Chapter Ten
Sudrey peels the bandage off of his wound with a whimper while he his skin slowly turns red. He sighs heavy at the sight of the nasty gash, "Geez..." He wraps his wound slowly with gauze not sure if this is really helping any. After wrapping his wound he lays down feeling his heavy thoughts enter into view. He stares up at the cracked ceiling feeling overwhelmed by the sense of responsibility for the people back on his planet. He runs his fingers through his hair while taking a sharp breath of air, "You can't blame yourself..." He whispers to himself with his words falling slowly. A tear falls down his cheek as memories fill his view making it difficult to sleep. "I'm sorry, Mama. I'm sorry I couldn't protect the people that you loved so dearly...I'm sorry I've let you down." His voice cracks while he speaks to heaven. Sudrey turns to lay on his side at the memory of his mother. Sudrey's lip quivers with realization of how lonely is. "Please, forgive me..." He begs to everyone who has died before him. Unable to handle the guilt Sudrey buries his face in his pillow forcing himself to go to sleep.
"Sudrey!" A beautiful feminine voices calls out from the distance. Sudrey's eyes flutter open at the sound of her voice,"Mama?" Sudrey mouths dryly as the air around him grows thick with humidity. Disorientated Sudrey stands up from the moist ground he was laying on. Unable to see his surroundings Sudrey stumbles down the forest feeling his heart rate increase. "Mama!" Sudrey screams feeling fear choke him.
"Sudrey!" A voice screams out from behind causing him to turn around quickly.
"Who's there?" Sudrey asks with sweat beading down his cheeks. He hears footsteps crunch on the dry leaves coming towards him slowly. "Who's there?" Sudrey asks again more panicked now.
"You can't save anyone... Don't try..." A mechanical voice warns causing the blood in Sudrey's veins to turn.
"What right do you have to tell me this?" He asks strained.
"I've tried...Let the girl be." The voice says with deep sorrow etched in his words. Sudrey's lips twitched with annoyance at the man's lack of faith of him.
"Who is she?" Sudrey asks realizing who he is speaking of. The voice doesn't answer but before Sudrey could ask another question he feels something impel his body.
Sudrey feels the heat burn in his body as he groans. When he feels the saber be pulled out of his stomach he grabs his wound falling to the ground. He breathes quickly as he becomes dizzy with fear. "What the hell?" He spits weakly. He slowly reaches up to his mouth when he feels a warm liquid slide down his chin. He whips the blood from his mouth, and looks at it as his vision comes back to normal. He glances up from his bloody fingers to find Klyo Ren hovering over him. Feeling weak and defeated Sudrey collapses onto the cold ground.
"No!" He hears from afar as he sinks away.
"No!" Sudrey screams as he sits up quickly with tears streaming down his cheeks. He breaths heavy trying to gain control of his mind again. "No, No, NO." He mutters to himself while holding the side of his head. He blinks while he scans the dark room feeling overwhelmed. "I have to train her..." He whispers feeling sick. He lays back down exhausted. As soon as he woke up he went back to sleep.
"Sudrey..." A voice whispers while shaking Sudrey awake causing him to jump. "Sorry... But you're wound looks like it opened up..." Sudrey stares down at the blood staining his shirt and the ground. Sudrey shakes his head realizing Lee is right. "You need stitches."
"You're right." Sudrey whispers while staring around noticing the sun has barely risen, "Why are you up?" Lee looks downwardly suddenly distant.
"I couldn't sleep." He answers unable to lie. Sudrey struggles to sit up to let Lee explain himself better. "No, no, don't get up. I'll go get Master Luke..." Lee says quickly while stopping Sudrey from getting up. Before Sudrey could protest Lee runs off to go get Luke from his meditation. Sudrey lays back down unable to do anything.
Luke carefully stitches Sudrey's wounds while Sudrey sips slowly on a bottle of whiskey. "I think I started drinking this a little late..." Sudrey says still unaffected by the dark liquor. Luke nods his head still carefully watching his hands stitch. Sudrey whips his nose feeling awkward by the situation. "I am a great fighter, it's just he had an upper hand when I heard Rey's scream... it distracted him." Luke creases his brow at mention of Rey. Sudrey coughs realizing he might've said too much. "I'm sorry..." Sudrey whispers feeling stupid. Luke cuts the last thread of his stitch before whipping off his hands of Sudrey's blood.
"It's okay." Luke says while wrapping his wound carefully so the stitches won't get infected. "I would of done the same." Luke adds remembering when he left Yoda to go save Lea and Han. Sudrey looks down suddenly feeling shameful.
"I thought about your offer." Sudrey blinks feeling nervous for some reason, "And I"ll do it." He looks up at Luke to find Luke not surprised.
"Good. We will start her sparring when your wound is completely healed, but before then we will focus on technique, and swordsmanship." Luke informs while packing away his medical supplies. Sudrey raises an eyebrow surprised.
