The Female Mechanic

The new arrival

Quick authors note I did not include all of the dances for the dance scene but I did include the last and hardest one just to let you see what it's like.
Kayla's POV
I wake up to still no Ana it's been 1 year 2 months and 6 days since she disappeared in the night. Not even telling me her best friend where she went or why. I do know however that it's my turn to leave my life as a scavenger slave and follow in my parents footsteps. I live on Tatooine and recently an X-Wing went down near my home if you can call an old falling apart hit a home. I managed to get it back towards my house and fixed the communications and engine on it. I then received a radio signal that asked how the comms were fixed seeing as the pilot was back at the base. I answered saying I found and fixed the X-wing. The person on the other side then got the general Leia Organa. She offered me a job as a mechanic on the base where I would fix one squadrons X-wings. I accepted it wanting to leave this place I had to call home. All of my stuff is packed up and in the ship which though sounds impossible it's quite possible since I don't own much. I go to my post and let them know I'm going on a three day scavenge far from home so they won't be suspicious for now at least. I go back home and climb into the X-wing. I start it up and take off the general said the coordinates should still be registered and that I would just need to put it on autopilot. So I did and then I slept for the first time in a long time I slept well. I woke up right before I reached the planet. I then landed at the base and a group was there waiting for me. I get out of the X-wing and they approach me. "Hello, my name is General Leia and this is Admiral Akbar  what might be your name?" "I'm Kayla. Kayla Silva." "Silva? As in the pilot and mechanic from the rebel alliance?" "Yes general." "I knew those two she was an amazing mechanic and he was a fantastic pilot." "Thank you general." "And how are they now?" "Dead actually. The first order took my mother's life and my father died of a broken heart that was about 12 years ago." "I'm so sorry I did not know. May I ask what happened to you afterwards." "I was taken by the slave owners and made to be a scavenger slave. But I escaped when you asked me to join the resistance." "That was extremely brave of you to do. Well we must be going now I'll send one of the pilots to show you to your room." "Thank you general." "Please just call me Leia." "Yes Leia." They leave and I climb back into the X-wing and grab my stuff bringing it down to the ground as I wait for the escort to show me around. "Kayla?!!" I hear someone scream before I feel two arms wrap around me. I then realize it's Ana. She's been here this whole time! "Ana!" I then wrap my arms around her and pick her up swinging her around in my excitement to see my best friend. I hear some laughter coming from the other side of the room but I'm too happy to care. I put her down. "I can't believe it's you. It's been..." "1 year 2 months and 6 days." I cut her off. "You've been keeping track." "Of course you're my best friend I want to know how long it's been since you disappeared." "I'm sorry. I-" "I know Ana it's fine I promise." I cut her off from her would be long apology speech. She started to get tears in her eyes. "Hey! Did I give you permission to cry because we both know that once you start I'm gonna start and that's something that can not happen on my first hour here." "No you didn't." She said in a quiet tone. We both then start laughing. "So are we gonna sit here and risk the probability of crying or are you gonna take me on a tour and show me where I can put my shit at?" I ask jokingly. "Haha so funny. Let's go." She replied. I laughed and we headed off her taking one of my three boxes from the x wing. We headed down a hallway with a lot of red decoration the hall. "Red Squadron resides in this hall and they require their mechanic to stay in the hall with them." Ana explained before we got to a door that wasn't decorated. "Here's your room." "That's the weirdest thing to hear considering I've been living inside a downed freighter for the past 12 years." She laughs and we head into the room the door shutting behind us. We put the boxes down on the bed and headed out to explore the rest of the base. Once we completed that we headed back to the room but something was different now. My door had a welcome sign with a bunch of signatures all over it. "Haha it looks like the squadron heard about your arrival." Ana said as I laughed and grabbed the sign to hand it in my room instead of on the door. We head inside and collapse on the bed. "Omg Ana this is a real bed. It's so comfy." "You've got somethings to get used to here, Kayla." She responds then says "Hey it's almost dinner and then we get to have the competition." "Competition , what competition?" "Every newbie we get has to challenge the champion in a dance battle. It's fun to watch them try to beat the champ." "Wow that'll be so much fun." I say sarcastically. "Oh come on it's a video game. I know how you get when video games and competitions are involved." I nod my head in agreement. Ana looks over at a clock on the wall. "Hey it's about time we head out so you ready?" "As I'll ever be." We head out and towards the cafeteria. We collected our food, being soup in bowls of beard. Ana then lead me to an empty table and we are and chatted about what has happened in our past year apart from each other. I assumed that no one joined us because they didn't want to intimidate me before the competition. After we finished Ana lead me back to my room. There are some rules to the competition she said and pointed to my door. Once again there was a sign but this time it had rules on it. Rules for the competition for when their squadron gets a new edition. "Every squadron has their own special rules." Ana explained. I grabbed the paper and heard something from a nearby room. I quickly look over but the door was shut. I shrugged my shoulders ignoring it for now and looked down at the rules.
