I don't own Kingdom Hearts or X-Men Evolution. They belong to Square Einx, Disney, Marvel, and Cartoon Network. And here it is the moment you all been waiting for and only a few weeks before the Last Jedi comes to Theaters. Alright with out further deal let's reply to the reviews.
ajjr12: Maybe... and no... but this dosne't mean this isn't the last we'll see of him.
TheWolfHeadset: Glad you enjoyed the Chapter! Naminé will have he chance to shine...
star war fan: Could you please repeat the question, I'm not sure what your asking.
sokai fan: He'll learn around the same time... but the events won't exactly go as the same as the game.
x man fan: Are you talking about the New Mutants? Yiu really need to check your spelling, I'm having a hard time trying to understanding what our asking?
lyokoMARVELanime: Glad you love the intro with Xion to the others in the last chapter. Don't worry she won't have a sad ending like in 358/2 days. Sorry, the Star Wars Rebel characters are not canon in this. Sorry. If you very played the Force Unleashed games. That's the canon in this. Well, not the dark alternate endings but you know, the light endings. Plus, they fit better in Prince of Arendelle where I pair Sabine with Riku and well you saw how Wasp reacted when Spidey talked about Lightning or how she puts it, "She-Wolverine" in the author note of Avengers academy how will Rogue react to see Riku flirting with Sabine? That will not end well. Well, I hope you enjoy this chapter, it's funny how we did the Pinocchio worlds about the exact same time, huh?
NanjaFang1331: Thank you!
Guest: Yes, actually. There's even a few in this one.
GREAT CELESTIAL-DRAGON: Thanks for understanding and yes, we will been seeing Cad Bane in this. And he wants to settle the score with Skywalker. And I'm sure you'll enjoy this chapter. And of course since it woundn't make since to have Luke and Leia older than him when their triplets. And I have such big plans with this season. The team up with Lara Croft, the return of the battle droids, and the attack of the... oh... don't want to spoil to much here. And btw, I'm not saying Motorcity will be in this, I'm saying that there's a chance for a Maui reference at Olympus Coliseum and how motorcity won't be in here. Never watched that show. And of corase I'll have Jack in here. If not in this season then definitely the next one. And yes, Boba and Bane aren't the only ones after Sora but the Merc with the Mouth as well. I pray they keep their sanity with him around...
marvel fan: Okay, this one I understood... btw, I'm assuming that your also star war fan and x man fan. If not, sorry. My mistake. Anyways, Black Panther will be based on Earth's Mightiest Heroes show. That 's what I picture what his Kingdom would be like.
inhumans fan: They might appear but Sora won't take Lockjaw as a pet.
magento fan: That's acttaully a great question. Well, like the cannon Magento was born and raised Jewish but for the purpose of the story when he met Peitro and Wanda's mother he converted to Christian to be with her. It's been done. So, Sora will be a Christian in this. He will be excited to see Santa in this as for the second question, well, that's only half true ( Vanitas appears slowly behind the corner before disappearing again) But that's for a later day.
disney movie fan: Defiantly not! Sorry, that's really not happening. There are so much better movies than the ones the appear on Disney Channel...
big hero six fan: Actually, it'll be based on the movie than the TV series. And now, Sora seen so much more mind blowing technology than what's in Big Hero Six. Plus Tony could probably invent half of those things in his sleep if he wanted too. So, no there will be no since that breaks the laws of since.
Well, with that out of the way... let's start this... in a long time a go... in a galaxy far far way... I guess that wouldn't be acuart here so in a recent time ago... in a galaxy not so far far away...lol...
Chapter 3: A New Hope
Somewhere, deep into the universe, the yellow planet of Tatooine emerges from a total eclipse, her two moons glowing against the darkness. Just then, a tiny silver spacecraft, a Rebel Blockade Runner firing lasers from the back of the ship, races through space. It is pursed by a giant Imperial Star Destroyer. Hundreds of deadly laser bolts streak from the Imperial Star Destroyer, causing the main solar fin of the Rebel craft to disintegrate...
Inside the ship, An explosion rocks the ship as twodroids, R2-D2 and C-3PO struggle to make their way through the shaking, bouncing passageway. Both droids were old and battered. R2 is a short, claw-armed tripod. His face is a mass of computer lights surrounding a radar eye. C-3PO, on the other hand, is a tall, slender robot of human proportions. He has a gleaming bronze-like metallic surface of an Art Deco design. Another blast shakes them as they struggle along their way. C-3PO turned to his oldest friend, "Did you hear that? They've shut down the main reactor. We'll be destroyed for sure. This is madness!"
Rebel troopers rush past the robots and take up positions in the main passageway. They aim their weapons toward the door. C-3PO muttered, "We're doomed!" The little R2 unit makes a series of beeping that only another droid could understand. Threepio said sadly, "There'll be no escape for the Princess this time."
Artoo continues making beeping sounds. Tension mounts as loud metallic latches clank and the scream of heavy equipment are heard moving around the outside hull of the ship, "What's that?"
The Imperial craft has easily overtaken the Rebel Blockade Runner. The smaller Rebel ship is being drawn into the underside dock of the giant Imperial starship...
The nervous Rebel troopers aim their weapons. Suddenly a tremendous blast opens up a hole in the main passageway and a score of fearsome armored Stormtroopers make their way into the smoke-filled corridor. In a few minutes the entire passageway is ablaze with laserfire. The deadly bolts ricochet in wild random patterns creating huge explosions. Stormtroopers scatter and duck behind storage lockers. Laserbolts hit several Rebel soldiers who scream and stagger through the smoke, holding shattered arms and faces.
An explosion hits near the droids, "I should have known better than to trust the logic of a half-sized thermocapsulary dehousing assister..." Artoo counters with an angry rebuttal as the battle rages around the two droids.
As the Stormtoopers moved the dead bodies of friend and foe aside, the Dark Lord of the Sith makes his way into the blinding light of the main passageway. This is Darth Vader, right hand of the Emperor. His face is obscured by his flowing black robes and grotesque breath mask, which stands out next to the fascist white armored suits of the Imperial Stormtroopers. Everyone instinctively backs away from the imposing warrior and a deathly quiet sweeps through the Rebel troops.
Several of the Rebel troops break and run in a frenzied panic...
The rebel princess hand puts a card into an opening in Artoo's dome. Artoo makes beeping sounds. Threepio stands in a hallway, somewhat bewildered. Artoo is nowhere in sight. The pitiful screams of the doomed Rebel soldiers can be heard in the distance. The golden droid called out to him, "R2! R2-D2, where are you?"
A familiar clanking sound attacks Threepio's attention and he spots little Artoo at the end of the hallway in a smoke-filled alcove. A beautiful young girl about fifteenth years old stands in front of Artoo. Surreal and out of place, dreamlike and half hidden in the smoke, she finishes adjusting something on Artoo's computer face, then watches as the little robot joins his companion, "At last! Where have you been?"
Stormtroopers can be heard battling in the distance as the golden droid gasped, "They're heading in this direction. What are we going to do? We'll be sent to the spice mine of Kessel or smashed into who knows what!" Artoo scoots past his golden friend and races down the subhallway. Threepio chases after him asking, "Wait a minute, where are you going?"
Artoo responds with beeps...
Meanwhile, Darth Vader stands amid the broken and twisted bodies of his foes. As he grabs a wounded Rebel Officer by the neck as an Imperial Stromtrooper rushes up to the Dark Lord, "The Death Star plans are not in the main computer. " Vader's hand tightened the neck of the Rebel Officer, as he demanded, "Where are those transmissions you intercepted? What have you done with those plans?"
The captain chocked up, "We intercepted no transmissions. This is a consular ship. We're on a diplomatic mission." Vader's gripped tightened, "If this is a consular ship, where is the ambassador?"
However, Vader killed him before he could say anything else. In a fit rage, Vader threw the dead Captian to the other side of the room. The Sith Lord turn to the Stromtroopers, "Commander, tear the ship apart until you found those plans and bring me the passengers! I want them alive!" With that the Stormtroopers went off in different directions to find any passengers...
The lovely young girl huddles in a small alcove as the Stormtroopers search through the ship. Her name is Princess Leia Organa, a member of the Alderaan Senate. The fear in her eyes slowly gives way to anger as the muted crushing sounds of the approaching Stormtroopers grow louder. One of the troopers spots her, "There's one! Set for stun!"
Leia steps from her hiding place and blasts a trooper with her laser pistol. She starts to run but a Stormtooper manger blaster with the stunner. The troopers inspect her inert body, "She'll be all right. Inform Lord Vader we have a prisoner."
Meanwhile, Artoo stops before the small hatch of an emergency escape pod. He snaps the seal on the main latch and a red warning light begins to flash. The stubby astro-robot works his way into the cramped four-man pod. C-3PO was against this, "Hey, you're not permitted in there. It's restricted. You'll be deactivated for sure.."
Artoo beeps something to him. Threepio replied, "Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease! Now come out before somebody sees you." Artoo whistles something at his reluctant friend regarding the mission he is about to perform. C-3PO asked, "Secret mission? What plans? What are you talking about? I'm not getting in there!"
Just then, a new explosion, this time very close, sends dust and debris through the narrow sub hallway. Flames lick at Threepio and, after a flurry of beeping from Artoo, the lanky escape jumps into the escape pod, "I'm going to regret this." With that R2 launched the escape pod...
On the main view screen of the Stardestroyer, the escape pod carrying the two Droids speeds away from the stricken Rebel spacecraft. One of the men aimed the turrets for it, "There goes another one." Just then the Captian ordered, "Hold your fire. There are no life forms. It must have been short-circuited."
Meanwhile in the escape pod, R2 and C-3PO look out at the receding Imperial Star Destroyer. Stars circle as the pod rotates through the galaxy as Threepio admitted, "That's funny, the damage doesn't look as bad from out here."
Artoo beeps an assuring response as C-3PO asked, "Are you sure this thing is safe?" As the pod flew it fell into a worm hole before vanishing from this part of the universe...
Meanwhile, on the captured ship, Princess Leia is led down a low-ceilinged hallway by a squad of armored Stormtroopers. Her hands are bound and she is brutally shoved when she is unable to keep up with the briskly marching troops. They stop in a smoky hallway as Darth Vader emerges from the shadows. The sinister Dark Lord stares hard at the frail young senator, but she wasn't afraid of him, "Lord Vader, I should have known. Only you could be so bold. The Imperial Senate will not sit for this, when they hear you've attacked a diplomatic...
"Don't play games with me, Your Highness. You weren't on any mercy mission this time. You passed directly through a restricted system. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you." Vader demanded. Leia lied as she glared at him, "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan..."
"You're a part of the Rebel Alliance... and a traitor. Take her away!" Vader ordered. Leia is marched away down the hallway and into the smoldering hole blasted in the side of the ship. An Imperial Commander turns to Vader, "Holding her is dangerous. If word of this gets out, it could generate sympathy for the Rebellion in the senate."
"I have traced the Rebel spies to her. Now she is my only link to find their secret base!" The Sith Lord told him. The commander pointed out, "She'll die before she tells you anything."
"Leave that to me. Send a distress signal and then inform the senate that all aboard were killed!" He ordered. Another Imperial Officer approaches Vader and the Commander. They stop and snap to attention, "Lord Vader, the battle station plans are not aboard this ship! And no transmissions were made. An escape pod was jettisoned during the fighting, but no life forms were aboard."
Vader turns to the Commander, "She must have hidden the plans in the escape pod. She might have even given to droids. Send a detachment down to retrieve them. See to it personally, Commander. There'll be no one to stop us this time." Vader ordered. The commander nodded, "Yes, sir." The Imperial Star Destroyer comes over the surface of the planet Tatooine unaware that the droids they were looking for were not on that world at all...
As Xion tried on another new outfit, Kitty asked, "So, let me get this straight... You were nothing but the same exact clothes for as long as you know." Xion nodded, "That's right." Kitty, Jean, Kairi, and Rogue all agreed to go with Xion get get some clothes from the mall when they found out all her clothes were nothing by Organization coats, pants, and boots. Jean added, "And same kind of underwear?"
"Honestly, I had no idea that we could wear other outfits." Xion replied. Kairi smiled, "Well, look at it this way, when your with us, you can get as many kind of clothes as you want." Xion nodded as she grabbed a stripper outfit, "What about this one?"
"Anything but THAT!" Rogue exclaimed as she put the clothes back. Kairi wondered, "Why would anyone sell that here?" The X-girls shrugged as Jean handed her the next pair of clothes to try, "Here, try this."
"Where's Sora, Scott, Kurt, and Evan? Didn't they come with us?" Xion asked. Kitty answered as Xion entered the booth, "They're at the video game store, guys don't really care about clothes so much."
Meanwhile, Evan picked the latest Tony Hawk game as Kurt asked, "Man, can't you pick up anything other than skateboarding?" Evan shrugged, "What can I say? I'm a big fan... so what are you getting?"
"The latest Legend of Zelda game... gotta love the classics." Kurt replied as he showed him the game. Scott replied, "Same here... I'm getting the latest Ratchet and Clank. What about you, Sora?" Sora smiled, "Injuste 2... I've been excited for this one since the last injustice game."
"You love your DC comics, don't you?" Scott joked. Sora shrugged as he whispered quietly, "Hey, if I'm going to be a superhero to represent the X-Men... then I might as well learn from the best... even in fighting games." Scott smiled and nodded as they heard something. Sora wondered, "What was that?"
"Don't know..." Evan shrugged as Sora closed eyes as and focased on the Force before stating, "Something's entered the Earth's atmosphere..."
"You better check it out." Scott told him as Sora handed him the video game he was buying and ran out of the mall as he changed from his casual clothes to his Samurai Key uniform when no one was looking. He then flew up to the sky where he saw the escape pod heading right for the store. He told himself, "Gotta take this thing somewhere were no one can get hurt." Sora used the Force to catch the escape pod and moved it away from the mall as he tried to find a suitable place for it to land...
Meanwhile, at the Xavier school for the gift, Logan had just returned from riding his motorcycle. As he removed his helmet, he was about to put his bike away when he smelt something coming in fast. He looked up to see Sora guiding the escape pod to lower ground near the mansion. As Sora touched down on the ground, he landed the pod on the ground where he took a deep breath, Logan ran up to him, "You okay there, spiky?"
"Yeah... sensed this thing come in our atmosphere when I was with the others. Had to put it somewhere were it wouldn't hurt anyone but..." Sora started as he took deep breathes. Logan nodded, "You had to put it someone where no one would draw suspicion that we ain't alone in the universe... I get it kid... So, what's this thing supose to be anyway and what's inside?"
Just the doors began to open as Sora stated, "I gotta feeling we're going to find out." Sora summoned his Keyblade as Logan popped out his claws. As the ramp came down and two droids came out. C-3PO raised his hands up, "Don't hurt us, we surrender!" Sora and Logan put away their weapons as they saw they weren't a threat but Logan raised an eyebrow, "Robots?"
"I beg your pardon? I am C-3PO: Human Cyborg Relations. I am no mere robot as you so simply put it and neither is R2 for that matter I am a highly sophisticated protocol droid. And I... wait! What are you doing!?" Sora started knocking on his golden plating as the droid argued, "Stop that! I insist that you desist!" Logan rolled his eyes as Sora could be such a kid at times. The droid next to him beeped as if he were laughing as Sora breathed, "You really are robots."
"I am not a simple robot!" The droid argued. Sora shook his head, "Sorry... it's our world has really seen completed ro... droids before you came to our world." C-3PO then nodded, "Oh, I see...So, um... what are you going to do with us?"
"Well... nothing. It looks like you two have been through allot. Would you like to stay here for them moment." Sora asked. C-3PO beamed at that, "You want to help us? Oh, thank the maker!"
"How'd you two get all the way out here, anyways?" Sora asked. C-3PO replied, "Well... our ship was attacked so we managed to stole away one an escape pod. We were going to land on the planet below us but some how we ended up in a wormhole instead and came here. As a matter of fact, I'm not even sure which planet I'm on."
"Well, you've landed on the only planet with life in this solar system." Sora explained. C-3PO nodded, "I see, sir."
"Uh, you can call me Sora and this is Logan." Sora introduced as he remove his hood and mask. Threepio nodded, "I see, sir Sora." Sora laughed, "Just Sora." Threepio nodded as he once again introduced himself, "And I am C-3PO: Human Cyborg Relations, and this is my counterpart, R2-D2."
"Hello." Sora smiled as R2 beeps in response. Logan observed them as he stated, "It looks like you two have seen a lot of action." C-3PO nodded, "With all we've been through, sometimes I'm amazed we're in as good condition as we are, what with the war against the Empire and all." Both Logan and Sora paused at that, the Empire? Sora turned the C-3PO, "There's a war going on against the Empire?!"
"That's how we came to be in your service, if you take my meaning, sir." C-3PO nodded as Sora asked, "Have you been in many battles?" C-3PO nodded, "Several, I think. Actually, there's not much to tell. I'm not much more than an interpreter, and not very good at telling stories. Well, not at making them interesting, anyways..."
"In that case, we need to get the rest of the X-Men down here. Ben including. They'll want to hear this." Logan stated as he turned to inside as Sora noticed something on R2, "Hold on... I think R2 got something jammed into him... hold on... let me..."
The fragment breaks loose with a snap, sending Sora tumbling head over heels. He sits up and sees a twelve-inch three-dimensional hologram of Leia Organa, the Rebel senator, being projected from the face of little Artoo. The image is a rainbow of colors as it flickers and jiggles in the dimly lit garage. Sora's mouth hangs open in awe, as the girl looked like someone close to him, "Mom?"
"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope." The recording stated. Sora turned to the droids, "What's this?"
Artoo looks around and sheepishly beeps an answer for Threepio to translate. Leia continues to repeat the sentence fragment over and over, "What is what?! He asked you a question..." He gestured to the hologram of Leia, "What is that?" Artoo whistles his surprise as he pretends to just notice the hologram. He looks around and sheepishly beeps an answer for Threepio to translate. Leia continues to repeat the sentence fragment over and over, "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."
"Oh, he says it's nothing, sir. Merely a malfunction. Old data. Pay it no mind." C-3PO told him. Logan walked up to Sora as he continued to stare at the girl. Logan knew that he'd never look at another girl that way other than Kairi unless, "She looks like your mother, doesn't she?" Sora nodded, "She looks exactly like her." He turned back to the droids, "Who is she?"
"I'm afraid I'm not quite sure, sir." Threepio admitted as the message continued, "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi..." C-3PO added, "I think she was a passenger on our last voyage. A person of some importance, sir... I believe. Our captain was attached to..."
"Is there more to this recording?" Sora reaches out for Artoo but he lets out several frantic squeaks and a whistle. C-3PO told R2, "Behave yourself, Artoo. You're going to get us in trouble. It's all right, you can trust him. He's our new master." Logan muttered, "Just water we need, to robot butlers..."
Artoo whistles and beeps a long message to Threepio, "He says he's the property of Obi-Wan Kenobi, a resident of these parts. And it's a private message for him. Quite frankly, sir I don't know what he's talking about. Our last master was Captain Antilles, but with what we've been through, this little R2 unit has become a bit eccentric." Sora turned to the R2, "If I can get Obi-Wan here...could you play the rest of the message for me?"
"I beg your pardon, sir, but do you know what he's talking about?" C-3PO asked. Sora replied, "He was my father's best friend and he's been looking out for me since I was born... except I mostly knew him as Ben Kenobi." Sora then turned back to the droid, "You wouldn't by any chance know them? Their names are Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala."
R2 paused at that and beeped happily, Threepio looked to him, "You know what he's talking about?" R2 whistled in response as Logan asked, "Alright... what's he saying?"
"Well, it would appear that R2 does in fact does know those names, in fact he belonged to them before Obi-Wan. But I really have no idea what he's talking about." C-3PO replied. Sora beamed, "Really?" Logan sighed, "Alright... I'll call him... better bring the rest of the X-Men as well..."
At the same time Logan went inside, Riku walked out, "Back already... I figured you'd be gone longer..." He turned to R2 and C-3PO, "Uh, why are there robots standing in the front yard." Threepio signed, "Oh... We're going to be getting that allot...aren't we?" R2 beeped in response...
An half an hour later, Ben along with all the X-Men and the New Mutants all stood in the lower levels. Evan examined the two droids, "Man, this is so cool." Scott turned to Ben and asked, "Then do these droids belong to you."
"Don't seem to remember ever owning a droid however, I do recall Sora's mother and father owning them but for them to arrive here now about all these years. Very interesting..." Kairi wondered, "So, what's these really about Sora?" He replied, "There was a message R2 had for Obi-Wan here. There was this image of this beautiful girl who..."
"Whoa, there Sora... You not seriously thinking of dumping Kairi for another one..." Riku asked. Kairi's eyes narrowed as Sora shook his head in a panic, "What?! No! Kairi...your still the most beautiful girl I know... And I never dump you for any one!" Kairi smiled, "Good... And don't ever forget it."
Sora nodded as Rogue asked him, "You were saying..."
"Well, anyways this girl just so happens to look a lot like my mother." Sora replied as everyone gasped. Jean pointed out, "But... Sora you mother died." Xion offered, "It could be a trap set up by the Orginazation. Like a clone maybe."
"Or it could just be a look-a-like like Vantias...except you know...good..." Kitty added. The professor offered, "Perhaps if we could see this message, we could shed some light on the subject." Ben nodded, "That seems the best coarse of action."
As Ben walked up to the droid Sora continued, "I saw part of the message he was..." Sora was cut short as the recorded image of the beautiful young Rebel princess is projected from Artoo's face stunning every one. Ben smiled, "I seem to have found it."
