Survival, Dark Times 3

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Lando

Bria frowned. "Typical Winter." She muttered, before brightening up again, "But she'll be fine. From working with her I know she can handle worse situations."

"And it is useful having someone on the inside." I added.

Then I seen Han finally emerge from the Millenium Falcon. Behind him came Chewie, Threepio, Artoo, Caitlin Trok and Leia, holding two little bundles of joy in her arms. She looked tired, but also overjoyed. Han, despite the other recent events, was also beaming for ear to ear.

I ran to him and gave him a congratulatory hug.

"Heh, easy there buddy!" Han gasped, as I almost winded him.

"I just heard the news." I said with a grin, "Congratualtions!"

"Thanks!"

I moved over to Leia, and looked down at the twins. "I'm ecstatic for you!"

"I am too." She replied, "And thanks for letting us stay here Lando, we really appreciate it. These guys do too. Jacen, Jaina... this is your uncle Lando!"

I blushed. "A pleasure to meet you!" I said, smiling at the babies. I could see elements of both Han and Leia in them. "You should go ahead and go inside." I told Leia, "It's pretty chilly out here."

She nodded and walked past me towards Bria and Miss H. "Thanks again!" She called back, to which I replied with another grin. I watched her walk away for a few moments before again turning to Han, and giving him a hefty pat on the back. In fact it almost seemed more like a slap, as I definately winded him this time.

"Woah," He said with a cough, "You seem more excited than I do!"

"You do know I'm going to spoil those kids like nothing normal, don't you?"

"Yeah." He replied, still recovering, "Until you and Bria have one of your own!"

"Maybe someday we will, and you'll be uncle Han!"

"You bet. But I think we should all go inside. Despite me wanting to just settle down with Leia and the twins, there is far too much to do..."

Daron

"I think so." I replied, "I can hear them anyway." I said, pointing to the wreckage behind which the sound was coming from.

"Hey, a little help here?" I heard Arthren call, "I'm trapped under this kriffing unit, can't move my arms at all."

"Gotcha." I replied as we made our way towards her. It took some effort to push it off. "Anything damaged."

"You mean apart from my ego?" She replied sarcastically, "No, I'm fine."

"Good." I said as I helped her to her feet, "We should make our way to the others."

Winter

"I couldn't have put it any better myself, Mr Solon!" I said as he appeared. "Well, I think my friend and I will get back to the celebrations. Congratulations again!"

We hastily made way and moved to the other side of the hall. "Well it looks like Solon has a little lapdog he can rely on for some good press. As much as I put Sora at fault for this whole situation, I just know that scummy little reporter was an influence!"

Ardol Vent

"A pleasure to talk with you!" I liead, as Winter and that mercenary Jervada walked away. I wasn't keen on either of them, though they probably felt the same. They fact that the girl stayed surprised me, but I sensed no lie in her words. As for Jervada, he was a mercenary. He would stick by Sora, so long as he got a decent paycheck out of it. But now, they didn't matter, the man in front of me did. What was Sora thinking, letting this guy into power? Not that I was complaining.

"Ah, I'm simply doing my job, Mr Solon." I replied smugly, "An ideal I'm sure a man such as you is all too famliar with. And I believe congratulations are in order. I must say, with you at the helm, someone who is finally unafraid to take action, this planet will be a much better place!"

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Miss Haltzilakas

We directed everyone inside, and soon enough, we all were walking throughout the halls of Cloud City, with Lando and Bria leading the way.

"I need to find the hawt men..." Erin muttered as we went along.

"Can we please throw her into the endless sky?" Trika asked.

"Unfortunately, no," Lynn replied.

"I do hope this goes better than our previous times here! Last time, we got word that Mon Mothma had been assassinated, and we also had to rush off to save Miss Starstone-" Threepio began.

"Guess we'll be doing that again, won't we?" Nack pointed out.

"And," Threepio continued. "The time before that, I got shot and had to ride on the back of that ridiculous Wookie, Master Luke found out that Darth Vader was his father, and Captain Solo got captured!"

