She sat in a meditation position, in the middle where most of the hut are gathered. She dares not move from her spot, waiting until the first of the Lanais come out and acknowledges her presence.

Rey knew this is what she must do, in order to make peace with the Lanais that she wronged. And, if she does go through with what's been going on in her head, she wants to at least give them her sincere apology and let them decide if they forgive her or not.

By the time the sun started to set, the Lanais finally came out of their homes to perform their daily chores. Though, when they see the girl, sitting in a meditation stance, with her head low, they all stopped and stared at her.

Rey raised her head, staring at the caregivers that tended the structure of the sacred island and, seeing them staring back at her in confusion and curiosity, she bowed her head and forced herself to the ground, bowing at them.

"I'm sorry, for everything I've done!" She cried, resting her forehead on the stone-ground. "I know that I'm the last person you ever want to see on this sacred island and I know that I deserve your hatred and disgust, for all that I've done to disturb you. But, I want you all to know that I'm sorry for my behavior and actions, while abusing the hospitality you provided for me, Chewie and Artoo! -She coughed against the ground, spitting out a few dark-brown phlegm in the process, before she continued.- If my presence here bother you and brings you nothing but discomfort, then I'll happily stay on the Falcon and won't dare to bother you. But, I want you to know, that I wish to right the wrongs I've done to you. To Master Skywalker. To the whole galaxy, for what I'd did to ruin all. So, please, if you can find it in your hearts to forgive me and allow me to fix what I've done, I'll be forever grateful to your kindness."

The Lanais simply stared at her, silent. Their expressions don't show much emotion, so if she looks up and sees their faces, she won't be able to tell if they're angry, pleased or upset with her apology.

The silent makes her very unease, but she continues to bow and wait for a response. Even if it goes on until nightfall, she'll wait however long it takes.

Then, she hears small-feet walking towards her and Rey prepares herself for the yelling. The hatred that she deserves to be tossed at her.

...What she didn't expected, was a gentle head pat.

The Lanai in front of her spoke in its language, which Rey couldn't understand, but when she raised her head and looked into the eyes of the Lanai, she can somehow understand what she was trying to tell her.

"We don't hate you, and you are forgiven."

Behind the Lanai, she hears the other Lanais voice out their opinions. Yet, none of them sounded bitter or disgusted. They seem to agree with what the first Lanai just told her.

Rey didn't feel she deserves their forgiveness so easily, however.

The Lanai in front of her grabbed one of her hands and started to pull it up, signaling her to get up.

Again, the Lanai spoke in the Lanai Language, which Rey can't understand. So, she tapped into the Force to use another technique she learned from the Jedi Text to understand them: Comprehend Speech.

While it'll help her understand what they're saying, it won't have her speak their language or know what they're saying should she not use the Comprehend Speech ability.

Now, she hears what the Lanai before is telling her.

"We never hated you for unintentionally being destructive, Child." The Lanai said, grasping firmly at the hand and looking up at the girl."Of course, you did cause some problem by keeping us from doing our chores and disrupting our welcoming celebration of our husbands returning from their voyage for food and material. But even then, we don't fault you for your actions, when it isn't entirely your fault."

Rey cocked her head to the side, considered.

"But, it was all my fault." She gently argued, swallowing past the lump that made her trigger the nagging cough to come out. "I fired my blaster through the hut, and could've hurt somebody."

The Lanai, seemingly, laughed at her claim.

"Child, the only one you could've shot was Skywalker and your aim was towards the horizon, not his hut. Also, that idiot nearly had his hut collapse multiple times and those marks he made would be mistaken for a gaping mouth of a cave compared to that small-hole you made, when he was trapped in his night terrors and pulled out his lightsaber to attack an enemy that's been dead for years. What we were really angry about that day, was that nobody informed us that you had a blaster with you and could've hurt yourself if it wasn't handled right."

Rey was completely at a loss for words to learn that Luke Skywalker had caused destruction, when he seemed to be the last person anybody would expect to cause any damage on another planet that isn't an enemy.

"But I nearly gotten two of you killed, when I sliced a rock in half and had it tumble down the hill, which destroyed your wheel barrel!" She reminded.

