"How are we getting in?" Finn knew he had to ask again, since Han wasn't the answering type which made it hard for him the first time around when Finn questioned the plan. He was a soldier, not a smuggler.
Yet he found himself surrounded by smugglers.
Like she was reading his thoughts again, Avry gave him a look. He guessed by the look on her face that she was practically correcting him without even speaking. "Seriously, stop doing. I don't even know how you're doing that." He leaned over to whisper to her.
Avry smirked a little before shrugging her shoulders casually. "I guess I'm force sensitive and Finn sensitive." She chuckled at her own joke, and even earned a small wookiee version of a laugh from Chewie. Avry's jaw dropped in pure excitement as she pointed to the fuzzy co-pilot.
"Did you see that?" She whispered to Finn with a grin, but the boy simply rolled his eyes at her and looked back to Han. Avry could be very tough at times, so much that Finn often forgot the other side of her. She was playful and sarcastic. Finn had determined it wasn't the worst of combinations, but it did annoy him during some moments.
Han looked over, smiling at the sight of Avry looking excited for once. He hadn't seen her like that since her teenaged smuggling days.
The man turned to Finn, deciding to give him a break and actually tell him part of the plan to get there. Han was so used to winging it that it hadn't even occurred to him that before Rey and Avry and Poe, nothing stepped out of the box for a stormtrooper. "Their shields have a fractional refresh rate. Keeps anything traveling slower than lightspeed from getting through." The smuggler informed him.
Finn frowned as he realized what this meant. "We're making our landing approach at lightspeed?" Finn asked, to which he was quickly replied by a growl from a certain wookiee. "Have some faith, Finn." Avry leaned over and nudged her elbow against his abdomen but he only frowned and moved away a little.
"I'm starting to think I have too much of it to follow you lunatics." He grumbled, which only made Avry chuckle to his surprise. Finn however decided to smile small back at her, knowing without her having to say it that she was laughing with him and not against him.
Han looked over at his co-pilot. "Chewie, get ready." It was more of a warning than anything.
The boy behind the two pilot looked a little worried when Han spoke up, and Finn moved to sit himself down. Avry followed him, knowing it was better to strap in than risk seriously hitting your head during the landing. "And... NOW!" Han yelled as he dropped out of lightspeed, the planet's scenery engulfing all of their visions.
"Pull up!" Avry shrieked and Han followed suit as he roughly pulled on the controls. The Falcon soared upwards as Chewie began to growl. Han's knuckles turned white as he gripped the controls,"I am pulling up!" He protested to both the wookiee and the girl as his eyes went wide at the trees they were flying towards.
They crashed through the trees, ripping pines apart right down the middle. Finn and Avry struggled to hold onto their most recent meals as the ship lurched up and down at a new angle every time they hit a tree.
Chewie growled in distress much to Han's displeasure. "I get any higher... they'll see us!" He yelled, deep down not wanting to snap at his longtime friend, but smashing into a bunch of trees kind of clouded one's vision.
Finally the ship freed itself from the trees, and Han attempted to bring them down to a smooth landing. However, that clearly wasn't an option. The moment the Falcon hit the ground harshly, making Finn nearly scream. "I think I'm going to be sick." He muttered underneath his breath, a bead of sweat running down his temple as he cringed.
The ship began to slide across the icy ground and Finn began thankful they weren't bumping up and down anymore. Avry was quick to unstrap herself even if the ship hadn't stopped moving. When she went to stand up, she lost her footing due to the violent movement.
She fell onto the floor of the cockpit just as the ship finally stopped at a cliff's edge. "You couldn't have waited, could you?" Han asked as he turned around to see the girl on the floor, her black cloak covered her most of her body except for her auburn curls which laid spread out in front of her face.
Avry groaned before rolling over and reaching her hand out to the smuggler. "You know me." She mumbled weakly as Han helped her back onto her feet. She smiled as she quickly straightened her cloak. Avry reached over to her satchel, her eyes falling onto her lightsaber and blaster. She paused before finally taking out her lightsaber.