"Administator Calrissian," Caitlin interrupted, walking up to Lando. "In this sector of the city, do you have any available Medical Bays? Because I really should get Leia to one...she seems fine, but I'd like to run a check up on her in a fully equipped hospital. The Falcon wasn't exactly built for births."

Solon

I nodded. "Yes, in order to run a government properly, you have to take harsh actions sometimes...but in the end, thats what gets the job done. Unfortunately, my predecessor nor Han Solo had that kind of nerve. We are lucky that the Supreme Admiral caught it in time, or else the NR would have been reduced to nothing. With Admiral Trok and I here, these constant attacks and deaths will stop. Justice, peace, and freedom will stand strong." I explained to Vent.

I believed I was doing quite well at this.

Marlena

I walked forward, limping slightly, and saw Alsia speaking to Jan...Naos was slowly awakening as well. Serra and Caleb were also up, and now so was Arthren.

"Think you can walk?" Alsia asked Jan.

Jan nodded slowly, and oddly seemed to be feeling her stomach. She was silent for a brief moment, then spoke again, sounding alot more relieved. "Yes...yes I can. Thanks, I'll be fine."

Naos looked around, getting his bearings no doubt. He clutched his head at first, and seemed to be bleeding in a few places, but overall looked fine. "Wow...at least we lived."

"Yeah, it just shows how strong we are," Jan told him.

He gave her a wary look.

I turned to see Alsia pulling some more rubble off of someone, and I saw Allison Hallon beneath it. She then stood up, surprisingly well for someone who had gotten shot and imprisoned before being thrown under piles of metal. "Don't think walls and roofs can cut through armor the way that blaster bolts can," she commented with a sarcastic laugh. "Mona always has to make a dramatic exit, doesn't she?"

I sighed. Perhaps I should have killed her, or done something to her...then we wouldn't be in this mess.

No, I know I made the right choice...this may have been a consequence, but I made the right choice. I can't waste my life, a life I am very lucky to still have, dwelling on that. Its time to move on.

I also saw Wey being helped out of some rubble, and he looked like he had a few bad cuts, but nothing major. "That was one hell of a crash," he said. "Thank the Force most of us made it."

Wait a minute... I thought to myself, just realizing something in that instant.

"Wait...oh, dear, the ship split in two as we entered the atmosphere," I recalled, another detail returning to me. I then raised my voice. "Everyone, wait, what about Li and Sem?!"

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Lando

"Please, Caitlin. Just call me Lando." I replied, "We are all friends here. No need for formalities. And yes, of course.

"I can take you there now if you'd like?" Bria suggested.

Ardol

"By the Force, I'll drink to that!" I said raising my glass. "And I'm glad that I'm not the only one who seen the light in regards to Han Solo. The Supreme Admiral was very wise to remove him from his position. It says a lot about Solo that he instinctively tried to rebel, and look what happened. It was because of him, that the Admiral's poor step-daughter got dragged into all of this..."

Serra

"I hate to be the pessimist but they were heading towards the ship we came in on." Arthren explained, "It was right at the edge of the ship. We were in the center. We barely managed to survive... it's highly unlikely that they did."

"But we... we can't give up on them." A despondant Uli persisted.

"We won't!" I told him confidently. "We need to get ourselves in order. Sort out whatever food and water we have, tend to the wounded etc. But then, we will search for their side of the ship. It can't be that far. Three or four days away most likely."

"Yeah, 'cause that ain't far at all now is it?" Daron said sarcastically.

I ignored him.

"Agh!" Jenn gasped, as she finally woke, "I... what's going on?"

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Marlena

"Serra's right. We may not like it, but she's right," I agreed, approaching everyone else. "We need to wait and make sure we're all alright before we find them, but we will go after them...and we all know that Li and Sem are strong. Some of us may not know them well, but they don't go down easy."

Both Jan and Allison rushed to Jenn's side. "Jenn, good to see you awake!" Allison exclaimed, kneeling down beside her.

