“Why did you bring him on board?”
The death trooper asked J149 who was holding the unconscious Ewok bear in front of the ramp door.
“This Ewok leader was the one who brutally killed my dear friend S267.”
The death trooper looked down at the Striped unconscious Ewok.
“What are you going to do with it?”
“Get the pilot to fly us low over the Swamp lake not far from the base south east drop him off there.”
“Got it.”
The death trooper walked more into the ship to speak with the pilots. J149 looked down at the Ewok, starting to open its eyes. J149 started to bash the Ewok in the face with her fist. The loud punching sounds brought A608 to the entryway. She looked upon J149 couching over the Ewok bear with bloody gloves. Catching her breath J149 felt the anger begin to take over her. J149 pushed her thumbs into the Ewok bear's eyes. J149 felt the bear kicking and shaking as it shrieked in pain while her thumbs plunged into its eye sockets. Blood spit out from the Ewoks eyes onto the face of her Scout helmet. She slammed the Ewoks head into the metal shuttle floor and started to punch it in the face again with left and right strikes. Stopping when the death trooper came back.
“Were over the swamp.”
“Good lower the ramp.”
J149 unsheathed her knife and pushed it into the charred plasma wound on the Ewoks stomach. The bear coughed up blood as she started to drag the knife through its furry stomach cutting from one side to the other. The ramp lowered and she could see the large swamp lake below. J149 stood up and grabbed the striped Ewok bear by the head, dragging him to the edge of the ramp. She looked down at the blood soaked Ewok and said.
“This was for S267!”
J149 threw the striped Ewok off the shuttle ramp down to the swamp lake below. The blood leaking Ewok body dropped from the imperial shuttle down to waters and J149 saw the large gator’s swimming for their meal. J149 walked back up into the ship and closed the landing ramp.
The death trooper nodded and all 3 of them walked into the ship to sit down. J149 unslung her rifle and sat down.
“We are on a strict schedule, the Empire has this cargo on order and we are already late. Say your goodbyes to Endor.”
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The Lambda-class T-4a shuttle flew along with the Imperial fighters as they ascended high up into the atmosphere. J149 cried silently under the scout helmet, feeling the tears rolling down her face.
The pilot spoke on the intercom.
“We are entering warp speed with the star destroyer.”
J149 looked across the shuttle at the Death trooper to ask.
“Where are we going?”
“We're heading straight to Jakku. The special cargo is to meet trade site 8.”
J149 nodded at the shiny black suited Death trooper. She felt the shuttle enter the hyper speed lane. A608 looked over to speak with J149 sitting next to her.
“I’m so happy we're off that planet.”
J149 nodded to A608’s statement.
“I’m happy I avenged S267.”
A608 nodded and said.
“ Me too.”
The Empire star destroyer exited warp speed with the shuttle in the western region of the galaxy's inner rim just outside of Jakku’s orbit.
The shuttle's intercoms lit up with transmissions. The pilots were too busy communicating back with the Empire base for them to speak with the passengers.
J149 felt uneasy. The shuttle bumped and moved violently.
“Are we in an asteroid field?”
“No, Rebels are attacking the star destroyer. We're going to the planet Jakku’s surface. We have been at war with the Rebels for 3 months now in this region of the galaxy expect a bumpy arrival.”
The shuttle dodged and maneuvered out of harm's way while the Empire’s fighter ships engaged in open space conflict with the rebels. The pilots activated the thrust boosters and the shuttle blasted off towards the planet Jakku. The Imperial shuttle sliced through Jakku’s white milky sky as it entered the desert planet's gray atmosphere.
Descending to Trade site 8. The shuttle slowed down and the landing gear extended, the ramp lowered when the shuttle touched down on the sand. J149 got up and the Death trooper said to her and A608.
“You both bring out the cargo. the pilots will help you.”
Then the black death trooper walked off the ship. A608 tapped her shoulder.
“What are we going to do?”
J149 shook her head and placed her finger up to her helmet.
“Shhhhh, they will hear you.”
J149 slung her rifle around her back and started to help A608 activate the gravity trolley. The pilots walked down the shuttle stairs to help the ladies out. All together they moved the crates off the shuttle to the trade site area.
J149 looked around the bright yellow baren sand dune planet. Then she looked up at the sky and saw the space conflict happening above the planet Jakku as they pushed the gravity trolley towards an old abandoned junk yard. J149 saw old towering machinery and water processing equipment with scattered armed personnel watching them approach. A608 pointed with her helmet at the Death trooper standing with Jakku sand pirates.
The pirates were dressed in black leather garbs, red fabric bands and masks around their arms and faces. They looked mean and grubby. Covered in old dried motor oil and sand dust. The leader took off his dust covered goggles and spoke.
“Is this our order?”
Then the Death trooper responded.
“That is the order.”
“No it’s not, we asked for way more, the Empire said they would provide.”
“Look we have this half now so provide your end of the bargain. Do you have the cloning DNA or not?”
“Do you have the other half of the order?”
The human pirate was hard to bargain with. The pirate leader motioned for his Gamorrean pig warriors to walk up with the gang. Feeling the tension in the situation J149 looked at the Death trooper looking up in the sky. J149 and A608 turned around to see the Empire's star destroyer exploding in space and descending from the sky into the planet's sand dune surface.
End of chapter 019 Long Dark Nights Of Endor written by Travis Willier Star-wars fanfiction.23