Not too long ago in earth's little back yard there was a young man who went by the name of tony, he was a fairly kind and loyal 23 year old man, he was living a pretty normal life with his family but had no idea about what the universe had in store for him.
One day as I was outside taking care of my dogs one night I sit in an old lawn chair and looks up at the night's sky, letting out a deep sigh as I just look at the stars, seeing one shoot by and smiled, making a wish to myself, wishing I could be up there and exploring the sky. “ TONY! Come on in sweetie it's time for dinner!” Yelled my mom and his dogs run into the house and I just slowly followed them in and sits at the table, having the McDonald's my dad brought home. “So see anything interesting this time?” Asks my dad. “I saw a shooting star, the first one I ever saw.” I say with a soft smile as I eat. “Oh that's awesome, what did you wish for?” Asked my mom and I just chuckled. “If I told you it would never come true. Besides I know it won’t come true any way.” I just keep eating and sit there. “It's the same wish I make every night and it hasn't come true yet and I doubt it ever will.” I finish eating and throw away the trash, heading off to bed.
The next morning i get stressed for a long walk around my neighborhood and had my keys, my phone, solar charged battery, phone, and sunglasses. “I'm going out for my walk down mom!” I say as I unlocked the door and head out and started my walk, listening to my music as I walked around the block, but as I did i felt the ground shake a little and I stop and stay still to try and feel it again, several seconds later I felt it again and saw a spark of light flash in front of me, I run for my house but as I did some giant ball of light rips itself in front of me and I was going too fast to stop myself and i get sucked in, along with part of a car and the ground, the whole event scaring the hell out of everyone in the neighborhood, everyone came out and saw a huge crater in the middle of the road with chunks of cars missing, including one full car. every one called the police and the fire department.
Meanwhile on the other side of...what ever happened i was out cold on a sand dune with all the junk around me, I slowly wake up and groan, grabbing my arm as it had a pretty deep cut, I look around and saw I was on a desert surrounded by junk and a car. I groan and rip my sleeve off and tie it around my wound, making sure it was tight and I looked at the sky and I saw three moons. “...This is not good, this isn’t earth, it’s clearly an M class planet, the air’s dry but breathable.” I get up and looked around, I saw lights up ahead and looked at the car, grabbing something to break the window I unlocked it and begin to try and hot wire it, after a few mistakes I got the car started and got in, taking whatever junk I had and throwing it in the trunk and drove off to the settlement as fast as the car could go. “I just hope the locals are friendly.” I try turning the radio on but all that came out was static, I turn it off and kept driving.
Once I reached the settlement I find it was abandoned, I get out of the car and look around. “HELLO?!” I called out, but no one answered, I wandered around the camp and saw a bunch of fires still lit and I look inside the huts, all empty. “What happened here? The place is totally abandoned, but I don't see any signs of a struggle.” I keep looking till I found what looked like weapons, I shrug and take them to the car and I put them in the back, taking whatever I could find, water, food, clothing, anything to help me survive on this planet, I take whatever the car can carry and got rid of the scrap in the trunk for more room then I head off to try and find something or someone that can help me, at least I’d have something that must be worth something to trade for things.
As I keep driving on the dense sand I saw the two suns of this world slowly begin to rise and I turn the ac on, but then I noticed the car was half full on gas and I just keep going as long as I could but then I come to a stop when I saw something up ahead, something I instantly knew. “A star destroyer?! But….that light must have brought me to another universe or at least another galaxy..hopefully there's something useful inside...guess the star wars movies had some truth to them.” I keep going and got close to the ship when I saw that most of the hull was full of holes and had tons of parts missing, and several of the locals were picking what was left. “Nope, not gonna mess with them.” I drive off to the north based on where the suns came up to hopefully find another ship, preferably one that can fly, I drive for hours and hours looking for a ship, a settlement, anything that will get me off this planet. But after hours and hours of driving the car slowly runs out of fuel till it had a quarter tank left, then suddenly I stop the car as I heard something. It sounded like a child laughing.
