"Get behind me!" Han yelled as he shot his blaster at the approaching storm troopers. "We can't go that way."

"Looks like you've managed to cut off our only escape route." Leia remarked.

"Perhaps you'd prefer to be back in your cell your highness!" Han retorted irritatedly.

"3Po is there any other way out of this area?"

"I'm sorry sir but everyone has been alerted to your presence. The only way in or out is through the main hanger. All other information concerning the level your on is restricted." 3Po replied.

"Some rescue. When you came in here didn't you have a plan for getting out?" Leia demanded of Han.

"He's the brains sweetheart!" Han replied nodding towards Luke.

"Well I... I..." Luke stuttered his face growing hot in embarrassment.

I smiled trying to stifle a laugh. "You think this is some sort of game? This isn't funny kid!" Han said irritatedly.

Grabbing Luke's gun Leia shot a small grate barely miss hitting Han. "What the **** are you doing?"

"Someone's got to save our skins. Into the garbage chute wise guy!" Leia replied.

Chewie started to whine about the smell and Han said grumpily "I don't care about the smell get in there you big hairy oaf!" Then turning to Luke and I he said "some girl you got there. Either I'm going to kill her or I'm starting to like her." With that he slid down into the garbage shoot.

"Whatever happened to ladies first?" I muttered as I dove in behind him.

"Oh great the garbage chute. That was a great idea. What a wonderful smell you've discovered. Let's get out of here. Move aside." Han said aiming his blaster towards the door.

"No wait!" Luke called but it was too late Han had already shot his blaster which ricocheted off the walls.

"I already tried that, it's no use its magnetically sealed." Luke replied.

"Would you put that away before you get us all killed?!" Leia demanded angrily.

"Look Your worshipfulness, I had everything under control until you lead us down here."

"It's not going to take them long before they figure out what happened to us." I replied finishing Han's sentence.

"Exactly." Han replied.

"It could be worse." Leia replied.

"It's worse. There's something alive down here." Luke replied.

"Your just being paranoid kid." Han replied.

I closed my eyes I could sense something was indeed alive in the compactor with us. "No Luke's right there is something down here.

"Something just brushed past my leg." Luke replied worriedly. "Look there it is!" Luke pointed at it and as he did he was suddenly dragged down into the muck.

"Luke!" Leia screamed.

"Help!" Luke choked and the group could clearly see a huge tentacle wrapped around Luke's throat.

"Luke grab this!" Leia called to him holding out a large pipe but it did no good. He creature dragged him under the garbage once more. A few minutes later he came up again once more gasping for air.

"Someone shoot this thing. My guns jammed." Luke gasped.

"Shoot where?" Han asked looking around frantically for the creature.

"Anywhere." Luke replied and Han began shooting wildly down into the garbage to no prevail.

Sensing the creature I closed my eyes and focuses on the creature. "Let him go." I whispered.

"Hay you, nows not the time to be taking a nap! Can't you see Luke's in trouble?" Leia demanded. I simply ignored her and continued to focus on the creature trying to communicate with it.

Suddenly, the creature released Luke and disappeared. "What happened?"

"I don't know it just let go." Luke replied.

I could sense the frantic thoughts of the creature and realized why it had let Luke go. The compactor process had started. It would only be a few minutes until this room we were in no longer existed. "I've got a bad feeling about this." Han said as the walls moved slightly forward.

"The walls are moving in."

"Well don't just stand there! Try and brace it with something!" Leia replied irritatedly. As Han and Leia frantically tried to brace the walls to stop them from moving Luke suddenly remembered his com-link.

"Wait a minute. 3Po! Come in 3Po!" Luke called to no prevail. When it seemed all hope was lost 3PO's voice came over the comlink

"Are you there sir?"

"3PO."

"We've had some trouble sir."

"Will you shut up! Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level! Shut down all garbage mashers on the detention level!" Just seconds before we would have become pancakes the walls stopped moving and we all danced together and shouted for joy. 3PO heard our screams of joy and groaned in despair.

"You'd better tell him we are ok. I think he might be thinking he was too late." I stated as everyone continued to jump up and down with joy.

"3PO we are ok! We are ok!" Luke shouted happily into the comlink.