Everyone stops what they were doing as the lovely girl's image flickers before their eyes, "General Kenobi, years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father's request to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack and I'm afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed. I have placed information vital to the survival of the Rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit. My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope."
There is a little static and the transmission is cut short. Old Ben leans back and scratches his beard. Strom wondered, "When you told us of Sora's origins you mentioned an evil Empire. Is this..."
"The same Empire she speaks of?... yes..." Ben nodded. Sora turned to Ben, "So who was she?"
"Her name is Princess Leia Organa. Her father is Sentor Bail Organa. He's one of the few who helped the Jedi, myself including, when Order 66 was issued." Ben explained. Logan added, "And from what it sounds like, he started some kind of Rebellion against that Empire."
"Well, that's good right? I mean we're not like the only ones to fight against the Empire." Kitty asked. Ben nodded, "Yes but Bail was one of the few who knows of your existence Sora. I wounder what was so important, he'd risk his own daughter to get us this information without letting the Empire knowing where we are?"
"Only one what to find out." Sora replied as he turned to R2, "Can you show us?" R2 beeped as an image of a huge round object. Everyone gasped as Jean asked, "What the heck is that?"
"Whatever it is, it's big." Logan stated. C-3PO gasped as he red the data it showed, "Oh my..."
"Gosh, Threepio can you read what it says?" Jiminy asked. C-3PO nodded, "Oh, yes, sir. After all, I'm fluent over 6 million forms of communication."
"Well, what does it say?" Riku asked. C-3PO replied, "Well, according to this, this weapon is called the Death Star. It has enough firepower to destroy an entire planet."
Everyone gasped at that as Kairi wondered, "Why would anyone want to make a planet killer?" Ben replied, "The Empire is ruled by fear. The thought of a planet killer would scare anyone."
"That's why Senator Organa and his daughter were desperate to get this to you, if the Rebellion have any hope in stopping them it's with these plans to find a weakness in the weapon." Scott turned to Ben. He nodded, "Alright, Sora... get whatever you need it's time you meet the Rebellion."
"We're coming too." Jean stated as the X-Men went to Sora's side. Ben warned them, "This isn't some fight with the Brotherhood where you can walk away when you lose the Empire won't hesitate to kill each and every one of you."
"Sounds like my kind of mission." Logan smirked. Scott added, "All the same, we're not going to let you or Sora handle this on your own. The X-Men always stick together." Ben smiled, "Alright...but X-Men only... I don't believe the New Mutants are ready to handle this threat."
"Agreed, and I'm afraid that means you too, Xion." Charles nodded. She smiled, "That's alright... it's been awhile since I had a day off a mission." Jiminy hopped on to the professor's shoulder, "We'll stay here and watch over the other students."
"Alright... X-Men suit up." Scott told everyone...
Meanwhile an Imperial Stardestroyer heads toward the evil moon sized battle station: the Death Star. Inside, eight Imperial senators and generals sit around a black conference table. Imperial stormtroopers stood guard around the room. Commander Tagge told everyone, "Until this battle station is fully operational we are vulnerable. The Rebel Alliance is too well equipped. They're more dangerous than you realize."
The bitter Admiral Motti twists nervously in his chair as he replied, "Dangerous to your starfleet, Commander, not to this battle station!"
"The Rebellion will continue to gain a support in the Imperial Senate as long as..." Suddenly all heads turn as Commander Tagge's speech is cut short and the Grand Moff Tarkin, governor of the Imperial regions, entered the room. He was followed by his powerful ally, the Sith Lord, Darth Vader. All of the generals stand and bow before the governor as he takes his place at the head of the table. The Dark Lord stands behind him as Tarkin spoke up, "The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away."
"That's impossible! How will the Emperor maintain control without the bureaucracy?" Tagge asked. Tarkin replied, "The regional governors now have direct control over territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station."
"And what of the Rebellion? If the Rebels have obtained a complete technical readout of this station, it is possible, however unlikely, that they might find a weakness and exploit it." Tagge pointed out. This time Lord Vader spoke up, "The plans you refer to will soon be back in our hands."
"Any attack made by the Rebels against this station would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they've obtained. This station is now the ultimate power in the universe. I suggest we use it!" Motti suggested. Vader turned to him, "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force."
"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader." Vader began to walk towards Motti as he continued, "Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the Rebel's hidden fort..." Suddenly, Vader simply raised his hand as Motti chokes and starts to turn blue under Vader's power, "I find your lack of faith disturbing."
"Enough of this! Vader, release him!" Tarkin ordered. Vader nodded, "As you wish." He released him allow Motti to breath as Tarkin told everyone, "This bickering is pointless. Lord Vader will provide us with the location of the Rebel fortress by the time this station is operational. We will then crush the Rebellion with one swift stroke."
Soon everyone was suited up for the trip, Sora and Ben stood alongside the X-Men's Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, Jean, Nightcrawller, Shadowcat, Rogue, Spyke, Riku, and Kairi as well as R2 and C-3PO. Sora turned to Ben, "So...to Alderaan then..." Ben nodded, "Yes... but first we need to make a quick stop."
"Okay... but where?" Sora asked. Ben just told him, "Close your eyes and I'll guide you... You just make sure we get there." Sora nodded as he summoned his Keyblade. Ben placed his hand on Sora's shoulder and Sora raised his Keyblade. Light swirled around the Keyblade and with a flash of light, the X-Men vanished from their world...
Soon, they reappeared on a whole new world, Sora opened his eyes and observed the area. Scott muttered, "Man, this place is a desert. Where are we anyways?" Ben replied, "Welcome to Tatooine. This is the home world of Sora's father... where we first met Anakin..."
"Really?!" Sora said in amazement. Kitty just looked around, "Cool... so why are we coming here? Does Sora have some blood relatives that he doesn't know about?"
"Yes, actually." Ben admitted. Storm turned to him, "If that is true... then why bring him to Earth instead of here with his family?" Ben turned to him, "I'll explain in a minute... first we need to met with an old friend of mine and your father's. She should be close."
After a few mintues of walking through, the desert Sora spoke up, "This is where you met my dad... what was he like when you first met him?" Ben replied, "To tell you the truth... he was very much like you... except he was born a slave along with his mother."
"Man, that must of sucked..." Evan stated. Kairi assumed, "But you freed him, right?"
"My master did... he saw much potential with him and was about to free him and get the parts we needed for our ship... it wasn't easy but if it wasn't for him... we'd still be stuck here." Ben replied as he smiled at the good times. C-3PO muttered, "How did I get into this mess? I really don't know how. We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life. I've got to rest before I fall apart. My joints are almost frozen. What a desolate place this is."
"Ugh, will, you quit your complaining already, bub." Wolverine growled. Kairi smiled, "Relax, Threepio, It'll be okay... once we get home, we'll give you a nice oil bath you keep talking about."
"Oh, thank you, Miss Kairi." Threepio turned to her. She giggled, "You're welcome." Ben smiled, "Ah, here we are." The X-Men turned to see a small, spartan hovel out side they say a alien woman training a blond boy as he deflect blast from a droid using a green lightsaber. Sora beamed, "Another Jedi...cool!"
"Very good, Luke... keep focus... if your going to fight the Empire one day then you need to stay..." The woman mentored until she felt a familiar presence she turned to Ben and smiled, "Obi-Wan..." Luke paused at that, "Huh?"
Just then the training droid shocked him, "Ow! Okay... I get it... staying focus!" The woman turned to Luke, "It's okay, Luke... that's enough training for today." Luke deactivated his lightsaber causing the droid to stop as the woman walked up to Obi-Wan, she smiled, "It's so good to see you again, Master Kenobi..."
"Hello, Ashoka..." He greeted her with a hug, "It's been a long time." She smiled and nodded, "So, you weren't too hard on the kid were ya?" She turned to see Sora and the others, "Um... Obi-Wan... Who?"
"Ashoka... I want you to meet the X-Men. The people who took Sora in. Logan, Ororo, Scott, Jean, Kurt, Kitty, Evan, Rogue, Riku, and Kairi." Ben smiled as he gestured to them. She smiled, "Oh, well then... It's nice to meet you, I'm Ashoka Tano. Now, which one of you is Sora?" Sora raised his hand as she turned to him, "Amazing... you looks allot like him."
"You knew my father?" Sora asked. She smiled, "He was my master when I was not much younger than you. I've seen you since birth." Luke then walked up to them, "Um... master? Who are these people?"
"Luke... this is Obi-Wan Kenobi..." She gestured to Ben. Luke confused look turned into a smile as he gave a polite bow, "Oh, Master Tano has said allot of things about you, Master Kenobi... it's a honor to finally met you in person."
"So, your training to be a Jedi too?" Sora asked. Luke turned to Sora, "Too? So, Master Kenobi has been training you to become a Jedi as well. I gotta say, it nice to meet another Jedi learner, my age even. The name's Luke."
"Nice to meet you, LUke. My name is Sora." Sora smiled as they shook hands. Luke wondered, "So, what inspired you to be a Jedi?"
"My dad was one." Sora smiled. Luke beamed, "Really? Mine too?"
"Seriously? That's awesome!" Sora beamed. Luke asked, "So, who was your father?"
"Anakin Skywalker... who was your father?" Sora asked eagerly. Luke paused at Sora's answer before answering, "Anakin Skywalker." Everyone was shocked by this information and turned to the two Jedi for an explanation. Ashoka smiled sheepishly, "I guess we should probably tell them."
"Sora, meet Luke... your twin brother." Ben introduced as Sora and Luke stared at eachother, "Wha...?! I HAVE BROTHER?! YOU'RE MY BROTHER?!" Evan exclaimed, "Okay... now I'm even more confused.""Yeah, why didn't you tell that Sora had a twin brother?" Rogue asked. Scott added, "Yeah, and why did you separated them? Brothers should stick together!"
"Yeah, and I'm pretty sure my mother wouldn't approve of this." Sora and Luke said at the except same time. They turned to eachother in shock, as Kairi smiled, "Yeah, they're related alright."
"And she wouldn't of but it was for your own good." Ben told them. Ashoka told them, "The Force is strong in the both of you. Think how much easier it would be for Vader to find you." Sora and Luke realized that and frowned, "Well... that stinks..." They turned to eachother, "We did it again!"
They laughed at that as Luke beamed as they hugged, "I always wanted a brother!" Sora replied, "Me too! Well, I guess I got Pietro... but he hates me." Luke wondered, "Does this mean you and I are exactly alike?"
"I suppose so?" Sora shrugged. Rogue groaned, "There not going to break out into song here are they?" Luke replied, "Only one way to know for sure, on the count of three name your favorite thing to do by yourself. Don't think about it just name it." Sora nodded, "Okay." Luke counted, "One, two, three..."
"Flying!" They all exclaimed. Much to everyone's' shock, Sora asked, "Favorite fighting style?"
"Sword combat!" Everyone exclaimed much to their shock. Luke decided on more question, "When going to other worlds, what's the first thing you want to do?"
"Make friends!" They exclaimed once more. Luke was shocked, "What?!" Sora beamed, "Did we just become best friends?"
"Yep!" Luke nodded. Sora replied, "Does this mean we're going to defeat the Empire together?"
"Yep!" Luke nodded. The Skywalker brothers beamed, "Yahoo! High five!" They high five eachother. Kitty turned Rogue, "No random songs. Looks like we're good."
"So, what brings everyone here?" Ashoka asked. Ben gestured to R2 as Ashoka beamed, "R2?" Artoo beeped happily. Ahsoka ran forward and gave the droid an affectionate pat on the head, "Hey, Artoo, it's so good to see you again! I didn't even know you were still functional!" She then turned to Threepio, "Threepio? You're here too?"
"Uh...I'm sorry, Miss... but I don't..." C-3PO replied as Ashoka replied, "Oh, that's right... we wiped out your memories." C-3PO was shocked by this, "Wipe my memories? Why would you do this?"
Artoo whistled in response, causing Threepio to exclaim, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M A BIG BLABBERMOUTH, YOU BUCKET OF BOLTS?!" Everyone laughed at that as Ashoka turned to R2, "So, what brings you, Obi-Wan, and Sora here?"
"...Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope." Leia finished as the message ended. Ashoka stated, "That's not good." Luke turned to Scott, "What exactly is one this little droid?" Scott replied, "Plans to a weapon killer."
"That sounds bad." Luke stated. Sora nodded, "We know, we're going to Alderaan to give these to her father in hopes of finding a weakness. So, you in?" Luke smiled, "I've siting here doing nothing but training and farming my whole life... of coarse, I'm in."
"So am I." Ashoka nodded. Ben wondered, "What about Luke's Aunt and Uncle?" Luke frowned as Ashoka replied, "They were killed by stromtroopers days ago, looking for the same droids you have."
"I'm so sorry." Sora told his brother. Luke told him, "Don't be. It's not your fault."
Jean turned to Ben, "So, where to now?" Ben smiled, "We need a ship to get us there."
Meanwhile, an Imperial TIE fighter races toward the Death Star. Inside, two stormtroopers open an electronic cell door and allow several Imperial guards to enter. Princess Leia's face is filled with defiance, which slowly gives way to fear as a giant black torture droid entered the cell, followed by Darth Vader, "And, now Your Highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden Rebel base."
The torture droid gives off a steady beeping sound as it approaches Princess Leia and extends one of its mechanical arms bearing a large hypodermic needle. The door slides shut and the long cell block hallway appears peaceful. The muffled screams of the Rebel princess are barely heard...
The Landspeeder was cramped with everyone in it zooms across the desert. The speeder stops on a bluff overlooking the spaceport at Mos Eisley. It is a haphazard array of low, grey, concrete structures and semi-domes. A harsh gale blows across the stark canyon floor. They stopped as Ben gestured to the city below them, "Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."
"Hump, my kinda place... They better have beer here." Logan stated. Ben added, "We must be cautious." Ben looks over to the others, who gives the old Jedi a determined smile. Once inside the city, the speeder is stopped on a crowded street by several combat-hardend Stormtroopers who look over the two droids. A Trooper questions Luke, "How long have you had these droids?"
"About three or four seasons." Luke lied as Sora added, "They're for sale if you want them." The Stormtrooper told them, "Let me see some identification." Everyone but Ashoka and Ben becomes very nervous at that as Logan made his hand to a fist ready to pop his claws while Ben speaks to the Trooper in a very controlled voice, "You don't need to see our identification."
"We don't need to see their identification." The Commander repeated. Ben waved his hand, "These aren't the droids your looking for."
"These are not the droids we're looking for." The Commander repeated. Ben waved his head, "They can go about their business.
"You can go about your business." The trooper repeated as Logan eased up. Ben turned to Luke as he added, "Move along."
"Move along. Move along." The Stromtooper told them. The speeder pulls up in front of a rundown blockhouse cantina on the outskirts of the spaceport. Various strange forms of transport, including several unusual beasts of burden, are parked outside the bar. A Jawa runs up and begins to fondle the speeder. Threepio muttered, "I can't abide these Jawas. Disgusting creatures."
As Luke gets out of the speeder he tries to shoo the Jawa away, "Go on, go on." Scott wondered, "So, we're those Stormtroopers?" Luke nodded as he turned to the older Jedi, "I can't understand how we got by those troopers. I thought we were dead."
"The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded. You will find it a powerful ally." Ben told to both Luke and Sora. Sora stated, "Cool!" Logan smirked, "And if that didn't work... there's always plan B!" He popped out his claws much to Ashoka's and Luke's shock, Storm told him, "Logan, put those away, we should try to avoid attention."
"Do you really think we're going to find a pilot here that'll take us to Alderaan?" Kurt asked. Ben told him, "Well, most of the best freighter pilots can be found here. Only watch your step. This place can be a little rough."
"Don't worry. The X-Men are ready for anything." Scott stated as everyone headed inside. Luke turned to Sora, "So, how come Mr. Logan can popped out knives in his hand." Sora replied, "He's a mutant... most of the X-Men are mutants. They're people born with powers."
"Cool..." Luke nodded. Threepio told Artoo as they followed them inside, "Come along, Artoo." Ben Kenobi and Ashoka lead into the smoke-filled cantina Kairi covered her noise at the smile as she muttered, "I hate smoke." Sora told her, "You better stay by me... I don't like the looks some of the guys here are looking at you." The murky, moldy den is filled with a startling array of weird and exotic alien creatures and monsters at the long metallic bar. One-eyed, thousand-eyed, slimy, furry, scaly, tentacled, and clawed creatures huddle over drinks. Ben moves to an empty spot at the bar near a group of repulsive but human scum. A huge, rough-looking Bartender stopped Sora, Luke and the droids, "Hey! We don't serve their kind here!"
Everyone was still recovering from the shock of seeing so many outlandish creatures, doesn't quite catch the bartender's drift. Sora asked, "Excuse me?" The bartender explained, "Your droids. They'll have to wait outside. We don't want them here."
Sora looks at old Ben, who is busy talking to one of the Galactic pirates. He notices several of the gruesome creatures along the bar are giving him a very unfriendly glare. Sora pats Threepio on the shoulder, "Listen, why don't you wait out by the speeder. We don't want any trouble."
"I heartily agree with you sir." He nodded as Threepio and Artoo go outside and most of the creatures at the bar go back to their drinks. Ben was standing next to furry alien, an eight-foot-tall savage. He is a two-hundred-year-old Wookiee and a sight to behold. Ben speaks to the Wookiee, pointing to Logan several times during his conversation and the huge creature suddenly lets out a horrifying laugh. All the teenage X-Men plus Luke more than a little bit disconcerted and pretends not to hear the conversation between Ben and the giant Wookiee. Sora asked Kairi, "How are you doing?"
"Well, I gotta say this is the most intreasting world we've been on." Kairi admitted. Sora nodded, "Yeah, well, at least Kurt doesn't need to hide himself." Kairi nodded as a large, multiple-eyed Creature gives Sora a rough shove speaking in some alien langage. Sora apologized, "I'm sorry, I don't understand what your saying."
Just then, a short, grubby human join the belligerent monstrosity, "He doesn't like you." Sora apologized, "I'm sorry."
"I don't like you either." He babbled as Kairi asked, "Sir, how much have you been drinking?" However, he didn't pay here attention as his focus was on Sora, "Don't insult us. You just watch yourself. We're wanted men. I have the death sentence in twelve systems."
"I'll be careful." Sora reassured him. He turned away only for the man to pull him back, "You'll be dead!" Sora sighed and tired to play it peacefully, "Look, you and your friend obviously had one too many drinks, so let me buy you something and we can all be on our way..."
Just then, man throw punch at Sora but he caught the fist and threw him to the ground. The alien pulled out a blaster as the bartender panicked, "No blasters! No blaster!" Just then, with astounding agility Luke's lightsaber sparks to life and in a flash an arm lies on the floor. Luke carefully and precisely turns off his lightsaber and replaces it on his belt, "I thought you had it but I thought I'd stick close just in case."
"Thanks." Sora nodded to his twin. Kairi stated, "We should proably move before we end up starting getting even more attention, I don't mean from the drunk. Luke and Sora nodded. Soon, they rejoined the others as Ashoka introduced the others to the Wookie, "This is Chewbacca, he's an old friend of mine. He's first-mate on a ship that might suit our needs."
"Alright... let's hear him out." Scott nodded as the Jedi, Keybladers, and mutants followed the Wookie...
Threepio paces in front of the cantina as Artoo carries on an electronic conversation with another little red astro- droid. A creature comes out of the cantina and approaches two Stormtroopers in the street, as Threepio muttered, " I don't like the look of this."
Back in the cantina, strange creatures play exotic big band music on odd-looking instruments as everyone follows Ashoka, Ben, and Chewbacca to a booth where a teenager who looked as old as Scott and Jean is sitting. Han is a tough, roguish starpilot about 17 years old. The man introduced himself, "Han Solo. I'm captain of the Millennium Falcon. Chewie here tells me you're looking for passage to the Alderaan system."
"Yes, indeed. If it's a fast ship." Ben nodded. Han looked to him as if he was joking, "Fast ship? You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?"
"Should I have?" Ben asked. Han replied, "It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs!" Everyone who was new to this galaxy were unsure what that meant but they could only assume that it was fast as Han continued, "I've outrun Imperial starships, not the local bulk-cruisers, mind you.I'm talking about the big Corellian ships now. She's fast enough for you, old man. What's the cargo?"
"Only passengers. Myself, the togruta woman, these teenagers, their two professors, two droids, and no questions asked." Ben relied. Han wondered, "What is it? Some kind of local trouble?"
"Let's just say we'd like to avoid any Imperial entanglements." Ben simply put it. Han smirked, "Well, that's the trick, isn't it? And it's going to cost you something extra. Ten thousand in advance." Everyone's jaw dropped minus Sora, Ben, Logan, and Ashoka. Luke repeated, "Ten thousand? We could almost buy our own ship for that!"
"But who's going to fly it, kid? You?" Han asked. Luke's eyes narrowed, "You bet I could. I'm not such a bad pilot myself! We don't have to sit here and listen..." Everyone nodded in agreement when Sora stopped them as Sora pulled out a bag full of money, "Well... we haven't that much with us. But we could pay you two thousand now, plus fifteen when we reach Alderaan."
Han paused at what Sora was saying as he looked to Sora, "Seventeen, huh?!" Sora nodded as everyone was shocked to see he had that much money on him at the moment. Ben smiled as Sora's negotiation skills as Han smiled, "Okay. You guys got yourself a ship. We'll leave as soon as you're ready. Docking bay Ninety-four."
