Fighting for Skywalker ↬ Star Wars

An Interrogation and an Apparition

Finn clung to a pole, gasping for breath. He had finally reached what he believed to be Niima Outpost after walking for what felt like forever. Behind him, there was the sound of water and Finn spun around to see a giant creature drinking from a watering hole. Water!

Finn sprinted towards the water. It looked positively disgusting but he wasn't about to let himself die of thirst. He reached the water and scooped some up in his hands, once, then twice, downing it easily. He started gagging, it was awful! Finn reached down for more.

The large creature beside him used its ginormous snout to knock Finn over. As he laid on the sand he saw a woman being hit by a cloaked figure and a droid, which resembled a BB unit covered in a tarp. Finn quickly got to his feet and ran over to intervene.

"Hey!" Finn shouted, his voice hoarse. Shockingly the woman was able to knock the two men out with a kick to the face and a whack over the head with a long staff. He grabbed onto the pole beside him and watched in amazement. The woman removed the tarp that was over the droid, revealing an orange and white BB unit.

"I've gotta get my droid before the First Order does," Poe explained simply. "What a-a droid?!" Finn asked in alarm. "That's right. He's a BB unit, orange and white, one of a kind," Poe explained BB-8's appearance and how important he was. "I don't care what color he is! No droid can be that important," Finn replied angrily.

Finn zeroed in on the droid. Could it be? The droid with the map to Luke Skywalker? He took a step closer and the droid noticed him. The BB unit began to beep urgently to the woman, gesturing to Finn.

"Him?" The woman asked, looking between Finn and the droid. Me? The woman stood up from her crouching position and charged him. Finn took a few steps back and when she got a little too close for comfort he ran to the right, through tents and machinery. It seemed he had lost her.

When he reached a clearing the woman appeared and raised her staff, knocking Finn to the ground. "What's your hurry, thief?" The woman spat. "What? Thief?" Finn asked in shock as he lay gasping on the sand. The BB unit came up beside him, opening a compartment and emitting an electric shock that charged through his body.

"Ow, hey! What?" He said to the droid and then turned back to the woman. "The jacket. This droid says you stole it," the woman narrowed her eyes at him. "I've had a pretty messed up day, alright? So I'd appreciate it if you'd stop-" Finn tried to explain before he let out a scream of pain. The droid had shocked him again!

"Stop it!" Finn shouted at the droid. "Where'd you get it, it belongs to his master," the woman gestured at the droid again. Finn threw his head back and sighed. "It belonged to Poe Dameron," Finn stated. "That was his name, right?" He continued.

"He was captured, by the First Order. I helped him escape, but our ship crashed. Poe didn't make it," Finn explained sadly and watched as the droid's dome dipped in mourning. "I tried to help him, I'm sorry," Finn tried to console the droid.

The droid rolled away and the woman turned to him. "So you're with the Resistance?" She inquired. Finn froze. He couldn't exactly say he had been with the First Order... "Obviously," Finn replied shortly and stood up. "Yes, I am," he straightened Poe's jacket. "I'm with the Resistance, yeah, I am with the resistance," Finn whispered, trying desperately to convince her.

"I've never met a Resistance Fighter before," the woman smiled. Finn hesitated. "Well, this is what we look like," he answered with fake confidence. "Some of us. Others look different," he backtracked nervously. "BB-8 says he's on a secret mission, he has to get back to your base!" The woman said excitedly. Finn sighed.

"Apparently he has a map that leads to Luke Skywalker and everyone's after it," Finn explained gravely and the woman looked at him in shock. "Luke Skywalker? I thought he was dead? Leia's twin brother that died at seven years old..." The woman said confusedly. BB-8 came back and began to whistle and beep worriedly.