Rey sighed with relief as she brought the Falcon into the Resistance's newest Star Cruiser, the Gloriana. It wasn't quite the size of the Raddus, but it had been gratefully received from one of their growing coterie of state supporters. As she brought the battered old freighter into land, bumping as she went, she looked out into the loading bay. Her eyes fell onto both Poe and Finn, who had come out to meet her./p

It's good to have you back," said Finn, as she stepped quickly down the Falcon's ramp. He gripped her shoulders, and looked into her eyes. "For a moment there…

I thought you'd left us. He didn't need to say.

"Never. I just needed some time," she replied, pulling him into an easy embrace. Then, gently pushing him back, she continued, "But that's all unimportant now. Something is happening. There's a disturbance in the Force. And we need to figure out what."

"She started to walk, striding out towards the Cruiser's lift area. But as quickly as she started, Poe stepped out in front of her, blocking her path. "Step ahead of you, lady," he said. "It's not just the Force which is disturbed. And for once I'm not talking about my crazy astromech. Look what we found." Poe reached an arm out over her shoulder.

Rey's brow creased for a moment, but she dutifully spun around. There, parked so clearly she wondered how she could have missed it, stood a gleaming silver TIE.

"Where did you get that?" she asked. "And where's the…."

"Pilot's in the brig," Poe interrupted. "We found him floating, when we headed past the Coruscant system this last week. He must've got separated from his unit during one of our dogfights. Or….he's a deserter. Anyway, we've got him to talk - a bit - and its clear something big, I mean big, is going down in the First Order. Something that's got the soldiers rattled, as much as you sabre wielders."

"So," interjected Finn. "We have a ship… and a uniform…." He looked at her, expectantly.

Rey's eyes turned to Finn's, her mind grasping his point as quickly as his mouth uttered the words. "You want me to break into the First Order ranks, and find out."

"Yes," replied Poe. "Do some mind control stuff, you know, get through their ranks. Unless," and there was a slight edge to his voice as he spoke, " You think you can find out some other way."

"He wants to ask me, but equally…. he doesn't." though Rey. "He still thinks Ben is my weakness."

She regarded him for a moment, and then spoke, in almost a whisper. "I don't need to reach for him. He already came for me."

"Both men flicked a look at each other, before turning back to Rey and tumbling out words.

"Are you okay?" asked Finn.

"What did he want?" asked Poe, slightly stiffly.

"She lowered her lead for a moment, realising she herself was uncertain about both of those questions. Just why had he reached out for her? And why…. why did she still feel such a wrench in her chest whenever she thought of him?

Was she feeling compassion? It made no sense. Her mind returned, briefly, the Throne room. Please.

"We both felt something," she said, finally. "Something dark….but new. I immediately assumed it was Kylo, but then he… arrived. I think he was looking for the answer, too."

Poe creased his brow. "The Sith? Another Dark Lord?"

Finn pursed his lips for a moment. "Or, a usurper." And then, a moment of clarity. He remembered that wintry face, those arrogant, hungry eyes. "Hux." he said.

"Poe and Rey both turned to Finn, their faces registering both uncertainty, but the faintest glimmer of hope.

"You think Hux is taking Kylo down?" Poe said, almost bouncing at the thought. "I suppose it wouldn't be a huge surprise. It's not as if Ren's as powerful as Snoke. And Hux has a whole army…"

"I don't know about that. About his power," said Rey, talking over Poe as he started to theorise. Rey was remembering how he had appeared to her back in the Falcon on Jakku, as if in the flesh. His face had been glowing, and his eyes alight with fire, framed by those dark flowing locks. He had looked more powerful than she had ever seen him look. Radiant. And for once, she realised, she had sensed a calmness in him. He had, she realised, a purpose.

"But that makes no sense," said Finn, talking almost to himself. "Hux is military. not Force. Unless her has found a Dark Lord willing to take Kylo on."

"The three stood there, together, all lost in their own private reverie.

Suddenly, ever the leader, Poe snapped out of it. "Well, we're not going to find out standing here," he said, "We have to find out. A civil war could be just the in we are looking for to rip the Order apart.

It may be our only hope, his eyes suggested.

He turned and looked expectantly at the young woman standing before them.

Rey stood back for a moment, and closed her eyes. She reached out from herself, and felt herself land, gently, into the Force. Almost immediately she felt a tug, a drag towards a certain place, a certain spot she had heard so very much about over the years. A virtual paradise of rolling green plains, lush forests, sparkling waterfalls, and marble architecture Where a princess once fell in love with a soldier.

"Naboo," she said, finally. "The Order are heading there. It's whatever is going to happen, will happen."

"Then best we get you in the armour and the TIE within the next hour," said Poe, nodding his head towards the silver TIE. "You're going to have a ringside seat."