Before she could even take another step, Han stopped her. He put his hand lightly on her lightsaber and lowered it back into her bag. "I'm sorry, but I can't allow you to come with us. You'll stay here on the Falcon. When we give you the signal, then you come and get us... okay?" His voice was soft as he talked to her, but that didn't make her any less offended by his decision.
"Han, we agreed I could come along." She reminded him. Han waited until Chewie and Finn left the cockpit before continuing. Both of them realized that the smuggler needed to talk to her in private and Finn didn't know if he wanted to witness them bickering again. But as the boy rounded the corner, he couldn't help but stop.
Chewie moaned at him and Finn could only presume that was wookiee for 'do not eavesdrop'. He simply planted his index finger firmly to his lips before staring down the tall creature. Chewie rolled his eyes and decided to leave the boy, knowing if he got caught it would be Han's problem and not his.
The smuggler had a hard time looking at the girl, especially since his words had already ticked Avry off. He took a deep breath and convinced himself this was the right thing to do. "You can't come with us into the base, Avry. You can't. Those are my orders and I expect you to follow them." He told her simply. She frowned and he could clearly see that she wasn't going to make this easy for him.
Avry crossed her arms over her chest and raised a brow. "How many times do I have to say that you need me? Does anyone else here know how to use the force besides me? You can't just shove me away, Han. I'm a trained jedi. I know how to fight and I know how to take on the First Order." She pointed out, but Han was having none of it.
He shook his head again,"No. No, Avry." Han said simply, as if that was enough of an answer for her. Her anger over this was starting to boil over. She couldn't believe he was just telling her no instead of actually explaining himself. He always did this to her when she was younger whenever they were smuggling something a little dangerous. Instead of trusting her, Han always pushed her away from the action with a no.
"You honestly can't tell me the real reason? You can't just keep saying no and expecting me to settle for that. I want– no, I need to know why you're so against me going on this mission!" Avry shouted at Han, her eyes desperately searching for answers from the man. He clenched his fists, knowing that the girl was a lot older now than she had been when everything went wrong. She was a woman and he had to stop treating her like a child.
But no matter what Han Solo could do, all he could see was the helpless girl he had promised to save.
"I... I don't want you to see him again." Han admitted in a soft whisper, surprising Avry. She didn't know how to feel about his reveal, mostly because she was confused about what he was so afraid of. "But Ben–" Avry began, but Han lifted his hand to cut her off.
He didn't want to admit the worst of his son. Han loved his son. But the father couldn't deny the acts his son had committed against Avry of all people. "Ben... I love him. Leia loves him. I know you love him too... but, Avry, he killed you once. I can't let that happen again. I can't let you die again." Han told her, knowing that this was the first time he ever admitted to her how much he needed her. The man knew he was never in a position to, because he wasn't her father and he wasn't her teacher. He was just some smuggler who wanted to help her out.
Avry's eyes softened at his words, her anger finally bubbling down until it was completely gone. "He didn't kill me, Han. I know I acted that way for awhile... but he didn't. Okay? I realize that now. I realize all these old scars mean nothing other than the fact that I'm still alive. I'm alive and I have the chance to save the galaxy. I'm going to take it. You're not going to lose me." She tried to assure him, and her words almost gave him enough confidence to believe.
The man knew better, however. He had seen the rise of two young men who had turned to the dark side and he knew of the devastation that always laid ahead in these wars. "Avry... he did kill you." Han muttered, knowing that admitting the truth could possibly turn her away from the events about to unfold. If they didn't, it would be the point of no return.
She froze at his words, clearly confused by what he meant. "What do you mean?" She asked. Han spent all his time with her since the massacre convincing her that she was stronger than the way she felt. He convinced her that she didn't have to stop her training into becoming a jedi. He was the one who gave her hope again, and now he was saying the same things she had said all those years ago.
"No... No, I don't understand." She said, and Han reached over and took a hold of her shoulders before she could run away from him again. "Leia didn't want to tell you. She thought it would be best to keep it from you but... Avry, you did die. I know we led you to believe that you only came near death during the surgery to heal your wounds but that's not true. We got there too late. Your heart had stopped before we got you into surgery." He hoped telling her the truth would save her in its own way, and Han hoped he wasn't betraying Leia's trust to tell Avry the truth.