"Mona sent the ship crashing into Tattooine," Jan explained to her friend. "We all just woke up ourselves...but I think everyone is okay. Only people missing are the two Jedi Padawans, because the ship split in two."

"While you all get everything else taken care of, I'm going to see if we're near any kind of civilization," Alsia said, heading for the wall. "Naos, I can feel a breeze coming in from here...I think there's a hole in the wall, but some rubble's covering it. Can you move it with the Force?"

"Yeah, sure," Naos answered, slowly extending his hands. Within seconds, the rubble slowly began to move to the side. "Sorry, my Force powers aren't quite as strong as they'd normally be."

After several more seconds, it was all moved to the side, and sure enough, there was a hole large enough for us to get out. Alsia stepped out, and looked around.

A mere minute later, while we checked all of our injuries to make sure we were alright, she came right back inside. "Yeah, no one's going to like this but...I see nothing. We're in the middle of the desert."

Miss Haltzilakas

"Sure. Thank you, Lando," Caitlin answered, walking up beside Leia and Bria. We saw them take a turn to the right, heading for the hospital.

"Okay, now," I began, knowing that there was alot to be discussed. "Even if Han and I aren't in official positions anymore, we still have alot to do. First order of business, we need to get Olee back...secondly, the last mission Han and I commenced is still ongoing, as far as we know. I think we need to find out the status of that."

Solon

I grinned, giving a toast after Ardol raised his glass. "Yes, all of this is unfortunate. In fact, it should have never happened in the first place...smugglers have no business having such high authority in a galactic government. Although I greatly respect the heroes of the Republic, I am not sure what they were thinking at the time. Han Solo is a very arrogant man...he's outright betrayed everything he claimed to fight for by rebelling like this, and it is a pity that he got Admiral Trok's step-daughter into this, but I am sure it was her choice. No matter who they are, though, they are criminals now, but the citizens can rest-assured that we will have the situation control, and they have proper leaders at long last."

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Jenn

"Fantastic..." Arthren muttered.

I tried to sit up. A sharp shot of pain went through me. I felt my eyes darken, and thought I was going to pass out again. However I managed to keep my conciousness. I lay back down in my original position.

"I'm afraid to say you won't be able to sit up until I remove this piece of shrapnel." Uli stated as he gave me an apologetic look.

"Remove it?" I queried anxiously, "Look at ths size of that thing!"

"I know..." He said soberly, "But I'm afraid we have to. At least then I'll be able to treat the wound, somewhat anyway. If we are in the middle of the desert, chances are after a few days the antibiotics will run out, then it's up to your immune system until we can find a medcenter."

"So, basically you're saying that I'll probably die."

"Well, not exactly."

I sighed. "Alright. Do it."

"OK..." Uli said as he carefully put his hand on the shrapnel, "This won't be pleasant..." He quickly yanked it out, and the tearing sound of flesh could be heard clearly in the silence of the desert. A noise which was followed by my screams of agony...

Bria

I led Leia, Caitlin and the twins to the medbay. "In here." I said as I enetered. The others followed suit, and Caitlin began to prepare her equipment for the check-up. "You know Caitlin..." I said, having somewhat of a brainwave, "One of our doctors recently retired. We have a free post. Even if you're stay here is only temporary, you could take it if you like. You would be paid in full of course. What do you think?"

Han

"The only way we can keep tabs on that is through Winter." I told the others, "I got a message from her just before we came in. She said that she would be out of contact for the next 4 or 5 hours. Apparently Sora is holding some type of celebration, likely to congratulate Solon on his new position."

I paused.

"On top of that, we have the matter of Olee." I continued, "I'm planning to rescue her as soon as possible. She is responsible for the survival of Leia and my children, now Jabba has her. I was thinking I would leave tomorrow afternoon.

"Do you even know where she is?" Memah Roothes asked.

"Yeah, only one place she could be." I replied, "Jabba's Palace. I was thinking of taking a 6 man rescue team. Three of the spots are taken, by Chewie, Bria and I. If anyone else is interested we could really use your help. If all goes well, we should be back here twelve standard hours after we leave, and we'll be able to help you guys with the other situation."

