Planet Kef Bir

The landing was terrible. Yet we were all okay. Ironic

I looked at the outside of the ship when we landed on the surface. It as almost half-buried in the dirt and rubble, my hand son my hips and I face looking grimaced slightly from the sight that was in front of me. Of course, luck was running out, at least on our side. This would take some work and I felt Poe place a hand on my shoulder.

'We'll fix her up," he reassured me, having me slowly nod in agreement, "Rey and Finn are heading out to find the Wayfinder. Let's catch up with them."

"Okay," I said in almost mutter, feeling Poe's hand on my lower back and guiding me to follow the others who a bit farther up from us now on top of a shallow hill. We trekked through the tall grass, finally getting to the top of the hill and standing there with the others in our group. I looked in front of us, seeing a massive ocean with roaring waves that still beyond thirty feet high into the air, but something else was there beyond the ocean, hallways up and stick there almost permanently.

A Death Star.

"What is that?" The smaller droid asked BB-8 right behind us.

"The Death Star. This is a bad place, from an old war," Rey explained from standing in front of all of us with a firm stance and her eyes right on the fallen weapon. I never saw myself, but the massive size and the damage it looked like it went through was convincing enough for me to have me know too that real and things happened here.

"It's gonna take us years to find what we're looking for," Poe said almost in a bitter realization.

"Oh, dear!" 3PO said in sorrow. Rey looked down, saying something to herself as we were all thinking of what we were going to do now. She reached into the bag attached to her and pulled out the dagger looking at it from side to side as touched it with her fingers. Suddenly, she pulled at one of the ends, another small part of the dagger curved it and showing an arc. She held it up in front of her view, looking right at the Death Star. Finn, Poe, and I walked over to stand behind her, seeing her scan the wreckage by looking through the gap int the curve. No one knew what it was at first, but then it clicked.

It was a map.

"The Wayfinder's there," Rey said as she stopped the dagger in a certain spot, seeing where it was going to lead her. We then heard someone approaching, more than one. I looked around and I got my saber in my hands, seeing what looked like a herd of beasts coming our way and people riding the top of them.

"Head's up," I warned them, having my saber out and ready to use. The others got out their blaster, excluding Rey who was still holding the dagger. The people stopped a bit away from us and we're looking at us more in curiosity than intimidation, that that didn't stop us from aiming and being ready in case they chose a different path. The leader, a young woman almost around my age, looking right at me now since I was in front with the others.

"Rough landing," She said to me, Poe coming up behind me and holding out his blaster with his good arm.

"I've seen worse," I said to her calmly as I gripped the handle of my saber.

"I've seen better," She replied just as quick. She briefly looked down at my saber that was humming and out, almost analyzing it herself before she spoke again, "Are you Resistance?"

"That depends," Poe answered behind me.

"We picked up a transmission from someone named Babu Frick," She explained, 3PO perking up behind us.

"Babu Frick! Oh, he's one of my oldest friends!" 3PO said in glee, having me look back at Poe in confusion and was about to ask what that meant. Finn cleared his throat and pointed to his head, having me remember: the memory wipe.

"He said you'd come. He said you were the last hope," The woman said, looking mostly to Rey as We were lowering our weapons slowly no, no longer seeing them as a threat.

"We have to get to that wreck." Rey explained with a motion of her head to the Death Star remains in the ocean, "There's something inside there we need."

"I can take you there by water," The woman answered, and yet Finn looked skeptical.

"You've seen the water?" Finn asked with his blaster pointing to the massive waves.

"Not now. Too dangerous," The woman reassured Finn, "We go first light tomorrow."

"We can't wait that long,' Rey started to argue, taking a step towards them, "We don't have the time." We all looked at her, having me see that she was wanting so and to go out there and get the Wayfinder. But I was agreeing with the woman on this one: we had to wait until we could be safe.

"What's our other choice?" Poe asked her with a shrug of his shoulders,"Let's get that ship fixed. You have any spare parts?" He placed his blaster in his holster as he walked over to the group.