"But... I'm alive." Avry whispered, tears filling her eyes.
Han lifted a hand to her cheek and gently rubbed the edge of her thumb across her pale skin. He smiled a little as he looked at her fondly,"You are alive, Avry. What brought you back was a miracle... the force. It saved you." He explained. Avry felt her whole world shake at the reveal. Her bottom lip trembled as she looked at the man who had cared for her in her darkest hour.
"Why did you keep this from me?" She asked gently. Han took a heavy breath after removing his hand from her cheek,"I... I always thought you were saved so you could... save Ben." The man admitted, feeling guilty for thinking so selfishly. He had only helped her out at first for the benefit of his family, and not her. He thought if he helped Avry, she could get his son back and he would return to his wife with Ben by his side.
And everything would return back to normal.
But that dream was nothing but a dream. Han had never expected more from the girl than his own desires, but she was nice to him. She reminded him of himself right after his own parents died and he knew he couldn't just use her. He had to look out for her, and maybe that would make up for the fact he had no one looking out for him when he was that age.
"I was wrong, Avry. I only helped you get away from everyone because I knew if I lost you, I'd lose my son forever... but I'm telling you right now that I will not leave this planet without you." He said firmly, meeting her eyes. Avry wavered a little in trusting him, and Han could see it all over her face. "Come on, you know I'm not lying to you. I let you go once with no questions asked. I let you go because you asked to leave and I would do anything for you." Han told her.
She let out a tear after his words, still shaking from everything he told her. "I... I only left before I didn't want you to get hurt." Avry admitted with a soft sob. "I was afraid the First Order would find me no matter how much we moved around the galaxy... I was afraid you would get caught in trying to protect me and you'd die. Okay? I don't want to lose you as much as you don't want to lose me. You've done so much for me and I don't deserve you to care this much. I'm not your family. I'm not your daughter–"
"You are my daughter. Please stop saying you aren't. I've looked out for you long enough to know that you are my family. Family isn't always blood, Avry. I know because you had none that you've always felt like you'll never have any again, but you do. Caddesca was your family. Luke. Leia. Even Ben at one point. And me, okay? You're not alone." Han pulled her into a tight hug, and Avry cried gently into his shoulder.
Finn watched them from around the corner, his heart sinking when he realized that what Avry was feeling was similar to how he felt. They were both similar in a lot of ways and neither one of them had said anything about it yet. He was taken away from the family he could've known by the First Order and was trained for one thing. She lost her family as a baby and was taken in by Luke's new order and trained to become a jedi.
The young man took a few steps, alerting Han and Avry to his presence. Han pulled away from the hug, meeting Finn's eyes and catching the hint that the boy had heard everything. Avry lifted her hand to wipe her wet cheeks, trying to laugh her pain off when she saw Finn.
"I'm so sorry." She whispered to him and Finn shook his head. He offered her his hand,"You have nothing to be sorry about. You're not alone, Avry. We're going to destroy this base and get Rey back. Then we're going to go home. All together." Finn declared, looking between both of them. Avry smiled as she reached over and squeezed Finn's hand.
"Come on, big deal, let's go save the day." Han smirked at the boy before moving to put on a thicker coat before exiting the Falcon.
An officer approached Kylo Ren, and the sith lord paused in his pace to allow the man to speak. Rey escaping was not good for him, especially after his supreme leader had ordered for him to deliver the girl to him. Ren could already imagine what this meant, as he was no fool. This was the possibility that Rey was stronger than him and if she was stronger than him, Snoke would dispose of him. He knew if she became his pupil, he would be rendered useless in the eyes of the master he depended on.
"Sir, she was not found in Hangar 718." He had to admit, the news was disappointed. But he wouldn't lose his temper again. "But all troops are on alert." The office added. "Put every hangar on lockdown." He ordered, knowing if he trapped the girl that he could find her more easily despite the large size of the base.
"She's going to try to steal a ship to esc..." Ren trailed off as he felt a familiar presence. He whipped his head behind him, feeling that the person was so close that they were practically breathing down his neck.
Kylo Ren felt a little surprise to see no one there, but then his stomach dropped when he realized who he sensed. "Han Solo..." He said softly. The man's heart stopped when someone else's presence got closer.
