Nicky

The ship slowed to a stop, right in the middle of the asteroid field once known as Alderaan. Chewie grunted as rocks hit the ship.

"We've come out of hyperspace into a meteor shower! Some kind of asteroid collision." Han and Chewie both began pressing buttons on the control panel stretched out in front of them. "It's not on any of the charts." He said as Luke and Haven join us in the already crowded cockpit.

"What's going on?" Luke asked as he took in the scene in front of him with wide eyes.

"Our position is correct, except no Alderaan." Han glanced down at the screen in front of him and then back out at the giant rocks surrounding us.

"What do you mean? Where is it?"

"That's what I'm trying to tell you, kid, it ain't there. It's been totally blown away."

"What? How could that have happened?"

"Destroyed, by the Empire." Ben said, as if it was completely odivous.

"Yeah, you would know." I barely heard Han mumble before speaking up about how it was impossible. "The entire Starfleet couldn't destroy the whole planet. It would take about 1,000 ships with more firepower than I've ever-" The panel began to beep rapidly and Han stopped talking to find the problem. "There's another ship coming in."

"Maybe they know what happened" Luke suggested.

"It's an Imperial fighter." Ben stated like it was clear as day.

Han glared up at Ben and was about to make some rude remake when the ship shook, this time not from an asteroid.

"It followed us!" Luke declared as an Imperial ship flew over the Falcon and continued to go straight, like it had just cut someone off in traffic.

"No, it's a short-range fighter."

"Well there aren't any bases around here, so where did it come from?" They were all so obvious.

"It's sure is leaving in a big hurry, if they identify us we're in big trouble!"

"Quit worrying." I said, with a quick glare in his direction. Yes Luke was cute, but he could also be a bit whiny.

"Not if I can help it. Chewie, jam it's transmissions."

"It would be as well to let it go. It's too far out of range."

"You know, I'm starting to think you are one of them." Han said as he glared aggregately up at Ben. "First you throw that girl right in the line of fire, then you know exactly what happens to Alderaan, and now you're trying to convince me to let that one go free. What is-"

"Shut up and fly Han!" I shout at him before he can accuse Ben of anything else and mess up the storyline more. Han just looked at me for a few seconds in shock before returning to the fighter.

"A fighter that size couldn't get this deep into on its own, you know." I said, since Ben odivously wasn't going to say it now.

"He must have gotten lost, been part of a convoy or something."

"Well he ain't gonna be around long enough to tell anyone about us."

"He's headed to that moon." I pointed out, even though I knew what it was. And I must say, I was getting pretty happy at that point. "You think you can get him before he gets there Han?"

"You bet." He said with that grin we all know and love.

"That's no moon…" You bet it isn't! "It's a space station."

"It's too big to be a space station." But as it loomed closer and closer we could see marks that normal moons didn't have.

"I have a very bad feeling about this." There it is! The quote! The one I've been waiting for since I missed the 'these aren't the droids you're looking for' one.

"Turn the ship around." Ben said in a grave voice.

"Oh, so now you want me to."

"JUST DO IT!" I shouted, because I suddenly realized that no matter how cool it would be to be on that station, it meant I had a really good chance of dying if we landed.

Han looked at it for a second before he realized just how deep he was getting them. "Yeah, I think your right. Full reverse! Lock in the auxiliary power! Now!" Han demanded. But the Falcon didn't stop. "Chewie, lock in the auxiliary power!"

"We're not stopping! Why aren't we stopping?" Haven said nervously from the way back.

"It's a tractor beam! There's nothing we can do!"

"There has to be something!"

"There isn't!" I was freaking out at this point, despite how much I loved this place.

"We're not going down without a fight." Han stated as he looked determinedly at the looming Death Star.

"You can't win. But there are alternatives to fighting."

•••

"I think it's safe to say we're doomed." Haven said as the ship unwillingly pulled into the landing bay.

"Not quite, come on we can hide in the hidden cargo compartments." We all followed Han out and down the hallway when suddenly it hit me.

"No wait!" I said pushing to the front and standing in the middle of the hall so no one could pass. The line stopped abruptly as I searched my mind for excuses. "There's still cargo in those."

"No, there isn't. I made sure they were all empty when we unloaded." Han tried to step around me but I blocked his way.

"There was some more we forgot and instead of telling you I just put it in there.

"Nicky, I searched the ship; there is no more cargo." He pushed past me and pressed down on the wall tile. With a pop it came loose and Han pulled it off all the way to reveal Kari, who I had hidden in there when we first took off.

"Um, hi." Kari said with a nervous look on her face. Han slowly looked up at me with a face of fury.

