Death Star: episode #61 Luke and Leia
Previously: Luke almost drowned in the trash compactor, but the creature released him before he did. The walls started closing in. Before all hope was lost, C-3PO turned on the comlink and contacted Luke. R2-D2 then shut down all the trash compactors, and opened the door for them. Stormtroopers chassed us, Owen got separated from us, and Han and Chewie run after stormtroopers. Luke and I take a different route.
�He certainly has courage,� I comment. �Yeah, but what good�s it going to do us if he gets himself killed. Come on.� Owen finds his way to the droids as stormtroopers have seen Luke and me and have started chasing us. We keep running while dodging shots form stormtroopers. Fortunately for us, they don�t have a very good aim, and neither of us gets hit. �Quick, this way,� says Luke as he pulls me down a passage. �I hope you know where you�re taking us,� I say. �Me, too.� When Luke has no idea where he is, or what to do, sometimes he just goes off of instincts and feelings he has, which sometimes gets him into trouble, but amazingly, most of the time, he�s right when he does this. In the situation we find ourselves in now, it looks like it may be one of Luke�s mistakes. We find ourselves in a section of the Death Star where we can no longer go anywhere. We�d have to extend the bridge before we could even hope of going anywhere. We are just past a doorway. Luke�s leading the way the entire time, so he almost walks off the edge of the platform, but he stops himself from falling off of his feelings. He pushes me back o that I don�t fall. That was all done instantly. �Oops, I think we took a wrong turn,� he says. Shots can be heard behind us. Luke hits the panel next to the door to close it. �Lock the door,� I say. �I can�t,� Luke replies. �There isn�t one�but maybe if I �stand back.� He gently moves me aside as he takes out his blaster and shoots the controls. �Isn�t there a way to get across,� I think to myself. �There must be.� Then I notice other walkways in the section we are now in from other passageways. �Quick, find the controls that extend the bridge.� Luke looks at me for a second, thinking then looks at the control panel he just destroyed. �I think I just blasted it.� �Great�they�ll be coming through anytime now.� Luke knew I was right as he said the door was beginning to raise that separated us from the stormtroopers�and that�s not all. Stormtroopers from across the way have now started to shoot at us. Shots that we�re able to avoid, but for an unlimited amount of time. Luke glances at a piece of equipment slightly above us and gets an idea. �Leia, hold this.� He hands me his blaster. He takes out a rope with a hook on the end of it (called a grappling hook) from his belt; stormtroopers are shooting at us from across the way. I try and shoot at them, surprised that I am a decent shot. I nail several of them. Luke is meanwhile uncoiling this grappling hook, and then throws the hook end up to the equipment thing. Luke knows he only has one try at this, so he hopes it�ll work. The hook grips a projection form the piece of equipment. Luke pulls on it, it doesn�t move. He had thrown it up perfectly, so he smiles. I quickly see what he plans to do. I�m not looking forward to it, but I know it�s our only change. �Quick,� I says, �they�re coming!� I give Luke his blaster. Luke glances behind us and sees that the door is now up to the stormtroopers knees. �I know. Just hold onto me. Everything will be fine.� He grabs the rope, and then I give him a kiss on the cheek. �For luck,� I say. He blushes then holds the rope and me as he swings. I close my eyes and grip him as hard as I can. A couple seconds later, I feel solid ground under my feet. �The ride�s over,� Luke says. �Come on.� He and I run and soon find ourselves running with Han. �What kept you?� he asks. �We ran into some old friends,� I say. Han smiles as we run over to the droids and Owen. While Luke and I had our little adventure, Han and Chewie had chassed the stormtroopers, aiming and firing at the wildly until he ran them into a bigger room with more stormtroopers. They finally realized they outnumbered Han and the Wookiee, so they started chasing them back the other way. Han and Chewie made a quick turn into one of the tunnels. They were used to making fast getaways�it was a part of the smuggling business. Luke asks Han when we finally reached the droids, �Howa�s the ship.� �The ship appears okay, as long as we can get to it.� Several stormtroopers were guarding the ship. Back to Darth Vader and Obi-Wan. None of us had noticed the fight until all the stormtroopers guarding the ship suddenly left it in order to see the fight more closely. �Now�s are chance,� says Han. �Go.� Luke was thinking, �Why would all the stormtroopers suddenly leave�� We were all already running. Luke stopped in the middle as he now saw what was happening. The rest of us were all already by the ramp to the ship. Owen looks around, �Where�s Luke?� Then all eyes glance to where Luke is standing. We can now see the fight�
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Death Star: episode #61 Luke and Leia