Kyra rested her head on her desk, the night had taken an unexpected turn by the Republic's standards. The Jedi Order she appointed had made a fool of themselves. It would only be a matter of time before the Senate would vote them out, a madman and a untrained child as Jedi's. That wouldn't stand in the eyes of politicians. They needed plausible deniability, and the Jedi weren't that.

Luke's track record didn't afford him any allies within the Senate. It was because of him so many were lost in the first place.

She knew that, everyone knew that, and it was that knowledge that allowed the Jedi Order to remain ineffective, and disorderly for years.

What she did was reflected in good faith, a good faith that would be brought to question after Luke's outburst.

She felt fingers run up the back of her neck, their warmth giving comfort to her body.

She straightened as she looked up to the friendly face of Poe. His fingers cupping her face as he kissed her forehead.

She sighed heavily as her eyes closed,

"Are the skies clear?"

Poe smiled gently as his hands gently ran through the curls of her hair.

"For you, always."

He pulled away, sitting across from her,

"I heard what happened tonight…"

Poe looked to see her bend forward, her head resting in her hands as she sighed heavily.

"I don't know what to do. The Senate is going to want to vote tomorrow about removing the Jedi Council from the Senate.."

Poe stared into the distance, trying to think of something to help her with.

"Can you have the Senate vote in another direction?"

Her hand slapped against her desk, the obvious frustration marked on her face.

"The only thing I can possibly do is try and influence the Senate into allowing the Jedi an opportunity to show their worth."

"Is that wise though? They were just allowed back. Having them leave so soon will crush Luke."

Her hand reached up, pinching the bridge of her nose, this was becoming too easy to accomplish. So easy it was just frustrating.

"You weren't there Poe. He was yelling. All I can do is try and get the Senate to vote in this interest. The way they were looking at him, I'll be lucky if they don't immediately vote for an exile."

Poe reached across the table, his hand grasping hers.

"If anyone can do it, you can Kyra."

Rey looked over Luke as he stared into the distance, his mind far away in this moment.

"Master Luke?"

She was hoping to hear something from him, it had been a long night, with no real change to her master. She was concerned, obviously he had screamed across a room, gained the attention of the Senate, and not in a good way.

She was suddenly worried, knowing that in this moment their time within the Senate was limited.

The door opened to the room, Poe walking inside as he turned to Rey.

" Has there been any change?"

Rey shook her head, feeding into her own self doubt, and concern for the newly formed Jedi order.

"Rey,"

Poe closed the door behind him, not wanting to give too much information away to the world.

"The Senate is convening right now. Kyra told me that the Senate wants to remove the Jedi from the Senate. Make you a very distant extension of the Republic."

Rey felt her nerves clench in her chest as her eyebrows furrowed.

"But she won't allow that to happen, right?"

Poe stopped himself from speaking, he didn't want to give too much away on what was happening within the Senate room.

"She's going to do her best to keep you and Luke close, but nothing is guaranteed. She may be Chancellor, but her vote is still only one."

Rey closed her eyes, expecting the very worst. She was worried for Luke, but even more so worried for the integrity of the Jedi Council. Just a simple mistake could ruin everything. A simple mistake could send them removed from the Republic.

"Of course, we can't ask anything more from her than what she can accomplish. "

Poe nodded, his face twisted in concern as he left the room. Anger filled his chest, master Luke could lose everything, and Rey could find herself on the sidelines again, just another orphan in a long war.

He slammed his hand against the wall, yelling angrily, he was at a loss. There was nothing he could do but keep the skies clear.

He turned to see a Senate guard open the door, beckoning Rey and Luke from their room, moving with them towards the Senate room. Poe feared for the very worst.

Kyra stood there in front of the whole Senate as the door opened, she looked to see Rey and Luke enter, the guards leading them in.

The look on Rey's face said everything she needed to know. Luke hadn't made any progress since last night, the apprentice was worried, terrified of what had happened to her master. Even more so of what they were discussing in the room before they entered.

"Rey.."

Kyra's hand extended out to her, beckoning her over, to stand with her atop the stage with her.

Rey walked forward, her hand slipping from Luke's grasp.

Luke turned, feeling the sound of blood rushing in his ears. Feeling the same haunting feeling when the very force would change, when the balance would shift.

Luke turned to Kyra, no longer seeing the proud Chancellor that stood before the Senate. But a figure clad in black, hand extending outwards to Rey, beckoning her closer.

"Rey.."

Luke mumbled under breath, panic beginning to rise in his chest, he needed to move, to balance the force.

He felt the darkness creep around him, threatening to pollute him, threatening to destroy them all.

He moved, his body pushing forward onto the stage his arm reaching out to Kyra, shoving her away as he screamed, drawing the attention of the Senate once again.

"You will not take her too! She will not be yours!"

Luke grabbed Rey's shoulders, forcing her eyes away from the Chancellor, as the Senate guards moved in, weapons drawn.

"Rey, look at me. You must resist the darkness. It'll lie to you, seduce you. But don't fall to it's tricks."

Rey's eyes looked back to Kyra as she waved the guards down. The Senate stood against the Jedi, their voices rising in anger.

"Senators, please."

Kyra tried to pull their attention away from the man that seemed to draw their ire. She could feel the shift of the force as the Senate began to turn against the Jedi, began to turn against the very light of the force.

"Please.."

She could feel the lingering connection between her and Ren grow as she spoke only to him. Feeling him move around her, guarding her, shielding her from her own sense of pity as Luke shuffled, a wave of fear still apparent on his face.

" Alittle bit longer Ren, the Jedi will be removed by the Senate. They will be forced to flee back to their little Island."

She could feel him stand beside her as he looked to Luke. An amused smile pulling across his lips.

"I never thought this would be so easy."

Ren felt smug in his management in their combined ability to break his uncle's mind. Feeling the lingering shift of darkness grow around them.

" Luke put all his stock in what the force showed him, it was easy to break him once you knew how strongly he held onto fate. Hoping it'll correct it's path."

Kyra stared back at Ren, their eyes connecting in their own manipulation.

"But we know better, the path of a river cannot be corrected. When the Jedi are gone, will you burn this Senate to the ground?"

Ren felt the most satisfactory grin spread across his lips, feeling the Sith that lived inside of her grow, feeling the darkness grow within them both. His hand reached out, gently stroking her cheek.

"For you, anything.."