Okay, here's the next chapter! If you don't know, Finn is the main protagonist of The Force Awakens. I thought I'd add him in, just to see if my predictions for his character after Episode 9 would be true. Tell me what you think in the comments, or just PM me.
Finn walked into the specially built bunker at the Jedi Temple. Master Luke had enlisted the help of a few younglings to help convert the room into a meditation chamber. It was a well lit room that looked no different from any of the aboveground rooms. It was protected by 5 reinforced titanium blast doors and a squad of the finest Republic stormtroopers. Inside, a lone meditating cushion lay in the middle of a giant sphere.
"Master Skywalker, what is that?" asked Finn.
"That's a meditation sphere," Luke replied, "It focuses brain waves and increalses the connection between a Jedi and the Force."
"How come I've never seen one before?"
"It's been a project of mine. The Holocron keeper showed me an unfinished blueprint and I decided to finish it."
Finn observed the device. He would be stuck in there for at least two days, possibly more.
"Should I get inside?" asked Finn.
"Not yet,"said Luke, "Let me summon Master Kenobi. Let's give our new toy a test run, shall we?"
Luke pressed a button and the machine whirred to life. He walked into the sphere and was enveloped inside. He sat down on the cushion and closed his eyes. For a few seconds nothing happened, and Finn started to become worried.
"Are you okay, Master?"
The spirit of Obi-Wan materialized in front of Finn, startling him.
"Ah, you must be Finn," said Obi-Wan, "I've heard a great many things about you from Luke."
Finn bowed deeply.
"Master Kenobi," he said, "It is a great honor to finally meet you in... err... person."
Obi-Wan laughed.
"Let us proceed with our mission," he said, "I trust you are ready?"
"Yes, Master."
Finn deactivated the meditation sphere. Luke opened his eyes, and walked out.
"I'll try and give you as much time as possible," Luke said, "Remember, Finn, you're our only hope."
Obi-Wan mentally chuckled at the irony. It had only seemed like a few days since he had received a message from a certain princess telling him almost exactly the same words. But, he remembered, it had been many years since that fateful day, and now Luke was not the same simple farm boy anymore. Obi-Wan was brought out of his thoughts by Luke giving a farewell to his former padawan.
"May the Force be with you, Finn," said a bowing Luke.
Finn returned the bow.
"May the Force be with you, too, Master," he said.
May the Force be with us all, thought Obi-Wan.
()()()()()
Finn watched his master and oldest friend walk out the bunker. If this failed, this would be the last time he ever saw him. He approached the entry, and signaled to the lead stormtrooper.
"No one opens this door," he said, "No matter what."
"Affirmative!" replied the captain.
Finn closed the blast doors and walked to the meditation sphere. He turned it on, entered, and closed his eyes.
All right, Master Kenobi, he thought, How does this work?
Obi-Wan's reply was almost instantaneous.
I am transmitting a moment in time to you, he told Finn, Focus on it, and feel yourself melting into that moment.
An image of what Finn could only assume was the old Jedi Council popped into his mind. He recognized a young Obi-Wan, Master Yoda, and someone who had Master Luke's eyes and hair. Finn could only assume that he was Anakin Skywalker, before he became the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Finn wondered why he was on the Jedi Council at such a young age.
Young Finn, said Obi-Wan, It's now or never.
Finn put his fears aside and began visualizing the room, and melted with Obi-Wan into the Force.
()()()()()
Luke met his two best friends, droids, and his sister at the entrance of the Jedi Temple.
"Glad you could make it," said Han.
"What took you so long?" asked Luke.
"You know, the usual," said Han, "Chewie was being a furball, 3PO was being slow, and R2 was being R2."
R2 gave Han a zap.
"Watch it!" yelled Han.
"R2-D2, you rude little astromech droid," said 3PO.
R2 beeped furiously.
"You need to get your beeper cleaned with soap," said 3PO.
"You know, that could've been a compliment, R2," said Han, "And you zapped me for praising you."
"Enough!" exclaimed Leia, "We're here in the middle of a war and you're acting like children!"
Luke agreed with his sister.
"Han, what have we got?" he asked, getting down to business.
"I got everyone who can either shoot a blaster or fly a ship aboveground," said Han, "The rest are safely underground."
"How many ships do we have?"
"Not as many as Barius for sure, but enough to stand a fighting chance."
"Where's Wedge?"
"On the dock."
"Go with him and a small scouting party. I want to see what we're up against. Take R2 and 3PO with you. Leia, come with me."
Han nodded and turned to go.
"Han," said Luke.
"Yeah, kid?"
"Stay safe."
"You know me," he replied with his signature smirk.
()()()()()
"What do you want from me, Luke?" asked Leia as they walked into the temple
"You're a Jedi," he said.
"A Jedi who also happens to be Chancellor of the Senate! I have a Republic to manage!"
" I know you do, but I need you on this one. I'm taking half the Jedi to lead the counterattack. You have to take the rest of them and protect the city."
"And stay behind, while you do all the fighting? I can't Luke. I know you're taking Han up there and I just can't stay without knowing if the two people I love most are okay or not."
She was outraged. Why couldn't she be up there? She was strong enough, and her powers with the Force were as great as Luke's, if not better.
"You can't. You're the only one strong enough to command them," Luke said
"What about Finn?" she asked.
"He can't. You see, we're fighting a battle in both the past and the present."
This confused her. What did that mean? And why had he sent his apprentice instead of doing whatever it was himself?
"What is that supposed to mean?" she asked.
Luke stopped and turned towards her.
"Look, you're not supposed to know this," he said, "but there's no way we're winning this battle. He's just too strong. We're all going to die."
Leia was stunned. At first she thought Luke was lying, but she searched her feelings and realized that was not the case. He was so optimistic, encouraging everyone and telling them they would be fine, and now here he was telling here the opposite!
"No," she said, "There has to be a way."
"There is," he said, "It's what I've sent Finn to do."
"You sent him to the past?"
"No, he is simply helping the spirit of Obi-Wan to go to the past."
He explained his plan about time travel, and Leia was just left speechless. How could this possibly succeed? Her father, her biological father, was a monster. Leia had seen many Rebels, friends of hers, be killed by him in front of her with no mercy at all.
"It won't work," she said when she regained her composure.
"He is a good man, Leia," said Luke, "Obi-Wan will help him come back to the light."
Leia had always known her brother had a soft spot for their father. Even though she knew that Luke turned him from the Dark Side, she thought that it was impossible for him to turn without the encouragement of his own flesh and blood. But then again, Obi-Wan had been his master and already knew the future, so she decided that Luke's plan had a chance, albeit a small one.
"Okay," she sighed, "You win. How do we give Obi-Wan more time?"
"We stay alive," said Luke gravely.
That's it for chapter two. All of the chapters will be roughly the same length, and the next one will be up soon. Please comment what you think about the story so far. Thanks for reading!
