Chapter 2

Rey and her friends had made their way out into the vast desert sea on Pasaana, away from the Aki-Aki celebration. She was planning to buy her friends time to get on the way off planet because she felt his presence here. It was different this time because he was actually here. From the distance, she could hear his TIE fighter approaching as she stood in the middle of the desert, the wind whipping about her. Rey took deep breaths as she connected through the Force, feeling it fill her up. She drew her lightsaber from her belt and grasped it tightly in her hand as she watched Kylo's TIE fighter come into view. Kylo rocketed towards Rey and could feel her more and more as he got closer to her. He could feel her power and reveled in it. As he accelerated towards her, he was not going to hurt her but wanted to push her abilities so he could see if what the Emperor told him about her was true. Secretly, he also was curious about how her powers had grown since they were together last and wanted to test her. He saw the brilliant blue of her lightsaber glow across the desert landscape and watched as she turned away from him. He smiled as he saw that she was about to show him her power.
With only one quick glance back, Rey took off at a sprint. Just as the TIE fighter came upon her, she leapt backwards over the TIE fighter and sliced at one of the wings, landing gracefully just behind it. She watched as the TIE fighter spun out of control and her heart lurched. Rey didn't want to hurt Kylo, but she couldn't help but smile at how she had shown him up yet again. Kylo's ship crashed but he was unharmed, thankful that his helmet had protected him. He climbed up and out of the smoking remains of the ship and made his way towards Rey.
Clasping her lightsaber back to her belt, Rey turned towards Finn's voice that was screaming her name. He was pointing to a First Order shuttle that was launching and beginning to leave Pasaana. Chewie, she breathed as she realized her friend and co-pilot had been captured by the First Order. Quickly Rey thrust her hand out towards the shuttle and pulled it back with the Force. As she pulled the shuttle back towards the desert floor, her eyes landed on Kylo walking towards her. He had taken his mask off and she watched as his cloak billowed in the wind. She focused her attention back on the task at hand and tried to push Kylo out of her thoughts. It became difficult when she felt an opposite pull and realized that Kylo had also reached out to pull the shuttle away from her.
Kylo could feel her strength as he pulled the shuttle away from her. He couldn't help but be in complete awe of this woman and wanted to push her further to see how much power she truly had. She was his equal and he could see that so clearly now, even more so than when they fought over his uncle's lightsaber back on Snoke's ship. The pull of the shuttle continued back and forth seemingly without any end in sight. Until Rey reached deep within herself for one last pull with all her might. What happened next changed everything forever. As Rey reached out to pull the shuttle to her once and for all, blue electricity shot out of her hands and hit the shuttle, blasting it to pieces. Rey screamed out Chewbacca's name as she realized what she had done. Kylo let go of his grip on the shuttle as soon as he saw the lightning come from her fingertips. It is true, he thought. This dazed and amazed him at the same time. Kylo just stared at Rey and watched as she shook from exhaustion and the pain she felt from what she had done. He could feel her pain and his heart broke for what she felt. It was exactly how he felt after he killed his father. He knew in this moment exactly what he had to do, not letting his eyes drift from the woman he cared about more than anything in the whole galaxy.