Also written 9/30/00
Previously: Because Samantha is having twins, Obi-wan
and Yoda think it would be best to separate them and find someone else for the
other. Arawn reported to Palpatine. Palpatine basically tells him it's his fault
that it was even possible that she got pregnant and tells him if he doesn't
kidnap and take the babies to Palpatine, then it'll be the end of him. Magg
tells Mr. Idiot and he begins to get ready for the double experiment. They both
go back to Dagobah as Samantha prepares to leave. But she suddenly feels a
little weird...she thinks it's due to the fact that one of the babies is
kicking, but Obi-Wan holds her back and is taking her to the doctor again.
"Oh,
it was nothing, I'm sure."
Obi-wan gave her a LOOK.
"You're
staying here, Samantha, until the doctor confirms that. I don't like the looks of this."
"I've already seen the doctor today, and as
far as that goes, I think one of the babies was kicking. I'm fine."
"You are staying here until a doctor
confirms it. That was this morning. It's evening now."
Yoda says, "Obi-wan is right. Stay here, you
will until you see as doctor again. Obi-wan, why don't you take her."
"Okay, come on."
So they
head off, Arawn and Gwythaint Hate arrive followed by Magg. As they approached
the medical center, Samantha just felt worse and worse
"You're not going to the doctor…you're going
to the emergency area."
"Obi-wan…"but she couldn't argue.
She was
feeling terrible. They got service right away. They took her to the birth area
right away.
"I'm
contacting Yoda."
The
hospital wasn't really a fancy building…it was a one-story structure made out
of tress and mud. (By the way, Blue Waters will not be told in 1st
person like Death Star is). After Obi-wan had told Yoda, the doctor came in.
there were several others there that would be having babies soon there, too.
The
doctor says, "Yeah, you'll be having them soon."
(It's
the same doctor, doctor Que.)
"How
come you didn't tell me earlier…"
"Because
that was hours ago. It's
impossible to tell that much in advance."
Yoda
then showed up.
"How is she," he asks Obi-wan.
"All
right for now, I guess. They said she's going to have them soon, though."
Yoda nods.
Then
Samantha turns to Obi-Wan, "Make sure the older one goes to Bail, since he
agreed to it first.
Obi-wan says, "all right."
A couple minutes later the doctor was telling
her to push and things. Within minutes a baby came out. The doctor looked at
it.
"It's a
girl. She seems to be fine, except there seems to be something about her left
leg. I don't know. She's fine other
than that. She's about 5 pounds
something."
Samantha smiles, "Okay, I'll name her Leia
Christine Skywalker…"
The doctor nodded and took her to the newborn
section. Then like four minutes later she is having the other one.
After it
comes out, eh looks at it and says, "It's a boy," even though he already knew
it would be.
She smiles, relieved that it's all over. But
the doctor doesn't say anything more.
"Hang on, I'll be back," is what he says.
She
hadn't gotten a very good look at either of her children.
When the
doctor returns, she says, "I want to name him Luke Owen Skywalker. Owen's the name of Anakin's nice brother. He
always talked bout him."
The doctor nodded, writing down all
information on them.
Obi-wan says, "How are her children?"
The doctor looks up from filling out the
forms,
"The
girl's healthy, but the boy's real sick."
Samantha
says, "but you told me that he would be all right…that everything was
there."
"It is…but
it doesn't mean he's' healthy. I told you there as no way to tell."
"Well what's wrong with him?"
"He's really little for one thing. He's like
almost 4 pounds, but not quite. He also
appears to have some problems with his lungs. He's having problems breathing on
his own, which is why I took him right away. His lungs are really weak. And his legs are messed up. He
probably wont' be able to walk." Then
he looks directly at her, "I'm not sure he's going to make it to tell you the
truth."
She looks away.
Obi-wan
says, "This ahs in part to do with Anakin, of course."
Yoda give s Obi-wan a sharp look.
"I think
we should leave her alone, Obi-Wan. She already is feeling bad."
"It's all right. I need someone to talk to," she says crying.
The
doctor sys, "I'm going to check on your children. I'll be back if you need
anything."
He says turning to one of the nurses, "how's
the boy?"
"We were just about to put him with his
sister. He's sick and we're trying to
do everything we can. We hooked him up to some breathing machines, but its' not
helping a whole lot since his lungs are so weak. It's definitely helping them work right though. They weren't."
"All right. Keep a good eye on him and let me know immediately if something
happens."
The
nurses put Luke in with Leia, saying, "here's your brother.'
Samantha turns to Obi-wan, "How soon can you
contact Bail? And when will you be able to take Leia to him?"
Obi-Wan
says, "Soon...as soon as the doctor let's me. The boy's obviously going to have
to wait until he can breathe on his own well."
"Can you
find someone for him?"
"Yes."
Suddenly
the security emergency siren went on and a voice came over the loudspeaker.
"There
is a security Emergency. An Imperial ship has been spotted in the immediate
vicinity."
Until
next time!