On the Wings of Valkyrie

Chapter LXXX

"Leia, is everything alright?" Ahsoka asked as she came upon the Princess running down the hallway.

"Padmé and I have to meet up with a few friends," she responded. "You want to come?"

"I guess," the Grey Jedi answered, turning to follow the girl. Not long later they had made it into one of the hangar bays and onto a Nabooian ship of some sort. Padmé was already there, prepping for take off. "What's with the hurry?"

The two humans looked at each other.

"Remember what we told you about that friend of ours, Luna?" Leia asked. Ahsoka nodded, a frown gracing her features. "We just figured out where she's headed."

"You're trying to catch her," the Togruta realized, even as her stomach sank. Padmé only hummed in agreement. "Where is she headed?"

"Polis Massa. Force knows why," the once Senator answered.

"Luckily for us, there's still a small Rebel presence. We'll be able to land easily.... Hopefully, she doesn't sense us coming," Leia muttered. "Han's going to meet us there."

"With Luke?" Ahsoka asked, having heard the Skywalker boy had left with the Correlian.

"Uh, no," Leia responded, her presence suddenly uneasy. "Luke's preoccupied."

"I see." At least that means it'll be easier to misdirect them should we need that. I've got to comm Luna about this. Give her a heads up.

But how do I do that? They'll know about anything that is sent from aboard this ship.... Then again Luna's been good about slipping away in general, maybe she won't need it.

~*~

"Father, we've got a message," Luke noted as he and Vader sat down at the controls of the ship. Neither Skywalker had been interested in staying on Moraband for an extended period of time so they had bounced around a few other Sith planets the past few days.

"Who is it from?" Vader questioned as the boy pulled up the message.

"Han," Luke answered, quickly continuing when he sensed the Sith's slight annoyance—apparently Vader hadn't gotten over the whole trade-Luke-in-for-credits thing—and onto something the man would be far more interested in. "....So Luna's headed to Polis Massa apparently."

"And how did he come across that?"

"A green gremlin told him," Luke answered with a frown, his voice conveying his confusion before he read further. "Oh, Yoda told him...." The Rebel Pilot blinked, taking a moment to process the words he just said. "Hold on, what?"

"Does it say how Han and Yoda ran into each other?" Vader asked dryly. A good question considering last Luke had checked, the Jedi Master didn't have a way off of Dagobah.

"Luna."

"Of course."

"Han's headed after her, and so are Mother and Leia. Are we going too?"

"....Travel would take too long from here, especially if we plan on getting you back to the fleet on time," Vader answered after several moments of thought. Luke felt his Father's mood dampen at the words.

"Well, what's an extra day?" the boy questioned, looking into the Sith's mask with a smirk. "Skywalkers aren't known for being on time after all."