"We are finally back first and foremost I apologize for the delay as I wanted to make a few more chapters for my other stories and make just enough to keep people entertained for awhile but now we are back! please enjoy :)
Chapter 4: Halls Of Horror
"Did you just say Rathtars!?" Finn questioned as he and Rey followed Solo, Chewie and Evelyn out of the Falcon and to a nearby terminal.
"Your not holding Rathtars on this freighter are you?" Finn questioned again and Evelyn looked back at Finn as Solo checked the terminal.
"They are worth alot to the right buyer" Evelyn explained.
Finn's eyes widened "Not worth getting eaten by one in the process".
"Yeah I got one" Solo spoke as he checked the cameras "Oh great its the Guavian Death Gang".
Evelyn sighed "Not those guys again".
Rey looked at Evelyn "You've run into them before?".
Evelyn nodded "Yeah every now and then The First Order gives them dirty jobs".
Evelyn then looked at Solo "Is that what we are seeing now Han?".
Solo looked back at Eveyln with a worried look "I may owe them money they may have tracked me, come on".
Solo and the rest of the gang deeper inside the frieghter until they came to a crossroads leading in multiple directions.
Solo stopped and looked down the paths "They could come in from anywhere".
He then turned to Evelyn, Rey and Finn "Ok I need you three to hide".
Evelyn frowned "Han I cant just stand here while you deal with them".
"They may reconise you and last thing we need is a fire fight" Solo then leaned down and pulled the metal at the metal hatch on the floor leading into a service duct.
"You three get in" Solo ordered.
Rey looked down at BB8 "What about him?".
"He'll stay with me until I get rid of the gang and Evelyn can take you to where you need to be" Solo explained.
"What about the Rathtar" Finn questioned and all of a sudden they heard a thud behind them and it startled Evelyn, Finn and Rey.
Solo stood up and pointed at the creature behind the sealed door "There he is".
Rey looked back at Solo "What you gonna do?".
"Same thing I always do, talk my way out of it" Solo sighed as the three jumped into the service hatch and Chewie growled at Solo and Solo pointed at Chewie "Yes I do everytime".
Evelyn entered last into the service hatch and looked at Solo "What about the last time?".
Solo raised his eyebrows and pointed his finger at her "Hey that was a fluke".
Evelyn smiled and shut the hatch and Solo looked at Chewie "Little Wing's really grown up huh?".
Chewie nodded happily and the two went off to meet the gang.
Rey heard what Solo said and looked at Evelyn "Little Wing?".
Evelyn chuckled at Rey "Its a nickname he gave me as a child".
Finn tilted his head "So you have known him for a long time?".
Evelyn smiled "He's one of the many reasons I'm alive if it wasnt for him and Leia I would never have made it past my childhood".
Rey's eyes widened "You know Leia?".
Evelyn nodded "She rescued me and took me in after my parents died".
Rey closed her eyes sighed and she looked at Evelyn "I'm sorry to hear that".
Evelyn smiled "Its alright I know they are with me always, come on lets see where they are heading".
Evelyn took the lead and went in the same direction Solo and Chewie went and was followed by Finn and Rey just stayed there for a few moments just thinking about her own parents.
Finn looked back at Rey who was alone with her thoughts "Rey come on".
Rey came back to reality and then followed Evelyn and Finn through the service hatch.
Solo and Chewie walked own the path until the came to another crossroads and they heard a few doors open and Solo sighed and looked to his right and saw the gang approaching.
"Han Solo, your a dead man" The Gang Leader stated with his armed troops behind him.
"Bala Tik, whats the problem" Solo questioned.
"Problem is we loaned you fifty thousand for this job" Bala Tik stated and little did Solo and Bala know that Evelyn, Rey and Finn were near their location listening in.
"Can you see them?" Rey whispered.
Finn looked at Rey "No" and then looked at Evelyn "Do you reconise that voice" Finn whispered.
Evelyn listened to the conversation and looked at the two "Thats Bala, we have fought on occassions".
"I also know you loaned fifty thousand off Kanjiklub" Bala stated at Solo.
Solo tried to act convincing "You know you cant trust those little freaks, how long have we known eachother?".
Evelyn, Rey and Finn slowly crawled through the hatch trying to get a better view and soon they managed to peek through a vented floor and saw the gang.
"They have blasters" Rey whispered.
"Alot of them" Finn looked at Rey.
Evelyn examined the blasters as best she could and she soon knew what they were "Modified, armour piercing".
Rey looked at Evelyn "How do you know?".
Evelyn looked at Rey "They once belonged to the Resistance".
Rey looked suprised and they all listened to the conversation.
