i remember this thread... my first Star WArs fan fic... hmm... anyway i totally forgot to put the ending, so here it is.. 😄
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Out of anger, Ellie picked up her blaster and reloaded it. She motioned to Aldrek to throw her some thermal-detonators, those which are near him. Darn it! Why’d he need to do that?!?! Ellie turned one on, and threw it into the direction of the remaining troopers. About 5 troopers fell, sprawling lifeless on the forest floor. Heck, why did the Empire pick up soldiers so dumb, Ellie thought as she moved quickly to follow Joel. But that is a good thing. If these guys were so smart, I’d be dead right now. She crept behind a tree, just in time to flag into a running trooper. Ellie got her knife and stabbed the soldier in the throat, blood splattering over the white armor. She looked behind her and saw that her friends dealing with the remaining Stormtroopers.
As she followed Joel and his followers through the forest, Ellie turned and threw a detonator at the running troopers following Joel. Two of them were killed, leaving 3 behind. One stayed to find Ellie; the two others still followed Joel. He can take care of those two. Ellie thought. Joel could do it. Ellie crept behind the Stormtrooper and killed him silently with her knife. She heard two blaster shots. She looked up just in time to see the two remaining Stormtroopers down.
Joel ran to her. “Are you ok?” He asked.
“Are you nuts?!” Ellie shouted at him. She was fuming at him, partly because he did that stupid thing and partly because of making her worry. “You were almost killed!”
Joel just laughed. “I forgot you’re just a new one. Ask them. I do it almost all the time and always end up alive.”
“Yes, but one day your sithspawn luck will run out you idiot!”
Joel showed a lopsided grin. Ellie just pouted and shook her head. He’s a sadist!! Doesn’t he know people worry about him?! He’s not only endangering the mission, he’s doing stupid things that make me worry!! Absurdity kills!! Uh!!!! Ellie shivered in anger as she returned to camp. Joel is already giving orders.
“We need to move out people. They already know where our camp is. By the way, the shipment would arrive sooner or later. But, home base says shipment’ll arrive quick. And also, try to expect company. They already know we are here.” Joel emphasized.
Ellie checked the crew for wounds. Aldrek’s shoulder was hit by a blaster shot, and Joel’s arm got burned by a plasma bolt. Lance’s foot was bleeding because of debris that hit it which is caused by a thermal-detonator’s explosion caused. Marriette was otherwise unharmed.
As they were packing, Lance finally got past his mood swing. “Hey Ellie…”
“What??” Ellie answered, definitely bugged. She’s really concentrating on what she’s doing right now.
“I- well um, I-” Lance swallowed hard. “Look, I’m not going to repeat this again. So please listen carefully. I – I’m sorry for my behavior. We are on the same team, on the same mission. We need to cooperate. And… I am grateful for what you’ve done for me. You saved me from the trooper who almost pumped into me a stun bolt. You also really did a neat handiwork on that scope system. We really need that device to detect enemies. I just haven’t prepared it yet when the stormtroopers came. The device you worked on is doing great. Really!”
Ellie pretend to not hear him, but she is truly touched with the apology. Oh… he sounds so cute, innocent and adorable! Ellie giggled as she thought to herself. She decided to return the kind words. “It’s ok. No need to bother with it.”
Lance grinned. “I never do that apology thing. It’s too… formal and serious. Oh, and one more thing, if my temper explodes again, it’s just that I’m really like that. I have mood swings.”
“Yes I have noticed.” Ellie said quietly. “Hey, pack your things and get that scoping device ready. We might need it.”
Lance nodded and got up to finish packing. The team moved to another part of the jungle, farther from the pick-up place. Ellie was puzzled, and resolved to ask Joel about this.
“Lieutenant, why did we move farther away from the rendezvous point? How could we pick up those parts??” Ellie questioned.
“We couldn’t lead the Empire to the pick-up place, can’t we?”
Ellie nodded. “I see your point sir.”
Ellie got back to preparing her things while talking to Marriette. “So, how long have you both been in the rebellion?”
“About, um, two years I guess. I’ve been here since I was 15. I ran away from home because mom and dad are too afraid to oppose the empire. Don’t get them wrong, they hate the empire too, but-“
“They say that they couldn’t do anything about them right now because the Imp’s might do something to ‘em.” Ellie sighed. “Yup, mine too.”