Chapter 2
How do I say this?
Adam and Riyo enter the house with him still supporting her on his shoulders.
"Um.. Adam?"
"Yeah?" Adam responds.
"I'm actually feeling better now then when we were outside."
Adam notices what she means (This is embarrassing for even me to write!) and quickly lets her go while turning to the other side with his hands on his head casually.
Suddenly, Alex jumps up onto the old entertainment center near the door perched right beside Riyo.
"Oh! Who's this?" Riyo says slightly surprised.
"That's my pet cat, Alex." Adam says.
"Oh, he's so cute! May I ?" Riyo asks.
"Sure." Adam answers.
Riyo then pets Alex happily causing him to purr loudly.
"Strange little creature, but really cute." Riyo says
"You guys don't have pets like these back in the Republic?" Adam asks.
"Well, the closest thing we have to Alex is 5 times as big with razor sharp teeth... and could easily take us both down." Riyo answers.
"Oh... yeah." Adam says remembering the ferocious Nexu from the Geonosian Arena in Episode II.
"So, do you live here by your self?"
"Oh, no. My parents are out doing stuff and my sister's away at a friends." Adam answers
"That must be nice..."
"Why? Don't you ever get to see your parents?" Adam asks her.
"Occasionally. Not as much as I'd like, seeing as I'm a senator in the Galactic Senate."
"I know. And at... uh.. how old are you?" Adam asks.
"17"
"Wow. Same as me. Actually, I'm turning 18 tomorrow." Adam says.
"That's sounds great." Riyo says to her new friend.
"Yeah, though it's kinda got me nervous, ya know. 18th birthday. Most important one in a kids life."
"Yeah."
A short silence falls upon to two for a while.
"So," Riyo starts up. "Here's something I just thought of."
"What?" Adam asks.
"You said that you were familiar with the Republic, seeing as how you knew my name. But earlier, you said your people weren't "used to" spaceships flying out of nowhere... Is there something your not telling me?"
Adam felt a little nervous now that Riyo had caught him in a lie. He knew very well how he knew of the Republic and why people weren't used to spaceships, but he wondered how he could tell her that in his world... she, until just now, wasn't real?
Finally, he came to a decision.
"Well, I'd like you to see something. It'll answer your question." Adam said knowing what he was getting himself into.
"O..Ok." Riyo says now a bit nervous as to what he meant.
Adam leads her down the short hallway with Alex following closely behind
They then enter a medium sized blue painted room with a bed, desk, and blue dresser with a sand filed tank on top of it.
But what Riyo saw in the room made her gasp in surprise
Lined atop the top of the desk from left to right were dozens of Star Wars figures, (Yes, I collect Star Wars action figures. Don't judge me because I'm sure those of reading aren't too far off. No offense.) most of which resembled species and machines from her home galaxy!
She recognizes a great deal of them, mostly Jedi looking beings carrying lightsabers of every color.
She recognized her friends Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu, Grand Master Yoda, and many different Jedi she'd heard about through holo reports. She even saw one of her friend Ahsoka at the far end, which reminded her of how worried she must be that she just mysterious disappeared.
"This... this is amazing!" Riyo says with a smile.
"Huh. Never thought I'd hear a girl say anything like that about these things." Adam says out loud.
"But... that doesn't exactly answer my question before." Riyo says facing Adam with a puzzled face.
Adam then nervously takes a deep breath of air and readies himself for what he was about to say.
"Well, How do I say this?"
"Say what?" Riyo asks.
"Well, the truth is... I really do know about and the Republic and the Jedi and so do lots of other people but... they don't exactly know it really exists."
"Really exists?" Riyo says confused.
"Yeah. In my world, the Republic, the Jedi, Sith and your galaxy... are a part of an entertainment franchise called "Star Wars". It was created by a man named George Lucas some 33 years ago, before I was born. It became such a popular franchise that they started making games, books and "dramatizations" about the struggles of the Jedi against the evil Sith. They made a great deal of characters to go with those stories. Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, R2-D2..."
"R2-D2?" Riyo asks
"That little blue astromech droid you met on Orto Plutonia? He's very popular."
"Wait, just one single model of a droid is popular here?" Riyo asks.
"Well, I mean as a cultural icon, like a celebrity."
"For just one droid?"
"Well, never mind about that. The point is... here, nobody thinks the Republic, Jedi or your galaxy even exists. They just think it's make believe or pretend." Adam says regretfully.
Riyo face then turns worried with fear and confusion.
"So... what your saying... is that I'm just some made up character for someone elses amusement and that I... don't exist?"
"No. No, no. That's not what I meant! You and everything else does exist, no one really knows it." Adam says trying to catch Riyo from falling down as she stumbles around in confusion.