Poe's pov
I hopped out of my x-wing and noticed an x-wing that looked like it had been downed and then restored in the bay. General organa and some other officials were standing there waiting for the pilot to descend from the x-wing. She had on black jeans and a tank top with cuts up the back. She had shirt curly brown hair and that's all I could see of her. For some reason I felt like I knew her. I watched as the woman walked up to the general. They begin to talk and I'm intrigued. This woman she looked so so familiar but I couldn't think why. I then heard a snippet of their conversation. It was a name just a name but one I remember now. Joe Silva the father of my best friend from yavin before they disappeared of course. They had to move to protect themselves but if that name was said that must mean that's my best friend. I haven't seen her in 14 years I've missed her so much. I see general organa and the other officials leave and then I see Ana walk up to her. She gets close then screams "Kayla?!" Ana then runs and crushes her in a hug. It takes her a second to realize what's happening. Then she screams "Ana!" She picks her up in the hug and swings Ana around a bit. I laugh at the sight of this short woman swing someone bigger than her around. I hear back to my room and change out of my orange jumpsuit back into my jeans, plain black shirt and brown leather jacket. I start planning a way to see if she remembers me without talking to her directly. I message Ana about getting her out of her room for the sign to go up. We had heard earlier today we were getting a new mechanic and we made a welcome sign that the entire red squadron signed. I looked over at it ready to hang it. I heard the door close and footsteps and voices fade from the hallway. I peek my head out my door and upon seeing no one I head out. I put the sign up then go for a walk looking for bb-8. I found BB-8 back in at the landing pad. We head back to my room. I open the door and let him in then follow. "How can I get Kayla to remember me?" I asked BB. "Don't you have pictures of the two of you from Yavin?" BB asks. "You're right BB." I exclaim and go looking through my nightstand finding the pictures. I pick out a few and some pieces of paper with a pen. I begin planning out for after the end of her competition. I finish making the pieces ready for my plan and start to head out. I open the door and see her standing there, her hair covering some of her face, looking at the rules. I quickly back up again, not wanting her to see me yet, and shut the door. I wait listening for any noise or movement. I hear her door open then close and the sound of muffled voices. I quickly head out and get started with my plan.
