Chapter 15 : Nightmares

Rey was back on Jakku, staring in the distance, she was holding a lightsaber, she noticed it was Dark Rey's, "What-" she thought to herself, she didn't remember coming back to Jakku, even less having a double-sided red one. She was in the middle of the desert, but she couldn't feel the heat. She could feel as if someone was behind her but couldn't turn around. She heard light breathing behind her and heard a whisper, "Rey, I've waited long for you, where have you been?".

"Who-Who are you?" Rey tried to move but couldn't, "What have you done to me? Why can't I move?". The voice laughed and Rey recognized the voice at once, why was the person here? She suddenly felt a throbbing pain in her head and tried to move, but couldn't control her body, the pain was getting stronger as the person went in her view. It was a black-haired girl and Rey recognized her immediately.

"You!" She screamed and stared into the glaring eyes of the woman standing in front of her, it was Lara. "I've always been in your head" Lara whispered and laughed, "Your sickness wasn't natural, or did you think it was?" she put her hand on Rey's chin and lifted it towards her, "You really thought you were safe...", she smiled and let go of her chin.

Then Lara took a step back, "Ben Solo never told you the whole story... About how he abandoned me and left me to die..." Rey glared her eyes and managed to move her arm, she raised the red lightsaber and pointed it at Lara, "I don't want to know, anything he's done, you deserve it" she raised her saber, "I know how evil you are, I'll kill you this time" and she stabbed Lara.

Lara laughed, "I'm in your head Rey, in your head..." the voice echoed in Rey's head and she fell to her knees, holding her throbbing head in her hands. Their surroundings changed and Lara disappeared, leaving Rey in darkness. Hands grabbed her on the shoulders even though nobody was there. She heard distant voices calling her name and tried to shut her mind from all that.

Wind was billowing her hair and clothes and she heard thunder not far from her. She screamed as her body trembled in pain, she couldn't breathe, and she felt as if she were shaken by somebody. She let go of the lightsaber and it disappeared in the darkness. She closed her eyes and tried to block out the pain, but it was overwhelming her, and she could only hear her name ringing in her ears.

"Rey! Rey! Wake up! You're having a nightmare!" somebody was screaming when she opened her eyes and came back to reality. She was lying on a mattress on the floor in one of the Falcon's storage rooms. Ben was leaning over her, his hands on her shoulders, shaking her to wake her up, "Are you okay Rey? Why were you screaming? It's the middle of the night!". He took his hands off her shoulders and sat down next to Rey while she sat up, shaken.

She took a deep breath and a shiver passed through her whole body, "I... I'm fine, it's nothing... Just a nightmare". Ben looked at her in the eyes and pulled her towards him, "You're lying Rey, I know" he said. Rey closed her eyes; she could still feel the pain in her head and in the rest of her body, she sighed, "I'm fine Ben, it's nothing", she lowered her head and gently pushed Ben away, "Go back to sleep, I'm fine".

Ben stood up, took one last sad look at Rey and walked out of the room. Rey breathed a sigh of relief as she put her head in her hands, she was trembling, both from fear and pain. She felt a bit guilty of turning Ben away like that, but Rey didn't want to tell him what had happened, it was probably nothing to worry about. Rey? What are you hiding from me? Ben's voice ringed in her ears and she raised her head, staring at the door as if Ben was there.

Nothing to worry about, Ben, just a nightmare She sighed, I need to be alone some time... Then she heard a knock and the door opened, Ben entered. She smiled and stood up, "I said-", Ben smiled and put his finger on her mouth to shush her, "No, you need company", he pulled her to the mattress and sat down.

"What happened? Was it Lara?" Rey lowered her head and whispered "Yes, it was, I feel as if she's in my head. That dream wasn't any dream, she-she said we weren't safe..." She didn't mention the fact that she Dark Rey in that dream. Ben's smile faded and he put his arm on Rey's shoulders, "It's probably nothing to worry about... It was just a nightmare".

Ben wrapped his arms around Rey's head and rested it on his chest, "She can't hurt us here, she won't find us if we're here" Ben comforted her, but Rey shook her head, "She will, she can see our every movement, she's controlling me" Rey put her hands on her head as she felt a sharp pain come like in her nightmare. She gasped in pain and closed her eyes, Ben grabbed her shoulders and sat in front of her, "Rey, it's happening again!".

Rey screamed in pain and held on to Ben, "Ben! H-Help ME!" she screamed, the pain was overwhelming her, and she felt her whole body convulse as she fell to the floor. Ben gasped and gently pushed her up, "Rey! Focus, don't let her get you!" he said and took her in his arms, he looked around for anybody, but seeing nobody, he tried to make Rey calm down.

Rey was shivering, her whole body was cold suddenly and Ben pressed her close to him to warm her up. "Rey... Fight her, I know you can..." Ben put Rey's head on his shoulder and put his hand on it. Rey stopped shaking and fell motionless in his arms, Ben closed his eyes and rested his head next to Rey's.

Then Rey took a deep breath and opened her eyes, "Ben..." she raised herself and looked into his eyes, "It was her again" she whispered as a shiver went through her whole body and she fell back again, her head lolled back and her eyes closed once more. Ben caught her and tried to open her eyes, but they stayed shut. He stared at her before lying her down on the mattress and sitting down beside her.

Ben put his hand in Rey's hair and noticed how peaceful her face was, he frowned a bit and listened to her breathing, it had calmed down, Rey was asleep. Ben smiled and looked at her sleeping, running his hand in her hair, he would ask her what had happened later, now was not the time.

Sorry for the long wait but I had a problem with my computer and couldn't write anything for two days. Comment any ideas or stuff you would like to see.