Finn, Rose and Chewie arrive at the holding cells and they mysteriously were undetected. Finn removes the cuffs from Chewie and then they begin their search for Poe. After checking several cells they eventually discover the room in which Poe Dameron is being held. They rush over to their friend and free him from the bindings, Chewie catching him as he falls to his knees. Finn smacks Poe's face a bit to make him coherent and asks him if he's alright. Poe responds with a slight nod and Chewie let's out a growl. " Yeah Chewie. I'm working on it..." Finn tells the wookie.
Rose notices a cart in the corner of the room and comes up with a quick plan. " Hey! lets throw him on there with Chewie and cart them out. Say that they, didn't make it and that we're going to depose of them... " " That plan could work until we get close to the ships. " Finn says to her. " Yeah... but thats when the blasters come in. Why fight the whole way out if we don't have to?" Rose answers him. " You're a genius Rose!" He says before grabbing her face and kissing her. " All right then. Lets do this." Finn says with chewbacca letting out an agreeable grunt.
Chewie lays Poe in the cart before climbing in ontop of him. Poe lets out a groan from the amount of weight on him. Chewbacca lifts himself up slightly and the groans fade away. " Can you hold that position Chewie? We're gonna need people to think you're both deadish..." Finn asks. Chewbacca lets out an affirmative growl and then Finn starts to push with Rose close behind him. They make it through the halls no problem.
A few minutes later they arrive at the door to the hanger and Chewie climbs out before he lifts Poe up into a cradle position again. Finn and Rose pull out their blasters and prepare themselves for what's about to go down. The two of them rush through the door as it slides up and come to find that no one is in the hanger. They all look around surprised as they slowly walk towards the Falcon. When they arrive, Finn and Rose rush to the cockpit ,while Chewie rushes to medical and BB-8 comes to lend assistance, they find that Rey was not there. " Should they wait? " Finn thought to himself. " She said to leave without her...What were they going to do??"
Almost as if Rey knew that he was thinking about her, she reached out with the force to speak with him. " Finn. I'm not done here. I'm going to need you to go ahead and get everyone out of here. I trust you to take the Falcon and keep it safe for me, but I need you guys to go without me. " "I don't know that I can do that Rey. What are you doing that you can't just leave with us? " " There's just, something I need to do for myself right now Finn. I won't stay gone too long. Get Poe back to the fleet. I'll see you again soon. " She tells him. Positivity and confidence drenched her voice as she spoke to him, reassuring him thay she would be alright. Finn smiled to himself before starting up the Falcon. " What are you doing Finn!? What about Rey!? " Rose yells. " She'll be fine. She told me. " Finn says solemnly as they take off. " I hope you're right... " She whispers as she looks behind her.
Across the ship, Kylo Ren and Rey reach her room. It's down an absurdly long black hallway with only three red doors. The two of them stop at the first door that's on the right. " This is your room." Kylo Ren says softly. " My room is all the way at the end of the hall and the door on the left halfway down is the bathroom we both share. " He tells her. " Awfully close to each other. Aren't you worried I'll sneak into your room in the middle of the night? Try to kill you?" She jokes. " Better to keep your enemies closer. " He says plainly as he stares into her eyes unblinking. " Besides, you're not quite that sneaky or quite. "
He opens her door to reveal an incredibly large room with a king size, four post bed, a small living area with a couch and holovid, kitchenette and small bathroom. " I thought you said we would share the bathroom down the hall? " She asks him. " That one has the shower and bathtub. We both have our own toilet. I don't want to wait on you or anyone else to do my business. " He responds to her. "So this is your room, this is where you will stay when we aren't training. I'm going to my room now. You should get some rest now Rey. You'll need it. " He tells her as he ushers her into the room before closing the door behind him.
Rey throws herself onto her enormous bed and lets out a sigh. " What did I do? " She wondered to herself. " Have I made a mistake? " She thought to herself. " I'm sure no one down there will understand this, but then again, how could they actually understand anything that I'm going through?" She stretched out on her new bed that was more comfortable than any bed she had ever laid on and before she knew it, she was asleep. Deep asleep.
