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Chapter Twenty-Two: Mutiny

Elle's arms were crossed over her chest, looking squarely at Poe. His gaze drifted onward towards the general's still form, still hoping she would wake soon. They both were. Elle just worried about Poe right now. She also worried if the plan was going to work, if Finn and Rose were going to be okay. And she worried how she was going to tell Poe the news. Never mind that twenty-eight years of her life had just been turned upside down, still reeling in the fact she was Luke Skywalker's daughter.

However, she could feel the fumes of his anger slowly dying down. The peaceful quarters her aunt seemed to have that effect on him, and her too. Her mind was well at ease in the room, and part of her wondered if Leia had anything to do with it. It gave her hope that maybe they haven't lost her. Not yet.

A friendly silence settled in between them, and it seemed like all Elle could really do was just to be there for him. But she was going to have to tell him soon. She was on the next transport shuttle, and she wasn't ready to leave him behind. She couldn't even find a right way to say something positive about this. What if Poe got left behind? And this was the last time she was going to see him again? Oh God…her heart twisted at the thought in her mind, and she turned to face Leia's body, trying not to think about such things. She just got him back, and she wasn't ready. She wasn't ready for this.

They turned to face at the sound of a beeping alert from communications. Elle patched Finn through.

"Hey, how's it going?" she asked, trying to sound as light as she could without the welling up emotions that had bottled up inside of her.

"We're almost there," Finn reported.

Poe walked over and looked down at him.

"Finn, Holdo's loading the crew in the shuttles! She's gonna abandon ship! Where are you?"

"Poe, we're on our way back to the fleet, we're so close," he replied.

"Did you find the master code breaker?" Poe asked.

"We found…a code breaker," Elle could hear the cringed sound in his voice and she frowned.

"We can shut the tracker down," he said finally. "Just buy us a little more time."

Poe stared at Elle, giving her a strained look. Elle tilted her head back a bit like he had crazy eyes and crazy thinking again. "You got it," he said, and opted out of the communications.

"Poe…" she warned lightly. "What's that look for?"

"I'm thinking, just give me a minute," he said, and started to pace back and forth.

Elle watched him back and forth. "We don't have a minute. Holdo wants me on the next shuttle."

That made him stop. He turned sideways towards her. The color of his face drained. "What?"

"She's splitting us up," she said, and looked down.

"What? No, no, no, no, no!" he quickly strode over to her and grabbed her hands in his warm ones, holding them tight.

Elle swallowed hard, feeling his warmth warm over her like a desperate hug. Oh, how she loved his touches and holds that felt the most comforting to her and made the most sense in her life right now.

"She can't!"

Elle winced slightly at the anger in his voice and looked up at his worried eyes.

"She can, Poe. She can, and she will," Elle said, swallowing in her tears, hearing the emotional strain on her voice.

"No! This ends now!" Poe stated, pointing at the ground in anger. He grabbed a blaster from one of the compartments, and hooked it into his utility belt. Elle watched with worry and she quickly followed his stride.

"What are you doing?" she asked, trying to keep up with him down the corridor.

"Something I should've done a long time ago," he said.

Elle cringed. "Well, can you please at least try to be, you know, slightly rational about it?"

"Oh, I'll try, but if she moves, it's her ass, family or not," he said, glancing at her.

"Poe!"

"I don't care. You don't do this to family, or, or to anybody, you just don't," he said with finality in his voice before he made it to the loading docks. She followed right behind him. And Elle couldn't believe her own eyes, seeing the shuttles deported.

"Damn it, Dameron, what the hell are you doing here?" Holdo demanded once she saw Elle and Poe standing in the middle. He glanced at Connix and his fellow crewmembers who looked onward a bit worriedly at him.

"Just hear him out, please," Elle pleaded with her. Holdo gave her a strained look before she turned to the hot-headed pilot, and crossed her arms as Poe did his best to tell her what was going on with Rose and Finn.

"So, a stormtrooper and a who-now are doing what?" Holdo asked trying to keep up with Poe's fast pace.

"They are trying to save us," he repeated for the umpteenth time.

"This is our best chance at escape, you have to give Finn and Rose all the time you have," Poe finished desperately, eyes dancing on her, waiting for her answer.

"You have bet the survival of the Resistance on bad odds and put us all at risk?!" she asked angrily, making Elle wince at her voice bellowing in the bridge. Elle cast a glance around the onlookers around the room.

"My uncle did it," Elle said, standing up by Poe's side. "And it worked. It always worked. He didn't need to know the odds to know it was going to work. He just knew. He had good instinct."

Holdo looked squarely at Elle. Elle saw Poe's proud smirk on his face.

