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Chapter Five: Evil Plans and New Allies

The Emperor was not in one of his best moods today. He'd finally gotten word back from the bounty hunter he'd hired, Boba Fett that he'd failed in killing young Luke Skywalker and now it seemed that Vader knew about Skywalker too.

A few months ago, he'd discovered a Force presence on Tatooine, and he ordered one of his spies to investigate. Upon discovering that the Force sensitive was Anakin Skywalker's son, he'd hired a bounty hunter to kill the boy off, so no one would be able to link the murder back to him.

Indeed, no one had been able to link it back to him yet, but if Vader was looking for his offspring, then he was sure to find out sooner or later. Then, Vader wouldn't trust the Emperor, and Palpatine would have to get a new apprentice. But where the heck do you get one of those?

It was then that Palpatine first contemplated the idea. If Vader succeeded in getting young Skywalker, he was bound to bring him back here. Then, the Emperor could simply kill Vader, and then, he'd have a much younger, much better apprentice.

Wait… what if Vader didn't plan to bring his son back to Imperial Center? What if he was planning to keep him a secret? Vader may try hiding his son away from Palpatine, and then, he would never get a newer apprentice! Maybe he should call Boba Fett back.

The Emperor pulled his comlink closer to his hands, and typed in the bounty hunter's frequency. It was answered immediately.

"Fett here."

"Fett, do you want a chance to redeem yourself after your disgraceful failure back on Tatooine?"

"You wish me to find Skywalker and try to kill him again?"

The Emperor chuckled. "No, no, nothing like that. I want you to find Skywalker, but stay in the background, and don't let anyone know that you're watching. Update me every now and then about where they are, and who's with them. Do you understand?"

"Yes, I understand, and I won't fail you this time. Fett out."

Palpatine turned off his own comlink, and stared into space, making his plans.

Once he had a location on Skywalker, he could wait until Fett reported back that Vader had the boy, and then, the Emperor would see what Vader did. If Vader came back, bringing the boy with him, that was fine. But if Vader decided that he wanted to hide the boy from Palpatine, Fett, would simply tell the Emperor where Skywalker was, and he'd go there, kill his apprentice, and bring back the boy as his new apprentice. No big deal.

Suddenly, the Emperor was in one of his best moods.

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Luke looked at one of the screens in the cockpit, trying to find out where they were going. But he didn't know how to read, so it was kind of difficult for him to do that.

Cachie looked at Sunshine fondly. He was standing on his tiptoes trying to read the destination screens. Poor little human! He couldn't find out where they were going.

/What's wrong, Cachie?/ Baccich asked.

/Sunshine doesn't know where we're going. He's trying to read the screens, but he's not having much success./

/Where are we going, by the way?/

/Alderaan. I thought you already knew./

/Whatever./

Finally, Luke gave up trying to find out where they were going. It was impossible to even get up there just to read the screens. Much less, find out what they meant! Anyway, he'd find out where they were going when they got there. In the meantime, he could find something else to do. Maybe he'd get himself something to eat…

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Achabac was walking to the cockpit when he thought he smelled smoke coming from the galley. Deciding to investigate, he went in that direction, and opened the door. The sight that met his eyes was a disaster!

There was thick smoke all in the room, making it hard to see. Once he got used to seeing through the smoke, he saw five pots, and steaming, and the things inside burning! Meanwhile, Sunshine was swinging from a rope attached to the ceiling, trying to stay away from the burning food, and the smoke.

Suddenly, the door behind him opened, and Cachie and Baccich came rushing in.

/What happened!?/ Baccich exclaimed.

/I don't know! Cachie, take care of the burning stuff, Baccich, find a way to get rid of the smoke!/

While the other two went off to do their assigned tasks, Achabac tried to get Sunshine. Since the little human was swinging back and forth, it was hard to get hold of him, but finally, Achabac succeeded in grabbing hold of the child's body, and detaching his hands from the rope. Then, Achabac, carrying Luke, ran out of the galley.

Sunshine was coughing horribly, and crying when he finally got them to the ships' living space.

