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The Barucc Incident
The Barucc Incident!
(This short story takes place in the time in between “A New Hope”
And “The Empire Strikes Back”. )
Chapter I.
The roar was deafening as the Tie-Fighters came around for their second pass at the Rebel Blockade Runner “Victory II”. Bolts of deadly laser was fired from all directions as the ships hurdled through space.
Onboard the Victory rebel troops were running about attempting to fight off the deadly pursuers. Laser turrets was slowly being manned. The attack had been swift and precise. There had been little time to respond. “Victory II” had just passed the outer beacon of the controlled Barucc space when two squads of Tie’s had appeared from what seemed like nowhere. Now the “Victory” was surrounded and badly damaged due to being outnumbered. The light from Barucc was visible in the far distance but no one on board the Victory was expecting to reach it with this kind of opposition.
Leia ran out of her quarters hasting down the main hallway. She’d already signaled the master alarm and found herself in a smoke filled inferno. A blast shook the ship causing the lighting to go out. Leia ran as fast as she could towards the escape pods. “Where the hell is Luke?”, she thought. She wished she’d had the time to run back to his quarters to alarm him but the risk was to great for her to take, she had to escape the inferno around her. Yet another blast rocked the ship as she arrived at the escape pods. Three pods had been ejected, five remained. Only now did she realize that shsn’tsn’t alone. Several troops and a couple of droids were forcing their way into the pods.
“Princess…What in the name of Cjuit is going on!”
She recognized the voice. It was Jord Sleen, the military attaché of the Barucc government, the reason for the mission. She spun to face him. Jord’s uniform was torn and she could see a scorched wound in his throat.
“We seem to have been ambushed, she replied, though I have no idea how the empire could know we’d be passing here?”. She was scanning the room for a sign of Luke.
”But there is little we can do abou…..”A tremendous blast erupted on the right side of Sleen throwing him across the hallway. The smell of ozone and fire was overwhelming…darkness was all around …
Chapter II.
She awoke….
It was cold, dark and damp. She couldn’t focus on her surroundings. She could feel a soaring pain in her left thighe tre tried to raise herself on her elbows but found the arms to weak to lift her so she remained lying down. What had happened? Where was she?
This was not the Victory...she was sure about that. She listened and heard nothing but the distant sound of water dripping. She concluded that the dampness and distant dripping probably would mean that she was inside a cave of some sort. She reached out and touched the ground. It was cold and moist rock.
“Hello? Is there anybody who can hear me?”, she called out. Her voice echoed into the black void. No immediate response was to be heard so she called again. This time she could hear footsteps coming from a far. “Who is there?”, she called nervously but there was no response, bar the footsteps closing in on her. She was afraid. Not only was she being ignored by the person or being approaching her but also completely unable to move her torso. A hissing sound was beginning to emerge out of the sound of footsteps. A frightening hiss. She had encountered a multitude of species and creatures in her days with the rebellion and her time as a senator. But she had never heard anything like this.
The hissing and the footsteps were now with in her immediate range. “Who IS THIS?”, she raised her voice but to no avail. There was no response. “Can you understand me?”.
An estimation lead her to think that whatever-it-was was by her side. The footsteps had stopped yet the hiss came closer. Something touched her stomach. She could feel a cold clawed hand or paw touching her stomach. “Who are you?”, her voice was breaking up.
“Don’t hurt me!”. The claws hurt her skin, she felt no direct pain but there was irritation as three claws slowly ran up from her stomach towards her chest. She tried to roll over but found it to no avail. First now did she realize that she was tied down and blindfolded . She must have been too groggy to realize that someone or something done this to her. This was the real reason she couldn’t fix her sight nor move. Fear arose inside her. What was this thing? What did it want? Where was she? What seemed like a thousand similar thoughts ran through her mind. The one that seemed most important at the time was, How do I get out of this mess? She felt a breath by the side of her head, It left a most unpleasant odor. For a brief second she thought of garbage compactor on the death star. This odor was nothing like that though. This was not the smell of garbage, but something much more menacing. This was the smell of a living entity. An entity currently touching her. She felt the urge to regurgitate. A most unpleasant predicament.
She came to her senses and realized that she had to do something. She took a deep breath and burst out in a cry for help. The echoes bounced of the walls. As did something else.
A high pitch scream broke the silence and she felt the creature moving to stand up.
A blaster fired and another scream was heard from the creature only to die out. She could feel the arm of the creature as it slumped by her side. She could feel the limb twitch.
Another presence approached her. She wanted to say something but was to frightened.
Suddenly she heard a voice. “Leia….I’d better get you out of here!”. It was Luke.
Thank god, it was Luke! She felt the ropes loosening and she felt herself being able to move her arms. He removed her blindfold. She could barely see him in the darkness but she was able to make out his eyes. He smiled. “Are you alright Leia?”
“I’m Ok, I just want to get out of here”. She raised herself on her elbows only to feel the sharp pain in her thigh. “Help me, I can’t do this on my own”, she pleaded. Luke grabbed her behind her back and helped to lift her. “Can you stand on your own?”, he asked. She judged her balance and replied that she most probably could. He eased his grip on her but remained to hold her behind her back. “Come on…lets get out of here before the others come back!”. They staggered out of the cave and into a nearby brush.
Chapter III.
Luke eased Leia down on the rock. She twitched due to the pain in her thigh. Luke looked around and walked over to a container by the side of the small clearing. She looked around. The shadow of a escape pod could be seen in the distant dark. It was night. They had moved quickly through the trees. Luke hadn’t spoken. She reckoned he was focusing on the surrounding. Searching for any threat.
Luke came towards her. He was carrying an electric emergency torch. A blanket and a small standard medicine kit. He kneeled before her and handed her the blanket. “You better wrap this around you!”. She took the blanket and unfolded it. Only now did she realize that the was practically naked. It all came back to her now. She’d been sleeping when the Victory II was attacked. She must have run out of her quarters wearing only her panties and a basic night-shirt. She looked down on her self and realized that the shirt was torn. She could easily see a breast through a hole in the shirt. She blushed and wrapped the blanket around herself. “This wasn’t appropriate for her…a senator!”. She isseissed that thought instantly when she realized that the was now more of a soldier in the rebellion than a senator or princess. Luke attracted her attention. “Listen…I’ve got to get this shrapnel out of your leg”, he was holding a tranquilizer injector. “I’m gonna give you an injection to ease it!”. She nodded and he injected her with the needle. It stung for a second, then the pain rolled off. The tranquilizers were instantly effective. Luke touched her an inch from the wound. “Can you feel this?”. She replied that there was no sensation of his touch. “Good, Here goes….”. She braced herself as he eased on of the surgical tongs into her wound. She felt a slight sensation when he got a grip on the shrapnel in her leg. She took a deep breath and gripped the blanket in both hands.
