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Desperation

Red blaster bolts flashed through the haze, illuminating the silhouettes they hit for an instant. An old man wielding a green lightsaber blocked several, redirecting them. Then, three unstable glowing red lines appeared, illuminating a lightsaber that formed an inverted cross. The lightsaber struck down the old man as his back was turned. Then, the lightsaber faded. Stormtroopers flooded out of the haze, blasting anyone they met. Then, a blue lightsaber lit up the haze, slaughtering stormtroopers. Finally, the red lightsaber appeared again, and the stormtroopers all fled.

"There you are my dear," Kylo Ren's voice spoke. "At last. I've been searching for you."

Kylo Ren, sillhouetted by his lightsaber, stepped forward, slashing at his opponent. His opponent blocked the blade, both blades dangerously close to their face, revealing Rey's face. Rey shoved the lightsaber away but it instantly swung down and around, killing her.

Finn jerked awake, several medics instantly holding down as he began to thrash against the restraints. Finn looked around at them, sweat stinging his eyes and blurring his vision.

"Sedate him!" a male voice ordered.

Finn felt something enter his arm and his head began to cloud over. He looked around, seeing Poe standing in the doorway.

"Rey!" Finn tried to shout, but his voice was barely audible.

However, Poe seemed to be able to hear it since he looked confused.

"Rey!" Finn tried again. "Save...stormtroopers...Kylo...Ren..."

Finn finally fell still and Poe looked to the doctors for an explanation.

"He must have believed he was still on that planet battling Kylo Ren," the doctor shrugged, having been informed of what had nearly severed Finn's spinal cord. "He should be fine, but for now, we'll keep him sedated. If he moves now, he'll likely kill himself. At best he'd lose the ability to move."

"How much longer?" Poe asked.

"With us working, probably a couple days," the doctor shrugged. "A medical droid could do it, but it would take a week."

Poe nodded and left. He got to his room where BB-8 was waiting and sat down. He glanced at him and then back at the door.

"Can you scan the systems near Rey for First Order?" Poe asked.

BB-8 beeped out a short response and left. After a moment, it returned with R2-D2 who plugged into the base's systems and then produced a hologram of the system. After a few moments of the hologram shifting from system to system, the hologram faded and R2-D2 reported all the systems near Rey clear. Poe thanked him and the droid left. Poe sighed and lay back on his bed. Almost as soon as he had drifted off, it seemed, the base's alarm woke him. He grabbed his blaster, heading toward the medical wing, finding several unconscious doctors and a missing Finn.

"Oh no," Poe groaned, sprinting to the hanger, finding Finn collapsed on the ramp of a shuttle that would have a medical droid.

He walked over, blaster resting on his shoulder and stopped standing over Finn.

"So, tell me, how exactly were you planning to leave without a pilot?" Poe asked.

Just as he did, he looked up and BB-8 and R2-D2 both came into view on the ramp. He blinked in shrprise and BB-8 explained that they were worried about the fact that R2-D2 hadn't found First Order anywhere in the Galaxy. Poe sighed and picked Finn up, carrying him to the medical droid inside and activating it. It reported that Finn's spinal cord had failed to propperly carry any electrical signals, resulting in Finn's collapse.

"Can you fix him?" Poe asked.

"Yes," the droid reporting, beginning to work.

"Alright," Poe nodded. "Hang in there Finn. We're off to find our friend."