Thank you to everyone who followed me and this story as well as everyone who reviewed it really helped to motivate me to continue this story as I wasn't sure if I was any good at writing. So thank you again! This chapter takes a little while to pick up so please bear with it!
Rey, now 18, was just a normal girl who lived on the planet Earth. Her early memories wiped from her conscious mind hidden behind barriers meticulously placed to stop her and anyone else from finding out who she was. Leia had done this in a quest to try and separate Rey and Ben; Rey no longer feeling the force to the extent she once had as a child.
Her life an ordinary bore, she lived with her adopted parents in a small house in Charlton a south-east district of the capital, London. She had started working as soon as she had finished college, her job wasn't anything special just working as a receptionist in a law firm. But every night, when the stars glistened against the midnight black sky , perfectly flickering she couldn't help but to stop watching them out of her window for hours on end. Wishing she could be in the sky with them, wishing for an adventure bigger than this world. She had never felt like she truly belonged on the Earth, never quite fitting in with the crowds of girls around her. She didn't like to wear the low cut tops or the skimpy skirts opting normally for a comfortable jumper and jeans. And heals? Rey couldn't stand them she preferred her industrial looking boots or trainers. Her face was never drenched in thick makeup, yes okay she liked to put on a bit of foundation, to hid her spots, and mascara to gently exaggerate the length of her lashes that bit further. But unlike other girls she didn't like to be caked in the stuff, to feel it clog up her face, making her feel heavier and plastic like. Her shimmering brown hair, now mid-back length, was normally tied half up whilst the under half remained free to fall softly around her shoulders; a couple of strands left loose to perfectly frame her face. She wasn't the traditional beauty that you could find a million copies of, she was a natural beauty; not that many took the time to sincerely appreciate her looks.
BUZZ BUZZ.. BUZZ BUZZ... The phone under my pillow sang as I groggily stretched out, rolling onto my right shoulder I reached under my pillow lifting it in front of my face. The screen light blazed out causing me to involuntary close my eyes for a second longer. Sara the screen read and I instantly knew that I would regret answering her call. "GET UP!" She screamed jokingly down the phone, wincing slightly I moved the phone further away from my ear, turning it onto speaker instead. "What?" I sleepily replied upon hearing her light giggles down the phone.
"Remember were going out tonight! So get your lazy ass out bed and meet me in 30." You could hear the excitement dripping off of her voice. Tonight we were going clubbing, not one of the most enjoyable activities, so that meant going shopping before hand to get an outfit (again not something I particularly enjoyed)
"Ugg... 40" I lazily replied.
"Yay! See you then. Love ya!" I couldn't help the smile that spilled from the corner of my mouth upon hearing the delight in my best friends voice. Sitting up I stretched out my arms and back before going to get ready for the long day ahead...
Kylo had always wanted to find Rey but he knew his mother; her cunning, clever mind would never have allowed him to find Rey easily. But Kylo was never one to shy from a challenge. For years he had learnt to extend his force over fast expanses of the galaxy he'd always remembered what her energy had felt like and he constantly tried to home in on that feeling once more. However, a couple of months ago whilst trying to connect himself to her, Kylo felt her presence saw a glimmer, a faded shadow, a hollowed projection of her stood there in front of him. She stood there before him, but without her even knowing it, her hair in a centre parting with a loose curl trickling down and around her shoulders. Light makeup highlighting her naturally beautiful face, her cheeks held a light blush to them, her lips a beautiful rosy pink parted slightly to allow for her shallow breathing. Each breath captured his heart further. She held an object of some form, a communication device to her ear, he could see her lips forming words but he couldn't hear them. Some words he managed to work out yes... okay... soon... phones... die. "Rey." He lightly called out reaching his arm out to her, although the image of her began to fade, he could of sworn that as he called out to her she had look up at him her eyes gazing into his. Beautiful hazel eyes that were speckled with gold drawing his soul into her. As soon as she had appeared she was gone again, but her image burnt into his mind, guiding him to who he had to find.
