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Power-Releasing Revival in the Holy Presence

In 1996, I led a revival that broke out in Cleveland, Ohio.

It covered the entire Cleveland region near where I lived at the time. People gathered five nights a week for ten months straight. Every night Monday through Friday in excess of 350 people came.

The most striking thing about the revival was that intercessors would find themselves praying for hours before services. Mostly women, these intercessors produced an awesome army of prayer warriors. The presence of God was thick and tangible every night.

Healings, miracles, and families coming to the Lord abounded. Some nights we could see what looked like a cloud thickening over the church sanctuary. In the Old Testament this thick cloud is referred to as the kabod, or glory of the Lord. When the glory came, our shoes were taken off for we knew it was holy ground.

Just as Moses took off his shoes when God appeared in the burning bush, so did we do the same. This presence lent the moment to silence and to bowing before Him.

The word kabod means weight, so all things bow to the heaviness of the glory presence. On more than one occasion, the weight of God’s glory caused me to collapse to the ground. My words would not form on my lips, my brain felt inoperable, and there was no preaching on those nights. The cloud of God’s glory was directly related to the women’s prayer and praises. God Himself loved it. He presented Himself more and more as He heard the women’s praises.

For the Love of Children

Some of the most beautiful experiences was seeing teenagers and children in awe at the Presence of God. Tears of joy filled the faces of boys and girls.

Speaking of children, I recall ministering in a large Houston, Texas, church where I was preaching at two morning services. Between the services, the church provided a guest room for relaxing. A six-year-old girl brought her ten-year-old sister who was born “deaf and dumb” to the room. She asked me to pray for her older sister as they held hands. She specifically asked me to ask Jesus to heal her sister so she could hear and talk.

How could Jesus refuse. I cast out the deaf spirit and then the dumb spirit in Jesus’ name. I then clicked my fingers to see that she could hear. A big smile broke out on her little face and she nodded in the affirmative. I then asked her to look at my lips, and I had her pronounce her first word. I told her to say the word, “Jesus.” The two syllables came forth one at a time. “Je” “sus”; then finally “Jesus.” We broke into applause at what the good Lord had done. I then introduced the two girls at the beginning of the second service so the entire church community could thank God that Sunday morning! This was the third time I had seen Jesus heal a person from a deaf and dumb spirit.

When I returned to ministry, one of my first meetings was held in Nashville, Tennessee. During the time of ministry, I pointed out in the audience a fifteen-year-old girl standing to my left. She had a huge goiter growing on the left side of her neck. I spoke that the Spirit of the Lord said she was being healed right now. The power of these words caused her to crash to the floor. Metal chairs fell along with her. I then walked over to her and placed my hand on her neck.

Immediately the tumor went down, down, and then was gone. Her father stood over her crying at what the Lord had done. He had hearing aids in each ear. He told me artillery fire damaged her ears while serving in the military. I told him to take out of his ears the two hearing aids. I prayed, and God instantly opened both ears, healing his punctured eardrums.

While these two miracles were going on, a pretty little three-year-old girl was twirling around beside her mother in the back of the auditorium. The little girl tugged on her mommy and shouted in excitement to her, “Mommy, Mommy, look at the man up front.” The mother said, “Yes, that is Dr. Sizer, the preacher.” But the little girl replied, “No, not him. I mean the beautiful man behind him.” The little child saw a beautiful big angel standing behind me as I ministered in signs and wonders like I had done so very many times in the 1970s and 1980s. God was reaffirming to me the ministry of miracles that He had imparted upon me many years before. He was confirming His great works through the archangel’s presence ministering with me. This was thrilling news to me.

Supernatural Gifts

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Moving in supernatural gifts is no doubt very exciting. The gift of word of knowledge is one of the wisdom gifts of the Holy Spirit. You can read about it in First Corinthians, chapter 12. When I point out someone, a strong sense of knowing something supernatural comes over me. I know things that I shouldn’t know. Let me give you a few examples of moving in the gift of word of knowledge.

Shortly before this meeting in Indiana, I was ministering in Minnesota where I walked over to a man I had never met before. I looked at him and told him that his gift was wisdom from God. I said he would guide and direct many people in Christian counseling. It turned out he was a licensed counselor.

