Haven
"Oh…" Ben faltered and slowly sat down on the bench across from Nicky and I.
"Ben? You alright?" Nicky asked, clearly ecstatic to be talking to him
"What's wrong?" Luke asked as he shut off the lightsaber and came over.
"I- I felt a great disturbance in the force; as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened." He wiped his forehead and suddenly looked very hot. A few beads of sweat broke out on his forehead not 5 seconds after he wiped them away.
"You'd better get on with your exercises." Luke gave him a worried glance before returning to his practice like Ben said. Han burst through the cockpit door with a cocky grin.
"Well, you can forget your troubles with those Imperial slugs. I told you I'd out run them." He sat down beside Ben as Luke lit the lightsaber and began moving it with the floating ball.
"He's so hot." Nicky whispered to me as she continued to watch Luke with a grin.
"Nicky! Seriously? Right now you tell me this? When he's a few feet away?" Even though in this world he was my cousin, in the other I had to admit; he was pretty cute. But I would not say that anywhere near him or the actor who plays him.
"What? He may be your cousin, but you can't not think that he isn't dreamy." She cocked her head and continued to watch him. I whacked her head and she whipped around to glare at me.
"Don't everybody thank me at once." Han said, glancing around the room at all the people ignoring his presents.
"Thank you, Han, you did a wonderful job!" Nicky said, her voice full of way-too-happy cheer and her smile wide. This only caused Han to glare at her.
"I wouldn't be acting that cocky to the owner and pilot of the ship you're in. This is my ship."
"Whoa, whoa, hold up. Your ship?" She asked as her hands went to her hips and her fake smile whipped off her face.
"Yes, my ship." Han stood up, pulled a piece of paper off a shelf and held it so Nicky could read it clearly. "Do you see the name 'Nicky' anywhere on this paper?"
Nicky read the paper and after seeing her name wasn't on it her face showed disappointment for a second. Only a second.
"It wouldn't say Nicky, it would say Nicole." Han just sighed and rolled his eyes before placing the document back on the shelf.
"Anyway, we should be at Alderaan about 0200 hours."
"Any clue how long that's going to be?" I asked Nicky as we got up and walked over to watch Threepio and R2 play their chess game with Chewbacca.
"Not a clue." I sat next to Threepio (taking the only available seat before Nicky could) and Nicky leaned against the table. We both watch intently as R2 blackish monster picked up and turned over Chewie's yellow monster. Chewie yelled out, either in protest or disbelief.
"He made a fair move. Screaming about it won't help you." Threepio said in his logical 'butler' voice.
"Let him have it. It's not smart to upset a Wookiee." Han said, still sitting in the same spot.
"But, sir, no one worries about upsetting a droid."
"Do droids pull people's arms out of their sockets when they lose?" Nicky asked. I noticed that she talked a lot more and was more outgoing in this world. Don't get me wrong, Nicky is the most talkative person you'll ever meet, but she seemed more natural here. More at home.
I glanced over at Han and I could see him grinning (notice Han almost never smiles, he grins) with pride at his sister's remark. Now that I think about it, it made perfect sense that they were siblings. They both had the same hair color, and though their eyes were different colors they both had that glint in them that changed with their feelings. They shared the same cocky grin and by the end of the movie both were falling head over heels for one of the Skywalker/Organa twins.
Chewie put his hands behind his head in an attempt to show off his hidden muscles. Threepio glanced nervously back and forth between Nicky and Chewie (and once at Han). "I see your point mistress." Then he leaned towards R2. "I have a new strategy; let the Wookiee win." R2 beeped, Chewie growled and Nicky and I burst out laughing.
We stopped laughing when we heard the sound of laser on lightsaber and turned around to get a better look.
"Remember, a Jedi can feel the Force flowing through him." Ben reminded him.
"You mean it controls your actions?" Luke asked taking one second to glance at Ben before returning to the ball.
"Partially, but it also obeys your commands."
A shot hit Luke's leg and Han burst out laughing. "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. Am I right, Nicky?"