"Not long enough, we want our money back now" Bala ordered.
Solo sighed "Why dont you take it up with Kanjiklub".
Bala smiled "We already have".
Solo was about to speak and then they heard another door on the other side of the door open and another gang approached.
BB8 came in to view and looked at the gangs and Solo just looked at the Kanjiklub Gang Leader "Tasu Leech, good to see you".
Tasu was not happy "Wrong again Solo, Its over for you".
Evelyn, Rey and Finn heard the new gang and Finn and Rey crawled in the opposite direction trying to see who they were while Evelyn kepts an eye on Bala.
Solo tried to ease the tension "Boys, your both gonna get what I promised".
Tasu laughed "Nowhere left to hide".
Bala then saw the BB unit next to Solo's feet "That BB unit, The First Order is looking for one just like it".
Solo looked at Bala and so did BB8 as he spoke "And two fugitives".
That statment made Rey and Finn freeze in their place as they approached Evelyn and she looked back at them with worry.
Solo knew he was in trouble "First I've heard of it" he tried to sound convincing.
"Search the freighter" Tasu ordered his men.
Solo went to move but Bala ordered his men to aim their weapons "You move you die".
Solo had no choice but to stay put, he could only hope Evelyn, Rey and Finn would be ok.
Back in the sevice hatch Evelyn, Rey and Finn crawled through the hatch and went to go left but then Rey spotted something in the distance and she rushed to it which made Evelyn and Finn curious about what she was doing.
"Rey what you doing?" Finn whispered.
"Theres no time to explore" Evelyn whispered after for followed by Finn but Rey ignored them and came up to what looked like fuses and soon Evelyn and Finn crawled up to her and came both sides of her.
"Do these unlock and shut doors" Rey looked at the controls and Evelyn looked at them.
"Yeah what you thinking?" Evelyn looked at Rey.
"We take out a few fuses and trap the gangs" Rey explained and Finn frowned "What about Solo?".
Evelyn looked at Finn "Where he is now is the main corridor he wont be trapped".
Rey reached out and pulled the fuses and Evelyn tried to stop her but it was too late and soon alarms went off and a few doors shut and a few more opened.
Solo and the gangs heard the alarms go off and then heard a roar and Solo sighed knowing what was out of its cage.
Evelyn , Finn and Rey looked up through the vented floor seeing alarms go off and then they heard the roar.
"Oh no" Rey paniced.
Finn looked at Rey "Oh no what?".
Rey looked at Finn and then looked at Evelyn who had her head down with her eyes closed "Wrong fuses".
Bala was now full of rage "Kill them and take the droid!" His Gang and Tasu's gang aimed their weapons and all of a sudden a huge beast came from behind Bala's gang and attacked them but Bala managed to get away as his men were being eaten and then another roar came from the other side of the hall and another Rathtar devour Tasu's men.
"Oh I forgot about that one" Solo said quietly and then looked at Chewie "Lets get out of here!" Solo shouted and he and Chewie along with BB8 ran back down their path away from the danger.
Rey and Finn were crawling as fast as they could through the hatch with Evelyn right behind them.
"This was a mistake!" Finn shouted.
"Huge" Rey agreeged.
"Keep moving!" Evelyn ordered.
Soon the three came to an exit and pushed open the hatch door and climbed out as quick as they could.
Rey and Finn helped Evelyn out and as they ran down a path Bala ran from the corner and saw them and Evelyn quickly stood in front of them with her weapon drawn.
"Evelyn!" Bala raised his blaster "I though you were dead".
"Sorry to disapoint" Evelyn simply stated.
They all heard the roars of the Rathtars coming through the halls and Rey and Finn looked around while Evelyn kept her blaster on Bala.
"Look I dont have time to deal with you so how bout you let us go and we settle this another time". Evelyn offered.
Bala chuckled "You have lived long enough".
Bala opened fire and Evelyn pushed Rey into the other path as her and Finn dived out of the line of fire.
Evelyn quickly got up and planted herself against the wall and popped out and opened fire at him and she quickly looked at Rey and Finn as they got up "Go find Solo I will meet you at the landing pad".
"No we're not leaving you" Rey was having none of it.
"I'll be fine trust me just get to safety" Evelyn then opened fire around the corner and Finn took Rey despite her being against leaving Evelyn and they ran down the hall leaving Evelyn to deal with Bala.
Rey and Finn ran as fast as they could done the halls and all they could hear was chaos.
"Keep an eye out for Rathtars!" Finn advised.
"What do they look like!?" Rey questioned and soon a Rathtar jumped on a gang member and starting eating him.
Finn and Rey stopped in their tracks and Finn pointed "Like that!".