At that moment, the others came out of the galley to see how the young boy was doing.

/Oh my! Why is he crying!?/ Cachie asked, rushing up to Sunshine, and picking him up in her arms, rocking him back and forth.

/I think all the smoke and the fire scared him./

I can never do anything right! Luke thought to himself. And now I just made a big mess for them to clean. I'm nothing but an unwanted problem. They don't understand me. They don't even understand me when I'm talking! No one cares about me! I just want to die!

Well, that wasn't exactly true. Luke knew that his Wookiee friends cared about him, but they just didn't understand his needs. Luke needed someone who could understand him. But all he had was three, overly protective Wookiee nursemaids.

/We'd better stop somewhere and get some more food. Sunshine just burned it all up,/ Achabac said.

/Right,/ Baccich agreed. /I'll go see where the closest planet is./

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"How do we know for sure that their heading to Corellia?" Obi-Wan asked Chewie.

They were sitting in the ships' living space, playing some weird board game, trying to keep themselves from getting board.

/All Wookie escape ships having tracking devices, so we can track each other in case we get lost./

"Clever idea. It's your move."

Chewie was about to focus back on the board game when suddenly, the ship came out of lightspeed.

/We're entering the system. Come on./

Obi-Wan followed Chewie to the cockpit, and sat down in the copilot's chair.

"Look! There's the other ship!"

/Yes. They're already landing. I'll try to land next to their ship./

Unfortunately, there were no spare landing pads close to the other ship, so they had to settle for another landing pad that was a few blocks away.

"Hurry! We've got to get to their ship before they leave it."

Obi-Wan and Chewie ran out of their own ship, and made their way to the other landing pad. Just as Obi-Wan had feared, they had already left their ship by the time Obi-Wan arrived.

/What do we do now?/ Chewie asked.

"We have to go find them!"

/Say what? Listen, we can just wait for them to come back here to their ship./

"No, we can't do that. There are other people looking for Luke. We have to get to him first!"

/Very well./ While Obi-Wan and Chewie walked through the streets of Corellia, Chewie began to get curious about something. /May I ask who are we trying beat to Luke?/

Obi-Wan sighed. Chewbacca might as well know. "Darth Vader is also interested in Luke."

Chewie snorted with laughter. /Please, Obi-Wan! I'm not that gullible!/

"It's true!"

Chewie finally saw that this wasn't a jock. /Yikes./

"My thoughts exactly."

They kept on walking in silence when suddenly, someone pushed Chewie out of the streets.

"Look out!"

One second later, a blaster bolt whizzed by the spot that Chewie had been standing. The teenager who had pushed Chewie brought out his own blaster, and shot in the direction of the bolt. When the danger had passed, Chewie got back on his feet, and regarded the boy in gratitude.

/Thank you. You saved my life./

"You're welcome. From now on, be more careful of drunk people having shootouts with each other."

"We're much obliged to you. What's your name?"

The boy adopted a sense of bravado. "Solo. Han Solo, at your service."

"How old are you, Han?"

"I turned fifteen a few weeks ago."

"Really?" Suddenly, Chewie drew Obi-Wan aside, and whispered to him. When Chewie was finished, Obi-Wan turned back to Han. "Well, young Solo, are you in need of a bodyguard?"

Han cocked his head to one side. "Why do you ask?"

"Because you're about to get one. Chewie here says that he owes you a life debt since you just saved his life."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Does that mean I can come with you guys?"

"Why do you want to come with us?"

Han sighed. "I've been trying to get off this planet forever! And you guys seem nice enough to travel with."

"Look, if you come with us, you have to promise that you can fold easily under pressure."

Han perked up. "Pressure? What kind of pressure?"

"Pressure that only Darth Vader can give."

"Why didn't you say so earlier? Let's go!"

Obi-Wan laughed. "Hold on a second! First, we must find our other friends."

"Where are they?"

/Up there!/ Chewie exclaimed.

Obi-Wan and Han turned to look at the sky, just in time for them to see the ship with Luke leave the planet.

"Blast it! Come on, guys. Here we go again!"

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