--Building a New life --Tech x Reader Bad Batch

Chapter 32 --The big break | The darkness beneath the city--

Spending time with Riyo had really helped you relax after the boredom and stress of being a hidden jedi escort within the Senate. However, your dream that night at her apartment gave you a new course of action that you needed to address.

This entire time you had been on Coruscant you had been having nightmares about the Jedi temple and a dark figure hunting you down. Each night the figure seemed closer, your fear was more real and tangible and you felt physically sick some mornings. But when you were at Riyos and you entered the dream-temple, there was no dark figure this time and no frightening presence. It was still not as comforting as you remembered it being in your youth but you were truly alone now. Just you and the force in these halls. You felt a pull on your senses like a rush of energy or a cry for help. The temple was beckoning you.

You slowly opened your eyes and immediately felt your head pounding. "Uuuuhhhggggg" you groan as you sit up in Riyos bed. You look around, not seeing Riyo, and then swing your legs over the side as you start to wake up. --Glad I'm not afraid. But that was a weird feeling-- you think to yourself as you start to walk across the room "Riyo?". --Weren't we on the floor?-- you think through your pounding as you look about.

You hear no response and don't see her anywhere in the room. "Riyo?" you ask again, making your way towards the door that leads out into the kitchen area.

"Morning" you hear a voice from the kitchen table and see Riyo in her soft pink robe seated at the table.

Happy to have found her, you make your way over and sit down next to her. "How long til the hearing?" you ask tentatively as you look over the few breakfast items present. Looks like she just got up.

"Twenty minutes," Riyo says with a yawn.

You nod before having adrenaline hit your system as you realize the timeline "twenty minutes? We need to get ready now".

Riyo looks at you a little confused and then realizes why you're suddenly rushing "oh, yes! Yes, we do".

Both of you quickly scramble into the dressing room, throwing on clothes and brushing hair. The droid maid does both of your hair styles simply and quickly and you manage to leave the house two minutes before the hearing is supposed to start. You and Riyo are doing your makeup on the way over in her ship and checking over each other's outfits making sure everything is in place.

Once you are at the hall Riyo and her guards rush ahead of you and you arrive in your seats in the hall only ten minutes after the hearing had started. Your late arrival did not go unnoticed but you were too hungover to care and now that you were here you could feel the adrenaline wearing off and your brain calming back down. The grumbling around the hall quieted down as the current speaker continued talking and you leaned over and whispered to Riyo; "How bad is it if I fall asleep?"

"For me, a decent offense. For you, acceptable" she smiled back "You can rest, I'll wake you up if it's important".

You nod, slipping her the data chip to put into the computer before you get comfortable leaning gently in her direction.

"Sleep well darling" she quietly says with a cheesy grin.

"Stay awake dear" you mutter with a grin of your own and start to drift back into a foggy sleepy state.

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A sleepy morning, another long afternoon of discussions and information, this day was usual and unexciting. But while you were resting on and off of Riyos shoulder you remembered the dream you had experienced after your night of wine and chatting. The temple, your oldest, most distant home, was calling you. As you rested and floated throughout the day you were plotting how you could get to the temple. You would want to go sooner rather than later, and if your nightmares had been any indication you would need to be careful.