"We are back and this chapter is all about Rey and she is about to have the biggest fight in her life, please enjoy"
Chapter 28: Two Sides
Deep in the darkness of the caves under the surface of Moraband an exhausted Rey holding her yellow lightsaber up to brighten the area walked down a narrow path leading further and further into darkness, the path seemed to go on forever but she continued on her journey knowing this path would not go on forever.
Rey slowly squeezed through narrow gaps in the path and kept an eye out for any signs of movement but all there she could hear was the sound of her lightsaber.
"Keep pushing...there is always a way out" Rey whispered to herself and after a few more minutes of walking down the narrow path she finally came to a large open area, visibility was low but it was enough to see what was in the area, there was a small drop into a pit and on the other side was another path leading upwards towards another area.
"Rey..." A familiar voice echoed around Rey and she turned looking in all directions looking for where the voice came from.
"Evelyn?..." Rey whispered as she slowly looked around.
"Why do you continue?..." Evelyn's voice echoed in Rey's mind.
Rey blinked in confusion "To protect us...to protect the Resistance".
"Do you have any idea of the danger you have put us through, chasing after you" Evelyn's voice was stern.
Rey continued to slowly look around in the darkness hearing the anger in Evelyn's voice "I had no choice...I cant let our enemies take whats here, too much is at stack".
"Evelyn if it means leaving the Resistance undefended?" Evelyn's voice continued to echo.
Rey took a deep breath "This is to protect them..".
"No...I told you to get up so you can retreat and yet you continue to continue this reckless action, you are not ready!" Evelyn's voice grew louder.
Rey frowned as she started looking all over the place. "You didn't want me to go forward? You wanted me to run!?"
"You are not ready! You ignored my plea and you ignored Leia's...do you not care about those around you!" Evelyn argued back.
"Thats why I am here!" Rey shouted.
Everything went silent for a few moments and soon Evelyn spoke in Rey's mind once more. "A true Jedi never rushes into the unknown...you clearly do...you are impatient and hot tempered. You have not listened to a thing I taught you!".
Rey's anger began to build within in her and she closed her eyes lowering her head taking deep breaths as she stood there above the pit. "Get out of my head...do not speak to me...ever again..". her words were full of venom.
"You...are not ready Rey" Evelyn's voice echoed in the same level of anger.
Rey then opened her eyes frowning as she looked ahead of her "Yes...I am". She marched forward then held her lightsaber out to see and she saw there was nothing there, not a soul or a creature in sight and that was enough to tell her it was safe to proceed. Taking a deep breath Rey jumped down into the pit and landed on her feet with a grunt, Rey scanned the area seeing was shaped like an arena and it possibly was back when this planet had life but now Rey had no interest in this planet's history, all she cared about was helping her friends.
It was absolutely quiet as Rey slowly made her way to the centre of the pit and all of a sudden she heard someone crying which alerted her, looking around the pit using her lightsaber to lighten the area she soon turned to her right and in the distance she saw a little girl huddling on the ground rocking back and forth crying.
"Hey, are you ok?" Rey quickly rushed to the little girl and slowly knelt down near the girl who had her back to her, she wore grey robes which were completely filthy and it looked like the girl had been there for a very long time.
"Its ok, dont be afraid" Rey slowly moved her hand to the crying girl's shoulder and as soon as Rey placed her hand on the little girl's shoulder she suddenly turned around with a evil look and Rey's eyes widened, Rey saw it was her only she had bright orange eyes.
Little Rey suddenly did a high pitch scream and Rey jolted back falling to the ground and out of fear she quickly crawled backwards as she looked at little Rey in shock but soon a black mist covered Little Rey and she suddenly vanished into thin air.
"What the hell was that?..." Rey had trouble catching her breath over the sudden scream then suddenly she sensed something behind her, ignoring the shock Rey rolled to her feet and readied her lightsaber and as she turned she saw a woman standing all in black and she wore a hood but her head was lowered making it difficult for Rey to see who it was.
"Who are you?" Rey called out still in a defensive stance but the woman didnt respond, instead she raised her hand out in front of her and Rey saw the woman was holding a lightsaber only it had two ports, the woman in black ignited the lightsaber and two red beams shot out of the saber and its red glow brightened up the area around the woman.
Rey couldn't help but feel intimidated by this new lightsaber but she did everything she could to control her emotions, she knew she was about to fight this mysterious woman.
The seconds went on for eternity but suddenly the woman raised her head and with the light of her lightsaber Rey could only stumble back in absolute horror, the mysterious woman was Rey and like Little Rey she had bright orange eyes and her face was pale. This was Rey's Dark Side, this is what she feared most in the galaxy.
Dark Rey's lightsaber suddenly flipped into a double ended lightsaber and all she did was look at Rey who was still in shock.
