It was dark. That's all Sara thought as she woke up. It was so dark. She heard the sound of shuffling in near her. Sara shifted to her knees, focusing her energy to her sight. She looked around the room, flickering between her force sight and the pitch black that surrounded her. She saw someone on the ground, crawling to the wall to get up. Their hair was messing, all down and had a pair of handcuffs on. Sara carefully stood up and neared them. She held out her hands, reaching for the other prisoner, clutching on to their shoulder.

"Who are you?" She asked. "Ava?"

"Sharpe." They responded. "I'm Ava Sharpe."

"Are you hurt?"

"No, I'm fine."

"Good." Sara nodded sitting down next to her. "Why do I recognize that name?"

"I've probably shown up for a bounty a couple times."

"That's it! Wait, why? You seem like the kind of person who'd follow the rules to the T."

"A prude?"

"... Kinda… yeah."

"Most people say that." Ava sighed. Groping for Sara's hand, she continued. "I'm- I was- a guard for the jedi."

"What'd you do?"

"I… abandoned my post. They want me back. I'll probably die."

"They're not that violent." Sara stated.

"You would be surprised."

"Really?"

"I was trying to hide. Do you know where we are?"

"No. I can't see a damn thing."

"Last thing I saw was a scary looking guy. It had pink eyes and… waxy paper white skin. There was this tentacle thing wrapped around his neck. His eyes were cold and dead." She almost shivered.

"What about his teeth?"

"Sharp, almost like points in their mouth."

"I think I know who it was. And with that, welcome to Jabba's Palace." Sara sighed.

Light began to flood in from the ceiling. Sara shielded her eyes from the brightness, sanding in front of Ava. Once the pit was fully open, Sara starred up, meeting the smirk of Bib and Jabba as well as he prying eyes of other bounty hunters and guests. Sara chuckled and shook her head.

"Hey, Jabba! How you doin' buddy?"

"Lance, sa i fun gee cheekta down ya?" The hutt asked with a bellowing laugh.

"He does remember my name." Sara shrugged.

"Who is that?" Ava asked.

"Tha is Jabba the Hutt. These are his goons and this is his pit."

"His pit?"

"Greedo has doe bounty che cheekta."

"Well, I found her fair and square, Greeds, I think she's technically mine." Sara charmed with no avail.

"You stole her!" He yelled down into the pit.

"Okay, fine, I'll back off. Just give me a moment" Sara sighed, turning to Ava. "A moment, to meld."

"Me-"

Sara swiftly grabbed Ava's jaw in her hands and kissed her.

'Ava, focus.' A voice said in her head. 'A monster will come out. We have our sabers, we can take it down.'

Sara pulled away, nodding to Ava. She twisted on her heels and shrugged to Jabba.

"Now what? You gonna help me out?"

Jabba let out another bellowing laugh and tapped Bib on the shoulder. The pale alien smiled and went out of view. A gate raised behind them, the creaking was deafening to their ears. Ava reached for Sara's hand, grabbing her saber with the other hand. She turned it on, the two yellow blades whirring and burning the dusty air. Sara let go of Ava's hand and grabbed her saber, taking it apart to a double sided lightsaber, turning them on with a thin orange blade coming out of the right blade and a blood red blade out of the other.

"What did you steal those?" Ava asked as the monster stepped out.

"Only only if illegal mining is stealing."

"Practically the definition." Ava joked looking at Sara.

Sara got into a ready stance as Ava twisted her blade around, the blade a blur. The monster roared and shook its head, the rolls of skin shifting and stretching with spikes poking through and the muscles flexing and growing. Sara ran up to the monster, sliding under it to slice at it's leg. Ava pulled the beast close, holding out her saber like a spear and watching as the beast flew forward into her blade. It screamed and slapped her away, sending her across the pit. Sara ran behind it, jumping onto its back and stabbing it in the spine. She slid down the body, red blood quickly leaking and drying on the cut. The beast screamed again, falling to the ground and pawing at Sara. She walked up to the face, stabbing it in the right eye with her left blade, watching it scream and flop to the ground.

"New record?!" She called to Jabba.

Though the gawking group of hedonists was gone though. Sara growled and ran to Ava, turning off the sabers and reattaching them before holstering it and kneeling down to her. She wasn't bleeding, but Ava was probably really hurt.

"Ava, you okay?"

"Yeah." She groaned sitting up.

Ava took her hand and stood up, leaning against Sara.

"Let's get out of here."

"Okay."

They walked out of the pit through the gate. The dark corridor suddenly lit up, leading a way to the stables. They could hear the distant calls of captive animals. Ava straightened her back and continued to lean against Sara.

"Why'd you kiss me?" Ava asked. "Melding doesn't even require touch."

"I just… I thought…"

"I don't mind, just wanted to know why."

"Oh… it just felt right."

"It felt right?"

"Look, I'm sorry if that's not how you go, I just needed anything to get you off your mark."

"I never said I didn't like it."

"Well it was implied."

Ava grabbed Sara's collar and pulled her close, kissing her gently. She slid her hand up her throat, tucking her fingers behind her ear and her thumb placed on her chin. Sara grabbed her waist and pulled her close. Ava pulled away first, pecking Sara's cheek.

"What was implied there?" Ava asked.

"That you are very interested." She blushed, biting her lip. "We should go. Come on."

Sara took Ava's hand, running down the long hallway to the open desert. Ava tugged on her shirt, pointing to a landspeeder.

"Quicker transport."

"We may have gotten stuck here because of you, but I'm so glad we met." Sara joked sprinting to the vehicle.

"Made your day a bit more exciting?" Ava asked limping behind Sara, a hand pressed against her ribs.

"Oh yes."

Sara opened up the hatch, trying to rewire the car as Ava climbed in. Gruning quickly filled the halls as twenty gamorreans ran down the hallway.

"Shit, hurry up, Sara."

"Really, what seems to be the problem?" She sarcastically rebutted.

"The guards."

"I know." Sara sighed sitting up.

"What are you doing? Keeping working!"

"It's done."

"Drive, they're getting into some speeders."

"Shit." Sara cursed, starting up their land speeder.

"Go!"

"I know!" Sara yelled, speeding off. She grabbed her blaster shoving it into Ava's chest. "Take aim, Ava."

Ava huffed and aimed the gun on the back of her headrest, shooting at a guard and knocking him off the bike. She aimed at another, getting the gas tank and watching it slow down and leak out in the sand. Ava pointed her blaster at another bike closing in on them. The guard shot at their speeder, catching the headrest, barely missing Ava's shoulder. Ava force pushed the bike away, making it tumble away in the sand and blowing up. She sat back down in her seat, looking around the desert.

"Where are we going?"

"Mos Eisley. We need to meet up with Mick and Leo."

"Why?"

"They're leaving soon. Maybe we can bum a ride."

"Well, where are they going?"

"They're joining the Rebel Alliance."

"I've heard of them. Wait, they work closely with the Jedi."

"Then we'll protect you." Sara stated looking into Ava's blue eyes. "I promise. You're one of us now."

"What do you think of the cause?"

"Anything to escape this place. I'm past this point of my life. I think you helped me."

"Great. You helped me, too." Ava nodded.

Sara brought her hand under Ava's chin, pulling her in for a short kiss before focusing back on the road.

"We pledge out property, our honour, and our lives."

"Long live the Rebels."