The Forgotten Jedi - Rey Skywalker // Book V in A Spark of Hope

Chapter Twenty Six- Leia.

I watch with a smile as Finn and Rey stare at each other with love, and then lean in to kiss.

It feels like yesterday Rey was that little six year old, traumatized after watching her own mother get killed right in front of her. When Rey returned, I thought for sure she would be upset or broken forever.

But now she's here, all grown and married.

My smile soon disappears, however, when I heard a loud noise coming from far away.

An explosion.

We're under attack.

Everyone goes from cheering to screaming, and the music that once played replaced by the sound of blaster-fire.

Finn and Rey now stand back to back, both holding their lightsabers in hand to deflect the blaster bullets.

"Take cover!" Luke exclaims to the unarmed members. "Everybody! Take cover!"

I help guide people to the millennium falcon, so we can get to safety.

Our attention is taken off of safety for a split second, when suddenly there's another loud explosion, and the hotel crumples down to the ground.

"Everyone!" Han exclaims. "Follow us if you don't wanna be killed!"

That gets their attention.

We continue to walk towards the millennium falcon, the force users moving the rubble out of the way as we make our way towards it.

"It's over there!" Luke exclaims, pointing towards the falcon a few feet away from us. "Come-"

The sound of a blaster cuts Luke off, and he shouts in pain.

Rey, Han, and I rush towards his side, "Dad!" Rey exclaims, pressing her hands to his shoulder. "Dad, Dad, stay with me! Okay?"

"I'm fine!" Luke insists, sitting up. "We don't have time, we have to go now!"

"Uncle Luke!" Ben exclaims, rushing towards him. "Here, let me help you." He offers, stretching out his hand.

Luke takes his help, and the rest of us continue to walk towards the falcon.

~

I sit on the falcon, watching as Lyra and a few others help the injured members stitch and bandage their wounds. Thankfully Luke's wound wasn't as bad as it looked, so he'll survive and should make a complete recovery in just a few days.

"And that's it," Lyra says, putting down the needle and thread. "You're done. Just try not to move around too much, because you'll need time to heal."

"Okay," Luke says, pulling his sleeve back up. "Thank you."

"No problem." Lyra replies. "Now I'm going to go help with the others. You okay?"

"Yep, thanks."

Lyra walks off, and goes towards some of the other injured members to help. Luke looks at me and sighs, "Welp, that was unexpected."

"Yeah," I agree, nodding. "Still don't believe we're cursed?"

"Nope, we're definitely cursed." Luke says with a laugh. "I always assumed we were, but I felt like saying it would just make the curse worse."

I laugh slightly, and in the corner of my eye I see Rey resting her head on Finns shoulder. I glance back at Luke, then stand up to check on the two newlyweds, "Hey,"

"Hey," Rey greets, lifting her head. "Is Dad alright?"

"Yeah, yeah, he's fine." I assure. "Just has to take it easy and rest for a few days."

Rey sighs in relief, "Oh, good!"

"How are you guys?" I ask.

"We weren't inured, thankfully." Finn states. "So we're okay."

"Yeah, I'm fine just as long as everyone else is fine." Rey replies. "Kind of feel guilty, though. Now I wish we would've rescheduled our wedding till later."

"Same," Finn says. "Maybe if we would've waited, nobody would be hurt right now."

"Hey, don't blame yourselves." I tell them. "Luke was hurt the worst, and his injury wasn't even that bad. Look on the bright side of things, at least no one died."

"Yeah, guess you're right." Rey says. "Thanks Aunt Leia, you always know how to make me feel better."

"That's my job, I'm your Aunt."

"Hey, hey?"

The three of us turn around to see Caden, looking anxiously at Rose. She blinks slowly, and she stumbles, her hands clasped over her stomach.

"Rose?!" Caden says, his voice panicked.

She stumbles again, only this time, she falls. Caden helps her lay down on the ground, but her eyes drift shut. He moves her hands from her stomach and gasps.

"She was shot!" Caden exclaims, looking at his bloodied hands.

Lyra quickly rushes towards her and shoves Caden out of the way.

"Rose? Can you hear me?" Lyra asks, flashing a light in her eyes and checking her wound. "She's lost too much blood."

"Oh my gosh!" Caden replies.

"We need to land or she won't survive."

"Where do we go?!" Poe asks.

"What's the nearest planet?"

"Uhh," Han says from the cockpit. "Says here the nearest planet is Naboo."

"Guess we're going to Naboo then,"