A loud boom woke Anakin from his light nap. He sat up immediately and
looked around. Everything was different! There were nine planets, and one
sun. What happened to Alderaan?
"Master, what was that?" Anakin asked, running into the cockpit. Obi-Wan's face was covered in soot and a stream of blood trailed across his chin.
"The consol blew up!" Clouds of smoke were coming from behind the key pads. Anakin studied the viewscreen for moment.
"The hyperdrive exploded!"
"What?" Obi-Wan asked, sliding into the co-pilots seat.
"We'll need to land somewhere before we crash!" Anakin shouted, searching the map for an inhabited planet.
"All planets but one are absent of life forms!" Obi-Wan said incredulously.
"Well, then I guess we have no choice!" Anakin said, and he began to land the ship.
**************** "Just.." Tina looked at her watch, "five more hours until Star Wars!"
Bob rolled her eyes. "Tintin! You have been waiting in the nonexistent line for two months! MUST you count down every hour?"
Tina looked back defensively, "BOB! This is the moment I have been waiting for since Attack of the Clones!! This is IT! Don't you get it?"
Bob sighed. Tina's attention was diverted when somebody tried to cut.
"BACK OF THE LINE!" she screamed, "I HAVE BEEN WAITING HERE FOR TWO MONTHS!!!!!!"
Scared, the person ran as fast as they could towards the end of the line.. Tina smiled smugly at Bob.
"A job well done!" Bob said, nodding. Tina smiled and resumed staring at her watch.
****************
Anakin roughly landed the ship, and the two Jedi departed it. The land was empty and barren.
"Where are we, Master?" Anakin asked. Obi-Wan opened his mouth, but no words would escape his lips. They spotted a life form sitting on the ground. Without regard to his Master, Anakin immediately ran over to the being.
"Anakin! Wait!" Obi-Wan said, chasing after his reckless Padawan. "Where are we?" Anakin demanded. The life form stood up.
"You are in the outskirts of New York!" he said, wiping his dirty hands on his even dirtier shirt.
"What is the Capital and where is it?" Obi-Wan asked, stepping beside Anakin.
"Eh. New York, duh!" the individual said. Anakin and Obi-Wan looked at eachother, and then back at the being.
"If New York is the capital, then where are we?" a befuddled Obi-Wan said.
"You're in New York!" the human said, pointedly.
"So we're in the Capital?" Anakin asked.
"No!" The life form said. "Whatever. just take us to the Capital! I'm getting a headache!" Obi-Wan said, rubbing his temple.
"Alright." The person said, leading them to a giant machine. "On the count of three, we jump on."
"Jump on what?" Anakin asked, confused.
"The train! Now 1..2...3!" They jumped.
****************
"FOUR!!!! FOUR MORE HOURS!!!" Tina shrieked, giggling hysterically.
Bob opened her mouth to protest, but was muffled by Tina's squeal, and the exited roar of the crowd behind her. "Tintin!" Bob said in mock anger.
"Sorry Master, I forgot!" Bob shook her head and smiled with a sigh.. "You ALWAYS forget!"
"I do try, Master!" Tina said, and began to go into a Star Wars dialogue, quoting from the previous movies.
Bob continued to shake her head. Four hours couldn't pass fast enough!
****************
"Soo... your friend, Mitch, is. invisible..?" Anakin inquired, confused.
"Yes, you just can't see him!" The man who had helped them jump the train said.
"Ookay, so, we can't. see him. hear him. or feel him. but. you can?" a befuddled Padawan asked. The man nodded. Anakin glanced at his equally confused Master.
"A spirit?" he asked. Obi-Wan leaned forward and said in a low voice, "I don't think so. I think he's just a bit ins-" The train lurched, cutting him off.
"We're here!" The crazy being said in an overly enthusiastic manner.
Obi-Wan shook his head. "Thank the Force for that" They heard a noise coming from the other box car.
"Uh oh, it's the damn CIA! I told you they were after us, Mitch! Come on, let's book it!"
"Book?" Anakin cocked his head.
"CIA?" Obi-Wan asked in the same tone. The two Jedi watched as the mad life form ran away crazily.
"God himself can't catch the two of us!!!!!! HA HA HA... Never!"
Obi looked over to his apprentice as they said in unison, "God?"
Just then, a station attendant turned the corner and caught sight of them.
"Hey, you!" He shouted. Anakin sighed, "Not this again."
****************
"Hey, Bob, guess what?" Bob stood up and stretched her leg. "What?"
