Light Up the Dark

Crash and Burn

Kylo and Rey jerked their heads towards the door as they both felt it at the same time. Someone who didn't belong was on the dreadnaught. An alarm started blaring.

Kylo snarled in frustration as he grabbed his shirt and quickly pulled it over his head as Rey ran to the door. She started to wave it open.

"No, Rey," Kylo came up behind her and grabbed her arm. "Wait here."

"What?" Rey looked at him like he had three heads. Had he not just seen her in training a few hours before?

"I don't care," he stated, hearing her thought. "Stay here so I know you're safe."

Rey couldn't help but melt at the look in his eyes. That same look from earlier, his light pouring into her.

"Alright, alright," she resigned as he called his lightsaber over to him from some secret compartment behind them and snuck out. He was so silent for a man so large; Rey didn't know how he did it.

She sat back on the bed with her legs crossed and focused. She needed to track Kylo's Force signature, so she closed her eyes and reached out with her mind. She took a deep breath, and as she started to exhale, her eyes widened as she realized who was attacking them.

It was the resistance.

Rey leapt off the bed and started to wave the doors open when she remembered her promise to Kylo.

'Why would they even be here in the first place?' Rey thought as she stepped back, panicking. 'They know I have to be here until my training is over or the truce is broken. What are they thinking?'

Her light saber was in her bedroom, just down the hall. If Kylo found any of her friends before her, she would need it...

'Sorry, Kylo,' Rey thought as she flew through the suite doors down the hall to her quarters and slid to a stop. She sat down on the bed to pull on a pair of boots then called her lightsaber to her, igniting it. The weapon burned, light blue and electric, crackling and hissing to life.

As she opened her suite doors, there was a huge crash as a vent fell from the ceiling, pieces of ceiling falling and clanging against her little table, shattering it. She jumped back and quickly deactivated her saber when she recognized the mess of men before her.

"Poe! Finn!" She yelled as she ran over to them. There was of chorus of groans as the two rolled around and stood up, dusting themselves off and looking around as if in a daze.

"Rey?" Finn was the first to see her. He ran at her and grabbed her up into a hug and spun her around. "We were right, this is your place!"

"Finn! Finn, I've missed you so much!" Rey cried as she hugged him back ferociously.

Poe jumped forward and literally ripped Rey out of Finn's arms and into his own. Finn pouted but still smiled. Poe and Rey stood together in a firm hug. She buried her face in his chest as he rocked her back and forth to the rhythm of her uncontrollable sobs that had taken over.

"I know, Rey, I know. We're here now," Poe said softly, stroking the back of her head in a comforting manner.

"Poe, I can't tell you how much I've missed..."

As Rey leaned her head up to speak, Poe pulled her in hard and kissed her. It happened so suddenly that Rey couldn't stop it, and the way Poe kissed her made her head spin. Finn rolled his eyes.

"Okay guys, you can get a room later. Let's GO," Finn pulled his blaster out and started towards the door.

"Hold on, Finn!" Poe snapped. "You can wait one minute."

Poe stepped back to stare at Rey. Her eyes were wide with shock.

"You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that," Poe said, a huge grin on his face. Rey's heart exploded as she stared into his eyes. They were filled with pain and longing. He pulled her back to his lips as she tried to speak.

"Poe, wait..."

He kissed her again. This one was longer, his tongue meeting hers as he poured his love into her. She felt it radiating off of him, surrounding them both like a halo. Her mind was screaming for her to stop, but she couldn't bring herself to hurt him, not right now. She would break it to Poe later and explain the whole thing to Kylo.

The hair on her arms stood up as she realized "later" was now.

She felt his frenzied darkness running towards her open door. Kylo slowed to a stop when he spotted Rey and Poe. His rage was a shimmering red waterfall through the Force bond as he processed what he was seeing.

Rey was kissing another man.