| Author |
Topic:
While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU) Updated 7/10/05
|
Yanksfan
Registered:
Nov '00
|
Date Posted:
2/1/01 3:52pm
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
|
I'm making like Indiana Jones and digging this thread UP!!! ;-)
-----signature-----
Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Jedi-Jade
Registered:
Nov '99
|
Date Posted:
2/1/01 4:37pm
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
|
I want a Han/Leia reunion!
-----signature-----
Nov. 19th
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
princess-sari
Registered:
Nov '00
|
Date Posted:
2/1/01 7:46pm
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
I loved the description of Lando's reaction to the news that Han is alive! The turmoil was very well done.
Well, I'm going to go with what everyone else has already said and say: POST MORE SOOOOOOOON!!!!!
-----signature-----
~*~Theed Library~*~
http://www.geocities.com/theedlibrary
More Than Shadows -- The Handmaidens in Episode 2!! -- 6/14/02
http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=5763331
~*~ The Invisible Woman of The Fortress ~*~
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
StonedRose
Registered:
Jan '01
|
Date Posted:
2/1/01 10:26pm
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
Ah, sorry this is pretty late tonight. But better late than never! So here you go. As always, I hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think. :-)
Luke's eyes snapped open as he was abruptly pulled from his Jedi trance. He felt a disturbance in the force. A rippling presence he had not felt since.......Luke took a deep breath as he gazed inwardly at his thoughts. Yes, the presence was strong. As if a light that had once flickered out had been magically revived to all it's glowing brilliance.
Luke opened his eyes in understanding. He needed to speak to Leia--fast.
********
Everything was black. And cold. Muted voices echoed in the distance.
The captain jerked violently. Suddenly his lungs burned hotly as he sucked in a desperate breath. //Air!// He gulped at it greedily. //Real air!// His mouth tasted like metal. And it felt dry.
Han Solo reached out blindly, his hands trembling too violently for him to grab onto anything. //Why was it so dark?//
His left hand came in contact with cool metal. Suddenly he could make out the steady hum of a hyperdrive engine. //It was working again?. Where was he? The Falcon?// No. The engine's never sounded like that. //But weren't they on the way to Bespin?//
Han flicked his eyes around frantically, straining to see something; *anything*. "Leia?" he called hoarsely, "Chewie??" //What the hell was going on?//
"....Captain Solo...." A muffled voice answered, "...hear me?"
"What's-" Han clenched his teeth as he suddenly felt his muscles cramp up in agony. He bit down hard to fight back the scream in his throat, his body jerking in protest.
Lando watched this in panic, his eyes widening, "What's wrong with him??"
Xavier shot him a quick look, his hands busily working to get the syringe ready. "This is to be expected," he said in a rush. "I'll, uh, just give him a shot of this and it should be fine."
Han's shaking was uncontrollable now. He could barely get out a coherent sentence. "Wha- where..am.." Solo tilted his head, his eyes wide as they rested on the ex-general. Lando felt a quick chill course through him. For that one fleeting moment he felt like Han was looking through him. But then he realized that Han's eyes were not wide in recognition but in fear. And they were eerily blank, registering no acknowledgment of anything around him.
Xavier leaned over the trembling captain, "I'm just giving you a muscle relaxant. This should ease the cramping."
Han turned his head towards the voice. "What? Who are you?"
Xavier gave Lando a desperate look. The kid was obviously waiting for the ex-general to step in as the recognizable voice and calm down his friend. Lando averted his eyes from Xavier and swallowed. It was time to step foward, even if it meant Han Solo would kill him. "Han," he said smoothly, "it's me, Lando."
Han's expression was incredulous. "Lando?"
"The man with me is Xavier Ross," he continued, "he's going to give you a shot for the pain and tremors. But it's okay, you can trust him."
Han's mouth gaped open in shock, and he hardly flinched when Xavier plunged the needle into his arm. "Lando, but what are you doing here?" Solo tried to keep the nervous edge out of his voice, "Wha-why can't I see?"
Lando gave Xavier a questioning glance. The young man spoke up, "You have hybernation sickness. Your blindness is only temporary."
Han relaxed for a moment, but then his face visibly tensed. "Where's Chewie and Leia?"
Lando opened his mouth to answer, but then abruptly shut it. Han didn't seem to remember what had happened. Not yet. And now Lando didn't know what to tell him. Where would he start? Back on Cloud City when he had turned his friend over to Vader? Lando licked his lips nervously. "Han," he began, "what do you remember?"
