Jyn Erso POV

Coruscant has always been the place where anything can happen at any moment. At this very moment, Coruscant is close to being the planet I could get killed on. As I dash through the crowded streets, a dozen or so stormtroopers are following me, their E-11 blaster rifles blasting away, yet somehow always missing as I make my escape. In retrospect, I shouldn't have made a jailbreak from a prison complex on the Galactic Empire's capital, but, then again, this wasn't the first Imperial challenge I had to face.

For years, I have been a criminal for crimes against the Empire. I had killed multiple stormtroopers, forged documents, stolen various items spanning from clothing to credit chips, and, just like now, I have escaped from Imperial imprisonment. My training with Saw Gerrera and his extremist rebels barely kept me alive.

Looking behind me, I realize that I have temporarily lost the stormtroopers who were pursuing me, as the crowd had helped me to blend in. Looking around me, I see a merchant's hangar and run in, desperately searching for a ship that I can hide in. Something that automatically catches my eye is a Corellian freighter that looks beaten up and old; not at all a ship that the Empire would suspect me of escaping in.

I ascend the ramp into the ship and try to control the outdated monitors in the cockpit when I suddenly hear the hissing of the ramp opening once more.

Han Solo POV

"I'll say Chewie, we definitely made out well with this loot, huh?" I say to the Wookiee following behind me to the docking bay.

He growls affirmatively, nodding in response. We owed Jabba the Hutt a significant amount of money, and the credits in the crate Chewbacca was carrying would definitely help with my debt. It always helps to have friends who owe favors.

As I take the crate from Chewie to be stored away, I hear him growl from the cockpit. "What's wrong…" I say, before I notice the woman standing at the front of the cockpit, her hands raised as Chewie aims his bowcaster at her.

"What are you doing on my ship?" I ask her.

"I'm trying to escape, there are stormtroopers trying to take me back to the prison complex I escaped from. I would've been gone by now, but this freighter's system is outdated and I couldn't figure out how to man it alone." she says, clearly disappointed that she couldn't get away on my ship.

"This 'outdated freighter' is the Millennium Falcon, the ship that made the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs! Now, what's to stop me from kicking you out of my ship? I could care less about a prisoner that tried to make a wild escape. I've avoided conflict with the Empire, I don't need anybody getting me on their radar," I respond.

She opens her mouth to respond, but she is cut off by the approach of an Imperial trooper transport in the hangar.

"This is the Imperial Prison Guard of Coruscant Sector Seven. We believe that there is a prisoner in stowed away in one of your ships. Nobody leaves this hangar until their ship has been inspected," the officer of the group relays over the comm.

"This will look bad for both of us… Chewie, hurry and take her to the hiding spot. I'd hate to see what the Empire does if they realize we have one of their prisoners on board.

Just as Chewie manages to hide the woman in the smuggling compartment, two stormtroopers march onto the ship, their rifles at the ready.

"As soon as we clear this ship, you're free to go," the trooper says. He then searches the ship with his partner following closely behind.

Jyn Erso POV

As I hide in the smuggling compartment of the ship, I remain vigilant, ready to attack if the search team finds me. I grab a blaster pistol lying close by, ready to fire at the troopers if the compartment were to be discovered. When I hear the clanking of boots over my head, I hold my breath. There's a pause, then the stormtroopers march back in the direction they came from. "I could've sworn she went in this hangar," I hear above me.

Exhaling gratefully, I stay in my spot until I feel the ship take off. The Wookiee who had hidden me in the compartment returned and helped me up, taking me to the cockpit.

"Now,who are you?" the man says when he sees me, turning his chair away from the windshield as the ship enters light speed. He seems impatient, his hand placed defensively at his blaster holster. "I have to know who nearly got me in trouble with the Empire."

"My name is Jyn Erso," I respond truthfully, out of respect for him helping me.

"Han Solo," he says, nodding to me, "and my partner, Chewbacca," he continues gesturing to the Wookiee. "Now, I just saved you from getting taken away. We're going to Takadona; I can drop you off when we get there." Nodding, I follow Han and Chewbacca to the passenger area.

"Thank you," I tell him. He turns glances over his shoulder, his standoffish persona softening a bit.

"You're welcome."

And... Here... We... Go... The first chapter of my first chaptered fic! Eventual Han x Jyn and familiar baddies will appear later on! Please r&r!