Chapter Three: Hide and Seek… aw, ain't it cute!

Vader stormed out of the shuttle, intent on finding his son before his master found out about this. As soon as he found his son, he was going to lecture him on how to act in public! Embarrassing him in front of those officers was simply not acceptable!

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Tank walked through the Death Star with his fellow storm troopers, doing the usual drills that they did these days. He thought about home a lot during these drills. Mainly because these drills were so boring! But also because he was hearing about his friends back home a lot. Especially Luke.

Back on Tatooine, Luke had always wanted to leave and become a pilot and a hero. Tank had made fun of him then. But now that Luke was a real rebel hero, it was hard to scoff at him now. Luke had made the right choice to join the Rebel Alliance. What was Tank still doing here? He'd seen the crimes that the Empire had committed, and he'd committed a lot of those himself. And he was still here! Why?

Suddenly, a figure in black came running around the corner. Of course the guy in black was running so fast, and the floor was so slippery, that when he tried to stop, he began sliding across the hall.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa WHOA!" the black figure cried out as he slid on the floor and crashed into the barrels on the other end.

All the troopers stopped to observe this ridiculous site. To them, this was just some crazy maniac. But to Tank, he looked kind of familiar…

"Luke?"

Luke stood up shakily, rubbing his head.

"Ow! Tank?"

Tank tore off his helmet. "Luke!"

"Tank!"

Tank ran up to Luke and helped steady him. Throughout all this, the other troopers eyed them suspiciously.

"Luke, what are you doing here?"

"I'm hiding from my father. Do you happen to know any good hiding places?"

"I thought your father was dead!"

Meanwhile, the other troopers recognized Luke as the most wanted rebel in the galaxy.

"It's Luke Skywalker!"

Silence overcame the hall. Tank and Luke stood staring at the troopers, and the troopers were staring at Tank and Skywalker. Then, as if it had been planed, they all started running at the same time. Luke and Tank ran down the hall, with the troopers close behind them.

"Here!" Tank yelled, pushing Luke into a air shaft.

"But Tank! Remember what happened when we did this back home?"

"What do you mean?" Tank asked, crawling in behind Luke.

"Air shafts always have a door that opens up under you and turn into a steep… SLIDE!"

As Luke was finishing his sentence, a door did open up under them, and they began falling down a steep slide in the dark!

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Darth Vader reached out for the hundredth time, trying to find his son. He had to be somewhere! Yet no one had reported seeing him. Where was Luke? And what was he doing?

Suddenly, Vader heard something that sounded like a stampede followed by the sound of an enormous crash!

Vader rounded the corner to see about twenty storm troopers all tumbled together on the floor.

"What happened here?" Vader demanded.

"My Lord!" some of the troopers said simultaneously.

One of the troopers managed to stand up to report to Vader.

"We saw Luke Skywalker, My Lord!"

Luke? Now he was getting somewhere!

"Where did he go?" Vader asked.

"We don't know. We were just following him and Tank, and suddenly, there was a dead end and they were no where to be seen!"

Vader sighed. His son was proving to be a little difficult to catch. Was he hiding somewhere? Well if he was, then he was going to find him!

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Meanwhile, in a sliding in a shaft in some unknown part of the Death Star…

"Just like old times, eh Tank?" Luke called up angrily.

"Hay! The first time we slid in an air shaft, it was your fault!"

"Oh yeah? Well this time it's your fault! And that first time was an accident!"

"Oh sure it was an accident! 'Climb into the shaft, why don't ya'? My uncle's gonna kill me if he sees us in here!'" Tank mimicked.

"Alright! So maybe it wasn't a complete accident!" Luke paused. "Is it just me, or are we going faster?"

Tank snorted. "Luke, the longer we slide, the faster we go!"

"What happens when we get to the bottom?"

Tank froze. What would happen when they hit the bottom?

Suddenly, the shaft opened up, and ended, sending Luke and Tank flying across a pit. When they got to the other side, they lost their momentum and landed crashed into more barrels, breaking them in the process.

"Oh yeah!" Luke cheered. "Who's up for round two?"

A.N: I've written two chapters in one day! Man alive, I'm tired! Oh, review and tell me if this was funny!