Heir to Skywalker ⤇ Finn

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

The two walked towards the fighting. Finn was curious, but Padme's inner Jedi showed when she reached for her lightsaber, which she immediately remembered she left back at home.

"Dammit, screw Tuanul's no weapon rule. And I need that lucky jacket!" She whispered to Finn. They looked at each other, signaling to go and help the woman. They stepped forward but stopped when they saw the girl get the upper hand. "Woah," Padme muttered. Finn was just stunned. The two watched as the girl lifted up the sack, revealing their prized droid. She turned around to look for her droid, causing BB-8 to miss her presence entirely. Instead, he told the girl something.

"Who? Him?" She asked the droid. Looking up at Finn, she stepped forward and started to run at him.

"Padme?" He asked flatly.

"What?" She responded, turning back to him.

"Uh, why are they running at us?" He asked, bracing to run too. She looked at the droid and the woman and wondered that same thing too.

"I don't know," She said, but Finn was off. "Wait! Finn! Come back!" She shouted after him. The girl and the droid zoomed past her. "Seriously, BB-8?" She shrugged, running towards them. "I hate running!" She said.

The three in front of Padme turned a corner and she lost them. She stopped at an intersection but saw Finn fall to the ground on the other side of a tent. She walked to them but started to jog when she was him wince. Soon she was close enough to hear what he was saying.

"It belonged to Poe Dameron. That was his name, right?" He said. She was still to far to hear much else, but she knew what was coming, and BB-8 wouldn't take it well. "He was captured by the First Order, I helped him escape but our ship crashed," He said. She slowed down as she reached them, reliving the last moment she had with him. She had been so reckless, ignoring the obvious signs the force could have been revealing to her. "Poe didn't make it," Padme stopped walking and felt a tear fall from her eye. She wiped it away as soon as it fell. "Look, I tried to help him. I'm sorry," Padme turned the corner just as BB-8 started to leave.

"BB-8?" She saw the droid turn around and recognise her. He beeped and rolled to her. She squatted down, rubbing the droid quickly. "Hey buddy," She said, realizing the news he had just gotten. "I'm sorry," BB-8 beeped solemnly. "Hey," She asked, realizing something. "Where's Sev?" She asked.

"[She went to look around]" BB-8 beeped.

"And you let her go alone? BB-8, where did she go?" Just when Padme started to get agitated, she felt something rub against her side. She looked to see her red and white droid next to her. "Sev," She smiled, greeting her droid as well.

"So you're with the Resistance?" She heard the girl ask the two. Padme looked up to see what Finn's answer would be. She wanted to know how he would react, and it was just what she expected.

"Obviously. Yes. I am. I'm with the Resistance, yeah," He stammered. "I am with the Resistance," Padme coughed in amusement, and Finn got the gesture. Rey lowered her staff and helped up Finn.

"I've never met a Resistance fighter before," She blushed. Oh this is gonna be fun, Padme thought.

"Well, this is what we look like," Finn gestured to himself and Padme. He started to look confident, over-confident if you asked her. "Some of us, others look different," Padme looked at Finn, standing up. The two droids talked next to her foot, mostly about Poe.

"BB-8 says he's on a secret mission, he has to get back to your base," The girl asked.

"Apparently he's carrying a map that leads to Luke Skywalker, and everyone's after it," He said.

"You aren't supposed to know that," Padme said through gritted teeth, elbowing Finn in the ribs. He caved a bit but tried his best to hide the pain.

"Luke Skywalker? I thought he was a myth," The girl asked. Padme laughed.

"It's starting to seem like it," Padme answered. With her father gone, even from the force, it seemed more and more each day that he was never actually there.

BB-8 and BB-7 started to beep loudly and Padme quickly turned to see two stormtroopers talking to the thugs from earlier.

"What is it?" Rey asked.

"Look," Padme gestured, but the troopers did the same when they were spotted. Finn grabbed the two girls' hands and ran away.

"What are you doing?!" Padme tried to yell her name but remembered she didn't know it. Come on, guys. Gimme a break! She thought.

"Come on!" Finn shouted, blasts beginning to zip past them. They ran in zig zags, dodging through tent after tent.

"Come on, BB-8!"

"Sev, you too!" She saw her droid rolling right next to Poe's.

"Let go of me!" The girl did not like this rando holding her hand.

"No, we gotta move!" Finn lost her hand right then.

"I know how to run without you holding my hand!" She finished, but Padme didn't pull away. She didn't see the point. It was just a way of keeping track of your team. Plus, why not?

"Stay close! This way!" The girl ordered their movements now. Padme ducked when she heard a blast almost hit them. She was not about to let the group know it grazed her shoulder. They turned a corner to lose their assailants.

"Call in the air strike!" Padme heard the troopers say.

"Uh oh," She muttered, pain still stinging her shoulder. They ducked behind another tent, out of sight from everyone else at the outpost.

"They're shooting at all of us!" The girl was clearly upset.

"Yeah, they saw you with us! You're marked!" Finn told her in the worst way he could have.

"Well, thanks for that!" She fussed.

"I'm not the one who chased you down with a stick!" He fired back. "Does anyone have blasters around here?!" He searched.

"Why would they have blasters?" Padme asked in disbelief.

"Are you okay?" The girl reached for the droids, searching for damage. Finn put his finger against his lips, gesturing them to be quiet. He paused, grabbing the girls' hands again.

"Stop taking my hand!" They started to run again.

"I hate running!" Padme shouted. Just as she finished, the scream of a giant blast hurdles toward them, hitting the ground and knocking them back. Padme braces herself, stopping her fall with the force right before impact. She looks around for the droids, then her new friends. She saw the girl get up, then they both ran to Finn who was laying on the ground, motionless.