Chapter 2: Lowbacca
As Lowbacca was herded out to the fields, he worried about Ben's knowledge of Jedi Knights. Where had he heard such a thing, when all mention of Jedi was banned. It was then when Lowie remembered the blue star on Ben's forehead, and the knowledge his father had given him with it. Ben was to young then to understand it, but now the memories were coming forward as dreams. It was time that Ben learned of his heritage. Lowbacca vowed to tell Ben at the end of the day. It was then the sky went black.
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Ben was working in the caves, when he felt a tremendous pain in his mind, like something terrible was happening. He did not know what was causing this, or how he knew, but he did know that he had to get to safety. However, he could not leave Kirin to die. So he ran down into the lower levels, where she was posted today, and tried to find her through the blackness. It was extremely difficult, as he had but a dim light, but he seemed to have some sort of intuit direction of where he needed to go.
"Ben! What is happening?" Kirin yelled, her voice filled with fear.
"I don't know, Kirin. But I know we need to get out of here, and quick. C'mon!" As he spoke he was pulling Kirin towards the surface. They were stopped about halfway by a guard, some strange alien race that lived well underground, and tried to be forced back down. Ben kicked the guard square in the forehead, for Lowie had been helping him with fighting skills, and the alien fell back, screaming for help.
"Ben! Your star is glowing!" Kirin whispered in the cold dark. And she was right. The blue star upon Ben's forehead was glowing a brilliant blue.
"Quickly, Kirin. There isn't any time. The roof is going to collapse any minute. We have to get out of here and find Lowie." He yelled, and they started heading for the surface again.
It took nearly ten minutes of crawling threw fallen rock from the cave in, but Ben and Kirin managed to get through to safety. Once they reached the surface, they found a pitch black sky and nothing but havoc, everywhere.
"Oh no, we will never find Lowie in this mess." Ben exclaimed upon reaching the surface.
"We have to get out of here. And this is our chance. Look, those ships over there, they don't look like anything I have seen before. Except maybe in stories. I bet they are human ships! We can escape!" Yelled Kirin.
"But I can't leave Lowie." Ben said stubbornly.
"Lowbacca is smart, I bet he will get out and get on a ship. And then we will meet him at the other end. It will be ok Ben." Said Kirin, "But now we have to leave."
So reluctantly, Ben boarded one of the ships, that looked oddly familiar, like something out of one of his dreams.
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Lowbacca was racing through the crowd of slaves and captors, lightsaber drawn and attacking all Yuzon Vong it encountered. He already had a group of slaves following behind him, all carrying their tools and using them too attack Yuzon Vong. When the reached the cave entrance, Lowbacca saw that the caves were completely destroyed and all in them dead. However, he still felt Ben through the force, so he knew he was alive. The only other option was to go toward the human and alien ships. Lowie gasped when he saw the Millennium Falcon taking off before him. He could not reach it before it left, so he had to lead his group of followers onto another ship and hope Ben found a safely.
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The ship Ben entered with Kirin was obviously a piece of junk. It was a wonder it even flew. But he knew he had been on it before. Something inside him told him it was true. So he could not help feel safe on board.
"We could have picked a better ship, you know." Said Kirin.
"No this one is perfect." Ben replayed in a dream-like state.
"Suit your self, but it won't be perfect once it crashes and we die." Kirin walked off muttering.
Ben took the opportunity to look around the ship, and explore. It was not very large, only several rooms. When he reached the cockpit, he was stopped.
"Hey, kid, you probably shouldn't be looking around here." Came the voice of a man with black hair and dark skin, who looked as though he had seen better years. None of this concerned Ben, though, since he couldn't believe he was actually talking to someone who he knew he had met before.
"Sorry, I was just exploring. Is this your ship?" Ben asked.
"Well, I guess. It always was Han's, but since he and everyone else who mattered died, I guess it belongs to me." Replied the man.
"Who are you. I feel as though I have met you before." Asked Ben.
"Why I am Lando Callrisien. Brave smuggler, and friend of the famous Han Solo and Luke Skywalker. And who might you be?" But Ben did not answer. He was two dumbfounded by the second name this Lando had spoke.
"I am Ben. Luke Skywalker, was he a Jedi Knight?" Asked Ben.
"The very best. But how did you know that?" Asked Lando.
"Lowie told me my, my parents were Jedi. I don't really know what that means, except for all Jedi were killed, first by some guy in a dark robe with a wrinkled, white face, and then again by the Yuzon Vong." Ben responded slowly.
"What did you say your name was, kid?" Lando asked, but Ben didn't have time to respond, as someone called Lando from the cockpit, "Were under attack. Everyone to your battle stations."
"Look kid, I've got to go. Find me later though, kay? I think we need to discuss who exactly your parents are and if this Lowie is really Lowbacca, nephew of the famous Chewbacca." With that, he ran off. AN: Is that a bit longer??? Please R&R!!
