"We are back with a new chapter and today we see Han, Finn and Chewie begin their rescue for Rey on Star Killer Base. Lets see what happens"
Chapter 12: The Search For Rey
Kylo Ren marched through every hall searching for Rey who managed to escape from the holding cells and deep down he knew she managed this with the help of the Force and he needed to find her quick before it was too late and despite the base being on alert they still couldnt find her until a Storm Tropper called out to Kylo and got his attention and approached her.
"Sir sensors triggered in hanger 718 we are searching the area" The Storm Trooper stated.
"She's beginning to test her powers, the longer it takes to find her the more dangerous she becomes" Kylo then marched past her while other Storm Troopers searched the area and in the distance Rey was hiding with her blaster ready and she looked around making sure no one would sneak up on her and once the halls were clear she quickly ran down the hall to her destination.
The Millennium Falcon was flying through lightspeed ahead of The Resistance in order to find Rey and bring down the shields on the base's isolator to give them the opening they needed to be able to destroy Starkiller Base they knew this was a suicide mission but they had to try.
Han Solo, Chewie and Finn were in the cockpit managing the systems until Finn spoke.
"Han why isnt Evelyn coming with us I thought she would come with us" Finn stated.
"Believe me kid she will be doing more good up in the sky she was trained by Poe and having her and him up there will give us more time, believe me she wanted to be with us but she understands her fight is in the sky" Solo pressed buttons and flipped switches as he respond.
Chewie grunted back in agreement and Finn turned to Solo "How do we get in?".
Solo looked around to Finn "Their shields have a fractional refresh rate keeps anything slower then lightspeed from getting through".
Finn's eyes widened "We are making our landing at lightspeed?".
Chewie grunted at Solo knowing this was a bad idea but Solo ignored him "Chewie get ready".
Finn sat back down and Chewie flipped a few switches and Solo placed his hand on a lever and took a deep breath "Now!".
They left lightspeed and Han's eyes widened at they were heading for a cliff and he quickly pulled the Falcon up as hard as he could and Chewie freaked out.
"I am pulling up!" Solo shouted back at Chewie and soon they were clear of the cliff and smashed through a forest knocking down multiple trees in their way and Chewie growled at Solo.
"IF I GO ANY HIGHER THEY'LL SEE US!" Solo argued as he kept his eye on flying and soon the Falcon burst through the forest and crash landed on the snow covered ground of Starkiller Base and the Falcon slid up to a drop but a few boulders managed to stop the Falcon in its tracks and just inches away from falling into the abyss.
In the deepest parts of StarKiller Base Kylo's anger was rising as it was taking way to long to find Rey and he knew she would soon learn how to use her powers to the fullest and soon he came up to an officer who stopped in front of him.
"Sir she was not found in Hanger 718 but all troops are on alert" The Officer stated.
"Put every hanger in lock down she's going to try and steal a ship to esca-" Kylo then turn his head and looked behind him sensing something and his anger then rose higher "Han Solo...".
Han Solo, Chewie and Finn were out of the Falcon and were running to a radio tower and took cover and then looked out into the distance and saw the main base.
"The flooding tunnels are over that ridge we'll get in that way" Finn explained as he poked out of cover with Solo looking past him at the base.
"What was your job when you were based here?" Solo asked as he looked on.
"Sanitation" Finn simply responded and Solo looked straight at him in shock and he forced Finn to look at him.
"Sanitation!? how do you know how to disable the shields?" Solo had a angry look on his face and Chewie just looked at Finn.
Finn sighed "I dont I'm just here to get Rey".
Solo couldnt believe how reckless Finn was and all he thought about was getting Rey out "People are counting on us, the galaxy is counting on us".
"Solo we'll figure it out, We'll use the Force" Finn sounded determined.
"Thats not how the Force works.." Solo just couldnt believe what just happened in a matter of seconds he went in to lightspeed thinking they had the perfect plan but now they were back to square one and then he heard Chewie grunt and he looked towards him "Oh really your cold?" Solo said in a sarcastic tone.
Finn knew he messed up but he was determined to get the job done and even though he came here mostly for Rey he had to find a way to get those shields down and he ran from out of cover.
"Come on!" Finn ordered and Solo and Chewie followed behind him towards the flooding tunnels and in the distance a beam of light from the nearby sun was pouring into the base ready to fuel the weapon and destroy its next target...The Resistance.
Rey was sneaking through the many halls of the base trying to get to the hanger and soon she can to one cornor and heard a woman talking in a calm tone and she quickly planted her back to the wall and listened in.
"You lucky Kylo Ren has given you this chance I suggest you take it and follow your orders" The woman spoke and the Storm Trooper in front of her with two higher ranking troopers standing on each side of him responded.
"With all do respect Captain Phasma I came here to get help finding someone I want dead" Rey reconised the man's voice as it was the leader of the gang that she came across with Finn, Evelyn and Solo.
"Bala.." Rey whispered to herself.
"I've heard about it, must be a huge embarrassment on your part managing to get away from you and your dead gang" Captain Phasma stated simply.
"All I want is her dead but now I have to submit myself to The First Order, this is not what I wanted" Bala had anger in his voice.