"Dont be afraid of who you are..." Dark Rey whispered with a tiny smile and suddenly that smile dropped and at the blink of an eye Dark Rey rushed to Rey and attacked. Rey despite being in shock managed to block the attack but she was unable to strike back due to shock, all she could do was defend.
Dark Rey hit back and forth with both ends of her lightsaber, pulling spinning attacks and striking at every part of Rey but thanks to Evelyn's training she was able to defend against these attacks, the fight continued until Rey attempted a counter by deflecting and lunging forward to Dark Rey's chest only for her dark side to retract her double saber to its original form and she stopped Rey's saber and it was stuck between the gap of Dark Rey's two saber beams.
"Impressive...though you refuse to unleash your true power" Dark Rey mocked.
"You are not my fate!" Rey breathed heavy during the saber lock.
Dark Rey slightly tilted her head "Am I not? It runs in the family..".
Rey gritted her teeth and force pushed Dark Rey from her but her Dark Side kept her footing as she skidded across the floor and soon she came to a stop, slowly raising her head smirking under her hood and her eyes pierced Rey's.
"My anger matches Darth Vader...my Grandfather..." Dark Rey then shot her hand out sending force lightning right at Rey but she managed to jump and flip out of the way and quickly using the force she send a large bolder right at her Dark Side only for her to slice the bolder in half vertically and the bolder flew past Dark Rey crashing to the ground.
Rey absolutely hated seeing this vision of her so ignoring the fear she ran forward with her saber in hand and Dark Rey unfolded her saber again and now she was on the defensive as Rey hit violent blows but none of them hit.
The duel was violent and fast as Rey did everything she could to land a hit but her Dark Side wasn't even breaking a sweat and she blocked every attack perfectly until Rey attempted to strike low but she left herself wide open to receive a massive back hand from Dark Rey making her grunt and stumble back, allowing Dark Rey to turn the tables she turned her lightsaber back to its original form and she dashed forward quickly striking.
Dark Rey's strikes had alot more weight behind them and despite Rey blocking the attacks she was thrown off balance after every hit, the brutal assault went on until Rey fell to one knee and then the two entered a duel lock once again and looked into each others eyes.
"My father Luke Skywalker...my cousin gutted him while you turned and ran...how did that make you feel knowing your responsible for your fathers death...Rey Skywalker...?"
Dark Rey spoke in a venomous tone and Rey screamed in pure anger as she pushed herself up and she slashed at Dark Rey with all her strength but her dark side was just smirking as she blocked every attack, Rey had tears in her eyes as her anger fuelled her but her movements became predictable and it wasnt too long before she left herself wide open allowing Dark Rey to grab her with the Force and slam Rey into the ground a few times and then threw her right into a nearby wall and she crashed to the floor grunting in pain.
The pit was covered in a evil chuckle as Dark Rey slowly took a few steps forward to Rey struggling to her feet. "Your rage has unbalanced you...tell me...is that the ways of the Jedi?".
Using the wall for support Rey finally got to her feet and slowly looked to her Dark Side who just stood there like she never even lifted her saber.
"Look at you...held back by fear. How long do you think it will before another one of my friends fall?" Dark Rey mocked.
Rey gritted her teeth as pain shot her body and she lowered her head and held her stomach as she remained agaisnt the wall "They are not your friends".
Dark Rey smirked "Arnt they? we are the same person...tell me why did you let your loved ones die? When you could have prevented it".
"I did what I could..." Rey took a deep breath as her chest ached.
Dark Rey found this answer humorous "No...no you didnt, you let fear consume you. If you acted in those moments Han and Luke would still be alive. But because of you they are dead...".
"No..." Rey slowly shook her head which were still lowered.
"You turn away those you love" Dark Rey continued and Rey balled her fists.
Dark Rey then slowly took a few more steps forward. "And in your selfishness...those you claim to love get hurt, just like you pushed Finn away...".
"No...its not true..." Rey's voice became weak and Dark Rey smirked loving the sight before her.
"How long will it take before someone else dies for your weakness to act...will it be Poe?, Finn?" Dark Rey whispered and she could hear Rey's breathing become heavy with emotion.
"Or will it be Evelyn..." Dark Rey gave a light chuckle and Rey slowly looked at her Dark Side eyes full of anger and all Dark Rey did was look deep in her eyes with her smile not fading.
"I am almost tempted to allow you to live, if only to see Evelyn suffer...to witness who you truly are. Watch it destroy her...seeing your corrupted heart...and drive her mad..." Dark Rey's voice was slow and pure evil.
The anger in Rey's eyes never vanished and ignoring the pain in her body she slowly pushed off the wall and was able to stand on her own to feet and her eyes looked directly into the eyes of her darker self.
"Even if you beat me...if you will not turn...I know deep in my heart, the woman I love will turn...and become what you were meant to be..." Dark Rey mocked.
Rey's eyes began to water but her anger was still present.
"Because of your weakness to act...Evelyn will turn to the Darkside" As soon as Dark Rey said those words Rey ignited her lightsaber full of anger "NO!".
