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Chapter 1:
Miami Florida, 11:00pm
Rey Satine Kenobi was 27 years old and a world class female MMA Fighter, the best of the best until her match last year against Anya Togruta of Bespin Fight Club where Rey came out on top and Anya, in a fit of rage after the match, rammed her car into Rey's at 65 MPH and put Rey in the hospital with a Clean break in her femur and a severe concussion along with 2 broken ribs and a sprained wrist. This put her out of the next upcoming season and if she could strangle that fucking Togruta girl she would but Anya was justas banged up as Rey and that gave her some sense of satisfaction and justice. Rey had been trained by the best fighters and her childhood friends, Poe Dameron, Armitage Hux and Ben Solo, before he up and disapearred one night 8 years ago after her first win.
Here she sits a year later in her condo in Miami Florida watching the news while sipping on a glass of sweet tea with her now free leg propped up on a pillow on her couch. A knock on her door had her calling out for the person to come in, she was to lazy right now to answer the door at the moment and knew it wasn't a mass killer
Poe Dameron, her best friend and Trainer/Coach and his boyfriend Finn Storm, her other best friend walked into her living room and sat down with her. Finn stood up and went to get him and Poe a glass of tea. Poe muted the TV and turned o Rey, “Rey-Rey, are you sure you want to get back into the circuit? I mean, your pretty much set for life if you wanted to retire right now” Rey scowled at him “Don’t be silly Poe, im 27 and I’m not about to just give up when i'm in my prime!” He threw his hand up in a sign of okay and Finn walked back into her living room just as a paper view commercial came on and sat down in the chair by the doors to her balcony, she had a grogeous view of Miami Beach and the Ocean, something she always dreamed of having since she was a kid and saw Han and Leia's house in the Keys when she went with her Grandpa, Obi Wan Kenobi to visit for the first time many years ago.
Her grandfather knew Anakin Skywalker, the best fighter in the league up until his tragic death. his Wife, Padme Amidala Skywalker was so depressed she passed away after giving birth to Leia and Luke who were then split up and had no clue of each other until her granddad trained Luke in fighting and reunited him with Leia, who by then was engaged to Han Solo, legendary drag racer and well known scoundrel until he met Leia. since then, Old Ben had been closely twinned into their family. when rey's parents died and she was sent to live with Old Ben shortly after her 5th birthday, Leia immediatly took her in and treated her as if she was her own daughter, and Han taught her everything she now nows about cars, and that left Ben Solo, who at 13 treated her as his equal and was her closest friend. He later introduced her to Amitage Hux, who she called Armie since she couldn't pronounce his name correctly, later she met Ben's other friend, the devilish 16 year old Poe Dameron. together, they were inseperable and did pretty much everything together. when she met Finn in 7th grade, she brought him into her close knit circle and up until she was 19 they were closer than ever.
Shortly after her first win in a match, Ben disappeared in the night and never returned, she was heartbroken and no amount of cheering up brought on by Armie, Poe and Finn, as well as the rest of the family made her feel better. 3 years later, Armie moved to LA after being signed to the First Order Fight Club. they still kept in contact and he made frequent visits to Miami to see everyone and stayed at her condo. He was friends with Kylo Ren, the best MMA Fighter there is in the male circuit, Rey did not like Kylo because he was cocky and arrogant, but he looked so familiar and Rey couldn't quite place why and when she asked Armie he quickly changed topic onto her training and next match
Finn took her hand and brought her out of her musings and thoughts of the past, “Rey, If you want to do this when i'm behind you 110% and so is Poe” at this she saw her trainer nod his head. Finn turned back to her “and Leia and Han gave you the all clear so if you wanted to start tomorrow then we can do that”. At this, Rey jumped up and squealed “YES! Finally i'm getting back into it!” Finn and Poe laughed and they all came to a decision that pizza and a movie as a celebration was in order. Finn called the pizza place and Rey picked out a movie (American Made) while Poe went out on the balcony and called Leia, who would then in turn have Connix, send out a notice that Rey Jakku was getting back into MMA. he hung up 15 minutes later as the pizza arrived and as they cracked open some beers and settled back to enjoy a movie.
