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Chapter 11: The Masters Duel
(Lola slowly walked towards Luna, lightsaber in hand. Luna approached her with a glare and ignited her own saber. They stopped when they were just a few feet apart and form battle positions.)
Lola: (mockingly) Well, well, well. We finally meet again, Luna. I'll have you know that the circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but a learner. But now, you're on my turf and I am the master!
Luna: Only a master of evil, Darth!
(The Jedi Knight and the Sith Lord begin to fight with their sabers. Luna makes a sudden lunge at her opponent but is checked by a lighting movement from Lola. The Sith makes a masterful slash stroke that is blocked by Luna. Another of the Jedi's blows is blocked and countered. Luna moves around Lola and starts backing down the corridor towards a side entrance to the hanger. The two warriors stand motionless with their weapons locked in mid-air.)
Lola: Your powers are weak, you old lady!
Luna: At least my connection with the Force keeps me looking young. And at least I don't have to wear a helmet to hid my hideous grey face!
Lola: Shut up! You won't be standing in my way anymore! I shall eradicate you like the rest of the Jedi! You should not have come back!
Luna: You can't win, Darth. I don't fear the reaper. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!
Lola: You don't frighten me! I am now stronger than you! You know you don't stand a chance!
Luna: I'm not even gonna try to defeat you, anyway. We both know I'm just gonna end up heroically sacrificing myself so the other good guys can get away.
Lola: (sighs) Of course. Living up to the classic "mentor death" cliche.
Luna: (chuckles) Actually, this is the movie that kind of got that trope going.
Lola: Whatever! If you're gonna let me win, at least give me a good duel before the time comes.
Luna: Gladly.
(Their lightsabers continue to meet in combat. Back by the other entrance to the hanger, Lincoln and Lori met with Leni and Lisa.)
Leni: (happy) Lori! It's you! I knew we were gonna save you!
Lori: (smiles) Nice to see you two as well. (to Lisa) Please tell me still have those plans.
Lisa: (smirks) You bet. They never suspected a thing.
(Bobby and Ronnie Anne show up with the couch.)
Bobby: What happened to you guys?
Lori: We ran into some old friends.
Ronnie Anne: Is the ship all right?
Lincoln: Looks fine, if we can just get to it.
Ronnie Anne: (sees the stormtroopers) Aw, man. Didn't we just leave this party?
Bobby: I just hope your friend got the tractor beam out of commission or it'll be a real short flight.
(Luna and Lola continue their fight until they reach the open door to the hanger. As they hit their lightsabers together, the stormtroopers guarding the Falcon notice them.)
Stormtrooper: Hey, look! The boss lady's fighting someone!
(The troopers run over to the sight of the duel with interest. The group sees them leave.)
Lincoln: Look, they just left!
Bobby: Now's our chance. Go!
(The six of them rush towards the Falcon's ramp. Lincoln looks over and sees the duel with the stormtroopers cheering on Lola.)
Lincoln: (concerned) Luna?
(As Luna and Lola hold their sabers against one another, Luna sees Lincoln and others by the ship and smiles. She faces Lola with a peaceful look on her face and closes her eyes. Lola brings her saber back and swings it right through the Jedi. Luna's body vanishes upon impact and her cloak and lightsaber drop to the ground. For she had become one with the Force. The stormtroopers watching were about to applaud Lola for winning the duel until they heard Lincoln's yell.)
Lincoln: (aghast) NO!
(The stormtroopers turn around and open fire at the fleeing heroes. Lola lightly stomps on Luna's cloak to feel anything underneath.)
Lola: Huh. Weird.
(Lincoln fires back at the stormtroopers as the others get on the ship. He shoots the control panel by the door which closes it and leaves Lola on the other side. Lori, Leni and Lisa go up the ramp followed by Bobby and Ronnie Anne with the couch.)
Bobby: Go, go, go, go, go! Alright, twist it counter-clockwise.
Ronnie Anne: I am twisting it. You're twisting it the other way.
Bobby: I mean counter-clockwise from where I'm standing so... so th... so then you... so clockwise. You twist it clockwise.
Ronnie Anne: Okay... okay, go.
Bobby: You know what? Put it down, put it down for a second. My fingers are killing me.
Ronnie Anne: Bobby, they're shooting at us!
Bobby: You know what? Lift it up tall ways. Aw, for cr... oh, it's wedged. It's wedged. Oh, wait, there we go! We got it!
(They get the couch on board. Lincoln continues shooting until he hears Luna's voice out of nowhere.)
Luna: Run, Lincoln, run!
(Lincoln wonders where the voice came from but runs on board the ship without looking around. The ramp closes and the Millennium Falcon lifts off, turns around and flies right out of the hanger. It enters the vastness of space and further away from the Death Star. In the central hold area, Lincoln sits at the table looking depressed. Leni and Lisa sit across from him looking sympathetically at him. Lori sits down next to him and puts her arm around him.)