"I suggest you lower your tone you have been given a new life and new purpose no longer will you have to do dirty jobs but begin something new and better". Captain Phasma continued to look down at the new Storm Trooper and Bala took a deep breath and looked at her.
"Fine what are my orders" Bala gave in.
"Find and capture the prisoner that has escaped, we want her alive" Captain Phasma then turned away and the two higher ranking Troopers ordered Bala to follow him and Rey could hear them approaching down the hall and she quickly looked around and saw a service hatch on the floor and quickly entered it just as the Troopers turned the corner and continued to look for her and soon they vanished around another corner and Rey quickly got out of the hatch and ran towards a huge door in the distance and as she ran through it she almost fell into a huge chasem and soon realized it was a huge gap leading to the other side of the station and she looked around and saw a locked panel and couldnt open it.
"Shit" Rey cursed at herself and she knew she had no time to test the power in her so she looked up around the door and saw a couple of hatches leading up to the higher levels and she decided to take the option in front of her and started climbing up the wall hoping to reach the higher levels as quickly as possible.
Captain Phasma continued to march down the empty hall heading to where she needs to be then all of a sudden something big tackled her to the side and away from the hall and was quickly restrained by what ever was holding her and soon two people came into her view and only one caught her attention.
"You remember me" Finn frowned at Phasma.
"FN2187" Phasma calmly stated.
Finn shook his head "Not anymore my names Finn and I'm in charge here, I'm in charge now Phasma".
Solo raised his hand seeing that Finn was going over board and making his voice louder "Bring it down.."
Finn looked at Solo and calmed down and then looked up at his former Captain "Follow me".
Rey still continued to climb up the huge wall for the next few minutes and all of a sudden her foot slipped and she gasped as she lost her grip and began falling but after a few moments she managed to grab on to a hatch and caught her breath and looked down into the black abyss and her heart raced and she began panicking but soon she closed her eyes and began focusing on the people she knew to calm herself as she hanged, she remembered Finn with his cocky attitude, Chewie with his protective side and how he welcomed her in the short time they knew eachother, she remembered Solo who she indeed began to see as a father figure and then her mind came to Evelyn.
Rey thought more about Evelyn then the others, she remembered her kindness towards her such as giving her a flower from Takodana and the advice Evelyn gave her about the galaxy being full of beautiful things...she remembered everything they did in the short time they knew each other but most importantly she remembered Evelyn's smile and thats when Rey opened her eyes and looked up to the higher levels and planted her feet against the wall and resumed her climbing.
"I'm not gonna leave you guys.." Rey said to herself as she climbed harder.
Phasma was forced into a control room and was ordered to sit down at the controls and open the Base's defense systems and once she opened them she stopped despite Finn, Chewie and Solo aiming their weapons at her.
"You want me to blast that bucket off your head? lower the shields!" Finn ordered.
"Your making a big mistake" Phasma looked at Finn and he brought his rifle closer to her.
"Do it" Finn ordered again followed by Chewie growling and after a few seconds Phasma hit the command and the Base's shields were lowered.
Finn looked at the console to confirm and he smiled and turned to Solo and Phasma got up out of her seat and turned to the three.
"You cant be so stupid to think this will be easy, my troops will storm this block and kill you all" Phasma stated and looked directly at Finn as he approached her with his weapon aiming at her head "I disagree".
Finn looked back at Solo "What do we do with her?".
Solo took a few steps forward and smirked "Is there a garbage shoot?, trash compactor?".
Phasma looked straight at Solo has soon as those words left his mouth and Finn smirked "Yeah".
Back lightyears away the X- Wing Fighters if the Resistance were waiting for the signal that the shields dropped and as they flew through space Evelyn was flying in her new X-Wing and her mind was unfocused.
Evelyn felt guilty about not finding Rey when she ran into the forest of Takodana if only she kept searching a little longer she may have found her and she would have never been captured and she truly believed it was her fault.
Evelyn looked out to the side glass of her pilot seat seeing her fellow fighters flying through space along side her and soon she looked up at the billions of stars with some shining brighter then others and she wish Rey could see this one beautiful thing.
"I pray your ok Rey.." Evelyn continued to look at the stars and then she heard an X-Wing fly up next to her and it was her 'brother' Poe looking at her.
"You alright Little Wing you've been quiet for awhile?" Poe called over his radio.
"I'm fine Poe just thinking about the fight ahead of us and just looking at the stars" Evelyn smiled and looked back at them.
Poe sighed and looked at all the X-Wing fighters around them and there was at least twenty to thirty of them and there was a small chance they may not come back but they all knew if they didnt try the whole galaxy will be clouded by the First Orders iron fist and so he linked his radio to everyone and Evelyn listened in to Poe's speech.
"Ok team listen up..I know theres a chance we may not come back and I want to take this moment to be honest with you, I dont care if I die today..reason being is because there are billions of innocent people praying for hope that The First Order will be stopped and we have that chance today...we may all die today and we will be forgotten by the Galaxy but the one thing they will remember is that we destroyed The First Order's ultimate weapon and if we can destroy it at least we can rest knowing that what we did here today has freed the galaxy's fear of the First Order..they will see that we can fight back and we can win..that we sacrifice our lives for the greater good to ensure there is a better future and thats what I am fighting for...tell me what are you fighting for" Poe stated.
