Author Note: I love all of you so very much haha. Your reactions and comments to what happened last chapter was fantastic and much less horrifying than I anticipated, so thank y'all for trusting me with this story. It's about to get super crazy from here on out.

A few of you have expressed your concerns about Kylo Ren turning light; I'll just clear this up right now, y'all got nothing to worry about. Take that as a spoiler, whatever, idk. I just want you guys to know, he's on the dark side for a reason. He's... kind-of a dick.

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Ash was leaning over Kylo Ren's shoulder as she messed with the console of the Silencer. Unbeknownst to her the pain she was causing him thanks to the blaster shot in his side. He hid it well as he bit the inside of his lip, nearly drawing blood. "Is this really something you need to do now?"

"Yes." Ash grunted, pulling out wires from the console. "First Order ships have trackers in them. It's already enough that I'm taking you to Ahch-To, last thing we need is an army following us."

He exhaled sharply. "Are you going to be angry with me this entire trip?"

Ash ripped more wires from the console, staring at them in her hand before smiling sarcastically sweet at Kylo Ren. "Yes." Normally, he would have extended the courtesy to warn her that the ship was about to exit hyperspace. Instead, he let it happen without so much as a peep. The ship came to a quick halt, Ashlyn flew forward and was now sprawled out on the console and his lap. He grinned as Ash groaned. "You suck."

"Get back behind me, I have to land this thing." He instructed as the ship approached Ahch-To. Ash returned to her original position behind Kylo Ren, but not before spewing obscenities in his direction as the ship broke the atmosphere. Suddenly, Ash went quiet as the two stared at the beautiful, green island, surrounded by massive ocean before them. "Planets always get a reaction out of you." Ren mused.

"As someone who didn't have the means to travel; they're quite a wonder." She replied almost breathlessly. "I wish I had the planet book right now."

"I don't think this planet is in there." Kylo admitted as the ship flew over the planet once before Kylo Ren found a place to dock. It was unfortunately near a very awful and familiar piece of junk that he wished he'd never have to lay his eyes on ever again. He looked out at the empty area before him, knowing that they weren't alone. "You should go out first."

Ash gave him a pointed look before climbing over him and pushing up on the release hatch. She peeked out of the released hatch, only to immediately duck as a blaster shot barely missed her head. "Hey! It's me!" Ash yelled, standing up again. "It's me! Don't shoot!"

Behind some of the natural rock formations came the familiar Wookie and the other Force User. "Ash?" Rey called out, somewhat confused. What the hell was Ash doing in a First Order ship? Ash climbed out of the Silencer and was, very happily, on the ground. Rey and Chewbacca came out of hiding and walked over to the girl. Ash and Rey immediately hugged each other, as though they had been away for thousands of years. "Is everything okay? You had me worried."

"Yes and no… there's a lot I need to talk to you about." Ash admitted.

With that, Chewie roared angrily. Rey looked behind Ash to see Kylo Ren getting out of the Silencer now. She pulled away and began storming over to the ship, raising her blaster. "Murderous snake!" She shouted.

"Wait, wait, wait!" Ash yelled, chasing after Rey as she walked towards Kylo Ren who had just jumped down from the ship.

"Why is he here?!" Rey shouted accusingly, the blaster still aimed for the smirking Kylo Ren. Stars, he did not make anything easy, did he?

"That's what I need to talk to you about." Ash said, sliding between the two Force Users, in an attempt to bring peace. "We need to talk to Luke."

"I'm not going to let him anywhere near Master Skywalker." Rey snarled, her eyes like daggers as she glared at Kylo Ren.

"He still goes by that title?" Ren feigned shock. "I'm surprised considering his failures as a Master and all that."

"You are not helping." Ash muttered as Rey was ready to fire her blaster into the man's face.

Chewie roared again, everyone stopping for a moment as Kylo Ren frowned. "I take offense to that."

"He's not wrong." Rey snapped. "You don't belong here, you killed your own father. Why are we even having this argument?" She looked at Ash with pleading eyes. "We could end this now, end all the problems that the First Order has caused by ending him."

"Well-" Ren scoffed. "That would be a waste considering I'm their number one enemy at the moment."

Rey's face dropped as Chewie moaned. "Wait, what?"

Ash grimaced. "That's what I'm trying to tell you… he's kind-of on our side now."

"Kind-of?" Rey asked skeptically. "You can't just kind-of be on a side."

"Ash does it all the time, don't you, Starshine?" Kylo retorted somewhat mockingly.

Ash glared. "You know what, go ahead and shoot him."

Before anything could escalate any further into chaos, a man in a long robe descended down the hill. "Children, that is enough." The group stopped, turning to see the man with the crazy beard come forward. He removed his hood and stared intensely at Ashlyn and Kylo Ren. "It looks like things are a lot worse than you made them out to be, Rey."

Rey was back to glaring at Kylo Ren again. "I didn't realize he was going to be coming too."

"We were under attack by the First Order." Ash explained as best she could. "We needed somewhere to go; a safe place to figure all of this out. We had nowhere else to go."

