Alpha-Wolf619- Thanks! I was pretty excited. And despite having gym class now, I've actually had a really good week so far, and I just had to put all that pent up energy into something. And yeah, poor Iris. I wrote her, but I can't even imagine what I would do if I was stuck in her position. I also thought having the whole gang there to bother Iris was good. They're funny, but they're also some of the few people willing to tell it to Iris like it is.

Also, I know it's a bit selfish of me to put up a chapter today, but it's going to end on such a cliffhanger, and I just can't stand the thought of leaving you guys hanging for an entire week. I thought half a week would be slightly better. So without further ado, here you are.

Iris sat up with a groan. Couldn't the force have waited until she was sleeping again? Beyond her irritation, though, Iris felt full of questions. Why had she just seen that? Was it to prove that jedi can be rebellious? Or was there some other meaning to it?

She thought about her vision as she got to her feet. That couple- Aksha and Killian. They seemed so young, perhaps not any older than Iris was herself. There were other similarities, beyond age. They were both hiding in plain sight from the people who loved them. And that Killian guy clearly could use the force, just like Iris.

But that still didn't explain why she'd seen it at all. The vision of her as a child made sense, because it was meant to teach her about herself. But what was the relevance of a couple from so long ago that the jedi temples were still occupied?

Iris shook her head, and continued on to her tent. She wasn't sure how long she'd been unconscious, but hopefully not too long. At her tent, Iris double checked to make sure no one else was around before pulling out her necklace. "This is C-7717. I'm reporting in that the message has been received, and we're hoping to walk into a trap tomorrow. Don't disappoint." She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "This'll be my last transmission before my return to base. Sweet dreams, and I'm out." She pulled her necklace off, and raised it above her head. She swung it down over a big rock until it was smashed.

Then she made her way across the camp to Finn's tent. Poe was waiting for her outside. "The other two are already asleep. I didn't want to disturb them." He gave Iris a friendly smile. "I know that we're not going to be coming back from this mission. And I know that you know it too." Iris froze. Did Poe figure out her secret? Did he know that she was a spy? "But I can be okay with dying if it means bringing that bastard down." Oh. So he didn't know. For a moment, Iris didn't know if she was relieved or not.

Iris's shoulders slumped down as she forced her muscles to relax. "You're life is so valuable, Poe. Don't throw it away unless you're sure. None of you should."

Poe raised one eyebrow. "But it's okay for you to throw your life away for a cause that you don't even care about?" He shook his head. "Like it or not, but we're all in this together."

Iris didn't like it. "It's not the mission itself that's so dangerous; it's me. All of you were perfectly fine before I showed up. I nearly got you killed when you took me for that s.o.s. signal. I got Leia killed over…" her hand up into her pocket, and she felt the drive. "I haven't looked yet, but I should. I already have my answers, but Leia did die for this." She gulped nervously.

Poe nodded in the direction of the command tent. "There shouldn't be anyone in there tis late. Let's go."

They got to their destination a few minutes later. There were a couple of people in there, but they all cleared out with a stern look from Poe. Iris sat down in front of one of the terminals and plugged the drive in. First, she clicked on the video. It was a couple hours long, made of various clips from her trial. She skipped up to the halfway point, then continued scrolling forward until she reached what she was looking for.

Iris and Poe watched in silence as the iris on screen fell, almost certainly to her death. But then a miracle happened, and Iris was able to escape on what she'd assumed at the time to be a glitch in the system, when she'd even bothered to think about it at all. Iris paused the video, and stared at her back leaving the area. "Did he know then, or did he find this later?" She was just speaking out loud, not asking Poe.

She exited the video, and opened the attached file. She read the words out loud as Poe tried to subtly peer over her shoulder. "Female, one year old. Mother: dead. Father: Unknown. Eyes: Blue. Hair: Black. Weight: 20 lbs. Extraction successful. One casualty. Note- She keeps staring at me like she's looking into my soul. Hopefully she won't be stationed anywhere near me. Second Note- Attempted escape, almost successful. Re-education ordered. Third Note- Top of class. Beat all known records in Tabuula. She's one to watch out for. Fourth Note- Escape successful. Fled with enemy rebels. Attack on sight." Iris looked up from the screen with a frown. "That's it? My entire life summed up on one kriffin' piece of paper?" She stood up. "My whole life is just enough to stick on a document that was too small to bother deleting from the system!?" She threw the drive across the tent, breathing hard, like she'd just run a marathon.

