Star Wars: The Future Is Female ✩ COMPLETED ✩ THE FORCE AWAKENS

nine || run for your lives

WILLOW DAMERON was the final one to step down the ramps of the Millennium falcon. She stared the landscape around her, trees surrounding the forest, beautiful green and healthy grass digging up against the rubber bottom of her boots. The smell of the flowers slithered into Willow's nose, making her smile again after hours or feeling depressed and fed up with everything.

"It sure is beautiful here, huh?" Finn stepped next to Willow. Willow turned to Finn, giving him a soft smile, but the cuts on her lips were still visible.

"Yeah, it sure is." Willow then continued to look around the place, getting a sense of the beauty of nature that surrounded her.

"But not as beautiful as you, though."

Willow quickly looked at Finn. She chuckled, shaking her head at Finn's remark.

"Even though I'm all bruised up and bloody, I'm still beautiful?" Willow folded her arms across her chest, and smiled again.

"Okay you two love birds, let's get going." Han told Willow and Finn, both of them giggling softly as they began to follow Han towards the giant palace.

As the large group of seven continued to follow Han, they neared the palace. Flags were hung on ropes, brick walls keeping the group enclosed with a large statue of some kind of alien standing all the way at the top.

"Do you think it was lucky that Chewie and I found the falcon?" Han questioned the team, "If we can find its scanners, the First Order's not far behind. Want to get BB-8 to the Resistance? Maz Kanata is our best bet."

"We can trust her, right?" Ophelia asked as pulled the hair tie off the top of her hair, letting her blonde locks fall down onto her back.

"Relax, sweetheart. She's run this watering hole for a thousand years. Maz is a bit of an acquired taste, so let my dad do the talking. And whatever you do, don't stare." Anakin reassured Ophelia, wrapping his arm around her shoulder to pull Ophelia closer to him.

"At what?" Ophelia, Rey, Finn, and Willow all said in unison. Han stopped on the top step, turning to face the group.

"Any of it." Han shook his head as he rested his hand on the handle, pulling the door open to let everyone in.

"This place is weird, babe." Ophelia looked at Anakin and shook her head. Loud music played throughout the restaurant as Ophelia and Anakin continued to follow everyone else.

"Han Solo!" Maz cheered out, the music turning off, all stars landing on the group.

"Maz." Han smiled gently and waved. The music erupted again after a few seconds of staring, making the team feel awkward for a bit.

"This is awkward," Ophelia then slipped out from under Anakin's arm, "I'm leaving."

Back at the Resistance base, every soldier, pilot, lieutenant, and such were huddled around a screen. General Organa was standing next to Poe as he continued to go through all the data.

"Everyone is located on the planet of Takodana," Poe stated, "The first order is coming for them. They want the droid. My droid."

"The first order might be looking for the group too, not just the droid," Sabine folded her arms across her chest, "We need to do something."

"What can we do?" Kaz broke into the conversation, "If one of them gets captured by the first order, we're basically fucked, right?"

"Quit asking questions," Torra rolled her eyes, "Poe, general, what do you guys think?"

Silence.

"Pilots," Poe alerted his pilots, "Start getting ready to fly your X wings. Mechanics, check if the X wing don't have any issues."

"Yes, captain." The pilots and mechanics ran off to the air base section of the base as Poe began to run after them.

"Poe!" Torra called out to Poe and he turned around, "May the force be with you."

Poe saluted in Torra's direction before running off. Torra smiled as she watched her former team and captain run off into the sunlight, getting ready to save those in need.

Ophelia and Anakin quickly hid up against a wall, both breathing heavily from running fast. Kylo Ren's ship landed onto the ground gently, tie fighters flying around, searching for the group.

"You have your lightsaber in case anything happens?" Anakin asked as he wrapped both his arms around Ophelia, pulling her closer to him. Ophelia nodded, burying her face into Anakin's chest as her body started shaking in fear.

"I've got you," Anakin kisses Ophelia's hair gently, "It's okay, we're going to be okay."

Suddenly, an explosion goes off, launching Anakin and Ophelia nearly across past the dirt. Tie fighters continued to fly over, exploding the building one blast at a time.

Ophelia slowly pushed herself off the dirt, blood rinsing out of her chin, cheeks, and lips. She gently brought her hand to grasp her side, a pinch of pain suddenly spiking against her skin.

"Anakin?" Ophelia mumbled to herself before screaming out her boyfriend's name, "Anakin!"

"Ophelia!" Anakin called back as he pushed himself off the ground, a pinch of pain pushing against his upper leg, "Where are you?!"

"On your right!" Ophelia then called out as Anakin heard her, running and limping at the same time towards his girlfriend.

"Babe," Anakin stopped in front of Ophelia, "You're bleeding."

"I know," Ophelia wiped the blood away from her chin with the sleeve of her jacket, "Where's everyone?"

Willow held onto Finn's hand as they both ran around the battle field. Explosions kept going off as Tie Fighters kept circling around the area.

"Hey, slow down!" Willow gripped harder onto Finn's hand as they continued to run around, "We need to get everyone else!"

"That's what we're doing, Willow!" Finn and Willow continued to run around the rubble as they avoided getting shot by stormtroopers and such.

"Where's Rey?" Willow asked, Finn suddenly stopping in his tracks, "We need to find her, she is with my brother's droid."

"Well, we're going to get her, come on."

Willow then heard a rumbling sound in the distance, turning to face towards the ocean.

X wings. Her brother is alive.

"Finn, look!" Willow pointed towards the ocean as X wings suddenly flew over the harrowing waters, turning left before flying higher into the sky. Willow could feel the tears at the corner of her eyes as she saw a familiar X wing, the one that belonged to her brother.

"That's one hell of a pilot!" Finn excitedly yelled out as he watched the X wings fly over the both of them. Willow placed her hand over her mouth, starting to sob immediately when she saw her team flying with her brother.

Rey fell into Kylo's arms as he scooped her up carefully. He began to walk through the forest, nearing his ship as stormtroopers walked in front of him.

"Wait," Ophelia felt a disturbance in the force, "Something is wrong with Rey."

Anakin and Ophelia both turned around and saw Rey in Kylo's arm. Ophelia quickly covered her mouth, running in the direction of Kylo's ship with Anakin.

"Rey!" Ophelia yelled as the couple kept running, "Come on!"

The two kept running towards Kylo's ship as the X wings were exploding a lot of things. Anakin ran into the ship first, Ophelia trailing behind him as they both climbed into one of the open roofs quietly, trying not to make it noticeable that both of them were in there with Kylo and Rey.

"Phasma," Kylo began, "To the star destroyer, now."

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AAAAAAAAND that does it for chapter nine.

this chapter was all over the place, i'm really sorry.

and yes, ophelia and anakin are finally an official couple.

may the force be with you all.

-marisa