Rey and Kylo Ren meet blades and exchange blows, matching each other in speed and power. The tension is thick. They both let out yells of frustration while they battle out the things they're too unwilling to say out loud. All of their feelings spill out while the battle around them unfolds. Rey backs away with Kylo Ren following and unyeilding, leading him into the woods away from the rest of the battle as they continue to battle. Small trees fall and the sound of the lightsabers colliding into each other reverberating around them. They were fighting again.
Kylo Ren moves in closer and manages to disarm Rey and once she drops the lightsaber she goes for her blaster, but before she can reach it, she finds herself in the vice grip of a force choke. Feeling herself lift up off of the ground, she grasps for her throat to try and free the hold. After struggling for a few moments she finds relief in the pain of falling to the ground when Kylo Ren releases her from the force choke. She takes a large breath and coughs to clear her lungs.
Her eyes look up to see Kylo Ren pacing back and forth, his hands clenched into fists. " Why is this so hard!? Why can't you just, join me Rey!?" He screams. " I don't want to do this! " " And I can't be apart of what you're planning! " She quickly replies. " Look at all this destruction! You brought this here! " " This wouldnt be necessary if we just let it all die out! We could start something new! Something ours! " He yelled. So many emotions across his face.
Rey looked down. She couldn't look at him right now. Just as soon as she did, several large explosions come from the battlefield. Rebel bombers and X-Wing fighters had just arrived. Kylo Ren and Rey look off towards the training yard before run off to where the battle was happening to see that the fighters were opening fire on the Stormtroopers and Knights of Ren. The two of them stand in the tree line for a moment before Kylo Ren darts out into the battle, lightsaber in hand, repelling the incoming barrage as he heads towards his troops. General Hux voice comes on the coms to Kylo Ren. " Supreme Leader. It would seem that we should fall back. " "No! Send more troops! " He screams back. " Of course, sir. " Hux replies.
Rey lunges out of the trees towards several X-Wings that had landed and finds Finn emerge from one. She rushes towards him and gives him a large hug that he returns. They let go of each other after a few moments, smiling at each other. " I'm so glad that you made it back safe! I was a bit worried. This was your first mission flying yourself but I knew you'd do great! Where's Poe? Is he up there still?" The smile on Finns face falls to a frown. He catches Kylo Ren out of the corner of his eye and glares at him. " He was captured by The First Order. I'm sure that's how he found the base. We weren't able to rescue him . "
Rey looks over at Kylo Ren, watching him slaughter members of the resistance and a rage builds in her. She looks up to watches as First Order reinforcements arrive. Several crafts land and Stormtroopers file out quickly and go to immediately opening fire on The Rebellion. She glances back at Kylo Ren and ignites her lightsaber and sprints towards him, Finn close behind her, a furious yell exploding from her lips. Finn finds himself in combat with several stormtroopers before she reaches Kylo Ren and lingers back with them. As Rey continues to fun forward, Kylo Ren turns to see her just in time and blocks her attack with his own light saber.
The two of them stare each other down, teeth clenched, pushing all of their strength into each other. From the distance, a stormtrooper takes this opportunity of the lack of opponents to take a shot at Rey. He grazes her arm, missing the target he was aiming for and she lets out a cry of pain. She graps her arm with her free and and looks in his direction. Kylo Ren does the same and force chokes the stormtrooper before throwing him off into the jungle.
He looks over at Rey and extends a hand to her. He's got the same look on his face from Snoke's ship when he extended his hand that last time. Rey looks from his hand to his eyes and the. decides to take his hand. He helps her up and they stand close to each other for a moment. Rey's eyes glance from his eyes, to his lips and he does the same before releasing her hand and walking off to kill more resistance fighters. Rey watches him walk off and ignite his lightsaber. Several Knights of Ren approach Rey and she ignites her lightsaber and spins it in her hand before charging towards them.
Leia makes her way into the middle of the battle grounds, blaster in hand. She's a good shot. She takes a moment when she gets it to look around and sees her son. He's blocking blaster bolts and striking down rebels. He twists and turns and moves elegantly while he kill his enemies. He's good at this. Leia looks at him, her heart breaking, and reaches out. Kylo Ren pauses when his mother comes spilling into his senses. He turns to look at her with confusion oh his face. "She survived? " He thought to himself.
Kylo Ren makes his way to his mother though all of the bodies and violence. He kills several Rebel fighters attacking him along the way. When he finally reaches his mother, he disignites his lightsaber and neither of them speak. They just look at each other. After a few moments of force communication, Leia begins to speak, but before she can say anything, Kylo Ren ignites his lightsaber and shoves it through this mothers chest. He watches her as he lowers her to the ground, looking her in her eyes, only disigniting his lightsaber when they reach the ground. " Goodbye mother. " He whispers as he lays her body down. She lets out a final breath and her head falls from his hand. He can't help but feel a small twinge of saddsadness as he closes her eyes.
The battle has grown out of hand. Of the three Rebel bombers, only one has survived so far. Their number of soldiers has been reduced to half of what it was. Most of the Rebel forces have made their way to the tunnels that lead to the escape crafts while the rest remain to fight off The First Order. Only a few X-Wings remain in a hanger now and the last bomber has made its escape. Rey and Finn fight off stormtroopers side-by-side, making their way towards the Falcon when they see the exchange between Kylo Ren and Leia Organa.
