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Rey is on her way to steal Snoke's escape cruiser dock near the throne room when someone unexpectedly arrives.
As soon as Rey hears the ding on the turbolift, she knows that she is in trouble, and she is not wrong in that regard when the door slides open to reveal a familiar man in military uniform. His pale skin and red hair is a stark contrast to his dark clothes.
Rey instantly recognize him at once from the holovideos she had seen in the Rebel Base when General Organa had debriefed her about the First Order.
The man is General Armitage Hux. One of the most powerful man in the galaxy next to Kylo Ren. And at the sight of Rey, the man immediately freezes, his cold blue eyes staring at her for a moment before he swiftly assesses the destruction and carnage around the throne room.
She watches carefully when the General's eyes lands on the hacked body parts of Snoke near the throne and Kylo Ren's unconscious form on the other side of the room.
Rey's heart starts thumping loudly against her rib cage when the General's eyes go back to her once more. As their eyes meet from across the room, Rey instantly knows what the General is about to do next.
She does not hesitate or think twice of lifting her hand to summon the small blaster hidden behind the General's greatcoat just as he is about to take it. The blaster is already flying towards her when Rey realizes that it is not the only weapon the General has hidden up his sleeves. A mistake she soon regrets as a hidden blade comes whirling in her direction, in the same instance, the blaster finally lands on her hand. Rey cries out in pain when the blade embeds itself on her right shoulder. She stumbles back and then quickly turns sideways to avoid another blade that comes flying her way.
Pulling the blade from her bleeding shoulder, Rey silently curses when she catches sight of the General stepping back in the turbolift perhaps to escape from there and inform the rest of the First Order of Snoke's demise.
Raising her hand up, Rey uses the Force to wrench the door of the turbolift open and keep it that way as she runs towards the General.
"You're not going anywhere, General!" She yells angrily, gritting her teeth as she feels the blood seeping from the wound on her shoulder.
She watches as the General steps further back away from her. His cold blue eyes glaring defiantly as Rey points the blaster at him.
"I'll not have you reporting back to your men for what happened here." She says to him as she finally comes to a halt in front of the door
"Now, step out from the turbolift!" She commands, glaring straight at the General's cold blue eyes. "And do it slowly."
The General merely sneers at her.
Rey can practically sense the General preparing to fight her as the man cautiously steps forward.
"Try to do something and I'll blast your head –"
She doesn't get to finish her sentence for the General suddenly launches himself at her. Rey panics and instantly pulls the trigger, but her aim is poor. The shot passes the General by a hairs breath where it singes his great coat.
In seconds, the General is crowding her and trying to wrench the blaster away from her. Then, without warning, the man knees her on the rib with such strength that Rey gasps in pain. The attack forces her to relinquish her hold on the blaster. Yet Rey does not stop fighting. Wheezing, she throws a blind punch in the General's direction and she would have kick him if not for the feeling of cold metal pressing on her temple.
Rey stiffens at once.
"Do you think that I'll let slip of a girl get the better of me?" The General hisses, pointing the weapon at her. "You should have known better than to underestimate me girl!"
Rey senses it the moment when the General is about to pull the trigger, but she is already on the move.
Now or never, she thinks and with the twist of her hand, Rey does something to save herself from her dire situation.
A shot ring out, but the shot doesn't hit Rey. Instead the blast hits the far wall. Soon after, Rey watches as the blaster falls useless to the ground just as the General starts choking on empty air.
"And do you think that I'll let someone like you win this war?" Rey grits out, curling her hand tight as she slowly straightens up to face her adversary.
Rey may not have done this before but she somehow understands the mechanics of a force-choke.
The General starts to flush scarlet. His gloved hands clawing at his throat and Rey doesn't feel mildly guilty at the sight of him suffering.
"No, General." She murmurs, stepping closer to him. "You and your First Order will lose this war, I'll make sure of it, and I'm going to do it with you and Kylo Ren's help…Because the two of you have no choice but to become my hostages."
She uses her other hand to summon back the blaster into her own hand and then points it at the General once more.
"Now, do as a I say."
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