A Twist of Fate // Chapter 4 // [A Star Wars Fanfic ]

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Chapter 4: Flight ————————————————————————— As the retro spaceship flung out from the atmosphere and came quickly to a slower speed, Ben’s body jolted forward with a little too much force and he grunted as his head hit a panel in front of him. He was quite tall, so the little cockpit could make him pretty claustrophobic at times. Ben rubbed his head and then looked to where he had hit it. It was the map screen. Which was a pretty painful, yet a convenient reminder that he had to figure out where to go next. Lord Redriff, the businessman who was now after him, was no one to mess with. Everyone knew not to double cross him, because the ones who did never survived. A whole swarm of his goons were probably getting into their ships already. Ben surveyed the screen. He was currently flying in the inner rim, but what he needed was to get as far from there as possible. He needed to disappear. He looked for someplace: not too far away to run out of fuel, which was running low, and not too close to be found and killed. He needed a planet that nobody would ever want to go. And there, only a short jump through light speed away, was the perfect place. "Setting course for Jakku. " Ben spoke to himself, while punching the ship into hyper drive. `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` It was cold. Really cold. And everything was dark. Too dark. But then, the little boy’s eyes began to adjust. Looking up, stars began to fade into view. All shining brightly, bringing a sense of peace to the small child. He looked down and felt the cool crunch of snow under his little black boots. He sat down on a metal crate, right next to a building that resembled a garage. The garage was located in the middle of a forest, with winter trees stretching as far as the eye could see. And the little boy watched as another boy, not much older than him, was being chased by a little girl. "I’ll get you now Lord Barkblurg! " She exclaimed cheerfully, as she ran even faster towards the little blond headed boy. He fell face down in a pile of snow as his running came to a halt. He shivered and shook the snow off his head as he whined. "Jaina! I wanted to be the resistance pilot! " The girl crossed her arms and furrowed her eyebrows. "Oh common Ani, you know that I’m gonna be a great pilot when I grow up!” She flipped her hair back and smiled. The little boy stood up and poked her arm. “No way! I’m gonna be the best resistance pilot ever!” A kind looking woman dressed completely in white walked over to them and smiled. “You’re both going to be the best pilots the galaxy has ever seen. Because you have the galaxy's best pilot as your teacher.” “You mean dad right?” The little girl looked up at her mother with a smirk during her little quip. The woman laughed and began to tickle her. “Why you little!” The girl shouted with glee as the woman continued to play. The little boy sitting back on the crate smiled a large smile as he continued to shiver. But the love he felt for the family ahead of him warmed him up a bit. Just then, a man walked up to him and sat down next to him. Seeing that the little dark haired boy was freezing cold, he took his brown leather jacket off and placed it on his shoulders. He then rubbed the boy's arms with his hands, and brought him into a side hug. “You know, your sister’s right. I am the best pilot.” The two laughed and the little boy leaned his head on his father’s chest. The embrace warmed the little boy in so many ways. He felt completely safe. And knew that he was the luckiest boy in the whole galaxy to have such a family. But sadly, that perfect moment came to an end. The trees around them began to stir. They swayed back and forth more aggressively with every second. And suddenly, the ground began to shake, and the man shot up. “GET DOWN!” A large explosive wave came out from the forest, knocking everyone to the ground, unconscious! ————————————————————————— Ben’s eyes snapped open, and he began to breathe intensely as he woke up back inside the small cockpit of his old ship. He draped his hands over his face and could feel a pool of sweat drip down his neck. There was a sharp pain on his back which caused him to grunt. He must have fallen asleep as a protection from the pain of his wound, he thought. It needed medical care as soon as possible.