Last on: Rey is in Kylo Ren's body. Luke told her to stay put.

Chapter 3

When Ben opened his eyes the room was still dark. "Lights," he spoke the command, expecting the computers to turn them on. When they didn't he turned to reach for a computer panel, but as his eyes glanced around, he realized he was not in his own room. Beside the bed there was a lamp, which he turned on then went back to scanning the room.

The room was a smaller size, and had a very warm color scheme. Even the metal the bed was in had a yellowish color. The furniture was very eclectic, with pieces that seemed to come from different sets. There was a wooden dresser, an orange fabric chair, and a tall mirror across from where he sat. And in it's reflection he saw her.

She was lying in a bed, a look of shock on her face. He quickly turned to survey the rest of the room, but he couldn't find her. His eyes went back to the mirror, and her head turned too, again to face it. Tentatively he pulled the blanket off his chest and sat up, she did the same. He looked down and then back up again, the look of shock on her face was even bigger, as he realized the exact predicament he was in.

"How did this happen," he said to the face in the mirror. When she didn't respond he said, "At least I know where you are now."

'First I've got to be able to walk you out of here, without drawing too much attention,' he thought. He got up and eyed her outfit in the mirror. It was a simple nightgown. 'This will have to change' he thought as he opened a drawer in the dresser. The drawer opened easily, as it was nearly empty. Inside he found a few outfits similar to the ones he's already seen her in. homemade and simple, desert garb. "This is too light for where we're going, but..." Then he saw a cloak in the bottom drawer, and he grabbed it, along with a set of clothing. Then he stood back. He hesitated for a second, before placing a blanket from the bed over the mirror, with an, "I promise, no peeking."

Then as quickly as he could, he changed into the outfit he selected. In his teen years, he would have relished the opportunity, but something about the current situation. It just didn't feel right. When he was done he uncovered the mirror.

He looked over the top of the dresser and saw a hairbrush lying there. Picking it up, he brushed out her hair to a straight, untangled look. Then he eyed the clips she usually kept her hair into. 'No, you're just gonna half to wear your hair down today. I don't know how to put those in,' he thought as he eyed the clips.

Then he eyed the room. Near the door to the room there was a large bag with a strap to wear across the shoulders. He put the cloak into the bag then turned to finish exploring. There was a small table on the opposite wall. On it sat two halves of a lightsaber, his lightsaber. It had been opened up and there were some replacement parts installed. But it was still missing an important piece. He picked it up anyway and put it into the bag with the cloak. "I'm not leaving the weapon behind, even a broken one has it's uses," he spoke to her reflection before he went on.

He's not sure what made him look under the bed, but he was surprised by how much he found under it. There was a set of books that resembled the old jedi ones he used to translate for his uncle, a blaster, and a stash of food. He didn't see any need for the books, and he didn't even understand why the former scavenger would keep a stash of food under her bed, but he did take the blaster, and put it into the bag.

Then he left the room with the bag around her shoulders. He was in a long hallway, where he had to pick a direction at random and go. A few yards down one of the doors opened as he walked past, and a voice called out "Rey, hey Rey."

Then a hand reached out to touch his shoulder. It was him, the traitor, FN2187. Ben thought about smashing his skull. Then as he turned he saw past the traitor was standing another female. She was standing in the same doorway that the traitor had left and she was stroking her hair with a hairbrush.

She greeted Ben with a smile, "Rey, there you are," she said. "Finn and I got back from the mission so late last night that I didn't have a chance to give you the good news."

For a reason he wasn't aware of, seeing her made him feel less violent towards the traitor. "Finn," he said acknowledging it, and the Traitor beside him now nodded.

"I've got to go, see you two later," the traitor said, before he leaned back to kiss the female. "Bye Rose."

"Rose," Ben said, more to learn the name.

"Come," said Rose, grabbing Rey's hand, and dragging Ben into the room with her.

"As you know, we were supposed to be gathering supplies to fix up the base's equipment, but when I found this I stashed it away immediately," Rose said while she turned to dig through a bag on the wall. "Of course, when I brought it back Poe almost had it put in with the other supplies, but the General came down on our side, once I explained what it was for. There it is," she pulled out an oily cloth rolled up, and brought it over.

"Sit, Sit," She commanded, and Ben obeyed, sitting by a table in the room. Laying the fabric on the table she began to unroll it in front of him. A shiny piece of metal which wouldn't look like much to those not familiar with the construction of a lightsaber was tucked in the rolls of the cloth.

"The missing piece," Ben said.

"Yes, but that's not all," Rose continued to unroll the cloth. She revealed some kind of brown leather piece. This confused Ben. "It's to join the pieces together. I thought it would add a comfortable grip too." She glanced at Ben. "You're not happy, It's ok, it was just an idea."

"No," Ben said, "It's a very creative idea. Very useful. May I take them?" she nodded, and he put them into his bag.

"Useful and stylish," she said still smiling. After a moment her expression changed to one of concern. "Is something wrong Rey. It's just that I haven't seen you smile yet today, and I just gave you the last piece to our favorite project." Then a look of surprise came across her eyes. "Did you see him again?"

Ben looked shocked and concerned. He didn't know what to say.