"I'm really sorry, Riyo. I should have chosen my words better. That's not what I meant at all."
Riyo then begins to calm down and catch her breath.
"What planet am I on, exactly?" she asks calmly
"Earth, a planet in what we here call the "Milky Way Galaxy".
"You... Earthlings.. seem to have most unusual name for things." Riyo says.
"Yeah, I guess" Adam says back. "Hey, why did you decided to fly out beyond the outer rim?" he asks
"Well, What I had planned was to search for other civilizations that might show interest in joining the Republic to stop the Confederacy and ending the war." Riyo answers "Why?"
"Well, I'm really sorry to say this, but with our limited technology here on Earth, the closest journey we've made into space is to our own moon. All other pictures and info about other planets are seen by satellites we send out into space, but we might be centuries away from actually getting to those places. I'm sorry, Riyo." Adam says with a hint of sadness.
Riyo's face then turns sad with disappointment.
"So... everything I set out to do...was for nothing?"
"No, it wasn't for nothing." Adam reassures while, (for some reason), taking her hands.
"Just because we can't help you here, doesn't mean they're aren't thousands.. no, billions of others out there. You can't give up on just one try."
Riyo's face then lightens up with a smile as Adam does the same.
Just then, they look down at each other holding hands and quickly "break off." (God, I can't believe I'm actually writing this!).
"Thank you, Adam." Riyo says to him. "You're right. I can't just give up on one try. No matter how many galaxies I have to explore, I'll find a way to make sure to put an end to the war."
"Ya know, you don't have to do everything alone." Adam says. "I know you made a promise to Obi-Wan to try your best to end the war, but, don't you think you may be going a bit too far?"
"Well... maybe a little. But, can I tell you something?"
"What is it"
" I'm not sure if you already know this or not, but lately Ahsoka and I discovered that I may in fact be... Force Sensitive."
Adam's face then turns very surprised
"Really?"
"I think so."
"But, that doesn't make sense. People who can feel the Force are identified as infants right away, why weren't you?"
"Up till recently, I wasn't even aware that I had this gift. I've gone my whole life not knowing." Riyo responds.
"Well, I really don't know what to tell you about that." Adam says. "But... What will you do now?"
"What do you mean?" Riyo asks.
"I mean... now that you know no one here can help you with what you need... will you... leave?"
Riyo then contemplatives this thought for a few moments, while looking at the disappointed and slightly sad face of her new friend, while at the same time, feeling through the Force his sorrow if she would leave.
She then comes to a decision.
"Well... I don't exactly need to leave yet."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, there's still a great deal I could learn here on Earth. Maybe by blending in here, and perhaps with your knowledge of my universe, together we could find a way to help each other."
Adam's face then lights up with happiness towards hearing this.
"Wait, how will you "blend in?" No offense, but most people here don't have blue skin." He asks.
"We'll find some way. I'll still after to try to contact Ahsoka to let her know I'm okay." Riyo responds to him
"Okay, but what do I tell me family? Don't get me wrong. This is a dream come true, but they might not be able to handle this."
"Well, when will they be back?" Riyo asks.
"In about... 8 hours."
"Hmm. Well, like I said, We'll figure something out." Riyo says to her friend.
"Oh Yeah! Since I told you about the whole "spaceship" deal, we should probably hide your ship before something finds it out in my neighbor's yard." Adam says.
"That bad?" Riyo asks
"Well, let's just say, most people hear are not so accustomed to meeting new intelligent life that... isn't of their species."
Riyo simple gives Adam an "are you serious?" look .
"Yeah, I know."
"Let's go hide that ship." Riyo says to him
"Yeah, let's go do that." Adam agrees as they begin out the room door
After managing to "park the ship inconspicuously in the back yard of Adam's house, Riyo attempts to use her comlink to contact... well, you all know who.
To her relief, Ahsoka appears on her communicator.
"Riyo! Thank goodness you're okay!" Ahsoka says to her friend. "I was on the verge of going after you."
"I don't think that would be a good idea, Ahsoka." Riyo says.
"Why's that?"
"It's a long story. But you should know I'm okay and have found shelter for the next few days or so." Riyo says to her.
"Days? You're not coming back right away?" Ahsoka says worried. "What did you find?"
"Something you might want to sit down for." Riyo says to her far away friend.
(Something tells me this going to be a long talk.)
End of Ch 2. Looks like when I was editing a couple of Ch's, the conclusion or whatever the heck got erased. So, guess I'll have to rewrite them from scratch. Anyways, Ch 3 will have Riyo and I watch a certain "movie". I'll leave you guys to think on that. Peace out!