At a meeting in southern New Jersey, I walked over to a man and said, “You are a boat captain and fish for a living. Now you, like Peter, will become a fisher of men.” His name was Bob Bradbury. He went into ministry having dropped his captain’s nets. He helped evangelize young people in the country of Uraguay for a number of years thereafter.

Recently, I mentioned to a small group of forty people in Pennsylvania that a woman present in the room is a fraternal twin. The Spirit of God told me that she had a falling out with her sister two months before, so I said that out loud. God wanted her to step forward for prayer now and reconcile with her sister who wronged her. A woman stepped forward and declared it was her. She asked the Lord Jesus for forgiveness on the spot. Chances of a fraternal twin in a group of forty people is low odds if one was guessing. It is easy to say such a thing to a crowd of five thousand but not to forty people. But the truth is, this is far from guessing. It is “knowing that you know that you know”!

At a church in Philadelphia I pointed out a person by saying, “That woman in a red blouse who is fiftynine years old back there.” There were a thousand people present, so it was not easy to see the woman, but there she was. I said, “You have stage four cancer and the doctors expect you to die, but you want to live. God is healing you now.” With that said, she trembled and cried with her hands to her face. She shook, then with the power of the Holy Spirit, God healed her and no one but Him laid a hand on her body to free her from the cancer. There are dozens of more examples. The point is with every word of knowledge, our God knows us. He knows every hair on our head. He knows everything about us.

In 1997 while I was ministering in a country church in Indiana, God would surprise us all again. During the service, I pointed out for healing a large man on crutches who was standing in the back of the church. The man’s leg was injured in a motorcycle accident. I walked back to him and told him God was more interested in the state of his soul than He was in healing his leg. I told him he needed to get his life right with God. The big man looked sheepish at this point with his eyes downcast.

I told him that God could forgive his many sins. That he might know that God had the power to forgive his sins, I said to him, “God is going to heal your leg.” I told him to drop his crutches and in the name of Jesus to walk. To everyone’s amazement, the man walked pain free and healed by the power of God. I brought him to the front of the church for salvation. I asked the pastor to lead him in a prayer of forgiveness. Then he prayed for the man to be born again. When the prayer was finished, I spoke over the two men that this example of forgiveness of sin and physical healing would become a paradigm for the revival that was falling on this church in Indiana.

Many people would be coming here for God to change their former lives into something beautiful. I stretched out my hand over the two men and both of them were picked up off the floor by the power of God and flew back in the opposite direction until they fell on the carpet. The pastor was slain in the Spirit for over two hours. During that time, the glory of God filled the church. Little children, teenagers, mothers, and fathers wept and repented in the presence of God.

For months after, people were led by God to drive off the interstate between Indianapolis and Cincinnati, pull up to this church, which was kept unlocked during the day, and find the presence of the living God inside.

One example of restoration was the story of a mother and her daughter who came to the sanctuary. When they both stepped into the church, they grew uncomfortable and tried to leave for fear. As they reached the back door of the church, they could not get the doors open. Both were slain in the Spirit without any human being present. The girl was delivered from drug addiction, and the mother came under conviction for her many sins of not being there for her daughter and was forgiven.

Marinating in His Presence

As we “marinate” in prayer in the presence of God, we take on the properties of God. His holiness and presence rubs off on us. We do not become holy and like God by trying harder to be like Him. This would be a work of the flesh. It must come with spending time with Him. I can thank God for some of my time in the seminary. It virtually was a monastery at the time; a place to carve out a deep well of prayer life before His presence and in His presence. It taught me one thing—to be comfortable in silence so I could learn to hear His voice.

John chapter ten says Jesus is the Good Shepherd. His sheep hear His voice; and the voice of another stranger His sheep will not follow. It is the voice of a loving Shepherd who lays down His life for His sheep. As you grow in relationship with God within, you will

cultivate a place for hearing God. When you are baptized in the Holy Spirit, you will feel the well springing up in your belly, flowing with living waters. You, like me, will learn how to discern the voice of the Good Shepherd from the voice of the wolf leading you astray.

Moses went up the mountain to pray for forty days to be with God. As Moses marinated in the presence of His holiness, he became holy. When Moses came down from Sinai, his face glowed with a radiance of the presence of God. The radiance on his face frightened the people. To choose the holiness of God means to separate from the world. A clear division must occur between the secular and the holy. We are not different because of what we wear extrinsically as some religious sects. But we are different because of what we cling to intrinsically in Christ, putting on the new self. We become set apart by God and for God, though we are in the world but not of it. Paul puts it best when he states that we are consecrated to be “a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession…” (1 Pet. 2:9).