"Oh my you did! What happened? He didn't hurt you again, did he?" Rose put a hand on Ben's wrist.

Ben stood up by pure instinct. He was starting to fume over which Resistance member was hurting Rey, when he realized that he probably was the he she was referring to. "No, no. Not at all, I just." Ben struggled to find what to say.

"It's alright. Believe me, I understand how complicated it can get with men. I'm here whenever you're ready to talk about it."

"Thank you," Ben said, and quickly Rose added to her statement.

"Besides, yours is not the most awkward of relationships on the base." before Ben could contemplate the word relationships, she went on. "When we were away Lieutenant Connix would volunteer to make all the calls back to base, and always between 1900 hrs and late after the rest of us went to bed. You know who's on duty in the Comms room then. Of course she'd always pick time to make the call when we'd all be out of the room, and we all know why."

Ben clearly did not know why, but he concluded he was not going to get any more useful information out of this 'girl talk.' He picked up the bag and said, "I should be going now."

"Bye," Rose waved.

Ben hesitated, but returned the wave, trying to put a smile on his lips too. It felt unnatural.

As Ben explored the Resistance base he tried to look like he knew where he was going. Which was of course complicated by the fact that he did not know what was behind any of the doors in the base. As he opened the doors he tried to find something to do, even grabbing a piece of fruit in a cafeteria like room and just placing it in his bag. Fortunately few people seemed to notice him, and no one struck up any more conversations.

Ben walked around the base for so long that he got lost and somehow managed to find the cafeteria again. Why anyone would build a Resistance base with so many hallways confused him.

After he left the Cafeteria a second time he walked past a crowded meeting room who's doors were open wide. Poe Dameron walked out this door as he passed, and called out, "Rey, there you are. You were almost late to the meeting today."

"Oh, the meeting, I must have forgotten," Ben tried to sound casual.

"Then you better come with me, or you'll get in trouble with the General." He winked and placed his arm behind Ben's back to lead him. This made every muscle freeze in Ben and he almost smacked Poe for the familiarity when Poe stopped and pulled his hands away. "My bad, I forgot. No touching."

Ben continued to walk with Poe through the doors he came out of. Inside was a large table and a few other persons in Resistance uniforms were seated around the table. Poe sat down in a seat, and motioned for Rey to join him. Ben took a seat a couple chairs away, as he was sure he didn't want to risk another incident like out in the hall. He clearly remembered being in Poe's head, during his interrogation, and seeing the ways he thought about women. Ben had a fleeting thought that it might be wise to provoke another incident with Poe, so that he could violently rebuke him and teach him a lesson. The idea made him smile, though he wasn't sure why. Fortunately a second later a blond haired young lady took the seat between them. Her name tag read: Lt. Connix, and she smiled and eyed Poe with the gentlest of eyes. 'So That's what that meant' thought Ben, remembering the conversation with Rose earlier.

Before Ben could further explore that concept, another set of doors opened and in walked General Leia Organa. She walked with a proud gait to the head of the table, only a few feet from Ben. Before addressing the group she looked down to her right, into the eyes of Ben. A thoughtful expression was on her face, but two seconds later she looked away. One of the men at the table tapped his datapad against the table to get everyone's attention.

Ben sat still, eyes transfixed on his mother. It had been so long since he saw her. Before Snoke died, he imagined how angry he would feel if he ever saw her again, but now, that it was actually happening, he didn't know how he felt, but it wasn't anger that boiled over in him. Still, he pressed his face into the same stoic look he often wore to avoid attracting attention. 'I just need to get through this and out of here' he thought to steady himself.

"Welcome all. I understand that these meetings can get tiresome, but they are important for keeping us all up to date. I promise to keep today's meeting short, however. Leia began to call upon members to explain the outcomes of several missions that had already taken place. There were a few bits of useful information in the reports, but it seemed like whenever they got to something important, or useful to the First Order, Leia interrupted them. She'd ask for them to give her a written report, and asked another member to speak on a different topic. Ben was mostly bored out of his mind. Not even the identities of the people at the meeting were useful to him, as he already signed most of their bounty orders himself.

"This was a productive meeting. I did promise to keep it brief though, so to the point. I have faith that the Resistance will overcome these challenges and I have faith in our cause, as I have faith in all of you." Leia said, her eyes again drifting over to where Ben was sitting.

"General, we still have to discuss the upcomming missions to..." Poe started to correct her.

"No, Not today. The meeting is finished, you are dismissed," said Leia. Almost as if it surprised her subordinate that she would go about her decision, Poe's mouth dropped as he watched Leia walk out of the meeting room.

Before she got to the door, she turned to Ben and said, "Rey, please come with me." Ben had just picked up his bag and was going to walk out with the others when she spoke. He proceeded to kick himself for not getting out of there faster. Obediently, he turned to follow Leia out the door she walked through.

Thank you all who have read and reviewed this. I appreciate hearing what you think. I got this idea for a body switch, force bond experience from something I vaguely remember Daisy Ridley saying in an interview a while back. I can't remember which interview exactly. I think she was asked if she could play another character besides Rey, and she answered that she'd like to play Kylo Ren. This would be a way to do it. I have no idea on when I'll be posting the next update, so please follow to stay notified.