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Chapter two

Uncertainties

There it was. Shining brightly on the escarpment. Glistening purple hues beckoned her. Begging to be released from their tomb on the rocky face. She reached her hand out and felt each one, listening with the force. Fingertips skimmed across the crests as she closed her eyes. Each one had something special about it, the cores shown brilliantly behind the garnishes. But none were hers. None connected to her force. Opening her eyes she frowned.

"Well rey? Which one is it?" Poe spoke loudly, "which one are we prying from this wall?" He seemed a bit distressed. Maybe it was the chilling feeling permeating the air. Something wasn't right.

"None of these poe. None of these are right." She spoke the words positively. None of these called to her.

"What?what do you mean? There has to be at least a hundred different stones here!" His voice agitated, pointing a finger violently at the crystals. "rey it has to be here. Look again"

She paused closed her eyes and searched. It was here. Just not in front of them.

'What are you doing scavenger' low hushed tones radiated through her mind. Why now of all times.

'Important destroy the first order things kylo leave me be' her eyes still closed she searched, finally swinging around on her heel she walked right past the vision of kylo ren and came upon a wall filled with more stones, these colored bright green and blue.

'Scavenger,' he snapped out. 'What are you up too, i will not ask again.'

Reaching out her hand immediately fell on a blue crystal. Its glow intensified and dropped from the wall into her hand with no hesitation. This, this was her kyber crystal.

A smirk plagued kylos lips as she turned around.

'Blue doesn't suit you scavenger. I see red in your future.' He roused.

"How did you see that?!" Her voice cracking, she realized then she hadn't sealed off her side of the bond. Chastising herself and wondering if he had reached far enough to see the planet she inhabited she pushed her walls up. "Stay out of my head."

Accomplishing her goal she smiled up at poe who looked at her bewildered. She realized then, she had spoken aloud and not in her mind.

"Who are you talking to rey?" His face perplexed, "its only you and me here, and whose in your head?"

"Uh...no one, I... Its hard to explain. But look," she held the crystal up a huge grin playing her lips "This is the one!"

'People around and you slipped up. The offer will always stand' he stated matter-o-factly. 'I can train you, i can make you powerful.'

'Kylo.' She shot him a side glance. 'Leave it be.'

"Well...good rey," he looked at her suspiciously. "but you need to tell me whats going on," he reached a hand out and felt her forehead. "No fever, did you smack your head? Do you feel alright?"

"Poe. I don't have time to explain, i still have a bad feeling, i cant sense danger through the force, but this feels wrong." She looked around barely able to see the sides of the small cavern they had found their way into. "We need to leave."

'Who is with you scavenger? Poe? Poe dameron?' inflamed kylo spat out as rey ignored him, but gave a grin to tell him he was right. 'He's the enemy rey. Walk away. Now.' His anger too much for rey to process right that minute, She gave her attention to poe.

"Rey, i trust you," he declared. "But you owe me an explanation when we get back to camp."

She nodded. She would tell him. Right before she told everyone that she was a danger to them all and needed to leave.

A inhuman roar bellowed around them and both persons standing in the cave flipped back to back checking they're surroundings.

A large one armed beast barreled through a small opening braking the wall as it did. Its white fur pillowing around, large teeth snapping into the air it roared again. Colossal horns framed its face and claws as long as fingers reached for rey. Poes blaster discharged at the arm narrowly avoiding it.

"RUN" she screamed pivoting around and bolting down the corridor poe a step behind her. The beast sprinting after them.

Kylo ran along side them his long legs reaching farther faster than hers but still struggling to keep up. 'Scavenger, what is happening? Who is chasing you!' He seemed Genuinely concerned. Key word, seemed.

'I need focus now kylo!'she screamed into her thoughts.

The cave narrowed, back into darkness, as they ran towards the small gleam of light she knew this was her only chance. They would be coming up on more darkness and without light they were hopeless to make their way back-out without a slower pace and the minds eye the force gave her.

She accelerated forward and jumped one foot up onto a rock surface, bouncing backwards and ripping her staff from her back holster. The beasts arm swung at her grazing her shoulder, but her staff connected. knocking the beast dead center in its forehead. She braced herself for impact with the ground, rolling once and rearing herself back up into a fighting stance.

The beast with its one arm flailing madly in the air, blinded for the moment swung again in her direction swiping over her midriff ripping the fabric and tearing open her chest. She took a deep breath and swung again, bashing the head of the weapon into his skull, she heard a crack and the beast dropped. Poe readied his weapon.

He stayed down. Immediately she observed his breathing. He was alive, unconscious, but alive. She put a hand on poes blaster, lowering it.

"Rey! What if he comes back?! He could kill us! Look at you! He shredded you with one swipe!" He said the words in such a panic she almost missed them. All the adrenalin pumping she couldn't feel anything but a little woozy from blood-loss.

