"Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love." - Unknown

Rey and Finn watched as Han and Kylo Ren faced off. They both had a bad feeling about how this would end, but neither had the guts to voice the thought out loud.

"You don't have to do this Ben." Han placated, one hand extended towards his son. "Your mother and I just want you home."

Kylo scoffed, dark eyes blazing with hate as he palmed the light saber buckled to his side. "Home?" He spat. "As I recall a rebel base is not a home."

Han sighed, hating to admit that his son was right. A rebel base was no place to raise a child, much less when neither he nor Leia could pay him much attention.

"Please son," he begged. "I know we weren't the best parents. But we'll do our best to make that up to you." Han finished.

Kylo stilled for a moment and then stepped forward before dropping to his knees as a blast caught him in the side.

Rey and Finn looked down to see that Chewy had fired prematurely and turned their attention back to the catwalk.

"You should keep that beast on a leash." Kylo growled as he pushed himself to his feet, arm wrapped tightly around his side.

"I'll take that under advisement." Han muttered. "Anything can be forgiven Ben. Come home."

Kylo stared at Solo for a long moment before giving him a broken smile. "I'm sorry, Dad." He murmured haltingly.

Han stepped closer. "I'm sorry too, son." He said lowly. "Let's get out of here, hmm?"

"I can't." Kylo choked out. "There's something I have to do first."

"Whatever it is, I'll help you." Han stated. "We'll do this together." He moved forward to hug his son.

"Don't!" A new voice shouted and Han froze before turning slightly to see a young woman standing at the far end of his side of the catwalk.

"Lanai what the hell are you doing here?!" Han yelled back, keeping one eye on Ben.

"I'm here so he doesn't kill you." Lanai stated firmly as she walked down the catwalk with ease. "Now get back to the Falcon before his buddies decide to make an appearance."

"Like hell!" Han said. "I'm not leaving you here."

Lanai stared at him, silver eyes pained as she thinned her lips. "This is not your battle to fight Han." She murmured. "Now go before you get caught. That's an order."

Han ground his teeth together as he eyed Kylo. The young man had gone back to being stone faced and cold eyed.

"Fine." Han growled and stomped, carefully back to Chewy.

Rey and Finn glanced at each other and then at Han and Chewy before watching the pair on the catwalk.

"It's time to come in, Ky." Lanai said lowly, just loud enough for the two of them to hear.

"It's too soon." Kylo replied, shifting nervously before wincing in pain.

Lanai furrowed her brow. "I beg to differ." She said. "If we fight, then I can make it look like you've been captured."

"Not here." Kylo muttered raggedly as he clutched his side. "In the forest."

Lanai nodded, glancing briefly back at the other and turned back to find Kylo gone.

"Ben!" Lanai shouted as she sprinted towards the sound of clashing light sabers. She skidded to a stop in a small clearing where Rey and Kylo stood, facing each other down.

"Rey, listen to me." Lanai placated, one hand extended to each of the pair. "He's not what you think he is."

Rey flicked her eyes towards the silver eyed girl. Lanai Skywalker, Han had said her name was. "Why should I stop?" She asked. "He's killed so many people."

Lanai sighed and licked her lips, dark hair whipping her in the face with every gust of wind. "And killing him will not bring those people back, Rey." She said calmly. "You know that, and I need you to listen to me very carefully."

"He killed Finn!" Rey shouted, inching towards Kylo who stumbled back, one hand pressed to his side. "He deserves to die."

"Finn is alive." Lanai stated. "I can feel it. Now please, listen to what I have to say." She paused, watching as Kylo sagged against a tree. "Ben is with the Resistance, they just don't know it."

Rey looked at her wide eyed. "What?!" She asked. "You're lying. You have to be."

Lanai shook her head. "He wasn't originally." She stated. "He did betray my father and kill the other Jedi. That much is true."

"So he is a traitor." Rey said flatly and advanced.

