Week 2 - 9/8/08 - UDC 3

6. Alderaan

She found him standing on an asteroid in an asteroid field that surrounded a yellow sun. That, in and of itself, wasn't the problem… him standing stock still and looking from asteroid to asteroid as if mapping each one, was.

Slowly, she stepped to his side and took his hand. "Let's go, Ani."

"Not yet…" He sighed, glancing down at her for a moment. "I wish I had stopped it."

She nodded, understanding. "I know."

They were silent for a long while, observing as the asteroid belt that was now the grave yard of Alderaan circled around the system's sun.

7. Yavin IV

The Grand Audience Chamber hadn't changed much since she'd been here last, performing her duty as a medic. As she climbed the steps, Ailee almost expected to find a sleeping man on the raised stage.

Standing on the top step, she smiled at that thought and turned to look across the room. It felt so odd not to have her datapad right then…

"Ailee? Is something wrong?"

"No…"

"What happened here?" Ailee smiled and sat down on the step and motioned for the little girl to join her. "Tell me?"

"Well… it all started with your father getting knocked unconscious…"

8. Bespin

It was a long way down. That was the first thought that came to mind as he let go with his hand and let himself fall.

He'd made his choice, and he could live with it. Or die with it, whichever. Better to die than become a part of the darkness and the lies.

He felt nothing until he was pulled into the vent and he hit metal. Sliding down through a tube, he comes to a stop. Standing up, he's unable to get his bearings as the floor opens and swallows him whole.

He lands on a weather vane…

9. Hapes

"She has your eyes," he whispered as they lay together, admiring their sleeping child in the small hours of the night.

"And your nose," his wife whispered back, smiling fondly at him. "Though we should go to sleep. It's been an hour since she woke us up."

"I like it here, Teneniel. It's… soothing. No courtiers, just us and Tenel Ka."

She smiled at him again. He had a point… Together, they watched their daughter sleep for a while longer, for with the break of day, reality would come sweeping in once again… and their roles would be played once again…

10. Dagobah

"I can't believe you wanted to come here," Ranko grunted as she sloughed through the mud behind her husband. "Really, Peter… Dagobah?"

"I thought you liked swamps," Peter said, ignoring her tone as he looked around. "Weren't you the one who said they reminded you of the Denari wetlands?"

"I was drunk when I said it, Peter… and this isn't a swamp. Not sure what to call it, but 'swamp' isn't the first thing that comes to mind… and couldn't we have just taken the ship back to Hoth and left?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"You threatened me with your thesis."