"We don't want to fight you," Rey said, reaching out with the Force to try to pacify the enemy pilots as the three of them hovered nearby, staring at the ships through their fighter windows.
"Speak for yourself," Poe said in her earpiece.
She looked to the side, where all three ships were hovering and gave Poe a severe look.
"Hey," Poe said. "I'm just saying... I want to fight them."
"Why?" Rey said.
"Something..." Poe said. "Feels off. Like they're not just smugglers."
Snap chimed in, "Poe, she's the one with the Force, buddy. Don't get delusions of grandeur."
Rey pretended to laugh, but looked wary, her hands shifting on the controls before she continued.
"We can and will take you on," she said, then holding her breath to wait for a response.
It finally came.
"We were told by a birdie that the Jedi is here," said a voice that sounded so dishonest and snakelike, Poe wondered if it was a human. If it was aliens, they were definitely smugglers. The First Order was prejudice to most aliens.
His comm beeped. Poe hit the red button. "What is it, Connix?"
"Rey, Poe, Snap... They are smugglers. They pretend to be the Empire in systems outside of the outer rim, and one of them is actually capable of using the Force. They intimidate their victims with it, saying he's Darth Vader's old guard, and doing little Jedi party tricks. Just be careful."
Rey breathed out slowly, trying to concentrate.
Poe said, "Do you feel anything, Rey?"
"No," she answered.
But she had to ask him silently.
He heard her voice echo in his mind. "Do you feel anything, Poe?"
"Yes," he pushed back with his mind, "But it's just that somethings wrong. We should attack them."
She shook her head, trying to clear it before speaking to them again.
Rey shouted, making sure the comm was on and the other ships could hear her. "You are not the Empire. You are not the First Order. The First Order will destroy you when they find you, especially if you've been impersonating them. Why are you here?"
"Because I wanted to reclaim and return the jedi to Kylo Ren, the heir of Darth Vader," another voice answered, older and sounding eerily calm.
"Firstly," Poe shot back. "What makes you think we even have the Jedi here?"
There was a pause, and then a moment later, they heard an echo of their conversation only moment's ago over their comm speaker.
Snap's voice echoed with static on their speakers. "She's the one with the Force, buddy. Don't get delusions of grandeur."
Rey breathed out evenly, shooting a look at Snap.
"Don't you dare do the Jedi stare with me. I'm... I'm sorry, really."
He had started it as a joke, but could now sense their danger. Poe quickly said, "Don't worry about it. She's going to land. Now."
"No, I'm not," she answered. "They already know I'm here. I'm better fighting in the sky."
She pushed with the Force. He didn't answer at first, but he got her message.
The same promise they both gave.
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The Flight Before Us | FanFic/Damarey/ Before Ep 9
Science Fiction"You don't have to understand something to feel it." Trying to hide from the First Order, Leia finally reveals why she's been testing Poe- and even why she sent him to find Skywalker's map. While Rey tries to help train him, it's hard for them bot...