"Avry."
It was too cold on this planet. Even with her cloak wrapped around her, hood pulled over her hair, Avry was still freezing down to her bones. She wasn't the only one, as Chewie kept complaining despite the fact he was a big ball of fur. Finn and Han didn't look too entertained with the wookiee's complaints, and they enjoyed themselves even less when Avry joined in on the complaining.
Finn stopped, hiding his figure behind the structure as he peered over. "The flooding tunnel is over that ridge." He explained, looking back at his three companion. "We'll get in that way." Finn finished. Chewie held up his bowcaster as he looked off in the distance in case there was any patrols around this area.
Han furrowed his brows as he looked at Finn, almost forgetting that he had never really asked. "What was your job when you were based here?" The smuggler asked, wondering what the former troop could've been in charge of that would qualify knowing how to disable the shields.
"Sanitation." Finn replied, his eyes still on the tunnels that they were to make their way in through. Han's face dropped as the old man grabbed a firm hold of the boy's shoulder and whirled him around. He pushed Finn back against the structure, with such a loud thud that Avry was about to lecture him.
"Sanitation?" Han growled as he stared down the boy. Chewie moaned and cut off his friend's anger for a moment. The man decided to ignore his furry friend however, continuing to address Finn. "Then how do you know how to disable the shields?" He demanded to know.
The young man looked at him, before his eyes shifted to Avry. Her arms were already crossed over her chest and honestly Finn couldn't tell if she was on his side or Han's. "He doesn't." Avry spoke up which made Han whip around to look at her. He raised both brows in anger,"You knew?!" The man exclaimed as she shrugged her shoulders, her eyes falling on Finn.
She was on his side. Thank goodness.
"I'm just here to get Rey." Finn admitted, his eyes soft. Han didn't look like he was going to ease up on him however. "People are counting on us. The galaxy is counting on us." He reminded the boy, his voice dripping with urgency so that Finn wouldn't forget the stakes here. Finn tried to assure the man,"Solo, we'll figure it out." He began, his eyes coming into realization as an idea dawned onto him. "We'll use the force."
Han couldn't believe what he was hearing from him. Finn was a former trooper, and he clearly didn't know how the force worked. But his level of understanding was worse than Han's had been when he was just a smuggler before meeting Luke. "That's not how the force works!" He pointed out.
Chewie growled in annoyance to their bickering, knowing he didn't want to be out in the cold any longer. "Oh, really? You're cold?" Han turned around to talk to the wookiee and Chewie just grumbled at the tone Han had used with him.
"Han, they're both right. It's freezing cold out here... and we will use the force." Avry said, standing by Finn's side quite literally and figuratively. Finn smiled at the girl, glad she was there to have his back about saving Rey. "Come on." He urged the group before taking off running in the direction of the tunnels.
"Hey!" The poor stormtrooper didn't stand a chance. He was blown directly away by Chewie's blast from his bowcaster, and landed onto the floor with a thump. Han threw off his coat and scarf, thankful to be back into a heated environment instead of outside in that tundra. Avry lowered her hood and adjusted her cloak so that it wasn't tucked around her body like a blanket anymore.
Han looked around, noticing there was no other troops around. He was relieved this wasn't immediately going to be an all out shoot out, but he knew that didn't last forever. Especially when this base was crawling with troopers. "The longer we're here the less luck we're gonna have." The man pointed out.
Remembering their main goal, he looked to Finn. "The shields." He reminded, knowing that the only way he was going to be okay with saving Rey was if they disabled the shields first and then went to get her. "I have an idea about that." Finn looked to Avry.
She raised a brow at him but the look in her eyes convinced Finn she already knew what he was thinking. "This is the only time I'm going to thank you for doing that. Can you do that to other people? Maybe influence their thoughts or something instead of just reading them?" He asked. Han frowned when he realized what the boy was asking of her. "It's called a jedi mind trick. She can do it... but she really shouldn't." He answered, which made Finn a little confused when he noticed how uncomfortable the other man had gotten.
