The Way Out Is Through

by Viari

Ben Skywalker has lost so many people to war, and still he survives. (AU, 42-51 ABY. Drama, angst, action, some horror. Features Ben, Mara, Leia, Han, Tahiri, Jaina, Jag, Wedge, and several other ECs & OCs. Major character deaths ahead. Vignette/ficlet/drabble collection in my Enter!verse; prequel to "Enter the Foreign".)

2. No Such Thing as Luck

Notes: My second event is the 110 Word Hurdle (in which the name of your character isn't mentioned). I should probably apologize in advance for this one. :( The title is another steal from ANH.

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II. "No Such Thing as Luck" | 43 ABY | 110 Word Hurdle

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The explosion fills his viewport, the freighter's wreckage wreathed in flames for one blindingly brief instant before the vacuum of space snuffs them out.

Even with all the danger they've faced and the losses they've taken, and the endless procession of tragedy, he has never been able to picture a moment like this. If his father's death tore a hole in the safety net of his reality, then this one has blasted it wide open.

He watches helplessly as the Millennium Falcon's twisted, shattered carcass drifts amid a field of debris; and as the Sith's helix starfighters blast through the remains, he wonders if he will ever feel safe again.