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Post by Force_Flow on Sept 22, 2007 13:32:12 GMT -4
Scout collapsed to the ground and watched Naos' face harden in thought. Suddenly she was drawn back into the memory of when they had first kissed. The memory was fading now, and she had trouble remembering where the baby fat on his face had been, or the cracking of his voice as he talked to her.
No more. He was a man now, solid and strong, not the lanky teen she had once known. He was tall, now, about an inch taller than her. Scout almost sighed and wondered how she had let Padmé's lie get to her.
Getting up abruptly, she walked away to think, shutting down the Force Bond between her and Naos, letting him know she had to do this alone. She walked off to stand next to Luke. He glanced at her, then back at the twin suns. "I'm never going to leave this place," he muttered. "You're lucky. You get to travel to planets a lot better than this carkoon pit."
"Not true," Scout said. "Moving around is one thing, Luke, but savor the peace and quiet while you can. I cn almost guarantee you'll make a name for yourself."
"How do you know?" Luke's voice was flat, monotonic.
"I have a good feeling about you, Skywalker," Scout said. "You're a good kid. Help your uncle here on the farm. We may see you again."
"You're leaving?" Luke asked incredulously.
"I have to get a transport off of this place. There's something I have to do--"
"Master Luke! Master Luke!" Threepio came running up to them. "I told him not to go, but he didn't listen! Foolish of me! Foolish, foolish!"
"Calm down, goldie," Scout said. "Who's gone?"
"Artoo, my lady. He took off as soon as you left!"
Luke and Scout glanced at each other. "It's dark," Luke muttered. "The Sand People are out. We'll have to wait 'till morning to find him."
Not the way I drive. "I'll help you out," Scout promised. Gotcha, Obi-Wan.
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Post by hk47fan on Sept 22, 2007 13:41:44 GMT -4
Naos
We had spent the night away from the homestead with just blankets Luke gave us. Scout told me about Artoo, at first I began to get stressed, but she filled me in on what was going on. So hopefully by the end of tomorrow, we would have Kenobi and R2. We had taken Threepio with us to not get Owen suspicious, and he was de-activated while we slept.
The next morning, Luke had come with a landspeeder, so all of us quickly boarded it and were now zooming after Artoo. We were closing in on Sand People territory, where Obi-Wan was supposedly near......
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Post by Force_Flow on Sept 22, 2007 13:46:05 GMT -4
It was uncomfortable riding in a two-person landspeeder. Threepio was strapped on the back securely while Luke drove and Scout sat on Naos' lap. She had protested at first, then begrudgingly agreed to sit on his leg for the rest of the way. Sure, she could have used the Force to keep up to speed with them but no, they were a secret. From the Empire, and from Luke Skywalker.
Fighting back a headache, Scout squinted at the readout. A tiny dot was appearing on the senor rely. Fiddling with the controls, she yahooed in triumph. "That's gotta be him," she said.
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Post by hk47fan on Sept 22, 2007 16:13:05 GMT -4
Naos
"Close in on it," I said to Luke, and as he speeded up, we got closer and closer to the dot
As we were going through sand, getting closer to Artoo by the second, I looked at Luke for a moment, and muttered "You know, for some reason....something looks, different about you...."
I just shook the thought off, and focused on R2. He got far, and we're not too far from Kenobi..... I thought to myself
I looked down at Scout, for a minute, and then all around me. We had only been here for two days, but I would be happy to get off this planet.....
Suddenly, the speeder stopped, and we saw R2 right there in front of us. I jumped out of the speeder and got Threepio safely down on the sandy ground, and then approached the droid....
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Post by Force_Flow on Sept 22, 2007 16:27:09 GMT -4
Naos practically shoved her into Luke when he jumped out, making her hit her nose on the steering controls. Eyes watering in protest, she grumbled and scooted over to the vacated seat, then out of the speeder alltogether. "Hey, y'know, ow," she said angrily.
Luke motioned for her to be quiet. Artoo was still trying to get away. He went over and pressed a hand to his dome, stopping the droid in his tracks. "Hey, whoa there, little fella, where you goin'?"
Artoo whistled impatiently. "Obi-Wan Kenobi??" asked Threepio, aghast. "You went out all this way for Obi-Wan Kenobi?? Artoo-DeeToo, I order you to stop this nonsense."
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Post by hk47fan on Sept 22, 2007 16:41:42 GMT -4
Naos
"Well, come on, lets-" I started but suddenly heard a distant roar
"Oh my...." Threepio said looking around, and Artoo gave a low beep
I looked at Scout, then Luke, and said "Sand People...."
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Post by Force_Flow on Sept 22, 2007 16:46:23 GMT -4
"That's a bad thing, I'm guessing," Scout muttered under her breath.
Luke took the rifle off of the holder on the side of his airspeeder, and cocked it. "Master Luke, where are you going?" Threepio asked.
"Just going for a look," he said. "C'mon, it won't hurt anybody."
Scout grinned. "You sound like someone I knew a long time ago. Let's go see."
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Post by hk47fan on Sept 22, 2007 17:14:51 GMT -4
Naos
I tried not to snort, and thought Yup, no doubt he's Anakin's child.....
I followed, and turned to Threepio and Artoo, only to see Artoo not even there. I sighed, but he knew where he was going and if not we would find him, like always. "Stay here." I ordered
With that, I took off after Scout and Luke....
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Post by Force_Flow on Sept 22, 2007 17:23:36 GMT -4
Scout and Luke lay flat on their stomachs on a rocky ridge. Luke had out his electrobinoculars, whereas Scout was using the Force to enhance her sight. "Just Banthas," Luke muttered. "I don't see anything real... wait, something's moving right there..."
Scout was about to ask what he saw when her danger sense screamed at her to slid backwards. She did, and right where her neck had been was a clothed foot which smelled very much like Bantha crap. Rolling on her back, she saw the masked face of a humanoid peer down at her and yell something in some sort of language she couldn't identify.
He--had to be a male--brought his stick up in the air and hit Luke in the head before Scout could make sense of what she was seeing. Luke collapsed limply to the ground and Scout used her flexibilty to make a high blade-kick to the male's throat. He fell back and yelled in pain. Scout used the distraction to roll off the ridge and under the outcropping, out of view from the Tuskan Raider.
Reaching for her lightsaber, Scout met empty air. She had left both in Owen's hands. She could imagine how much she'd be teased by Naos and Nait when she got back.
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Post by hk47fan on Sept 22, 2007 17:30:59 GMT -4
Naos
I was just approaching the area when I saw Luke knocked unconsicious, and out of instinct hid behind the large rock as Scout went and hid. The Sand People began to raid everything Luke had, but after a couple of minutes or so, suddenly I heard this large yell, and I was sure Scout heard it too.
I saw a cloaked figure approaching from the other side of the canyon, and he was screaming quite strangely, obviously to spook the Sand People. They took off as expected, and as I looked at the figure I realized who it was. Kenobi....
He towered over Luke, and took off his hood, and my eyes widened slightly Man, his looks changed ALOT in fourteen years....
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