Rey's pain was replaced by true hatred and she rushed forward striking at her Dark Side but Dark Rey blocked the attacks but was being pushed back by the force and speed of Rey's attacks.
Striking up, down, left and right Rey showed no mercy as she grunted landing strong hits and all she desired in that moment was the death of her shadow.
Dark Rey was starting to stagger from blocking and when she tried to strike back Rey defended with lighting speed and continued her assault not allowing Dark Rey the chance to attack, Rey's eyes were full of tears and she gritted her teeth and screamed and soon she forced Dark Rey up to a wall and went to lunged at her only for Dark Rey to side avoiding the hit and went to attack only for Rey to turn and block her again.
Rey pushed Dark Rey back hard then suddenly used the Force lifting Dark Rey up and she threw her into the wall in front of her as hard as she could but it wasnt enough, Rey pulled her back then repeatably slammed her face first in to the ground in blind rage then soon threw her across the floor until she stopped a few feet from her.
Anger consumed Rey as she marched up to Dark Rey and as soon as she was at arms length her Dark Side got up and striked upwards only for Rey to block once more, without a second thought Rey brought her saber down on her foe forcing Dark Rey to her knees and she grunted striking down again and again no longer in control of her actions.
Rey had lost control and soon Rey shot her Dark Side's saber out of the way and she screamed as she lunged forward and pierced her shadow's chest and everything fell silent, Rey looked at Dark Rey with so much hatered and she watched her shadow struggle as she looked down at the saber in her chest.
Sighing in relief Rey lowered her head closing her eyes, she had won the fight and beaten her darkside.
All of a sudden she heard a grunt and it sounded nothing like Dark Rey, slowly opening her eyes she raised her head and gasped in horror as she saw Evelyn on her knees struggling to breath as Rey's lightsaber was right through her chest.
Rey's mouth fell open in absolute shock as a tear ran down her cheek and soon Evelyn looked up at Rey struggling to breath, in utter despair Rey turned off her lightsaber and Evelyn fell to her side on the ground.
"No no no no! Little Wing" Rey fell to her knees in a panic and lifted Evelyn's upper body and held her in her arms as Evelyn was desperate for air.
Rey couldn't do anything but look down at Evelyn heartbroken and after a few seconds Evelyn slowly stopped coughing and soon she looked up to Rey and time stood still as their eyes met.
The emotion in Rey's body was too much and she lowered her head as the tears fell but Evelyn slowly brought her hand up to Rey's cheek and gently made Rey look at her.
"Dont cry Starlight..." Evelyn's voice was nothing but a whisper as she traced her thumb across Rey's cheek removing a tear.
"Little Wing..." Rey whispered back as more tears formed and Evelyn gave a tiny smile up to her.
"Remember my dear Rey...I've loved you always...and I will always will..." Evelyn whispered with her final breath and her eyes slowly closed and after a few seconds her hand fell from Rey's cheek but Rey caught her hand as she watched Evelyn's head turn to her side, Evelyn died in her arms.
Rey's lips quivered as she no longer had the strength to speak and in pure sorrow she held Evelyn close and placed a loving kiss on Evelyn's forehead as her emotions came to the surface.
"I..I'm...I'm sorry...I..failed you, forgive me..." Rey struggled to speak as she whispered to Evelyn in her arms, she felt like a complete failure and deep down she knew she wasnt the Skywalker many believed her to be. Rey in her mind was nobody.
"And that..." Rey's eyes snapped open and pulled back to look at Evelyn as she heard her voice and at that moment Evelyn opened her eyes and Rey's eyes widened seeing bright orange eyes looking right at her.
"Is why you will never save me" Dark Rey's voice echoed from Evelyn and as Rey quickly blinked Evelyn was no longer in her arms and the laughter of Dark Rey echoed the pit and Rey quickly stood up looking all over the place as anger returned.
"COME OUT! COME OUT!" Rey screamed as her tears fell and soon she spotted Dark Rey at the top of the pit.
"As long as your weaknesses pull you down, you will never save those you love!" Dark Rey smiled looking down at Rey who looked up at her with the eyes ready to kill.
"FACE ME!" Rey demanded and in response Dark Rey chuckled as she turned and ran which made Rey more angry and without even thinking she force jumped out of the pit and landed hard on the ground above sending a shockwave and as she landed her hood on her Jedi Training Robes fell forward over Rey's head and she slowly looked up to see a large door leading into the next area.
Rey gritted her teeth and ignited her lightsaber and went into a full sprint no longer caring about the dangers ahead, all she wanted was to kill her Dark Side.
"Yes Dark Rey is back and I am determined to give her a better role then what we saw in ROS, there were also a few references to the VADER fan series and of course the Clone Wars. The fight is not over and of course there will be other things Rey will be facing as she pursues her Dark Side. I think you know who one of them will be )
I hope you enjoyed this chapter cause things are gonna get crazy!