Chapter 2

The star lines once again became white pinpricks as the Millennium Falcon dropped out of Hyperspace. Finn's eyes were fixed upon the huge planet in front of them. Coruscant. From this far out it looked orange due to all the lights and buildings, but he recalled Poe once telling him that it was secretly a blue and green planet much like Naboo. The last time Finn had been here was during the final battle against the First Order, liberating Coruscant from their control was perhaps the hardest battle the Resistance had ever led. Even without Kylo Ren, Palpatine or the Final Order, the First Order fought to the last man to keep the planet out of Resistance hands. Finn had gained and lost many friends in this final assault.

He tore his eyes away from the planet to sneak a glance at his pilot. Rey was completely focused on navigating her ship safely down to the planets surface. Rey had insisted on joining him on this mission. He wasn't sure if he should be relieved that he would have backup and his closest friend, insulted that she didn't think he could do it alone or honoured to have the Skywalker herself deem his mission so important that she had to personally oversee it. It didn't really matter how he felt anyway, she was here now and there was no getting rid of her.

"I've called Poe, we're cleared to land in the Navy's shipyard." Rey said before Finn could get the first word of his question out. Reading minds was an annoying habit of hers Finn thought to himself. After the war was over and the Galactic Republic was re-established, Poe had been given the rank of Grand Admiral, the highest rank in the Republics military (other than the Commander-In-Chief which was reserved for the Supreme Chancellor). Other than a direct order from the Supreme Chancellor themselves, Poe's word was law within the military. The only downside to this, was that Finn could very rarely see his husband as he was usually on Coruscant in meetings or commanding different fleets on board his Star Defender.

The Falcon drew closer to the planet with each passing second, and after a short wait they landed in the Republic Navy Shipyard. Finn straightened out his Jedi robes and followed Rey off the ship. It was loud. Soldiers shouting commands, ships taking off and landing. Finn had almost forgotten what it was like to be in a military base. As they stepped off the ship Finn froze as he saw two lines of soldiers standing at attention on either side of the exit plank. Standing right at the bottom was Grand Admiral Poe Dameron. His white uniform was pristine, although Finn always thought the gold epaulette was a bit much.

"He must have gotten a fresh uniform for us" Finn murmured to Rey. The two stepped off the ship and walked towards their friend.

"Master Jedi, it is pleasure to receive you both. To what do we owe this honour?" Finn had to suppress a laugh as Poe bowed before both of them. Poe knew that Rey absolutely hated these formalities or being treated like she was someone special, meaning that Poe made it a point to greet her in the grandest way he possibly could every time she visited. Finn recalled one time where Poe had called in X-Wings to do a fly by and fire at a fireworks display setting them off, which were shaped like her face. Due to only informing Poe very recently that they were arriving Finn presumed he hadn't had time to put together something too elaborate. Finn was convinced that one day they would arrive to a parade entirely in Rey's honour.

"We are here on Jedi business Grand Admiral, perhaps me can discuss it further in your office?" Rey said trying to hide her annoyance, not too successfully Finn noticed.

"Of course! This way!" Poe exclaimed, seeming to drop the act and go from a polite diplomatic smile to a wide grin as he ushered the two along to his personal office. Finn had been inside this office many times, it was fairly large, but baron off things to fill the space. There was a desk to work at, four chairs across from it in the scenario Poe was to have visitors, a few shelves filled with model ships of the past and present, a few filing cabinets and a vast array of photographs. Many of which were of people Finn knew. There were pictures of himself, Rey, Leia, Finn and a few of Poe's other friends. As soon as they were in the privacy of Poe's office, Poe gave Rey a tight hug, then gave one to Finn. "It's been forever since we all got together like this. I need to take a month off or something so we can all go party on Zeltros or something…" He trailed off for a moment, seeming to already be planning it in his head. "Anyway, what's all this about?"

"Y'know how I told you that my old Padawan went missing? Well another student has vanished. Coruscant is the last planet we know they went to, so we're starting here." Finn explained. Suddenly remembering the seriousness of the situation once more, all of the joy of seeing Poe seemed to drain out of him. "They met a woman named Callista Kovani at The Wounded Womprat, or that's what they were supposed to do at least. We're here to find out what happened." Poe leaned back on his chair and stroked his chin.

"Anything I can do to help?" Poe asked.

"Can you find out if he's dead? Has a body shown up?" Rey had a stern look on her face as she asked. It was a sensible question Finn thought, but if a body had shown up then it would also mean that Aleena's body was out there somewhere, and Finn wasn't ready to accept that.

"Give me a minute" Poe responded. And after a bit of questioning on a description Poe couldn't find anything in the police records of someone fitting that description turning up dead. A relief, but the Jedi still had nothing to go off of. "Anything else I can do?"

"No, we'll figure it out." Finn stood up from his chair and kissed Poe gently on the forehead. "Thanks for trying though." With that, the two Jedi said their goodbyes and headed towards The Wounded Womprat.