Resistance Base, one week later…

Poe had recovered well, despite what misery he went through. Finn and BB-8 did a good job of making sure he always had company. By the time Poe was back on his feet, however, Snap had already finished training the recruits. Right as he learned it, however, a transmission came for Poe. He took it, hoping it was another one from Luke.

Poe, I miss you. He won't let me even mention you, but he let me write this. I don't have much time, but I wanted you to know that I'm safe. I'm being treated well. I miss you. Ellie PS, Reshewaa emewaa sheewee chewu ukki eppew mwaah ewahwah. It's a phrase the Ewoks use to say goodbye to a close friend or family member.

Poe was troubled by this. Would he really let her send him a letter? He decided to go see Finn for advice.

After he read the letter he paused to think. "Stormtroopers are trained from birth. Nobody there has family they need to contact. I don't see why he would let her do this if she is a prisoner."

Poe sighed. "What if she isn't?"

"Why would he keep her if she isn't a prisoner?"

"She's his lackey," Poe explained with a heavy heart. Finn nodded.

"He likes her," Finn said. Poe nodded.

"That's good. That means she's safe."

"She said that in the letter. She must have gotten to do this as a reward for something."

She didn't do anything wrong,

"What should I do?" Poe asked.

"I don't know man."

"Wait…" Poe said, taking the letter back and looking at it. "She sent me a code. In the PS, look." He showed Finn. "R-E-S-C-U-E-M-E."

"Rescueme?" Finn tried, confused as he pronounced it as one word.

"Rescue me. This is the sign he told me about. We need to go rescue her," Poe stated with a grin on his face.

"Let's go see General Organa."

When they found her, they discussed the letter and her code. "C3-PO!" General Organa called. The protocol droid made his way to us.

"Yes, my lady?" He asked, awaiting orders.

"Can you translate this?" She asked him, showing him the code. He read over it briefly.

"This has very broken grammar, and the dialect is very much so like the Ewoks on Endor."

"Yeah, Ellie was with them all this time," Poe explained.

"That is quite the coincidence."

"What does it say?" Leia asked with a sigh, annoyed by how easily C3-PO got distracted.

"The best way I can translate it is 'The float close to home fluffy then hard.' I haven't heard a goodbye said that way to me before," he remarked to BB-8, who replied with a short three tone curt.

We all paused, thinking.

"Maybe something about clouds? They're fluffy and stuff..." Finn tried, not sure what the clue meant. Suddenly everything clicked.

"Bespin! Where we grew up! Maybe there's a star destroyer or something nearby," Poe thought aloud.

"We have allies in Cloud City, I'll get in contact with them and see what they know," Leia said with a smile. "And Poe, it's almost time. Go get ready."

BB-8 chirped happily.

Poe laughed. "Yep. Little buddy, we might be able to see Ellie once again!" Nothing could wipe the grin off his face. The glimmer of hope that had faded inside him had been reignited, and nothing could take the hope out again.

Or so he thought…