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shadow-assassin-blix · 4 years

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It’s a Grey Area

Chapter 4

A/N: Basically a lot of fixing what was done in the last movie. Since Disney yeeted canon out the door, I’m yeeting their version to the void. Uhh. A lot of swears. Not much else. For the dress I imagined the first one listed here

Gif from @lowndsiercs and the photo from one @huliabitch

At about 5pm that evening, Blix was getting ready for her date with Poe. She had just gotten her makeup done when she heard a knock on her door. She looked at it confused for a moment, and then looked over at the clock to confirm the time, 5:03pm. ‘Who could that be?’

She answered the door, with just her head poking out, and Poe stood there. “Hey, sorry. I know we said 6 but I was hoping to catch you before you started cooking?”

“No, I haven’t started. What’s up?” She replied as she looked toward her kitchen.

“Good. Finish getting ready. I want to take you somewhere,” Poe offered with a big smile.

“Okay, um. Give me like… 5 minutes?” She requested as she tried to think of what else she needed to do.

He nodded his head, and she quickly shut the door again. She threw on her shoes, a pair of pink pumps to go with the dress she wore. She quickly checked her makeup again, spritzed on some perfume, and then grabbed her purse making sure she had her ID badge, some credits, and her communicator.

She looked in the mirror and could hardly recognize herself with her hair down and makeup on. She didn’t usually get too fancied up for work and it has been a long time since she had been on a date. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves and then walked back over to the door, stepping out this time.

Poe turned to her when she stepped out and his eyes went wide, his mouth agape. “Whoa. You… you look beautiful. Is this what you’ve been hiding from me all this time?” He asked in awe, his eyes roving up and down.

She smiled and took in his attire as well. He wore his new dark brown leather jacket, over a white shirt with a slight v-neck, and black jeans tucked into boots.

“You clean up quite nicely yourself, Commander,” She complimented biting her lip. “So, where are we going for this date then?”

He held out his arm for her to take, and when she does, he leads her out to the flight deck. He led her not to the Falcon, but to his X-wing. He started to climb the ladder up to the cockpit, stopped a few steps up and turned to her, and held his hand out to her.

“C’mon. I’m taking you off base,” He stated with a charming grin.

She hesitantly took his hand and followed after him. He sat down and adjusted the seat and himself, for a moment before motioning for her to get in. She raised an eyebrow at him and slowly stepped in, and then took her seat, which meant her being pressed against his chest, half on his lap and half in the seat.

“Poe. These were not meant for two people and for a reason,” She informed as she tried to adjust herself to sit comfortably and not harm him in the process.

“It’ll only be for a few minutes, just settle down. We will be alright,” He assured her with a laugh as he fired the X-wing up, his arms working around her. “Besides, I owe you after the catastrophe that was your first mission.”

“Oh? You mean when a bounty hunter tried to nab us? Or when we were shot at by a unit of stormtroopers? Or chased down by a squadron of TIE Fighters? You mean that catastrophe? Completely forgot about it,” She teased as the X-Wing began to lift.

He shushed her, placing his hand on her mouth, pressing a small kiss to her cheek. “Shush it. Just sit back and enjoy the ride, Miss Kenobi.”

She crinkled her nose at him but did as he suggested. She settled against his chest and enjoyed the view. Ajon Kloss was full of beautiful jungles and rivers and admiring them from above was breathtaking. About 10 minutes later they were landing in a small field near one of the few towns that inhabited Ajon Kloss. As the cockpit door opened and they stepped onto the wing of the ship, she made a face as she realized something.

“How exactly do you expect me to get down, or back up here, in a dress and high-heels, Poe?” She asked looking from him to the ground.

He hopped down and held his arms out, stating, “Just lower yourself slowly, I’ll steady you and make sure you won’t fall.”

She gave him a doubtful look, gently sitting down and lowering herself into his waiting arms. She stumbled slightly as she finally touched the ground, but Poe was there keeping her balanced.

“You good?” He asked her once she was steady.

She nodded her head, and he took her hand into his, before strolling toward the town. There were many vendors lining the streets, selling their wares and she looked at everything in awe.

