Luke and Obi-Wan returned to Coruscant and Luke was rather surprised that his sister hadn't yet returned from her mission. Maybe he was wrong and not all the calls for help were fake, after all there had to be some real issues in the galaxy. But he was rather disappointed not to see her. They had spent so little time together since being chosen as Padawans that even their twin bond wasn't very strong anymore. Obi-Wan told his Padawan to help out with the Younglings while he went and talked to the council about Luke's theory.
As he headed to the room he had been assigned to, Luke wished he could see his parents again, this time with Leia, so that they would feel like a real family, even if it was just for a moment. His last thought before entering the classroom was what was his twin up to at that moment?
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Leia ached to stretch but she knew that doing so might give away her position if anyone was watching. Hours ago, after the Wookiees had shown them where the disappearances had taken place, Ahsoka had picked three possible locations for the next ones and assigned one to Chewie and one to Leia, taking the last for herself. Then they had rested, waking shortly before the sun set below the horizon, each getting settled at their location.
Leia had been so sure that some action was going to take place soon that she had settled into a position that would allow her to spring into action without hesitation. She was now really regretting her choice as her legs screamed to be allowed to relax and honestly she wasn't sure how much longer she could endure it when she heard just the subtlest of sounds. Straining her ears to try and pick out where it came from, she quickly forgot her cramped muscles.
There it was again! It was coming from the location Chewie had been staking out. Suddenly Leia wondered if that had been very wise, leaving the Wookiee alone to guard when it was Wookiees that whoever was taking them was taking, and without any ruckus either. Leia stood up as quietly as she could, though she almost cried out when the blood started flowing correctly through her legs again, making them twinge and tingle.
She snuck towards the spot she had seen Chewbacca settle into earlier that night, wondering why she couldn't see him now. As she drew closer, she realized why. Chewbacca had been taken! Whoever had taken him left only the Wookiee's weapon as any indication that either of them had ever been there. Leia grabbed her com and said as quietly as possible "Master, Chewbacca is gone!" "I'll be right there." Ahsoka replied, her tone so soft that it almost hid the alarm that was in it.
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Han Solo wandered around Kashyyyk, not knowing where exactly he was going. That young Jedi just rubbed him the wrong way, so uppity, like she thought herself royalty almost. Why this was such a bother to him, he didn't really know, but she had really gotten under his skin. Suddenly he heard a noise that sounded off from the rest of the night sounds, though what it was exactly he wasn't sure.
Stopping dead in his tracks he listened for whatever it was that had alerted him to come again. There! Someone was dragging something through the woods. It could be some Wookiees doing some late night hunting or what have you, Han didn't know too much about them to say for sure, but something told him to go investigate. Stealthily the twenty year old man made his way through the brush, barely making a sound, something that he had picked up quickly to keep him safe during his less than honest deals.
What he saw made him pause. He recognized the hunters immediately, pirates who served Hondo, just as he also recognized their captured target, a Wookiee. Where was that blasted, uppity Jedi and her Master now? Han held back a sigh, looks like it was up to him to free the Wookiee. As he moved to get into a better position, he heard them talking about how Jabba needing all the Wookiees they could bring to work in his family mines somewhere was the best business they had ever gotten into, payment wise.
Han shuddered, thinking about the types of mines the Wookiees that these pirates had caught would be fated for, their survival rate was pretty small. Soon he determined he was in the best position possible to help the Wookiee, who must have been drugged to have remained this quiet about the capture for so long, so rather than trying to outright free the Wookiee he planned to take out those moving him. But they had also apparently rested enough to continue on their way, as they both grabbed hold of the heavy net that entrapped the Wookiee and started to pull.
Han, taking one final studying breath stood up and fired off a round, taking out the pirate nearest him. No sooner had the other remaining pirates started to react to his attack then the Wookiee stirred within the net, frightening them. One took aim, about to shoot the Wookiee rather than have the possibility of it getting free and ripping his arms off, but Han saw him in time to make him his next target.