"Ninety-four. Got it!" Sora nodded as they shook hands on the deal. Just then, he noticed Stormtroopers enter the bar as he stated, "Looks like somebody's beginning to take an interest in your handiwork." Everyone turn around to see four Imperial Stormtroopers looking at the unconscious bodies and asking the bartenders some questions. The bartender points to the booth. Kitty stated, "Okay... time for a quick get away. Everyone, hold on." Everyone did as they were told as Kitty phased everyone outside much to Hans and Chewie's amazement. The stormtroopers look over at the booth but everyone but Han and Chewie are gone. The bartender shrugs his shoulders in puzzlement. Once they were gone, Han smirked to Chewie, "Seventeen thousand! Those guys must really be desperate. This could really save my neck. Get back to the ship and get her ready."
Chewie nodded as he did as he was told and left the bar...
Luke turned to Sora, "How come you have some much money on you?" Scott wondered, "And for the fact that's alien money." Sora shrugged, "Don't know... my money keeps changing forms were ever I go and plus I'm making even more money since the Heartless and Nobodies showed up."
"Okay, but next time you keep with us before you keep all that money in you pocket." Logan told him. Sora nodded as they began to head for docking bay 94...
As Han is about to leave, Greedo, a slimy green-faced alien with a short trunk-nose, pokes a gun in his side. The creature speaks in a foreign tongue, "Going somewhere, Solo?" Han put his hands up, "Yes, Greedo. As a matter of fact, I was just going to see your boss. Tell Jabba that I've got his money." Han sits down and the alien sits across from him holding the gun on him, "It's too late. You should have paid him when you had the chance. Jabba's put a price on your head, so large that every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you. I'm lucky I found you first."
"Yeah, but this time I got the money." Han told him as Greedo told him, "If you give it to me, I might forget I found you." As Han replied he reached quietly for his blaster, "I don't have it with me. Tell Jabba..."
"Jabba's through with you. He has no time for smugglers who drop their shipments at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser." Greedo pointed out. Han argued, "Even I get boarded sometimes. Do you think I had a choice?"
"You can tell that to Jabba. He may only take your ship." Greedo smirked. Han's eyes narrowed, "Over my dead body."
"That's the idea. I've been looking forward to killing you for a long time." Greedo smirked. Han nodded, "Yes, I'll bet you have." Suddenly the slimy alien disappears in a blinding flash of light. Han pulls his smoking gun from beneath the table as the other patron look on in bemused amazement. Han had shot first! Han gets up and starts out of the cantina, flipping the bartender some coins as he leaves, "Sorry about the mess."
Meanwhile, several TIE fighters approach the Death Star. Inside, Darth Vader reported to Tarkin, "Her resistance to the mind probe is considerable. It will be some time before we can extract any information from her." Just then, an Imperial Officer interrupts the meeting, "The final check-out is complete. All systems are operational. What course shall we set?"
"Perhaps she would respond to an alternative form of persuasion." Tarkin offered. Vader wondered, "What do you mean?"
"I think it is time we demonstrate the full power of this station." Tarkin simply put as Vader nodded. Tarkin turned to the Officer, "Set your course for Princess Leia's home planet of Alderaan." The Officer nodded, "With pleasure."
back on Tatoonie, four heavily-armed stormtroopers move menacingly along a narrow slum alleyway crowed with darkly clad creatures hawking exotic goods in the dingy little stalls. Men, monsters, and robots crouch in the waste-filled doorways, whispering and hiding from the hot winds. C-3PO and R2 hid in one of them as the golden droid whispered, "Lock the door, Artoo."
"All right, check that side of the street." One of the troopers checks a tightly locked door and moves on down the alleyway, "It's locked. Move on to the next door." The door slides open a crack and Threepio peeks out. Artoo is barely visible in the background. The door opens, Threepio moves into the doorway as he turned to R2, "I would much rather have gone with Master Sora than stay here with you. I don't know what all the trouble is about those plans, but I'm sure it must be your fault."
Artoo makes beeping sounds as Threepio told the droid, "You watch your language!" Kurt teleported to where the dorids are, Sora managed to get us a ride, we're getting out of here." C-3PO nodded, "Thank the maker. We had a few close calls, Kurt." Kurt nodded as he teleported them away...
As Kurt reappeared with the driods, Luke stated, "That's awesome." Ashoka stated, "Mutants , huh? Intreasting... it reminds me very much of how the Jedi first started out." Ben nodded as Sora stated, "Alright, let's go met up with Han." As everyone walked off Logan stated, "Why do I get the feeling I don't like this Solo, kid." A darkly clad creature moves out of the shadows as they pass and watches them as they disappear down another alley...
Meanwhile, Jabba the Hut and a half-dozen grisly alien pirates and purple creatures stand in the middle of the docking bay, "Come on out, Solo!"
A voice from directly behind the pirates startles them and they turn around to see Han Solo and the giant Wookiee, Chewbacca, standing behind them with no weapons in sight. Han told him, "I've been waiting for you, Jabba."
"I expected you would be." Jabba told him as Han walked up to his boss, "I'm not the type to run."
"Han, my boy, there are times when you disappoint me... why haven't you paid me? And why did you have to fry poor Greedo like that... after all we've been through together." Jabba asked. Han accused, "You sent Greedo to blast me."
"Han, why you're the best smuggler in the business. You're too valuable to fry. He was only relaying my concern at your delays. He wasn't going to blast you." Jabba lied. Han told him, "I think he thought he was. Next time don't send one of those twerps. If you've got something to say to me, come see me yourself."
"Han, Han! If only you hadn't had to dump that shipment of spice... you understand I just can't make an exception. Where would I be if every pilot who smuggled for me dumped their shipment at the first sign of an Imperial starship? It's not good business." Jabba told him. Han told him the samething he told Greedo, "You know, even I get boarded sometimes, Jabba. Do you think I had a choice? But I've got a charter now and I can pay you back, plus a little extra. I just need some more time." Jabba smirked at that, "Han, my boy, you're the best. So, for an extra 20..."
"Fifteen, Jabba. Don't push it." Han told him. As Jabba nodded, "Okay, 15%. But if you fail me again... I'll put a price on your head so big... you won't be able to go near a civilized system." Han smirked, "Jabba... you're a wonderful human being."
Chewbacca waits restlessly at the entrance to Docking Bay 94. Ben, Luke, and the droids make their way up the street. Chewbacca jabbers excitedly and signals for them to hurry. The darkly clad creature has followed them from the speeder lot. Logan stopped to smell something and turned around to see no one was there. However, Logan knew better, he knew they were being followed. He walked off to join the others as the spy speaks into a small transmitter.
Chewbacca leads the group into a giant dirt pit that is Docking Bay 94. Resting in the middle of the huge hole is a large, round, beat-up, pieced-together hunk of junk that could only loosely be called a starship. Luke stated, "What a piece of junk!" Riku added, "We've been ripped off."
Han Solo comes down the boarding ramp and told them, "She'll make point five beyond the speed of light. She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've added some special modifications myself." Logan crossed his arms looking unimpressed, Chewbacca rushes up the ramp and urges the others to follow. Han added, "We're a little rushed, so if you'll hurry aboard we'll get out of here."
"We better not have been ripped off." Rogue muttered. The group rushes up the gang plank, passing a grinning Han Solo. Inside the Millennium Falcon, Chewbacca settles into the pilot's chair and starts the mighty engines of the starship. Threepio, and Artoo with Kurt move toward the Millennium Falcon passing Solo as the golden droid greeted, "Hello, sir."
Scott and Strom remained to make sure everyone didn't get left behind...
Eight Imperial Stormtroopers rush up to the darkly clad creature. The Stromtrooper Commander nodded, "Which way?" The darkly clad creature points to the door of the docking bay. The Commander turned to his men, "All right, men. Load your weapons!"
The troops hold their guns at the ready and charge down the docking bay entrance. Han Solo, Cyclops, and Strom looks up and sees the Imperial Stormtroopers rushing into the docking bay as they ordered, "Stop that ship! Blast 'em!"
Several of the troopers fire at the three as they ducks into the spaceship. Han draws his laser pistol and pops off a couple of shots which force the stormtroopers to dive for safety. Scott blasted some of them before Storm caused a wirl wind cast them off. Storm told them, "I suggest we leave now, captain!" Han nodded as they can on board. The pirateship engines whine as Han hits the release button that slams the overhead entry shut. Han called out, "Chewie, get us out of here!"
The group straps in for take off as C-3PO stated, "Oh, my. I'd forgotten how much I hate space travel." The half-dozen Stormtroopers at a check point hear the general alarm and look to the sky as the huge starship rises above the dingy slum dwellings and quickly disappears into the morning sky. Han climbs into the pilot's chair next to Chewbacca, who chatters away as he points to something on the radar scope. The Millennium Falcon zooms from Tatooine into space. Han frantically types information into the ship's computer, "It looks like an Imperial cruiser. Our passengers must be hotter than I thought. Try and hold them off. Angle the deflector shield while I make the calculations for the jump to light speed."
The Millennium Falcon races away from the yellow planet, Tatooine. It is followed by two huge Imperial Stardestroyers as they opened fired on them. Sora, Luke, Logan, and Ben make their way into the cramped cockpit where Han continues his calculation. He told them, "Stay sharp! There are two more coming in! They're going to try to cut us off!"
"Why don't you outrun them? I thought you said this thing was fast." Logan yelled. Han turned to him, "Watch your mouth, old man, or you're going to find yourself floating home." Wolverine growled at that comment as Han continued, "We'll be safe enough once we make the jump to hyperspace. Besides, I know a few maneuvers. We'll lose them!"
Imperial cruisers fire at the pirateship. The ship shudders as an explosion flashes outside the window. Sora smirked, "Here's where the fun begins!" Ben wondered, "How long before you can make the jump to light speed?"
"It'll take a few moments to get the coordinates from the navi-computer." Han replied. The ship begins to rock violently as lasers hit it. Luke pointed out, "Are you kidding? At the rate they're gaining..."
"Traveling through hyperspace isn't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?" Han pointed out. The ship is now constantly battered with laserfire as a red warning light begins to flash. Luke wondered, "What's that flashing?"
"We're losing our deflector shield. Go strap yourself in, I'm going to make the jump to light speed." Han told them. Sora nodded, "Right, c'mon guys." Everyone followed Sora to get to there seats. The galaxy brightens and they move faster, almost as if crashing a barrier. Stars become streaks as the Millennium Falcon makes the jump to hyperspace. The Millennium Falcon zooms into infinity in less than a second...
Alderaan looms behind the Death Star. Admiral Motti enters the quiet control room and bows before Governor Tarkin, who stands before the huge wall screen displaying a small green planet, "We've entered the Alderaan system."
Vader and two stormtroopers enter with Princess Leia. Her hands are bound, "Governor Tarkin, I should have expected to find you holding Vader's leash. I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board." Tarken just smirked, "Charming to the last. You don't know how hard I found it signing an order to terminate your life."
"I'm surprised you had the courage to take responsibility yourself." Leia smirked. Tarkin replied, "Princess Leia, before your execution I would like you to be my guest at a ceremony that will make this battle station operational. No star system will dare to oppose the emperor now."
"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." Leia smirked. Tarkin replied, "Not after we demonstrate the power of this station. In a way, you have determined the choice of the planet that will be destroyed first. Since you're reluctant to provide us with the location of the rebel base I have chosen to test this station's fire power on your home planet of Alderaan." Leia looked to the window to see that very planet in view. Leia pleaded, "No! Alderaan is peaceful. We have no weapons. You can't possibly..."
"You would prefer another target? A military target? Then name the system!" He demanded. He could see Leia hesitation so Tarkin continued, "I grow tired of asking this, so it will be the last time. Where is the Rebel base?!" Leia looked to Alderaan. She didn't want to see the only home and family she ever know to be blown up. She couldn't reveal the alliances base either but that's when she came up with a plan to save both. She signed, "Dantooine. They're on Dantoonie."
Tarkin smirked and looked up to the Sith Lord, "There. You see, Lord Vader? She can be reasonable." Tarkin turned to Motti, "Continue with the operation. You may fire when ready." Leia's eyes widened in horror, "WHAT?!" Tarkin first turned to Leia, "Your far too trusting. Dantoonie is to remote to make an effective demonstration, but don't worry. We will deal with your rebel friends soon enough."
"No!" Leia tired to stop them but was held back by Vader. The techinitions nodded, "Commence primary ignition." A button is pressed which switches on a panel of lights. A hooded Imperial soldier reaches overhead and pulls a lever. Another lever is pulled. Vader reaches for still another lever and a bank of lights on a panel and wall light up. A huge beam of light emanates from within a cone-shaped area and converges into a single laser beam out toward Alderaan. The small green planet of Alderaan is blown into space dust...
Meanwhile, Ben and Ashoka watches Luke practice the lightsaber with a small "seeker" droid. When Ben, Jean, and Ashoka suddenly turns away and sits down. He falters, seems almost faint. Sora also felt something deactivated his lightsaber. Luke turned to the four as Scott ran up to Jean, "Are you all right? What's wrong?"
Jean nodded, " I'm fine." Ben stated, "I felt a great disturbance in the Force... as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened." Ashoka nodded, "I've felt it too."
"So have I..." Sora added. Kairi asked, "hey, if you need a break..." Sora shook his head, "No... I'm fine." Ben, Sora, Ashoka, and Jean rubs their foreheads. Then he fixes his gaze on Luke and Sora, "In that case, You'd two better get on with your exercises." Han Solo enters the room, "Well, you can forget your troubles with those Imperial slugs. I told you I'd outrun 'em."
He saw that no one was paying attention to him as Luke and Sora were once again practicing with their lightsabers. Han muttered, "Don't everyone thank me at once." Threepio watches Chewbacca and Rogue who are engrossed in a game in which three-dimensional holographic figures move along a chess-type board. Han stated, "Anyway, we should be at Alderaan about oh-two-hundred hours."
Chewbacca and Rogue sat around the lighted table covered with small holographic monsters. Each side of the table has a small computer monitor embedded in it. Chewbacca seems very pleased with himself as he rests his lanky fur-covered arms over his head. Kurt beamed, "Cool! Hey, could I play winner!"
"Sure, whatever, now let us concentrate." Rogue re[plied as she thought to herself before making her move. This caused one of the holographic creatures to walk to the new square. Rogue smirked as sudden frown crosses Chewbacca's face and he begins yelling gibberish at the tiny robot. Threepio intercedes on behalf of his new companions and begins to argue with the huge Wookiee, "He made a fair move. Screaming about it won't help you."
"Let him have it. It's not wise to upset a Wookiee." Han told them. Threepio stated, "But sir, nobody worries about upsetting a droid." Rogue added, "Or me."
"That's 'cause neither humans or droids don't pull people's arms out of their socket when they lose. Wookiees are known to do that." Han told them causing everyone to turn to Han in shock. Kitty asked, "He's joking... right?
"Just to be safe, I suggest a new strategy, Rogue. Let the Wookiee win." C-3PO told her as she nodded in agreement. Chewbacca smirked as he growled. Sora and Luke stood in the middle of the small hold area side by side as their humming lightsabers is held high over their heads. Ben watches him from the corner, studying his movements. Han watches with a bit of smugness as Ben told them, "Remember, a Jedi can feel the Force flowing through him."
"You mean it controls your actions?" Luke asked. Ashoka admitted, "Partially. But it also obeys your commands." Suspended at eye level, about ten feet in front of Luke and Sora, a "seeker", a chrome baseball-like robot covered with antennae, hovers slowly in a wide arc. The ball floats to one side of the youth then the other. Suddenly it makes a lightning-swift lunge and stops within a few feet of Luke's face. Luke doesn't move and the ball backs off. It slowly moves to Sora, then makes another quick lunge, this time emitting a blood red laser beam as it attacks. Sora dodges as it hits Luke in the leg causing him to tumble over. Han lets loose with a burst of laughter as Sora apologized as he helped his brother up, "Oh, sorry, Luke."
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kids." Han told them. Sora and Luke turned to him as Sora asked, "You don't believe in the Force, do you?"
"Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe there's one all-powerful force controlling everything. There's no mystical energy field that controls my destiny." Han stated. Kurt added, "Hey, seeing isn't always believing. You just need to have faith that it's there." Ben smiled, "Well, said Kurt."
"It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense." Han told him. Ben told the two boys, "I suggest you try it again, you two." Ben and Ashoka both stood up as they each placed a large helmet on each of the brothers head which covers theirs eyes, "This time, let go your conscious self and act on instinct."
"Hey, who turned off the lights?" Sora wondered. Luke laughed, "With the blast shield down, we can't even see. How are we supposed to fight?" Storm turned to them, "Won't that make it too differcult for the boys?"
"Nonsense. Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them." Ben told them. Han skeptically shakes his head as Ben throws the seeker into the air. The ball shoots straight up in the air, then drops like a rock. Luke and Sora ativate their weapons and swings their lightsabers around blindly missing the seeker, which fires off a laserbolts which hits both Luke square on the seat of the pants and Sora in the shoulder. They lets out a painful yell and attempts to hit the seeker. Ashoka told them, "Stretch out with your feelings."
"Alright... let's to this together." Sora told them. Luke nodded, "Right." Sora and Luke stood back to back as the seeker makes a dive at the, and, incredibly, they managed to deflect each of the bolts. The ball ceases fire and moves back to its original position. All the X-Men clapped at their team work as Ben smiled, "You see, you two can do it."
"I call it luck." Han added his two cents. Ben turned to him, "In my experience, there's no such thing." Han shrugged, "Look, going good against remotes is one thing. Going good against the living? That's something else." Logan told them, "Then clearly, you never been in the danger room. Alright spiky, once we get back to Earth, I'm installing some training exercises just for these kind of situations for you."
Sora nodded as Han notices a small light flashing on the far side of the control panel, "Looks like we're coming up on Alderaan." Han and Chewbacca head back to the cockpit everyone followed as Sora walked up to Ben, "You know, I did feel something. I could almost see the remote." Luke nodded, "Yeah, same here."
"That's good. You two have taken your first steps into a larger world." Ben smiled...
Meanwhile, in the office room of the Death Star, Imperial Officer Cass stands before Governor Tarkin and Darth Vader. Tarkin nodded, "Yes." Officer Cass reported, "Our scout ships have reached Dantooine. They found the remains of a Rebel base, but they estimate that it has been deserted for some time. They are now conducting an extensive search of the surrounding systems."
As he left, Tarkin stood there in shock, she tricked them, "She lied! She lied to us!" Vader replied, "I told you she would never consciously betray the Rebellion."
"Terminate her... immediately!" He ordered...
The Millennium Falcon is just coming out of hyperspace; a strange surreal light show surrounds the ship. Han told Chewie, "Stand by, Chewie, here we go. Cut in the sublight engines." Han pulls back on a control lever. Outside the cockpit window stars begin streaking past, seem to decrease in speed, then stop. Suddenly the starship begins to shudder and violently shake about. Asteroids begin to race toward them, battering the sides of the ship. Han was shocked, "What the...?!"
"What happened?" Scott wondered. Han groaned, "Aw, we've come out of hyperspace into a meteor shower. Some kind of asteroid collision. It's not on any of the charts." The Wookiee flips off several controls and seems very cool in the emergency. Luke makes his way into the bouncing cockpit. Evan wondered, "What's going on?"
"Our position is correct, except... no, Alderaan!" Han replied. Kairi wondered, "What do you mean? Where is it?"
"Thats what I'm trying to tell you, Princess. It ain't there. It's been totally blown away." Han told them. Luke wondered, "What? How?" Ben moves into the cockpit behind Luke as the ship begins to settle down, "Destroyed... by the Empire!"
"The entire starfleet couldn't destroy the whole planet. It'd take a thousand ships with more fire power than I've..." Han stated until a signal starts flashing on the control panel and a muffled alarm starts humming. Han told everyone, "There's another ship coming in."
"Maybe they know what happened." Jean assumed. Ashoka sensed what it was, "It's an Imperial fighter." Chewbacca barks his concern. A huge explosion bursts outside the cockpit window, shaking the ship violently. A tiny, finned Imperial TIE fighter races past the cockpit window. Logan growled, "It followed us!"
"No. It's a short range fighter." Ben told them. Han pointed out, "There aren't any bases around here. Where did it come from?" The fighter races past the Millennium Falcon, Luke realized, "It sure is leaving in a big hurry. If they identify us, we're in big trouble."
"Not if I can help it. Chewie...jam it's transmissions.' Han told the wookie. Chewie did as he was told as Ben stated, "We'd might as well to let it go. It's too far out of range." Han's eyes narrowed with determination, "Not for long..."
The Millennium Falcon zooms over the camera and away into the vastness of space after the Imperial TIE fighter. The tension mounts as the Millennium Falcon gained on the tiny fighter. In the distance, one of the stars becomes brighter until it is obvious that the TIE ship is heading for it. Ben stands behind Chewbacca as he realized, "A fighter that size couldn't get this deep into space on its own."
"Maybe, it must have gotten lost, been part of a convoy or something." Riku offered. Han told them, "Well, he ain't going to be around long enough to tell anyone about us." The TIE fighter is losing ground to the larger Millennium Falcon as they raced over head. The TIE fighter appeared to be heading to a small moon or planet. Luke pointed out, "Look at him. He's headed for that small moon.
"I think I can get him before he gets there... he's almost in range." Han told everyone. The small moon begins to take on the appearance of a monstrous spherical battle station. Ben's eyes widened, "That's no moon! It's a space station."
"It's too big to be a space station." Han shook his head. Kitty eyes widened, "It's the planet killer!"
"Ugh! That means we were too late." Scott groaned. Luke stated, "I have a very bad feeling about this."
"Yeah, I think your right. Full reverse! Chewie, lock in the auxiliary power." Han ordered Chewie. As he did what he was told to the Millennium Falcon shudders and the TIE fighter accelerates away toward the gargantuan battle station. Strom wondered, "Why are we still moving towards it?"
