On Ochi's ship hiding in an asteroid field the group was trying to figure out what to do next. However, Rey was thinking about what happened at Pasaana, she had accidently killed Chewie with Force lightning. Something that she knew, her grandfather used.

"I lost control." Rey said.

"It wasn't your fault. It was that, thing, wearing Caden's face." Finn said firmly.

"It was me." Rey said.

"No, it was Kadus. My father used that same power too, but he was a hero. So are you, you're not evil." Kira said trying to convince her.

"Chewie's gone. That power came from me." Rey said. "There are things neither of you know."

"Then tell us." Finn pleaded. Rey took some time to answer.

"I, uh, had a vision. Of the throne of the Sith. And who was on it." Rey said her voice shaking.

"Kadus? Ren?" Finn asked, hoping that was the answer.

"And me." Rey whispered.


Meanwhile on the command ship of the First Order, the Falcon was being towed to the hanger.

"We've recovered the scavenger's ship, but she got away. Under the command of the Knights of Ren we suffered losses, a transport was destroyed." Hux explained to Kylo, Tyron and Pryde.

"I've seen the report." Pryde said.

"Is that all?" Kylo asked. "Or will you be wasting my time again?"

"No, Supreme Leader. There was another transport in the desert. It brought back a valuable prisoner." Hux said with a smirk.

"Prisoner?" Tyron asked curious. They followed Hux to where the prisoner was and the door opened to reveal, Chewbacca, alive and well. Kylo studied the creature for a moment, remembering Ben Solo's past with the beast. Ben may have had fond memories, but Kylo never did.

"The beast used to fly with Han Solo." Hux said with Chewie roaring at the back of his head.

"Take it to Interrogation Six." Kylo ordered walking away to his apprentice's chambers along with Tyron. "What happened down there?"

"I needed to see what happened. To test her." Kadus replied.

"How could she do that? That's impossible." Tyron exclaimed.

"She's stronger than you think." Kadus replied.

"She'd be dead by now if your feelings for her didn't get in the way." Tyron bit back. Kadus gripped his blade.

"Say that one more time." Kadus replied.

"Enough! This bickering is pointless." Kylo reprimanded them.

"Forgive me, Supreme Leader." Kadus said bowing his head to his cousin. Tyron just grumbled.

"But Tyron has a point, you jeopardized your life and this mission." Kylo said sternly.

"The Emperor said he wanted his granddaughter." Kadus replied calmly.

"Who is his granddaughter?" Tyron said.

"She is someone we know very well." Kadus said.


"We've only got eight hours left. What are we gonna do?" Poe asked the group.

"What can we do? We gotta go back to base." Kira said.

"We don't have time to go back. We are not giving up! If we do that Chewie died for nothing." Poe exclaimed.

"Poe, Chewie had the dagger." Finn said.

"Well, then we gotta find another way." Poe said.

"There isn't, we had the only clue to the Wayfinder and now it's gone!" Kira exclaimed.

"So true, the inscription lives only in my memory now." Threepio said. The four of them turned to him shocked.

"Hold on. The inscription that was on the dagger is in your memory?" Poe asked.

"Yes Master Poe. But the translation from a forbidden language cannot be retrieved. That is short of a redacted memory bypass." Threepio explained.

"A complete what?" Finn asked.

"It's a terribly dangerous and sinful act performed on unwitting droids by dregs and criminals." Threepio explained.

"Yeah, let's do that." Kira said.

"I know a black market droidsmith," Poe started.

"Black market droidsmith?" Threepio asked incredulous.

"But he's on Kijimi." Poe sighed.

"What's wrong with Kijimi?" Finn asked.

"I had a little, bad luck, on Kijimi." Poe said "But if this mission fails, it'll all be for nothing. All we've done, all this time." Poe said. Finn stood up determined.

"We're all in this. Till the end." He said. Rey then stood up.

"For Chewie." Rey said.

"For Chewie." Kira said. Finn held out his hand to Poe.

"Hands?" He asked.

"Hands." Finn replied. Poe grabbed Finn's hand, and then Threepio grabbed Poe's other hand. He was a bit irritated at that.

"Kijimi." Poe said. The ship then made its way to Kijimi, unaware of the enemy ship behind them. meanwhile, BB-8 came with a little green and white droid.