Having just dispatched him, he turned his gun on the last one in view when a click behind him told him he hadn't been paying attention to his surroundings. A familiar, accented voice said "So, I teach you how to be a smuggler and this is how you repay me? Destroying my profit?" The voice held no real anger, more of an admiration while sure he was still in control tone. "Hello Hondo, working for Jabba at the moment I see." Han replied, turning to face the one holding the gun on him.
Hondo stage gasped, "Where did you hear such a thing as that my boy, hmm? Come now, why don't we settle this. I'll cut you in if you'll help me get this Wookiee to my ship, after all it will be your fault if I can't do so and get my promised cargo to my buyer, no?" "Not gonna happen Hondo." Came the voice of Ahsoka from a few feet away. Han saw the Jedi and her pompous Padawan, the latter of which had the last remaining pirate at the end of her lightsaber.
"Ah Master Jedi, long time no see." Hondo said in a friendly tone, "A pleasure I might add." "Sorry I can't say the same. Now how many of the Wookiees have you taken off world yet?" Ahsoka replied with fire in her voice. "Oh none yet, I was supposed to deliver them all at once to my buyer, but I see the errors of my way now so I'll just release them and be on my way, yes? Good, good." Hondo replied, seemingly not put off my Ahsoka's attitude towards him. "Oh you'll release them all right, but I wouldn't say you'll be on your way. Han, cut Chewbacca free from the netting, if you please." Ahsoka instructed as she moved closer to the pirate.
Han nodded and went to do so as Ahsoka said "Now Hondo, why don't you lead me to where you have stashed the Wookiees and your ship?"
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A few hours later, all the Wookiees had been returned to their home and Ahsoka had imprisoned Hondo and all of his remaining pirates in his own ship. She and Leia were preparing to head out, when Chewbacca and Han headed over to bid them farewell. "I hope you were able to find some job so you don't lose out on any money Han." Ahsoka said. "Yep I was, thanks to my new partner here." He said, slapping a hand down on Chewbacca's rather tall shoulders.
"Your partner?" Leia asked. Han nodded and said "Because I saved him from the pirates and from being shot by them, he decided he owed me a life debt." "Well then, good luck Chewbacca, you're going to need it." Leia said before flouncing off to board the ship. Han gave an exasperated sigh and asked Ahsoka "How can you stand her?" Ahsoka chuckled and said "Easy, her father was my Master, where do you think she got it from?" After a final goodbye to Han and Chewbacca, she followed her young Padawan aboard the ship which she soon had headed towards Coruscant.
Man, I had a major scare with this story. So my computer updated without warning me, and it was a major update. After the update was over all my quick linked files were gone, as far as you know how you can hover over an icon and the last few things you did show up and you can pick from there if you wish? Well anyways, I have one document that has all the plans for this story on it and no matter what I searched I couldn't find it. 45 minutes of looking on random SD cards, etc (I am usually a very paranoid person when it comes to stuff and I back up everything I have sometimes 2-3 times) it was like this document never existed and I was really freaking out and annoyed, mixed with a hint of sadness, because some of the notes were sections I had already covered and I like looking at the small differences ( or big, lol) from what I had planned to what actually happened. Suddenly this brainstorm of a thought, that I didn't quite dare to hope to be right flashed into my brain. Act like you are going to save a doc and see what file it puts it under.
Turns out, at some point the thing started saving under my user name (how I do not know, I never look under that let alone save, lol) and for some reason even when I searched the computer and the section that I clicked on to get to my username (I used Naare since besides the doc for the story and the story idea, she is only on my quick info doc (the one I had to make due to no internet at home) it wasn't showing up even though it was there. I was so relieved to see it, that the first thing I did after moving it to where all my other fanfic docs are, I backed it up two times XD Anyways, can I get a woot woot that all my brainstorming is still there? XD