Star Wars - 139 - The Han Solo 03 - Rebel Dawn by A. C. Crispin

Author:A. C. Crispin [Crispin, A. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction; American, Star Wars Fiction, Solo; Han (Fictitious Character)
ISBN: 9780553574173
Google: VH9QqJ4_Rp0C
Amazon: 0553574175
Publisher: Spectra
Published: 1998-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Fett picked up the sound sponge and deactivated it, stowing it in a pocket of his trousers. With the muffling device turned off, Lando could hear the sounds of blaster fire, screams and running feet. A public address system boomed All passengers . . . please remain calm and in your cabins. There is an intruder alert, but your crew is working to restore order. We will advise you as matters progress. Please remain calm. All passengers...

Right, Lando thought. Theyre going to restore order... sure they are .... The gambler glanced at Bria, and she looked at him and shrugged slightly.

They reached the door, and Fett gestured to Lando.

Open it.

The corridor was pure chaos. They had to wait in the doorway until a mob of screaming passengers, most of them dressed only in nightgowns and robes, fled past. Fett glanced at a small, palm-sized device he held.

Turn right, he instructed.

Lando and Bria obeyed. The gambler found it surprisingly difficult to walk with his arms bound be-hind him. It affected his balance.

Several times they had to step into doorways to allow shrieking hordes of passengers to run past. The sounds of blaster fire were closer, now, as they neared the boat decks. They left the passenger cabins behind, and took a se-ries of glidewalks that Fett directed them to. From the sounds, most of the pitched fighting was going on near the docking areas. Sounds of battle grew louder, closer. As they neared the shuttle deck, they saw sprawled bodies littering the corridor, most of them wearing uni-forms marking them as the liner crew. A number of the bodies belonged to passengers, but none wore Im-perial uniforms. Bria glanced at Lando as they stum-bled along. He was surprised at her composure in the face of carnage-dead bodies made most citizens sick. Lando strained his eyes for a glimpse of the attack-ers, but so far they hadnt encountered any. He licked dry lips, knowing that, even with bound arms, he had to try to make some move before the three of them climbed into a shuttle together. In a shuttle, they had no chance. He glanced sideways at his fellow captive, assessing her ability to possibly back him if he tried something. For a moment it occurred to h!m to wonder just why this lovely young woman-she couldnt have been much over twenty-five-had Boba Fett after her. She must be more than what she seemed, and his observa-tions of her so far backed that up. Most citizens, faced with the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy, would be reduced to quivering lumps of protoplasm. But Bria was plainly not your ordinary citizen ....

They rounded a corner that led to the shuttle deck, only to run smack into a boarding party. Lando froze, Bria beside him, faced with twelve or thirteen unsavory characters dressed in loud, gaudy, mismatched clothes that gravely offended Landos fashion sense. They were festooned with garish jewelry. Bria whispered, Pirates!

Suddenly things fell into place and Lando realized exactly what had happened to the Queen.

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