The next day started off pretty early, despite their late night interlude. As soon as they were up, Evan whipped together a quick breakfast, and then the four of them gathered back in the living room. "So here's the thing," Elise started. "Evan and I have a ship. It's not huge, in fact it's a little cramped for even two of us. But you two also have a ship. So I figure that we can't just drift around in space, because we'll all end up separated from each other. So we need to decide what coordinates we want to meet at before we head out."

"It isn't a good idea to come up with our strategy for attack over the radios. It will be too difficult to properly communicate our thoughts, and there's a chance that someone could tap into the line and hear us. Which means that we need to figure out our plan now," Iris declared.

The others didn't seem quite on board with that. Elise was the one who ended up trying to explain the flaw of working things out beforehand. "But how are we supposed to plan things out now when we don't know anything about where guards will be positioned, and what the floor plan is like, and all those other details that we could only find out from getting closer? If we get too invested in a particular idea, and then end up not being able to use it, it's not going to end well for any of us."

Iris narrowed her eyes. She did not appreciate having the others question her ideas, when she was the one who'd been at the top of their class by a very high margin, and Matt didn't know anything about anything because he'd spent most of his life sitting around and keeping track of records for the Resistance.

But on the other hand, this really did need to be a team effort. No matter how awesome she was, Iris knew that she wouldn't be able to do this on her own. And she really didn't want to, anyways. She took a deep breath in, then slowly let it out. She just needed to explain her thoughts in a clear and logical way so that the others would understand. "If we go in there with no plan at all, we'll be toast. The tendency to panic during high stress situations is something that's gotten you such low scores, Elise. And we do have at least some information about the base. I was in there before, and I can draw out everything that I remember. It was enough for the other rebels to be willing to come with me to the base."

Evan put his hands on his hips. "But that's part of the problem. You've been there before. Surely that means that if those guys have even an ounce of intelligence, they'll change things up and strengthen their security measures. I know that they're not the most intelligent bunch, but there have to be at least a couple of higher ups who would think to make changes."

Iris shrugged. "Even if they change guard rotations and outside security, the layout of the building itself can't have changed in such a short amount of time. I'll draw out the blueprints, and all of us should do our best to memorize them in case we get separated once we're inside. And even if we have to change things up once we get there, I really think that we should at least have some semblance of a plan before we head out. Evan, you said that you want to do something that matters, but if we get ourselves killed because we rush in with no plan, then it won't matter to anyone."

Evan heaved out a long sigh, but then he nodded. "Alright. We'll study the blueprints, and we'll come up with some kind of preliminary plan. But we all need to be prepared to switch things up on a moment's notice, okay?"

Iris nodded. "Okay. That sounds fair. Just give me a few minutes to whip together those blueprints. We're kind of working with limited time here. It's not like my visions are nice enough to come time-stamped, and he looked really bad when I last saw him, and who knows how long ago that was."

Matt gulped, but then he nodded, looking determined to succeed. "We're going to do this as quickly as possible, but we're also going to do this right. What are you going to be doing while we study the blueprints?"

Iris shrugged. "There's always more work to do, don't worry."

Elise got up, and then came back a minute later with a few sheets of paper and a box of crayons. At Iris' arched eyebrow, Elise smiled. "Sorry, we got them in preparation for the little one. We don't really have anything else to write with. We usually use electronics to communicate."

Matt frowned. "Isn't paper kind of expensive? How did you get your hands on so much of it? And are you really willing to let us waste it when you had planned on saving it for your kid?"

"It's fine. We-"

Iris let out a loud barking laugh. "Look!" She held up the paper, and pointed to the top, where there was some writing already printed onto this.

Then Matt looked over at the married couple with wide eyes. "You stole stationary paper right off the desk of Kylo Ren?"

Evan grinned. "Yeah we did. I mean, we were already planning on stealing a ship and ourselves and some supplies, so we figured that we may as well grab a few things. It was just from his office at the school, but that was good enough for us. He's usually at the main base, which meant that it was pretty easy to just stroll in and grab a few things."

Iris arched one eyebrow, incapable of not feeling impressed at the moment. "Did you take anything else?"

Elise got up again. "Just one other thing. We thought that it was kinda creepy, but we also thought that it would really throw Kylo Ren off his game to lose it, because why would he keep it on his desk if it wasn't important? so we decided to just go for it. Hang on." She disappeared into her bedroom again for just a moment before reemerging. She held out a glass picture frame.

