Power

21.

"I'm sending the three of you with them." Leia tells me. "If anyone will be able to help Rey find the wayfinder, it is you, Galen, and Maro." I sigh and nod.

"Yes, General." I say, walking back to find Galen. He won't be happy about this, Maro and Galen can hardly survive in a room together. Maro believes it is entirely Galen's fault I have found myself in the dark side, that he is in someway corrupted me. That Galen is entirely to blame for what happened between the two of us.

"What did she say love?" Galen says as I approach him.

"We're being sent on a mission with Rey and the others to find a Sith wayfinder." I don't meet his eyes, he gently pushes my face up to meet his eyes.

"What else?" I hesitate.

"Maro is coming too." I can see the slightest flicker of yellow in his irises. "It's the General's orders so please," I place a hand on his cheek. "Try not to kill him?" Galen stares at me for a moment.

"I will cause no problems. It is his mouth that will get him into trouble." Galen stands, walking to pack his things for the Falcon. I chase after him and begin packing my own bag.

"We're doing this for Rey, to finish out this war, and then we can go home." Galen and I grab our bags and begin walking towards the Falcon.

"I'm glad you both are coming." Rey says as we approach. She glances at Maro, standing beside the ramp to the Falcon with Poe, then back at me. She can feel the tension in the force between the two, as can I. We all enter the Falcon, Maro sits within the booth inside. Galen leans against the wall across the room, staring at him with flickering yellow eyes. I walk to the cockpit where Chewie, Finn, Poe, and Rey all sit.

"Where are we headed first?" I ask them.

"Pasaana. Luke was searching for the wayfinder too, his trail went cold there. We'll pick up where he left off." Rey says.

"Get ready for lift off. Tell the two angry boys back there to hold on." Poe says. I roll my eyes and grin, walking back out into the ship. Maro sits cleaning his blaster, Galen adjusts the hilts of his sabers.

"Galen, look." I say, picking up one of the combat remotes sitting within the Falcon. "Remember these?" He grins at me and nods.

"Those were the first training droids I ever used with Vader." Galen says.

"I used them in the temple and training with Maul." I toss the tiny droid into the air, it comes to life and focuses on me. I ignite one of my saber and begin deflecting the blaster shots with ease. "I remember the days when even these were a struggle." After a few minutes, the droid powers down and falls into my palm. I can feel Maro's eyes watching me as he puts his blaster back together.

"We're coming up on Pasaana!" Poe shouts from the cockpit. Maro stands without a word and walks toward the boarding ramp. I place a hand on Galen's face.

"We find the wayfinder, we can kill the Emperor. Then we'll be home." I say, Galen smiles at me and plants a kiss on my lips. I feel the ship land and Poe comes walking out of the cockpit.

"Come on lovebirds, we're here." He says, exiting down the now open ramp. The group of us walk up a sandy hill to see an explosion of colors among the people of Pasaana. 

"Oh the Acky Acky Festival of the Ancestors! This is a once in a lifetime experience." C-3PO says from beside us. He looks back at Galen, Maro, and I. "Well, once in a lifetime for some of us."

"Come on, we don't have much time." Finn says, heading down the hill. I take Galen's hand and walk into the festival. When we reach the center of the festival I close my eyes and listen to the force surrounding us.

"The dagger is here, the one Luke was searching for, I can feel it." I tell Galen. Another presence pulls against me. "But there's something else. I sense conflict very strongly."

"From who?" He asks. My eyes open as I come to a realization.

"Rey." I begin to hurry through the crowd, Galen following close behind. Rey runs into me, stumbling as I catch her.

"We have to go. Back to the Falcon. Now." She says, fears stricken through her voice.

"Why?" I ask her.

"It's Ren." I glance at Galen, he has the same look on his face.

"We can't take down the entire First Order." He says.

"I don't know, I did watch you pull down a Star Destroyer once!" Poe says as he rushes into us, following a masked man. "Follow him, Leia sent him." We all board an old sandwalker covered in Acky Acky decorations.

"How did you find us?" Maro asks, standing squished beside me due to his size. The man takes off his mask to reveal Lando Calrissian.

"Wookies stand out in a crowd." Lando says with a smile, Chewie pushes through to hug him. "It's good to see you too, old buddy."

"This is General Lando Calrissian." C-3PO tells us, I laugh.

"We know who it is, 3PO." I tell him.

"It's an honor, General." Finn says.

"General, we're looking for Exegol." Poe tells him, Lando nods.

"Of course you are, only two were ever made." As the words leave Lando's mouth, I'm suddenly thrown into a vision.

An old Jedi hunter, Ochi, flies over the Acky Acky people, I then stand before him as he walks through the desert, holding a Sith dagger. I walk towards him but suddenly stumble, falling to the ground. When I look up I stand beside Ochi in a dark tunnel system, an old speeder inside beside him. I turn to look to the right but now stand within a dark room, it feels so familiar. The wayfinder floats ahead of me atop a pedestal. Before I'm able to reach for it, a figure in a dark cloak ignites their red saber into my stomach, I look up to see the face of Rey with glowing yellow eyes.

My eyes snap open to see both Maro and Galen hovering over me, the rest of the group desperately trying to look over their shoulders.

"What happened?" Galen says, brushing the hair out of my face.

"I saw him, I saw Ochi. He was here." I tell them. The face of Rey pulls my attention to her, the vision of her yellow eyes fresh in my mind. Galen and Maro look up at one another.

"We need to move." Maro says.