"Hello, hello." The droid said.

"Hello." Rey said reaching her hand out, but the droid backed off as if scared.

"No, no, no thank you." The droid said.

"Looks like someone didn't treat him nicely." Kira said.

"It's alright, you're with us now." Rey said.


Eventually the group arrived on Kijimi, where several stormtroopers were doing what they set out to do. Take the galaxy's young and force them into recruitment for the First Order. It wasn't a pleasant sight for Kira, she felt like slicing some of them in half for doing this, but they had to do this first, then those same children would be safe. Her thoughts dwelled on Rey and what happened on Pasaana, with her Force lightning. She knew her father did that, but this was something different. Her father was trained by Darth Vader, Rey wasn't trained by any Dark side user. Perhaps there was something more to her than she thought. Poe managed to find them after he had gone to scout ahead.

"They're everywhere." Poe said. "I know what we should do."

"So do I. We should leave." Threepio said.

"You know, Threepio, for just one second can you be brave? One second, that's all I'm asking." Kira said.

"Very well, Mistress Kira." Threepio said.

"Thank you." Kira said.

"Alright, one second has passed. I am now terrified again." Threepio said.

"Thanks, Threepio. I appreciate it." Kira said blankly.

"Clam it, Threepio. Follow me." Poe said leading them to another part of the city. "Alright, let's head down this way—" Poe started to say before a gun was pointed at his head.

"Heard you were spotted at Monk's gate. Thought, 'He's not stupid enough to come back here.'" A woman in a mask said.

"Oh, you'd be surprised." Poe said.

"Who's this?" Rey asked.

"What's going on Poe?" Kira asked.

"Guys, this is Zorii. Zorii, this is Rey, Finn and Kira." Poe said.

"I could pull this trigger right now." Zorii said not caring.

"I've seen you do worse." Poe said.

"For a lot less." Zorii said.

"Can we just, uh, talk about this?" Poe asked.

"I wanna see your brains in the snow." Zorii replied.

"So, you're still mad?" Poe asked. "Zorii, we could use your help, we gotta crack this droids head open and fast." Poe explained.

"Pardon me!" Threepio said.

"We're trying to find Babu Frik." Poe said.

"Babu? Babu works for the crew, that's not you anymore." Zorii replied.

"What crew?" Rey asked.

"Oh, funny he never mentioned it." Zorii said. "Your friends old job was running spice."

"You were a spice runner?" Finn asked surprised.

"You were a stormtrooper?" Poe asked back.

"Were you a spice runner?" Rey asked.

"Were you a scavenger?" Poe asked again.

"Spice runner? Really?" Kira asked.

"Pilot and secret Jedi trainee? Really? We could do this all night." Poe said.

"You don't have all night. You know, I'm still digging out of the hole you put me in when you left to join the Resistance." Zorii said. "You." she said pointing to Rey. "You're the one they're looking for. Bounty for her just might cover us." Zorii said before giving out an order to her men. However, Rey and Kira acted fast and managed to subdue them, with Zorii on the ground staring at two lightsabers in her face.

"We could really use your help, please." Rey pleaded.

"Not that either of you care, but I think you're both okay." Zorii said surrendering.

"I care." Rey said holding her hand out to her. Zorii then led them through the streets before coming on a First Order patrol.

"Walkers, stay close by." She instructed.

"Poe Dameron, spice runner, runner of spice." Finn said jokingly to Poe.

"Alright." Poe sighed.

"Get your spice!" Finn shouted.

"Come one Threepio." Kira said to the droid lagging behind. But unknown to them, they were being followed by the Knights of Ren.

"Report to Lord Kadus." One of them said. "We found the girl and her friends."


In one of the bars there, the group were making their way to Babu Frik who could help them with Threepio's translation of the Wayfinder.

"I haven't the faintest idea why I agreed to this." Threepio said to himself. "I must be malfunctioning." Rey put a comforting pat on Threepio's shoulder when she knelt to the alien, known as Babu Frik, who was extremely tiny.

"Babu? Babu Frik? Is this gonna work?" She asked the alien who let out a response in a language that even Rey didn't understand. "Zorii? Is this gonna work?" She asked Poe's old friend. Zorii and Babu exchanged words for a bit.

