Chapter 18
Luke was lead into a large room. He did not recognize the figure before him, but maybe 'Lonny' would have. Unfortunately, Lonny was not here; Luke was. As it was, he found himself face to face with a figure wearing a robe, not too unlike the Jedi robe he was apt to wear at times, but a darker color. Reaching out through the Force, he hoped that he had the strength to endure whatever this person had in mind and that he could use the Force to block some of the worst of it. The figure looked up, seemingly right at him, and then motioned for the escort to leave…
Lonny had seen something in the distance; he was sure of it! The question was, what was it? He could not be careless, but he could not just wait around to find out what it was, either. He sprang into action, hoping to accomplish his self-imposed task before whatever it was decided to show up, taking away his opportunity to retrieve the water. He had already wasted time in his attempt to go unnoticed, but he had not known that the village had been deserted shortly after he had left it. In his haste, one of his boots came off of his feet, but he did not have the time to think about retrieving it…
AN: Sorry it took me so long to put this up... I appreciate all who reviewed this time around. I have decided, though, that you, my readers, would prefer to have a chapter without reviewer responses instead of no chapter at all. Thus, I intend to put up more than one chapter, since you have all been so patient... Enjoy!