Well, I got a new story idea. After watching The Force Awakens, I knew I had to write a story during the time of the First Order and the Resistance. So I dug around in my head for some ideas, and came up with this. Starts at the end of the fight between Kylo Ren and Rey. Fell free to leave your thoughts in the comments. Enjoy!


The planet shook with earthquakes and explosions. The ground was beginning to tear appart, gaping cracks separating the earth. Rey doged the cracks, always running, always looking, keeping her eye out for Finn. She couldn't find him anywhere. Suddenly, the earth split wide open, right infront of her. She jumped back, managing to stay on her feet. A fleeting thought passed her mind...Ren. He's wounded. Will he be able to escape the explosions? She hated the guy, of course, but no one should have to go like that. He's the enemy she argued with herself. He straight up murdered his own father. He wounded, maybe even killed Finn, and tried to kill me. He deserves what he's getting. Still, she couldn't help thinking how she would feel if everyone just left her to die. Fine! she internally yelled at herself. I'll go at least look for him.

She stumbled back the way she had come, looking for the dark figure among the snowy forest floor. She doubted she would find him, doubted she would get off this planet before it blew, still she searched.

She was about to double back when she saw him. He had pulled himself up against a tree, unable to move any further. She cautiously approached him. He wasn't moving, but somehow Rey knew he wasn't dead. She leaned closer and poked his good shoulder. His eyes opened slowly, painfully

"Come to finish me off, scavenger scum?" he murmured. "Be my guest. I can't stop you. Go ahead, finish what you started."

Rey didn't answer him. She meerly heafted him up, slinging his good arm around her neck and proceded to half drag, half carry him. She had no clue why she was doing this or where she would take him, but she kept pushing forward, stumbling when the ground shook violently.

She turned to Ren. "If you know where we could find something to fly ourselves off this blasted planet before it goes kaboom, you'd better speak up."

He nodded. They might be enemies, but neither of the wanted to die tonight. He pointed right. "There's a small hanger that way. Might be a Tie fighter or something there. I don't know."

He felt useless, weak, and angry. Everything had gone wrong today. Everything. He didn't want to think about it. They just had to make it to the hanger and soon. Rey was right. Starkiller base was about to blow, and it would take them with it when it did.

Before long, they saw the hanger. It was small, but if they were lucky, they just might find a ship of some sort. If they didn't, well, then they were royally screwed. Fortunatly, there were a few Tie fighters. Rey open the hatch to one and helped Ren climb inside. He sank down in the gunner's seat and tried to stifle a groan. His battle with Rey had left him weak and wounded, and now she expected him to go along with this? But at this point, he really didn't care.

Rey climbed into the pilot's chair and got the fighter running. Quickly, she took off and started manuvering out of the woods they were trapped in. She set the scanners to search for other ships, hoping to catch a signal from Poe's X-wing squad. Nothing. But just then the planet groaned, splitting and bursting. It was now or never. Rey gunned the engines and shot towards the sky, but it wasn't quite enough. The planet exploded, sending a shock wave towards the tiny Tie fighter, sending Rey, her fighter, and her sith spiralling, out of control, off into space.


Rey awoke suddenly. What a dream! If I had dreams lik that every night, I wouldn't want to wake up. she thought. She rolled over and opened her eyes. She wasn't on Jakku. Where was she? She sat up and looked around her. She was lying on a firm matteress in a room that appeared to be a medical bay. A small one, but still a medical bay. Ren lay on a matteress across from her, still apparently sleeping. As soon as she saw Ren, all of the memories came rushing back. Her capture, her escape, the death of Han Solo, her battle with the man that was at the moment sleeping as if he didn't have a care in the world. Also, the last thing she remembered was escaping Starkiller base with Ren and the whole planet exploding. So where was she now?

She sat up slowly and slid off the bed. Wandering around a strange ship probably wasn't the best idea, but she was running out of options. She notice the lightsaber she had fought Ren with was lying on the small counter in the med bay. She grabbed it and clicked it to her belt before continuing her search for answers. She follow a short hallway and nearly tripped over a small BB unit droid. She knelt down and looked at the droid. "Uhh... hey, could you tell me where I am? I don't remember how I got here."

The droid beeped a hi-pitched squeal, and turned and rolled off down another short hallway. Rey followed it. It stopped infront of a closed door. A couple of beeps and the door opened and a youngish man stuck his head out. He couldn't have been more than mid to late twenties. Upon seeing Rey, He smiled.

"Hey! Glad to see you finally woke up. I was hoping you would."

Rey looked at him suspisiously. "Where am I?" she demanded.

"You're aboard the Rogue Shadow. I found your Tie drifting and hauled her in. Wasn't sure I had got to you and the other guy in time, but you seem to be okay now."

"And 'The other guy'? will he be okay?"

The man shrugged. "I'm no doctor, but I think he'll pull through. That must have been some fight he was in, though. I would've liked to see it."

Rey turned a deep shade of red. She didn't want to talk about this. The man must have seen her discomfort, so he changed the subject

"My name's Shayne, Shayne Eclipse. My droid is BB-6. And you are...?"

"I'm Rey, and my...uh...my friend's name is... Ben," She said uncomfortably. She didn't like refering to Kylo Ren as her friend, but she didn't want to tell this stranger the truth about him. Not yet, not untill she knew she could trust him.

Suddenly, there was a crash from the med bay. Both Rey and Shayne jumped and spun around. Rey laughed nervously. "Guess my friend's waking up," she said.