Chapter Four
Sudrey and Rey walk towards the village in silence. Sudrey breathes in deep knowing that the leader doesn't know about her yet. They enter into the village avoiding people. "Why are we walking so fast?" Rey asks breaking the silence between them. Sudrey looks over to her before answering her. "They may not know about you. They aren't friendly towards humans they haven't met before. The Empire had a lot to do with their weariness." He explains leading her right towards where he lives.
Once they get to his house they quickly enter in. Before shutting the door, Sudrey looks out side to make sure no one was following them. "You have-a nice place." Rey notes while looking around the small space.
"I know, it's small." Sudrey adds from behind while walking up to her. Rey turns around to face him with a smile. "Let me get a bandage for your arm." He says while walking pass her towards a cabinet. Rey scans the hut being reminded of her old home on Jakku.
"I use to live in a small place like this. It wasn't technically a home, but it worked." Rey says while walking around looking at all the things on his shelves.
"Where was that?" He asks while taking out the medical supplies his mother had stored in the cabinet.
"Jakku." Rey answers short and distant. Sudrey looks behind him to Rey at the name of the planet.
"Jakku? Never heard of it." He says soft trying to think of the planet. Rey sighs knowing not many do.
"It's far from here. It's a desert planet." Rey adds while Sudrey walks over to her with the bandage and liquid.
"The only desert planet I've heard of is Tatooine." Sudrey points for Rey to sit down on the bed for him to work on her wound. Rey sits down on the edge of the bed while he sits down on the side of her wound. "Can you remove your jacket?" He asks kindly. Rey slowly pulls the jacket off one arm at a time having trouble. Once her jacket was off revealing her bare arms, and exposing the wound to the air. "I didn't mean to cut you when we were fighting." Sudrey says while pouring a teal liquid onto a white cloth. He slowly whips the cloth down on the wound. Rey whimpers at the sting. "I'm sorry..." He whispers being more gentle in his strokes.
"It's alright." She says to both apologies. Once he is done cleaning the wound he placed the bandage onto her arm, and wrapped it up.
"That should be good now." He adds while gathering up the supplies to put them back into the cabinet. He stands up and walks over to the cabinet. Rey looks at her arm adjusting the bandage a little for it to be more comfortable. "Too tight?" He asks noticing her fixing it.
"No, just adjusting it some." She says while looking over to him with soft smile. A smirk flickers onto his lips while he places everything back into the cabinets. "You said you've heard of Tatooine?" Rey asks bringing the conversation back.
"I've actually been there once. There's nothing there, but two suns and sand." He says while walking back over to her.
"Sounds a lot like Jakku except the two suns. Where are you originally from?" She asks curious.
"From here. My parents found this planet and settled here." He explains sitting down next to her again.
Unable to contain her questions she asks, "Where did you learn to become a Jedi Knight?" Sudrey looks away not sure how to answer her.
"I, um, come from a family of Jedi. Infact both of my parents were rouge jedi during the time of the Empire. They had escaped Order 66 which was the purge of the Jedi." He explains not wanting to go any further. Rey looks at him intrigued. He lets out a breathy chuckle when he senses interest. "Why are you so curious?" He asks amused.
Rey looks down with a light pink blush filing her cheeks. "I didn't know there were more Jedi out in the galaxy. I only knew there was one, Luke Skywalker." Sudrey's smile fades at the name. His eyebrows crease downward with memories flooding his mind.
"Luke Skywalker?" He asks perplexed.
"You know him?" She asks hoping he says yes.
"No, I thought he was dead." He answers lying. Rey shakes her head no.
"I know what you mean. I thought he was dead too until... events happened." She looks away not wanting to discuss the pass year. A loud bang is heard from the door taking their attention away.
"OPEN UP!" A loud voice orders from outside.
"Shit! Okay, I need you-" He scans the room quickly trying to find hiding spot, but before he can the door is knocked down. Rey jumps up at the sight of the large green men.
"Where is she?" The man asks violently. Sudrey gathers himself before answering.
"Who?" He asks playing dumb.
"There she is." One of the soldiers says pointing over towards Rey. Rey looks over at Sudrey not knowing what to do. The leader struts over to her with his hand raised. Before he could do anything, Sudrey jumps infront of Rey.
"Woah! Woah, big guy!" Sudrey exclaims holding out his hands, "Look, I can-I can explain." He points towards himself trying to control the situation. "This is my friend. She and I have known each other for a long-long time." He lies.
"Bullshit, Sudrey!" The man roars stepping forward.
"Are you calling me a liar? That's offensive!" Sudrey exclaims dramatically, "You know me. And you know that would never bring anyone in here that would hurt you." He started to ramble trying to throw them off.
"Who is she?" He asks not buying his lies. Sudrey looks down to the ground trying to come up with an excuse. He walks up to Attrakhen, the leader. He puts his hand on his shoulder before speaking.
"I didn't want to embarrass her, but she and I," He pauses not sure if he wants to go with this lie, but he decides he has no other lie good enough,"have shared a bed together. If you know what I mean..." He could feel Rey's cold stare on his back making him regret what he just said.
"You're a terrible liar." Attrakhen slurs tired of his games.
"It's the truth, to an extent. Look, she's a good person." Sudrey rolls his eyes at his own lies. Rey walks close to the men to explain herself.
"My ship had crashed a couple of days ago, and this man was helping me. He had found me, and noticed something important about me so he trusted me." She sighs hoping the truth is more believable.
"I swear on my life, that she is trustworthy." Sudrey whispers only for Attrakhen to hear. Attrakhen looks at him sideways before nodding his head.
"We will have a meeting at dusk." Attrakhen orders before storming out of the house.
Once he and his soldiers had left, Rey punched Sudrey in the back. "I deserved that." He says quietly before turning around to look at her. Rey looks at him angrily before speaking.
"We shared a bed together?" She asks applaud.
"It was terrible, I know. But I honestly could not think of anything else besides she's a jedi. Which I was not going to tell them that because they might tell the First Order." Sudrey quickly defends himself. Rey looks at him suspiciously.
"Why would you care if they told the first order?" She asks.
"I know they hunt Jedi. I've come into some encounters with them before. The only reason why Attrakhen has not betrayed me yet is because when his father was in reign my mother healed his mother. In away it's a debt that he owes." Sudrey explains walking towards his broken door. He feels for the door before picking it up. Rey walks up towards him with a mocking grin.
"Looks like both of us need some stuff fixed." She laughs. Sudrey smirks before remembering her ship.
"Oh, yeah. I should probably go, and try to get my friends to help us." Rey looks up at him agreeing.
"You sure they'll help? What's their names?" She asks.
"They are always up for doing something. Their names are Jab, Kain, and Lee. Lee is Jab's ten year old son." Sudrey explains while leaning the door on the wall.
"Let's go before it gets too late." Rey says bubbly while heading out the door.
"I can feel your eagerness." Sudrey chuckles while following her outside.