The Balance and The Force {Star Wars Ep. X}

s. XV

"Can we keep trying to bring Kai home? We know he wants something similar to us. I bet we'll force connect sooner or later... I can talk with him." Anni told her parents.

Rey nodded. "That's fine, you'll be going back with us tomorrow to a few different planets. We've had people contact the resistance about their children possibly being able to be a part of the group."

Anni nodded in understanding. Ben looked over at Rey for a second before sighing.

"Alright, how about you go talk to Ryder again? He's been terribly worried over you. That's probably why he relayed the information wrong." Ben told Anni before motioning for Rey to leave.

Rey turned back around just as she was about to walk out of the meeting room. "Don't forget. Training before we leave tomorrow. I want you to show us what you learned from your brother." She said suddenly. "Just so we know..."

Anni just gave her a thumbs up before watching Ryder step in.

"Wanna go get dinner, An?" Ryder asked Anni and she just nodded happily. "I've missed you." Ryder said as Anni walked over and grabbed his hand.

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Anni accidentally woke up the next morning. Well, she knew it was coming. Especially when she made the decision that trying to sneak back to her bedroom so late in the night all frazzled would have been a dead giveaway of Ryder and Anni's antics.

Ryder knew a lot more than Anni did, Anni wasn't going to lie. She didn't know much about relationships and sexuality.

She learned quite a bit that night.

Anni rushed out of Ryder's room after getting redressed in her pajamas. She ran down the hall to her room and jumped inside. She squealed as she tried to run around and find her training gear.

She heard a knocking on the door and it was obvious it was her dad being a little annoyed with how late she was. "Anni Solo! Open this door for me! You've got it locked!"

"I'm changing, father!" Anni yelled back as she pulled on her usual outfit.

"Well, we don't have much time. We're gonna run the training course together so let's go! You're so slow..." Ben complained and Anni couldn't help but to laugh at herself.

She suddenly opened the door as she was clipping her lightsaber to her belt. She looked at her dad who was wearing Jedi robes which was a little unusual to her.

Anni just shrugged and walked with her dad out into the woods. The two of them had set up a training course where the two of them fight against each other in order to get the red flag that's tied up somewhere through the woods.

Anni sighed as they arrived the starting area. Anni breathed out shakily as her dad stood in front of her.

"Now, you'll get a few seconds head start. I know where the flag is but you won't, so I'll keep following you even if you go the wrong way. I'll be doing unexpected things to see how well your reaction time is, as well. Are you ready?" Ben asked Anni and put a hand on her arm. She nodded to herself, she had barely said a word to her father.

She couldn't help but feel nervous because of what had happened the night before.

"Go."

Anni turned and ran quickly through the woods. She wished she knew where the flag was because it would be so much easier to find it. She breathed out shakily before turning around to see her dad was now chasing after her.

Ben forgot to tell Anni that he had his lightsaber and a blaster. A blaster shot ran right past her ear. She yelped before taking a left down a small clear path. Then she started to go off the path to try and make her dad miss the shots instead of having to use her lightsaber to block.

They kept running before Anni finally saw a red flag dangling a few yards ahead of her.

Anni then suddenly felt the urge to turn in her tracks. Her feet slid and she turned to see her dad running very fast at her with a lightsaber. Anni quickly pulled hers out and blocked his hit.

Ben was surprisingly more aggressive with his blows than he usually was. Anni grunted as she kept swinging and blocking.

Then, she noticed she had been backing up. The only issue was that the red flag was quite high up on a branch in the tree. She was closer now but she didn't know how to fight off her dad.

Suddenly, his lightsaber hit a tree beside her and cut it in half. Anni yelled suddenly, as instinct came in. She shot her hand out and her dad went flying back against a tree. Anni turned and went to try and climb the tree to get the flag.

Then, a blaster shot hit her right in the leg. She yelled before turning to see her dad was getting up again. He went to shoot again and Anni blocked it using her lightsaber. Then, she started running full speed at him. She blocked his shots with her lightsaber before watching as he moved from the tree. Anni jumped and used her foot to kick off of the tree. She went through the air and over to the other tree. She grabbed onto the tree branch and used her lightsabers to cut off the red ribbon on the branch.

Then, she jumped down and watched as her dad started walking over to her. He was obviously hurt, but so was Anni.

She extinguished her saber before walking over to her dad. Her breathing was heavy and she had sweat dripping down her forehead. She held out the hand with the red ribbon for Ben to take.

Ben went to take it, but Anni snatched it away quickly and laughed at him. She did a little shrug before starting to walk back towards the main base.

"You did well today." Ben said and started to follow her.

"I know. Sometimes I think you underestimate me." Anni joked.