"We're caught in a tractor beam! It's pulling us in!" Han told them as everyone's eyes widened in horror. Sora told him, "But there's gotta be something you can do!"
"There's nothin' I can do about it, kid. I'm in full power. I'm going to have to shut down. But they're not going to get me without a fight!" Han told them. Wolverine stated as he popped out his claws, "That's the first thing you said I agree with ya, bub!"
Ben Kenobi puts his hand on their shoulders, "You can't win. Not without endangering the others. But there are alternative ways to fighting."
As the battered pirate starship is towed closer to the metal moon, the immense size of the massive battle station becomes staggering. Running along the equator of the gigantic sphere is a mile-high band of huge docking ports into which the helpless pirateship is dragged.
The helpless Millennium Falcon is pulled past a docking port control room and huge laser turret cannons, Clear Bay twenty-three-seven. We are opening the magnetic field."
The Millennium Falcon was pulled in through port doors of the Death Star, coming to rest in a huge hangar. Thirty stormtroopers stand at attention in a central assembly area. An officer ordered, "To you stations!" He then turned to another officer, "Come with me."
A line of stormtroopers march toward the Millennium Falcon in readiness to board it, while other troopers stand with weapons ready to fire. The officer ordered, "Close all outboard shields! Close all outboard shields!"
Tarkin pushes a button and responds to the intercom buzz, "Yes." An officer spoke threw, We've captured a freighter entering the remains of the Alderaan system. It's markings match those of a ship that blasted its way out of Mos Eisley."
"They must be trying to return the stolen plans to the princess. She may yet be of some use to us." Vader suggested as he left to investigate...
Vader and a commander approach the troops as an Officer and several heavily armed troops exit the spacecraft, "There's no one on board, sir. According to the log, the crew abandoned ship right after takeoff. It must be a decoy, sir. Several of the escape pods have been jettisoned."
"Did you find any droids?" Vader asked. The officer shook his head, "No, sir. If there were any on board, they must also have jettisoned."
"Send a scanning crew on board. I want every part of this ship checked." Vader told him. The officer nodded, "Yes, sir." The Sith Lord then muttered to himself, "I sense something... a presence I haven't felt since..."
Vader turns quickly and exits the hangar as the officer turned to some Stormtroopers, "Get me a scanning crew in here on the double. I want every part of this ship checked!"
Earlier, inside the Millennium Falcon a Stormtrooper runs through the hallway heading for the exit. In a few moments all is quiet. The muffled sounds of a distant officer giving orders finally fade. Two floor panels suddenly pop up revealing Han Solo, Luke, Scott, Jean, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Kitty, Rogue, Evan, Kurt Strom, and Wolverine. Ben Kenobi sticks his head out of a third locker. Rogue stated, "Man, that was a close one.
"Boy, it's a good thing you had these compartments." Luke stated. Han replied, "I use them for smuggling. I never thought I'd be smuggling myself in them. This is ridiculous. Even if I could take off, I'd never get past the tractor beam."
"Leave that to me!" Ben told him. Han sighed, "Damn fool. I knew that you were going to say that!" Ben smirked, " Who's the more foolish... the fool or the fool who follows him?"
"He's got ya there." Kurt laughed. Han shakes his head, muttering to himself. Chewbacca growled as he poked his head out.
The crewmen carry a heavy box on board the ship, past the two Stormtroopers guarding either side of the ramp. The Stromtrooper told them, "The ship's all yours. If the scanners pick up anything, report it immediately."
"All right, let's go." One of the crewmen stated. The crewmen enter the Millennium Falcon and a loud crashing sound is followed by a voice calling to the guard below. Han's voice called out to them, "Hey down there?"
The Stromtroopers looked inside as Han continued, "Could you give us a hand with this?" The Stormtroopers enter the ship and a quick round of Scott's blasts could be heard...
In a very small command office near the entrance to the Millennium Falcon, a Gantry Officer looks out his window and notices the guards are missing. He speaks into the comlink, "TK-412. Why aren't you at your post? TK-412, do you copy?" After a minute, a Stormtrooper comes down the ramp of the Millennium Falcon and waves to the gantry officer, pointing to his ear indicating his comlink is not working. The gantry officer shakes his head in disgust and heads for the door, giving his aide an annoyed look, "Take over. We've got a bad transmitter. I'll see what I can do."
As the officer approaches the door, it slides open revealing the towering Chewbacca. The gantry officer, in a momentary state of shock, stumbles backward. With a bone- chilling howl, the giant Wookiee flattens the officer with one blow. The aide immediately reaches for his pistol, but is blasted by Han, dressed as an Imperial Stormtrooper. Ben, Ashoka, the X-Men, and the droids enter the room quickly followed by Luke, also dressed as a Stormtrooper. Luke quickly removes his helmet, "You know, between his howling and your blasting everything in sight, it's a wonder the whole station doesn't know we're here."
"Bring them on! I prefer a straight fight to all this sneaking around." He told him as he removed his helmet. Storm wondered, "So, what now?" C-3PO turned to her, "We found the computer outlet, ma'am." Ashoka turned to R2, "Plug in. You should be able to interpret the entire Imperial computer network." Artoo plugs into the computer socket and the vast Imperial brain network comes to life, feeding information to the little droid. After a few moments, he beeps something. Evan wondered, "What did he say?"
"He says he's found the main computer to power the tractor beam that's holding the ship here. He'll try to make the precise location appear on the monitor." C-3PO translated. The computer monitor flashes readouts as he continued, "The tractor beam is coupled to the main reactor in seven locations. A power loss at one of the terminals will allow the ship to leave."
Ben studies the data on the monitor readout as he turned to everyone, "I don't think any of you can help. I must go alone." Everyone but Han was shocked by this as Han stated, "Whatever you say. I've done more that I bargained for on this trip already." Sora ran up to him, "I want to go with you."
"Be patient, Sora. Stay with your brother and friends and watch over the droids." Ben told him. Sora tried to argue, "But I can..."
"They must be delivered safely or other star systems will suffer the same fate as Alderaan. It's your job as both Jedi and a Keyblader to stop this weapon. Your destiny lies along a different path than mine." Sora frowned at this but nodded but before he left he told him, "The Force will be with you... always..."
Ben adjusts the lightsaber on his belt and silently steps out of the command office, then disappears down a long grey hallway. Ashoka walked up to Sora, "He'll be okay... he's had far worse missions than this." Chewbacca barks a comment and Han shakes his head in agreement, "Boy you said it, Chewie." Han turned to Sora, "Where did you dig up that old fossil?"
"Ben is a great man." Sora defended him. Han replied, "Yeah, great at getting us into trouble." Logan eyes narrowed, "I didn't hear you give any ideas..."
"Well, anything would be better than just hanging around waiting for him to pick us up..." Han argued. Logan groweled, "Who do you think..." Suddenly Artoo begins to whistle and beep a blue streak. Luke goes over to him, "What is it?"
"I'm afraid I'm not quite sure, sir. He says, 'I found her,' and keeps repeating, 'She's here.'" C-3PO replied. Kairi walked up curious, "Well, who... who has he found?" Artoo whistles a frantic reply as Threepio translated, "Princess Leia."
"The princess?!" Everyone gasped as Sora asked, "She's here?!" Han and Chewie on the other hand was confused, "Princess? What's going on?" Artoo whistled as Threepio turned to Sora, "Level five. Detention block A A-23. I'm afraid she's scheduled to be terminated."
"Oh, no! We've got to do something." Sora stated as Han asked, "What are you talking about?" Luke spoke on his brothers behalf, "The droid belongs to her. She's the one in the message... We've got to help her." Cyclops nodded, "They're right. She might be the only one who know what to do with the plans."
"Now, look, don't get any funny ideas. The old man wants us to wait right here." Han reminded them. Ashoka then spoke up, "But he didn't know she was here. Look, will you just find a way back into the detention block?" Han crossed his arms, "I'm not going anywhere."
"They're going to execute her. Look, a few minutes ago you said you didn't want to just wait here to be captured. Now all you want to do is stay." Sora pointed out. Han turned to him, "Marching into the detention area is not what I had in mind."
"But they're going to kill her!" Sora exclaimed. As Han replied, "Better her than me..." Sora sighed in defeated, Jean walked up to him, "Don't worry Sora... we'll think of something." Luke told them, "Wait... I have an idea..." Sora turned to his brother, "What?" Luke just smirked, "Trust me..."
He then walked up to Han and told him, "She's rich." That got both Han and Chewbacca's attention as Han asked, "Rich?" Luke nodded, "Yes. Rich, powerful! Listen, if you were to rescue her, the reward would be..."
"What?" Han asked. Luke finished, "Well more wealth that you can imagine."
"I don't know, I can imagine quite a bit!" Han replied. Sora added, "Yeah, I think you and Rocket would get along well." Luke continued, "You'll get it!"
"I better!" Han replied. Luke promised him, "You will..." Han leaned in finally interested into helping, "All right, kid. But you'd better be right about this." Evan wondered, "So... what is the plan anyways?" Everyone stopped to think as Luke turned to Threepio, "Uh... Threepio, hand me those binders there will you?" He complies as Luke moves toward Chewbacca with electronic cuffs, "Okay. Now, I'm going to put these on you."
Chewie lets out a hideous growl. Luke backs away and hands them to Han, "Okay. Han, you put these on." Han nodded as he walked up to Chewie, "Don't worry, Chewie. I think I know what he has in mind." The Wookiee has a worried and frightened look on his face as Han binds him with the electronic cuffs. Luke turned to the others, "Uh... in order for this to work we need allot more disguises...or cuffs."
"Got you covered there." Sora turned on his outfit disguise and changed into Stormtrooper armor much to Han, Luke, and Chewie's shock. Kitty remembered, "Oh yeah... Forge's holo outfits. We all have them." All of the X-Men changed into Stormtroopers as Luke smiled, "Cool..."
"Uh, Ashoka, Riku, and I don't have those... what are we supposed to do?" Kairi asked. Han held up three more cuffs as he smirked, "Guess who signed up to becoming our prisoners with Chewie." They frowned at that as Ashoka held out her arms, "Let's get this over with."
"I hate this plan." He stated as Rogue cuffed him as Sora and Han cuffed Kairi and Ashoka. Threepio wondered as they left, "Master Luke, sir! Pardon me for asking... but, ah... what should Artoo and I do if we're discovered here?" Scott replied, "Lock the doors..."
"And hope they don't have blasters." Han told them as Kairi added, "Or Keyblades." With that they left as C-3PO muttered, "That isn't very reassuring."
Later, they all manged to find the weapons area and each grabbed blasters so they would look suspicious. Han, Luke, Sora, and the X-Men try to look inconspicuous in their armored suits as they took their four "prisoners" as they wait for a vacuum elevator to arrive. Troops, bureaucrats, and robots bustle about, ignoring the trio completely. Only a few give the giant Wookiee a curious glance. Finally a small elevator arrives and the trio enters. Luke complained, "I can't see a thing in this helmet."
"Makes me glad we're not having any difficultly with our holo-disguises." Rogue smiled. Once they were all inside, the door to the pod-like vehicle slides closed and the elevator car takes off through a vacuum tube...
Meanwhile, several Imperial officers walk through the wide main passage way as they pass several Stormtroopers. At the far end of the hallway, a passing flash of Ben Kenobi appears, then disappears down a small hallway. His appearance is so fleeting that it is hard to tell if he is real or just an illusion. No one in the hallway seems to notice him...
At the same time, they step forward to exit the elevator, as Han muttered, "This is not going to work." Sora wondered, 'Then why didn't you say so before?" Han pointed out, "I did say so before!" Just then the door slides open behind them. The giant Wookiee, two Keyblades, and Grey Jedi and their guards enter the old grey security station. Guards and laser gates were everywhere. Han whispers to Luke under his breath. A tall, grim looking Officer approaches them, "Where are you taking these prisoners and their... pet?" Chewie growls a bit at the remark but Han nudges him to shut up as Scott replied, "Prisoner transfer from Block 1138."
"I wasn't notified. I'll have to clear it." The officer told them. The officer goes back to his console and begins to punch in the information. There are only few other troopers in the area as one of them walks up to the prisoners to take them away. Suddenly Chewbacca throws up his hands and lets out with one of his ear-piercing howls as "broke" free and knocks the guard out and grabs Han's laser rifle. Everyone pretended to panic as Kurt stated, "Look out! He's loose!"
Ahoka then activated her two white lightsaber and cut herself free along with Riku and Kairi as they summoned their Keyblades. Evan gasped, "And so are the other prisoners!" Luke acted, "They're going to pull us all apart."
"Get them!" Wolverine stated as everyone began to fire every where. The startled guards are momentarily dumbfounded as they tried to resecure the prisoners. However, the heroes had already pulled out their laser pistols and they blasted them away at the terrifying Wookiee. Their barrage of laserfire misses Chewbacca, but hits the camera eyes, laser gate controls, and the Imperial guards. Well, the girls had a bit of trouble, as Kitty stated " Ugh! I hate guns!"
"Yeah, I can't hit anything with this thing!" Jean added. Sora beamed, "Ha! I knew playing laser tag would pay off one day!" Scott stated, "You said it Sora!" Rogue groaned, "Boys..."
The officer is the last of the guards to fall as Luke blasted him just as he is about to push the alarm system. Han rushes to the comlink system, which is screeching questions about what is going on. He quickly checks the computer readout, "We've got to find out which cell this princess of yours is in. Here it is... cell 21-87! You two go get her. We'll hold them here. Luke and Sora races down one of the cell corridors. Han speaks into the buzzing comlink as he told the Empire, "Everything is under control. Situation normal."
"What happened?" An Officer replied. Han replied nervously, "Uh... had a slight weapons malfunction. But, uh, everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?" Logan face palmed himself as the Officer replied, "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 but the guard then asked, "Who is this? What's your operating number?" Kitty sighed as he phased through the comlink shorting it out, "Boring conversation anyway."
The X-Men switched out to their regualre uniforms as Han nodded, "Yeah, right..." He then called out to the Skywalkers, "Sora! Luke! We're going to have company!" Sora turned to Luke, "Let's get her and get out of here!"
"Right!" Luke nodded as they ran to the cell. Luke stopped him, "Wait! This is it!" He aimed his blaster at the door as Sora stopped him, "Um... Luke... My Keyblade can unlock anything... maybe you should let me." Luke nodded, "Good idea." Sora summoned his Keyblade and aimed it at the door. A beam of light shot out an unlocked the door as they slide open. They saw the dazzling young princess-senator as Luke stated, "By the Force, she's beautiful."
"Yeah... but not a beautiful as Kairi." Sora stated. Luke turned to him, "She's your girlfriend, isn't see?" Sora nodded as they turned their attention back to the Princess. She had been sleeping and is now looking at him with an uncomprehending look on her face. Luke is stunned by her incredible beauty and stands staring at her with his mouth hanging open. Leia rasied an eyebrow, "Aren't you two a little short to be Stormtroopers?"
"Stromtroopers?! Where?!" Sora looked aroud much to Leia's confusion as Luke remined him, "She means us." Sora remembered and smiled sheepishly as he went back to his real outfit as Luke takes off his helmet, "I'm Luke Skywalker and this is my brother, Sora. We're here to rescue you."
"You're who?" Leia wondered. Sora explained, "I'm Sora and this is my brother, Luke. We're here to rescue you. I've got your R2 unit. I'm here with Ben Kenobi." Leia's eyes widened as she realized they we're friends of the Jedi, "Ben Kenobi is here! Where is he?"
"We'll explain later! Come on!" Luke told her. Leia nodded as they all ran back to join the others...
Darth Vader paces the room as Governor Tarkin sits at the far end of the conference table. Vader told them, "They are here..." Tarkin rasied an eyebrow, "Ashoka Tano and Obi-Wan Kenobi! What makes you think so?" Vader replied, "A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of my old master and Skywalker's apprentice."
"Surely they must be dead by now." Tarkin argued. Vader warned him, "Don't underestimate the power of the Force."
"The Jedi are extict, their fire has gone out of the universe. You, my friend, are all that's left of their religion." Tarkin pointed out. Just then, there was a quiet buzz on the comlink, "Yes?"
"Governor Tarkin, we have an emergency alert in detention block A A-23." An officer reported. Tarkin gasped, "The princess! Put all sections on alert!" He turned to Vader as they both knew who were responsable for this, there was no denying it now, "Obi-Wan and Ashoka are here. The Force is with them"
"If you're right, they must not be allowed to escape." Tarkin replied. Vader told him, "Escape is not Kenobi's plan. I must face him alone." Vader turned to leave... finally vengeance will be his...
An ominous buzzing sound is heard on the other side of the elevator door. Wolverine sniffed as he popped out his claws, "They're here!" Han replied sarcastically, '"What was your first guess!" Chewbacca responds with a growling noise. Han and Logan both ordered, "Get behind me! Get behind me!" A series of explosions knock a hole in the elevator door through which several Imperial Stromtroops begin to emerge as they opened fired at the heroes, Kurt quickly grabbed Rogue and Evan and teleported back. As Kitty phase through the fire as they ran after the others. Han and Chewie fire laser pistols as Scott fired his optic blat as Wolverine covered them as Ashoka, Riku, and Kairi deflected the Stromtroopers fire. Once all the X-Men They turn and run down the cell hallway, meeting up with Luke, Sora, and Leia rushing toward them. Han told them, "Can't get out that way."
"Looks like you managed to cut off our only escape route." Leia observed. Han turned to her and replied sarcastically, "Maybe you'd like it back in your cell, Your Highness." Just then troops opened fired at them as Kairi asked, "Can't Kitty phase us to a safer level?"
"Phase?" Leia wondered. Kitty shrugged, "I don't know what's down there. For all we know it could be worse down there." Evan fired spikes out knocking some of the Stromtroopers blaseters out of there hand as Evan suggested, "Maybe Threepio knows away out." Ashoka deflect the fire, she told them, "Try it!"
Luke takes a small comlink transmitter from his belt as they continue to exchange fire with Stormtroopers making their way down the corridor. Luke called out to the droid, "C-3PO! c-3PO!" Threepio replied, "Yes sir?"
"We've been cut off! Are there any other ways out of the cell bay?" Luke asked as they battle raged on. Leia was impressed of the power the X-Men we're pulling off as Luke tried to listen in to what the driod had to say. He told him, "What was that? I didn't copy!"
Meanwhile, Threepio paces the control center as little Artoo beeps and whistles a blue streak. Threepio yells into the small comlink transmitter, "I said, all systems have been alerted to your presence, sir. The main entrance seems to be the only way in or out; all other information on your level is restricted."
Suddenly, someone begins banging on the door as a Stormtrooper voice spoke, "Open up in there!" Threepio was shocked, "Oh, no!"
Back with the others, the fight raged on as the heroes made no closer to the exit as they were before. Sora asked, "Any luck?" Luke told his brother, "There isn't any other way out!" Ashoka told them, "We can't hold them off forever! Now what?"
"This is some rescue. When you came in here, didn't you have a plan for getting out?" Leia asked. Han gestured to the Luke, "He's the brains, sweetheart." Luke manages a sheepish grin and shrugs his shoulders, "Well, I didn't..."
"It's alright, Luke... we'll think of something!" Storm told him as she summoned lightning on the Stormtroopers. Leia sighed, "By the time, you do we'll all be dead." The princess grabs Luke's baster and fires at a small grate in the wall next to Han, almost frying him. Han demanded, "What the hell are you doing?"
"Somebody has to save our skins!" Leia replied as she fired back at the Stromtroopers as she moved to the chute, "Into the garbage chute, wise guy." She jumps through the narrow opening as everyone looked to her in amazement. Kitty smelled and winced, "Ew! What is that horrible stench?!" Sora beamed, "That is the stench of discovery!"
"You did not seriously quote SpongeBob!" Riku replied. Sora beamed as he jumped in after, "And Kairi loves me for it!" Everyone turned to Kairi as she giggled, "It's true!" She then dived in after Sora. Riku sighed, "I guess, we gotta go after them." Everyone nodded as Riku, Scott, Jean, and Rogue dived in the chute. Chewbacca sniffs the garbage chute and says something. Han replied, "Get in there you big furry oaf! I don't care what you smell! Get in there and don't worry about it."
Han gives him a kick and the Wookiee disappears into the tiny opening. Kitty sighed, "Let's get this over with." She then went after the Wookiee along with Kurt, Evan, and Storm. Luke and Han continue firing as they work their way toward the opening as Ashoka and Logan defended them. Han said sarcastically, "Wonderful girl! Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her. Get in there!"
Luke ducks laserfire as he jumps into the darkness. Han fires off a couple of quick blasts creating a smokey cover, then slides into the chute himself and is gone. Ashoka told Logan, "Go! I'll cover you!"
"Someone's gotta stop them from follow us! You go!" Logan ordered. Ashoka turned to him in shock, "What?! I surprised you not dead already!" Wolverine smirked, "Relax, Snips! I got this!" Ashoka was shocked by this. He old master used to call her that. She finally nodded as she dived in after the others. With Wolverine the only one left he went into his berserker rage and charged at them...
Ashoka tumbles into the large room filled with garbage and muck as Han finally stood on his feet, everyone was already stumbling around looking for an exit. Luke found a small hatchway and struggles to get it open. It won't budge. Han stated sarcastically, "Oh! The garbage chute was a really wonderful idea. What an incredible smell you've discovered!"
"Well, at least we're all alive and it's safer down here." Sora defended Leia. Kairi was grossed out, "Yeah... can we get out of here now?" Scott wondered, "Wait, where's Wolverine?"
"Still up there! He's holding off the Stormtroopers!" Ashoka replied. Leia was shocked, "Does that man have a death wish?" Storm ressured them, "Relax, he'll be fine." Sora shivered, "Yeah... I actually feel bad for the Stromtoopers..."
