Doolan Flats, Houkwal:
Local security forces moves up to the Inquisition with speeders and an officer approaches Jaina.
"My lady" the officer says, "we have a lead. A boy, living on a farm not far from the crashsite, came here not long ago together with a man and a droid."
"Good work, commander" Jaina says. "Where are they?"
The Bald Wookie:
Poe is working behind the bar as normal when Inquisitorial troops enters his establishment together with Jaina. The guests are rounded up and pushed up against the same wall.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Poe calls out. "Careful! We're all citizens here."
"Could it be?" Jaina says and eyes Poe carefully. "It is, isnt it? Poe Dameron."
"Maybe" Poe replies.
Jaina smiles deviously as she approaches the bar. "You dont recognize me?"
"I recognize you, Jaina" Poe says, almost regretting the fact.
Jaina chuckles as she looks around. "So this is where you ended up? Tending bar on a farmplanet in the Mid Rim? A nasty place at that. It stinks of puke and cattle."
"Well, it is a farmplanet after all" Poe says and shrugs his shoulders. "And you're in a tavern."
"What happened to you?" Jaina wonders. "You're the hero that destroyed the Starkiller. You got the transmission through that saved Chancellor Holdo at Crait Six. You dropped the bombs that killed Grand Admiral Armitage. You practically destroyed the First Order on your own, Commodore Dameron. What are you doing here?"
"I suggest you ask mom about what happened" Poe says with a sneer. "She would know."
"Mother has told me" Jaina says. "You are weak. Afraid. You turned your back on everything and everyone when the Republic needed you the most. When mother needed you."
"She didnt need me" Poe growls. "Once, maybe. But not any longer. She's got her precious Inquisition now. There is nothing more important to her. She doesn't care about me. I dont even think she remembers Finn anymore. Hell, I bet she doesn't even give a damn about you."
Jaina frowns at this. "A boy came here. A farmboy. He brought a man and a droid. An F-series utility droid. What did they want?"
"How should I know?" Poe sneers. "They ordered Corellian ale, payed for it, drank it and left."
Jaina smiles. "You need to do better than that, Poe. Your thoughts betray you. You helped them escape." Poe turns grim. Jaina turns serious. "Lieutenant... The commodore is coming with us" she says.
Inquisitorial troops drags Poe out of the bar and down towards their shuttle that is located a bit further down the street. They drag him onboard and throws him in a holding-cell.
Doolan Flats:
Kyle, Tyl and Fate ride their speeder through town and eventually leaves it behind. A parked patrol-speeder powers up and follows them, lights and sirens active. Kyle slows down and stops next to the country-road. The patrol-vehicle stops behind them and two security-officers steps out and walks up to them.
"Identification" the senior officer says.
"Sure thing" Kyle says and hands his over. Tyl reluctantly does the same. The officer eyes Tyls extra carefully.
"You got a license for this droid... Greyon Fahr?"
Kyle eyes Tyl when he hears the strange fake name.
"Sure do, officer" Tyl says. "Bought it from a dealer last year."
The other officer, checking Kyles ID, turns to his collegue. "Hey, the kids wanted."
There's a moment of silence. Then Fate grabs one of the officers and slams his head into Kyles speeder. The last officer pulls his blaster, but Tyl jumps out and kicks the officer in the chest so he flies into the patrol-speeder. Tyl follows it up with a heavy hit across the officers jaw that knocks him out.
Kyle is worried. "What are we gonna do?"
Tyl picks up the officers blasters and places them in Kyles speeder, along with their utility-belts. "We're getting the hell out of here" Tyl says and climbs into the speeder and they drive off at full throttle.
They continue along the road at speed.
"I'll get you to Port Hattaru" Kyle says. "You should be able to get a transport offworld there that will get you where ever you're going."
"Sounds good, kid" Tyl says. "Just keep us away from security officers and law enforcers and I'll worry about the rest."
"Where are we going next, master?" Fate asks.
"Permyrra" Tyl says and turns to face his droid companion. "We got a wookie to track down."
"General Chewbacca has a disturbing history of smuggling, piracy and theft, master. His knowledge of the criminal world is uncomfortable at best. Finding him will not be easy, master. The general has too many shady friends that can help him and knows too many out of the way ports to hide in."
"I am well aware, Fate" Tyl says. "But I got no other choice at this point."
Fate turns his head and scans the skies.
"What is it, Fate?" Tyl wonders.
Fate points. "Inquisitorial shuttle."
Both Tyl and Kyle turn to look and spots Jainas shuttle in the sky. It is flying in another direction.
"They're not following us" Tyl says. "Just keep driving and they'll never find us."
"I know where they're heading" Kyle says, pale in the face. "Home... They're heading for the farm!"
Tyl and Fate look at each other.
Ronnen Farmstead:
Kyle, Tyl and Fate sneak up through the woods and inspects the farm from a distance. They see the shuttle and Inquisitorial troops rounding up the family. Tyl grabs Kyle by the shoulder as Kyle almost rushes forward to help his family. The troops keep the mother and sister at gunpoint while the father is allowed to approach Jaina.