Kayla's pov
#1 you must wear sleepwear. #2 you may not wear a shirt to compete if you are a female and a sports bra is required. I laughed at that one. #3 you must have fun and try. #4 hopefully you can claim the title of champion for the red squadron. At the bottom it was signed red squadron. I gulped nervously worried I would be unable to accomplish the last rule. I then head into my room and start to change. "What are you doing?" Ana asked. "The rules say I have to be in a sports bra and sleepwear so I'm changing into my sleepwear and putting a sports bra on." "You gonna wear a shirt to the place though right?" "Haha yeah of course I'm not really into that too much." I say while trying not to laugh too much. I threw on an old gray shirt that was way too big for me and some black sleep sweats. I pulled on socks too just because I wasn't about to walk around base barefoot. It didn't take long for me to change and I was heading out the door before Ana could even sit down. She comes out of the room laughing. "I forgot that you're a fast changer." She laughed out. I just nod and follow her to the room. Once there I notice the game on one side of the room and then the camera next to the screen. I concluded that the camera was broadcasting for the base. I look at Ana and ask who is the champ. "You're looking at her." She says proudly. I start laughing. "I thought this was going to be hard. Oh hun get ready to lose." I laugh at her statement. "Hey I've gotten better since the last time we had gone against each other." "Who's to say I haven't?" "Ok now I'm scared." She said with a weak smile. I pull my shirt and socks off and looked to her. "Ready when you are." I state. She nods and starts the game up. We play birthday, follow the leader, cmon, and problem.  We cracked jokes and insulted each other the whole time we played. Then Ana got a message from the base. "They want us to play circus extreme mode." I nod my head to show I was fine with this. We get back into our places and start the song. "So are you gonna do all the moves?" Ana pried knowing I might not be a hundred percent comfortable with the moves we would have to do. "If it means I become champ and get to kick your ass again hell yeah I'll do it." Ana was shocked but quickly smiled like she knew something I didn't. Well unbeknown to her I knew this dance because of the competition the slave owners made us do earlier this year. The song started up and we started dancing. We took it seriously so much so we didn't realize that we were both singing as we danced. "There's only two types of people in the world/The ones that entertain, and the ones that observe/Well baby I'm a put-on-a-show kinda girl/Don't like the backseat, gotta be first/I'm like the ringleader/I call the shots (call the shots)/I'm like a firecracker/I make it hot/When I put on a show/I feel the adrenaline moving through my veins/Spotlight on me and I'm ready to break/I'm like a performer, the dance floor is my stage/Better be ready, hope ya feel the same/All the eyes on me in the center of the ring/Just like a circus/When I crack that whip, everybody goin' trip/Just like a circus/Don't stand there watching me, follow me/Show me what you can do/Everybody let go, we can make a dance floor/Just like a circus/There's only two types of guys out there,Ones that can hang with me, and ones that are scared/So baby I hope that you came prepared/I run a tight ship so, beware/I'm like the ringleader/I call the shots/I'm like a firecracker/I make it hot/When I put on a show/I feel the adrenaline moving through my veins/Spotlight on me and I'm ready to break/I'm like a performer, the dance floor is my stage/Better be ready, hope that ya feel the same/All the eyes on me in the center of the ring/Just like a circus/When I crack that whip, everybody goin' trip/Just like a circus/Don't stand there watching me, follow me/Show me what you can do/Everybody let go, we can make a dance floor/Just like a circus/Let's go/Let me see what you can do/I'm runnin' this (like, like, like, like a circus)/Yeah/Like a what? (like, like, like, like a circus)/All the eyes on me in the center of the ring/Just like a circus/When I crack that whip, everybody goin' trip/Just like a circus/Don't stand there watching me, follow me/Show me what you can do/Everybody let go, we can make a dance floor/Just like a circus/All the eyes on me in the center of the ring/Just like a circus/When I crack that whip, everybody goin' trip/Just like a circus/Don't stand there watching me, follow me/Show me what you can do/Everybody let go, we can make a dance floor/Just like a circus/". Her little tablet buzzed with another message from the outside. "Oh so you can sing and dance?" She reads aloud. My eyes widen and breath quickens at this. "I-I-I didn't know I was singing." I stuttered our realizing that this was bad since I don't like singing in front of others not since last time. "Hey hey hey its ok just breathe you'll be fine. Everything is fine just calm down look at me and calm down ok." She quickly says knowing of my fear. I nod my head in agreement and start taking deep breathes to calm myself down from the panic spreading through my body. I calm down and she says that we're done and we can head back to my room. We walk out the door and I immediately trip on something. I look down to see the cutest droid ever. It was a white and orange BB unit. It looked up at me. "Are you Kayla?" It asked. I nod my head still in awe of how cute this droid is. "I'm BB-8." It replied. He then opened a compartment and I kneeled down to him.