Disclaimer: Don't own Stat Wars, or Yoda, just my own made up characters.
Writer's Note: Yay! More characters besides Yoda! But don't worry Yoda's not out of this yet.
Chapter Nine:
Ralph
Where could he have gone? I'm alone again…on a strange world. An odd fear rose up inside of me as I stepped off the ramp. What am I going to do? How am I going to live? I walked to the right of the stone wall ahead of me and took in my surroundings. Just dirt. Looks habitable for plants and are those palms or ferns? Mainly cliffs though, and mountains. Like the desert planet I first landed on. There was an odd chirp or beep in the ditch nearby. I placed a hand on my saber,
"Whose there?" I can feel something but it's cold…different than anything I felt before. Compared to Dagobah this world fells empty. I gulped hard and approached the noise,
"I said is anyone there?!" A sound like steel banging into rock answered me. I peered in and…nothing. Just a pile of muddy rock. Wait, why am I scared? I'm a Jedi…well in training…and I'm alive and I know some survival. My mood lightened and I sat down, no longer feeling scared, but slightly lonely. I have no reason to fear anything, even death. Though I'm not planning to die any time soon, the fact still remains…
"Where's Yoda? I can't even sense him," I sighed putting my head between my knees, "My luck, I can't find anyone on this new world." Something beeped questioningly (or it felt like a question) I jumped and looked down in the ditch. A little square thing on a stick popped up and turned then looked up at me. "Oh! Um hi there, who are you?" A long whistle indicated that it needed help. "Are you stuck in there? Here let me…" I slid down and to my surprise the box sunk down again, hiding. Then the whole 'rock' began to shake. Oops…I hope I haven't offended it. A few globs of mud fell off revealing a mettle dome like head attached to a cylinder shaped body.
"Wait a minute!" I brushed some more mud off, kneeling by it, "You're some kind of droid aren't you?" Now I wish I could remember exactly what a droid is. It just sounds right. "What's your name?" the replying beeps confused me until I noticed something scratched on its green and silver dome.
'Ralph,' I read aloud. "I think I'll call you that if it's alright." A beep confirmed it.
"Well Ralph, just stay put and I'll lift you out." Standing back I closed my eyes and slowly raised my hands. If I can raise a whole escape pod, I can lift a droid easy. Just careful of the edge…oops, hope that didn't hurt. Now place him down gently and…
"There you go! Good as new!" I Force jumped out of the ditch effortlessly. Kneeling down I cleaned muck out of Ralph's frontal key board. "Now I don't suppose you've seen a little, green, old man come this way. Have you?" Ralph's dome head shook back and forth as he set back on his legs and rolled forward, making me jump out of the way.
"Wait! Where are you going?!" He buzzed turning his head, then turned back and rolled onward. Back home to your owners? How'd I understand that? I jogged after the robot, Maybe there will be people there. To my left was a rocky mountain and on my right lay the ditch and some flora and fauna. High above, only one sun shone through the powder gray clouds. I traveled for about a mile after the little droid. We climbed up a short hill and down into a small valley. I helped out whenever a large pile of boulders barred our way. As we continued the world became greener and full of peaks and hillocks. This place seems to be mainly grays and greens. Or stone and grass. As we climbed (or in Ralph's case rolled, sometimes flying) higher I noticed little caves and fissures, each one getting deeper and darker. I don't relish the thought of finding out what's in there. As we leveled out once more I sensed something ahead,
"Ralph, wait!"
"EeeeeeEEEWOOOoooooowOOOOO!" Ralph shot through the air and smashed against a ledge, sticky white stuff covered him. Instantly my saber was in hand. I looked up at the monster in front of me, and gulped whispering,
"Ooooh booooy." A giant white spider with sharp hungry pincers, clicked at me. I dived forward as it snapped up turf where I once stood. I somersaulted under its great belly then dogged its stinger, rolling to one side. Standing I swung my saber, but found the leg already moved. Sharp deadly pincers snagged my left arm just ripping the fabric. I jumped high onto its back hoping to stab it.
"Ompth!" I was thrown off and slammed into the mountain side. Stunned and out of breath I dropped my light saber and fell onto a ledge, landing on my shoulder. With a groan I tumbled off and onto a lower ledge. When my vision returned I found the spider high above me ready to aim. My saber! Where's my light saber?! Smack! I rolled out of the way just in time! I struggled to regain my feet but every time the spider struck I had to duck. Come on Jedi, do something! Think! I noticed some lose rocks above, If I could just move those…whack! If only I could concentrate long enough! But the persistent attacks of the spider and my elaborate weaving were taking its toll.I back flipped out of the way hearing the spider click angrily. Too late I realized I'd misjudged my landing. I landed flat on my back, my already injured shoulder screaming.
"Gah!" With a sickening glop, thick, sticky webbing struck my arm. I struggled, looking around for my saber helplessly. "Ralph! Get help!" The droid beeped and flew into a small grotto. So much for that. Now what? The spider was tacking it's time to approach, toying with me.
"Help! Someone help!" I clawed with my left hand at my encased arm as the spider stood over me. I twisted out of the way of its stinger and kicked up with the sharp edge of my heel. Weakly I tried to Force blast it away but I only made it angrier. I squirmed and tugged and shouted with all my might, but no one came.
"Master…Yoda…where are you?" I whispered finally worn out, I could defend myself no longer.
"In trouble you be?" asked a familiar voice. I turned my head upward at an angle, trying to look at him.
"Master Yoda! You found my saber!" Yoda jumped into action becoming a blur of green. Instantly the spider lost a leg but pushed forward against my Master. It was being led away from me. I felt another presence and to my horror saw two more spiders, one smaller but just as fearsome, crawling down the mountainside. Yoda is amazing but he can't face three alone! A new energy filled my veins and I locked my will and the Force on the web that bound my shoulder. With a pop I was free and I stood up in time to see Yoda sever the first creatures head. The second spider charged.
"Master look out!" I reached up and brought a rockslide down on the charging spiders. I didn't think this through…Now the rockslide was heading toward me! I turned and fled, jumping on a falling boulder and gliding between two others before safely hitting the ground. Coughing from the dust, I found Yoda beside me.
"Concentration," he chastened, "A stumbling child you are, when concentration you have not."
"Easy for you to say," I grumbled accepting the offered saber, "You didn't have the giant spider striking you every two seconds. And where did you go anyway? I've been looking for you-" It was then I realized we were being watched.
Writer's Note: I know, droids are probably over done, but R2D2 units are just too cute. READ AND REVIEW!
