Chapter 53
Qi'ra was sitting on the ground, still shocked with what she had just witnessed. It wasn't even possible.
Some idea suddenly hit her. She and Han wanted to leave the White Worms and this mysterious kid could be their ticket out of it. Proxima would be more than thrilled to have a child by her side. That way she could make a warrior out of her, if she wasn't already one. A perfect smuggler and bounty hunter.
"How's your leg?"
Han's voice brought Qi'ra back to reality.
"It's already healed." She changed her position and was facing Han.
"Listen, I have an idea."
"Okay. About what?"
"About the girl."
"What about her?"
"Are we really gonna send her back to Tatooine?"
"That's what she wants and I think she's a little too stubborn to change her mind."
"How about … we take her to Corellia with us?"
Han almost jumped out of his seat.
"Okay, I'm not saying Tatooine is a good place but what makes you think that that moisty planet is a better option?"
"We could trade her to Proxima. Her for us."
Han scoffed. He couldn't believe what Qi'ra was suggesting.
"Think about it. Proxima would love to get her hands on someone like her. And the kid needs a purpose …"
"Yeah. That is a great plan but I just don't see how throwing a five-year-old kid who has amnesia, in the arms of the great Lady Proxima would do us any good." Han snapped.
"It would set us free. Han, we've always wanted to leave …"
"Not like this." Han said quietly as he pushed himself away.
"What, you really think that I like doing this? We don't have a choice! It's either us staying or her joining. We should choose us above anything else. That's how we've survived."
Han went deep to his thought. She was right. They should choose themselves above anyone else. That's what survival was. That's how they managed to stay alive for their entire life. But this was different.
He had just met the kid. She had no memory of her life, didn't even know her own name or her parents. She was a wreck as it was. She couldn't have more pressure in her life. She would snap and do something stupid, like hurt herself or even worse.
And now Qi'ra was saying to give her the life they were escaping. That was practically literal hell. Han wouldn't willingly put her through that.
"Not like this. Okay? We'll find another way."
"Han …"
"Qi'ra, no. We are NOT doing this. End of discussion." Han said and didn't wait to hear Qi'ra's reply as he walked out of the room.
Laetitia was wandering around in the transport ship. She still couldn't wrap her head around what happened.
From what she could tell, she couldn't be more than 5 or 6 years old. So how the hell did she know how to fight and injure 2 smugglers who were 5 times her size?
She wondered, wondered and wondered.
She could feel something inside of her that was empty. Like a void. It wasn't just her memories. She knew that much. But there was something else. Like she was in great despair. Maybe that was the reason why she felt like that.
She saw a mirror, so she walked to it. She hadn't gotten the chance to take a look at her face since she woke up without memories. Meaning she had no idea what she looked like.
She stood in front of the mirror but gasped when she saw the scar on her face.
How did I get this?
She softly touched the big scar on her small face. The scar was big enough that it had ripped her left eyebrow and cut the eye under it in half.
She took a closer look. She saw that her eyes were chocolate brown and she focused on her hair. It was brown but Leah felt there was something wrong with it. Like it wasn't supposed to be like this.
She looked down at her body but saw another scar on it. Well, multiple scars but one grabbed her complete attention. The grey skin on the left side of her chest.
She touched it grossly but it felt weird. Like the skin cells were dead and it was a dead tissue.
Around her neck, there was a necklace hanging. It was beautiful. It had a colorless crystal which shone in light and changed its color to purple. On the crystal, there was a metal piece. Leah took a closer look and saw a flower-shaped metal on the purple crustal. For whatever reason, the necklace meant a great deal to her.
She still didn't remember anything from her past, mysterious life but she knew one thing. She had seen things that no five-year-old has. No adult has.
Laetitia couldn't hold the frustration she felt in any longer so she punched the metal wall. The punch was strong enough that the wall had signs of punching on it. Three knuckles.
She felt Han closing in on her.
"How you doing, kid?"
Leah gave him a sharp look.
"Right, stupid question. Listen, we, uh, are you sure you wanna go back? To Tatooine? That planet is not exactly kid-friendly. Besides, you don't even know if you'll find anything."
"I need answers. I have no idea what I used to do in my life. If there is even a possibility that I'll get them on Tatooine, then that's exactly where I'm going."
Han sighed. He had a feeling that no matter what he said, the kid would still do what she wanted.
"Okay. Well, we'll reach Corellia in a few hours and then the ship will turn around and go to the planets we passed on our way. If you wanna get to Tatooine, you'll have to wait for 12 hours or so."
Leah nodded in understanding. She had no idea what she was gonna do but one thing was sure. She needed to go to Tatooine. She could feel it in her guts that she had something important there. Something or someone.
Done :)
Okayy, this was chapter 53. Hope you enjoyed it. Yes, I brought Han and Qi'ra to the picture. And before you ask, no. Laetitia and Han are NOT going to be a couple. They'll just be really good friends. In Leah's time on Tatooine, we'll see some new characters joining the story.
Follow it and see what happens ;)