Los Angeles, California 8:00PM
Kylo Ren sat on his couch watching a tv show after coming home from training session at First Order. He was the top fighter for FO Fight Club and at 34 he had everything he could want and then some. He had just finished his dinner, a solid chicken and boiled egg salad and was just about to have a glass of whiskey and watch the newest episode of “Arrow” when his phone pinged from its place on the coffee table
Walking over to check his phone he was shocked when it turned out to be a link to an article from his best friend and other FO Fighter, Armitage Hux, the only other person who knew who he was before Kylo Ren due to being childhood best friends and hanging out with Poe Dameron and of course Rey Kenobi. Curious, he clicked on it after reading the previous message,
Little Spitfire is making a comeback it seems. She's being trained by Poe Dameron and someone named Finn Storm. Kinda proud of how shes bounced back after that girl got mad she won and decided to wreck not only Rey’s car, but hers. Have you still thought about getting in touch with her?
Kylo responded while sipping on his drink.
No I haven’t tried and don’t plan on it. You and I both know that Snoke would kill me and then some before I could even consider it. Besides, she doesn't need to know that you and I pressed charges against that girl and had her exiled from MMA and the circuit. She's better off without me in her life
He clicked on the link Hux had sent after that message and up popped the headline,
‘Rey “Scavenger” Kenobi Making her MMA Come Back after Terrible Accident last Year after The Jakku vs. Togruta Match’
Kylo felt his jaw drop slightly, yes he had heard that Rey, who he knew since they were children had been in an accident last year and that it was pretty bad, and the photos released almost had him calling his mother, Leia Organa to see if his little Rey was okay but he couldn’t bring himself to do it, not after the way he left 8 years ago. So he just brushed it off and ignored all news updates on her and instead focused on his match against Cassian Andor of Rogue One Fighting, which he ended up winning and got Snoke and Mitaka off his back for that season.
It seemed fitting really, his little spitfire Rey wanting to jump back into it just under a year of her accident. He followed her career obviously, unable to let go of that one thing in his past, and was quite proud of her and her success and how far she came since he last saw her when she was 19 and just starting out in the circuit. He regrets every missed birthday and every match she won but he was under Contract by Arnold Snoke that any ties to his past as Ben Solo be cut and left behind as he became Kylo Ren, but this one piece of his old self he just couldn’t bring himself to throw away. Not even a few seconds after that last thought, Hux fired a text back
Come off it, you and I both know it’s not against your contract to talk to Rey, your just chicken because you love her and don’t want to “taint her” as you've put it. Im calling her tomorrow to see if she wants to get lunch sometime soon, at least I haven't given up on keeping in my life…
Another text pinged,
863 903 4581 is her number, don’t continue to beat yourself up over nothing. She always mentions you when we get together and if you don’t call her I’ll tell her everything...and I mean everything Kylo. don't make me have to do it…..goodnight, I’ll see you tomorrow
He sat back down on his couch and huffed out a breath and looked at the photos on his living room end table. The one was of him and his spitfire at her high school graduation and the other of his first win in a professional match, him holding the refs one hand up and Rey next to him pressed against his side smiling up at him. He added her number to his phone as ‘Spitfire’ and finished the episode before he went to shower and fall into bed early. He had training tomorrow and he was curious as to what Snoke had planned for him.
Miami Florida, 2AM
Rey had sent Poe and Finn home around 1AM so they could get some rest for tomorrow and she jumped into the shower before tossing herself on her bed. She looked over at the two photos she kept on her nightstand. One was of 4 little kids, sitting next to a pool with kool aid grins and their arms around each other. That was her, Poe Dameron, Ben Solo and Armitage Hux on July 4th, 2002 in the Florida Keys at Leia and Han’s house. The other one was of her and Ben Solo at her high school graduation, Ben had swept her up into a bridal carry just as the photo was taken, both smiling and laughing. Not for the first, Rey wondered where her Ben went, and if she would ever get to see him again. Her phone pinged, alerting her to a new text message, she pulled it up and wasn't suprised to find a message from Armie asking if it was okay for him to fly out this coming weekend to see her and the family. she responded with a sarcastic 'yes, do you even need to ask at this point you dork?' and put her phone down for the night. Turning over and shutting the light off and setting her alarm she closed her eyes and tried to push long forgotten childhood memories out of her head and focus on the now and getting her career back on track.