Thieves and a Princess: A Star Wars Fanfiction

Chapter Thirteen- Past

A week later...
Ashira woke up, sunlight pouring into her quarters. She went to get up, when two large arms pulled her gently back to bed. "No..... It's not time yet...." Orion muttered sleepily. She smiled and turned around to face her now boyfriend. "Hey Princess." He said, cracking one of his golden eyes to look at Ashira. "Morning Orion." She said, snuggling into his chest happily, happy with the warmth.

Orion buried his nose into her hair. "I guess we have to wake up now...." he said, before kissing her head softly. "Yeah, I guess so." She said, sitting up, Orion pushing himself into a seated position. Orion kicked off the blanket, and got out of bed and stretched, happy to hear his back cracking. "Are you doing anything today?" She asked him, still wearing one of his gigantic t-shirts. "Well, apparently I've been assigned another mission, but besides that, free as can be." He said, pulling out some clothes.

Ashira frowned slightly. "Another mission? What could they possibly be wanting you to do now?" She asked. Orion shrugged. "I'm not too sure, all I know is that Cassian and Andreas are coming with me, Mothma told me: "no romantic partners together during a mission."" He said, trying to impersonate the senator. "Speaking off which, I need to head over there soon. I'll tell you more about it when I'm done." He told her as he changed his shirt and kissed her cheek before jogging to the centre.

"There is an imperial labor camp on Wobani. Your job is to go there and rescue anyone who might be imprisoned there." Someone said to the group. Orion didn't bother to learn his name. He knew he wasn't going to ever see him again. "Mission confirmed. When do we leave?" Asked Cassian, looking at Mothma and Leia Organa, who just joined their discussion. "In thirty minutes. I suggest you start getting ready." Mothma said to the men.

Cassian, Andreas and Orion shared a look before racing out of there, to start packing. Orion grabbed what he usually brought- coat, water, food, and his trusty sniper and blaster. He raced back to the hangar, where Cassian and Andreas were waiting. "Let's just get this over with." Orion muttered before climbing on, wishing he could tell Ashira what was going on.

"Ok, coordinates set for Wobani." Cassian said, the newly repaired K-2SO sitting down next to him. Soon, they took off, as Orion fiddled with his blaster. They blasted in hyperspace. "We shouldn't take too long, good thing we brought an imperial ship." K-2SO said, turning back to look at the two men sitting in the back. "You must be Orion, I am-"

"K-2SO. I know. Andreas told me about you." He said, gesturing to the strawberry blonde. "Yes I am K-2SO. I am a reprogrammed imperial droid." He said before turning around to continue flying. Orion looked down, and saw the dark planet come into view. 'It looks familiar, but why?' He thought to himself as they broke Wobani's atmosphere.

Thump. They had landed on the surface, mud and snow sloshing beneath them.

A little boy raced through the snow, determined to escape the storm troopers.

Orion blinked at the flashback. That had caught him off guard. "Hide!" Whispered Cassian as they all took cover. The latch opened and two storm troopers and an officer came on board. "Inspection." The officer yelled, boredom laced in his voice. K2-SO walked up to them. "Ah, yes... um, let me get your manifest." He said, walking past Orion, as he pulled out his blaster. As soon as they had their backs to him, he fired, killing all of them quickly.

"Clear." He said to the others as he dressed in the imperial officer's attire. After they were done, they walked off of the ship, and marched towards the gate. It opened for them, and they walked inside of the compound. "Come on, let's find some people." Andreas said in his storm trooper armor.

They reached the first cabin. People were huddled inside, and yelped and stood up, scared as can be. "Follow us." Andreas said in a gruff voice, and the group followed, shuffling along, crying softly. 'They must think that we're here to kill them.' Thought Cassian, as they got closer to the ship. Orion went to the security cameras, and shot them off. "Get inside the ship. Is there any other groups out there?" Orion demanded, the prisoners confused. "Yes?" One squeaked. "Thanks. Come on, let's go get that group then." He said, rushing back into the camp, Cassian following him. They reached the second group. As they brought them out, Orion noticed what looked like a burnt cabin. "Go on ahead guys, I'm gonna go look for any more people who might be stranded behind." He told Cassian, before running off. He approached the cabin, ashes swirling around his boots. Something glittered in the sunlight, and he pulled it up. It was a locket. Something else caught his attention- two skulls, clean of flesh.

The little boy screamed as he watched his parents being burnt alive.

Orion gasped, and looked around the camp. He remembered it all. The storm troopers, the snow, and the fire that took his parents' life. He jogged back to the ship, the prisoners were seated on the floor. His hands shook as he closed the door, and sat down in a chair, his head in his hands.

Andreas took of his armor as they flew off. "Orion?" He said noticing his distressed friend. "No, it can't be." The man with golden eyes muttered to himself, his breath labored and short. "Hey, what's wrong?" Cassian asked him. "Nothing's wrong." He said through gritted teeth, as he glared at everyone, daring them to speak to him.

The rest of the ride was in silence. They flew into Yavin-4, and landed. Orion grabbed his things and walked out, letting Andreas and Cassian deal with the prisoners. "Orion!" Andreas called back to him, but he kept walking to his room, and proceeded to slam and lock the door.

Andreas gulped. This was the first time he saw Orion truly pissed. And he's scary when he's pissed. "Excuse me Sir, but what happens now?" A prisoner asked meekly. "Call me Andreas. I think that you all are going to Dantooine, it is under rebel control. Don't worry about having to go back to a labor camp, I heard that we are going to bomb that camp." He said, as they cheered. "Andreas! Nice to see that you're okay. Ashira said happily. "Wait- where's Orion?" She asked, looking for him.

"Well, he is pretty pissed, and he stormed off a few minutes ago." Andreas said. Ashira looked at his shocked. "Why?" "I'm not too sure myself. I don't know if it's a good idea to go talk to him right now, he looked like he was going to murder someone." Andreas said, Cassian nodding his head in agreement. She sighed. "I'll go talk to him." She said before walking to Orion's room.