Taken by the First Order -A Kylo Ren fanfiction-

Chapter Sixteen: Turmoil

"Maybe you're right, but I seriously think we shouldn't go, maybe we should just go back to the Resistance base." I said, fiddling with the material of my shirt.

"We can't just bail on our mission, I know you might be scared but this is what the Resistance does, and we need this pilot." She said. "If you want to stay here that's fine, but I really thought that you of all people would be able to do this." She said, it should have been a somewhat mean comment, but coming from her it gave me a sense of belonging, a flurry of confidence.

"I can, but, what if... I don't know, something happens." I said, twisting my fingers together and then letting them go, I did this over and over again, trying to distract myself from the guilt that threatened to consume me whole.

"Aerolynn, I get it, but you're just being skeptical because of what happened yesterday, but I assure you, if we go in there and get the pilot fast enough, we'll be alright, the First Order is not going to be there." She said, my insides twisted as if they were noodles on a fork.

"Okay." I squeaked out, and with that we left and descended into the forest.

We walked for about an hour before we came upon this large grey brick castle, the top part of it was covered in colorful fabric and tapestry, it was tall, so tall that I had to crane my neck up to see the top of the pillars.

"Don't stare." Rey said as we ascended the looming steps.

"Stare at what?" I asked, our footsteps echoing off of the stone.

"Any of it." She answered back before opening up the doors and stepping in. The outside of the castle would have anybody fooled by it's quite and almost serene demeanor, but inside it was a roaring canteen, larger and more diverse than the last one. Aliens were scattered all about, their conversations lapping over each other, so that it was hard to listen to without getting a headache.

The smell of alcohol and food wafted through the air, making me scrunch my nose. Rey and I slipped between people, and I was suddenly thankful for being so invisible.

"Rey of Jakku!" Someone yelled, I turned around, giving Rey a fearful glance but she wasn't paying attention to me and instead was smiling. I looked to see what she was smiling at and saw a little orange thing walking towards us. She was small, barely up to my waist, she had large glasses on that made her eyes pop out, wrinkles formed around her small mouth and cheeks, she had a friendly yet authoritative aura about her and I realized I would not want to get into a fight with her.

"Maz!" Rey said, bending down and giving the small childlike woman a hug.

"How are you my dear?" She asked, placing her hands on Rey's face and looking at her. She turned her head from side to side, observing her.

"I'm good, do you actually mind if we go downstairs, it's a bit too... crowded for what I need to talk to you about." She said, Maz nodded and started to walk off, Rey following closely behind, I stumbled after them, constantly looking behind my shoulder expecting Kylo Ren to jump out from the shadows brandishing his trademark red cross-like saber.

We followed Maz into a secluded corner of the canteen and down a set of winding stairs and too a dark cellar like thing, that was damp, the air was heavy and clung to my skin. On one wall artifacts were clustered, lining the wall each looked so old I doubted anyone that was still around was alive for.

"And who is this pretty girl?" Maz asked, turning to gesture at me. I swallowed, words seeming to fail me.
"This is Aerolynn Edina, we rescued her from the First Order around a month ago, she has electric powers. She grew up on Tatooine." Rey said, I gave her a grateful look to which she only nodded.