"Finished this chapter earlier then expected lol so I am giving it to you early. This is pretty much the aftermath from the last chapter, please enjoy!"
Chapter 38: Aftermath
"Bring the Falcon to the entrance of the Temple! Hurry!" Poe radioed holding the fatally wounded Evelyn in his arms, she had passed out from blood lose from the massive gash across her stomach. Poe pleaded and tried everything to wake her back up but she didn't respond.
Finn rushed out to the entrance looking right out into the distance where the Falcon was miles away and all of a sudden he heard the sound of a space fighter nearby, turning to his left he ran to the side of the Temple just in time to see a First Order fighter in the distance taking off to the sky.
"Rey!" Finn shouted as loud as he could knowing she was flying it but all he could do was watch the fighter shoot out at lightning speed and disappear into the clouds and into space, all he could do was watch her leave.
The First Order fighter finally left the planet and in the pilot seat was a broken Rey Skywalker, robes torn and filthy, face with mud and blood and messy hair. She couldn't stop crying over the fact she let fear took over her, she fell to the Dark Side and she hurt the ones she loved and what she did to Evelyn completely destroyed her.
Rey needed to vanish, she had failed everyone and it was best for her to just vanish and just wait to die of old age. Rubbing her arm across her eyes she then quickly entered some coordinates to a planet she knew no one would ever find her.
She could sense the life of Evelyn fading and it was all her fault, she pretty much sent Evelyn to deaths door, the one person who ever loved her and in return Rey hurt her. There was nothing left for Rey, she was once again alone and with the pain in her heart she accepted it. She deserved nothing more then to die alone.
The coordinates were done and the fighter was ready to jump to hyperspace, Rey took a deep breath with her emotions running high and she placed her hand on the lever in front of her.
"I'm so sorry..." Rey whispered as more tears fell and she quickly pulled back the lever and the stars stretched past her cockpit and suddenly her star fighter shot into hyperspace, Rey Skywalker vanished, never to be seen again.
Back at the entrance of the Temple Of Moraband, the Falcon finally arrived and turned to its side hovering just off the ground and extended its ramp. Poe came rushing out of the Temple with Evelyn in his arms with BD-1 on his shoulder and Finn rushed forward into the Falcon to get the medical station quickly sorted.
As soon as Poe entered the Falcon its ramp came back up sealing the crew in and it slowly turned up to the sky and suddenly shot to the sky and into space, all that remained on Moraband was Rey's orange lightsaber on the ground in the Temple and miles away was the destroyed Tempest.
The two were now reminders of the devastation that happened on Moraband, nothing was fixed and new problems appeared.
Rushing through the halls with Evelyn in his arms, Poe rushed down the halls of the Falcon and finally came to a private medical room and he quickly rushed in to the room. Finn had managed to get the medical bed ready with the help of Javik, Jessika and Kaiden and they turned back to see the bloodied Evelyn in Poe's arms.
"What the hell happened!" Javik came close but Finn held him back giving Poe room.
"That bitch did this to her" Poe said in anger as he placed the knocked out Evelyn on the bed as gently as he could and BD-1 jumped off Poe's shoulder and landed on the bed watching over Evelyn.
"You mean Rey!?" Jessika questioned as she checked over Evelyn.
Javik brushed Finn's hand off him and rushed to the bedside and saw the huge gash across Evelyn's stomach, he knew this was a lightsaber that did this. If it had been any deeper her organs with have spilt out but she was losing alot of blood. "Rey did this!?". He had anger in his voice.
"Rey was the one you guys were going after right? I thought you were friends?" Kaiden questioned.
"Yeah I thought that too" Poe sharply stated looking down at the wound on Evelyn then Finn came up and pulled Poe making him look to him. "You saw her eyes Poe! That wasn't her!".
"Then what the hell was it then! Cause I'm pretty sure what ever that bitch was looked exactly like her" Poe argued.
Javik came right up to the side of them. "That doesn't matter right now! We need to get Evelyn back on her feet!".
"Thats not gonna work" Kaiden shouted back and Javik, Poe and Finn turned and saw Jessika and Kaiden examining her wound.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Javik demanded to know and Jessika sighed as she looked back to him. "She's lost too much blood, if we dont get her the medical help she needs she's will either enter a coma or die!".
