Hello there! I'm back! I can't believe it's taken me this long to update. I am disgusted with myself. Anyway, I've decided to answer my reviewers (rather belatedly, I know) So here you go!
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"Oh, shit," Indy muttered. "Why can't they just leave me alone for one second?" Han stared at the menacing gun barrels pointed at them and said, "I think it would be safe to bet that these are not old friends, right?" Indy nodded grimly.
"Absolutely correct."
Lichtermann sneered arrogantly. "Well, well, well. Dr. Jones. You certainly have made quite a find for us this time."
"For you?" Han laughed scornfully. "Over my cold, dead body, yeah."
"Yes, that is the general idea, actually. Guard! Take the prisoners to the truck and guard them carefully. Then search that ship. I want any other passengers taken and brought to me."
"Yes sir!"
Indy and his companions were thrown into the back of one of the bigger trucks. Han looked at Luke, ashen-faced.
"Luke, Leia's still on the Falcon!"
"Calm down, Han. I warned her already. She's in one of the secret storage compartments."
Indiana looked at them curiously. "Who's Leia?"
"Well, she's my sister and Han's girlfriend," Luke explained, "and his fiancé once he stops being such a wimp and asks her." He laughed and ducked the pebble Han threw at him. Suddenly his face grew still and he hissed, "They're coming back."
Seconds later a Nazi pushed his head in and snarled, "You two! Come with me," indicating Luke and Han. They jumped out of the truck and were led back to the Falcon, where Lichtermann was lounging in a small tent set up for him. He looked up as they entered and said, "You two will fly that ship back to the headquarters for us. There will be no opportunities for escape- my best troops will be flying with you. Should anything seem even slightly unnatural, they have orders to shoot you immediately. Guard! Take them away." As they ducked back out of the tent, Han whispered to Luke, "That overconfident piece of bantha crap has no idea what he's got coming to him. We're going to be out of here in no time- Indy and Chewie too." Luke glanced at him in puzzlement. He muttered back, "How? We're going to have at least thirty guns pointed at our backs just waiting for an excuse to shoot."
"I'll get rid of them. Trust me."
"I hate it when you say that."
By this time they had reached the cockpit and started warming up the engines. Two of the Nazis that had been assigned to ride the plane came with them, guns at the ready. As the ship rose into the air, Luke turned around and smiled at them. "You won't need those," he said, nodding to their guns. They looked at each other uncertainly as Luke nudged gently at their minds with the Force. They set down the guns and repeated, "We don't need these."
"You should relax with your friends outside."
"We should relax with our friends outside," they chorused dutifully.
"Goodbye."
"Goodbye." They marched out of the cockpit. Han glanced at Luke and shook his head enviously.
"Wish I could do that. C'mon, we have to get Leia. The storage compartment won't be the safest place to be while we get rid of these guys." They hurried to the hallway and lifted the floor compartments. Han peered down- and pulled back hurriedly as a blaster bolt shot upward through the hole. "Gods, Leia, it's just me!" he hissed. She climbed out of the compartment asking, "What's happening? Who's on the ship?"
"Nazis. They're kind of like the stormtroopers of Earth. C'mon, I promise I'll tell you all about it later, sweetheart; we're in a bit of a hurry right now. Quick, go to your cabin and strap yourself in real good. I'll join you in a minute." He kissed her forehead and rushed back to the cockpit with Luke in tow. As they rose into the air, Luke started to shut the boarding ramp, but Han stayed his hand. Luke looked at him in puzzlement. Han just winked back and continued rising into the air. At about 1,000 feet, Han threw the ship into a violent roll that almost sent Luke flying from his seat had he not instinctively grabbed the armrests. He looked at Han, who was grinning. "Sith, Han, what are you doing?" Han put the Falcon through another roll, saying, "Better strap yourself in, kid, things are gonna get a bit rough. I'm going to shake those damn Nazis right out ofmy ship!" Luke finally realized what Han was trying to do and quickly pulled down the restraints. Then the Falcon barreled across the sky, twirling and diving like some colossal bird gone completely nuts. The Nazis were falling like rain from the bottom, screaming all the way down. After about five minutes, Han slowed the ship to a normal flight pattern and turned to Luke, who looked slightly green. "Now, that wasn't that bad, was it?" he laughed. Luke just groaned and slowly said, "Han… please, please don't ever do that again." Han laughed again and got up to check the ship while Luke took the controls. He came back shaking his head. "All gone, but one didn't have the decency to fall out afterwards. Not a pretty sight. You can shut the ramp now by the way, kid.All we have to do isgo get the others on the ground."
IN THE TRUCKS:
Indy leaned against the side of the truck. Chewie had been moved to another one, he didn't know which, and he was slightly worried about Han and Luke. They had left a while ago and there was still no sign of them coming back. They were probably in another truck, but Indy was still anxious for his new friends. He lurched forward as the truck came to a sudden stop. He heard the driver getting out, and panicked shouts coming from outside. This was accompanied with and odd roaring noise, one Indy had never heard. He peered out and gasped in utter amazement. The Millennium Falcon swooped high above the Nazi army, dive-bombing the groups of uniformed figures clustered on the ground. Indy swore he could almost hear Han's exultant whoops as the Falcon twirled and dived once more, causing the Nazis to scatter yelling and lunging for cover. Indy quickly hopped out of the truck and looked up at the ship as it gracefully landed in the middle of the trucks, crushing a few in the process. The boarding ramp lowered and Han strolled out, blaster drawn. He aimed it threateningly at the Nazis grouped together as far from the ship as they could possibly be and motioned for Indy and Chewie to get onboard. Indy hurried to the boarding ramp, but as he approached Chewie dashed up from behind and hugged Han, jubilantly roaring down his ear. Han gasped, "Put me down, you big lump! I was only gone for half a time-part at the most!" Chewie complied, gently setting him back down on the boarding ramp and entering the ship. Rubbing his ribs, Han grinned at Indy's astonished face. "Come on in. Unless you'd just like to stay here gawping at the ship, of course." He nodded dumbly and trotted up the boarding ramp. As Han led him inside and down the hall to the living quarters, Indy's jaw dropping lower with each step he took. When he reached the living quarters, the sight that greeted him made his jaw drop so low it was in danger of dislocation.
Leia was seated at the holochess table, playing with Luke.
Han brushed by, laughing. "Wow, you'd think you never seen a spaceship before. Oh, this is Senator-Princess Leia Organa. Leia, this is Indiana Jones, archaeologist." Leia stood and offered her hand.
"Very pleased to meet you, Dr. Jones." Indy nodded dumbly, still staring at her as Han walked by him and gave her a soft kiss as he passed. "Hungry, Indiana?"
"Starving."
"Come on then." He motioned for him to follow him to the galley. "Let's eat and get cleaned up."
General Lichtermann separated himself from the crowd of Nazis and watched the Millennium Falcon fly off, his faithful lieutenant in tow. Without turning around, he asked, "Was our spy successful in getting on the ship?"
"Yes sir."
"And the message for Jones?"
"Yes sir."
He turned around and strode back to the group of Nazis. "Good. Order the men to get into the trucks and drive back to base. There we shall wait."
"For how long, sir?"
"Until Jones flies his pretty new spaceship-straight into our hands."
Ugh, I've got a bad habit of not updating for like a year, then putting up little mini-chapters when I do. Bad, bad habit. I will try to break it in the future. In the meantime, R&R, people!