Luke studied Ashlyn for a moment, knowing she was being sincere in her words, however, was there a hidden ulterior motive that even she didn't know about? "Grey Users are interesting in many ways." Luke began. "Mainly because you're completely lost in not having a place within the Force; always struggling to find your purpose in all of it."

Ash was stunned. "Not having a place?" She looked back at Kylo before returning her attention to Luke. "I thought being Grey was a part of the Force?"

"Grey is an anomaly, only brought into play when things are not balanced between the Light and Dark. Grey Users are not supposed to exist otherwise, things are much worse than we realized." He wasn't meaning to be malicious; he was stating a truth. A truth he had a feeling Kylo Ren didn't give her. A truth that Ash needed to hear; a truth they all needed to hear.

Ash sunk into herself then as Rey spoke. "So, what do we do now?"

"They're already here." Luke said. "Might as well listen to what they have to say." He turned and began to walk up the rather steep hill he came from.

Rey looked to Ash, almost apologetically. "I don't think he meant it like that. He can be a little-"

"He's an asshole." Kylo chimed in.

Rey glared at him before softening her expression as she wrapped her arm around Ash's shoulder. "I feel like we have a lot to talk about. Come." The two girls began to walk away, following in Luke's lead.

Kylo Ren watched as the girls walked further away from him. A twinge of jealousy followed by a small sentiment of guilt. Sure, he had told Ash she had a place in this. She did. But it was a little more complicated than that. She existed because the Force needed a fail safe. Otherwise, she shouldn't exist. It wasn't natural in the way things were. Yet, to Kylo Ren, she was everything and he was royally screwing that up. Chewbacca roared, shaking his blaster at him. Ren's eyes narrowed. "Your threat has no merit considering you've already shot me once." Walking with Chewbacca to the small village at the top of the island was probably the most uncomfortable walk of his life.

Ash and Rey walked through the small village made of rock huts where a reptilian species had inhabited; they looked like little old ladies in robes to Ashlyn. "These are the Lanai, they're caretakers of this island." Rey explained. "And… they hate me."

Ash grinned. "I'm sure they don't-" She saw their glares as the two walked by, the girls exchanged glances before laughing. "Okay, they might hate you."

"I told you." Rey said with a smile of her own as the two entered one of the rock huts. Ash looked around small hut; seeing Rey's stuff packed ever so neatly in the corner. "How is everyone back on D'Qar?" Rey asked, sitting down on a pile of rocks. Ash realized, there really was not much in the way of seating except for said rocks. She copied the other Force User and sat on a different formation of rocks.

"They're good." Ash said. "They're planning their next move." Ash realized then, she wasn't actually asking about the Resistance as a whole. "Finn was still asleep when I left. He's going to be fine, they said."

Rey nodded, looking down at her lap. "He's like that because of Kylo Ren, you know."

And the guilt just kept piling on. "I know."

"And you brought him here."

"I did."

Rey frowned now. "Why?"

Ash pursed her lips, trying to figure out how to explain something she didn't even think she understood. "I need you to trust me that I know what I'm doing." Gosh, she was really sounding like Kylo Ren lately. "We want to take down Snoke. It's the only way to bring order back to the Galaxy."

Rey let her finish before asking the question Ash didn't think of. "Is bringing order to the Galaxy something he wants too?"

Ash frowned, not at her but at the thought. "Yes, of course." She answered. "We need to stop Snoke first, before anything else. That's why we came to find Skywalker. He has knowledge about these artifacts… I'm honestly not really too sure about what they are, but they're apparently going to help."

"So, you don't actually know what the plan is?" Rey deduced from the awkward explanation.

"Not fully, but it's a start." Rey sighed, growing more and more unsure about all of this. "Rey-" Ash began. "I know you don't trust him. You have no reason to, but I'm hoping you can trust me. I believe he's telling the truth. You know we need to take down Snoke and we need all the help we can get. Help us."

Rey was stuck; she knew deep down that trusting Ash was something she could easily do. She had been blindly trusting her all along and now Ash was asking her to do something she didn't know if she could even do. Yet, the truth remained. Snoke needed to be eliminated and they had to do it together. "If he does anything, and I mean anything suspicious… I'm going to kill him."

"You and me both." Ash retorted, receiving a half-smile from Rey.

Rey showed Ash the hut she could stay in for the time being, reluctantly agreeing that Kylo Ren could stay there too. Between back and forth arguing from Kylo and Rey, Kylo saying something completely inappropriate along the lines of 'It's not the first time we've slept together', which caused Ash to die of embarrassment, Rey to yell at how disgusting he was and storm out of the hut, and Chewbacca to roar and roll his eyes as he followed Rey, but not before glaring at Kylo Ren warningly.

"Can you please behave!" Ash begged him once they were alone.

"I am behaving." He said with disinterest as he began to remove his top.

Ash glared. "If that's you behaving, then I don't want to see you misbehaving." He snorted as his top came off. That was when Ash saw the dry blood and open wound on his side. "What happened?" Her voice soft.

"I got shot." As though it were so obvious.

Ash walked over to him, looking at the angry wound. "Why didn't you say anything? We should have looked at this sooner."