"I...we were in the falcon." Han reluctantly leaned back on the med bunk, his gaze fixed vacantly up at the ceiling. "The hyperdrive's busted," he grimaced self-consciously, "those damn imps.....you know how that is."
"Sure buddy," Lando said with encouragement, "I know how that goes."
"So we were taking the slow route," Han couldn't suppress a small smile. "But that's okay, it's been kinda nice," his voice was wistful. "Like a break from everything." The smuggler's expression grew tender as he thought of how he and the princess had been filling in the time. Han felt so close to her now. Like he finally found someone who really understood him. There was Chewie of course, but he was his best friend and first mate. That was expected. But with Leia.... there was just this *connection* there. It was overwhelming and frightening. And so amazingly wonderful at the same time. //You got it bad for her, Solo.// Yeah, he knew he did. But surprisingly, for once the idea didn't bother him. Leia was definitely worth it.
Suddenly Han remembered himself- and who was standing over him- and his face quickly hardened. No point in looking soft in front of Calrissian, he might never hear the end of it. And it wasn't the time to be thinking about this. Han cleared his throat. Besides, Leia--Han's head jerked up suddenly. "Leia?" Han looked desperately in Lando's direction. "You never answered my question, where *is* she?"
"She's safe," he quickly assured Solo, "both her *and* Chewie. They're all right."
Han blew out a relieved sigh. "Good," he laid his head back down on the bunk; his body relaxing noticeably. Han could feel that his muscles had stopped their furious cramping. Even the trembling seemed to be abading a bit. His eyelids suddenly felt heavy though. "Lando..." Han said groggily as something that was said earlier finally penetrated his fog, "tell me somethin'....."
Lando leaned in to catch his friend's words, "Yeah?"
"How....'d I.....get hybernation sick....?"
Lando opened his mouth, but he couldn't figure out a way to phrase his answer. He looked guiltily up at Xavier, and it was obvious from the young man's expression that he seemed to be expecting a response as well. "Han, I-" Lando turned back to his friend and noted his heavy breathing. "Han?"
The Correllian was out cold. "Wha-? Is he okay?" Lando looked up at the young man expectantly.
"Oh yeah," Xavier assured him, "that's just the meds kicking in. He'll wake up again and hopefully by then the worst of it will be over."
The ex-general's shoulders sagged in relief. Well, at least he had a small reprieve from what was sure to be an emotionally draining conversation. How does one even begin to fill someone in on seven lost years? There was so much that he had missed. And how would Lando confess his part in Han's being gone all that time?
Xavier coughed, breaking Lando from his nervous reverie. The young man rocked back on his heels in satisfaction. "Well?"
Lando looked up at the kid warily, "what?"
Xavier couldn't stifle his grin, "did I tell you I would get your friend out okay or what?"
Lando tried to push aside his foreboding, and he forced a smile at the young man's smug expression. He stood up and slapped him good-naturedly on the back. Finally, the realization that Han was really okay sank in. He was being selfish, wallowing in self-pity. Lando should be celebrating Han's recovery, not dreading it for the sake of his own hide. Han was back!
"Yeah, nice job kid," he said as he led Xavier out of the room, "but don't go gettin' cocky."
*to be continued.....*
-----signature-----
"I got no car and it's breaking my heart, but I've found a driver and that's a start."--the Beatles Check out my Han/Leia fic: http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=1773937 Last Updated: 7/10/05
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Ghost-of-Spider
Registered:
Nov '00
|
Date Posted:
2/2/01 2:39am
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
|
This story is great pls keep going can't wait to read more :-)
-----signature-----
One day I will type something funny in this spot.
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Bria
Title: Manager Emeritus
-MNFF Council
Registered:
May '99
|
Date Posted:
2/2/01 6:58am
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! He's alive!!! HE'S ALIVE!!!Hehe... sorry... just got a bit excited there. I would've seen this last night, but I got forced off my computer, just as I will be in a moment (class). I hate that. 
Anyway... have them land on Coruscant for crying out loud. I want a reunion! 
~*~Bria
-----signature-----
Nothing can stand in the way of a million voices calling for change. Obama - Biden 08  Love is more than a candle. Love can ignite the stars. KRD + MEP = forever
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
princess-sari
Registered:
Nov '00
|
Date Posted:
2/2/01 7:06am
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
Yay!!! He's back!!
