Star Wars: Remix version
Sorry it's been awhile, but I am back and I am planning on hopefully updating once a week.
Chapter Thirty One: Dagobah
The Falcon raced down into the crater. The walls were barely visible as the ship sped through the tunnellike opening. A small cave appeared on one side of the crater, and the Falcon turned, slowed, and scooted into it.
Meanwhile, Luke's tiny X-wing sped toward the cloud cover of Dagobah. Artoo, riding on the back of the fighter, turns his head back and forth with some anxiety. Luke watched Artoo's words as they were translated and screened on the computer scope.
"Yes, that's it. Dagobah" Luke replied. Artoo beeped a hopeful inquiry. "No, I'm not going to change my mind about this" But even as he said it, he was beginning to get a little nervous. "I'm not picking up any cities or technology. Massive life-form readings, though. There's something alive down there..." He trailed and Artoo beeped, this time a slightly worried question. "Yes, I'm sure it's perfectly safe for droids" Luke replied, though he wasn't at all sure if it was safe for droids or humans.
The X-wing continued its flight through the twilight above the cloud-covered planet. Luke saw the clouds race by as he took his craft closer to the planet. The cloud cover had completely obscured his vision, so he tried to move his controls carefully. An alarm buzzed in the background, Artoo beeped and whistled frantically.
"I know, I know! All the scopes are dead. I can't see a thing! Just hang on, I'm going to start the landing cycle..." Luke said, also a bit frantically. The blast of the retrorockets was deafening, drowning out Artoo's electronic squeals. Suddenly, there was a cracking sound as if limbs were being broken off trees and then a tremendous jolt as the spacecraft stopped. Luke pulled a switch and his canopy popped open. The mist-shrouded X-wing fighter was almost invisible in the thick fog. Luke climbed out onto the long nose of the spacecraft as Artoo popped out of his cubbyhole on the back. The young warrior surveyed the fog, which was barely pierced by the ship's landing lights. About all he could make out were some giant, twisted trees nearby. Artoo whistled anxiously. "No, Artoo, you stay put. I'll have a look around" Artoo let out a short beep. As Luke moved along the nose, Artoo lost his balance and disappeared with a splash into the boggy lake.
"Artoo?" Luke yelled. Luke knelt and leaned over the plane looking for Artoo, but the water was still and revealed no sign of the little droid. "Artoo! Where are you?" A small periscope brokw the surface of the water and a gurgly beep was heard. The periscope started to move to shore. Relieved, Luke started running along the nose of the fighter to its tip. "Artoo! You be more careful" Luke warned. The outline of the shore was now more than ten feet away. Luke jumped off the plane into the water, scrambled up to the shore, and turned to look for Artoo. The periscope still steadily moved toward shore.
"Artoo" Luke said to get his attention. the droid turned to look at him with the periscope. -"that way!" Luke pointed. Suddenly, through the thick fog layer, a dark shape appeared, moving toward the little droid. The dark, sinuous bog beast dove beneath the swampy water, making a loud clunk against Artoo's metal hull. The droid disappeared from sight, uttering a pathetic electronic scream. Holding his ignited lightsaber before him, Luke waded a few feet into the murky pool, looking for any sign of his little friend. "Artoo!" The black surface was still as death itself... until a few bubbles began to appear.
Then, phheewaat! The runt-size robot was spit out of the water, made a graceful arc, and came crashing down into a patch of soft gray moss. "Oh, no! Are you all right? Come on" Luke walked over to Artoo. "You're lucky you don't taste very good. Anything broken?" Luke helped Artoo up and began wiping the mud and roots from his round metal body. Artoo responded with feeble, soggy beeps. "If you're saying coming here was a bad idea, I'm beginning to agree with you" He sighed and shook his head. "Oh, Artoo, what are we doing here? It's like... something out of a dream, or, I don't know. Maybe I'm just going crazy" As Luke glanced around at the spooky swamp jungle that surrounded him, Artoo ejected a stream of muddy water from one of his cranial ports. Luke pulled an equipment box from the shore to the clearing. He ignited a little fusion furnace and warmed his hands before it. Taking a power cable, he plugged it into Artoo's noselike socket.
"Ready for some power? Okay. Let's see now. Put that in there. There you go" Luke said. The droid whistled his appreciation. Luke then opened a container of processed food and sat before the thermal heater. "Now all I have to do is find this Yoda... if he even exists" Nervously, he looked around at the foreboding jungle. "Still... there's something familiar about this place. I feel like...I don't know..." He trailed off.
"Feel like what?" A strange voice asked.
Luke jumped out of his skin. Artoo screeched in terror. The young warrior grabbed for his lightsaber as he spun around, looking for the speaker. Mysteriously standing right in front of Luke was a strange, greenish creature, not more than two feet tall. The wizened little thing was dressed in rags. It motioned toward Luke's sword.
"Like we're being watched!" Luke finished, glaring at the creature.
"Away with your weapon! I mean you no harm" The creature said. After some hesitation, Luke put away his weapon, although he really didn't understand why. Artoo watched with interest.
"I am wondering, why are you here?" The creature asked.
"I'm looking for someone" Luke replied.
"Looking? Found someone, you have, I would say, hmmm?" The creature asked, laughing a little.
"Right" Luke said.
"Help you I can" The creature suggested.
"I don't think so. I'm looking for a great warrior" Luke replied. The creature's voice suddenly took a solemn tone.
"A great warrior? Wars not make one great" He shook his head. "A friend, perhaps"
"I'm not looking for a friend. I'm looking for a Jedi Master" Luke replied.
"Yoda. You seek Yoda" The creature said matter of factly.
"You know him?" Luke asked. The creature looked down.
"Help you, I cannot" He muttered.