I was running for my life. I saw men and women, once calm cool and collected officers and storm troopers, going hysterical. Everyone was running. Everyone was trying to find a pod, a ship, anything that could get them off this god-forsaken planet. It was going to explode any minute.

I had felt apprehensive this morning. I am by no means force sensitive but I had that feeling in my gut that something horrible was going to happen. Well, besides the fact that another system would be destroyed. Since seeing the Halien system destroyed not two days ago, I had an awakening of my own. The minute I saw that bean of red light leave Star Killer Base I knew I could no long sit by and watch this. I had to leave, I had to escape. I couldn't sit by and watch this happen, not when millions of living creatures would constantly be slaughtered using this new weapon. I had retreated to my chambers numb and been confined to my bed replying the scene over and over in my head.

When the ground started shaking I knew this was the end. I left my corridors running straight into a storm trooper.

"Where is Kylo Ren?" I demanded.

"He was down near the reactor core" He hurried out before running down the corridor.

Down the stairs I went not bothering who I hit in the mist of chaos. All that mattered was that I got to him. I had arrived at the top of the reactor when I saw him run outside. His was angry, no he was full of rage. He must have been tracking that girl, the girl who was force sensitive as well.

Knowing he was going into the forest I knew I needed to get a ship immediately. I ran to the private hanger for officers and saw one remaining ship left. Jumping in I realized that was quite inexperienced with flying. I had taken a few lessons in my youth and had seen others do it. Hitting all the buttons rapidly I was shocked that the ship took off. As I hit several pillars I managed to remove the ship from the hanger.

I knew the direction that he was running towards, the neighboring west side of the forest. I did not by any means have a plan. All I knew was that I needed to get to him. Landing was not that bad and as I ran down the ramp I felt the planet tremble again and felt the harshness of the cold.

The sun was seemingly drained leaving the forest in darkness. The snow was quite high as I tried to run through it in my ill quipped shoes. The wind kept hitting me with its icy breath as I tried to clutch my jacket to insulate the warmth.

Trudging through the forest I heard the familiar sound of the lightsaber and ran towards it. I was just about to shout his name when I ran straight into General Hux.

"What are you doing out here Braelynn? I was looking everywhere for you. Get to my ship immediately. I am to fetch Kylo Ren" He released my forearms.

"What are you going to do?"

"I am to take us to the Supreme Leader. Now go!"

He pointed to the direction his ship was for emphasis and abruptly started moving towards the sound of the lightsaber.

"I'm not going with you" I said simply, still rooted in my spot in the snow.

He whipped around and started at me with wide eyes "What?" he seethed.

"I'm not going with you. I won't stand by and watch you kill millions. I can't, I won't." I had made my mind up the minute that red blast had left this planet. Even though his prized weapon was now on the verge of collapse I knew he would never give up until the galaxy was submerged into darkness and death.

"How dare you defy me? Defy the First Order? You WILL leave with me." His blue eyes glowed with rage in the dark. He took a threatening step towards me. "Get to my ship NOW"

"I've told you I've made up my mind. You can leave, go to that being you call master. I am going to take Kylo Ren and go" I stayed calm and collected, knowing his anger would only double if I raised my voice.

"Kylo Ren? You would go for him, you would-" He stopped and then peered at me with a newfound look. "You love him" I knew him well enough to see his emotions flicker in his eyes. Rage was the dominant emotion but I saw jealously and for just a brief second, sadness.

"Just let us go" I said simply, not bothering to confirm what he now already knew.

"I will not defy the Supreme Leader, I will take Kylo Ren to him. You can die here for all I care." He turned again and starting moving quickly.

Just then I heard a cry, Kylo Ren had been injured. I started running towards him by then was yanked back by hair and let a cry out of my own.

Hux slammed me into a tree "DIE HERE" he screamed, his body shaking with rage as he did it again and again.

Everything started slowly fading into black and my head hit into the tree again and again.

The next sound I hear was the sound of a ship taking off. I got up, staggering, holding my head that was seeping with blood. I don't know how I'm alive, I don't know I woke up in time to get off this planet. I looked up to see the familiar sight of Hux's ship depart. I knew Kylo Ren was on it, he would live and that was all that mattered.

I started stumbling, falling into the trees and to the ground, a trail of blood behind me. I needed to get off this planet. It was in its final seconds, the ground rumbled confirming this. I pushed myself harder than I ever had to get to the ship. Falling into the control panels I pulled up as the ground below crumbled. In the distance I saw a white ship, the Millennium Falcon. I followed it, jumping into lightspeed to do so. I knew that it would go to the Resistance base, the only chance I had at survival. Hearing the familiar sound of the Resistance x-wing jets behind me I knew I would probably be shot down. I just didn't care at this point, my head was pounding, it was hard to think. I knew the chances of me surviving the new few minutes were slim. I knew that even if I wasn't shot down the odds were that the Resistance wouldn't have let me live and this was assuming my head injury wouldn't kill me first. I had done nothing in my past to help them. I was part of the thing they despised most. They had no reason to let me live, especially when they found out who I was. But in that moment it didn't matter. He was safe and I was free.

The blackness started closing in again and I found myself sinking back into the chair.

"He is safe and I am free" I chanted in my head. And that was all the ever mattered.