Blaze: yay! Time for the next chapter

Darth: come on, Blaze!

Blaze: what?

Darth: huh? What were we talking about?

Blaze: typical

Darth: I need cappuccino

Blaze: how about a Pepsi?

Darth: Peeeppppssssiiii

Blaze: (tosses Darth into a lake filled with Pepsi)

Darth: YUM

Blaze: all right, all right, here's chapter 9 and I hope you like it

Chapter 9

Following the Call

Luke blinked open his eyes before gazing around; he noticed he was surrounded by white and he could see several medical equipment surrounding the area. Han was asleep nearby; his head resting on the head rest of the chair beside the medical bed. Chewbacca was standing beside Luke's bed and he growled when he noticed Luke was awake.

Luke, hearing the concern in the wookie's voice, smiled slightly. "I'm all right, um, do you mind if I call you Chewie?" he asked.

Chewbacca growled before nodding in reply and Luke smiled slightly but he couldn't help but remember his dream. The man had asked him to go to Kamino to meet him in person but Luke didn't know where this Kamino was. He glanced at Han as the pilot stirred slightly before blinking open his eyes.

"Good morning, Kid, or good afternoon, 'cause I don't know which one it is," Han admitted with a small smile and Luke chuckled slightly.

He glanced at Chewbacca before returning his gaze to Han. "Did I ever thank you for saving me from those Synths?" he asked curiously.

"I think so but another one won't hurt," Han replied.

Luke laughed. "Thank you, Han," he said.

"As I said before, no problem kid," Han replied and Chewbacca growled in agreement. Luke narrowed his eyes slightly as he gazed around the Medbay before looking toward the door as it slide open and Vader walked into the Medbay.

"Where's Ben?" he asked.

"He's well, for now," Vader replied, repeating his earlier statement but, this time, Luke wasn't going to take that for an answer. He sat up before staring Vader down but, when Vader locked eyes with him with his cool blue gaze, he quickly looked away.

"I want to see him," he said.

Vader didn't reply right away. "Why?" he asked finally.

"He's my guardian since we left Tatooine and I want to see him," Luke replied, repeating his earlier request. Because of the fact that Luke was only eight and he tended to talk before he thinks, he knew that Vader took Luke's demand as more of a request.

"Very well, he is in my meditation chambers, come with me, boy, and I'll take you to him," Vader replied.

"He does have a name, ya know," Han snapped.

Vader glared at Han but the captain held the dark lord's gaze for a longer time than Luke did before Han looked away and Chewbacca growled. "I would appreciate it, captain, if you would not speak unless you are spoken to," Vader said coolly.

"Fine," Han muttered. Luke knew that Han was intimidated by Vader and he couldn't help but agree with the pilot of the Millennium Falcon. Vader was a very intimidating man after all, in Luke's opinion that is. "But I'm going with ya."

"As I said when you first came onboard the Executor, I don't care where you go. I would prefer if you left right away but you may stay here until you decide to leave," Vader replied to Han's declaration.

"I ain't leaving without the kid," Han snapped.

"The boy is not leaving," Vader snapped.

"Well then I'm not leaving," Han replied.

Vader scowled angrily and Luke glanced fearfully at Han, afraid that Han would start choking as he did on Naboo when they first meet up. Vader, as if noticing the fear in Luke's eyes, looked away. "Come on, the sooner you see Kenobi, the happier I'll be," he said coolly before leading the way out of the Medbay.

~*~

Obi-Wan glanced up as the doors to the meditation chambers opened and Vader walked in, followed by Luke, the captain Han and the wookie Chewbacca. Luke ran past Vader before hurrying over to Obi-Wan's side. "Ben, are you all right?" Luke asked sitting down beside Obi-Wan and putting his arms around him, this caused Vader to scowl.

"I'm all right, young one," Obi-Wan replied calmly; his eyes were narrowed as he examined Vader who was pacing nearby. Han and Chewbacca had made their way deeper into the chambers, gazing around the dark room with curiosity in their eyes.

"Wow, I never would have thought I'd be in Darth Vader's personal chambers," Han commented and Chewbacca growled in agreement. Vader didn't say anything to Han's comment, he just continued to pace and Obi-Wan noticed, by the look in his eyes, that Vader was struggling to figure out the best way to tell Luke that he was his father.

"Can we leave this place now?" Luke asked gazing at Obi-Wan with wide eyes.

Before Obi-Wan could reply, Vader turned his cool blue gaze to Luke, who shrank away from him almost self-consciously. "You two are not going anywhere," he said, his voice just as cold as his eyes.

