"Corporal Flynn" Liea's voice could be heard across the hangar, and Candace froze. They were in the hangar bay of the captured star destroyer. Candace was helping unload repair supplies, as the Imperial Battlecruiser was heavily damaged during the battle, and the rebellion intended to repair the newest acquisition to their fleet as quickly as possible. It seemed Liea's "conference" with Candace couldn't wait, however.

Buford and Baljeet turned to stare at their friend and comrade as the rebellion's leader strode towards her. Technicians, soldiers and pilots turned and stared at Princess Liea briefly, before returning to their tasks. Buford shrugged, and Baljeet each gave Candace a sympathetic look, before each returned to their tasks.

"Corporal." Liea reached Candace. The former stormtrooper chuckled nervously. "Follow me." Candace complied, and followed her superior across the hangar bay, to an airlock that connected the Tantive V with the captured Star Destroyer. Liea opened it, and Candace gulped, before stepping inside.

Darthenshmirts's ship landed at Tipoca City on Kamino. A boarding ramp lowered onto the landing platform, as an officer, two stormtroopers, and a Kaminoan approached the ship. Darthenshmirtz exited, followed by Lieutenant Yaami, NORM-3P0, two stormtroopers, and finally, Ferb and his parents.

"Greetings, Lord Darthensmritz." The officer announced. "My name is Colonel Crefet, and this" he gestured to the Kaminoan "is Dr. Tanmi." the male Kaminoan bowed. "I'll think you'll find he has the skills necessary to work with you on...your..ah..project." he finished, somewhat awkwardly.

"Well, howdy!" Darthenshmirtz replied, oblivious to the Colonel's discomfort regarding his secret project. "I'm...well, you already know my name actually. This..uh..is Lieutenant Yaami," Yaami nodded "and NORM-3P0."

"HI!" The droid said "I AM NORM-3P0!"

"Yeah, yeah, NORM," Darthenshmirtz said. "I just told them that." The droid's normally smiling mouth flipped down to create a frown. "Anyway," the sith continued "you said you had an empty cloning chamber for my...project." he asked.

Crefet nodded. "Follow me." he said dryly. The group followed the colonel into an airspeeder that took them to the mostly abandoned military complex left over from the clone wars.

"I read about this place." Yaami whispered. "It served as a base for the republic's clone army during the clone wars." The airspeeder landed in front of a surprisingly nice-looking building.

"It's beautiful!" Darthenshmirtz said excitedly.

"Wait'll you see the inside!" Crefet replied as the party entered. A spotless steel floor sparked next to an artificial waterfall. A ping-pong table was tucked into a corner, and in the middle, a massive tower full of cloning chambers was centered in the middle. "There's a fully stocked mini-bar, a business center, and a hot tub on the second floor." he gestured to a nice stairwell

Darthenshmirtz grinned. "This place is amazing!" Crefet nodded.

"If you need anything" the Colonel finished "just ask the concierge." he gestured to a man in a tuxedo sitting behind a desk.

"Wait, sir!" Yaami asked Crefet as he left. "Where do I put our prisoners?"

"Oh, there's a cell block two levels below us. There's already some guards there." Yaami nodded, and turned to find NORM enjoying the waterfall. By bathing in it.

"What are you doing?" The Lieutenant demanded of the overgrown protocol droid.

"TAKING AN OIL BATH TO EASE MY JOINTS!" NORM responded.

"WHAT? An oil ba-Are you crazy? What the hell is wro-Get the hell out of there! You're gonna-" Suddenly , loud creaking noises filled the hall.

"-rust." finished Lieutenant Yaami.

"I CANNOT MOVE!" NORM announced. Just at that moment, Darthenshmirtz walked over from going over the cloning facility's specs with Dr. Tanmi.

"NORM! Why are in the waterfall?" he asked. "Lieutenant Yaami, why-why is NORM in the waterfall?"

"He's trying to take an oil bath, sir." Darthenshmirtz frowned.

"Huh. Well, have the concierge call a maintenance crew to get him out of there, and de-rust him."

Yaami nodded. "Yes sir." Darthenshmirtz shook his head.

"Anyway…" he turned to Ferb, who, unlike his parents, had not been taken down to the prison level. "You're probably wondering what we' doing here. I mean, what revenge plan requires a cloning faciltiy, right?"

Ferb blinked. "Well you see, I'm not really after your brother. Or you." Ferb frowned, confused. "Who I'm really after, well, it's Perry the Platypus. I need him-or rather his DNA-for my project: An army of genetically enhanced Perry the Platypus clones!" Ferb whimpered, which was strangely uncharacteristic of him.

"Candace." Liea began. "We need to talk." Candace grinned nervously. "What you did was dangerous. Now I didn't understand the whole story at the time, and thanks to Han," Liea stopped and scowled at the mere mention of the smuggler. Candace picked up on the obvious frustration.

"Thanks to Han" Liea continued. "I know the full story; the deaths of the queen and that guard were not your fault." Candace relaxed in her chair.

"However, you did run off alone, and need to be disciplined." Candace gulped. "I've asked your direct superior, our Chief Engineer to come up with a suitable punishment." The door behind Candace opened, and the Ithorian engineer stepped through.

"Ah, Corporal Flynn!" he said. Then he grunted, than coughed, then started to speak again. "I found several ion conduits on this captured Star Destroyer that need scrubbing. You'll find a map showing where they are, some gloves, google, and a brush in your footlocker." He left.

"Well, Corporal." Liea said, covering her face to hide a smirk "You're dismissed." Candace nodded, and left. As the door closed, Liea turned her chair to the viewport, and sighed, watching the stars.

"Liea!" Han burst into Liea's office twenty minuted later. "We're you in the middle of something?"

"No, no." Liea said. "What do you want?"

"You know that whole "Jabba wants me dead because I lost a lot of his money" thing?" Liea rolled her eyes and nodded. "Well, I kinda…..need money. To pay off Jabba. Or bounty hunters are going to start stalking me, which will create problems for you." Liea sat up, annoyed.

"Oh and just how will that create problems for me?"

"They'll follow us, and once realize that we're high-profile Rebel targets, they...will….sell us out to the Empire." Liea froze. She got up, and glared at the smuggler.

"So, can I have the money?" Han finished nervously.

"Bounty Hunters!?" shrieked Liea. Han winced. Then, alarms started blaring.

"Your highness!" An officer appeared at the doorway "The bounty hunter Denagar has landed in the Star Destroyer's hangar, and announced he is looking for Captain Solo!"

Glossary:

Kamino-Ocean planet from Attack of the Clones. The Republic's clone army was cloned here.

Tipoca City- Capital city of Kamino

Kaminoan-Tall, pale beings that inhabit Kamino

Admiral Ozzel- The Imperial admiral who Vader killed in Empire Strikes Back.

Denagar-The bounty hunter who was wearing the turban in the bridge scene in Empire Strikes back.

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