Hero for Hire, by Han Solo by Donna Tauscher

Author:Donna Tauscher [Tauscher, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780590189019
Amazon: 0590189018
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 1998-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

DATA PAD ENTRY 10

Han: Where was I? The garbage dump. Great place to return to. Yeah, the garbage compactor was putting the squeeze on us. Luke was trying to rouse Threepio on the comlink with no success. Finally I wanted to hear Threepio’s voice and where was he? Anyway, we were pushing on the walls and using puny metal beams as braces like we had half a chance of stopping that giant machine. It was not a feel-good situation.

Suddenly, Threepio came squawking over the comlink and Luke shouted like a maniac to stop the compressors. We were a happy group there for a minute once Artoo stopped the walls from moving in on us. We were inches from a skinny death. A close call—again.

Leia used our brief celebration as an excuse to throw her arms around me. What could I do but let her? Ha! I told you romance was blooming in the garbage dump.

Too bad we didn’t have more time to enjoy being alive before worrying about being killed again.

That’s about when the princess really started working my nerves. She put aside our moment of bonding in a hot second. She told me to do as she said. I set her straight. I told her I only took orders from one person, me! She said it was a wonder I was still alive! Can you believe this woman? Remember I told you, Sai’da, that I don’t like taking orders from women? Well, especially that woman.

Facing Jabba the Hutt without any money was sounding a lot better than sticking around Her Worshipfulness for some huge reward. Not that I had any choice at that point. Oh, they’d suckered me into their little scheme all right. So deep that the only way out was to save all of us.

Ahhh, nuts. That’s beside the point.

What was the point, anyway? Oh, great escape number 22, but who’s counting? So, Luke and I might have had a hard time maneuvering in those Imperial get-ups, but it sure didn’t stop those troopers. They were on us the minute we headed for the ship. Those guys had me so worked up that I actually chased a whole pack of them down the corridor single-handedly, screaming like a demented Wookiee—

Chewbacca: Vowraaark!

Han: No offense, pal, but you joined me, which proves that you actually are a demented Wookiee. Ha, ha, ha, ha!!!

Excuse our laugh attack, Sai’da. Just a moment’s reprieve.

Well, our little wild foray after the stormtroopers gave Luke and Leia a chance to run for the Falcon. But the troopers suddenly figured out that a crazy man and a Wookiee weren’t much of a match for a squad of heavily armed goons. Guess who was on the run then?

Chewie and I took quite a tour of the Death Star, making our way back to the docking bay. We figured there was no point leading them right to the Falcon.

The first wrong turn led us somewhere we definitely didn’t belong. We were looking at enough spanking-new Imperial fighters to torment the entire galaxy.

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