Poe pulled Iris into a hug. "It's okay. Your life is worth so much more than a single document, I promise. Now why don't we go back to the tent. It's a bad idea to start a new mission without any sleep."

As they walked, Iris glanced up at the sky. "I wonder how it happened. How my… mother died." The word felt foreign in Iris's mouth. "Did she die protecting me? Or did she hand me over to save her own life and get killed for being a coward?"

Poe frowned. "I bet she loved you. I bet she did everything in her power to try and save you."

Iris sniffed, and she couldn't figure out why she felt like crying. "I never cared," she tried to explain. "I never cared whether they were dead or alive, or if they missed me or had moved on. I shouldn't care now. Nothing's changed." She reached up to rub her eyes. "I've never cried in my entire life as much as I have since becoming a rebel."

Poe nodded. "Same." His response managed to elicit a soft chuckle out of Iris.

They went into Finn's tent, and iris headed towards her normal corner. Poe stopped her by gently grabbing her shoulder. He nodded towards where Rey and Finn were piled up. He kicked off his shoes and jacket, then dropped down next to them. Iris smiled, and did the same. A night in the arms of her friends seemed like a fitting way to end things. Or maybe there could be some way for this to not be the end.

Long after she could hear Poe's snores, Iris was lying awake, trying to think of any possible way to save theres idiots, who'd somehow managed to fight their way into her heart.

When Iris woke up, she felt like she was in an inferno or something. She struggled to escape from the tangled arms and legs around her. She cheered silently at being able to extract herself from the human knot without waking the others up.

Iris headed to the dining tent. Kiah was there already, reading some important looking documents. Iris raised her eyebrows. "Seriously, do you ever sleep?"

Kiah shook her head. "No time." She pulled a few of her documents away. "Sit." Iris grabbed a juice box before sitting. "So, you must be pretty nervous. You'll get to go down in history as the one who put an end to Kylo Ren."

Iris felt sick to her stomach. "Right." She needed to change the subject. Talking about their plans only made her feel increasingly horrible. "Uh… rebels. I mean, uh, oh! How long has the Resistance been a thing?"

Kiah didn't seem confused by Iris's sudden change in subject. Maybe she was just too tired to notice anything strange at all. "There's been a rebellion in some form or another every time some asshole thinks they can rule everyone. Why?"

Iris thought of her vision of a rebellious couple. "Have you ever met a couple named Aksha and Killian?"

Kiah shook her head. "No, sorry. If you're asking because you think they were rebels, then you may want to see the official list of all members, past and present. You'll have to see Matt. He's our history guy."

Iris couldn't hide her surprise. "You guys have an official members list?"

"Yes. There's a lot of good people here who have families waiting for them somewhere out there. If anything happens, we need to know who to contact. Also, it means that someday people can look back on it and thank those who saved their lives. You're on it too, of course, if that's what you're worried about."

Iris gulped. "I'm just going to find Matt." Iris wasn't sure why she even cared, but she force must've shown her that couple for a reason, and they were so rebellious, it wasn't hard to imagine them being real rebels. As she headed to the command tent, Iris wondered what was going to happen to her name. After today, would they strike it off the records? Or would they simply write 'traitor' in the margin?

Iris walked to the command tent, and went up to the first person she saw. "Hey, can you tell me where to find Matt, the history guy?" She was directed to a young man with hair longer than hers. "Um, hi. Are you Matt?" He nodded once. "Can you show me the official members list?" Matt shook his head, looking bored. "Oh, uh, okay. Well then can you at least tell me if there was ever a couple here named Killian and Aksha?"

Matt peered at Iris over the rim of his glasses. "Where did you hear those names?"

Iris was surprised at how easy that search had been. "I saw them in a dream. A vision, I mean. A force vision. So have you heard of them?"

Matt pulled his glasses off. "Yeah. They weren't both part of the Resistance, though. Killian only joined after Aksha was killed. She's why I joined, too. You had a dream about my parents."

Iris frowned. "That's a crazy coincidence."

Matt shook his head. "I doubt it. My father always taught me that there's no such thing as coincidences. The force must've led you to me for a reason."