Then, two Lanais, most likely the two that she almost crushed with the rock, came forward. Neither of them looked angry at her, but seemed upset. Surprisingly, they weren't upset with her.

"True, but if that idiot had bothered to take you to a different location to properly train with the lightsaber, which he carelessly tossed aside and abandoned for you to use, you wouldn't had chosen that spot to train!" One of them replied. "And even then, he should've helped you learn how to wield it in the first place! Instead, he chose to stand on the sideline and watch a child try to figure out how to fight a weapon they never been taught to use! So, of course, we scolded him for standing by and not helping you with your training, rather than take it out on an inexperience wielder with no teacher to guide her! And that Nerf-herder voice caught that rock with the Force, before it could roll down the hill!"

Rey couldn't believe that they don't see her being at fault, when she knows she is at fault for them.

"But I could've done so, as well. I even used it to lift two of you, in my frustration!"

Two other Lanais came forth. One had her hands on her waist.

"Which, you couldn't control at that time. And, again, that fool just stood by and watch you struggle!"

"He may not view himself the ideal teacher to train you, but he could've at least helped you learn how to use and not lose control!"

"And disturbing your party-"

"We didn't know you thought that we were being raided, until we overheard you're conversation that he lied to you. And, as such, gave him a piece of our mind when he not only lied to you to make a point, but also risked our husbands to being attacked." The Lanai in front of her cut her off and answered, patting her hand. "You did cause great disturbance, intentional or not, but you shouldn't be the sole person to be punished when others are the reason you did those things."

Rey kept her head low. She couldn't believe that the natives of Ahch-To didn't blame her, for all that she did to cause chaos and nearly getting some of them killed in the process, and all turned to Luke Skywalker to blame what she did.

It made her stomach tie in knots, and her heart banged heavily by their kindness and forgiveness.

"...I still don't deserve your forgiveness," she whispered. "And, in the end, Master Skywalker did helped me and the Resistance, when we needed him most. -A tear ran down her cheek.- He died to save us from being killed by the First Order on Crait, and I'll never be able to repay him for his help."

The Lanais, despite what they said about Luke, all bowed their heads in solemn. Once again, mourning in silence for the death of the Last Jedi.

And, because of their lack of advanced technology and lifestyle of solitude from other worlds, they haven't heard the new title many in the galaxy are calling Rey as.

Then, after a moment of silent, the Lanai that still held her hand, drew her attention to her by patting it.

"While we're glad to see you again, despite the unfortunate circumstances of Luke Skywalker's death, Child, we must ask. Why have you come back to Ahch-To? Surely, you're most needed elsewhere, than to pay us a simple visit."

Rey didn't know how they would react should she tell them that she's here for more than just a simple visit. And because she hadn't told Chewie that she wasn't going to go back to the Resistance with him when it's time to leave and doesn't know how to tell the Wookiee that he was going to either be going back to Leia, alone, made the whole situation much harder for her to figure out what to say.

So, when the first thought popped in her head, coming out of nowhere, she instantly went with it.

"I wish to mend the mistakes and chaos I caused to you all, when I was staying on Ahch-To."

She didn't know where the thought came from, but she realize that she could fix some of her mistakes she made, which would put part of her guilty conscious at ease to do some good for others... To do some good, before she dies.

The Lanais whispered amongst each other, while the Lanai before her stared into her hazel-eyes, as if looking at her very soul to see why she really came to a hidden, isolated planet.

...Then, in the Lanai's ocean-blue eyes, great sorrow and a look of a mourning individual is what the nineteen year-old sees. And she knows that the Lanai knew why she came to Ahch-To.

She fears the Lanai will call her out on her half-lie, have them hate her for abandoning the galaxy for doing a selfish act for herself, call her a coward and demand she leaves their planet to die someplace else.

Instead, the Lanai pulled her by her hand, leading her towards one of the hut nearby.

...Rey recognized the hut being Luke's own hut.

They stopped right in front of the hut, staring at the metal-door.

"You shall use this hut." The Lanai informed her, bringing Rey's attention back at her. "Tomorrow, you can help us with our chores and, in the few days from today, help us gather food to welcome back our husbands from their voyage*."