"No!" Lanai shouted and moved between the pair. "Ben and I were married four years before his betrayal. However, I couldn't find it within myself to abandon him, so I went searching for him." She paused, one hand resting on the pommel of her own light saber. "I found him after six months of him being trained by Snoke. He was conflicted and angry and confused."

Rey shook her head as the planet surface gave another nauseating roll. "I don't understand."

"I turned him, Rey." Lanai said firmly. "He's been working as a double agent the entire time."

The ground rolled and shook as she and Rey stared at each other. Lanai bit the inside of her cheek, listening to Kylo's labored breathing behind her.

"He still injured Finn." Rey ground out, eyes steely. "He could die."

"Had he not attacked, Kylo would not have had to take action." Lanai reasoned. "He is injured as well. Quite grievously I might add."

Rey glanced between Lanai and Kylo. "Leia and Han don't know?" She questioned, lowering her light saber by half.

Lanai shook her head, looking back at Kylo who was looking increasingly pale and drawn. "They would never have allowed it." She took a breath, eyes tired. "Besides, by the time I found Kylo, Han had already left."

The ground rocked again, a large fissure opening up several feet away from the group.

"Go get Finn." Lanai ordered. "We don't have long before the planet implodes."

Rey furrowed her brow, eyes flicking between the pair before she sighed and turned off her light saber before sprinting back to Finn.

"She would've killed me..." Kylo muttered lowly, breath labored.

Lanai nodded, and smiled softly. "I'll protect you when we get back to base." She paused and wrapped in arm around his waist and threw his arm over her shoulder. "No one knows what you've been doing, which means everyone there save your mother hate you."

"Fantastic." Kylo drawled as they limped over to where Rey was crouched over Finn.

"He won't wake up." Rey stated, glaring at Kylo, tears staining her cheeks.

"They'll tend to him back at base." Lanai reassured her, even as the ground shook violently and two new fissures opened up. "Right now we need to hope that Chewy and Han get here in time."

"Speaking of..." Kylo muttered raggedly and raised a shaking hand to point off the ledge where the Millinnium Falcon rose out of the chaos.

"Thank god..." Lanai breathed and wrapped her arm more securely around Kylo. "Can you make it up the ramp?" She asked under her breath.

Kylo nodded. "I don't have much choice, do I?" He asked. "You can't exactly carry me."

Lanai chuckled softly. "I can, actually." She murmured. "But I don't think you could handle the embarrassment."

"Hey, love birds!" Han shouted, not seeming surprised at seeing his son standing there. "Get your asses in here!"

Lanai sighed as she and Kylo made their way onto the Falcon. "Get us out of here, Chewy!" She shouted and guided Kylo over to a bench.

Chewy roared something rude about the murderer on his ship but pulled the thrusters to full and took off.

Lanai sighed before perching on the edge of the bed.

"So," Han started. "You wanna tell me exactly what the hell just happened down there?!" He asked, nearly yelling by the end.

Lanai scrubbed a hand down her face, eyes flickering to a neon blue as a fore field sparked to life from her finger tips to wrap around Kylo. "I turned Ben back to our side." She stated. "Almost year after he left I encountered on a surveillance mission and engaged him."

Han rubbed his temples. "I thought he was lost to us and now your telling me that in one interaction you managed to bring him back?"

Lanai nodded, gaze firm. "We're married...besides he never really was lost to you - you just...didn't know where to look." She paused and ran a hand through his snow and sweat damp hair. "He was hurting and confused. He knows he did terrible things that he will one day have to atone for...but as of right now he has a royal pardon."

"You're not seriously giving him a pardon, are you?!" Rey asked, stomping over from where she had been sitting by Finn's side. "You can't do that!"

Han coughed awkwardly and motioned for Rey to calm down. "Actually she can," He said, grubbing the side of his seat as the ship jumped into hyper drive. "She's the -"

Lanai hissed and cut him off with a smack across the back of the head. "I thought we talked about you going around blurting out things you're not supposed to?" She ground out.

"We did!" Han answered, rubbing the back his head. "I was going to say that she's the representative of Princess Leia. She has every right to issue a pardon and I highly doubt that my wife would want to see our only child executed."

