Kaz rolled out of bed with a groan. He had no idea what time it was or how long he was out. The last night celebration of beating the first order and a few drinks at Aunt Z's had took its toll. But Kaz suspected that getting beat up on that star destroyer had more to do with it. He raised his head and looked around, Neeku was already gone, but Tam was still there, lying in her bunk staring up at the ceiling tiles. Kaz scrubbed a hand over his face and pushed himself out of bed.
"Hey Tam." Kaz said, walking over to her.
"Hey Kaz." Tam said hesitantly but let the conversation drop.
"Uhh" Kaz started rubbing the back of his neck. The awkwardness was heavy in the air. "So do you want to go see what Yeager has for us to do today." He said a nervous and unsure look on his face and in voice.
Tam for her part felt equally as awkward. Yesterday's victorious afterglow had made it easier for her to act as if everything was normal. "Uh yeah I guess." She replied. They started towards the tower. Tam figured it was still pretty early for most people as they walked through pretty much empty halls. Most had celebrated at Aunt Z's until the wee hours of the night. Yeager had been fine will her after the battle, everybody had, but she knew that her and Yeager still had problems that would not go away overnight and she had no idea how Captain Doza felt about her being here.
"I've never been up here before." Tam remarked. As they approached the command deck.
"Yeah Doza opened it up after we left Castalon." Kaz replied, he seemed to be more comfortable now. They had drifted into an easy silence during the walk.
"Ah Kaz, Tam you are here good. I thought I would need to wake you." Neeku said as they neared. Tam could see Yeager, 4D, Venisa Doza, and Torra all there working away at the computer stations.
"Hey Neeku" Kaz said waving. "So Yeager what do you want us to do?" he asked.
"I need you guys to work on the stabilizing thrusters" Venisa cut in before Yeager could respond. "They took quite a bit of damage and we need to fix them before we can jump anywhere." She said.
"Right" Kaz said. "Where are we going?"
"Where still figuring that out, but for now we have a lot of work to do before we can go anywhere and there is a good chance that the first order will come looking soon." Yeager said.
"Right we'll get right on it. Come on Tam." Kaz said and they left.
"I know Tam defected and she will us now, but I don't think we should tell her anything sensitive yet." Yeager said in a low voice joining Venisa on the upper deck. He trusted her allegiance, but anything more would need to be proven.
"I agree. She still must prove herself trustworthy, but it isn't a lie, we don't know where to go." Venisa said keeping her voice low too. Neeku was humming away completely ignorant to the conversation and Torra had her head underneath one of the consoles.
"Have you heard anything from your resistance friends?" Yeager asked.
"No but I haven't tried since before the battle and we are so few now that it doesn't matter. everyone's just trying to survive." Venisa said averting her eyes in vailed worry.
"We need a plan getting this station fixed isn't going to be a problem for much longer. And the first order will come looking." Yeager said. He knew their luck would not hold much longer, it never did.
"Yes I'll go get Imanual. Meet us in his office in a few minutes." She said leaving the command deck.
"I don't suppose you'll tell us what that was about?" Torra asked pushing herself to her feet and giving Yeager her best cute face.
Yeager Laughed "no there's nothing to tell, Torra. Make sure to get the deflector shields and communication fully operational. We'll be back soon." He asked Neeku about his progress and took his time heading to Doza's office he knew the Dozas would likely be a few more minutes anyway. Venisa had somehow convinced the captain to sleep in after a few weeks of him barely getting any sleep because of being chased by the first order and everything else that had happened.
"Jerek, good let's get right to it." Venisa said as soon as he walked through the door. She might not show it as much as her daughter but she easily had just as much energy as Torra. Granted, she channeled it far better.
"Can't I drink my caf first." Doza almost whined to his wife.
"You'll be fine, you can listen and drink it." she said airily. Captain Doza glared at Yeager seeing the smirk on his face. Both men sat and turned to face Venisa.
"Ok, we need to figure out where to go." She said. " we all know we are sitting here on borrowed time waiting for the first order to show up and see what happened."
"I'm open to suggestion." Doza sighed "technically we can jump now it just would not be smooth coming out of hyperspace."
"The stabilizing thrusters are being fixed by Kaz and Tam as we speak." Yeager said to him. "I think anywhere we jump they will find us. The first order all but rules the galaxy now." Venisa had told him of what she had seen and he was surprised at how fast the first order had flourished and taken control of the galaxy.
"Yeager's right there's nowhere safe now." Venisa sighed, sitting down in the other chain next to Yeager.
"Do you want us to rendezvous with Organa or the other resistance fighters?" Doza asked leaning forwards to his wife.
"No I don't even know where they are and we are so few." Venisa said her voice resigned.
"Well we need supplies, parts, food and it would be nice to see the sky again." Doza started. "What trade out post can we get to and aren't controlled by the first order?"
"Well we know that wild space the western reaches and most mid rim worlds are controlled by the first order." Yeager said. "Florrum or Lothal."
"Florrum is closer and more under the radar." Doza ageed.
"Then it settled. Once repairs are finished we head to Florrum." Venisa said.
"One other thing, what are we doing about Tam" Yeager asked. "I know she defected and I believe she on our side now but I don't trust with intel and sensitive stuff yet."
"I agree. I would also like to see if she knew anything of use that might help use against the first order." Venisa said nodding along.
"Very well, tell the other discreetly." Captain Doza said with a nod.