And if you feel you're sinking I will jump right over
Into cold, cold water for you
And although time may take us into different places
I will still be patient with you
And I hope you know…
I won't let go
I'll be your lifeline tonight
-Cold Water by Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber and MO
Kylo's POV
He had no idea why he came here. He knew Skywalker was dead, he sensed it in the Force. Anyone who would be here to bury and mourn the guy would be long gone. Still, uneasiness filled his heart if he didn't at least visit. It was the same as when he left, except for the place where the sacred jedi texts used to be kept in seemed to have been burned to the ground. An island filled with strange creatures and with air that smelled only of sea salt. He stayed close to ship where it had landed on a sleek, rocky shore. The waves crashed into it, water rising high and spraying everywhere with the wind. When a small mist hit his face, a memory came to his mind.
"I know everything I need to know about you." Rey says sharply, her hazel eyes filled with liquid fire. He knew that look. That steely look that nobody has seen but him, she reserves it for just him.
"You do…? Ah, you do." He stepped up to her slowly like a snake slithering to its prey. "You have that look in your eyes… From the forest… Calling me a monster."
"You are a monster." She reinstated and he stepped closer, leveling her with his own glower.
"Yes, I am." He says and for a brief second, he saw fear in her eyes and her body shudder slightly and he felt satisfied.
Well, that sadistic monster was completely and utterly gone last night. Damn him. He was the type of drunk who was pathetic, but remembered everything in the morning. He didn't know whether to be embarrassed or angry. The way she acted though… He shook his head to clear those thoughts. This is my true enemy now… And she tucked me in bed. He has half a mind to beg her to kill him.
"Supreme Leader Ren."
Kylo turned around to face Hux, "Yes?"
"The Stormtroopers searched the island. There is nothing. Except for Skywalker's grave."
Kylo turned back around, "That's unfortunate."
"There's no trace of the girl either. Do you think she'll return? Shall we station somebody?"
Who can understand Rey's thoughts? He blinked and for split second saw her standing there with in the red dress she wore last night, beautifully deadly.
Kylo sighed, "No. It's useless. If she does come back she'll kill them. Let's forget the girl for the time being, focus on the Resistance and other matters." Kylo ordered and Hux nodded with his usual distaste for him.
Rey's POV
Flashback to a week ago...
Rey walked back to the millennium falcon where, from a distance, she could see the whole gang gathered around talking. Leia was the first to glance up at her, frowning when she saw the solemn expression on Rey's face whereas an hour ago it was filled with sorrow.
"Leia... May I speak with you in private?" Rey says as she approached the princess.
"Of course." She nodded and they walked together to where Luke used to live. Rey shut the door as much as she could behind her since it was a makeshift piece of bark, leaving everybody else staring and curious outside.
"What's going on, Rey?" Leia questioned, settling herself on a chair. She was beautiful, Rey thought, poised, wise, and so brave. Rey aspired to be her, but, how could she? After all that's happened.
Leia snapped her out of her reverie, "Don't think so hard, dear, you'll get wrinkles earlier. Do you want to reach thirty and look like me?"
Rey broke into a smile, "That would be a compliment."
"Stop speaking nonsense." She chuckled lightly. "Now take a seat."
Rey walked up to her and was obligated to sit on the old wooden table for Leia was sitting in the only chair. She imagined Luke, all those years alone in that very chair, staring at this very table alone.
Rey started to speak before she began to cry again, "Finn told me there are corrupt arm dealers selling weapons and ships to both the First Order and Resistance."
Leia waited for her to continue with her signature unreadable expression.
Rey inhaled, "I want to take care of that situation… Before I go off on my own."
"Why?" Leia tilted her head expectantly.
She replied firmly, "Because I can't stay in hiding locked up somewhere without doing nothing and I'm no good as a spy, I'm too recognizable. I'm the last Jedi with little to no training so I must find my own path, learn control by myself. The Resistance… I need to rethink some things."
Leia placed a thoughtful hand on her chin as she appraised the spitfire of a girl that she had come to love as her own. Now, she seemed agitated even though Leia hadn't said a word. She was unique, but once in a while, she could see so much of her son in her.
Leia gave her a small, reassuring smile, "You don't need to ask my permission for anything, Rey. You have a choice, I won't be mad if you choose to completely leave, but I will ask you... If you deal with these people more will just sprout like weeds."
"I'll make sure that won't happen."
"Are you sure you want to do this? This isn't a distraction from your grief?"
