Chapter 5: Rescue and Escape From Bespin

Leia, Han, Vorik and Chewie had already been betrayed by Lando and had been detained and tortured. Everyone, including Vorik hadn't said a word. Then Lando walked back into the cell. "Shut up and listen. Now Vader's agreed to give Leia, Vorik and the wookie over to me."

"What about Han?" asked Leia

"Vader is giving him to the bounty hunter." Replied Lando

"Vader wants us all dead."

"He doesn't want you at all he's after someone called uhhh Skywalker."

"Luke!" said a shocked Han.

"Lord Vader set a trap for him."

"And we're the bait."

"Yea, well he's on his way."

Sometime later Han was put into carbon freeze and given to Bobba Fett. Luke Skywalker arrived shortly afterward landed his X-wing and took R2 with him. He snuck through the halls of cloud city, spotted Han in the carbon block with a squad of storm-troopers as escort along with the infamous Boba Fett. He followed them and nearly lost them but Fett turned and started shooting at him. Luke took cover behind a wall then jumped across the hallway. "Luke! It's a trap! IT'S A TRAP" Leia screamed right before he lost sight of her. He stepped through a door and ended up in the carbon freezing chamber. He then engaged Darth Vader.

Meanwhile as Lando, Chewie, Vorik, Leia and C-3PO were taken to a landing platform. Lando tapped some buttons on his wrist. This activated Lobot, his security administrator. Bespin guards surrounded the storm-troopers and Lando confiscated their weapons. "Hold them in the security tower, keep it quiet. Move." Lobot and the guards moved out with the storm-troopers. Lando gave a rifle to Chewie, Leia and Vorik. "What do you think you're doing?" she asked as Lando released the bonds on Chewie's hands. As soon as he did though, Chewie grabbed him by the neck and started to chock him. "I had no choice- just trying to help."

"We don't need any of your help." Said Leia

"Ha-Ha-"

"What?" she asked

"It sounds like Han" said 3PO

"There's still a chance to save Haaan. At the east-platform"

"Chewie. Vorik get back to the ship. Get ready to pick us up as soon as you can." Said Leia.

"Aye, ma'am."

Vorik headed back in the direction of the Falcon. "Vorik to Computer."

"Computer responding."

"Computer lock onto my biosign and initiate transport."

"Unable to comply, computer controls not functional."

Vorik sighed and started back toward the Falcon. He met a few storm-trooper squads and avoided them. Thanks to his extra training with Tuvok. After Voyager had gotten stranded in this galaxy, Tuvok increased the training regiment for all crewmen to include security training and escape and evasion tactics. Now all crewmen can serve as engineering staff, operations personnel, or security.

Leia and Chewie meanwhile chased after Fett. On the way they met up with R2 who joined their team and hacked the door to the pad. It opened and they rushed out just as Slave I was taking off.

"Oh no! Chewie they're behind you!" yelled 3PO. The team quickly rushed inside and went back to the Falcon.

Vorik had reached the Falcon ten minutes earlier. "Falcon to Leia"

"Leia here."

"Standby to transport."

"Acknowledged, two droids to beam up as well."

"Acknowledged, standby."

R2 and Lando disappeared in blue light first. Then ten seconds later Chewie, Leia and C3PO were transported aboard as well. Lando was already in the pilot's seat taking off. R2 went to look at the hyperdrive while Lando was headed away from the city.

Meanwhile Luke and Vader had taken their duel to the core of the city. Vader was pounding on Luke while he was on a precipice. Vader cut his hand off. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

"Luke you have not yet realized your importance. With our combined strength. We can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy."

"I'll never join you!"

"If you only knew the power of the dark side. Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father."

"He told me enough. He told me you killed him."

"No….I am your father."

"No…No…That's not true. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!"

"Search your feelings you know it to be true."

"NOOOOOO! NOOOOOO!"

"Join me; we can rule the galaxy as father and son."

At that Luke jumped and fell into a tube and slid down to the bottom of the city.

Leia!

"Luke" She whispered to herself.

"We've got to go back."

"What?"
"I know where Luke is."

"What about those fighters? Alright alright alright."

The Falcon pulled up and over and reversed its course. "Go to the transport station standby to lock onto his signal and beam him aboard."

"Luke this is Leia do you read?"

Luke struggled to tap the combage on his chest.

"Leia, I need help. I'm at the bottom of the city."

"Standby Luke we're getting you out of there. Vorik?"

"I have his signal and a transporter lock."

"Energize."

"Energizing."

Luke disappeared from in front of the cockpit and reappeared in the Falcon's transport chamber. Vorik rushed to him with a medical kit in hand. Leia rushed back as Lando took the pilot's seat again. The Falcon climbed for altitude as a squad of TIEs bore down on them. "Vorik go to the top gunner seat I'll look after Luke."

"Yes ma'am."

Vorik left and took his seat in the top gunner chair, turned it around and started returning fire. He took out two TIEs then continued firing at the others.

"Luke, your X-wing."

"Don't worry I put it on lockdown and told the computer that if I or R2 didn't return in an hour to take off and set a course for the rendezvous point. Taking an evasive course of course."

"Ok…"

The ship rocked.

"I'll be back." She said.

She checked the hyperdrive coordinates. Then went up to the cockpit. "All the coordinates are set it's now or never."

Lando pulled back on the hyperdrive lever. The hyperdrive wound up…then died. "They told me they fixed it. IT'S NOT MY FAULT!" he yelled as Chewie screamed again, stalked out of the cockpit and toward the hyperdrive. R2 neared the hyperdrive, extended his work arm and twisted something within the drive. The Hyperdrive spun up with renewed vigor and the ship jumped to hyperspace.