The blazing heat of Jakku seared through the scavengers head scarf as they
Trudged across the sandy desert, toward a long abandoned spacecraft half
Buried in the sullan wasteland.
They scurried up the side of the craft, looking continuously for footholds,
This ship was huge, the hot metal burned its way into the scavengers hands, leaving unpleasant scars later.
When the scavenger finally found a whole wide enough for them to fit through, they had just beat the heat syncope, the inside of the craft was hot but not nearly as unbearable as the
Heat waves that crashed down outside, drowning its unsuspecting visitors deep in the sand filled sea.
The scavenger scavenged anything of use they could find, cables, cords,
Metal scraps and giant bolts, they stuffed everything in their sack that hung to their side.
By the time they had made it back outside their sack was barely any bigger than when they had entered.
The trek back to their base was a long one, but thankfully they had a hovering jumberling,cutting the trip in half.
As the scavenger was loading up their Jumberling they heard a sound, not quite organic,
"Bleepy Bloop"
The scavenger turned their head to witness a droid, a small BB-8 unit, orange, white and pretty
Gosh danged cute, being tied up in a net by a Teedo, dangerous bounty hunters and scavengers, relatively small but ruthless.
The scavengers head went from their sack (now attached to the jumberling)
To the droid, sack, droid, sack… They let out a sigh as they snatched their staff off the Jumberling and rushed toward the droid.
The sand dusted around them as they slid into the Teedo tripping them before they could respond, with a swift "konk" to the head with their staff the Teedo was out cold.
The BB-8 unit bleeped a thank you as the scavenger helped them out of the net,
"Don't be thanking me I just happened to be nearby" the scavenger replied with their slight accent,
Their job was done and they headed back to the Jumberling, but they heard a soft "beepboop" behind them,the unit was following them.
"No, go on, I haven't got time for this" but the BB-8 persisted so the scavenger gave in "Oh alrighty then come along" they attached the droid to their Jumberling and headed back to base, it had been a long day.
Base was a small hut barely big enough to fit the scavenger and all their things, and now with the added BB-8 unit, it was a tough fit.
The scavenger took off their head wraps and shook out their hair, it was long and gorgeous tied up into bundles but still falling gracefully down their neck, their face shone with sweat, glinting in the heat like a diamond, freshly polished.
With porcelain skin, freckles and a button nose she looked down at the BB-8 unit and said
"So what should I call?" "Bleeproop" "Just BB-8?...Alrighty then my name is Rey!"
Rey smiled at BB-8 as she pulled out some food, mixing equal parts A and B in a small platter
The mush formed into some bread which she shoved into her face.
"Bleep Bloop rrrew" Rey looked at BB-8 and then back at the bread, crumbling in her hands,
An accurate representation of how she felt on the inside. "I can't leave… I'm waiting for someone" of course she was waiting for her family, but there was something else missing from inside, Someone else, a void she feared would never be filled in her heart, it nagged at her everyday and everyday she just felt more... Empty.
Rey looked longingly out her window for a moment before letting out a big sigh,
"Alright then! BB-8, looks like we need more food, and to get you back to your master!"
Rey smiled at the droid as she put her scarves back on, picked up her staff grabbed her sack and ducked out of her hut, BB-8 in tow they trenched across the desert toward the market.