After about 15 minutes in which they had barely made 20ft into the town, she sheepishly smiled at Poe who had been patiently waiting on her.

“Sorry, I’m slowing us down a bit, aren’t I? As you can see, I don’t get out very often,” She lamely joked with an awkward smile.

“No. I like seeing this side of you. It’s not very often I see you genuinely happy, and I’m not exactly about to stop that. I like seeing you smile,” He responded back, his arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her close to him.

She rested her hands on to his biceps and smiled up at him. “Thank you for not getting annoyed or thinking that I’m weird cause I wasted time talking with vendors and such. If you can’t tell, I have also dated assholes who think that a date should be overly formal and boring. So, even though we’ve haven’t even been here very long, this has already proven to be the best first date so far,” She admitted looking around at everything with a toothy smile.

He grinned and suggested, “Well, how about we go get some grub first, and then we can spend however long you want looking at the vendors?”

She excitedly agreed and they walked to a nearby restaurant, and sat at a booth, where Poe sat next to her, his arm resting around her shoulders. They ordered some food and drinks moments later.

“I must say the more I learn about you, the more fascinating you become,” He informed her as he looked at her.

“Well, believe me when I say I don’t really have any other secrets that are quite that major. At least… I don’t think so?” She promised hesitantly.

“I don’t know. I think you have plenty of secrets that I would enjoy finding out no matter how long it takes,” He responded with a smile, pressing a kiss to her cheek.

She smiled back and said, “You missed.”

He gave her a look of confusion, and before he could ask her what she meant, she leaned up and pressed a chaste kiss to his lips. “I believe you meant to do that,” She said as she pulled away.

He nodded his head, “Indeed. How silly of me to miss like that?” As he kissed her again, but for just a bit longer.

She laughed as they pulled away and curled into his side, head resting on his shoulder. Their food came soon enough, and once they had their fill, they paid and left, wrapped up in each other’s arms.

They made their way through the bazaar, and she gazed at many booths with curious eyes, and talked intimately with each vendor she stopped at. One vendor, in particular, sold jewelry that piqued her interest. She stared and cooed over all of the sparkly things.

As she gazed at some necklaces, Poe’s eyes caught sight of a beautiful ring. The band was black in color, and the stone was swirling of pink with flecks of yellow and blue within. It was accented with small clear stones. He looked at it and then at her with a smile.

She looked back up at him at one point and questioned, “What’s with that smile, Commander?”

“Nothing. Just admiring you, is all,” He swore with a secretive smile

“Uh huh. Sure. C’mere,” She pulled him closer to her, and grabbed the ring sizers, and started trying to figure out what size ring he was.

“You could just ask? I’m a size 10,” He said with a laugh as her determination to figure out which fits him best.

“Good to know then, I’ll file that away for later then. I’m a size six” She said with setting the sizer down, starring at the necklaces.

There was a pendant that caught her eye. As she looked at it, she saw that engraved upon it was the symbol of the Jedi. The pendant as she looked further was made of a dark wood that was a similar color to his eyes. Warm and deep. Soothing. She asked the vendor how much for it, and as soon as she paid for it, she turned to Poe, holding it in her hands.

She motioned for him to lean down, and she gently slipped it over his head, and adjusted it once it was around his neck.

“Just a little something, to remind you to not die out there, flyboy,” She commented as she stepped back.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be sure to come back to you, no matter what,” Poe promised, one of his hands gently running over the etching.

She grinned and turned to look at the next stall nearby and made her way over to it. While she was distracted, Poe looked back at the ring he noticed earlier and inquired about the price.

“Honestly, I’m surprised you are asking about that one. No one ever seems interested in it. It used to be at pretty steep price, since pink opals are hard to find around here, but I’ve been trying to sell that ring for 5 years. Tell me, what do you intend to do with it?” The vendor, a young girl, asked.

“Well. It sounds silly but it’s a promise to a promise. I plan to give her my mother’s ring when I propose, but I want to give her something to wear until then. It reminds me of her, I don’t know. I can’t really explain it,” Poe explained as best as he could.

“Opals represent love and hope. Maybe that’s why?” She supplied nodding her head toward his Resistance patch. “Take it. I can tell it will be cherished. Plus, your girlfriend overpaid for the necklace anyway.”

