Confronting Fear

Nightsisters

It's a fairytale
And the story is out of date
Nothing that I haven't tried to say
You know that the road is lonely
I will need some help
You know that this life is crazy
I will need some help

Oblivion - Lacuna Coil

Rose held the durasteel rod in position as BB8 welded it into place with his torch attachment. Heat conducted through the metal rod warming her fingers through her bantha hide gloves.

While Finn, Leia, Poe, Maz and Chewy went to Dathomir, she had been tasked, along with Kay Connix and several other Resistance members with resettling the base on Ajan Kloss with the former stormtroopers. She and Connix would be leaving, while the other Resistance members would stay and train the new recruits.

BB8 beeped that he was done and Rose released the rod. "I think that's the last one BB8." she replied, giving the structure a good shake. "The orbaks won't be escaping from these."

First Order troops had sacked the base when they came looking for them here but luckily hadn't done too much damage though the communications equipment and solar panels had been completely destroyed. The biggest change was they needed to build pens to contain the orbaks. Since they currently didn't have any fighter craft at the base, they converted the hangar into a two-piece pen with shelter inside the hangar and a grazing area outside. The garage doors could be lowered to lock the orbaks inside overnight so none of the many jungle predators could get to them.

BB8 beeped again. "Yes, let's go see if Jannah and Kay need help."

Jannah sweated as she carried the huge communications console to the bay, setting it down where the lieutenant pointed.

"Thanks Jannah, can you help me run the wiring from here to the dish outside? I'll make the climb if you can feed me the wire from the roll."

Jannah felt a blush creep up the back of her neck. "Of course, or I can climb up if you want."

Kay smiled, making Jannah blush even more. "No, I don't mind. It's just up here." She pointed towards a hatch in the ceiling.

Jannah focused on unrolling the stiff copper wire as Kay climbed up the ladder through the trapped door in he ceiling. Her crew had only been with the Resistance a few days and they were all trying to make a good first impression lest they be cast out. She'd even briefly gotten to meet the General, but the Jedi, Rey had been out on a mission. However, it was the cute communications officer that Jannah really wanted to impress.

Jannah hadn't been attached romantically since her last, well only girlfriend, had been killed during a skirmish on Florum just after Kylo Ren had usurped Supreme Leader Snoke. NK-9053 or Nik as she had been known, had once shared that she admired FN-2187 for leaving and wanted to do the same, knowing she'd be put to death if Jannah ever told on her. She'd be proud of Jannah for being here now. Finn said the Force had been the reason her company deserted, she wondered if Nik could have been there too, her spirit a part of the endless flow of cosmic energies.

"That's enough!" Kay shouted down from the hatch.

The door to the bay opened, the girl Rose and the astromech BB8 entering the small area. "We came to see if you needed any help." Rose offered. "The orbak pens are completed, they're being moved into them now."

"I think we're okay here. Kay is connecting the dish to the console. She should be down in a minute. Is there anything else?"

Rose smiled inwardly at the affection in Jannah's voice when she said Kay's name. Rose had initially been a little jealous of Jannah when they first met on Nerit, but it soon became clear that she was not going to be competing for Finn's affections. She really needed to get her jealousy under control. Finn loved her and would always be loyal to her so she didn't even know why she always seemed to feel this way.