Beneath the Stars

Aria: Captain Trae

**A half hour or so back**

The door opens once again and the woman, Malaya, comes through.

"Okay, so here's the deal, there's a Star Force jet heading towards us, probably to rescue you-"

"I know what the plan is Malaya, I've done it multiple times with your captain before. Wait till they come to rescue me, then trap them inside. Simple. I'll wait here until then, but you better let me out afterward." I threaten her.

**Present time**

"Aria?" A voice startles me from my half-sleep state. I was recalling memories of Leia and Gale.

"Aria?" It sounds louder this time... and familiar.

"Who is it?" I try to make myself sound harsh, but as I have only just woken up, it sounds a bit scratchy and hoarse.

"Your rescuer." Alec Floyes comes into view, bowing, with a smirk on his face.

I roll my eyes, of all people who could 'rescue' me, it has to be Floyes. "What? Not happy to see me?" He asks.

"No," I snap, "I'm not. Now get me the hell out of here." Making it seem like, I'm the victim.

He mumbles something incoherent under his breath. "What was that?"

"Uh...nothing."

I glare at him, "Well did you come here because you wanted to sit in here with me, or are we leaving?" I got up and walked towards the light.

*****

"So how did you get in here so easily?" I ask, figuring it might be a good question to ask if I have to play the rescued part. We are walking down an empty corridor. The walls are plain white, photographs seemingly randomly placed. They hold a variety of different images: people, space, jets, and ships, there is even an image from Ancient Earth. I stare at it, wondering what the oceans and forests–

"Their security sucks," Floyes voice tore me out of my observations, "I just told the guard that the captain had sent me to replace him and he agreed."

"Did you come by yourself?" I question him.

"Uhh yeah," he says in a 'duh' tone, "Don't think I'm capable of sneaking into a ship without help?"

I ignore his question and think, if he's by himself, then I need to act now.

"What's the captain's name?" I ask, pretending to be interested.

"Captain Trae or someth–"

I stop, continuing to act, "Captain Trae?"

"Yeah. Have you heard of her?" He notices I've stopped and looks back at me.

"Are you sure it was Captain Trae? Not Clay or uh Illay?" I ask pretending to be frantic.

"Uh yeah! Positive. Geez, what's the big deal, A." I glare at him.

"Promise that you'll do exactly as I say, don't argue, just follow my lead no matter what?"

"Umm, why would I do that?" He asks.

"I don't have time to explain," I look around, as if expecting something to jump out at us. "But you have to do it. Please? Captain Trae is dangerous. Not that I care about you, if you want to stay here, be my guest."

"Uhh A, have you been listening? Their security is shit, we can just walk out of here and they won't notice."

"No Floyes. These people aren't stupid, I can't elaborate anymore, but they've known you've been following them this whole time. Just follow my lead, or we might not get out of here alive."

He looks around fearfully, and without asking any more questions, "Fine. I'll do whatever the hell you say." Good, now he's scared.

"Great. Follow me." This was gonna be fun.