On the other side of the academy, Ben snapped out of his mediation. Waves of sadness, pain, agony, and defeat crashed into him, even with his shields up. His eyes met with Luke's and Ben nodded his head towards the med ward. He broke into a jog, running through possibilities in his head. Had the voice gotten through to just Rey? Is she hurt? Did news of her parents somehow make its way to her without him knowing?

As he rounded the corner, he found his mom slumped on the floor, just outside Rey's door. "Mom? Mom! Are you okay?' Maybe that is why Rey is upset. Leia raised her head and met Ben's eyes.

"Yes, I'm fine. But Rey… I… I'm sorry, I was just trying to help," Leia whispered.

Any other time he would feel badly for his mom, she looked so sad and defeated slumped on the ground like that. However his attention was on Rey's emotions which were even stronger the closer he got, and it felt like someone had punched a hole through his chest.

He went to open her door, trying to shut off his end of the bond extra tight because he didn't want his emotions feeding hers. But the door was locked, he waited a few minutes because they often locked the door for her privacy, helping her with self care. He leaned against the door, tapping his foot, occasionally looking over and glaring at his mom. "What did you do? Or say? She's devastated. I was trying to steer the conversation you… I was, I am pretty certain she cares for you beyond the bond and friendship. She was opening up and then she just shut down. She started muttering to herself, I don't even think she realized she was talking out loud. I heard her say something about not being worthy, and then she shut down, and ordered me to leave."

The idea of Rey ordering around a seasoned senator was almost enough to make him smile. Almost. "Hasn't it been long enough for the droids to attend to her," he asked through gritted teeth.

"Probably, I will let you go in by yourself. She was pretty upset with me."

Ben nodded and tried the door again. It was still locked so he knocked. The med droid came to the door, and stepped Ben's way, causing the door to slide shut behind him. "I want to see Rey. Why's the door locked? Is she still not dressed or indisposed?" Ben demanded.

"Master Ben, Miss Rey doesn't want visitors, I have to insist that you leave and let her rest."

"Surely she doesn't mean me? I'm her… Well, I'm important to her. We're bonded and she's upset. I want to comfort her," he was getting more and more annoyed with this hunk of metal blocking his access to the door."

"No, sir. She specifically mentioned you, as well as Senator Organa. Now, I must insist that you let her rest."

Ben lifted his hand and lifted the droid in the air, and suspended him there. He stalked to the door, and pressed his hand to the sensor. It flashed red, and chimed access denied.

He advanced on the droid and let it crash onto the floor. He yanked on its wrist, using the force to augment his strength until the hand separated from the arm in a shower of sparks. He pressed it to the door, fully expecting it to open, but once again it flashed red and chimed 'access denied. Please see the doctor for new code.'

Ben punched the door, only denting it slightly even using the force. He paid no mind to the cracking of the bones in his fingers and the blood dripping from his hand. "Rey?" He called, pressing his face to the door. "Please let me in. I just want to help." His voice came out surprisingly gentle for the mood that he was in.

Only silence even though he was sure she could hear him, unless she was sleeping. He brushed against their bond, and it was too active for her to be asleep. He caught the flavor of her emotioned and they were the same with the addition of conflict. But after a couple of seconds what amounted to a steel wall slammed down on the bond, and he couldn't feel anything save the fact that she was alive.

"Where's the doctor?" He demanded of the droid in a dark and cold voice.

"Ben? Let's give her some time. Let's go see Luke. He can look at your hand and he might get access since she surely won't want to skip the healing sessions. He can get some kind of direction as to her thoughts." He wanted to argue just because it was Leia that started this cascade of events leading to Rey shutting him out. But it was a solid plan and he couldn't find fault. He turned and lengthened his stride, leaving Leia behind as he sensed Luke's signature and headed his way.

He found his uncle in a study room at the back of the library, and Ben barged in, the door banging loudly against the door. Luke had books spread out everywhere, a few holocrons interspersed. He had been meditating, raised about a foot off the floor. He opened his eyes at the intrusion and glided back down to the floor.

"Ben, is everything okay?" Luke prodded.

"No. There's something wrong with Rey. And she's blocking me and won't let me in her room," he words spilled out. He hated the weakness in his voice, Luke seeing him vulnerable.

"Medically? Did she fall? Is she unconscious again?" Luke rose to his feet and met Ben's eyes.

"No. It's emotional, something happened with Leia. Her pain is bad, and she is blocking me both through the bond and by locking the door. I don't have access anymore. It feels so wrong after having the bond opened the majority of the time. Her shield is strong, and I don't think that I could break it without hurting her," Ben explained.

Luke made to say something but changed his mind and scratched his eyebrow. His tic. Ben figured that he would lecture him for studying mind penetration because it was such a darkside ability -even bringing it up in the same sentence as his bonded. Or maybe to admonish him for calling his mom Leia, which he slipped into when dark emotions were taking over.

"Look at his hand. I heard bones break," Leia said, finally reaching the library. Luke nodded and cradled Ben's hand in his own. He sighed, he hated seeing wounds like this on his nephew, especially ones that he inflicted on himself.

"You can look at it later. Please go try to talk to her, you might be the only one that she'll let in." Ben yanked his hand away, stood up and turned for the door. Maybe she would let him in after Luke talked to her.

"No, let's take care of this first. If she lifts the shield, the last thing she needs is to feel a mangled hand."

Ben nodded, when Luke put it that way, he was still putting Rey first. He sat back down in front of Luke and stuck his hand out.

This is not at all what Ben expected his day to be like.