"No... I mean yes. Yes, I want to do this, it's not a distraction." Rey says rising to her feet suddenly and she noticed Leia's wariness.
"Rey, I love you like the daughter I never had... If I ever lost you in any way, more so because of me..."
Rey suddenly took her hand, "That'll never happen. You're the mother who I should've had. I know you're meaning to put me in charge of it when you... I need to be prepared for that, if I choose that path. Don't I? I can't be weak."
"You never were, my dear."
Yes, she was, she was weak around him...
"May the force be with you," Leia kissed the back of her hand and Rey couldn't help but hug her, unknowing it was the last time either would ever see each other again.
Present Day
Her eyes swept over him seductively, her forearm propped up against his shoulder as he played poker.
"You're very good at this." Rey mused as she watched him gather his winning chips.
"I'm good at many things, gorgeous." He wrapped an arm around her waist and gritted her teeth behind a fake smile.
"Show me." Rey whispered against his ear, removing his arm to tug at his wrist insistently.
The idiot didn't hesitate to start to lead her out of the casino towards his hotel room. Rey made sure to lock every door with the Force as the man went to pour some drinks.
"You're a spacecraft dealer?" Rey feigned curiosity at the datapad she was skimming through curiously on his desk.
"What? Oh, don't mess with that!" He whirled around and handed her a glass of champagne before going to quickly snatch the datapad from her hand. Too late, she had already seen Star Destroyers and X-wings. "I'm sorry. I don't want to discuss work now."
"It's alright… Neither do I." She closed her eyes and heard the sound of a cracking neck just as she waved her hand sideways with the Force. She pressed the hidden button on the tiny, silver heart locket she wore on her wrist and watched in the mirror above the desk as her form changed from a woman with red hair and blue eyes to herself again.
It was a device she had the luck of finding in her scavenger days back on Jakku. Rey began to search through the datapad again when the Force decided to show her Ben. The Force had horrible timing.
"Feel any better?" Rey asked absently, skimming through the man's datapad with her back to him.
She felt his eyes burn a path up her body. It must've been strange to see her in a tight dress, heels, and her hair free of any ponytails or buns.
"You were wearing something similar last time I saw you... Where are you?" He says curiously.
"Why would I tell you that?" She replied shortly, turning around to face him, setting down the datapad.
"Rey... I'd never hurt you." He says fiercely.
Rey snorted, "No, you'd only hurt those close to me and toy with my emotions."
He sighed, "I'm tired and quite frankly done with us being at each other's throats, more so now that this connection doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon. Let's set things straight then. I tried to kill you, you tried to kill me. I saved your life, you saved mine. Whatever I did in the past let's leave it there and from now on we don't ask about each other's business. We're even."
"Whatever you say, Ben. I've killed my past, just like you wanted. I've faced reality, thank you for opening my eyes." Rey says honestly and Ben's eyes widened, glimpsing something in her eyes something that wasn't there before and he opened his mouth to question her when she turned her head sharply at the rapping on the door.
"Gregor? Gregor, you bastard I know you're in there! You cheated! I've brought guards and they're about to blow this door down!" An alien screeched from outside and Rey heard blasters beginning to whir and the sound of electric sparks.
"Rey? What's going on?" Ben managed to touch her before she muttered a curse. He was in her surroundings now. The door was being shot at and he noticed the dead body on the floor in front of him and his jaw dropped.
Crap. Now she'd probably have to explain herself.
"Move your ass!" Rey shoved him aside just as a blast finally made a hole in the door where he was standing a second ago. "Get up, get up, you idiot!" she hauled him to his feet and she didn't check to see if he began to follow her as she ran towards the only exit now… the balcony.
"Shit." She looked down twenty stories below at a pool and then over her shoulder. Decisions, decisions.
"Don't. You. Dare." Ben growled beside her.
"I can't be caught. I can get shot, not you." Rey hopped shakily onto the edge of the balcony after taking off her heels.
"Rey, wait!" Ben knew he wouldn't be able to stop her so he climbed up and enveloped her in his arms despite her protests before they were falling.
A/N: quick little sidenote. I've only seen TLJ once on Dec. 14 at the movies so I don't remember half of what happened so the backstory of TLJ might be a bit messed up in this story like I can't remember what lightsaber got destroyed in the movie by Ky' and Rey. I'll go with Kylo's to put a little fun twist to my story, but the rest is going to be as canon as my mind can remember or find enough reliable info! Hehe. ^-^ Thank you for reading!