Star Wars: A Resistance Story. Book 2

Chapter 6: Heading to Takodana.

"Dammit!"

How was it even possible that a Destroyer could contain so much TIE Fighters? It was a burning question for Ly'ra, but she didn't have time to ask it.

As planned, she won the race, but Switch had warned the First Order and they didn't lose any time to arrive on Castilon. Inside the cockpit of her X-Wing, the young woman turned her ship and headed towards the other side of the station, the opposite side of the landing plateform. She was trying to give Bango and Dante some times so they could reach the Jedi's ship. Pursued by some Fighters, the young pilot quickly pushed several buttons on her console before being able to reach her friends.

"Bango? You guys need to hurry, we have guests!"

The young technician frowned when he heard shots in his comlink. He was still in Aunt Z's tavern with Dante, taking the prices of the race.

"We need few more minutes. When will they be here?"

The young man's calm got on Ly'ra's nerves who answered:

"They're already here Bango! We need to go and now, I can't hold them back any longer!"

"Hold on!"

"Did he just put me on hold?!"

The TIEs were getting dangerously closer. The pilot made a twirl and dived towards the water's surface. It was her favorite feint as everytime, the Fighters were following her and never hesitate. Wreckages of ships were maltreated by the waves and Ly'ra noticed Switch who was swimming towards the station. As one, the three Fighters started following her and a satisfied smile appeared on the pilot's lips. She darted towards the surface and, at the very last second, she rectified her trajectory and let her ship slide on the waves before flying away again. The three pilots who were following her couldn't do the same and crashed into the ocean.

"Ly'ra?"

"Well soon enough!"

The technician seemed out of breath and the young woman heard blasters' shots in her helmet.

"They're inside too? I didn't see them landed!"

"Yeah well they're here! We're headed towards the ship but we need a little help here! Can you come?"

At this moment, Ly'ra had to go full speed to avoid a really stubborn Fighter. Stick behind her X-Wing, the young woman had big troubles to get rid of it.

"Not an option! You need to do it alone guys, I have my own leeches to get rid of!"

In the station, Dante and Bango were running inside the corridors to escape from a squad of Stormtroopers who arrived few seconds before. They almost had been arrested when they left the tavern, but Aunt Z could hold back the soldiers just long enough to help the escape of the mercenaries. Now they had to hurry towards the landing place. Right behind them, the Stormtroopers would not let them go.

"In the name of the First Order, stop!"

"Yeah sure, and your mother... Wow!"

Bango was pulled back by the Jedi, saving him from a blaster's shot, before giving him a blaster and he sighed.

"Don't do that. Shoot and run!"

"Erm, okay..."

The two fugitives ran away, trying to avoid the lasers of the blasters. In the young man's comlink, they heard the pilot swore as she insulted the Fighters behind her and suddenly, there was an explosion. Dante froze and grabbed the comlink.

"Ly'ra?? Ly'ra do you copy? Do you hear me? Ly'ra!"

He only had sizzles as an answer. The two men shared a worried look before starting to run again and, finally, reaching the tarmac. Dante's Y-Wing was waiting its owner. Bango hurried inside, still trying to reach Ly'ra, while the Jedi was kicking the ass of a High Member of the First Order. The poor lieutenant was projected at the other side of the shed with a simple move from Dante's wrist, before heavily landing on his men who just arrived on the tarmac. Then, Dante joined Bango onboard and didn't lose any more time before taking off and leaving the station.