Rey, speechless that they want her to help them with their chores, could only state and watch as the Lanai patted her hand a final time and head towards the others, all seeming to accept that she was going to help them with their chores and preparing a party to welcome their husbands back.

She was certain that they were going to cast her aside and demand she leaves them and Ahch-To, forever. To blame her and hate her, for coming to their planet and bringing chaos.

...For being responsible, for the death of Luke Skywalker.

The near evening wind blew a bit harsher, rustling her cloak and cooling her skin than it needed to. She shivered, clutching her cloak closer to her body, then turned to head down the steps of stairs towards the Millennium Falcon. Going to tell Chewie where she'll be resting, and what she'll be doing for the two days.

'This will delay my penance for a few days. But, if I can do some good for my final time alive, then I'll do it. Besides, it's not like I have much time to do anything important.'

Meanwhile, at Sarvchi...
"Do you think she's okay?"

Poe, Rose, Jessika and Connix all turned to Finn, all of which happen to be helping Poe with the wiring and adjusting the power cell for the lightspeed of his X-Wing, the Black One.

In the cockpit, Finn is task on watching the screen of X-Wing for any signs of errors to the status of its condition. Last time, because he tried to do it by himself and only had Beebee-Ate to look out for him, Poe ended up fiddling with the connection of its blaster and shocked himself as a result.

Jessika got on his hide when he tried to cover up the burns on his hand, and after Beebee-Ate told her what happened.

It wouldn't be the first time he did something stupid, let alone gotten burned for his carelessness, but right now they couldn't afford anybody to screw up and injure themselves.

Leia received word from their allies, from Kuat, who received Intel that Maz, herself overheard from the customers in her customer, that they learned of a possible location for, to their surprise, a Venator-class Star Destroyer.

Already, some of them had went to the Unknown Region to began their search for the Venator-class ship. As soon as they find it and in perfect condition to be flown, head for their location on the next planet they'll seek shelter on and, with their best captain to help them operate the Star Destroyer, sneak them past any First Order outpost to get them to Takodana, without being detected.

The only issue with some of them, is that it'll take Kuat a few days to lock on their location and by the time they find them, will most likely another day to recharge their fuel reserves, should they have to go into lightspeed to shake off some ships that'll attack any ships identified as Resistance Ships to claim the bounties. And that's not including how long it would take them to find the ship, since they're basically finding a needle in a haystack.

It was barely two hours that Rey left when they received the message, and everybody had been instructed to do a look over on the X-Wings and Resistance transport, skid they have to go with their original plan to flee for the next planet to hide on before they get to Takodana.

And since then, Finn had been worried for his little-sister.

"I mean, I know that she has Chewie with her and hearing that the planet is safe means she'll be okay, but I still feel like something's not right." Finn told them, leaning over to stare at some of his friends and girlfriend, Rose, Connix and Jessika.

Rose, helping Jessika and Connix by holding the flashlight to light the inside of the X-Wing and instruct them on which wire to avoid cutting, turned to her boyfriend. Concern written on her face.

"Are your headaches coming back, again, Finn?" She asked. "You always get those headaches, every time you feel something's off with Rey."

"Which seems to always be true, when it happens." Poe pointed out, removing a wire that was cut and sparking from exposed cords to replace with a spare. Guidance from Beebee-Ate, of course, who also shines a light to help him see what he's doing and warned him which wires not to pull. "Have Dr. Kalonia found anything for the cause of your headaches, yet, Finn?"

Finn laid back in the seat, letting out a frustrating sigh of annoyance.

"Nothing," he said. "She couldn't find anything wrong with me. Her best diagnosis she can offer up, is severe stress."

"The only thing she could offer was some Ammonia tablets and Sleeppack, when he has trouble sleeping." Rose informed the skilled pilot, offering a bondage tape to Connix and a wrench to Jessika. "Hopefully, once we get to Takodana, she'll have some better medical equipment to help figure out what's wrong with Finn."

"Yeah, hopefully. And treat Rey's Silicosis." Poe replied, gently fiddling with the connection between the cannon and the control, before he came down and allowed Beebee-Ate to scan the work.

