Rey first thought when she became conscious was the amount of pain she was in. Her side hurts like hell and it felt like her arm had been broken or maybe bent at an odd angle. She slowly opened her eyes. Her mind wasn't really processing her thoughts as she took in her surroundings. The bright lights in the room made her have to squint her eyes. Growing up on Jakku, her eyes had adjusted to the bright sunlight but these were really blinding. She opened her eyes a second time and took in a white ceiling and glass walls. Beyond the glass walls, it looked like labs and hospital rooms with tons of equipment. it almost looked as advanced as what the First Order had. Almost.
Rey took in the rest of the room. It appeared that she was in a med bay or medical ward, much like the one Finn had been in. Finn. Oh, shit, where was she? It definitely wasn't a rebel base because it was too clean, and it couldn't be the First Order base because there wasn't nearly as much metal and black walls. The technology surrounding her was different from anything she had ever seen and the furniture didn't seem to be the normal style.
That was when it all came back to her. Leia sending her out to look for new rebel bases and instead of finding a First Order star destroyer. Trying to get away by going into hyperspace, but instead being followed by Kylo Ren. Being shot by him from behind and then pulling back and shooting his Tie-Fighters engine. Both of their ships entering the atmosphere of an unknown planet, in an unknown system. She then remembered trying to tell Ben how she felt.
She had a warm feeling towards Ben and had really become attached to him through Snoke's force bond and fighting with him on the Supremecy. She may have encountered Ben a few times through the force bonds and fight, but she had also come to know Kylo Ren also. They were separate people. One was a wounded boy who had felt abandoned as a child much as she had, the other a ruthless killer who had murdered Han Solo.
Han Solo. She felt a pang in her heart everytime she remembered him. She had instantly grown attached to the smuggler. Feeling as if he could take up the hole in her heart where a father figure belonged. She had never known her father and had seen one in Han. And then there was Luke.
Luke. Her teacher, her mentor, her friend. At first, she had followed him around and tried to get him to teach her. At first, he had refused, seeing too much of Ben in her, then he had let her in. He taught her and showed her the ways of the force. After finding out the truth about that night at his school, she had lost trust in him. He had made a mistake when he thought of striking down Ben, but by then Kylo had already started to get a grip on the young boy and took advantage of his fear.
She had almost taken Kylo up on his offer on the Supremacy. She wanted so bad to have someone care about her. She had gone her whole life without anyone caring about her. At first, she saw Ben and saw a great opportunity for herself, but underneath she saw Kylo. Lurking right underneath the surface. Waiting for her to take his hand and then he would capture her and she would never know freedom again. So she refused and proceeded to try to take Luke's lightsaber. Her lightsaber, but Kylo reacted at the same time and fought her. The power was equally split, pushing them apart. As she was pushed backward, she felt her heart breaking in two and she was losing Kylo along with it. No one knew that she had been shedding tears upon tears as she made her escape. Feeling all her emotions rush to the surface and take control.
She slowly came out of her trance-like the state of remembering. Her eyes yet again took in more of the room. She turned her head to the side to be able to gain more knowledge of her surroundings. That was when her eyes landed on a man in a chair. A rather large man with long black hair that reached his shoulders and pale skin. He had a long scar down the left side of his face. A battle wound. Left by her lightsaber. She slowly swallowed as she realized her most feared enemy was less than 10 feet away from her. Asleep. How was she not dead?
She scanned his body already looking for a way to defend herself, his lightsaber. She caught sight of its hilt dangling on the side of his belt. As quietly and quickly as she could, she reached out her hand to grab hold of the lightsaber when she used the force to grab it. She focused on its energy letting the force guide her in making it come to her hand. Before she knew it, it was in her hand. She knew she probably had very little time to escape before he woke. She was amazed he hadn't woken already.
Rey threw the covers back, off of her bed. Pain flared through her side as her feet landed on the floor. Black spots danced in her vision but she knew she saw movement in the corner of her eye.
"Rey", was all she heard as she ignited the lightsaber and raised her eyes to meet Ben's. Kylo's. She didn't know who this was standing in front of her. Was it the boy she had slowly grown to warm up to on Ach' To, or the Supreme Leader of the First Order. His eyes told it all. This was Ben.
She backed away from him and towards a doorway. He looked hurt at her actions, but she couldn't let that get to her. At any moment he could become Kylo and try to run her thru with his lightsaber.
"Where am I? What are you doing here?", she asked as she took another backward step.
"Rey. I don't want to hurt you." He said this all in a calm and soothing tone. It almost made her turn off the lightsaber. Almost.
"I am going to ask you again. Where am I? , and what are you doing here?" Rey's voice is an octave higher as she gets more panicked.
"Ok Rey, after your warp drive malfunctioned-" Rey abruptly cut him off with an incredulous expression.
