A/N: I'm back!
Wow! You guys sure do like Luke/Rey bonding! I'm actually quite surprised! Now it's become a secret ship to some of you guys. *wink wink to those who said that* Well, don't worry because there will be more! Because I've got plenty ideas for this story and I'm excited to write them!
So, in this chapter, Luke/Rey bonding and maybe some other stuff. And I think you'll enjoy the rescue of Han with Rey being involved. Hint: she'll be a badass! Wanna know why? BECAUSE SHE'S REY!
Here we go!
Rey was sitting inside of a cave, meditating with Luke. He was giving her more instructions about the Force and how meditating can relieve your stress. It was working for the scavenger and she felt some stress lift away. Around her, some small rocks were floating around her, which meant that the Force was at work. Luke was impressed on how powerful she was with the Force. She seemed like she could be just as powerful as Yoda was.
After she was done, Luke came over to talk to her. "Good job. You doing great with this. I think you're ready to rescue Han with us if Leia's plan doesn't work," he complemented.
Rey smiled at him, looking proud of herself. "Thank you, Luke," she said. Then she started to yawn, feeling a little tired. "It's a good thing too because I feel tired. I think I'm going to catch some shut-eye," she said.
Luke nodded at the scavenger. "I think I will too. Here, I'll show you to your bed," he said. He led Rey into the hut that they stayed in. Rey went into one bed while Luke went into another bed and they both slept.
Rey slept soundly through the night until a voice woke her up. She looked around the hut to see where the voice came from. She went into the room where Luke was sleeping, where the voice was louder. He was muttering something in his sleep and Rey could barely make anything out. The only thing she could make out was one single word.
"Father!"
The scavenger looked confused at his sudden shout of the word. Then Luke started squirming around in his bed and tossing and turning. Rey put a hand on his shoulder to try to comfort him, but instead, he started to shout again. Rey jerked her hand away, but the Jedi Knight was still freaking out in his sleep. The girl didn't know what to do to help him. Any touch she gave him just made it worse. She felt bad for him, but she had to wake Luke up in order to help him escape from whatever nightmare he was having. Rey started to shake him awake, but he kept on screaming in his sleep.
"LET GO OF ME! I WON'T JOIN YOU! GET AWAY!" Luke shouted. Rey continued to shake him harder to help him wake up.
"LUKE! Luke, it's just a dream! Whoever it is, he can't get you from here!" She yelled, while shaking him as hard as she could. Suddenly, Luke sat up straight in his bed and breathed heavily. Rey put a hand on his shoulder and started to rub it gently. She could see that he was sweating from his forehead and that there were a few tears in his eyes she Luke turned to her. "Luke, what happened? What's going on? I know that you might not want to talk about it, but maybe I can help," Rey asked him.
Luke took a few more deep breaths and then sighed. "It's hard to explain. You would hate me if I told you, anyway," he said.
Rey gave him a small smile and rubbed his back. "I would never hate you, Luke. We just met anyway. There's nothing you can say that would make me hate you. Nothing about your past or anything like that. All that matters is what you are like now," she said. "I've experienced this before. My friend was a former Stormtrooper who defected and he tried to hide it from me. Later he admitted it and I still consider him as my friend because he helped rescue me and he cared for me. What makes you any different?"
The blonde looked at her and smiled back at her. Then he took a few deep breaths before responding. "The year before, my friends went to Cloud City on Bespin. They got sold out to the Empire and I left my training to go and rescue them. But instead, I ended up facing Darth Vader," he explained, shuddering at the name. Rey listened curiously, waiting patiently for him to continue. "We fought for a while and he cut off my hand, disarming me, making me lose the lightsaber you now have. Then he told me something that I don't know if I should believe it or not. He said that... instead of killing my father... he is my father." Rey put a hand over her mouth in surprise. She had no idea that Darth Vader was Luke's father from any stories she heard that led him to be a myth. All she heard was tat he was a Jedi who killed both Vader and Emperor Palpatine. "I refused to believe it and he tried to lure me to the dark side. But instead I decided to die instead of turning. Leia, Chewie, and Lando ended up saving me and we escaped Bespin. But now inn haunted by the fact that Vader is my father. I always have nightmares now. In the one you just witnessed me having, he had captured me and was torturing me to turn. But then I accidentally killed him by turning the torture on him. As he was dying, he said he was sorry."
Tears were starting to fall down Luke's face and he tried to wipe them away. Rey knew that he couldn't go on anymore so she wasn't going to pressure him. Instead, she pulled him into a hug and he cried into her chest. She didn't mind his crying and she rubbed his back. Luke didn't know why Rey was treating him like this. He didn't even know why he told her about his relation to Vader. He felt some sort of connection to her through the Force and didn't know what it meant. Nevertheless, he was still glad that Rey didn't hate him or want to avoid him. She was comforting him from his nightmare instead.
"It's okay. At least you know who your father is. I don't know my father or my mother. I don't even know if I have a brother or a sister or if there's anyone else in my family. I don't know if they are even alive. But in your case, you have a father. And maybe there is a chance that he can be saved from the dark side. In your dream, when you killed him, he said that he was sorry. I think that meant that he was sorry for everything he did," Rey said. She stroked Luke's back some more before he pulled back.
"Thank you Rey. For everything. For not hating me and for trying to help me. We only met a day ago and you are sticking by me," Luke said.
Rey smiled at him and rested her hand on his shoulder. She sighed before speaking up again. "We've met before this time. We've met before I came to this time when you were older. We've also met in some of my dreams. I believe we've met way before yesterday. It feels like I've known you ever since my family left me on Jakku," she said. It was true. In many of her dreams, Rey had seen a younger Luke on the island that she had traveled to to bring him home. She had met him before in her dreams, thinking that he was a myth.
The two just sat there for a few minutes, thinking about what Rey just said. They then started to lean in closer to each other. Neither one knew where this was going or why they were leaning in to one another. Before their lips could touch, a loud beeping noise interrupted them. Luke grabbed his comlink that was on the table next to the bed and turned it on. He talked into it for a few seconds before turning it off and turning back to Rey.
"That was Lando. Leia and Han both got caught and now Han is in prison with Chewie and Leia became a slave. We have to go right in the morning," Luke informed.
Rey nodded. "Han was a good friend of mine where I'm from. I couldn't save him before, but I will save him now," she muttered.
And that she would.
A/N: THEY WERE ABOUT TO KISS! OH MY GOD!
Yup, they are already feeling something for each other. Crazy, right? It's insane, wonderful, and cool. But don't worry, there will be more bonding soon and maybe a first kiss? We'll see! It's gonna get good!
Hopefully you guys will stick around for that part. Trust me, I have a great kiss scene planned and it will be great!
I hope you enjoyed! Please review!
