In which Caleb and Anakin get back to their timeline. Okay... I know what you are thinking! This is not the end of our favourite heroes' story yet! :D They still have a universe to save!
Few days before Anakin and Caleb's departure - 2 days to be exact, they got themselves some visitors. Han and Leia.
Luke was rather surprised when he was 'relaxing' outside his Temple to see the Millennium Falcon touch down to the hangar. With great excitement, he ran off to welcome his beloved sister and best friend. Luckily, Ghost-Anakin was nowhere to be seen, or else he would be blabbering hopelessly in front of his daughter.
' Luke!' Leia ran off to greet Luke, her face beaming with delight. ' I was just popping over to see you, with some food supplies and tools. There you go... Han should be carrying them out. Insisted that pregnant ladies shouldn't do anything... Oh look... Here he comes.' On the cue, Han was staggering out, his arms overloaded with overwhelmingly heavy boxes of food.
He deposited them on the ground. ' Oh hi, Luke,' He grinned tiredly at Luke. ' How's life?'
Before Luke could actually reply Han, Leia ordered, putting on the most 'princess-ly' facial expression ever, ' Han, dear, please take out the tool boxes also.'
Grimacing, Han trudged off.
' What brings you here, sis?' Luke put an arm around Leia, ushering her into the building so that he could make her a cup of tea.
' Ah yes,' Leia said. ' I am actually here because I want to talk to Father for a moment.'
' Father?' Luke asked curiously. ' The dead one? Or do you mean the alive one?'
' The less annoying one,' Leia said grimly.
Luke nodded, immediately understanding which Anakin she means, ' I'll bring him round in a sec.'
In a couple minutes, Luke brought an extremely confused Anakin down to the mess hall. His puzzlement was quickly converted to curiosity when he spotted Leia sitting at the table. Luke gave his father a small, encouraging wink, and walked away to help Han with his boxes.
' Oh, hey,' Anakin sat down awkwardly. ' Er, what brings you here?' He felt rather uncomfortable staring at Leia, as she looked so much like her mother, except she looked a bit more strict. It was almost like looking at a mini, severe-looking Padme Amidala. He could never imagine that expression on his wife.
Leia looked pointedly at him, ' So. You are leaving soon, right?'
' Um, yes,' Anakin squirmed, feeling he was 9 years old all over again and standing in front of the Queen of Naboo.
' I'm just here to ask you... Don't mess up again, okay?'
Anakin nodded.
The two days passed by as swift as lightning. Soon, Ahsoka, Rex and Kanan held an emergency meeting with Anakin and Caleb, just an hour away from their departure.
' Once you go back,' Ahsoka said thoughtfully. ' Try not to do anything flashy immediately. Palpatine is smarted than we think, he can just sense that something is fishy with you two.'
' Alright,' Anakin crossed his arms. ' Also, do I need to be especially careful in some future events?'
' Actually yes,' Ghost-Anakin yawned lazily. ' What is your next mission, if you even have one?'
Anakin recalled, ' Oh yeah. The Council briefed me on a mission. Some kind of battle on Ringo Vinda... With Master Tiplar and Tiplee. The twins, you know?'
' You need to be careful, General,' Rex warned. ' Tup's going to have a chip malfunction and he will kill Master Tiplar. Later, Fives will be killed when he tried to investigate the Order 66 plot. Do whatever you can to stop Tup from that, and all misery could be avoided.'
' That's just hard,' Caleb commented. ' You can't just pull that Tup guy away from battle for no reason.'
' I'll put some thought to that anyways,' Anakin said.
Kanan looked around, ' I will miss you two, I guess. Even if we don't see each other again... I'll wish you luck.'
' Thanks, Older-me,' Caleb murmured.
' You are welcome, Younger-me,' Kanan smiled back warmly.
On the other hand, Anakin wasn't taking the good-byes too well.
' Will I ever see you again, Snips?' He saddened just a bit.
' Maybe,' Ahsoka shrugged. ' Who knows? But if it is by the will of the Force we met up here, there is a high chance we could get reunited back in the old timeline. Good luck with saving the universe, Skyguy.'
' Yeah, just remember we all love you, Father,' Luke nodded. ' Just don't mess up again, Father.'
Anakin and Caleb were standing together, facing the forest. The rest of the people stood a small distance to the back, watching them closely and nervously.
Almost mysteriously, two figures appeared in front of the pair. The Daughter... And the Son. Everyone except 'the Mortis bunch' looked stunned at their sudden appearance.
' Blast, you are here too?' Anakin growled with hostility at the Son. He still never forgave the guy for nearly killing his Padawan and turning him to the Dark Side.
' Such hostility,' The Son feigned hurt. ' Anyways, I'm here to see you off.'
Daughter eyed her brother with thinly veiled annoyance, ' My brother is right. We are here to send you off. Good news! Your timeline won't be thrown into chaos after all. Good job!'
' Wow, astonishing,' Caleb muttered, sounding not surprised at all, but then his eyes lit up at the sight of the embodiment of the Dark Side.
' I might just have fun and kill you all,' The Son smiled maliciously.
' OOH COOL! So you are the Son dude, right?' He gawked at the Son.
' Yes,' The Son replied with disgust, momentarily stunned. He hadn't expected to be spoken to in such a way
' I was just wondering,' Caleb fired a whole bunch of questions. ' Why were you even named the Son? What language does that even belong to? Basic? Isn't that weird? When your sister calls you Son, it sounds so wrong, right? Do you feel strange when you call your Sister the Daughter? Who is your Mother anyway? Where is your Father? I thought they would be here? What do you even call them when they are together, you know what, Parents? Oh, so do they call you Children?'
Overwhelmed by the amount of questions Caleb was throwing at him, the Son threatened him murderously, ' I'm going to make your life a living hell, kid.'
Completely unfazed by the death threat, Caleb continued cornering the Son with questions. If the Dark Side could get confused, the Son most certainly was.
' That's quite enough,' The Daughter said, a small smile escaping the corner of her mouth at the sight of her brother's confused face. ' It's time for your journey back home, in case the timelines mess up. This stage is extremely fragile, so be careful.' This sounded ominous, and Caleb shivered.
Everyone shouted out their heartfelt goodbyes to their friends, and with a quick snap of the Daughter's fingers, Anakin and Caleb vanished in a brilliant, white flash, back to the beginning, right before the Empire times.
Whizzz! ;)
Next chapter will be about Caleb and Anakin settling back to their own timeline... :)
