"What do you think happened, Rick?" a female voice asked.
"I'm not sure Minmei," Rick Hunter replied. "I heard something about a space fold. A sudden flash of light and we wind up in space. I hear something."
Rick waited as a the heavy breathing of the pilot of the black ship came closer. Minemi cowered behind Rick, as the black garbed person approached.
Rick demanded, "Are you the leader of those giants that attacked us?"
"I have no idea what you are talking about. I was dragged out here when my ship tried to jump into hyperspace."
"Well then, who are you?"
The figure took a minute to consider and said, "Anakin Skywalker."
Anakin looked at the fanjet hanging upside down in the cables and put a gloved hand on it.
"Interesting design. Racing?"
Rick shook his head, "No. Air circus."
"I am unfammiliar with that term."
"I belong to a group that puts on shows for entertainment. Stunt piloting is a major part of it. I built the fanjet myself."
Anakin nodded to himself. 'He's not a warrior. Just an entertainer. Stong in the force though. He reminds me of when I was still a slave. Building machines for fun.'
Anakin traced the jet's paint job and thought a bit. 'I haven't built anything on my own since my lightsaber. That part of my life was taken from me by Obi Wan and.... No, not Obi Wan. Yoda.'
Minmei asked, "Mr. Skywalker, are you all right?"
"Just lost in memories."
Rick said, "Would you please remove you helmet. I'd like to see who I'm talking to."
"I can't. This suit is all that keeps me alive. I took a fall into lava a while back and suffered severe burns. I barely made it to the meds when I dragged myself out of that lava pit."
Rick and Minmei flinched.
Rick said, "I'm sorry. I didn't know."
"You did not know," Anakin relpied and thought. 'I can't sense Darth Sidious. Either he's dead, which I doubt, or I am very far away from him. In either case, I should take an apprentice. Now as a Sith or a Jedi? Maybe neither and use a combiantion of both? He doesn't need the hatred of the Sith or the constantly stifled emotions of the Jedi.'
Rick looked around. "I guess I should see if we can find a way out."
Anakin tapped the jet a bit and said, "I know some self defense skills that I could teach you, to keep the boredom away."
"Killing people?" Rick asked in disgust. "I took one life already and I'm still sick from doing it."
Anakin shook his head, "That would be you choice. Killing or stopping a person without killing them."
Rick shrugged. "Might as well. After seeing 18 meter tall giants invade Earth, learning a martail arts style from an alien seems almost natrual."
"18 meters?" Anakin asked.
"About ten times tall as us."
Anakin stared at Rick. 'He is not lying. First the Death Star gets destroyed and then I wind up here. I hope Luke is safe whereever he is. I bucked Jedi traditions and now I'm going to buck Sith traditions. I'd teach Minmei, but I can sense her future won't allow it.'
Darth Vader aka Anakin Skywalker took Rick Hunter as his apprentice in the Force.
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