revenge of the empire [ original triology au ] chapter 17: of love...
RATING: M
SUMMARY: It is a race against time to save Han. However, the rescue leads to the last encounter Leia wanted to have putting Han's life in danger.
NOTES: I am not going to say much but I hope this chapter doesn't rip your heart out like it did mine.
EXCERPT:
Leia was in the crossroads now. She could either wait for her friends to have her strength for the battle ahead and let time pass. The more it did, the more chances increased that she was going to lose Han. She took a deep breath and took a couple of moments to make her decision.
She had to save Han. It wasn’t about selfishness over the fact over who she would be without him, but she would more selfish to put her mental sanity over his life. Even if Han wasn’t an important person to her, she couldn’t afford to put herself above someone innocent. She turned to the door and put her blaster in her holster. A chill running down her spine, her heartbeat increasing at an abnormal speed, she reached for her lightsaber.
“I’m sorry,” Leia lamented, “I cannot wait. I am going to have to face him myself.”
Leia could hear Luke and Mara pleading at her to wait. Fear probably that the next time they saw her, Leia would be a monster. She understood. But as she walked away from the door, she drowned out their pleas.
The realization came that it was always going to end this way.
Leia lifted up her lightsaber and went into attack stance. Her eyes scanned the hallway looking for any sudden movements, like a surprise attack from Vader or some stormtroopers. Two steps and a scan around the room, and she came to the sudden and horrifying realization. The hallway, triangular, dark, only lit by the brilliant blue of her blade and the lights overhead-
She had been here before.