Project Boussh: Trouble in Turbolift Three
by Vickie Boyd

Vickie followed the mouse droid down the hall. It took her twisting and 
turning down halways. *Will this ship never end,* she thought.

The droid rolled ahead of her and around a corner. It squealed and she 
stopped. Peeking around the corner, she saw the little droid talking to 
a taller droid. She was unable to make out what was being said.

After a moment, the mouse droid rolled back to her. THE LADY AND MAN 
HAVE BEEN TRAPPED IN A TURBOLIFT. SHE WAS ESCAPING.

*So am I,* she thought. "Well, we need to help them."

COME THIS WAY. The droid rolled back down the hall towards a turbolift. 
She followed cautiously. The other droid had disappeared.

She stopped before the turbolift doors and they swished open. "Where did 
the other droid go," she asked her petit companion.

HE WENT ON AHEAD TO CLEAR THE WAY OUT.

She stepped in. The walls were grey, like everything else on the ship. 
She felt like she was on a Naval ship. *You are, stupid,* she admonished 
herself. *Amazing how much like a US Naval ship it looks.*

The droid beeped and the doors closed. Quickly, they began to decend. 
She grabbed the railing to avoid having a seat on the floor. It wasn't 
long before they stopped. She reached out with the Force before the 
doors opened.

"Don't open them," she warned the droid as it began to ask the turbolift 
to open the doors. She felt Brad's and Dorset's minds nearby. Just 
beyond them were about a dozen other minds. "Stormtroopers," she 
whispered to herself. "We arrived just in time."

She hit the button to open the doors.


Down the hall, a squad of troopers came towards the turbolifts. They 
heard one of the doors open and put their weapons to bear. A woman 
emerged from the lift dressed in medical garb. She turned and faced 
them, opening her arms wide. They looked at her curiously.

She smiled at them. The troopers in the back flew backwards as she Force 
pushed them. They landed hard against the transperisteel wall and were 
knocked unconscious. The rest began to fire. The blasts bounced off her 
Force shield.

The troopers suddenly stopped firing. Several rubbed their eyes, looking 
at her. "I said I order you to stand down," she said to them. "I will 
take care of this from here."

They looked at Commander McEwok and nodded. The front trooper stood and 
waved his fellows to follow. "The Commander has this now. We'll guard 
the exit." They all turned and left.

Vickie sighed and leaned against the wall. The little mouse droid 
appeared at her feet and beeped at her."Yes, we really should get them 
out of there before those idiots figure out what happened." She turned 
around and concentrated her telekinesis on the door. It groaned and 
finally pushed apart.

Two carbines appeared before her. She took a step back and put up her 
hands defensively. "Woah, wait a minute. Don't fire."

Dorset lowered her blaster and looked shocked. "What are you doing here? 
I just left you in the hangar!"