SotR - 16 - Staff

A stormtrooper tried to climb the leg of the walking cannon Rose piloted, and Rey made quick work of him with her staff, hitting him upside the head so he fell to the ground in a heap. Most of the First Order were fleeing, heading back the way they’d come, and the cannons Rose fired after them filled the lab with smoke so it became harder and harder to see.

“We have to get that weapon!” Poe called.

Rey ducked through the smoke, trying to fight her way to the First Order officer they’d seen. But even though the stormtroopers were no match for her staff, Rey couldn’t get close enough. She watched as Commander Spiftz had an animated conversation with a tall, willowy woman dressed in flashing gold and silver. Whatever they were arguing about was soon concluded, and they both spun on their heels and left.