He took the ring gently and slipped into the small velvet pouch she gave him, before setting into an inner pocket of his jacket. He mouthed ‘Thank you’ to her, before running to catch up to Blix. She had made her way a few stalls down, and when Poe caught up to her, she greeted him with a hello.

The shops by this point were starting to close up as night began to fall. They decided to head back to the X-wing. When they got there Poe easily clambered onto the wing, and then laid down on his stomach reaching down for her. She grabbed hold of his hands and with surprising strength, pulled her effortlessly up onto the wing.

He started to get up, but she stopped him. “We don’t have to go back just yet. Just lay here with me for a bit, yeah?” She suggested as she situated herself.

Poe moved himself to lay on his back, resting his head on one of his arms. She moved to lay her head against his chest and stare up at the stars.

“May I ask you something?” She inquired after a moment. “Why me? Why out of all of the women on base, why do you like me so much? Surely there are others with less baggage and far easier to get close to than little ol’ me?”

“Yeah. There are. There are indeed. But. I don’t recall any of them comin’ to talk to me after bein’ captured by the First Order,” He admitted. “I remember hearin’ your voice speak to me while I was in that medically induced coma to help heal the wounds I endured after being tortured and crashing.”

Her faced felt warm as she thought back to that time, a good year ago. “Wait… How much do you remember?” She asked slightly panicked.

He laughed, “I remember you sayin something about me being ‘painfully handsome.’”

“I had only been here a month and I had yet to officially meet you. I had said ‘no one warned me that you would be painfully handsome.’ You woke up sometime later and I remember thinking that you had gorgeous eyes. Then came that charm and silver tongue of yours, when the first thing to come out of your mouth was a flirtation,” She ribbed with a shake of her head.

“Maker. Did I really? I don’t remember what I said,” He stated somewhat bashfully.

“Something about being in heaven, for I am clearly looking at an angel. Something to that effect,” She supplied.

“I am sorry though if my flirting was ever too much, or annoying. It started off meaningless, but then I made you smile once and it was prettiest smile I’ve ever seen, and I wanted to see it more. So, I kept it up hoping that one day, you would go on a date with me,” He admitted with a smile.

“Well, you got that date. What do you plan to do now?” She questioned as she turned on to her side, propping her head up on her hand.

“Isnt it obvious? I plan to marry you asap, but until then maybe take you onto a couple more dates when I can?” He posed with a quirk of an eyebrow.

She giggled at him before a small shiver ran down her spine. The chill of the night was finally starting to creep in. He noticed the shiver, and then pulled the both of them up, lamenting that it was time to return to base.

They returned almost too soon for Blix’ liking and as they made their way inside, Poe pulled her in the direction of his room not hers. They stepped inside, she noticed BB8 was on his charging station, and smiled over at him.

“I was hoping you wouldn’t mind crashing with me tonight? Not that I expect anything to happen, but I didn’t really want our date to end just yet,” He requested with a small shrug.

She nodded her head in response, slipped off her shoes and made her way over to his bed to take a seat.

As she walked past, Poe slipped the small bag that held the ring into his pants pocket, before hanging his jacket up on a hook by the door and toeing off his shoes as well.

He sauntered over to his bed and laid down, his arms open for her to settle into. She tucked herself into his side, her right hand splayed out onto his chest. She could hear him start to say something, but she was so comfortable that she fell asleep.

“So, I was thinki-“ He stopped as he watched her eyes drift shut.

He smiled and then slipped the ring out. He starred at it then at her for a moment. He then gently slipped it onto her ring finger on her right hand, where it fit perfectly. Satisfied, he tightened his hold on her, and he too, fell asleep soon after.

The next morning, she woke up slightly confused as she took in her surroundings. Slowly, she remembered she was in Poe’s room not hers, and looked around for the man in question. He was in the kitchen flipping pancakes, whistling as he did so.

She rubbed the sleep from her eyes, and sat up, stretching, groaning softly as her joints popped.

“Good morning sleepyhead. I hope you are hungry,” He called out as he noticed her movements.

She stands up and made her way over to him, “Everything smells yummy,” she complimented.

He grinned in response as he made their plates. As she reached over for a fork, she noticed something glinting. She looked more closely at her hand and gaped at the ring she saw.

“When? How? Wha-“ She stuttered out as she looked up at him.