"Then we get back to Last Horizon, back to the Resistance! Its the only way!" Finn stated and Javik turned to him. "Lets get to the cockpit and tell Chewie, we are not losing Evelyn!".
Both Finn and Javik rushed out the private room and ran as fast as they could and ran right past little Lydia who was wondering what was going on, she watched Finn and Javik run off down the hall.
She then slowly turned back to the other side of the hall and saw drops of blood leading towards the private room they came from, her little heart was racing as she followed the blood right up to the private room and she looked right up to the closed door fearing what was on the other side.
Lydia took one deep breath and slowly took a step forward, the door slid open and she suddenly froze at the site before her.
Kaiden heard the door open and he quickly turned seeing his daughter looking at the state of Evelyn on the bed.
"Lyd" Kaiden rushed to her and knelt down placing his hands on her shoulders and Jessika looked back to her. "Lyd you cant be here right now".
Kaiden suddenly saw Lydia's eyes watering as she saw Evelyn on the bed knocked out and with her clothes stained with blood as Poe quickly grabbed a blanket to hide the wound. "Papa...whats wrong with Evelyn?" Her voice was shaken.
Poe quickly turned around blocking Lydia's view of Evelyn's stomach. "She just had an accident Lydia, she's will be ok she's just resting".
Lydia went to move to Evelyn but Kaiden kept his daughter from moving closer "Papa let me see her...".
"You cant Lyd..." Kaiden tried to explain as his daughter was heartbroken and she tried to push past her father to get closer. "I want to see her!" Her father then picked her up and she cried her eyes out trying to get free.
"Evelyn wake up! Evelyn!" Lydia cried out as she was carried out by her father and she continued to cry out until he took her right out the room leaving Poe and Jessika alone with Evelyn.
Poe slowly turned around looking back down at Evelyn and he just felt helpless, her shirt was stained with so much and he looked to BD-1 gently putting the top of his head against Evelyn's gently nudging her full of worry as he let out a quiet woop.
He slowly placed his hand over Evelyn's which was down by her side and he gently leaned over the bed and placed a gently kiss on her forehead. "Dont you die on us Little Wing, we cant lose you...".
Jessika slowly placed her hand on Poe's back as she stood next to him trying to be strong. "She will come back to us...I know it".
Javik and Finn were in the pilot seats of the Falcon and Chewie was sitting in one of the seats behind them, after hearing what happened to both Rey and Evelyn his emotions ran wild and after a few moments of letting his emotions out Finn managed to calm him down. He was now sitting back in the seat with his head lowered and his hand on his head letting out a quiet mumble as he sat there in sorrow.
The cockpit was silent and the air was tense and they prepped the Falcon for lightspeed, but Javik wasnt focused.
Sighing he then sat back in his seat rubbing his jaw as confusion set in, Javik then looked to Finn who just focused on the controls in front of him. "What happened Finn?".
Javik waited for an answer but Finn didn't answer and Javik got angry. "WHAT FUCKING HAPPENED!?"
Finn closed his eyes and stopped working at the controls. "I don't know, when we got to the Temple...Rey had changed".
"I thought she was your friend!, I thought she was Evelyn's girlfriend!?" Javik's voice was full of anger and Finn snapped his head to him. "She fell to the Dark Side alright!".
Javik just looked at him with his anger still present, Finn then sighed looking back at his controls. "She fell to the Dark Side, when we saw Rey..her face was full of dirt and blood and her Jedi Robes were completely filthy and torn...and...".
"And what?" Javik sharply spoke.
Finn slowly shook his head "Her eyes turned bright orange, she attacked us without hesitation...we tried to make her see sense but she just kept attacking until she wounded Evelyn. Thats when she realised what she was doing".
He then looked back to Javik after taking in a breath. "She seemed to have...I dont know..woken up to what she was doing".
"Was she possessed?" Javik spoke in a calmer tone.
Finn looked out to space in front of him and he couldnt even begin to guess what was going through Rey's head. "I honestly don't know...but the Rey I know wouldn't do that. Who ever that was wasn't Rey up until she realised what she did".
Javik sighed and scratched the back of his head "How did everything go to shit so quickly...".
"I don't know.." Finn sighed and then looked to Javik. "How's Jaylah doing?"
Javik coughed and began working at the controls "She's stable for now, but she will need medical attention...I don't know which of the two girls are in worse condition".
