"We are back again with more Daughters Of Fate, this chapter is the outcome of the Takodana battle. Please enjoy!"
Chapter 8: Past And Present
Evelyn and Finn continued to look at the sky as they witnessed Kylo Ren taking away Rey on to his ship and back to The First Order and soon they heard more ships approach the wrecked city of Takadona and Evelyn turned to Han who was in the distance and had a sad face on him and she marched up to him and gripped his shirt.
"Why didnt you stop them!" Evelyn demanded to know.
Solo understood her anger but he couldn't bring himself to tell the truth "There was too many of them, if I tried to take them on Rey would have been in more danger".
Evelyn gripped Solo's shirt tighter "She is on that ship as we speak, she is in more danger now then she was on this fucking planet!".
Solo gripped Evelyn's shoulders "Listen to me! we can get her back they wont kill her!".
"How do you know!" Evelyn waited for his answer and soon Finn approached them.
"The map, they must know she has seen the map" Finn guessed and Evelyn looked at Finn "The map to Luke Skywalker".
Evelyn calmed down and let go of Solo and just looked at him "Who is he Han..Who is Kylo Ren?".
Solo took a deep breath as he was hurt on the inside "Someone who used to be good".
Evelyn didnt get a straight answer and Solo walked off towards the Resistance ships that touched down.
Evelyn slowly looked to Finn "I'm sorry they got her Finn, I promise we will get her back".
Finn looked at Evelyn and tapped her shoulder and the two made their way to the Resistance ships.
BB8 managed to return to the ruins of Takkadona and came up to BB8 and Chewie and he beeped a few times up at Solo and he gave the droid a small smile "I'm glad your ok".
Solo then turned to the small ship that touched down and saw the side door open and a few Resistance fighter came out to secure the area and as more came out thats when he saw her.
Leia finally stepped out of the ship and soon her eyes came to Han Solo and after being apart she couldnt help but give a small smile as they just looked at eachother.
"Same jacket" Leia stated.
"Uh no new jacket" Solo placed his hand on his jacket as he responed and Chewie walked past Solo and appraoched and embraced Leia which she happily returned.
He then let of a few grunts as he looked back and forth between the two and then headed back to the Falcon leaving the two alone again.
"I saw him, Leia I saw our son" Solo sighed and Leia just looked with a hint of realisation and sadness.
While the two talked Evelyn saw the two from a distance and even though she was out of ear shot she crossed her arms as she watched the scene before her and soon she saw Leia approach Han and the two embraced and despite the situation Evelyn couldn't help but smile as deep down she really wanted Leia and Solo to be together again as she enjoyed seeing them together back when she was a child and soon her thoughts were cut off by Finn who came up behind after he looked for any survivors and he watched on at Solo and Leia still hugging.
"So thats Leia?" Finn questioned and Evelyn still smiled.
"Yeah she is the very reason I am alive, back when I was a child a bunch of raiders killed my parents and me being a child refused to leave them and after a day or two she came for me and took me in, those two raised me and made me into the woman I am today I owe them everything" Evelyn stated proudly.
Finn nodded and tapped Evelyn's shoulder "Its good to know you have someone who cares about you so much".
Evelyn looked at Finn "Come on lets get going".
Evelyn and Finn headed into one of the other ships while Solo and Leia headed back into the other and soon the Resistance took off back into the sky and headed back home to figure out what to do next.
On the ship heading back to the Resistance Evelyn and her arms and legs crossed as she just looked at Finn who had his head down and she could tell he was abit uncomfortable around the Resistance fighters but she assured him that they will treat him like another fighter but he wasnt so convinced so she decided to ask him something so the surrounding fighters may get to know him more.
"Finn, how did you escape from The First Order...why did you decide to help Poe?" Evelyn asked and Finn slowly looked up at Evelyn and saw some of the Resistance fighters looking at him as they were curious to know themselves.
Finn looked down at his hands and took a deep breath as he began his story. "It began on my first mission out on the field".
-One Week Ago-
FN2187 was among the many other Storm Troopers ready for deployment on a mission to find and capture a pilot with Intel on Luke Skywalker and soon Finn felt the ship touch down of the ground of Jakku and the ramp came down and he and many other Storm Troopers rushed out as blasters were being shot at them and FN2187 was one of the last to come out and his heart raced as he stepped out on to the battlefield and he quickly ran for cover as the fire fight went on and despite the Troopers were fighting against resistance they were no match for the Storm Troopers as they were quickly gunned down and soon FN2187 saw one of his soldiers on the ground holding his chest and he quickly went to him and knelt down trying to help him.
