Star Wars: The Ice Awakens
Summary: Three scavengers looking for a different lease on life. Two Resistance pilots dedicated to protecting the fragile New Republic. Two Stormtroopers that want more than to serve the First Order. Two droids, both holding a secret that all of them want. Elsa/Poe, Kristoff/Anna, and Finn/Rey.
Chapter 2: Rey, Elsa, and Anna
A loud echoing groan was heard as a person pulled a panel aside, their face covered by a pair of goggles, a hood, and a shawl which covered their mouth. A small flashlight was attached to the side of the goggles, its blue light shining brightly. As the person looked around to see what was behind the panel, they found the object they were looking for and ripped it out of the wall, looking at it with curiosity before pulling it out of the enclosed space and putting it into their knapsack. With a quick glance around the area, the person jumped to a nearby rope and slid down into what appeared to be an abandoned hangar.
With a thud, the person landed on their feet and began to walk out of the massive hangar. As the person walked through a long pipe, sunlight could be seen at the end of it. Soon, they reached the end and the person jammed their staff into the sand before pushing up their goggles and pulling down the shawl, revealing the person to be a girl. She had bright hazel eyes and small bits of brown hair could be seen sticking out from under her hood. This girl was named Rey. She was a scavenger who scavenged parts from old starships, such as the one she just climbed out of.
About a year after the Emperor of the Empire was killed by a redeemed Anakin Skywalker, the remaining members of the Empire made one last effort to win the Galactic Civil War. A massive battle took place on Jakku, leaving behind crashed X-Wings, TIE Fighters, AT-AT's, and Imperial Star Destroyers. The Empire lost and the New Republic was formed which still stood to this day. The natives of Jakku took great efforts to salvage whatever was left behind after the battle and made money off of the parts.
Rey opened up her canteen of water to get a drink. She was rewarded with the cool substance, but only for a few seconds as the water turned into a trickle and stopped all together. Then suddenly, Rey felt a cool breeze wash over her, a true rarity on Jakku. She looked back into her bottle to find it filled to the brim with ice, which was rapidly melting in the heat. She smiled and turned to find a smirking girl behind her. She was tall and her outfit, although similar to Rey's own, was more of a pale blue. It used to have a lot more color to it, but years of wear and exposure to Jakku's elements had lightened the color. Her near-white hair was tossed over her shoulder in a loose braid and the bag over her right shoulder was filled with other scavenged parts. This was Elsa, Rey's friend and companion.
Elsa was born with the ability to conjure ice and snow. Both Elsa and Rey weren't sure why she had her powers in the first place or why her powers gave Elsa her near-white hair and her pasty white skin, but they didn't mind all that much. Elsa, Rey, and Elsa's sister, Anna, who didn't go out on their scavenging trips at all, believed that Elsa's powers were a blessing. Elsa believed that her powers may have been passed down through whoever her and Anna's parents were.
Rey smiled.
"Thanks, Elsa."
Elsa smiled as well.
"You're welcome, Rey. Come on. We better get these parts back to Unkar."
With that, the two loaded up a couple of large pieces of metal with their findings and rode them down the dune like sleds. Waiting for them were two speeders, one each for Rey and Elsa. As they loaded their respective speeders, Elsa couldn't help but run her fingertips lightly over the flower that had been painted onto the metal. A crocus, Anna had said. It barely faded, since it was partially hidden under another sheet of metal, and Elsa almost considered it a "good luck charm" of sorts.
Rey jumped on her speeder, turning on the engine and racing away, Elsa not far behind. After a few minutes, they had reached Niima Outpost. Jumping off their speeders, they unclipped the sheets of netting that held their wares onto their speeders and dragged them off to one of the many tents that made up most of Niima Outpost. Once inside the tent the two women began to scrub clean the many parts they collected. Meanwhile, an older lady sat across from them, scrubbing away at her own salvage. For a brief moment, Rey became distracted watching the old lady work. Then, she was ripped from her thoughts by a creature whose face was hidden by a metal mask. It shouted at her in a foreign language, telling her, in much nastier words, to get back to work. She did, and Elsa looked over to her friend from next to her.
"Daydreaming again?"
Rey didn't answer.
Once they had finished, Rey and Elsa headed to Unkar Plutt to trade in their findings. After examining everything they had brought, he spoke.
"What you two have brought me today is worth..hmm...one quarter portion for the both of you…"
He grabbed two packets containing a green substance and a powder, slamming them on the counter in front of Elsa and Rey. The two girls grabbed the packs, and left his tent, hopping on their speeders and heading back to their home.
As they approached the fallen AT-AT that they called home, something sped over them. Instinctively, they ducked, but looking up, they could see an old X-Wing flying away. It stayed steady for a while before it began wobbling in the air. The landing gear came down but it was going too fast. It bounced and skidded before the sand finally slowed it. Rey and Elsa, having stopped their speeders, jumped off and raced to the fallen fighter. Just as they reached it, the canopy popped open. Out climbed a younger girl, her tan skin covered in soot. Her red hair was in two braids, one strand of her hair dyed white, and her turquoise blue eyes almost glowed with excitement and adrenaline.
"Hey guys! How was the scavenging? I almost got the X-Wing to fly, but then something went off and I think I forgot to throttle down before landing and now the ship's on fire! Wait, what?"
Elsa went over to her sister and hugged her tightly.
"Anna, what were you thinking?! You could have been killed."
"Sorry, Elsa...I just wanted to try flying.."
Elsa let her go.
"It's alright, Anna. We'll salvage what's left of the X-Wing and fix it later. Come on. It's nearly suppertime. Go inside with Rey. I'll put the fire out."
Anna nodded and headed inside with Rey, while Elsa summoned her magic, and extinguished the flames with a big ball of snow. She dissolved it before heading inside the AT-AT.
