Chapter Thirteen: The Shadow People

A.N: Finally! I've been trying to get this chapter uploaded for days! I am at a loss of words right now to explain this embarrasingly long wait for an update to my story. Just please don't force choke me! I promise to do better in the future. So now, on with this story at last!!!

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Chewie was pacing back and forth in the yard like he had been doing for the past three days. The two boys had left the planet without telling him, and now he was stranded with no way to contact the boys or Obi-Wan. After searching the house, he decided that he had learned where they had gone. They had gone to Kayoa. It was obvious because, in the attic, some diary had been left open with the word, Kayoa, underlined in red.

Darn it, how long would it take for Obi-Wan to come back from his 'vacation!?' The longer Obi-Wan took, the more time it gave the reckless teenagers to get into trouble. And if Chewie knew those two boys, then they had gotten into trouble already.

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Back on Kayoa, Luke, Han and Vader had gone back into the house to see if one of the servants knew anything about the dissapearing ships. There was one person in particular that Luke wanted to talk to: Mac Matosh. If anyone knew something about all this, he would. But he searched the entire house through, and still, he could not seem to find him. Where had Mac gone?

"Han?" Luke said, turning to his friend. "You wouldn't happen to know where Mac is, would you?"

Han inwardly sighed. He too, would have liked to speak to Mac, since he seemed to know everything. "No. Where do you think he could have gone?"

Luke shrugged. "No idea."

Meanwhile, Vader had contacted his ship. According to what he could find out, no one had seen or heard anything that could possibly help them figure out what had happened. It had become quite a mystery. A mystery that Vader planned to solve, and the sooner the better. They were in danger here, and the one person Vader was worried about the most was Luke. He couldn't let anything happen to his precious son.

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Obi-Wan sighed as he landed his ship back on Riveria. He had only been gone a few days, but he couldn't help but worry that the boys would go off and do something foolish, and it was for that reason that he had come back earlier than he had first intended.

As soon as he got out of the ship, Chewie came rushing toward him, speaking so fast that Obi-Wan couldn't understand what the Wookie was saying. It seemed urgent, so he tried to calm his friend down.

"Chewbacca, slow down! I can't for the life of me understand what you just said."

Chewie grunted in frusteration and started talking slower so that his Jedi friend would be able to understand. He told Obi-Wan about how suddenly the boys had left, what he had found in the attic, and the open book.

"Oh dear," Obi-Wan said, getting worried. "They've gone to Kayoa."

Obi-Wan didn't know what Boba Fett knew. He was simply worried that Vader may possibly find out where the boys had gone and try to get his son... of course, Obi-Wan didn't know that this had already happened. All he knew was that he and Chewie had to get there as soon as possible before worst came to worst.

"Come on, Chewie. We've got work to do."

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Boba and Bella Fett finally got to Kayoa. During the trip, Boba had told his wife his own experiance on this planet, and why he had to get there so soon. Bella, now understanding, what the whole deal was, told her husband to hide their ship once they landed it so that they wouldn't loose it the same way Boba had lost his first ship when he had come here. They landed the Slave I in the middle of the woods near a cave.

As soon as they had done this, they rushed toward the mansion where they were sure the others would be. Without bothering to ring the doorbell or knock, they rushed right in and started looking for the inhabitance of the household. They found Luke and Han first.

"Boys! Oh I'm so glad we found you!"

"AH!" Han exclaimed. "Big bad bounty hunters. Not cool."

"No, it's fine!" Bella said, trying to explain. "We came here to warn you about this planet."

Han snorted. "A little late for that, sister."

Bella walked up to Han until she was nearly touching him with her body. She was glaring at him with rapid anger. She had always had a very short temper. "Look, kid. We can be friendly about this, or we can just leave you two to your ultimate doom."

Han's face grew into one of shock. "Sh.. she... she just called me kid! Hey, listen woman, I am not a kid! I'll have you know that I'm eighteen years old!"

Bella's own face became very sarcastic. "Oohh, eighteen. You're a big boy, aren't you?"

Forgetting that this was a woman he was arguing with, Han almost tackled her, but he held his ground. He just couldn't believe that he had just been dissed by a girl.

"Can you guys stop arguing for one minute so we can find out why they came!?" Luke asked in his demanding voice. Bella backed off and waited for Boba to explain since he was the one who knew all about it.

When everyone seemed to be paying attention, Boba began to speak. "Ever since the beginning of the Empire, this planet has been inhabited by black cloked figures, and wear masks that cover their whole face execept for their eyes. They stay here, stealing any ships that come hear, and kidnapping the people who come. Everything, ships and people get thrown into a lava river. The Shadow People, as we bounty hunters call them, have a secret hideout that no one can find. They say they live in a volcano where the lava river is. Anyone who comes to this planet is in danger of coming to the same fate that many others before them have met."

At first, it was all too much for Han and Luke. They stood there stunned for a minute before Luke asked, "How do you know all this?"

Boba sighed. "I came here once before. The Shadow People had captured me. I watched my ship get destroyed by the lava. Thankfully I escaped before I too was thrown into the lava."

Luke nodded. "We need to get off this planet."

"Hold on!" Han said. "If these... um, 'Shadow People' kidnap anyone who comes here, then why is it that everyone in this house is still here after being here for years?"

Luke, Boba and Bella shrugged. "I don't know," Luke said. "I mean, the only possible conclusion would be..." Suddenly, it hit them. Han and Luke spoke simultaniously: "That they are in league with The Shadow People!"

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A.N: Hey! Short chapter, I know. I just wanted to get this story updated so you people won't want to kill me for keeping you waiting to discover the secret of Kayoa. And I promise you, there are still many more secrets... and surprises... in store for you all!

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