Luke's ship leaves Dagobah's atmosphere and speeds towards the open expanse. He switches the propulsion system as the ship becomes weightless and free from turbulence. The twin thrust engine at the rear screams into action and glows bright blue as it throws out the exiting gases.
Onboard, Luke is at the helm and is plotting a course for their next destination. Lor San is keeping Ben company in the back whilst they wait for safety to leave their seats. The ship automatically reengages gravity onboard and a few loose items around the ship drop lifelessly to the floor. The personal items Ben left on the bed drop back onto the covers cushioning them. One item, he had put by his bedside, the hologram of his family... that takes a heavy thud bouncing off the bedside and as it hits the floor and powers off.
"Nooo!" Ben Shouts. He loosens his safety restraints and rushes to it, dropping to his knees.
He becomes upset as he inspects the device, frantically trying to turn it back on in hope that it's not broken. The upset turns to anger as he tightens his grip on it and snarls. He lifts his head and throws it across the ship into a control panel, on impact it breaks into two and the pieces deflect away.
"Ben!" Lor San shouts. He looks on at him concerned.
"It could have been salvaged." he says.
Ben is breathing aggressively, he sits there for a moment before he rises to his feet. He presses his lips together lightly and gulps saliva.
"I don't need it anyway." He says defiantly, staring at the broken pieces.
Ben turns around and returns to his seat beside Lor San. Lor San removes his safety restraints and walks over to the broken pieces collecting them. He inspects them as Ben did, moving them away from aging eyes as they refocus. He walks back over to Ben, passing him and continuing to the cockpit where Luke is.
"It can be salvaged." he quips at Ben walking past him.
"Don't bother." Ben remarks unsure as to whether Lor San took notice.
He sits back into his seat hitting the back of his head on the head rest and closes his eyes. He rejected its importance to him in front of Lor San and there was no one to hide that from now. He was gutted. A heavy sigh and sharp exhales of air from the deeply conflicted boy. Lor San entered the cockpit and sat in the Co-pilots chair next to Luke placing the broken pieces of the holographic emitter in front of him.
"Quite a temper he's got on him." Lor San said.
"What's that?" Luke asked, as he momentarily took his eyes away from his console.
"Your Nephew's attempt to fix something that wasn't broken." Lor San jokingly Replied.
Luke's attention was diverted as he took a closer look at the broken emitter. He felt a surge of emotion as he glared at it, feeling a small bit of Ben's sadness and sampling his deep rooted conflict.
"I've set the course, wait for the hyper drive to fire up then punch it...Il go talk to him" Luke said.
Luke lifted himself from the cockpit and picked up the broken pieces of the emitter. He patted Lor San's shoulder as he left recognising his concern for his Nephew. He had been a lifelong friend of both Luke and Leia and was distressed at how conflicted the young boy had become. His Father however, well let's just say he wasn't his biggest fan. Luke wandered through to where Ben was sitting. He took a stride past him, placed down the pieces of the hollow emitter and opened up a small door to some storage just above head height. He took out a two beakers and a tin bottle and placed them on table near where Ben was sitting. Luke was delaying, trying to choose the right moment to speak. He picks up the tin bottle, pressing a button on top of the lid which lets out a small hiss of compressed air keeping the drink fresh. He pours out two beakers' full of blue milk and puts one down next to Ben and takes a seat next to him. Ben's eyes are shifting from side to side in anticipation of a lecture from his estranged uncle. Luke rests back into the leather of his seat and holds tight his cup, he takes a slow slurp leaving beads of milk lingering in his beard.
"Soooo, heard you flew an X-Wing... Not bad." he said in a light tone.
Ben slowly turned his head to Luke with a bemused look on his face, not what he was expecting him to say. Rather he was expecting him to tow his mother's line and lecture him on the importance of discipline, behavior and other such things.
"You do it just for fun or were you going somewhere?" Luke enquired.
"I dunno!... Just did." Ben replied with a small shrug of his shoulders.
"It's the only time he comes back" Ben quickly added.
Luke turned his head toward Ben.
"When I get in trouble, my Father comes back." Ben says.
Luke took another sip of milk wondering what his next words would be.
"I knew your Father a long time, he never did seem like the kinda man to stay in one place. The galaxy is a big place and a boy your age needs someone to help them find a place in it." Luke says.
"I'm not that person Ben." Luke admits.
Luke puts down his milk and opens out his palm. The pieces of Ben's broken hologram emitter float across the room in front of Ben's face startling him and into Luke's hand. Ben stares in awe and excitement as he sits up into his chair spiking his interest.
"I'm not your Father and I won't try to be. You are my Nephew and I'm your Uncle and we can carry on with that if you like. But if you want to learn about the Force, learn to control this power you have then you will become my Padawan and I will become your Master and we will have to trust each other." Luke lectures.
"You asked me if I was a Jedi, I used to be. Now I am part of a New Jedi Order and I serve the will of the Force!" Luke finishes his speech to Ben.
Luke holds out his hand and the broken pieces begin to move freely. They reassemble in front of Ben's eyes. The torn wiring coil and wrap around one another and pull each of the independent parts closer. Tiny bolts spin around into the thread molded into the casing re-securing the frame. Almost as if time was in rewind, his hologram of his family was fixing itself. Luke was giving a tiny demonstration of his unity with the force, a small metaphor to symbolise how the Force might help Ben heal his emotional wounds.
"Stop trying to get his attention, stop letting your fear and anger control who you are. Let go of the past Ben, become who you were meant to be." Luke says as the final component of the emitter clicked back into place and firing up his device.
The light blue glow flickered before fully bursting into life emitting the hologram directly in front of Ben's face. The faces of his Father, Han and his Mother, Leia staring back at him. Just like when Obi-Wan had first handed Luke the lightsaber, this was the hook which would draw Ben in. The prospect of having control of that power was all to appealing for Ben and it swallowed him in this moment.
Lor San had been patiently waiting in the cockpit. As he stared out into space the ships navigation console began to notify him that the hyper drive was now enabled. He tapped a few switches and rested his hand down onto the throttle. He pushes forward the handle and the light from stars in front of him stretch past the ship and disappear into the center of a small vanishing point. Luke's ship explodes into lightspeed and across the galaxy.
Author Note – I have used a line from the Last Jedi as I like the thought of it being Luke who first told him to let go, just like he does with Rey. This chapter is more of an extension of chapter 2 as it happens straight after but I like to keep them short and brimming with conversation. Please leave reviews and idea's, that's what keeps me writing J