Before I get into the story, I wanted to lay some ground work, I'm doing a small time jump. A few months after the events of the last story.

The Solos

By: Sailormoon7771

Ben, Rey, and Finn were training with wooden swords in the training yard Ben ran towards Finn at full speed while Rey sat on the ground getting a drink of water, Ben knocked Finn down, "Finn, now you've lost a hand." Ben said holding the sword to his wrist. Finn stood up angrily, "Why am I having such a hard time?" Rey put the cap back on her bottle, "because your head isn't in it Finn." She said as she wiped the water from her chin with the heel of her hand. Ben nodded, "I agree." Finn grabbed a towel and wiped the sweat off his face, "You lose concentration while in a lightsaber battle you will lose something either your life or a body part."

Finn looked confused, "How am I supposed to keep concentration on the Force and the battle at hand?" Luke walked out, "that just says one thing Finn." He turned around, "what's that?" Luke kept a serious face, "You need to concentrate more on the force." Rey stood up and picked up her wooden sword, "That's not very much help" Finn added, Rey began spinning her sword around like a baton, and a backflip. Finn looked annoyed, "now you're just showing off Rey." She stopped spinning it and laughed "Sorry Finn, but just so you know; I wasn't showing off." Luke smiled, "You've been meditating haven't you?" she nodded, "Yes Master Luke."

Ben looked at Finn, "That's how you get better at concentrating on the force Finn." He nodded, and picked his sword up, he smelled his shirt, "I need a shower." He said as he walked off with his sword. Luke picked up a wooden sword, "Let's see how good you've gotten my Padawan." Rey got the sword and met Luke's blade in the middle. Ben grabbed a towel off the table by the door that led to the compound, he wiped the sweat off his face.

Luke lunged at Rey with the sword she countered his attack, and jumped over him Luke turned around quickly and engaged, Rey watched as the swords doubled, she closed her eyes trying to use the force, Rey held her hand up, "Stop." Luke put the sword down, "what's wrong?" Luke asked Rey shook her head, "nothing just a dizzy spell." Ben grabbed her water bottle and handed it to her, "maybe you're dehydrated." She grabbed the bottle and sat down, and took a drink. "Perhaps" Luke walked over to Ben and Rey, "maybe training can hold off today." Luke said looking at his nephew, "don't want to push yourself so hard in training that you'd fail in battle." Ben nodded, "I agree." Ben kneeled down to look at Rey. "do you want to go lie down?" Rey shook her head, "I'm fine. Really, I just need a shower." Ben smiled, "want me to walk you?" she shook her head, and walked off. Ben grabbed a wooden sword, "want to spar?" Ben asked Luke, he nodded

Rey walked to her and Ben's little house, Leia sat waiting for them to return, "Mom?" Rey asked as sweat dripped off her nose, "Where's Ben?" Leia asked, "he's training with Luke." She smiled, "alright, are you alright Rey." She nodded, "I'm fine just tired from training, and I need a quick shower." Leia nodded, "you should take a nap afterwards." Rey hugged Leia, "I'll try." Leia smiled, "no you will do it. General's orders." Rey laughed, "fine I'll take a nap." Rey stood in the shower letting the cool water fall on her head, she got out and dried off, and went into the living room, and laid down on the couch grabbing the black and white blanket off the back of the couch, and drifted off to sleep.

Luke knocked Ben on the ground with the wooden sword, Ben laughed, "I don't think I'll ever be able to beat you Uncle Luke." Leia walked up to them, "Hey Luke easy on my son." Luke laughed and got a drink of water, "what a hot day it is today." Leia laughed, "that it is." Leia smiled, and looked at Ben, "I need to talk to Ben alone please Luke." He nodded, and went inside. Ben picked up a towel and wiped his face off. "Ben, I need to ask you a question." He shook his head, "no we aren't pregnant." Leia smiled, "that's not what I wanted to know, I need you and Rey to go on a mission, you leave in the morning." Ben nodded, "what is it?" Leia grabbed Ben's hand "It's a weapon to help reduce our vulnerability it's to help create a shield." Ben nodded "I'll go talk to Rey." She nodded, "If she's taking a nap leave her be, and you take a nap too." Ben looked confused, "are we in for something?" Leia nodded, "possibly it's best you get as much rest as you can until then." Ben nodded, and turned "is that all Mom?"

Leia nodded, "get some rest." Ben entered the house, Rey curled up under the blanket on the couch. Stood over her and rubbed her face, she smiled a little bit. "hey" he whispered Rey opened her eyes a little bit, "Ben?" he smiled, "aren't you hot?" she shook her head, "I'm cold." He smiled, "I'm going to take a shower, go back to sleep alright." She nodded, and closed her eyes.

