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C-3PO takes the data device from BB-8 and inserts it into a base computer. The projected map appears in hologram. Leia enters, studying it, dispirited. Legacy stood beside Poe mesmerized by the hologram, Poe turned toward the girl whom he loved watching as her eyes filled with tears already knowing the truth about the map
"General, I regret to inform you, but this map recovered from bee bee eight is only partially complete. and even worse, it matches no charted system on record. We simply do not have enough information to locate master Luke." C-3PO informed. Poe continued to watch Legacy, the hurt in her eyes growing more as tears began to fall from her eyes
"No" Legacy whispered. It felt as though someone ripped her heart out of her chest, stomped on it and placed it back in its rightful place. She knew the map was only half complete but hearing the words again hurt a lot more then the first time. Poe grabbed the smaller girl pulling her in a hug as she choked back sobs
"I can't believe I was so foolish to think that I could just find Luke and bring him home." Leia said in disbelief
"Leia." Han said.
"don't do that."
"Do what?" Han asked as he followed Leia who had walked off. Poe released the girl from the hug holding her shoulders and looking into her green eyes.
"Are you okay?" He asked all though he already new her answer. Legacy looked down at the ground as more tears welled up in her eyes.
"No" she whispered as she looked back at Poe
"my father he hasn't always been there for me, but he's still my father and I still love him. I just wish he was around more. Him and my mother left when I was pretty young and I always hopped they would return. After what had happened with Ben I prayed they would come back. Instead Leia had to inform me of my mothers death my father.... he ran off." Legacy broke eye contact with Poe as more tears fell from her eyes.
"He wasn't there to hold me when I would wake up from the nightmares! He wasn't there when I stopped eating because I didn't care I just wanted my mother back! he wasn't there when I begged my uncle to kill me so I could be with her again! He wasn't there then, I just hopped he could be here now" Poe grabbed the girl in a hug once more his heart broke for the girl he loved. He had known she had a rough childhood before she had met him, he just didn't known why or even how rough it actually was. It was something Legacy had never been able to bring herself to tell.
"He might not have been there for you and he might not be here for you now but I will always be by your side. I'm never going to leave you. I love you Legacy Skywalker and nothing is ever going to change that" Poe's hands rested against Legacy's cheeks wiping the remaining tears on the girls face. Poe leaned toward the shorter girl planting a small but passionate kiss to her soft lips.
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Sapphire wakes, disoriented. She is once again in an angled, upright retraining rig. She was startled as Kylo Ren appeared in front of her.
"We went through this once! Wasn't that enough?" Sapphire questioned the taller man. Kylo knowing already that she won't answer any of his questions removed his mask sitting it gently down on a table turning toward the girl once more.
"Where is everyone?" Sapphire questioned
"You mean the murderers, traitors and thieves you call friends?" Kylo questioned
"You'll be relieved to hear I have no idea"
"Yeah, so relieved" Sapphire exclaimed rolling her eyes.
"You still want to kill me?" Kylo asked the girl as she eyed him up fear and anger evident.
"That's kinda what happens when you are hunted by a murderous creature who believes you are something your not" Kylo ignored the girls words
"Tell me about the droid"
"Okay well, he's a bb unit, orange and white one of a kind really, has a little bit of an attitude" Kylo cut the girl off
"Tell me about the map that the droid holds"
"Hmm a map? like a treasure map? like 'x' marks the spot kind of map? didn't know he had a map" Kylo, frustrated with the girls remarks spoke again this time with much more anger
"He's carrying a section of a navigational chart. We have the rest, recovered from archives of the empire. We need the last piece. and somehow, you convinced the droid to show it to you."
"Ya know it's not hard to convince your own brothers droid to show you something"
"You mean the same brother who left with your best friend? Leaving you here with me?" Sapphires blood boiled as much as she hated her brother for leaving her she was still broken over his death caused by the first order
"Yeah well thanks to you he's dead" Sapphire spat
"Are you sure about that?" Kylo teased knowing the resistance had saved the man just before the first order could capture him again. Sapphire shocked by Kylo's words looked down beginning to think maybe her brother could actually be alive.
"You've seen the map and I want you to tell me what you saw"
"And why would I do that? so you can find Luke and kill him? So you can ruin Legacy's life even more then you already have?" Kylo outstretched his hand moving closer to the red head. What happens next surprises the both of them a feeling Sapphire had never felt before moves through her head feeling as though someone was digging around her brain.
"You're so lonely...so afraid to be left behind again" Kylo said his voice low
" At night, desperate to sleep...you imagine your father, you fear him yet you don't know his true identity" Tears stream down the girls face as she try's to resist. She tries to break free, but can't budge.
"And Han Solo. you feel like he's been a better father then the man you grew up with. He would've disappointed you"
"Get out of my head"
"I know you've seen the map. It's in there... and now you'll give it to me. Don't be afraid. I feel it too."
"I'm not giving you anything"
"Well see about that" Kylo peers into Sapphires eyes intensely she meets his gaze despite the pain she is strong. Kylo's confidence begins to melt away. He has slammed into a barrier in the girls mind. He looks less certain by the moment as Sapphire seems to grow in strength. The ferocity of confrontation builds until it hits critical mass. Then Sapphire does the unimaginable. She enters Kylo's mind, amazed at what she sees. Her eyes glowing a bright fiery red
"You...You're afraid...that you will never be as strong as Darth Vader!" Kylo suddenly withdraws his hand. He takes a step back, confused, rattled. Sapphires body is released, she breathes deeply, her powerful eyes still on the sith who starts to leave.
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"This girl, resisted you?" Snoke asked Kylo, his mask still off, stood in front of the supreme leader.
"She has some kind of ability something I have never seen before. It's not the force it's something much more unimaginable." Kylo spoke unsure of the girls powers fearing the unknown just a bit
"And the droid?"
"Ren believed it was no longer valuable to us." General Hux bellowed as he walked in the room stopping next to Kylo. Kylo turned to look at him remembering he didn't have his mask on, turned away quickly hoping Hux hadn't seen his face.
"That the girl was all we needed. As a result, the droid has most likely been returned to the hands of the enemy. They may have the map already." Hux continued. Snoke now visibly furious turned his attention back to the young sith.
"Then the resistance must be destroyed before they get to Skywalker."
"We have their location. We tracked their reconnaissance ship to the Ileenium system."
"Good. then we will crush them once and for all. Prepare the weapon." Kylo is stunned. This wasn't what he wanted or expected at all. Hux walked out of the room leaving Kylo and Snoke alone once more.
"Supreme leader. I can get the map from the girl. I just need your guidance."
"If what you say about this girl is true, bring her to me."