He pulled. An excruciating pain spread through her leg. She screamed. Luke lifted the tongs to show the two inch piece of metal plating that had wedge itself into her leg.
The pain wore off and she breath easy again. Luke commented, “Pretty good piece, eh?”.
She drew a smile and said: “Yeah…that ain’t bad! No wonder I was hurting!”.
Luke tossed the piece into the brush and proceeded to wipe and wrap the wound with bandages.
”So….”, she said. “Where are we?”. Luke didn’t divert his eyes from her wound.
“We are on the second moon of Barucc. I haven’t seen any o pod pods coming down since I arrived”.
“What of the Victory?”, she replied.
“She’s gone Leia! She blew up only seconds after I ejected us.” It dawned on her that Luke must have had saved her from the ship. “I was in a cave when I woke up!?”, she posed it as a question. Luke looked up at her. “The landing wasn’t exactly easy. We hit a couple of trees during the descent and I guess that a crate or something must’ve hit because I blacked out. The pod was unlocked and you were gone when I came too!”
Leia nodded understandingly. Luke continued. “I set up a defense perimeter round this clearing and the pod, using a couple of remotes. Then I went out to find you! And that’s when I found that Lizard-thing and the cave. I was hiding outside when I heard you from the cave.” Luke tied a knot on the bandage and patted her leg briefly. “There you go good as new!, Are you hungry!”. Leia thought it over and said that she wasn’t particularly hungry. More thirsty. Luke stood up and walked over to the container.
“It’s lucky I came by”, Luke muttered while searching the container. “Yes, very lucky!”, Leia replied. “I have no idea what that thing was up to.”
Luke walked back to her and handed her a plastic container of water. “Well…”, he said, “If those things can appreciate the looks of a woman, then I’m sure he was about to force himself upon you.” Leia swallowed a drink of water and look at Luke. “I….Well I….”
she replied. It was somewhat of a shock to her. But then again she’d been very lightly dressed. Luke was looking at her with a smile that almost indicated that he’d been joking. Or had he. “What do you mean, Luke?”, she asked hoping he’d reveal if he’d been joking or not. “Well, Leia. You might’ve been battered but you were showing a little of everything!”, Luke smiled a boy-ish smile. Leia felt offended and raised her voice a tad.
“I am a princess and a very important person in the rebel alliance. I don’t appreciate you cracking smutty jokes about me. I was in a very uncomfortable situation!”. Luke’s smile disappeared instantly and his eyes dropped.
“I’m sorry, Leia. I guess I’m a little shook up from this whole ordeal. I’ll go and check the perimeter defenses!” He stood up and walked off into the woods. She to a drink of water. It was an uncomfortable feeling. Knowing that he’d been thinking like that. But then again, maybe he was right, maybe he was shocked by the whole ordeal as he said.
Luke was different from the others. He had a certain ambience surrounding himself.
She’d felt that when he’d rescued her from the detention cell on the death star. There was something mysterious about him. He wasn’t like Han. Han was a rugged foul-mouthed, and often offensive, pirate-type who seemed to be focused on worldly riches. Luke was basically the opposite of that. Charming, boyish and, apart from the comment he just made, a sensitive guy. She came to think of the brief meeting they’d had on the Yavin moon just before he joined the attack on the death star. She remembered how she’d briefly kissed him. She still couldn’t understand exactly why she’d kissed him. She didn’t reckon that she was attracted by him, or was she. She was confused. Why this? Why Now? Wouldn’t it be better to just make some plans on how to get out of there?
Chapter IV.
A communications radio crackled.
“zzzzzz….zz..zzzz..zzzz…three……zzz…hear……zzz” Luke came running into the camp and grabbed the radio. “Hello…..This is Skywalker!” He changed the settings to improve the reception. “I repeat, this is Skywalker! Can you hear me?”
“This is control DF-Seven Two. Can you hear me?”
“I can hear you”, Luke replied.
“Where are you, Luke?”
“I’m on the surface on one of the Barucc moons. In a forrest!”
“Copy that!”
“I’ve got the princess with me!”
“Thank the force Luke! We were sure we’d lost her! We have a lock on your beacon but we’re not gonna be able to reach you for the moment!”
“O.K.?” Luke replied.
“ We’ll have to pick you up in 10 hours time. There are still the matter of imperial interference in this sector.”
”I understand, We’ll stay here for the night!”
“That’s affirmed. Be safe and may the force be with you! – This is DF-Seven Two!”
“May the force be with you too. This is Skywalker!”
The radio crackled and silenced. Luke turned to Leia. “You heard ‘em”, he said “Not much we can do!”. Leia smiled briefly. “I guess we can handle one night in the woods, right?”. Luke smiled back at her. “Yeah, I occasionally spent the night out in Beggars Canyon. I can handle it!”. She smiled again! Then she proceed to raise herself from the rock. Luke rushed over to help her. “thanks”, said Leia when Luke helped her.
“Where to miss?”. She thought for a moment and whispered: “I need to go in the bushes!” Luke giggled as if it was the first time he heard anything like it. “Sure Leia, I know a spot you can use”. He helped her to a concealed spot a couple off yards behind the pod where he left her. “Just call when you’re done!”, he said. She blushed and mubbled a “yes” as he walked off. She stood for a while in the darkness, contemplating how to go about doing her business. She tried to crouch but soon realized that the pain was to much to bear. On top of that she had problems getting her panties off. She managed with some skill to ease the panties half way down her thighs but no further since she couldn’t crouch or bend. She was in a predicament. She wrapped the blanket firmly around herself and called out to Luke. “Luke…I need….eh…..some help!”
“Huh?”, Luke emerged from behind the pod. She diverted her eyes as she realized how embarrassing it was. “Well….I….I…..”. She swallowed. “I can’t get THEM off.”
