It was an hour and a half later before Moss realized that the hangar was not the place to escape. And that the Imperials knew he was using the ventilation as a means of transportation. Both conclusions came from his left, where a probe droid turned the corner. Immediately it fired two shots at him. But Moss was quick and blocked both shots with his lightsaber. The probe droid fired two more shots, one missed Moss' head by inches, and Moss deflected the other into the droids eye spot. The probe droid was blind but still firing shots all over the place. The flashing lights in the vents were getting the people's attention in the hangar. They started firing their pistols at the Moss. "This is insane," stated Moss. Moss Force pushed CP-30 all the way to the end of the vent. Then he started to crawl backwards, still deflecting the rogue shots from the probe droid. Moss tried to deflect a shot into the droid, but they kept getting absorbed into the vent's walls. He deflected another shot and it bounced of the wall and hit the droid. The probe droid seized fire and fell with a metallic thud. Moss turned around and went to get his droid.
When Moss caught up, he turned off his lightsaber, and turned right. He hoped he wouldn't run into another probe droid again. And luckily, he didn't. After an hour of blindly wandering around in the vent he realized, the farther he goes, the smaller the vents become. So Moss decided to get out at the nearest grate.
Moss kicked the grate open and stepped out. Five stormtroopers and an Imperial officer were conversing near what looked like escape pods. Their conversation stopped and they looked at Moss. The stormtroopers were the quickest to fire accurately at Moss. Moss deflected the shots with his lightsaber, and killed the officer. Moss deflected blaster fire as best he could, but the stormtroopers were over powering him. A shot got his hand. His hand stung and then blistered. He deflected a shot into a stormtrooper and killed him. Moss reached out with his good and drained two of the stormtrooper's energy. Moss' hand was completely healed, and Moss threw his lightsaber at the last stormtrooper, which sliced him in half.
Moss grabbed his lightsaber as it flew back to him and shut it off. He went over to the vent and pulled out CP-30. Moss switched his droid on and slowly the droid's repulsorlift activated and CP-30 unfolded. The droid started to babble, but Moss cut the droid off. "Open up the escape pod," he commanded.
CP-30 glided towards the escape pod and plugged himself into the computer. The door to the escape pod opened and CP-30 commented joyfully, "Sir, it appears that we have pulled out of hyperspace early."
"That's lovely," said Moss. He pushed his droid into the escape pod and went in. The door slid shut as more stormtroopers rounded the corner. Moss hit the release button and with a loud pop, they were free.
Moss and CP-30 looked out the view port. They could only see Gall as a tiny sliver, because they were on the night time side of Gall. "That must be it," said CP-30 eagerly. As the escape pod broke through the moon's atmosphere, Moss had a feeling of déjà vu.
They smashed through the trees and they heard large branches snapping. Moss and CP-30 flew forward as the escape pod came to a halt. Moss got up and tried to open the door, but it wouldn't open. He put his shoulder into it and it swung open and Moss fell to the ground. He got up and dusted himself off. He looked up and saw the escape pod a few meters above him. It was stuck in the trees.
"Come on down," called out Moss. "Your repulsorlift should cushion your fall." CP-30 jumped out and just like Moss predicted, the repulsorlift cushioned the droid's fall. "Which way?"
"I have studied the map and the angle we fell to the moon, and I predict we should go this way," said CP-30 pointing in the direction.
Moss unhooked his lightsaber, when he heard the wail of speeder bikes. "We should hurry. The Imperials already know we are here. Moss and the droid started off in the indicated direction. After a few minutes, Moss could sense that something was watching them. He gripped his lightsaber harder. A minute later, he was sick of the eerie feeling in the back of his head, and he whirled around. A large, brown thing was behind him. Moss ignited his lightsaber, which cast an orange glow on everything around. "So that's a Wampa," whispered Moss.
The Wampa lurched for Moss, with its arms outstretched. In two quick movements, the Wampa lost its arms and Moss finished the beast off by kicking it in the chest. The Wampa roared and fell over backwards.
Moss turned around because he heard CP-30 wailing. Another Wampa jumped out of the bushes and grabbed CP-30, and was pulling off one of the droids arms. Moss poked the lightsaber into the Wampa's back. It dropped CP-30 and turned around. He tried to grab Moss, but the Bothan Jedi ducked and gouged the Wampa's legs. The Wampa roared again and Moss killed it with a stab in the chest. The Wampa fell over.
Moss turned off his lightsaber and rushed over to his droid. "Are you ok?" he asked, looking at the mangled mess. The droid's left arm was completely ripped off. The other arm was hanging by a few wires. "You're a mess. Come on; let's go before more Wampas come." Moss helped CP-30 up and started to walk.
A few minutes later, they came to a canyon. A thousand meters across was the other side. Moss gazed at the beautiful sunrise and the ominous Imperial Enclave. The two contradicted greatly.