"Ignore him. He's just paranoid about them because Leia used it on him once." Avry explained before she took her lightsaber out. She fit the saber into her blaster holster and then looked up at Finn. "Lead the way. I'll do what you ask." She assured him. Finn nodded his head as they went off to sneak around the base.
Luckily for them they managed to avoid detection despite the fact that guard duty had doubled. Finn thought it was a little weird, considering the fact they never doubled the guard duty unless they were under attack or a prisoner escaped. But no alarm had sounded and while everyone was on alert, they were not rushing to stop anybody. Which meant whatever it was, was contained yet still a danger.
He almost wanted to question what it was, maybe do a little investigating. But he had to lead Avry to his former captain if this was going to work. Finn stopped as he looked around the corner, recognizing the silvery shine from the woman's armor. He pushed himself back quickly before giving Chewie the signal.
Finn tried not to laugh as the big wookiee took down Phasma. But the boy couldn't deny the cheerful grin that came onto his face to see the captain pinned down underneath a fuzzball. "I've decided that today is a good day. I have a good feeling about this." Finn leaned over to tell Avry. The girl furrowed her brows as she turned to look at him out of the corner of her eyes.
Something about that last sentence just seemed one word off to her.
"You remember me?" Finn moved in front of the woman the moment Han and Chewie brought her up onto her feet. Chewie aimed his bowcaster at the woman, meanwhile Han his blaster raised. Avry ripped the blaster out of the captain's hands and smirked at Phasma as she aimed it at her helmet. "FN-2187." She spoke, and Finn glared at the way that even held at blaster point she still managed to condescend him.
And it still managed to get to him.
"Not anymore." He corrected her, knowing this was the moment he could finally get above the woman that had made his training a living hell. "The name's Finn and I'm in charge. I'm in charge now, Phasma. I'm in charge." He got a little too excited and Han looked at him. "Bring it down. Bring it down." The man whispered gently, which got his attention. Finn listened to him as he took a quick breath before looking back to Phasma with stern eyes.
"Follow me." Finn said, turning on his heels and led the way.
Phasma was reluctant to follow but the wookiee behind her poked the back of her armor with his bowcaster and she frowned when she realized she had no choice. The woman moved forward and followed behind one of her former trainees. It disappointed her greatly to see such a star pupil go off to the rebels, but Phasma was never surprised by this. She always knew Finn was too weak. He was too good.
The captain began to recognize the surroundings of the base when Finn led the group further down. She almost stopped when she realized their plan. "You're going to disable the shields." Phasma pointed out, and Finn paused in his tracks as he turned around to look at her. "No, Phasma. You are." His words were a clear threat and Finn met Avry's eyes with a smirked.
She could tell he was enjoying this too much.
Finn stopped the group as they reached the door, and he gestured for Phasma to do the honors. Han signaled for the three to go off to the sides so that when the door opened they wouldn't bee seen. All of them took their lead and pressed their backs against the wall, blasters still aimed at Phasma. The captain went cold when the doors opened and saw two of her troopers turning around to look at her.
"Get out your weapons, they're here to–" Before the captain could finish her warning, Avry had already shot down the two stormtroopers using Phasma's own blaster. Phasma whipped her head around and glared at the girl as she raised her brows before piling herself into the room. She gestured to the screen with the blaster. "The shields." Avry told her.
The woman frowned as she moved and sat down. She didn't want to do this, knowing that disabling the shields could very well lead to an attack on the base planned by the rebels they sought to eradicate. All four of them aimed their blasters at her, and Phasma turned to her side to realize Avry was besides her. The captain expected a threat with the weapon so she was surprised when Avry lowered it.
"You will lower the shields." Avry spoke gently, but her tone was still firm. Phasma began to say no to the girl and yet couldn't hear the words leave her mouth. It was like something came over her and her mind couldn't think for itself anymore. "I will lower the shields." Phasma found herself saying against her own true will, and she couldn't help but did exactly what the girl had asked of her.
Finn looked impressed as Phasma began to press the controls to disable the shields. "That's so cool." He looked at Avry with an impressed smile. Han grew uncomfortable again as he moved forward to close the doors in case any trooper or officer decided to walk by.
"It's so not cool." The man muttered, almost shuddering at the memory of what it felt like to be controlled like that. He had to admit though that it was probably cooler on the other side of it.
