"This will begin to make things right. I've traveled too far and seen too much to ignore the despair in the galaxy. Without the Jedi, there can be no balance in the Force." Lor San Tekka says.
"Well, because of you, now we have a chance." Poe tells him, holding up the map fragment. Pandora nods.
"The General's been looking for this for a while." She adds.
"Oh, the General? To me, she is royalty." He replies.
"Well, she certainly is that." Poe says. Suddenly, BB-8 enters the hut, chirping quickly. "We got company." Pandora sighs and stands, joining him as he exits the hut. He scans the other side of the village, spotting the approaching ships. "You have to hide."
"You have to leave. Go." Lor tells them.
"What? No. The First Order is almost here, you have to hide." Pandora argues. He nods at Poe, who grabs her arm and drags her away. She struggles to get free and he stops, grabbing her shoulders instead as he faces her.
"Stop. We have to get this map back. I'm sorry, but we don't have time to stop and help them." He tells her. She turns to look at the village and he squeezes her shoulders. "Come on. We need to get back soon, or your parents will kill me."
Pandora rolls her eyes but nods. He lets go of her and they start running back to their X-Wings, BB-8 following behind.
"Come on, BB-8, hurry!" He calls as they reach the ships. They each climb into their own, BB-8 joining Poe as the ships power on. Pandora grunts as her ship is hit and her controls go dark. She flips a few switches, but nothing happens.
"Poe, my ships down! I can't do anything!" She says, looking behind them and spotting the approaching stormtroopers. She watches as Poe activates his ships blasters, turning them and firing on the troopers.
The two jump from their ships, blasters ready. Pandora covers Poe as he checks the back of his ship, slowly moving towards the village as she hears its inhabitants screaming.
"You take this. It's safer with you than it is with me. You get as far away from here as you can." Poe tells BB-8, placing the map into the compartment he opens. "Do you hear me?" He asks. The droid chirps. "We'll come back for you. It will be all right."
He joins Pandora behind the cover of the sand dune near them, and they fire at the stormtroopers. They pause when they spot a ship approaching the village, landing at the edge of the chaos. She tenses when she spots Kylo Ren exit the ship, raising her blaster to fire at him. Poe shoves the blaster away before she can.
"What the hell are you doing?" He asks. She glares at him.
"He killed Ben, and I'm going to return the favor." Pandora tells him.
"You can't." He says
"Watch me." She replies, raising her blaster again. He yanks it from her grip.
"Stop it, Pan. If you can't control yourself, get back inside your ship and wait for me. Stay there until this is over. If anything happens you leave me and get back. Promise me." Poe tells her. She glances between him and Kylo Ren before nodding.
"I promise." She assures. She hugs him tightly before pulling back, resting her hands on his shoulders as she looks at him. "Be careful." She says. He smirks.
"I'm always careful." He replies. She rolls her eyes and takes her blaster back, rushing back to take cover in her ship. She peeks out and watches as Kylo Ren approaches Lor San Tekka. She can't hear their conversation, but gasps when Ren strikes the man down.
Pandora watches as Poe runs out from his cover, firing at him. Ren holds his hand out, stopping the bolt midair and freezing him. Two stormtroopers grab his arms and drag him to Ren, shoving him to his knees. She shoves her blaster away, not trusting herself with it when Poe is in danger.
Poe is searched, then dragged onto the ship. The stormtroopers raise their blasters at the surrounded villagers, then begin firing. Pandora squeezes her eyes shut and leans back, covering her ears to try and block out the sound of the slaughter.
Stormtroopers begin approaching the X-Wings and Kylo Ren quickly moves to intercept them, ordering them to leave the ships alone and to return to their own.
Pandora cries quietly as she waits for all the ships to leave, waiting an extra half hour to make sure they've all gone. She quietly climbs out of her ship, wiping her tears as she moves to peek over the dune. Once she's sure she's alone she moves to Poe's ship and gets to work on repairing it enough to make it back to the Resistance.
***
"Oh, thank the Force!" Cordelia cries as she spots Pandora climbing out of the X-Wing. She and Din rush forward, pulling their daughter into a hug as soon as her feet touch the ground. They soothe her as she cries.
"Everything will be all right, Ad'ika." Din tells her as she begins to calm down. He wraps his arm around her shoulders and leads her away as Cordelia rushes to their daughter's room to get her a change of clothes. "Come on, let your brother know you're all right." He says. She nods.
The two make their way towards the med bay, spotting Rhys as he tends to one of his patients. He finishes his work and turns, seeing his dad and sister standing there. He rushes forward and pulls Pandora into a hug. She holds him tight, burying her face in his shoulder.
"They took him." She whispers, fighting tears again.
"Who took who?" He asks, pulling away to look at her. She sniffles, wiping her eyes.
"Kylo Ren. He took Poe." She says.
Rhys pulls her into another hug, Din joining after a moment. Cordelia enters the room and sets the pile of clothes on the table, wrapping her arms around them.
The Djarin Family reunited.
I wanted Pandora and Poe to have the same age gap as her parents (7 years) so that's why Cordelia's pregnancy came literally right after she said she wasn't ready lol. If any of you were curious, Din was 39 and Cordelia was 32 when they met. Pandora is 25 and Poe is 32.
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Pandora's Box
同人小說Din and Cordelia Djarin have already had their adventures throughout the galaxy, and now it's time for their children to have their own. Following Pandora and Rhys Djarin as they fight with the Resistance against the First Order.
