Chapter 58
Ami unintentionally turned around, ready to respond to that name. For whatever reason, it sounded familiar. The voice wasn't coming from a human. It was from a Wookiee. They were basically giant moving carpets who lived on the planet Kashyyyk.
"Laetitia?" The Wookiee roared.
"Excuse me?"
"It's me. Chewbacca. Remember? Your friend Ahsoka Tano saved me a while back, during the Clone Wars. Ahsoka introduced us when I brought her back to Coruscant." He said in his language.
Ami's eyes popped out of her skull.
What the hell is he talking about? And why does that name, 'Ahsoka Tano', sound familiar?
"Come on, you furball! We haven't go all day!" Said an irritated voice from behind. It was getting closer, closer, closer and …
A familiar face came out. One Ami knew.
"Han?!"
"Kid?!"
They both chuckled and hugged each other for a moment.
"What are the odds? You're still on Tatooine?!" Han said breaking the hug.
"Yeah. It just … turned out this way."
"Hmm. Look at you! You're so big now."
"That is really sweet. Nice to see you've grown up over the past 6 years." She smirked.
"Yeah, I couldn't help it."
"How do you know her?" Chewbacca roared.
"Um, well … technically, I don't."
"I met him 6 years ago on a transport ship. I saved his ass." Ami explained.
"You did not." Han said quietly.
"You wanna try that again?" She raised her eyebrow.
Han looked away, not wanting to give her the satisfaction.
"Speaking of which, where's Qi'ra?" She asked while avoiding eye contact. She didn't want to bring up to Han that his girlfriend tried to kidnap her the first day she got there.
Han's smile disappeared as the mention of Qi'ra.
"Han?"
"She's gone." Han said quietly.
"What do you mean? What happened?"
"Well, we escaped Corellia, as we said we would, but Qi'ra couldn't make it out. I tried to get back but it was impossible. Anyway, a while ago, I saw her again but she left when I was done with the job. I waited for her but … she just got rid of me and left."
Ami was surprised. Not that Qi'ra left but that she did it to Han. She could feel the sadness in his voice.
"So let me get this straight. You went from being a smuggler … to being a smuggler?" She joked, trying to cheer him up.
Han chuckled.
"Well … huh. I never thought of it that way. The point is, now I answer to myself."
"Hmm … So, you don't have to deliver something to someone? Oh, wait! That's what you did on Corellia." She said, smiling.
"Well, I have my own ship." He said, trying to get back at her.
"Come on, kid. I'll show ya."
"It's Ami."
"What it?"
"My name. it's Ami Banai now."
Han smiled in happiness "So you found the jerk who left you?"
"No, I … you know what. It's a long story and I'll tell you on the way. Let's go see your ship."
Han led Ami to the parking where his ship was.
"Now, be prepared to be amazed."
"Okay."
"I give you Millennium Falcon." He said, showing off his new ship.
Ami was speechless and just stared at the bucket of bolts in front of her.
Han laughed.
"I know, right? What a …"
"Piece of junk!" Ami said, being disgusted.
"WHAT?!"
"Yeah! Did you even pay for this thing?"
"I won it."
"Did you see it beforehand?"
"Of course I did."
"Oh my God. I was right. You really do have a mental problem." Ami said, glaring in fake disappointment.
Chewie laughed and agreed with her.
"Ha ha ha. Laugh it all, buddy. And you!" He pointed his finger at Ami "You don't even know what you're talking about."
"Actually, I do. I work in a mechanical shop now."
"You do? Well, I bet you return the stuff more broken than they were. What other skills did you pick up along the way?"
"The skill to shut you up. Oh, wait. I already did that."
"When?" Han asked in confusion.
Ami swung her leg and made Han trip.
"Right now." She laughed.
"Ow."
"So, Chewbacca, was it? We've never been officially introduced. I'm Ami Banai. This idiot's friend." She pointed at Han.
"Hey!"
"I'm Chewbacca. Call me Chewie. Sorry for mistaking you with someone else." Chewie roared.
"It's fine. Tell me, Chewie, how did a wise Wookiee, such as yourself, end up with the stupidest person in the Galaxy?" She asked as they walked and left Han behind.
"Yeah. Don't wait for me or anything."
On Coruscant
The First Sister had just finished her report to her master, Darth Vader, about the last Force-sensitive she hunted and killed.
This one had a kid. A brunette daughter that reminded the Inquisitor of someone she used to know.
Laetitia Naberrie, Ahsoka Tano's best friend. She was always hanging around her, so whenever she saw Ahsoka, she would see Laetitia too.
That kid was always annoying. The Jedi used to call her 'the Savior'. She didn't deserve it but was a general and a knight at the age of 4, right after the First Sister faked her death.
When the Empire was built and the Republic had been destroyed, the first thing she wanted to do was to find that brat and kill her but Jedi master Obi-wan Kenobi beat her to it.
And it was later known that all her powers and strength in the Force came from her father. Anakin Skywalker. The man who had caught her and made her confess for something his Padawan was framed for. She wanted to kill Naberrie even more, just to make her pay for her father's doing but they were both dead.
She had been sentenced to death by the Supreme Chancellor, Sheev Palpatine, who was now the Emperor. He had come and visited her the night before her execution and took her as his apprentice. But that didn't last long because Darth Vader came along and, once again, someone else took her place.
She suddenly came out of her thought when she realized something was wrong with her lightsaber. It was connecting with someone, or rather calling for them.
But how is that possible? This crystal belongs to me. I own it!
She scoffed bitterly.
Even this crystal is making fun of me.
She decided to follow the crystal's will and find out who it thinks is more worthy than her to hold it.
The Kyber crystal was telling the-once Barriss Offee, and now the First Sister, to go to Tatooine and kill her or him.
Back on Tatooine
Han, Ami and Chewie were walking together but Ami suddenly stopped when she felt something weird. Like someone was calling for her. It wasn't saying a name but she knew it was for her.
Find me.
"You okay, kid?" Han asked.
"What, you didn't hear that?"
"Hear what?"
Ami blinked but decided to let it go.
"Nothing."
"So, this Kitster guy … does take care of you?" Han asked her.
"Why? You worried?"
"No … I just …"
"Anyway, he does. I don't know what I would've done if I hadn't met him. He takes care of me like his own daughter."
"That's good." Han muttered quietly.
"You have to come meet him."
"What?" Han and Chewie said at the same time.
"Come on! It'll be … Ooh!" She never got to finish her sentence as she bumped into someone.
"Oh. I apologize …" But the man stopped when he saw whom he bumped into.
Obi-wan had bumped into Laetitia!
Done :)
