Chapter Five: Rathtar

Chapter Five: Rathtar

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Bini Filters's POV

"They're big and dangerous..." Han vaguely replied as we walked past containers.

"Y'ever heard of the Trillia Massacre?!" Finn asked.

"No." Rey replied.

"Good." Finn replied as we turned a corner.

"I got three of 'em going to King Prana." Han explained as we continued down another corridor.

"THREE?!" Finn asked in disbelief. "How'd you get them on board?"

"I used to have a bigger crew." Han said morbidly. Chewie groan talked, agreeing with Han. Han bent down and opened up a hatch in the floor, gesturing to the hatch.

"Get below deck and stay there until I say so, don't even think about taking the Falcon." He barked.

"What about BB-8, BB-3 and Bini?" Rey asked, noticing Han was only talking to the pair.

"They stay with me, until I get rid of the gang, then you can have them back and be on your way." Han insisted.

"What about the Rathtars... where are you keeping them?" Finn asked, Suddenly a terrifying bam, a grotesque rather giant tongue slams into the cargo container window behind Finn, whose heart stops.

"There's one." Han said, gesturing to the creature.

"What are you gonna do?"

"The same thing I always do, talk my way out of it." Han insisted. Chewie moan talked, Han looked at him with an insulting expression and pointed at him.

"Yes, I do. Every time."

Rey and Finn disappeared under the floor and Han closed the hatch. I looked at Han in panic.

"Wh-Why am I here?" I asked.

"Well, in case of talking doesn't work, we might need the force." Han replied. I stopped abruptly as we reached another hallway connected to other ones and glared at him with BB-8 and BB-3 behind me.

"Excuse me? Use the force? I am not using the force!" I barked.

"Stop arguing with me and shut it." Han asked. We stopped as a door opened to reveal the Guavian Death Gang enter. One man was in a suit named Bala-Tik and five security soldiers in pretty cool uniforms and round face helmets. They turned and stopped at one end of the corridor.

"Bini Filters, and Han Solo. You are dead." Bala-Tik barked. Han Solo gave him an innocent smile but then looked over to me with questions.

"I stole an artifact from the gang a few years ago. That was a mistake." I admitted as I blushed in embarrassment.

"Great. Just great." He mumbled.

"Bala-Tik. What's the problem?" Han asked.

"The problem is we loaned you fifty thousand for this job and that twirp stole a very expensive artifact."

"I am not a TWIRP!" I yelled.

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Rey's POV

Finn and I crawled neither the gratings trying to get a better view of the situation.

"Can you see them?" I asked.

"No." He replied as we started crawling back down the crawl space.

"I heard you also borrowed fifty thousand from Kanjiklub." The leader barked.

" You know you can't trust those little freaks! How long we known each other?" Han asked. We crawled underneath the gang, I looked up to see they have blasters.

"They have blasters..." I informed Finn.

"A lot of 'em."

"The question is how much longer will we know each other? Not long. We want our money and that artifact back now."

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Bini Filters's POV

"Ya think hunting Rathtars is cheap? I spent that money." Han barked.

"That artifact was sold a long time ago. I am not rolling in money over here!" I interjected.

"Kanjiklub wants its investment back, too."

"I never made a deal with Kanjiklub!"

"Tell that to Kanjiklub."

The sound of a portal opening. Han's face goes while and Chewie, Han, I and the droids turned around to the other side of the corridor. Where Kanjiflub members appear, a gang in medieval bandito style. We all smiled uncomfortably at the leader.

"Tasu Leech. Good to see you."

"Wrong again, Solo. It's over for you." Tasu Leech replied as he cocked his weapon.

"Oh, we are screwed," I mumbled.

"Now, would be a great time to change your ideas on not using the force." He hissed.

"I am considering it." I admitted.

Han turned around to try and speak to both of them.

"Boys. You're both gonna get what I promised! Have I ever not delivered for you before?"

"Yeah." Bala-tik said.

"Twice!"

"What was the second time?" Han asked the second gang.

"Your game is old. There's no one in the galaxy left for you to swindle."

"Nowhere left for you to hide."

"That BB unit... the First Order is looking for one just like it. And three fugitives. Where are the other two?"

"First I've heard of it." Han said as I chuckled awkardly. Oh, I am so screwed.

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Rey's POV

"Search the freighter."

One of the Kanjiklubbers begins moving down the corridor, aiming a flashlight down below where we were, searching for us as we are in a quiet panic below. We started crawling fast in the opposite direction we came. We quickly arrived at a Junction Box area. I opened up the box and started looking at the controls.

"Wait wait wait wait. If we close the blast doors in that corridor, we can trap both gangs!" I concluded.

"Close the blast doors from here?" Finn asked.

"Resetting the fuses should do it." I reached over and started reseting the fuses, sparks started shootng from them as I did. I smiled optimistically as Finn looked hopeful. Suddenly the back up lights begain to go off one by one as I loud roar screetch out.

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Bini Filter's POV

I looked over to Han for an explanation as he looked down the corridor in worry.

"I got a bad feeling about this..."

