Rey's POV:
I heard a bang, and the swoosh of lightsabers told me someone was fighting. Ben and Hux. Who else? As I turned around to aid Ben, an arm grabbed me. "Finn?" I asked, confused. Why would he stop me?
Wait . . . that wasn't Finn.
"Hello beautiful," an unknown voice pierced into my skull as I was dragged away into the darkness. The unknown female disarmed me as I heard Finn cry out my name.
I tried to call back, but only had a gag stuffed into my mouth. In all that commotion, I barely realized that the muffled music had come to an end.
I was dragged roughly down a long hall, and then down a few flights of stairs.
I could now make out that I was now in a cave, bound and gagged in a chair, and still held in a reinforced cage. I could hear the quiet conversation of my captors.
"Are you sure this will do it?" the masked female asked.
"Definitely. This is Kylo's little piece of gold. He'll come, I know it," A deeper, masculine voice answered, "You did well Commander X, your payment will come soon."
"I hope so," the female that seems to be Commander X muttered, "but just remember that Kylo is your deal. I don't any blood to stain my hands."
"Of course my sweetheart," the male whispered almost seductively and I could hear him inching closer to her. The next thing I heard was a loud SLAP and the loud sound of heels clicking away.
I stifled a laugh, despite my situation - the guy had it coming. But the tiny moment of laughter quickly faded away as I heard him approach me. It was Hux, a red handprint on his face.
"So, what are you gonna do," he smirked, "all alone without you're precious little boyfriend." He took my face in his hand and leveled his face to mine, still wearing that cruel expression.
"Get away from me," I growled. He didn't move, "feisty little one arn't you? But you won't be a problem." I finally got him to leave when I kicked him where it hurts.
Ben's POV:
I don't get it. One minute I'm dueling Hux, and the next I'm slicing a wooden box in half, not his pasty face. I heard Finn cry out for Rey, and that has me worried. Somewhere in the process I think Poe got knocked out.
Then I heard a small bang and all the lights turned back on. I was right - it was a practice stage. Poe was unconscious and seemed to have been blasted against the wall. Finn was staring at the wall, a look a pure horror on his face.
"They took her," he sputtered.
"What?" I asked, walking over to him.
"They took Rey," he said in shock, and it took all the poor man's strength to hold me back from blasting through the wall. Not to mention he was somehow injured.
In all honesty, he probably couldn't hold me back if I used the force- wait . . . force bond. That was it! Force bond! I jumped back. "Finn, I know how to reach Rey. Go and get Poe to the infirmary. I'll find you later," I said, already sprinting away.
I plunged into the woods, far away from the path, branches painfully scraping my legs.
I didn't care.
When I finally reached a small, circular clearing, I stopped. Then, for the first time in a while, I reached out with my mind. I searched for the dormant bond - the bond connecting me and Rey. I felt the strong light. I knew that light.
It was Rey.
I wrapped my mind around it, and then, there she was.
She was bound and gagged in a chair, floating in and out of consciousness. The only good thing I could see was that she appeared to have no physical injury, for now. Who knows what could happen to her.
"Rey," I called out, keeping my voice low and soft. She jerked awake. "Ben. Get out of here," she whispered, choking the words out around the gag. "I'm not really here," I reminded her gently, "I'm trying to get you home."
"Don't," she said to my shock.
"They want you. I'm the bait. Whatever you do, don't come for me. It's a trap."
She faded away, sending me back to reality. I fell to the ground, shaking and scared. Then I realized something. If I couldn't rescue her, someone else can.
I ran back to base, bursting into the infirmary, only to be greeted by a nurse informing me that Poe had a bad concussion and Finn was suffering from heavy blood loss.
The nurse told me I could go and see them, and I'm not sure if it was a good or bad experience. Poe was unconscious, and looked horrible and then Finn had a huge gash on his arm and another on his stomach. And I had run off to contact Rey leaving them alone.
When I walked in, Finn looked up at me with dreary eyes, "Did you manage to get through to Rey?" he asked. I nodded, "And she doesn't look much better than either of you."
"Rey told me not to come for her. She said she's the bait . . . for me." Finn looked at me in shock, then his face cleared and he took a deep breath and said, "I know who can help you."
I don't know exactly how I found myself outside a military high class office. I gave a small knock, and the door opened almost immediately. "Oh!" a small black haired girl exclaimed, "I didn't see . . . wait . . . you're Kylo Ren." Her gaze suddenly changed from surprised to hostile.
"You," she snarled, "you killed my sister." I tried to reason with her, "I'm sorry, I'm honestly so sorry Rose, but there is something you need to know about."
"What do you want?," she said, refusing to meet my gaze. I sighed, "It's Rey. She's been kidnapped by Hux." Rose's eyes widened, "No . . . that can't be right. He's dea- . . ." she turned to look at me, her eyes understanding every emotion.
Holy crap, the mood swings in this girl.
"You and Rey . . . you fell in love, and Hux is back to take his place as Supreme Leader." Now it was my turn to surprised, "How did you know that?"
Rose just smirked "It was easy to put the pieces together, now come on, I think you'll need something."
She motioned for me to come inside and led me to a long corridor. It was filled with paintings that seemed never ending. With a press of a nicely camouflage button, Rose opened a door, sliding open to my left.
We descended for a couple minutes, finally coming to a stop at the bottom of the long staircase. "This way," Rose said and led me to a tall steel door.
Opening it, I was greeted by rows and rows and rows of weapons. Blasters, lightsabers, ship cannons, you name it.
"Take your pick," Rose smiled, grabbing a blaster close to the door and heading down the long row. I grabbed a simple sporting blaster along with several ammunition packs, stuffing them into my pocket along with Luke's lightsaber.
When Rose and I finally headed back up, she looked at me, her features set with determination and said, "Now we go find Rey."
A/N:
Yes, I am aware that I'm late posting again but in my defense . . . yeah I've got nothing. I'm gonna try to start on ch 6 tonight but idk. We'll see what happens. I'm open to suggestions for the next chapter. See ya'll in (I'm hoping) a week! :)