"But why? I don't like this place," Luke protested, his eyes looked as wide as the two suns that floated above Tatooine.

Obi-Wan smiled slightly before throwing Vader a cautious glance when Vader looked as though he were about to reply. "We are Lord Vader's guests, it is up to him as to when we leave," he said softly, he said 'guests' instead of 'prisoners' to not frighten the boy more but he knew their current situation was more of the latter.

"Where are we going then?" Luke asked.

"The Arbran system," Vader replied.

"Why?"

"The Emperor sent me on a mission to the Arbran system," Vader replied with a shrug.

"Why?"

"You ask too many questions, young one," Vader said, Obi-Wan could tell Vader was struggling with his very short-temper but the anger in his voice could still be heard and it caused Luke to fall silent and shrink closer to the former Jedi Knight.

"I'm sure it's none of your concern, young Luke," Obi-Wan said and Luke sighed before nodding and glancing at Han and Chewbacca who were talking softly with each other.

"Isn't the Arbran system midpoint between here and Omwat?" Han asked.

"Yes," Vader replied.

As if on cue, the door to the meditation chambers opened and an Imperial that Obi-Wan recognized as Admiral Ozzel stepped into the room. "My Lord?" he said.

"What?" Vader demanded.

"My Lord, we've received a distress call from the planet of Omwat, a rebel group are attacking the planet and they need reinforcements, shall we answer the call?" Ozzel asked.

"Omwat is a Imperial planet so yes, answer the call and plot the course for Omwat immediately," Vader ordered.

"Yes my Lord," Ozzel replied before he dipped his head and quickly made his way out of the meditation chambers and Vader resumed his pacing.

"The Rebel Alliance? I've heard of them, what exactly are they?" Luke asked.

"They're people who think the galaxy would be better off without the Empire and are determined to crush the Empire," Vader replied.

"That's not what I heard," Han retorted. "I hear that the Rebel Alliance only wants to restore the Republic to the galaxy."

"The Republic was corrupt, Palpatine saw this and did what he thought was appropriate," Vader snapped.

"Who's Palpatine?" Luke asked.

"The Emperor," Obi-Wan replied softly.

"Oh."

"Yeah, by killing off all of the Jedi that were bringing peace to the galaxy, considering you were the one that killed off most of the Jedi, I'm not all that surprised that there is a Rebel Alliance," Han snapped.

"The Jedi turned against the Republic," Vader snapped, causing Obi-Wan to flinch and Luke glanced at him with concern in his eyes. "And how do you know so much about the traitorous Jedi?"

"My mother told me," Han replied with a shrug.

Vader snorted. "Your mother was a fool then," he said coldly. "Especially if she believed in the corrupt Republic."

"Well, from what my mother has told me, you were the one that murdered all the young people at the temple on Coruscant," Han snapped, causing Luke's eyes to go wide with horror.

Vader's lips drew back in a feral like snarl. "I did not murder the younglings at the Jedi Temple," he hissed angrily.

"Why should I believe ya?" Han snapped.

Vader snarled. "You are lucky that Luke is in our presence right now, captain," he hissed angrily.

"Or what?" Han asked.

Vader turned around before muttering a series of curse words under his breath, Obi-Wan noticed they were the Huttese curse words that he had heard when Vader had been his Padawan. "You two may stay in the room across the hall," Vader said turning his gaze to Luke and Obi-Wan.

"As for you two, I would be in my right mind to stick you in the detention center," Vader added glaring at Han and Chewbacca, the wookie growled in anger but Han placed a hand on the wookie's shoulder, his eyes narrowing.

"If its' all right with ya, we'll just stay on our ship," Han said.

Vader snorted. "I honestly don't care where you go, you can sleep in the garbage compactor for all I care," he snapped before he turned around and stalked out of the meditation chambers into an adjacent room and the door slide close rapidly behind him, leaving the rest of them in silence.

~*~

Luke couldn't seem to get the dream out of his mind; he could remember seeing the man almost as though the man was standing right in front of him. The only thing was that he couldn't see anything but the fact that the figure was indeed a man and the white and brown robes that the man wore.

But it was just a dream, Luke told himself silently but he couldn't believe his own words. He had to find out of this was true but, in order to do that, he had to find where this Kamino was.

Ben was sitting down beside the cot that was Luke's bed, his eyes were closed and it looked as though he were asleep but, when Luke sat up, his eyes fluttered open. "What's the matter, Luke?" he asked turning his gray-blue gaze to Luke.

"Nothing, Ben, did I wake you up?"

"No, Luke, I was still awake," Ben replied, he broke off with a long yawn and Luke blinked sympathetically at him.