"Solo, if this works we're not gonna have a lot of time to find Rey." Finn reminded him, knowing that Han had promised him so he expected the man to keep his end of the deal. The doors shut closed, and Han turned around to look at him. He nodded his head as he moved towards the boy,"Don't worry, kid. We won't leave here without her." Han assured him, giving Finn one of his famous lop-sided smiles.
A few beeps sounded before Phasma retained her own will again. Her mind was dizzy as she rushed to her feet, and the captain turned around to glare at all of them. "You can't be so stupid to think this will be easy. My troops will storm this block and kill you all." The woman threatened.
She was about to continue wen Finn slid up next to her, his blaster pointed directly at her helmet. "I disagree." He told the captain firmly, kind of wishing she had the helmet off so he could see the look on Phasma's face. He bet it was priceless. "What do we do with her?" Finn questioned, looking back at the three.
Han took a step forward as a brilliant idea came over him. Sweet sweet payback. It might have been more than thirty years, but he couldn't hide the fact that it would still be absolutely amazing to see his revenge finally play out for real.
"Is there a garbage chute? Trash compactor?" Both of his eyebrows raised as he questioned Finn. The boy seemed to get his idea, and seemed to enjoy it just as much despite the fact he didn't know the backstory like Chewie and Avry did.
"Yeah, there is."
Hux couldn't help but think about Whaoli. He had his duty to think about, orders given to him that he had to follow. The Resistance had to be destroyed no matter what and the weapon was their best shot at it. He couldn't just leave his post to go worry about a girl he barely knew, so instead Hux just paced in the control room, worrying about a girl he barely knew.
"Fighters incoming!" One of the officers yelled, and Hux froze in his pacing. He had managed to keep himself composed despite his worry for Whaoli, but there was a small twitch that came from the general when he heard the officer.
The general approached the windows, seeing the rebel fighters from where he was standing. They were targeting the central power core for the weapon, information they could've only gotten from one of their own. He cursed underneath his breath when he realized it must've been the trooper that had assisted the rebel. FN-2187, or whatever his name was.
Every officer in the control room was shouting as sirens began to ring throughout the base, signaling to the attack. Hux turned on his heel, looking to Colonel Datoo, knowing he was awaiting the order from him to counterattack. "Dispatch all squadrons." He ordered.
"Yes, General." The colonel replied before heading off to deliver his orders. Hux turned back to watch the action in the sky before he clenched his fists as his eyes showed his concern. If they were under attack, he couldn't get Whaoli to an escape pod without the risk of her being shot down. But if he kept her locked up, the risk could be even greater if the rebels managed to succeed.
He made a decision, perhaps an irreversible one. A point of no return type of decision. The general walked past many of his officers but stopped at the ones who were in charge of the weapon. "If I'm not back, fire once it's done charging. I need to step out for a moment." He said simply and the officers nodded at his order.
The general had to keep calm as he walked out, his hands tucked behind his back. But his knuckles were white as his fingers wrapped around each other. He fought the urge to run straight to Whaoli and break her out of that cell. He had a plan to get her out of there and being able to sneak her by undetected, but he felt the need to hurry to get her to that point.
Once he was out of sight from any officer or trooper, Hux picked up his pace as he unclenched his hands from behind his back. He did break out into a mild jog as he went off to the cell block to collect the Chalactan girl he had grown so fond of. Hux didn't stop his speed until he reached right outside of her cell. He caught his breath for a second, knowing that his mild jog had turned into a full on run with each second he got closer to her cell.
Whaoli stood up when the cell door opened, meeting the general's eyes. At first, the girl was surprised to see him again, which was a minor blow to Hux. He took it as a sign that she didn't believe that he would come back for her, but that's not why she was surprised. She was surprised because she realized the feeling she had got when the door slid open. It was unusual, mostly because it was a feeling her father always joked about her once feeling one day when she was older.
She took a hesitant step forward, not breaking eye contact. Neither one of them said something, nor smile. They just looked at each other nervously and each waited for the other to make the first move. Hux parted his lips to say something, just as he felt the girl's arms wrap around his neck. "Armitage." Her breath was so close to his lips when she spoke, mostly because she was leaning in.
