AS LONG AS THE STARS ARE ABOVE YOU [A CASSIAN ANDOR x READER STORY]

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: FATE AND DESTINY

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You walked unafraid and unarmed on the sandy beaches of Scarif. Beyond the trees, you heard the sounds of Rebels fighting the Empire soliders. They were distant to you as you walked towards where you were being pulled.

Standing tall above the pretty blue waves was a tall, grey tower. Cassian was in there. You could feel it. And so you climbed the outside of the Citadel Tower, the hood of your poncho pulled up over your head. You slipped inside when you reached the fourth floor and continued on.

An alarm was blaring and there were urgent shouts in the distance. So Cassian had already been discovered. You didn't have much time to delay. You stepped a little quicker.

"You! You aren't authorized to be here---" A flash of white crossed your line of sight. You paused in your steps, in the center of the hallway, and glanced around. Two stormtroopers stopped in front of you. One of them grabbed your arm. "I said, you are not authorized to be in here." 

"You will let go of me at once," you said, your voice steady and relaxed, "and you will allow me to be here." 

His grip relaxed and his hand raised. "I... will let go of you at once and I will allow you to be here." 

You nodded and the second stormtrooper nodded along with you. "And you will answer this... there is a group of unauthorized persons on this very tower. Where have you located them?"

"Last we heard, they were in the data vault." 

"Yeah, we heard about the data vault. Director Krennic just sent his guard squadron to the beach and he and two men went to handle the scum at the vault---" 

"Point me to the direction of the vault," you ordered. Their fingers directed you to the left. 

"Just that way. Up the ramp, to your right." 

"Excellent, thank you," you said, pushing your way between the two. As you walked down the rest of the corridor, you shouted, "You will forget that you've seen me here."

"We will forget that we have seen you here!" one said cheerfully. 

"Yes,  we have already forgotten!" the other echoed.

The directions the stormtroopers had given you proved to be correct as you located the data vault. You waved your hand slowly in front of the sealed doors. The red from the sirens above reflected in the ebony floor. You stepped on, boots light against the shiny floor, untouched and unnoticed from the Empire that was beginning to fall apart around you. 

For once, the Rebels were winning. 

You paused as you neared a second set of doors. K-2SO lay on the floor, his chest and back full of holes. Sparks flew out of the wires that were exposed in his shell. Staring at him, you swallowed hard. Cassian's droid. You'd only known him for a handful of hours, but his death flared inside of you nonetheless. Something else you hated to Empire for --- they stole and they stole and they ripped those you cared about from your life without thinking twice.