To The Stars and Back

Chapter 23; Fin

A Fanfiction by TheObsessory

After Finn's quick explaination of the girl named Rey, how he worked on the base where she was currently prisoner in and her capture, Poe and I quickly hustled toward the command center, hopeful to find the General.

The communications center was bustling and busy, every voice speaking, trying to talk over one another. Some people were on radios, others speaking to each other. Most of the chatter was probably about the recent events with the Hosnian System, but we were in too much of a hurry to overhear much of anything. The General was quickly talking to a few of her commanders when Poe rudely interrupted.

"General Organa. I'm sorry to interrupt." Poe nodded once to the others who had previously held Leia's gaze, "This is Finn, he needs to talk to you."

"And I need to talk to him." Leia didn't seem the least bit concerned being taken from one conversation and thrown into another. Although something told me, this had been happening, and would be happening, all day, "That was incredibly brave what you did- renouncing the First Order, saving this man's life-"

"Thank you, ma'am," Finn jumped straight to the point and wasn't having any of the General's fine words. Obviously Rey meant a lot to him, "But a friend of mine was taken prisoner-"

"Han told me about the girl." A red flag went up in my mind. The Han Solo? Well of course he would be around eventually. He and Leia were married, "I'm sorry."

"Finn's familiar with the weapon that destroyed the Hosnian System. He worked on the base." Poe kept the conversation going, and this tidbit of information caught Leia's attention.

"We're desperate for anything you can tell us." She spoke urgently, even a few people from around us stopped what they were doing to quiet down and listen, hopeful for anything to stop the First Order.

"That's where my friend was taken, I've got to get there fast."

"And I will do everything I can to help, but first you need to tell us all you know."

For the time being, Finn would be off with a large group of higher ups who got to know everything. Poe and I, lowly Commanders, despite being Leia's most trusted pilots, were left behind.

I was alright with this fact, for once, as I realized neither Poe nor I had a moment to celebrate the fact that Kes was alive and well. And especially in this time of grieving for all those who had been lost to the First Order in one foul swoop.

We all met for a mid afternoon meal. It wasn't until I smelled the food I realized how hungry I was. Little talking was done as we all ate together, but once we had finished and allowed our food to settle, as Poe placed his arm on the back of my chair and brushed his fingers along my shoulder, I realized there was some important information being withheld from my father, sister and father to be.

"Uh." I bit my lip and glanced nervously at Poe, unsure how to approaching the situation. 'Oh yeah, suddenly we're engaged'? 'We're getting married as soon as possible'?

"We already know, Sidra." My father stopped me before I could finish mentally preparing a speech.

"I had a hunch." Cerys winked my direction, unable to suppress her grin any longer.

I nearly rolled my eyes at my baby sister, but grinned just as widely as she did.

"You've always been my daughter, anyway, so we might as well make it official." Kes pulled me into a hug from where I sat next to him, planting a gentle kiss on my forehead.

The gesture nearly moved me to tears. My wonderful little family was still together, and was all the more stronger now that it was to be made into a real family, and not just one I had drawn and hung on my fridge all those years ago.