Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel by Matt Forbeck

Author:Matt Forbeck
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Disney Press
Published: 2016-12-05T23:17:00+00:00

JYN HADN’T been sure she’d be able to make it onto the landing platform, but the sight of her father standing there above her had pushed her to take insane risks. When the stormtrooper had wandered over to peer over the edge of the platform, she’d thought he would have seen and shot her instantly, but she struck first, bold and fast. That’s why she was still breathing and he wasn’t.

She’d finally managed to work her way to a secluded edge of the platform and climbed up to hide behind a shipping crate someone had left there. From that new vantage point, she spotted her father once more, and she wanted nothing more than to race over to him and reveal that she was there. She knew, though, that Krennic would have her shot on the spot. She had to wait until she had her chance.

Then the X-wings appeared in the sky. Crazy as it was, she decided that was her time. If Krennic managed to survive the attack, he’d have her father executed for sure, just as he’d done with those innocent engineers. The confusion and terror—and smoke!—the attack produced gave her cover, and she meant to use it.

She vowed to herself that Krennic would not steal her father away again, as he had years before, back on Lah’mu. She called out to Galen, and their eyes met.

Then the torpedo hit the platform.

The blast sent Jyn flying. Stunned, she glanced up, convinced that the X-wings had come gunning for her. Then she spotted a flight of TIE fighters racing into the air to meet them. She’d never been so happy to see Imperial pilots doing their job in her life.

Anti-aircraft turrets joined in then, blasting away at the rebels in the sky. Normally, Jyn would have wanted to take down the stormtroopers manning them as fast as she could, but they were the only thing keeping another torpedo from blasting her and her father to bits.

Her ears rang with a high-pitched whine, and for a long while, it was all she could do to try to catch her breath. As her lungs struggled with that, she spied a pair of Imperial officers racing out of the smoke. They darted straight over to Krennic and began dragging him toward his shuttle.

Overhead, a turret found its target. A wounded X-wing spun out of control and crashed somewhere in the mountains. A boom marked its passing.

Jyn saw the distinctive bolt of a lightbow shoot out from another spot in the mountains and lance straight through a TIE fighter. The spacecraft spun like a runaway top and came smashing down into the turret. Everything flared white in a massive blast that shook the platform once more.

Jyn shook her head again and again, but it didn’t seem to want to start working. She could barely tell which way was up or down.

She spotted Krennic staggering up the ramp into his shuttle. He paused there for a moment, as if he wanted to go back and take on the rebel squadron himself.

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