"Ben, do you know where Kamino is?" he asked curiously.

Ben stiffened. "Kamino? Why do you ask?" he asked curiously.

"I don't know I heard it mentioned someplace and, since I don't know that many planets, I wanted to know where this planet is," Luke stammered out quickly. Ben narrowed his eyes, he seemed to have seen straight through Luke's lie.

"It really isn't that important," he admitted. "It was abandoned several years ago."

Luke shook his head. "I don't think it was," he said.

"Why do you say that?" Ben asked.

"It's just a feeling I have when I heard of Kamino," Luke lied quickly.

Ben nodded. "Very well, I don't know much about it, its' a stormy planet and it rains a lot there. The Kaminoens, the inhabitants of the planet, keep to themselves and don't usually speak with outsiders," he said.

"Do you know where its' located?"

Ben frowned as though trying to remember. "Beyond the Outer Rim, twelve parsecs south of the Rishi Maze," he replied.

Luke nodded. "I didn't even think there were any planets beyond the Outer Rim," he commented.

"Indeed, there are many planets beyond the Outer Rim, Kamino is the only one that has been discovered, however," Ben replied.

"Oh okay, thanks for telling me Ben," Luke said. He lied down on the cot before closing his eyes and struggling to do his best to fake that he was sleeping. Ben watched him for a long moment before he rested his head on the head rest of the chair.

Half an hour went by before Luke slowly blinked his eyes open before he gazed at Ben before, after he made sure Ben was asleep, got to his feet. He dressed quickly before making his way out of the room and down the hallway in the direction, he hoped, of the hangar bay. He didn't know how long he had been walking before he entered the hangar bay.

I guess I did remember the way after all, he thought examining the Millennium Falcon that lay before him. He jogged over to the opened ramp before calling softly inside, "Han? Chewie?"

A loud growl sounded and Chewbacca poked his head out of the ship, the wookie barked something over his shoulder and a muttered, "what is it now?" sounded from inside the ship. A moment later, Han came out onto the ramp before narrowing his eyes.

"What are ya doing here, kid?" he asked curiously.

"I was wondering if you could give me a lift somewhere," Luke replied.

Han narrowed his eyes. "Isn't it kinda late?" he asked.

"I'm sorry, I wanted to leave before Ben found out," Luke replied a bit hesitantly. "Because, at least this way, Ben won't know where I am and Vader can't blame him for my disappearance."

"Considering Vader wants you here, I don't blame ya for your plan, come on aboard," Han said. Luke nodded before walking into the lobby of the Falcon before gazing around. "So where are we going?" Han asked closing the ramp of the ship and making his way over to the cockpit of his ship. He was dressed in a simple white tunic and pants, his hair was ruffled which told Luke that he had woken Han up.

"Its' a planet known as Kamino, Ben says it lies twelve parsecs south of the Rishi Maze," Luke replied.

"I know where the Rishi Maze is though I can't say I've heard of Kaimno, are ya sure ya know where you're going?" Han asked.

"I can only hope so, I trust Ben but I'm not sure if he actually knew where this planet is, he sounded as if he was remembering something that happened in the past," Luke said.

"Well, I guess its' our best bet, why are we going to this Kamino?" Han asked as he, after looking up the coordinates he needed, put the coordinates in before starting the ship up. The Falcon rose into the air before turning around and shooting out of the hangar bay almost as swiftly as it had landed.

"Why didn't they close the hangar bay?" Luke asked.

"Vader probably expected me to leave tonight," Han replied a slight shrug. "Makes it easier for us, though, kid, and all the more harder for 'em to find us. Ya never did answer my question."

Luke sighed. "I don't know why I'm going there, I just feel as though something's calling me there," he said, he wasn't about to talk about his strange dream to Han because he knew the captain wouldn't understand.

"Well, all right, Kid, you'd better hope this trip was worthwhile, if Vader finds out I escaped with you, he will, undoubtedly, be no more than a few lightyears away," Han said.

Luke smiled slightly before sitting down behind Han as the captain sat down in the pilot's seat with Chewbacca sitting in the co-pilots' seat. The ship shuddered, the stars turned into starlines that in turn disappeared into the bluish white flashes of hyperspace as the Millennium Falcon disappeared.

A/n what do you think?

Blaze: well that was chapter 9

Darth: no

Blaze: I didn't even ask anything

Darth: no

Blaze: please?

Darth: fine but make it quick

Blaze: I'll try

Darth: do or do not, there is no try

Yoda: stole my phrase you did

Darth: ah bleh

Blaze: (laughs) please review and I'll post chapter 10 as soon as I possibly can but I doubt it will be any time soon.