The Last Star

Chapter 3

Silence embraces us "Rey," Finn starts when suddenly a pipe bursts and steam pours out as an alarm echo's through the Falcon "help me with this quick," Rey says rushing to the grate "whoa what's going on," Finn asks they lift the grate me and Rey jump in "it's the motivator," Rey says finding what was causing the problem "grab me a harris wrench check in there," I say pointing to the box of tools "how bad is it," Finn asks "if we wanna live not good," I say "they are hunting for us now we've gotta get out of this system," Finn says "BB-8 and Lenora said the location of the resistance base is need to know if I'm taking you there I need to know," Rey says as I catch the harris wrench Finn tossed to me, Rey and I finish with the wrench "pilex driver hurry," Rey says "so where's your base," she asks "go on BB-8 tell her," Finn says BB-8 looks between Finn and Rey before chirping "the Ileenium system," Rey asks "yeah the Ileenium system that's the one get us there as fast as you can," Finn says "I'll drop you three at Ponemah Terminal," Rey says as we continue to fix the motivator "I need the bonding tape hurry," Rey says "what about you," Finn asks Rey "I gotta get back to Jakku," Rey says "back to jak, why does everyone wanna go back to Jakku," Finn asks "not that one no the one I'm pointing too, No, no, no if we don't patch it up the propulsion tank will overflow and flood the ship with poisonous gas," Rey shouts "this," Finn asks "yes," Rey says catching the tape before handing me it "hey Rey you're a pilot you can fly anywhere why go back you got a family, you got a boyfriend a cute boyfriend," Finn asks "none of your business's why," Rey says the ships power is suddenly drained "that can't be good," Finn says "no it can't be," Rey says pulling herself out the hole I follow we get to the cockpit Rey tries the switches nothing was working "someone's locked on to us all controls are overridden," Rey says a clanging makes us look us Finn climbs up "see anything," I ask "oh no it's First Order," Finn says "what do we do there must be something," Rey says "you said poisonous gas," Finn says "we just fixed that," I hiss "can you unfix it," Finn asks we rush back to the hole "come on BB-8," Rey says after we had grabbed masks Finn jumps down "I got him," he says hold BB-8 but falls and crushed under BB-8 the power is turned back on I jump down Rey follows we grab the grate and pull it back in to place I close my eyes. Rey drops a wrench by accident the grate is suddenly removed to reveal the aged face of Han Solo "Lenora," he asks I pull my mask off "Han," I say I pull myself out the hole and find myself in the arms on Han "I thought you were dead news spread the planet blew up," he says "it did but my mother and father sent me away," I say Rey and Finn come out of the hole "where'd you get this ship," Han asks "Niima outpost," I say "Jakku that junkyard," Han asks "thank you junkyard," Finn says to Rey Han turns to Chewie "told you we should have double-checked the western reaches," Han says "who had it Ducain," he asks "we stole it from Unkar Plutt he stole it from the Irving Boys who stole it from Ducain," Rey says "who stole it from me well you tell him that Han Solo just stole back the Millennium Falcon for good," Han says "this is the Millennium Falcon you're Han Solo," Rey asks "I used to be," Han says I stay with Rey and Finn "hey some moof milker put a compressor on the ignition line," Han says coming out of the cockpit "Unkar Plutt did I thought it was a mistake too puts too much," Rey starts "stress on the hyperdrive," both Rey and Han say "Chewie throw them in a pod we'll drop them off at the nearest inhabited planet," Han says I glare at him chewie growls "wait no we need your help," Rey says following Han as he walks away "my help," Han asks "this droid has to get to the resistance base as soon as possible," Rey says "he's carry a map to Luke Skywalker," Finn says I nod Han stops "you are the Han Solo that fought with the rebellion," Finn says Han slowly turns round "you knew him," Finn says "yeah I knew him I knew Luke," Han says our attention is caught by a dull thudding noise "don't tell me a rathtar's gotten lose," Han says before running out "wait what did you just say rathtars," Finn asks once off the Falcon "you're not hauling rathtars on this freighter are you," I ask "I'm hauling rathtars," Han says pushing buttons on a scream showing different parts of the freighter "oh great it's the Guavian Death gang must have tracked us from Nantoon," Han says walking in to the freighter "what's a rathtar," Rey asks "They're big and they're dangerous," me and Han says "you ever heard of the Trilia Massacre," Finn asks "no," Rey says "good," Finn says "I got three of them going to King Prana," Han says "Three how'd you get them on board," Finn asks "I used to have a bigger crew," Han says we get to a hatch that Chewie opens "get below and stay there until I say so and don't even think about taking the Falcon," Han warns Finn and Rey "what about BB-8 and Lenora," Rey asks "they stay with me until I get rid of the gang then you can have them back and be on your way," Han says "what about the rathtars where are you keeping them," Finn asks a mouth suddenly thuds against the door causing Rey to shriek and Finn yell "there's one," Han says pointing to it "what are you gonna do," Rey asks "same thing I always do talk my way out of it," Han says as Finn and Rey jump through the open hatch Chewie growls in disagreement at Han's statement "yes I do everytime," Han says scolding Chewie the 4 of us walk before finding the gang coming through one of the doors "Han Solo you're a dead man," the head man says "Bala-Tik what's the problem," Han asks "the problem is we loaned you 50,000 for this job I heard you also borrowed 50,000 from Kanjiklub," Bala-Tik says "you know you can't trust those little freaks how long we known each other," Han asks