Here We Go Again

Chapter 9

Leia's POV

"Wait!" I yelled, grabbing Ezra's arm before he ran out of the ship, lightsabers blazing.  I had stopped him because of who was leading the Imperial soldiers on the gravity well.  I stared as none other than Agent Kallus walked into the loading bay, escorting four stormtroopers.  

"Open the ramp," I commanded Han.

"Why?" Han bursted out.

"That's Agent Kallus," Ezra said as he gazed upon the Imperial spy.  "He is bad news."

"No, he is not," I said calmly.

And it was true, he was not.  Agent Kallus may have seemed like a high ranking Imperial officer through and through, he was actually a Rebellion spy during our fight against the Empire.

"And what makes you say that?" Lucille hissed.

"Argh!" Chewie roared, obviously also wanting to hear the answer.  

Before I could say anything, the sound of the ramp opening rang throughout the ship.  Looking to Han, he gave me a look that informed me he had not done anything.

"Come out, rebel scum!" the voice of Kallus called out.

"Come on," I said, gesturing to the group.

"Are you crazy?" Ezra asked.  "I have fought that man many times!  He is not exactly what you would call friendly."

"You do not understand," I said.  "Just come on!"

I walked briskly to the ladder that led down to the loading bay, the rest reluctantly following.  Kallus and his troopers had already occupied the bay.  As soon as I touched solid ground, I gave a nod to the agent.  His face furrowed into a deep frown as he saw who's ship he had captured.  His frown deepened even further when the rest of us, especially when Ezra appeared.  

"Agent Kallus, what a surprise to see you here," I greeted.

Kallus paused before answering.  "Leia Organa.  Consider yourself captured by the remnants of the Empire."

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"Well, that was glorious!" Luke exclaimed.

Agent Kallus and his goons had stuck us all in one cell.

"Just wait!" I said.

"Wait for what?  I knew this was not a good idea.  I do not know what you have with Kallus, but he is not exactly the most trustworthy," Ezra sighed.  "They even took our lightsabers!"

"Leia, whatever you are planning, it better go down quick," Han said.

"Argh!" Chewie agreed.

Before I could say anything, the door to the cell slide open to reveal none other than Agent Kallus himself.

"We only have a few minutes, Princess," Kallus said quickly.

"What is happening?" Lucille asked.

"Let's go!" I said, avoiding the question.

We all ran down the hallways, quickly and quietly.  Every time one of the others would attempt to ask a question, either Kallus or I quieted them.  We needed to make it to the docking bay before the rest of the former Imperials found out what we were doing.

As soon as we made it to the doors of the docking bay, Kallus turned to me.  "I have already told Sato I will stay with the Imperials until their Rebellion dies down.  I have already contacted others to help.  Here is a disk with information about how they want to retake the government," Kallus said as he handed me a disk.

"You are a spy?" Ezra asked after a few seconds.

"Yes, believe it or not.  Zeb recruited me after one of our little skirmishes that we had to work together to resolve.  I ended up giving him information for a while until we were able to seek people in to retrieve the Death Star plans.  I joined the Rebellion in the assault to destroy the second Death Star.  When it was revealed there were still Imperial sympathizers, I went undercover to retrieve plans on how they would operate, which I am still doing.  So, to everyone on board this ship, I am Agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau.  But, to the Rebellion, I am Kallus the spy," Kallus explained.

"And I am Jabba the Hut," Ezra said back with a smile.  Kallus returned that smile to the Jedi.

"Oh, are you still using that name?  No one ever believed it!" Lucille exclaimed as the rest of the us gave each other confused looks.

"And if it is not the Seventh Sister," Kallus greeted Lucille.

"I go by Lucille now.  Left the Empire a long time ago," Lucille said back.

"It seems everyone is these days," Kallus said.  "You must hurry up and leave.  I will make a diversion."

I nodded to Kallus as our little group ran over to the ship in the middle of the docking bay.  As we  boarded, I heard Kallus shout for reinforcements.  Blaster fire hailed us as Han started up the ship.  Just as we were about to lift off though, stormtroopers entered the bay.  One of them lifted up there blaster, aiming it for the ship.

The trooper fired upon us, and for the first time ever, hit his mark.