Iris eagerly grabbed it, interested in learning more about the man she'd once been willing to die for. She wasn't sure what exactly she'd been expecting, but it wasn't this. It was a picture of a younger looking Leia standing with her arm linked with a fairly good looking guy. The guy in the picture was wearing the jacket that Leia had given to Iris, which meant that that had to be her husband, Han. On Leia's other side was a blonde haired man making a goofy face. He was leaning one elbow on top of an old looking blue droid. On the ground were a couple of very young children; one had brown hair sticking out in tufts all over their head, one was bald, and their grin that revealed only two teeth. Sitting with the toddlers was a third child, though she looked like a young teenager, with an eyepatch covering one eye, and an unhappy grimace on her face. It looked like she was holding an unactivated lightsaber in one hand.

Matt took the picture out of Iris' hands, while Iris looked over at Elise. "Why did you think that the picture is creepy? It looks like a happy family photo."

"Exactly. How creepy is it that Kylo Ren stole some random family's picture to put on his desk?"

She couldn't blame them for making assumptions about the people in the picture. "I don't think that it's random. The lady in that picture is the late Leia Organa, and I'm assuming that it's her husband next to her. Means that one of those kids is probably actually Kylo Ren himself. Not sure who the others in the picture are. Do you think it's possible that Kylo Ren has siblings?"

Matt shook his head. "No way. The general would have mentioned it at some point. And if that kid in the middle is Kylo Ren, then he's really young. The girl next to him looks pretty close to your age. There's no way that the Leia in this picture is old enough to already have a teenager."

Iris peered over Matt's shoulder to look at the picture again. "I don't know. It's possible. She looks good for her age, but she's not that old here."

"Clearly you have no concept of understanding ages. She looks like maybe mid-twenties at most. No way that girl is hers."

Alright, so Matt had a point there. "But what about that other kid? They're like a baby."

"But again, it would've come up at least once if Leia had other children."

Iris shrugged. "I don't know then. The mysterious of this universe will never cease to amaze me. We may never find out who the other people in this picture are. Doesn't really matter though. The point is that it's probably the only family picture that Kylo Ren has. I doubt that he had time to pack up a bag after running away to become who he is."

Matt pointed to the blonde man. "I'm just going out on a limb here, but maybe that's Luke Skywalker. It would make sense for him to be in a family picture, right?"

Elise walked over, and plucked the picture out of Matt's hands so that she could look at it closer. "That's so weird. I'd just kinda assumed that these were totally random people. It never occurred to me that this was actually going to be something important to the guy. I almost feel bad now."

Evan patted the top of Elise's closest foot. "I wouldn't feel bad if I were you. Don't forget that he's an evil mass murderer who would've been perfectly content to let us all die just for not being good enough soldiers."

"Fair enough," Elise allowed.

Then Iris shook her head. "Alright, enough of the distractions. I need to draw these pictures so that we can get into that base and rescue Matt's dad before he drops dead. Nice find on the picture, but we'll have to look more into it later. For now, you three discuss your various strengths and weaknesses while I draw."

Matt raised one eyebrow. "Should we go into a different room so that we don't keep distracting you?"

Evan snorted. "Don't worry, she'll be fine. She's used to working right through other people talking, while still paying just enough attention to the other people to be able to insult them at the opportune moments. She's like the master of doing that. And still getting good enough work done to be at the very top of our class."

An impressed whistle came from Matt. "You know, it would make sense if we were related. We're both studious and smart."

"Yeah, but I'm also badass and magical on top of that, so good luck trying to convince yourself that you're the superior sibling."

Matt rolled his eyes. "Whatever." Then he turned to the other two so that they could start discussing different potential strategies.

While those three were talking, and surprisingly not going off on tangents every five seconds, Iris worked as quickly as possible to sketch out everything she could remember from the base. She'd only been in there twice before, and hadn't gotten the chance to explore the entire place, but what she had seen, she could recall with perfect ease.

It took a couple hours, but then Iris was finally finished. She did feel a little bit bad about the fact that she'd used up all the paper, front and back of each sheet. Even though Evan and Elise hadn't saved up and bought them with their own money, it was still something that they'd intended on giving to their children, and now they couldn't do that.

She cleared her throat to get the attention of her co-conspirators, and then held up the papers. "Alright, so I know that this isn't as good as actual floor plans, but this is the best we're going to get. Obviously I wasn't able to draw up the whole place, but what I did draw, I can guarantee is accurate. Now I want to discuss some of things that you guys mentioned earlier." Then she immediately launched into a long lecture about why half their ideas wouldn't work, but the other half were actually feasible.

By the end of the day, the four of the them had come up with a decent plan, and they had all gotten down the basics of the blueprints. There wasn't anything left to do but to head out and hope that they weren't too late to rescue Matt's dad. While it was true that in the long run Killian was actually pretty useless, she knew that all of them wanted to succeed at this, though each had their own reasons.

