The elevator car stopped at the top and Kess reached into her pocket but it was empty. She searched other pockets. Nothing. Thinking back, she remembered accidentally pulling it out with her credit chip when she went shopping. She must have thrown it into the bag. She looked in the bag of lightsaber parts.
No card key.
She let out a frustrated sigh and pressed the access button. It buzzed as it depressed. In a few seconds, Han's voice came over the speaker sounding like an off-duty stormtrooper, if there was such a thing. "Yeah?"
"It's me, Shneya. I can't find my card key." She knew she was going to catch hell for this.
The doors slid open. Han stood inside like the impatient father of a teenager. "You lost your card key?"
"It's probably still on the Falcon," Kess told him.
Leia and