Meanwhile, inside, Rey was cooking the green substance while Anna poured the powder that came with it into a couple of bowls of water. The powder quickly absorbed the water and formed into two rolls.
Elsa looked over to Rey.
"Did you mark the wall?"
She gestured to one of the walls with hundreds of tick marks that had been scratched into the metal. Rey shook her head and, after finishing cooking the green substance, walked over and made another scratch mark. Grabbing her plate and a water bottle from a shelf, she climbed outside, gesturing for Anna and Elsa to follow her.
Elsa and Anna climbed out of the AT-AT with their own food and followed Rey, sitting down next to her in the sand. Rey watched as a ship took off just beyond the horizon. Elsa followed her gaze.
"You want to leave, don't you?"
Rey pried her eyes away to look at Elsa.
"You both know why I can't."
"Can't what?" asked Elsa.
Rey sighed.
"Get off this...this...sandball! My family will come back for me!"
Elsa nodded.
"Hey. We're not leaving till you leave, Rey. We been together for this long. There's no way Anna and I are leaving you behind."
Just then, very loud beeps and chirps were heard behind the AT-AT.
"Do you hear that?" asked Anna.
Rey's response was to stand up and run up the AT-AT's leg, grabbing her staff as she ran past. Elsa formed her ice staff and ran after Rey. Anna, meanwhile, got to her feet and almost stumbled as she ran after her sister and Rey. When the three girls reached the top of a sand dune, they saw two BB units in a net and Teedo, another scavenger, towing them along. Teedo was riding a luggabeast, an animal covered in armor. Rey called out to Teedo in another language.
"Tar llama parquad!"
Teedo and the two BB units turned and looked over at Rey, Elsa and Anna. Teedo motioned with his staff for the girls to go away. But, Rey spoke again.
"Parquad nanata!"
She ran towards the BB units, Elsa right on her heels. They knelt down and started to untie the droids. Teedo was very upset and grumbled about how such valuable droids were being taken from him.
Elsa spoke up, pointing a part of the locking system for the net at Teedo.
"Nooma!"
Finally, Teedo gave up and started the luggabeast walking off and away from the girls. The two BB units chirped angrily at Teedo as he was riding away.
"Shh!" Anna warned the droids. She had just come up to them after nearly rolling down the sand dune.
The droids went quiet. Elsa grumbled.
"That's just Teedo. He wants you for parts."
Rey sighed, agreeing with Elsa.
"He's no respect for anyone."
Elsa then noticed the two droid's antennas were bent.
"Your antennas are bent."
The two droids bowed their heads so Rey and Elsa could pulled them off to fix them. As Elsa and Rey began to fix the antennas, Rey looked at the two droids curiously.
"Where do you come from?"
The two droids beeped and chirped.
Elsa was surprised.
"Classified? Really?"
Rey spoke up.
"Me too. Big secret."
Soon, the antennas were fixed and Elsa and Rey placed them back on the droids' heads. Rey turned, pointing to her left and slightly behind her.
"Niima Outpost is that way. Stay off Kelvin Ridge. Keep away from the Sinking Fields in the north. You'll drown in the sand."
With that, she, along with Elsa, started walking back to the AT-AT. Anna, however, stayed behind for a moment.
"Elsa," she wined. "Can we keep them?"
Elsa sighed.
"We barely have room for the three of us, Anna. We can't."
Anna sighed and followed her sister. The two droids, however, liked Anna's plan and started following the girls. Rey looked back and the droids froze.
"Don't follow us. Town is that way."
The two droids beeped and chirped inquisitively.
"No!" Elsa exclaimed.
The two BB units moaned dejectedly. Elsa groaned, looking back and tipping her head to her left. The two droids beeped excitedly and made their way over to the girls.
"In the morning, you go," Rey said firmly.
One of the two BB units beeped a 'thank you.'
"Your welcome," Elsa half muttered.
Meanwhile, on the First Order's Star Destroyer hovering above Jakku, Poe and Kristoff had been moved into the same interrogation room by Kylo. The two had been tortured for information, but they didn't give anything to them.
Kylo, meanwhile, was sitting across from them, waiting for them to awake.
"I had no idea we had the best pilots in the Resistance on board. Comfortable?"
"Not really," replied Poe.
"And what about you..Kristoff, is it?"
Kristoff rolled his eyes.
"Yeah..I'm reeeaal comfy…"
Ignoring them, Kylo continued.
"I'm impressed. No one has been able to get out of you what you did with the map."
"You might wanna rethink your technique," replied Poe.
Kylo stretched his hand out, and began to use the Force to probe the pilots' minds. Poe and Kristoff gasped in slight pain. At first, they resisted, but their heads were forced back against their chairs.
Kylo spoke.
"Where is it?"
Poe strained to speak.
"The Resistance….will not be intimidated by you."
Kylo pushed harder.
"Where...is it?"
Poe and Kristoff gasped before screaming loudly.
A moment later, Kylo left the room.
"It's in two droids. Both BB units."
He turned to look at a red haired man standing just outside the door. He was dressed all in black, like most officers were. This was General Hux, Kylo Ren's equal and rival. He looked up to where Kylo's eyes would be if he wasn't wearing the mask.
"Well then…"
But then, another voice spoke up.
"If they're both on Jakku, we'll soon have them."
Both Hux and Kylo turned to see this newcomer. He was tall and handsome. In fact, he looked very similar to Hux. Hux sighed.
"Ren, this is Lieutenant Hans."
Kylo barely made any acknowledgment to Hans.
"I leave that to you both," Kylo said, turning and striding away.
And that is chapter 2! Hopefully the next chapter will be out by next week. Also stay tuned for Forgotten Rails possibly later this week! Until next time!