"Three more hours!" Bob froze, "Tina! What did I say about-"
"Master, you said I couldn't count it down, which I wasn't, I was merely questioning your ability to conjecture my response." She smiled in spite of herself.
"Do you even know what that means?!?!?!"
Tina couldn't hide her grin, "Kind of."
Bob groaned. "uuuuh, how much longer?." She stopped abruptly, her jaw dropped. Tina giggled. "Don't say it."
****************
"Anakin!" A very upset Jedi Master yelled back to his Padawan, "I told you not to draw your lightsaber!"
"It's not my fault, Master, the guy looked suspicious."
Obi-Wan ducked behind an old building followed by his extremely miffed looking apprentice.
"Everything that moves looks suspicious to you, my very young apprentice, and more often than not anything that doesn't. You may have just scared away our only hope of discovering exactly where we are or what planet this is or how to get back to where we're supposed to be. You're training to be a Jedi! Do you know what that word means!? It means you don't just go swinging your lightsaber around at everything that walks! Are you even listening to me!? Anakin!"
****************
"It's only.. It's only... It's only... mnnnnnnnn!!!" Bob looked over at the whining Tina and sighed. "Fine, fine, you can count down."
"TWO HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tina shouted on the top of her lungs.
"Shut up! You crazy Star Wars freak!" somebody shouted from behind.
Bob rolled her eyes, but inside, she couldn't help but feel a bit excited. The movie she and Tina had been waiting for, for three years was finally here.
She glanced casually over at the Padawan she had come with, and her eyes widened. "You brought your expensive lightsaber? I thought you were saving that for a special occasions!"
"This kind of IS a special occasion! Now get yours out, lets practice our sets!" Tina said, getting into ready position.
After a moment of hesitation, Bob ignited the plastic blade on her lightsaber.
"May the Force be with you!" Tina said, smiling Sithly.
****************
"Anakin!"
Anakin looked back at his Master, "I am listening, its just. there is a rather large crowd gathered around that building."
Obi-Wan looked to where Anakin was pointing. Sure enough, there was a large line. "What in the blazes." he said, stepping forward to investigate.
"Excuse me, what's going on over there?" he asked the nearest person, nodding toward the group of people.
"Oh its that one thing. um. you know, the little green dude, Yoda."
Obi-Wan's heart leapt, "The Jedi Council?" Then he paused, "little green dude?"
"Master, what was that?" Anakin asked, running into the cockpit. Obi-Wan's face was covered in soot and a stream of blood trailed across his chin.
"The consol blew up!" Clouds of smoke were coming from behind the key pads. Anakin studied the viewscreen for moment.
"The hyperdrive exploded!"
"What?" Obi-Wan asked, sliding into the co-pilots seat.
"We'll need to land somewhere before we crash!" Anakin shouted, searching the map for an inhabited planet.
"All planets but one are absent of life forms!" Obi-Wan said incredulously.
"Well, then I guess we have no choice!" Anakin said, and he began to land the ship.
**************** "Just.." Tina looked at her watch, "five more hours until Star Wars!"
Bob rolled her eyes. "Tintin! You have been waiting in the nonexistent line for two months! MUST you count down every hour?"
Tina looked back defensively, "BOB! This is the moment I have been waiting for since Attack of the Clones!! This is IT! Don't you get it?"
Bob sighed. Tina's attention was diverted when somebody tried to cut.
"BACK OF THE LINE!" she screamed, "I HAVE BEEN WAITING HERE FOR TWO MONTHS!!!!!!"
Scared, the person ran as fast as they could towards the end of the line.. Tina smiled smugly at Bob.
"A job well done!" Bob said, nodding. Tina smiled and resumed staring at her watch.
****************
Anakin roughly landed the ship, and the two Jedi departed it. The land was empty and barren.
"Where are we, Master?" Anakin asked. Obi-Wan opened his mouth, but no words would escape his lips. They spotted a life form sitting on the ground. Without regard to his Master, Anakin immediately ran over to the being.
"Anakin! Wait!" Obi-Wan said, chasing after his reckless Padawan. "Where are we?" Anakin demanded. The life form stood up.
"You are in the outskirts of New York!" he said, wiping his dirty hands on his even dirtier shirt.
"What is the Capital and where is it?" Obi-Wan asked, stepping beside Anakin.
"Eh. New York, duh!" the individual said. Anakin and Obi-Wan looked at eachother, and then back at the being.
"If New York is the capital, then where are we?" a befuddled Obi-Wan said.
"You're in New York!" the human said, pointedly.
