The Empire's Fall (Pt.2)

Chapter Six: Bespin

The atmosphere of Bespin is not unlike that of Dagobah. Thick fog and clouds swirl around us. The shining city is just ahead. Artoo beeps and whistles, and as he does the sounds he makes are written onto my screen."

"No, Threepio's with them."

Artoo whistles again.

Just hang on," I say, with irritation clear in my voice. "We're almost there."

Our X-wings soar through the clouds that surround the city. I don't see any guards, so I comm Luke.

"Luke, do you see any city guards?"

"No, I don't. What about you?"

"None. I don't see any. This doesn't feel right, it just seems a little too peaceful around here."

Luke, Artoo, and I walk carefully down a deserted corridor, I hear what sounds like a group of people coming down one of the side hallways. Artoo lets out a series of whistles and squeals. Which earns him a glare from both me and Luke.

Boba Fett, a notorious bounty hunter, enters from the side hallway, followed by two guard that are pushing, what looks like, a rectangular block of stone. Two stormtroopers follow, and they immediately spot Luke, Artoo, and I. Then they open fire. Luke and I draw our weapons and blast one trooper each before they can get another shot at us. The guards leave, but Fett stays and begins shooting at us. One of his shots explodes to one side, and leaves a giant hole in the wall. I don't envy whoever has to fix that!

Luke and I rush into a side hallway, but by the time we get there, Boba Fett is already gone. A thick, metal door blocks our way, so we turn around to go back. As we turn, I spot Leia, Chewie, Threepio, and a man that I do not know being herded down the other hallway by stormtroopers. Leia catches sight of us and yells,

"Luke! Leeda, don't—it's a trap! It's a trap!"

Before she can finish though, she is pulled through a doorway, and I lose sight of her. Luke and I race after them. Once we get to an anteroom, we stop to get our bearings. However, Leia and the others, are no where to be found.

Behind Luke and I, Artoo scoots down the corridor toward where we are, when suddenly a giant metal door comes slamming down, cutting off our exit. Moments later I hear several more doors clang shut, each one echoing throughout the chamber.

Luke and I walk forward among hissing pipes and steam. There is an opening above us, so we stop and look up. As I continue looking up, the platform we're standing on begins to move.

The platform brings us up into another chamber. The room is almost deathly quiet. Very little steam escapes from the pipes here, and no one but us seems to be in the room. Warily, I walk toward the stairway, and I can hear Luke's footfalls behind me.

As we get to the stairway steam begins to build up in the room. Looking through the steam, I see a dark figure standing on a walkway above us. Luke holsters his gun, as do I, and we move up the stairs in tandem.

"The Force is strong with you young Skywalkers. But neither of you are Jedi yet."

Luke ignites his lightsaber in answer to what Vader said. Vader responds by igniting his own, when Vader ignites his saber, I ignite my own. Luke lunges, but Vader repels his blow. When Luke attacks again, I join him, and all three of our lightsabers clash with a hiss, and a small burst of multicolored light.

Our three lightsabers are locked together and the three of us, Luke, me, and Vader, are on the platform that overlooks the chamber we entered from. Our sabers clash yet again, and the platform sways. Luke and I drive Vader back together, forcing him to use defensive tactics, as we have been.