In her deep sleep she doesn't realize that someone comes in. General Hux quietly opens her door and walks over to the bed to look at her. He watches her sleep and while he does, his hand slides to his blaster. He unclips the holster so that he can remove it when he feels the breath of someone else on his neck. " May I ask what you're doing, General? " Kylo Ren whispers. Hux begins to defend himself when Kylo Ren puts a finger to his mouth and shushes him. " Quiet, General, our guest is sleeping. " He whispers to him. " What is she doing here, Supreme Leader? She is the enemy. She killed Snoke! " He whisper yells to Kylo Ren.
Kylo Ren force chokes the general and ushers him outside the room and gently closes the door behind him before releasing the hold he has on Hux and walks towards his bedroom. "The girl will be staying here for a while General Hux. She's not to interfere with daily operations. You may tell her yourself if you wish or if she acts up but until I say otherwise NO ONE is to get close to her, or touch her or talk to her unless it's absolutely necessary. Spread the word. Now go away and let me sleep. " He said before closing the door in his face. The general walked off disappointed with a scowl on his face.
Back on Trandosha, the Falcons lands on the landing zone near the medbay. The door opens and the platform extends with Chewbacca rushing down it, towards the medbay, with Poe in his arms. Rose and Finn are close behind them with D'Acy quickly catching up to them. " How is he doing? " " He's been better, that's for sure, but I'm sure he'll be fine once we get him checked out. " Finn tells her. " Wait, where is Rey...? " D'Acy questions. " She said that she needed to stay behind for personal reasons. " Finn replies with sadness evident in his voice.
On Kylo Ren's ship, a knock on the door wakes Rey from her slumber. " Yes? " She asks sleepily. " Wake up. It's time for food before training. " Kylo Ren's voice sounds from the otherside of her door. Rey's eyes snap open. She had almost forgotten where she was and what she agreed to. She sat up slowly before answering him. " Yes. Of course. I just need a few moments. " " Fine. The longer you take the colder your food gets. " He says before walking down the hall. She rolled her eyes a bit, but stood up anyways. Rey walked to the bathroom to wash her face and fix her bed head. She readjusted her outfit, put her shoes on and left her room and walked down the ridiculously long hallway not awake enough to do this.
She arrived at the door at the end of the hallway and opened it to see Kylo Ren sitting in one of the two black chairs in the red octagonal shaped room with his head rested on one hand with a sort of scowl on his face. There were four black doors behind him leading to different parts of the ship. " The left door leads to the mess hall, the middle left door leads to the bridge, the middle right door leads to the training rooms and the right door leads to the cells. Now that you know, let's go get some damn food. " He said before standing up and walking through the left door. Rey was not far behind him.
They finish their food and head to the training rooms. They're in the third room on the right. It's a dark room with dim white lights all around it and a black octagonal stool in the middle with a red pillow on the top. " Take a seat there. " He says plainly. Rey walks over and sits down with her legs crossed and looks at him. " Now what? " She asks. " Close your eyes and let go. Reach out with your emotions and don't hold back. Let me see what I'm working with. " He says to her before backing up some.
Rey looks away from and closes her eyes. Her breathing is steady. " What do you see or feel?" Kylo Ren asks her. " I feel cold... and warm at the same time. It's hard to explain. I see me and you. I see the people on this ship and the droids. " She pauses for a moment and then continues. " I see Finn and Poe and Chewie. I see my friends... They seem happy... But, wait... " She pauses again but now her breathing has become shaky and heavy. The lights begin to flicker and the room starts to shake.
"Rey? What do you see? " Kylo Ren whispers. " Rey! " He says louder this time. " What do you see? " He asks her. " I see... an army of men with maks that look like yours did. They're killing everyone! " She screams at him with tears running down her cheeks. " Breath Rey. " He says calmly. " Just breath. Calm yourself down. " Rey starts to take big breaths in and out for a while until her breathing calms down. The lights stop flickering and the room stops shaking. " What do you see and feel now Rey? " Kylo Ren asks her. " I see a ship. It's large and grey. I see my friends on it, smiling. I see everyone smiling and I see... me... and
... you, standing next to each other and... we're... smiling... "
Rey opens her eyes and looks up at him. They're both quiet and neither one looks away. They stay like that for quite some time, until there is a knock on the door. " Supreme Leader? General Hux requests your presence on the bridge. " He says through the door before walking away. " That's enough training for now. Meditate on what's happened here. We'll talk later. " He says before leaving the room. The door closes shut behind him and Rey sits there, just trying to process what she just experienced before getting up and heading back to her room.
