THE FATE

CHAPTER 14

I woke up on a bed that was stiff. The room was small but looked well lived in. There was only one curtain casting down from the window which the sunlight lit up the room. The walls were a brown and grey color, in the corner was a desk with a small light. I looked down to see that I was in a different outfit of one that I remember. I was dressed in a brown long sleeve shirt with black leggings. I patted myself to look for my lightsaber, my patting was growing violent. I jolted up and began ripping apart the bed sheets. I glanced over at that desk and a certain metal flashed my eyes. The ground was dirt, there was some carpets covering the ground. 

I headed over to the desk to see if I could spot any notation of where I was. I quickly ransacked the drawers and most was empty but just a few random items that looked like they were left behind. I grabbed my lightsaber and twisted my body to examine the room further. 

The door was shut. With a light flashing next to it, ready to be pressed. I waved my hand over the door and hiss, the door opened. 

I poked my head out to find a hallway, still clad in that grey and brown color. I heard noises of conversation and laughter. I stalked down the hallway, being careful to be quiet. The hallway had straight and tight corners, which led me to believe this was an underground bunker that was forged by hand. 

I approached the threshold where the sound of life was coming from, but I stopped for a moment. I started to feel everyone in that room. It felt different. There was no negativity, but rather it was content. Like everyone was happy with hand they had been dealt with. There were a few droids in the mix of people, some humans and some other creatures. It was a collection of species in this room. A room I knew I wouldn't fit into. 

I placed a hand on the wall and entered. 

There were scattered table and chairs where fighters were either sleeping or playing board games. In between those tables and chairs, sat different monitors and maps of the surrounding areas and planet systems. I looked up to see there was a small opening at the top that showed branches and roots hung that were severed to make this bunker. In the middle of the room was a large map of a strange system I was not familiar with. It had a blue hue which mainly lit up the entirety of this area. 

"Welcome," that familiar woman turned around from the map. Stood across from her, a girl slammed down her fist to shut down the map. 

"You," the girl said with a threatening look. Then she ignited her green lightsaber.

I took a couple steps forward and noticed all the faces in the room, were looking at me. In a blink, I reached down and ignited my lightsaber. 

"I will end you where you stand, Valla," she sneered at me.

I stayed standing, ignited lightsaber in hand. I scanned the room for any sign of Kor. I was looking for him in all of their faces. But he wasn't here. 

"Alexia, come walk with me," the woman called out. 

I clipped my lightsaber back to my hip, and kept eye contact with the girl. While walking over with the woman. 

We joined and then headed outside the bunker. 

"I want to ask you a question, how is my son?" she stopped and held onto my arm. 

"Leia, I think we both already know the answer to that," I quickly replied looking down at the ground. 

"I know but I was hoping I could hear it from someone else rather than seeing it, I'm worried," she looked across the grounds and pushed her eyebrows together. 

"I would also like to apologize for the rude introduction, we had to show force so Snoke could see it. Then we blocked it off after you were knocked out, so he won't question you all," Leia chuckled.