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.
Suddenly, he noticed a small flickering red light on the front console. It was making a faint beeping sound. That was probably what took him out of his sleep. And just in time. The entire ship began to ignite with beeps, and lights began to flash all over as the streaking lights of hyper speed came to a full stop! Ben’s head smashed once again upon the dreadfully hard panel. “Darn price of junk!” He yelled in frustration. The ship was clearly experiencing technical difficulties, which meant that he needed to get to Jakku more urgently than before. He was so occupied trying to calm the ship down, that he almost had a heart attack as an extremely loud moan shook the X-Wing! Ben looked out the side window in terror, expecting this to be his last living moment. But the fearful expression on his face melted away as he stared out the glass in awe. It was a Purrgil (Space whale). The most beautiful of gentle giants. They spent their time floating through the void of space. Peacefully gracing pilots with their majestic flowing motions. The large creature seemed to have something floating next to it. A baby whale. The creature stayed close to its mother, and she stayed close to him. They looked so happy. Floating around together. Ben’s mouth widened as tears began to well in his eyes. Something about the way they cared about each other made him feel almost jealous. But most of all, it made him feel glad. The mystical creatures looked him right in the eye, and moaned once more. He smiled and waved. Not caring how foolish or soft he may have appeared at the moment. The mother whale’s eyes suddenly snapped in another direction, and her pupils narrowed as she moaned in a more distressful sounding way. Just then, one of the lights on the dash began to flicker, and another series of loud beeps echoed through the cockpit. Ben looked at a small monitor to his left and was shocked to see three modified tie fighters jump out from hyperspace right behind him! “They must have been able to track me after my hyperdrive malfunctioned!” He exclaimed, to no one in particular except maybe to his new friends. Ben quickly activated a few buttons and switches, then grabbed a hold of the steering handle. But before he could make a move the swift flying tie fighters blasted the X-Wing, blowing both left wings right off the ship! There was no escape now, he couldn’t jump to hyper speed again because he was almost completely out of fuel, and he couldn’t fight the tie fighters. He only had one option. Using all the remaining fuel he had reserved, Ben pushed the spiraling ship to full speed straight for Jakku! ————————————————————————— …………………………………………………………………. Hey guys! I finally had the time (and motivation) to post another episode! I’ve already written all of season one and some of season two, but all I have to do is edit with every release lol I got a new tablet by the way!!! So I will be posting more fanfics regularly now lol (I know I already said this but it is worth repeating lol :) This story doesn't really work with a live action style in my mind, so I decided that this is gonna be kind of like Clone Wars!!! (The art style of it) Get it? So from now on instead of picturing normal people in your head, imagine that this is a new Clone Wars type “what if” series :D I hope you enjoyed this episode, and come back soon for more! (I have a Twist of Fate Studio for those of you who want to stay updated) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Honorable mention to @pf_1 who kept requesting another episode XD Based Off of Star Wars by Lucasfilm and Disney. All Writing and Most of Fan Fiction's Plot by Abigail.T (Me XD) #StarWars #Fanfic #StarWarsFanfic #Sequels #WhatIf #BenSolo #ReySkywalker #ATwistofFate #Reylo #Authors #StoryTime #TheForce #Story #Action #DIY Original release date © April 23rd, 2024