“Well. You got me this necklace. Only fair I think that I get you a little something. The vendor told that it represents love and hope. Figured you should have a lil reminder of the latter,” He lightly teased, biting his lip nervously.

She chuckled softly, and looked back at the ring, “It’s beautiful. Thank you.” She leaned over the table and gave him a quick kiss.

She sat back down, and they began to eat.

“May I ask? What… what drew you to the Resistance?” She asked taking a bit of bacon.

“Uh. Well. I had joined the New Republic as pilot when I was 17 or so? Moved up the ranks to a captain, had my own squadron- Rapier. One day, I was asked to do some undercover work, as a spice runner of all things,” He began to explain, setting his fork down as he spoke.

“A spice runner? You? No!” She exclaimed in disbelief.

“It was weird. I’ll admit. But the intel I got from it was extremely valuable, and it impressed Leia enough that she recruited me directly. I haven’t looked back since,” He finished with a shrug.

“But why leave the navy? Was it really that terrible?” She inquired still a bit confused.

“The Republic… wasn’t doing enough. They were not holding the First Order accountable like they should have been. I was... frustrated. It felt like all the good I was doing was for nothing. So, yeah. When I was offered a chance to fight that injustice? I jumped on it,” He clarified with a slight bitterness.

“Plus, it also meant that I would one day meet you, so win-win,” He ended with a flirtatious smile and wink.

She shook her head at his ridiculousness before she stopped and stared off to the side, something he said registering in her head.

“You said…you said you were with the Rapier Squadron?” She checked after a moment. At his nod, she laughed, leaning back into her chair, her hands covering her face.

“The sheer coincidence,” She whispered before she stated, “Maureen. She felt it was her duty to find me suitable suitors, one of which was while I was in medical school. A captain from the Rapier Squadron of the Navy. She lost interest in you as a potential when you joined the Resistance.”

“You’re shitting me? I was meant to be a potential suitor for you?” He asked incredulous.

“Well. You, and several other high-ranking officers of the navy and the First Order sadly enough. Thankfully, she has no actual power over my life, romantically, financially, or otherwise. I just... We could have potentially met sooner. Though I probably wouldn’t have liked you at all, being a suitor and all,” She described further. “So maybe this was for the best.”

“Maureen tried to set you up with First Order officers?” He asked as his face screwed up in disgust.

“Yep. Particularly, General Hux. Thought it would help soothe over the tensions between the Republic and the Order. Shame for him since I’ve never been interested in red heads,” She further expounded. “No, I apparently prefer dark haired flyboys who like to flirt and buy me rings to remind me to have hope.”

He rolled his eyes at the first part and then as she got to the last part he agreed, “Damn straight. You’re my girl. Hux can suck it.”

She laughed at how seriously he said that last part.

“You laugh but I am serious,” He said as he walked around to her and stood before her, his arms trapping her as they encased her. “If Maureen ever tried to set you up with anyone, especially Hux, she’d have to pry you from my cold dead hands.”

He leaned down as he spoke before he pressed a hard kiss to her lips. She pressed back and slowly wrapped her arms around his neck. His kisses stole her breath and butterflies swarm in stomach. As he pulled away, she whined a bit as the kiss ended.

“I’m going to hold you to that, Commander,” She whispered to him as she caught her breath.

She checked the time and said with a sigh, “I have to go change and get to work. Then try and schedule when I am going to train my 2 new padawans.”

“Okay. Was… was this a good date? Like. You want to continue this?” He hesitantly questioned.

“Good? No. It was great. I would love to go on more dates with you,” She assured pressing a kiss to his cheek, before she stood up to throw her shoes back on and grab her purse.

He smiled in response and walked her to the door and said, “If I am not terribly busy today, I may come and harass you again today. I realize it’s been a while since I’ve last done it.”

She shook her head and rolled her eyes, muttering an okay with a smile.

She made her way back to her room, took some time to clean herself up. She showered and changed before making her way to the infirmary.

She stepped in and began the workday, ignoring the whispers that came from her workers, and everyone who walked in for treatment.

Around lunch time, she finally sighed heavily, tired of the whispers and looks.

“Is there something you would like to ask me?” She asked annoyed as she turned to look at her coworkers.

Amber and Bre looked at each other and then asked at the same time:

“Are you really a Kenobi?” “Did you really have a date with Poe last night?”

