This one's from a movie.

The job was done, and almost all the emotions were celebrating. Joy was just happy that they were paid. Disgust was relieved that they hadn't gotten tangled up in any stupid ideological disputes. Anger was happy that nothing had gone wrong (...yet), and Fear was happy that the looming problem that he'd had to keep reminding the others about would soon be solved (and everyone else was relieved that Fear would stop nagging them about it). Everything was wrapped up, all was well.

… Or was it?

Out of all the emotions, Sadness alone hesitated. He was never very enthusiastic about anything, of course, but this was above and beyond the usual. Joy noticed, and asked him:

"Hey, Sadness, what's the problem? We're paid, we're out, we won't even have Fear hanging over our heads about the debt any more. So why the long face?"

Sadness didn't respond for a while, instead playing with his vest. When he did speak, it was so quietly that Joy had to remind him:

"Hey, speak up!"

Sadness's repeated words were still quiet, but this time all the emotions heard:

"We… left them behind."

A sudden hush fell over Headquarters as the emotions remembered that there was one loose end still out there. Joy let go of the console, and Sadness grabbed the opportunity to take his turn. While the console, like the rest of Headquarters, was shabby and looked barely functional at the best of times, it was far more than it appeared, and Sadness was able to get a serious reaction out of it.

Their host in the outside world reacted appropriately, and Fear and Disgust rushed to stop it. Fear tried, without much success, to pry Sadness's hands off the console, while Disgust argued with him.

"We can't go back, Sadness," he said, "We've worked so hard for this money, and now we finally will be free of our debt. That's all that matters. We don't get involved in the big stuff, remember? We're just a mercenary doing what we're paid to do."

Sadness drew breath to respond, but Anger beat him to it. He told Disgust:

"Come on. The kid helped us. We like him, even if he is an idiot. And that girl may have insulted us, but she also saved us. And now he's going to go get himself killed, and she's gonna die 'cause he failed. We can't just fly away and let it happen."

While Disgust replied: "We got in, got out, and got paid. That's who we are. We're just mercenaries," he was more hesitant over this than he'd ever been about a job before. When Sadness said:

"But, Disgust… don't you think that this of all things might be worth changing for?"

Disgust's objections failed and he sighed in defeat. He had no real arguments, and what scraps he did have were being torn to pieces by either the happenings Outside or Anger and Sadness. It looked like they would be going back, and Fear recognized this. In a last desperate attempt to stop them from diving headfirst into serious danger, he asked:

"Well, even if we did go back, what would we do?"

Joy, ignored for most of the argument, promptly spoke up.

"I know!", she called out, and skipped over to the idea- glowpanel shelf. She selected one to match her intentions, and inserted it to the proper space in the console. The panel lit up as it was accepted, and she and Anger took their places at the console. Fear was still nervous, but that was nothing new, and all the rest of the emotions were determined to see this through.

This time, all really would be well.

In the outside world, Han Solo did exactly what he'd sworn never to do: get involved. He piloted the Millennium Falcon back towards the scene of a battle between the Empire and the Rebel Alliance. He was about to go attack the Empire, the galactic faction that most smugglers did their very best to not piss off, and piss them all the way off by helping blow up their planet-destroying superweapon, which aside from being a powerful asset was probably quite a budget sink.

Yes, Han was about to do something contrary to all the principles he'd lived his professional life by. And strangely enough, he didn't regret it one bit. Perhaps he would get himself blown up, but it wasn't like he didn't run that risk every day he spent smuggling. And this time, he'd get a chance to save people he cared about.

Han Solo had once declared that he wasn't going to participate on the attack on the Death Star. He'd changed his mind.

This time it's the one & only space cowboy, Han Solo. This scene happens offscreen in the movie, but it's very clear something like this must have happened. Here are the hints that it's Han's mind:

1. The emotions are all happy and relieved at first, except for Sadness. Han is in a good mood because he's finally gotten paid and gotten clear.

2. I mentioned that the character has serious debt problems. Han's main motive for participating in the events of the movie was his debt to Jabba.

3. Disgust refers several times to the character's mercenary nature. Han is a mercenary and smuggler.

4. Sadness wears a vest, like Han. Anger also says they "can't just fly away", referencing that they're flying the Falcon.

5. The console is shabby and looks like junk (and the rest of Headquarters is the same way), but it's surprisingly functional- much like the Millennium Falcon.

6. The kid= Luke, and 'that girl'= Leia.

7. Joy picks out an idea 'glowpanel'. No light bulbs in Star Wars.

Sorry for taking so long to update, but now I finally had the inspiration for another chapter.