OOC- If I have been calling the First Order the First File, Jebus, I apologise for any confusion. Too many Firsts. Too much Terry Goodkind and Star Wars. (Not enough really)
Finn looked even more peaceful than when Poe had left him. He still hadn't woken. Poe sat by his friend's bedside and talked to him about what had just happened the last couple of days.
"So to cut a long story short, I kissed the General's daughter." He felt bad for any harsh words he had said to her. He greatly admired her mother, and he realised that the General had wanted her returned so she could tell her of the death of her father. It was a horrible situation. It was never easy to lose a parent. It may have been a harder loss considering he was needlessly murdered. He felt very bad for her. He also felt bad for himself, now that he was back at Finn's side. He was really starting to worry. He had grown strangely attached to him.
"Finn… Please wake up. Come on. We hardly got to know each other." he pleaded quietly. The man made no sign of waking. Whenever anyone came by to check on Finn, they looked upon Poe very sympathetically. They were starting to see his increasing distress at Finn's state. "Buddy, we got a whole galaxy to save." He spoke softly, putting a hand on Finn's shoulder, almost trying to will him to wake. He felt a small hand placing itself over his.
"He'll wake soon. Kylo Ren's damage has not killed him. He is almost better." It was Dara.
Her cheeks were tear stained and her eyes were blood shot. The General had broken the news.
"Dara… I'm so sorry." Her lip wobbled a little at his condolences as though she was about to burst into tears all over again. He stood up and put his arms around her. He hated to see her so sad. She balled her fists against his chest and nestled her head into his shoulder. A sob shook her delicate form. He held her all the tighter.
"I got to see him, at least. A little while before he died… He came to see me." she sobbed. Her voice was muffled and distraught. Poe stroked her hair and made comforting shushing noises, in an attempt to soothe her. "Now there's only three of us."
"Three of you?" She sobbed harder into his shoulder and he never got his answer.
"I just… I just came to say th-thank you. For finding me, even though I wasn't particularly nice to you a-and-"
"That doesn't matter now. You're with family." He really didn't know what to say. He knew himself there was nothing you could say to a child who had just lost a parent. The loss was irreconcilable. He had never known that Han Solo and Leia had had a daughter. But he imagined Han would definitely be a doting father. He could see by her absolute devastation that she loved him very much. They stood there clinging to each other. He knew how she felt. It made him very sad to know exactly the horrible emotions she was going through.
Dara took a step back, and rubbed at the tears on her face, trying to dry her cheeks.
"I have some things that I need to do, now that I'm back. I'll need a couple of days, but I was wondering if you could help me. I've cleared it with Mom, I mean the General. I just wouldn't blame you if you wanted absolutely nothing to do with me."
"I'll help you out. I mean I don't know what exactly you need my help with, but I can try right?" She gave him a watery smile of thanks. Her eyes shifted to Finn lying behind him.
"I'll leave you two alone. He's waking up." She withdrew when Poe turned his back to stare in shock and delight as Finn opened his eyes. Finn groaned in pain. His wounds had been a bit scary, but Poe was so happy to see him awake, he hugged him tightly. Finn let out a yelp of pain.
"Sorry! Oh man am I glad to see you awake!" Finn just continued to groan in pain. Poe imagined he must be aching all over.
"Is Rey okay? How long was I out?" Poe had been right. Finn was sweet on the girl. Poe sat down to fill Finn in on everything.
"Rey is fine. She kicked Ren's ass and dragged you onto the Millenium Falcon. She found Skywalker. I assume she's training with him now. And you've been out for… for a while." Finn seemed to be relieved that Rey was okay. He had heard about Finn trying to take Ren on his own, with a lightsaber he had no training in. It had been stupid, but incredibly brave. He knew there had been a reason he had liked the man.
"I need to get to her." Finn tried to get up. He was visibly still in pain. Poe pushed him back down gently. His hand stayed on his shoulder.
"She's okay. She's where she needs to be. Nobody else knows where she is. It's been kept between the General and her top tier people. You need to rest and get better. That's what we all want. We just want you to be okay, man."
Finn lay there for a while in a companionable silence with Poe. It must have been terrifying down there in the forest. Kylo Ren was formidable. His use of the force was brutal, and his anger was vicious. Not knowing what was going to happen to his friend must have been terrible. And then to wake up somewhere completely different… Truly awful.
"I saw Han Solo die. Kylo Ren killed him. Cold blood. Han was just trying to talk to the guy. I don't know why he did it. But he just… slaughtered him."
"The General knew before we even came back to base. She just knew. Those Skywalkers, huh?" He wondered if Dara could sense things like that, the way that Leia could.
"Who was that girl you were talking to when I woke up?" There was mischief in Finn's voice.
"It's not what you think. That's the General's daughter, Dara. She just found out her dad died… I had to pick her up from Coruscant." He watched Finn struggle for words.
"Wow… That's really… uh…. Not so good." His struggle for words was almost endearing.
"You're telling me. Before we knew any of this, before I knew who she was, I kissed her. Twice. Went home with her. Can you believe it? The General's daughter! If Leia ever finds out, I am in deep shit." Finn gave an awkward chuckle.
"Now this story I've got to hear."