“Seriously? This is what people have been acting weird over? My lineage and love life? Y’all really need to find hobbies,” She responded exasperated, “Yes to both by the way. Now can we work without the gossiping?”

“Gossip? What gossip? Anything juicy?” She heard Poe’s voice question as he sauntered in.

“Ladies,” He greeted before he walked over to Blix and gave her a peck on the cheek. “Hello beautiful.”

She shook her head and said, “Hello.”

“Join me for lunch?” He requested politely as he wrapped his arms around her and rested his chin on her shoulder.

She grabbed her data pad, and complied, “Sure, I need to figure out training schedule with Rey and Ben anyway.”

He kept an arm around her as they walked out and made their way to the mess hall. They grabbed a tray of food, that was essentially some sandwiches and a Caf, before walking over to where the Black Squadron sat, with Finn, Rey and Ben. They sat together and she smiled at everyone as they settled in.

She noticed that the table got quiet and breathed harshly through her nose, annoyed, before she asked, “Is everyone going to be this damn weird all day?”

She became even more annoyed as she noticed that the entire hall was glancing over at her or whispering. “Fuck it,” She muttered. “Propriety be damned.”

She then stood up and then stepped up onto the bench, before whistling loudly to silence everyone.

“HI. Hello. To answer everyone’s damn questions. Yes. I am a Kenobi. Yes. I went on a date with Poe last night. Now can every one of you FUCK OFF, and go back to minding your own DAMN business,” She spoke loudly, at times shouting, before sitting back down.

The table was shocked into further silence; Poe was the first to break it by laughing. Some of the others chuckled along with him, the rest just looked at her somewhat impressed.

“Sorry. That’s been goin’ on all day and if it continued any longer, I was going to stab someone,” She explained weakly and embarrassed.

She took out her sandwich and began to eat as conversations returned to normal. She pulled out her date pad and pulled up her calendar.

“Alright, you two though. We need to plan training days. I don’t want to make you both train every day. Mostly cause I don’t want to train every day, but also, I want you both to have some days to rest and do whatever missions or fun normal things that you kids do,” She contemplated as she looked at her schedule.

Rey perked up at the mention of training and said, “I mean you are also the head medic here; you are kind of needed.”

She looked up at that and smiled appreciatively. “True as that may be, Admiral Holdo, has apparently sent me a notice that I will have extra help in the medbay soon enough. Another doctor… Ugh. Him? Of all people?”

She crinkled her nose at her data pad and leaned away from it in disgust.

“Whose Dr. Kyle Andrews?” Poe asked as he looked over shoulder to see what was causing her reaction.

“Scum of the world. He’s… he’s an alright doctor… but I hate him. He’s so arrogant and rude. I..Blegh,”She answered with a shudder. “I might have to add more training if only to avoid that asshat.”

“Don’t think I ever heard you swear this much in such a short time period, Doc,” Ben commented, slightly teasing in his tone.

She narrowed his eyes at him playfully and warned “If the words ‘unladylike’ comes out of your mouth, I’m throwing my drink in your face.”

“Never,” Ben said hiding his laugh as he took a drink.

“He’ll be here by the end of the month. And oh. That’s when I can take you two to go create your lightsabers. Good to know,” She spoke aloud as she read the rest of the notice. “In a month you two will have proper sabers, and not the hand-me-downs you’ve been working with.”

Rey’s eyes lit up and Ben nodded his head in appreciation. Blix looked over at Finn who had been strangely quiet during this time. She tilted her head at him, and slowly remember the whispers of him possibly being Force-Sensitive.

“Ya know, while I’m obviously going to need a pilot to take us, I might also need someone to help guard them while they meditate. It can take hours or days to complete, and it leaves them in a very vulnerable position. Finn? Would you like to join us next month? Might be enlightening for you as well?” She noted softly, before making her offer.

Finn looked up at her when she addressed him and looked over at Ben and Rey (mostly Rey) and replied, “Sure, if it’s not a bother to them.”

Rey smiled brightly at him and said, “Of course it wouldn’t bother us. I’ll need someone to keep me sane between the lovebirds and Ben brooding.”

The aforementioned people all rolled their eyes almost simultaneously. Finn nodded his head with a smile.

‘These two are so obviously in love. So cute.’ She thought as she watched them start to talk to one another animatedly.

‘I wouldn’t say cute. Gross is more the word.’ Came Ben’s thought filtering into her mind.

