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When I come to, my back is burning

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When I come to, my back is burning. So is my face. I sit up and rub my eyes. Wherever I am, it's super bright.

Once my eyes have adjusted, I look around. I'm surrounded by sand and hills. I stand up quickly, realizing where I am, and spin around, my eyes scanning my surroundings.

In the distance, I can see smoke billowing. That must be the TIE fighter. And if that's the TIE fighter, where's Finn and Poe?

Panic grips my chest, and I begin to run in the direction of the smoke. The closer I get, the more evidence I can see of our crash.

I stop almost twenty feet away from the wreckage. Lying in front of me is a body. I squat down, and realize it's Dameron.

"Poe." I say, shaking him. He doesn't move. "Poe." I say more urgently. Poe groans, and rolls over. He throws his arm over his eyes.

"Where are we?" He croaks.

"Jakku." I say. I help him up, and he dusts himself off. This sand seems to stick everywhere.

Something beeping catches my attention, and I see BB-12. He's covered in sand. I dig him out quickly.

Finally! He says, annoyed. I let out a dry laugh. Poe comes to stand next to me, and the three of us watch the wreckage burn.

"Did you see Finn?" Poe finally asks.

"No." I reply. "I didn't see him."

Poe sighs and turns to walk back down a hill.

"Wait-" I say. "Where are you going?"

"To find a town!" Poe says. He keeps walking, doesn't even glance back at me.

"Hey!" I run down the hill, and stop in front of him. "Dameron, we need a plan."

"I don't need to listen to you." Poe snarls.

"Don't talk to me like that! If you've forgotten, this is your fault. You crashed the TIE fighter!"

"I didn't crash the TIE fighter."

"Then why's your hair smoking?"

Poe opens his mouth, and quickly pats down his hair. Once he's satisfied, he pushes past me.

"Dameron, stop!" I yell at him. Poe pauses, and finally turns to look at me.

"Look, I didn't crash the fighter. The First Order shot us down." Poe sighs. "And I don't have a plan. We need food, shelter, and water. The only way we're going to find those is-" Poe is cut off my a speeder zooming past.

My mouth drops open.

I begin to run after it. I grab Poe's arm, dragging him after me.

"Hey!" I yell, waving my arms around. The speeder is particularly slow, but still faster than us.

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