A/N: Thanks for reviewing! We are just over halfway, so it's going to be moving pretty fast for the rest.

Is your love just a drop of rain?

The first thing Rey noticed was the sound of feet – someone was running. Then she was being picked up and every muscle in her body tightened, remembering an old fear. But soon she was set down again and could hear voices buzzing around her. They were meaningless for a while as her thoughts were swirling about like a sandstorm and couldn't seem to settle.

Finally, the overwhelming darkness that blanketed her was lifted and she could see that she was still in the Resistance base, and Finn was hovering over her.

"Finn!" she cried, both happy to see him and afraid of what might have happened.

"Rey!" he replied, taking her hand and looking at her intently. "We thought… We weren't sure…" He trailed off, watching her.

Things were coming back and she glanced around sharply. "Luke?" she asked hesitantly.

Finn's face darkened. "He's gone. That Knight took him and escaped somehow. No one remembers seeing anything until we found you."

She sat up abruptly and began to get to her feet before Finn gently pushed her back. "We have to go get him!" she protested.

"You'll be no use until you've recovered from whatever he did to you," Finn admonished, and she couldn't tell if he was being her commander or just a concerned friend. But then he smiled self-effacingly and she knew it was the latter.

"Finn, this is all my fault. I should have –"

"It's not, Rey. You did what you could. Luke should have taken better precautions after what happened on Coruscant."

She nodded slowly, unconvinced but unwilling to press the point. "Where's Leia?" she whispered, afraid to face the General after the loss of her brother. Again.

Finn pursed his lips, clearly considering whether or not to answer. "She was interrogating Byehtho last I knew. I think she's still there."

That made Rey spring to her feet despite his protests and she ran to see for herself. The two guards were standing outside, shifting their weight uncomfortably, which meant Leia was in there alone. She immediately pounded on the door, though the guards tried to stop her. Finn had caught up to her by then and was trying to defuse the situation when the door opened.

"Rey? Finn? What's the matter?" Leia asked, frowning in concern.

"They're gone!" Rey told her and felt tears welling up.

"Lyek Ren did something to knock us out and took Luke," Finn said more helpfully.

Leia's expression fell for a moment before returning to its normal mode. "I'm sure… I'm sure we can find him," she began. Glancing behind her, she pulled the door shut and turned to address Rey. "Can you stop him?"

"I… I could on Coruscant. I wasn't expecting – I wasn't prepared for anything here. I'm sorry!" she answered wretchedly. Leia pulled her close to calm her.

"Rey, you did a good thing on Coruscant – we got our prisoners and suffered no casualties. That is a big deal, my dear. Now we need to get Luke back before the First Order can do whatever they're planning to do with him. And we're going to need you to help us again. Can you do that, Rey?" Leia moved back slightly to look her in the eye.

Nodded resolutely, she took a deep, shuddering breath, and stepped away. "Can we track them?"

Leia looked at Finn, who shrugged. "We are searching out which ship they took, so it's possible. But it's unlikely that we'll catch up to them – we don't know where they're going," he answered unhappily, watching Rey.

"We'll do what we can. Finn, take Rey to the conference room and have all intel sent there. I'll be along shortly," Leia ordered.

"What are you going to do?" Rey asked.

With a grim expression, the general turned back toward the door. "See what Byehtho knows."

Iton Ren had been Force-sensitive all of her life. As such, she had been unusually lucky in her youth. Now, she knew how to manipulate the odds to be in her favor. Still, it was a surprise to find that the cold leads she followed did not bring her to a dead end. What they led to was something that many had searched for but no one had found. At least, not in a very long time. More would be coming, and she settled in to wait.

Beid Byehtho knew something had changed – his time had not been up when General Organa was called out of the room. He considered the possibilities while he waited for her to return. The First Order did not have the strength to take this base, even assuming they could find it. It was possible that they might attack anyway and attempt a rescue, but his popularity wouldn't add up to that kind of adventure. They would be afraid and likely acting stupid as a result – the other generals, anyway. Kylo Ren was impulsive, but the capture of one of his governors would not spur him into a rash action. Assuming he hadn't arranged for this to happen in the first place.

So whatever required General Organa's immediate attention was likely related to the Knight they'd foolishly brought in with him. He didn't know much about the man – no one knew much of anything about the Knights before Snoke brought them in and used them as agents. He only knew more about the Jedi Killer than the rest because he'd known Leia Organa better than the rest. The order of religious fanatics was unpredictable and he had never been fond of that aspect of Snoke's governance. Now one of them was leading them and he knew he wasn't the only one reconsidering this whole venture. Not that backing out now was an option, of course.