"Let's just get out of here! Get away from there..." He told Luke as he aimed his blaster at the door. Everyone exclaimed, "No! wait!" Han fires at the hatch. The laserbolt ricochets wildly around the small metal room. Everyone dives for cover in the garbage as the bolt explodes almost on top of them. Leia climbs out of the garbage with Kair's help and they both had a rather grim look on their faces. Luke told him, "Will you forget it? I already tried it. It's magnetically sealed!"
"Put that thing away! You're going to get us all killed." Leia exclaimed. Han replied, "Absolutely, Your Worship. Look, I had everything under control until you led us down here. You know, it's not going to take them long to figure out what happened to us."
"It could be worse..." Leia told them. Evan turned to her, "Did you say it could be worse? You NEVER say it could be worse!" Leia raised an eyebrow, "Why?"
Just then, a loud, horrible, inhuman moan works its way up from the murky depths. Chewbacca lets out a terrified howl and begins to back away. Han and Luke stand fast with their laser pistols drawn as Sora, Riku, and Kairi summoned their Keyblades. The Wookiee is cowering near one of the walls. Han replied, "That's why."
"There's something alive in here!" Luke stated. Han rolled his eyes, "That's your imagination." Luke shook his head, "Something just moves past my leg!" He then saw something move to the water, "Look! Did you see that?"
"What?!" Sora looked around as everyone did the same. Suddenly Luke is yanked under the garbage. Sora and Han exclaimed, "Luke! Luke! Luke!" Sora grabbed him with the Force, "I got him." He them pulled him out to the surfaces with a gasp of air and thrashing of limbs. A membrane tentacle is wrapped around his throat. Leia called out with concern, "Luke!"
Leia extends a long pipe toward him, "Luke, Luke, grab a hold of this." Sora told Jean, "Jean held us out here!" Jean told him, "I got him!"
"Blast it, will you! My gun's jammed." Luke told them. Scott and Han looked around, "Where?" Luke gasped out, "Anywhere! Oh!" Scott and Han blasted at the water blindly hoping to hit the monster and hoping it could let go. However, Luke is pulled back into the muck by the slimy tentacle. Han and Leia called out, "Luke! Luke!"
"That's it! No, I'm going down there myself! No one eating my twin brother tonight!" Sora summoned his Keyblade and dived in after him. Everyone called out, "Sora!" Leia turned to him, "I don't know if that boy is brave or foolish." Kairi turned to her, "After dating him for months, I learned his a little bit of both."
Sora swam deeper into the dirty water. That's when he could see clearly what was taking Luke. It was a big old Hearltess. It tried to put Luke in it's mouth, Sora threw his Keyblade and it cut the tencale that was holding Luke. As the tencale faded Luke turned to Sora, who's Keyblade reappeared in his hand. He nodded to Luke as they both drew out their lightsabers. They began to hack and slash at the Heartless. The monster tried to fight back but Luke and Sora sliced off it's limbs. Sora and Luke then delivered the finally blow and the Heartless faded away as it released a captive heart. With that, they quickly swam back up to the surface for air.
Luke and Sora suddenly bobs to the surface. Leia told everyone, "Grab him!" Kairi held on to Sora while Han helped Luke as Jean asked, "What was it?" Sora replied, "Heartless... there on this thing too." The X-Men groaned, as Kitty stated, "Great... like the Stromtroopers were enough trouble..."
"What the hecks a Heartless?" Han asked. Luke replied, "That monster... it was like it was like it was created up from the Dark Side itself." Sora nodded, "That what a Heartless is... It wanted to consume your heart." Luke turned to Sora, "Thanks."
"No problem. You would have done the same." Sora nodded. Kairi nodded, "Yeah... but you both are gonna need to shower when we get back."
Just then something started to turn on as Scott wondered, "What was that?" Riku groaned, "It better not be another Heartless." Han stated, "I've got a very bad feeling about this."
Before anyone can say anything the walls begin to rumble and edge toward the Rebels. Everyone panicked as Luke exclaimed, "The walls are moving!"
"Don't just stand there. Try to brace it with something." Leia exclaimed. They place poles and long metal beams between the closing walls, but they are simply snapped and bent as the giant trashmasher rumbles on. Jean, Sora, and Luke all tired to keep the walls back with their powers but it wasn't enough. The situation doesn't look too good. Luke remembered, "Wait a minute!" Luke pulls out his comlink,"Threepio! Come in Threepio!
"Threepio! Where could he be?" A soft buzzer and the muted voice of Luke calling out for C-3PO can be heard on Threepio's hand comlink, which was sitting on the deserted computer console. Artoo and Threepio are nowhere in sight. Suddenly there is a great explosion and the door of the control tower flies across the floor. Four armed Stormtroopers enter the chamber all though one of them bumped their heads on entering. One of Stromtoopers ordered, "Take over!"
All of a sudden they heard knocking in the supply cabinet, "Over there!" A trooper pushes a button and the supply cabinet door slides open. C-3PO and R2-D2 were inside. Artoo follows his golden companion out into the office, "They're madmen! They're heading for the prison level. If you hurry, you might catch them."
"Follow me! You stand guard." The Stromtooper ordered. The troops hustle off down the hallway, leaving a guard to watch over the command office. C-3PO picked up the communication device and told R2, "Come on!" Before they left though, the turned to the only remaining guard. Threepio quickly thought up an excuse, "Oh! All this excitement has overrun the circuits of my counterpart here. If you don't mind, I'd like to take him down to maintenance."
"All right." The guard nodded and Threepio, with little Artoo in tow, hurries out the door...
As the walls rumble closed, the room gets smaller and smaller. Riku stated, "I hate to admit it but I wish Fred we're hear now." Kurt nodded, "Yeah, you and me both!" Chewie is whining and trying to hold a wall back with his giant paws with Scott and Storms help. Han, Kitty, andKurt is leaning back against the other wall. Garbage is snapping and popping. Luke is trying to reach Threepio, "Threepio! Come in, Threepio! Threepio!"
Han, Jean, Kairi, and Leia try to brace the contracting walls with a pole. Leia and Kairi began to sink into the trash. Han told them, "Get to the top!"
"We can't!" The princesses replied. Sora turned to Luke, "Try again with Threepio, I'm going to try to get that door open!" Luke nodded as Sora summoned his Keyblade and tired to make his way to the exit. Luke tried again, "Where could he be? Threepio! Threepio, will you come in?"
Meanwhile, Threepio was beginning to get worried, "They aren't here! Something must have happened to them. See if they've been captured." Little Artoo carefully plugs into a new wall socket and a complex array of electronic sounds spew from the tiny robot, "Hurry!"
The walls are only feet apart. Leia and Han are braced against the walls. The princess is frightened. They look at each other. Leia reaches out and takes Han's hand and she holds it tightly. She's terrified and suddenly groans as she feels the first crushing pressure against her body. Sora tried to get past Ashoka but he could fit through, "I can't reach it! Riku..."
"Neither can I!" Riku stated as Han added, "One thing's for sure. We're all going to be a lot thinner!" Han turned to the princesses, "Get on top of it!"
"We're trying!" They exclaimed...
"Thank goodness, they haven't found them! Where could they be?!" C-3PO wondered. Artoo frantically beeps something to C-3PO, "Use the comlink? Oh, my! I forgot I turned it off!"
Meanwhile, everyone was trying to keep his head above the rising ooze. Ashoka muttered, "C'mon, Threepio!" Luke's comlink begins to buzz and he rips it off his belt.
Muffled sounds of Luke's voice over the comlink can be heard, but not distinctly. As C-3PO called out, "Are you there, sir?"
"Threepio?!" Luke called out as C-3PO. He replied, "We've had some problems..." Luke just cuts him off, "Will you shut up and listen to me? Shut down all garbage mashers on the detention level, will you? Do you copy? Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level!"
"No. Shut them all down! Hurry!" Threepio exclaimed to R2. R2 quickly went to work and began to shut down all the garbage mashers...
Everyone closed their eyes and awaited for the end when suddenly everything stopped. They were saved. Everyone began cheering...
Threepio holds his head in agony as he hears the incredible screaming and hollering from Luke's comlink, "Listen to them! They're dying, Artoo! Curse my metal body! I wasn't fast enough. It's all my fault! My poor master and all of his friends!"
"Threepio, we're all right!" Luke replied much to the droid shock and relief...
Everyone embrace in the background as Luke, "We're all right. You did great." Sora nodded, "Now, if only one of us could reach that door." Kitty face palmed herself, "Oh, yeah... I forgot about my powers for a second there." She then began to phase through the garbage mach to Leia's shock. Kitty manage to get to Sora and get him close enough to the door. Sora aimed his Keyblade at the door as a beam of light came out of the Key. The light hit the door and unlocked it. With that, the door slide open as Leia stated, "I don't know how you did that but nice work."
Sora smiled and nodded, as Han turned to Chewie, "Remind me to ask the kid where we can get one of those keys." Chewie growled in agreement...
Ben entered a humming service trench that powers the huge tractor beam. The trench seems to be a hundred miles deep. The clacking sound of huge switching devices can be heard. The old Jedi edges his his way along a narrow ledge leading to a control panel that connects two large cables. He carefully makes several adjustments in the computer terminal, and several lights on the board go from red to blue...
The group exits the garbage room into a dusty, unused hallway. Han and Luke remove the trooper suits but strapped on the blaster belts. Kurt joked, "Well, that wasn't our cleanest get away."
"Let's all agree never to use garbage to escape again." Scott added as everyone nodded, "Agreed." Han then added, "If we can just avoid any more female advice, we ought to be able to get out of here." All females turned to glare at Han as Luke reminded them, "We should probably get moving."
Chewie begins growling and points to the hatch to the garbage room, as he runs away and then stops howling. Han asked, "Where are you going?" Han turned to see Heartless appear from the garbage. Sora groaned, "Oh, c'mon already..."
Han aims his pistol as Leia eyes widened, "No, wait! They'll hear!" Han fires at the doorway and destroyed the Heartless. The noise of the blast echoes relentlessly throughout the empty passageway. Evan sighed, "How much, you guys willing to bet the Empire heard that?"
"Come here, you big coward!" Chewie shakes his head "no" as Han continued, "Chewie! Come here!" Leia marched up to him, "Listen. I don't know who you are, or where you came from, but from now on, you do as I tell you. Okay?" Han is stunned at the command of the petite young girl, "Look, Your Worshipfulness, let's get one thing straight! I take orders from one person! Me!"
"It's a wonder you're still alive." Leia smirked before looking to Chewie as she added, "Will somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?" Han watches her start away. He looks at to others as they shrugged. Kairi stated, "It does look like she knows what she's doing."
"And I have a feeling she's been fighting the Empire longer than any of us." Storm stated. Sora nodded, "Yeah, we should praobly follow her lead before more Heartless or Stromtroopers show up." Everyone nodded as Han muttered, "No reward is worth this."
"Get use to it, Solo." Ashoka smirked. They followed her, moving swiftly down the deserted corridor...
Suddenly a door behind Ben slides open and a detachment of Stormtroopers marches to the power trench. Ben instantly slips into the shadows as an Officer moves to within a few feet of him, "Secure this area until the alert is canceled."
"Give me regular reports." A Stromtrooper grumbled as the officer left. He turned to the other Stromtrooper, "Do you know what's going on?"
"Maybe it's another drill." He shrugged. Ben moves around the tractor beam, watching the Stormtroopers as they turn their backs to him. Ben gestures with his hand toward them, as the troops think they hear something in the other hallway. With the help of the Force, Ben deftly slips past the troopers and into the main hallway, 'What was that?'
"Oh, it's nothing. Don't worry about it." The Stromtrooper stated not noticing the Jedi getting away...
Luke, Han, Chewbacca, Leia, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Ashoka, and the other X-Men run down an empty hallway and stop before a bay window overlooking the Millennium Falcon. Stormtroopers were milling about the ship. Sora takes out the comlink as Han told them, "There she is."
"C-3PO, do you copy?" Sora asked. The droid replied, "For the moment. Uh, we're in the main hangar across from the ship."
"We're right above you. Stand by." Sora told them. Han is watching the dozen or so troops moving in and out of the Millennium Falcon. Leia moves towards Han, touches his arm and points out the window to the ship, "You came in that thing? You're braver that I thought."
"Nice! Come on!" Han gives her a dirty look, and they start off down the hallway. Just then the heard footsteps coming and Scott were ready for a fight when Luke, Sora, and Ashoka stopped them, "Wait." Sora explained, "It's Mr. Logan."
The all saw the Wolverine walk to them, "'Bout time I found ya, the whole battle stations alert to your presence." Leia saw that his uniform was damaged in the fight and parts a red stain on it. Leia asked, "You alright?... it looked like you got quite the beating there." Logan stated, "It's ain't my blood."
Leia was stunned by this... one man with claws verse an army of Stromtroopers... man, she wished the had met these people early. With their powers, the Rebellion had a better chance against the Empire. Rogue stated, "Okay... now can we get outta here." Everyone nodded as they turned a corner and run right into twenty Imperial stormtroopers heading toward them. Both groups are taken by surprise and stop in their tracks. A Stromtrooper stated, "It's them! Blast them!"
Before even thinking, Han draws his laser pistol and charges the troops, firing. His blaster knocks one of the Stormtroopers into the air. Chewie follows his captain down the corridor, stepping over the fallen trooper on the floor. Kitty, Rogue, Riku, Storm, Ashoka and Wolverine ran after them as Logan told the others, "Get back to the ship!"
"Where are you going? Come back!" Luke called out as Sora told him, "Don't bother, they're gone."
"They certainly have courage." Leia admitted. Scott sighed, "What good will it do us if they gets themselves killed?"
"Not everyone... Mr. Logan has a healing factor!" Sora pointed out. Scott turned to him, "You know what I meant! Come on!"
Just then the alarms begin to go off down on the hangar deck. Sora, Luke, Leia, Kairi, Cycolps, Jean, Nightcraller, and Spyke start off toward the starship hangar...
Han chased the Stormtroopers down a long sub-hallway. He is yelling and brandishing his laser pistol. Han stops a few feet from them and assumes a defensive position. The troops begin to raise their laser guns. Soon all ten troopers are moving into an attack position in front of the lone star pirate. Han's determined look begins to fade as more troops begin to advance. Solo jumps backward as they fire at him.
Chewbacca, Wolverine, Storm, Ashoka, Kitty and Rogue ran down the sub-hallway, Rogue muttered, "If we all die because of him, I'm going to kill him!" Suddenly they hears the firing of laser guns and yelling. Ashoka muttered, "That does sound good."
"It's a trap!" Wolverine exclaimed. Around the corner shoots Han, pirate extraordinaire, running for his life, followed by a host of furious Stormtroopers. Kitty exclaimed, "THAT'S LIKE ALLOT OF STORMTROOPERS!" Storm told everyone, "There's too many and we've been in this death machine long enough! Run!" Everyone turns and starts running the other way also...
Luke fires his laser pistol and Scott fired his optic blast wildly as he, Leia, Sora, Kairi, Jean, Kurt, and Evan rush down a narrow subhallway, chased by several Stormtroopers. They quickly reach the end of the subhallway and race through an open hatchway.
They race through the hatch onto a narrow bridge that spans a huge, deep shaft that seems to go into infinity. The bridge has been retracted into the wall of the shaft, and Luke almost rushes into the abyss. He loses his balance off the end of the bridge as Sora and Leia takes hold of his arm and pulls him back. Luke gasped, "I think we took a wrong turn.
Blasts from the Stormtroopers' laser guns explode nearby reminding them of the oncoming danger. Luke and Cyclops fired back at the advancing troops. Leia reaches over and hits a switch that pops the hatch door shut with a resounding boom, leaving them precariously perched on a short piece of bridge overhang. Laserfire from the troopers continues to hit the steel door. Leia turned to them as she exclaimed, "There's no lock!"
Luke blasts the controls with his laser pistol, "That oughta hold it for a while." Kairi nodded, "Yeah but we're still trapped."
"Quick, we've got to get across. Find the control that extends the bridge." Leia told them as Kurt stated, "Uh, I think Luke just blasted it." Luke smiled sheepishly as Jean exclaimed, "They're coming through!"
"I think they're the least of our worries!" Sora stated. Just then, the Darkside like Heartless started rising from the abyss. Jean groaned, "Oh, Come on!"
"Sora! Kairi! You two deal with the Heartless! Nightcrawller! Get us to the other side!" Sora and Kairi nodded as they held hands as Sora flew them to the Heartless as Luke and Leia stared at Sora in shock, "He can fly?!"
"Yeah, that's a long story..." Evan stated as when laserfire hits the wall behind him. Luke aims his laser pistol at a Stormtrooper perched on a higher bridge overhang across the abyss from them. They exchange fire. Scott and Evan joined in with spikes and optic blasts. Two more troops appear on another overhang, also firing. Scott blasted a trooper off the legde as Spyke disarmed another with a spike. Sora and Kairi attacked the giant Heartless. Cutting them down one by one. Luke turned to Kurt, "Go! We'll cover you!"
Kurt nodded as he took Jean and Evan and teleported them to the other side as Scott and Luke provided cover fire. Leia stated, "Your brother have some interesting friends." Luke nodded, "Yeah, and I'm not complaining!" Sora and Kairi were standing on the shoulders of a Darkseid as the attacked it. As it faded back into the darkness, Sora flew in a caught Kairi, she smirked as she pecked him, "My hero." He smirked as he flew her to the other side with Evan and Jean. Sora told them, "Go, while the Heartless are gone!"
Another Stromtrooper standing on the bridge overhang is hit by Luke and Scott's laserfire, and plummets down the shaft. Stromtroopers move back off the bridge as Kurt teleported Scott acrossed. Luke hands the gun to Leia, " Kurt distract them! Here, hold this. I have an idea!"
Kurt then telported to the Stromtroopers aLuke pulls a thin nylon cable from his trooper utility belt. It has a grappler hook on it. A Stormtrooper appears on a bridge overhang and fires at Luke and Leia. As Luke works with the rope, Leia returns the laser volley. Another Stromtrooper appears ahead of Kurt's fight with the rest and fires at them, as Leia returns fire as well. Suddenly, the hatch door begins to open, revealing the feet of more troops. Kairi gasped, "Here they come!"
Leia hits one of the Stormtroopers on the bridge above, and he falls into the abyss. Luke tosses the rope across the gorge and it wraps itself around an outcropping of pipes. He tugs on the rope to make sure it is secure, then grabs the princess in his arms. We're good, Kurt! Go!"
Kurt nodded and teleported to the other side. Leia turned to Luke, then kisses him quickly on the lips. Luke is very surprised as Leia added, "For luck!"
Luke pushes off and they swing across the treacherous abyss to the corresponding hatchway on the opposite side. Just as Luke and Leia reach the far side of the canyon, the Stormtroopers break through the hatch and begin to fire at the escaping duo. But before Luke could return fire, more Heartless showed up and attacked the Stormtroopers. Leia wondered, "Whose side are they on?"
"Their own. Now, let's move before they come after us." Sora answered. Leia turned to him, "The monsters or the Stromtroopers?"
"Both." Sora answered. Everyone nodded as they ran off as Kairi turned to Sora who had a very disturbed look, "What's the matter?"
"I don't know why but... I felt very disturbed with Leia kissing Luke. Like a sister making out with their brother." Sora replied. Kairi nodded, "That IS disturbing... but I'm sure that's not the case because I'm certain Ben would have mentioned something."
"Yeah, you're probably right. It's probably nothing." Sora nodded as they ran up to catch up with the others...
Ben hides in the shadows of the narrow passageway as several Stromtroopers rush past him in the main hallway. He checks to make sure they're gone, then runs down the hallway in the opposite direction. Darth Vader appears at the far end of the hallway and starts after the old Jedi...
Threepio looks around at the troops milling about the Millennium Falcon's entry ramp. The droid wondered, "Where could they be?
Artoo, plugged into the computer socket, turns his dome left and right, beeping a response...
Han, Chewbacca, Riku, Wolverine, Storm, Ashoka, Kitty, and Rogue ran down a long corridor with several Stromtroopers hot on their trail, "Close the blast doors!"
At the end of the hallway, blast doors begin to close in front of them. Everyone race past the huge doors just as they are closing, and Han manage to get off a couple off laserblasts at the pursuing troops before the doors slam shut. Kitty was the last and she phased through the door. The Stromtrooper ordered, "Open the blast doors! Open the blast doors!"
"Make up your minds will ya! That's it! I'm going on my lunch break!" Stan Lee told the from the control room as he drank through a Rebels cup and left the control room...
Ben hurries along one of the tunnels leading to the hangar where the Millennium Falcon waits. Just before he reaches the hangar, Darth Vader steps into view at the end of the tunnel, not ten feet away with his red lightsaber. Ben also ignites his and as they both stepped forward. Vader told him, "I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last."
Vader and Obi-Wan raised their lightsabers at each other as Vader continued, "The circle is now complete. When I met you, I was but the learner, now I am the master."
Your only a master of evil, Darth." The two Galactic warriors stand perfectly still for a few moments, sizing each other up and waiting for the right moment. Ben seems to be under increasing pressure and strain, as if an invisible weight were being placed upon him. He shakes his head and, blinking, tries to clear his eyes.
Ben makes a sudden lunge at the huge warrior but is checked by a lightning movement of The Sith. A masterful slash stroke by Vader is blocked by the old Jedi. Another of the Jedi's blows is blocked, then countered.
Ben moves around the Dark Lord and starts backing into the massive starship hangar. The two powerful warriors stand motionless for a few moments with laser swords locked in mid-air, creating a low buzzing sound. Vader stated, "Your powers are weak, old man."