"He said he's found something in your droids forbidden memory banks. Words translated from Sith?" She asked.

"Yep, that's it." Kira said.

"Who are you hanging out with that speaks Sith?" Zorii asked Poe who dodged the question.

"Babu, can you make him translate it?" Poe asked the small alien. Zorii and Babu exchanged words.

"Yes, but it will cause a complete—" Zorii started.

"A complete memory wipe." Threepio finished.

"Wait, we make him translate it, and he won't remember… anything?" Kira asked.

"Droid, memory go blank." Babu said in Common.

"There must be some other way." Threepio said.

"Doesn't Artoo back up your memory?" Finn asked.

"Oh please." Threepio scoffed. Artoo's storage units are famously unreliable." Threepio explained.

"You know the odds better than any of us." Rey said. "Do we have a choice?" She asked. Threepio appeared to be thinking for a moment before walking to the other side of the room.

"If this mission fails, it was all for nothing. What we've done, all this time." Threepio said before turning back to them but not saying anything.

"What are you doing there, Threepio?" Poe asked.

"Taking one last look sir, at my friends. Old and New." He said. Suddenly there was a thudding sound.

"Night raids are gonna start soon. I'll keep a lookout." Zorii said.

"I'll come with." Poe said.

"Still don't trust me?" She asked.

"Did you ever trust me?" Poe asked.

"Nope." Zorii said leaving the group to wait on Babu to finish his work on Threepio.


Meanwhile on the command ship, Kylo, Kadus and Tyron were awaiting information from the Knights of Ren about where the Resistance fugitives were. Eventually they found themselves walking to Pryde and Hux.

"Report General Pryde." Kylo said.

"There's been a development sir." Pryde answered. "The Knights of Ren have tracked the scavenger to a settlement called Kijimi."

"Shall we destroy the city Supreme—" Hux started but when Kylo held his finger up that silenced him. Kadus rolled his eyes under his mask.

"No need. I'll deal with them." Kadus said.

"Like how you dealt with them on Pasaana?" Tyron grumbled under his breath.

"Repeat those words to me Lord Tyron, and you will know how your grandfather met his fate." Kadus replied calmly. Tyron glared at him. "Prepare my ship." Kadus said walking away. Kylo followed him.

"You could use some help down there." Kylo said.

"I could, but I don't need help." Kadus replied.

"I think you do. Tyron is right about one thing, the girl is your weakness. Your feelings for her will betray you." Kylo said.

"It will not. I have no weakness. If anyone is weak, it's you. Do you honestly believe the Emperor will let you rule? After what our grandfather did to him?" Kadus asked.

"Vader never betrayed him. Anakin Skywalker was the one who killed him." Kylo argued.

"He may not believe that. Just stay out of my way, cousin." Kadus said walking away, leaving Kylo to ponder Kadus' words.


On Kijimi Babu was busy doing his work on Threepio. He had just shut down, leaving Babu to continue to find the translation. Rey decided to work on the droid on Ochi's ship, putting some oil in his wheel.

"Squeaky wheel. I have a squeaky wheel." The droid said. Rey finished her work and the droid began moving. "Squeak eliminated. Thank you. Very kind." The droid said rolling away. But Rey felt something in that moment.

"There's something not right about all this. About all this. The ship he was on, Ochi's ship." She said.

"You said back on Pasaana that you've seen that ship?" Kira asked.

"The day my parents left." Rey responded. "They were on that ship."

"Are you sure?" Finn asked.

"Why were they on his ship? What were they doing?" Kira asked. Before Rey could speak, Zorii and Poe returned.

"There's an incoming Destroyer." Zorii said.

"We gotta go now. Babu? Is it done?" Poe asked.

"Droid is ready." Babu said activating Threepio whose eyes turned red.

"The Emperor's Wayfinder is in the Imperial vault. At Delta 3-6, Transient 9-3-6, bearing 3-2, on a moon in the Endor system. From the southern shore. Only this blade tells. Only this blade tells." Threepio said in a robotic voice before shutting down again.

"The Endor system, where the last war ended?" Finn asked.

"The second Death Star, of course!" Kira exclaimed. Before they could discuss more rumbling was felt throughout the place. Rey went up to see what was happening.

