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"Sluis Control communications," a voice replied. "We have an incoming call from Coruscant for Captain Solo. Is he with you?" |
"Right here," Han called, stepping over to the speaker. "Go ahead." |
There was a slight pause; and then a familiar and sorely missed voice came on. "Han? It's Leia." |
"Leia!" Han said, feeling a delighted and probably slightly foolish-looking grin spread across his face. A second later, though— "Wait a minute. What are you doing back on Coruscant?" |
"I think I've taken care of our other problem," she said. Her voice, he noticed for the first time, sounded tense and more than a little ragged. "At least for the moment." |
Han threw a frown across the room at Luke. "Youthink ?" |
"Look, that's not important right now," she insisted. "What's important is that you get back here right away." |
Something cold and hard settled into Han's stomach. For Leia to be this upset... "What's wrong?" |
He heard her take a deep breath. "Admiral Ackbar has been arrested and removed from command. On charges of treason." |
The room abruptly filled with a brittle silence. Han looked in turn at Luke, at Afyon, at Wedge. But there didn't seem to be anything to say. "I'll be there as soon as I can," he told Leia. "Luke's here, too—you want me to bring him?" |
"Yes, if he can manage it," she said. "Ackbar's going to need all the friends he can get." |
"Okay," Han said. "Call me in theFalcon if there's any more news. We're heading over there right now." |
"I'll see you soon. I love you, Han." |
"Me, too." |
He broke the connection, turned back to the others. "Well," he said, to no one in particular. "There goes the hammer. You coming, Luke?" |
Luke looked at Wedge. "Have your people had a chance to do anything with my X-wing yet?" |
"Not yet," Wedge said, shaking his head. "But it's just been officially bumped to the top of the priority list. We'll have it ready to fly in two hours. Even if I have to take the motivators out of my own ship to do it." |
Luke nodded and looked back at Han. "I'll fly into Coruscant on my own, then," he said. "Let me just come with you and get Artoo off theFalcon ." |
"Right. Come on." |
"Good luck," Afyon called softly after them. |
And yes, Han thought as they hurried down the corridor toward the hatchway where theFalcon was docked; the hammer was indeed coming down. If Fey'lya and his faction pushed too hard and too fast—and knowing Fey'lya, he would almost certainly push too hard and too fast— |
"We could be on the edge of a civil war here," Luke murmured his thought back at him. |
"Yeah, well, we're not going to let that happen," Han told him with confidence he didn't feel. "We haven't gone through a war and back just to watch some overambitious Bothan wreck it." |
"How are we going to stop him?" |
Han grimaced. "We'll think of something." |
To Be Continued... |
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