The dying Storm Trooper looked up to his fellow soldier and placed his bloody hand on FN2187's helmet and soon his hand fell smearing blood on FN2187's helmet as he died.
FN2187 could see the blood through his helmet and he froze on the spot as it was the first time he saw blood and soon everything around him went quiet and he soon flinched at explosions and screams that echoed around him and he stood up in a panic and quickly looked around not knowing where he was as all he saw was people getting killed and he needed to get away from it so he quickly ran in a direction but was soon stopped by a silver storm trooper wearing a cloak and he was able to recognize who it was, Captain Phasma.
"Storm Troopers dont run" Captain Phasma simply stated and pushed FN2187 back towards the battle and soon FN2187 was back in the middle of it all but didnt fight as he was still in a panic and soon he saw a huge ship approaching the villiage and all he could do was watch it descended but soon FN2187 was pushed by one of his commanding officers towards a group of Storm Troopers surrounding a large group of villagers and his commanding officer ordered him to stay there and FN2187 saw an old man being pulled away from the villagers by two other Storm Troopers towards the ship that finally landed and Finn looked back and thats when he finally saw him.
Kylo Ren came marching down the ramp of his ship and saw the destruction his soldiers had made and soon Kylo turned his attention to the old man being brought before him and FN2187 was able to hear the whole thing.
"You know what I've come for" Kylo Ren stated to the old man.
"I know where you come from, before you called yourself Kylo Ren" The old man responded.
Kylo just looked at him before responding in a calm and intimidating tone "The map to Skywalker, we know you found it and now your gonna give it to The First Order".
"You will never know where he is" The Old Man stood up to Kylo Ren.
"I wasnt talking to you" Kylo Ren ignited his lightsaber and struck down the old man and the sound of a blaster came from behind him and he quickly turned and used the force to stop the blast round and also trapped the shooter in his place.
The shooter struggled to break free but soon two Storm Troopers came and restrained him and marched him up to Kylo Ren and was brought to his knees and soon Kylo knelt down to his eye level and looked at him.
"The old man gave it to you" Kylo Ren stated at his shooter.
The shooter was not afraid of Kylo Ren and he ended up mocking him "Sorry I cant understand you with that thing on you".
Kylo stood up looked at the two Troopers "Search him".
Kylo continued to look at the shooter as his troopers searched him and soon one of them stated there was nothing on him.
"Put him on board" Kylo ordered and watched the Troopers take him on his ship and soon Captain Phasma approached Kylo Ren "Sir what about the prisoners?".
Kylo looked to the group of villagers and saw they were pretty much harmless and he then turned back to Phasma "Kill them all".
Phasma nodded as Kylo marched past her to his ship and the Troopers including Finn were ordered to kill them and every single Trooper except for Finn shot down the villagers and Finn just couldnt bring himself to do it and he lowered his weapon and looked away and thats when his eyes were set on Kylo Ren walking back to his ship but Kylo stopped walking and turned his head to FN2187 and the two looked at each other for a brief moment before Kylo entered his ship and Finn just looked around at what was once a village and was now a pile of smoke and ashes.
The journey back to The First Order was terrible for FN2187 as he started to wonder if what he was fighting for was the right side, seeing those poor civilians begging for their life and it was clear they were no threat just people trying to live out there lives and yet they were gunned down like the foulest creatures in the galaxy.
Once the ship touched down inside the hanger of The First Order he got himself cleaned up and made up his mind after seeing The First Order at its cruelist he made his way to the interrigation room which held the prisoner Kylo Ren had brought back and as he entered he saw the Prisoner had been beaten.
"Ren wants the prisoner" FN2187 stated to the Trooper gaurding the Prisoner and he nodded and removed the restraints and FN2187 pulled the Prisoner out of the device and marched him out with his gun on him and as he marched through the halls and once he saw the coast was clear he pushed the Prisoner into a small space and the two hid and FN2187 looked at the confused Prisoner.
"Listen carefully you do exactly as I say I can get you out of here" FN2187 stated as he removed his helmet "This is a rescue I'm helping you escape can you fly a TIE Fighter?".
The Prisoner looked him up and down "Are you with the Resistance?".
"What?, no no no I'm breaking you out can you fly a TIE Fighter?" FN2187 asked again.
"I can fly anything" The prisoner responded and FN2187 was over the moon.
"Why are you helping me?" The Prisoner asked.
FN2187 just looked at him with a serious face "Because its the right thing to do".