General Hux that man infuriated Kylo knew how to crawl under his skin and push all of Kylo's buttons, and not in a good way, a way that Kylo had always released his raw anger was to storm off and find a spare room where no one would find him for a while, igniting his lightsaber he would unleash his full rage on all around him; red blurring his vision. But his untameable rage was the source of how he could expand his power out of him and into his surroundings even if only for a short span of time. In a time like this, he could think of nothing better than to try and reach out to the only person who could disperse, quench his untameable rage.
As I entered the sitting area of my chambers on the Finalizer I could feel my powers running rampant beneath my skin a burning feeling rushing through my veins like magma surging beneath the surface waiting for me to boil over and release it into the world. I threw my body onto the sofa as I took off my mask placing it on the coffee table in front of me, I ran my gloved hand through my hair, brushing it out of my face as I released my power from my body; it expanding into my surroundings willing me to find the girl who could calm this thirst. Closing my eyes I breathed in and pictured her; a block had been placed on her force making it harder to find her but every time I sore her the easier it got to connect. Each time the connection lasting longer than the last, each time he could see her clearer, each time her surroundings revealing itself to me a little more. All pieces of a puzzle slowly, but surely, fitting together to make a map to her. I opened my eyes to see a her sat on a window seat in what appeared to be her bedroom, she had her knees up to her chest, her elbow resting on top with her face gently cupped in her left hand. Her hair pulled back in a loose messy bun strands falling enchantingly around her perfect face. She wore a green off-the-shoulder jumper which was oversized she also wore a light grey pair of jogging bottoms. As her bewitching eyes gazed peacefully out of her window, looking up to the stars above. He wondered what she thought about in moments like this, wondered what pulled her gaze so intensely into the sky above. She shivered slightly as a chilled breeze ran over her exposed shoulders. Kylo had to resist the urge to wrap her in his arms, raise her temperature to match his own, fill her head with nothing but thoughts of himself. She began singing, and in that movement he heard the music that was floating out of her speaker.
"The sweetness of you on my tongue
I breathed you in, you filled my lungs
A bitter taste, surrender waste
Another weakness
You and me are like drugs and candy (drugs and candy)
Take one down for the young and easy (young and easy)
You've got me out of my head
I fill this space in your bed
High on the beat of a breakdown
'Cause you and me are like drugs and candy (drugs and candy)
And I don't wanna give it up"
This song, fitted them perfectly a small smirk twisting on the edge of his mouth. She was his drug, she was thesweetness in his darkness and yes, he needed her. He couldn't help but wonder if somewhere, somewhere within her, maybe her force recognised him and maybe just maybe she was calling out to him. Highly unlikely, he knew but he couldn't help but hope. Soon after the connection fizzled out as he found himself sat again on the red leathered sofa with the black walls that surrounded him. Piecing together the map was a hard task but one which was almost complete. On their first connection he watched her mouth the word phone, clue number one. Not many planets still used this, almost archaic, form of communication. He had also looked up into the sky and had seen what she did, he recognised a constellation, the Great Bear, a second and probably the deciding factor to determine what planet she was on. Lastly, was deciphering where on that planet she was to do this, he used the times of the day he had connected with her, the first time whilst it had been morning for him it had been mid-day for her, and again whilst connecting her late after noon it had been night for her pinpointing her location on a planet. As soon as it clicked, he scooped up his mask and headed straight for the control room where he would change the course of the flagship and no one would stop him. Not this time not ever...
