As they were in the elevator, Luke undid Padme's handcuffs while Han undid Chewie's. Padme nodded her thanks, not wanting to say a single word. She was scared that if this went south, not only would Leia die but all of them too. No. Padme thought, I can't let that happen. I won't. Finally, the elevator stopped. They walked out, all silent. When a commander asked what was going on, Luke gave them their cover story. As the commander turned, the electronic handcuffs fell off of Padme and Chewie's wrists.
"They're loose!" Luke cried. Padme bent down and took out her blaster as fast as possible while Chewie immediately fired along with Han and Luke. Padme took out all of the cameras, uncomfortable with killing these men. Soon, all the cameras were destroyed and the men dead. Han ran to the control center, taking his helmet off and located Leia. Luke ran down the hall, trying to find Leia. Padme put her hood down and moved slowly towards the hall when there was a pounding heard. Padme immediately ran down the hall as Luke reached Leia. Leia sat up and Padme gasped. Her daughter looked exactly like her.
"Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?" Leia mocked, thinking Luke was a real one.
"What?" Luke asked, confused and then realizing it was the suit, took the helmet off and said, "I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you." Leia stood up and asked,
"You're who?"
"I'm Luke Skywalker. I found your Artoo unit. I'm here with Ben Kenobi."
"Ben Kenobi!" Leia cried. Luke led Leia out as Han and Chewie came running down.
"Can't go that way." Han said.
"It seems you managed to cut off our only escape route." Leia commented. Turning to face the princess, Han said,
"Well maybe you'd like it better in your cell, Your Highness." Just then, the troopers began firing down the hallway. Luke grabbed Leia's wrist and pushed her behind Padme while standing in front of his mother. Han and Chewie stayed on the other side. They began to fire at the Stormtroopers while Luke tried to Threepio. Padme looked around for something, anything, to get them out of there.
"There's no way out!" Luke cried.
"This is some rescue." Leia snapped. While Han went off about Luke being the brains, Padme nudged her daughter.
"I found a way out but I need your help." Padme whispered, staring at her daughter straight in the eyes. In them, Leia found fierce determination just like her own and an undying fire. Leia nodded. Padme pointed to the grate and Leia grabbed Luke's blaster. The girls fired at the grate simultaneously. The grate was destroyed and Han cried,
"What the heck are you two doing?!"
"Someone's gotta save our skin!" Leia cried.
"And this is our only shot!" Padme shouted, as Leia made it to the grate.
"Into the garbage shoot, fly boy!" Leia shouted and jumped in. Padme immediately followed, no questions asked. As soon as Leia landed in the garbage, Padme followed. "Who are you anyway?" Leia asked as she made her way to the door.
"Padme and I hate that guy just as much as you." Padme said.
"Which one?"
"Han."
"Makes sense. I hate him and get along with you so…" She didn't finish as she tried to open the door when Chewie landed. He growled.
"Oh stop it." Padme said, "It was the only way out." Leia gave her a look as she struggled with the door.
"You can understand him?" she asked. Padme shrugged,
"Only enough to know he was complaining." Chewie made his way to the door when Luke came down.
"Stand back." He said and shot the door. Everyone ducked as the blast just bounced off. "Great." Luke sighed. Chewie began to struggle with the door when Han came.
"Oh yeah, the garbage shoot was a great idea." He said sarcastically, "What a wonderful smell you two discovered."
"At least this way we're alive!" Padme snapped. Han ignored her and shot at the door. Once again it bounced off.
"I already tried that!" Luke shouted, "It's magnetically sealed!"
"Put that thing away before you get us all killed!" Leia shouted.
"Absolutely, Your Worshipfulness." Han said sarcastically.
"Stop it Han!" Padme growled. She was usually calm and level headed but Han was so irritable, she couldn't stand him and apparently her daughter couldn't either. Suddenly, Luke was pulled under by a creature. They tried to find him and shoot it but it wouldn't. Padme was in shock and couldn't move when Luke was taken under a second time. Please Force don't let him be gone! Padme thought. Suddenly, Luke burst up, soaking and gasping for air. "Luke!" Padme cried and rushed towards him when she had an idea. She ran to Chewie and whispered, "Lift me up." Chewie complied and cupped his hands together. He started to lift her up when the walls began moving. Terrified, Chewie threw Padme onto the walls and hurried to the door. Padme barely managed to stay on when she got a hold. She tried to climb but it was next to impossible with the walls moving. Han tried to get Leia up as well but she barely made it halfway to Padme. Padme gripped the wall tightly when it stopped. Her eyes widened and she joined in the others screaming for joy. I knew I liked you Threepio. She smiled. Artoo unlocked the door and Padme threw herself out and landed perfectly, her shoes muffling her landing. She offered Leia a hand but she also offered it as a test. A test to see if Leia trusted her. Sure enough, Leia took her mother's hand and offered a smile. Padme smiled back. Her daughter trusted her.