"Well lets get them back home and make sure they both make it" Finn turned and began to work away.
"Right systems are ready" Javik pressed a few more buttons and Finn placed his hand on the lever in front of him. "Prepare for lightspeed".
Finn then pushed the lever forward then the engines fired up and the Falcon shot into lightspeed, back to Last Horizon.
-Supreme Leader's Star Destroyer, hanger-
The hanger was filled with lines of storm troopers, all with rifles in hand and the lines of soldiers looked out into space seeing Supreme Leader Kylo Ren's ship slowly enter the hanger.
In the middle of the hanger was a large clear pathway and marching down the path was the Knights Of Ren with the Dark Apprentice Ranza Ren taking the lead down the path the and the six knights were split into three following on opposite sides of Ranza and followed right behind her.
Ranza was no longer wearing her mask, she now had her hood down and her face was revealed to all. She was a beautiful young woman with jet black hair but her bright orange eyes held deep cruelty, Ranza had Sith Markings on her cheeks and just on her chin.
A few storm troopers would slightly turn their heads to the Knights Of Ren as they past and they couldn't help but feel uneasy over the sight of them. Soon Ranza Ren and the Knights finally came to the end of the huge rows of storm troopers and the Knights stopped then turned facing each other standing to attention with their weapons in hands.
Ranza Ren slowly came to a stop just in front of the army looking to the ship that began to land in front of her and after a few seconds she slowly went to one knee and lowered her head.
As soon as the ship landed its ramp lowered to the ground and after a few moments Kylo Ren slowly came walking down it with a few Storm Troopers following behind him, Ranza kept her head lowered and soon Kylo Ren came to a stop right in front of her and looked down at her.
"Welcome home, my Master" Ranza Ren whispered, Kylo Ren said nothing and instead slowly offered his hand to her and she looked up to him. Gently taking his hand she stood to her feet and looked deep into his now glowing orange eyes.
"We finally did it" Kylo Ren whispered and Ranza Ren smirked, the two turned and marched down the path side by side with the Knights Of Ren following behind them.
"Where is General Hux" Kylo Ren spoke in a professional tone and Ranza turned her head to him as they walked. "He's at the bridge, the final steps to attack any worlds that supports the Resistance is almost complete".
"Excellent, I know have a task for you which we will discuss about after speaking with General Hux." Kylo Ren then looked to Ranza. "It is a task I know you will love nothing more then to take on".
Ranza couldn't help but smirk as she turned back to her front, marching out of the hanger with Kylo and the rest of The Knights Of Ren she knew what task he was talking about. It was something she became obsessed with and her hunger to rid the galaxy of this one person became one of her most important goals in her young life.
The halls of the Star Destroyer echoed with the steps of the Knights Of Ren as they made their way to the bridge with their leader and Ranza, the group then turned a corner past two Storm Troopers standing guard and they continued on towards the bridge with the two Storm Troopers looking at them as they went on.
"The Knights Of Ren..." One of the Storm Troopers stated and his fellow Trooper turned to him. "Ghouls..".
-Supreme Leader's Star Destroyer, Bridge-
General Hux was looking out into space on the Bridge with his hands behind his back, he was looking to the fleet of Star Destroyers ready to begin their attack on any planet the supports the Resistance and he was looking forward to seeing these supporters crushed under the heel of The First Order. The only thing he didnt like was Kylo Ren being in charge but he knew crossing him wasnt the best thing to do, not yet at least.
As he looked out to the massive fleet he suddenly heard the faint sounds of boots hitting the ground and they grew louder and louder, he knew exactly who it was so he turned around still with his arms behind his back and he saw many officers turning to the entrance leading out of the bridge and he could see many of them were a little tense.
"Continue with your work, all of you" General Hux ordered and the officers who took interest quickly resumed their work and that was when Kylo Ren, Ranza and the rest of the Knights came marching in.
Disgust filled General Hux soul seeing these vicious creatures as he calls them enter the bridge of the most powerful force in the galaxy, The Knights Of Ren came to a stop just as the entered the bridge and stood to attention while Kylo and Ranza walked towards General Hux and thats when the General saw Kylo Ren's eyes had changed to orange.
"Supreme Leader, I trust the mission was a success" General Hux spoke out as both Kylo and Ranza came to a stop at arms length, that was when Kylo Ren took the powerful relic off his belt and presented it to him.
