Alarms were blaring around the base. Amethyst's heart was pounding, she was running to find her brother. He'd know what to do, he did last time after all. Luckily Kylo found her first.
"Kylo." She huffed. Her eyes held fear, not of him, but everything happening again.
"Amethyst. Come, we need to go now." He took her hand and they ran. Towards the pods, reserved for high ranking personal.
Kylo could feel everything she was feeling, the terror, the stress, asking herself why this was happening again. Just as they were nearing the new ship, a group of rebel soldiers intercepted them. Amethyst saw her brother being forced to his knees, how one of them hit up with the back of their weapon.
"Armitage." she ran towards them, they yelled at her to stop, to get on her knees. She didn't, she kept going closer. "Please don't" Kylo was close behind, he fought off some men on his own.
"Ma'am please. Get down on your knees, hand behind your head, do not make us use force." two men grabbed her by the arms.
"Amethyst, do as they-" he received another blow to the face.
Amethyst broke free of the grip the men had on her "Stop! Don't hurt-" she stopped. The shot echoed around the room. There was no pain, she felt nothing. She dropped to her knees instantly. Her hands moved and touched her abdomen. Looking at them they were covered in red.
It all seemed to blur, Armitage trying to get up to go to her. Kylo racing to catch her falling body. Everything was going to fast, yet so slow. Her head smashed onto the cold metal floor. Blood pulsing out of her body. Kylo and Armitage was subdued and held back from helping the innocent female. Minutes passed, it felt like hours.
Amethyst looked towards her brother, he fought against their grip, he tried reaching for her. "General stop moving." he was ordered.
"Please, she's my sister." his voice cracked "my baby sister." he said even softer.
"Armi." she breathed out quietly. Hux's eyes filled with tears but he refused to let them fall.
"It's going to be ok Ame. You're gonna be ok."
"No I'm not." she tried laughing, but instead coughed up blood. It ran down her chin and cheek. Her eyes started to close.
"Ame, wake up. Wake up, don't go to sleep!" He leaned towards her, reaching his hands towards her outstretched one.
"Let him go." A new voice rang out. Female, older.
It was Leia, Kylo and Hux knew as much. Armitage was allowed free of the soldiers holding him down, he dragged Amethyst's body into his lap.
"No, no. Ame. Ame, please no" she didn't move. "Please wake up." tears fell from his eyes. "Please, its your brother. Wake up." He gripped her to his chest. Her body slowly going cold from black of blood flow. He rocked back and forth, not caring about appearances. His baby sister is gone.
General Leia Organa of the Resistance, her heart ached watching her enemy in such a state. She knew what he was feeling, she felt the same when Han Solo, her husband, died. Being unable to save someone you love… she knew all too well. "General Hux. You are under arrest." She said, her voice betraying her.
Hux didn't care about what she was saying, his tears streamed down his sisters cheek. Kylo's body was frozen, agony ripped through him, but he couldn't find it in himself to do anything about it.
Amethyst's eyes were glazed over, they reflected her brothers face, now she truly was dead.
…..
"General Armitage Hux, you are being charged with such crimes. Man slaughter, mass murder, and crimes against humanity. How do you plead?" General Organa spoke.
"Guilty." He said. "I did it for the greater good, to unite the galaxy. To bring an end to you."
The crowd yelled in anger, and shock, repulsion even. Hux kept his cold exterior, what more could they do to him? He had nothing left. Everything he ever cared for is gone. Dead. There was nothing worse than what he was feeling now.
"Then that is settled. Guilty." The verdict echoes around the room.
He was ushered aside, soon to be stripped of his rant, uniform, and forced into a prison for the most tedious and slimy of scum and criminals. Kylo was put in the stand he was once occupying, his verdict was guilty as well. Instead of the usual prison that Hux would be inhabiting, he would be placed in a force cell. It would block his abilities, and make him almost paralyzed to the ability.
…..
"General." Leia walked up to Hux's cell, he wasn't allowed with the other prisoners, they feared that would end in a riot.
"You can cut the crap. I'm not a general anymore." Armitage snapped.
"I came to speak with you about your sister."
"What about her? Didn't you just burn and toss her?"
"Not in the slightest. We kept her in a state of slow decay. For you."
"What do you mean?"
"I would like to give you the opportunity that I never had, and to bury her."
"A funeral. For my sister that you killed."
"They thought her a threat and shot her in defense."
"SHE WASN'T ARMED!" Hux banged on the glass with his fists, Leia flinched. "She was never armed. She can barely shoot a blaster, let alone defend herself with one." Fresh tears ran to his eyes. He looked away to hide the shame of showing so much emotion. "She acted tougher than she was."
"You under estimate her."
"Only two times in her life did she take charge. Making us survive that blasted explosion, getting us to supreme leader alive."
"And?"
Hux stared at his rival general. "When our father fucked us."
Leia looked abashed at Hux. She didn't say anything, she couldn't say anything.
"I'm barely a criminal, compared to that monster. Sure I killed millions at a push of a button, but he forced children to, to…"
"Enough." Leia stopped him. "You are to be present at her funeral. 08:00 tomorrow morning."
...
Kylo was in cuffs, they dampened his ability as well. Armitage stood closest to the hole they were going to put her body in. They had a clear 'case' type coffin, Hux was allowed to touch it. There was only 4 people present, not including the guards, that were to take action if necessary.
The funeral was quite somber. Armitage stared at the peaceful face of his sister. 'If only father were here to see this…' He thought bitterly. A cruel joke, that he was going to share with his sister once he died himself.
The man conducting the ceremony went on about how the gods would accept her into the afterlife. How she was a good person.
Kylo looked guiltily at the woman that he actually fell for, maybe he was cursed. He was to never find love, especially not now that he was sentenced to life in prison. The only way out was either he was let free, or death. He would choose death.
Finally after the man finished his speech, Hux was allowed to grieve, in as much privacy as he was allowed. "I'm sorry. I was supposed to protect you… I'm so sorry." He whispered over and over again. The female's body never moving to recognize that he spoke, she will never hear him, never again.
Amethyst's body was lowered into the ground. Hux thought that she would like the place that she was buried. It was bright and green, no rain, unlike those clichés. Animals chirping, the sun shining. It would be a lovely day.
This would be the last day that Armitage Hux, and Kylo Ren, were allowed outdoors.
