FREE FALLING ━━ p. dameron ✓

fifty nine

After what seems like hours, but could've only been twenty minutes, Poe sets us down in an asteroid field.

He gently shakes my shoulder.

"Wren." He whispers. I don't react. "Wren? Princess? Baby? Sweet cakes?"

I give no response.

"How many pet names am I gonna have to use to get you to react?" He asks. I turn and glare at him darkly. "I-I'm sorry. That wasn't funny." Poe apologizes. He drops to his knees beside my chair. "Please just talk to me Wren. I need...I need to hear your voice."

I swallow. "I want my mom." I whisper, shrinking deeper into my cloak.

Poe reaches over at strokes my hair. "I do too."

I squeeze my eyes shut and feel a few tears drop down my cheeks. "W-what happened?" I ask.

Poe shakes his head, dark curls flying everywhere. "I'm not sure. Ren and Rey were fighting over the transport. There was a bright flash of light. I think it came from Rey. And then the next thing I know the transport is blown up."

"Chewie." I cry softly.

Poe pulls me towards him and cradles me to his chest. "I know princess. I'm so sorry." He whispers softly.

I wrap my arms around his neck and cry softly.

Poe runs his hands through my hair, his gloves getting caught in the knots. I squeeze my eyes shut.

When I open them again, my tears are mostly gone. I sit up and wipe at my face. I sniffle and run my hands over my face.

I stand up and drop Ahsoka's cloak into the copilots chair. "We need to finish what we started."

"But how can we?" Poe asks. He stands up as well.

I shake my head. "I don't know. Maybe Rey or Finn have a clue."

"Maybe." Poe shrugs.

We both walk out to the main part of Ochi's ship to find Rey and Finn sitting on a crate. Both are staring off into space.

"We have eight hours left. So, what are we gonna do?" Poe asks, breaking the silence. He fixes his gloves and flex's his fingers.

"What can we do? We gotta go back to base." Finn replies.

"We don't have time to go back. We are not giving up." I say. "If we do that Chewie d-died for nothing."

"Wren, Chewie has the dagger! That was our only clue!"

"Well, then we gotta find another way." Poe argues.

"Well, there isn't! That was our only clue, to the Wayfinder thing and it's gone. As I said before!" Finn argues back.

"So true." C3PO says. "The inscription lives only in my memory now." The golden droid sighs sadly.

It's silent as everyone turns to stare at 3PO.