Ardol

I smiled. "You don't know how refreshing it is to hear a leader talk some sense at last!" I told him. I again put out my hand to shake his, "Congratulations again Mr Solon, and heres to a bright new dawn for Coruscant!"

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Marlena

I frowned when I heard Jenn scream in pain...I knew that had to be some of the worst pain you could ever experience in your life. I walked over to her, and kneeled down. Although my own Force powers probably weren't at their best right now, after the fight with Mona and the crash, I could at least do this.

Through the Force, I sent soothing waves to her, trying ot ease the pain as much as possible. It wouldn't get rid of it entirely, but it would at least stop the complete agony.

"How are you feeling?" I asked softly.

Caitlin

I smiled. Actually, that wasn't a bad idea.

"Well, unless the others have something in mind or Sora comes for us, I doubt I'll be going anywhere for awhile...I can't exactly go back to anywhere I was before Coruscant, now that I'm a federal criminal," I answered, continuing to take out some equipment. "So if you'd have me, I'd love to take the position."

Trika

"Glad to know you are getting there quick, she can only last so long in carbonite," I interrupted, recalling how Jabba wanted to put us all in carbonite. I had no doubt that he'd done the same to Olee. He seemed to want us alive. "And I'm going, too...currently, I'm the only one from that team who even can go, and I think since Olee saved all four of our lives there, I need to save her for all of us."

"Captain Solo's body knows much about surviving carbonite, it is only right that his body leads this mission," Kossk commented.

"The only question is," Miss Haltzilakas began, turning around to look at the rest of us. "Are we sure where Jabba's palace is anymore? I know that the Rebels raided it on Tattooine when they had to save you."

"I think thats just it: He wants us to come. I am no Hutt expert, especially not on a fat slug like Jabba, but he wanted us alive...he made sure not to kill any of us. I am sure that he's anticipating that we know right where he is, so we can come immediately." I explained, remembering how the situation on his small ship went down. They had used stun bolts on us, and weren't even going to execute any of us.

"In that case, if I had to take an educated guess," Miss H said, looking directly at Han now. "He's probably hoping that you, in particular, come."

Solon

"Ah, not a bright future for Coruscant," I told him, shaking his hand again. "But a bright future for the entire Galaxy. Thank you for your time, Mr. Vent."

With that, I turned around and walked off. That went considerably well...now I just had to make good relations with the Senate, and my career would be set for good.

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Jenn

I exhaled, and slowly sat up. I was trembling slightly from the shock of the pain, but it had died down a good bit now. All that was left was an irritating nasty wound, which Uli has wrapped up tight. "Don't exert yourself too much Jenn, you've lost a fair bit of blood. If you takei t easy you should be fine."

I nodded, then looked up at Marlena. I could feel her easing the pain slightly. "Thanks..." I said as I shook my head, "I'm in pain and I feel like I'm going to throw up, but I'm alive at least. Well, for now anyway..."

Han

That wasn't a surprise. Jabba sure knew how to hold a grudge!

"Yeah, I guessed as much." I replied, "I'm still going however. And I need two more people. I know things are in a total mess right now but I could really use some help."

Leia

"Great!" Bria said with a wink, "Well, I'll go get the paperwork shall I? I'll be back shortly." With that she left the room.

I took a moment of reflection as Caitlin organised everything. Sora had gone nothing short of mad, we were all criminals again, and I had two beautiful children. What a day!

I sighed, finally feeling like I could relax. I know there was still a lot to be done, but I felt that being off Coruscant removed some of the pressure. "Thanks Caitlin," I said turning my head, "I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't been there."

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Marlena

I nodded. "Well, I'm sure you'll be fine...if you can survive the chaos that went on in space, then you can certainly make it through a wound. Maybe, in the time that you are sitting here recovering, you can finally tell us who you are...though I think we've already got your first name figured out." I joked.

