FREE FALLING ━━ p. dameron ✓

thirteen

I walk into the conference room but nobody stops to look at me. They all keep rushing around. I look around for a familiar face, and finally spot him.

Poe glances at me, then looks away. He's still clearly upset about earlier. Doesn't matter. My position has not changed. If there's a fight, I will be there.

As the meeting starts, we ignore each other as best as we can. Even so, I'll sneak glances every so often at him. One of his dark curls has fallen against his forehead, and I itch to tuck it back in place.

I shake my head. My brain does know we're looking at Poe Dameron right? The guy that drives me nuts. The guy that tried to ban me from flying. The guy that came to check up on me yesterday. The guy who was about to kiss-

Mom clears her throat and everyone standing around the holotable looks up at her.

Among us are Finn,(who somehow survived the crash? I'm not sure how, all I know is that Poe and I were very happy to hear that he survived.) Dad, Mom, Poe, C3PO, General Statura, Admiral Ackbar, Brance, Snaps, Major Ematt, Nien Nunb, Connix, Lula, and a few others.

"The scan data from Snap's reconnaissance flight confirms Finn's report." Poe says. His hands rests on his hip.

"They've somehow created a hyper lightspeed weapon built within the plants itself." Snaps pipes up. All eyes turn to him.

"A laser cannon?" Brance asks.

Snaps leans forward. "We're not sure how to describe a weapon of this scale."

"It's another Death Star." Ematt says. His eyes go glassy, and I know he's reliving memories from the Empire.

"I wish that were the case Major." I say. I lean forward and tap a few buttons on the holotable. The Death Star appears. "This is the Death Star." I tap another button.

"And this is Starkiller base." Poe finishes for me. Our entire group watches as the Death Star shrinks, and Starkiller grows. I let out a shiver. In my mind, all I can see his Poe's X-wing crashing.

Dad steps forward, his hands on his hips. "So it's big." He says. My mother glares at him. Dad just shrugs.

Admiral Ackbar blinks a couple times before speaking up. "How is it possible to power a weapon of this size?" He asks.

We all look to Finn. He knows the most out of all of us.

"It uses the power of the sun. As the weapon is charged, the sun is drained until it disappears." He says.

A random officer runs up to mom and hands her a datapad. Her hand flies to her mouth.

"What's wrong?" I ask her. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Poe looking at me.

"The First Order. They're charging up their weapon right now. And our systems the next target."

"Oh my." C3PO says. "Without the Republic fleet, we're doomed." BB-8 beeps sadly in agreement.