Rey had finally managed to get ready for the day ahead of her, wearing her favourite navy blue hoodie and black jeans matched with her black Timberland boots. Her hair was left loose as no doubt that with the amount of clothes Sara would make her try on would mess up any braid or bun she would tie. She slung her black, leather rucksack over her shoulders letting the familiarity of it settle in between her shoulders. She text Sara that she was just about to leave before plugging in her headphones and letting the world fall silent around her. She walked to the tube before going across the two stops to Sara's house. For just over a month now she felt like she had felt a familiar presence of someone she knew, but every time she felt this feeling, she had push it aside telling herself that she was just imagining it reminding herself that she was alone. She always felt like she was alone her parents, although kind loving people, always seemed distant- an arms length away. A gap she knew would never be closed. But last night she felt the presences stronger than ever before; she had been sat on her window seat watching the stars glisten in the sky, her only solace in this strange world. The stars always gave her a feeling of hope, of belonging and she loved watching them twinkle and gently pulse in the sky. But with every new morning she put on her facade of a girl who was put together strong, who's head wasn't up in the clouds and stuck in an adventure playing behind her open eyes. *DING DONG WE ARE NOW APPROACHING THE PLATFORM PLEASE MIND THE GAP* The announcement called, with one last deep sigh she pushed off of her seat and headed to the door.
A determined Kylo stomped into the control room a feeling of thunder following closely behind, the officers all stiffened in their seats posture visibly straightening poised a feeling of needles pricked their spines. Hux however, slightly grumbled another interference he thought. "Ren, what brings you here?" the General huffed in annoyance. Kylo bore down at the man towering ever so sightly over the red-headed man an advantage he always liked to exhume; he thrust his arm out suddenly earning a slight jolt from Hux; a smirk tugged the corners of his lips although his mask hid it from sight. Hux took the paper from Kylo's outstretched hand cautiously unfolding the small note eyes widening in confusion then annoyance. "What is this about?" Hux demanded. Smirking Kylo replied
"What? General, can't you see their co-ordinates. I thought that you would know at least that..." Kylo smirk grew a darkness plagued his words "Or are you simply that incompetent as a General?"
Rage flooded Hux's face anger contorting his face "DON'T think me an idiot Kylo, I know exactly what it is. But don't forget who's in charge of this ship." Now it was Hux's turn to twist a dagger into Kylo
"Surely I wouldn't be if it wasn't for a young boys temper tantrums or the Supreme Leaders, obvious, mistrust in his abilities." The clenching of Kylo's hands made it clear to Hux that he'd done what he intended to do, stab Kylo where he knew it hurt. The atmosphere in the control room plummeted as darkness and rage flared through the room. Kylo stretched his hand out and twisted it slightly earning a yelp of fear and pain from Hux, Kylo was slowly, painfully crushing the arm that held the piece of paper.
"Now General, turn this ship around and head straight for the co-ordinates or I will break every single bone in your body." Kylo flatly said poison dripping off each syllable.
"Yes" was all Hux could manage; satisfied Kylo released his hold on the General's arm.
"I expect us to reach the planet by tonight." Kylo stated turning round his midnight black cape snapping around after him and started stalking out of the room. "Oh and General" one last sideways glance over his shoulder "You know what will happen to you if we don't get there by tonight." A cold, twisted smirk sprawled over his face as he felt fear radiating off of Hux as he continued out of the control room and back to his where he could meditate. Just wait for me Rey you'll be by my side again soon.
"Rey!" Sara's voice shook Rey out of her thoughts.
"Sorry, you were saying?" Sara only managed to roll her eyes playfully she knew her best friend was a scatter brain
"As I was saying what do you think?" she said playfully spinning around giving a good look of the outfit she was currently trying on. Rey with her head resting on hand thought Sara looked good in anything she wore, she had a modelesque quality to her that enchanted everyone around her. Rey smiled "It looks perfect on you." She knew she was right the deep red dress hugged her body, clinging to every curve of her. The dress was just above knee height, a split running up the left side of it to midway up her thigh. The spindle straps that held it up highlighted her slim shoulders and the deep scoop neck that held a slight crumple exposed exactly the right amount of cleavage to make her look fun yet incredibly classy. The black strapped heals paired perfectly as they held a ballerina twist to them that ran half way up her shin. All it needed was a low necklace to complete it Rey thought. Sara twisted in front of the mirror twisting to judge herself in the ensemble. "You think so?" Sara asked a little nervously. "Of course!" Rey enthusiastically replied
"You look beautiful Sara." Sara blushed slightly neither her or Rey had been very good at receiving compliments both girls looked at each other smiling and giggling as Sara started to twirl and pose. Their laughter rang though out the changing room, light filling each and every corner of it.
