As she came to the bottom of yet another set of dimly lit stairs and opened the door to get a glimpse of the new level she was on, Lara felt the whole ship rock slightly. She immediately knew that her parents could hold out no longer and had ordered an attack on the fleet. It made sense that they finally deduced Caine's true intention was to take out the mountaintop that they called home. It became obvious to Lara that he had ulterior motives as soon as she realized the ships hadn't left orbit when she came aboard.

As if she wasn't anxious enough to get off this ship, now it became doubly imperative that she did. She estimated that there wasn't much time left before one of three things happened. Caine's bombers fire again on the surface, the attack that had been launched from Nuldarra destroys this ship that she was on or all three of his starships decide to retreat with her still onboard. None of them were options she wanted to be a part of so she had to move and move quickly before it was too late.


The Millennium Falcon's cockpit was completely dark. BB-8 had made sure all of the ship's power was completely shut down the moment the landing gear's magnetic clamps engaged and attached it to the underbelly of the enemy flagship.

"You weren't kidding, Admiral.", Finn said in amazement as he looked out of the cockpit windows where the raging battle could be seen, albeit from an upside down perspective.

Neither Han Solo or Chewbacca said anything as they unstrapped from their piloting seats. BB-8 had popped out of his cylindrical station and was already gone from the cockpit.

"I apologize, Sir." Finn continued. "I never should have doubted you."

"Don't worry about it kid", Han replied. "If I was in your shoes, I wouldn't have believed me either."

"We pulled this trick once before on an Imperial Star Destroyer after the Battle of Hoth.", he said. "But that time we didn't have to board it. This is where the fun really begins."

"Chewie, you up for this?", Han asked with a smile as he turned to his co-pilot.

Chewbacca barked out crystal clear agreement.

"Ok guys.", the Admiral said. "Let's go get Lara."


A circular spot on the floor in the lower levels of the Spearhead started to glow a dull orange. Gradually the orange color got brighter and brighter until it was glowing white hot and throwing up sparks and smoke. The sharp smell of burning ozone began to fill the empty corridor until the border of the circle stopped glowing and quickly cooled. If anyone would have been walking through here, they would most likely be choking on the fumes by now, but luckily the area remained completely empty.

From below the floor came a loud roar and with it the round piece of metal that had just been cut from underneath flew up into the air, crashing to the ground with a thunderous clang a few feet away. A pair of long fur-covered arms then raised up a small spherical astromech droid that darted away as soon as it was set on the metal floor. The Wookie that the arms belonged to then rose up out of the hole followed a minute later by two human. With a brush of their hands all three of them dusted themselves off and made themselves ready to move.

"Where did BB-8 go?", asked Finn

"Down that way.", Han said. "I can see his lights. I hope he found a terminal to plug into. If he can download the ship schematics, we can figure out where Lara is quicker than if we are stumbling in the dark."

"Let's go.", he commanded.

All three jogged down the corridor and gathered around BB-8 who had, in fact, found a data terminal and was plugged in. The droid's interface was twisting and turning as he whistled and beeped, seemingly trying to get some kind of combination correct.

"Can you get on their network?", Finn asked the little robot.

BB-8 chirped out a quick response as he continued working

"What did he say?", Han asked

"He's trying to break their encryption.", Finn replied. "But he thinks he will have it shortly"

"Tell him to hurry up.", the Admiral demanded and Chewbacca voiced his agreement.

Finn didn't get a chance to speak. Within a few seconds the droid stopped his activity, removed his interface from the wall terminal and whistled as he turned his dome to face the group. A light blue 3-D holographic schematic of the ship appeared, projected from one of the droid's camera eyes. Near what looked like the ship's bridge was a room that he had highlighted in flashing red. BB-8 shot out a series of chirps and both Han and Chewbacca turned their gazes to Finn awaiting the translation.

"That room in red is where she is being held." Finn explained as he pointed to the hologram. "It's the personal quarters of the ship's commander."

"It's not anywhere close to here and it's going to be guarded.", Han exclaimed with a little despair in his voice. "We need to hustle and hope we can get there quickly without drawing too much attention. This is going to be harder than I thought."

BB-8 continued his electronic communication to the group with another series of beeps.

"The ship maintenance logs for that room show that it lost power unexpectedly for a short period of time about twenty-five minutes ago." Finn translated. "It was only that room…nothing else around it."

Han and Chewbacca exchanged glances that belied them knowing something about what might have happened.

"She's not in that room anymore.", Han said. "She escaped."

"How do you know that?". Finn asked.

"Trust me.", the Admiral replied. "She's looking for a way off this ship as we speak and if I know her, she's going to be moving downward to where we are. Most ships' hangars are in the lower part of the craft. She knows this too."

"So are we going to just hope we run into her?", Finn said

"We're gonna hope SHE finds us.", Han answered and pointed to the still floating ghostly hologram. "Look there on the map. That looks like the hangar. We need to get there."

"Hey droid.", he continued. "Lead the way."

BB-8 beeped in agreement and started heading down the corridor.

Just as the rest of the group was ready to follow the little rolling ball, Han Solo pulled Finn aside and spoke to him.

"Here, take this commlink.", he said as he tossed the small communication device to the young man. "In case we somehow get separated. No one gets left behind."

Finn caught it, nodded to both Chewbacca and Han and dropped it in his pocket

"Right, no one left behind."