A new home

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"Where did you get that?" Finn questioned.

"Does it matter? Really, we have to do something." Ben replied exasperated.

Finn and Poe exchanged looks, like silently deciding what to do.

"Do you think if we just crush that thing the signal will stop?" Poe said.

"Maybe... but it's still dangerous, we're too close to the base and by now they must have figured out where we're going." Ben grinded his teeth while thinking of ways to deceive whoever was following them.

"We can't change course, we're almost running out of gas" Poe said.

"Let's crush that thing and then get to the base, whatever happens we can solve it there" Finn said.

"No... change course Poe, if not you'll risk all the people at the base and the safety of the people on this ship" Ben said.

"The problem is the gasoline, Ben, we'll find a solution when we land" Poe tried reasoning and suddenly his eyes widened.

"They got us" he whispered.

"What do you mean?!" Finn hissed. The tracker on Ben's hand had beeped realy fast, to the point that it was more like a single extended beep and then... it stopped.

Without another word Ben crushed it in his hand, hating himself for not doing it before.

"Oh shit" Poe mumbled.

The radar showed a dot coming near, it flashed on and off, like it existed but at the same time it didn't.

"We gotta move Poe... let's-" Finn was buckling up and pressing some buttons when some of the lights went out and the ship started moving.

Ben hurried to wake Rey up and the rest of the adults.

"Rey... Rey, we got a problem" he gently shook her as he searched for his saber next to her things on the floor.

"What? Is-" she got up immediately when the ship abruptly moved.

"Leda, go back to the room" she instructed.

"There was a tracker, the girl brought it by accident and now... it's pretty obvious they have us" Ben quickly explained as they walked around waking everyone up.

"It's like that time with the Millenium Falcon" Rey mumbled.

It maybe wasn't the smartest move but Ben couldn't just stand there, he had to see who they were going up against.

An atmospheric assault lander had latched onto them and Ben knew that there were minutes before they got inside the ship.

"How long?" Rey asked.

"A few minutes, I don't think that it's full and I don't think they'll bring all their soldiers to kill us or whatever, so maybe we can take them here on the ship and then get away from them.

"Arer the weapons working?" Rey then shouted for Finn or Poe to hear her.

"They're malfunctioning and we still have to figure out what to do" Finn shouted back.

"They're coming. Half of us stays back and the other half hides near the entrance to respond when they come" Ben ordered.

"I'm not staying back" Rey said.

"I know" he said and turned his saber on.

Everyone was in place when they heard boots on the ceiling.

"How many people did you say a ship like that can handle?" Kaydel whispered to Ben.

"Too many" Ben whispered back.

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