14 Years Later (Ha, chapter 14)

The Silver Flight

"Caroline, is there any trace of the Empire?" Lyra asked Caroline, who shook her head.

"Absolutely no trace. They can't find us, we went too far in hyperspace." Caroline said and leaned back in her chair. "We're free to play Space-net, Super Speed, or even Tetris!" Caroline was far too happy about this break.

"Or, I don't know, fix the booster that almost cost us our lives." Lyra points out and Caroline looks up before nodding.

"That too." She admitted as Lyra tied her dark brown curls back. She has long curls, that went all the way past her shoulders. She always felt like she probably shouldn't be growing her hair too long, but she liked rebellion.

"Okay, you take a break, you barely got us out of that Empire strike." Lyra smiled and Caroline rolled her eyes.

"Not that close," Caroline protested. "I was at least, ten miles apart."

"That's not that far away in space," Lyra pointed out and with a smirk.

On that note, Lyra walked away to fix the booster that almost broke on her, but never did.

***Yep, I like Time Laspes***

When Lyra was done fixing the booster, which only took her an hour or so, she found Caroline in the vault, counting the money they stole. The empire was rich, they had money to burn. But they always wanted to do budget cuts, which meant that there were cheaper windows than usual, right in the places nobody cares about. Which turned out where Caroline and Lyra snuck in and stole a few thousand credits.

"7213 credits." Caroline smiled and quickly did the numbers in her head. Lyra didn't know how, or why, but Caroline was amazing at math. "That's enough to get us fuel to the outer rim, and with the other credits we have left, it should be enough for a year supply of food and shelter, a year and 28 days to be excat." Lyra nodded as Caroline laughed, this beautiful melody.

"Come one, Lyra, we have to take a break. I'm getting tired of this steal and run technique. Let's settle down for a little bit." Lyra bit the inside of her cheek when Caroline puts on a serious tone. "Lyra, we deserve it. You deserve it. You went through a whole lot more hell than me. I don't care if it's only for a year or whatever, I just know that I want to take a break."

"I don't know, Care," Lyra responded, rubbing the back of her neck. "I feel like there's so much more out there for me. So much more."

"Well, duh, Lyra." Caroline responded. "Your a Jedi, of course there's a lot more for you." Lyra rolled her eyes at the comment, but didn't acknowledge it.

"Plus, Lyra." Caroline lowered her voice and looked at the ground. "It was always Mom's plan to head to the outer rim."

That got to Lyra, the Mary subject was touchy, but Lyra shook off the feeling and smiled. "Okay, just for a year though. After that, it's back to the steal technique. I love an exciting life."

"We know, Ly." Caroline said with a laugh. "We definitely know."

***Bloop***

The ride in hyperspace was going smoothly as the friends talked as auto-pilot was on. It was a nice, smooth ride, they had enough fuel to go all the way to the outer rim. After that, they can settle down. Lyra's nineteen and Caroline was 20, they both felt like they needed a break.

"I think that the Rebels are dumb." Lyra said and drank some flavoured water. "How can they even think about defeating the empire? They're a bunch of idiots who think they can do anything. They have the spirt, but really, the top weapons and training is what really counts. I bet half of them are spies for the empire."

"I know right," Caroline said with a smile. "I feel lik-" But Caroline couldn't finish when a loud beeping sound went out which scared the living day lights out of them.

"What's happening!" Shouted Caroline as Lyra got up and checked the engine room.

"The hyperspace!" Lyra screamed when she got there and saw smoke bursting through the top. "Its burning like hell! Turn the damn thing off!" With that, Caroline turned off the hyperspace, which sent them whizzing through space. Lyra looked out the windows and saw the burners starting to catch fire.

"We have to land!" Lyra shouted through the annoying beeping. "Before this ship blows up!"

"Lyra, take the wheel, your a better pilot!" Caroline shouted as Lyra raced back to the pilot room, where she quickly took the wheel. "I'll go get the valuables."

Lyra's eyes got watery as she looked for a planet that had oxygen and life. She kept turning her head from side to side when she found one that caught her attension. The screen that showed the ratings said O2 found, but that wasn't what caught her attension.

What caught her attension was this weird pull wanting her to come there.

"Caroline, hurry up in there!" Lyra screamed as she heard rustling. She could smell the smoke coming from the engine room.

"I'm coming!" Caroline shouted and returned with her several boxes of credits.

"What took you so long?" Lyra asked casually, as if this was an everyday thing.

"I needed to grab your-" Caroline replied, but couldn't finish when a rattle so hard it shook their seats went out. Lyra's head hit the steering wheel as they dipped into the atmosphere of the planet she chose. When they crashed, both were unconscious, the air bags popping out, supporting their fall.

So the two best friends crashed on the sandy planet of Tatooine.

***Cliche right?***

I know that this was short, but I needed (okay, wanted) a cliffhanger. It's so suspenseful that way!

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Emily