"Ren's Destroyer." Rey confirmed.

"He's here?" Poe asked. Rey almost answered back but then she felt a presence. A presence she thought was…

"Chewie?" Rey asked.

"What about him?" Finn asked.

"He's on Ren's ship. He's alive." Rey said. This brought the group some hope.

"What? How?" Poe asked.

"He's alive! He must have been on a different transport." Rey explained.

"We gotta go get him!" Finn exclaimed.

"Your friend's on that sky trash?" Zorii asked.

"I guess he is." Poe said. Just then Threepio was reactivated.

"Might I introduce myself? I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations. And you are?" Threepio greeted.

"Okay, that's gonna be a problem." Poe said.

"Little bit." Kira added. The group was making their way back to Ochi's ship to board the Destroyer, while Kadus was making his own way to the planet.

"Move your metal ass Threepio! We're almost there!" Poe exclaimed.

"How dare you?! We've only just met!" Threepio exclaimed. Kira saw Poe and Zorii exchange words before Zorii handed him some medallion. Kadus' ship landed on Kijimi while the group made their way to the Destroyer. Whatever Zorii gave Poe, it seemed to work as they landed in a hanger bay. Two stormtroopers walked toward them.

"Credentials and manifest." One of them said before the two of them were blasted away. The four heroes blasted more troopers before planning their next move.

"You three stay there!" Rey commanded the droids.

"Happily." Threepio responded.

"Which way?" Poe asked Finn.

"Uh, no idea, follow me!" Finn said leading them into the Destroyer. Where they bumped into two troopers on patrol.

"Drop your weapons." One of them said. Rey stepped forward and waved her hand, using a Jedi Mind Trick.

"It's okay that we're here." She said.

"It's okay that you're here." One trooper said.

"It's good." The other said. Kira stepped forward too.

"You're relieved that we're here." She said.

"It's great that you're here."

"Welcome guys."

"Do they do that to us?" Poe asked Finn.

"We're looking for a prisoner and his belongings." Rey said. They were led to an area of the ship where they could find Chewie. "Cameras." Rey said with the four of them blasting the cameras.

"They said Chewie's this way." Finn said before getting to work on a door. Rey, however, knew something else. They had to get the one thing they needed to stop the Emperor. The doors opened. "Rey, come on."

"The dagger's on this ship, we need it." Rey said.

"Why?" Poe asked.

"A feeling. I'll meet you all back in the hanger." She said before leaving.

"Rey wait." Finn started after her, but Poe and Kira held him back.

"Chewie." Poe reminded Finn.

"She needs to do this on her own." Kira said with them making their way to where Chewie was.


Back on Kijimi, Kadus was searching for Rey and her friends. The scene before him, he tried to ignore. Many people were being forced to give up their children so they could be brainwashed in order to be apart of the First Order. Kadus felt that strategy was unnecessary. They should have just used the cloning technology like on Kamino. Like the first Empire did, before they downgraded their troops. Kadus knew about the 501st Legion from stories, he wished they had them to fight with. The Knights of Ren approached him.

"We found them here my lord, but they must have disappeared." A Knight said.

"No one easily disappears like that. They're likely hiding somewhere else, search the city again, and this time, get me better results." Kadus commanded firmly. The Knights left to investigate again. "She's close." Kadus said to himself.


On the Destroyer, Finn, Poe and Kira managed to find where Chewie was.

"Of course we came back for you!" Kira said. Chewie let out a growl.

"Yeah, Rey's here. She's gonna get the dagger." Finn said. They made their way out of the prison area and back to the hanger. "The ship's this way." Finn said. But then some troopers were at the other side of the door. "Wrong way!" He shouted.

"Great." Kira grumbled.

"There's not really a right way, is there?" Poe asked.

"Never is with these people!" Kira shouted. The three of them plus Chewie were shooting their way to the hanger with many troopers on their tail. Poe managed to get ahead before he was shot in the arm.

"Poe!" Finn exclaimed rushing to his friend's side. Kira followed behind.

"You alright?" Kira asked.

"Nope." Poe said when he saw dozens of troopers surrounding them. "Hey Fellas." Poe said.

"Shut up scum!" A trooper shouted.