"Some, I'm Janna," The woman introduced herself to Poe now.

"Poe," Poe said to her. I shielded by saber and clipped it back to my holster too about to walk and follow Poe when Rey took a step to me. I could see the concern on her face since we weren't going to the Death Star right away.

"Neyli.." She said almost desperately, having me stop and look at her, "We can't wait! Time is not on our side and we could lose if we wait." I paused, looking over at the ocean. These waves were like giants, if we ever tried to get ourselves out there in one piece, we would be lost.

"I'd rather lose time and take a risk, Rey," I advised her, seeing her look at me almost in disappointment," A risk….now and this far gone…is worse." I could see her think about, the etch of frustration was still on her face and anger was there, deeply rooted now as I raised my eyebrow at her, "What angers you?"

I didn't know what happened to specifically between Rey and Ben, but I knew there was something that was passed onto Rey when we went to get her from the Destroyer. There had to have been something quite big, since her own Force energy that used to be strong and bold, not to mention good, now was still good, but chaotic. Things were fizzling under her skin, things were becoming less stable. But she was angry.

She turned on her heel and walked away from me, having me watch her in sadness now as she walked off and BB-8 reluctantly rolled off to follow her. She was going off on her own and it made me frightened that I had no idea what was going on.

"Rey!" I called, seeing her still walk on and I hung my hands at my side. This was tougher than I thought: too many things happening at once that it was almost making me dizzy. With nothing else for me to do that would make me feel better about this, I finally followed Poe over to the Falcon and help get the ship all repaired.

"Let's get this back online," I said to myself mostly as Chewie was right behind me helping me with some of the wirings in the hallway. It was frustrating that we were always one step forward and then three steps back, and now time was not on our hands. Of course, Rey didn't want to lose time for us to get the Wayfinder, even if it meant getting herself in danger. We didn't know where she went, but I was hoping that she was alright.

"Neyli," I looked over to see Finn walking over to me now, looking a bit worried as we were there in the hallway, "I need your help." I saw Chewie grumble to me, saying that he was going to help Poe and 3PO in the cockpit. I nodded at Chewie as he walked off, focusing back on Finn.

"You need to find a part?" I asked as I dusted off my hands on my pants to get the grease off the skin.

"No, Janna has it covered. I need to tell you about…." Finn froze, not finding the right words as I looked at him carefully. I gave him a small look of acknowledgment.

"The Force?" I asked him, seeing the small amount of light sparking from behind his eyes when I mentioned it, "You're Force Sensitive."

Finn looked shocked, pointing at me with his gloved finger as it seemed like I caught him in some kind of trap.

"You knew?" He asked, having me nod my head and give him a small smile.

"Of course I did," I replied smoothly, "I've known pretty much since I met you,"

"Why didn't you say anything?" He asked, not sounding mad but curious.

"Well it's not something you bring up in casual conversation, let alone in the middle of a war," I admitted, "But I had a feeling you were Sensitive. It's something you feel when others are Sensitive too, a wave of energy from each person and being that different. Kind of like a fingerprint."

"Oh," Finn said in amazement now as I eyed him up and down.

"Your energy is strong," I explained, seeing Finn look down at himself now, "It's like a strong heartbeat that is getting stronger and stronger since you joined the Resistance." I paused, seeing him still reeling from what I told him, "Tell me, Finn, what do you feel when you're with me?"

He said nothing now, having me know that he was trying to think about it himself and search within himself to feel out my emotions and energy. It was hard if you weren't trained, but not possible.

"You're warm," He said, almost faltering when he said it as I chuckled from how he said it, "No! I'm sorry…I meant…you have warm energy and it's soothing….really bright. Kind of like waves."

"My Force energy," I explained, "The warmer it is, the more to the light you're prone to be. It's something I was trained to sense in all living beings, mostly others who are Sensitive," Finn nodded, drinking in what I told him as he then looked a bit grave now.

"Rey feels…..she feels different," He explained, his voice almost a bit lower now as he was thinking of his dear friend, "Something shifted with her. She used to feel strong…and she still does…but."