Evan and Elise packed up a couple of small bags to take with them, mostly grabbing the things that they refused to live without. Just by getting involved in the rescue, there was a chance that they might never be able to return to their home, and if that was the case, they didn't want to lose anything too important. When Elise left behind the picture of Leia's family, Iris quickly scooped it up herself. She removed it from the glass, and folded it up so that it would fit into her pocket. She wasn't sure why she was taking it, since she only really knew two people in it, but Iris could just tell that this was something important.

When everyone was all set, they headed out. They'd agreed to meet up at a location near enough to the base for them to begin strategizing, but far enough away that they hopefully wouldn't be spotted by anyone. As they walked outside, with Matt gallantly offering to carry Elise's bags for her, Evan began to lag behind, and he gave Iris a look to signal that he wanted her to do the same.

Confused about his intentions, she let herself fall back until she was walking next to him. "Is there something I can help you with?"

Evan nodded. "Actually, yes. Elise and I had a very serious talk last night. I don't want to just leave her behind because that wouldn't make me feel any better. But the truth is that even if she wasn't pregnant, she's always been the worst in our class. She might be more badass than your brother, but that's only because you'd be hard pressed to find someone who isn't."

Iris arched one eyebrow. "So what are you saying?"

"Elise and Matt are not cut out for this kind of thing. They're either going to get themselves killed, or they're going to get us killed. I want to do something that matters, but I also want to be a father, and I can't do that if Elise or I end up dead. And I know that you care about Matt, whether you're actually related or not. You know that he isn't going to be able to hold his own if it comes down to it. And it'll be easier for a smaller number of people to sneak in." Iris still didn't say anything; she just waited for Evan to get to the point. "We're going to volunteer to switch ship assignments. You and I are the best chance we've got for strategy, so we'll claim that we want to use the travel time to continue discussion. We'll take my ship. Elise and Matt will take yours, and Elise will make sure to bring them somewhere safe. Maybe the Resistance, if you're willing to cough up the location."

This felt a bit like betrayal. Tricking Matt into staying out of the fight after they'd promised each other that they'd be in it together no matter what. And yet, she knew that Evan was right. Neither Elise or Matt had the skills to keep themselves going strong during a physical fight. Iris wanted Matt to be safe. And the possibility of him dragging them down once they were actually in the danger spot seemed likely.

She closed her eyes for a moment, then slowly nodded her head once. "Alright, let's do it." She paused for a moment to set her borrowed bag on the ground, and fished out one of the blueprint papers. She tore off one corner to scribble down some coordinates, then hurried to catch up with Matt. She gave him a friendly grin, hoping that he wouldn't see through it. "So Evan and I were thinking that we should travel together so that we have more time to talk shop. It's not like I'll be able to discuss anything productive with you."

Matt snorted. "Fine by me." He glanced at Elise. "That is if you don't mind us traveling together?"

Elise shook her head, and did her best to hide the tired look on her face. "I guess it'll be nice to get to know you better. And maybe you can tell me more about my idol, since you guys have been working together for a little while now."

Iris held out her hand like she wanted to shake with Elise, and when Elise accepted the handshake, Iris casually slid the scrap of paper into the pregnant girl's possession. "This is such a relief. Matt and I were really starting to get sick and tired of being cramped together like that."

Matt rolled his eyes. "Just for that, I'm going to take our ship, which means that you can't have any of your stuff back until after we succeed at our mission."

Iris reached up to press one hand against her heart, and she let out a dramatic sigh. "Oh fine, if you insist!"

Evan caught up with them a moment later, and he tugged on Iris' arm. "Our ship isn't at the shipyard, so this is where we're going to have to part ways."

She nodded, and then suddenly turned around to jump up and pull Matt into a tight hug. "I'm really glad to have you as a brother," she told him while trying to keep the emotion out of her voice.

Matt returned the hug, though he seemed a little confused. "And I'm honored to have you as a sister."

Then Elise tugged Matt free. "Come on. I want to get to your ship so that I can just sit down already. I know I haven't really blown up yet, but my ankles are killing me." She took a moment to give Evan a quick peck on the lips. "I love you. I'll see you later, okay?"

With that, the four of them split off into their assigned pairings, and as they walked closer to Evan's ship, Iris really hoped that she'd done the right thing. Matt's feelings would be hurt once he realized the truth, but hopefully he would be able to see that this was for the best, and he would be able to forgive Iris for the deception. She was planning on getting him his father back, and she hoped that that would be enough to stay in his good graces. Because no matter what else happened, Iris really did think of Matt as a brother, and she didn't want to lose that.