Chapter 55

Han woke up from the sound of screaming. It was from the kid.

He jumped up and saw her crying and screaming. It was like a scream for help or to stop something.

He ran to her and held her.

"Hey! Hey! It was just a dream. It's okay. You're awake now." He said softly.

Laetitia was catching her breath. She couldn't stop the tear from coming.

"It didn't feel like it." She said panting.

"What was the scream about?" Said a voice through a helmet.

Han and Leah turned around and saw a Stormtrooper standing behind them.

"Yes, sir. It was nothing. Just a bad dream. Sorry to bother you." Han chuckled nervously.

"You alright, kid?" The Stormtrooper asked suspiciously.

"Yeah … I'm … fine."


As soon as the Stormtrooper left, Han turned to Laetitia.

"You okay? You were screaming."

"I'm fine. Like you said, it was just a dream." She said wiping the tears off her face. She didn't know who she was reassuring. Han or herself.

"Well, what did you see?"

Leah gulped "I saw a … man."

"Doesn't sound so bad." Han smirked.

"He had no arms or legs." Leah said, killing Han's mood.

"Oh."

"And he was on fire."

"Okay. Yeah. That does sound bad." Han admitted quickly.

"Yeah."

"What did he look like?"

"I don't know. His face was blurred. All I could see was that he had blond hair before it caught on fire."

"It was just a dream, kid. Don't read too much into it." Han said, trying to make Laetitia feel better.

"No, it wasn't a dream. I think it was a … memory." She said slowly.

"A memory? You mean to tell me that, in your five or six years being on this Galaxy, you've seen someone burn alive?"

Leah didn't answer. What was she supposed to say?

"Jeez, kid. Who the hell were you?"

"I have no idea."


"Okay, kid. Here we are. Tatooine."

Leah stepped out of the ship. It was kind of different than she had expected but yet, familiar. And the feeling was strange too. She was being drawn to this place.

"It's … sandier … than I thought."

Han chuckled.

"Yep. And in here, you don't have to worry about the Empire, Republic, war or whatever happening in the whole Galaxy. In here, the only thing that matters is Jabba the Hutt. You're gonna have to learn Huttese language too, if you stay here, which I wouldn't recommend but not that it matters."

Laetitia looked at Han, showing him that she took the hint.

"I have to do this. If I don't find what I'm looking for, then I'll come find you on Corellia."

"Then it's a deal. But stay here and don't come to Corellia at any circumstances. As bad as Tatooine is, that place is worse. Besides, Qi'ra and I aren't staying there for much longer. We'll do whatever it takes to get off that moisty stinky planet and then come find you. To check up on you"

"Promise?"

"Promise."

"Oh and uh … if you ever need my help, don't hesitate to tell me."

"Yes, your highness" Han bowed to mock her.

"Get out of here." Leah pushed him away.

"Oh, I have to, since the ship's leaving." He said, running to the ship.

"Hey kid!"

Leah turned around.

"Take care of yourself."

She nodded and saw the ship Han was in disappear into nothingness.


5 days later

It had been 5 days since Laetitia went to Tatooine and stayed there.

She had gone from house to house, person to person, to find the person that left her in the transport ship, where she met Han and Qi'ra.

Even if she couldn't find him, it was enough as long as she found someone who knew who she was. Seeing that Tatooine was the last location she was in, that would be the place where she lived or mostly stayed in.

She had asked anyone she could find about herself but so far, she came across no that knew her.

She was walking down a back street where she was suddenly blocked when a group of bullies circled around her.

"You lost, kiddo?"

"Now, what is a small kid like you doing here?"

Leah scoffed. They definitely did not pick the best time to mess around. Or the best person, for that matter. She didn't know anything about her past but if the last few days were any indication, she could beat the hell out of those guys easily.

And if she was being honest with herself, she needed this. To punch something.

She had no memory of her past, and the mysterious burning man had never left her dreams. Nightmares, basically. Every time she closed her eyes to rest, she would be more tired than ever because she watched the same man suffer the same thing over and over again.

"Waiting for you to find me. Free piece of advice? Get out of my sight before you regret it."

All of them laughed.

"Free piece of advice? Come with us quietly, kid. Lady Proxima wants to have a word."

Proxima? Han's boss, Proxima?

Now it made more sense. It seemed to be more like an errand than bullying.

One of them, who seemed to be the leader, closed their distance and hit Leah in the head repeatedly.

"I have seen a lot of things in my life but never have I been threatened by a kid half my size. I don't care how much Qi'ra paid us. You're not going anywhere until I beat the hell out of you. She said alive, not well."

Leah touched her head. It was swollen but she had a feeling she had gone through worse.

Qi'ra? I knew I couldn't trust her! She betrayed me already?

"There is a first time for everything. Just don't say I didn't warn you."

She quickly raised her leg and hit the boy, who had hit her, in the head. He fell on the ground. The hit was strong so much that his head was bleeding.

Everyone looked at her, scared.

"Anyone else? Come on, don't be shy." Leah taunted them.

"What the hell is going on here?!" Said a voice from Leah's back.


She turned around and saw a male human standing. It looked like he was trying to stop the fight he knew was gonna happen.

"Get out of here." He threatened.

Once they were alone, he ran to Laetitia and looked at her head.

"Are you alright? You took a hard blow to the head."

"I'm fine. Who are you?" She asked as polite as she could but it still sounded rude.

The man chuckled "My name is Kitster. Kitster Banai."

Done :)