we gotta go!"
"What's the rush?" Luke asked.
"Boba Fett is..." a stun bolt whizzed by Han's ear."Here."
They started running for the ships.
"Why didn't you tell us he was here?" Han yelled.
"I didn't know he was here. I was gonna say he is coming here. I didn't know he was here, as in here."
"We got to get to the Falcon and take off." Han said. "Fett's here on business!"
"Ya' think?" Jack said, clearly annoyed. "By the way, you guys can go in the Falcon; I've got my own ship."
"You got your own ship and you're piloting at your age?" Luke asked. "I didn't know that was legal."
"It's not." Han said.
When they got to the ships, there were two more bounty hunters waiting for them. Jack drew her blaster and killed them in two shots before they had time to react.
"Told you I could take care of myself." Jack said. Han was about to say something sarcastic, when Luke suddenly cried out in pain.
"He's been shot in the leg!" Han said. "Chewie start up the Falcon, we'll be right there!"
"Han started pulling Luke to his ship.
"You'll never make it. Luke's closer to my ship, I'll take him!"
"I'm not about to trust Luke to you and your piloting skills." Suddenly, more bounty hunters showed up began closing in on them, and another stun bolt whizzed by, numbing Hans' left arm.
"On the other hand, considering the danger, I'm in; I guess I can trust you."
Luke and Jacklin easily got to the Star Streak. And took off at the same time Han and Chewie did.
"Let's race!" Jack said over her comlink. "First ship to the fleet wins!"
"Do you even know where the fleet is?" Han asked.
"I wouldn't race you unless I knew."
Once in Hyperspace, Jack looked at Luke who was sitting in the co-pilots' seat.
"You all right?" she asked.
"What does it look like?"
"It looks like we need to wash that leg."
Once they had washed Lukes' leg, and put a bandage on it, Jack had Luke go to the bedroom and lay down.
"Nice ship," Luke said. "How much was it?"
"It was given to me."
"Given? Someone gave you this ship!"
"Uh, yeah. Listen, you need to rest, and I've got some things to do. See ya' tomorrow."
Jack left the room and went to the cockpit so she could call Vader. She had no idea what she was going to tell him.
"Uh, Vader?" Jack said into her com-link.
"What? Make this quick, I don't have all night."
"Uh, well, you know when I swore I wouldn't kill anyone? I lied."
"You killed someone already, who was it?"
"Just some bounty hunters, no one special."
"Were the bounty hunters after you?"
"I haven't been in this galaxy long enough for anyone to be after me. Anyway, I found Luke Skywalker."
"Impossible!"
"You keep saying that word. I don't think it means what you think it means."
"Where's Luke?" Vader asked.
Jack couldn't help but tease him.
"Thinking of him on a first name basis now, are we?"
"Cut that out, and tell me where he is!"
"Keep your cape on, I'm getting there. Well, when I saw Luke, I tried to get to him, but some blasted bounty hunters who were also after him got in my way! That's when I killed two of them. They were right in the firing range. You need to call off those bounty hunters! They don't do anything but get in the way."
"Well, then I'll see to that, but where is he?"
This was the question Jack had wanted to avoid.
"Where was who?"
"Luke you idiot!"
"Don't call me an idiot or I'll quit!"
"You won't quit. You work faster than any other spy I've ever had. Now where is he?"
"He was, past tense, on Ord Mantel."
"Ord Mantel? That place is crawling with bounty hunters."
"I think Luke already figured that out."
"Someone needs to tell Luke how stupid he was to have gone there."
"I'll give him the message. I mean! I'm sure he won't be going there for some time. By the way, he's not there anymore, so it would be a waste of time to go there."
"True. Where is he now?"
"I don't know, he went into light speed."
"Darn! I gotta go. Keep doing whatever you're doing."
"Okay!" she turned off the comlink. "Keep doing whatever I'm doing? If only it was that simple."