"The plan worked, now the mission to destroy the enemy can truly begin" Kylo Ren stated with confidence.
"But there is still a issue with the Jedi, despite your plan both Kenobi and Skywalker still live...tell me Supreme Leader how did you and your knights fail to kill the Jedi when you had the chance" Hux questioned and Ranza went to step forward to him but was stopped by Kylo Ren.
"You still dont get it do you, the objective was to get the Relic and nothing more, if you must know I ordered Ranza and the knights to hold back their true strength when they faced Kenobi...just like I did when I faced Skywalker" Kylo Ren revealed it all.
General Hux could only frown in confusion. "I dont follow..."
"Why fight the enemy when you can get them to fight each other" Ranza Ren smirked and Kylo Ren slowly walked past General Hux and looked out to the fleet of Star Destroyers ready to begin their mission.
"We know how powerful both Kenobi and Skywalker are, but they are young..naive and of course are still learning. So in order to take advantage of that I decided to make them think they were in control" Kylo Ren then turned his head to his side looking over his shoulder to the General.
"If they felt they were in control they would let their gaurd down, in turn it worked to our advantage" Kylo Ren smirked and then Ranza stepped closer getting Hux's attention and she just smirked up at him.
"In our little game with them, Rey turned to the Dark Side on Moraband. I felt her take on shadows of her friends to the point her anger and sorrow consumed her, soon she couldn't tell the difference between fabrications and true reality...the poor girl did something horrible" She spoke in a seductive tone.
Kylo Ren then turned around and Hux looked to him. "Rey attacked Evelyn believing she was just another shadow, I sensed the pain in Evelyn. She failed to save Rey and in all that confidence of getting to Moraband...it all crumbled before her and in turn, my cousin hurt her..badly".
"The pain I felt in Skywalker's heart was...exciting, the last hope of the Galaxy had failed everyone she ever loved" Ranza slowly walked past Hux and looked to the fleet.
"But they still live, as long as they continue to breath they will always be a threat" Hux wasn't as confident.
"Skywalker has vanished, she fled in fear just like her father...the pain I feel in her is enough to kill a person. She will stay hidden, she is now afraid of being around people...Rey Skywalker is gone and she's not coming back" Kylo Ren stated as he looked at Hux.
Hux then turned and took a few steps away rubbing his chin thinking over the situation, he had to admit the tactic they pulled was brilliant. However there was still one problem, slowly turning back around to them he crossed his arms.
"And what of Kenobi?, Skywalker may have fled but we know the loyalty Evelyn has to the Resistance. They still have a Jedi on their side and one Jedi is enough for them to keep fighting".
Kylo Ren then slowly approached Hux as he placed the relic back on his belt and stood at arms length. "I have a plan to deal with Kenobi".
He then looked back to Ranza Ren who slowly looked back to Kylo with a smirk. "Lets just say I know a girl who is looking to get payback".
-Last Horizon-
The Millennium Falcon was finally back home and word had reached the Resistance about the tragedy of Moraband, groups of Resistance were standing out of the base full of worry for their heroes and soon Leia pushed past the group and came right to the front seeing the ramp come down.
Leia's heart raced waiting for someone to come down and after a few seconds Poe came rushing down the ramp with Evelyn in his arms "We need help now!". Leia's gasped and held her hand to her mouth as tears fell down her face while a medical team with a hovering bed came rushing past her.
Evelyn was pale and was close to death and Leia almost fell to her knees but Connix was able to save her, the surrounding Resistance Fighters bickered among themselves as everyone watched Poe place Evelyn in the hovering bed.
Coming down the ramp next was Jaylah in critical condition on a medical bed with Finn and Javik rolling her out of the Falcon.
"Javik...Lelu..." Jaylah tried to speak but Javik placed his hand on her shoulder. "I'll bring her to you, save your strength".
"Malas conifra...enus jailia, tell her that...she..will trust you" Jaylah then fell unconscious and they finally came off the ramp and Finn looked to Javik. "Go get Lelu, we will get her to where she needs to be".
Javik looked at Jaylah for a few seconds and then looked to Finn. "Get her to medical quickly" He then looked down and gently squeezed her shoulder. "Your gonna make it..". He then turned and rushed off into the base to find Lelu.
