Star Wars Episode X: The Shroud of The Dark Side

Chapter 10:Rey Solo

Rey arrived at Yavin 4 faster than she ever had. Landing on the landing pad at the back of the temple she quickly made her way through and met Finn at the steps to the temple. He stood there and didn't even move when Rey came next to him.

"He's waiting for you. He told me he wouldn't move until you arrived." Finn said gravely.

Rey looked out at the field and saw what Finn was talking about. Caedus was standing in the field with a small army of the Yuuzhan Vong behind him.

"Don't worry. You can go meet him, I contacted Poe, he's bringing troops just in case."

Rey hesitated and walked down to meet him. Caedus did not smile this time but just stared at her coldly.

"What are you doing here? This is a nice army you've got with you. Here for war?" Rey asked accusingly.

"I warned you Rey. I told you not to cross me again, or you would suffer the consequences. But here you are. I heard about your trip to the temple. The Yuuzhan Vong don't like being investigated. Neither do I. If your husband didn't have any information don't you think it isn't worth anything?" Caedus asked all of this without taking a breath.

"I can't let you take this galaxy. You're just a fake dark Jedi and I will treat you as such."
Caedus laughed at her. "No, my dear. I am THE dark Jedi. I am Darth Caedus, the true heir to the sith throne. I will become the new emperor and the Yuuzhan Vong will rule this galaxy too! Now I'm going to kill you. I'm going to kill Finn. I'm going to kill the handless wonder I met on Dathomir. And I'm going to kill Ben Solo." Caedus laughed and ignited his lightsaber. He was about to strike before being distracted. Several republic ships had flown down and dropped off troops. Poe locked eyes with Rey and she nodded the go for an attack. Poe gravely nodded back and gave the order. A roar came from the troops and they all charged, led by Finn and Poe. The Yuuzhan Vong let out a blood curdling scream and charged.

When Rey ignited her lightsaber and spun around Darth Caedus was gone. She charged with Finn and the rest of the Jedi who had joined the fight and clashed with the Yuuzhan Vong warriors. They were skilled; she would give them that and even managed to doge her lightsaber. Rey knew the fight would only end if Caedus was taken down. She slashed through warriors and tried to find the red lightsaber. The fight was brutal. Rey was sure she had seen some of her Jedi on the ground either wounded or dead. The Republic army wasn't faring too well either. Rey knew that the sith were known for being arrogant, so a thought popped into her mind. What if she could taunt him into calling off his soldiers for a one on one with her. She charged through the field taking down anything that she had too and after what seemed like forever Rey finally found the Red saber. She was getting a bit nervous about her plan, the fight had gone on for too long and she was exhausted. Even the Yuuzhan Vong looked like they had not expected the Jedi and Republic to put up this much of a fight. She ran as fast as she could at Darth Caedus and used the force to shove him. He stumbled a bit and whipped around to see who had done that. He snarled and leapt at her with incredible speed. She sidestepped him and swung the second half of her lightsaber around to catch him off guard. He easily blocked it and pushed her back. They both stood there for a second breathing heavily.

"Where's your big friend?" Rey asked him

"Off waging war somewhere else. He has his own fights to take care of, I'm not his babysitter." Darth Caedus snapped.

"But you'll babysit these warriors? Why not fight ME. You told ME not to cross you. Seems cowardly to involve everyone else." Rey taunted him hoping it was working. She couldn't do this for much longer. Suddenly Finn was next to her, his blue lightsaber humming.

"Enough of this. Call off your warriors and fight us!" Finn must have realized her plan and joined in.

Caedus shook his head. "I'm not stupid. We fight like men. With an army with me!"

Finn charged him. Caedus half laughed and lunged at him too. They clashed for several minutes trying to fight for the upper hand. Eventually Darth Caedus found a weak point on Finn. He kicked Finn's leg out and slashed him across the face. Finn screamed and hit the floor on his back holding his face. Caedus picked him up with the force and threw him across the field. Finn hit a rock with a sickening thud and rolled the floor blood everywhere. Rey screamed and stopped fight the Yuuzhan Vong and charged her and ran at Caedus. Without even blinking he lifted her in the air and held her upside down.

"Which body part do you least need? Your head?" He laughed like a maniac and dropped her.

Rey hit the floor hard and stood up dazed. Heart pounding, she stumbled toward him. Caedus swung violently at her with his saber and she barely managed to block it. He swung again and she blocked it and fell backward. Breathing hard she tried to stand up again and fell onto her knees. Staggering onto her feet Rey tried once more to strike at Caedus. He sidestepped easily and struck her arm and then nicked her cheek. He used the force to pick her up and smiled.

"I'm going to kill you Rey. You and the three lifeforms I feel through the force inside you. A pity. They could have made great users of the force."

Rey's face went white when Caedus said three.

He laughed at her. "Oh you had no idea. Well I'm sorry to be the one to break the news. I'll get rid of your head to give them a chance. A small chance but maybe Ben can be a father still."

Rey started to find it hard to breath and realized he was force choking her. He had a cruel smile on her face and then started to slowly bring her toward him. She realized that he hadn't killed her yet because he was enjoying this. Rey's vision started to go fuzzy and all she could see was a red blur getting closer. All she could think about was how sorry she was to Ben. Suddenly she heard a scream and she was dropped to the floor. She made out what must have been Poe and Finn running toward her. She heard the retreat order called for Darth Caedus and that she was starting to get carried away. Rey remembered being put into her fighter and then she blacked out.

3 months later....