"I can't wait until I leave this frozen planet." Han grumbled. He looked worried as he checked for the hundredth time on Luke. He had done what he could, but he wondered if it was enough. He checked the time as the tent wall got lighter. It wasn't much longer and he heard the whine of an engine. "Finally." He dressed quickly and crawled out of the tent. Even with his hood up he somehow got snow down his neck. He shivered as he stood in the morning light. A ship hovered close by, one he had never seen before, a figure in black jumped down. He first thought was this guy was crazy. The air temperature was cold enough to freeze spit as soon as it left your lips but her he was in simple brown robes. The fact that he barely sank in the snow barely registered. His blonde hair flapped around in the wind and he felt warmth as he stopped in front of him.
"You look as if you need assistance." he stated. "Come gather your things and enter our craft."
"I can't I need help with Luke he is seriously injured and I would rather wait for someone not as crazy looking." Han replied.
"I assure you I am neither crazy or unaware of Luke Skywalker's condition Han Solo." he stated. "All will be explained shortly, but it is better we get him to the medical facility quickly."
"How did you... Oh never mind." Han replied as he saw the lightsaber. This was just great, he thought. Another jedi. Five minutes later Han watched as Luke, the tent, and the other equipment floated into the small craft. The hatch closed and as he took his jacket off a small green being walked into the hold.
"Very cold he was damaged his body it has." Yoda stated. "Heal him we must."
"Heal him? Don't tell me you are one of those crazy jedi?" Han scoffed. The green being chuckled.
"Tell you I will. Believe me you won't." Yoda stated. "Grand Master of the Jedi I once was. Old I am now." He broke out in laughter this was just too good of a joke, but it died as his hands started to glow over Luke's body. "Warm his body slowly we must. Heal his skin as well." Han just stood there with his mouth open as the cuts on Luke's face faded.
"Han Solo I need the direction and the security code not to be harmed." Anakin demanded. "Won't do us any good if we get blown up."
"Ya alright." Han mumbled as he stumbled to the cockpit. He plugged in the channel and hit the transmitter. "Echo Base this is Captain Solo. Found help and Commander Skywalker. Have a medical team awaiting our arrival. Confirm AACR-1854."
"Captain Solo confirmed. Change bearing by 5.556 degrees." the comms officer replied. Han was impressed with the calm flying of the man next to him. He was sure he was a jedi just by the clothing he wore. He flew so close to the ice that at times he made Han nervous as he seemed a bit too relaxed. Two air speeders joined them and he made a few adjustments so they would not out fly the speeders. Thirty minutes later the ship landed in the same hanger that the Falcon sat in. A medical team stood by, but also a security team. The ramp came down and Han was the first to step down the ramp.
"Luke is up the ramp, guys. You have work to do." he ordered. The team looked at the security officer. Master Yoda came down behind Han and shook his head as they raised their weapons.
"Captain Solo step aside and have your unknown friends raise their arms in the air." the officer ordered.
"Fear us you do. A threat we are not." Yoda stated. "Take us to your commander you will."
"I will take you to my commander." he repeated.
"Lieutenant I will take charge here." Leia countered. "Who are you?"
"Master Yoda." he replied. "Treatment your friend requires, out of the way we must be." Master Yoda continues off the ramp as Anakin carried Luke down the ramp to the waiting medics. Leia nods to them and they rush in to help.
"Who are you?" Leia asked Anakin.
"I am a jedi." he replied with a smile. He felt something he didn't feel the last time he saw her. Plus he also felt a ton of guilt as he was not very nice the last time. Her screams came to his mind and he let the pain and shame flow through him before letting it go. Could she ever forgive him? Anakin stepped back from the medics as they took Luke to the stretcher.
"Warm it is not. Cold I become." Yoda stated as he walked away. Breaking the questioning stare Leia was giving Anakin.
"I apologize master jedi, this way." she replied as she took the lead. "Han see to Luke please."
"No problem princess." Han teased. She glared at him but smiled as she turned away. Smug rogue, she thought.
"Senator Mon Mothma a pleasure to see you it is." Master Yoda stated as soon as she turned to face them.
"Master Yoda? It can not be." she replied. "The Emperor declared you dead long ago."
"Old I am. One with the force I am not." he stated. "Warm this planet is not." Mon Mothma smiled and waved to a chair.
"Bring a heating cover and refreshment." She ordered an aid. "I never dreamed I would see a jedi again. Let alone the Grand Master of the Jedi Order. Your reemergence will be a great boast to rebellion."
"Grand Master I am not. Help your rebellion I will not. Train new jedi I will." he countered. "My presence a danger it brings."
"I don't understand. Why come out of hiding them refuse to lead our forces?" Leia asked. "How can training new jedi help us?" Yoda chuckled.
"Old I am. The battlefield I will not be. Jedi I can still train." he replied. "You I will train. Your brother as well."
"Me? I am no jedi." Leia argued and then it hit her. "I have a brother?"
"That you do and we will gather others." Anakin replied. "I feel the force in you. All you need to do is see it as well."
"I have responsibilities here." Leia countered. "What use would I be? How could I abandoned the soldiers under my command?"
