Hello guys. I am back with another chapter.

This will be a chapter where we actually see some action. And, maybe even some lightsaber action. Also, until Finn reveals his name, I will refer to him as "the man" or "the man with the Resistance".

Enough with the chit-chat. Let's go.

Chapter 7- Skirmish on Jakku

The man with the Resistance grabbed Rey's hand as the Stormtroopers rushed towards them. "What are you doing?" she asked angrily. "Come on!" said Finn, and he pulled her away. Padme ran after them.

The Stormtroopers began shooting after three as they ran. Their bolts were blasting the outpost apart. In order to split the four Stormtrooper sup, Padme turned away from the man and Rey, drawing two Stormtroopers after her, while the other two continued to pursue Rey and the man.

As she ran, she pulled out her blaster, turned around briefly, and shot. One of the Stormtroopers collapsed. The other shot in return, and blew the blaster out of her hand. Padme cursed, then continued running for a few moments before diving into a tent.

She heard the second trooper run up and stop. She heard his footsteps, and knew he was trying to figure out where she went.

Padme didn't know what to do. Her blaster was gone, destroyed. There was a heavily armed Stormtrooper only steps away. She didn't know what to do. Until her hand brushed against her lightsaber.

She looked down at the saber. She hadn't wanted to use it. That would be exposing her as a new Jedi, and surely attract more attention from the First Order. But now, she could think of nothing else. She slowly unclipped her lightsaber hilt, then looked around to make sure nobody else was around. She was clear. Everyone else had run from the Stormtrooper.

Padme hefted her saber. Then, she leaped out from within the tent and jumped at the trooper, igniting her lightsaber. She stabbed it through the trooper's chest, pulled it, and deactivated it. The trooper collapsed, dead.

Padme then hurried through the tents, and found Rey, the man, and BB-8 in a tent. "Are you okay?" she called to them in a hushed voice. "Yes," responded Rey.

Suddenly, the man lifted a hand. They all went quiet. A sound could be heard. It was faint but distinct. Then, as it got louder, Padme recognized it. The man apparently did too, because he grabbed Rey's hand again. "Stop taking my hand," Rey growled as the man pulled her out of the tent.

The three raced out, BB-8 trailing behind them. Just as they did, a TIE fighter flew over their heads. A second one soon came and blasted the tent where they had just been. They flew in all directions. Padme hit the ground hard. It took her a minute to recompose herself. Once she did, she found Rey's hand stretched out to her. She took it, and was pulled to her feet, with the man with the Resistance beside her.

Together, the three of them raced to the entrance to the outpost as the two TIE fighters swooped down to make another strafing pass. As they raced out of gateway, the man shouted, "We can't outrun them!" "We might," Rey shouted back, "in that quadjumper!" She pointed towards the ship in question, right ahead of them. "Hey, we need a pilot!" the man shouted. "We've got two!" Rey shouted back. "You two?" he asked, referring to Padme and Rey.

There was an explosion from behind them, and then the man shouted, "Uh, what about that ship?" Padme didn't look to see what it was, but heard Rey shout, "That one's garbage."

Seconds later, one of the TIE fighters flew overhead and blasted the quadjumper, blowing it to pieces. The three stumbled to a stop. They waited for a few moments, then Rey said, "The garbage will do." They all turned and ran towards the "garbage", a YT model Corellian freighter. As she ran towards the freighter, she had an odd sense of déjà vu, as though she should know this ship. She dismissed it. She didn't have the time for this.

The three barreled onto the freighter, with BB-8 behind them. They raced towards the cockpit. Padme pointed down a ladder they came across. "The guns are down there." "On it," said the man.

Rey and Padme soon barreled into the cockpit. They plopped down in the pilot seats, their hands racing over the controls, trying to power up the ship. Thanks to Padme, it only took a minute. Pretty soon, the ship was fully powered up, and Padme lifted it off the ground. It took a minute to get the hang of piloting the freighter, during which time the ship scraped against the ground.

