Han's POV

"Which way General Solo?" One member of the strike-team asked me.

"This way." I said, letting go of Leia's petite hand and pointing forwards.

"Come on." Leia said, motioning the rest of the squad to follow her. She started to walk, but then tripped over a branch and fell down onto the ground.

"Leia!" I screamed, and then ran over to her, picking her up off the ground. "Are you okay? Are you all right?" I asked her, scraping off the extra branches and leaves that were stuck onto her.

"Yes Han. I'm fine."

"It's just a scratch lover boy." Luke said, in a rather annoyed tone. What's the kids problem? Oh. It's because I have Leia, isn't it? Nice.

"Come on." I said, leading the rebels up a steep trail. Leia was next to me, and Chewie and Luke were behind us. The rest of the strike-team was behind Luke and Chewie, and the two annoying droids made up the rear.

Suddenly, Chewie and Leia, reaching a crest in the hill, drop suddenly to the ground, motioning the rest of the strike-team to follow.

Luke and I move closer to the two to see what they were looking at.

There were two Imperial scouts that were wandering through bushes in the valley below us. To the side, there were two rocket bikes parked.

"Shall we try and go around?"

"It'll take time. This whole party'll be for nothing if they see us." I said.

Leia motions for the squad to stay put as she, Luke, and Chewie start quietly down. I follow them too.

"Chewie and I will take care of this. You stay here." I said. Actually, I wanted to say, 'Chewie and I will take care of this. I don't want you to get hurt Leia, so just stay here where I know you're safe.' But I didn't say that.

"Quietly, there might be more of them out there." Luke says.

"Hey…it's me." I grin as Chewie and I start through the bushes towards the two scouts.

I sneak up and hide behind one tree, Chewie hiding behind the other tree. I motion Chewie with my blaster that we should move forward, and I start to sneak up behind one of the scouts, and…I hear a snap from under my foot. SITH! I look down to see what I stepped on, and the scout whirls around, punching me in the stomach and knocking me into the tree behind me. I fall down onto the ground and my gun accidentally fires.

"Go for help! Go!" The scout shouts at his companion.

I can see the second scout jumping on his speeder bike and then taking off. Great. We're in trouble now. Luckily though, Chewie manages to get his crossbow and shoots the scout, causing him to crash into a tree.

YES!

I get up and then start to punch the scout that hit me, and we start to get into a rousing fistfight.

This was NOT what I had in mind. I see Luke run out of the bushes, Leia following close by with her pistol drawn. Don't get hurt sweetheart. I shoved the scout down onto the ground, and he quickly gets up.

"Over there! Two more of them!" Leia screams and then runs towards the last speeder bike. I glance over to see what she was pointing at, and then see two more scouts sitting on their speeder bikes, ready to take off.

"I see them. Wait, Leia!!" Luke screams and starts to run after the girl. Come on Luke, take care of her!! The scout punches me in the stomach and I give him a nasty glare before I shove him back into the tree.

Leia starts up the bike and takes off as Luke jumps on the bike, sitting behind her on the same bike.

This isn't what I wanted!!

They zoom into the dense forest and almost hit a tree.

"Hey, wait!!" I scream after them. "Ahhh!!!" I scream, and grab the scouts arm, flipping him over onto the ground. "Come on Chewie." I say to the wookiee and then we descend back into the woods.

"Cub what's wrong?"

"Leia…she's gone. She's gonna get hurt, I know it." I said, sitting down behind a tree.

"Cub, you don't know that she's going to get hurt. She may NOT get hurt. You never know."

"She promised that she'd stick with me! Not Luke!" I said, sighing.

"She admitted she loved you, she doesn't love Luke…she's made that very clear." Chewie said.

"I know." I sighed again and then ran my hand through my hair. "She better be all right." I said, pointing at the huge wookiee. "You better be right." I said, sitting down onto the ground.

Leia's POV

I shot through the air on the giant speeder bike.

"Keep on that one! I'll take these two!" Luke says, slamming on his brakes and shooting himself backwards, and then moving forwards, shooting the two scouts. Luke's aim is really really good, and one of the scout's bikes started to spin out of control, exploding against the tree trunk.

Goddess, will this scout ever leave me alone? I shoot my bike skyward and then raise out of sight. I drive down upon the scout and fire at him. His bike only takes a small hit. I move alongside him, and the scout reaches down and pulls out a handgun. What am I supposed to do?? He fires at my bike, sending it out of control. Great. I'm gonna die. Han's going to be so torn up. But wait….I can jump off! I quickly dismount the bike, falling into a bed of leaves as the bike zooms into the tree. I'm so tired…I sigh and then close my eyes, falling asleep.

Han's POV

What is taking them so long???

"Oh, General Solo, somebody's coming. Oh!" 3PO screams, and I quickly turn around and raise my weapon.

Luke steps out from behind a tree to find weapons pointed at him. He looks really tired. He plops himself down on a boulder and then looks around.

"Luke!" I shout, happy to see my friend. I put my blaster back into its holster and smile. Leia. She's not with him! My expression changes from happy to concerned. No, angry. Luke lost Leia! How can you lose a woman?? "Where's Leia?" I asked.

Luke's expression changed too. "What? She didn't come back?" He looked really concerned.

"I thought she was with you." I practically growled at him.

"We got separated." Luke said.

Great. I stare at Luke and then he says, "Hey, we better go look for her."

I nod and the turn around, signaling a Rebel officer. "Take the squad ahead. We'll meet at the shield generator."

"Come on, Artoo. We'll need your scanners." Luke said, and we start off into the woods.

Damn!

I knew that something like this was going to happen!

What if she was killed?

I couldn't live with that.

Goddess, I love you Leia Organa, please be alive sweetheart.

So there's the chapter….Please review! Thanks so much for your support!!

xoxox,

Alexandra