//God Speed Rebels\\

II

"Proximity alert!"

"They've found us!"

I look to Poe. His worried expression replicates mine.

"We'll be back to this talk soon." I say while walking back to Leia.

"What's happening?" I ask as we make our way to the control center. Poe makes his way to the front windows.

"The First Order has found us."

"That's impossible." Poe counters. I run up next to him. Looking out of the window, ships come to a stop right outside of our perimeter. I feel Poe grab my hand and squeeze it tightly. Then a last, a loud boom follows with the appearance of the largest ship I've ever seen.

"That's Snoke's ship..." I mutter.

"You gotta be kiddin' me." Poe mutters before running back to the control table.

"Can we jump into lightspeed?" Poe asks.

"We have enough fuel resource for just one jump." A commander calls from the far side of the captain's quarters.

"Then do it, we gotta get out of here—" Poe says.

"Wait!" I yell. Everyone stops to look at me. I walk forward. "they've tracked us through lightspeed..." I whisper.

"That's impossible." Finn scoffs. I rest a hand on Poe's before turning to Leia, who looks out the window.

"Yes... And they've done it." Leia says solemnly.

"So if we jump to lightspeed they'll just find us again and we'll be out of fuel; we're done." I say.

"Not yet we're not." Poe walks around the other side of the table. "Permission to get in an x-wing and blow something up?" Poe asks Leia.

"Permission granted." Leia says. Poe grabs my hand as he runs past me. We run down the hallway towards the flight deck. BB-8 rolls in front of us and beeps annoyedly.

Green Squadron to positions. Clear all launch traffic.

Green leader yells into the intercom.

"Don't wait for me! Jump in and fire her up!" Poe yells to BB-8. I run swiftly in front of Poe as we turn the last corner and run behind the droid. We turn the corner within minutes. Suddenly I feel him zip by the Resistance freighter.

Kylo Ren

A small whistling begins to fly through the deck. I pull myself to a stop.

"Poe!" I yell as he runs past me. A loud crash rips through the flight deck. I'm thrown back from the blast. My body collides with the ground as I slide to a stop. Not long after, Poe comes tumbling down and lands on top of me. A grunt escapes my lips as he groans in pain. Slowly he leans up and locks eyes with me. I move to grip my side that I hurt on Jakku a few weeks prior. An excruciating pain buzzing in my ribs.

"Al, are you alright?" Poe asks through a strained breath as he looks over me then to my hand. He moves his hand to mine and looks at my side. "Didn't you hurt this side on Jakku?" he asks while resting his hand on my side. As he presses down, my hand whips to his chest as a draw in a sharp breath. I watch his hand rub the fabric slowly. My eyes wander over his soot-covered face. He looks down at his hand then slowly moves his eyes to look at mine. I could feel his heart beating madly against my fingertips.