The Prisoner just looked at him and couldnt believe a Storm Trooper had a change of heart and he smiled "We're gonna do this".
FN2187 and The Prisoner played along as they made it to the main hanger and it was full of Storm Troopers and other officers and FN2187's heart was beating out of his chest.
"Ok stay calm stay calm" FN2187 whispered and The Prisoner rolled his eyes "I am calm".
FN2187 looked at The Prisoner "I'm talking to myself".
The two got closer to the TIE Fighters and once they were past most of the officers they quickly made their way into one of the Fighters and prepped the engine.
"Always wanted to fly one of these things" The Prisoner checked the controls and looked back at FN2187 "Can you shoot?".
FN2187 ditched his helmet "Blasters I can".
The Prisoner set up the launch procedure "Ok same principle use tog on the left to switch between missiles, cannons and MAG pulses and use the one on the right to aim and triggers to fire".
FN2187 looked back and forth on both handles "This is very complicated".
The Prisoner took control of the ship and lifted off and headed for the exit until something stopped them dead in their tracks and then they realized they were still attached to the fuel line.
"I can fix this" The Prisoner stated and pressed a few buttons and all of a sudden alarms went off in the hanger and the surrounding Storm Troopers opened fire at the Fighter but FN2187 finally gotten used to the controls and opened fire on the Storm Troopers as The Prisoner tried to get them free and he fired all over the place by taking out the other TIE fighters there and then destroyed the control tower and after a few moments the fuel line disconnected from the Fighter and they took off into space.
"Whoa this thing really moves" The Prisoner stated as he turned the TIE Fighter and headed under the ship and towards the turrets.
"Alright we got to take out as many of these cannons as we can or we're not gonna get very far I'm gonna get us into position so stay sharp" The Prisoner ordered as he moved closer to the cannons while avoiding their attacks.
"Up ahead do you see it? I got us a clear shot" The Prisoner stated.
"Ok I got it!" FN2187 responded and locked on to the cannons in front of them and opened fire and soon the two cannons exploded as the Fighter went passed them.
"YEAH! Did you see that did you see that!" FN2187 exclaimed and The Prisoner laughed "I saw it".
The Prisoner then took the TIE fighter away from the ship and avoided the mini turrets with ease and finally they were clear from the ship.
"Hey whats your name" The Prisoner called back.
"FN2187" FN2187 responded.
"FN what?" The Prisoner had trouble remembering.
FN2187 shook his head "Thats the only name they ever gave me".
The prisoner turned back to flying "Well I aint using it, FN huh..Finn I'm gonna call you Finn that alright?".
FN2187 thought about the name and smiled "Finn yeah Finn I like that".
The Prisoner smiled "I'm Poe, Poe Dameron".
"Good to meet you bro" Finn called back.
"Good to meet you to Finn" Poe called back as he set the TIE Fighter to Jakku.
-Present Day-
The Resistance soldiers and Evelyn all leaned forward in their seats as they listened to Finn's story and even though Finn may have been uncomfortable around them he had earned their respect for pulling something like this off.
"After that we ended up getting hit and we crashed on Jakku, I ended up getting ejected from the TIE Fighter and it crashed further away and by the time I got to it...it sank into the sand" Finn sighed remembering the day he lost a friend and Evelyn closed her eyes and breathed heavily and then placed her hand on top of Finn's and he looked at her and saw her smile.
"He would have been proud of you" Evelyn comforted Finn.
Finn shook his head "I just wish he got out alive".
One Resistance Fighter on the far end of the group stood up "Dead? what you talking about he was just with us".
Evelyn and Finn snapped their heads to the Resistance soldier.
"What!" Finn and Evelyn said in unison.
"Yeah he arrived at the base not to long ago, he put a tracker on BB8 and thats how we were able to find you he lead the attack". The Resistance soldier smiled and Evelyn and Finn looked at each other and Finn was in shock and Evelyn fell back on her seat bring her hand to her mouth and started crying and one Resistance soldier next to her comforted her.
Finn let out a surprise laugh "He's alive!".
Evelyn just looked to her front then slightly lowered her head with a tiny open smile. "I cant believe it..".
The transport was now close to the planet The Resistance was based and Evelyn looked out of the window and saw The Millennium Falcon fly past them to the planet, they finally made it to The Resistance and were more determined to bring down The First Order.
"Bits of dialogue was changed slightly but mostly the same. Han and Leia gave reunited and now a plan is needed to save Rey and stop Starkiller Base, Next chapter will be up soon! Hope your ready :)