"No poe. We will not kill the beast. Lets go before he wakes, we can wrap these when we get a good distance between us." Her tone was hushed and breathy, almost a wheeze. Every time she inhaled a sharp sting racked her body. She wouldn't let that stop her.

'Kill the beast. He hurt you, now you must finish him scavenger.' Kylos voice was low and deadly.

'I am not you kylo. I will not kill needlessly.' She spoke as a true jedi without knowing it. In her mind the beast was downed and they could escape.

'You will learn in time, that saving destruction, leads to more destruction. I will teach that to you.' She glanced just in time to see a lethal glare as he slowly faded. He could only be referring to her saving the resistance.

To her letting him survive.

"Rey..." poes words trailed off as he looked at the beast. Finally he turned "we need to go now, and get you bandaged up soon." She nodded and the coursed on.

When they reached a vantage point they felt was a fair enough distance they stopped. Reys breathing became ragged and her mind was getting fuzzy.

Poe pulled his pack from his back and grabbed a needle, thread, some gauze, and medical wraps. He stared down unknowingly.

"Um, i... i never learned how to...Sew? No thats Unrelated...uh...whats the medical term.." he was having trouble finding the words.

"Stitch. I know how. Hand me the supplies." He handed them over and she got to work. Taking off her tunic to reveal her chest, poe blushed and turned so as not to impede her privacy. She made quick work of it. As shawty as it was it would hold. It would stop the bleeding. Her arm was another story. She would wrap it, but it would bleed until they could stitch it back at base. She couldn't reach that far around to get a good grip on the needle.

Rewrapping she glanced at poe. "You can look now im decent." He turned to see her pulling her torn and tattered tunic back up, and trying to find a way to bring the laces together. He almost laughed.

"Here, i have a spare just in case. Wear mine. It may be a bit big but at least it will cover you." He opened his pack again and pulled a dark blue one out, handing it over to her. After a small thank you and a few minutes to rearrange it, she was covered and ready to continue.

They stood and hastened their pace to makeup the difference in time spent fixing rey up, to put more distance between them and the beast.

The more they walked the more rey felt plagued with sleep. She shuffled on trying to hide that fact. Keeping her mind focused with the force. Sweat dripped down her forehead and she huffed. The adrenaline was wearing off.

Poe looked at her, and pulled her aside snapping her from her focus. "Rey. When was the last time you slept?" He was stone fierce as his eyes locked hers, taking in the dark circles and sweat that treaded down her face.

"Three days. I haven't slept since we arrived on this planet." She looked away. Trying not to make eye contact from the guilt of it. "I used to go a week before on jakku. Its easier to hunt the abandoned ships without the heat of the day on you," she continued, attempting to redeem herself. "Sometimes its just easier to not-"

"Enough. You need to rest rey." Poe cut her off. "Whatever your hiding whatever it is thats happening, i think its because you need sleep." He rose his voice authoritatively trying to help her see reason.

"Poe. I cant. Please. We need to get back to base so i can work this out. poe...Its something you cant understand right now. But we have too. Ok?" She pleaded. He stared at her. No too sure what to do. Finally he nodded and reached into his pack grabbing out a glass bottle with the brown liquid from rose. Looks like she set them both up.

"It usually tastes better hot, but this should help with stamina." He handed her the bottle and satisfied on this little arrangement she accepted the offer. Downing the bottle in a few swallows.

He laughed loudly as she patted the back of the bottle to get every last drop.

"What?" She question his amused smile "I need to remind myself to ask rose what this was called again." She looked into the bottle to see a black sludge on the bottom.

"Rey," he grinned "its called coffee."

Finally they were almost to the entrance, pausing to put their parkas and heavy snow clothing on before their decent back into the cold. Reys hand found its way into her satchel and grasped the crystal. This. This is what they had almost died over. Hopefully she could recreate a light saber from spare parts.

Poe finished puling his snow coat over his shoulders looked at her and as if answering her unspoken question replied "it was worth it rey to make sure you can end this once and for all." His smile almost hurt when she knew what she must do.

"Yeah. Ill make sure to end this. Ill finish this war. I promise." She looked to her friend knowing what was about to happen.

They looked into the storm that raged outside the walls of their confine. Without hesitation, they stepped forth into the wintery blizzard.

When the base came into focus they almost cheered. Both of them were exhausted from the perils walk through the tundra and making it home before night fell was a life or death mission of its own. Luckily they had at least an hour of sun left. She knew that gave her enough time to report back, pack and leave. So thats exactly what she did.

Walking into the compound she past through the bridge and started making her way to the captains hall poe followed behind as they closed the large reinforced steel doors.

Inside the captains hall was warm and carpeted. Much to reys surprise finn and general organa were the only two inside. She smiled inwardly thanking the stars that she wouldn't be around to break everyones hope in her. Approaching the general she stopped and kneeled.

