She awoke in the dark once again but this time she had no idea where she was. She hissed in pain when she slowly sat up. She noticed all of the cuts and bruises on her exposed skin, but they were clean like someone had cleaned them.
She remembered the ship going down and then everything going black, but now that she thinks of it, she remembers falling into someone's arms... And they were really tall.
She didn't know how long she had been out for and she still didn't know where she was.
Slowly she walked towards the door of the little Hut she was in, taking forever due to the amount of pain she was in.
She peered out into the darkness and realised that the sun was slowly rising over the hill. She limped towards the hill aching for sunlight. She dragged herself up the hill and collapsed on the ground due to exhaustion. She sat up and watched the sunrise on the unknown planet. It was quite beautiful really. The oranges and yellows and pinks bled into the sky, replacing the black with a light blue.
The wind picked up and swirled around her face. She was at peace, she was hurt but alas, she was alive.
She could see the ocean from the hill that she sat upon but she didn't see him approach her from behind.
"I see you are feeling better" Ben solo stood a few meters behind her staring at her bruised face.
She flinched at the sight of him. She stopped short when she realised her mistake, this wasn't Kylo Ren. She felt shocked. She had gotten coordinates to Ben Solo. She looked back down at her hands, she felt confused.
"how long have I been out for?" she said not facing him any more.
"2 days" he walked up beside her but didn't sit down.
She closed her eyes and instantly thought of Thomas. She missed him. She wanted to make sure he was safe but knew that going back would probably kill her. He could sense her thoughts and he felt sorry for her.
"what am I going to do now?" she asked looking back up at the sky as the tears started to roll down her face.
"Rey, you are still hurt, you need to rest" he looked down at her but she didn't move.
"I don't think I can move" she said with a small chuckle. She wasn't surprised at Ben's kindness, she had sensed it within Kylo so many times before. The fact that he had turned, not completely to the light nor dark made her forgive him.
"would you like me to help you?" he said crouching down towards her. She flinched as she remembered that night with Poe and her breathing became rapid. He could sense what she was thinking and his eyes softened a bit.
"don't worry Rey, I won't hurt you... I promise" she stared into his eyes and knew she could trust him. She grabbed his hand that was outstretched in front of her and he slowly guided her up. She grunted in pain as her bruises and cuts came alive again.
He snaked his arm around her waste and put her arm over his shoulder, helping her walk. She felt a bit awkward considering the height difference but it meant that she didn't even really have to walk at all.
When they reached her Hut again she remembered one last question.
"Ben, where are we?" she said as she felt her back twitch in pain.
"we are on Edroth, it's a safe place, there is a village just behind the hills over there but other then that we are alone" he said knowing she was worrying about being caught.
She sighed in relief as he walked her into her Hut. He sat her down on her bed and she scooted back into her covers finding the warmth of the blanket. He turned to leave but before she could stop herself...
"Thank you, Ben" her eyelids fluttered close as he stared at her peaceful figure.
"you would have done the same thing" he whispered before he stepped out of the Hut.
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Meanwhile across the galaxy, Finn was planning something. An expedition. Both he and Thomas could sense that Rey was hurt but he knew that he himself couldn't help her, he was too important to the resistance to just fly away, so instead he came up with another plan.
Thomas sat at the table staring at the scrawl he wrote on the peice of paper 2 days ago. They knew where she was but Finn wasn't going to do anything about it. Thomas didn't smile when he walked into the room, he didn't feel like smiling at all.
"Thomas, I have a plan" he sat at the adjacent chair turning to face the little boy.
"I can get you to Rey but you need to be able to do exactly what I say, alright?" Thomas nodded eagerly and waited for the plan.
Tonight when everything would be quiet, Finn would sneak Thomas onto a tie fighter that had coordinates set to the planet that Rey was on, but once it took off and had been on autopilot until he got into the atmosphere of the unknown planet, he had to be able to land it himself. Thomas loved ships and knew exactly how to land one but at the Same time he was only 6...