I knelt down near the floor and privatly used the force to hear what Rey and Finn did down there. I know this is their felt somehow.

"Oh no." Rey whispered.

"Oh no, what?" Finn asked.

"Wrong fuses."

I got up and looked up at Han in horror.

"Those farking people just set off the wrong fuses." I informed him.

"Kill them! And take the droid and girl!" Bala-Tik yelled. The gang aimed their weapons at us as Han looked at me. Silently begging me to use the force. I hestantly outstretched my hand. Preparing to stop the blaster shots. Suddenly a Rathtar appeared behind the group, grabbing two of the members. The others started screaming and running as they fired back. We all stepped back flinching, then turned to the Kanjiklub as a Rathtar appeared behind them, roaring. They started running and screaming as they fired at it.

Han pushed me down the hall as we all started running literally for out lives. A member of one of the gang came around the corner and Han punched him in the throat and through him into the Rathtar's path.

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Rey's POV

Finn and I hurried as we crawled through the decks.

"This was a mistake!" Finn yelled in panic as we hurried along.

"Huge!" I replied to agreement.

I finally found a floor hatch and opened it, climbing up to the surface again. I helped Finn out and we started running.

"What do they look like?" I asked as we heard distant roar and screaming. We turned another corner to see gang members battling a horrifying Rathtar. I covered my mouth in horror as Finn grabbed my arm.

"They look like that."

Finn yanks me away. We ran around the corridor seeing another Rathtar.

"This way!" Finn barked as we turned another corridor being followed by the Rathtar. But the Rathtar was fast then we expected, a tenticale reached out and grabbed Finn. Yanking him down the corridor. I called out his name frantically and chased after him. Quickly losing him to the maze of the ship. Helpless as I heard his screams.

I ran to the nearest Security console and checked the camera's to see him being yanked to blast doors. I pulled a switch and the doors came down on the tenticales, unattached from Finn. He screamed and scrambled away as I ran back to him.

"That was lucky!" I exclaimed as I helped him up and started running towards the hanger, meeting up with the rest of the group. Han and Chewie took over as Chewie covered Han, firing at the gang members, as he tried to open the blast doors.

The door opened to reveal the Falcon in the distance just as Chewie is hit in the shoulder by the gang members. He stumbled back in a loud groan.

"Chewie! You okay?" Han asked. Chewie nodded and handed him the bowcaster. Han grabs it and fires at the remaining members before ordering us all to the Falcon. Han helped Chewie onto the Falcon as we reached the Falcon.

Once we got on Han immediatly ran to the cockpit as Finn helped Cheiwe to the lounge and I followed Han to help him. Bini helped hold Chewie down as Finn tried to wrap up his arm. Chewie groaning in protest. BB-3 and BB-8 watched silently.

Han stands at the navicomputer, hitting switches. I moved past him sitting at Chewie's seat.

"Hey, where are you going?" Han demanded.

"Ulkar Plutt installed a fuel pump too, if we don't prime that we're not going anywhere." I replied as I sat down next to him.

"Watch the thrust, we're goin' out of here at lightspeed-"

"From inside the hangar? Is that even possible?" I asked in shock.

"I never ask that question until after I've done it." Han replied. Suddenly a Rathtar jumped onto the windsield trying to break the glass. I couldn't help but scream as the giant mouth tried chewing the glass.

"This is not how I thought this day was gonna go -- angle the shields -- Hang on back there!" The ship started jumping in hyperspeed. Blasting us into space.

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Bala-Tik's POV

I grabbed my communicate as The Falcon lightspeeded away.

"Inform the First Order that Han Solo has the droid and girl they want. And it's aboard the Millennium Falcon."

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Kylo Ren's POV

I stood in a dark room where Hux and I stood in front of a hologram of Surpreme Leader Snoke, who was nearly twnetly five feet tall, all of him was stoney gray. Old, wounded and powerful.

"The droid will soon be delivered to the Resistance..." Snoke said slowly. "Leading them to the last Jedi. If Skywalker returns, the new Jedi will rise."

"Supreme Leader, I take full responsibility for th-"

"General! Our strategy must now change." Snoke barked.

"The weapon. It is ready. I believe the time has come to use it. We shall destroy the government that supports the Resistance, the Republic. Without their friends to protect them, the Resistance will be vulnerable, and we will stop them before they reach Skywalker." Hux explained.

"Go. Oversee preparations."

"Yes, Supreme Leader." General Hux said, he turns around, proud and cocksure and exits the room.

"There's been an awakening. Have you felt it?"

"Yes." I replied.

"There's something more. The droid and girl, Bini Filters, we seek is aboard the Millennium Falcon. In the hands of your father, Han Solo."

I flinched and stepped back in surprise.

"He means nothing to me." I insisted. Pushing my conflicted feelings down.

"Even you, master of the Knights of Ren, have never faced such a test."

"By the grace of your training, I will not be seduced."

"We shall see. We shall see." Snoke replied with a gentle satisfield nod. I nodded back and got up, leaving the room as Snoke's hologram disappeared.

---End of Chapter Five---