Luke giggled again. “Hang on, I’ll help you.” Luke walked up to and behind her where he crouched. He slipped two fingers in on each side of the panties and pulled them down to her ankles. “I think I better get them off completely”, said Leia and lifter her right foot three inches off the ground. Luke lifted the panties off the foot. “And the other one…” he said as if guiding her. She lifted the left foot and he released her completely. “Thanks Luke, most kind of you!”. Luke stood up and handed her the pair of panties. “Heh….I’m just….nothing!”. Luke looked embarrassed and walked off again.
Leia stood for a while looking out into the woods with her panties in her right hand. What a night, she thought. First the fight, then the lizard and now I’m gonna have to deal with Luke Skywalker being strange on me. Not to mention the fact that I’m gonna have to rely on him to help me with my toilet needs. She shook her head in slight disbelief.
Oh well she though, better get this over with. She grabbed a branch hanging in front of her with the left hand, lifted the blanket up with the right hand. The feeling of relieving herself was good. She felt the warm drips of urine falling down her legs to the ground. It was practically impossible not to get it on the legs since she was standing up. This was something she simply just had to accept. She stood their for a few minutes, alone in the dark letting it come out. Once finished she thought for a moment off what to do about the legs. It would be the same problem as when she’d tried to remove the panties.
It was quite obvious that she had a choice to make. She could either ignore that fact that she’d gotten urine on her legs and feet and act as if nothing had happened. A prospect she felt uneasy with. Or she could ask Luke to wipe it off. It was irritating that she had to make such a decision but, she reckoned, it was the way it would have to be.
She made up her mind and called out!
“Luke…take some paper from the supply container and come here! BUT DON’T LOOK TOO MUCH!!!” Strange thing to say she thought. But she felt she’d had to make it clear to Luke not to stare her out. Luke came back to her carrying the paper. His eyes were firmly fixed on the tree behind her. “Here you go Leia”, he said handing her the paper. Then he turned around. “Hang on Luke!” she said before he went off again. “I need more help here!”. Luke stopped and muttered “Oh….eh…Ok!” He turned and walked up behind her. “What shall I do”, said Luke. Leia took a piece of the paper and proceeded to dry herself, or the parts she could reach. She threw the paper into a couple of bushes at her side. Then she handed Luke the paper.
“Luke!”, she said “I trust you have the discretion to help a lady out?”. Luke laughed “Sure thing, what do you want my to do?” Leia took a deep breath.
“First off all I need yo wio wipe my legs clean and then put on my underwear.” Luke hummed in approval and kneeled behind her. She couldn’t see him but she could feel his hand down by her foot wiping her with a piece of paper. He was thorough but not slow in cleaning her. His hand wiped her from the bottom and up until he was only a couple of inches from her pussy. Then he removed her hand, briefly touching her on the inside of her thigh. She felt it! Luke threw away the paper and reached for the panties.
“Alright, here we go again!”. Together they managed to gee pae panties back on her and the began to walk back. “Thanks Luke, I appreciate it!”. Luke replied: “Don’t mention it!”. Suddenly she realized how exhausted she was and told Luke to help her into the pod so she could get some rest.
Luke did so and helped to tuck her in between a couple of blankets inside the pod. She felt safe with him around, no question about that. She called to him as he stood up, about to go outside. “Luke…come here a moment!”. Luke came and sat down beside her. “Luke…I really appreciate the help and not to mention the fact that you saved me before. It means a lot to me!”. Luke looked at her and smiled. “I’ve saved you before and I can do it again!”. Leia smiled. “I know Luke…I know you would”. Luke looked around and then at Leia. “Well…I’m gonna go outside and eat something, then I’ll patrol the area. Just call if there is soing,ing, Ok!” Leia smiled. “Ok, Luke!” Luke bent down and gave her a brief kiss then he walked out of the pod.
Chapter V.
She could hear the wind in the trees and the distant sound of a forest creature. She closed her eyes for a while and tried to find rest. She could feel her wound aching. It wasn’t much due to the tranquilizers but it was enough to hurt. More so she found that she couldn’t stop thinking of the events surrounding her. Strangely she was thinking of the events of the day than the fact that her mission to Barucc had failed. She could recall the image of the attaché being thrown away by the blast before she lost consciousness. Did he make it? It was in her mind briefly only to be lost again. She couldn’t stop thinking of the things Luke had said before. She found it to be hard to recon ciliate the fact that Luke had looked on her like that. She had never even contemplated the fact that he, Luke Skywalker, a farmboy from Tatooine, had such thoughts about her. She knew that several senators from the imperial senate had looked at her. Practically undressing her with their eyes. A most unpleasant feeling considering that they were the enemy and off course she’d felt the looks Han had been giving her but then again, Han was a rugged smuggler who probably had loose connections in every spaceport. She felt uneasy by practically every man looking at her with that kind of look. All but Luke, Luke was different. He evoked a sense of security in her. As if he and she was bonding in some way. The thought of him watching her was not a foul thought. She had since long been conscious about the males around her, yet she was always keeping them at a distance. She had always followed the code she’d learned from her father. A royal princess doesn’t think or act in a way which will lead her into a sexual situation. She was not sleepy now. She couldn’t sleep with all these emotions she was feeling. She couldn’t sleep not knowing.
She thought of the kiss she’d just been given by Luke. What did that mean? Or the brief touch she’d given her before leaving. What about that? Or the comments he had made about her body earlier. She felt a tingling feeling in her stomach. An unfamiliar warm sense spreading through her abdomen. Could it be that Luke was in love with her? Was she falling in love with Luke? What did it all mean? What did it all mean????
Chapter VI.
Luke stepped into the pod. He whispered: “Are you sleeping?” Leia whispered back that she was awake. Luke took of his jacket and placed it in one of the chairs. “I can sleep over here”, he said. Leia raised herself on her elbows and looked at him. She thought for a brief second then she made a choice which she was uncertain about. “I want you to sleep here….with me!”, she said. Luke’s eyes shifted as if he was surprised. Then he grabbed a blanket and lay down next to her. He didn’t say anything. Leia rolled over on the side and managed to move herself back towards Luke until she lay just in front of him. “Hold me!” she whispered. Luke reached across her and held her in his arms. She could feel his bre breath in the back of her neck. It sent shivers through her body.
They lay there for a while in silence. She felt safe, but restless. The thoughts were even more present than before. What was going on? She had to find out. No matter what It took. Somehow she knew and felt that this might very well be one of the only chances she had. She had a choice at hand.
“Are you awake?”, Leia whispered.