"Exactly," she said to Elle. "Had. God rest his soul," she added calmly to Elle. "Elle, that was in the past. I'm sorry, but the time is now. And right now we have no time. We have to get clear of the cruiser. Load the transports," she glanced at her team.

"Right away, Admiral," an officer said.

"Yeah, I was afraid you'd say that," Poe said, and quickly whirled around, taking out his blaster from its sheath.

Connix, and two other members had joined his side, including Elle. Elle stepped beside Poe, giving Holdo, her godmother and apologetic look.

Holdo glanced from Elle to Poe who had the blaster on her.

"Vice Admiral Holdo I'm relieved of your command for the survival of this, its crew, and its resistance," Poe announced. Not only did more join him, but Elle was shocked to see D'Arcy join in as well.

Holdo inhaled and then exhaled, giving Poe a look. "I hope you know what you're doing."

"Yeah, I'm going to the bridge," he said. He looked at his fellow pilots and at Connix. "If they move, stun them," he pulled Elle's hand closely beside him, not letting her out of his sight. "Elle, Connix, you're with me," he said. Connix nodded and followed after the now acting 'commander'.

Elle quickly followed him and towards the bridge, cringing at the looks that Holdo was giving her. Had this gone too far? It sure had escalated quickly. Elle wasn't sure if she was doing the right thing, but it felt right. Finn and Rose needed time, and she wasn't about to leave Poe behind either, not when he was going to be a father.

He took out his communicator from his pocket, as they rushed to the bridge. "BB-8 tell me you got something good."

"Poe, we're almost there. Have the Cruiser prepped for light speed."

"Yeah, I'm on it, pal. You just hurry. Clear the bridge," Poe ordered, holding his blaster on the officers that suddenly scrambled out of the way, making way for him. "Escort the officers to the hangar."

"Commander, oh I mean Captain, Admiral Holdo was looking for you," Threepio stammered.

"Yeah we spoke," he replied gruffly and headed over to the main seat of controls. He jumped into it, and started to get the ship ready for light speed.

"Sir, I'm almost afraid to ask-" Threepio began.

"Good instinct, 3PO, go with that," Poe ordered, and then looked up at the others. "We need to buy Finn and Rose more time before we can leave."

Suddenly blasters were shot outside the door, making Elle and the others turn around.

"Seal that door!" he yelled at them. Their fellow pilots rushed to the door to stop Holdo and the others from breaking in.

Poe caught Threepio waddling away towards the door, and stopped him. "Threepio, where do you think your going?! Elle?! Grab him!" he asked, and Elle rushed over to the golden droid, holding the side of his arm.

"Mistress Elle, it would be great offense if my programming if I take part in a mutiny," he said.

Elle frowned. "I can't fault you there, Threepio," she said grimly. "Maybe you should power down for a bit?"

The sparks flew into the bridge. Elle whirled around as the others tried to keep Holdo from coming further inside. This was madness, and it was escalating way too much for Elle's tastes. She thought she was for it, but maybe she was having second thoughts on it.

"Ooh!" Threepio lifted his hands in the air worriedly. That tore deeply in Elle's heart and she looked at Poe in the chair, giving him a worried look. Connix had her blaster out ready to protect him if any of the others came in blasting.

"Finn! We're ready to make the jump!" Poe called out to his communicator. He released the button from his thumb, waiting to hear back from them.

"Poe," Elle whispered to him. "Maybe we should stop this. Maybe it's-"

"No," he said insistently. "No, we can do this! Finn?!"

"Rebel scum! Get on the floor!"

Elle and Poe suddenly heard other voices on the end of his communicator and everything seemed to drop to the floor.

"FN2187. So good to have you back."

Elle's head lowered. "Captain Phasma."

"They didn't make it," Poe said softly, his eyes worried that their plan had been sabotaged.

Suddenly the door blew to pieces, making Elle jump, and Poe almost leap to action to protect her. Connix and the others that remained on the bridge froze as the smoke billowed out and cleared a view, making everyone's eyes widen in pure shock.

"Leia," Poe whispered.

Walking on a cane, and still dressed in her bandage and hospital gown, she pulled up her blaster, and shot him. He quickly fell to the floor just as Elle ducked, and cringed from the sudden blast. Connix and Threepio were about to help him up, until Leia pointed her blaster and them, making them hold up their hands in defense. Elle chewed her bottom lip when she finally rested her eyes on her aunt. Her heartbeat quickened, and she too held her hands up in defense.

"I was gonna tell him," Elle swallowed hard. Leia was pissed. "I swear, Aunt... Leia."

~*TLJ*~

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