Rey and Finn both scream out at the sight. Rey let's out a few tears before becoming overwhelmed with anger. It's Han Solo all over again. She couldn't believe it. She looks away from the general and up to Kylo Ren. He was looking over at her as well. She stood up and started to walk towards him but Finn took her by the shoulder and spun her around to look at him. " Look Rey... " He said softly before gesturing up to the sky. Dozens of The First Order bombers make their descent to the planet and put themselves in position.
" They're going to destroy the whole area Rey. We need to get out of here... We can handle this later. " He pleads with her. She looks from Kylo Ren, over to Leia and then back to Kylo Ren with tears in her eyes still. He's standing there, looking at her, waiting for her to make a move. She turns away to look at Finn and she nods before they run off towards the Falcon. They board the ship. Rey heads to the cockpit and Finn to the gunner position. The Falcon takes flight and Kylo Ren watches from the ground as they fend off Tie fighters during their escape.
Kylo Ren boards his own ship and a hologram of General Hux appears before him. " Sir? Should we attack that ship before it can leave? " "No. Let it go for now. Let's finish what we cam here to do. Kill everyone left, collect all the minerals, ore and weapons we can from this planet, and then we'll destroy the whole damn thing. I've been waiting to test out the new gun." He says shaking with anger and adrenaline. " As you say Supreme Leader. " Hux replies with a slight head bow before the hologram disappears.
Kylo Ren breaths heavily, still shaking from the events that had just transpired. "Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to..." The memory appears in his mind as he thinks of his mother. He thought he would feel free with them both gone now. He was wrong. This one stung. He could tell the guilt of what he had just done would linger, much longer than his father's death had. Then he thought of Rey. They way she looked at him. The same look she had in the woods on Starkiller Base. Had he just undone all of the " progress " he had made with her? Surely not.
A familiar feeling overwhelms him as he sits there and before he can prepare himself for it, there she is infront of him again. Rey gasps. She's also sitting, her hands on something, the controls to the Falcon perhaps. She looks at him with tear filled eyes. She was still crying. Rey flips a switch, the autopilot perhaps and sits back in the chair and rubs her eyes, trying to get rid of the evedince. " This is a terrible time... " She exclaims weakly. " I would have to agree. " He answers quietly. " Why Ben!? Why!? I still don't understand!" Rey screams at him. " I already told you Rey. You need to let the past die. Kill it, if you have to. It's the only way to become who you were meant to be... " She just looks at him, unable to speak. All she can do is cry.
" Rey? " Finn's voice sounds from behind her. She snaps up and spins around to look at him, then back to Kylo Ren. "FN-2187? " He asks her as he looks in the direction she had just been looking. Rey turns back around to Finn. " Yes? " She replies to him. " Are you doing alright?" He inquires. " I'm fine. I'll be fine. " "Rey... " Kylo Ren whispers behind her. " I'm still here. " Rey ignores him to continue talking to Finn. " How are you doing Finn? Are you injured?" " No. I'm fine. I just came to check on you. See how you're doing. Didn't you get shot? " He answers her. Rey looks over at her arm to view the minimal amount of damage it left. " It's nothing. " She says turning to see Kylo Ren still sitting there looking her.
" This is the longest time we've been conected like this. " He says as he stares her down. Rey leans over to turn the automatic pilot off and he grabs her by the hand. She gasps and looks up at him. " Rey... " He whispers her name again. His face was so close to hers, his eyes locked on hers. " Rey... " He says again, his deep voice always gave her chills when he says her name. As soon as her name left his lips though, he was gone and she was left with just Finn. " Rey? " He said her name with some uncertainty. " Are you sure everything is okay? " " Yes Finn. Im still, just, working out this Jedi, Force stuff. Sometimes things happen with it, and it just, catches me off guard. I'm figuring it out though. " She finishes with an almost comforting smile before sitting back down in her seat. She removes the auto pilot and continues on to their next destination.
Kylo Ren is still sitting alone in his ship. He's shaking with rage and breathing heavily. He smashes his fists into the controls around him until smoke and sparks fly. A hologram of General Hux appears again before him. " Sir, we're ready to beging the destruction of this planet. Are you ready to head back to the fleet? " My ship isn't working. Have someone bring me another one. " He says, anger still apparent. " Yes Supreme Leader. At once. " He says, finishing with a head bow before disappearing. Kylo Ren stands up and exits his craft. Once outside, he sees another one his ships, the exact same model, land not far from him. He walks over to it and approaches the stormtrooper leaving it. He ignites his lightsaber and attacks the man where he stands. He's excessive and brutal, taking all of his rage out on this man before finally stopping to breath.
He disignites his lightsaber and pushes his hair back out of his face before standing upright to look at his ship. He walks over and boards it, sits down and then flies it back up to the fleet. Once he lands back on his ship, he is greeted by General Hux and the Kights of Ren. He vacates the craft and heads toward the bridge, Hux and the Kights closely behind him. " Start it up Hux. " Kylo Ren says as he stares the planet down. "Is the weapon ready? " Hux asks the man in charge of that station. " Yes sir. Primed and ready. " "Fire away then. " He replies to the man. With a bright red light emitting from the center of the ship directly at the planet, lighting all of their faces, a lazer shoots out and moments later, the entire planet explodes, then implodes on itself, leaving nothing behind but empty space.