“Yeah”
Leia rolled over so she could see Luke. She looked deep into his eyes. “Luke…what do you think of me?”. Luke got a frightened look by the question. He took a deep breath and said: “I like you Leia, You are something special.” She listened. “I don’t know what it is but you make me feel good when you are around.” She smiled. “I know what you mean!” she replied. “I don’t know for sure, but it feels like there is something special between us”. Luke nodded. There was a long pause. They kept looking at each other.
Leia closed her eyes. “Luke…kiss me!”. She parted her lips slightly. She felt his breath. Then she felt his lips touching hers. It was warm and soft. She let the tip of her tongue come out and touch his lips. He opened his mouth a little and their tongues met. She could feel her heart pounding , her tongue slowly swirling around Luke’s and a tingling feeling in her stomach. She wanted this to happen. She wanted Luke. She reached out and took his hand. Then she briefly diverted her lips from his. “I want you to touch me!”, she said placing his hand on her breast. If Luke had shown intrest in her breasts before then surely he would now. They started kissing again. She felt Lukes hand on her breast softly touching and squezzing it. The sensation in her stomach began to move. From her abdomen down to her groin. She knew the sensation from the many times she’d been fantasizing about the pilots she found attractive. Lukes hand shifted from one breast to the other. Her breath was getting heavier. She felt that it was time to let go of her selfcontrol. She lifted her hand and slid it down to Lukes pants where she began to undo the buckle. It was not a problem. She undid the buckle, the button and the zipper. Then she slid her hand into his underpants. She could feel is cock. Hard and throbbing. She could feel a warm wet substance on the tip of the head. She got a hold on the shaft and started to run it up and down. She could feel how his breath responded .
Luke moved his hand down towards her pussy. She felt an urge to tell him to do it faster but then again it was so sensual that she wouldn’t want to interrupt it. His hand reached her panties. She was already about to burst. It was excruciating she wanted his hand to touch her. He hesitated for a while. She tightened the grip around his cock and drove it a little harder as if to say: “Do it now!”. It was quite possible that he understood that because he managed to let his hand into her panties and straight down and into her pussy. She felt an enormous burst of all senses now. It was absolutely amazing. Two of his fingers were inside her pussy. His thumb were rubbing her orisoris, her and was pounding his wet cock in a rapid motion. She couldn’t stop herself and forced a muffled cry when she had an orgasm. All logic and reason was swept away. She wanted Luke and she wanted him now, more than ever. She released the grip on his cock, pulled her hand up and pushed Luke over on his back. “Take your clothes off!”, she wheezed at him. Luke was completely in on this and took his clo off off. He was pretty good looking after all. And his cock….she had been thinking about that before. His cock was Not Not too big but big enough to surprise her. He rolled over towards her. She said “Take off my clothes now!” Luke did so to. The torn shirt went off along with the panties. They were now both naked. Leia looked at him. “Be careful with the wound ok…?”. Luke nodded.
“Now come here….” She spread her legs and Luke maneuvered himself into position.
She could feel the tip of his cock. He was hesitating. She couldn’t hold it in. “Luke….fuck me NOW!”. He leaned forward and thrusted his cock deep inside her. She gave off a little scream. It was astounding. She could feel his cock filling her up. It was a fantastic feeling. He began to fuck her in slow gentle motions. She enjoyed it. It was something she had dreamed off but never experienced. She felt the pulsating cock deep inside of her and Luke’s warm breath on her chest. She decided to command him in the direction she wanted him to go. “Luke…Like my tits!”. Luke did so…his tongue licked her nipples, tasted them. She squirmed underneath him. It was the greatest feeling she’d ever had. She lay her hand on his back and drove his nails into it, causing him to look up at her as if he’d done something wrong. “Fuck me harder!” she wheezed at him. Luke picked up the pace. She could feel a climaxing ing close everytime he thrust himself into her. He kept going faster and harder and she came closer and closer to the orgasm. Finally she felt her sweaty body tightening up and she burst out in a violent orgasm. Luke slowed down the pace. He looked at her. “I want to taste you”, she said “and I want you to taste me!”. Luke pulled out his cock and turned around inside the pod. He lay down inches from her. She could feel his tongue gently licking her clitoris. It filled her with a powerful vibration. She took a hold of his cock. Jerked it a few times and then she fitted it into her mouth. The tasty was slightly salty but still sweet. It was the taste of him and herself. She let here tongue circle the head of the cock while rhythmically jerking it up and down. She could hear Luke respond. He licked her pussy in big strokes while driving two finger into her. They were locked together. Suddenly she felt spasms coming from Luke’s cock and a muffled cry was hear from him as he emptied his load of sperm in her mouth. She gobbled it up. Every single drop. It was like nectar to her. But she didn’t let go off his cock. She held on to it for time it took for Luke to lick her into a third orgasm. Then she let him go and the both collapsed. Exhausted and sweaty the feel asleep as the lay. Naked and relieved.
Chapter VII.
Luke was not in the pod when she awoke. She instantly put on her torn clothes and sat up. The wound didn’t hurt as much now as it did yesterday. She appreciated that. She managed to get on her feet and got out of the pod. It was daylight outside.
She could see Luke sitting by the side of the clearing. She walked up to him and sat down. They were silent. The events of the night seemed unpleasantly present. She turned to him and said: “How are you?”. Luke didn’t move. He seemed bothered. “I’m not sure, Leia”, he said after a while. “I’ve got….a bad feeling about this!”.
Instantly she knew what he meant. Something did feel wrong. It was nothing like the emotions she’d had the night before. It felt awkward. Luke spoke. “I know that we can’t change it now. But I wish that last night hadn’t happened!. Leia nodded approvingly. “Its not that I don’t like you. It’s just that I have this bad feeling about it”. Leia agreed.
“What do you suppose we do now, Luke?”, she said. Luke shrugged. “I don’t know. I guess we just have to move on.” Leia knew that it was the best and only way. She leaned over towards Luke and put her head on his shoulder. “Luke, you know that I love you don’t you?”. Luke turned to face her. “Yes, I do Leia!”. She kissed him on the cheek. “Then we agree!”. The radio crackled in the distance. “This is shuttle Liberty. We have a clear lock on your homing signal and we are beginning the descent”. They began gathering their equipment as the sound of the shuttle approached the makeshift camp.
The shuttle roared as it passed above the camp. They picked up their equipment and walked towards the spot the shuttle had landed. They didn’t speak as the walked up the ramp and settled into the shuttle.