"You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." Their lightsabers continue to meet in combat...
Han Solo, Chewbacca, Logan, Riku, and Ashoka their weapons in hand,with Storm, Rogue and Kitty leaning back against the wall surveying the forward bay, watching the Imperial stormtroopers make their rounds of the hangar. Han sighed, "Didn't we just leave this party?"
"They ain't so tough." Wolverine stated. Chewbacca growls a reply, as Sora and the others join them. Han wondered, "What kept you?"
"We ran into some old friends." Leia stated. Sora added, "And the Heartless gave us some trouble."
"Is the ship all right?" Jean asked. Han nodded, "Seems okay, if we can get to it. Just hope the old man got the tractor beam out of commission."
"I'll take care of them." Logan stated. He moved in but Ashoka stopped him, "How about without alerting the rest of them to our presence?" Riku stated, "Then anyone have any bright ideas to get past them."
Vader and Ben Kenobi continue their powerful duel. As they hit their lightsabers together, lightning flashes on impact? Stormtroopers look on in interest as the old Jedi and Dark Lord of The Sith fight. Suddenly Luke spots the battle from his group's vantage point, "Look!"
Everyone look up and see Ben and Vader emerging from the hallways on the far side of the docking bay. Threepio and Artoo-Detoo are in the center of the Death Star's Imperial docking bay, "Come on, Artoo, we're going!"
Threepio ducks out of sight as the seven Stormtroopers who were guarding the Millennium Falcon rush past them heading towards Ben and The Sith Knight. He pulls on Artoo. The heroes tensely watch the duel. The troops rush toward the battling knights. Han told him, "Now's our chance! Go!"
They start for the Millennium Falcon. Ben sees the troops charging toward him and realizes that he is trapped. Vader takes advantage of Ben's momentary distraction and brings his mighty lightsaber down on the old man. Ben manages to deflect the blow and swiftly turns around. As everyone ran tu the ship, Sora stopped to whisper, "Ben?" Sora stared at his father's best friend confront his father's killer. The old Jedi Knight looks over his shoulder at Sora, lifts his sword from Vader's then watches his opponent with a serene look on his face. Vader brings his sword down, cutting old Ben in half. Ben's cloak falls to the floor in two parts, but Ben is not in it. Everyone was horrified by this. Ben was gone, everyone was at lost of words except Sora, who exclaimed, "NO!"
The Stormtroopers turn toward Sora and begin firing at him the driods were already moving up the ramp into the Millennium Falcon, while Sora, summoned his Keyblade and fought back but either deflecting the lasers back at them or smacking at them with his Keyblade. Leia told him,"Sora, it's too late!" Vader is puzzled at Ben's disappearance and pokes at the empty cloak. Vader looks up as he stared at the boy he saw a familiar looking Lightsaber attached to his belt and that he had a Keyblade. All thought of the apprentice of Skywalker had been replaced by this boy. He began to advances toward him, as one of his troopers is struck down. Han told him, "Blast the door! Kid!"
Sora aimed his Keyblade at the door and exclaimed, "FIRE!" A fire ball struck the door control panel, and it explodes. The door begins to slide shut. Three troopers charge forward firing laser bolts, as the door slides to a close behind them, shutting Vader and the other troops out of the docking bay. A Stormtrooper lies dead at the feet of his onrushing compatriots. Sora starts for the advancing troops, as everyone but Kairi and Luke move up the ramp into the Falcon. Luke told him, "Sora... We gotta go before it's too late!"
Sora deflects a blaster bolt, hitting a stormtrooper, who crumbles to the floor. Kairi called out, "Sora, don't let Ben die in vain! Please!" Sora paused at Kairi's words as Ben voice spoke through his head, "Run, Sora! Run!"
Luke looks around to see where the voice came from. He turned toward the Millennium Falcon as Sora and Luke brought him inside, ducking Imperial gunfire from the Stormtroopers and races into the ship...
Han pulls back on the controls and the ship begins to move. The dull thud of laser bolts bouncing off the outside of the ship as Chewie adjusts his controls. Han muttered, "I hope the old man got that tractor beam out if commission, or this is going to be a real short trip. Okay, hit it!"
Chewbacca growls in agreement. The Millennium Falcon powers away from the Death Star docking bay, makes a spectacular turn and disappears into the vastness of space. Storm asked, "Well..."
"Looks like the old man did it! We're free!" Han smirked. Storm frowned, "I just wished we all could have made it." Meanwhile, Sora was saddened by the loss of Obi-Wan Kenobi, stares off blankly as the robots look on. Kairi puts a blanket around him protectively, and Sora turns and looks up at her. She sat down beside him. Everyone was also silent of the death of the old Jedi Knight...
Han Solo spots approaching enemy ships. Storm wondered, "What is it?" Han replied, "We're coming up on the sentry ships. Looks like the Empire's not letting us leave with out a fight." Han turned to the Wookiee, "Hold 'em off! Angle the deflector shields while I charge up the main guns!"
Sora looks downward sadly, shaking his head back and forth, as the princess smiles comfortingly at him. Kairi wondered, "You gonna be okay?" Sora frowned, "I can't believe he's gone. We don't even have a body to burry."
Artoo-Detoo beeps a reply as Leia walked up and reassured him, "There wasn't anything you could have done." Han rushes into the hold area where everyone was sitting. Han told them, "Come on, we're not out of this yet! I need someone to co-polit and some else to help me take down those fighters. Sora eyes narrowed, "I can fly..."
"You sure." Han asked. Sora nodded, "I can fly anything... just take out those fighters." Luke turned to Han, "I'll help you take them out then." Han nodded as they ran to the gunports as Sora, Kairi, Leia, Scott, and Jean ran to the pilot seat with Chewie. Solo climbs into his attack position in the topside gunport. Luke gets up and moves out toward the gunports. Luke climbs down the ladder into the gunport cockpit, settling into one of the two main laser cannons mounted in large rotating turrets on either side of the ship. Han adjusts his headset as he sits before the controls of his laser cannon, then speaks into the attached microphone.
"You in, kid? Okay, stay sharp!" Han told Luke. Chewbacca and Sora search the heavens for attacking TIE fighters. The Wookiee pulls back on the speed controls as the ship bounces slightly. Computer graphic readouts form on Solo's target screen, as Han reaches for controls. Luke sits in readiness for the attack, his hand on the laser cannon's control button. Chewbacca spots the enemy ships and barks. Sora spoke through the intercom, "Here they come!"
The Imperial TIE fighters move towards the Millennium Falcon, one each veering off to the left and right of the pirateship. The stars whip past behind the Imperial pilot as he adjusts his maneuvering joy stick. The TIE fighter races past the Falcon, firing laser beams as it passes.
Threepio is seated in the hold area, next to Artoo-Detoo and the others. Logan stated, "C'mon, kid, you got this. " The pirateship bounces and vibrates as the power goes out in the room and then comes back on. A TIE fighter maneuvers in front of Han, who follows it and fires at it with the laser cannon. Luke does likewise, as the fighter streaks into view. The ship has suffered a minor hit, and bounces slightly. Two TIE fighters dive down toward the Falcon. Luke fires at an unseen fighter, "They're coming in too fast!"
Sora and Chewie controled the Falco to dodge the laserbolts streak from all the craft. The ship shudders as a laserbolt hits very close to the cockpit. The Wookiee chatters something to Sora. Full shot of a TIE fighter as it moves fast through the frame, firing on the pirate starship. The two TIE fighters fire a barrage of laserbeams at the Millennium Falcon. A laserbolt streaks into the side of the pirateship. The ship lurches violently, throwing poor Threepio into a cabinet fill of small computer chips, "Oooh!"
Leia watches the computer readout as Chewbacca manipulates the ship's controls. Sora groaned as he exclaimed, "We've lost lateral controls." Han reassured them, "Don't worry, she'll hold together." An enemy laserbolt hits the pirateship's control panel, causing it to blow out in a shower of sparks. Han told his ship, "You hear me, baby? Hold together!"
R2-D2 advances toward the smoking sparking control panel, dousing the inferno by spraying it with fire retardant beeping all the while. Luke swivels in his gun mount, following the TIE fighter with his laser cannon. Solo aims his laser cannon at the enemy fighter. A TIE fighter streaks in front of the starship. Everyone watched the TIE fighter ship fly over. A TIE fighter heads right for the pirateship, then zooms overhead. Luke follows the TIE fighter across his field of view, firing laserbeams from his cannon. A TIE fighter dives past the Falcon.
Luke fires at a TIE fighter. At his port, Han follows a fighter in his sights, releasing a blast of laserfire. He connects, and the fighter explodes into fiery dust. Han laughs victoriously. Two TIE fighters move toward and over the Millennium Falcon, unleashing a barrage of laserbolts at the ship. Another TIE fighter moves in on the pirateship and Luke, smiling, fires the laser cannon at it, scoring a spectacular direct hit, "Got him! I got him!" Han turns and gives Luke a victory wave which Luke gleefully returns, "Great kid! Don't get cocky."
Han turns back to his laser cannon. Two more TIE fighters cross in front of the pirateship. While Chewbacca manipulates the controls, Leia turns, looking over her shoulder out the ports, "There are still two more of them out there!" Sora added, "You gotta take them out or we're never getting out of here."
A TIE fighter moves up over the pirateship, firing laserblasts at it. Luke and Han look into their respective projected target screens. An Imperial fighter crosses Solo's port, and Han swivels in his chair, following it with blasts from his laser cannon. Another fighter crosses Luke's port, and he reacts in a like manner, the glow of his target screen lighting his face. The TIE fighter zooms toward the pirateship, firing destructive blasts at it.
Luke fires a laserblast at the approaching enemy fighter, and it bursts into a spectacular explosion. Luke's projected screen gives a readout of the hit. The pirateship bounces slightly as it is struck by the enemy fire. The last of the attacking Imperial TIE fighters looms in, firing upon the Falcon. Solo swivels behind his cannon, his aim describing the arc of the TIE fighter. The fighter comes closer, firing at the Millennium Falcon, but a well-aimed blast from Solo's laser cannon hits the attacker, which blows up in a small atomic shower of burning fragments. Luke beamed, "That's it! We did it!"
The princess jumps up and gives Chewie and Sora a congratulatory hug, "We did it!" Threepio lies on the floor of the ship, completely tangled in the smoking, sparking wires, "Help! I think I'm melting!" He then turned to R2, "This is all your fault." Artoo turns his dome from side to side, beeping in response as Kitty and Rogue helped to golden droid. The victorious Millennium Falcon moves off majestically through space...
Darth Vader strides into the control room, where Tarkin is watching the huge view screen. A sea of stars is before him. Tarkin asked, "Are they away?" The Sith Lord replied, "They have just made the jump into hyperspace."
"You're sure the homing beacon is secure aboard their ship? I'm taking an awful risk, Vader. This had better work." Tarkin told him. Vader said nothing in return as he continued to think about that boy with the Keyblade...
Han, removes his gloves and smiling, is at the controls of the ship. Chewie moves into the aft section to check the damage while Sora went to check on the rest of his friends. Leia is seated near Han, "Not a bad bit of rescuing, huh? You know, sometimes I even amaze myself."
"That doesn't sound too hard. Besides, they let us go. It's the only explanation for the ease of our escape." Leia told him. Han raised an eyebrow, "Easy... you call that easy?"
"Their tracking us!" Leia argued. Han shook his head, "Not this ship, sister." Leia shook her head, "At least the information in Artoo is still intact." Han wondered, "What's so important? What's he carrying?"
"The technical readouts of that battle station. Rogue One gave their lives to get this to me. I only hope that when the data is analyzed, a weakness can be found. It's not over yet!" Leia told him. Han corrected, "It is for me, sister! Look, I ain't in this for your revolution, and I'm not in it for you, Princess. I expect to be well paid. I'm in it for the money!"
"You needn't worry about your reward. If money is all that you love, then that's what you'll receive!" She angrily turns, and as she starts out of the cockpit, passes Luke coming in, "Your friend is quite a mercenary. I wonder if he really cares about anything... or anyone."
"I care!" Luke called out as she left. Luke, shaking his head, sits in the copilot seat. He and Han stare out at the vast blackness of space, "So... what do you think of her, Han?"
"I'm trying not to, kid!" Han replied. Luke spoke under his breath, "Good..." Although, Han had to admit, "Still, she's got a lot of spirit. I don't know, what do you think? Do you think a princess and a guy like me..."
"No!" Luke says it with finality and looks away. Han smiles at young Luke's jealousy. Meanwhile, Leia walked up to the X-Men and Ashoka who were congratulating Sora's polit skills. The turn to them as she thanked them, "I'd like to thank you for trying to deliver the plans to Alderaan... and to come and rescue me."
"Hey, it's no problem... I just wished we could have gotten there sooner. Maybe then..." Scott replied sadly. Leia reassured them, "I'm sure you did all you could... and I can see you were all close to Obi-Wan."
"None more than Sora... Obi-Wan has been looking out for him ever since his parents died." Kurt explained. Leia turned to Sora, "Is that so?"
"Yeah... my dad was a Jedi and my mom was a senator. Honestly, part of the reason I'm here is because I mistook you for my mother." Sora admitted. Leia was shocked by this, as Sora continued, "I know that she's... but still I had to have..."
"It's okay... it's okay to have hope. Rebellions are built on hope. It's what we fight for when all seems lost." Leia reassured him. Sora nodded, "Yeah... just wish Ben could have made it."
"So do I." Leia replied. Scott spoke up, "So, where we going?" Leia replied, "Yavin 4. That's where the Rebel base is."
"Are we sure the Empire aren't going to follow us there?" Logan asked. Leia nodded, "I'm 100% sure they are... that's why we're going to lay a trap for them. We're going to destroy that weapon before it's used again."
"How can we help?" Jean asked. Leia told them, "I'll explain when we get there. But we'll need polits. Good ones." Sora stood up, "Ben and my parents died so I could one day stop the Empire... I'm in." Luke walked in, "If Sora's in, then I'm in too."
Leia smiled, "Good to hear..."
The Millennium Falcon drifts into orbit around the planet Yavin and proceeds to one of its tiny green moons. The Falcon soared over the dense jungle. An alert guard, his laser gun in hand, scans the countryside. He sets the gun down and looks toward the temple, barely visible in the foliage. The ship came up to an ancient temple that lied shrouded in an eerie mist. The air is heavy with the fantastic cries of unimaginable creatures. Han, Luke, Sora, Leia, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2 and the others are greeted by the Rebel troops. Sora and the group ride into the massive temple on an armored military speeder.
The military speeder stops in a huge spaceship hangar, set up in the interior of the crumbling temple. The X-Men was in awe of the rebel base. Willard, the commander of the Rebel forces, rushes up to the group and gives Leia a big hug, "You're safe! We had feared the worst."
Willard composes himself, steps back and bows formally, "When we heard about Alderaan, we were afraid that you were... lost along with your father."
"We don't have time for our sorrows, Commander. The battle station has surely tracked us here. It's the only explanation for the ease of our escape. You must use the information in this R2 unit to plan the attack. It is our only hope." Leia told him. Ashoka added, "There is some good news, we have two pilots willing to fight for the rebellion." Willard nodded, "We're going to need them, now let's take a look at those plans."
The surface of the Death Star ominously approaches the red planet Yavin. Grand Moff Tarkin and Lord Vader are interrupted in their discussion by the buzz of the comlink. Tarkin moves to answer the call, "Yes?"
"We are approaching the planet Yavin. The Rebel base is on a moon on the far side. We are preparing to orbit the planet." The officer told them. Tarkin smirked...
A lone guard stands in a tower high above the Yavin landscape, surveying the countryside. A mist hangs over the jungle of twisted green. An senator Dodonna stood before a large electronic wall display. Leia and several other senators are to one side of the giant readout. The low-ceilinged room is filled with starpilots, navigators, and a sprinkling of R2-type droids. The X-Men stood alongside Sora and Luke as they listen to the plan. Han and Chewbacca are standing near the back and listened in as well. Dodoma told everyone, "The battle station is heavily shielded and carries a firepower greater than half the star fleet. It's defenses are designed around a direct large-scale assault. A small one-man fighter should be able to penetrate the outer defense."
Gold Leader, a rough looking man in his early thirties, stands and addresses Dodonna, "Pardon me for asking, sir, but what good are snub fighters going to be against that?"
"Well, the Empire doesn't consider a small one-man fighter to be any threat, or they'd have a tighter defense. An analysis of the plans provided by Princess Leia, who recieved that thanks to the actions of Rogue One, has demonstrated a weakness in the battle station created by Galan Erso." Artoo-Detoo stands next to a similar robot, makes beeping sounds, and turns his head from right to left as the senator continued, "The approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station." A murmur of disbelief runs through the room as he continued, "Only a precise hit will set up a chain reaction. The shaft is ray-shielded, so you'll have to use proton torpedoes.
Luke was sitting next to Wedge Antilles, a hotshot pilot about sixteen years old, "That's impossible, even for a computer." Luke shook his head, "It's not impossible. I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-sixteen back home. They're not much bigger than two meters." Sora added, "And I've defeated monsters that size from a distance, we can do this."
"Man your ships! And may the Force be with you!" Donna told everyone. The group rises and begins to leave. Before Sora and Luke could leave, Ashoka walked up to them, "Wait a moment, there's something I need to show you before you leave." Luke and Sora looked to eachother in confusion before they and the X-Men followed the grey Jedi...
The Death Star begins to move around the planet toward the tiny green moon. Tarkin and Vader watch the computer projected screen with interest, as a circle of lights intertwines around one another on the screen showing it's position in relation to Yavin and the forth moon. The computer told them, "Orbiting the planet at maximum velocity. The moon with the Rebel base will be in range in thirty minutes."
"This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobi and it will soon see the end of the Rebellion as well as Skywalker's appentice." Tarkin in looked to Vader, "What seems to be troubling you, Lord Vader?"
"The boy who helped rescued the princess... Kenobi had protecting him from me... And he had a Keyblade..." Vader told him. Tarkin wondered, "Are you certain? I thought Keyblades were pure fiction." Vader replied, "They were just as real as the Jedi were but they were long believed to extinct and it was extremely rare that they had the power of the Force. That boy had both... I want to know who he is and why Kenobi was protecting him."
"Well... That will matter little since he will soon be destroyed along with the Rebels and Ashoka Tano." Tarkin replied. Vader said nothing in response as they awaited the Death Star to be in range...
Everyone enter the huge spaceship hangar and hurry along a long line of gleaming spacefighters. Flight crews rush around loading last-minute armaments and unlocking power couplings. In an area isolated from this activity Luke finds Han and Chewbacca loading small boxes onto an armored speeder as man's voice spoke over the loud speakers, "All flight trooper, man your stations. All flight troops, man your stations."
As the X-Men followed Ashoka, Sora and Luke stop to see Han and Chewie. Han was deliberately ignoring the activity of the fighter pilots' preparation. Luke and Sora is quite saddened at the sight of their friend's departure. They walked up to him as Luke asked, "So... you got your reward and you're just leaving then?"
"That's right, yeah! I got some old debts I've got to pay off with this stuff. Even if I didn't, you don't think I'd be fool enough to stick around here, do you?" Han answered as he turned to them, "Why don't you two come with us? You're both pretty good in a fight. I could use the two of you."
"Come on! Why don't you take a look around? You know what's about to happen, what they're up against. They could use a good pilot like you. You're turning your back on them." Sora told Han. The space pirate shook his head, "What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides, attacking that battle station ain't my idea of courage. It's more like suicide."
"All right. Well, take care of yourself, Han. I guess that's what you're best at, isn't it?" Luke told him as he turned to leave. Sora added, "You know, you remind me of a few friends of mine. They were like you once... only cared about their job and money but in the end, they were willing to stop a threat that was believed to be suicide because they cared for their friends and protecting the innocent more than their jobs and money. The became heroes... I hope one day, you find Hero's strength too. Good-bye, Han." Sora turned to leave with his brother and Han hesitates, then calls to them, "Hey, Luke, Sora..." They turned to Han as he told them, "May the Force be with you."
Luke lifts his hand in a small wave as Sora nodded and then goes off to rejoin the rest of their friends. Han turns to Chewie who growls at his captain, "What're you lookin' at? I know what I'm doing."
Ashoka lead them to one of the hangs and proceeded to open one of the garages, "As you know, Senator Bail Organa, was a close friend to the Jedi, so, after the two of you were born, we requested him to hold on something that belonged to your father..." As the garage door opened it revealed a old yellow starfighter as everyone stared in amazement as Ashoka explained, "This was your father's ship, the only Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor left in the galaxy. I figured he'd want it to go with one of the two of you."
Luke and Sora cheeked out the ship before Sora turned to Luke, "You take it... I already have our father's lightsaber and droids... you should have it." Luke shook his head, "No, you take it... Ben was your friend and you saved my life today from that Heartless. It belongs to you."
"Really? Are you sure?" Sora asked his twin brother. Luke smiled and nodded, "I'm sure..." Sora smiled, "Thanks, Luke. If we make it through this, we've got allot of catching up to do." Luke chuckled, "I hear ya!" As Sora began to prep his father's ship, Leia turned to his brother, "What's wrong?"
"Oh, it's Han! I don't know, I really thought he'd change his mind." Luke frowned as Leia replied, "He's got to follow his own path. No one can choose it for him." Sora promised, "He'll be back..."
"What makes you so sure?" Leia asked. Sora smirked, "I feel it... I don't think Han's a guy who'd turn his back on his friends. He just needs time." Sora then sighed sadly, "I only wish Ben were here." Kairi walked up to Sora and gives Luke a little kiss, "He's here in spirit. He's in God's hands now." Scott frowned, "Wish you can help out more."