"Nice save." Kylo muttered raggedly as Lanai set about healing the gaping wound in his side.

Rey ground her teeth together and slammed her fist against the bulkhead. "Can one of you please explain what exactly the hell is going on here?!" She asked, eyes flashing dangerously.

Han and Lanai shared a glance over Kylo's body. "We're bringing my son home." He stated firmly. "That's all that matters at the moment."

Lanai thinned her lips, sighing in relief as the singed skin knitted itself back together. "It's going to scar." She said, resigned.

"It's okay." Kylo murmured, pulling off one of his gloves to thread their fingers together. "I didn't think I'd see you again."

She dipped her head and pressed their foreheads together, mindful of the cut running diagonally across it. "It was time." Lanai said softly, voice thick. "Any longer and Snoke may have done something you would not have been able to come back from."

"You guys really are in love." Rey muttered, sinking down onto the edge of Finn's bed. "I'm so confused."

Lanai gave her a soft smile. "I will explain everything back at base, Rey. I promise you." She paused, expression suddenly serious as she eyed Han from the corner of her eye. "I need to now if I can trust you two to corroborate what I tell General Organa and the officers."

Han nodded sharply. "You brought our son home. Double agent aside, that's what's gonna matter most to Leia." He placed a warm hand on her shoulder. "I'll have your back. Rey?"

Rey looked back and forth between the two of them, both sets of eyes imploring. She glanced down to see Kylo looking at her from over his chest, which rose and fell with each rapid intake of breath. "Okay," She said. "I can do that."

Leia wrung her hands as she watched the Mellinnium Falcon descend into the Resistance base. She was sure that she had misheard Chewy's radio. There was no way her son was on that ship. Her son was gone, taken and corrupted by the Dark Side.

"General?" Leia turned to regard Admiral Statura. "What are our orders should Kylo Ren indeed be aboard the Millinneum Falcon?'

She eyed the blaster in his hand, index finger already hovering over the trigger. "Well for starters, don't shoot him." Leia stated flatly. "Whatever the circumstances, he is still my son."

"But, General -"

"Those are your orders." Leia snapped, eyes narrowing. "Do I make myself understood?"

The Admiral nodded briskly before stalking back to his men, barking Leia's orders as he went.

"Someone get me medical!" Han shouted as the ramp lowered to reveal him. "Now!" He carried a limp Finn his arms.

Leia watched, almost in a trance as the medics sprinted over and placed Finn on a truck before driving away. "Where is he?" She asked, walking up to Han and taking his hands. "Is he -"

Han gave her a half-smile. "He's in there." He assured her. "Rey and Lanai are helping him down the ramp. There's quite a bit of explaining to do."

"I figured." Leia sighed, eyes anxious as she watched the trio descend the Falcon with Chewy behind them and then frowning when she noticed the blue shimmer surrounding them. "She doesn't trust us?"

"No," Han muttered, frowning deeply. "She doesn't trust them not to kill him."

Leia looked to where he was pointing and ground her teeth together at seeing Statura and his men, ringing the perimeter, guns raised. "What did I say?!" She shouted. "Lower your weapons. Now!"

The men glanced between Admiral Statura and Leia before slowly lowering their blasters to their sides.

"You as well, Admiral Statura." Lanai said, voice carrying over the landing space. Her silver eyes were a mix of electric blue and diamond, a dangerous combination.

"Lower your weapon dammit!" Han shouted and moved to stand between the trio and the Admiral. "That's my son you're aiming that thing at."

"Han move, please." Lanai said. "We don't need this escalating more than it already has."

Han glanced back at the trio before motioning Chewy to join him as he walked back over to Leia. They didn't get far though as Admiral Statura slammed to the ground in front of them. "Son of a -" He cursed and looked back at the trio.

"What?" Rey asked, raising her hands. "He was in the way."

Han shook his head as he and Chewy stepped over the unconscious Admiral. "Should've seen that coming." He muttered.

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