Temiri flew after the ships, drawn to the strange power he felt coming from the lead spacecraft. It flew past the main casino and away from the beaches, toward the other end of the city, where there were no trees or hills or water, just flat, dry land that stretched out as far as the eye could see.

Large stone buildings with low flat tops polluted the landscape, their tall chimneys blowing black smoke into the sunrise. Temiri had never seen this part of the city before.

The dark ships lowered onto a large round landing base, hidden in the middle of the dirty factories. They lowered down out of sight and Temiri quickly floated down as well, before the top closed over, concealing the ships. He dropped downward so fast that it felt as though he was actually falling. But there was no hard landing, for his mind alone traveled and not him.

A moment of fear gripped him as he considered how separated from his body the heavy metal ceiling made him feel, now that it was closed above them. The underground landing site was open and spacious, but the dim lighting gave it a closed in feeling. The loud hum of the spacecrafts stopped and the air rushing beneath them settled as they shut off.

With a hiss, the door of the main craft lowered and soldiers covered in white armor, holding thick weapons, walked down the ramp, their boots clinking noisily as they marched. Behind them, stood a stern looking red haired man that wore a commander's uniform. His blue eyes passed over the vast underground area, looking right through Temiri and stopping at something behind him. 

Temiri turned to see what he was looking at. A big man, who Temiri recognized as the Casino owner, approached from the distance, walking fast. He wore a thick, long robe made of white fur and many precious metal rings on his fingers. He walked with his shoulders back, as though trying to balance the weight of his large belly in the front. He smiled at the General as he came closer, displaying teeth filled with different coloured gems.

"General Hux," he greeted with a booming voice, which matched his large build. "To what do we owe the pleasure?"

The orange haired General smirked, then made his way slowly down the incline, ignoring the Casino owner's question. Fear grew in Temiri's mind, but not because of this General, who he could sense was heartless and cruel, but because of the man who stood at the top of the ramp, behind him.

He wore all black and stood taller than the rest, silent and terrifying, like a monster in a bad dream. Temiri could sense emotions in this dark man which frightened him, worse than an angry task master; a calm anger which could break at any moment and destroy everything around him. Temiri had never been truly afraid in his life. He'd always known there was power within him to fight back. But now, for the first time, he was deeply frightened.

"We need a new battering ram canon, destroyer cruiser canons, bombs and a hundred TIE fighters," the General announced. He'd reached the bottom of the ramp and stood in front of the Casino owner, looking down his nose at him. 

The Casino owner's eyes flickered up nervously to the dark lord who stood behind the General at the top of the ramp. "So soon?" he asked.

"Is there a problem?" The General moved in close, forcing the Casino owner to step back.

"No, not at all," he answered, swallowing hard. "It's just... You only recently ordered many weapons and fuel and we haven't got everything you're asking for readily available-"

"You have fourty-eight hours."

The Casino owner frowned. "If you don't mind me asking, has the Resistance grown?"

"Grown?" The General named Hux spat out the words. "It's almost entirely depleted. With this last shipment of weapons, we will wipe them out entirely. We've found their secondary base, which has been destroyed and it is only a matter of time that the rest of the Resistance fleet will be wiped out along with it."

"Enough." The man with the dark hair and evil powers made his way down towards the Casino owner.

Temiri pulled back as he approached, even though he knew no one could see him.

"You have twenty-four hours." The dark man stopped, his black robe swirling around his boots at the abrupt movement. He turned to Temiri, his expression changing to a look of surprise and confusion which only Temiri could see. The other men waited in silence.

Temiri froze. The connection with his body was all but a distant memory now. He couldn't return to it. His focus was lost, caught in the eyes of the darkest man he'd ever met.

He can't see me. He can't see me, Temiri repeated to himself.

But the Leader was looking right at him, his brow furrowed, as though he wasn't sure what he was looking at.

Temiri tried to will his mind and soul back to his body, but he was stuck.

"Ren!" the General said loudly, breaking the frightening moment.

"It's Supreme Leader to you." The tall man turned, gripping the General in an invisible choke hold which brought him to his knees. The Casino owner's eyes went wide with fear.

Temiri took his chance to escape. He traveled quickly this time, flying straight back to the balcony rooftop on the other side of the city. His heart hammered loudly in his chest when he returned to his body. The dark leader had seen him, had looked right at him. Temiri was now on the other side of the city, but it still felt too close.

He wiped the sweat on his brow. The sun was fully in the sky now and the day was heating up quickly, as it always did this time of year. He had to tell Oniho what he'd heard. Oniho's uncle was with the Rebels of Canto Bight, the Freedomists. He was also a secret ally of the Resistance and the one who had told Oniho the Legends of Luke Skywalker and the Jedi Knights, which Oniho shared with Temiri and Arashell.

Temiri waited until his breathing returned to somewhat normal, then he hurried off the roof top to go find Oniho and Arashell.

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Author's Note: Tomorrow I will write about Rey, I promise! I have big plans for this fanfic and I'm working my way towards it. For those who don't know my work, I write and post daily (except Sundays). So check in every day for the latest chapter <3 Thanks for reading)