"Now if we can just avoid any more female advice maybe we can actually get out of here." Han said as we all exited the maintenance door to the garbage area.

"Well let's get moving." Luke replied as Han handed him a blaster. No had Luke finished saying this the creature that had grabbed Luke earlier reached its tentacle up hoping to grab another victim. Upon seeing it Han shot at it. "No wait they'll hear!" Leia yelled at him but it was too late the sound of his blaster echoed in the empty hallway.

"Get over here you big coward." Han scolded Chewie who shook his head no. "Oh come on, just get over here will you?"

"Look, I don't know who you are or where you come from but from now on you do as I say do you understand?" Leia demanded irritatedly to Han who looked at her shocked.

"Look lady, I only take orders from one person and that's me." Han replied.

"It's a wonder your still alive." Leia retorted.

After our maneuvering several units of storm troopers we were finally close to the hanger bay where the falcon was waiting. "Didn't we just leave this party?" Han grumbled as some more storm troopers headed our way. It didn't take Luke and Leia long to catch up with us. "What took you so long?" Han asked semi sarcastically.

"We ran into some old friends." Luke replied. "Is the ship alright?"

"She looks fine. She should be ok if we could only get to her. Let's hope that old man was able to get the tractor beam out of commission." Han replied.

"Look." Luke said as we watched the storm troopers guarding the ship walk off. We looked in the direction they had gone and saw Ben fighting with Vader. Upon spotting us Ben lowered his lightsaber and allowed Vader to strike him down.

"NO!" Luke and I screamed horrified and semi angrily. The troopers turned and looked our direction but at that point we were already making a run for the falcon.

"Run Catherine, run Luke!" Came the voice of Ben. Luke looked around to see where the voice was coming from but ultimately did as the voice told him. But not before blasting the door panel stopping Vader and his storm troopers from advancing towards us. Soon we had taken off and we're being pursued by short range fighters.

"We had better hope that old man got that tractor beam deactivated or this is going to be one short trip." Han stated as we flew out of the hanger bay.

"I can't believe he's gone." Luke said sadly.

"Neither can I but what is done is done. We have to face the reality that he's gone. Sitting here moping around won't bring him back. We have to move on." I replied and Luke looked at me and frowned.

"There was nothing you could have done." Leia said trying to comfort Luke who sat at the table sadly.

"Leia's right you know. Vader is a very powerful man you wouldn't have stood a chance against him." I replied. Luke was about to reply but Han ducked his head into the room.

"We are not out of the woods yet. We've got Tie fighters on our tail." Han said to us and Luke immediately arose and went and sat down at the gun control while Han took the other gun. In a matter of moments the fighters were destroyed.

"We did it!" The group replied happily.

"Not a bad bit of rescuing huh? Sometimes I amaze myself." Han replied tooting his own horn.

"I'm not surprised. They let us go. That's the only explanation for the easy of our escape." Leia replied mater of factly.

"You call that easy?" Han asked semi surprised.

"They are tracking us." Leia replied mater of factly once more.

"Not this ship sister!" Han replied irritatedly and Leia shook her head disgusted.

"At least the memory is still intact in this R2 unit."

"Why what's he carrying that's so important?" Han asked.

"The technical read out of that battle station. I only hope when the data is analyzed that a weakness is found. It's not over yet."

"It is for me sister! Look I ain't in this for your revolution or for you princess, I expect to be well paid. I'm in it for the money." Han replied.

"You needn't worry about your reward. If money is all you love then money is what you'll receive." Leia replied angrily brushing past Han. She paused as she exited the cockpit. "Your friend is quite the mercenary I wonder if he really cares about anything. She paused and then continued "or anyone."

"I care." Luke called to her but at that point Leia was too irritated to care. "So what do you think of her?" Luke asked Han nodding towards Leia's direction.

"I'm trying not to kid." Han replied.

"Good." Luke muttered under his breath.

"Still, she's got a lot of sprit. I don't know do you think a princess like her and a guy like me???"

"No." Luke replied a hint if jealousy in his voice.

Once landed on the planet Leia walked hurriedly through the rebel base. "I'm so glad your ok. When we heard about Alderan we feared the worst."

"We don't have time for sorrow commander. You must get the information from this r2 unit and plan our attack." Pointing towards Han and the falcon she continued "we where surely followed her by that battle station."

After retrieving the information from R2 the leader of the pilots gave a short presentation about the death star and what lied ahead. Han tried his best to ignore the meeting as he loaded the crates of cash. "So that's it? Your just going to get your reward and leave huh?" Luke demanded irritatedly.

"That's right. I've got some old debts to pay with this cash. Besides even if I didn't you don't think I'm foolish enough to stay around here do you? You know your good in a fight why don't you come along? I could use a good fighter like you." Han offered.

Luke shook his head disappointedly. "Come on look around! You know what's about to happen. You've seen what they are up against. They could use a good pilot like yourself. Your turning your back on them." Luke replied irritatedly.

"What good is a reward if you aren't around to spend it. Besides attacking that battle station isn't my definition of courage it's more like suicide." Han replied.

"Alright." Luke replied disappointed. "Take care of yourself Han. I guess that's what your best at." Luke replied turning to head back towards the fighters.

"Hay Luke.." Luke looked back at Han momentarily. "May the force be with you." Han replied giving Luke a wink. Luke raised his hand and gave a slight wave and then walked away sadly.

"What's wrong?" Leia asked when she saw how downcast Luke looked.

"Oh it's Han. I really thought he'd change his mind." Luke replied with a sigh.

"He's got to choose his own path no one can do it for him." Leia replied.

Meanwhile, back at the falcon Chewie was giving Han a disappointed look. "What? I know what I'm doing." Han replied.

Soon the battle had begun and lots of fighters are loosing their lives on both sides. Vader ultimately joins the fight. I frown upon seeing the ship on the screen that Leia and the others are watching. "That's Vader's fighter. I've got to do something." I mutter but there are no more x fighters and Han and Chewie are already long gone. "Oh fudge!" I mutter irritatedly. As the battle ensues Luke's best friend Biggs Darklighter's x wing is hit and it explodes. Luke is frustrated and now more determined then ever to destroy the staton.

As Luke closes in on the target he hears Ben's voice "trust the force Luke." Ignoring the voice he focuses more. "Let go Luke. Trust me Luke." Ben's voice tells him and finally he listens and turns off his scanner.

"You've turned off your targeting scanner is something wrong?"

"No I'm alright." Luke replies.

Meanwhile behind him Vader and his two tie fighters are quickly approaching Luke's x wing. "The force is strong with this one." Vader mutters as he tries to target the ship. "I've got you now." However right before Vader is about to fire upon Luke a blast comes out of seemingly nowhere and blasts the two fighters next to him. "What?!" Vader demands irritatedly trying to figure out where the blasts were coming from. However, it's too late and soon Vader finds his ship spinning out of control.

Luke looks to see who had come to his rescue when he hears a loud Yahoo!" He smiles as he realizes his rescuer is none other then the millennium falcon. "Your all clear kid. Now let's blow this thing and go home." Han calls to him over the speaker. Luke smiled and shoots the target blowing up the Death Star and all who were on it.