"I need a tracker on the escape pod that just launched, NOW!" I yell as I storm into the bridge.
"A pod launched?" Kaydel asks, surprised. Then, seeing my red eyes, she runs up to me and asks in a very soft voice, "Who was in it?"
"Ben." I say, collapsing into tears again.
"We'll find him. I promise." She says. She punches the intercom button. "DAMERON! TICO! TO THE BRIDGE, NOW!" She always knows. How am I going to tell Poe? They've really become good friends, him and Ben.
In a moment, Rose and Poe come running in.
"Rey!" Rose sees me crying, and she envelopes me in a hug.
"Rey," Poe starts, much more gently than Rose. "What is it?"
"Ben." I say, through sobs. "He jumped ship. I don't know where he's going."
Kaydel walks over slowly. "Rey, I can't track the pod. I'm sorry."
Rose gets up. "I can do anything with tracking. Let me have a crack at it."
I look up at Poe, trying to be all stoic, but I can see he's sad. Then, his face hardens. He's mad now. I can sense he has no good feelings towards Ben anymore.
"I've got him!" Rose shouts from the other side of the room. "He's, he's headed towards Naboo. There's a security base there, where people can go to hide out from people they're running from."
"Can you get us there?" I ask.
"Without a doubt."
"Great. Poe, Finn, you're coming with us. We leave tomorrow."
The next morning, we all jump into X-wing and fly to Naboo, with Rose in the lead.
"Right here." She says, directing us to the building.
Poe shoots around the base.
"Poe don't!" I yell. "What are you doing?"
"None of you were shooting!" I glance at Rose and nod over to Poe's fighter as he says, "And Rey, I know this is your ex-boyfriend here, but when you start an attack, you follow it through!" Rose shoots from behind. "And now my weapon systems are down! Rose why'd you do that?"
"Get your head out of your cockpit! And don't you dare think about telling BB-8 to fix it for you! This was never an attack! This was to get Ben! I need you to make a communication with the base!"
"Fine. What do you want me to say?"
"I need Ben out here! When I go down you to him, you three stay in the air, ok?"
"Yes General." Poe says in his very annoyed voice.
I can practically here Rose rolling her eyes as she says, "You've got it Rey."
"Alright, making the communication." Poe says. "Attention!" He yells over the intercom. "This is commander Poe Dameron of the Resistance! Our general requests that Ben Solo comes out now! No one will be hurt if he does." Then, after he switches off the intercom, he hears, "At least I hope not." So he does still care.
"He's coming out!" Rose yells over the headset.
"I'm going down." I say.
I land and get out of my fighter.
"Rey, what are you doing here?" Ben asks when he sees me.
"This is for leaving." I say as I punch him.
"And this is because I love you." Then I kiss him.
Thanks for reading! Be sure to check out my next story, 'A Modern Feyritail' first chapter coming out Friday!