It didn't take long to get the hang of it. Once she had, Padme confidently gripped the controls and began maneuvering the freighter to avoid the TIE fighters, which were starting to come around. She heard the man shout "Stay low!" "What?" asked Rey. "Stay low. It confuses their tracking," he replied. Padme didn't argue. She knew that to be true. She brought the ship down to a low altitude. "Hold on, BB-8. We're going low!" she shouted as she did so.

As Padme levelled the ship off right about the desert, she saw the two TIE fighters coming at them head on. She swerved the freighter, expertly evading the two fighters. The TIEs came around and pulled in on their tail, firing.

Padme swerved back and forth to try and dodge the blasts. One blast hit the ship and shook it. "I hope you are going to fire back soon!" Padme yelled to the man. "I'm working on it! Are the shields up?" Rey quickly took care of that.

Padme brought the ship even lower and increased speed, weaving among the sand dunes to avoid laser bolts. "Are you crazy?" Rey asked her. She didn't answer, completely focused on flying the ship. She heard the bottom gun start to fire, and grinned. The man quickly called, "We need some cover quick!" "We're about to get some!" Rey shouted back. She didn't need to explain to Padme, who had already seen their potential cover. The Graveyard, the remains of all the fallen ships from the Battle of Jakku years before, with the Star Destroyer Inflictor rising above it all.

Padme increased speed even more, which might not have been the best choice, and headed straight into all the wreckage. She weaved among the wreckage, heading straight towards the wreck of the Inflictor. The TIEs were able to keep up, but were having a bit of a hard time with doing so. The TIEs continued firing at the ship.

Padme took the ship over an artificial cliff made by a large piece of wreckage, then down low over the desert again, closing in on the crashed Star Destroyer. One of the TIEs managed to land a hit on the ship. Padme turned the ship straight at a large piece of wreckage, then turned at the last possible second, hoping to make the TIEs crash. No such luck. The TIEs great agility enabled them to make the turn necessary to avoid the wreckage.

Padme took the ship under a large section of wreckage. Then, on the scopes, one of the TIEs disappeared. Padme smiled. "Nice shot!" Rey called back to the man with the Resistance.

But, there was still one TIE fighter pursuing them, and it wasn't about to give up. A few seconds after the first TIE was downed, the second managed to blast the cannon under the freighter. The man called out, "Uh, the cannon's stuck in the forward position. I can't move it. You gotta lose him!"

Padme already had a way to do that. The remains of the engines of the Super Star Destroyer Ravager, which was destroyed in the Battle of Jakku, loomed up ahead. Padme knew what to do. She brought the ship up next to the massive engines, started to turn away, then reversed course and flew right into the massive engines.

"Are we really doing this?" the man called. Padme didn't answer as she flew through the remnants of the Ravager. The TIE fighter stayed on their tail.

Pretty soon, there was a hole in the side of the engine. Padme pulled the ship around and out. The TIE followed. Padme lured it out a little, then, with a few quick moves, shut off the engines and turned the ship upside down. The man now had a perfect shot, and blew the second TIE out of the sky. Padme pushed up the throttles, and the ship started flying again.

Padme pulled the ship up and started to climb. It didn't take long before the ship had left Jakku's atmosphere and was heading out into space.

Padme and Rey left the cockpit and went to see the man. They reached the ladder to the gun just as he came up it. "Nice shooting," Rey and Padme said at the same time. "Now that was some flying," he told them both. "Thanks," they said. "How'd you do that?" he asked. "No idea," said Rey. "Eh, it wasn't that hard," said Padme. "Your last shot was dead on," said Rey, "You got him with one blast!" "You set me up for it," said the man. "It was perfect," said Rey. "That was pretty god," said the man.

BB-8 started to beep. Rey turned to look at him, then knelt and said, "You're okay. He's with the Resistance. He's gonna get you home. We both will."

She stood up and both turned to the man. "We don't know your name," said Padme. It took him a second, but he said, "Finn. What's yours?" "I'm Rey," said Rey. "My name is Padme," said Padme.

Well, that's it.

I promise that the next chapter will be longer, and hopefully better.

I've got nothing else to say right now, except that I ask you to please review. I love reading your reviews. And, hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Raptor2216 out.