"General." She spoke. Rey never knew how to address her, she knew she was royalty, but sometimes she made things so friendly that you would have never known she was anything but apart of your family.

"Rey, you need not call me that, i told you. Call me leia, formality's are a thing of the past for us." She giggled a bit at the end, and pulled the girl up into a hug. After all, rey had helped save the last remaining resistance.

"We found the kyber crystal." She responded awkwardly. This was the first time leia had hugged her. She had hugged finn before, but somehow leias was warmer.

"Good! Your making headway!" Leia twirled around and made her way to a desk across the way retrieving the broken lightsaber that had belonged to luke. She walked back and placed it in her hands. "You will need this for minor details. Hopefully this will help you build one for yourself. Remember, all are different. They fit each jedi for the weapon of choice, i knew of a man who once held a staff." Leia smiled brightly up at her, motioning to her weapon strapped to her back. For a woman who had lost everything, she had spirit.

"Leia. I need to talk to you about something." Reys heart sank a bit and fluttered in anticipation. It felt like she was going to throw up. "I...I have had contact with kylo ren." She looked away from leias face which had twisted in shock.

Poe and finn both lit up both with questioning glances"What?!" Poe started, "is that who you were talking to?! Is this some magic force stuff you were talking about?!"

"When did this occur?!"finn all but shouted, a bit of betrayal shining through his eyes

Putting up a hand to silence them both leia looked at rey and gently pulled reys face back to look her in the eye. "How-how long ago?" She breathed out.

"Well..off and on. He can access my mind and somehow he shows up in-front of me. It seems I'm the only one who can talk to him, and vice versa. I don't believe anyone but i can see him and once again i think thats how it works for him..." she trailed a bit before adding "he doesn't know where we are. Ive managed to hide that from him, but I'm afraid to sleep. I don't want him to be able to peek into my thoughts and find us."

"Rey..."poes expression showed his realization. "You were trying to protect us by not sleeping..thats not healthy"

"I know.." she buried her head in her hands, "thats why i need to leave. I need to figure out this bond and find a way to close it off before he can peek deeper and figure out how to find us." Tears found there way out. She didn't cry much, maybe it was the lack of sleep, and oh she was tired. So, so tired.

Leias eyes filled with concern. Concern for her survivors, concern for rey. "Rey. I understand," she reached into the pocket in her vest and grabbed out a small hexagon shaped bead, she held it between both hands and closed her eyes. She stood there a moment before taking the hexagon and placing it into reys palm. "This will help you when you are ready to come find us. I will have poe ready a ship for you at once." She turned to poe and he questionably glanced back at rey before nodding and scurrying off to complete his task at hand.

Finn looked on in shock. "Im going to rey! I cant let you do this alone." He grabbed her shoulders as if trying to force his will into her.

She shook her head and wiped the last tears from her eyes. "No finn. I cannot let you do this. I must face this by myself. No distractions." Her voice was raspy and a little hollow. But she had to go alone. She couldn't endanger another soul. Not for the sake of her, she would come back stronger and ready to fight.

Finns eyes dropped. His arms slumped and something unspoken caught in his throat. "Rey i-"

Leia cut him off. "She must go t alone with none of this foolishness on her mind. Go back to the kitchen and fetch her some rations and water, send rose this way when you are finished.

Finn turned bright scarlet red as he hurried through the door.

"Rey, i need to know something." Leia asked as she led rey to some chairs. "Since you've had contact...rey do you sense any light from be-kylo?" She corrected last minute.

Reys turned her face away from leia. She knew what she would ask before she said it. "Leia. If i had seen any light i would not be running as i am. If id seen the slightest hope at saving him from himself then i wouldn't run." Rey spoke certainly. But still questioned herself. Had she even tried? Every time she spoke to him she had brought the worst out in him. Doubt crossed her face.

Leia noticed this. "Rey, i would risk my own life if it meant i could bring him back." Leia tapped her chest. "I can still feel him here. With the force i can sense his goodness. Please, rey. If you question his motives at all, try. See if you can accomplish what han and i could not." A fresh set of tears rimmed both of their faces. For the loss of her husband, her brother, and hopefully for the survival of her son.

"I promise leia. Ill try." Rey turned to place a hand on leias and winced in pain, her wounds had ripped open on her shoulder and started to bleed.

"Dear what happened?" As rey recanted the story of the one armed beast that lived in the cave and her and poes narrow escape leia gathered supplies, "well, then ill ready you in another way, lets get these wounds cleaned and dressed properly. Its going to be a hard journey. One only you can face."

She grasped reys chin, "i know you'll come back. I can already feel that the force is strong with you." Her smile full of courage rey nodded.

The only though on her mind, only hope in that regard, that the light would guide him to salvation. That goodness could out weigh the dark side.

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