Hux wished he had more experience to realize what she was doing sooner than he did. Not that he hadn't had any experience at all, but everything he had felt with Whaoli was new to him. She pressed her lips to his, her eyes fluttering shut as her body collided with his. Hux almost stumbled back on impact but quickly caught himself.
At first, he just stared at her relaxed expression when she kissed him, but it felt weird doing that so he closed his eyes gently as she kissed him. Whaoli pulled away after a moment, her face turning a shade of crimson when she realized what she had just down. She moved her arms away from him and took a few steps back. "I'm sorry." She whispered.
"W-we have to get you out of here." The man stuttered, blushing a little when he realized that she had altered his perfectly calm speech into a fumbling mess. Hux tried to shrug it off however, and especially shrug off what she had just done. This was no time to address how he was feeling. He took a hold of her hand and pulled her out of the cell. Whaoli stumbled a bit, in complete shock that she was finally outside of the cell.
The general looked down at her, noticing how short she was this close to him. She must've gone up on her tip toes to kiss him. Just when he noticed he was thinking about the very thing he shouldn't be thinking about in a jail break, he whipped his head away to check if any guards were around.
"I have a plan. Stay close and... trust me." Hux knew he was asking a lot of her. Despite the kiss, she still had no reason to put her life into his hands. The general almost cursed out loud when he realized he was thinking about the kiss again. He pushed the thought away again as he closed the cell door again. Hux led her down the hall, turning a corner. Her hand was still tucked tightly into his hand's hold as they made their way around.
He stopped suddenly at the sound of marching, and held out his arm. Whaoli bumped into his arm, raising her brows as she looked up at him. The man lifted his arm and pressed his index finger to his lips. Hux then moved his hand from his lips to gently guide her against the wall. They hid behind the corner as the general walked his troops march past them.
Hux had to admit, he was proud at the fact they never broke formation to notice them. Even if that was a flaw and a perk at the same time.
Once they had passed and their marching became distant, Hux moved forward. He felt a tug on his hand when Whaoli paused in her walking. The man turned around and furrowed his brows at her. "Whaoli, what are you doing?" Hux questioned her. She didn't meet his eyes at first, but when she did he realized why she had stopped.
She was scared. Her bottom lip was trembling and her brown eyes were filled with tears. Hux loosened his grip on her hand as he faced her, using his free hand to gently take her chin between his thumb and index finger. He lifted her chin so her face was tilted upwards towards him. "You don't have to be afraid. I'm right here." He assured her, his eyes flickering down to her lips.
When he realized that there was no way that he would ever get his mind off that kiss, he moved to cup her cheeks with both hands. "Fuck it." He whispered before crashing his lips against hers. It was Whaoli's turn now to stumble back with her eyes wide open as he kissed her. But sooner than he did, she relaxed into this kiss and wrapped her arms around his torso.
Whaoli smiled as they continued to kiss before she had to pull away to take a breath. Her eyes fluttered open as she looked up in surprise at the general. "Wow... okay... that happened. Twice." She realized, smiling excitedly and nervously at the same time as she kept her arms wrapped around him. Hux smiled as he reached over to smooth down her black hair.
"You scared still?" Hux couldn't help but retain the smile on his face as he asked her. She clearly saw the concern in his eyes though, and Whaoli smirked as little as she looked up at him. "I don't know. Maybe you need to do that again and then I'll decide." She teased. The general was a little surprised to hear that from a simple farm girl, but simply rolled his eyes as he moved out of her embrace. "Later. We need to get you into a stromtrooper uniform."
Her eyes went wide at his response. "A what?"
A/N: Hahaha... title drop. I hope you awesome readers enjoyed this chapter! I have so much feelings over fatherly Han, you have no idea.
Also we're reaching the end of this story (SADNESS) but I wanted to tell you guys of my lovely future plans for this fic. I'm planning a prequel story for young Avry and Ben which introduces Caddesca as a main character. I'm also planning a Whaoli and Hux spinoff that takes place after TFA and includes Whaoli being a BAMF rebel fighter. If these things excite you, please let me know!