Star Wars The Force Awakens: Rey's Story by Elizabeth Schaefer

Author:Elizabeth Schaefer [Schaefer, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Published: 2016-02-16T00:00:00+00:00

REY TRIED TO BREATHE as quietly as possible, hiding beneath a ship’s floor panels for the second time that day.

She heard the muffled voice of the Guavian Death Gang’s apparent leader.

“Han Solo,” he said. “You’re a dead man.”

“Bala-Tik,” Han said in a charming voice. “What’s the problem?” Han tried to convince the gang leader to let him go, but Bala-Tik didn’t seem interested in that idea.

“Can you see them?” Rey asked Finn, trying to peek through a hole between two floor panels.

“No,” he replied.

Rey crawled across the space to get a view of the Guavians. From her vantage point beneath their feet, it looked like there were at least six of them. The one she assumed was their leader, Bala-Tik, wore a high-collared leather coat and carried a huge percussive cannon. Behind him stood a handful of soldiers in red armor. Their faces were completely obscured by shining red masks. Rey could spot more than a few cybernetic augmentations that melded the soldiers to their armor and weapons. Han clearly knew how to pick intimidating enemies.

Bala-Tik demanded that Han pay back all the money he had borrowed. “Kanjiklub wants their investment back, too,” he added.

“I never made a deal with Kanjiklub!” Han replied.

“Let’s see if they agree with you.”

Rey heard a portal open at the other end of the room. A group that could only be the Kanjiklub Gang stepped into the already crowded cargo bay.

Rey heard Han address their leader. “Tasu Leech. Good to see you.”

Curiosity got the better of Rey, and she crept back across the space to get a glimpse of the Kanjiklub Gang. There were only five of them, but they looked fearsome enough to take on enemies triple their number. They were heavily armed with different weapons, but they all wore identical expressions of fury as they glared at Han.

Tasu spat at Han in a language Rey couldn’t identify. The meaning was clear enough.

“Guys, you’re going to get what I promised,” Han said. “Have I ever not delivered before?”

“Your game is old,” Bala-Tik said, unconvinced. “There’s no one in the galaxy left for you to swindle.”

Rey heard BB-8 beep in fear. Things were not going well for Han Solo.

“That BB unit,” Bala-Tik said thoughtfully. “I heard the First Order is looking for one just like it. And two fugitives.”

At those words, Rey and Finn froze beneath the floor. Han had better talk his way out of that fast.

“First I’ve heard of it,” Han said.

Below the grating Rey looked at Finn in panic. Quickly, she pushed herself back down the corridor, toward the hatch. But as she crept forward, the brace beneath her hand gave way. A loud CLANG echoed through the room above them.

It would be only a matter of time before the gangs started searching the freighter. Rey had to do something. Scanning the panels around her, she saw a junction box ahead. She crawled to the controls and began resetting the fuses.

“What are you doing?” Finn whispered.

“If we close the blast doors in that corridor, we can trap both gangs!” Rey whispered back.

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