I get out of the car and looked around when I saw a young boy up ahead. “HEY KID! IT'S NOT SAFE HERE!” I yell to the child no he started running. “NO WAIT!” I get back in the car and drive after him, following the path he took when I came across a huge junk yard, I pull up to the spot and drive slowly through the junk, trying to find that kid. “Where the hell did he go?” I keep going through the place till I saw that kid again and saw him run into an old ship, I floor it to the ship but the car stalls, I try and restart it but it sputters. “Ah man! not now!” I give up and pushed the car under the ship and took a blaster just in case, heading inside and looking around, using a flashlight to look around. “Hey kid, it's ok i'm not going to hurt you.” He looks all over the ship but found nothing. “...He must have snuck out a secret escape or something, I can’t find him any where.
Then I suddenly hear something fall over in the lower deck and I slowly move to it, I peek inside and looked about, I saw something moving in the corner and I saw it was a protocol droid, it had the body very much like c3po with very tarnished silver body plating, mismashed parts from other droids and a large oblong head with dents and wires hanging out of some broken panels, I walked over as the droid was digging for parts. “Hey!” The droid panics and threw an empty box at me, it just bounced off my chest. “Please don't shoot! i'm just a droid!” Said the protocol droid and I shake my head. “Calm down I'm not going to shoot you, my names Tony what’s your name?” I helped him to his feet. “I am SA8-3R, a multi function protocol droid, I'm merely looking for a new power cell as my current one is close to being depleted. Does your transport still have power?” He asked and I shake my head. “No it ran out of fuel and I doubt the battery has enough power to charge you.” I find an old backpack and I start putting the stuff from the car into it, the scrap I found, the food, water, and clothes and I put it on my back but I groan as the strap rubs over my cut arm.
Saber came over and looked at my arm. “Master your hurt, I'm programed for basic medical practices and I found an old medkit that still has useful materials.” He gets me a box to sit on and I smiled. “Thanks, but don't call me master, I don't like that word.” I groaned and took the bag off as he grabbed the kit and took the things out, I took the cloth off my arm and groaned, letting him do his work and I sit there. “I'm very sorry about that sir, I was not aware you did not like the word master.” I sit still and bite my lip. “It’s alright saber, it’s in your programing to call your owner that, I can’t really blame you for that. Besides you’re the first one I met on this planet that is friendly.” I hissed as he starts stitching the wound shut, i hold my arm up as he wraps bandages around it to keep it clean and I pull my old shirt off and put a new one on. “There you are ma-I mean sir, how does it feel?” I move my arm and nod. “Much better. Thank you saber.” I smiled and put the bag back on. “Um if i may ask sir but why do you call me saber?”
He asked and I looked at him. “Because of your serial number, it spells out the word saber.” I say and head out of the ruined ship. “Is there a speeder in this place? One that still works?” He walks out of the ship and looks at his car, checking it for anything else of use. “Well I saw a two seater speeder bike that looks like it might still work.” Saber says and I looked at him. “Let’s find it. We need to find a town and a power generator for you, how long will your powercell last?” I ask and start walking with saber leading the way. “It will last about 14 days give or take an hour.” He says as I find the speeder and pull it from the junk. “Good, that’s plenty of time to get a charger for you, by the way have you seen a little human boy running around here? About the age of 4?” I check it and try to start it. “How do I start this thing?” I ask saber.
He came over and showed me and i got it started up. “YES! it still runs, this is perfect.” I get on and it floats under me. “Hop on. We need to find shelter and fresh water for me soon, I'm running low on supplies.” Saber gets on behind me and I race off across the dunes, having to go pretty slow to avoid getting sand in my eyes, I keep going for a long time before I stop for a drink of what little water was left, I sigh as the Sun's slowly set. “It's getting dark, we need shelter now.” I looked around for anything and just growled to myself. “There's nothing for miles!” I just sit there and keep looking when I hear a kid laughing again. “Did you hear that?” Saber looked at me and looked around. “Hear what sir?” He asks in confusion. “A kid laughing...just like the one that led me to the scrap yard where I found you and the speeder.” I keep looking and saw the boy again. “YOU!” I race off after the boy again. “WAIT I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!” I yell but saber didn't see any one. “Who are you yelling at sir? There's no one there.”