While that was going on, Snap, who was in the transporter, came towards them.

"Hey, heads up, guys." He said to them, having some oil-marks on his face from having to work on his own X-Wing. "General Organa wants us to turn in within a few hours. Also, we just gotten word that Gial and his group are returning from their 'trip' in the village."

They all have irritated, sour looks on their faces when being informed of the group that they don't associate with, anymore, are coming back from the village.

They didn't want to see any of them, especially after what they said about Rey, the pass few nights, and because they chose to slack off from their task. And, because they were in town for hours, none of them had worked on helping with fixing the X-Wings they were assigned to work on and could delay their chance to leave Sarvchi if they don't do their job before the Venator-class Star Destroyer arrives.

Snap appeared just as ticked off as they are and, when he looked towards the direction of the village, his eyes hardened and a scowl appeared on his face.

"Speak of the Sith and its followers, and they shall appear." He grumbled.

Three others turned to where he stared at and, just like their friend, all glared when they see Gial and his group returning.

Though, what made their blood boil, was the bags of food and, in one of their hands, a bottle that held liquid. They all had a tint of red on their faces, laughing without a care in the world and chatting happily with one another.

"That was fun! Hopefully, we'll get to do this all the time, once we get to Takodana!" Wedge exclaimed, leaning against Geno for aid to walk right, despite he, too, was drunk.

"Yeah, because we'll be home free and be able to hide, without anything to hold us back!" Saile cheered, swinging a back of food like a child would carelessly rock their bag.

"Especially, now that we don't have a target hovering on our backs, with the galaxy's 'last hope' off to Maker knows where!" Urcos boasted, hiccuping in his drunken-state.

Because of their motor skills being hindered by their drinking, their feet ended up taking them towards Snap, Poe and the group. They were so caught up in their bliss to celebrate, they didn't take notice on who they were heading for until Urcos bumped against Poe when his feet tumbled against each other.

The pilot, disgusted by the drunk, pushed him off of him, not caring that he slammed him against Wedge and Geno and dropped their items on the ground.

Then, he and the others saw food, sweets, meats and dairy products, some few pairs of clothing and a few extra parts rolling out of the bags they were holding. He saw red.

"What the kriff is this?!" Poe yelled, pointing at the food, as the drunk Urcos, Wedge and Geno gathered their discarded supplies back into the bag.

"What do you think it looks like?" Gial replied, smirking at the bewildered pilot. "Materials for the Resistance!"

"Looks more like wasteful items on what little credits we can afford to bring with us, until we get to Takodana!" Connix stated, finding her arms over her chest. "The general made it very clear that the credits is for supplies, only! As in repairs, and parts for our ships!"

"Which we got." Saile said, holding up a new power cell and battery. "Since nobody on Sarvchi cares that we're of the Resistance, there's no reason that we have to be cautious on what we buy."

"Except when you waste it on food, when we still have food to last us for nearly two weeks!" Rose reminded, stomping over and grabbing at the power cell and battery. "As for these parts, can you not see that this is too small to only allow your X-Wing to fire ten shots before it starts to use powers from your ship's engine?! And you only got it for one X-Wing, when you need to get eleven large sizes!"

Wedge glared down at the small-girl. His face pink from the drinking, and his eyes bloodshot.

"So, we only got parts for a few of the X-Wings. It's not that much of a big deal, Rose." He argued, shrugging his shoulders that made him lose his balance a bit. "We can just go back to the village, and buy more. No biggy!"

Jessika wanted to smack them upside of the head.

"Uh, when you keep blowing off credits for food that we don't need and walking into towns and villages without taking precautionary measures to disguise yourselves, then it is a biggy! You bunch of Bantha shitheads!" She yelled, stomping over and poking Wedge on the chest. "In case you Happabores have forgotten, we're trying to avoid being captured by the First Order, by keeping out of sight and not drawing any attention to ourselves!"

Urcos scoffed at her emphasis on the two information they already know they needed to do. But then, in his drunken-state of mind, he wouldn't care if the whole entire First Order fleet were to show up on Sarvchi.

