The penultimate chapter of REBEL Y/N? is up. The rebel infiltration of Yras Imperial Base is underway, and the at long last, the droid revolution has begun.
White armor flashed briefly in the corner of Cassian’s right eye, but he managed to suppress the instinct to swing his rifle right and kept his barrel aimed high. A moment later, black armor replaced white in his peripheral vision, Kay’s distinct form charging forward and plowing into the Stormtrooper. The trooper flew low through Cassian’s awareness, skidding across the increasingly slippery floor near his feet. He didn’t bother to track where the body landed, because he had just seen what he was watching for in the upper catwalks. A faint gleam of tempered steel, a tiny dark circle slipping gently from the shadows. If he hadn’t been looking up already, he couldn’t have reacted in time, but as it was - Cassian swung his rifle and fired over Jyn’s head. The glint of an Imperial sniper barrel vanished from the balcony, and Jyn tossed him a brief look over her shoulder without slowing down.
Cassian would feel relieved about it later. Right now he didn’t have the time.
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