"Please" the father begs. "We havent done anything. We are lawful citizens. We are farmers. We aren't criminals. We are honest workers, breeding cattle. We pay our taxes, provide food for the community. We haven't done anything."
"I know" Jaina says. "I know you haven't done anything. But your son has. An escape-pod landed not far from here, correct?"
The father nods. "Yes, we saw it come down."
"Your son aided the criminal that is trying to escape me" Jaina explains. "Your son is wanted by the law. Your son is a fugitive, old man. I need you to tell me where he is."
"Please!" the father falls to his knees. "Kyle is innocent! I know there must be a mistake. He would never help a known criminal. He must have been tricked."
"Perhaps" Jaina says. "But aiding a criminal, an enemy of the Republic, is still treason. And if you do not tell me where he is, you will be guilty of treason. Do you understand?" Jaina kneels before him. "I will hurt your family. Your wife, your daughter. If you do not tell me where he is. Understand?"
"Why?" the father asks, anger building up. "We haven't done anything. They haven't done anything. My son hasn't done anything! Why do you threaten us?! We are innocent!"
"So much anger" Jaina says. "Even hate. You have a strong mind, old man. I respect that. I really do." She gets back on her feet and turns to her troops. "Lieutenant, secure them and we'll hand them over to local authorities. And I want the son, Kyle, found. Have security forces search the entire planet until he is in chains and brought to me."
"As you wish, my lady" the lieutenant says.
The trooopers grabs the family to shackle them. The father begins to fight them, as does the mother. Jaina turns to look at the ruckuss. In the woods, Tyl holds on to Kyle even harder.
"Dont!" Tyl tells him. "There's nothing you can do!"
The fight escalates. All of a sudden, the father and a trooper are wrestling for a blaster. The father wins the struggle and is standing with the blaster in his hands. The other troopers responds with gunning him down. The mother and daughter scream in despair. Kyle turns pale and falls to his knees, Tyl still holding on to him. At the farm, everyone is looking at the body.
"My lady" the lieutenant says. "What do we do? If this gets out... We should take precautions, my lady. News of this could damage the Inquisition."
"Leave no witnesses" Jaina says and heads for the shuttle. "Blame it on Weequay marauders."
The troopers line up and the mother and daughter hug. The lieutenant then gives the command.
"Fire!"
In the woods, Tyl grabs Kyle and presses his face into his chest so that he will be forced away from the horrible scene. Tyl on the other hand watches it unfold. The troops begins torching the farm and soon the buildings are ablaze and the animals stamapede into the wild. The troops enters the shuttle and it takes off.
On the shuttle, Poe presses himself up against the bars of his cell. "Jaina! What did you do?! Whatta hell did you do?!"
Jaina listens over her shoulder, and then replies, a bit reluctantly. "I protected the Republic."
Kyle runs in desperation towards his family, Tyl and Fate following. Kyle is beside himself, screaming from agony, tears flowing. Tyl doesnt do anything, he just watches, waiting. Tyl glances at the shuttle in the sky that disapears among the clouds.
"Master" Fate then says. "The young girl is not dead. I am detecting life-signs."
Both Kyle and Tyl are taken off guard as Fate kneels next to the young girl, in her late teens. The droid begins healing the girl with medical equipment he carries on him.
"Can you save her?" Kyle asks between his tears.
"She is badly wounded" Fate informs while healing her. "There is a forty-six percent chance she will survive." His arms work methodically as they patch her wounds. "She is stable. Her condition is no longer critical. But, she requires a doctor or a medical-droid for full recovery. Someone decided to not upgrade my medical program when we had the chance last month."
"Not now, Fate" Tyl growls. "This is not the time. Will she live?"
"She will live, for now" Fate says. "But she needs proper medical attention, and soon."
Kyle kneels next to his sister, and then looks at Fate. "Thank you."
"You are welcome, master Kyle" Fate says, a bit cold and droidlike.
"Come on, kid" Tyl says. "We'll get her to a doctor."
Fate slowly places Kyles sister in the speeder, now parked in the middle of the still burning farm. They all climb into the speeder, Tyl now piloting, and Kyle takes one last look at his parents before the speeder drives off. As they drive along one of the roads, Tyl glances back at the sister and then at Kyle.
"What's her name?"
"Amee" Kyle says, still upset, but he manages to collect himself somewhat. "Her name is Amee."
"She's gonna be alright, kid" Tyl says, trying to comfort Kyle. "She'll make it. We'll get her to a doctor and she'll be up and walking in no time."
Kyle nods and then there is a moment of silence.
"That senator" Kyle then says. "The one on the hologram. She wanted to bring down the Inquisition? To fight them?"
Tyl nods. "Yeah... That's the plan."
"And you need to find a wookie to do it?"
Tyl glances at Kyle. "The wookie has information that could put the leader of the Inquisition behind bars for ten lifetimes. Wookie lifetimes."
Kyle takes a look at his sister, and then turns to Tyl. "Then lets go find that wookie."
Tyl nods. "Alright... You got yourself a deal, kid."
The speeder continues along the road, cutting through the landscape and farmlands.
To be continued...