"News flash, Jess: Sarvchi doesn't give a Womp Rat's ass about us being on the run!" Saile blurted out, opening both his arms. "We walked all over town, completely bare and all to stare at our handsome faces, and none of the natives took a second glance at us! So, even if we end up staying on Sarvchi for weeks or even months, they wouldn't think twice on calling the First Order on us! -A low, dark, chuckle left his chest.- ...Even now that we don't have the scavenger to drag us down with her disgusting disease, let alone give away her location if she ends up being taken by the enemy and not us!"

When that was said, Geno, Saile, Wedge and Urcos laughed and whooped in glee. Gial, while chuckling, stood aside.

Poe, Finn, Snap and the girls all had angry, deadly looks that, if looks can kill, Gial and his group would be dead the second their glares locked on them.

Unable to take it, anymore, Finn jumped out of the cockpit and, with clenched hands, stomped over to give them a piece of his mind.

"You assholes!" He yelled, being pulled back by Snap. "Rey have done nothing but trained her ass off, to prepare herself to face Kylo Ren and the First Order! She does all that she could to make sure that we get food, constantly puts her very life on the line for all of us to keep us safe, and you self-righteous bastards still treat her as if she's nothing but trash!"

Gial snorted at the ex-Stormtrooper's words. The others followed suit, finding it very funny, thanks to the alcohol in their system.

"Since she came from a planet that's basically a junkyard, a planet full of trash, then you're right. She is nothing but trash!" Saile chuckled, fist-bumping with Wedge.

"And that's saying something of a compliment, for somebody who's nothing but a Troq." Geno commented, making Finn angrier the more they speak of his little-sister. "But then, we shouldn't expect an ex-Stormtrooper, a slave that once works for the enemy, to understand!"

That time, Rose went up to Geno and, pulling out her Electro-Shock Prod, zapped him to the ground. Defending both her boyfriend, and their friend.

"The only ones who are trash, are the ones who don't give two Bantha-shits for the Resistance and our safety!" She grunted, kicking the stunned Geno in the side for good measure, before turning to the others, holding up her weapon. "If any of you have anything to say about Rey, or bring up any of our past to satisfy your egos to being assholes, then go ahead and give me a reason to stun you."

Rolling beside her, Beebee-Ate brought out his taser, ready to shock them to defend Rey and his friends.

Snap, patting Finn on the chest when he stopped struggling, went over and grabbed the unconscious Geno.

"You four will come with me, and explain to General Organa for your inappropriate behavior of Rey, and misusing the credits we have." He ordered, only grabbing for Geno's arms to drag his body. "And if any of you resist and/or continue to speak ill towards Rey, again, then I'm certain the general will be more than happy to punishment you for more and demote you all to work on radio duty, while replacing you with our technicians."

Knowing he was dead serious and not wanting to risk being put on duty for radio contact, despite their tired and drunken-state, the remaining four followed Snap for the Resistance transport.

Finn was slightly panting, his anger still bubbling through his body and wanting to hurt the ones who hurt his friend. His sister.

Poe went over and patted the younger-man on the left-shoulder.

"You okay, Buddy?" He asked, concerned for his friend but also angry with the five males.

Finn continued to take deep breaths, calming his rage and beating heart, before he finally calmed and turned to his first friend.

"...No." He answered, being honest. "They practically went to the village, to celebrate Rey being gone, and didn't think to hide their faces? How can I be okay, when they take such risk to endanger us on getting caught, continue to blame Rey for something she didn't do and still call her a Troq?"

Nobody in the group could quite answer that; they're all just as confused and angry as he was.

They were all so caught up with their disagreement with Gial and his group and their stress, that none of them noticed a figure crouching behind a boulder, watching and listening on their conversation and drama.

"Well, while I prefer to keep working on the X-Wings and remain out here for the rest of the night, we best head on back to the transport and get our rations." Connix stated, sighing out in annoyance since they'll have to go see the the group they're forced to coexist with and just got away from.

"After that, I don't think I can eat a single bite." Rose groaned, feeling a bit nauseous than hungry. "Let alone, have any desire to dine with the others, who seem more or less on board with Gial and his group about Rey."