Iris felt oddly saddened at the thought of those two people who loved each other so much being separated. "If you don't mind me asking, where's your dad now?"

Matt shrugged. "My mother was killed years ago. Skywalker went into hiding the same year. When he left, he said he was looking for someone. Presumably Skywalker."

"He must've left you pretty young, then." Iris knew she sounded a bit judgemental

when she said that.

Matt didn't seem bothered. "I was ten at the time. But that's part of why he joined up. So that there would be plenty of people to watch over me. For a while, he would call me everyday. Then it became every week. And after a couple years, the calls stopped altogether. My guess is that he got into one too many tough situations." He shrugged. "He was like you and Rey. A barely trained force-user."

That made sense. "Because he ran away with your mom when they were kids, right? That's what I saw in my vision."

Matt smiled sadly. "Yeah. They were crazy about each other. It's one of the few things I can still remember from back then. But of course, this all leads back to the question of why you were sent to me. Is there something I can do to help you on your big mission?"

Iris shook her head. "I think we've got that covered. Thanks anyways, though."

Matt shrugged. "I'm sure we'll figure it out. I know you've probably got things to

be doing now, though. We'll talk when you get back from your mission, okay?"

There was a horrible knot in Iris's stomach that felt like it was pulling tighter inside of her. "Yeah. I'm looking forward to it."

Iris wandered back to Finn's tent in a bit of a daze. The force had shown her Killian and Aksha to lead her to Matt, but why? She slipped into the tent, and found the others already awake and in the middle of a conversation. "-go. I don't know how it happened." Rey looked up at Iris. "Oh, I was just saying how my staff is broken, and I don't know what's wrong with it." Rey pressed the button in demonstration, but no lightsaber popped out.

Iris reached into her pocket to wrap her fingers around the two little pieces she'd removed from the weapon last night while everyone was sleeping. "Does this mean you're not coming?"

Rey shook her head. "I can still be useful without it." She looked at her staff in

confusion. "I just don't understand why it isn't working."

So the other force-user wasn't out of the equation, but her lightsaber was. If only Iris had found a way to hold back Finn and Poe. It was too late, though. "Well, you guys need to hurry up. We're leaving soon."

Two hours later, everyone needed for the mission was gathered on the landing platform. Kiah made her way over to Iris. "I wish you the best of luck. You deserve hero status for sure. Come home safe, okay?"

Home. Others really thought that this was Iris's home. The knot in her stomach tightened even more. "Yeah, sure." She hurried onto her designated ship before anyone else could say their goodbyes. While the others were still outside, Iris pulled out her communicator. She turned it off, pulled out the power source, and stuck the two components back into her pocket.

Poe got onboard next. "You know, there's a lot of people out there who want to say their goodbyes." Iris thought of Kaydel, and Monty, and Kiah, and Matt, and everyone else she'd met in the Resistance, and the thought of all those people wishing her luck on a mission she never planned on completing was horrible. The knot pulled tighter. "They'll just have to wait and talk to me when we get back."

Finn and Rey finally got in, along with a couple of rebels Iris didn't know. They took off, and started flying to their deaths. Rey and the other two rebels were teaching Finn some complicated card game. Iris stayed glued to her seat, her leg bouncing up and down from nerves. What happened to that girl with the stoic face who was in control of every emotion? The knot pulled tighter.

Once they could actually see the base with their own eyes, the card games were over, and everyone was just as nervous as Iris. They were going to walk into that base, and very likely never walk back out again. As cliched as it was, they all changed into stormtrooper armor that had been made at the rebel base. Once they were all ready, Poe pulled out his radio. It was time to boogie.

They successfully got through with another one of Iris's memorized security codes. "I'm not sure how much time we'll have. If the real JR-0715 is around, we could get caught very quickly. Just follow my lead and act normal."

The six of them walked in, doing their best to act like they weren't all freaking out. Iris stopped at a split in the hall that branched off in three directions. "Rey, Dominic, Peltin, you go to the left. Me, Finn, and Poe are going to the right."

Finn rolled his eyes beneath his helmet. "We all remember the plan. Now let's get moving. I forgot how suffocating it feels in these things."

They went off in their assigned directions. Iris had told them that the two corridors would loop around and both lead to the room Kylo Ren was most likely to be in. That was a lie, though. Only the right hall would lead to Kylo Ren. Rey and the other two could still possibly escape. Iris had to bring Finn and Poe, though, or everyone would question why she didn't want them along.