"If Master Yoda wants to train you then you will be even better able to lead after your training." Mon Mothma stated. "This is not something you pass on lightly. Master Yoda how long will you be staying?"
"Until Luke is awake. Decide he is. Coming with us he desires." Yoda declared.
"It would please us greatly if you would join us. Together we can defeat the Emperor, and restore the balance to the galaxy." Anakin stated. "It will not be an easy path."
"I have to think on this." Leia replied. The conversation changed and Leia excused herself quickly to check on Luke. She cursed herself for not thinking to ask who her brother was until she saw Luke talking to the medics along with Han and Chewy. She was stunned and embarrassed as she remembered the kiss. This was her brother and she had wanted him or Han as she wasn't quite decided but this was a shock to her. She swallowed hard as she approached them.
"Good to see you looking so well." Leia stated.
"Ya I feel real good a bit sore, but that jedi saved me from a trip in the tank." Luke replied. Luke looked at her and he felt something had changed. "Leia what's wrong?"
"Nothing is wrong... Brother." she declared.
"Brother? I am a brother to you?" Luke asked.
"No ewe, you are my brother. Master Yoda just told me and that other jedi." Leia corrected. "Ugh, men." She spun and marched out of the room.
"Way to go kid. Now she is mad at me too." Han added as he ran after her.
"humans are so strange." Chewbacca growled. "You didn't know, so don't feel bad." Luke looked a bit green, but he also laughed out of relieve that it had not gone beyond that kiss. Chewbacca left Luke alone to seek out this jedi. The name felt so familiar to him and he needed to see for himself. "You look the same as my memory shows me. Yoda Master of Life."
"The Great Chewbacca Long time has it been." Yoda replied. "Friend good to see you it is."
"Wait you know Chewbacca?" Mon Mothma asked.
"Helped protect his home he did. Fought by my side. Clone wars so long ago." Yoda replied.
"Than why do you run around with a smuggler?" she asked.
"Han save me from slavery. Life debt I swore to him that day." Chewy replied. "Han has honor, but no good with credits." Yoda chuckled and talked for awhile with Chewbacca. He felt this as a good sign for them all. A few days pass as a larger storm confines them all to the base. Anakin paces the floor in the room they were given. He is not worried, but concern shows on his face. He wants to reveal himself to his children, but he is conflicted if it is the right decision. He stops as the door opens and then smiles as it is Leia.
"I have questions." she stated as she entered the room. "How is it that you know Luke and I are brother and sister?"
"Master Kenobi saw you born, and Master Yoda told me. As I explained this to Luke yesterday you are siblings. That I can feel as they can feel it even without knowing the truth. You have felt it as well." Anakin explained. "Relax and reach out to Luke. Feel his presence in the force as it resonates with yours. That will tell you more then you need to know. This explains how you get along as well."
"Then why do I get the feeling from you as well?" Leia asked. "Or is it just because you are a jedi? Why don't we even know your name?" Anakin was impressed she not only felt the family link she had resisted the urge not to inquire about his name. Mon Mothma gave him a look like she knew him and he did meet her more than once. All he needed to say was his name and she would demand he join the alliance as a general. The jedi with no fear would be the ultimate tool to get hundreds of planets to join, but the hidden truth if it came out would destroy the rebellion. The emperor would be quick to link him to Vader and he was sure the Sith had all the recordings of the jedi he killed in the temple and the younglings. He was sure he would make it look like he was good and Anakin bad, or say that Vader defeated him at one point. His name was not something he wanted public just yet.
"No one has asked until now. I am Master Annie." he revealed. Just enough of the truth. "If you decide to train as a jedi then you may learn about force bonds. Until then it is not for me to say at this time."
"That is not enough, Master Annie. Sounds right, but more like a nickname than a proper name." Leia replied. "I will come with you, but I am still unsure I want to learn the force like Luke has."
"Very well, but where we go it will not be so easy to leave." Anakin warned.
"No matter Han has agreed to take us there." Leia replied. "Plus your little ship was sent out on a mission after Master Yoda gave it to Mon Mothma."
"I know and I even suggested it, but it was not sent on a mission. It was used as a one way trip to the other side of the galaxy." Anakin explained. "Even now I wonder why we didn't just lose it in a game of Sabacc."
"Jedi gamble?" Leia asked. "Why?"
"It is simple really." Anakin stated as he lifted up a cup. "Very easy to move a par of dice or to pick up how a player feels about their hand. Harder still to alter their perception of the cards they have. Harder still to balance the game in your favor without making it look like you are cheating. Never stay at a table long enough to clean everyone out. Just enough to get what you need. One time we won a hundred thousand credits and walked away with only two thousand. That was more than we needed and it just looked like we didn't want to lose it all. Not fair to the losers, but Master Yoda made them win enough just to get enough for food fuel and other expenses."
"A convenient cover as well." Leia added. "So when do we leave?"
"As soon as that junk pile Han Solo calls a ship is ready to fly." Anakin stated. Leia giggled and then frowned.
"If you know anything about repairing a ship you might want to help them." Leia suggested. "Or we may never get out of the system."
"I think I can help. It will give me something to do." Anakin agreed. With his help the ship was more than ready to fly. Han didn't like the jedi messing with his ship, but everything he worked on, worked on the first try.