"You still can, if something goes wrong and we aren't able to destroy the Death Star in time... you can find the Keyhole and get the Rebels to Earth. The Empire still don't know about it." Riku nodded, "We can do that..." Kitty added, "Just promise you or your brother don't get yourselves killed out there." Sora and Luke nodded, "We promise." Withe that everyone turned to leave as Luke heads for his ship, another pilot rushes up to him and grabs his arm, "Luke! I don't believe it! How'd you get here... are you going out with us?!"
"Biggs! Of course, I'll be up there with you! Listen, have I got some stories to tell..." Luke told him. Sora asked, "Who's this?" Luke introduced, "Sora, this is my best friend, Biggs Darklighter. Biggs, this is Sora Skywalker, my long lost twin brother."
"Nice to meet you, Sora." Biggs shook hands with Sora. He replied, "Nice to meet you too. Any friend of Luke's is a friend of mine." Just then Red Leader, a rugged man in his forties, comes up behind Luke, Sora, and Biggs. He has the confident smile of a born leader, "Are you... Luke and Sora Skywalker? Are you sure you can handle this ship?"
"Sir, Luke is the best bushpilot in the outer rim territories and I'm sure his brother is just as good. Red Leader pats Luke and Sora on the back as they stop in front of his fighter, "I met your father once when I was just a boy, he was a great pilot. You'll do all right. If you two have got half of your father's skill, you'll do better than all right."
"Thank you, sir. We'll try." Luke and Sora smiled. Red Leader hurries to his own ship as Biggs told them, "I gotta get aboard. We'll hear all your stories
when we get back, all right?"
"All right. Hey, Biggs. I told you I'd make it someday." Luke smirked. Biggs nodded. "It'll be like old times, Luke. They'll never stop us."
Luke laughs and shakes his head in agreement. Sora turned to his brother, "I'll see you up there!" Luke nodded, "See you up there!" They then headed for their ships. As Sora begins to climb into his father's spaceship, the crew chief, who is working on the craft, points to little Artoo, who is being hoisted into a socket on the back of the fighter, "This R2 unit of your seems a bit beat up. Do you want a new one?"
"Not on your life! That little droid and I have been through a lot together plus he's belonged to my parents." Sora shook his head as he turned to the blue astromech, "You okay, Artoo?"
The crewmen lower Artoo-Detoo into the craft. Now a part of the exterior shell of the starship, the little droid beeps that he is fine. Soraclimbs up into the cockpit of his fighter and puts on his seat bleat. Threepio looks on from the floor of the massive hangar as the crewmen secure his little electronic partner into Sora's ship, "Hang on tight, Artoo, you've got to come back."
Artoo beeps in agreement as Threepio asked, "You wouldn't want my life to get boring, would you?" Artoo whistles his reply. All final preparations are made for the approaching battle. The hangar is buzzing with the last minute activity as the pilots and crewmen alike make their final adjustments. The hum of activity is occasionally trespassed by the distorted voice of the loudspeaker issuing commands. Coupling hoses are disconnected from the ships as they are fueled. Cockpit shields roll smoothly into place over each pilot. A signalman, holding red guiding lights, directs the ships. Sora began to finishes powering up his ship when he heard Ben's voice, "Sora, the Force will be with you."
Sora looked around for the source of the voice but shakes it off as he prepared for take off. All that can be seen of the fortress is a lone guard standing on a small pedestal jutting out above the dense jungle. The muted gruesome crying sounds that naturally permeate this eerie purgatory are overwhelmed by the thundering din of ion rockets as the X-Wings, Y-Wings, and the Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor catapult from the foliage in a tight formation and disappears into the morning cloud cover...
The princess, Threepio, Riku, Kairi, the X-Men, and a field commander sit quietly before the giant display showing the planet Yavin and it's four moons. The red dot that represents the Death Star moves ever closer to the system. A series of green dots appear around the fourth moon. A din of indistinct chatter fills the war room, "Stand-by alert. Death Star approaching. Estimated time to firing range, fifteen minutes."
"Alright... Riku, Kairi... you gotta find that Keyhole and be ready if something goes wrong." Logan told them. They two Keyblade weilders nodded as Scott asked, "So, what can we do." Logan told him, "Keep in contact with Sora and Luke. Pray for a miracle. That's all we can do."
The Death Star slowly moves behind the massive yellow surface of Yavin in the foreground, as many fighters flying in formation zoom toward us and out of the frame. Light from a distant sun creates an eerie atmospheric glow around a huge planet, Yavin. Rebel fighters flying in formation settle ominously in the foreground and very slowly pull away.
Red Leader lowers his visor and adjusts his gun sights, looking to each side at his wing men, "All fighters report in." Sora listened to the fighters check in, "Red Ten standing by."
"Red Seven standing by."
"Red Three standing by." Biggs voice spoke up.
"Red Six standing by."
"Red Nine standing by."
"Red Two standing by." Spoke the voice of Wedge.
"Red Eleven standing by."
"Red Five standing by." Sora heard his brother's voice check in. Sora then checked in, "Red Twelve standing by." Artoo-Detoo, in position outside of the fighter, turns his head from side to side and makes beeping sounds. Red Leader then ordered, "Lock S-foils in attack position."
The group of X-wing fighters move in formation toward the Death Star, unfolding the wings and locking them in the "X" position. Sora's ship wings unfolded as he muttered, "So, cool..."
"We're passing through their magnetic field." Biggs reported as Red Leader told them, "Hold tight!"
Luke and Sora adjusts their controls as he concentrates on the approaching Death Star. The ship begins to be buffeted slightly. Red leaeder ordered, "Switch your deflectors on. Double front!"
The fighters, now X-shaped darts, move in formation. The Death Star now appears to be a small moon growing rapidly in size as the Rebel fighters approach. Complex patterns on the metallic surface begin to become visible. A large dish antenna is built into the surface on one side. Wedge eyes widened, "Look at the size of that thing!"
"Cut the chatter, Red Two. Accelerate to attack speed. This is it, boys!" Red Leader said in response. As the fighters move closer to the Death Star, the awesome size of the gargantuan Imperial fortress is revealed. Half of the deadly space station is in shadow and this area sparkles with thousands of small lights running in thin lines and occasionally grouped in large clusters; somewhat like a city at night as seen from a weather satellite. Gold leader reported, "Red Leader, this is Gold Leader."
"I copy, Gold Leader." Red leader replied as Gold Leader continued, "We're starting for the target shaft now." Red Leader looks around at his wingmen; the Death Star looming in from behind. Two Y-wing fighters bob back and forth in the background. He moves his computer targeting device into position. Red Leader told him, "We're in position. I'm going to cut across the axis and try and draw their fire."
Two squads of Rebel fighters peel off. The X-wings and Sora's ship dive towards the Death Star surface. A thousand lights glow across the dark grey expanse of the huge station.
Meanwhile, in the Death Star alarms sirens scream as soldiers scramble to large turbo-powered laser gun emplacements. Electronic drivers rotate the huge guns into position as crew adjust their targeting devices...
Laserbolts streak through the star-filled night. The Rebel X-wing fighters move in toward the Imperial base, as the Death Star aims its massive laser guns at the Rebel forces and fires...
Back on the rebel base, everyone listens to the battle over the intercom. The X-Men could hear Wedge's voice, "Heavy fire, boss! Twenty-degrees."
"I see it. Stay low." Red Leader told him. The X-Men prayed that their friends would be alright...
An X-wing zooms across the surface of the Death Star. Technical crews scurry here and there loading last-minute armaments and unlocking power cables. Wedge maneuvers his fighter toward the menacing Death Star. X-wings continue in their attack course on the Death Star. Luke nosedives radically, starting his attack on the monstrous fortress. The Death Star surface streaks past the cockpit window, "This is Red Five; I'm going in!"
Luke's X-wing races toward the Death Star. Laserbolts streak from Luke's weapons, creating a huge fireball explosion on the dim surface. Terror crosses Luke's face as he realizes he won't be able to pull out in time to avoid the fireball. Biggs and Sora told him, "Luke, pull up!"
Luke's ship emerges from the fireball, with the leading edges of his wings slightly scorched.
"Are you all right?" Sora asked his brother. Luke adjusts his controls and breathes a sigh of relief, "I got a little cooked, but I'm okay." Rebel fighters continue to strafe the Death Star's surface with laserbolts...
Inside the Death Star, walls buckle and cave in. Troops and equipment are blown in all directions. Stormtroopers stagger out of the rubble. Standing in the middle of the chaos, a vision of calm and foreboding, is Darth Vader. One of his Astro-Officers rushes up to him, "We count thirty-one Rebel ships, Lord Vader. But they're so small they're evading our turbo-lasers!"
"We'll have to destroy them ship to ship. Get the crews to their fighters." Vader ordered as the officer nodded and proceeded to do so. Smoke belches from the giant laser guns as they wind up their turbine generators to create sufficient power. The crew rushes about preparing for another blast. Even the troopers head gear is not adequate to protect them from the overwhelming noise of the monstrous weapon. One troopers bangs his helmet with his hand in an attempt to stop the ringing.
Back in the battle, Red Leader flies through a heavy hail of flak, "Watch yourself. There's a lot of fire coming from the right side of that deflection tower." Red Three replied, "I'm on it. I'm going in. Cover me, Porkins." Porkins nodded as they moved in to attack, "I'm right with you, Red Three." As they flew in a destroyed a tower, Porkins ship was hit, "I've got a problem here."
"Eject." Biggs told him. Porkins shook his head, "I can hold it."
"Pull up!" Biggs told him. Porkins denied, "No, I'm all...Aah!" With that his ship exploded...
Meanwhile, Rogue was pacing, while everyone else continued to look at the screen as the computer reported, "The rebel base will be in firing range in seven minutes."
Sora flew his ship as he heard a familiar voice, "Sora, trust your feelings." Sora paused but nodded as he fired at the towers. Laserbolts streak toward the onrushing Death Star surface. Several small radar emplacements erupt in flame. Laserfire erupts from a protruding tower on the surface. Luke smirked, "Nice shot, Sora!"
The blurry Death Star surface races past the cockpit window as a big smile sweeps across Sora's face at the success of his run. The Death Star superstructure races past Sora as he maneuvers his craft through a wall of laserfire and peels away from the surface towards the skies.
Inside the planet killer, the thunder and smoke of the big guns reverberate throughout the massive structure. Many soldiers rush about in the smoke and chaos, silhouetted by the almost continual flash of explosions. Imperial star pilots dash in unison to a line of small auxiliary hatches that lead to Imperial TIE fighters...
Princess Leia, Threepio, and the X-Men, surrounded by her generals and aides, paces nervously before a lighted computer table. On all sides technicians work in front of many lighted glass walls. Dodonna watches quietly from one corner. One of the officers working over a screen speaks into his headset, "Squad leaders, we've picked up a new group of signals. Enemy fighters coming your way."
Luke looks around to see if he can spot the approaching Imperial fighters, "My scope's negative. I don't see anything." The Death Star's surface sweeps past as Red Leader searches the sky for the Imperial fighters, "Keep up your visual scanning. With all this jamming, they'll be on top of you before your scope can pick them up."
Silhouetted against the rim lights of the Death Star horizon, four ferocious Imperial TIE ships dive on the Rebel fighters. Two of the TIE fighters peel off and drop out of frame. Pan with the remaining two TIE ships.
Biggs panics when he discovers a TIE ship on his tail. The horizon in the background twists around as he peels off, hoping to lose the Imperial fighter. Red Leader pointed out, "Biggs! You've picked one up... watch it!" Biggs asked, "I can't see it! Where is he?!"
Biggs zooms off the surface and into space, closely followed by an Imperial TIE fighter. The TIE ship fires several laserbolts at Biggs, but misses. Biggs see the TIE ship behind him and swings around, trying to avoid him, "He's on me tight, I can't shake him..."
Biggs, flying at high altitude, peels off and dives toward the Death Star surface, but he is unable to lose the TIE fighter, who sticks close to his tail. Luke is flying upside down. He rotates his ship around to normal attitude as he comes out of his dive, "Hang on, Biggs, I'm coming in." Biggs and the tailing TIE ship dive for the surface, now followed by a fast-gaining Luke. After Biggs dives out of sight, Luke chases the Imperial fighter. In the foreground, the Imperial fighter races across the Death Star's surface, closely followed by Luke. Once Luke target the TIE fighter he opened fired destroying it, "Got him!"\
Darth Vader strides purposefully down a Death Star corridor, flanked by Imperial stormtroopers. Vader walked up to two of his best pilots, "Several fighters have broken off from the main group. Come with me!" The pilots nodded as they followed the Sith Lord...
A concerned Princess Leia, Threepio, Dodonna, and other officers of the Rebellion stand around the huge round readout screen, listening to the ship-to-ship communication on the room's loudspeaker. Biggs voice spoke up, "Pull in! Luke... pull in!"
"Watch your back, Luke!" Wedge added...
Meanwhile with Luke, Wedge told him, "Watch your back! Fighter's above you, coming in!" Luke's ship soars away from the Death Star's surface as he spots the tailing TIE fighter. The TIE pilot takes aim at Luke's X-wing. Luke nervously works his controls. Read Leader asked Sora, "Red Twelve... Can you see Red Five?"
"There's a heavy fire zone on this side. Red Five, where are you?" Red Ten asked. Sora replied, "I see him, Red Ten!" Luke spots the TIE fighter behind him and soars away from the Death Star surface. Luke told him, "I can't shake him!" Luke's ship soars closer to the surface of the Death Star, an Imperial TIE fighter closing in on him in hot pursuit, Sora flew his ship towards Luke as faster as possible, "I'm on him, Luke! Hold on!"
Sora dives across the horizon toward Luke and the TIE fighter. Sora moves his father's ship in rapidly. Luke reacts frantically, "Blast it! Sora, where are you?"
The fighter pilot watches Wedge's X-wing approach. Just then, the Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor joins him, and both unleash a volley of laserfire on the Imperial fighter. The TIE fighter explodes, filling the screen with white light. Luke's ship can be seen far in the distance. Luke looks about in relief, "Thanks, Sora. That's two I owe you now."
"Who's counting?" Sora replied...
Leia, Threepio, Dodonna, Ashoka, the X-Men and other Rebel officers are listening to the Rebel Fighter's radio transmissions over the war room intercom. Biggs spoke up, "Good shooting, Sora!"
"Red Leader..." Gold leader spoke up...
Gold Leader peels off and starts toward the long trenches at the Death Star surface pole as he continued, " This is Gold Leader. We're starting our attack run." Three Y-wing fighters of the Gold group dive out of the stars toward the Death Star surface...
Leia and the others are grouped around the screen, as technicians move about attending to their duties. As Red Leader replied, "I copy, Gold Leader. Move into position."
Just then, three Imperial TIE ships in precise formation dive toward the Death Star surface. Darth Vader calmly adjusts his control stick as the stars whip past in the window above his head, "Stay in attack formation!"
Meanwhile, back at the base, technicians are seated at the computer readout table. Gold Leader reported, "The exhaust post is... marked and locked in!" Gold Leader approaches the surface and pulls out to skim the surface of the huge station. The ship moves into a deep trench, firing laserbolts. The surface streaks past as laserfire is returned by the Death Star.
Gold Five looked around to see if enemy ships are near. His fighter is buffeted by Imperial flak. Gold Leader races down the enormous trench that leads to the exhaust port. Laserbolts blast toward him in increasing numbers, occasionally exploding near the ship causing it to bounce about, "Switch power to front deflector screens." Three Y-wing skim the Death Star surface deep in the trench, as laserbolts streak past on all sides. An exterior surface gun blazes away at the oncoming Rebel fighters.
"How many guns do you think, Gold Five?" Gold leader asked. Gold five replied, "I'd say about twenty guns. Some on the surface, some on the towers."
Leia, Threepio, Ashoka, the X-Men, and the technicians view the projected target screen, as red and blue target lights glow. The red target near the center blinks on and off, "Death Star will be in range in five minutes."
The three Y-wing fighters race toward camera and zoom overhead through a hail of laserfire. Gold Leader pulls his computer targeting device down in front of his eye. Laserbolts continue to batter the Rebel craft. Gold Leader reported, "Switching to targeting computer." Gold Two pulls down his targeting eye viewer and adjusts it. His ship shudders under intense laser barrage, "Computer's locked. Getting a signal."
As the fighters begin to approach the target area, suddenly all the laserfire stops. An eerie clam clings over the trench as the surface whips past in a blur. Gold Two replied, "The guns... they've stopped!" Gold Five looks behind him, "Stabilize your read deflectors. Watch for enemy fighters." Gold Leader reported, "They've coming in! Three marks at two ten."
Three Imperial TIE ships, Darth Vader in the center flanked by two wingmen, dive in precise formation almost vertically toward the Death Star surface. Darth Vader calmly adjusts his control stick as the stars zoom by, "I'll take them myself! Cover me!"
"Yes, sir." His Wing man nodded. Three TIE fighters zoom across the surface of the Death Star. Vader lines up Gold Two in his targeting computer. Vader's hands grip the control stick as he presses the button. The cockpit explodes around Gold Two. As Gold Two's ship explodes, debris is flung out into space. Gold Leader looks over his shoulder at the scene. The three TIE fighters race along in the trench in a tight formation. Gold Leader panics, "I can't maneuver!"
Gold Five treid to calm Gold Leader, "Stay on target." The Death Star races by outside the cockpit window as he adjusts his targeting device. Gold Leader reported, "We're too close." The older pilot remains calm, "Stay on target!" Now he's really panicked, "Loosen up!"
Vader calmly adjusts his targeting computer and pushes the fire button. Gold Leader's ship is hit by Vader's laser. Gold Leader explodes in a ball of flames, throwing debris in all directions. Gold Five moves in on the exhaust port, "Gold Five to Red Leader..."
Sora looks over his shoulder at the action outside of his cockpit as he listened to the conversation, "Lost Tiree, lost Dutch."
"I copy, Gold Five." Red Leader replied. Gold leader tired to explain, "They came from behind..." One of the engines explodes on Gold Five's Y-wing fighter, blazing out of control. He dives past the horizon toward the Death Star's surface, passing a TIE fighter during his descent. Gold Five, a veteran of countless campaigns, spins toward his death. Sora looks nervously about him at the explosive battle...
Grant Moff Tarkin and a Chief Officer stand in the Death Star's control room. The officer reported, "We've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. Should I have your ship standing by?" Tarkin looked to him in shock, "Evacuate? In out moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances!" Tarkin turns to the computer readout screen. Flames move around the green disk at the center of the screen, as numbers read across the bottom, "Rebel base, three minutes and closing."
Red Leader looks over at his wingmen, "Red Group, this is Red Leader..."
Dodonna moves to the intercom as he fiddles with the computer keys as Red Leader continued, "Rendezvous at mark six point one." Red Two spoke up, "This is Red Two. Flying toward you." Biggs added, "Red Three, standing by."
"Red Leader, this is Base One. Keep half your group out of range for the next run." Dodonna ordered...
Red Leader nodded, "Copy, Base One. Red Two, stay on look out. Sora, take Red Five and Three. Hold up here and wait for my signal... to start your run." Sora, Luke, and Biggs nodded. The fighters of Luke, Sora, and Biggs fly in formation high above the Death Star's surface. Sora peers out from his cockpit. Two X-wings move across the surface of the Death Star. Red Leader's X-wing drops down to the surface leading to the exhaust port. Red Leader looks around to watch for the TIE fighters. He begins to perspire, "This is it!"
Red Leader roams down the trench of the Death Star as lasers streak across the black heavens. A huge remote-control laser cannon fires at the approaching Rebel fighters. The Rebel fighters evade the Imperial laser blasts. Red Ten looks around for the Imperial fighters, "We should be able to see it by now." From the cockpits of the Rebel pilots, the surface of the Death Star streaks by, with Imperial laserfire shooting toward them. Red Leader ordered, "Keep your eyes open for those fighters!"
"There's too much interference!" Red Ten told him. Three X-wing fighters move in formation down the Death Star trench. Red Ten asked, "Red Two, can you see them from where you are?"
Wedge looks down at the Death Star surface below, "No sign of any... wait!" Red Ten looks up and sees the Imperial fighters as Wedge told him, "Coming in point three five."
"I see them." Red Ten nodded. Three TIE fighters, Vader flanked by two wingmen, dive in a tight formation. The sun reflects off their dominate solar fins as they loop toward the Death Star's surface. Red Leader pulls his targeting device in front of his eyes and makes several adjustments, "I'm in range." Red Leader's X-wing moves up the Death Star trench, "Target's coming up!"
Red Leader looks at his computer target readout screen. He then looks into his targeting device as he told them, "Just hold them off for a few seconds."
Vader adjusts his control lever and dives on the X-wing fighters as he ordered, "Close up formation."
The three TIE fighters move in formation across the Death Star surface. Red Leader lines up his target on the targeting device cross hairs. Vader and his wingmen zoom down the trench. Vader rapidly approaches the two X-wings of Red Ten and Red Twelve. Vader's laser cannon flashes below the view of the front porthole. the X-wings show in the center of Vader's computer screen. Red Twelve's X-wing fighter is hit by Vader's laserfire, and it explodes into flames against the trench. Red Ten works at his controls furiously, trying to avoid Vader's fighter behind him, "You'd better let her loose."
Red Leader is concentrating on his targeting device, "Almost there!" Red Ten panics, "I can't hold them!" Vader and his wingmen whip through the trench in pursuit of the Rebel fighters. Vader cooly pushes the fire button on his control stick. Darth Vader's well-aimed laserfire proves to be unavoidable, and strikes Red Ten's ship. Red Ten screams in anguish and pain. Red Ten's ship explodes and bursts into flames. Grimly, Red Leader takes careful aim and watches his computer targeting device, which shows the target lined up in the cross hairs, and fires. He beamed, "It's away!"
