Death Star: episode #79 Luke Missing
Previously: Samantha and Obi-wan talked. Obi-Wan�s watching me. Luke and Han went out into the cold. While checking out what he thinks is a meteorite, a Wampa ice creature attacks Luke and knows him unconscious. Then the creature dragged him away to his cave. Luke got away by using the Force, but now he�s in the cold.
The only problem is that it�s extremely cold now and he ahs no idea where he is�where the base is, and in what direction. It�ll just keep getting colder, until it�s so cold that he dies. That�s the danger, and Luke knew it. He also had no form of transportation to make it any faster. Luckily, Luke has on layers of clothes, so he won�t get frost bitten, but it�s so cold that it would kill any human that�s out too long in it. Luke�s legs had been frozen when he was in the Wampa cave, so he had trouble walking because of it. Also, the wind was blowing hard, so hard that it could knock a person over, plus there was snow and ice. The snow was blowing all over the place. All these things contributed to making it extremely hard for Luke to go very far. Walking was difficult. (Plus the thing I told you clear back in #17 about his legs) didn�t help. He was cold and he was shaking form it. He wasn�t shivering any more, he was staking. He finally fell down and lost consciousness. He regained it a couple minutes later and got back up. He didn�t continue very much further before he fell again. He again lost consciousness and got back up. That happened to him a couple more times before he fell and stayed unconscious. Meanwhile, I was talking with a group of people about my age. I was unaware that Ben Kenobi was watching me. Samantha is too. I suddenly feel weird. It�s kind of a danger, or bothersome feeling. Ben noticed, �Hang on Samantha, I�ll be back.� Mon Mothma had seen it too, and she turns and says, �That�s all right. I heave other things to do.� Ben nods and she leaves. Ben rushes over to me. �Leia, what�s wrong?� �Nothing�� Ben gives me a look that says he doesn�t believe me and is waiting for a different explanation. �I don�t know. It�s probably just the cold. Where are Luke and Han? I haven�t seen them since Yavin.� Obi-Wan studies me. �Where is Luke? Is he in danger.� �How am I supposed to know? I don�t even know where he is.� Ben says, �I think we�d better find him. It�ll make me more comfortable.� �I�m sure he�s around here somewhere.� �I wouldn�t be so sure,� is Ben�s response. Ben�s response cares me. We turn a corner and I almost run into Han. �There�s Han�� Ben nods, �Han, where�s Luke?� �He should be around here someplace. He and I went outside to check on any life forms some time ago. Luke saw a meteorite and wanted to chick it out. He�d be back by now. That�s the last thing I heard form him.� I am relived by Han�s comments, but Ben is not. �Come on,� he says. �We need to check with some officials.� Every person we talk to says they haven�t seen Skywalker. I turn pale and Obi-wan says; �Now you see why I wanted to check�no one knows where he is. He�s in danger, Leia.� C-3PO and R2D2 are nearby. I can�t look at Ben. I see C-3PO. �C-3PO, inform Han that no one knows where Luke is or has seen him.� C-3PO goes to Han and gives him that message. �What do you man nobody knows here he is?� Han goes over to an officer. �Deck officer, have you seen Skywalker?� �No. It�s possible he came in through the South entrance.� �It�s possible? Why don�t you go find out?� The officer leaves and comes back. �There�s no sign of him there either. Maybe he forgot to sign in.� �Not likely.� Han stays putting on his gear again. �What are you doing?� �I�m going to go out and look for him.� �But the temperature�s dropping to drastically.� �That�s right, and my friend�s out in it.� Han takes a Tauntaun out into the cold in search of Luke. He searches for about 15 minutes and is just about to give up when he thinks he sees a snow covered body. He rushes over to it and discovers that it is Luke. Han�s praying that he�s not too late. He touches Luke�s� forehead and finds it�s cold, but then puts his ear against Luke and notices he�s still breathing. �Thank goodness,� Han says. Han�s about to drag Luke over to his Tauntaun, but it falls over dad. �Great�,� says Han. Then seeing Luke�s lightsaber, he gets an idea�he drags Luke over to the dead animal. He grabs Luke�s lightsaber and figures out how to turn it on. He cuts the Tauntaun open and draws back at the smell of it. �And I thought they smelled bad on the outside!� He picks Luke up and stuffs him inside the dead animal.
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Death Star: episode #79 Luke Missing