Leia and the gang were relieved to hear that Rey was safe and sound.
"So far my predictions have been right," Leia sighed with relief. "Let's just hope things go as planned."
Finn needed a break, so he walked outside and looked at the vibrant sunset, taking a deep breath. He watched as the fiery orb lowered, taking all of the beautiful tropical colors with it. As he kept thinking about the First Order and Rey, he kept getting flashbacks from his experiences with the First Order and the village on Jakku.
He felt a hand on his shoulder, making him flinch.
"Easy, buddy," Poe patted Finn's back.
Finn took a deep breath. "Sorry. I… I was just remembering some things about the First Order-"
"Like what?" Poe asked with curiosity.
"Well, my first mission was at a village in Jakku. The one where Kylo caught you. One of my old friends was shot and… " Finn paused, almost at loss for words. "He reached out for me. He could only touch my helmet, leaving a bloody mark on it," Finn described. He tried hard to remember that night. He saw that man who shot his friend, but not that clearly since it was awfully dark out.
Then he looked at Poe, narrowing his eyes at him.
Poe realized quickly that he shot Finn's friend.
"Now wait a second," Poe raised his hands up. "I didn't mean-"
"It was you!" Finn immediately shoved Poe.
"Listen man! I was just trying to help the village!" Poe defended himself, trying to hold Finn off.
"They were going to die anyways, and you had to add more to the list!" Finn began shouting, before throwing his fist at Poe.
Finn couldn't punch Poe, let alone move.
Luke approached them, holding his hand up and aimed at Finn.
"Are you alright, Poe?" Luke asked first.
"Yeah. We just had a misunderstanding," Poe explained looking at Finn. Even though Finn couldn't move, he was able to look away with a bitter expression.
"I heard it all," Luke replied, before turning to Finn. "I believe you should rest, Finn. Sleep all of your worries and frustrations away."
"I can't. Not while Rey is out them with those monsters," Finn gritted.
"Yes, but would you want Rey to see you acting so vile?" Luke questioned.
Finn was about to argue, but he didn't have a point to argue with. Finn sighed, giving up his fight. Luke released Finn, who walked back inside and to his room. Luke turned to Poe.
"He doesn't truly want to be ill with you," Luke tried to reason with Poe.
"I know. I've seen how stressed he is. Thank you for having things go the way it did," Poe thanked Luke, trying almost too hard to be respectful.
Luke smiled and nodded, before walking back inside with Poe.
Rey was bathed and changed into slightly uncomfortable clothing. Surprisingly, it was tight on her. It may have been from her damp peachy skin in result of the shower she had taken.
She walked out of her room and heard murmurs of stormtroopers passing by and had crude comments thrown at her.
"Watch your back, girl," one officer scoffed, bumping into her shoulder as they passed by.
"Look at her, walking like she thinks she's got a key card because Crylo let her in," one storm trooper unsuccessfully whispered to his partner as they both leaned against the cold metallic wall.
"I know right," the second trooper replied. "Like she owns the damn place."
She went into the elevator, taking a hard swallow. No one else was on the elevator since that would defeat the purpose of being in hiding.
Once she reached the surface, the air was warmer, but still breezy. She saw Kylo in the garden, holding a piece of cracked pavement in the air.
He suddenly chucked the piece of pavement at Rey, hitting her in the stomach and knocking her back a few feet.
Rey was about to attack him, until Kylo walked up to her and spoke.
"I see that your first lesson will be how to be aware of your objects."
The same piece of pavement snuck out of her sight. She looked around for it, before it hit her in the back of her head.
"I didn't mean to stumble into your base!" Rey apologized, stepping backwards in fear as a group of rebels moved towards her, pointing guns.
Suddenly, a gun went off and everyone started shooting at something. With the rain pouring in the darkness, she couldn't see what they were shooting at.
She was knocked to the ground from a group of the rebels running by to get their target, only to be thrown back.
Kylo observed Rey as she lay unconscious on the floor. He watched as her fingers twitched along with her brow, her aura darker, and most of all, the little gasps as if she couldn't breathe.
He grew curious, as she was vulnerable. Kylo crouched down and decided to see what was in her mind.
Rey watched bodies upon bodies fall onto the ground. Through the heavy rain she saw a red saber glow in the night.
She knew red meant danger, and stood up as quickly as she could. She started stepping backwards as a group of men and Kylo approached her.
Rey snapped out of the vision, alarmed and panicked for a brief moment. Kylo quickly stood, watching her reaction.
Rey assumed he had been peeping into her mind, feeling him retract from her thoughts.
"You saw that, didn't you?" She asked.
Kylo threw the same piece of pavement at her with the force, an attempt to avoid the topic. He was walking away as he did so, but little did he know, Rey caught it. She threw it at him, hitting him in the back of the mask.
"I was speaking to you!" She raised her voice, marching towards him.
He turned around, holding her in place. Rey's eyes widened in fear, realizing she got ahead of herself.
"That is a topic for another time. I'm not keeping you here to answer questions. I'm keeping you here to train you. Obey or be eliminated," Kylo sternly told her, obviously ticked by the vision he saw Rey have.
She knew that he was hiding something, and she was determined to get it out of him. The only question was how. It would take time to get answers.
Rey did what Kylo told her to do, and trained with her for about two hours. He taught similar to how Master Luke taught. He was firm and disciplined as he taught Rey. Then again, Rey didn't expect him to go soft on her. Not after what she did to his face.
Once those two hours of training were up, Kylo dismissed her.
"Kylo," Rey called out to him. He stopped in his tracks and coldly turned to her. She couldn't see his expression, but assumed it to be serious.
Rey looked around her, seeing the dead flowers. "May I tend to the flowers while you're busy?" She asked Kylo.
Even though Rey couldn't see it, Kylo actually smirked under his mask. "Go ahead. They'll die anyways," he agreed, before walking inside.
Even though the flowers were dead, she was able to pick some seeds from them. She tore half of them out of the ground with her bare hands. Surprisingly, this also took two hours considering how hard it was to dig into the dry ground. She enjoyed the sun hitting her skin, and had hoped Kylo would grow to like it as much as she did.
Unfortunately, she had to stop after one of the officers yelled at her to get inside since it was sundown and dinner time, threatening to starve her if she didn't.
Rey dropped everything and walked inside since the only thing she ate was breakfast. Even though breakfast was plentiful, it wasn't enough to hold her the whole day.
She was guided down the elevator and escorted to a foreign room. There she saw Kylo calmly sitting at the end of a table for six with a hearty meal in front of him and across from him. However, five seats were empty, soon to be four. Rey's eyes glanced over the various food choices such as Covado salad, dustcrepes, and even bloodsoup. Rey moved her eyes to Kylo, who was patiently waiting.
"I believe you had some questions?"