Title: Random meetings
Author: Darth Maria
Feedback: yes please
Characters: Obi Wan, Luke, Han , Vader
Time Frame: ANH but it is AU
Summary: Han, Luke and Ben pick up a mysterious woman on their way to Alderaan
Disclaimer: George Lucas owns Star Was , I am just playing
The Falcon had just left Tatooine on course to Alderaan , it was getting late the ship was quite, most having turned in for the night- Ben had volunteered taking the nightshift, he had not been able to sleep anyway- not that he was much of a pilot but the ship was on autopilot and he just had to wake Han in case something happened.
He sat silently in the cockpit contemplation the last couple of days
He had been sitting on Tatooine for almost 20 years, just waiting, watching over Luke while hoping nothing happened, then a couple of days ago something happened, and quite a lot actually, and suddenly he found himself on the run again with the empire on their tail, all because of a couple of droids.
Part of him wanted to have stayed on Tatooine for the rest of his life in peace just letting the world pass him by, but another part was craving the adventure they there set out on and where really happy he had left that damned sandbox of Tatooine behind.
He was also quite excited about training Luke - finally something happened, how the hole story would end he had no idea, but I was better to do something, instead of just sitting around, blaming everything on himself, doing nothing
A red light started to flash, the falcon had caught the signal of a ship, a distress signal, Ben called Han at once, Han was in the cockpit quite a lot faster than Ben would have thought possible but then again a ship was just as likely to hold a rich cargo without an immediate owner as passengers in distress.
They closed in on the ship an imperial freighter it was very apparent that it was in bad shape and not flyable at all, hailing the ship gave no responds, but Han insisted on boarding it, just to check it out.
Han and Chewie boarded the ship alone, while ben and Luke stayed behind, Han said something about no wanting to bring his passengers in danger, but Ben suspected he just wanted to make sure he got anything of value , without prying eyes.
But after about 20 minutes they returned, empty-handed .. almost, Chewie was carrying a person wrapped in a blanket
"she was the only one still alive, there were about 15 dead stormtroopers an nothing of value on that ship" Han said somewhat disappointed.
she was put down on a bed and Ben got his first look at her, it was a young woman , about 25 years, pale skin and jet-black hair and she was unconscious.
Both Luke and Han were almost overeager to help out with the new passenger, but Ben pushed them both out and concentrate on the women , who he puts in at healing trance
She has no external damages but has probably hit her head quite hard and needed the rest
Ben spend the next couple of hours watching over their new passenger, she was still sleeping but she had caught Bens attention, and he did not quite know if he should be worried.
Who was she, what was she doing on a transport ship full of stormtroopers?
Was she a prisoner or an imperial woman with an escort. There was no indication in the clothes she wore.
He also kept getting flashes of images and feelings from her, but nothing conclusive. but the fact that he did sense something from her, was an indication that she was force sencetive, which added to the mysterry
About 10 hours later, something happened, and it happened fast, she went from sleeping peacefully to sitting up being quite awake, and above that looking at Ben like she was about to kill him!
Her reaction was so fast and strong that Ben, even with years of training jumped to his feet almost grapping his light sabre
The woman did not moved but looked around disoriented
"Where am I?"
Then she looked at Ben a second time, " and who the hell are you"?
Ben had intended to tell her as much of the truth as he dared, but leaving out the fact that they where in fact running from the empire, but she actually did not look like one who could handle too much information at the moment.
He let it be at " Hi I am Ben, how are you feeling"
She stared at him for a while
"Is this a kidnapping?" she said cold
Ben did not know what to say for a moment, but came around: NO...no , not at all, we found you as only survivor on a wretch transport, you were unconscious, and we did not think we could leave you behind
"…..no of course not" , she said, sounding nor very sure about herself..."so this is not en empire vessel?"
Ben looked around (wondering how they looked like from the inside), "no this is a private ship".
"Well, i guess you could just drop me of at the nearest imperial base then"
Ben tried to look calm, flying straight to an imperial base, was not exactly a part of the plan, and he doubted Han would even consider it, no matter the reward! "Right" he said, "we will se what we can do" - mostly to buy some more time.
Suddenly he remembered his manners, "do you want anything to drink?"
She smiled and nodded, "yes please"
He left her to find something drinkable on this ship.
As he entered the hallway he almost ran into both Luke and Han who was standing in the hallway looking quite interested
We thought we heard something, is she awake, Han said straining to get a look though the door behind Ben, which he shut in a hurry.
Yes she is, but you stay away, she is still somewhat besides herself and all she seems to care about is getting back to the empire
Luke looked at Ben, "so she was not a prisoner..." looking almost disappointed.
Ben shook his head in disbelieve, " your interest in her is not healthy, and no she is not very likely to be a prisoner!