Jenn was a bit...odd. She seemed nice enough, but the other three seemed outward with who they are. She was very mysterious. The only way that we did learn her name was when her friends yelled it.

"Glad to see you're okay, Jenn," Jan kindly commented. She stood up. "Allison, can I see you outside for a minute? I need to get some fresh air."

"Yeah, sure...we're going to be getting alot of that, anyway, so why not start now?" Allison told her, standing up as well after giving Jenn a gentle pat on the arm. "I'll be back, Jenn."

The two women walked out, and I caught Naos giving them a suspicious stare.

"Naos, I think you can calm down for awhile. These guys may not exactly be our friends, but I don't think anyone has the energy to try to kill you at the moment," Alsia told him with a snort, brushing past him.

Jan

Allison and I stepped outside of the ship, and I looked around a bit...there was nothing to see here. It was just the desert, and ship remains that were scattered about. We had all been at Xizor's palace for a long time after deserting his home on Ryloth, but the only glimpse of sand I got was when I looked out the window.

I felt my stomach again. My baby was still alive...I could feel it in there. My baby with Naos was still there, thankfully...I thought it was going to die when we crashed. Using Naos as someone to fall back on probably saved its life.

"Damn, she was right. We're in the middle of nowhere." Allison commented, referring to Alsia.

I sighed heavily, turning around to look at her. "Do you have any idea on how to get out of here?" I asked.

"Uh, sand's a little hard to navigate, Jan. I went to Mos Eisley once or twice while here, yeah, but I don't think we're anywhere near any palaces or cities." Allison replied, a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

"I don't know whether thats a good or bad thing," I commented.

"Not being near Xizor? Good. Not being near anywhere else? Bad. Except maybe Tusken Raider territory...though, with our luck, we probably are close to that area." Allison answered, continuing to glance around at the endless desert before us.

"Allison..." I began slowly, making sure we were out of hearing proximity from the others. "I don't know what to do. Should I tell Naos?"

"About...you-know-what?" Allison inquired, raising an eyebrow.

I nodded.

Her eyebrow remained raised. "Jan, uh, you're a great friend...and I really don't like saying this, I hate saying it, but are you even sure that it survived the crash? Most unborn children wouldn't make it through that kind of trauma."

Again, I nodded. "I was worried about that too, but I checked right when I first woke up...its there. I could feel it...its still alive and hopefully well." I replied.

"No offense, Jan, and maybe I shouldn't have the nerve to say this since you saved my ass, but uhh...you're feelings in the past have been a little out there, if you know what I mean." Allison remarked hesitantly.

I glared at her. "Maybe I've been wrong about some things that I've said, but I still stick to most of it...and I know that my baby lived. It may not be very old, and it may not be kicking or anything, but I can feel it in there." I explained.

"Yeah, okay," Allison said, though it wasn't a rhetoric remark. I could tell that she believed me. "But yeah, back to Naos...you've been raving alot less about him lately. Okay, you still talk about him, but not...not like you did."

I turned away from her, looking into the abyss that was Tattooine. "I...I don't know. I still love Naos with all of my heart, I want to be with him, I feel like we belong, but...ever since I've gotten pregnant, it feels like something's changed."

"Jan, you've spoken to the man all of one time since you became pregnant, and it was on a ship that was going down in flames. How can anything change?"

I groaned. "Not like that. I mean...its suddenly gotten alot more serious. It was serious before, definitely, but now...there's another life involved. I am carrying a baby...originally, I guess I felt like I could use it as a token to get Naos, but now...now I realize how serious this is."

"Jan," Allison began, putting a hand on my shoulder. "I'm not good at comforting or anything, but I think I can say this. This is the one time that you probably will ever have with Naos, whether we live or die...the only time that you can actually be civil with him. This is his baby, and he deserves to know that. Take advantage of this while you can."

Trika

"Okay, any more takers?" I asked, to no one in particular.

"What about the Jedi? Olee is one of them, after all, if I heard right...maybe we could get them to help rescue her? They should be on Bespin by now, and if not, they'll certainly be here by the time Han leaves." Nack queried.