There was minimal activity in the halls, and no one trying to cause any trouble. Iris's message to Kylo must've cleared the way.

When they reached the point that stormtroopers weren't normally allowed past, they quickly ducked into an alcove. Iris peeled off her armor, and Finn and Poe each grabbed one of her arms. They dragged her further down the hall, though they were quickly spotted by a superior officer. "Where do you think you're going?"

Poe spoke. "We captured this one lurking around. We thought that Kylo Ren would like to see her."

The officer nodded once. "Very well, you may pass." That wasn't protocol at all. There officer clearly knew of Iris's true purpose, and wasn't going to interfere.

They reached the room Kylo Ren would be waiting in. Finn cautiously pushed the double doors open, one hand on his blaster. All three of them let out involuntary gasps at the sight of Kylo Ren standing there, waiting for them.

That moment of hesitation was all he needed to send their weapons flying away from them, back out into the hallway. He took in the three of them, the mask hiding whatever he might have been feeling. "C-7717. Come over here."

Finn's grip on her arm tightened, just a bit. "Did no one send you the memo that she's with us now?"

"C-7717." There was a warning in Kylo Ren's voice.

Iris pulled herself out of her friends' grasps, and walked towards the man in the mask. Her shoes clicked loudly against the reflectively shiny surface of the floor. Poe pulled his helmet off and tossed it aside. "What are you doing?"

Iris paused, halfway between Kylo Ren and her friends. She looked over her shoulder, and saw that Finn had removed his helmet as well. He and Poe both looked confused. But not hurt. The betrayal hadn't sunk in yet. They thought she had some great backup plan in mind. They probably assumed she was only getting close so that it would be easier to attack. Iris blinked back tears. She was the one doing the betraying; she had no right to cry.

Iris continued walking towards Kylo Ren, and when she was right in front of him, she bowed her head. "Sir," she murmured.

Kylo Ren laughed, actually laughed, in the rebels' direction. "Some feared that letting her out on a leash would sway her loyalty. They were wrong."

Finn furrowed his eyebrows. "What are you talking about?" He was trying to cause a distraction, because he still thought Rey and the others would be coming in through the other door soon. Though as he looked around the large room, he couldn't see another entrance.

Kylo Ren grabbed iris by the shoulders, and spun her to face the rebels. "Why don't you tell them exactly what I'm talking about?"

Iris avoided actually meeting their eyes. "I'm sorry. I truly am. But I was never one of you. My necklace-the necklace- was a listening device. I was just supposed to plant it on one of you and get out, back on that day you guys broke in. But when you hesitated to shoot me, I knew that I had an in, so I took it. I've been feeding the Order information the entire time I was with the Resistance."

The look of total shock and betrayal on their faces felt like someone was stabbing her in the heart. The knot inside of her pulled tighter. Finn and Poe said nothing. They had no weapons, and they knew no one was going to rescue them. Kylo Ren didn't seem to care much for the drama going on around him. "You know, you did have me worried at one point. But when I figured out why you broke in Tabuula, I graciously decided to forgive you, C-7717."

C-7717. A string of numbers and a letter. Someday it would maybe gain another letter. It was just a random way to identify her next to the hundred thousand stormtroopers who looked just like her. They all looked alike in those helmets. But Iris wasn't wearing a helmet. She didn't have to look like everyone else. He was name was Iris. It was a name she was lovingly called. Her name was Iris, and she didn't have to be like everyone else. Her name was Iris, and her life was so much more than a single document. Her name was Iris and she didn't have to let her friends die.

With a loud screech, Iris threw her hands forward. Finn and Poe were sent flying out of the room, and the big double doors slammed shut. "Run!" she screamed. "RUN!"

She jumped aside just in time to avoid getting hit with the butt of a lightsaber. Iris turned to face Kylo Ren, though she kept the majority of her energy focused on the doors, willing them to stay shut. Kylo Ren swung his weapon, and Iris pulled out the tiny knife she'd hidden in her waistband. The fight was on.

A/N- I hope you guys don't think that this climax was too rushed. I've had this particular scene in my head from the beginning, which was the reason I even started this fic in the first place, so I've been patiently waiting to get to this point. I hope that the wait wasn't too short or too long.