"I was a little busy trying to get you to a safe place." Ren snapped, immediately regretting he had done so as Ash winced slightly.

"And I appreciate that." She admitted truthfully. She did; she appreciated that for once he wasn't so lost in a selfish thought, but actually did something for someone else's well-being. "But it's not one sided like that. I get it, you're concerned for my safety, but don't forget that I'm concerned about yours." He frowned, but more so at himself. "We need to bandage you up." Ash began to head for the door, Kylo Ren stopped her, his arm reaching out and wrapping around her as he pulled her close; ignoring the pain in his side as he did. She looked up at him, noting the reluctance in his expression. Not that he didn't want to say it, he just didn't know how. It was a silent apology. Instead, he leaned down and kissed her. Ash smiled slightly. "Be good while I get bandages."

He rolled his eyes. "Yes, Starshine." When he was certain Ash was a good distance away, he inhaled sharply, his back still to the door. "While she may not be strong enough to sense you, I am. You can come out now." Luke Skywalker entered the hut then. "Are you here to tell me how disappointed you are in me?"

"No." His one word answers were frustrating. "But, I am here to tell you that the artifacts are not on this island."

Ren rolled his eyes as he walked over to the bed, plopping down on it and wincing at the pain in his side. "Figured." He hissed slightly.

"Your distaste for Rey is blatantly obvious; you know you're going to need her too, right?"

"Ash can use the other artifact." Ren answered flatly. "She has light in her."

Luke frowned. "Ben, she's Grey. That's not how she was made to work. The Force created her because you and Rey can't do this alone. Balance is needed, the Light, the Dark and the Grey, to defeat the Darkest part of the galaxy. You know the legend."

Kylo Ren rolled his eyes. "Stories from crazy, old, dead men told centuries ago."

"Yet, you believe them. You wouldn't be here otherwise." Luke saw through him.

Ren glared. "What do you want from me?"

"I want you to do the right thing." Luke said. "I failed you, Ben; I'm sorry for that. Don't fail them."

He said nothing as Luke quietly left the hut. Sure, things had gone completely and horribly wrong between Kylo Ren and his Uncle. That was in the past, at least, a past Kylo Ren wanted to desperately destroy. However, he had a new purpose now. He had to stop the Darkest part of the galaxy; bring together the Grey, the Dark and the Light to do so. Granted, he wished he didn't need to the Light User. Stars, he really hated Rey. But, unfortunately, Luke was right. He couldn't fail them. No, Rey didn't matter. No one else mattered. He couldn't fail Ash.

Ash stumbled back into the hut, holding bandages and a bottle of something he was afraid to ask about. "Those Lanai creatures really don't like me. I didn't do anything to them, I swear!" He snorted as she walked over to him, crouching down in front of him and began soaking the bandage with the mysterious liquid. "But, they seem to be willing to help when asked. I guess that's a good sign." She looked at his wound hesitantly. "I don't know if this is going to hurt so… sorry."

"Just do it." He grumbled; hissing as the wet bandage made contact with his bruised and bloodied skin. She muttered a few more apologies before cleaning the wound fully. The remaining bandages she used to cover the wound, wrapping him up as best she could.

"There." She said with an accomplished smile, looking back up at Ren. "Not so bad, right?"

"Don't quit your day job to become a nurse." He teased with a smirk.

Ash laughed. "Didn't plan on it." She saw his smirk drop almost instantly; something was bothering him. She could feel it. "What's wrong?"

"Aren't you the least bit concerned about all this? That I'm going to fail you; fail with whatever it is I'm trying to accomplish?" He asked; Luke clearly got to him.

A beat of silence passed through the hut as Ash looked at him. "You could never fail me." She replied as though even the concept of him failing her was impossible. "If anything, I'm worried I will fail you. That I won't be strong enough to help you. I only exist for whatever the Force needs me for-"

"He's wrong." Kylo Ren interrupted, slightly annoyed but mostly at Luke for even suggesting such a thing. "You don't exist just because of the Force or whatever it is the Force has planned for you; for us."

Ash avoided his gaze then, looking down at her hands and the semi-empty bottle of mysterious antibiotic liquid. "It's just weird hearing someone say I have a purpose and that my life is almost meaningless otherwise."

Painfully, Ren leaned forward, his hand under her chin and forcing her to look up at him. "Your existence isn't meaningless. It means something to me. You complete me." He assured her. "And that means more than some stupid prophecy can ever." Ash smiled, feeling an overwhelming sense of love, purpose; something wonderful that she hadn't felt so sure about. It was real, it was so very real right then and there. She knew it in the very depths of her being. "We have a busy day ahead of us. We should rest."

Ash nodded, pulling herself to her feet and climbing into the small bed with Kylo Ren, careful to not touch his wounded side. "This is probably a bad idea considering you're hurt." She laughed.

"You know me-" He sighed. "Full of bad ideas."

"The worst ideas." She agreed teasingly as she snuggled as much as she could into his side. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Starshine."

Final Thought: Let's end this chapter on a high note... considering Ash has her work cut out for her and is going to need a drink after what's to come. Anyway, remember to review and see y'all next time!