Flying Solo ↣poe dameron↢

↣ chapter twenty five

Poe comes back to get me. "They're trying to get in. We need to buy them some time. Got any ideas?"

"I have one," I stand. "You might not like it though."

"Why?" Poe asks suspiciously.

"Give me 5 minutes and I'll fill you in!" I run out the door. I find the people who want to help me execute my plan. They follow me to get Poe and we fill him in.

The group of us walk to the docking bay on our carrier. I find Holdo. "Admiral?" She turns and rolls her eyes.

"What do you want Hotshot? You gonna throw some more of my stuff?" She asks rudely.

"No, actually. I would first like to apologize for my previous actions. I took my anger and frustration out on you; I shouldn't have done that," I say. "That's not why I'm here though."

~•~

"So a stormtrooper and a who now are doing what?" She asks me. I inhale sharply wanting to yell. Poe places a hand on my shoulder, calming me down.

"They are trying to save us. This is our best chance for escape. You have to give Finn and Rose all the time that you can," I say.

"You have bet the survival of the Resistance on bad odds and put us all at risk? There's no time now. We have to get clear of the cruiser. Load the transports!" She orders.

"Yeah, I was afraid you'd say that," I turn and so does everyone else who was a part of this. We all pull out our blasters and hold her at gunpoint.

"Vice Admiral Holdo." She turns to me and my fiancé and our group. "I am relieving you of your command for the survival of this ship, its crew, and the Resistance."

"I hope you understand what you're doing," she says.

I re-holster my blaster. "Yeah. I'm going to the bridge," I say to the group. I hear as Poe follows me. "If they move, stun 'em."

Poe moves a bit faster so he's walking right alongside me. "You got some balls doing that, Maya."

"I know, I know. I'm not letting her kill of the Resistance by running away. It's not what Mom would want," I say continuing down the long corridor towards the bridge.

I hear more footsteps behind us. I turn to see the rest of our little gang of misfits following. I pull out my comm.

"BB-8, tell us something good," I say.

"Maya, Poe, we're almost there. Have the cruiser prepped for lightspeed," Finn says.

"Yeah, we're on it, pal. You just hurry," I reply. The doors to the bridge open and Poe and I begin to order our team.

"Clear the bridge, escort the officers down to the hangar," Poe demands.

"Commander... Captain Dameron, Admiral Holdo was looking for you and Commander Solo," C-3PO says.

"Yeah, we spoke," I say.

Poe begins to set coordinates and I begin prepping for lightspeed.

"Sir, I am almost afraid to ask..." the golden droid begins.

Poe cuts him off, "Good instinct, Threepio. Go with that."

We hear something that sounds like compressed air coming out of somewhere. I look to the screen to see Holdo shooting at our Captains.

"Seal that door!" I yell to the team of people we have in here. I see C-3PO walking towards one of the doors. "Threepio, where do you think you're going?!" I yell.

"It would be quite against my programming to be party to a mutiny," he says.

"Hey!" I yell trying to stop him again.

"It is not correct protocol," he continues to walk towards the door. The door explodes and C-3PO panics. "Oh! Neither is this!"

"Finn! We're ready to make the jump!" Poe yells.

The door begins to crackle. Poe grabs me and pulls me beside him. We pull out our blasters and hold them ready to fire at the intruder.

"They didn't make it," Poe mutters.

"What?" I look to him, fear written across my face.

"Hey. It's gonna be okay. I love you, alright?" He grabs my head in his hands and he kisses me.

"I love you too," I say. We both get back in our positions.

The door makes one final blast and Poe and I stand ready to open fire. My breathing increases in speed as I wait for the smoke to clear and reveal the intruder.

I lower my weapon when I see my mom walking through the smoke.

"Mom!"
"Leia!" Poe and I speak in stereo.

She pulls out a stun blaster and shoots Poe and I. The two of us get sent flying and knocked unconscious.

~•~

I wake with a jolt. "No! No! No, no, no!" I run to the windows and I see the cruiser in the distance. I smack the window and look down, disappointed.

"Amaya," I hear my mother call. I look behind me to see her sitting at a table.

"What is that?" I look at the planet my mother's gaze holds.

"The mineral planet, Crait," she answers.

"An uncharted hideout from the days of the Rebellion," D'Acy says.

"That's a Rebel base?" I ask surprised.

"Abandoned, but heavily armored with enough power to get a distress signal to our allies scattered in the Outer Rim," D'Acy continues.

"Holdo knew the First Order was after our big ship. They're not monitoring for little transports," Mom says.

"So we could slip down to the surface unnoticed and hide 'til the First Order passes," I say. "That could work."

Mom nods. "She was more interested protecting the light than she was seeming like a hero," she says.

We avert our gazes to see the cruiser still being fired at by the First Order. I suddenly feel bad for my previous actions towards Holdo.

I hear a gasp of air. I turn to see my fiancé waking from his unconscious state. "Poe!" I stand and run towards him.

"Cosmo!" He picks me up and hugs me tightly.

"I love you, Flyboy," I mutter.

"Love you too, Hotshot," he winks as he uses Holdo's nickname for me. "It's got a nice ring to it."

I chuckle. "Whatever," I say as he puts me down.

He looks into my eyes with his mesmerizing chocolate irises. He leans down to my lips and places his on mine. We pull away after a short time.

We hear an explosion and turn out the window to see our transports being picked off one by one.

"No. No!" I yell.

Poe grabs me and pulls me into him. He holds my head against his chest as he runs his fingers through my hair.

We go towards a window. We watch as Holdo begins to turn the cruiser around.

"She's running away," someone says.

"No, she isn't," Poe answers.

We watch as Holdo flies the ship straight through Snoke's Destroyer. Our transport continues towards Crait.