"Home" one pilot responded.
"Peace" another responded
"Freedom" another responded along with many others and soon Evelyn was the last to answer and she closed her eyes and took a deep breath and soon opened her eyes again.
"For Family.." Evelyn finally gave her answer and soon General Leia came over the radio.
"Attention the shields on Starkiller Base is down begin your approach and good luck to all of you...may the force be with you".
Evelyn took a deep breath and looked out at Poe who finally looked at her and she smiled.
"Lets do this and go home" Evelyn flipped her visor and one by one The Fighters Of The Resistance entered lightspeed and Evelyn hit her hyper-drive and watched as the stars began to glow brighter.
"May the force be with you.." Evelyn smiled and she took off into Lightspeed and headed straight for Starkiller Base.
Back on StarKiller Base Finn, Solo and Chewie managed to get rid of Phasma and continued to sneak down the halls to look for Rey and soon they came to a crossroads and saw a blast door which leaded to the hatch to the isolator and they needed to get that open for the Resistance and Finn had an idea and looked to Han.
"We'll use those charges to blow the blast door, I'll go in and draw fire" Finn stated and Solo looked back at Finn raising his eyebrow at him "You sure your up for this?".
Finn sighed "Hell now I'll go and try to find Rey but the Troopers will be on our tail".
Finn then saw Solo look past him but he continued to explain "Theres an access tunnel that..." Finn then saw Solo motion his head up.
"Why you doing that?" Finn copied Solo "Why you doing this I'm trying to come up with a plan".
Solo sighed and motioned Finn to look behind him and Finn turned and the two saw Rey climbing in the distance and soon she climbed up to the higher level and got to her feet and ran across a bridge leading to Finn, Solo and Chewie.
Finn smiled at Han and Chewie and the three headed off to get her.
Rey had her blaster in hand going from corner to corner and she looked back behind her and she turned to her front and gasp and raised her blaster but soon realized it was her friends who had their hands out in front of them.
"You alright" Solo asked as he made her lower her weapon.
"Yeah" Rey was wide eyed as she couldnt believe they were there and she turned to Finn.
"You ok did they hurt you" Finn asked Rey.
"What are you guys doing here" Rey asked and looked at Solo who was keeping watch and then turned to Finn.
"We've come to get you out" Finn smiled and Rey quickly embraced him.
"Thank you" Rey said out loud to all of them and she pulled back from Finn and looked around them and frowned "Where's Evelyn?".
Solo saw an alternate route to the Isolator hatch and then looked back to Rey "She's with the Resistance Fighters they are on their way to destroy Starkiller Base".
Rey was shocked "They're coming here".
Solo nodded "We need to get that Isolator Hatch up if they have any chance we're running out of time lets go". Solo headed off and Rey looked at Finn and Chewie and then they followed Solo into an elevator and the four of them headed to the upper levels hoping to get there in time.
The elevator was silent and soon Solo turned his head to Rey and he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a note which Evelyn stuck in his pocket when they embraced on The Resistance Base, he never looked at it but when Leia hugged him he looked at Evelyn wondering what she placed in his pocket and he looked at it and saw Rey written on it and he slowly presented it to her and she frowned at it and looked at Solo.
"From Little Wing" Solo gave a small smile and Rey slowly took the folded paper and opened it up and she read its contents.
"Rey, I pray this message finds you well for I may be dead once you read this..I blame myself for your capture if I had just searched a little longer..a little further then maybe you wouldnt have suffered at the hands of The First Order."
Rey's heart was beating fast as she read on.
"I wish I was there to help with your rescue but my story took me to the sky to bring down The First Order so this may be the only time I will ever see you four again"
"But know this Rey...you and Finn have become true friends..ones I will always carry with me, no matter what happens here today I want you to promise me that you will live".
Rey's eyes began to tear and Solo saw her sadness and Finn turned and saw it too and he was about to ask what was wrong but Solo shook his head at Finn telling him no and both he and Finn watched Rey as she continued to read.
"Promise me you will explore the beauties of the galaxy and take every oppertunity it can offer you...you are a true friend Rey and If I die I will watch down on you all".
"May The Force Be With You Rey...my dear friend"
"Evelyn Ryder"
Rey closed her eyes and a single tear fell down her cheek and Solo and Finn could only watch and soon Rey took a deep breath and looked at Finn and Solo.
"We need to get that hatch open as quick as possible" Rey had new determination and soon the elevator doors opened and she marched out the elevator removing her tear and was followed by Chewie and Finn and Solo.
"What was that about Solo?" Finn looked at Solo as he walked.
"I dont know kid, that was between Evelyn and Rey only" Solo looked at Finn and smiled and the two walked quicker to catch up with the now determined Rey.
"Finn and the gang have reunited with Rey and now they must do their part to help destroy Starkillerbase, Evelyn, Poe and the rest of the Resistance Fighters are on their way to fight. Its now or never for the Resistance! Get ready for the next episode!