"General Leia, we've received word that the First Orders Finalizer has turned their ship around and is currently on course to Earth." A Rebel soldier burst into the garden where Leia was currently taking a stroll, her body tensed, froze for a split second, she knew it had to be Kylo who was turning the ship around and heading to Earth he had finally found her. Kylo the words left a bitter taste in Leia's mouth but she knew she had lost her son. "Ready Po and a couple other pilots immediately tell them to meet me now in the conference room."
"Yes General" the young rebel saluted before turning and rushing to gather the pilots. Oh Rey... We need to get to her before he can. Rey cannot go to the dark... Leia could not lose another child.
"Okay Rey now go try this on." Sara smiled reaching into her dressing room and pulling out a dress she had picked for Rey. Sara knew Rey better than anyone, she knew Rey wasn't one to dress up and shopping trips like this wasn't the activity that she enjoyed the most in the world; but Sara also knew that Rey couldn't see how beautiful she was and that she needed to dress up once in a while to show her self that she could get any guy she wanted. Rey looked the dress up and down it was pretty she had to admit but she couldn't do it any justice, she wasn't pretty or beautiful, wasn't as skinny as other girls not as skinny as she'd like to be. "Sara..." Rey trailed off as Sara cut in "No buts, go!" she ordered as she thrust the garment into Reys lap, pulled her to her feet and shoved her into the dressing room, whilst she occupied the seat Rey had just occupied. Waving her hand in a shooing motion she silently ordered Rey to shut the curtain and change. Rey slipped into the dress feeling the soft silk like texture caress her skin. The sleeves were capped off her shoulder, framing them perfectly, the sweetheart neck line eventuated her chest and the lace overing over it gave a hint of sophistication she looked beautiful she had to admit. Sara really knew how to pick things that suited her; Rey slipped on the black open heels which held a small bow on the back. She nervously peeled back the curtain Sara eyes grew wide in wonder and admiration. Rey was stunning a smile enchanted Sara's face as she stood up excitement flooding her. "Rey! You look stunning!" she almost squealed a blush bubbled to the surface of Rey's cheeks. The two girls laughed together joking about how many guys wouldn't be able to pry their eyes away from them turning and looking into the full length mirror before them posing and taking pictures together before getting changed and heading to go pay for their new captivating outfits.
Kylo paced around his room a bubble of different emotions swelled in him all fighting to be the dominant one. Excitement, nerves, joy, terror. Every contradictory emotion ran through him. Half of him was exited to see his Rey again to help her to be with her, but the other, was petrified. Petrified in the thoughts that she would reject him like his mother and father had, petrified that she would no longer like him no longer feel any love towards him, no longer smile with him, no longer laugh with him. He didn't know how she would react the the new him the Kylo side of him. Would Ben Solo take her away from him as well like he had his mother and father. With a final dejected sigh he sat on the edge of his bed, his gloved hands running through his untamed, curly black hair a nervous habit of his. He just needed to feel her, feel her calming presence. So he called for her with his mind, he knew her force signal was weak but he now knew where to look for it and he instantly found it. Opening his eyes the image before him stunned him, took his breath away. He gulped she looked exquisite, more beautiful than he'd ever seen her before. Her hair was loosely curled swaying just over her shoulders a deep side parted cascaded her hair mainly to one side of her head, whilst the other side tucked behind her ear flaunting her ear cuff that clipped to her helix and swinging chains down to her first piercing. Her face slightly more made up this time. Rouge lips accentuated her full lips, her mascara making her deep hazel eyes more prominent, breathtaking. But that outfit that black off the shoulder dress now that was something else Kylo couldn't help but feel his heart constrict at the sight of her. Couldn't help but feel body feel with a feeling of compassion, lust maybe even love. He needed her more than ever she had unsettled his heart already confused heart her presence not calming him like he hoped; instead igniting something else in him. Once again, as soon as she had appeared she was gone, the image of her burned into his mind, charred there permanently never to be removed. His body moved for him placing his helmet back over his face to hide his unsettled, restless eyes as he staked back to the control room with one thing in his mind. Why the fuck haven't they reached Earth yet.
