"This is madness!" Poe followed Calliope into the hangar, in the dead of night, "You both can't leave."
Leia was already sitting anxiously in the Falcon. Chewie in the pilot's chair setting their course. Calliope turned to Poe putting a hand on his chest,
"Terra is a moon in the intersection of three very vast and different systems. You have to trust us."
"He's gonna kill her." Poe's eyes were welling. Calliope stepped into him their bodies touching. She leaned in pressing a soft kiss next to his ear before whispering,
"Not if I kill him first."
Poe stepped away enough for the ramp to start closing, "You both better come back!" he yelled taking a hard swallow as the ship hovered.
Calliope sat next to the wookie unsure of what to do, but her phantom whispered instructions before the creature became frustrated. There was an odd moment Calliope felt the surrounding energy in the ship tip in balance. Before she could yell for Chewie to wait he pulled the lever for the jump to hyperspace. She walked to the hull with crossed arms leaning against the curved hall giving Leia a disapproving glance. The woman waved her off like no harm had been done.
"You're improving but it won't get passed me." Calliope said loud and clear. Rey took a deep gasping breath revealing not only herself but Finn, Rose and BB-8. They all sheepishly smiled,
"I'm here as backup." Rey attested.
"And I'm Rey's back up." Finn said.
BB-8 chirped that Poe told him to look after her. Rose scratched the back of her head,
"I fell asleep here?" which could have been true if only she weren't a horrible liar. Calliope met eyes with Rey,
"I told you to stay on Naboo. I can't hide all of you, and the Falcon and myself from his presence. The attempt would render me helpless."
"Rose and I installed a cloaking device." Rey replied. Rose nodded accordingly.
"And you said I'm improving." she pointed out.
"I'm telling Chewie to turn around." Calliope trudged away Rey in hot pursuit.
"Cali, wait!" She grabbed her arm as they reached the cockpit.
They both were drawn to the viewport as the ship exited light speed. Terra was a once inhabited moon but without a strong enough star to act as their sun the nomads who had come to the planet left almost as quickly as they came. Looming over the other side of the moon was a Star destroyer. Cali took a step further into the cockpit. She knew the destroyer, Languish, because it had been hers. The Millennium Falcon passed unnoticed.
"Well I guess the cloaking works, or he was being honest." Calliope jeered rubbing her eyes. Rey leaned over Chewie pointing were to land. Everyone gathered in the hull.
"I'm not your Queen, I'm not your General, and I don't even know if I'm your friend per say, but hear me when I say … Do Not Leave this Ship. Anyone who does leave will answer to me in a way so unpleasant you'll understand why they called me Nyx." She of course didn't mean it but she needed to frighten them and they all looked pretty stunned when she and Leia descended. Calliope disappeared from view ever present but undetected.
"What does Nyx even mean?" Rose asked.
BB-8 answered in binary.
"Mother of Darkness…." Rey translated.
I know some of you might think this is moving fast plus a short chapter but... I can't wait for you all to read the next chapter... "Mother of Darkness"