Finn sat down in the seating area in the compound, "Hey there buddy?" Poe shouted from behind him Finn jumped, "where'd you come from?" Poe laughed, "the hallway." Finn raised his eyebrow, "you say you're force sensitive, how do you connect with it." Poe took a bite of his sandwich mayonnaise and lettice oozed out of the sandwich. "gross." Finn remarked, Poe picked the mayonnaise covered lettice, and ate it. "the force, well I don't know how to connect, I just do if that makes since." Finn shook his head. "It doesn't." Luke walked in with a glass of water, "Finn you should know how to connect to the force." Ben walked in his hair was still wet from the shower. "What?" Luke turned around to face his nephew, "Finn thinks he can simply ask how to connect to the force." Ben laughed, "That's not how the force works."

Rey got up from the couch and looked around for Ben, she quickly put her hair up and walked to the compound, "Hey, Ben." She smiled, he looked up. "need anything to eat?" he asked, Rey nodded, "I'm a little hungry I suppose." Ben got up, and turned, "what do you want?" she shrugged, "surprise me." He nodded, "I'll be back." Rey looked at Finn, "to connect to the force you just have to let yourself." Finn looked confused, "how'd you know I was talking about that." Poe took a bite of his sandwich again and more mayonnaise squirted out on Poe's shirt Rey closed her eyes, "I used the force just like I'm doing right now." Poe looked at her, "why are you using the force." Rey took a deep breath and opened her eyes, "to keep myself from ripping your head off." Luke laughed, "why do you want to rip your brother's head off?" Poe scooped up the mayonnaise with his finger scooping it back into the sandwich. Rey cleared her throat, "because that is just disgusting." Poe laughed, "it's just mayo."

Finn laughed, "I have to agree with Rey, I mean how much mayonnaise did you put on that?" Poe shrugged, "I don't know I put a thick layer there, but I didn't measure it." Poe looked at Rey, "you never complained before." She shrugged, "maybe not, but it doesn't make it any less gross." Ben poked his head, in the doorway carrying two plates of eggs and bacon. "here you go." Rey took the plate Ben sat down with his Rey picked up the fork and got a bite of eggs, they felt slimier than they're supposed to be. She gagged, as she stood up. "Ben don't eat that!" she shouted snatching the plate from his hand. He looked confused, "They're not done Ben." She ran to the bathroom and slammed the door.

Finn and Poe started laughing, "someone is sleeping on the couch tonight." Poe said trying to catch his breath. Luke looked at the eggs and scrunched his face, "Ben, can I make a suggestion." Ben shrugged, "What is it Luke?" Luke tried to refrain from laughing, "next time just make a sandwich or something." Ben stood up and walked to the bathroom door, "Rey, sweetheart are you ok?" Ben didn't wait for her to answer him he opened the door and walked in. Rey sat on the floor by the bathtub with her hand on her forehead, "Are you alright?" Ben asked sitting beside her.

She nodded, "that was disgusting, Ben! I made it through Poe's gross mayonnaise sandwich, and you had to give me undercooked eggs." Ben laughed, "I'm so sorry." He put his arms around her "Mom, wants us to go on a mission." Rey put her head on his chest, "What is it?" she asked, "we need to get a shield she didn't give me all the details yet, she said she would tell us right before she says the little we know the better." Rey nodded, "alright, sounds like fun." He smiled Rey stood up, "I'm going to make you something for lunch." He stood, "I don't need anything."

The next morning Ben and Rey stood in the command building, Leia stood in front of them briefing them on their mission, "Ok, Ben and Rey you will be going to Ahch-To, there you need to find this stone." Leia pulled up a picture of it on the screen the rock was crystalized and had no color in particular, but reflected any color you could imagine. "It's beautiful." Rey smiled, Ben cleared his throat, "What is it?" Leia smiled, "It's a very powerful crystal, and the power can be harnessed to power this." Leia pulled a sheet off a machine, this will create the shield. That way no surprise attacks." Ben walked up to his mother, "we won't let you down." Leia smiled, "when do we leave?" Rey asked Leia hugged Rey, "the sooner the better." Rey closed her eyes as she held on to Leia a little tighter, Leia let go, "I love you sweetheart." Leia said, "get supplies and get going." Rey held up a bag, "already done." Ben hugged his mother. Leia whispered in his ear. "be careful."

Rey and Ben boarded the falcon, when Poe ran out, "Rey!" he shouted, Rey was halfway up the ramp she walked down. "what? I don't have much time." She raised her brows, "listen don't take any unnecessary risks." Rey smiled, "I never take unnecessary risks, no risk is unnecessary, when you take risks you know at the time those risks are necessary to the mission." Poe laughed, "ok then in that case just don't do anything stupid." Rey smiled, "I won't I promise." Rey felt Ben's hand on her back, "ready?" Rey turned around, "just a minute." Rey threw her arms around her brother, "I love you." He smiled as his hand rested on the back of Rey's head, "I love you too." Rey let go of Poe and followed Ben into the falcon.

