A Path Along The Stars

Days Since

It had been a three days since Rey and Chewbacca left to find Luke, and things among the Resistance base had settled back into the old routine. Poe and his flying crew were still fighting the First Orders' tie fighters, and Finn still hadn't woken up. He was still breathing, slightly better than when he got there, but still not awake.

The temporary nurse on duty, Raina, looked upon him as he slept. His face soft and still, his chest rising and falling gently.

"How is his condition, Amaryllis?" General Organa asked.

The chestnut-skinned woman looked over her shoulder from where she was standing over the boy. "He's still stable so far. It's peculiar how he won't wake up though. Finn seems like he would wake up any minute now, but he doesn't."

The General stood next to the Lieutenant, meeting at her shoulders because of how tall Raina was; she was 5'11, a stark contrast to Leia's 5'1.

"He's been through quite the series of events, Raina. His body has been through a lot of trauma. If he needs to rest, we should let him."

Amaryllis nodded. "Mmm..."

What proceeded after was a long silence that was only described as awkward because they were looking down at an unconscious person.

"Ya know," Leia finally spoke, "you didn't have to sign up to take care of him. Poe could've easily done it on his off time."

Raina gently smiled. "No, no. I know how we're short on medical staff because of the spike in First Order attacks. You know me, Leia, I'd be happy to help."

"You could be working on Recon missions."

Raina shook her head. "I'm fine here, General."

"Do some negotiations?"

Raina shook her head. Then, she exhaled heavily. "To be quite honest, I wanted to see what the hype was about. I was gone on that diplomatic issue you sent me on, so I didn't get to get into all of the excitement."

"Oh, Raina. Finn is just a good kid who got put on the wrong side of the fight. I hear he took control of Luke's lightsaber as well."

The younger woman raised an eyebrow. "Oh, really? Maybe he can become a jedi."

The General walked around to the room, getting a little snack Raina had lying around when she got hungry. "Poe has taken quite the liking to him as well, if you haven't noticed." She smirked.

Oh, I remember." Raina chuckled, getting a chair to sit down. "I found Poe giving me daggers when I told him I would be the person designated to look after Finn."

"Poe and I have become good friends, but something about Finn brought the protective side out of him. I think it's rather cute." Raina turned to General Organa. "Don't you think so, Leia?"

The old woman smiled at Raina. "Very. However, you'll have to excuse me, dear. I need to go over couple of things with the troops while looking over Han's funeral."

Raina furrowed her brows as Leia went to the door. "L-Leia...I'm so sorry."

"It's okay. I'll be fine. When you can, set out an announcement that his funeral will be in two days from now. Even if we can't have his body here with us, he'll be honored." Leia didn't turn around to look at the Lieutenant.

"Okay. I'll see you around, General."

"Likewise, Lieutenant." Leia soon went out the door. Her footsteps echoed among the halls and soon become one of the other many footsteps that followed in the corridor leading outside of the entrance of the infirmary.

Amaryllis turned back to the unconscious body of Finn, and looked outside the window, seeing the barracks across the base.

The Lieutenant took out her lightsaber and looked at it with fondness. She remembered when she finally finished it and the orange beam came out, emitting that sound she came to cherish.

Raina remembered how her mentor asked her what color she wanted to get from the caves and why. All she said was, "I want Orange. I like what it represents. The light and the Sun. I want to help people who can't see the light in them. I want to be that light for them, and in turn, maybe one day they'll find the light in themselves."

She pressed the button and the lightsaber came to life, the force between her and the lightsaber communicating on a level she couldn't comprehend yet. All she heard was a constant humming aside from when she swung it around.

Amaryllis looked at Finn once again and looked at the doorway.

"You'll be alright while I'm gone for a minute, right?" She asked the body of the boy laying before her.

Of course, she didn't get an answer.

With a gentle sigh, the Lieutenant got up and went to go make a somber announcement about Han's funeral.
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A/N: It's been quite awhile, and with Star Wars: The Force Awakens fresh in my mind, I decided to write a fanfiction continuing the movie, but in my direction. Hopefully, I can resurrect myself back on Wattpad cause it's been forever since I've been here. Anyways, I hope people enjoy this one!