The Force That Binds Us (Reylo)

Chapter Three

Rey woke to find herself leaning against her desk, having passed out working on the lightsaber. She sighed upon seeing the notes were damp from her crying in her sleep. She recalled Kylo appearing in her dream, almost as if he came to try and comfort her from the night terror. She pushed the thoughts away and gazed at all the work she had done on the weapon.

She picked up the blade, holding it away like she were about to battle someone. She pressed the button on the side, expecting the blade to light up. There were some crackling sounds within the metal blade before it finally burst into life a few seconds later, the blue light frizzy just like Kylos. He had told her it would look like that.

She watched it frizz and pop before practicing a few basic swings and moves. She was glad to finally be able to make the weapon work the way she wanted it to. Even if the blade reminded her of Kylos. The thought actually didn't bother her to much, since for some reason the dark jedi didn't give her much anxiety. Actually… His presence had grown comforting.  

Her thoughts were distracted as a large blast echoed through the ship and the whole place shook. The sudden blast hit the ship hard enough to cause it to rock and knock her to the ground. She dropped the saber and it hit the floor, the blade spitting then turning off.

She sat up, hearing running just outside her door. She quickly picked up her lightsaber then ran outside, looking around. She reached out and grabbed onto one of the resistance fighters. “What's going on?”

“The first order found us,” The boy answered before continuing to run with the rest of the group. She watched in shock for a few seconds before running to the cockpit where Poe, Chewbacca and Leia were. The three were quickly talking back and forth, flicking switches and pressing buttons on the control panels.

“How did they track us?!” She quickly asked, Finn suddenly running up beside her, his eyes wide. “Please tell me we can lightspeed out of here…” Finn begged, nervously shifting back and forth on his feet.

“One, we have no idea how they found us. Two, we have already been rendered helpless by their first attack,” Poe answered, sitting back in his chair upon realizing they were all powerless to stop the situation. Finn banged his head against the side of the ship, instantly saying “ow” and grabbing his head.

“How is that possible?!” Rey questioned. Leia simply shook her head and sighed. “Its troubling… It's almost like they are reading our minds,” She said, causing Rey to fall into a state of shock and realization. Soon, she felt Kylos presence around her. Leia lifted her head from where she was looking at the controls, also feeling some of his energy around them.

He was reading minds. He was reading hers. “That snake…” She whispered, annoyed by his sudden betrayal. He must have figured out the location by snooping through her mind during one of their force moments together. “Not much longer until we are in their tractor beam now,” Poe announced, Chewbacca letting out a growl of complaints and protests.

“I know a place to hide…” Fin spoke up, remembering how they had hid underneath the floor of the ship. Leia quickly objected. “He knows the ship to well for that. It's useless…” She explained, in deep thought about how to handle this bad situation.

“I could try and talk to him,” Rey quickly blurted out, Finn looking at her like she was insane. “No. You can't. This is Kylo Ren… You can't just talk to Kylo Ren,” He tried to argue, Rey ignoring what he said. “I might be able to figure this out…” She argued.

Leia looked at her with slight concern in her eyes. “Let me get in an escape pod… We can talk one on one…” Rey continued, looking ready to dash to the escape pods. Leia stood up, walking closer to her. “I don't know what happened between the two of you, but going face to face with him is suicide,” She tried to reason with Rey, only making her shake her head.