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

Chapter Forty One- Poe.

"The plan is simple. We get in, get out. It'll all be fine."

That's what the plan was. It was supposed to be easy, we were supposed to get everyone out alive. We weren't supposed to be planning funerals. We made promises that we were supposed to keep.

The plan was supposed to be simple, but it wasn't.

Instead, the plan was hard. We got in but not everyone got out. It wasn't 'all fine'. Nothing about what happened was simple or fine. We planned a funeral that we didn't want to plan, and broke the promises we were supposed to keep.

None of this is okay.

// TWENTY-EIGHT EARLIER

"What is he doing here?" Finn snarls, stomping towards us. All eyes land on Nathan, who stands sheepishly in the doorway. "Poe, why did you bring him here?"

"He's going to help us take them down," I reply simply. "We're going to bring Rey home."

"Are you stupid?" Finn asks. "He's just gonna turn on us again! He can't be trusted— he's a monster!"

"I'm on your side," Nathan insists.

"Oh, yeah." Finn says sarcastically. "Because you've proven yourself to be so trustworthy so many times."

"Look, Finn," Nathan snaps. "I didn't want to do that, but I had no other choice. It was either you guys or my family and my family always comes first. You can be mad at me all you want, but when your babies are born you'll understand."

We all freeze. Did Nathan just say... babies?

"Uh, what?" Finn asks after awhile of standing around in shock. "Did you... did I hear you right? Did you say babies?"

"No," he says, shaking his head. "I- uh you must've misheard me."

"If you didn't say babies then what did you say?" I demand.

"Uh, I said rabies." Nathan replies. "When your rabies are here, you'll understand, because you'll have rabies and you may not make the greatest choices." He pauses. "I have rabies, and that's why I did what I did. It... it's messing with my head."

"No no," Finn says. "You said babies. Nathaniel, tell me, am... am I gonna be a dad?"

"Well, if you ask me, you're a dad the minute you find out about your baby since the baby is alive." Nathan replies. "And, yes. I-I um, I sensed them just a couple of seconds after I injected her with that serum."

"Oh my gosh," Finn says, backing away then sitting down on the bed. "I'm going to be— I am a dad."

I smile and walk towards Finn, sitting down beside him then patting him on the shoulder. "Congratulations!" Then I turn serious. "But why aren't we talking about how Nathan said 'babies' as in, plural. As in, twins!"

Finn quickly stands up. "Twins?"

Nathan shrugs, "Congratulations?"

"You know this and you still kidnapped her!" Finn exclaims, charging at him.

"Hey— Finn? Calm down, alright?" I say, moving him back. "We'll get Rey back, she'll be fine."

Finn nods, "Alright, okay."

"Now, we should go find everyone else." I say.

"Yeah, okay— but wait!" Finn says, stopping us all in our tracks. "We can't tell anyone."

I frown, "Why?"

"Because, Rey and I should be able to tell everyone together." Finn states.

"Won't Luke be able to sense somethings off?" I ask. "He is a grey Jedi. One of the strongest grey Jedi, actually. I'm sure he'll sense if we're hiding something from him."