Leia sat in the conference fingers drumming the table repetitively trying to quell her nerves. Po and several other resistant fighters gathered before her. Leia placed both palms on the table as she rose "Thank you all for meeting me on short notice." she began "I have an important task I must ask you to undertake." The pilots all straightened at the request Po answered
"Of course General. Where shall we be going?" Leia had always like Po he had a wild streak to him that reminded her slightly of a young Ben.
"The task is an extraction, an extraction from Earth." She watched as the pilots all tried to work out what could be on that small dismal planet. "There is a girl there, a girl called Rey. She is being sheltered currently by two undercover resistance fighters who were tasked with protecting her. They will be your fist point of contact, they will lead you to her." The pilots nodded, Po however had a question he had to ask
"General, excuse me, but who is this Rey?" Leia knew exactly what he meant and answered him honestly
"She is a daughter of a dear friend and the First Order is after her we must get her before they do." Po nodded "What's the time frame."
"Well the First Order have already began to move and by calculations should reach her in 6 hours. It should take us five and a half giving us a half hour window to extract her from the planet before they get..."
"General!" The same young rebel soldier burst through the doors. "General the First Order, they've began moving faster and should be there in four hours now by our calculations."
"No.." She whispered to herself slumping into her chair. How? How have the First Order managed to do that. Even on their quickest planes they couldn't make it there in less that five. Think Leia think! She screamed at herself she couldn't loose Rey to him too she just couldn't.
"General we can still go we will push the planes we can.." Leia raised her hand silently forcing Po to stop. Yes! That's it, he could do it she knew he could. She raised her head
"Change of plans."
Kylo had stormed into the control room temper flaring around him staking straight for Hux. "Why aren't we there yet Hux." he demanded, a slight confusion obvious on Hux's face Kylo had given him till nightfall hadn't he?
"It's still only early evening on Earth Kylo we'll make it in plenty of time before night..." Hux stopped starting to struggle for air and he realised Kylo was chocking him with the force.
"Well nightfall is no longer sufficient General. Half it." Kylo commanded darkly before releasing his grip on Hux. Before sharply twisting and stomping out the room. Once the shutters had shut behind him
"You heard him speed it up!" Hux commanded standing straight once again towering over his underlings as he stood on the deck.
"Yes, sir." They all replied saluting him before turning back to their monitors and ferociously figuring out how to speed up.
Rey and Sara stood in the queue outside the club it was barley past 11 and it was already heaving with people. The January air hitting them and making them both shiver, their leaver jackets not doing a lot to stop the bite of cold in the air. "Right." Sara said determined startling Rey slightly
"What?" she asked. Sara just grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the queue and straight towards the door. "Sara? What are you doing?" Rey questioned
"Getting us in." Is all Sara replied dragging a nervous, embarrassed Rey towards the bouncer.
"Sara.. I don't think..." Rey trailed off as Sara reached the bouncer.
"And what can I help you two ladies with?" The bouncer said barley glancing above the list before him.
"Wondering if you could perhaps sneak in." Sara started a hint of flirtation filling her voice. "But that might be hard with someone like you stood outside keeping watch." Flirtation dripped off of every word she spoke but Rey had to admit that it caught the bouncers attention
"Oh yeah..." He said grinning down at Sara
"Yeah" she said smirking as she leaned forward slightly revealing a bit more of her cleavage "Especially with that list of yours baring up." She said with a slight pout as she finished. He looked at her captivated by her every move
"Well I suppose for two gorgeous ladies I could bend the rules sightly..."
