Stepping In (Star Wars AU)

Chapter 15

Third Person

"I'm gonna kill you Chewie!" Han tried to yell over the raging winds of the sandstorm.

Chewbacca roared apologetically. He looked around, trying to find a cave or some kind of shelter.

He saw a glint up ahead. He roared at Han and started running towards it, careful to not drop the two Jedi hanging on his shoulders. Han had trouble keeping up. When Chewbacca reached the door, he knocked hard. He waited a few seconds before the door opened. An older looking woman looked at Chewbacca than the two bodies.

"Oh my! Come in, come in!"

Han had caught up by now and walked in behind Chewbaccaa. The woman gestured to two chairs.

"Here. Put them on here."

Chewbacca did as he was told.

"Thanks. I'm Han. This is Chewbacca. We were out in the desert looking for someone when that sandstorm hit."

"My name is Beru. What happened to them?"

Han decided to trust her. What harm could an old lady do?

"We found them. They had these." Han said as he took the lightsabers from Chewbacca's bag. "I've heard rumors of a Jedi hiding on Tatooine. His name is Obi Wan Kenobi. Have you heard of him?"

Beru seemed unsure if she should answer.

"Aunt Beru!"

A boy with sandy blond hair came running into the room with an older man.

"R2 seemed to run off. I need to go get him. Uncle Owen won't let me."

Han put the lightsabers back into the bag before anyone else could see them. Beru looked outside than at Owen.

"It seems like the storm is lifting. I'll go with him. I need to gather more mushrooms anyway. And this is Han and Chewbacca. They were stuck in the sandstorm. These are their...friends. They were knocked unconscious by Tusken Raiders. Han and Chewbacca can come with us."

Owen sighed.

"Fine. I'll stay here and watch them."

"Thank you Owen. We'll be back soon."

Han, Beru, Chewbacca, and Luke all walked to an eight seat X-34 landspeeder. They all got in with Beru in the driver's seat. She started it and started driving.

"Look! Tracks. They look like a wheel. That must be R2!" Luke pointed out.

"Why would R2 run off like this?"

"R2 said he had a message for an Obi Wan Kenobi."

"Han and Chewbacca are looking for Obi Wan Kenobi too. I think the name we know him as Ben Kenobi."

"Crazy Old Ben? Uncle Owen told me he died." Luke said.

"He's not dead. He's only fifty-seven years old." Beru responded.

"Really!? He looks a lot older than that."

"I'm only forty-seven years old and I look like I'm sixty!" Beru laughed.

"That's not the same thing." Luke mumbled.

------

Beru stopped at a house. It was Obi Wan's house.

"C'mon! The tracks go inside. This must be Obi Wan's house." Luke said as he hopped out of the speeder.

They got out as Luke knocked on the door. Obi Wan opened the door. Beru still couldn't believe how much he has changed.

"Beru? What are you doing here? Does Owen know your here?"

"How does Crazy Old Ben know you, Aunt Beru?" Luke asked, curiously.

"You remember what I told you about your mother, right?"

"Yes. She died giving birth to me."

"Ben, who's actual name is Obi Wan, was probably Padme's closest friend. He's the one who brought you to Uncle Owen and I."

He looked at Obi Wan.

"Really?"

Obi Wan nods.

"Why didn't you take me to my dad?"

Obi Wan frowns, obviously bring back sad memories.

"That is a story for another time. You seem to be missing a friend."

R2 rolls out of the house.

"You stupid rust bucket!" Luke says as he kicked R2.

R2 electrocuted him and beeped mockingly.

"He reminds me of Anakin." Obi Wan whispered to Beru.

"So you are Obi Wan?" Han interrupts.

"Yes, I am."

Chewbacca roared.

"You knew Master Yoda?" Obi Wan asks.

"You can understand that walking carpet?" Luke asks him.

"If you are a Jedi, you need to know many languages."

"You were a Jedi!?"

Obi Wan ignores him.

Chewbacca explains why they were looking for Yoda.

"You found Jedi? Take me to them. Now."