Ben sat in the co-pilot chair, "don't you want to fly?" Rey asked Ben, he smiled, "well I figured you have flown there from the resistance base before." Rey nodded, and sat down, she entered the coordinates, and took off. Rey watched stars flying by no matter how much she flew she always felt like she was flying for the first time. Ben smiled, "What are you thinking about." Rey smiled, "I love flying." Ben put his hand on hers, Rey felt the room spinning, "Ben, take the controls." He raised his eyebrows, "why?" leaned back in the chair, "dizzy." She closed her eyes, Ben took the controls, "we're going to have to switch seats. Rey stood up and held on to Ben's seat, and Ben moved to the other one. "Are you alright?" she nodded, "do you want to go back I could get the crystal by myself." Ben offered, "I'll be fine by then." he put his hand on her shoulder.

Luke walked into command, "Leia, where's Ben and Rey I thought they'd be training today." Leia smiled "I sent them to retrieve something for me." Luke nodded, "what?" Leia was tightening something in one of the computers, "something to help keep everyone safe." Luke took off his robe, "let me help with that." He took the wrench from Leia's hand and started working at the bolt, "We won't be safe until the first order is gone." Leia nodded, "I realize that Luke, but it's more of a security measure than a permeant solution." Poe and Finn walked in carrying cables, "Is this everything you need besides the crystal?" Poe asked. Leia nodded, "put them there for now." Luke put the wrench down, "what are you doing Leia." She turned sharply to him, "It's a shield." Luke looked surprised, "so you want to hide under a rock." Leia shook her head, "that's not what I'm doing, it's to protect those who don't fight. We lost to many people last time most of them were civilians, and they're safety falls on my shoulders. I let them down, It's not happening again." Luke nodded, Poe smiled, "I think it's for the best considering." Luke looked at him funny, "Considering what?" Poe hooked a cable to the shield, and shrugged, "I don't even know what I'm saying." Luke bit his lip, and pulled Poe's shoulder towards him "You know more than your letting on." Poe shrugged, and lowered his voice, "listen Luke, just a dream I had last night it's no big deal. It's probably just a weird dream." Luke cleared his throat, "you're force sensitive, your dreams have a way of meaning something, now what was it about?"

Ben landed at the bottom of the hill on Ahch-To, Rey put her bag across her shoulders and stood up. "Are you up for this?" Ben asked Rey she nodded, "I am, now come on we need to get that crystal." The ramp lowered and they walked down, and started walking up the path that led to the huts. "Do you have any idea where it is?" Rey asked he turned "It's in the temple just past the forest over there." Rey stopped and turned around looking at the sky. Ben turned to say something to Rey noticing she had stopped he walked up to her. "What is it?" she shook her head, "I felt something." He put his hand on her shoulder, "what?" she turned around, "it's probably nothing." Ben put his arm around Rey and they continued walking up. "don't discount your feelings Rey, they're normally right." The voice of Obi-Wan called out. Rey jerked around, "Grandfather?" Ben smiled, "Did you hear that?" he nodded, "I did, what was the feeling?" Rey shrugged, "I just felt a disturbance." Ben looked in Rey's eyes, "I want to try something."

She shrugged, "What?" he grabbed her hand, and closed his eyes trying to feel what she had just felt to make any sense of it. "Rey, let me through." He said, "you said you wouldn't get in my head anymore." He shook his head, "I'm not doing that, I'm trying to see the disturbance, we have a force bond, I could help get a better understanding." Rey nodded, "I'll try." Ben and Rey closed their eyes when an explosion caught them both off guard. They both jumped, as they found themselves surrounded by Stormtroopers Rey powered up her lightsaber, "Ben, go now!" she shouted. "I can't leave you here alone you go." Rey shook her head, "you know where it is; Go they're counting on us I'll be fine!" Ben ignited his lightsaber, and took out some Stormtroopers blocking his path. Rey moved her saber in a lightning speed, she tripped one and it fell to the ground.

Ben, ran to the entrance of the forest, fighting Stormtroopers that were chasing him, he saw Rey's lightsaber clashing with the blades of the Stormtroopers he disappeared into the distance in the direction of the temple.

Rey ran towards the gang of troopers her knuckles turned white as she kept her hands glued to the hilt, When General Hux's ship landed by the falcon, "Oh no." Rey said under her breath as she tried to keep her focus on the battle the Stormtroopers disengaged from battle, and split letting the General walk through. "Hello Mrs. Solo." He said in a sinister tone. Rey's eyes widened as they surrounded her. Ben made it to the temple and got the Crystal, he ran as fast as he could to get back to Rey when he saw the first order's ship flying off he noticed Rey wasn't there. "Rey!" he shouted.

Luke pulled Poe outside out of earshot of everyone, "listen to me what was the dream." Poe shook his head, "not so much a dream as much as well a feeling." Luke shrugged, "what?"

Poe took a deep breath, "Rey's pregnant."

To Be Continued