(This short story takes place in the time in between “A New Hope”
And “The Empire Strikes Back”. )
Chapter I.
The roar was deafening as the Tie-Fighters came around for their second pass at the Rebel Blockade Runner “Victory II”. Bolts of deadly laser was fired from all directions as the ships hurdled through space.
Onboard the Victory rebel troops were running about attempting to fight off the deadly pursuers. Laser turrets was slowly being manned. The attack had been swift and precise. There had been little time to respond. “Victory II” had just passed the outer beacon of the controlled Barucc space when two squads of Tie’s had appeared from what seemed like nowhere. Now the “Victory” was surrounded and badly damaged due to being outnumbered. The light from Barucc was visible in the far distance but no one on board the Victory was expecting to reach it with this kind of opposition.
Leia ran out of her quarters hasting down the main hallway. She’d already signaled the master alarm and found herself in a smoke filled inferno. A blast shook the ship causing the lighting to go out. Leia ran as fast as she could towards the escape pods. “Where the hell is Luke?”, she thought. She wished she’d had the time to run back to his quarters to alarm him but the risk was to great for her to take, she had to escape the inferno around her. Yet another blast rocked the ship as she arrived at the escape pods. Three pods had been ejected, five remained. Only now did she realize that shsn’tsn’t alone. Several troops and a couple of droids were forcing their way into the pods.
“Princess…What in the name of Cjuit is going on!”
She recognized the voice. It was Jord Sleen, the military attaché of the Barucc government, the reason for the mission. She spun to face him. Jord’s uniform was torn and she could see a scorched wound in his throat.
“We seem to have been ambushed, she replied, though I have no idea how the empire could know we’d be passing here?”. She was scanning the room for a sign of Luke.
”But there is little we can do abou…..”A tremendous blast erupted on the right side of Sleen throwing him across the hallway. The smell of ozone and fire was overwhelming…darkness was all around …
Chapter II.
She awoke….
It was cold, dark and damp. She couldn’t focus on her surroundings. She could feel a soaring pain in her left thighe tre tried to raise herself on her elbows but found the arms to weak to lift her so she remained lying down. What had happened? Where was she?
This was not the Victory...she was sure about that. She listened and heard nothing but the distant sound of water dripping. She concluded that the dampness and distant dripping probably would mean that she was inside a cave of some sort. She reached out and touched the ground. It was cold and moist rock.
“Hello? Is there anybody who can hear me?”, she called out. Her voice echoed into the black void. No immediate response was to be heard so she called again. This time she could hear footsteps coming from a far. “Who is there?”, she called nervously but there was no response, bar the footsteps closing in on her. She was afraid. Not only was she being ignored by the person or being approaching her but also completely unable to move her torso. A hissing sound was beginning to emerge out of the sound of footsteps. A frightening hiss. She had encountered a multitude of species and creatures in her days with the rebellion and her time as a senator. But she had never heard anything like this.
The hissing and the footsteps were now with in her immediate range. “Who IS THIS?”, she raised her voice but to no avail. There was no response. “Can you understand me?”.
An estimation lead her to think that whatever-it-was was by her side. The footsteps had stopped yet the hiss came closer. Something touched her stomach. She could feel a cold clawed hand or paw touching her stomach. “Who are you?”, her voice was breaking up.
“Don’t hurt me!”. The claws hurt her skin, she felt no direct pain but there was irritation as three claws slowly ran up from her stomach towards her chest. She tried to roll over but found it to no avail. First now did she realize that she was tied down and blindfolded . She must have been too groggy to realize that someone or something done this to her. This was the real reason she couldn’t fix her sight nor move. Fear arose inside her. What was this thing? What did it want? Where was she? What seemed like a thousand similar thoughts ran through her mind. The one that seemed most important at the time was, How do I get out of this mess? She felt a breath by the side of her head, It left a most unpleasant odor. For a brief second she thought of garbage compactor on the death star. This odor was nothing like that though. This was not the smell of garbage, but something much more menacing. This was the smell of a living entity. An entity currently touching her. She felt the urge to regurgitate. A most unpleasant predicament.
She came to her senses and realized that she had to do something. She took a deep breath and burst out in a cry for help. The echoes bounced of the walls. As did something else.
A high pitch scream broke the silence and she felt the creature moving to stand up.
A blaster fired and another scream was heard from the creature only to die out. She could feel the arm of the creature as it slumped by her side. She could feel the limb twitch.
Another presence approached her. She wanted to say something but was to frightened.
Suddenly she heard a voice. “Leia….I’d better get you out of here!”. It was Luke.
Thank god, it was Luke! She felt the ropes loosening and she felt herself being able to move her arms. He removed her blindfold. She could barely see him in the darkness but she was able to make out his eyes. He smiled. “Are you alright Leia?”
“I’m Ok, I just want to get out of here”. She raised herself on her elbows only to feel the sharp pain in her thigh. “Help me, I can’t do this on my own”, she pleaded. Luke grabbed her behind her back and helped to lift her. “Can you stand on your own?”, he asked. She judged her balance and replied that she most probably could. He eased his grip on her but remained to hold her behind her back. “Come on…lets get out of here before the others come back!”. They staggered out of the cave and into a nearby brush.
Chapter III.
Luke eased Leia down on the rock. She twitched due to the pain in her thigh. Luke looked around and walked over to a container by the side of the small clearing. She looked around. The shadow of a escape pod could be seen in the distant dark. It was night. They had moved quickly through the trees. Luke hadn’t spoken. She reckoned he was focusing on the surrounding. Searching for any threat.
Luke came towards her. He was carrying an electric emergency torch. A blanket and a small standard medicine kit. He kneeled before her and handed her the blanket. “You better wrap this around you!”. She took the blanket and unfolded it. Only now did she realize that the was practically naked. It all came back to her now. She’d been sleeping when the Victory II was attacked. She must have run out of her quarters wearing only her panties and a basic night-shirt. She looked down on her self and realized that the shirt was torn. She could easily see a breast through a hole in the shirt. She blushed and wrapped the blanket around herself. “This wasn’t appropriate for her…a senator!”. She isseissed that thought instantly when she realized that the was now more of a soldier in the rebellion than a senator or princess. Luke attracted her attention. “Listen…I’ve got to get this shrapnel out of your leg”, he was holding a tranquilizer injector. “I’m gonna give you an injection to ease it!”. She nodded and he injected her with the needle. It stung for a second, then the pain rolled off. The tranquilizers were instantly effective. Luke touched her an inch from the wound. “Can you feel this?”. She replied that there was no sensation of his touch. “Good, Here goes….”. She braced herself as he eased on of the surgical tongs into her wound. She felt a slight sensation when he got a grip on the shrapnel in her leg. She took a deep breath and gripped the blanket in both hands.