"Agreed." Jessika replied, wrapping both arms around Poe's right-arm, leaning her head against his shoulder. "But, an order is an order. Besides, we'll need all the energy we can get if we wanna hurry up and get the X-Wings and transport ready to leave, in four days."

The figure leaned forward a bit, slowly pulling away from their hiding spot, as the group head for the transport.

"Do you think that our allies can really get us a Venator-class Star Destroyer, to help us get past the First Order?" Rose asked, wrapping an arm around Finn's back, taking comfort of her boyfriend returning the gesture. "I mean, nobody has seen one in years and Maz happened to hear that somebody found one somewhere in the Unknown Region. What if it turns out to be just a rumor?"

Finn quickly responded to his girlfriend's worry.

"They'll find it," he grunted. "They have to. If there's a ship that can help all of us, including Rey, to sneak pass the First Order, it's a Venator-class Star Destroyer."

"Not only that, but if we get our hands on a Star Destroyer to have in our arsenal and our allies can make more in secret, then it'll be in our favor to bring hope back to the galaxy and convince our allies to return to battle with us." Connix added, beaming at the thought of the Force has finally taking pity of them and is going to give them a chance to rise from the shadows.

"While that's great and all, it'll take time before we can even gather all of our remaining allies to Takodana, without risking them on getting caught by Kylo Ren and his fleet." Poe stated his concern. "We, also, need to save all of those who ended up being captured and are being enslaved by the First Order. And then, they'll need to recover from their ordeals and regain their strength, before they could even be put in a ship, let alone given a blaster, to join us in battle."

"And let's not forget, Rey needs to be treated for her Silicosis, before she even goes back to training." Jessika reminded.

Finn swallowed past the lump of the reminder of his friend's disease. Remember Kalonia warning them that, because she has stage three Silicosis, which is Accelerated Silicosis, her health will deteriorate quicker than stage one and/or stage two Silicosis.

Which will lead to-...

He forced himself to not think of that. He wouldn't dare listen to the word of the doctor, when he, Poe, the others, General Organa, even Maz are going to get her to the best doctors they can fund and get her better.

...Yet, in his heart and through the weird feeling he's been getting in his head, something tells him that they won't be able to help her. That they won't be there for her, when she needs them to.

...As if something is telling him, that he already lost his sister.

He was too caught up with these dark feelings, that he didn't feel the presence of the intruder catching every word they're saying and, once they reach the ship, they heading back to the village.

In their hand, is a small-radio transmitter.

"Get me the Supreme Leader. Tell him that I found Leia Organa's group... I, also, have some intel about his consort."

On the Finalizer...
"Master Vicrul, Allegiant General Pryde, the Supreme Leader is on his way! Along with Master Cardo, and Master Trudgen!" A Stormtrooper, wearing a brown-armor that's, actually, a hide from a Zillo Beast Kylo Ren had killed on the Benathy Homeworld in Wild Space, announced.

The Knight of Ren, keeping his vision ahead, remained silent. Allegiant General Pryde, standing beside the knight, turned to acknowledge the Stormtrooper.

"Excellent, Head Guard Roz Solu. You may return to your post."

With a nod, the guard turned to head back to his post and leaving the command deck. His tail slowly flickering back and forth, as he carried his home planet weapon, the Selonian Glaive, in both of his paws to appear intimidating to those who wish to challenge him for his status*.

In less than a few seconds that Roz left, the doors reopened and in came Kylo Ren, Cardo and Trudgen.

Kylo swiftly walked towards Pryde and Vicrul, both which turned and bowed their heads to their leader.

"Vicrul." The Supreme Leader grunted.

That one word spoke many to the knight, who immediately got to the chase.

"Open the transmitter," he ordered the crew. "Patch Bazine Netal through."

The crew working quickly did as they were told and, right before the men, an static, blue-image of a figure covered in a cloak appeared.

"Bazine Netal." Pryde addressed, stating the greeting. "This is Allegiant General Pryde. I am here with the Supreme Leader, himself. We heard you bring us news about General Organa's location. Is this true?"