"Hmm? Yeah." She said as she returned her attention away from the chess game (which R2 was now surprisingly losing) and to the conversation she had been completely obvious to.
"You don't believe in the Force, do you?" Luke put away the lightsaber and the ball seemed to completely forget he existed.
"Kid, I've flown from one side of the galaxy to the other. I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe there's one all-powerful force controlling everything."
"Atheist." I mumbled under my breath. I was a devote Christian and no matter where I was I never really took a liking to people of a different religion.
"There's no mystical energy field that controls my destiny! It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense" I could tell by Ben's face that he was completely feed up with Han and his talk.
"I suggest you try it again, Luke." Ben plucked a helmet off the wall and handed it to him. "This time, let go of your conscious self and act on instinct." Luke slowly and cautiously placed the helmet over his head. He pulled the blast shield up, but Ben pushed it back down. "Leave it like that."
"But with the blast shield down I can't see. How am I supposed to fight?"
"You eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them."
Luke sighed deeply and switched the lightsaber on. He barely got into position before the ball shot and barely missed his arm.
"Stretch out with your feelings." Luke took a deep breath and waited for the shot. It came and he blocked it perfectly. He did the same with the next few shots.
"You see? You can do it." Ben smiled.
"I call it luck." Han said from behind him.
"In my experience there is no such thing as luck. Now Luke, let's try something a bit bigger, like a small battle." He waved his hand and two more balls floated out of his pack.
"Wait, what?" Luke asked, overwhelmed by how fast Ben was shoving him into the whole thing.
"Pull the shield back down and don't be afraid to break them. I have more." Luke looked a bit worried, but he pulled down the blast shield and raised the saber.
The three balls circled around him for a minute before shooting. Luke blocked it and spilt the ball in half. The remains dropped as Ben waved me over. I got up from my seat beside the chess board (and of course Nicky took it) and came over to Ben. He held up his finger in a 'be quiet' gesture.
Then when Luke turned his back to block the next shot Ben shoved me forward so I was right behind Luke.
"What are you doing?" I demanded, but since he had his hand over my mouth it came out like: wmm mm mm mmm?
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Get her away from there, what are you thinking?" Nicky and Han both stood.
Luke didn't pay any attention to the noise and whipped around to the break open the next ball, which was just to my left. The ball jerked out of the way, but the blade kept coming. I closed my eyes and though; it was interesting way to die.
But then the blade stopped, an inch from my arm. I could feel the heat as Luke just stood there with the blade still not moving.
"I feel something… warm. Like a person." He pulled up the shield and his eyes widen when he saw me. They widen even more when he saw Ben holding me in place. "What are you trying to pull?" He demanded as he yanked me out of Ben's grasp and shut off the lightsaber.
"Yeah, old man what's your problem?" Han asked as he and Nicky approached from behind Ben.
"You felt her." Was all he said before giving us a warm smile, like everything that had just happened hadn't.
"Yes, luckily, I did. Why did you do that?" Luke demanded.
"To make sure you knew everything you needed to know. If you would feel anyone, you would feel her." Ben said as he turned and walked down the hallway.
"Go with him Chewie, I don't trust him alone in the cockpit." Han said before Luke pulled me into the tightest hug I'd ever been in.
"Are you ok?" He asked once he finally pulled away. "I am so sorry, I didn't know you were there until I was about to hit you."
"I'm fine." I said with a smile. I tried my very hardest to make it seem like I hadn't been scarred for life.
Chewie growled something from the cockpit and to everyone's great relief it sounded completely relaxed.
"We're coming up on Alderaan." Han announced as he got up and made his way to the cockpit.
Finally! Some originality! Whoo! And to think I got three chapters up today. Well I guess I got two up yesterday and one up today, as it is 1:09 in the morning (I stay up pretty late, by the way). Also just wanted to mention, that I did not mean to disrespect anyone or their religion up in the part where she talks about her disproval for Atheists. I myself I am a Christian, but I respect other regions. I'm just trying to help you get a better grip on the character. Anyways with that matter aside it's time for the Review Responses!
Storyteller222: Well I apologize for giving you a simple, hardly detailed summary.