~^~Lily
As Lowbacca was herded out to the fields, he worried about Ben's knowledge of Jedi Knights. Where had he heard such a thing, when all mention of Jedi was banned. It was then when Lowie remembered the blue star on Ben's forehead, and the knowledge his father had given him with it. Ben was to young then to understand it, but now the memories were coming forward as dreams. It was time that Ben learned of his heritage. Lowbacca vowed to tell Ben at the end of the day. It was then the sky went black.
~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~
Ben was working in the caves, when he felt a tremendous pain in his mind, like something terrible was happening. He did not know what was causing this, or how he knew, but he did know that he had to get to safety. However, he could not leave Kirin to die. So he ran down into the lower levels, where she was posted today, and tried to find her through the blackness. It was extremely difficult, as he had but a dim light, but he seemed to have some sort of intuit direction of where he needed to go.
"Ben! What is happening?" Kirin yelled, her voice filled with fear.
"I don't know, Kirin. But I know we need to get out of here, and quick. C'mon!" As he spoke he was pulling Kirin towards the surface. They were stopped about halfway by a guard, some strange alien race that lived well underground, and tried to be forced back down. Ben kicked the guard square in the forehead, for Lowie had been helping him with fighting skills, and the alien fell back, screaming for help.
"Ben! Your star is glowing!" Kirin whispered in the cold dark. And she was right. The blue star upon Ben's forehead was glowing a brilliant blue.
"Quickly, Kirin. There isn't any time. The roof is going to collapse any minute. We have to get out of here and find Lowie." He yelled, and they started heading for the surface again.
It took nearly ten minutes of crawling threw fallen rock from the cave in, but Ben and Kirin managed to get through to safety. Once they reached the surface, they found a pitch black sky and nothing but havoc, everywhere.
"Oh no, we will never find Lowie in this mess." Ben exclaimed upon reaching the surface.
"We have to get out of here. And this is our chance. Look, those ships over there, they don't look like anything I have seen before. Except maybe in stories. I bet they are human ships! We can escape!" Yelled Kirin.
"But I can't leave Lowie." Ben said stubbornly.
"Lowbacca is smart, I bet he will get out and get on a ship. And then we will meet him at the other end. It will be ok Ben." Said Kirin, "But now we have to leave."
So reluctantly, Ben boarded one of the ships, that looked oddly familiar, like something out of one of his dreams.
~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~
Lowbacca was racing through the crowd of slaves and captors, lightsaber drawn and attacking all Yuzon Vong it encountered. He already had a group of slaves following behind him, all carrying their tools and using them too attack Yuzon Vong. When the reached the cave entrance, Lowbacca saw that the caves were completely destroyed and all in them dead. However, he still felt Ben through the force, so he knew he was alive. The only other option was to go toward the human and alien ships. Lowie gasped when he saw the Millennium Falcon taking off before him. He could not reach it before it left, so he had to lead his group of followers onto another ship and hope Ben found a safely.
~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~
The ship Ben entered with Kirin was obviously a piece of junk. It was a wonder it even flew. But he knew he had been on it before. Something inside him told him it was true. So he could not help feel safe on board.
"We could have picked a better ship, you know." Said Kirin.
"No this one is perfect." Ben replayed in a dream-like state.
"Suit your self, but it won't be perfect once it crashes and we die." Kirin walked off muttering.
Ben took the opportunity to look around the ship, and explore. It was not very large, only several rooms. When he reached the cockpit, he was stopped.
"Hey, kid, you probably shouldn't be looking around here." Came the voice of a man with black hair and dark skin, who looked as though he had seen better years. None of this concerned Ben, though, since he couldn't believe he was actually talking to someone who he knew he had met before.
"Sorry, I was just exploring. Is this your ship?" Ben asked.
"Well, I guess. It always was Han's, but since he and everyone else who mattered died, I guess it belongs to me." Replied the man.
"Who are you. I feel as though I have met you before." Asked Ben.
"Why I am Lando Callrisien. Brave smuggler, and friend of the famous Han Solo and Luke Skywalker. And who might you be?" But Ben did not answer. He was two dumbfounded by the second name this Lando had spoke.
"I am Ben. Luke Skywalker, was he a Jedi Knight?" Asked Ben.
"The very best. But how did you know that?" Asked Lando.
"Lowie told me my, my parents were Jedi. I don't really know what that means, except for all Jedi were killed, first by some guy in a dark robe with a wrinkled, white face, and then again by the Yuzon Vong." Ben responded slowly.
"What did you say your name was, kid?" Lando asked, but Ben didn't have time to respond, as someone called Lando from the cockpit, "Were under attack. Everyone to your battle stations."
"Look kid, I've got to go. Find me later though, kay? I think we need to discuss who exactly your parents are and if this Lowie is really Lowbacca, nephew of the famous Chewbacca." With that, he ran off. AN: Is that a bit longer??? Please R&R!!
~^~Lily