Crossfire - A Short Star Wars Story

Chapter 9

Noah felt like his heart was going to explode as he looked at the giant ship in front of him.

After finding the ship he decided was the most likely to have Winter on it, he had to land on a random plant to sign up to join the first order. Because of his good health and strong muscles, they assigned him to be a stormtrooper.

After what felt like 72829 hours, he and the rest of the troops landed. They were pushed out, and the moment that he left the spacecraft and entered the base, his breath was taken away. All around him were black floors and men in white uniforms marching around. Even though everything that he looked at screamed terror and suffering, there was weird beauty to it at the same time.

" Troop 7199 following line for inspection." A Sargent called out in a cold voice. Noah followed the rest and kept an eye out for anything that could lead him to Winter. He walked into yet another shiny back room and was lead to a medic who took his blood, checked his teeth, and also shaved his hair down so that lice would not be a problem.

"Here is your new uniform," A man says without any emotion and hands me a white uniform and a surprisingly heavy helmet.

He turned to the rest of the people putting on their uniforms. He started putting on layer after layer of the armor. Just as he was putting on a boot, his ears started to ring an ear-splitting high pitch noise. He slapped his ears to try and block it out, but this only made it worst. His eyes went all blurry and started to water as the ringing continued. He felt like his head was splitting apart, and for a moment, he just wanted it to stop so much that he would do anything, even suicide, just to make it stop.

It stopped as quickly as it started. When his senses came back, Noah realized that he had fallen to the floor, and when he took his hands away from his ears, he saw blood. He looked out at all the other people in the room. They were all looking at him, some with concern and some with disgust.

" Come with me, " A cold hand reached out to grab Noah, and it pulled him out of the room and into a separate hallway.

" Noah ?" The man asked with an intense but almost warm look in his eyes. He wasn't sure if he should tell this man his name, but the fact that this guy knew it already made him nod his he yes.

" Good. " He looked around to see if they were alone and then whispered. " They are watching. I know where Winter is. Trust me."

Noah was in shock. The first thing was that this man knew who his sister was, and second, was that he acted as if she was still alive. He knew that he shouldn't trust this guy, but the thought of finding her was all he needed. The man started to walk away, and so Noah followed.

" What is your name! " Noah called back at him.

" How dare you talk to me like that!" He rounded back at Noah and winked. Of course, Noah thought to himself. They are listening. After what felt like ages, they came to a room with a red sign on it.

" Put your helmet on." Said the man. Noah did so and both of them stepped into the room. Noah looked around the room, which was very hot and steamy. If Winter was there she would be able to figure out that the room was a large particle accelerator, but it took Noah some time to figure it out.

" The radiation in this room doesn't allow there to be cameras in here." The man explained as he put on his helmet, most likely to block out the radiation from messing with his head.

" What is your name?" Noah asked again.

" Felix, I am part of the rebel alliance placed here as a spy, and yesterday I got a message about your sister. We must get her out of here before she gives very important information to Kilo Ren." Felix explained.

Noah's stomach dropped when Felix told him about Kilo Ren. " Do you think she is fine?" Noah asked with a troubled voice.

" There is no way to tell, but I do have a plan. " Felix said to Noah and then explained the plan twice to him. " Do you understand? We want to get her out alive because the information in her head is critical to who wins the war. There is a veyr high ranking general that is abord this ship that knows about the plan, he has red hair"

Noah understood, and he also knew that only one of them was going to make it off this ship. He left the room and went back to where his ears had rung, and just as Felix had told him, guards were waiting for him.