Lincoln: (sadly) I can't believe she's gone.
Lori: (sympathetically) There wasn't anything you could've done. She did pull off the whole "mentor death" cliche to make sure we escaped, so it was a heroic sacrifice.
(In the cockpit, Bobby and Ronnie Anne see something on the scanner.)
Ronnie Anne: Tractor beam's down but we're coming up on the sentry ships. They're not letting us go without a fight.
Bobby: Then that's what we'll give 'em! Angle the deflector shields while I charge up the main guns.
Ronnie Anne: Right!
(Bobby rushes out of the cockpit and into the hold area.)
Bobby: C'mon, everyone, we're not out of this yet!
(Lincoln and Lori stand up and follow Bobby. He climbs up a ladder into a room with a gunner's chair. Lincoln climbs down the ladder into another just like it. Lori gets in the cockpit and sits next to Ronnie Anne. The boys sit in the chairs and mount the laser cannons on the top and bottom of the ship. They put on headsets.)
Bobby: (to Lincoln) You in, kid?
Lincoln: Yep.
Bobby: Okay, stay sharp!
(Bobby and Lincoln get ready for the attack as computer graphic readouts appear on their target screens. Lori and Ronnie Anne look around the outside. Suddenly, four signals appear on the scanner and approach the ship.)
Lori: Here they come!
(Four Imperial TIE fighters fly in front of them and break off in different directions. One flies over the ship and shoots at the roof. In the hold, Leni and Lisa shake as the ship bounces and vibrates. The lights go out for a second and then come back on. The fighters maneuver in front of Bobby and Lincoln who open fire at them. The fighters dodge the lasers and shoot back at the ship.)
Lincoln: They're coming in too fast!
(Two fighters charge at the ship and shoot into the side. Leni and Lisa run down the hallway and are thrown into a cabinet as the ship lurches violently.)
Leni: Ooohhh!
(In the cockpit, Ronnie Anne tries to stabilize the Falcon while Lori watches the computer readout.)
Lori: We've lost lateral controls.
Bobby: Don't worry, she'll hold together. (to the ship, worriedly) You hear me, baby? Hold together!
(A fighter hits a control panel, causing it to blow out in sparks. Lisa advances toward the smoking panel and douses it with fire retardant. Lincoln swivels in his gun mount, following a fighter with his laser cannon but misses. Bobby aims his cannon at another one passing by and fires. It connects and the fighter explodes into fiery dust. Bobby laughs victoriously. Another fighter moves in on the ship on Lincoln's side and he unloads his cannon at it, scoring a direct hit.)
Lincoln: Got him! I got him!
Bobby: Great, kid! Don't get cocky!
(While Ronnie Anne continues to control the ship, Lori keeps looking at the scanner.)
Lori: There's still two more of them out there!
(The remaining two fighters move around the ship still firing laser blasts at it. Lincoln and Bobby continue to look out for them. One crosses Bobby's port and he swivels in his chair trying to shoot it. The other crosses Lincoln's port and he opens fire. The fighter bursts in an explosion. The last enemy fighter looms in, on Bobby's side and fires upon the Falcon. It gets closer to Bobby's window and he aims up and blasts at it. It's hit and blows up like the others.)
Lincoln: (excited) That's it! We did it!
(Lori and Ronnie Anne high-five each other before Ronnie Anne starts putting in coordinates.)
Ronnie Anne: Okay, now where's this secret base of yours?
Lori: Head for the Yavin system.
Ronnie Anne: Very inconspicuous place, indeed. Alright, here we go.
(Leni lies on the floor of the ship, tangled in smoking wires.)
Leni: Help! I'm melting! Tell everyone my story, Lisa!
(Lisa rolls her eyes and starts helping her get out. Bobby takes off his headset, breathes a sigh of relief and pulls out a phone.)
Bobby: Mom…? Yeah, yeah we won… Yeah, we won the battle… Yeah, I'm calling you just like you asked… Okay… I gotta go now. Got other stuff to do… Yes… Yes… Yes, mom. I love you, too… Okay, goodbye. (hangs up)
(The victorious Millenium Falcon blasts off into space far from the Death Star. In the station's control room, Lola watches them leave as Flip walks up to her.)
Flip: Are they away?
Lola: They've just made the jump into hyperspace.
Flip: You're sure the homing beacon is on their ship?
Lola: They'll lead us right to their base.
Flip: I'm taking an awful risk, Lola. This had better work.
Lola: You know. I think they took your old couch.
Flip: What? I threw that away.
Lola: Yeah, it was weird. I had just defeated Luna and then I look over and see these two struggling to load a couch on board. It had a stain on it from when we had Hawaiian punch night.
Flip: Yeah, that was my couch. Rebel scum.