"If the Jedi offer their help, we can take it, but we were the ones that selected her for that mission on Jabba's ship. We chose her personally...its only right that we be the ones to rescue her." Miss H explained.

"If Captain Solo's body is agreeable, my body will come along to help rescue Master Starstone's body before it is deprived of life," Kossk suddenly announced, his eyes darting to Han. "I will offer my body's full powers to bring her body back safely."

Caitlin

I continued to smile, looking at her while I put some things up. I knew I probably should get everything in order now rather than later...because I had a feeling that I'd be seeing alot of business here. "Your certainly welcome," I told her. "And its only right that I did it. You're my cousin, after all...in two ways."

My smile faded slightly, as I continued to look at her. "You know, Leia...I'm really sorry about all of this. I knew Sora was like a father to you, and I know how hard it is to watch a father's life spiral downwards until he hits rock bottom. I can't even imagine what its like to go through something like that three times."

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Leia

I smiled. "I guess you could say I'm used to it..." I said staring at the wall blankly, "But Sora made his choices and there's nothing we can do. He turned against his family, branded us criminals, I think it's fair to say I don't really see him as that father figure anymore..."

I glanced down at Jacen and Jaina. Both of them had fallen asleep. "Besides, I have all the family I need right here."

I looked back up at Caitlin. "What about you?" I asked, "I can't imagine all this has been easy on you either."

Uli

"A job's a job." Arthren sighed, "You need to lighten up a little Naos. Jedi aren't supposd to hold grudges."

"You tried to kill him!" Serra snapped, "What you expect it all to be sugar and rainbows now that we find ourselves on the same side?"

"Guys!" Jenn interupted. "We can't afford to argue. I guess we all just have to learn to get along, if any of us want to survive this. If we want to get through it then we need to work as a unit."

"She's right." I pitched in, before standing up, leaving Jenn's side. Although she was fine now I was seriously worried about how her condition could deteriorate, even though I didn't show it. "I'm going to try and find the ships supply room. We need to salvage everything we can before we start moving."

Han

"Sure thing." I said, flicking a smile at the Trandoshan. "Now we need one more..."

I scanned the room to see who would be up for it. My gaze stopped at the woman who had been pretty quiet this whole time. "Fi, what do you say? You up for it?"

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Fi pondered for a moment.
"I agree it might be best for me to come along with you."

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Han

"Great!" I said with a nod to Fi. "We will leave tomorrow afternoon. Oh and Goldenrod, you're coming too."

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Trika

My jaw dropped. I darted over to Han's side. "Gee, yeah, bringing a pregnant woman along last time did wonders for us! And of course, you have to bring Fi! I already had to endure a three hour ship ride with her, do you think I can-"

"Trika!" Lynn whispered. "Calm down!"

"And just who are you to be telling me to calm down?" I asked my sister-in-law.

"This is for Olee, not your petty personal issues." Lynn shot back.

I took a deep breath. "Okay, okay...you're right. Sorry about that," I said, raising my voice slightly. "Good to have you on the team, Fi...but why do we have to bring jabber mouth?"

R2 chuckled.

"I take offense to that statement, but I do echo her question. Captain Solo, what need do you have for me?" Threepio asked. "As if you haven't put me through enough chaos!"

Caitlin

My smile returned, hearing Leia talk about her children. It always was great when something like this took place...even in the darkest of times, some light could be found. And Leia and Han had found theirs.

"Well," I started, replying to her question. "Its been...difficult. I mean, these past few months have been like a whirlwind. When I first saw Sonas, I was filled with so much anger...then, when he got killed by a woman who I watched him torture, I had mixed feelings. I was filled with so much frusteration that I wanted to make myself believe that he deserved it, but over time, I've come to see that I was wrong. I realized that...I did love my father, still, even after all of that, and I truly believe that he came to regret his actions by the time he died. He didn't deserve that. Therefore, I chose to mourn the man that he used to be...the man that he was in his final moments, and the kind man that I remember raising me."