"Really." Sara said eyes sparkling "Your too kind." she added seductively
"For a phone number." "Oh no pretty boy."
Sara said flirtation to the max "I only take numbers and I call you when I get round to it." She had captured the guard him turning into putty before her. He quickly scribbled down his phone number and releasing the rope to allow them entry. The night was finally about to begin.
"Sara!" Rey squealed "That was impressive." Sara couldn't help but giggle pocketing the number in her purse as the descended into the darkness of the club.
They had been dancing and drinking for a few hours now time passed in a blur countless boys approached them and countless boys were turned down the two finding confidence in the intoxication of the alcohol. They span and danced, laughed and drank. Sara even going to the outside space to have a cigarette occasionally whilst Rey went out for the fresh air and to talk with Sara. With each drink the night blurred on at one point she even thought she was seeing things. "Hey Sara." she giggled Sara leaning in to listen "Don't they look like my parents." She laughed Sara joining in too. They kept laughing until the two frantic figures stopped, pointed at Rey and stalked over before grabbing her.
"Rey we need to leave now!" The women who looked like her mother said.
"Mum?" Rey questioned not sure if this was reality or not. She didn't get a reply instead strange men clad from head to toe in white a white mask covered their face.
"Shit." Her father muttered dragging Rey to the back of the club and out the back door. Strange noises could be heard from within the club with screeches of sheer panic swiftly following. Her father ran as he dragged her by the arm keeping her upright as she stumbled over her heals a few times. She looked back eyes wide with terror as he sore another strange figure coming out the exit the one they had just used. But he was different from the others black draped over him from head to toe and instead of a weird Sci-fi looking guns he held an blazing sword type thing red with sparks flying everywhere. She watched as his mask surveyed to area until his eyes locked with hers and he started stomping after them. "Damn it! He's gaining on us." Her Dad said obvious terror laced through his voice "Maire take Rey. I'll hold him off."
"No!" horror flashed over her Mum's eyes as they continued to run.
"Maire." Her Dad's strict voice rang out "We are Resistant fighters before anything else. Now protect Rey and run." Her Mother seemed to have grasped the situation and nodded as she grabbed Rey and ran faster.
"Dad no! What are you doing? Dad!" Rey screamed when her father stopped running and faced the figure in black. Rey turned a corner and no longer could she see her Dad. Tears streamed down her face as her Mum forced her to continue on. "Mum? What's happening? Who are they? Where's Dad?" Rey knew she sounded like a child but she couldn't help it. Her mother said nothing instead forcing her to keep up. Finally after twisting and turning through different alleys and streets, the reached a large clearing.
"Shit, where is he?" Her mother panicked.
"Mum... whats..." Rey started panting before the wind started to pick up and Rey could see a weird looking plane appear before her. What? She thought this plane didn't look like anything she'd seen before, it didn't hold the normal long narrow round sphere shape it was stubby flat almost and circular? The shutter opened as it touched the ground a man pocked his head out and urged for them to hurry up and get on and extremely furry tall thing stood beside him. What the fuck. Was all she could thing as she was pushed onto the step. Her mothers hand fell from her back so she turned around "Mum?" she questioned the woman now looking away from her daughter "Go Rey." "No Mum!" she started to lurch forward before a pair of furry hands grabbed her shoulders and forced her on. "Mum!" she screamed her world falling apart around her.
"Take care of her Solo." was all her Mum said as the hanger door started to close...
I'm sorry! I didn't mean for it to take this long to publish this chapter lives just been busy and to be honest at the start I really didn't like to think about writing Rey's ordinary boring life on Earth. But as I got into it and done it in short snippets I began to enjoy it. Also the song thats quoted when Kylo sees Rey is Drugs and Candy by All Time Low.
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