She gave him a small glare ‘Shush. They are fine. Clearly we need to find you a girl’

He shook his head before standing up. “I have to go speak to my mother about some things. Let me know when you’ve decided training,” He informed her just before he walked away.

She nodded her head and quickly figured out some time frames to work with before returning to her meal and listening to the squad tell stories. Mostly she watched Poe, who was extremely relaxed and energetic as he spoke.

She finished her food, and nudged Poe to gain his attention for a moment. He looked at her with smile as she told him, “I’m heading back to the Med Bay. Stay safe, eh Flyboy?”

“I have my pendant on to remind me, don’t worry. I’ll see you later,” he assured softly tapping onto the necklace.

She pressed a kiss to his lips, and left a moment later, returning to the medbay soon enough.

The next month goes by in a flurry. Between the medbay, the dates with Poe, and training, she was almost surprised when she realized she had 2 days left before they would be leaving. She spent a good day, gathering the necessary scrolls and journals that her grandfather left her, and packing them gently into a bag.

Later that night, Poe had come over to have dinner with her, and as they laid on her bed, she became overwhelmed with a feeling of dread. She couldn’t quite fall asleep, sounds of distant screams and evil laughter echoed in her ear. She heard a voice calling out. Not to her, no. But to Ben. Unfamiliar and sinister sounding voices speaking to him.

She got up from the bed, grabbed a long cardigan and walked out of her room, not caring that she was barefoot and in her pajamas that consisted of shorts and a tank top.

She made her way across the base to where Ben’s room was, ignoring the strange looks she got from everyone who was still awake. As she stood outside his door, it was quiet. She almost thought to turn around, thinking she was being paranoid, before she heard pained yelling coming from inside.

She used her emergency medical code that allowed her access into any room and rushed in. Ben was in the midst of nightmare; arms and legs thrashing about as he fought off whatever invisible demon that was plaguing his mind.

“Ben. Ben! Wake up! WAKE UP! BEN!” she called out to him trying to wake him.

The yelling attracted Leia and Luke, who rushed in.

“BEN!” She shouted one last time. His eyes snapped opened and his hand instinctively grabbed her by the throat.

She grunted as she tried to get his grip to loosen. “Ben. Ben. It’s me. You’re okay. Ben. Let go” She spoke as calmly as possible, hissing in pain when his grip tightened.

Leia came up behind her and spoke softly to him, “Ben. Ben, you have to let go. Breathe sweetie.”

Her voice slowly soothed him, and his vice on her throat lessened. He blinked rapidly as he fully awakened and became aware of his surroundings.

He looked at Blix with wide eyes and stuttered out an apology. She waved it off. “You’re not first patient I’ve had who’s tried to choke me. You’re fine. What did you see?”

He took a few deep breaths and slowly said, “Darth Sidious. Or... something that looked like him? He’s commanding the First Order. He has something planned. He wants Rey and I to join him. It’s… He’s…. There was… There was someone else with him. Another Sith. I couldn’t see their face.”

“He’s already found another apprentice? Fuck. Okay. Then we need you two prepared as best as possible. Then… I don’t know what, but we’ll figure it out okay?” Blix assured as chewed on her lip, thinking.

“Alright. Try and get more rest. Tomorrow we make our way to Christophsis,” Blix stood up and looked toward Luke. “Can we talk outside?”

He nodded and they left Leia to tend to her son. They stepped outside, and she leaned against the wall, arms crossed.

“If Darth Sidious has indeed returned, no matter how improbable that sounds, we need to figure out how to find him. I know my grandfather talked a bit about… Wayfinders? In his journals. Do you know what those are? Or where to find one?” She asked him quietly.

“Yes. I knew of one, but I was never able to find it. When you return with them, we will focus our efforts in finding it. Time is of the essence,” Luke explained with determination.

She nodded her head, and she began to turn away but stopped and said, “At some point as well, I think you and I need to talk. Clear the air that sort of thing?”

He looked at her slightly surprised, but responded, “Yes. I think that would be best.”

“Okay. Good night then,” She replied before walking away.

She returned to her room and to Poe’s arms, who woke up and asked what had happened. She mumbled she would explain in the morning, and just collapsed into his arms.

The next few days were going to be long, and with new players entering the game, the battle against the First Order just got more complicated.

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