Summary: “And here Rey stands at a fork in the road. One path leads to certain death, either the infection or the hordes take her. The other is less concrete, blurred and unclear. It could also be a path of imminent demise, this time at the hands of a madman; or it could lead somewhere safe and clean, with clear water and green grass. A place where lockjaw isn’t a legitimate fear anymore and the hordes are a distant memory. He has given her an ultimatum.”
Kylo finds Rey unconscious and near death on the side of a road, surrounded by twitching, wretched things looking to her for their next meal. Ever the altruist, he picks them off and takes her with him, saving her life in the process. It’s no wonder that when she wakes she feels she owes him, and agrees to become his travel companion as he crosses the United States in search of safety and a new home.