An armed Imperial Stormtrooper is knocked to the floor from the attack explosion. Other troopers scurrying about the corridors are knocked against the wall and lose their balance.
Leia and the others stare at the computer screen as Red Two spoke up, "It's a hit!" However, Red Leader sadly corrected him, "Negative."
Red Leader looks back at the receding Death Star. Tiny explosions are visible in the distance, "Negative! It didn't go in. It just impacted on the surface." Darth Vader peels off in pursuit as Red Leader's X-wing passes the Death Star horizon. Vader swings his ship around for the next kill. Sora told him, "Red Leader, we're right above you. Turn to point..."
Sora tries to spot Red Leader. He looks down at the Death Star surface, "...oh-five; we'll cover for you." Red Leader told ordered him, "Stay there..." A wary Red Leader looks about nervously, "...I just lost my starboard engine." Sora looks toward Red Leader's X-wing, "Get set to make your attack run."
Vader's gloved hands make contact with the control sticks, and he presses their firing buttons. Red Leader fights to gain control of his ship. Laserbolts are flung from Vader's TIE fighter, connecting with Red Leader's Rebel X-wing fighter. Red Leader buys it, creating a tremendous explosion far below. He screams as his ship was destroyed. Sora looks out the window of his X-wing at the explosion far below. He hated felling the helplessness of these situations...
Grand Moff Tarkin casts a sinister eye at the computer screen, "Rebel base, one minute and closing."
The X-Men, Ashoka, Dodonna and Princess Leia, with Threepio beside them, listen intently to the talk between the pilots. The room is grim after Red Leader's death. Princess Leia nervously paces the room as Sora voice spoke up, "Biggs, Luke, let's close it up. We're going in. We're going in full throttle. This is for all the marbles! It's all or nothing!"
The horizon twists as Luke begins to pull out, "Right with you, bro." The two X-wings peel off against a background of stars and dive toward the Death Star along side Sora. Biggs asked, "Luke, at that speed will he be able to pull out in time?"
"It'll be just like Beggar's Canyon back home. If we could do it, then so can he." Luke replied. The three fighters move in, unleashing a barrage of laserfire. Laserbolts are returned from the Death Star. Luke's lifelong friend struggles with his controls, "We'll stay back far enough to cover you."
Laserbolts flash outside Sora's cockpit window, as Luke spoke up, "My scope shows the tower, but I can't see the exhaust port! Are you sure the computer can hit it?" Sora replied, "It has to! Lives are on the line!"
The Death Star laser cannon slowly rotates as it shoots laserbolts. Sora looked around for the Imperial TIE fighters. He thinks for a moment and then moves his targeting device into position. Sora told them, "Watch yourself! Increase speed full throttle!"
Luke looked about for any sign of the TIE fighters as Luke asked, "What about the tower?" Sora told his brother, "You worry about those fighters! I'll worry about the tower!" Sora's ship streaks through the trench, firing lasers. He breaks into a nervous sweat as the laserfire is returned, knicking one of his wings close to the engine, "Artoo... that, that stabilizer's broken loose! See if you can't lock it down!"
Artoo works to repair the damages. The canyon wall rushes by in the background, making his delicate task seem even more precarious. Two laser cannons are firing on the Rebel fighters. Luke looks up and sees the TIE ships. Sora's targeting device marks off the distance to the target. Vader and his wingmen zoom closer. Vader adjusts his controls and fires laserbolts at two X-wings flying down the trench. He scores a direct hit on Luke...
Leia and the others are grouped around the computer board, Luke spoke up, "I'm hit! I can't stay with you until my artoo unit can repair the damages." They could here Sora reply, "Get clear, Luke."
"You can't do any more good back there! The last thing I want is for my own brother to die in action!" Sora told him. Luke replied, "I'll return as soon as I can! Sorry!" Luke pulls his crippled X-wing back away from the battle. Vader watches the escape but issues a command to his wingmen, "Let him go! Stay on the leader!" However, Vader felt like he seen that ship before... wait a moment... he had, Vader muttered, "It's the boy... they gave him the old Jedi ship." He then ordered, "Change of plans... disable the leaders ship. I want him alive. Kill the spare!"
"Yes, sir." The wingman nodded. Sora's fighter speeds down the trench; the three TIE fighters, still in perfect unbroken formation, tail close behind. Biggs looks around at the TIE fighters. He is worried, "Hurry, Sora, they're coming in much faster this time. I can't hold them!"
The three TIE fighters move ever closer, closing in on Sora and Biggs. Soralooks back anxiously at Artoo, "Artoo, try and increase the power!" Ignoring the bumpy ride, and lasers, a beeping Artoo- Detoo struggles to increase the power, his dome turning from side to side. Stealthily, the TIE formation creeps closer. Vader adjusts his control stick. Biggs looks around at the TIE fighters. Sora looks into his targeting device. He moves it away for a moment and ponders its use. He looks back into the computer targeted, "Hurry up, Sora!"
Vader and his wingmen race through the Death Star trench. Biggs moves in to cover for Luke, but Vader gains on him. Biggs sees the TIE fighter aiming at him, "Wait!" Vader squeezes the fire button on his controls. Biggs' cockpit explodes around him, lighting him in red. Biggs' ship bursts into a million flaming bits and scatters across the surface. Sora's eyes widened, "Biggs!"
Leia and the others stare at the computer board...
Sora is stunned by Biggs' death he closed his eyes, "I'm so sorry, Luke." His eyes are watering, but his eyes narrowed as he'd made a slient vow, that no one else would die today...
Grand Moff Tarkin watches the projected target screen with satisfaction as the computer told him, "Rebel base, thirty seconds and closing."
Vader takes aim on Sora and spoke to the wingmen, "I'm on the leader." Sora's ship streaks through the trench of the Death Star...
Princess Leia returns her general's worried and doubtful glances with solid, grim determination. Threepio seems nervous. Jean muttered, "C'mon, on Sora..." Logan added, "You've got this kid..." Threepio muttered, "Hang on, Artoo!"
Sora concentrates on his targeting device. Three TIE fighters charge away down the trench toward Luke. Vader's finger's curls around the control stick. Luke adjusts the lens of his targeting device. Sora's ship charges down the trench. He lines up the yellow cross-hair lines of the targeting device's screen. He looks into the targeting device, then starts at a voice he hears, "Use the Force, Sora."
The Death Star trench zooms by. Sora looks up, then starts to look back into the targeting device. He has second thoughts, "Let go, Sora." A grim determination sweeps across Sora's face as he closes his eyes and starts to mumble Ben's training to himself. Sora fighter streaks through the trench. Vader commented, "The Force is strong with this one!"
Vader follows Sora's fighter down the trench. Sora looks to the targeting device, then away as he hears Ben's voice, "Sora, trust me." Then Sora remembered Obi-Wan's last lesson to him, his eyes could decieve him, don't trust them. He nodded as his hand reaches for the control panel and presses the button. The targeting device moves away...
Leia and the others stand watching the projected screen. As Storm looked at the computer, "His computer's off. Sora, you switched off your targeting computer. What's wrong?" Sora replied, "Nothing. I'm all right."
"He's gonna use the Force." Rogue smirked. Evan beamed, "Go, Sora!"
Sora's ship streaks ever close to the exhaust port. Sora looks at the Death Star surface streaking by. Artoo-Detoo turns his head from side to side, beeping in anticipation. The three TIE fighters, manned by Vader and his two wingmen, follow Sora's X-wing down the trench. Vader maneuvers his controls as he looks at his doomed target. He presses the fire buttons on his control sticks. Laserfire shoots toward Sora's fighter. A large burst of Vader's laserfire engulfs Artoo. The arms go limp on the smoking little droid as he makes a high-pitched sound. Sora looks frantically back over his shoulder at Artoo. Smoke billows out around little Artoo and sparks begin to fly, "I've lost Artoo!"
Artoo's beeping sounds die out...
Leia and the others stare intently at the projected screen, while Threepio watches the Princess. Lights representing the Death Star and targets glow brightly, "The Death Star has cleared the planet. The Death Star is now in range." Scott spoke through a com, "Riku, Kairi, we're outta time! Did you find the Keyhole?"
"Yeah, it's not too far from our location." Riku replied. Scott turned to Leia, "Alright, get everyone to their location. We can escape while we still have the chance." Ashoka stopped him, "No... trust Sora... he's got this."
"I'm with Ashoka. I believe Sora can do this! And I'm not leaving him behind." Kairi spoke up. Riku nodded, "I second that!" Leia nodded, "We're staying for Sora too."
"Alright... you hear that Sora? We're not leaving you!" Scott told him. Sora replied, "I'm almost there! I'm trying to increase to speed manually."
Tarkin glares at the projected target screen. as the computer spoke, "Rebel base, in range." Tarkin turned to the officer, "You may fire when ready." The officer nodded, "Commence primary ignition."
Another officer reaches up and pushes buttons on the control panel, as green lighted buttons turn to red...
The three TIE fighters zoom down the Death Star trench in pursuit of Sora, never breaking formation. Sora looks anxiously at the exhaust port. Vader adjusts his control sticks, checking his projected targeting screen. Sora's ship barrels down the trench. Vader's targeting computer swings around into position. Vader takes careful aim on Sora's fighter, "I have you now."
He pushes the fire buttons. The three TIE fighters move in on Luke. As Vader's center fighter unleashes a volley of laserfire, one of the TIE ships at his side is hit and explodes into flame. The two remaining ships continue to move in. Sora looks about, wondered whose laserfire destroyed Vader's wingman. Vader is taken by surprise, and looks out from his cockpit, "What?!"
Vader's wingman searches around him trying to locate the unknown attacker. Han and Chewbacca grin from ear to ear, "Yahoo!" The Millennium Falcon as well as Luke's repaired X-Wing heads right at the two TIE fighters. The wingman spots the Rebel fighters coming at him and warns the Dark Lord, "Look out!" Luke opened fired taking out the wing colliding with Vader's TIE fighter in the process. Vader's wingman crashes into the side wall of the trench and explodes. Vader's damaged ship spins out of the trench with a damaged wing. Vader's ship spins out of control with a bent solar fin, heading for deep space. Vader turns round and round in circles as his ship spins into space. Luke laughed, "Han's back and so am I!"
Solo's ship moves in toward the Death Star trench. Solo, smiling, speaks to Sora over his headset mike, "You're all clear, kid."
Leia and the others listen to Solo's transmission as everyone beamed none more than Leia, as Han continued, "Now let's blow this thing and go home!"
Sora looks up and smiles. He concentrates on the exhaust port, then fires his laser torpedoes. Sora's torpedoes shoot toward the port and seems to simply disappear into the surface and not explode. But the shots do find their mark and have gone into the exhaust port and are heading for the main reactor. Sora throws his head back in relief.
An Imperial soldier runs to the control panel board and pulls the attack lever as the board behind him lights up, "Stand by to fire at Rebel base."
All remaining fighters followed the Millennium Falcon race toward Yavin in the distance...
Several Imperial soldiers, flanking a pensive Grand Moff Tarkin, busily push control levers and buttons, "Standing by."
The Rebel ships race out of sight, leaving the moon-like Death Star alone against a blanket of stars. Several small flashes appear on the surface. The Death Star bursts into a supernova, creating a spectacular heavenly display. Han grinned, "Great shot, kid. That was one in a million."
Sora was at ease, and his eyes are closed as Ben voice spoke, "Remember, the Force will be with you... always." Sora smiled and nodded as he flew with his friends back to the Rebel Base. The day had been won...
Meanwhile, Vader's ship spins off into space. As, he finally got back in conrtol, he had sensed what Sora had done. Obi-Wan had taught him well... but he vowed to learn who he is and where he's from. He searched the entire universe if he has too. Vader then flew his ship to the nearest imperial base...
Everyone had returned to Yavin as Sora climbed out of his starship fighter and is cheered by a throng of ground crew and pilots. Sora climbed down off his ship as they all welcome him with laughter, cheers, and shouting. He looked ahead to see, Leia, Kairi, Riku, Luke, Han, and Chewie as well as the other X-Men rushing up to him. Kairi reached him first, "Sora! Sora! Sora!"
She throws her arms around Luke and hugs him as they dance around in a circle as they kissed. Solo runs in toward Sora and they embrace one another, slapping each other on the back as they laughed, "Hey! Hey!"
"I knew you'd come back! I just knew it!" Sora beamed. Han grinned, "Well, I wasn't gonna let you or Luke get all the credit and take all the reward. Luke and Han look at one another, as Solo playfully shoves at Luke's face. Leia moves in between them as she laughed, "Hey, I knew there was more to you than money."
"Nice work, Sora!" Scott laughed as Riku called out, "Let's here it for Sora, Luke, Han, and Chewie!" Everyone in the room cheered for the heroes of the day. Sora then looks toward the ship and remembered, "Oh, no!"
The fried little R-D2 is lifted off the back of the fighter and carried off under the worried eyes of Threepio, "Oh, my! Artoo! Can you hear me? Say something!" He turned to a mechanic, "You can repair him, can't you?"
"We'll get to work on him right away." The mechanic replied as Threepio added, "You must repair him! Sir, if any of my circuits or gears will help, I'll gladly donate them." Sora reassured C-3PO, "He'll be all right." Kurt smiled, "C'mon! Let's celebrate! We just took a major strike against the Empire!" Everyone nodded in agreement...
A few hours later, Sora, Luke, Han, and Chewbacca enter the huge ruins of the main temple. Hundreds of troops are lined up in neat rows. Banners are flying and at the far end stands a vision in white, the beautiful young Senator Leia and Kairi stood along side her. Luke and the others solemnly march up the long aisle and kneel before Senator Leia and Kairi. Sora turned to his friends from home plus Ashoka who stood front room all smiling at him. From one side of the temple marches a shined-up and fully repaired Artoo-Detoo. He waddles up to the group and stands next to an equally pristine Threepio, who is rather awestruck by the whole event. Dodonna and several other dignitaries sit on the left of the Princess Leia. Leia is dressed in a long white dress and is staggeringly beautiful. She rises and places a gold medallion around Han's neck. He winks at her. She then repeats the ceremony with Luke, who is moved by the event. She and Kairi then turned to the Sora who looked really excited that he was practically bouncing causing the two Princesses to giggle as Leia places a gold medallion around Sora's neck. Sora beamed at this. They turn and face the assembled troops, who all clap and cheer for them. Chewbacca growls and Artoo beeps with happiness...
"So, your a Princess, too?" Leia asked Kairi. She nodded, "That's what Obi-Wan said I was. However, I still don't know which world I'm from." Leia smiled, "You learn one of these days." They turned to the Sora, Riku, Luke, Ashoka, Han, Chewie, the droids, and the X-Men and talking to eachother. Leia asked Kairi, "You love him, don't you?"
"Yeah... I love that lazy bum." Kairi smiled. Leia nodded, "Well, you two make a great couple." Kairi smiled in appreciation as Sora and the others walked up to them, Kairi asked, "So, what now?"
"All we need to do now is seal the Keyhole. That why this world will be safe from the Heartless." Sora replied. Leia asked, "So, you're leaving?" Scott nodded, "Yeah, our world doesn't know about the war against the Empire and the Organization is still out there as well."
"Plus, we thought it be a good idea to get some our super heroes to prepare and help you out." Sora added. Han nodded, "After seeing what you kids can do, I don't think even the Empire can stand a chance against an army of you." Leia smiled, "This could be our biggest advantage yet. Can I count you X-Men, to recruit your heroes and world against the Empire."
"We'll do even better. We'll search across the other worlds for those who are willing to fight the Empire." Evan smirked. Wolverine asked, "So, hot shot, you going stick around. " Han shrugged, "I suppose Jabba can wait a few more days."
"I'll stay here and help where I can too." Luke added. Sora turned to him, "So, your not coming with us?" Luke turned to Sora, "Sora, I'm need here while your needed back on Earth. But if you ever need me call." Leia smiled as she handed Storm a communication device, "The same goes with us. Call us when ever you need us."
"Thank you, your highness." Storm bowed. Sora smiled, "Well, see you soon." As the Keyhole appeared Sora aimed his Keyhole as C-3PO followed them, "You know, it'll be nice to be a way from the war for once... at a school no less." R2 whistled in response. Ashoka smiled, "May, the Force be with you, X-Men."
Everyone nodded as Sora sealed the Keyhole as the X-Men and the droids vanished along with Anakin's ship...
Professor Xavier and the new mutants ate sea salt ice cream while waiting for the X-Men to return. Just then with a flash of light, Sora, the droids, and the other X-Men had returned. The Professor rolled up to them as Sora smiled as showed him the medel, "The Death Star won't be of use anytime soon." All the new mutants cheered, as the professor smiled, "Well, done my students... I'm very proud of each and everyone of you."
"Hey, cool space ship." Bobby and the new mutants observed Sora's new Star Fighter. Sora smiled, "That's it belonged to my dad."
"Cool..." Jamie beamed. The professor also smiled but then he then noticed someone was missing, "Where's Ben?" Just then the happy expressions died down as frowns...
Logan had just finished explaining what had happened to Ben Kenobi, the Professor frowned, "Ben... I can't believe it... He's really is..." Logan replied, "As dead as a door-nail. Vader struck him down." Storm added, "Ben had warned us about him but never had we seen anyone so evil other than Vanitas."
"Yeaj, he was creepy... and that breathing... I think we're all totally going to have nightmares of him." Kitty added. Evan nodded, "He's like something you see outta a horror movie." Sora turned to him, "Another reason, why I don't watch horror movies."
"Ben will truly be missed." Charles said sadly. Sora wondered, "Ben was one of the only Jedi left, with him gone and Ashoka training my brother... who's going to train me to become a Jedi now."
"We will, Sora." Jean smiled. Jiminy hopped on Sora's shoulder, "We'll be there every step of the way." Scott nodded, "Plus, we'll got a army of Rebels to help us out now, I'm sure they'll give us a hand including your brother."
"I'm still shocked that Sora even has a brother." Xion added. Bobby nodded, "Yeah, what next, we find out you have a twin sister too." Rogue replied, "If he did, I'm sure Ben would have told us after we met Luke."
"Don't worry, Sora. We'll be right beside you when it's time to fight the Empire once more." Charles told him. Sora smiled and nodded as Threepio stated, "Until then, R2 and I will gladdly help you learn about the outside worlds in any way we can." R2 beeped in agreement. Sora smiled but then looked to the window as he knew that he would see Vader again... and he would be ready for when he did...
"And that's why I came to you... It's only a matter of time before the Empire finds their way to Earth and I need a team who are willing to fight." Sora finished his story to Hank and Jan. Wasp asked, "Why didn't you invite the X-Men here?" Sora turned to them, "Earth still doesn't know about the mutants, however, they do know they that they're are super heroes out there like the three of us. We need to find them and unite them so, when the Empire does com or the Rebels need our help, we'd be prepared and ready. We can make a difference. We can avenge the wrongs that the Empire has done."
"We can be Avengers." Wasp smiled. Sora nodded, "That's actually an awesome name." Hank nodded, "We'll I'm not into violence... but I do want to help you stop them so other worlds won't suffer like Alderaan did. However, I know the three of us aren't going to cut it."
"I know, which is why we need to find the others and train to become better than before as a team of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. So, will you help me?" Sora asked. Wasp didn't hesitate to answer, "I'm in!" Hank then replied, "If Jan's in, I'm in. So, what's the first step?"
"Well, I need to continue my Jedi training. It's going to be hard with Ben gone. So..." He then pulls out the Jedi hologram to Jan's and Hank's amazement, "...we need to get this open. Everything, we know about the Jedi and it's history and techology is in here." Hank stare at it as if he was a kkid trapped in a candy store. Sora asked, "So, think you can help me with that..."
He swipes it form Sora as he beamed, "I'll get started immediately! I'm going need the tech form my lab and... and..." Jan smirked, "Well, Hank cerinatlly going to enjoy this now." Sora smiled, "Yeah, I figured that would help."
Sora smiled... The war against the Empire... had only just begun...
Riku had closed the door as he walked in his room. As he turned he saw a brown cloak figure behind him. He gasped as he summoned his Keyblade, "Who are you?" The figure replied, "I'm not here to harm you... I'm here to help you. We share a comman enemy."
"You're no friend of the Empire?" Riku asked. The figure nodded, "Yeah, and I feel your pain of the lost of the Jedi and you know it won't be the last. It's only a matter of time before Vader wipes out the rest of your friends... liike Kairi, Sora, Scott, Jean, Kurt, Evan, Kitty, and especially Rogue..." Riku looked down sadly, "No..."
"However, I can teach you a way... a power to make you stronger... to protect the things that matter like your friends." The figure told him. Riku asked, "It can protect them..."
"Yes, and it could destroy the Sith and Empire forever..." The figure nodded. Riku nodded as he put away the Keyblade, "Alright... I'm intrested... but who are you?" The replied, "The name...is Ansem."
And that will conclude today's chapter! Wow, that was a long one, but I finally got it done! I hope you enjoyed it. With Ben's death, Sora's friends rush in to help train him while Sora, Hank, and Jan focus on gather heroes to help fight the Empire... as the Avengers. But on the down side... Ansem beginning to current Riku. Alright, next time on Mystery of the Keyblade, while training the New Mutants an accident happens involving Tabby and Kurt. As Sora learns of Boom-Boom's past an old figure returns in her life. Who is he and what does he want with her? Plus, what will Vader do to learn of our hero's identity? Find out next time. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Be sure leave a review and if you haven't already be sure to follow and fav. as well! See you next time!