Death Star: episode #59 The Garbage Chute
Previously: Obi-Wan Kenobi has deactivated the tractor beam, but ran into Darth Vader on his way to the Millennium Falcon. They started fighting (a lightsaber battle), while R2-D2 and C-3PO tricked the stormtroopers that came in the room they were in and are now across from the ship.
Threepio, worried, says, �Where could Master Luke be. Hurry up�se if they�ve been captured.� R2-D2 gives as negative response after checking the entire database of the Imperial network. �Oh, good,� says C-3PO. �But where could they be?� Han has just met up with Luke, Owen, and I. Stormtroopers are after us now�all the stormtroopers in the entire battle station because the general alarm has been sounded. Stormtroopers can be heard coming from behind us too�our only escape route. �Looks like you�ve managed to cut off our only escape rout,� I says to the man that I assume is Han. �Maybe you would prefer it back in your cell,� her replies. Luke says, �look�� he points to a small grate that could only be the garbage chute. Before Luke realizes it, I grab Luke�s gun and shoot the grate so that there is now a big enough opening for even a Wookiee to fit through. (Remember, Chewie is with us, too.) Luke says, �Hey�� I give the gun back to Luke. �Come on, it�s our only option,� I says. Owen goes in first, followed by me. Luke and Han are shooting at the approaching stormtroopers, who are shooting at us. Chewie is half into the grate. He growls something to Han. �Get in there you big fury oaf�I don�t care what you smell.� Chewbacca reluctantly gets into the garage chute as well. Han turns to Luke, �I�m either going to kill that girl or I�m beginning to like her.� Luke glances at Han quickly with a you can�t because I like her look. ��You�d better get in there, kid. I don�t� know ho long we can hold these stupid people off.� (Referring to the stormtroopers.) Luke jumps in after firing his blaster at nothing in hopes to cover up their escape with weapon fire. Han follows Luke. As soon as Luke ends up at the bottom, he fires a quick shot at the garbage chute wall. The shot bounces off the wall a couple times before disappearing. It wasn�t a big shot. �Just what I thought�it�s magnetically sealed.� Han missed this, and as soon as he lands he fires a bunch of long shots at the walls. The shots bounce all over the place before they disappear. �Will you forget that? I already tried that�it�s magnetically sealed,� says Luke. �Put that thing away before you get us all killed,� I say. �Yes your worship. Look, I had everything under control until you brought us down here. Good idea, the garbage chute. What an incredible smell you seem to have discovered.� I give him a look. Han continues, �It�s not going to take them long to figure out what�s happened to us.� �Well it could be worse,� I say. Owen just kind of sits back and watches, finding the whole thing to be kind of funny. �Who are you anyway?� Owen asks Han trying to keep from laughing. �I�m Han Solo, Captain of the Millennium Falcon, I suppose you�ll be coming with us.� �If that is how Luke came, then yes.� Luke nods. �He's my uncle, Han,� and Luke�s asthma starts to bother him. Owen looks at Luke a second, �Are you all right, Luke?� �I think so�there�s all kinds of crap down here (referring to the garbage chute) there�s got to be things growing in here. But how did you and Lissy get here?� �You have your inhaler, right?� Luke nods, �Yeah, Lissy gave it to me.� Owen then says, �Well, this is a long story, but it turns out that your friend from another dimension really isn�t. She is Bail Organa�s daughter, one of the rebel leaders. She, I guess, was kidnapped by the Maurders when she was a baby and taken there. Her real name is Princess Leia.� Luke turns to me to kind of find out from me if he�s telling the truth�it�s too good for him to believe. �It�s true,� I say. Owen then continues, �Lissy�Leia and I were on our way to Alderaan, sent there by Bail, when we were stopped by Darth Vader and the rest of the people on the Death Star. What about you, how�d you get here?� �I�well Ben found us Han and Chewie who were taking us to Yavin when we saw this battle station. The tractor beam pulled us in.� �You weren�t captured then?� �No, they never actually captured us�we just can�t leave unless Ben gets the tractor beam out of commission.� Luke stops talking to use his inhaler. He�s getting sick again because of where we are. �Threepio�� Luke tries on his comlink, but is getting nothing but static. �Threepio won�t answer,� Luke says in despair. �That�s the only way we can get out of here.� Luke pauses. �There�s something alive in here,� he says. �That's your imagination, kid,� says Han. �NO, something just brushed my leg.� I look around, uneasy as I back up. Something moves in the muck we�ve landed in (that Luke is standing in the middle of.) �Did you see that?!� he asks Han. Suddenly the ugly garbage creature pops it�s eye above surface, grabs Luke�s legs, then pulls Luke under. He disappears form our view totally�
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Death Star: episode #59 The Garbage Chute