Steel Beauty

Solo

   

  I felt constricted. He knew my father? "You knew my father?" I breathed with what I had left. He nodded and curled up the corners of his mouth. "He was one of the best pilots we had. And a hell of a friend too."

I was just to make another comment when Finn interrupted," Han? Han Solo?"

Rey was like a little kid, "You're Han Solo? This is the Millennium Falcon?"'

The older man grumbled before huffing out," I used to be."

Rey and Finn followed the man and argued whether or not he was Ham Solo the smuggler or Han Solo the Rebellion General. Although, from my knowledge he had been both. Smuggler to war hero. Rey continued to be in awe of the adventure we had been dragged into asking questions about the Falcon and Han. I go back and start a conversation with Finn, I guess to try to understand him more. There was still something about him that irked me, I didn't trust him completely. He and I sit across from each other and I stare at him," So, Finn...how did you and Poe meet?"

The boy straightens his spine out of surprise from the question," Well...we uh, we've known each other for-," he looks at BB-8 and the droid shakes his head," not that long, actually."

I raised my eyebrow, asking for more intel on the issue. He sighed and began to explain; he met Poe on the Finalizer. Poe had been kidnapped by Kylo Ren and Finn helped him escape in an x-wing. The same X-wing had fallen out of the sky and wrecked, Poe missing from it when Finn went to find the pilot.

Now, with what he told me, I understood why he hid what he did. I trusted him a little more, just maybe not with my life. I don't think I ever would. Finn looks behind me and walks past me, getting in the middle of the pair's conversation.

"He's carrying a map to Luke Skywalker. You are the Han Solo that fought with the Rebellion. You knew him."

Han turned and said," Yeah, I knew him. I knew Luke."

Suddenly there were thuds from outside the Falcon. Han cursed," Don't tell me the Rathtar's gotten loose."

He starts running with Rey, Finn, and me quick on his heels. Finn was more hesitant than Rey and myself, " Wait, what? Did you just say Rathtars? Hey! You're not Hauling Rathtars on this freighter, are you?"

Han looks at him," I'm hauling Rathtars," he sighed and threw his hand up," It's the Guavian Death Gang. Must have tracked us from Nantoon."

Rey looks at Finn, and I look at Rey we ask two questions at the same time," What's a Rathtar?" and "Death Gang?"

I was trying not to freak out that there was a gang with the actual word death in their known name as they explained what a Rathtar was to my friend. We continue down the freighter corridor and we doon stopped at a hatch on the floor. Han told us to get below until told otherwise and threatened us about the Falcon a bit before we slid down below.

I heard the gang and Han arguing about how he owed a gang, Kanjiklub, money. I honestly, don't know what this guy expected from Solo...I mean, he was a smuggler. The three of us crawled down the small area until we heard the leader of the gang say," That BB unit, the First Order is looking for one just like it. And three fugitives."

Han desperately tried to play it off cool and Rey tried to come up with an idea. She let the Rathtars loose by accident. She and Finn began crawling out, while I stayed to fix our issue. Rey gave me a quick pat for luck and they were off. For a while I stared down my mechanical opponent, trying to learn what it was exactly. I cringed at the screams I heard from above and the blood that began to drip down the side of my face from someone above. After I flipped a few breakers I heard the familiar roll of BB-8 above me and everything went quiet. I flipped open the hatch and crawled up next to BB-8. The droid led me to the rest of the group and we boarded back on the Falcon.

Rey and Han took the cockpit and I followed Finn and Chewbacca to the back. I sat with BB-8 at my feet while Finn attempted to wrap one of the Wookie's wounds. I sat back and watched as this was occurring, occasionally laughing. I'm sure Finn got tired of it after yelling to Han that Chewy had tried to kill him. He tossed the med wraps at me and told me to do it. I soothingly spoke to Chewbacca as he allowed me to wrap his wound. Once I was done I sat back down and closed my eyes, trying to rid myself of this pressure in my head I had started getting. Han eventually came in and reassured Chewy he had done great, even if he did try to kill Finn. He glanced down at me," Wow, kid, I have to say I'm surprised Chewy here let you near him unharmed. He usually doesn't like strangers. He must like you."

I let a small smile come to my face, feeling a tad special after his comment. He thanked Finn then his eyes drifted to Rey, who had just walked in," So, fugitives, huh?"

We sat him down and began to explain why and we showed him the map. He declared that the map was just a piece. Then we went into a conversation about the Jedi, which for the longest time I thought was just a bunch of bull. Over time, recently I've seen a lot that never made sense to me and there has to be something greater.

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We landed on the green planet and Rey and I walked outside, never having seen this much green in our lives. It was beautiful.She puts her arm over my shoulder and lays her head down. I wrap my arms around my only person I consider family and hold her close. Silently promising that we would make it back home. I knew she was still holding out hope that her parents were going to come back for her, and I wanted to be there when and if they showed up. Han walked out, clearing his throat and handing each of us a blaster. He then began offering the two of us a job. I knew she wasn't going to take it, but she really started considering it.

He led us inside a castle-like structure to meet his friend. After a very awkward entry we sat down with a woman named Maz. She kept telling Han he needed to go home, face Leia. I liked her...well I thought I did. It wasn't until she eyed me and had her two hands on my knees, face only inches from my own. She widened her eyes and looked at Han, then back at me.

"Stella?" she whispered. It just seemed that everyone knew me. She hugged me, pulling away to look at Finn after he stated there wasn't even a chance and that the Resistance would win this war.

"If you live long enough, you see the same eyes in different people. I'm looking at the eyes of a man who wants to run."

I knew she was not wrong there, but who could blame the kid? The conversation led to her offering him passage to the Outer Rim. He looked at Rey and told her to go with him, it was at that moment that I knew he was falling for her even though he barely knew her. I knew she was not going to feel the same. Rey got up after him and I sat at the table with Han and Maz, still watching the pair from across the room. I could distinctly hear Maz continue to tell Han he needed to grow a pair. I breathed out a laugh and stopped everything altogether when I heard it. My name was being called.

"Stella, Stella, Stella..." It was male, I knew that much. I followed it outside and it pulled me to the edge of the water. I sat, just existing there. I closed my eyes, feeling the pressure build. As soon as I opened my eyes after a while I saw the water begin to ripple in front of me. I heard crunching behind me and saw Rey running into the treeline. I started after her, stopping when I saw planets in the sky being blown to bits.

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