"So we're in the Capital?" Anakin asked.
"No!" The life form said. "Whatever. just take us to the Capital! I'm getting a headache!" Obi-Wan said, rubbing his temple.
"Alright." The person said, leading them to a giant machine. "On the count of three, we jump on."
"Jump on what?" Anakin asked, confused.
"The train! Now 1..2...3!" They jumped.
****************
"FOUR!!!! FOUR MORE HOURS!!!" Tina shrieked, giggling hysterically.
Bob opened her mouth to protest, but was muffled by Tina's squeal, and the exited roar of the crowd behind her. "Tintin!" Bob said in mock anger.
"Sorry Master, I forgot!" Bob shook her head and smiled with a sigh.. "You ALWAYS forget!"
"I do try, Master!" Tina said, and began to go into a Star Wars dialogue, quoting from the previous movies.
Bob continued to shake her head. Four hours couldn't pass fast enough!
****************
"Soo... your friend, Mitch, is. invisible..?" Anakin inquired, confused.
"Yes, you just can't see him!" The man who had helped them jump the train said.
"Ookay, so, we can't. see him. hear him. or feel him. but. you can?" a befuddled Padawan asked. The man nodded. Anakin glanced at his equally confused Master.
"A spirit?" he asked. Obi-Wan leaned forward and said in a low voice, "I don't think so. I think he's just a bit ins-" The train lurched, cutting him off.
"We're here!" The crazy being said in an overly enthusiastic manner.
Obi-Wan shook his head. "Thank the Force for that" They heard a noise coming from the other box car.
"Uh oh, it's the damn CIA! I told you they were after us, Mitch! Come on, let's book it!"
"Book?" Anakin cocked his head.
"CIA?" Obi-Wan asked in the same tone. The two Jedi watched as the mad life form ran away crazily.
"God himself can't catch the two of us!!!!!! HA HA HA... Never!"
Obi looked over to his apprentice as they said in unison, "God?"
Just then, a station attendant turned the corner and caught sight of them.
"Hey, you!" He shouted. Anakin sighed, "Not this again."
****************
"Hey, Bob, guess what?" Bob stood up and stretched her leg. "What?"
"Three more hours!" Bob froze, "Tina! What did I say about-"
"Master, you said I couldn't count it down, which I wasn't, I was merely questioning your ability to conjecture my response." She smiled in spite of herself.
"Do you even know what that means?!?!?!"
Tina couldn't hide her grin, "Kind of."
Bob groaned. "uuuuh, how much longer?." She stopped abruptly, her jaw dropped. Tina giggled. "Don't say it."
****************
"Anakin!" A very upset Jedi Master yelled back to his Padawan, "I told you not to draw your lightsaber!"
"It's not my fault, Master, the guy looked suspicious."
Obi-Wan ducked behind an old building followed by his extremely miffed looking apprentice.
"Everything that moves looks suspicious to you, my very young apprentice, and more often than not anything that doesn't. You may have just scared away our only hope of discovering exactly where we are or what planet this is or how to get back to where we're supposed to be. You're training to be a Jedi! Do you know what that word means!? It means you don't just go swinging your lightsaber around at everything that walks! Are you even listening to me!? Anakin!"
****************
"It's only.. It's only... It's only... mnnnnnnnn!!!" Bob looked over at the whining Tina and sighed. "Fine, fine, you can count down."
"TWO HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tina shouted on the top of her lungs.
"Shut up! You crazy Star Wars freak!" somebody shouted from behind.
Bob rolled her eyes, but inside, she couldn't help but feel a bit excited. The movie she and Tina had been waiting for, for three years was finally here.
She glanced casually over at the Padawan she had come with, and her eyes widened. "You brought your expensive lightsaber? I thought you were saving that for a special occasions!"
"This kind of IS a special occasion! Now get yours out, lets practice our sets!" Tina said, getting into ready position.
After a moment of hesitation, Bob ignited the plastic blade on her lightsaber.
"May the Force be with you!" Tina said, smiling Sithly.
****************
"Anakin!"
Anakin looked back at his Master, "I am listening, its just. there is a rather large crowd gathered around that building."
Obi-Wan looked to where Anakin was pointing. Sure enough, there was a large line. "What in the blazes." he said, stepping forward to investigate.
"Excuse me, what's going on over there?" he asked the nearest person, nodding toward the group of people.
"Oh its that one thing. um. you know, the little green dude, Yoda."
Obi-Wan's heart leapt, "The Jedi Council?" Then he paused, "little green dude?"