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"I still don't think this is a good idea"
"What else are we going to do, Poe? He's offered to take us for a good price."
"Finn, did you see him? How can we trust that he won't kill us in our sleep?"
"I'm not an animal"
Finn and Poe jumped and turned to see Blaze, the smuggler who offered to take them to a new base. His life-like droid, Sean, standing close behind.
Blaze had a mess of fiery red hair and freckles and small moles dotted his face. His left eye was a dark brown and the right was blue-grey. He stood only a few inches smaller than Poe. Both of his arms were made of metal.
"Oh, sorry. We were just discu-" Finn started when the ship started to shake and an alarm went off.
"Hells, what now?" Blaze marched off towards the cockpit, long coat swishing behind him.
Sean watched him go, then turned to Finn and Poe.
"Hi..." Poe waved at the droid.
"You should follow him." Sean replied and walked away.
Rey was already in the cockpit with two of the other smugglers, a blind man called Syinge and his elder brother, Troy.
"What are you doing?" Blaze snapped.
"We're not doing anything, they are." Syinge pointed at a blank wall.
Troy grabbed his brother's hand and angled it out the front window, directly at the Star Destroyers exiting light speed. The comm unit blipped.
Syinge answered it first.
"Fuck you, you've reached the people who don't give a shit, how may I help you?"
"Sy!" Blaze hissed and shoved him away.
"This is Blaze Reign, we are simply transporting materials to a nearby planet. We mean no ha-"
"This is Grand Marshall Hux. We have received word that you are smuggling the half of the loathsome Resistance on your ship. You are all under arrest."
As if on cue, their ship began to be pulled towards the main ship.
Poe, Finn, and Rey exchanged looks.
"What do we do?" Rey asked.
Blaze turned to her with a blank expression.
"We just hope they won't kill us all."
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"Don't fight or you'll be shot on sight." Blaze told them as the main entrance to the ship was forced open.
Storm troopers filed in holding blasters and cuffs. One by one, the Resistance fighters were cuffed and escorted off the ship. They seemed to be prepared because the put force-nulling cuffs on Rey.
They took Blaze's arms off as if they already knew he had them. He had one trooper at either side of him.
Blaze, Rey, Poe, and Finn were taken in a different direction than the others.
"Why are they taking just him?" Rey whispered to Finn.
"Dunno." He shrugged the best he could.
"FN-2187, pleasure seeing you again." Captain Phasma herself stood at the entrance to a turbolift with a small officer by her side.
"I thought you died."
"You thought wrong, then. Now, Supreme Leader Ren is waiting for you."
The ride up was awkward. Nobody said a word.
The door finally opened to reveal Kylo Ren on the throne with Hux by his side. They smiled upon seeing their enemies finally captured.
The four were forced to the throne and forced to kneel just a few feet from it. Except for Blaze. He remained standing for some reason.
"I've-" Kylo started and got a kick on his foot from Hux.
"We've been waiting for this moment for a long time. Finally the Re-"
"Hey, dip shit, can we skip the speech and give me my credits now... And my arms?" Blaze sighed, rolling his eyes.
To their surprise, Hux nodded and the trooper holding Blaze's arms put them back on the young man. He proceeded to walk right up to Hux and held out a hand.
"Credits?" He asked.
"You know, Blake, you don't have to do dirty work for credits. We have plenty here at home." Hux told him, pulling the credits from his great coat.
"Yeah, but where's the fun in that?"
"Wait, you know this guy?" Finn's eyes were wide.
"Unfortunately, yes." Kylo muttered.
"Thanks, Dad, I knew you'd support me." Blaze took the credits and shook them around where the trio could see it.
"And thanks to you three, I can get some new upgrade parts."
"You're... Their..." Rey looked at Blaze in disbelief.
Blaze looked at Rey with a smug look.
"Hey, Auntie."