Meanwhile, Rey found herself in the chambers of Kadus. It was a white colored room with a shrine in the middle of the room. It had the burned helmet of Darth Vader. Behind her on a table were Chewie's Bowcaster and gear as well as the dagger to the Wayfinder. When she held it, she heard the voices of two different people shouting.

"Rey." A familiar voice said behind her. Rey spun around igniting her lightsaber, seeing Darth Kadus on Kijimi. "Wherever you are, you are extremely hard to find." He said, almost complimenting her.

"You're hard to get rid of." She bit back before turning back to the table.

"Do you?" Kadus asked. "Do you really want to get rid of me? Or is there a part of you that wants me there?" He asked.

"Quiet!" Rey whispered.

"I pushed you in the desert because I needed to see it." Kadus said. "I needed you to see it. Who you are. I told you before, I know who you're parents are." He said. Rey turned back, holding her lightsaber to defend herself.

"You're lying." She said.

"Don't you know me by now? I never lied to you. Your father is the son of Palpatine. Well, a failed clone of his who didn't have his power. The Sith followers on Exegol let him go to live out his life." Kadus explained. "He and your mother chose to be no one, to keep you safe."

"Don't!" Rey exclaimed.

"You remember. You have to." Kadus said.

"I don't want this!" Rey shouted.

"Search your memories." Kadus said.

"No!" Rey said striking out at Kadus, who ignited his red blade to counter her strikes.

"Remember them." He said. That's when Rey had a memory come back to her. Her mother holding her on Jakku.

"My love. Rey be brave." She comforted her daughter. Rey's father entered the tent.

"You'll be safe here, I promise." He said. Ochi's ship took off, leaving her in the Jakku desert.

"Come back! No!" The little girl screamed.

Rey was brought back from the memories.

"They sold you, to protect you from the Emperor." Kadus said.

"Stop talking!" Rey shouted.

"Rey, I know what happened to them." Kadus said.

"And what about you? Your family? Do you remember them?" Rey asked causing Kadus to remember when he was Caden Skywalker.

"He needs his father." Ahsoka Tano said.

"He doesn't need me. He'll be in danger if he's with me." Luke said.

"He needs both of us." Sabine said.

"I know. But I can't, it's my fault." Luke said. The next thing he saw was him with his aunt and uncle, Han and Leia.

"My boy." His mother said to him. "You'll be safe with them. We'll be back soon." His mother comforted him. His father didn't even look at him, the shame in his eyes.

"I'll look after them, Skyboy." Ahsoka said ruffling his hair.

He was brought back from the memories.

"You think you can turn me back? Is that what you're doing?" Kadus asked. "I'm too far gone. It's too late for me, Rey." Kadus said remorsefully.

"Then the man I love is truly dead!" Rey shouted before attacking him again.


Finn, Poe, Kira and Chewie were brought before Pryde and Hux.

"Allegiant General, the scavenger is not with them." A trooper said.

"Take them away, terminate them." Pryde said coldly.


Meanwhile Rey and Kadus were still continuing their duel.

"Tell me where you are. You don't know your true destiny. It was Palpatine, who had your parents taken. He was looking for you. But they wouldn't say where you were. So he gave the order." Kadus explained. Rey then was given another vision.

Ochi held the dagger to her father's throat. Both her parents were strong in their resolve.

"She isn't on Jakku, she's gone." Her mother said. Ochi then stabbed her father with the dagger before turning on her mother.

Kadus was receiving his own vision of his mother's death.

Ahsoka was dead on the ground. Sabine was held in the air, Luke a good distance away. He could save her, but it would cost his life.

"No! Luke! Don't do it! Caden needs you! Just go!" Sabine shouted.

"Ah, just like his father, weak." Snoke snarled before shooting lightning from his hands killing Sabine.

"No!" They both shouted, striking out their blades which eventually hit the shrine of Vader's mask. It then appeared at Kadus' feet.

"So, that's where you are." Kadus said. Rey attacked some more, before they met at a standstill. "You know why he's wanted you. He wants you dead, I'll tell you why." Kadus snarled before cutting off the connection. He turned to one of the troopers there.

"She was in my quarters! Get word to the Supreme Leader and tell him to lock down the ship!" He shouted.


