Across the Universe | D. Djarin

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"Get these guys off us! Get 'em off us!" Mayfeld yelled after Din. I looked up towards the hatch and noticed that Din seemed to have stopped to shoot at the pirates above. I could hear the noise of blaster fire as Din shot at the pirates.

An explosion suddenly went off above us. The vehicle shook violently. I grunted as my body was thrown to the side. I gripped tightly to the side of my seat so I wouldn't topple over.  An alarm started blaring throughout the vehicle, the meter on the dashboard was flashing at us. The Rhydonium danger level spiked for a moment.

"They're trying to blow the rhydonium." Din called down to us.

"You think? You should've left me in prison!" Mayfeld yelled in response.

Just when we thought we were out of danger, I could hear the sound of people yelling. It was getting louder as they gained on us. I turned around to look at Din. It looked like he had climbed up the ladder a bit more. All I could see was the imperial boots he sported.

Several more thuds could be heard from above and Din's boots disappeared from view. I could hear blaster fire from above me and I sighed to myself. "Dank Farrick."

I stood up from my chair and quickly walked over to the ladder. I clambered up the metal rigging quickly, my heart pounded in my chest due to the adrenaline that coursed through my system.

I stuck my head out of the hatch and immediately grabbed my blaster. Din was standing just in front of me with his blaster raised three pirates. Though it looked like his luck had quickly run out as his blaster started to click, indicating that it was empty. Unfortunately, The pirates noticed too and began to rush towards him.

I raised my blaster and shot at the first pirate. The bolt hit him in his thigh and he collapsed onto one knee with a yell. Din suddenly drew his arm back and threw his blaster at him. The plastic weapon bounced off of the pirates head and I almost laughed.

I pulled myself up onto the roof. Once my feet hit solid ground I looked up and saw Din holding a staff, he had clearly wrestled it off of the pirate I had shot. Din spun around and kicked the injured pirate in the back, causing the man to fall off the roof with a scream.

"Look out." I called out as a pirate approached Din from behind. I aimed my blaster but I couldn't get a good shot, the pirate was moving so much that I wouldn't be able to shoot without risking hitting Din. I clenched my jaw as I tried to get a shot.

Din seemed to be able to handle it though. He grabbed the man's arm and whipped him over his shoulder. I caught sight of the third pirate who was trying to open up our vehicle to get to the rhydonium.

I raised my blaster and shot at the pirate. I hit him twice in the chest and he stumbled off of the ship. Din came and stood next to me, the two of us were breathing heavily from the extortion of the fight. I noticed that the vehicle that the other pirates were driving was starting to gain on us. I managed to count at least 10 of them.

"Mayfeld! Pick it up. Drive faster!" Din called down the hatch to him.

Mayfeld definitely listened to him, the speed picked up and both Din and I stumbled forward. I reached my hand out and grasped his arm tightly. I felt his fingers wrap around my forearm as well, the both of us trying to keep eachother steady.

The burst of speed seemed to get us away from the pirates, but they did seem to speed up after us.

"I don't think faster's a good idea!" Mayfeld called to us from below.

The vehicle suddenly jolted sharply. Din and I stumbled backwards on our feet as the vehicle started to slow back down again. I struggled to keep my balance. I watched nervously as the pirates started to gain on us again. They cheered and yelled at us as they got closer, pumping their spears in the air as a threat.