The figure stayed silent for a few seconds, then reached to oyl the hood off their head and revealed themself as the mercenary: Bazine Netal.

"That is correct," the woman confirmed. "They are on Sarvchi, repairing and upgrading their ships to leave for a new planet to hide, until their allies find them. I, also, heard that their allies are in the Unknown Region, looking for a Venator-class Star Destroyer to help them get past your fleet to get to Takodana."

That was very startling news; no one had seen a Venator-class Star Destroyer in many years, not since the Clone War. Even Snoke was convinced that all the ships were destroyed and, when he was still alive, never heard of any possible sighting of such a ship.

And now the Resistance, at their lowest point, is on the hunt for a rare and powerful ship that would be a good asset for the First Order, if they can get their hands on it before the enemy does.

Underneath his helmet, Kylo's eyes narrowed from the thought of General Organa, his mother, had finally been found and made him go on an exhausting search for her. And, had kept his beloved away from him for months and weakening her to possible near death.

...For being one of many, to push Rey towards her death.

His grandfather's words still made his heart race with fear and the cold sensation of death looming over his shoulder, mockingly snickering as he feels the creeping of despair and insanity threatening to consume his soul. As if it were an enemy from his past, ready to strike from behind and leave him for the vornskr to devour him into an empty husk.

"I'm afraid that's all I time I have left with you, and I cannot tell you any more than that bit of a warning. But, do remember this, Ben: Death is a slave's freedom*."

Kylo didn't want to believe Rey, his Rey, would think-... Would even consider-...

He immediately turned to the crew.

"Set a course for Sarvchi!" He ordered.

There was no time to waste. After months of searching, it was time to capture Leia Organa... And, to be reunited with his Sonellia.

"Supreme Leader." Bazine called out, drawing him away from the crew. "I regret to inform you that I have some bad news to give, which involves your consort."

While those who operate the ship to set a course for Sarvchi, the rest of the crew, Pryde and even his three knights turned to Kylo.

This wasn't what he wanted to hear. Not when he's only a step away from having his Bond-Mate back in his arms and never let her go.

He forced himself to respond to the mercenary's announcement.

"Proceed."

Bazine may not be able to see his face, but her eyes show she feels sad for the Supreme Leader for what she has to tell him.

"I overheard some Resistance Members, along with the ex-Stormtrooper, FN-2187, having a conversation that had confirmed my suspicions when I witness the Millennium Falcon departed earlier this morning and has yet to return. Supreme Leader, your consort had left Sarvchi."

His hands clenched into tight fists. It's bad enough to hear that FN-2187 is still alive and is part of Leia's group to hide with Rey, but to also hear she had already left Sarvchi, was almost worse than having to meet with the traitor and put a restraint on the raging primal instinct to kill the weaker male that had touched his mate and threaten to take her from him.

"Did they say where she went?" He growled out.

Bazine shook her head.

"From how they spoke, they don't know where she went." She answered. "But, they may know the name of the planet she went to. No doubt, somewhere they, themselves, wouldn't know where or heard of."

Immediately, only one thought came to mind in his head. The only possible answer that gave him a hint to where Rey went to.

"...Luke..." He sneered.

Vicrul, Trudgen and Cardo turned to their leader, hearing him grunt out their old master's name.

"Master?" Trudgen asked.

"Another time." Kylo told his knight, keeping his gaze on the hologram of Bazine. "You have done well, Bazine. You truly have earned your place as the First Order's best Tracker. I'll make certain that you're reimbursed, for all the bounty you tracked within Leia Organa's group."

A light chuckle left the woman.

"While I'll enjoy all the credits that I've earned, I'm feeling very generous and will give you a twelve percent discount for my services. -She gave him a playful wink.- Consider it a favor for you, since you're my beloved's boss and are missing your Sonellia so dearly; I'm practically a sucker, when it comes to true love on the line. And speaking of my beloved..."

From her happy, seductive tone, Vicrul grumbled underneath his breath.

"Oh no..."

Trudgen and Cardo smirked at their brother's response to Bazine's words.

"Think she's still pissed off with you?" Trudgen teased, knowing Vicrul was in deep trouble.

