4 | FINN

The next day came quickly, and Celestia was tying up her hair and barking orders at her crew to ready themselves on their fighters. "We've got to hustle! The asset is on Takodana and I've just got word from the general that Han Solo, Chewie and two more allies are in imminent danger there, too. The First Order is already there, come on, come on!" She shouted for her comrades to hurry onto their fighters.

Suddenly, a heavy pair of hands were placed on her shoulders from behind. She gasped quietly, then shot her head around to see who had the audacity to disrespect their superior. "You were quick to steal my job." Poe flashed her a smile. A wave of relief washed over her once she saw his face.

Celestia slapped his arm. "Ouch!" He took a step away from her.

"Don't ever do that again!" She pointed her finger right at his face. "You could've died."

"So, you were worried about me?" He took a step closer to her, with a suggestive look crossing his face.

She scoffed at him. "Well, my plan worked... didn't it?" Poe winked at her as turned around to grab her helmet off the table near them.

"Not yet." She reminded him they still had to capture the droid and retrieve the piece of the map.

Poe turned around, with her helmet in his hands. She reached to grab her helmet, but he snatched it away. "We've got work to do, Poe. Give it." She was getting quite annoyed with his antics.

"Not until you give me a kiss." He puckered up and closed his eyes, in a nearly disturbing manner.

Celestia looked around and quickly grabbed a tool from nearby and pressed it to his lips, while his eyes were still closed. Poe shot open his eyes once the cold metal touch him and he cringed. While he was still reacting to having kissed such a dirty tool, Celestia swiped her helmet and hurried over to her ship. "Come on, loser!" She chuckled as she buckled in and began to lead the fleet out of the base.

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Once the navy arrived at Takodana, they saw the chaos and destruction the First Order stormtroopers had already inflicted. Hundreds of troopers swarmed the beach the navy was approaching like roaches. "Go straight at them! Don't let these dogs scare you!" Poe shouted over his com to communicate with all the other pilots.

Celestia's eyes scanned the surrounding area. Dozens of First Order fighters were stationed on the beach, but they were riding in fast on them, giving them an advantage to take them out. "Copy that!"

"We're with you, Poe!" Another pilot assured they received the message from their commander.

Suddenly, the First Order fighters began to take flight and began shooting at their ships. "Let's go get 'em." Celestia muttered to herself as she increased the speed of her fighter and flew right toward one of the many enemy targets. With much ease, she shot down two enemy fighters in the air within only a few minutes.

"Wooooo!" Poe cheered once he saw her demolish the two ships without any hesitation.

"You better keep up, Poe, or else you'll be calling me Commander Djarin tomorrow." Celestia chuckled into her mic.

"Is that a threat, baby?" He laughed as he himself continued to take out enemy fighters.

"It's a promise." She flew her ship up so it'd be right next to Poe's. She took a good look at him through the windshield and he looked over at her with a cheeky smirk crossing his face. She winked at him before pulling her ship away to target other fighters in the air.

Cel looked down on the ground and spotted Han Solo, Chewie, BB-8 and one of the two other unknown allies. "I've got eyes on the allies. I'll cover them." She announced to her team, then proceeded to use her fighter to take out the troopers on the ground around. She flew dangerously close to the ground and swiftly took out loads of the white armored soldiers.

"Whew! That's one hell of a pilot!" One of the allies—Finn—shouted as she flew past them.

Soon enough, the enemy fighters began to retreat. Their commander must've sent them away, seeing as the Resistance was winning the dogfight. The Resistance navy speedily landed on the ground, with General Organa's transport ship finally flying into the planet's atmosphere behind them. Her transport ship quickly landed and her personal team began to sweep the grounds for any left over stormtroopers.

Celestia hopped out of her fighter and bolted over to Poe, who had also just landed and exited his fighter. She tackled him with a hug, embracing him tightly. "Did you see that?! Whew!" She cheered for their small victory. It felt good to win, especially when it was for a good cause.

Suddenly, BB-8 rolled up to the two—chirping happily at the sight of them. "Never thought I'd say it, but it's good to see you, BB-8." She crouched down and placed her hand on the droid. It seemed to her excited once she showed the bot some level of affection. She wasn't entirely sold on the idea of droids being completely reliable, but, she tolerated them.

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Back at the Resistance base, Celestia and Poe were getting to catching up on the short amount of time Poe was missing while Cel was repairing some of the smaller fighters. She tinkered and replaced broken parts of the ships and Poe lazily took a seat next to her. "So, you were caught by Kylo Ren himself. And a stormtrooper—which you named Finn—helped you escape back to Jakku? I'm finding all of this very hard to believe." She scoffed at him.

As if in cue, Poe spotted his friend—Finn—from afar. He jumped to his feet and hurried over to his friend. Cel squinted her eyes to see who it was, then caught up with the two. "Cel, this is Finn. We were just talking about you!" Poe hugged his friend.

"Poe Dameron, you're alive?!" Finn exclaimed.

"Buddy! So are you!" Poe broke the hug only to grab his friend's shoulders.

"What happened??" Finn frantically asked. Poe hadn't gotten to that part of the story yet with Celestia. The part that happened after they crash landed in Jakku.

"I got thrown from the crash. I woke up at night. No you. No ship. Nothing. BB-8 says that you saved him." Poe smiled, gratefully at his friend.

"No, no, no. It wasn't just me." Finn told him. Celestia felt out of place standing there while the two friends chatted.

"You completed my mission—" Poe suddenly stopped talking as he looked at Finn's jacket. "That's my jacket." He mentioned.

Finn began to take it off. "No, no, no! Keep it. It suits you. You're a good man, Finn." Poe grabbed Cel's shoulder and pulled her close to him. "This is my girlfriend, Celestia Djarin." He formally introduced her. Celestia and Poe had been dating since they both began piloting for the Resistance. Nevertheless, it was still strange to hear him call her that title. They simply did not work in the way traditional couples did.

"Nice to meet you, Celestia." Finn stuck out a hand for her to shake.

"Please, you got him out of some deep shit, you can call me Cel." She grabbed his hand and pulled him in for a hug.

Once they broke the hug, Finn looked at them in a very serious manner. "Look, I need your help. My friend, Rey, was taken by the First Order. On the Starkiller. I need to get her back." Finn pleaded.

Poe and Celestia slowly turned to look at each other. "You can talk to her, she likes you better." Celestia chuckled.

Poe nodded and sighed. "Come on." He waved Finn over to take him to General Organa to ask for help. In the midst of trying to convince Leia to help save the girl, Poe said something to prove Finn to be a valuable asset. "Finn's familiar with the weapon that destroyed the Hosnian system. He worked on the base."

"We're desperate for anything you can tell us." Leia's curiosity peaked.

"That's where my friend was taken. I've got to get there fast." Finn added.

"And I will do everything I can to help. But, first, you need to tell us all you know." Leia assured him.