Sorry this took so long. I've been on Spring Break and, believe it or not, I actually have less time on the computer.
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"Anakin, why do you insist on alienating everyone who wants to help us?" Padme groaned once Anakin had gotten the ship successfully into hyperspeed.
"I didn't like his tone," Anakin insisted.
"But what happened to rest? Relaxation? Alone time? As in, no-kids time?"
"I'm sure we'll still get the rest and relaxation we need," Anakin assured her. Just then, a loud banging sound came from the twins' quarters, followed by a scream. Padme jumped up and ran into the room.
"So much for quiet," Anakin murmered.
Padme came back, dragging Luke and Leia behind her.
"What's wrong?" he asked, seeing Luke crying.
"Oh, nothing much," Padme said sarcastically, "Only, they were jumping on the bed and Leia got the idea to push Luke off."
"Why did you do that, Leia?" Anakin asked sternly.
"I don't know."
"Well, it wasn't nice!" Luke insisted, lightly slapping his sister.
"That wasn't nice either," Leia shrieked, hurling herself at her brother. They wrestled on the floor until Anakin pulled Leia off her brother by the back of her tunic.
"Rest and relaxation," Padme commented, "Right."
"We're approaching Earth's starsystem," Anakin commented, "It must be this planet over here. I'm picking up life-readings, and Earth is the only inhabited planet in its system."
They came out of lightspeed as the ship approached the planet's gravity field.
"This doesn't look like Earth," Padme frowned, looking at the rusty-red planet, "Earth is supposed to be made up of mostly oceans. And its green, not red."
"But I'm picking up lifeforms!" Anakin insisted.
"All right," Padme said.
The ship touched ground, and they prepared to exit the ship. Anakin had Luke by the hand, and Padme had Leia.
"Greetings, intergalactic travelors!" said a nasaly voice as they stepped off the ship. They were surprised to see a humanoid, but certainly not human, with green skin and bulging black eyes.
"I thought humans lived on Earth!" muttered Anakin.
"You are not on Earth," the alien informed him.
"Where are we, then?"
"You are on Mars," he said.
"Mars?" Padme burst out, "But I thought only Earth was inhabited!"
"Shh--that's what they think," said the alien.
"They?" asked Anakin.
"The Earthlings," he chuckled, "They think they're the only ones around!"
"You mean they haven't even probed the planets around them?" Anakin asked.
"Oh, they've sent out probes. Just not very good probes. Its easy to send them a loop of barren wasteland!" he said.
"Why does it matter if the Earthlings know you're here?"
"Oh, it doesn't, really," the alien shrugged, "We just like messing with them! There are beings on Pluto and Saturn as well, plus colonies on Jupiter and Mercury."
"I see," Anakin said.
"Would you like to tour our vacinities?" the alien asked politely.
"No thank you," Padme assured him, "We'll just be on our way to Earth."
"Earth is the third planet from the sun," the alien informed them, "You're on the fourth."
"Thanks," Anakin said as they stepped back on their ship.
Padme glared at him.
"I told you it didn't look right," she said.
"But I was picking up--It was only natural to assume that--" Anakin tried to cover up, but then sighed.
"You were right," he muttered.
"What?"
"You were right."
"What?"
"YOU WERE RIGHT!"
"Thank you."
Sorry for the somewhat dull chapter. Next chapter: Destination: Earth (for real this time)