I just keep following the boy when he dives into an old p3 unit, the thing was very dirty and the paint had been worn off on its panels but it had soft colors, blue purple and off white, though the white paint had turned yellow from being in the sun, the back panel was open a little and it looked like a 10 foot astromech droid. I pull up next to the thing jump off and pulled the back hatch open...only to find it was empty. “...Where’d he go? I saw him jump into this thing.” I say as I stand back a bit. “Sir there was no one there, I saw no one for dromeks.” Says saber as he gets off. “But he was here I saw him...was I hallucinating?” I asked in doubt, looking at him as he moved closer. “Possibly sir, but we better rest, this unit has an internal command center you can rest in, it's armor is pretty thick so you will remain safe, I’ll stand guard for the night.” I looked at the giant astromech then to him. “But what about your power? Don't you need to save as much as you can? What if you shut down permanently? I don't know how to fix droids and I have no money to buy replacement parts for you.” I asked him worriedly, consigned about his ‘health’ and everything. “I'm grateful for your consign sir but I'm just a droid, if I lose power I’ll simply shut down till I'm recharged, besides you need rest, I don’t, you sleep and I’ll keep watch.” I take a second then nod.
Then I get inside the old droid and pull the hatch shut, getting as comfy as I can in the old seat, using my new cloak as a blanket as lay there. “....Saber?” I say. “Yes sir?” He responds. “Do you know anything about the planet earth?” I ask, but didn't have much hopes he knew anything. “No sir, there is no planet named that in my memory banks.” I sigh and shake my head. “Didn’t think so...well that's my home planet, it's in another galaxy God knows how far from here, it was a beautiful blue and green planet, with vast oceans and wonderful cities...but it was slowly dieing cause our technology was polluting the air and water, we are trying to fix that but it's taking a long time for people to care...my parents are on that planet...they probably think I'm dead...you would like my parent, their wonderful people…….and I really miss them.” I sit there and just look at the dirt covered wall and monitors, a tear rolling down my cheek.
He just looks at me and opened the hatch, putting a hand on my shoulder. “I may not know anything about your planet but I do understand the concept of family, and if what you say about your parents is true then they will not give up so easily. They will hold onto you as long as they live, and I'm sure they're looking for a way to get you home.” I looked at him and smiled, holding his hand. “Thanks...that means a lot saber. And you're right, my parents do everything they can for me….I’ll get home somehow….we better get some rest, we have a long trip ahead of us.” I get comfy and he closed the hatch, leaving me in the dark, I slowly fall asleep and had a pretty nice rest, but as morning came I started having a very twisted dream borderline nightmare, it was about me, fighting some nasty beast with a lightsaber and losing part of me, my right arm being replaced at the shoulder with a robotic one, but then some shadow beast lunges at me and I wake up, only to find the droid I was in shaking and rattling.
I panic and try to open the hatch but saber was keeping it closed. “NO! STAY INSIDE! IT’S A SANDSTORM!” he had already tied the speeder to the droid’s leg as static discharges strike him, the speeder, and the astromech, I stay on the insulated seat and avoid touching any metal, but as the discharges strike they charged all 3 machines and actually brought the p3 astromech back to life. I looked at all the controls and screens as the thing was recharged by the static, I don't understand how but I can’t do anything about it. Hours later the storm passed and everyone had fully charged and I peek out from the astromech as I hear it move around, making deep beeping sounds. “Saber? You ok?” I saw him halfway in the sand and I start digging him out, getting him up as the p3 turned its head to look at me, I stay still and slowly reached for my blaster as it beeped at me. “What did he say?” I ask saber. “He asked where he was and what happened, he says something about a war and his sibling units.”
The p3 unit then asked another question. “He just asked if your his new master.” I looked at him and shrugged. “May as well be, What’s your name?” He beeps and i listen. “Jm-b0 eh? I’ll call you jumbo.” I was already picking up on droid speak as i shake my head. “This is going to take a long time to get used to.” I shake my head and looked about. “Well we need to find a settlement, preferably one with clean water and food, and i take it neither of you need a recharge right now?” I asked them and jumbo shakes his head. “no sir, it would seem the static discharge from the storm has overcharged our power cells, we will be lasting for a pretty long time before we need to recharge.” He says and i smile. “Very good, and turning the night jumbo will serve as my home until we find something better. Can you keep up with a speeder bike big guy?”
Jumbo beeps and i smiled. “Awesome, let’s get going before the suns get over head.” I dig my speeder bike out of the sand and brushed it off, then started it up and it sputters. “Great there must be dust in the intakes.” I try again and it rumbled to life, I get on with saber and put my backpack of junk inside jumbo and we race off to find a nearby town, I can tell i was going to be here a very long time.