"Along with the credits I'll be earning from each of the bounties within Leia Organa's group, I wish to take my beloved, Vicrul, for a few days, Supreme Leader." Bazine requested, grinning a Cheshire-like smile. "I know you're there, Vicrul. And you can bet your sorry bantha-ass that I'm still angry with you, for running out from our last two dates, without informing me that you weren't going to comeback for months when taking care of that special mission you and the Knights of Ren had to deal with. And once we rendezvous for our next date, don't expect to be able to leave my clutches for a week."

If Vicrul wasn't wearing his helmet, they would all see the poor Savarian sweating bullets and skin going pale by the warning.

Trudgen and Cardo both patted him on the back, but more to tease him than to offer him any support by what his lover will do to him.

"...I think she's still mad at you, Vicrul." Cardo whispered.

Vicrul growled lowly at the two.

Kylo, finding it very amusing, played along to seal his knight's fate.

"Since you've done me and the First Order a great favor on locating Leia Organa and her group, and to make up for causing him to abandon your two's precious time together, I'm more than willing to give you Vicrul. I only ask, is that you bring him back, completely whole and intact. And, should I not hear from him within two weeks, then I'll presume that he'll no longer be available and will only hope that he was at least successful at giving you his seed to have his legacy carried on through his son or daughter."

That time, Trudgen and Cardo had to use the Force to keep quiet, while they're both internally laughing their heads off at the completely silent and very embarrassed Vicrul.

Nobody within the command deck said a word, knowing best not to make a sound and interior the conversation between the mercenary and the Supreme Leader.

Bazine simply beamed at him.

"I'll make certain to keep him alive, and will be able to be fully functional, when is time for him to return." She replied, nodding at the thirty year-old. "Be certain to have him ready, within five days from now. And, Vicrul. - The knight stayed quiet, flinching from her tone.- ...I'm looking forward to seeing you, again, my Caunalosh*."

Bazine's imagery flickered, and then vanished.

The air still felt a bit thick to the crew, but they continued to work as normally as possible.

Vicrul seemed to zone out a bit, caught up to the message his beloved just told him.

Trudgen and Cardo, smirking underneath their masks, patted him on the back. This time, with praise and congratulating him.

"Looks like you're not entirely dead, Vicrul." Trudgen chuckled lowly, earning a firm, but playful jab in the chest by Vicrul.

"Still, he's gotta survive being in her clutches and hope he returns, before we start planning his funeral." Cardo teased.

While this was going on, Kylo knew time is more against him than he thought it was.

'I need to get through to her.' He thought, starting to head for the doors. "Once you have a lock on to Bazine's location, allow the Finalizer to enter lightspeed. -He turned to his three knights.- Presume your daily tasks, and alert me when we finally reach Sarvchi."

Everybody immediately obeyed his command, and he soon stalked out of the command deck.

He then paused, turning to the Selonian guard that stood tall and on high alert.

"Roz Solu. -The Selonian straightened.- I'm relieving you from guarding the command deck, and assigning you to keep a close eye on Hux. And if he does anything suspicious, alert me and/or my knights, immediately."

"Of course, Supreme Leader."

The Selonian took off running, using his heightened senses to locate the ex-general.

Kylo continued to head for his quarters. His mind set to do what he needs to do.

'...Rey...'

TBC

*: Remember, when Rey went to Ahch-To, she was there for a few days, while the Resistance were trying to escape, which seems to be hours, a little over a day at most. But then, I can very much be wrong and they were, actually, in space in the same time period as she was on a planet. Again, I'm not good with understanding Star Wars philosophies and whatnot. I'll fix that, when I get the chance, should I be wrong.

*:...We've only seen Stormtroopers that appear to be human or anatomy closely to being human-based species. Yet, I was expecting/hoping to see other species being Stormtroopers, instead of the normal human-based species and/or droids. We do get to see Albrekh in TROS, but only to watch him make a new helmet for Kylo Ren and only for that one screentime.

If they had other species working as Stormtroopers, commanders, generals and whatnot, that would make it much more interesting.

*: Quote from Nikki Giovanni.

*: Another made up word. Savarian for: Hunt of my Heart.

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