Leia came rushing over to the hoverbed and Poe turned trying to keep her away. "General you dont want to see this" But it was too late and her heart was split into seeing the massive gash across her stomach.
"Little Wing..." Leia could only whisper as Poe continued to hold her and all they could was watch Evelyn being taken away into the base with BD-1 staying on the bed with Evelyn.
Leia then looked away no longer able to see Evelyn in a terrible state. "Where is Rey.." She could only speak in a whisper.
Poe sighed and they looked at each other. "She's gone General, we dont know where." Leia then looked to the ramp of the Falcon and saw Jessika come down the ramp with a baby in her arms followed by a man carrying a crying girl in his arms and Jessika took them into the base.
"Who are they?" Leia questioned as she watched them head into the base.
Poe looked on as well "They are a family, we rescued that guy's daughters and in return he repaired the Tempest" He then looked to Leia. "Thats when the Knights Of Ren attacked us...we retreated and took the family with us".
Leia then looked up to Poe. "Tell me everything Poe, tell me exactly what happened..".
Poe nodded and he directed Leia back towards the base and knew what he was gonna tell her was heartbreaking and as they walked into the base they failed to see BB8 looking to them as they past, but he saw the entire situation and all he could do was lower his head.
Last to come out of the Falcon was R2 and C-3P0 and they witnessed the group of Resistance bickering to themselves over what the hell they just saw.
"I feel so helpless R2, Mistress Rey vanished...now Mistress Evelyn is in critical condition" 3PO spoke as he looked on to the base and R2 rotated his head letting off a few faint beeps.
"I'm sure she will make it through my friend" 3PO then looked down at his old friend "She would want us to be strong, its all we can do".
The gold droid began to walk off towards the base with the blue and white droid rolling behind him and deep inside the cockpit of the Falcon was Chewie leaning his head on his hand still trying to process what happened, he lost too much already and he was afraid of losing Evelyn. The little girl he watch grow from a little girl to a strong woman.
-General Leia's Office-
"So its just as I felt...Rey has turned to the Dark Side" Leia was sitting in her chair with her head lowered.
Poe was sitting in a chair in front of Leia "I'm sorry General, I saw it with my own eyes..she..she tried to kill us, until she injured Evelyn".
Leia then looked up to Poe "What do you mean?".
Sighing, Poe got up and rubbed the back as his head as he slowly walked away from Leia. "There was something in her eyes, it was like she woken up or something...she then ran off".
"You mean she realised what she did? What did you see?" Leia asked still looking to Poe with his back to her and after a few moments he slowly turned around placing his hands on his waist.
"I saw shock, complete shock. I could see in her glowing orange eyes, after that she ran off" Poe stated.
Leia sighed and got up out of her seat and turned to look out of her office window. "Just when things can get any worse...Rey...where did you go..". She whispered as she saw the sun beginning to set.
"General, I know she is your niece but what we saw wasn't her...I dont think the Rey we know exists anymore." Poe then slowly approached Leia and placed his hand on her shoulder as she continued to look out to the setting sun.
"Leia, Rey is gone" As soon as Poe said that Leia snapped around and slapped his face and he slightly flinched. "My niece is not gone!" She spoke in a sharp tone and she then marched past him.
"General where are you going?" Poe called for her as he followed.
"To check on Evelyn!" Leia called back as she finally left her office and into the halls and Poe managed to come up in front of her and stopped her in her tracks. "Leia listen what we saw in that Temple was the thing of nightmares, Finn tried to get her to see sense but she kept attacking".
Leia frowned at him "You said it yourself you saw her reaction when she hurt Evelyn, the fact that she ran off aswell should be enough to tell you what she did was wrong. She is not gone Poe".
She then moved around him and Poe quickly turned around "How can you be so sure?".
Leia then slowly came to a stop but didnt look back at him, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "If my father can see the error of his ways...I know Rey can too, you may have given up Poe". She then slightly turned and looked to Poe. "But I will never give up, not on Rey...and not on my son".
Poe opened his mouth to speak but he had no words and all he could do was slowly close his mouth as he watched Leia turn and leave and he just remained still, wondering if this was indeed the beginning of the end.
"Everything has fallen apart, Kylo Ren and his Knights have earned a big victory over the Resistance and Rey Skywalker has vanished. Evelyn Kenobi is close to death and Jaylah is severely injured. The team is broken, what will happen next? We will find out soon.
