Galen and I turn the corner just as Rey force heals the giant serpent hiding within this burrow. The creature meets her eyes before slithering away, revealing an exit. I raise my eyebrows at her, she smiles at me.
"Let's get a move on." She says.
...
We arrive at Ochi's ship, deciding to escape in it and come back for the Falcon later. Poe runs inside and starts attempting to fire it up. Rey suddenly stops, handing her things to Finn.
"What is it?" He asks.
"I'll be right behind you, it's okay." She tells him. Finn runs up to the ship, but I decide to stay behind. Maro and Galen stand beside me, following as I walk down the sand. Maro takes a seat on the edge of the cliff, scoping in on his blaster to get a closer look at Rey.
"What's she doing down there?" He asks.
"Facing him." Galen says. I direct Maro's attention to the TIE flying towards Rey, the dark side presence growing stronger as the ship draws nearer. She ignites her saber and suddenly starts running at the ship, jumping into the air and slicing the wing off. I grin and Maro claps once, standing up beside Galen.
"Rey! Rey!" I hear Finn yelling above us. "They got Chewie! They got him!" He desperately points at an escaping transport. Galen moves to walk forward, I put up an arm to stop him.
"No, she needs to do this." I tell him. Rey lifts her hand and grabs hold of the transport, forcing it towards the ground. Kylo Ren walks from the wreckage of his ship and takes his own hold of the transport. Together they struggle against one another, the darkness fighting against the light.
Galen and I both look at Rey at the same time, sensing the same growing power within her. I watch as Rey clenches her jaw, her hand squeezing tighter against the force. Energy rips through the air as the power travels up her arms and lightning erupts from her palm, destroying the transport. A power crafted only by the darkness, my eyes widen at her.
Above us, five more transports travel down from the sky, each carrying at least two squadrons of troopers. Rey runs away from them and back to the ship, we'll never make it out alive with them firing at us, along with the TIEs that I'm sure are following. But, they might leave if I offer them a prisoner they won't be able to resist. I shove my bag into Galen's hands and use the force to push him into Maro's arms, knowing he's the only one who will be able to hold Galen back from running after me.
"Go now!" I say, igniting my sabers and running towards the transports.
"No!" Galen shouts, Maro just barely grabs hold of him.
"I will see you again! Rey is the key to everything, get her out of here! I'll hold them off!" I reach the bottom of the cliff as the transport ships open, my eye begins to blaze yellow.
"Lyra!" I push back against the sadness from the pain in his voice and begin to deflect the blaster fire. Behind me Ochi's ship powers up and lifts into the air, Maro must have forced Galen inside. They take off and escape as the troopers focus on me. Two TIEs soar down and lay down fire on me, I deflect one but the other sends me soaring through the air. My head hits the ground hard, brusises and cuts littering my face from the sand. The troopers take this moment to lock force blocking cuffs on my hands and pull me to my feet.
"Someone of your now controlled power is not so easily caught." Kylo says as he walks toward me, I stare at him, my yellow eye still blazing. "This was all to help your friends escape. Where are they going?" I spit the blood pooling in my mouth at him and pull against the troopers.
"The moment I'm free from these cuffs, it will be your life I take, like I should have years ago." I say.
"Take her away."
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Galen's POV
..."Let me go!" I shout once we jump into hyperspace. Maro finally releases me, I look back at him with blazing yellow eyes. Immediately my hand flies up, gripping him by the throat with the force.
"Galen, let him down." Poe says, quickly standing up from the pilot's seat. "She risked her life she we could all escape and find the Emperor and save the Resistance."
"I don't care, I don't care if the Resistance lives or dies, I'm going after her." My voice is full of anger, slick with venom, I can hear it as the words come out of my mouth. Maro coughs as he falls to the ground, rubbing his neck. He finally stands up and looks at me.
"I'm not going to let you go alone." He says, I study his face. "I know those Destroyers, I was in command of them during the Empire. By the looks of them, they haven't changed much." I finally nod, Poe sighs.
"When we get to Kijimi, you two can find your own ship." He says, waving us off as he walks back to the pilot's chair.
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Kijimi is dark, full of trooper patrols searching for rebel fugitives. Maro and I slip through the streets until we reach the starport.
"There." Maro says, pointing at the TIEs. "If we could get one of them, we can get inside the Destroyer she's on easily."
"She has to be on Ren's, he wouldn't keep her far away from him." I tell him, he nods in agreement.
"There's only a few troopers, I count three. We take them out, we get the ship." He counts to three, then we both separate to opposite sides. I take the first trooper, he takes the second, then I throw one of my sabers as the third. "Show off." We both climb into the TIE and Maro takes off, soaring towards Ren's Destroyer.
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Fanfiction"Inquisitors are created through torture and pain, Lyra. Why do you stay loyal to the ones who hurt you so badly?" I walk towards her and take her chin in my hand, looking down over her. "I am not your average Inquisitor, princess. I was not born o...