Poe, Finn, Kira and Chewie were then led into another room where they were lined up. Kira especially was afraid but kept to herself. The troopers prepared to fire, but Hux stopped them.

"Actually, I'd like to do this myself." Hux said. One of the troopers handed him their blaster.

"So, what were you going to tell each other earlier?" Poe asked Finn and Kira.

"You still on that?" Finn asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry is this a bad time?" Poe asked sarcastically.

"Yeah, it kind of is. And it's none for your damn business." Kira said keeping her voice as steady as she could. Though, now she was terrified.

"I'm just saying, you want to get something off your chest, maybe now's not the worst time to—" Poe started to say but then blaster fire was heard, however, they weren't affected. They all turned around to find that Hux had shot the troopers.

"I'm the spy!" He shouted.

"What?" Poe exclaimed.

"You?!" Finn exclaimed too.

"You gotta be kidding!" Kira exclaimed.

"We don't have much time." Hux said.

"I knew it!" Poe said.

"No you did not!" Kira said. Hux then led them to where the Falcon was. Along the way, they bumped into BB-8, Threepio, and the little droid.

"Friends ahead." The droid said.

"Oh yes, there they are!" Threepio exclaimed.

"BB-8 come on!" Poe shouted.

"I'll shut down the impeders, you've got seconds!" Hux instructed.

"There she is. She's a survivor." Poe said making his way to the Falcon.

"Wait!" Hux shouted stopping Finn and Kira. "Blast me in the arm. Quick."

"What?" Finn asked.

"Or they'll know." Hux explained. Finn aimed for his arm before going for his leg.

"Why are you helping us?" Finn asked the wounded general.

"I don't care if you win. I just want Kylo Ren, Tyron and that Skywalker boy to lose!" Hux declared. Kira then shot him in the arm.

"No one threatens my best friend like that." Kira said.

"You're lucky she didn't go for you head. It's what I would've done." Finn added before they both made their way to the Falcon.


Then in the other hanger bay, the two powerful Force users circled each other. Rey found herself at the edge of the Hanger while Kadus was in front of a battalion of troopers.

"Why did he come for me? Why does he want me dead? Tell me." Rey demanded.

"Because he knows your power. He wants you dead, because you're stronger than him. What he doesn't know though and even my cousin doesn't know, is that we're a dyad in the Force. Two that are one. We'll kill him together, and take the throne." Kadus said before taking off his mask. "You know what you need to do. It is your destiny." He said holding out his hand. Rey thought for a moment before she heard a familiar sound.

"I do know." Rey said. The Falcon then showed up and used it's thrusters to blow the troopers away, while Kadus used the Force to remain where he was.

"Rey! Come on!" Finn shouted at the ramp. Rey looked back at Kadus before leaping into the air and onto the Falcon. As soon as Rey landed they jumped into lightspeed.


On the Destroyer though, Hux was giving an update as to how the Resistance fugitives escaped. He was joined by Kylo Ren, Tyron and General Pryde.

"It was a coordinated incursion, Supreme Leader. They overpowered the guards and forced me to take them to their ship." Hux lied.

"I see." Pryde said.

"You know, General Hux, I don't very much like you. but I do respect you. You've led the First Order to glory, even at Starkiller Base. Even after Snoke's death, you've handled the First Order well. But this, is something entirely different. This time, I cannot allow this to go unpunished." Kylo explained before nodding to Tyron who stepped to Hux's side and held out his saber, activating the back end of it, impaling Hux. "They will know one thing after your death, you were part of the Resistance, and a traitor." Kylo said. Tyron deactivated his blade and kicked Hux's lifeless body across the room. "General Pryde. You are now in command." Kylo said to the old general.

"Thank you, Supreme Leader." Pryde said.


Nothing more to say, but I hope you all liked it.

Reviews:

MerlockVonBaron: As Luke explained in the Last Jedi part of the story, he met Sabine while they were looking for Ezra, while that proved fruitless, they began to grow closer and as a result, fell in love. As for the Kenobi blood, it will come into play soon.

avengersendgame426: Kira's definitely conflicted due to her own father using the lightning technique and yet people still regard him as a hero. As for Hera's words, it means basically he has his mother's heart.

Mr Guest: Honestly, that line was in the movie, but well, Kadus will explain next chapter.