He pulled. An excruciating pain spread through her leg. She screamed. Luke lifted the tongs to show the two inch piece of metal plating that had wedge itself into her leg.
The pain wore off and she breath easy again. Luke commented, “Pretty good piece, eh?”.
She drew a smile and said: “Yeah…that ain’t bad! No wonder I was hurting!”.
Luke tossed the piece into the brush and proceeded to wipe and wrap the wound with bandages.
”So….”, she said. “Where are we?”. Luke didn’t divert his eyes from her wound.
“We are on the second moon of Barucc. I haven’t seen any o pod pods coming down since I arrived”.
“What of the Victory?”, she replied.
“She’s gone Leia! She blew up only seconds after I ejected us.” It dawned on her that Luke must have had saved her from the ship. “I was in a cave when I woke up!?”, she posed it as a question. Luke looked up at her. “The landing wasn’t exactly easy. We hit a couple of trees during the descent and I guess that a crate or something must’ve hit because I blacked out. The pod was unlocked and you were gone when I came too!”
Leia nodded understandingly. Luke continued. “I set up a defense perimeter round this clearing and the pod, using a couple of remotes. Then I went out to find you! And that’s when I found that Lizard-thing and the cave. I was hiding outside when I heard you from the cave.” Luke tied a knot on the bandage and patted her leg briefly. “There you go good as new!, Are you hungry!”. Leia thought it over and said that she wasn’t particularly hungry. More thirsty. Luke stood up and walked over to the container.
“It’s lucky I came by”, Luke muttered while searching the container. “Yes, very lucky!”, Leia replied. “I have no idea what that thing was up to.”
Luke walked back to her and handed her a plastic container of water. “Well…”, he said, “If those things can appreciate the looks of a woman, then I’m sure he was about to force himself upon you.” Leia swallowed a drink of water and look at Luke. “I….Well I….”
she replied. It was somewhat of a shock to her. But then again she’d been very lightly dressed. Luke was looking at her with a smile that almost indicated that he’d been joking. Or had he. “What do you mean, Luke?”, she asked hoping he’d reveal if he’d been joking or not. “Well, Leia. You might’ve been battered but you were showing a little of everything!”, Luke smiled a boy-ish smile. Leia felt offended and raised her voice a tad.
“I am a princess and a very important person in the rebel alliance. I don’t appreciate you cracking smutty jokes about me. I was in a very uncomfortable situation!”. Luke’s smile disappeared instantly and his eyes dropped.
“I’m sorry, Leia. I guess I’m a little shook up from this whole ordeal. I’ll go and check the perimeter defenses!” He stood up and walked off into the woods. She to a drink of water. It was an uncomfortable feeling. Knowing that he’d been thinking like that. But then again, maybe he was right, maybe he was shocked by the whole ordeal as he said.
Luke was different from the others. He had a certain ambience surrounding himself.
She’d felt that when he’d rescued her from the detention cell on the death star. There was something mysterious about him. He wasn’t like Han. Han was a rugged foul-mouthed, and often offensive, pirate-type who seemed to be focused on worldly riches. Luke was basically the opposite of that. Charming, boyish and, apart from the comment he just made, a sensitive guy. She came to think of the brief meeting they’d had on the Yavin moon just before he joined the attack on the death star. She remembered how she’d briefly kissed him. She still couldn’t understand exactly why she’d kissed him. She didn’t reckon that she was attracted by him, or was she. She was confused. Why this? Why Now? Wouldn’t it be better to just make some plans on how to get out of there?
Chapter IV.
A communications radio crackled.
“zzzzzz….zz..zzzz..zzzz…three……zzz…hear……zzz” Luke came running into the camp and grabbed the radio. “Hello…..This is Skywalker!” He changed the settings to improve the reception. “I repeat, this is Skywalker! Can you hear me?”
“This is control DF-Seven Two. Can you hear me?”
“I can hear you”, Luke replied.
“Where are you, Luke?”
“I’m on the surface on one of the Barucc moons. In a forrest!”
“Copy that!”
“I’ve got the princess with me!”
“Thank the force Luke! We were sure we’d lost her! We have a lock on your beacon but we’re not gonna be able to reach you for the moment!”
“O.K.?” Luke replied.
“ We’ll have to pick you up in 10 hours time. There are still the matter of imperial interference in this sector.”
”I understand, We’ll stay here for the night!”
“That’s affirmed. Be safe and may the force be with you! – This is DF-Seven Two!”
“May the force be with you too. This is Skywalker!”
The radio crackled and silenced. Luke turned to Leia. “You heard ‘em”, he said “Not much we can do!”. Leia smiled briefly. “I guess we can handle one night in the woods, right?”. Luke smiled back at her. “Yeah, I occasionally spent the night out in Beggars Canyon. I can handle it!”. She smiled again! Then she proceed to raise herself from the rock. Luke rushed over to help her. “thanks”, said Leia when Luke helped her.
“Where to miss?”. She thought for a moment and whispered: “I need to go in the bushes!” Luke giggled as if it was the first time he heard anything like it. “Sure Leia, I know a spot you can use”. He helped her to a concealed spot a couple off yards behind the pod where he left her. “Just call when you’re done!”, he said. She blushed and mubbled a “yes” as he walked off. She stood for a while in the darkness, contemplating how to go about doing her business. She tried to crouch but soon realized that the pain was to much to bear. On top of that she had problems getting her panties off. She managed with some skill to ease the panties half way down her thighs but no further since she couldn’t crouch or bend. She was in a predicament. She wrapped the blanket firmly around herself and called out to Luke. “Luke…I need….eh…..some help!”
“Huh?”, Luke emerged from behind the pod. She diverted her eyes as she realized how embarrassing it was. “Well….I….I…..”. She swallowed. “I can’t get THEM off.”
