Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Junior Novel

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Junior Novel — page 9
She snagged a branch that blocked her way vaulted over it and then snapped it back at the remotes The branch smashed into the white remote and hurled it into the bushes A beam from the blue remote singed the air over her as she ducked and instead struck its green counterpart causing the electronic device to fizzle and die She took care of the blue remote by blowing on a fanged flower that she dashed past Alerted by her breath its petal mouth did the rest snatching the orb from the air When Rey came to the edge of a gorge she didn't pause to get her bearings Following her teacher's instructions she picked up an old A wing pilot's helmet from a tree stump and jammed it over her head Rey pulled the helmet's blast shield over her eyes and then did something that made BB 8 shriek so loudly Rey heard it through the helmet's mufflers She ignited her lightsaber and stepped onto the tightrope tightrope bridge that spanned the gorge The red remote whistled after her Blind as Rey might be with her eyes she wasn't blind in the Force Though she couldn't see the remote she knew where it was in connection connection with everything else and could anticipate its next moves When it fired at her from behind she batted away its shots with her lightsaber blade Coming to the end of the tightrope she jumped onto firm ground and tossed off the helmet She didn't bother to glance back at her pursuer but immediately went to work climbing a giant broadleaf tree From an upper branch fluttered a piece of red ribbon It would be hers