"Pardon the interruption, Beid," General Organa said politely as she came back into the room, flanked by guards.

"Of course," he replied amiably.

"Why does the First Order want the Jedi gone?" she asked abruptly.

He cocked his head at her. "I imagine the Force-users prefer to limit their competition. The rest of the Order only cares for the political ramifications of where the Last Jedi throws his influence. Have you misplaced him?"

Her eyes narrowed but she smiled. "You think I would lose my own brother? You underestimate me, sir. Now, if you will tell me and these fine gentlemen everything you know about the First Order, I will see to it that you are made comfortable for the rest of this war."

Something like a smile crossed his face in response, and he nodded.

Rey's hands were clenched to keep from fidgeting as she sat in the conference room. People came and went, bringing their reports to Finn. He perused them carefully and often gave a response to the waiting messenger. It took a while before they heard anything about Luke, and her frantic energy had faded by then.

"Sir, we've picked up the ship on our scanners and the trajectory is steady," a blond woman with buns in her hair stated.

Rey sat up and looked intently at the holo map as the ship appeared on it, first tiny, then they zoomed in on it. Finn pursed his lips as they watched its slow progress through empty space. "Bring the General," he told the woman, who nodded decisively and left.

"I have to go get him," Rey said quietly when they were alone.

Finn looked after at her, a pained expression on his face. "We need you here, Rey," he told her gently.

Her eyes narrowed. "He is my master. He's been taken by a Force-user and I'm the only one here who can do something about it," she said flatly.

"Rey…" He trailed off, searching her face. "Let's see what Leia says," he murmured at last, looking away.

Silence stretched between them as they both watched the ship move, trying to determine where it would stop. Eventually, there was a knock at the door and they turned to see Poe leaning against the frame.

"Hey, I just heard. Anything I can do?" he asked, concerned.

"Convince Rey that she doesn't need to go tearing off after them," Finn suggested in a tone that made it hard to tell if he was teasing or not.

Poe smiled at her as he stepped into the room, then glanced toward the map. "If she wants to go, I see no reason to stop her. She's a great help in a fight," he offered and she grinned at him while Finn scowled.

"If the First Order is trying to get rid of all the Force-users who aren't allied with them, I'd hate to send the only one we have left into their waiting arms."

That sobered both of them and Finn looked grimly pleased by the effect. Rey rallied quickly, however. "But how can we hope to rescue him from their Force-users without someone who can counter that kind of attack?"

"I don't know, Rey. But Leia will. She's certain to have had similar problems during the Rebellion," he stated hopefully.

Poe patted his shoulder as he sat down next to Rey and offered her a smile. "We'll get him back. I'm sure the General will think of something. And maybe we can take down a few of them while we're at it."

Smiling tentatively back, Rey nodded. "How was your last mission, General?" she asked, teasing his new title.

Wrinkling his nose at her while Finn laughed, Poe shook his head slightly. "Just fine. We've been having some good luck lately, driving them back. I think they're distracted."

"That would be good news," Finn muttered under his breath as he looked over some of the other reports he'd been given.

"I came as soon as I could," Leia said as she entered the room, smiling reassuringly at Poe when he started to get up to leave. "We will have a lot to talk about later," she added, looking at Finn. "But let's focus on Luke for now. What have you found?"

Finn stood up to gesture to the map. "This is the ship Lyek Ren stole, as far as we can tell."

"As far as you can tell?" she asked politely.

Clenching his jaw, Finn nodded. "He influenced a lot of our pilots to leave at the same time, and go off in different directions to distract us. But most of them have been recovered unharmed. We are working on tracking down the rest, but this one has gotten the greatest distance from us, so is likely the ship he took."

"I see."

"We don't know for sure, General. I'm sorry. But it's been on this flightpath for the last – " he paused to check, " – half an hour. If it continues, they will be entering the Unknown Regions within the hour."

Leia stood up to study the map and frowned slightly. "What's outside the galaxy in that direction?"

"I think it's safe to say it is somewhere we haven't mapped."

"Hmm."

"Leia, please let me go after him," Rey begged in the ensuing silence. The General turned to look at her, a gentle expression on her face. Forestalling the explanation Rey knew was coming, she gestured toward the map. "They're just passing Jakku. I can be there in a moment on the Falcon, and stop them before they leave the galaxy. I don't know what they are headed, but I heard plenty of stories about what is just beyond the galaxy's edge. And I don't think things will end well if they reach their destination."

Leia looked at the three of them carefully while she digested this information. "Let's see what our options are," she said slowly, and sat down so they could discuss all that they knew.