Whaaaaat I actually updated?! Oh my gosh! First we get Daisy Ridley liking a Reylo fanart on Insta, and now I'm writing another chapter. Miracles right?=D Thank you all so much for the supportive, understanding messages. I really truly appreciate it. And as I said, I have not given up on this story! We're starting to get to all the juicy stuff. *rubs hands together*

With every step Rey took back to the Base, the knot forming in the pit of her stomach grew.

"It's was just a nightmare!" She told herself angrily. Even as the thought had finished, doubt settled in again. It hadn't felt like a normal nightmare. It was like the dream she and Ben had shared, but it was twisted, wrong somehow. What if Ben was trying to communicate with her? Tell her he was in trouble? The sound of people brought her out of her thoughts. The Base was busy, pilots running around preparing their ships for whatever missions they had been given. Rey felt the pull of the force suddenly, guiding her movements, just in time to narrowly miss the excited droid that would have bowled her over.

"BB-8!" For a moment all of her worries disappeared. Rey had missed the little droid terribly. BB-8 beeped and booped back a frantic, happy response.

"Yes I know, I've been away too long. Of course I've missed you!" Rey laughed genuinely for the first time in a while. Then, her heart stopped when she heard him.

"Rey?!" Finn. Whipping around, Rey saw Finn running towards her. They collided together, wrapping around each other as if they had known one another for a lifetime. Besides BB-8, Finn had been her first true friend. He had come back for her.

"I've missed you so much!" Finn said earnestly into her hair. Tears sprang into Rey's eyes. She wasn't used to being missed.

"I've missed you too Finn." She said with as much conviction as he had, hugging him tighter. "You're alright!" There was a tone of questioning as she pulled away and looked him over. Rey had been so worried leaving him in his broken state, never knowing if he would truly heal.

"I've had a few modifications, but yeah I'm alright. No thanks to that psycho." Back to reality. Rey wasn't sure what to say. She couldn't very well disagree with Finn, he had a point, but she didn't feel exactly right calling Ben a psycho either. Rey had a sinking feeling that constantly being caught in the middle was going to become a problem. How could she possibly explain her mission to him? How could he possibly be alright with her wanting to go rescue the very man who had wounded him, tried to kill him? "I have so much to tell you Rey. And I'm sure you have quite a few things to tell me too huh? I bet you can do some crazy Jedi stuff." He said wriggling his eyebrows playfully.

"Oh-no, not really-I mean-" She stammered. "Does being inside Kylo Ren's mind for a couple months count?"

"Well, look who's back! How you doing Rey?" Poe called from behind Finn, walking up to join them. She was glad for the interruption.

"Hi Poe." She smiled at the pilot. "It's going…well…complicated." Rey said looking away. BB-8 beeped in confusion, Finn and Poe shared a look of apprehension.

"Rey, what's going on?" Finn was hesitant, but there was a hint of protectiveness in his voice.

"It would probably be best if General Organa explained."

As Leia finished her briefing, Rey tried hard to read the expressions on Finn and Poe's faces. At best they seemed reluctant.

"This mission is one of personal interest to me. That's why I'm not ordering you to do it." Leia spoke directly to Poe now. He was her most trusted pilot, and in many ways Rey thought, perhaps a surrogate son. "I know the odds are against him—against us. We don't even know where to start looking. But I know you Poe. If anyone can get in, and get out again, it's you. Like I said, it's your choice. Please, don't think I'll judge you if you decide not to help. I understand that Ben has done terrible things. He became so lost in his mission, that he let the darkness take over. I know he has done terrible things to you. But—" Leia's voice cracked then. The Princess, the General, who had always been so strong in the face of adversity, was feeling lost. "But he is my son. Still, even now, I love him." Poe's gaze softened. He cared deeply about this woman, whom he had idolized since he was a child. However, he still wasn't sure if he was ready to risk his life for her undeserving son. Rey glanced at Master Luke. He was in the corner staring at his sister with a look of adoration and sadness.

"Will you let me think on it for a bit, General?" Poe's voice was gentle, barely above a whisper. Leia gave him a reassuring smile

"Of course." With a nod of his head Poe turned and walked towards the door. BB-8 and Finn followed closely behind. Rey felt uncomfortable. She wasn't sure whether she should stick close to her Master, or follow her friends. But she wasn't even sure if they would want to speak to her.

"Go." Luke said, suddenly at her side, reading her thoughts. "I'm sure they'll have questions, and I need to meditate." Meditating was something Master Luke did very often. Rey wondered what the ghosts of the force had to say about this situation. She had attempting to contact her grandfather on a handful of occasions, but nothing ever came of it. Rey was extremely nervous what Finn and Poe would have to say. She almost offered to meditate with Luke instead. "I'm hoping to discern Ben's location. We can't help him if we don't know where to look."

"I know. I've been trying to push through his barriers, but I haven't gotten anywhere." Rey sighed discouraged. Luke put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

"Keep trying Rey, and I will too." She gave him a weak smile in return. After Luke left the room, Rey realized she was alone. In the middle of the room was a holoprojector, displaying a random star chart. She wasn't sure why, but she felt the sudden urge to go over to it. Abruptly, a thought that seemed like her own, but somehow wasn't, urged her to reach forward and press in a series of coordinates. The hologram changed to show a system that she wasn't familiar with. Rey smiled widely. Perhaps, the force was finally talking back.

Suddenly Rey felt as if she were falling. The scenery around her twisting and melting into something else. She had felt this only once before, on Takodana, when she had touched Luke's lightsaber. She was having a vision.

-Horuset System-

Ben Solo had felt the heavy weight of the dark side as soon as his ship breached the atmosphere of Moraband, ancient homeworld of the Sith. This shroud of darkness only increased as his boots touched the earth of the wasteland. Countless Dark Lords were buried here. Their bodies had long since decayed, but their very essence was so thick in the air, you could practically choke on it. He felt like rolling his eyes at the cliché. Of course Snoke would be here. Snoke. He was so close to getting his revenge. He had only ever been Snoke's puppet. Invisible strings being pulled from unknown destinations. Finally he would be on the same planet, in the same room. Ben had been so wrapped up in his thoughts, he hadn't noticed the man standing at the end of the platform.

"Ah Ren, a pleasure to see you again." Said Hux with a smirk. Ben stopped suddenly in surprise, only causing Hux's smirk to widen. Ben thanked the stars he had commissioned a new helmet be made immediately after losing his old one on Starkiller Base. Otherwise Hux would have seen the look of shock that didn't at all match the casual tone he tried to project.

"General Hux, I can honestly say I'm surprised to see you here. I wasn't aware The Supreme Leader made you privy to his whereabouts." He was trying to get under Hux's skin, and it had worked. A look of outraged pasted the man's face before it was quickly contorted back into a controlled state.

"I am privy to many things." There was dangerous look in his eyes, and Hux's words carried a weight to them that made a knot form in Ben's stomach. "I was instructed to take you to the Supreme Leader at once." He turned on his heels quickly without another look in Ben's direction. He followed in silence, apprehension growing. He didn't know why Hux was there, but he did know one thing, it was going to make this a lot harder.