Last On: Rey and Ben do some shopping and have dinner at the village. Only they end up fleeing the village when they realize no one there has a reflection. Ben learns of a Junkyard of abandoned ships from back when the planet took on tourists during the old republic days.
Chapter 12
"What are you doing in there?" Ben's voice boomed from above her.
"I'm almost done," Rey said, before she pulled another piece of machinery out of a very old freighter. Then she wrapped the items in the cloak she suggested Ben lend her for her expeditions. He wasn't too happy when he saw the junk yard of old ships. She guessed he was hoping for a well made craft ready to fly out of there. Rey, on the other hand, looked at the junkyard like a kid in a candy store. She knew she'd find valuable parts to scavenge in each and every one of the ships, and that's just what she was doing. Sure, she knew they only needed one part for the First Order craft to fly, but that didn't mean she was going to leave the rest of it all behind.
"Always a Scavenger," quipped Ben, when she emerged and he saw the pack she brought out. "Is there a Cole-Noss Hub in here somewhere?"
"Yes," said Rey, before she dug in and presented him with the part.
"Good, then we can leave here," Ben said. He walked a little, then turned back. "You're still coming, as my guest."
"I wouldn't be your guest, Ben. The first order knows I'm with the resistance, and they have a funny idea about me killing Snoke, from what I read on the bounty orders," said Rey.
"Then what do you want me to do. Leave you here, with those bloodsuckers and who knows what else." Ben sighed.
I've also found this." She pulled out another device. "It's a comm, and it looks like it still works."
"That's an ancient thing. It uses radio waves to transmit. Hardly anyone still uses radio waves. Plus they'd need to be really close by to receive you," said Ben.
"Then I'll try, and I'll keep trying. Plus there's more items in these ships. Who knows what else I'll find if I keep searching."
Ben looked up to the sky. He felt like crying, but he clenched his emotions at their source. When he looked back down, his eyes appeared angry. It was the only safe emotion with Snoke as your master. "Fine, make your call. I'll stay till someone answers. Then you're on your own."
Rey pulled out the comm again. It had been almost two days since she found the device, and she'd been transmitting a message every hour, on the hour. "Code Seventeen E Nineteen Blue Fish Sky." That was the code the resistance gave her.
"Red Gate Eleven G Five," came a voice over the comm. It was Finn's voice, and Rey squealed with delight.
"Finn, how wonderful. I'd been transmitting for ages, hoping someone would hear."
"Yeah, sorry about that. Rose and I had to pull half the Falcon apart to find the compartment where the device was stored. We kept hearing its buzzing, but didn't know where it was coming from."
"You and Rose have come to my rescue, yet again." Rey said, as Ben popped his head into their tent.
"Yeah, The General sent us here after you left. Said you were on a secret mission, and we were to sit on the Falcon as backup," Finn said.
"It figures, the Falcon would have a radio transmitter. Han never could throw anything away," said Ben.
"Is that Kylo Ren?" Finn's voice whispered.
Rey eyed Ben, fear creeping across her face. "Yeah. He'll be gone by the time you get here though."
"Back to the First Order?" summarized Finn.
"Ah, he might not want to do that," came the voice of Rose. It was silent for half a minute.
"There's been a holo-transmission from a First Order News Buoy." Finn explained.
"More propaganda?" asked Rey.
"This one had real news, of sorts," said Rose, "and he may want to listen to it before he goes back."
"If he doesn't, lets just say, he'll be dead before your next Force chat thing," Finn added. "Yeah, I know. Rose told me what she thought was going on when we saw Kylo Ren's ship fly in."
"I..." Rey started to stammer out an apology, but Finn interrupted her.
"It's ok. We'll talk about it when we get there."
Rey and Ben looked at each other. Rey's eyes seemed to question what he was going to do next. Then Ben sat down in answer and said, "I guess we wait and see."
Ben didn't know what danger there could be for the Supreme Leader, or why the traitor and rebel would care so much to warn him, but if there was a danger, he knew the intel would be worth the wait.
Hey everyone. I hope you are enjoying my little story here. I have some personal news, I "finished" writing my other book. Of course finished is in quotes because now I'll begin the stage of revisions. But I am REALLY proud of it.