"My warp drive malfunctioned? If I'm not correct you shot me, and I thought I could trust you." Ben's face morphed into one of surprise and Rey thought of how stupid she was to say that.
"You trust me?" Ben asked this with a look of hope on his face.
"No. Not anymore, not after you killed your father and caused the death of Luke." Rey cringed in her mind when she saw the hurt expression on Ben's face. She hadn't seen his emotions this close to the surface before. It almost seemed like he cared about her. At the same time, he could say the same about her.
Rey took another few steps back. Before Kylo could get another word out, she had already whipped around, flipping the lightsaber off as she turned. But before she could dash off down the hallway, she ran into a wall. Soon after she would find out that she had not run into a wall, but rather a tall, handsome man with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes.
She raised her head to see what or rather who she had run into. This handsome man looked down at her in surprise.
"Ma'am, are you alright?" As she took a step back she took in the rest of his body besides his face. She noticed that he had muscles as big around as her head on his arms. His muscles bulged thru his tight fitting shirt. Her mind quickly came back to reality to remember that Kylo Ren was in the room behind her. She could not think of him as Ben at the moment, her life was in danger.
"Get back!" she yelled at the man. He seemed surprised that she would tell him to get back. "Get back!", she yelled a little louder this time. "I don't want anyone to get hurt!". He continued to not move, so she resorted to using the force to push him back a couple of feet. He flew back into a wall, but it seemingly unaffected him. He took up a fighting stance and held a shield that she had not noticed before in front of him.
When she heard echoing footsteps and voices shouting, she turned her head to see where it was coming from. A group of people had gathered at the end of the hallway. She noticed a woman in a tight-fitting black suit who had brilliant red hair, a tall muscled man with blonde hair who had a cape on his back. He held an oversized hammer in one of his hands. A smart looking man who had green-tinged skin was hiding behind another dirty blonde haired man with a bow and arrow. At the front of the group stood a man with a rather interesting metal gauntlet on his left hand that was tinged red and gold. She would like to get a look at the mechanics of that.
She could not deal with more civilians. They would just end up getting hurt, but these ones looked like fighters. Rey all of a sudden felt the lightsaber leave her hand. She spun around to see Kylo ignite the lightsaber in his hand. She knew it was Kylo, the look of hate and loathing filled his eyes. He stalked towards her, so she reached out her hand to try to take the lightsaber back. It flew out of his hand and shook in the air between them. She knew what was about to happen. The lightsaber started to push them apart yet again like it had on the Supremacy.
They were both so absorbed in trying to get the lightsaber that neither of them saw that shorter woman with glasses and long dark hair sneak up behind Kylo. She held a small electrical device in her hand and was pointing it at Kylo's back.
Rey was amazed when she saw Kylo crumple to the ground. He shook and writhed about, the electrical charges traveling throughout his body. The lightsaber flew to Rey's outstretched hand, only for her to be thrown back along with it. The force had been so strong that she was knocked back into the wall behind her. She felt the wind get knocked out of her as she slid down the wall to land on her bottom.
Her previous hurt ribs were screaming in pain, so much so that she could not hold back the yell of pain that came from her mouth. She opened her previously closed eyes to see the group of people staring in shock at the woman who had electrocuted Kylo.
"What he was freaking me out", was all the dark-haired woman said when she saw the looks they were giving her.
They turned their attention Rey however when they saw her state of distress. Rey saw the blonde haired man with the shield rush towards her.
"Ma'am, what hurts?" She was surprised to see that he was caring for her after she had thrown him into a wall.
"My side", was Rey's response as she curled in on herself. Rey then remembered what had happened to Kylo and stopped the blonde man from trying to pick her up. "Wait, sedate Kylo. I don't want him hurting anyone, or himself." The man with the gauntlet on his hand then stepped forwards.
"Umm... Just wondering, but why would your boyfriend try to kill you with his laser sword thingy?" Rey scoffed when he said this.
"Boyfriend?! Why would I ever think of having Kylo Ren as my boyfriend? You know yourself what a notorious killer he is. Wiping out civilizations with the flip of a switch." The group gave each other matching looks of surprise, horror, and confusion. Rey then turned her head to the woman with long dark hair.
"Congratulations. You just electrocuted and knocked out the Supreme Leader of the First Order, the murderer of billions or lifeforms including Han Solo and Luke Skywalker." The group looked aghast at her comment. It only seemed to terrify them more. The red-headed woman then decided to speak up. She had a larger scowl on her face as she talked.
"Who the hell is Han Solo and Luke Skywalker?"
I am so sorry for not updating in so long. 8th grade is a real pain and my teachers say that 4 tests a week and a project due every other week is "preparing us for High School". Pfff.. Will try to update within the week. -Thalia P.S. - Sorry for any incorrect spelling/grammer, constructive criticsm is welcome.