Chapter 52
Han and Qi'ra looked at each other.
"What do you mean you have no idea?"
"Where am I? Who … am I?" Leah asked panicking.
"You're on a transport ship. The last destination is Corellia." Qi'ra explained.
"What's happening?! Why don't I remember anything?!" Laetitia begged with tears in her eyes. It wasn't really a question. She was just scared.
She put her head in her hands and looked down. She was a wreck.
"Hey kid, calm down." Han said, trying to relax the little girl in front of her, but it wasn't working.
"Why don't you have some water?"
After a while, Laetitia was finally calm. Well, as calm as one could be in her situation.
"Do you know anything about me?" Leah asked the two strangers.
"Well, we've never seen you before if that's what you're asking. All we saw before you woke up was that some guy brought you aboard on the ship." Han explained.
That got Laetitia's attention.
"Wait, did you see the guy? The one who brought me here?"
"I didn't get a good look at him. I thought he was just a father here with his kid …"
"He had blue eyes and ginger hair. I don't remember his face, though." Qi'ra said.
That was enough for Laetitia to go on. She had to find a ginger-haired man with blue eyes. There are a lot of people with that appearance but that didn't mean she should give up.
"How can I go back to this … Tatooine?"
Han blinked. "Do you even know what you're asking? You might not remember, kid, but Tatooine is no place for kids. Especially ones with …"
"I have no other choice! I have to find him."
"Who? The man who left you? He left you, kid! Why go looking for a father …"
"He's not my father." Leah suddenly said.
"How do you know that? I thought you said you had no memory."
"I don't. It's just … a feeling. I'm close to him but I don't think I'm his daughter."
"Whatever. The point is, he left you. How do you even know he's not the reason you don't remember anything?" Han tried to reason with her.
It was weird. He had seen the girl for the first time and had only known her for 20 minutes but he felt like he had to protect her. Like she was his sister or something.
Laetitia looked down. To be honest, that thought did occur to her. But none of that mattered. That man was the only one who knew her and she would do anything to find him.
"Why do you wanna find him?" Qi'ra asked.
"I … I at least need to ask for my name." Leah said quietly.
Han looked at her with sympathy in his eyes. He felt sorry for the kid.
They were interrupted by a fake cough and the sound of laughter. By the looks of it, they were a bunch of criminals and losers.
"Hey, Han. What ya doin' here? Your Lady Proxima sent ya?"
"Qi'ra. You still with this loser?"
"You on White Worms business? I thought you two lovebirds left the place by now."
Leah was confused. She didn't know what 'White Worms' or who this 'Proxima' was. She doubts she even did before she had memories.
"Guys, we don't want any trouble." Han said, placing his hands in the air. He was giving them a fake smile.
"Oh but that's exactly what we want." One of them said, punching Han in the nose.
Leah gasped in horror but she got the feeling that it wasn't her first time seeing violence.
What a pleasant first memory!
"Han!" Qi'ra shrieked and tried to go to her boyfriend but another loser grabbed her from behind.
"Where do you think you're going, beautiful? We're not done with your boyfriend."
Qi'ra moved uncomfortably. She punched the guy in the stomach but twisted her ankle in the process. She was free but fell on the ground.
"You little …!" He raised his hand to hit her but Leah moved quickly and twisted his arm in the opposite direction.
The other guy who was holding Han let go of him and came at Laetitia. She dodged the punches easily and knocked the guy out.
The guy whose arm was twisted took out a knife and attacked Leah but she quickly took the knife out of his hands and scratched him in the face.
He fell on the ground and put his hand on his bleeding eye. He knew he was fighting a fight he couldn't win, so he ran out of there, leaving his friend behind.
Qi'ra and Han looked at Laetitia with wide open eyes. The way she fought, the way she easily and fearlessly knocked the big guys out. It was clear she had fought a lot in her short life. Who knew what she was doing before?
Laetitia stared into nothingness and whimpered.
How did I even know how to throw a punch? I don't even look older than 5 or 6 years old. What the hell was I doing that I knew how to fight this well?
"Han, are you okay?" Qi'ra asked as she tried to stand up but failed. Her ankle was twisted badly.
"Yeah. It was just a punch. Are you okay? Your ankle doesn't look so good." Han said as he ran to Qi'ra.
"It's twisted, not broken."
He placed a kiss on her cheek.
Qi'ra turned to Leah angrily "Have you been holding out on us? You're just a kid. How do you even know how to walk, let alone fight?!"
Leah just looked down. She didn't even know how to answer that.
"Qi'ra, give her a break. She's just a kid." Han whispered harshly.
"How did a 'kid' know how to fight so well to actually be able to cut them with a knife?"
Han didn't say anything. He was shocked too. It was clear the kid was too, more than them, even.
"Just tell me something, kid. Were you … an assassin or something?" Han asked laughing. He didn't mean what he said but that put Leah to deep thought.
Is that why someone took my memories? Because I did bad things and hurt people?
Done :)