"As for Sora and the recent situation, I just don't know. I never knew Sora well...I only have fond memories of him, and I knew he was a hero, but I never thought he could turn into this. Though, at the same time, I never thought the quiet girl that was Mona could turn into a psychotic murderor." I said, shaking my head at all of it. "The Trok and Skywalker line must have something in it...I hope we don't end up the same way."

Marlena

Naos looked to Jenn, before sighing. "Yeah, yeah, you're right...its not even a grudge, I just want to know that they won't shoot me in the back. But Alsia's right...I doubt they will at a time like this, and we do need to work together."

"Don't worry, Naos, I wouldn't allow that to happen." Jan said, both her and Allison stepping back inside. They exchanged a brief glance. "By the way, I sort of wanted to talk to you."

"Uh, well...actually, I think I really need to talk to Marlena." he said.

"Oh..." Jan slowly said.

"Me?" I asked in confusion.

He nodded.

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Han

"Well Threepio I need you to be my translator, don't I?" I answered. The droid looked like he was about to answer the rhetorical question, "Basically, you and I will walk in and negotiate."

"Negotiate?" Memah asked skeptically.

"I don't expect to achieve anything of course." I replied, "Basically Threepio and I will be teh distraction for the rest of you to sneak in, get Olee and get out. That... and you'll probably end up rescuing us too."

Leia

"I certainly don't intend to either." I replied, "For now, all we can do is our best. So what's the verdict? Are my children healthy?"

Daron

I stretched and yawned. "Well, all this lying about is making me sleepy. Guess I'll help you out, doc."

"Thanks Daron." Uli replied, "Anyone else?"

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Trika

"So Kossk, Bria, Fi, Chewie, and myself will have to get the mighty Han Solo out of the pit of danger...sounds good," I said smugly, smirking. "Just don't get yourself in too much trouble, or its gonna be like his ship all over again."

"Captain Solo, I am insulted that you keep throwing me in to these dangerous situations! With all due respect, I shall stay here!" Threepio yelled.

"Oooh, you can help me find some hawt men then...we can go all over this nice place, getting every hot guy we can find!!" Erin squealed happily.

"On second thought, perhaps I will attend. Forgive me, Captain Solo."

Caitlin

I looked down at them one last time. "From what I can tell, they are fine...their heartbeat was steady, everything is fine. They are a bit premature, but surprisingly, they are as normal as any other baby would be. It must be that Force talent you all have." I told her. "You'll be released and able to go back to Han soon."

Alsia

"I will, too...I led this thing, after all." I volunteered, knowing that I had to do my part. "We probably won't find anything too big, but I'd think there would be some stuff in there that'd keep us up and running."

"I'll help when we get back," Naos said, heading outside with Marlena.

"Guess the desert is a nice place to have a chat," I commented as I followed Uli and Daron through the wreckage.

[Rain]

Han

"I thought you might, Threepio." I said with a stiffled laugh at the end, "Well, looks like that's all sorted. Now, onto other matters. What are we going to do about this whole being criminals buisness?"

"Sora pretty much has rule over Coruscant, but that gives him good influence over every New Republic planet." Memah explained, "So in other words: we're screwed!"

"I guess it's a good thing for you that Bespin is unaffiliated." Lando remarked. "You are all welcome to live here if you like. We ahev plenty of room, and we are currently extending Cloud City to make it less of an oil mining colony and more of a metropolis."

"I'm fine with that." I said leaning back, "Doesn't look like we have any other options on the table."

Leia

"Thank's again Caitlin." I said with a smile as Bria returned.

"Alright here it is." She said as she handed a few documents to Caitlin, "It's mostly technical jargon, but you can have a look through it whenever you get a chance."

Uli

"Well I guess there's not much else to do." Daron muttered as we hoked our way through the wreckage. Up ahead I spyed some plasteel cylinders.

"There." I said, pointing towards them, "That looks like it. Let's hope theres some food and water, otherwise we're in big trouble."