"Who is this?" I was about to come up with an excuse when Ben pushed me out of the way to see the owner of the voice.

"Kari? What are you doing here? I told you to stay at the house!" Ben was mad. Like really mad. That was the only time I'd ever seen the old Ben (young Ben got mad plenty of times) get mad.

"You know her?" Han demanded.

"She's my Padawan. And she was supposed to stay on Tatooine."

I heard the sound of the loading bridge go down and I quickly opened the other compartments.

"I'll explain later, now get in!" I slid in with Kari and Haven got in next to me as the other got into theirs. I reached over Haven and pulled ours shut just as I heard footsteps on the loading bridge.

We all three sat in silence for 20 minutes as a crew got on and got off. After I was sure they were gone I pushed out the panel and we all climbed out.

"Good thing you have these compartments." Luke said, trying to brighten the mood.

"Yeah sure. What I want to know is what is she doing on my ship." Han said as he stood in front of me and waited for an explanation.

"It's a really long story, I'm sure you don't want to hear it."

"Oh, but I do."

"I bribed her, Mr. Solo." Kari said with an ashamed look on her face. Mr. Solo. Now didn't that sound weird?

"With what money?" Ben asked. We were both cornered.

"Okay, truth is…" Hmm, what lie could I use now?

"I gave Kari the money," Haven said, looking at the floor. "And when Nicky refused the first time, I begged her to let Kari come. So if you want to track the blame, it's my fault." Wow, she lied like Princess Leia.

"And where did you get that money?" Luke asked after everyone finished their shocked silence.

"Mom gave it to me before we left to find R2. She said we might need it for the memory wipe we were supposedly giving R2." Haven answered, still not looking up from the floor.

"I should have known you were going to be a pain." Han said, glancing around the corner to make sure the coast was clear.

"Hey, you leave her alone!" Luke said, jumping to his cousin's defense.

"Okay! We get it! You're all mad. But right now we need to focus on getting out of here." I said trying to make peace with the arguing group. Han just sighed and shook his head.

"Even if I could take off I'd never get past the tractor beam."

"Leave that to me." Ben said as he continued to stand in his compartment.

"Darn fool, I knew you were gonna say that."

"Who's more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?" Ben asked as Chewie stuck his head up out of the compartment.

"Shhh, someone's coming." Haven said, and Kari began to grin.

"Leave that to me." She said, before climbing up the wall like a bug and crawled over to the door. She waited until the scanning crew were right under her before tackling them both. With one swift move she slammed both their heads on the ground and they no longer moved.

"Wow." Was all I could say.

"Hey guys!" Han called down the stairway. "Could you come give us a hand with this?"

He was answered with the sound of storm trooper feet marching up the stairway. Four of them arrived at the top and were each quickly greeted with two blaster shots to chest.

"Alright here's the plan. To keep hidden we'll all put on the storm trooper gear." Han explained.

"What about me and Ben? There's only 4 uniforms." Kari asked.

"You're going with me to shut down the tractor beam." Ben said sternly.

"Okay." Kari said weakly.

After we had all put on our uniforms Han (or was it Luke?) walked outside and knocked on his helmet twice; a sign that meant his comlink wasn't working.

All the while we all stalked over to the command center where the general had just received word that storm-Han's comlink wasn't working. He opened the door and you should have seen the look on his face when Chewie knocked him into a pile of barrels.

The other men reacted, but they were too slow and all dead quite quickly. Han (turns out Luke was down there, it's hard to tell the difference when they're all wearing the same thing) gave Luke the signal and he quickly joined us.

"Between his howling and your blasting it's a wonder the whole station doesn't know we're here!" Luke shouted as he closed the command room door and whipped off his helmet.

"Bring em' on! I'd prefer a straight fight to all this sneakin' around!" Han shot back. It was clear that the tension in the group was not going away anytime soon.

"We've found a computer outlet, sir." Threepio reported.

"Plug in. He should be able to interpret the entire Imperial network." R2 beeped and did as he was told. He beeped some more after a second or two.

"He says he's found the main controls to the power beam that's holding the ship here." Threepio translated. "He'll try to make the precise location appear on the monitor."

I know, I know. Yes this is a terrible chapter ending. But it was getting too long! It's at 7 pages on Word and the usual is 5. I will update again later tonight/early tomorrow morning when I'm still awake. We're getting closer and closer to originality! I'm sorry! Review Response time!

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P.S. Some of you might have noticed I deleted this chapter and then put it back up. I took it down because I didn't like it, but then realized there was nothing I could do.