Teamed Up With Rebels

Sage and Bodhi

1 BBY - 0 ABY

The pilot seemed to be rather out of it when Cassian ran up to the bars to try and speak to him. "Are you the pilot?" Cassian asked.

He just sat there, swaying back and forth slightly. Sage and Cassian were up against the bars, "What's wrong with him?" Sage asked.

"Hey, hey, are you the cargo pilot?" Cassian asked again.

"Pilot?" The man mumbled.

"Galen Erso," Cassian said, the pilot's head turned slightly, "you know that name?"

The pilot just stared at the wall, "I brought the message.." he mumbled. "I'm the pilot.." He then gasped slightly, turning towards Cassian like he had just remembered who he was. "I'm the pilot," he said confidently. 

Sage and the pilot's eyes connected for a moment, a long moment. Jade noticed the connection between them, it was like Sage had been completely fascinated by the man all the sudden.

The pilot looked away to Cassian's abruptly, and said it one more time, "I'm the pilot." 

"Okay, good," Cassian began, "Now where's Galen Erso?"

The pilot had told them everything, how Galen Erso sent him from a base in Eadu (pronounced EEDOO) with a message to deliver. And that Galen would still most likely be on Eadu.

All the sudden it felt as though there was an earthquake. the roof started collapsing in and the dust was going everywhere. All the rebels who were sitting outside the cell had suddenly started to grab their stuff and run out of the base. 

Cassian was quick to use the pin he was holding and jabbed it into the cell's keypad on the wall next to the door. Sparks flew and the cell door opened. Baze, Chirrut, Cassian, Sage and Jade all ran out and began grabbing their stuff from a large pile. 

Cassian got on his comlink to the ship, "K-2, K-2, K-2-"

"There you are!" K-2's voice responded, "I'm standing by as you requested. But there's a problem on the horizon, there is no horizon."

"Locate our position, bring the ship in here now!" Cassian yelled into the comlink.

"Where are you going?" Chirrut asked as Cassian walked off.

"I'm going to go get Jyn, get the pilot out, we need him!" Cassian demanded as he ran off towards where they took Jyn.

Sage was quick to pull out her lightsaber and destroy the keypad next to the pilot's cell, opening the door and grabbing the pilot by the arm when he decided to take too long. Sage rolled her eyes, "C'mon, let's go."

The whole place was shaking and they began running through the base, attempting to find the entrance. The pilot was the first one out, and he decided to stop and stare at the large explosion coming from Jedha City. The rest of them got out and watched as the ground started to lift up like a giant Tsunami that was coming straight towards them.

Around the corner, their U-wing ship had started to fly next to the Dirt Tsunami, coming and landing down in front of the base. Baze, Jade and Chirrut were the first to start running towards the ship, then it was Cassian and Jyn who ran past, yelling at Sage and the pilot. Sage started running, then realized the pilot wasn't running and went back for him, grabbing his hand and practically dragging him towards the ship.

They finally got to the ship and all dived on, the pilot hitting his head against the metal bench as him and Sage jumped on. Cassian yelled to K-2SO, "Get us out of here!"

Jyn watched as Saw stood at the entrance of the base that was now completely collapsing. Cassian ran to the cockpit at K-2SO began taking off. "I'm not very optimistic about our odds," K-2SO said.