Luke giggled again. “Hang on, I’ll help you.” Luke walked up to and behind her where he crouched. He slipped two fingers in on each side of the panties and pulled them down to her ankles. “I think I better get them off completely”, said Leia and lifter her right foot three inches off the ground. Luke lifted the panties off the foot. “And the other one…” he said as if guiding her. She lifted the left foot and he released her completely. “Thanks Luke, most kind of you!”. Luke stood up and handed her the pair of panties. “Heh….I’m just….nothing!”. Luke looked embarrassed and walked off again.
Leia stood for a while looking out into the woods with her panties in her right hand. What a night, she thought. First the fight, then the lizard and now I’m gonna have to deal with Luke Skywalker being strange on me. Not to mention the fact that I’m gonna have to rely on him to help me with my toilet needs. She shook her head in slight disbelief.
Oh well she though, better get this over with. She grabbed a branch hanging in front of her with the left hand, lifted the blanket up with the right hand. The feeling of relieving herself was good. She felt the warm drips of urine falling down her legs to the ground. It was practically impossible not to get it on the legs since she was standing up. This was something she simply just had to accept. She stood their for a few minutes, alone in the dark letting it come out. Once finished she thought for a moment off what to do about the legs. It would be the same problem as when she’d tried to remove the panties.
It was quite obvious that she had a choice to make. She could either ignore that fact that she’d gotten urine on her legs and feet and act as if nothing had happened. A prospect she felt uneasy with. Or she could ask Luke to wipe it off. It was irritating that she had to make such a decision but, she reckoned, it was the way it would have to be.
She made up her mind and called out!
“Luke…take some paper from the supply container and come here! BUT DON’T LOOK TOO MUCH!!!” Strange thing to say she thought. But she felt she’d had to make it clear to Luke not to stare her out. Luke came back to her carrying the paper. His eyes were firmly fixed on the tree behind her. “Here you go Leia”, he said handing her the paper. Then he turned around. “Hang on Luke!” she said before he went off again. “I need more help here!”. Luke stopped and muttered “Oh….eh…Ok!” He turned and walked up behind her. “What shall I do”, said Luke. Leia took a piece of the paper and proceeded to dry herself, or the parts she could reach. She threw the paper into a couple of bushes at her side. Then she handed Luke the paper.
“Luke!”, she said “I trust you have the discretion to help a lady out?”. Luke laughed “Sure thing, what do you want my to do?” Leia took a deep breath.
“First off all I need yo wio wipe my legs clean and then put on my underwear.” Luke hummed in approval and kneeled behind her. She couldn’t see him but she could feel his hand down by her foot wiping her with a piece of paper. He was thorough but not slow in cleaning her. His hand wiped her from the bottom and up until he was only a couple of inches from her pussy. Then he removed her hand, briefly touching her on the inside of her thigh. She felt it! Luke threw away the paper and reached for the panties.
“Alright, here we go again!”. Together they managed to gee pae panties back on her and the began to walk back. “Thanks Luke, I appreciate it!”. Luke replied: “Don’t mention it!”. Suddenly she realized how exhausted she was and told Luke to help her into the pod so she could get some rest.
Luke did so and helped to tuck her in between a couple of blankets inside the pod. She felt safe with him around, no question about that. She called to him as he stood up, about to go outside. “Luke…come here a moment!”. Luke came and sat down beside her. “Luke…I really appreciate the help and not to mention the fact that you saved me before. It means a lot to me!”. Luke looked at her and smiled. “I’ve saved you before and I can do it again!”. Leia smiled. “I know Luke…I know you would”. Luke looked around and then at Leia. “Well…I’m gonna go outside and eat something, then I’ll patrol the area. Just call if there is soing,ing, Ok!” Leia smiled. “Ok, Luke!” Luke bent down and gave her a brief kiss then he walked out of the pod.
Chapter V.
She could hear the wind in the trees and the distant sound of a forest creature. She closed her eyes for a while and tried to find rest. She could feel her wound aching. It wasn’t much due to the tranquilizers but it was enough to hurt. More so she found that she couldn’t stop thinking of the events surrounding her. Strangely she was thinking of the events of the day than the fact that her mission to Barucc had failed. She could recall the image of the attaché being thrown away by the blast before she lost consciousness. Did he make it? It was in her mind briefly only to be lost again. She couldn’t stop thinking of the things Luke had said before. She found it to be hard to recon ciliate the fact that Luke had looked on her like that. She had never even contemplated the fact that he, Luke Skywalker, a farmboy from Tatooine, had such thoughts about her. She knew that several senators from the imperial senate had looked at her. Practically undressing her with their eyes. A most unpleasant feeling considering that they were the enemy and off course she’d felt the looks Han had been giving her but then again, Han was a rugged smuggler who probably had loose connections in every spaceport. She felt uneasy by practically every man looking at her with that kind of look. All but Luke, Luke was different. He evoked a sense of security in her. As if he and she was bonding in some way. The thought of him watching her was not a foul thought. She had since long been conscious about the males around her, yet she was always keeping them at a distance. She had always followed the code she’d learned from her father. A royal princess doesn’t think or act in a way which will lead her into a sexual situation. She was not sleepy now. She couldn’t sleep with all these emotions she was feeling. She couldn’t sleep not knowing.
She thought of the kiss she’d just been given by Luke. What did that mean? Or the brief touch she’d given her before leaving. What about that? Or the comments he had made about her body earlier. She felt a tingling feeling in her stomach. An unfamiliar warm sense spreading through her abdomen. Could it be that Luke was in love with her? Was she falling in love with Luke? What did it all mean? What did it all mean????
Chapter VI.
Luke stepped into the pod. He whispered: “Are you sleeping?” Leia whispered back that she was awake. Luke took of his jacket and placed it in one of the chairs. “I can sleep over here”, he said. Leia raised herself on her elbows and looked at him. She thought for a brief second then she made a choice which she was uncertain about. “I want you to sleep here….with me!”, she said. Luke’s eyes shifted as if he was surprised. Then he grabbed a blanket and lay down next to her. He didn’t say anything. Leia rolled over on the side and managed to move herself back towards Luke until she lay just in front of him. “Hold me!” she whispered. Luke reached across her and held her in his arms. She could feel his bre breath in the back of her neck. It sent shivers through her body.
They lay there for a while in silence. She felt safe, but restless. The thoughts were even more present than before. What was going on? She had to find out. No matter what It took. Somehow she knew and felt that this might very well be one of the only chances she had. She had a choice at hand.
“Are you awake?”, Leia whispered.