"She's hesitant," I said in agreement, seeing him look at me now as we were both on the same page, "Whatever was told her shook her good and shifted."

"She told me," Finn started, having me inch in a bit closer now since he too was holding something in and was afraid to say what it was. He was about to answer then when BB-8 rolled into the hallway in a mad rush. He was beeping fast and urgent now as I knelt.

"What is it?" I asked him, hearing some more chipping now as I looked behind him, hoping Rey was coming back since BB-8 was with her. But there was no Rey, and already I could sense something was wrong.

"Wait..slow down!" I said to the dried now as he beeped it again now, having me look at him in shock when he explained it once more.

"She did what?!"

I was running as fast as I could over the hill again with my binoculars in one hand, knowing that others were not too far behind me. I was beyond worried about Rey now, she was going something beyond dangerous. I was thinking of the worst since we still needed her. But her find was solely on the Wayfinder.

I reached the top of the hill, once again seeing the rolling massive waves getting higher and nastier by the second as the wind was picking up in no time. I threw on my binoculars, hearing the others running up to reach me there as I started to scan the waves and the surface of the ocean. I was hoping not to see the worse, but after a few seconds of looking around, it could be the case.

But of course, I found her.

"She took a took a skimmer?!" Janna said in shock behind us as Poe was looking through his own pair and then giving them to Finn. I saw the speeder going over the top of the water, clearly seeing Rey at the helm and trying to steer her way through the storm and over to the Death Star. I gave her credit for not backing down, but this was getting out fo control now since it felt like even we couldn't stop her.

"Rey," I said quietly now as I heard Poe walking away back over to where the Falcon was, Finn hot on his heel. Finally, I turned and tried to keep up with the others as I could tell Poe was now beyond furious.

"What the hell was she thinking?!" Poe said in a huff.

"Poe, we've gotta go after her!" Finn said in urgency as I was now getting closer to the both of them while we were going down the hill through the grassy plains.

"We'll get the Falcon fixed, we'll go out there as soon as we can—" Poe tried to explain as they were still walking faster.

"No, we're gonna lose her," Finn argued back. Poe stopped and turned around to face him, throwing out his arms.

"She left us! Want do you wanna do, swim?" He asked in an angry tone to Finn. I stood behind Finn, watching both of them argue about Rey and I could tell they both were at their wits end about it.

"She's not herself. You have no idea what she's fighting," Finn explained harshly, having me cringe a bit when Poe's face turned slightly dismayed from hearing that.

"And you do?" Poe asked, his voice lower now since it was just the two of them. No one was moving, but the energy in the air within the last minute was strung out and static.

"Yeah…I do. And so does Leia." Finn answered confidently, Poe's stance shifted from the mention of my mother. I took a step too, seeing that Poe almost seemed hurt that he was being compared to Leia. Poe admired my mother, looked up to her in all aspects, but now it seemed like he knew he was lower than her, and it hurt.

"Well, I'm not Leia," Poe stated to him in almost a growl, pointing to Finn with the binoculars in his hand. I made a fist in my hand, not wanting this kind of talk to happen at all with us. Finn snatched the binoculars out of Poe's hand within a second and pointed right back at him.

"That's for damn sure." He commented back before he turned and walked back up the hill over to Janna. I stayed still, seeing Finn walk back me now as Poe looked down at his feet, clearly frustrated. I felt like I should say something to him, anything, to make this all better though it felt like it wasn't going to be. But the only thing that I was thinking about was Rey.

Rey was in danger.

Reluctantly, I turned and jogged a bit over to Finn and Janna, seeing Finn look through the binoculars once more.

"I have another skimmer," Janna explained to Finn as I got close enough to them.

"Then we need to get to her," I said to them, both Finn and Janna looking over at me. Finn was about to argue with me but I shook my head at him, "We need to help her as much as we can. Rey could be in more trouble than it's worth."

Finn nodded his head in agreement now. We both could feel it, and I didn't want it to be worse for Rey.

"Let's get her."