"You aren't shocked by me accepting?" Sudrey asks genuinely curious. Luke shakes his head no slowly.
"I can tell you are curious about her strength, and want to help her. You are also seem to care for her." Luke explains while starring up at the early blue sky. Sudrey's jaw tightens knowing he is right.
"You're right." He agrees feeling anxious but excited. Luke nods his head before standing up. "I'll tell her once she is done with her meditation by the sea." Luke says before leaving.
Rey listens to the waves lap onto the shores, and onto her bare feet. She smiles softly at the cool water while her mind wanders. "These are your first steps..." echo in Rey's mind while she mediates on the force. She opens her eyes slowly when she hears foot steps behind her causing her to turn around. "Yes?" She asks recognizing the familiar presence.
"Sudrey will start training you when his wound is healed." Luke informs her. Rey stands up quickly startled by the news.
"Why?" She asks not expecting Sudrey to do something like that. Luke looks downwardly not wanting to reveal the full truth about Sudrey.
"He believes in you, and believes that with his swordsmanship and my knowledge of the force that you can become a powerful Jedi who can destroy Snoke." Luke explains not revealing that Sudrey was once his padawan. Rey smiles slightly when she hears that Sudrey see potienal in her.
"Where is he now?" She asks excitedly.
"I'm not sure." Luke answers truthfully. Rey smiles before taking off running to go find Sudrey. Luke watches with worriness building in his heart, "I hope this is a good idea..." He says to himself with his words heavy.
Rey runs towards the stairs with heavy breathing noticing that it will be impossible to run up those mountainous stairs. "Rey?" She hears from the right of her causing her to jump a little.
She puts a hand over her heart while she tries to catch her breath, "Sudrey," She huffs with the smile on her lips widening, "I've been looking for you! I heard the news!" She exclaims. Sudrey smiles at her excitement.
"You seem overjoyed." He quips with a smirk.
Rey looks around nervously before adding anymore information, "Well I mean it's exciting to see you passing on your swordsmanship.." She fumbles to say.
"I won't be easy on you." He informs with a chuckle. Rey rolls her eyes at his statement.
"Of course you won't. But I'm up for the challenge." She smirks now ready to prove to him that she is good at what she does. Sudrey walks over to her with his hands behind his back.
"A challenge?" He asks almost flirtatious. Rey backs away realizing that he is being flirty now.
"I-I mean..." She stammers to say now feeling flustered. She shakes her head quickly dismissing her thoughts, "Look, I will show you that I am capable of becoming a great Jedi." Sudrey stops walking noticing her haughty words.
"Don't become haughty. I've seen the prideful fall too many times, only the humble succeed." He commands now looking at her sternly. Rey looks at him shocked by his words.
"So you are humble?" She asks defensively.
Sudrey's jaw tightens at the question, "No. I'm a man of pride." He says dejectedly. "Stay humble, Rey... So you don't end up like me or like the other fallen Jedi." Sudrey turns to walk suddenly feeling the heavy weight return in his chest.
"I think you're too hard on your self." Rey calls out while she watches Sudrey leave.
"Not hardly." Sudrey whispers to himself as he feels the flash back return to vision.
Kylo walks in the little shack that Sudrey use to live in examining all of the items on the shelfs. His eyes scan the room looking for anything important, his eyes land on the chest in front of Sudrey's bed. Kylo walks over to the chest curious while he bends down to examine it. He unlatches the box to reveal all of his families treasures. He stiffens at the sight of Sudrey's father's lightsaber. Kylo slowly takes out the light saber to look at it closely to find that it has the old jedi order symbol engraved on the hilt of the saber. He runs his gloved finger over the symbol suddenly feeling a pull in his chest. Kylo shakes his head violently trying to get ride of the dark feeling growing around him. Unable to put the lightsaber away he takes it with him. "The force is strong with this saber." He mumbles to himself as he examines the saber fully.
"Excuse me, sir." A stormtrooper says from behind. Kylo turns his head slowly allowing the trooper to speak. "There is someone here with a message."
"Bring them in." Kylo orders while putting the saber onto his belt. A man walks in carrying a hologram.
"I have a message." The man announces clearly shaking in fear.
"From who?" Kylo asks feeling unease by the situation.
"From Luke Skywalker." The man trembles to say. Kylo turns around to face the man shaken by the news.
"What?" He growls now feeling hatred. The man falls to his knees gasping for air while he reaches to touch his vein protruding neck.
"I'm just the messenger..." He barely says before fall face first down dead. Kylo stares at the dead man with malicious before bending to pry the hologram from his fingers.
"Trace this message. It's important." Kylo orders handing the hologram to a stormtrooper before whisking away.
Author notes: Hey guys, I'm sorry that it took so long to update, and I'm sorry it's a short chapter! But I hope y'all enjoy it!
-C.R.