The two ran down another path as fast as they could trying to escape the beast as it gave chase but soon the Rathtar used its tenticle and grabbed Finn by the foot making him full and he screamed as he was being pulled back to the Rathtar.
Rey heard his screams and turned around in horror "FINN!".
The Rathtar retreated with Finn in its grasps and he screamed as Rey chased after him.
Bala retreated down a hall while shooting back at Evelyn who was giving chase and she quickly jumped behind a crate avoiding the blaster rounds.
"To honest I'm glad you survived, I felt cheated when I couldnt kill you myself" Bala reloaded his blaster and Evelyn popped out of cover and shot at him and he hid behind a cornor.
"Well lets see if you can this time" Evelyn reloaded her own blaster and she heard Bala chuckle.
"You remember when I made you watch the execution of your fellow Resistence members, you begged me not to kill them". Bala mocked and Evelyn's anger rised and she opened fire and screamed as she tried to get closer.
"I never forgot that day, but you failed to carry out your job!" Evelyn shouted as she went behind new cover.
Bala chuckled "How did I fail?". he opened fire from cover at the crate he thought Evelyn was behind and she then popped out of cover which was closer to him and before he could react he was shot in the shoulder and he fell to the ground screaming in pain as he held his shoulder.
Evelyn approached Bala and kicked his blaster away and planted her foot on his wounded shoulder and he cried in pain and he looked up and saw Evelyn aiming her blaster at him.
"You missed one" Evelyn stated and squeezed her trigger but then more plaster fire came in her direction and she reacted and retreated back down the hall she came from and Bala chuckled as his men came to his aid and they helpped him up.
"You missed one too Evelyn" Bala said to himself and he looked to his men "Kill her!".
His men chased after her down the hall and Bala went down the hall his men came from and tended his shoulder.
Rey was still chasing after Finn who was at the mercy of the Rathtar and soon the creature swiped at Rey and she jumped out the way and fell to the floor and the Rathtar vanished around the cornor.
Rey quickly got up and ran around the cornor and saw the Rathtar and Finn were gone and she had four paths to choose.
Finn's voice echoed from each direction and she chose a random path and shouted for him until she came to another two paths and as she looked down the two paths she saw a console and quickly ran to it and saw alot of monitors showing diffrent locations and she then saw the Rathtar dragging Finn through the halls.
Rey then noticed a few door switches and she had an idea as she watched the Rathtar go from camera to camera and soon it came to a door with a number on it and she saw the same number on one of the switches and the placed her hand on it and waited for the right moments.
The Rathtar entered through the door as its tenticles dragged behind it and Rey slammed down on the switch and the door slammed shut and cut the tenticles from the Rathtars and managed to save Finn from death and she ran to the nearby location.
Finn was panicing was he tried to free himself from the tenticles and after a few moments he threw them off him and stood up and as he turned he saw Rey come around the corner.
"Finn!" Rey came to his aid and Finn was still freaked out.
"It had me...but the door" Finn pointed at the door and Rey just stated "That was lucky" and the two ran through the halls hoping to find the landing pad.
Solo was at a door trying to open it while Chewie covered him but the Rookie roared in pain as he was hit in the shoulder and he fell to his knees.
"Chewie!" Solo shouted and picked up his friends Crossbow and shot at the gang member landing a perfect headshot.
Solo looked at his friend "You ok?".
Chewie mumbled as he nodded and attended to his shoulder and Solo examined Chewies Crossbow and he liked the power it had "wow" he then turned and shot the door controls and the door opened and he help Chewie up and headed into the landing pad and as they headed towards the Falcon they saw Evelyn's X-Wing and her Droid destroyed.
"Evelyn you better make it" Solo sighed as he moved to the Falcon.
Rey and Finn finally came to the landing pad and saw Solo supporting Chewie and saw BB8 with them and they quickly ran to Solo and he heard them approach and looked to them.
"Finn take care of Chewie, Rey get on the Falcon!" Solo ordered.
"Wait what about Evelyn?" Rey sounded worried.
"She'll make it just get on the ship and start her up!" Solo assured her and she did what she was told and Solo went to the control panel on the landing pad and checked the monitors and soon saw Evelyn running towards the landing pad and took down any gang member in her way.
"Come on Little Wing you can make it" Solo said to himself.
Rey ran into the cockpit of the Falcon and prepared the ship for take off while Finn took Chewie to the living quarters on the ship and tried to help him with his wounds but Chewie growled and punched Finn as he tried to help him.
Evelyn finally came to the hall leading to the landing pad and in the distance she saw Solo near the terminal.