And it looks like Leia will be getting some warning, too. Loved how Luke used the same phrase Vader used in ANH.
Very realistic description of hibernation sickness after 7 years, I thought. Just like it was in ROTJ only much worse. And I liked how Lando didn't want to fill him in on what had really happened--I wouldn't want to either if I was him! 
REUNION!!!!!!!
-----signature-----
~*~Theed Library~*~
http://www.geocities.com/theedlibrary
More Than Shadows -- The Handmaidens in Episode 2!! -- 6/14/02
http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=5763331
~*~ The Invisible Woman of The Fortress ~*~
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Jedi-Jade
Registered:
Nov '99
|
Date Posted:
2/2/01 9:35am
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
This is so good, I can't wait for the reunion!!!! Hurry and post more soon! 
-----signature-----
Nov. 19th
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
set271
Registered:
Sep '00
|
Date Posted:
2/2/01 11:13am
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
Oooh, that was great! I *love* how he doesn't remember Bespin yet. I wonder if he'll be more suspicious when he wakes up again.
I know there are different schools of thought on this -- that in the "canon" version carbon freeze was the "big wide-awake nothing," but I've always preferred to think that it was instantaneous -- that one minute he was being lowered into the freezing chamber, and the very next he was coming out, suddenly in a different place, without any idea of how much time had gone by. So I’m selfishly glad that this AU seems to subscribe to the latter theory.
COMPLETELY on the edge of my seat – hope for another post VERY soon!!
-----signature-----
"Your head is big enough to have its own senate."
- Leia to Han, "A Valentine Story"
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
LadyCallie
Registered:
Apr '00
|
Date Posted:
2/2/01 11:13am
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!
YES!!!!! He's back!! All right! Now I'll walk around for the rest of the day!
Thanks!!!!!
-----signature-----
Forever shipping for-
Luke and Callista, Max and Logan, Willow and Tara, John and Aeryn
Because forever is the whole point.
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Yanksfan
Registered:
Nov '00
|
Date Posted:
2/2/01 11:15am
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
- Date Edited:
2/2/01 11:16am (1 edits total)
Edited By:
Yanksfan
|
Somtimes I
fantasize
when the streets are cold and lonely
and the cars they burn below me.
Don't these times
fill your eyes
when the streets are cold and lonely
and the cars they burn below me.
Are you all alone?
Are you made of stone?
---The Stone Roses
Ooooh, *shiver*. So appropriate, on so many levels.
This was a very elaborate way to get this thread UP!!!!!!!!! :-)
EDIT: Hey, it looks like my "up" wasn't necessary after all............:D
..still a cool quote though.......
-----signature-----
Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
LadyCallie
Registered:
Apr '00
|
Date Posted:
2/2/01 11:18am
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
|
That's pretty!! What's from?
-----signature-----
Forever shipping for-
Luke and Callista, Max and Logan, Willow and Tara, John and Aeryn
Because forever is the whole point.
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
StonedRose
Registered:
Jan '01
|
Date Posted:
2/2/01 12:23pm
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
Ah, yes. That quote's from the song "Made of Stone" by the now defunct british group "The Stone Roses"
Which incidently, is what my screen name is a play on.
Heh heh, yeah I thought I was time to wake up Han, before you all boycotted my thread in mass protest.
Hee hee "mass".
I think I'm getting ahead of myself here....anyways, I'm glad you seem to like. More soon.
-----signature-----
"I got no car and it's breaking my heart, but I've found a driver and that's a start."--the Beatles Check out my Han/Leia fic: http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=1773937 Last Updated: 7/10/05
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Bria
Title: Manager Emeritus
-MNFF Council
Registered:
May '99
|
Date Posted:
2/2/01 12:56pm
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
Hurry! I've got to be at work in two hours, and I don't want to wait almost 7 hours before seeing more of this (assuming I am able to get on when I get home). I'm dying here! ^_~
~*~Bria
-----signature-----
Nothing can stand in the way of a million voices calling for change. Obama - Biden 08 Love is more than a candle. Love can ignite the stars. KRD + MEP = forever
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
set271
Registered:
Sep '00
|
Date Posted:
2/2/01 3:20pm
Subject:
RE: While You Were Gone (Han/Leia AU)
|
|
UP!
-----signature-----
"Your head is big enough to have its own senate."
- Leia to Han, "A Valentine Story"
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
