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Finn staggered, and then cried out as he felt incredible heat and pressure sweep across his back, cutting into him, and sending him tumbling. He screamed, even as he tried to reach out. Rey was out there! He couldn't leave her with Ren! He couldn't...couldn't...

...darkness swallowed him as the ground reached up and nabbed him, and he felt himself lose his fight.

...first, there was pain, and fear, and the shock of burning darkness... and then suddenly, there was light. Finn cried out as he came to, on his side, somewhere. Somewhere new. With a groan, he tried to move, and screamed as pain ripped through him, centered in his back. He collapsed to the floor, and panted there, hearing voices near, and yet so far away. Where was he? Where was Rey?

What had happened while he was out? He had to get up, he had to!

He felt like he might throw up at the idea of moving, but, with a groan and a cry that was ripped from between clenched lips and teeth, he forced himself to his knees, then staggered to his feet, swaying. He looked around as he staggered toward a wall, and realized he was on some kind of flying platform. Maybe an assault vessel of some kind? But one that seemed to hold a few other people, and headed toward... a flying city?

He gaped as he looked ahead, hanging onto the wall to keep himself upright. Were those islands? Floating in the sky? He'd never seen tech quite like that! He couldn't wait to take a look. Maybe they needed a soldier?

As the boat docked, he slowly staggered off of it, taking the items thrust at him numbly, not hearing the explanation given. Fumblingly, he put the things in his belt pouches and sagged against a building, and looked around. He felt like screaming, or hitting things, or maybe just slumping down and groaning a lot. Groaning might be best.

Questions still swam in his mind. What had happened at Starkiller Base? How had he gotten here? And where was here? Why was he here? And who had created these floating ialands?

And where was Rey?

Video transmission

Uhm... hello? [Voice comes first as Finn fumbles with the primitive device, and gets used to it, but he manages to get the video up and running, revealing a mid-twenties man with rich chocolate colored skin, and intense eyes staring out at the camera. He is worried, and he shows it, he knows.]

So, ah, I'm new here, and my name is Finn, and... ah, I'm from a galaxy far, far, away, apparently. [He is nervous, and it shows, as he runs his hands over each other, over and over. He is not used to public speaking and he feels very on display now. But he forces himself to keep speaking.]

Does anyone out there come from the universe where the Empire and the Rebellion fought, and the Resistance and First Order fight now?

[What else was he going to ask? Oh yes! He leans forward to speak.] And can anyone recommend a place to work that could use someone who works hard? Thanks.

[He's about to shut the device off when his most important question occurs to him and he leans in toward the camera, and speaks urgently.] Oh! And does anyone here know someone by the name of Rey?

[And he flicks off the camera, and sighs in relief.]