“Yeah”
Leia rolled over so she could see Luke. She looked deep into his eyes. “Luke…what do you think of me?”. Luke got a frightened look by the question. He took a deep breath and said: “I like you Leia, You are something special.” She listened. “I don’t know what it is but you make me feel good when you are around.” She smiled. “I know what you mean!” she replied. “I don’t know for sure, but it feels like there is something special between us”. Luke nodded. There was a long pause. They kept looking at each other.
Leia closed her eyes. “Luke…kiss me!”. She parted her lips slightly. She felt his breath. Then she felt his lips touching hers. It was warm and soft. She let the tip of her tongue come out and touch his lips. He opened his mouth a little and their tongues met. She could feel her heart pounding , her tongue slowly swirling around Luke’s and a tingling feeling in her stomach. She wanted this to happen. She wanted Luke. She reached out and took his hand. Then she briefly diverted her lips from his. “I want you to touch me!”, she said placing his hand on her breast. If Luke had shown intrest in her breasts before then surely he would now. They started kissing again. She felt Lukes hand on her breast softly touching and squezzing it. The sensation in her stomach began to move. From her abdomen down to her groin. She knew the sensation from the many times she’d been fantasizing about the pilots she found attractive. Lukes hand shifted from one breast to the other. Her breath was getting heavier. She felt that it was time to let go of her selfcontrol. She lifted her hand and slid it down to Lukes pants where she began to undo the buckle. It was not a problem. She undid the buckle, the button and the zipper. Then she slid her hand into his underpants. She could feel is cock. Hard and throbbing. She could feel a warm wet substance on the tip of the head. She got a hold on the shaft and started to run it up and down. She could feel how his breath responded .
Luke moved his hand down towards her pussy. She felt an urge to tell him to do it faster but then again it was so sensual that she wouldn’t want to interrupt it. His hand reached her panties. She was already about to burst. It was excruciating she wanted his hand to touch her. He hesitated for a while. She tightened the grip around his cock and drove it a little harder as if to say: “Do it now!”. It was quite possible that he understood that because he managed to let his hand into her panties and straight down and into her pussy. She felt an enormous burst of all senses now. It was absolutely amazing. Two of his fingers were inside her pussy. His thumb were rubbing her orisoris, her and was pounding his wet cock in a rapid motion. She couldn’t stop herself and forced a muffled cry when she had an orgasm. All logic and reason was swept away. She wanted Luke and she wanted him now, more than ever. She released the grip on his cock, pulled her hand up and pushed Luke over on his back. “Take your clothes off!”, she wheezed at him. Luke was completely in on this and took his clo off off. He was pretty good looking after all. And his cock….she had been thinking about that before. His cock was Not Not too big but big enough to surprise her. He rolled over towards her. She said “Take off my clothes now!” Luke did so to. The torn shirt went off along with the panties. They were now both naked. Leia looked at him. “Be careful with the wound ok…?”. Luke nodded.
“Now come here….” She spread her legs and Luke maneuvered himself into position.
She could feel the tip of his cock. He was hesitating. She couldn’t hold it in. “Luke….fuck me NOW!”. He leaned forward and thrusted his cock deep inside her. She gave off a little scream. It was astounding. She could feel his cock filling her up. It was a fantastic feeling. He began to fuck her in slow gentle motions. She enjoyed it. It was something she had dreamed off but never experienced. She felt the pulsating cock deep inside of her and Luke’s warm breath on her chest. She decided to command him in the direction she wanted him to go. “Luke…Like my tits!”. Luke did so…his tongue licked her nipples, tasted them. She squirmed underneath him. It was the greatest feeling she’d ever had. She lay her hand on his back and drove his nails into it, causing him to look up at her as if he’d done something wrong. “Fuck me harder!” she wheezed at him. Luke picked up the pace. She could feel a climaxing ing close everytime he thrust himself into her. He kept going faster and harder and she came closer and closer to the orgasm. Finally she felt her sweaty body tightening up and she burst out in a violent orgasm. Luke slowed down the pace. He looked at her. “I want to taste you”, she said “and I want you to taste me!”. Luke pulled out his cock and turned around inside the pod. He lay down inches from her. She could feel his tongue gently licking her clitoris. It filled her with a powerful vibration. She took a hold of his cock. Jerked it a few times and then she fitted it into her mouth. The tasty was slightly salty but still sweet. It was the taste of him and herself. She let here tongue circle the head of the cock while rhythmically jerking it up and down. She could hear Luke respond. He licked her pussy in big strokes while driving two finger into her. They were locked together. Suddenly she felt spasms coming from Luke’s cock and a muffled cry was hear from him as he emptied his load of sperm in her mouth. She gobbled it up. Every single drop. It was like nectar to her. But she didn’t let go off his cock. She held on to it for time it took for Luke to lick her into a third orgasm. Then she let him go and the both collapsed. Exhausted and sweaty the feel asleep as the lay. Naked and relieved.
Chapter VII.
Luke was not in the pod when she awoke. She instantly put on her torn clothes and sat up. The wound didn’t hurt as much now as it did yesterday. She appreciated that. She managed to get on her feet and got out of the pod. It was daylight outside.
She could see Luke sitting by the side of the clearing. She walked up to him and sat down. They were silent. The events of the night seemed unpleasantly present. She turned to him and said: “How are you?”. Luke didn’t move. He seemed bothered. “I’m not sure, Leia”, he said after a while. “I’ve got….a bad feeling about this!”.
Instantly she knew what he meant. Something did feel wrong. It was nothing like the emotions she’d had the night before. It felt awkward. Luke spoke. “I know that we can’t change it now. But I wish that last night hadn’t happened!. Leia nodded approvingly. “Its not that I don’t like you. It’s just that I have this bad feeling about it”. Leia agreed.
“What do you suppose we do now, Luke?”, she said. Luke shrugged. “I don’t know. I guess we just have to move on.” Leia knew that it was the best and only way. She leaned over towards Luke and put her head on his shoulder. “Luke, you know that I love you don’t you?”. Luke turned to face her. “Yes, I do Leia!”. She kissed him on the cheek. “Then we agree!”. The radio crackled in the distance. “This is shuttle Liberty. We have a clear lock on your homing signal and we are beginning the descent”. They began gathering their equipment as the sound of the shuttle approached the makeshift camp.
The shuttle roared as it passed above the camp. They picked up their equipment and walked towards the spot the shuttle had landed. They didn’t speak as the walked up the ramp and settled into the shuttle.