"Han!" Evelyn shouted at him and Solo took his eyes off the console and looked down the hall and saw her coming and also saw more gang members chasing after her.
"Keep running!" Solo ordered and he aimed Chewie's Crossbow and aimed at the gang members behind her and opened fire as Evelyn rushed to the door.
Rey could hear the gunfire outside and she quickly got the ship ready and ran out the cockpit to head back to Solo.
Solo landed headshot after head shot until Evelyn finally came through the door and she quickly turned around and opened fire at the gang members and both her and Solo took down multiple gang members and soon they retreated back to down the hall knowing this was suicide.
Evelyn looked to her right and saw her X-Wing destroyed and then saw her driod who she had been with for seven years just blown to bits.
"N7!" Evelyn cried as she went to the driod but she was pulled back by Solo despite how much she wanted to get to N7.
"Evelyn stop!" Solo tried to calm her.
"No I cant leave him" Evelyn tried to free herself from Solo but she was then forced to face him as he gripped her shoulders and Rey came down the ramp and saw the situation.
"Little Wing listen to me!, I'm sorry theres nothing we can do...we have to go" Solo held on to her and she looked back at N7 but Solo placed his hands on her cheeks making her look at him.
"I know he meant alot to you but we need to go" Solo said gently and Rey looked to the destroyed X-Wing and the destroyed driod and then saw the look of sadness in Evelyn's eyes.
Evelyn soon nodded trying to calm herself and Solo quickly hugged her and the two headed to the Falcon and as Rey and Solo went up the ramp Evelyn took one more look at N7 but all of a sudden the sound of a blaster went off and Evelyn screamed in pain as the round went through her back and through the side of her stomach and she fell to the ground.
Solo and Rey snapped back and saw Evelyn on the floor.
"Evelyn!" Rey ran down the ramp to get her and Solo ran down loading the Crossbow and saw the shooter down the hall and it was Bala and he opened fire in rage prividing cover.
Rey helped Evelyn up and she screamed in pain as the blaster round managed to hit her in the stomach.
"Come on Evelyn, get up" Rey supported Evelyn by placing her arm over her shoulder and they staggered up the ramp as Solo continued to fire at Bala who was hiding behind cover and once he saw Rey and Evelyn head up the ramp he opened fire at the door terminal and it began to shut and he quickly ran up the ramp and hit a button to retract the ramp and seal them in.
Rey helped Evelyn into the living quarters and helpped her sit on on of the chairs and they saw Finn trying to attend to Chewie then Evelyn grunted as she sat down and clutched the side of her stomach.
"I need to check it" Rey went to check her wound but Evelyn held on to Rey's hand.
"Get us out of here first Rey, if you can fly the Falcon Han will need you". Evelyn stated.
Rey frowned "I'm not gonna just leave you in this state".
Evelyn placed her hand on Rey's shoulder "Chewie is down and Han needs a co pilot...get us out of here then come back, I'll be alright".
Rey then heard Solo come on to the ship and saw him head to the cockpit and she looked at Evelyn and pointed at her sternly "Dont you dare move".
Evelyn chuckled "No promises" she then grunted as the ship started to rock and Rey ran into the cockpit and saw Solo getting ready to take off.
Solo looked at Rey as she sat down next to him "Watch the thrust we're getting out of here at lightspeed".
Rey frowned "From inside the hanger is that even possible?".
Solo pressed a few buttons "I never ask that question till after I've done it".
All of a sudden a Rathtar jumped in front of the cockpit and Rey screamed and Solo sighed "This is not how I thought today was gonna go" Solo then pointed at a switch "Angle the shield".
Rey did as she was told and got the shield ready.
"Hang on back there!" Solo shouted back to the rest of the gang.
"No problem" Finn shouted as he attended to Chewie.
"Get us out of here!" Evelyn grunted in pain.
Solo hit a button but nothing happened and he sighed and Rey pointed "The compressor..".
Solo looked at Rey and nodded and then hit the compressor and the ship powered up and Rey was forced into the back of her seat as the ship prepared for lightspeed and soon the ship darted out of the frieghter and the Rathtar was evaporated and the Falcom finally was away.
Bala finally opened the door Solo shot and he pulled out his radio "Inform The First Order that Han Solo has the droid they want and its abord the Millennium Falcon".
Bala looked into space with anger "Its not over Evelyn...its not over".
"I decided to make Bala as Evelyn's rival so expect to see him a lot and of course it is finally good to write chapters with Finn and Rey included I hope u like the interactions between them and If you notice some dialogue missing from the film just remember this is an alternate universe so there will be a lot of freedom to expand the characters from the film and of course my own, hope you enjoyed this chapter and are ready for more :)