Luke Skywalker ran full speed straight down the narrow aisle. He could feel blaster shots impacting the walls and floor behind him. It seemed that the whole imperial Army was chasing after him. Leia, Han, and Chewie were running just right ahead. The lightsaber jumped from his belt to block a deadly beam. The young Jedi was paralyzed for a moment as if he did not know what had just happened. Yes, the Force, that was clear, but he had no idea how he had done it. Well, it was not really the right moment to worry about it…

"We must split up!" Luke felt the heat from another shot near his left ear while he was shouting to his friends.

"What!?," Leia turned to him with fully open eyes.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Han shouted. The Corellian turned back to reply and, at the same time, he shot at two stormtroopers who had just appeared from another corridor.

"More and more stormtroopers are chasing us," continued Luke, "if we split up, they will too and perhaps we could increase our chances to escape.

"Nobody is going to split up," declared a stubborn Leia. "We will leave the same way we came in: together."

The young Jedi shook his head. It was useless to argue, so, he simply acted. They were quickly approaching a bifurcation in the hallway they were traveling. Chewie was the first who turned right, followed by Han. Leia sped up to disappear down the same road and, suddenly, she felt something…

"Luke!"

But it was already late. The young Jedi had disappeared down the left aisle. To Leia, it sounded like a thousand stormtroopers' running boot steps vanished down the same path. The Princess stopped, terrified. Shot after shot resounded deafeningly around her. Han grabbed her arm and pulled her to keep running.

"We can't leave Luke!" Leia tried to break free from him.

"If we go back, they will kill us. And that will not help the boy either. And there's no time to argue."

Leia struggled between her worry for Luke and her frustration at Han. A shot flying past her made her react. She turned and shot toward its source, then turned to run behind Han and Chewie.