Force Survivor
Chapter 5: Fight for a friend
I DO NOT OWN STAR WARS!
He had finally made it outside where a stolen Imperial Lambda shuttle was sitting on the eastern pad. There were only two other soldiers outside. One was a tall orange scaled trandoshan. The other was a short black furred bothan. He walked up to them and the bothan quickly turned and started to introduce himself.
"Hi there. You must be...Rasef?"
"Its Rasif."
"Ah. Well my name is Amec. Nice to meet you." He held his hand out and Rasif shook it.
"Thats Chask. He doesnt talk that much but im sure that you two will get along fine." The trandoshan nodded to Rasif which he retuned.
"Come on guys we better get going." Amec went up the ramp followed by Chask. Rasif turned and looked back to the base then stepped onboard. Inside there were three T-21 blaster rifles hung on the wall and two rows of seats on either side of the cabin. Amec and Chask had sat beside each other and Amec was telling him of some drinking game. Rasif sat on the other side and leaned back against the wall. A few moments later the boarding ramp closed and the engines started up. Their dull humm filled the cabin with noise. The repulsor lifts activated and the shuttle lifted off. Rasif felt pressed back into his seat as it left the atmosphere. The hyperspace engine engaged and the ship rocketed into Hyperspace.
The young Zabrak was wrapped up in a blanket lying on her speeders backseat. She was still alive but she was hurt pretty bad. Aesree sighed. She hated her job. It hurt her emotionaly when she had to get violent. The girl rolled over.
"Hmm." Aesree said as she drove across the surface of Dantooine. Soon she would meet those troopers and this deal would be over. Her eyes fell on a picture stuck to her console. It showed a tall man with greying hair standing with two kids his arms wrapped around both of them. A tear strolled down her cheek as she saw this. She knew that this bounty would net her enough money to finally retire and live with her family.
The shuttle exited hyperspace and entered the atmosphere of the planet Dantooine. The ships intercom crackled to life.
"Guys it seems that we've been picked up on Imperial radar. Expect this ride to get bumpy." A few seconds later alarm claxons went off and the interior lights turned red.
The whine of ion engines filled their ears. The ship rocked as laser blasts connected with the ships shields.
"Ok guys now might be a good time to worry." The intercom said to them again. The ship bucked again then the ramp exploded inward and was quickly sucked back out by the pressure. The three hung onto whatever they could as the pressure equalized. Flames licked the inside of the ship as the fire outside the ship started to come in.
"Guys were about at the drop site. Im gonna fly low I cant land in this condition. Your gonna have to jump. Guys...give'em hell for me." They could see the ground rushing past now maybe three feet from the ship. The three grabbed their rifles and stedying their nerves leapt off the ship. Rasif hit and felt a jolt of pain run through his legs. He hit the dirt and rolled. A deafening explosion was heard and heat washed over them. Rasif looked up and saw the wreckage of the shuttle only fifty or so feet away. The two TIE's screamed overhead and flew away. Rasif stood and brushed himself off, then he noticed a dust cloud growing coming their way. A landspeeder rushed past them. Before it got by Rasif managed to catch a glimpse of the drivers face.
"It's her!" He took off running after the speeder going as hard as he could. The two other soldiers running as fast as they could after him. Rasif's breathing started to get heavy as he struggled to keep the speeder in sight. It went over the top off a hill and as he neared the top he fell to his knees unable to run anymore. He peered over the edge of the hill and saw a small squadron of stormtroopers moving to meet the speeder. Rasif spat into the grass and lay on top of the hill bringing his rifle around to his front aiming at the first trooper he could. His rifle shook from his exhaustion. The trigger came back and the rifle responded by blasting a red bolt at the nearest trooper. It struck him in the leg sending him into a prone position. The other 11 troopers turned to engage the new attacker and began blasting at the hill. Amec and Chask soon joined Rasif in firing. More troopers fell to their onslaught of lasers. Only three troopers remained now. One got lucky and managed to hit Chask in the shoulder. He screamed out in pain and slid down the hill seeking cover. Aesree had taken cover behind her speeder and was taking shots at Rasif and Amec. The last trooper fell and Rasif immediately jumped up rushing down the other side of the hill blasting away at Aesree. Amec joined him and was quickly shot in the chest by Aesree send him onto his back sliding down the hill. Rasif reached the speeder and leapt onto it and fired at Aesree hiting her in the arm forcing her to drop her blaster. He stepped down and aimed his rifle into her face.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't waste you right here." Rasif stared down at her his eyes full of hatred. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small holopic. She went to hand it to him and he snatched it from her. It was of a man and two small children. He aimed his rifle at her again wanting to pull the trigger, but he couldn't. He dropped his rifle and fell into a sitting position leaning up against the speeder, staring at the wounded woman.
"Is this your family?"
"Yes."
"You must care for them a lot."
"Yes."
"Look. Im going to let you live. For their sake. Im taking Kaibrei with me though. Now go and dont ever come back or you might not be so lucky."
Rasif opened the door and pulled the body of Kaibrei from the backseat. She was warm that was a good sign. Aesree scrambled into her speeder and drove away quickly. As she left another squadron of stormtroopers emerged from behind a hill. The captain rose his E-11.
"Drop her rebel scum."
"Over my dead body."
"Gladly."
The man fired a shot at him, but Rasif with amazing quickness, almost unreal, dodged the bolt. The squadron commenced firing on him, piercing his limbs in an attempt to disable him. Rasif dropped Kaibrei and fell onto his back staring at the orange sunset above.