【 HOPE 】 ✓

CHAPTER SEVEN

The three rebels continued walking through the city of Jedha, dodging people left and right. Cassian explained that they landed a meeting with Saw, courtesy of Jyn. They were on a hunt to find some of Saw's people to lead the way.

The three were stopping in the middle of a large open area as a squad of imperial storm troopers went passing by. There was a large tank, with one trooper popping out from the port hole, and there were other soldiers walking on the outside.

Movement from the upper walkway above the ground caught Octavia's eye. A cloaked man was running across and raising his hand to throw something. "Is that a-" She began to say as the man threw it. It landed in front of the tank and blew up in a matter of seconds. Before it did explode, Cassian pulled both women to the ground and covered their heads with his hands.

Screaming erupted from everywhere as the three of them glanced up. Men were un-cloaking their weapons and began to open fire on all the storm troopers. "Go, go." Cassian called as Octavia was pulled to her feet and rushed to a wall off towards the side.

They were actually pretty shielded from the chaos, giving the three rebels a good advantage. Octavia ripped her blaster from it's holster and began to shoot at every trooper that ran by. Cassian targeted a man running across a different balcony, and he sent a laser his way. The man instantly fell onto a small hut, a large explosion following suit.

Octavia and Cassian continued to shoot at all the troopers, when Jyn jumped from the wall and ran after a small child. The poor girl was sobbing her eyes out, in the middle of the battlefield. Jyn grabbed her and quickly put her own body over the kid, as the building above them was about to crumble.

The mother quickly retrieved the child and left Jyn sitting there for a second. "Aim for the building!" The general trooper called out, causing one trooper to point a large cannon at it.

"Jyn! Look out!" Octavia called out before running after her. The whole building blew up into flames as Octavia grabbed Jyn's hand and yanking her away from the danger. After regaining her balance, Octavia let go of the other girl, and sprinted back to where Cassian was pressed against the wall.

Octavia took a second to catch her breath, before noticing Jyn running to the tank that was moving slowly. "Lord have mercy." She muttered before hoisting Cassian up and pulling him after Jyn.

The couple shot at any storm trooper who crossed their path as they ran after the other rebel. After reaching her, Jyn stood up and ran with them.

The three of them made it to a long tunnel. Jyn somehow got separated from the other two, leaving Cassian and Octavia running to who-knows-where. Cassian took the lead, grabbing Octavia's hand and leading her through the twists and turns.

Cassian ran into another tunnel, which had a storm trooper running their way. He shoved Octavia back and sprinted the opposite way, taking shelter behind a wall.

Octavia was definitely not afraid of storm troopers. She got to her feet and grabbed the large stick that she always used for close-ranged fights. "Cassian, take the right!" Octavia called out as she emerged from the tunnel.

It went in slow motion from then on. Storm troopers shot red lasers at Octavia as she ran towards them. One of them threw a punch at her as she kicked a different one.

It took her a short amount of time to kill all of the storm troopers. She turned around to see Cassian standing there, dumb-founded. "Enjoy the show?" She asked, smirking.

"Do not get ahead of yourself." Cassian muttered, wrapping his arm around her shoulders as she walked up to him.

Octavia leaned her head on his shoulder as they walked through the tunnels. All of a sudden, a figure slammed into their backs. Octavia whipped her head around and lifted her blaster. Though she quickly put it back to her side when her eyes locked with Jyn's. K2-SO stood behind her.

"Oh, it's just you guys."

"Yes. It is just us." K2 said.

The four of them walked through the tunnels, keeping their eyes peeled for anymore storm troopers.

As they walked into the large opening of the city, loads of storm troopers were pacing around. The four of them quickly halted before turning around and walking at a steady pace back where they came from.

"Halt!" A trooper said from behind them. Octavia in took a sharp breath as the four of them obliged. "Where are you taking these prisoners?"

The four of them were confused at the trooper's question, before they realized that K2 is an imperial droid. "I am taking these prisoners. . . To imprison them. . . In prison. . ."

"He is taking us-" Cassian began to say before he was cut off. K2 sent a slap straight to Cassian's face. Octavia gasped loudly, knowing that he definitely crossed the line.

"There's another where that came from if you mouth off again." K2 stated.

"I can take them from here." The trooper said, taking a few steps forward.

"No, no, that's okay. I have taken them this far. If you just point me in the right direction. . ." K2 muttered.

The trooper went and grabbed Cassian's arms, pulling him forward. The three humans were shoved into the direction of a different soldier. "Stay put, we have to run your diagnostics."

"Diagnostics? I am very capable of running my own diagnostics, thank you very much." K2 sassed.

Cassian kept turning around as they were shoved forward, seeing what was happening to his droid. Though as they were about to leave the open area, a voice startled everybody. "Let them pass in peace." The voice called out. Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to find the source of the voice. "Let them pass in peace."

The blind guy that Octavia and Jyn spoke with before, stood in front of everyone. He was holding a large bo staff. "Stop!" A trooper called out. The rest of them raised a gun his way, waiting for the blind guy to do something.

Everything went in slow motion for Octavia, just like before. Chirrut wasted no time in sending his bo staff flying through the air. It collided with different troopers and sent them straight to the ground. The four rebels found shelter behind a wall. They all watched with awe.

Chirrut finished the first set of troopers with ease. Though, he was not finished. He stood, facing the wrong direction, when another platoon of soldiers came barreling through. Chirrut moved to face them before waiting for someone to make a move.

Though, no one did make a move. For Chirrut's friend, Baze, opened fire on all the troopers. Every single one of them fell to the ground, after suffering a shot from his blaster. Chirrut gasped after the whole ordeal was over. "You almost shot me!" Chirrut stated.

"You're welcome." Baze said. He walked forward and shot a trooper straight in the face.

K2 made the mistake of standing up straighter and muttering something. Baze immediately pointed his blaster in K2's direction. Jyn threw herself in front of the droid and yelled out, "He's with us!"

"They're good." Chirrut said, looking at the ground. Cassian and Octavia stood up and walked out from hiding.

"Can you take us to Saw Gerrera?" Jyn asked.

Though no conversation lasted long. For Saw's rebels emerged from the shadows and surrounded the others. "We are no friends of Saw Gerrera." Chirrut mumbled as Saw's men pointed guns at the ones in the middle.

Saw's men spoke in a different language, one that Octavia could not understand. "You must take us to see Saw Gerrera." Jyn stated, to which one of the others replied in the foreign language.

"Because I am Galen Erso's daughter."

ohmygosh I wrote this whole thing on my phone and now my fingers hurt lol. sorry for the long wait for this chapter, and I hope I made up for it by making it longer than usual! (even though it's not that good wHOOPS)

anyway, sorry if there are any mistakes. it's currently 1am. hope you enjoy and please leave feedback! i love hearing from you guys:)