DYAD'S PROMISE: Clouded Agreements of the Most Divine

Chapter 37

Laying the injured man on the bed Rose went to start tending.

"What happened?" she asked.

Finn looked cold and unfeeling for a moment as he wrangled with his instinct to kill the man but his own programing was strong enough to stand still.

Stepping in Poe looked crossly at them all. "This trip and this is all you got?'

Luke stared at Finn reading him like a book. "You know this man."

Laying on the padded bed the man opened his eyes wide fearful.

Everyone was silent and Finn nodded. "Sure, ya... I know him. Everyone knows the man who exterminated entire planets with the push of a button. That sorry sack of humanity is General Hux."

Rose backed away suddenly not concerned for the injuries the man had sustained. The look of disgust and loathing clear on all their faces.

Luke knelt next to the man who flinched away.

"What happened?"

Hux glared but then his eyes softened as he knew he was at their mercy of being left behind on the planet or killed.

He winced. "Give me something for the pain first."

Poe shook his head. "No, I won't authorize that. Tell us what happened or I will kill you myself." he threatened but Luke stood and held up his hand.

"Now listen here, I am questioning him and I will authorize it," he said as Rose handed it to him.

Poe stammered. "Why are you helping him. He is just about the worst person to help in the known galaxy."

Luke injected the reliever into the man's arm crudely and Hux screamed out. "Force sakes, ugh, you resistance scum!" he shouted.

Luke then punched him squarely on his injured face. "You will feel that later," he said shaking it off. "Now. What happened?" He asked again.

Hux covered his nose still cursing.

"Come on, I don't got all day," Luke said impatiently.

Hux winced.

"What happened," Luke said now fully impatient.

Hux still glaring and wary tried to sit up but Luke just shoved him back down.

"Speak, or I will let them do whatever they want to ya." He said urgently.
"We were here searching for a relic..." he started. "There are several that may still be here..."

Luke rolled his eyes. "What relic did you find." he held out his hand. "I found remnants of a Sith Holocron in that damaged area of the temple."

Hux nodded. "Yes, we found one."

Luke's eyes were bright and intense and Hux felt fear different from the fear he had of Kylo. This was righteous anger and he knew righteousness could be more savage than insanity.

"What did it show you?" Luke asked.

Hux sighed. "It showed the old Emperor, he was talking to his apprentice Vader to take Luke Skywalker to Tor Valum if he succeeded in destroying him."

Luke frowned and shook his head. "Tor Valum?" he sat a moment in thought.

"What use is a message to your dead dad nearly thirty or forty years old?" Poe asked still trying to understand the value of this mission over the one proposed on Kuat. "This war is not a walk down memory lane," he said leaning against the Falcon.

Luke glared at Poe and shook his head. "If you don't shut your mouth I will have you locked in the cockpit by Chewie, he will do it."

In reply, Chebaka growled his agreement to the threat and Poe rolled his eyes and crossed his arms angrily.

"Admiral Holdo would find this prisoner real valuable don't you think?" he said.

Hux perked up. "Yes, they will. Kylo has told the first order I am dead but I am not. They will turn on him if they know I am alive." he said trying to believe his words and the men he had trained and commanded. The first order was his army.

Luke laughed. "Right." then looked to Chewie. "Little help here? I think the captain needs an escort."

Poe looked back startled that Luke was following through with his threat. "You can't be serious!" he protested.

Luke shrugged. "Oh, I am serious."

Chewie dwarfing him by far only had to stand and Poe turned cursing them and the force.

"There, now..." Luke turned. "What else was on the Holocron? like maybe where we can find this Tor Valum?" he asked.

Hux nodded. "There was a map, but I was not understanding the system it was near. It was a dying star I think."

Luke frowned. "You think?" he demanded. "I am gonna need you to remember." he put up his hand and saw the event, and watched the Holocron but he also saw Kylo tortured by some unseen pain. He looked confused by the message.

Luke shook as he watched it explode and Kylo was on the ground once there he closed his eyes and whispered "Rey,"

He flashed forward to Hux trying to hide, afraid in the inner sanctum of the temple. Soon there were footsteps and he could see Rey running to Kylo Ren, she seemed to infuse the force inside him, healing him. Her tears wiped his cheek and the skin pink looked more healed than a Bacta bath.

"He is alive." Luke sighed unsure how he should feel. He was there for his sister, to save her son if need me, but there was no need. Rey did.

Finn frowned. "Who?"

Luke sighed. "Kylo Ren." he looked up and shook his head. "What can we do with him?"

Rose lifted up some pills. "We can have him take a very long sleep." she suggested. "I have these slow-release meals in pill form. The old Jedi used to eat them. I can have him out a week and we can deal with it from there."

Hux shook his head. "No, please, I can tell you things."

Luke shook his head. "I don't need to know them right now, and frankly I don't have the time to deal with you, so down you go," Luke said shoving pills into his mouth. "That's it," he said and took the sleeping pills from Rose. "Now, take a big drink of this so you don't die of thirst."

Hux shook his head. "Please I must insist-"

Luke shook his head. "No, just drink or you will live to regret it...or not," he said without emotion.

Taking the pill Hux instantly blacked out and relaxed into the padded medic bed.

"There, now strap him down," he said and headed out.

"Wait, what are we doing?" Finn asked. "Where are we going?"

Luke shook his head and sighed. "Lots of questions kid." he hesitated. "If you must know I got a flyboy captain and a "what we doin" force-sensitive both quacking in my ear."

Finn frowned. "Wait, am I the force-sensitive?" he asked seriously.

Luke opened his eyes wide and rolled them. "Not a very bright one at that..." he threw up his hands. "I don't have time for this."

Coming to the cockpit he looked to Chewie. "Rather than argue with that guy," he nodded to Poe, "Would you mind plugging in the coordinates to D'qar?"

Chewie nodded and proceeded as requested while Poe turned and looked generally put out. "Look, I am the captain and I think we need to bring the prisoner to the Raddus. I think General Holdo would agree."

Luke shook his head. "No, I do believe she said you do what I say by the letter or your ass is out," he said looking around to be sure no one was out there. "Now why don't you just shut your mouth and come along for the ride." He snapped.

Poe put up his hand exasperated. "Fine, but would you please tell me what is on D'qar, or is that too a need to know."

Luke shook his head. "No, I have a droid to find. My sister told me he is there."

Poe looked back and chose not to argue or pressure more questions. He recalled once looking for his BB-unit and how it was so important to the mission and he could not question this mission now.