OK. A few weeks since a new chapter, so I sat down and had some time tonite. With apologize to George Lucas, mousapelli and svzinsanity.

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Tory made sure he was as quiet as a mouse. One wrong move, one wrong step, could end everything.

He made his way down the stairs into the huge throne room. The air had a foul smell and was filled with the odor of smoke, booze and lord knows what else. He was trying his best to shut it all out, his mask helping alot. He had to keep his head focused on his goal.

He was trying to find Colin, but with the haze and darkness of the huge room he couldn't see where he was. The sound of dripping water could be heard and it provided cover for the sound of his footsteps as he explored the chamber, vigilant to be so quiet. All around him, enemies. I he couldn't get out with Colin, he may not see the outside world again.

Finally he saw him, the far wall, hanging like a prize. Colin. Just as he had last seen him, frozen in carbonite. He made it to the slab as quickly as he could. Sensors indicated that Colin was still quite alive, even in his frozen state. Tory pressed the release button and the slab came crashing down. Tory began to panic. He eyed the room. Everything was still. He had to work quickly... he almost forgot the code that Paul had given him... 82690111889.

Suddenly the slab started to grow. The little panel on the side began to beep. It looked like Colin was on fire! Then darkness and Colin's limp body fell into Tory's arms. Colin struggled and gasped for air...

"I can't see.. I can't see" panic in Colin's voice

"You have been frozen in carbonite. Your eyesight will return in time" Tory's voice was altered by the mask. It was hard to sound reassuring.

"Where are we?"

"Jabba's palace"

"Who are you?"

Tory removed his mask so Colin could hear his voice after all this time... "Someone who loves you..."

"DUDE!, NO!" said a disgusted Colin.

Tory turned and saw all the eyes in the room, the big ugly aliens and even the little ones... all looking at him. They all broke out in laughter. Suddenly Mandy appeared next to them

"Tory, you know he doesn't have those feelings for you. Search your soul, you know this to be true."

Tory wakes...

"Goddamn..."

Tory made his way from the bed to his desk, sitting with his notebook. He jotted down what he could remember from his dream, he had read about that in the dream books, it was a great way to remember and find patterns in dreams.

"I've gotta be very careful and phrase these things just right to Mandy when I see her tomorrow. I don't want her to think I'm nuts..."

'The train ride took forever, but it was time well spent' thought Tory. He had it in his mind how he was exactly going to ask Mandy. It would probably be odd since he never talked to Mandy about something like this before. It could end up being a big mistake.

'She's got some kinda radar.. it won't be long before I see her..' he thought

He wasn't even in the building yet and Mandy was already calling his name

"TORY! TORY!"

"Hi Mandy.." he said in a much more friendly voice than that hour of the morning usually allowed...

"Ooh.. someone's in a GOOD mood for a change" she squealed. It was almost too much for Tory to bear, but he needed a sympathetic ear, and she was it.

'She's a friend... be nice' he thought.

"Listen, I was wondering if you had a few minutes at lunch to talk.."

Mandy was silent, almost in shock...

"Well?" asked Tory, in a much more moody voice that the hour usually called for.

"Yeah, whatever you want to talk about Tory..." she said, not really knowing what to make of it.

"Thanks" Tory said... "see you later" he replied as he dashed off to his first class.

Mandy had two feelings right now. She was glad Tory wanted to tell her something, and she was confused because Tory wanted to tell her something. But any chance to help her redheaded friend was something she couldn't pass up. 'Oooh, I wonder if it's Colin' she thought. A smile crossed her face.

TO BE CONTINUED

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