When the World Stopped Turning- Crosspost

Chapter 2- The World Stops Turning

Chapter 2- The World Stops Turning

Rommel feels his eyes open as his alarm, one of his favorite songs, begins playing on his phone. He smiles a bit, knowing that if the Republic had never found Earth, phone technology would probably be nowhere near this advanced.

Rommel shuts off the alarm and gets out of bed. He takes a quick shower, then packs up everything he took out of his bags the night before. He decides to keep his military uniform in his bags, and dresses in a simple pair of jeans, a red shirt, and a black jacket. He then turns to his lightsabers, both resting on the bedside table. His original blue lightsaber that was given to him by Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu, and the smaller, green bladed lightsaber that had once belonged to Yoda. Rommel had honored his pledge to carry the lightsaber. Now, with the Museum of Andromeda Galaxy History almost completed, Rommel is planning to donate the lightsaber to the museum.

Rommel muses for a second on whether to bring the lightsabers. According to international regulations, Jedi and members of the ASAT team are permitted to carry their lightsaber aboard flights. The Terran Alliance General Assembly believes Jedi and ASAT members to be trustworthy enough to carry them on board planes. However, over many flights he's taken since the end of the Clone Wars, he's never needed them. For a few moments, he considers leaving them in his luggage. However, he remembers a while back when Hall flew on a flight and left his saber in his luggage, and the saber accidently activated seven different times during the flight due to being jostled around. It destroyed some of his luggage and some items in another suitcase, which Hall had had to pay for. This wasn't the only time. He'd heard that Aayla Secura had had the same thing happen about two years ago. Feeling it might be best just to avoid damaging any baggage, he decides to take them. He slides Yoda's old saber onto his belt underneath his jacket, and slides his original saber into a pocket inside his jacket.

Once he confirms he has everything, Rommel gathers all of his baggage and leaves the room, heading down to the lobby and out of the hotel's entrance, where he finds the cab he called for waiting for him. He loads his bags into the trunk of the cab and hops in.

It's a short cab ride to the airport. Once he gets there, Rommel hops out, hands the driver his fare and a hefty tip just to be nice, and heads into the airport.

Rommel makes his way to the check in counter for United Airlines. After waiting in line for about a half hour, he finally reaches the check in counter.

He hands the ticket agent his ID. The agent takes one look at it, and looks up at him wide eyed. Rommel raises a finger to his lips and says, "Not a word."

The agent nods and says, "Welcome, General Rommel. Checking any bags today?" Rommel nods and hands the agent his suitcase. She quickly checks it and puts it onto the conveyor belt behind her. She then prints his boarding pass and smiles. "Have a wonderful flight today, sir," she says.

Rommel nods with a small smile and grabs his carry on, heading for security.

The wait in security isn't quite as long as the wait for check in. He soon reaches the x rays. He sets his bag on the conveyor belt then walks through the x ray. Of course, it goes off, and he's asked to step out.

As he does, and the agent walks up to him. As he does, Rommel says, "I know what set it off." He then opens his jacket enough for the agent to see his lightsaber.

The agent looks at it in surprise. Rommel then shows him his ID to confirm he's an ASAT member. The agent quickly says, "Welcome to Newark, General. Please step through." Rommel smiles and nods before moving to pick up his bag.

After he grabs his bag, Rommel looks at his boarding pass, and sees his flight, United Flight 93, is set to depart from Gate A17. It's not set to depart for another hour, so Rommel decides to go try and get a quick snack before boarding begins. He goes to a nearby shop in the terminal to get some chips before he heads to the gate.