Please don't leave me

Luke was lying on a bed in the medical centre in his home. He had an oxygen mask attached to his face, for now he could breathe properly and thought he didn't really need the mask.

Luke hated to admit it but he was scared, when he couldn't breathe in the training room a big part of him had thought he would die, he didn't even like to consider what may have happened if his father hadn't been able to help him.

To make everything worse his father was in a meeting with the emperor and Luke felt certain his father was going to have to leave the planet. Right when Luke needed him the most, his father would leave him.

The doctor walked into the room interrupting Luke's thoughts.

"How are you feeling Luke?" The doctor asked in an annoyingly high pitched voice.

"Fine."

The doctor walked over to Luke and slipped the mask off. "Alright Luke I want you to take some deep breaths."

Luke did as he was told.

"Did that hurt?" The doctor asked.

Luke shook his head.

Pursing his lips the doctor carried on talking "your breathing appears fine, there's no wheezing sound, your free to go."

Frowning Luke asked "what's wrong with me?"

Sighing the doctor said "I'll admit I'm not sure, I am running tests though so we should know soon."

Luke nodded slowly then made his way out of the medical centre in search of his father.

OUTSIDE THE THRONE ROOM

Luke had found out that his father was still with the emperor so he was now waiting outside the throne room. He had started by standing up, leaning against the wall, however as time passed Luke had gradually sunk lower and lower until he had ended up sitting on the floor.

After an even longer wait Luke felt a hand ruffle his hair and then heard "Luke."

Looking up Luke saw his father was wearing his Vader suit, "hi father" he replied.

"The doctor let you go?" Vader questioned.

Luke nodded.

Silence fell between them as Luke worked up the courage to ask his father what he really needed to know.

Finally he managed to utter it out "your leaving aren't you?"

Vader looked at his son before saying "how did you know?"

Luke shrugged.

"The emperor has given me a task off planet, if everything takes as long as I think it will then I will be gone for about 2 weeks."

"Can I come with you?"

"No. Not after what happened in the training room, I'd feel better if you were at home." Then seeing Luke was going to protest Vader said "I'd feel better if I knew you were safe here."

Luke still argued "If your worried about me then stay...I need you."

It actually looked as if his father was going to give in but then Vader shook his head firmly. "I'll be back in no time."

As Luke realised his father would be leaving shortly he recalled the scared feeling he had felt earlier when he's thought back to how hard it had been to breathe. The scared feeling once again overtook him and he turned away from his father and walked away.

"Luke!" Vader called.

Luke forced himself to ignore it, something bad was going to happen, he could feel it.

Luke avoided his father for the rest of the day. Luke watched his father board his shuttle from his room and he had to fight the urge to run out to his father. So Luke forced himself to stay where he was as his father disappeared into the shuttle and even when it took off.

Only as the shuttle rose up to the sky and began to disappear into the distance did Luke utter across the father son force bond "please don't leave me."

Luke felt the doubt from his father as he considered returning but then he replied "...goodbye son...I love you."

Luke sighed.

1 WEEK LATER

His father had been gone for a week now and much to Luke's relief nothing bad had happened...yet. But Luke knew something bad would happen, he could feel it building. No one else commented on it though, everyone else acted as if everything was fine. Luke wasn't fooled.

Luke was on his way to the medical centre to speak to his doctor. Apparently he had discovered why Luke hadn't been able to breathe and he needed to see Luke as soon as possible.

Feeling more and more nervous Luke opened the door to the medical centre, his doctor was seated at a desk doing something on a computer.

Luke approached him "doc?"

The doctor looked up and then gave Luke a brilliant smile "hello Luke how are you today?"

"Not bad, I haven't had any trouble with my breathing."

As he talked the doctor opened one of the desk drawers and took out a bag.

Then after closing the drawer he straightened up and faced Luke "I ran those tests I told you about and I found out why you couldn't breathe."

"What did the tests say?" Luke asked cautiously.

The doctor hesitated but then opened the bag he had just gotten out of his desk. Carefully he took the object out of the bag.

Luke stared hard at what the doctor was holding. In his hands the doctor was holding a black inhaler.

Luke stared at the inhaler speechless. He then refocused on the doctor "I need an inhaler?"

The doctor nodded "you have asthma. It's not serious though so there's no need to worry. This inhaler is only to be used when you can't breathe, like last week."

Luke felt shocked, he needed an inhaler?!

The doctor continued "the only time you may need your inhaler is when you're doing physical activities, for example when you train with your father though I can show you some breathing techniques that will limit the risk of an asthma attack. The only other times you may have an asthma attack is if you get scared."

Luke didn't reply. He needed an inhaler. What would his father say? His father was always so proud of him of how strong he was in the force and of his lightsaber skills, what would his father do when he found out his son was asthmatic. Would he be ashamed? Luke began to worry about how his father would react.

Pushing the thoughts out of his head Luke began listening to what the doctor was saying. For the next half hour the doctor taught Luke how to use an inhaler and he even learnt some breathing techniques.

LUKE'S ROOM

Luke lay on his back on his bed. He had his inhaler in his hands and he found himself examining it over and over again. The doctor had told Luke that he should carry it around with him wherever he went just to be safe. Looking down at his sith clothes Luke realized he didn't have any pockets for the inhaler.

For a few seconds Luke frowned, then his expression cleared as he stood up and crossed his room. Reaching his wardrobe he opened one of the doors and pulled out a black belt with compartments on it. Luke put it on and slid the inhaler into one of the compartments, he looked in his mirror to check the belt looked alright. Not bad Skywalker, he said to himself.

THE EMPEROR

Vader had been gone for a week now, soon his plan to kill young Skywalker would commence.

It was a very simple plan, a quick death too. Then when Vader returned and found the boy dead he would be grateful that he would no longer have to put up with the boy.

The emperor smiled, stretching his face horrifically. His dark jedi should have killed Skywalker within a day or two.

Vader will be very pleased when he finds out.

OBI- WAN

Obi-wan Kenobi was sitting in a cell. The cell wasn't impressive, in fact it was rather dull and it suited his mood perfectly.

The cell was also very small and confined, you could barely move around and when you did you soon reached a wall.

Still it was better than being dead.

Obi-wan turned when he heard the door creak open, he then proceeded to raise an eyebrow when Luke entered the cell. After all he hadn't seen the boy since the week before and he certainly hadn't expected to see him in the cell with him.

"Luke" Obi-wan greeted him.

"Kenobi."

"May I ask the reason behind your visiting?"

Luke shrugged "I was bored."

"And your father let's you visit his enemies?" Obi-wan enquired curiously.

Luke looked amused "no father is off planet."

"You're on your own?" Obi-wan questioned.

Luke shrugged once more "there's stormtroopers and staff around so I'm not on my own in that sense, he won't be away for much longer."

Obi-was sensed Luke's emotions and looked confused for a moment before stating "you miss him."

"He is my father."

Obi-wan nodded "and you love him."

Luke looked at the jedi then nodded.

"Does he know this?"

Luke looked down at his feet and finally said "I don't know, I hope he does."