Cass tries to catch up to Rey, having finished her conversation with Maz she quickly tries to catch the girl while she was still inside the castle.
Reaching the door to the outside, she sees everyone gathered in horror, looking at the sky. Cass looks up to the sky just in time to the entire planet of Hosnian Prime incinerated, the explosion lingering in space. Feeling a presence behind her, she turns to see Han, Finn and Chewie, all looking at the sky in horror. Finn looks the most frightened, knowing exactly who caused this. "It was the Republic." He moves through the crowd. "The First Order, they've done it." He looks at the group, "Where's Rey?"
Before any of them can answer, Maz approaches them in a rush. "Come with me. Quickly." They follow, Maz leading Han, Finn, Cass and Chewie down the hall. "I've had this for ages." She opens the door to the treasure room, making her way towards the box Rey had touched before.
She takes out the lightsaber and hands it to Cass, who holds both hands up as if surrendering, shaking her head. "Nope, I'm not touching that."
Maz sighs, understanding and hands the lightsaber to Finn, who looks at Cass his facial expression asking, "what's wrong with it?". Cass waves her hand and mouths "it's fine", which does nothing to settle Finn's nerves. Maz interrupts their silent conversation, "Kept it locked away."
"Where'd you get that?" Han asks.
"A good question for another time." She turns to Finn, "Take it! Find your friend!" Finn grabs it as the room is shaken by an attack above ground. "Those beasts! They're here!"
~8~
Cass, Han, Chewie, Finn and Maz climb up the stairs and through the debris, exhausted once they reach the surface. "Come on, Chewie!" Han encourages.
Maz turns to Finn and Cass, "Rey and BB-8, they need you. Now go."
Finn looks at her, perplexed, "I need a weapon."
Cass smirks at him, pulling out her lightsaber and igniting the green weapon. "You've got one kid." Maz smiles at her, she sounded so much like her father. While Finn looks at her questioningly - he's supposed to use the lightsaber?! He turns it on, unleashing a blue blade.
Han and Chewie run, taking cover from blasts and firing back at the Stormtroopers, taking some of them out. Han watches Chewie fire, then turns to him, "Hey, can I try that?" Chewie groans and nods, handing him the crossbow. Han fires at some Stormtroopers and sends them flying. "I like this thing."
Cass makes her way through the Stormtroopers, taking them out one by one. In her most impressive stunt, she used the force, grabbing one Stormtrooper by the throat and tossing him aside, where he collided with another two troopers, taking them all out. She smirks, but doesn't let that distract her from the Stormtrooper sneaking up behind her. She turns sharply, bringing her lightsaber down on the trooper.
Peeling his eyes away from the action, he takes on some stormtroopers himself. His movements halt when he comes across a Stormtrooper holding a very dangerous looking mace. The Stormtrooper shouts at Finn, "Traitor!" This angers Finn and causes him to swing at the trooper. The two battle it out until the trooper knocks Finn down.
The Stormtrooper is about to end Finn, when he's suddenly shot! Wide-eyed, Finn sees Han run over, having fired the fatal blast at the Stormtrooper. Han helps him up, "You okay, big deal?"
"Thanks!" Finn says, trying to regain his composure.
Suddenly, they hear a Stormtrooper approaching from behind them, "Don't move!" They turn around and are greeted by a group of about 10 Stormtroopers. "TK-338, we have targets in custody!" Han looks around, this would be a hell of a time for Cass to show up and save the day. However, when he finally spots Cass, his face falls. She's being dragged towards them, kicking furiously, a Stormtrooper holding each arm. Han sighs. "No way out." They all drop their weapons, holding their hands up in surrender. A squad of troopers appears behind them and they're marched toward a transport with their hands behind their heads. Out of nowhere, Cass hears a familiar roar coming across the lake, her eyes light up. In the sky they can see a group of X-wings appear, firing at the First Order ships. As the rebels on the ground look hopeful, the Stormtroopers begin to panic. "We have incoming at two-eight-point six! Move! Dispatch! Move! Scramble all squads! Repeat, scramble all squads! Anti-air cover en route to our position!"
"It's the Resistance." Han says.
One X-wing, marked in black, swoops down and takes out the parked tie fighters and Stormtroopers, catching Cass's attention. She stands for a moment, gaping. That couldn't be… Finn said he was dead! She shakes her head, grabbing her lightsaber from a downed trooper. She could figure it out when everyone was out of imminent danger.
The Stormtroopers around Finn, Han and Chewie are scattered, tossed aside in the explosions. Finn quickly picks up the lightsaber as it falls to the ground. "Quick!" Han shouts. Chewie picks up his crossbow, Han grabbing his blaster, shooting a Trooper. Finn, on the other hand is glued on the black X-wing. "Woohoo! Yeah! That's one hell of a pilot!"
Cass appears to the side of him, her eyes also watching the mysterious X-wing. "It sure is." She beams.
Finn takes out one trooper, and then another, while Cass handles the rest. Suddenly, she feels a disturbance in the force. She turns to see Kylo Ren in the forest, and quickly hides her lightsaber as it was a dead giveaway. Her breath catches in her throat when she sees him carrying Rey in his arms. She sees that Finn has noticed as well and she can practically feel his heart shatter. Han stops and turns, seeing Kylo Ren entering his shuttle. Han is shaken to say the least.
Finn continues to look on in horror, "NO! REY!" He runs toward the shuttle through laser blasts and explosions, but the shuttle takes off. "No, no, no, no... REY!" In crazed frustration, Finn stops running, watches the receding First Order ships, Rey along with them.
Finn runs to Cass and Han, "He took her! Did you see that? He took her. She's gone!"
Cass looks at him sadly as Han walks past him. "Yeah, yeah, I know..." And he and Chewie head off.
Han moves toward a Resistance transport that's landing in the debris. BB-8 and Cass come up beside him, in wait for the transport. If the situation wasn't so serious, Cass would have laughed at the look on Han's face, knowing exactly what's about to happen. Finally, the transport door opens. And standing there is General Leia Organa.
