【 HOPE 】 ✓

CHAPTER FOUR

"Octavia! You have a meeting with the senators in ten minutes!" Cael yelled as he banged onto his older sister's apartment door. There was a lot of fumbling and shuffling before it was thrown open.

Octavia stood there with barely any clothes on and disheveled hair. "Cael! What did you say about the senators?" She asked, acting like she wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary. Cael stood there, dumbfounded, before Octavia raised her eyebrows in question.

"Uh- yeah." He cleared his throat. "We have a meeting with the senators in ten minutes, and I was offering to walk with you."

Octavia patted his chest with a small smile on her face. "That's okay Cael. I'll meet you there."

Before he could protest any farther, Octavia was already turning around and pushing the door closed. After it was shut, she threw herself against the wood and let out a heavy sigh. Octavia definitely did not want to meet with the senators. She had a feeling they would want to talk about what the empire was like or send her off onto a mission she might not come back from.

Without giving it another thought, Octavia threw herself off the door and walked into the bathroom of her tiny apartment. The mirror inside was cracked and basically the size of her face alone. Octavia did her best at getting her hair looking normal, but barely anything worked.

Next, she shuffled out of the small bathroom and then walked back into the bedroom area. Her clothes from the other day were in a dirty pile in the corner of the room, so she moved to the closet to pick out her outfit.

Octavia went in and picked out a white draped shirt and a pair of tan pants. After quickly throwing those on, she grabbed a pair of brown riding boots and stepped into those as well. Octavia grabbed a dark brown jacket and laid it on her arm.

As Octavia made her way to the door, a sound from behind her startled her. The guy that she had slept with the night before was laying in her bed, arms draped over the side. Octavia quickly rushed out of the apartment and locked the door behind her. She obviously regretted her actions and wished that she could take them back the instant the whole ordeal was over with. The worst part was that she didn't even know his name.

As she walked, Octavia picked a small grape off of a cart that was moving by her, and threw it in her mouth. She savored the taste as she picked up her pace towards the room that the meeting was being held in.

The Malfoy girl arrived literally on the dot of twelve. Cael pursed his lips and shook his head in her direction. Octavia threw a smile his way before taking a seat in one of the chairs towards the front. Senator Mothma emerged from the shadows and took her place in front of the large table in the middle of the room. It was lit up with many little shapes that Octavia always wondered what they represented.

"Good evening, everyone." Senator Mothma stated, making everyone mumble a 'good evening' back to her. Octavia sighed and leaned her head back in annoyance. She hated these meetings with every bone in her body.

"We have a lot to take care of this meeting, so let's get started." Another senator piped up from Octavia's left. Senator Mothma nodded her head in agreement before glancing around the room. "One of the best shooters the rebellion has seen, finally returned from being captured by the empire." Senator Mothma said, pointing in Octavia's direction. Octavia put on a fake smile and quickly stood, waving around the large room.

"Tell us, Miss Malfoy, what was it like inside the empire?" A different senator asked as Octavia took a seat back in her chair.

"Just terrible. They barely fed me, and treated me like an animal." Octavia stated, causing most of the room to erupt in gasps and whispers.

Senator Mothma banged on the large table once, and the room was instantly silent. "How would you like to get revenge on the empire for treating you like the way they did?" She asked, looking directly at Octavia.

"Hell yeah."

"Well there has been talk of a death weapon in the hands of the empire. It was designed by a man named Galen Erso." The senator paused to point in the direction of a girl on the other side of the room. "Jyn Erso's father.

"There was an imperial pilot, named Bodhi Rock, who successfully smuggled a holographic message from Galen Erso. Though, he is presumed missing at the moment. The word is that he was taken by a man named Saw Gerrera on the planet of Jedha.

"I need you to engage in a mission to maintain the message and bring it back to us so we can create plans to destroy this death machine. Are you up for it?" The senator asked, looking straight at Octavia.

Octavia thought everything over in her head. Every time she agreed to a mission, there was always that possibility that she might not come back. She could never do that to Cael.

"I'm honored to go on the mission." Octavia stated.

"Great! You will team up with Jyn Erso and Captain Cassian Andor to retrieve the message."

Octavia narrowed her eyes when she heard Cassian's name and then turned to look at him. Cassian emerged from the shadows after getting the introduction, and glanced around the room until his eyes landed directly on Octavia.

"This mission is going to be very dangerous. There's always a possibility that you don't come back. Are you still up for it?" He asked.

"Hell yeah."

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hey this chapter wasn't too bad. i actually liked how I wrote it.

now the real action is starting lol.