"Okay if we avoid any more female advise we should be good." Han said as they were preparing to leave.
"Says the man who almost got us captured." Padme scoffed. Han shot the 14 year old queen a glare when Chewie cried out in fear. Han saw it was the creature that almost killed Luke and shot it, despite Leia's protests.
"Listen, I don't know who you are or where you come from but from now on you listen to me, okay?" Leia said, leaving no room for argument. Despite that, Han argued as they walked off.
"Listen Your Highness, I take orders from one person: me!" Han cried.
"It's a wonder you're still alive." Leia retorted, "Will somebody get this walking carpet out of my way?"
"No reward is worth this." Han complained but followed the princess anyway.
The group continued on when they ran into some troopers. Han fired at them and followed them as they ran off, Chewie on his heels.
"You're friend sure has courage." Leia remarked.
"Hopefully he won't get himself killed." Luke said and led the girls in the opposite direction. The Skywalkers ran when troopers caught up to them and they ended up trapping themselves over a pit. "I think we took a wrong turn." Luke said. Just then, shots were fired at their backs. Leia closed the doors and looked for a lock only to realize there wasn't one.
"There's no lock!" she cried. Luke pushed Leia out of the way and blasted the controls.
"That'll hold them." He said. Leia instructed him on what to do only for Luke to realize he blasted the controls.
"They're coming through!" Leia cried. Padme suddenly had an idea.
"Luke give me a grappling hook." She said. Luke passed her one of the grappling hooks on his belt and she accepted it, not taking her eyes off a pole. She threw the hook up and it hooked onto the pole. Padme swung across just seconds before troopers began shooting from above. Luke tried to follow Padme by undoing his hook and gave Leia his blaster. The door began to open and Padme was getting worried. She couldn't help because she couldn't see them. Finally, Luke got the hook around the pole and grabbed Leia. Leia kissed Luke on the cheek.
"For luck." She said. When they weren't watching her, Padme flinched. Her daughter just kissed her son! Luckily, they didn't see her and they continued running when they met up with Han and Chewie near the Falcon.
"What took you so long?" Han asked.
"We ran into some old friends." Leia explained.
"Is the ship okay?" Luke asked.
"I think. Hopefully the old man got the tractor beam down." Han said. They waited a little when the troopers ran off.
"Come on!" Padme waved as she ran out. She was almost at the ship when she heard Luke say,
"Ben?" The young queen froze and turned to see Obi-Wan fighting a man wearing a black suit and mask and holding a red lightsaber. She started to run towards the scene when a voice whispered,
"No Padme. You must hurry. Vader must not see you." Padme didn't hesitate and ran to the Falcon. She got on and looked through the windows to see Obi-Wan die.
"No!" She cried the same instant Luke did but the ship prevented any sound from escaping. Tears welled in her eyes as she strapped herself in. Luke sat on one side of her and Leia the other. Her tears fell as she whispered, "No…no…no." But only one thought graced her mind.
Who are you?
Well there it is! The long awaited reunion! Now on to readers, reviews, favorites and follows. *Screams in pillow* You guys are the most amazing group of readers I've ever had! I have 1422 readers, 32 reviews, 23 followers and 7 favorites! Thanks to justinstories12, Guest, Katyperry22, ccp, charmedjedi, tate4eva, Lunarballet, ThatGirlWhoLovesELO, Nyce, Kenna B, Japor Snippet, Alurin, daughterofak1ng and stella brillare along with every single reader. You guys are amazing! Okay, sorry for not updating but I've updated my Kingdom Hearts story All the Pieces and I've just been distracted. I've now got four in progress stories so wish me tons of luck. Hope the reunion is what'd you expect from this group and I've got a question for you guys. Who do you think the voice was that made Padme not hesitate for a second? Please review and I'll (hopefully) update faster! Later!
