We are very close to the end. This is the second to last chapter! Can't wait to be done with this haha.

Enjoy!

IE-2496 stood aboard the imperial shuttle. She had to stand since she was only a searchtrooper. It made sense.

The ship started rattling as it came down through the atmosphere, then landed. The stormtroopers picked up and readied their blasters. Before the ramp even hit the ground, they were flooding out of the ship, firing away. IE-2496 stayed in the ship for a few minutes, for safety. After all, she wasn't needed at the moment. But after a while, she was bored, so she decided to see if there was something she could do to help.

IE-2496 stepped out of the ship to be welcomed by the sight of dozens of wounded or dead bodies, lying about the street. They weren't rebellious soldiers, but innocent civilians, including children and elderly ones.

IE-2496 stood in shock for a few seconds, then hurried back to the ship. But she wasn't running away. She returned with her personal first aid kit. It wasn't much; just some bandages, disinfectant, and a few other things. But she could still use it to help the wounded ones.

She walked to a little girl, who shrank back in fear when she saw IE-2496. The little girl must have recognized her as a stormtrooper. So IE-2496 took off her helmet and moved slowly towards the little girl. She then saw that it wasn't the girl who was hurt, but her baby brother, who the girl tightly clutched to her chest. IE-2496 gently took the baby, and saw that he had a big gash across his head. She added some disinfectant and bandaged his head. After checking to make sure he didn't have a concussion, she moved on to the next person.

He was an older man, whose face immediately scowled when he saw her approach. "You killed my wife! You killed my wife and destroyed my house! You stupid buckethead! Why, I'll treat you like how you treated my wife!" He got up to fight IE-2496, but failed to do so. His entire leg was bloody, and looked like it was broken. IE noticed the houses around her for the first time. They looked like they barely survived a bombing.

"You coward! Come here and fight me!" the old man shouted at her. IE-2496 finally worked up the courage to approach him. Even if he hated her, after all that he went through, he deserved the best.

IE-2496 cautiously kneeled down next to the man and said, "I-I'm very sorry to hear about y-your wife and h-h-home, sir. I will fix your l-leg for you, sir." The old man stared at her for a second before saying, "I have nothing left to lose. Go ahead."

IE-2496 stared at the leg. She had no idea what to do. She had never treated a broken leg before. After a few moments, she decided the best thing to do was to place the leg back into the correct position, then bandaging it. So IE-2496 gingerly set the leg so it was straight before cleaning the wound and wrapping it.

Once she was finished, the old man looked at her straight in the eyes. With genuinely grateful, he took her hand and said, "Thank you." IE-2496 smiled at him, then moved on to the next person.

The next person, a middle aged woman, didn't look too great. She had three blaster wounds by her gut, and was having trouble breathing. IE-2496 desperately tried to figure out what to do when it came to her: she couldn't do anything. It was too late. So IE-2496 took the woman's hand and sat with her as life left the woman's body. It was heartbreaking, but IE knew she needed to continue.

So IE-2496 went on, helping those who wanted it, those who didn't want it, and all who needed it. There were several cases when she just sat with a person, holding their hand as they passed away. She tried to make her presence comforting. She tried to actually help. When IE-2496 ran out of bandage, she found old clothing and ripped it apart. And when she ran out of disinfectant, she found alcohol in the ruins of a house.

After helping many people, saving so many lives, IE-2496's comm went off. She picked up off of her belt. A voice said, "IE-2496, report to me immediately." After she heard the coordinate, she took one last look at the people on the street, then set off.

Once she arrived, her captain called her over. "All of our stormtroopers need leave for another city, but you will help me with the prisoners."

Following him around, IE-2496 looked at the prisoners, bound up together. One spat at her. She took a step back, then rushed off to her captain.

"Sir!" another trooper said. "We have captured a resistance fighter. He was trying to bomb our ships!" The stormtrooper pushed the prisoner forward, and IE-2496 gasped when she saw it was Elor.

The force sure does work in strange ways.

The captain said, "If he is with the resistance, he must die. Carry on in your searches." He turned towards IE-2496 and said, "You will be in charge of executing this boy." She responded, "B-but sir, I don't have a blaster!" "You can use mine. Blindfold him, otherwise he will try to run away."

IE-2496 felt conflict within herself. She knew this boy, she felt like he was her brother. But she wasn't one to disobey orders. She had to obey her captain. But to kill him? Yes, she would do it. She was fighting for a bigger cause than to just hold on to her attachments.

So IE-2496 blindfold Elor, and made sure that his handcuffs were on tight. She walked back and picked up the blaster. "Do it for the First Order," she told herself.

IE-2496 pointed the blaster towards Elor, and pulled the trigger.